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 It's good to be back with you all.

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 As Gabe was sharing about having a passion for Bible translations,

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 I was like, you know what?

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 In order to have a passion for Bible translations

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! and getting it out into the world,

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 you first must have a passion for the Bible.

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 If not, then what's the point of it, right?

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 You won't get fired up to try and get the Word out there

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 if you're actually not fired up for the Word itself.

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 And I think that's what we're trying to do here.

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 We're trying to cultivate and nurture in us

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 a passion for the Word.

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 I just got back from England

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 and I got to visit a lot of different churches,

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 some of the churches that I grew up in

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 and just different kind of places

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 and had a lot of conversations with past mentors

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 and brothers and sisters with churches that are doing well

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 and churches that are struggling.

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 And often the question always is,

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 well, how do we have a church?

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 What's a good church?

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 And I was like, you know what?

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 I don't even know.

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 But I do know what God is looking for.

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 I was reminded even as we were worshipping in John 4

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 where Jesus himself says,

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 the Father is looking for worshippers

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 who worship him in what?

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 In spirit and in truth.

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 Paul talks to the church in Corinth

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 in 1 Corinthians 14 and says,

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 I will sing with my mind

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 and I will sing with my spirit.

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 Right?

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 So you need both.

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 You need the Word

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 and then you also need the Holy Spirit.

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 And in order to have that truth

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 is to go into the Word.

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 That's why I keep trying to shame you

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 to bringing your physical Bible in.

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 It's an important part of my journey.

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 And as we're gathering here,

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 we're just saying,

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 it's got to be about the Word.

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 And actually, hold us accountable.

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 If you ever come into church,

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 and actually, I joke and laugh,

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 but you can actually go into churches

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 and who somehow manage to go through

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 a whole service without

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 really acknowledging the Bible or Christ.

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 It is possible.

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 I assure you, it is possible.

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 But we gathered here.

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 That's surely what we have to be about.

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 And for us to have that passion

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 for the Word itself.

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 So just an encouragement to you.

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 If it's something that you're thinking about,

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 please go and talk to Gabe

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 a lot more about it as well.

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 So I just got back.

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 I was away for three Sundays.

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 Went to what was the formerly Great Britain.

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 But less so great now.

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 It's been a good few weeks.

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 Lots has happened since that time.

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 Alex, Lee and Cara have welcomed the new baby.

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 Two couples got engaged.

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 So lots of things have happened in the time away,

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 which is very exciting.

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 But as someone who did grow up in England,

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 I'm most concerned right now of just the wait.

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 The wait that continues

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 because it's not coming home again.

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 It's great to watch the England footballers

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 win in a meaningful game last night, of course.

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 But the wait is very real.

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 60 years waiting.

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 The term, it's coming home,

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 was made popular 30 years ago

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 where the song, The Three Lions, came.

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 And of course, it's a painful, painful song

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 that we keep singing to ourselves

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 every four years.

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 And the wait is very, very real.

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 But actually, being in England,

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 you get used to waiting.

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 I realized having not been there for a few years,

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 waiting, even in restaurants,

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 waiting for someone to come and take my order,

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 waiting for the food to come,

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 waiting to get their attention so I can pay them.

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 All of it is just, I'm like, wow.

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 I realized since I came back,

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 I came back two days ago,

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 I realized I understand why

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 because we all use those QR codes now

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 and we order here

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 and we don't have to talk to anyone,

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 which I think there's a downside to.

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 There's so much waiting.

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 So much waiting.

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 There's so much waiting

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 when it's even for trains and buses.

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 Just seeing constantly the sign saying delayed.

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 And I realized I'd gotten so used to Hong Kong life

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 when I came back this morning.

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 Francis and I, we walked to the MTR station

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 and I glanced and I saw four minutes

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 on the MTR platform.

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 Four minutes!

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 How dare the MTR make me wait for four minutes?

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 But true to Hong Kong form,

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 it doesn't come in four minutes

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 because suddenly after two minutes,

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 it turns to arriving.

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 I was like, praise the Lord, all is right.

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 But in England, oh my goodness,

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 in England, waiting is a very, very real thing.

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 Today, I'm going to be talking about the wait.

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 We're going to be talking about what it means to wait.

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 The question I want to ask you is,

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 what are you waiting for?

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 What are you waiting for?

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 Everyone is waiting for something.

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 I'm currently waiting for my Taobao order.

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 That's something.

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 And that's annoying.

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 I'm someone who, when I buy something,

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 I like to have it immediately.

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 So that is an annoying thing for me.

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 But we're all waiting for something.

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 In fact, we have gotten so used to waiting.

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 We grow up, we're waiting to graduate.

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 Once we graduate, we're waiting to get the job that we want.

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 Once we've got the job we want,

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 we're waiting so we can share the money that we now have

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 with someone in our lives.

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 So we're waiting for someone to date.

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 And once we're waiting for someone to date,

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 and then we're waiting for them to propose.

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 And finally, after so many, so many months of waiting,

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 Nathan finally proposes.

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 And so we're waiting for that.

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 And then we're waiting for the wedding.

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 And then after that, we are waiting for a baby.

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 And this is where suddenly it starts to get a bit painful, right?

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 Because you start watching other people go through,

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 and you're like, oh, I'm still waiting.

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 And suddenly the waiting isn't as fun anymore.

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 And then you're waiting,

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 and you're showing up at other people's weddings.

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 And then it gets a little bit harder each time you show up.

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 Because you're still waiting.

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 But let's say some people who do end up getting married,

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 and then the next thing comes,

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 and you're waiting now to start your family.

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 You're waiting for a baby.

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 And then this is where it gets really, really painful.

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 Because you start seeing the people around you

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 start to get married and have kids.

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 And then you're like, okay, I'm still waiting.

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 Of course, just when you have your kids,

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 just when you think that that's over,

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 and you've stopped waiting, that is not the case, right?

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 Parents will know you're still waiting.

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 Still waiting.

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 I'm still waiting for Micah to understand

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 that he needs to go to the toilet.

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 I'm waiting for Ruben to put his socks back in the right place.

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 I'm waiting for them to study,

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 and waiting for them to study well,

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 and so that they can graduate.

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 And then I'm waiting.

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 And then the waiting game continues,

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 and continues, and continues.

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 The question is,

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 waiting is a part of life.

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 And it often is painful.

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 But do we wait well?

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 Do you wait well?

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 You're waiting for that project at work to finish,

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 so you can finally relax.

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 You're waiting for that exam to finish,

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 so you can finally relax.

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 But what's funny is,

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 after that,

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 suddenly there's the next exam.

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 Suddenly there's the next project.

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 And we are constantly waiting.

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 We see in Scripture today,

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 we are going to be looking at someone

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 who has been waiting for a long, long time.

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 We're going to be looking at Abraham.

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 And these last few weeks,

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 first Gabe,

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 and then Joe has been taking us through the journey

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 from Genesis 15 to Genesis 17,

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 where Abraham is still waiting.

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 Let me just rewind your mind

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 and go back to Genesis 12.

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 Abraham is 75 years old.

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 He's called to go.

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 So Genesis 12,

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 he's called to go,

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 and he's been told that he will have a kid.

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 Not only will he have a kid,

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 he'll be a father to many.

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 That's Genesis chapter 12.

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 You go all the way to Genesis chapter 17,

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 where Joe left yesterday.

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 It's been 24 years.

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 24 years when the promise came.

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 How many of us are waiting for God to deliver something,

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 but we're not expecting to wait 24 years?

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 So in the middle,

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 something happens.

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 In Genesis chapter 15,

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 Abraham hears from God again.

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 This time he's 85 years old.

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 So it's been 10 years since that first promise.

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 And God says,

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 you will be a father of many.

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 The chapter after that,

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 and the year after that,

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 his wife says,

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 you know what?

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 That's enough.

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 11 years of waiting is too much.

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 Maybe God promises in another way.

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 Maybe God needs us to be creative.

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 Let's take the matter and draw our hands

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 and let's create a baby in a different way.

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 So what happens?

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 The servant,

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 Hagar comes in.

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 Okay,

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 and then suddenly,

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 suddenly they try and do it in their own way

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 and it doesn't work.

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 At this point,

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 they're 86.

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 It happens.

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 Of course,

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 it doesn't really satisfy them.

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 In fact,

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 the moment it happens,

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 Sarah,

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 it was her idea.

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 After that,

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 she turns on Abraham straight away

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 and says,

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 it's your fault that this happened.

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 Now I'm filled with resentment.

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 Now I'm filled with bitterness.

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 Abraham just kind of just ignores it,

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 puts it to the side.

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 Genesis chapter 17,

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 God shows up again in his vision

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 and says,

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 hey,

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 Abraham,

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 you will be a father to many.

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 I'm going to change your name.

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 Your name meant exalted father,

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 which would have been quite comical

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 for a long time anyway,

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 but now it's going to be father of many.

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 How ironic would that have been?

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 And then of course,

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 Abraham,

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 hearing this promise again

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 in year 24,

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 how would he have felt?

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 Again,

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 God,

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 you're promising this,

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 but I'm not seeing anything.

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 Each time,

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 every time an England manager says,

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 this is the year,

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 I've got the right team.

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 It's the right mindset.

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 We're going to bring it home.

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 Sooner or later,

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 you lose hope.

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 But Abraham does something

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 very interesting.

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 He listens to God again

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 and he's getting this interaction with God

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 and he's like,

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 okay,

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 there's a covenant.

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 And so the next thing that he does,

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 he circumcises his whole house.

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 And so last week,

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 Joe talked a little bit about this,

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 the identity change

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 leading to the mission,

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 but also the pain that comes,

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 the sacrifice that comes,

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 the circumcision of the heart

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 that comes as well.

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 So at the end of chapter 17,

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 what you see here

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 is Abraham circumcises

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 his whole house

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 waiting for the promise

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 to still come.

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 And it tells me something

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 about the whole ordeal

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 of waiting

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 that I wanted to share with you,

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 which is that

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 John Oldberg says this,

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 biblically,

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 waiting is not just something

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 we have to do

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 until we get what we want.

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 Waiting is part of the process

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 of becoming

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 what God wants us to be.

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 Let me say that again.

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 Biblically,

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 waiting is not just something

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 we have to do

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 until we get what we want.

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 Waiting is part of the process

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 of becoming

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 what God wants us to be.

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 So there's something

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 about waiting

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 that God is using

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 to mold you,

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 to sanctify you.

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 If you look from

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 God's vantage point,

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 he can do anything.

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 He can gift you

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 whatever you're waiting for

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 immediately,

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 yet somehow he's withholding.

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 Somehow he's holding it back.

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 The question,

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 therefore,

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 is why?

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 And let me tell you,

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 I think I know the answer

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 to that question.

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 Why is God making you wait?

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 And I can answer it

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 in three simple words.

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 I don't know.

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 For some of you

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 who have been waiting

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 for a long time,

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 I don't know why

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 he's asking you to wait.

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 But I do know

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 that he is

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 making you wait.

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 And I do know

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 that he's making

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 something out of you

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 as you wait.

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 The question,

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 therefore,

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 then becomes,

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 do we wait well?

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 Now,

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 before we jump

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 into chapter 18,

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 I want to share

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 something a little bit.

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 It's been 24 years

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 Abraham's been waiting

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 for this baby

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 that God promised him.

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 24 years.

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 It's been

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 quite a few years

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 also since they made

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 the mistake

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 where they took matters

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 into their own hands.

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 At this point,

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 that son,

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 Ishmael,

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 is 13 years old.

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 He's 13 now.

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 And yet,

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 the satisfaction

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 isn't there

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 because they took matters

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 into their own hands.

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 So Ishmael's around

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 but they're like,

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 oh,

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 it's just something just,

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 can you imagine

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 just living with that guilt

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 for all that time?

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 Look,

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 I promised you,

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 you promised me

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 and I believed you.

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 It didn't happen

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 so basically I've taken matters

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 in my own hands

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 and now I've got evidence

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 of that and it's here

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 and my wife and I

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 are still distanced.

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 She's still resentful

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 and we're not going anywhere.

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 And so God,

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 you finally speak again.

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 Okay,

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 I'm going to act.

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 I'm going to circumcise

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 my whole house.

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 And then he's just sat there

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 and now he's 99 years old

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 and still waiting.

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 And it's at this moment

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 where he's probably

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 the most weak.

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 He's just had

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 a fairly significant surgery

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 done to him

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 and to his whole household.

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 Just bear in mind here,

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 Abraham,

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 okay,

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 so this next story

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 that we're going to read

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 in chapter 18,

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 we always imagine

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 it's just Abraham

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 and his wife in a tent.

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 It's not.

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 A few chapters ago,

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 he had 318 young men

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 who actually went

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 into battle with him.

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 So if you think about that,

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 a lot of scholars believe

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 there's at least

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 1,000 people

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 in Abraham's

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 whole kind of entourage.

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 So at least 318

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 but probably close

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 to 400 or 500 men

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 were all circumcised

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 and all in pain

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 and all waiting.

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 Guys,

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 we're just going to sit

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 in that moment

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 just for a second.

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 It's in that pain

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 that we then get

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 chapter 18.

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 This is where I invite you

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 to stand for the word

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 of the Lord.

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 Matthew is going to come

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 and read to us

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 Genesis chapter 18

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 verse 1 to 15

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 and maybe before that

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 I'll just quickly pray.

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 God,

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 we lean on your word

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 and only your word

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 and actually we can only

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 understand your word

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 through your Holy Spirit.

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 So Holy Spirit,

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 as we read this

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 word that comes from you,

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 would you help us digest?

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 Would you help us

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 understand?

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 And then would you

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 help us apply?

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 The stage is yours.

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 Lord, we love you

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 and we want to hear from you.

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 The word of God

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 from Genesis chapter 18.

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 Genesis chapter 18.

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 The Lord appeared to him

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 by the oaks of memory.

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 As he sat at the door

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 of his tent

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 in the heat of the day,

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 he lifted up his eyes

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 and looked.

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 And behold,

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 three men were standing

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 in front of him.

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 When he saw them,

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 he ran from the tent door

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 to meet them

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 and bowed himself

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 to the earth

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 and said,

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 O Lord,

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 if I have found favor

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 in your sight,

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 do not pass by your servant.

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 Let a little water

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 be brought

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 and wash your feet

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 and rest yourselves

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 under the tree

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 while I bring a morsel

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 of bread

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 that you may refresh

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 yourselves

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 and after that

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 you may pass on.

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 Since you have come

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 to your servant.

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 So they said,

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 do as you have said.

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 And Abraham went

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 quickly into the tent

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 to Sarah

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 and said,

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 quick,

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 three sears

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 of fine flour

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 knead it

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 and make cakes.

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 And Abraham

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 ran to the herd

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 and took a calf,

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 tender and good

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 and gave it

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 to a young man

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 who prepared it quickly.

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 Then he took curds

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 and milk

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 and the calf

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 that he had prepared

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 and set it before them

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 and he stood by them

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 under the tree

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 while they ate.

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 They said to him,

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 where is Sarah,

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 your wife?

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 And he said,

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 she's in a tent.

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 The Lord said,

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 I will surely return

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 to you about this time

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 next year

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 and Sarah,

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 your wife,

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 shall have a son.

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 And Sarah was listening

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 at the tent door

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 behind him.

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 Now Abraham

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 and Sarah were old,

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 advanced in years.

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 The ways of women

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 had ceased

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 to be with Sarah.

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 So Sarah laughed

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 to herself saying,

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 after I am worn out

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 and my Lord is old,

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 shall I have pleasure?

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 The Lord said to Abraham,

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 why did Sarah laugh

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 and say,

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 shall I indeed

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 bear a child now,

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 now that I am old?

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 Is there anything

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 too hard for the Lord?

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 At the appointed time,

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 I will return to you

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 about this time

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 next year

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 and Sarah

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 shall have a son.

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 But Sarah denied it

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 saying,

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 I did not laugh

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 for she was afraid.

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 He said,

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 no,

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 but you did laugh.

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 Thank you both.

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 This is the word

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 of the Lord.

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 Please take a seat.

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 The most awkward

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 end to the conversation.

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 We'll get to the end

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 there

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 in a little bit.

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 I just want to paint

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 the picture again.

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 Okay,

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 so he's waiting.

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 It's been 24 years now

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 that he's still waiting.

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 He just had the surgery

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 probably a couple

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 of days ago.

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 His whole household

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 is just keeled over,

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 just in pain.

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 And he's waiting

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 and he sat

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 in the heat

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 of the day.

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 Okay,

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 so verse one,

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 we're just going

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 to go through

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 chapter 18,

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 verse one.

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 And the Lord

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 appeared to him

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 by the oaks

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 as he sat

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 at the door

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 of his tent

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 in the heat

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 of the day.

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 My goodness,

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 I was in England

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 for three weeks,

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 not a single drop

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 of rain

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 and no air con.

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 And the heat wave

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 was unreal.

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 It was unreal.

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 It was okay

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 in the day

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 because I'm used to it

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 because I've been

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 in Hong Kong,

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 but nighttime,

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 not being able,

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 just sleeping

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 with nothing,

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 no air con

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 was just terrible.

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 But in the heat

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 of the day

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 is where he was sat.

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 Now,

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 this is the afternoon

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 siesta time.

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 So he's sat there.

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 There's not really

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 much going on.

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 He just had surgery.

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 So he's just basically

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 resting.

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 And it's in this moment

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 he has the most

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 fascinating interaction

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 with three different people.

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 And so what we see here

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 is he lifted up his eyes

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 and looked.

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 So he's,

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 again,

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 what is he thinking?

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 Well,

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 first thing I think

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 I would be thinking

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 if I was a hair

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 I was like,

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 what have I done?

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 I've weakened

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 my whole household

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 and we're all in pain.

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 And actually,

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 it's been 24 years.

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 What did I just do?

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 And so he sits

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 and he's waiting

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 and then he sees

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 three men come from afar.

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 Now,

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 bearing in mind

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 in the ancient world,

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 it's not like Hong Kong.

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 You don't see people

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 all the time.

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 So he sees them

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 from afar

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 and what happens

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 during that time

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 is that actually

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 you must engage

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 with those people

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 that you don't know.

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 You must engage

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 with those strangers

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 because why?

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 They could either be allies

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 or they could be enemies.

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 So it's very important

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 for the livelihood

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 of Abraham's household

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 that he engages them

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 very quickly

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 to find out

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 whether they are allies

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 or whether they're enemies.

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 So he sees them

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 from afar

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 and the first thing

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 that he does

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 is he actually

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 runs towards them.

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 He's probably not

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 running very fast.

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 Why?

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 Because he's 99 years old

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 and because he just

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 had a surgery.

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 So he runs towards them

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 the best way

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 that he can

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 and he goes up to them

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 and actually

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 he treats them

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 with hospitality.

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 And this is my first point.

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 When we are waiting,

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 how do we wait well

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 is that actually

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 we still wait

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 with a spirit

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 and a sense of openness

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 of what God might do.

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 We might be waiting

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 for that one thing

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 but actually

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 sometimes

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 we're so obsessed

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 with waiting

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 for that one thing

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 we completely ignore

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 the rest of life

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 that God has given us.

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 We are completely

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 not open

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 to all the other things

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 because you're only

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 going to be happy

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 once you get that one thing.

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 Am I right?

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 That's what we keep thinking.

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 Once I pass that exam,

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 once I have that person,

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 once I do this,

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 once I get over this illness,

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 then and only then

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 will I be happy

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 and only then

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 will I serve you

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 and do all these other things.

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 But what we see here

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 is that when we're waiting,

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 even when we are in pain,

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 even when we are weak,

00:18:37.599 --> 00:18:38.519
 we still have to be open.

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 And there's a hospitality here

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 that he shows straight away

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 and he says this,

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 O Lord,

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 now bear in mind,

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 if you've got a Bible,

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 you can see that the Lord here

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 is capital L

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 and then lowercase for O-R-D.

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 He doesn't know

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 that this is God just yet.

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 He thinks

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 this is just a stranger.

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 In Hebrews 13,

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 2,

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 it references this event

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 and he says,

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 actually,

00:18:58.779 --> 00:19:00.779
 Abraham's just entertaining strangers,

00:19:01.720 --> 00:19:02.819
 unaware that actually

00:19:02.819 --> 00:19:03.639
 they are angels

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 and we'll talk a little bit more

00:19:04.619 --> 00:19:05.139
 about that later.

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 So he goes to them

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 like they would have

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 in the ancient world,

00:19:07.599 --> 00:19:08.339
 greeting this person

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 that they don't know

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 with hospitality.

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 O Lord,

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 if I have found favor in your sight,

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 do not pass by your servant.

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 Let a little water be brought

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 and wash your feet

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 and rest yourselves

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 under the tree

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 while I bring a morsel of bread

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 that you may refresh yourselves

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 and after that,

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 you may pass on

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 since you have come

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 to your servant.

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 So he says,

00:19:22.919 --> 00:19:23.059
 hey,

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 I'm so glad that you're here.

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 I'm bored out of my brains.

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 The Wi-Fi isn't working.

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 I'm in pain.

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 All I want to do

00:19:30.000 --> 00:19:31.359
 is just distract myself.

00:19:31.659 --> 00:19:32.059
 You've come.

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 Can I just look after you?

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 Can I offer you some water?

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 Can I offer you some bread?

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 And after that,

00:19:36.619 --> 00:19:37.119
 you can go.

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 I just want to show you

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 that I'm friendly,

00:19:39.139 --> 00:19:41.359
 that I am hospitable to you.

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 So the three men agree

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 and say,

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 do as you have said.

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 But he lies.

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 He doesn't just bring water

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 and bread.

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 He brings everything.

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 He kills a calf.

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 He brings milk.

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 He brings yogurt.

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 He brings a cake.

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 Can you see

00:19:55.400 --> 00:19:56.819
 that there is an extreme level

00:19:56.819 --> 00:19:58.319
 of hospitality that comes?

00:19:58.619 --> 00:19:59.400
 And this is my point.

00:19:59.480 --> 00:20:00.359
 When we are waiting,

00:20:01.180 --> 00:20:01.960
 my first point is,

00:20:02.460 --> 00:20:03.319
 can we be open

00:20:03.319 --> 00:20:04.379
 to the fact that

00:20:04.379 --> 00:20:05.220
 whilst we are waiting

00:20:05.220 --> 00:20:06.039
 for that one thing,

00:20:06.240 --> 00:20:06.799
 there are still

00:20:06.799 --> 00:20:07.759
 so many other things

00:20:07.759 --> 00:20:09.200
 that God wants us to see

00:20:09.200 --> 00:20:09.539
 and do.

00:20:10.279 --> 00:20:11.440
 Can we be hospitable?

00:20:11.720 --> 00:20:12.619
 Can we be friendly

00:20:12.619 --> 00:20:13.359
 to people

00:20:13.359 --> 00:20:14.299
 as we are waiting?

00:20:15.079 --> 00:20:15.319
 Now,

00:20:16.039 --> 00:20:16.960
 as your pastor,

00:20:17.460 --> 00:20:18.159
 I would like to tell you

00:20:18.159 --> 00:20:18.839
 that I have been trying

00:20:18.839 --> 00:20:20.180
 to put this into action

00:20:20.180 --> 00:20:21.200
 myself this week.

00:20:21.639 --> 00:20:22.480
 And one of the ways is,

00:20:22.759 --> 00:20:23.059
 actually,

00:20:23.119 --> 00:20:24.000
 there's a stark difference

00:20:24.000 --> 00:20:24.799
 between the two cultures

00:20:24.799 --> 00:20:25.579
 of the East and the West

00:20:25.579 --> 00:20:27.339
 is when you're in the East,

00:20:27.619 --> 00:20:29.000
 you don't talk to strangers.

00:20:29.619 --> 00:20:30.440
 Not only do you not

00:20:30.440 --> 00:20:31.039
 talk to strangers,

00:20:31.240 --> 00:20:32.039
 you do not actually

00:20:32.039 --> 00:20:32.779
 even look at them

00:20:32.779 --> 00:20:33.960
 or smile at them at all

00:20:33.960 --> 00:20:35.339
 because it goes against

00:20:35.339 --> 00:20:36.079
 our culture's way.

00:20:36.460 --> 00:20:37.240
 So we basically

00:20:37.240 --> 00:20:38.180
 just ignore everyone

00:20:38.180 --> 00:20:39.500
 and we just stay on our phones

00:20:39.500 --> 00:20:40.019
 and that's it.

00:20:40.759 --> 00:20:41.799
 But in the West,

00:20:41.859 --> 00:20:42.419
 I noticed something

00:20:42.419 --> 00:20:43.059
 very interesting.

00:20:43.059 --> 00:20:43.899
 Because everyone's

00:20:43.899 --> 00:20:44.759
 so used to waiting,

00:20:45.559 --> 00:20:46.639
 they greet each other,

00:20:46.960 --> 00:20:48.200
 they smile at each other,

00:20:48.500 --> 00:20:49.659
 they talk to each other

00:20:49.659 --> 00:20:50.440
 and they have lots

00:20:50.440 --> 00:20:51.099
 of conversation

00:20:51.099 --> 00:20:51.720
 with each other.

00:20:51.779 --> 00:20:52.980
 It does actually happen,

00:20:53.039 --> 00:20:53.599
 maybe outside

00:20:53.599 --> 00:20:54.319
 of the big cities.

00:20:54.559 --> 00:20:54.980
 There's something

00:20:54.980 --> 00:20:55.559
 about the city

00:20:55.559 --> 00:20:56.519
 which is the worst,

00:20:56.619 --> 00:20:56.960
 by the way,

00:20:57.339 --> 00:20:58.619
 which then makes me think

00:20:58.619 --> 00:20:59.599
 we are in Asian culture

00:20:59.599 --> 00:21:00.759
 in one of the big cities.

00:21:01.139 --> 00:21:02.139
 We have to be very much

00:21:02.139 --> 00:21:02.740
 aware of this.

00:21:03.059 --> 00:21:03.740
 We are not good

00:21:03.740 --> 00:21:04.480
 at being hospitable

00:21:04.480 --> 00:21:05.099
 to strangers.

00:21:05.859 --> 00:21:06.619
 Are you good

00:21:06.619 --> 00:21:07.240
 with strangers?

00:21:08.119 --> 00:21:09.099
 When was the last time

00:21:09.099 --> 00:21:09.899
 you had a conversation

00:21:09.899 --> 00:21:10.460
 with a stranger?

00:21:11.859 --> 00:21:12.859
 Oh, Agnes said last week,

00:21:12.859 --> 00:21:13.559
 tell us about it.

00:21:15.219 --> 00:21:16.419
 That is so amazing.

00:21:16.639 --> 00:21:17.359
 That is so amazing.

00:21:17.639 --> 00:21:18.099
 I'm so glad

00:21:18.099 --> 00:21:18.799
 that Agnes said that

00:21:18.799 --> 00:21:19.240
 because actually

00:21:19.240 --> 00:21:21.159
 that reinforces my point.

00:21:21.299 --> 00:21:22.039
 I love talking

00:21:22.039 --> 00:21:22.679
 to taxi drivers

00:21:22.679 --> 00:21:25.240
 because they know the world.

00:21:25.539 --> 00:21:26.399
 They see so many people,

00:21:26.519 --> 00:21:27.939
 they listen to so many things.

00:21:28.240 --> 00:21:28.779
 I love talking

00:21:28.779 --> 00:21:29.319
 to taxi drivers

00:21:29.319 --> 00:21:29.779
 and Uber drivers

00:21:29.779 --> 00:21:31.240
 and also they rarely

00:21:31.240 --> 00:21:32.059
 ever get cared for.

00:21:32.779 --> 00:21:33.439
 So to hear there's

00:21:33.439 --> 00:21:34.119
 someone in our church

00:21:34.119 --> 00:21:34.839
 who actually is willing

00:21:34.839 --> 00:21:35.899
 to talk to people

00:21:35.899 --> 00:21:36.759
 and you realize

00:21:36.759 --> 00:21:37.459
 that there are pains

00:21:37.459 --> 00:21:38.799
 going on in people's lives

00:21:38.799 --> 00:21:39.779
 and then you realize

00:21:39.779 --> 00:21:41.319
 actually I have problems

00:21:41.319 --> 00:21:41.819
 in my life

00:21:41.819 --> 00:21:42.500
 but when I speak

00:21:42.500 --> 00:21:43.000
 to other people

00:21:43.000 --> 00:21:43.899
 I realize they have problems

00:21:43.899 --> 00:21:44.399
 in their lives

00:21:44.399 --> 00:21:45.179
 and you realize

00:21:45.179 --> 00:21:46.559
 these are all opportunities.

00:21:47.819 --> 00:21:48.700
 Are we willing

00:21:48.700 --> 00:21:49.480
 to be hospitable

00:21:49.480 --> 00:21:50.000
 to strangers?

00:21:50.119 --> 00:21:51.519
 So I took that into action

00:21:51.519 --> 00:21:52.740
 because I am one

00:21:52.740 --> 00:21:53.259
 of those people

00:21:53.259 --> 00:21:54.419
 when I get into the lift

00:21:54.419 --> 00:21:56.179
 I slam the close button

00:21:56.179 --> 00:21:57.619
 as fast and as long

00:21:57.619 --> 00:21:58.059
 as I can

00:21:58.059 --> 00:21:59.079
 as though if I can

00:21:59.079 --> 00:21:59.740
 press it faster

00:21:59.740 --> 00:22:00.700
 it'll close

00:22:00.700 --> 00:22:01.659
 and there'll be less people

00:22:01.659 --> 00:22:02.439
 coming into the lift.

00:22:02.579 --> 00:22:03.159
 That is me.

00:22:04.200 --> 00:22:04.759
 But yesterday

00:22:04.759 --> 00:22:05.740
 for the first time

00:22:05.740 --> 00:22:06.319
 in many years

00:22:06.319 --> 00:22:07.099
 I was like

00:22:07.099 --> 00:22:07.759
 I'm just going to wait.

00:22:07.879 --> 00:22:08.799
 This morning we had someone

00:22:08.799 --> 00:22:09.720
 who managed to make it

00:22:09.720 --> 00:22:10.419
 onto the lift

00:22:10.419 --> 00:22:10.799
 and I was like

00:22:10.799 --> 00:22:11.940
 I'm so proud of myself

00:22:11.940 --> 00:22:13.240
 that that happened.

00:22:14.659 --> 00:22:16.059
 But to be hospitable

00:22:16.059 --> 00:22:16.819
 to strangers

00:22:16.819 --> 00:22:17.799
 is something that I think

00:22:17.799 --> 00:22:19.000
 we deeply, deeply lack.

00:22:19.339 --> 00:22:20.240
 I want to challenge

00:22:20.240 --> 00:22:20.839
 all of you

00:22:20.839 --> 00:22:22.460
 as you leave here today

00:22:22.460 --> 00:22:23.740
 can you strike up

00:22:23.740 --> 00:22:24.519
 a conversation

00:22:24.519 --> 00:22:25.519
 with someone

00:22:25.519 --> 00:22:26.700
 who you don't know?

00:22:28.220 --> 00:22:29.740
 I kid you not

00:22:29.740 --> 00:22:30.419
 it will be the most

00:22:30.419 --> 00:22:31.079
 shocking thing

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 that will have happened

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 to them.

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 But we always wonder

00:22:34.859 --> 00:22:36.240
 God why doesn't

00:22:36.240 --> 00:22:37.240
 those things happen to you?

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 Why don't I meet

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 an Uber driver

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 who's crying

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 and that I get to pray for

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 and share the gospel

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 I don't get a chance

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 to do that

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 I'm just stuck in my

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 well guess what

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 you have to speak to them

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 you have to ask them questions

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 you have to share with them

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 what you believe

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 and then you have to offer

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 to pray for them.

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 Are we open

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 to those interactions?

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 You see Abraham here

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 was

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 because why

00:23:01.500 --> 00:23:02.859
 when we're waiting

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 something that's very important

00:23:03.900 --> 00:23:04.480
 is that we

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 focus not just on the destination

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 but on the journey itself.

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 I think people

00:23:10.440 --> 00:23:11.460
 who live in slower cultures

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 who are more hospitable

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 they get that

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 because they know

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 there's one destination

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 but there'll be another destination

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 after the destination

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 it just keeps going

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 it's the rat race

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 it just keeps going and going

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 but if you realize

00:23:20.740 --> 00:23:21.059
 that actually

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 the whole of life

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 is a journey

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 that actually

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 we are all sojourners

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 then the driver

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 who's driving you

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 or the waiter

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 who's serving you

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 these are all

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 actual human beings

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 made in the image of God

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 I wonder

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 whether if we had

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 a new conviction today

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 to go out

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 and engage

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 in conversation

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 with a stranger

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 what could happen?

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 Would we be hospitable

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 to strangers

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 even when we

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 are still waiting?

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 Henry Nouwen

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 says this

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 waiting time

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 is not wasting time

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 that should speak

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 to the Hong Konger's soul

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 the deepest part

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 of the Hong Konger's soul

00:24:00.900 --> 00:24:01.740
 needs to remember

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 and understand this

00:24:02.839 --> 00:24:03.940
 the waiting time

00:24:03.940 --> 00:24:06.099
 is not wasting time

00:24:06.099 --> 00:24:06.900
 he carries on

00:24:06.900 --> 00:24:07.740
 waiting patiently

00:24:07.740 --> 00:24:08.440
 in expectation

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 is the foundation

00:24:09.460 --> 00:24:10.400
 of the spiritual life

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 our spiritual life

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 is a life

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 in which we wait

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 actively present

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 to the moment

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 this indeed

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 is a very radical stance

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 toward life

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 in a world

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 preoccupied with control

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 does that speak to you?

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 that speaks to me

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 my idol is control

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 and so I want to be

00:24:25.740 --> 00:24:26.619
 in control of everything

00:24:26.619 --> 00:24:27.099
 I don't want to be

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 open to the interactions

00:24:28.240 --> 00:24:29.440
 that God might be

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 leading towards me

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 because I think

00:24:31.200 --> 00:24:32.079
 waiting time

00:24:32.079 --> 00:24:32.940
 is wasting time

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 when actually

00:24:33.619 --> 00:24:34.680
 when we're waiting

00:24:34.680 --> 00:24:35.440
 we have to ask God

00:24:35.440 --> 00:24:36.440
 well why am I waiting

00:24:36.440 --> 00:24:37.140
 right here?

00:24:37.599 --> 00:24:38.240
 who am I supposed

00:24:38.240 --> 00:24:38.819
 to engage?

00:24:39.099 --> 00:24:39.680
 who am I supposed

00:24:39.680 --> 00:24:40.660
 to interact with?

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 it's so important

00:24:41.839 --> 00:24:42.539
 for us to get that

00:24:42.539 --> 00:24:43.740
 and Betsy Charles Howard

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 says this

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 if we wait

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 to reach out to others

00:24:46.220 --> 00:24:47.299
 from a position of fullness

00:24:47.299 --> 00:24:48.599
 we will never do it

00:24:48.599 --> 00:24:50.039
 if on the other hand

00:24:50.039 --> 00:24:50.779
 we love others

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 out of our own emptiness

00:24:51.899 --> 00:24:53.439
 we will paradoxically

00:24:53.439 --> 00:24:54.099
 find we have

00:24:54.099 --> 00:24:55.019
 an abundance of love

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 to give

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 how often do we do that?

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 I'll talk to the Uber driver

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 when I have a bit more capacity

00:25:01.079 --> 00:25:01.859
 when I'm not worried

00:25:01.859 --> 00:25:02.319
 about the thing

00:25:02.319 --> 00:25:03.079
 that I'm waiting for

00:25:03.079 --> 00:25:04.799
 and then

00:25:04.799 --> 00:25:05.779
 I might share the gospel

00:25:05.779 --> 00:25:06.939
 and then I might do this

00:25:06.939 --> 00:25:07.819
 and I might do that

00:25:07.819 --> 00:25:10.039
 we wait till we're in a place

00:25:10.039 --> 00:25:10.599
 where we think

00:25:10.599 --> 00:25:11.419
 we'll be completely full

00:25:11.419 --> 00:25:11.939
 and only then

00:25:11.939 --> 00:25:12.379
 will we do it

00:25:12.379 --> 00:25:13.099
 but we realise that

00:25:13.099 --> 00:25:14.779
 we will never truly be full

00:25:14.779 --> 00:25:15.419
 because we're always

00:25:15.419 --> 00:25:16.159
 waiting for something

00:25:16.159 --> 00:25:17.240
 so what we should do

00:25:17.240 --> 00:25:18.400
 is we should reach out to people

00:25:18.400 --> 00:25:19.559
 when we are even not

00:25:19.559 --> 00:25:20.599
 in our position of fullness

00:25:20.599 --> 00:25:21.759
 think about Abraham

00:25:21.759 --> 00:25:22.759
 he's waiting

00:25:22.759 --> 00:25:23.559
 he's been waiting

00:25:23.559 --> 00:25:24.420
 for 24 years

00:25:24.420 --> 00:25:25.420
 and yet now

00:25:25.420 --> 00:25:26.839
 there's someone who shows up

00:25:26.839 --> 00:25:27.660
 he's still open

00:25:27.660 --> 00:25:28.920
 he doesn't know that's God

00:25:28.920 --> 00:25:29.980
 up until that point

00:25:29.980 --> 00:25:31.120
 God's been showing up in visions

00:25:31.120 --> 00:25:32.140
 so he doesn't know

00:25:32.140 --> 00:25:33.240
 God's actually going to show up

00:25:33.240 --> 00:25:35.000
 right in front of him

00:25:35.000 --> 00:25:36.960
 and yet he's hospitable

00:25:36.960 --> 00:25:38.099
 yet he's open

00:25:38.099 --> 00:25:40.500
 how good are we at waiting?

00:25:41.359 --> 00:25:42.920
 I know all of you are waiting

00:25:42.920 --> 00:25:43.759
 for something

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 and I want to encourage you

00:25:45.500 --> 00:25:47.019
 that God sees

00:25:47.019 --> 00:25:48.940
 God knows you are waiting

00:25:48.940 --> 00:25:50.539
 God knows how painful

00:25:50.539 --> 00:25:52.619
 that waiting is

00:25:52.619 --> 00:25:54.139
 would you allow him

00:25:54.139 --> 00:25:57.339
 to do what he wants to do

00:25:57.339 --> 00:25:58.079
 in your life

00:25:58.079 --> 00:26:00.319
 even through that waiting?

00:26:01.259 --> 00:26:02.339
 maybe you're waiting

00:26:02.339 --> 00:26:03.920
 for your child

00:26:03.920 --> 00:26:04.879
 to come back to God

00:26:04.879 --> 00:26:06.980
 maybe you're waiting

00:26:06.980 --> 00:26:08.519
 for that sickness to go

00:26:08.519 --> 00:26:10.359
 maybe you're waiting

00:26:10.359 --> 00:26:11.059
 for that person

00:26:11.059 --> 00:26:12.859
 to come and join you in life

00:26:12.859 --> 00:26:13.759
 whatever it is

00:26:13.759 --> 00:26:15.139
 that you are waiting for

00:26:15.140 --> 00:26:16.600
 can you wait well?

00:26:17.140 --> 00:26:18.060
 can you appreciate

00:26:18.060 --> 00:26:18.660
 that God is trying

00:26:18.660 --> 00:26:19.660
 to do something?

00:26:20.259 --> 00:26:20.740
 he knows

00:26:20.740 --> 00:26:23.480
 he spoke to Abraham

00:26:23.480 --> 00:26:24.580
 three times

00:26:24.580 --> 00:26:27.080
 and yet he's still

00:26:27.080 --> 00:26:28.140
 making Abraham wait

00:26:28.140 --> 00:26:31.040
 for 24 years

00:26:31.040 --> 00:26:32.640
 God always has a purpose

00:26:32.640 --> 00:26:33.080
 in waiting

00:26:33.080 --> 00:26:33.980
 it's our job

00:26:33.980 --> 00:26:34.800
 as we're waiting well

00:26:34.800 --> 00:26:35.420
 to be open

00:26:35.420 --> 00:26:36.740
 to all the other opportunities

00:26:36.740 --> 00:26:37.580
 that he gives us

00:26:37.580 --> 00:26:39.220
 and to allow him

00:26:39.220 --> 00:26:40.259
 to do whatever he wants

00:26:40.259 --> 00:26:40.980
 to do in our lives

00:26:40.980 --> 00:26:42.520
 whilst we are waiting

00:26:42.519 --> 00:26:43.500
 I think that is a message

00:26:43.500 --> 00:26:44.539
 that someone here

00:26:44.539 --> 00:26:45.359
 needs to hear

00:26:45.359 --> 00:26:46.079
 you are waiting

00:26:46.079 --> 00:26:46.799
 and you might still

00:26:46.799 --> 00:26:47.900
 be waiting for a long time

00:26:47.900 --> 00:26:49.660
 but stay and wait well

00:26:49.660 --> 00:26:50.879
 and be open to whatever

00:26:50.879 --> 00:26:52.119
 God has in store for you

00:26:52.119 --> 00:26:52.920
 the second point

00:26:52.920 --> 00:26:53.599
 that we go here is

00:26:53.599 --> 00:26:55.480
 why did this interaction happen?

00:26:55.799 --> 00:26:56.680
 why is this passage

00:26:56.680 --> 00:26:57.400
 of scripture here?

00:26:57.700 --> 00:26:59.000
 we carry on in the story

00:26:59.000 --> 00:27:00.720
 the fan keeps changing my pages

00:27:00.720 --> 00:27:01.940
 so what happens here is

00:27:01.940 --> 00:27:02.980
 they eat

00:27:02.980 --> 00:27:03.720
 they're happy

00:27:03.720 --> 00:27:05.000
 verse 7

00:27:05.000 --> 00:27:05.920
 Abraham ran to the herd

00:27:05.920 --> 00:27:07.000
 took a calf tender and good

00:27:07.000 --> 00:27:07.779
 and gave it to a young man

00:27:07.779 --> 00:27:08.539
 who prepared it quickly

00:27:08.539 --> 00:27:09.579
 then he took curds

00:27:09.579 --> 00:27:09.980
 which is yogurt

00:27:09.980 --> 00:27:10.379
 and milk

00:27:10.379 --> 00:27:10.819
 and the calf

00:27:10.819 --> 00:27:11.379
 that he prepared

00:27:11.380 --> 00:27:12.360
 and set it before them

00:27:12.360 --> 00:27:13.520
 and he stood by them

00:27:13.520 --> 00:27:14.040
 under the tree

00:27:14.040 --> 00:27:14.800
 whilst they ate

00:27:14.800 --> 00:27:17.040
 true hospitality there

00:27:17.040 --> 00:27:18.360
 he is open to what

00:27:18.360 --> 00:27:19.420
 God might have in store for him

00:27:19.420 --> 00:27:20.620
 and then they speak to him

00:27:20.620 --> 00:27:22.120
 remember he thinks

00:27:22.120 --> 00:27:22.620
 they're strangers

00:27:22.620 --> 00:27:23.160
 at this moment

00:27:23.160 --> 00:27:25.080
 and then they turn to him

00:27:25.080 --> 00:27:26.320
 now there's three people there

00:27:26.320 --> 00:27:26.880
 scholars

00:27:26.880 --> 00:27:27.860
 mostly scholars believe

00:27:27.860 --> 00:27:28.580
 that this is

00:27:28.580 --> 00:27:29.820
 the pre-incarnate Jesus

00:27:29.820 --> 00:27:30.940
 and two angels

00:27:30.940 --> 00:27:33.080
 so that's what

00:27:33.080 --> 00:27:34.460
 most people think

00:27:34.460 --> 00:27:35.280
 but actually

00:27:35.280 --> 00:27:36.080
 it's a bit of a mystery

00:27:36.080 --> 00:27:37.340
 we don't actually know

00:27:37.340 --> 00:27:37.820
 who they are

00:27:37.820 --> 00:27:39.560
 because when he talks to them

00:27:39.559 --> 00:27:41.919
 he realizes

00:27:41.919 --> 00:27:42.399
 who they are

00:27:42.399 --> 00:27:42.919
 straight away

00:27:42.919 --> 00:27:44.159
 because suddenly

00:27:44.159 --> 00:27:44.679
 they say

00:27:44.679 --> 00:27:45.819
 where is Sarah

00:27:45.819 --> 00:27:46.599
 your wife

00:27:46.599 --> 00:27:47.579
 wait

00:27:47.579 --> 00:27:48.259
 these are strangers

00:27:48.259 --> 00:27:50.259
 how do you know

00:27:50.259 --> 00:27:51.759
 that my wife

00:27:51.759 --> 00:27:52.659
 well how do you know

00:27:52.659 --> 00:27:53.179
 I have a wife

00:27:53.179 --> 00:27:54.000
 okay but I guess

00:27:54.000 --> 00:27:54.619
 you could guess that

00:27:54.619 --> 00:27:55.559
 but how do you know

00:27:55.559 --> 00:27:56.599
 that my wife is Sarah

00:27:56.599 --> 00:27:58.079
 wait

00:27:58.079 --> 00:27:58.980
 but how do you know

00:27:58.980 --> 00:28:00.299
 that my wife is Sarah

00:28:00.299 --> 00:28:01.399
 and not Sarai

00:28:01.399 --> 00:28:02.579
 because it was only

00:28:02.579 --> 00:28:03.139
 last chapter

00:28:03.139 --> 00:28:04.079
 which was a few days ago

00:28:04.079 --> 00:28:05.960
 where she changed her name

00:28:05.960 --> 00:28:07.819
 who are you

00:28:07.819 --> 00:28:09.839
 and that's when the Lord

00:28:09.839 --> 00:28:10.819
 lowercase Lord

00:28:10.819 --> 00:28:12.899
 suddenly turns into uppercase

00:28:12.899 --> 00:28:13.879
 L-O-R-D

00:28:13.879 --> 00:28:14.679
 if you look at your Bible

00:28:14.679 --> 00:28:15.700
 you'll see the difference

00:28:15.700 --> 00:28:16.480
 verse 10

00:28:16.480 --> 00:28:17.659
 the Lord said

00:28:17.659 --> 00:28:18.899
 and suddenly it's capitals

00:28:18.899 --> 00:28:21.460
 and so what we see here

00:28:21.460 --> 00:28:22.700
 what Abraham will have

00:28:22.700 --> 00:28:23.779
 suddenly realized here

00:28:23.779 --> 00:28:24.399
 that this is

00:28:24.399 --> 00:28:25.899
 not just a random group

00:28:25.899 --> 00:28:26.379
 of strangers

00:28:26.379 --> 00:28:27.460
 that are lost

00:28:27.460 --> 00:28:29.240
 that this is God himself

00:28:29.240 --> 00:28:31.179
 and you realize

00:28:31.179 --> 00:28:32.099
 why this interaction

00:28:32.099 --> 00:28:32.619
 took place

00:28:32.619 --> 00:28:33.059
 because actually

00:28:33.059 --> 00:28:34.659
 God's spoken to Abraham

00:28:34.659 --> 00:28:35.539
 quite a few times already

00:28:35.539 --> 00:28:36.960
 he doesn't need to show up

00:28:36.960 --> 00:28:38.500
 why does he show up

00:28:38.500 --> 00:28:38.960
 this time

00:28:38.960 --> 00:28:40.100
 and we find out

00:28:40.100 --> 00:28:41.000
 it's not actually

00:28:41.000 --> 00:28:41.860
 for Abraham

00:28:41.860 --> 00:28:43.600
 it's actually

00:28:43.600 --> 00:28:44.220
 for his wife

00:28:44.220 --> 00:28:47.100
 the unveiling here

00:28:47.100 --> 00:28:47.640
 is that these

00:28:47.640 --> 00:28:48.519
 three strangers

00:28:48.519 --> 00:28:49.840
 actually know his wife

00:28:49.840 --> 00:28:50.880
 know that she's called

00:28:50.880 --> 00:28:51.160
 Sarah

00:28:51.160 --> 00:28:51.880
 her new name

00:28:51.880 --> 00:28:52.900
 and they're actually

00:28:52.900 --> 00:28:54.420
 here for her

00:28:54.420 --> 00:28:55.940
 isn't that interesting

00:28:55.940 --> 00:28:57.259
 and so it carries on

00:28:57.259 --> 00:28:58.460
 she is in

00:28:58.460 --> 00:28:58.960
 and then he says

00:28:58.960 --> 00:28:59.759
 she is in the tent

00:28:59.759 --> 00:29:01.380
 and the Lord said

00:29:01.380 --> 00:29:02.860
 I will surely return

00:29:02.860 --> 00:29:03.819
 to you about this time

00:29:03.819 --> 00:29:04.259
 next year

00:29:04.259 --> 00:29:05.480
 and Sarah your wife

00:29:05.480 --> 00:29:06.920
 shall have a son

00:29:06.920 --> 00:29:08.779
 24 years of waiting

00:29:08.779 --> 00:29:10.900
 finally

00:29:10.900 --> 00:29:12.220
 God shows up

00:29:12.220 --> 00:29:13.539
 and puts a timeline

00:29:13.539 --> 00:29:14.000
 on it

00:29:14.000 --> 00:29:16.259
 and says

00:29:16.259 --> 00:29:17.339
 this time

00:29:17.339 --> 00:29:18.099
 next year

00:29:18.099 --> 00:29:19.339
 you will have

00:29:19.339 --> 00:29:20.019
 a son

00:29:20.019 --> 00:29:21.620
 and Sarah

00:29:21.620 --> 00:29:22.140
 interestingly

00:29:22.140 --> 00:29:22.799
 was listening

00:29:22.799 --> 00:29:24.120
 at the tent door

00:29:24.120 --> 00:29:24.660
 behind him

00:29:24.660 --> 00:29:25.400
 they would have known

00:29:25.400 --> 00:29:26.339
 this because they came

00:29:26.339 --> 00:29:26.839
 for her

00:29:26.839 --> 00:29:29.019
 because they came

00:29:29.019 --> 00:29:29.900
 to speak to her

00:29:29.900 --> 00:29:31.460
 this is really interesting

00:29:31.460 --> 00:29:32.360
 because up until

00:29:32.360 --> 00:29:33.039
 this point

00:29:33.039 --> 00:29:34.079
 all Sarah

00:29:34.079 --> 00:29:34.819
 had ever heard

00:29:34.819 --> 00:29:35.420
 from God

00:29:35.420 --> 00:29:36.279
 or about God

00:29:36.279 --> 00:29:36.879
 was from who

00:29:36.879 --> 00:29:38.379
 Abraham

00:29:38.379 --> 00:29:39.920
 Abraham would have

00:29:39.920 --> 00:29:40.359
 been the one

00:29:40.359 --> 00:29:40.779
 that told her

00:29:40.779 --> 00:29:41.480
 hey I had a vision

00:29:41.480 --> 00:29:42.119
 I had a dream

00:29:42.119 --> 00:29:42.839
 that God's going

00:29:42.839 --> 00:29:43.299
 to do this

00:29:43.299 --> 00:29:43.839
 and hey

00:29:43.839 --> 00:29:44.960
 we've got to move out

00:29:44.960 --> 00:29:45.440
 because God

00:29:45.440 --> 00:29:46.200
 told us to move out

00:29:46.200 --> 00:29:47.720
 but finally

00:29:47.720 --> 00:29:48.440
 there comes a moment

00:29:48.440 --> 00:29:49.099
 where actually

00:29:49.099 --> 00:29:50.440
 God comes for Sarah

00:29:50.440 --> 00:29:50.920
 herself

00:29:50.920 --> 00:29:52.460
 which is interesting

00:29:52.460 --> 00:29:52.940
 which tells me

00:29:52.940 --> 00:29:53.379
 something else

00:29:53.379 --> 00:29:53.839
 because up until

00:29:53.839 --> 00:29:54.220
 this point

00:29:54.220 --> 00:29:55.399
 Sarah is resentful

00:29:55.399 --> 00:29:56.619
 she is unbelieving

00:29:56.619 --> 00:29:58.839
 why

00:29:58.839 --> 00:29:59.440
 because I think

00:29:59.440 --> 00:30:00.379
 she only knew God

00:30:00.379 --> 00:30:01.460
 through someone else

00:30:01.460 --> 00:30:03.500
 finally God

00:30:03.500 --> 00:30:04.319
 introduces himself

00:30:04.319 --> 00:30:04.900
 to her

00:30:04.900 --> 00:30:05.680
 personally

00:30:05.680 --> 00:30:06.400
 we all need

00:30:06.400 --> 00:30:07.340
 to have that moment

00:30:07.340 --> 00:30:08.640
 where God comes

00:30:08.640 --> 00:30:09.559
 to introduce himself

00:30:09.559 --> 00:30:10.100
 to us

00:30:10.100 --> 00:30:11.079
 maybe your parents

00:30:11.079 --> 00:30:11.480
 are Christian

00:30:11.480 --> 00:30:12.120
 maybe you have

00:30:12.120 --> 00:30:12.740
 that grandparent

00:30:12.740 --> 00:30:13.440
 who is a Christian

00:30:13.440 --> 00:30:14.400
 who dragged you

00:30:14.400 --> 00:30:14.759
 to church

00:30:14.759 --> 00:30:15.579
 whatever it is

00:30:15.579 --> 00:30:17.100
 we all come to church

00:30:17.100 --> 00:30:17.779
 through someone

00:30:17.779 --> 00:30:18.559
 in our lives

00:30:18.559 --> 00:30:19.380
 but the whole point

00:30:19.380 --> 00:30:19.799
 is that actually

00:30:19.799 --> 00:30:20.620
 God doesn't have

00:30:20.620 --> 00:30:21.100
 grandchildren

00:30:21.100 --> 00:30:21.940
 we cannot ever

00:30:21.940 --> 00:30:22.880
 just relate to God

00:30:22.880 --> 00:30:24.660
 as a distant grandfather

00:30:24.660 --> 00:30:25.640
 he must become

00:30:25.640 --> 00:30:26.319
 our father

00:30:26.319 --> 00:30:28.019
 we must have our

00:30:28.019 --> 00:30:28.860
 we must establish

00:30:28.860 --> 00:30:29.740
 our own direct

00:30:29.740 --> 00:30:30.200
 connection

00:30:30.200 --> 00:30:31.100
 with God

00:30:31.099 --> 00:30:31.779
 ourselves

00:30:31.779 --> 00:30:32.639
 and we see here

00:30:32.639 --> 00:30:33.759
 that God comes

00:30:33.759 --> 00:30:34.959
 and finds Sarah

00:30:34.959 --> 00:30:35.719
 specifically

00:30:35.719 --> 00:30:36.719
 to talk to her

00:30:36.719 --> 00:30:37.719
 because up until now

00:30:37.719 --> 00:30:39.039
 she'd only ever

00:30:39.039 --> 00:30:39.679
 heard from Abraham

00:30:39.679 --> 00:30:41.579
 and so

00:30:41.579 --> 00:30:42.419
 it carries on

00:30:42.419 --> 00:30:43.980
 so Abraham

00:30:43.980 --> 00:30:44.480
 hears this

00:30:44.480 --> 00:30:45.000
 now Abraham

00:30:45.000 --> 00:30:45.839
 and Sarah

00:30:45.839 --> 00:30:46.599
 were old

00:30:46.599 --> 00:30:48.059
 advanced in years

00:30:48.059 --> 00:30:49.059
 what a nice way

00:30:49.059 --> 00:30:49.939
 to put it

00:30:49.939 --> 00:30:51.599
 for someone

00:30:51.599 --> 00:30:52.339
 to be advanced

00:30:52.339 --> 00:30:52.759
 in years

00:30:52.759 --> 00:30:53.000
 Hank

00:30:53.000 --> 00:30:53.839
 I am so sorry

00:30:53.839 --> 00:30:54.779
 I've always called you

00:30:54.779 --> 00:30:55.000
 old

00:30:55.000 --> 00:30:55.439
 but you are

00:30:55.439 --> 00:30:56.439
 advanced in years

00:30:56.439 --> 00:31:01.079
 what a lovely

00:31:01.079 --> 00:31:01.899
 way to put that

00:31:01.899 --> 00:31:03.000
 don't any of you

00:31:03.000 --> 00:31:03.500
 come up to me

00:31:03.500 --> 00:31:04.240
 and say the same thing

00:31:04.240 --> 00:31:05.159
 advance in years

00:31:05.159 --> 00:31:06.279
 and then it gets

00:31:06.279 --> 00:31:06.779
 even better

00:31:06.779 --> 00:31:08.419
 the way of women

00:31:08.419 --> 00:31:09.079
 had ceased

00:31:09.079 --> 00:31:10.279
 to be with Sarah

00:31:10.279 --> 00:31:11.799
 what a lovely way

00:31:11.799 --> 00:31:12.500
 to say

00:31:12.500 --> 00:31:13.599
 that menopause

00:31:13.599 --> 00:31:14.139
 had passed

00:31:14.139 --> 00:31:16.419
 what that

00:31:16.419 --> 00:31:17.419
 is saying

00:31:17.419 --> 00:31:18.359
 is that basically

00:31:18.359 --> 00:31:19.519
 there is no chance

00:31:19.519 --> 00:31:20.139
 of her having

00:31:20.139 --> 00:31:21.039
 a baby anymore

00:31:21.039 --> 00:31:22.279
 it's like

00:31:22.279 --> 00:31:22.819
 I'm God

00:31:22.819 --> 00:31:23.799
 I know that I promised you

00:31:23.799 --> 00:31:24.779
 24 years ago

00:31:24.779 --> 00:31:25.679
 that you would have a son

00:31:25.680 --> 00:31:27.799
 and now

00:31:27.799 --> 00:31:28.440
 biologically

00:31:28.440 --> 00:31:29.560
 you cannot have a son

00:31:29.560 --> 00:31:30.920
 in the book of Romans

00:31:30.920 --> 00:31:31.660
 I think it's chapter 4

00:31:31.660 --> 00:31:32.240
 that says actually

00:31:32.240 --> 00:31:33.060
 her womb

00:31:33.060 --> 00:31:33.940
 was dead

00:31:33.940 --> 00:31:34.620
 it was barren

00:31:34.620 --> 00:31:36.620
 it wasn't capable

00:31:36.620 --> 00:31:37.519
 of having

00:31:37.519 --> 00:31:38.440
 a baby

00:31:38.440 --> 00:31:39.519
 so they were

00:31:39.519 --> 00:31:40.299
 advanced in years

00:31:40.299 --> 00:31:42.320
 and the way

00:31:42.320 --> 00:31:43.160
 a woman had ceased

00:31:43.160 --> 00:31:43.980
 to be with Sarah

00:31:43.980 --> 00:31:44.960
 and so Sarah

00:31:44.960 --> 00:31:45.680
 hears this

00:31:45.680 --> 00:31:46.220
 in the tent

00:31:46.220 --> 00:31:46.740
 even though they

00:31:46.740 --> 00:31:47.140
 are speaking

00:31:47.140 --> 00:31:47.940
 actually to her

00:31:47.940 --> 00:31:49.279
 and then she says

00:31:49.279 --> 00:31:49.920
 to herself

00:31:49.920 --> 00:31:51.420
 she laughs to herself

00:31:51.420 --> 00:31:53.600
 after I am worn out

00:31:53.600 --> 00:31:55.000
 and my lord is old

00:31:55.000 --> 00:31:56.360
 shall I have pleasure

00:31:56.360 --> 00:31:58.080
 this is a really

00:31:58.080 --> 00:31:59.660
 interesting passage

00:31:59.660 --> 00:32:02.080
 and it reminds me

00:32:02.080 --> 00:32:03.220
 of all the people

00:32:03.220 --> 00:32:03.740
 that I've met

00:32:03.740 --> 00:32:05.360
 all the couples

00:32:05.360 --> 00:32:05.860
 who have gone

00:32:05.860 --> 00:32:07.380
 through infertility

00:32:07.380 --> 00:32:08.539
 who have gone

00:32:08.539 --> 00:32:09.860
 through miscarriages

00:32:09.860 --> 00:32:11.160
 and the pain

00:32:11.160 --> 00:32:12.039
 of all of that

00:32:12.039 --> 00:32:14.400
 and how it actually

00:32:14.400 --> 00:32:15.700
 causes such a challenge

00:32:15.700 --> 00:32:16.759
 between a husband

00:32:16.759 --> 00:32:17.680
 and a wife

00:32:17.680 --> 00:32:20.180
 and how it actually

00:32:20.180 --> 00:32:20.759
 just wreaks

00:32:20.759 --> 00:32:21.320
 so much havoc

00:32:21.319 --> 00:32:22.240
 in just your emotional

00:32:22.240 --> 00:32:23.379
 and your spiritual life

00:32:23.379 --> 00:32:25.240
 and it's a wrestle

00:32:25.240 --> 00:32:25.919
 and it's a weight

00:32:25.919 --> 00:32:26.619
 that can go on

00:32:26.619 --> 00:32:27.259
 for so long

00:32:27.259 --> 00:32:28.159
 and can cut so

00:32:28.159 --> 00:32:29.039
 so deep

00:32:29.039 --> 00:32:30.139
 as I'm putting myself

00:32:30.139 --> 00:32:30.619
 in the shoes

00:32:30.619 --> 00:32:31.519
 of Abraham and Sarah

00:32:31.519 --> 00:32:32.319
 I'm imagining

00:32:32.319 --> 00:32:34.319
 24 years

00:32:34.319 --> 00:32:35.379
 of trying

00:32:35.379 --> 00:32:36.240
 and they had

00:32:36.240 --> 00:32:36.879
 God's promise

00:32:36.879 --> 00:32:38.019
 and yet it still

00:32:38.019 --> 00:32:39.000
 hadn't happened

00:32:39.000 --> 00:32:39.980
 can you imagine

00:32:39.980 --> 00:32:41.179
 that first time

00:32:41.179 --> 00:32:41.700
 where actually

00:32:41.700 --> 00:32:42.379
 she realizes

00:32:42.379 --> 00:32:42.960
 that menopause

00:32:42.960 --> 00:32:43.279
 is happening

00:32:43.279 --> 00:32:43.960
 she realizes

00:32:43.960 --> 00:32:44.759
 that this is the end

00:32:44.759 --> 00:32:45.500
 and she realized

00:32:45.500 --> 00:32:46.039
 the way a woman

00:32:46.039 --> 00:32:46.659
 has ceased to be

00:32:46.659 --> 00:32:46.939
 with her

00:32:46.939 --> 00:32:47.599
 and she's like

00:32:47.599 --> 00:32:48.779
 that promise

00:32:48.779 --> 00:32:50.119
 it's gone

00:32:50.119 --> 00:32:52.239
 and

00:32:52.239 --> 00:32:53.599
 10 years ago

00:32:53.599 --> 00:32:54.679
 when I tried

00:32:54.679 --> 00:32:55.199
 to take matters

00:32:55.199 --> 00:32:55.779
 in my own hands

00:32:55.779 --> 00:32:56.139
 I guess

00:32:56.139 --> 00:32:56.879
 that's it

00:32:56.879 --> 00:32:57.299
 I mean

00:32:57.299 --> 00:32:58.159
 the chapter before

00:32:58.159 --> 00:32:58.659
 sorry

00:32:58.659 --> 00:32:59.459
 in chapter 17

00:32:59.459 --> 00:33:00.299
 that's what Abraham

00:33:00.299 --> 00:33:00.979
 says when God's

00:33:00.979 --> 00:33:01.439
 speaking to him

00:33:01.439 --> 00:33:01.819
 when he says

00:33:01.819 --> 00:33:02.479
 I'm going to bless you

00:33:02.479 --> 00:33:03.239
 you're going to have a son

00:33:03.239 --> 00:33:03.699
 he's like

00:33:03.699 --> 00:33:04.639
 oh it must be Ishmael

00:33:04.639 --> 00:33:05.000
 I guess

00:33:05.000 --> 00:33:06.719
 because it can't be me anymore

00:33:06.719 --> 00:33:08.339
 because actually

00:33:08.339 --> 00:33:09.219
 I'm old

00:33:09.219 --> 00:33:10.259
 and Sarah's old too

00:33:10.259 --> 00:33:11.859
 and we biologically

00:33:11.859 --> 00:33:12.819
 cannot have children

00:33:12.819 --> 00:33:13.379
 anymore God

00:33:13.380 --> 00:33:15.440
 so he's trying

00:33:15.440 --> 00:33:15.940
 to make sense

00:33:15.940 --> 00:33:16.640
 of God's promise

00:33:16.640 --> 00:33:17.500
 through his

00:33:17.500 --> 00:33:18.660
 own earthly lens

00:33:18.660 --> 00:33:19.820
 he's like

00:33:19.820 --> 00:33:20.360
 okay this is how

00:33:20.360 --> 00:33:20.940
 it must happen

00:33:20.940 --> 00:33:23.540
 but God doesn't

00:33:23.540 --> 00:33:24.180
 work like that

00:33:24.180 --> 00:33:24.880
 but there's something

00:33:24.880 --> 00:33:25.460
 else that's really

00:33:25.460 --> 00:33:26.140
 interesting here

00:33:26.140 --> 00:33:27.920
 after I am worn out

00:33:27.920 --> 00:33:28.980
 and my Lord is old

00:33:28.980 --> 00:33:29.840
 shall I have

00:33:29.840 --> 00:33:30.580
 pleasure

00:33:30.580 --> 00:33:32.640
 the word pleasure

00:33:32.640 --> 00:33:32.920
 there

00:33:32.920 --> 00:33:33.940
 in the Hebrew

00:33:33.940 --> 00:33:34.780
 actually means

00:33:34.780 --> 00:33:36.440
 sexual pleasure

00:33:36.440 --> 00:33:37.740
 it means intimacy

00:33:37.740 --> 00:33:39.300
 so not only

00:33:39.300 --> 00:33:40.480
 had she passed

00:33:40.480 --> 00:33:41.440
 childbearing age

00:33:41.440 --> 00:33:43.080
 they were actually

00:33:43.080 --> 00:33:43.900
 no longer intimate

00:33:43.900 --> 00:33:44.460
 anymore

00:33:44.460 --> 00:33:46.460
 and you can totally

00:33:46.460 --> 00:33:47.100
 imagine why

00:33:47.100 --> 00:33:49.539
 they're 99

00:33:49.539 --> 00:33:50.519
 and 90 years old

00:33:50.519 --> 00:33:51.720
 they've suffered

00:33:51.720 --> 00:33:52.519
 this hurt

00:33:52.519 --> 00:33:53.960
 of the waiting

00:33:53.960 --> 00:33:54.940
 for all these years

00:33:54.940 --> 00:33:56.200
 they took matters

00:33:56.200 --> 00:33:57.059
 into their own hands

00:33:57.059 --> 00:33:57.740
 10 years ago

00:33:57.740 --> 00:33:58.820
 that didn't end up

00:33:58.820 --> 00:33:59.539
 being as satisfying

00:33:59.539 --> 00:34:00.100
 as they thought

00:34:00.100 --> 00:34:01.700
 and so you can

00:34:01.700 --> 00:34:02.480
 totally imagine

00:34:02.480 --> 00:34:03.299
 the distance

00:34:03.299 --> 00:34:03.940
 the chasm

00:34:03.940 --> 00:34:04.620
 between Abraham

00:34:04.620 --> 00:34:05.100
 and Sarah

00:34:05.100 --> 00:34:06.180
 so you can totally

00:34:06.180 --> 00:34:07.080
 imagine the two of them

00:34:07.080 --> 00:34:08.059
 are not even close

00:34:08.059 --> 00:34:08.659
 anymore

00:34:08.659 --> 00:34:10.039
 and so that

00:34:10.039 --> 00:34:11.000
 if you understand

00:34:11.000 --> 00:34:11.860
 it from that context

00:34:11.860 --> 00:34:13.179
 suddenly Sarah's line

00:34:13.179 --> 00:34:13.840
 makes sense

00:34:13.840 --> 00:34:15.860
 she scoffs

00:34:15.860 --> 00:34:16.880
 her laugh

00:34:16.880 --> 00:34:18.159
 is a hopeless one

00:34:18.159 --> 00:34:20.480
 now

00:34:20.480 --> 00:34:22.619
 after I'm worn out

00:34:22.619 --> 00:34:23.820
 remember also

00:34:23.820 --> 00:34:24.920
 in that context

00:34:24.920 --> 00:34:25.719
 childbearing

00:34:25.719 --> 00:34:26.559
 was everything

00:34:26.559 --> 00:34:27.380
 for a woman

00:34:27.380 --> 00:34:29.239
 if you could not

00:34:29.239 --> 00:34:29.900
 bear children

00:34:29.900 --> 00:34:31.280
 then you are

00:34:31.280 --> 00:34:32.500
 worthless in society

00:34:32.500 --> 00:34:34.440
 so this Sarah

00:34:34.440 --> 00:34:35.320
 who was formerly

00:34:35.320 --> 00:34:36.059
 very beautiful

00:34:36.059 --> 00:34:38.579
 popular with all

00:34:38.579 --> 00:34:38.960
 the guys

00:34:38.960 --> 00:34:39.400
 no doubt

00:34:39.400 --> 00:34:42.079
 ends up in a place

00:34:42.079 --> 00:34:42.900
 where she is now

00:34:42.900 --> 00:34:43.500
 just laughing

00:34:43.500 --> 00:34:44.260
 hopelessly

00:34:44.260 --> 00:34:46.519
 to make matters

00:34:46.519 --> 00:34:46.940
 worse

00:34:46.940 --> 00:34:48.340
 there was no

00:34:48.340 --> 00:34:48.920
 biological

00:34:48.920 --> 00:34:50.280
 info there

00:34:50.280 --> 00:34:50.780
 that we have

00:34:50.780 --> 00:34:51.240
 today

00:34:51.240 --> 00:34:52.660
 so Abraham

00:34:52.660 --> 00:34:52.980
 would have

00:34:52.980 --> 00:34:53.920
 completely blamed

00:34:53.920 --> 00:34:54.720
 Sarah

00:34:54.720 --> 00:34:55.599
 for this problem

00:34:55.599 --> 00:34:57.599
 especially

00:34:57.599 --> 00:34:58.840
 since Ishmael

00:34:58.840 --> 00:34:59.280
 had been born

00:34:59.280 --> 00:35:01.260
 so after Ishmael

00:35:01.260 --> 00:35:01.720
 had been born

00:35:01.720 --> 00:35:02.780
 the resentment

00:35:02.780 --> 00:35:03.139
 would have come

00:35:03.139 --> 00:35:03.820
 well see

00:35:03.820 --> 00:35:04.820
 it's not my problem

00:35:04.820 --> 00:35:06.360
 managed to get her

00:35:06.360 --> 00:35:06.660
 pregnant

00:35:06.659 --> 00:35:08.480
 it's you Sarah

00:35:08.480 --> 00:35:10.679
 can you imagine

00:35:10.679 --> 00:35:11.420
 the distance

00:35:11.420 --> 00:35:13.259
 can you imagine

00:35:13.259 --> 00:35:14.159
 the abandonment

00:35:14.159 --> 00:35:14.719
 so that's why

00:35:14.719 --> 00:35:15.559
 she says earlier

00:35:15.559 --> 00:35:16.940
 God is stopping

00:35:16.940 --> 00:35:17.519
 me from having

00:35:17.519 --> 00:35:17.679
 this

00:35:17.679 --> 00:35:18.119
 can you imagine

00:35:18.119 --> 00:35:18.639
 the hurt

00:35:18.639 --> 00:35:19.399
 that she has

00:35:19.399 --> 00:35:22.339
 now

00:35:22.339 --> 00:35:24.359
 after I'm worn

00:35:24.359 --> 00:35:24.619
 out

00:35:24.619 --> 00:35:25.599
 after I can't

00:35:25.599 --> 00:35:26.179
 even physically

00:35:26.179 --> 00:35:26.879
 have children

00:35:26.879 --> 00:35:27.239
 anymore

00:35:27.239 --> 00:35:28.339
 after my husband

00:35:28.339 --> 00:35:29.279
 won't even look

00:35:29.279 --> 00:35:29.500
 at me

00:35:29.500 --> 00:35:30.179
 let alone touch

00:35:30.179 --> 00:35:30.319
 me

00:35:30.319 --> 00:35:30.739
 how are you

00:35:30.739 --> 00:35:31.059
 supposed to

00:35:31.059 --> 00:35:31.719
 even have

00:35:31.719 --> 00:35:32.739
 a baby

00:35:32.739 --> 00:35:34.119
 is what she's

00:35:34.119 --> 00:35:34.319
 saying

00:35:34.320 --> 00:35:35.039
 can you start

00:35:35.039 --> 00:35:35.680
 to see now

00:35:35.680 --> 00:35:36.200
 why God

00:35:36.200 --> 00:35:36.840
 has shown up

00:35:36.840 --> 00:35:37.280
 to speak

00:35:37.280 --> 00:35:37.840
 to Sarah

00:35:37.840 --> 00:35:38.580
 and not

00:35:38.580 --> 00:35:38.940
 Abraham

00:35:38.940 --> 00:35:41.500
 that's the

00:35:41.500 --> 00:35:41.800
 pain

00:35:41.800 --> 00:35:42.280
 that she's

00:35:42.280 --> 00:35:42.440
 in

00:35:42.440 --> 00:35:44.220
 the Lord

00:35:44.220 --> 00:35:44.700
 then said

00:35:44.700 --> 00:35:45.180
 to Abraham

00:35:45.180 --> 00:35:45.980
 why did

00:35:45.980 --> 00:35:46.200
 Sarah

00:35:46.200 --> 00:35:46.580
 laugh

00:35:46.580 --> 00:35:48.120
 Abraham

00:35:48.120 --> 00:35:48.580
 doesn't know

00:35:48.580 --> 00:35:48.720
 this

00:35:48.720 --> 00:35:49.180
 because Abraham

00:35:49.180 --> 00:35:49.880
 isn't God

00:35:49.880 --> 00:35:50.860
 so she's

00:35:50.860 --> 00:35:51.539
 behind in the

00:35:51.539 --> 00:35:51.720
 tent

00:35:51.720 --> 00:35:53.600
 and then God

00:35:53.600 --> 00:35:54.120
 says shall I

00:35:54.120 --> 00:35:54.700
 indeed bear a

00:35:54.700 --> 00:35:55.220
 child now that

00:35:55.220 --> 00:35:55.580
 I'm old

00:35:55.580 --> 00:35:56.019
 is what Abraham

00:35:56.019 --> 00:35:56.400
 said sorry

00:35:56.400 --> 00:35:57.420
 is anything

00:35:57.420 --> 00:35:58.100
 too hard

00:35:58.100 --> 00:35:58.680
 for the Lord

00:35:58.680 --> 00:36:01.700
 if you see

00:36:01.700 --> 00:36:02.160
 in your Bible

00:36:02.160 --> 00:36:02.519
 there just

00:36:02.519 --> 00:36:02.860
 underneath

00:36:02.860 --> 00:36:03.680
 there's a

00:36:03.680 --> 00:36:04.280
 little

00:36:04.280 --> 00:36:05.320
 hysterics

00:36:05.320 --> 00:36:05.500
 there

00:36:05.500 --> 00:36:06.000
 is anything

00:36:06.000 --> 00:36:06.480
 too hard

00:36:06.480 --> 00:36:06.800
 or anything

00:36:06.800 --> 00:36:07.420
 too wonderful

00:36:07.420 --> 00:36:08.120
 for the Lord

00:36:08.120 --> 00:36:10.160
 it's interesting

00:36:10.160 --> 00:36:10.380
 he says

00:36:10.380 --> 00:36:11.579
 hey Abraham

00:36:11.579 --> 00:36:12.000
 why is your

00:36:12.000 --> 00:36:12.460
 wife laughing

00:36:12.460 --> 00:36:14.960
 why is she

00:36:14.960 --> 00:36:15.460
 saying that

00:36:15.460 --> 00:36:16.240
 this is

00:36:16.240 --> 00:36:16.640
 impossible

00:36:16.640 --> 00:36:17.740
 nothing is

00:36:17.740 --> 00:36:18.220
 too hard

00:36:18.220 --> 00:36:18.559
 for me

00:36:18.559 --> 00:36:18.960
 nothing is

00:36:18.960 --> 00:36:19.579
 too wonderful

00:36:19.579 --> 00:36:20.099
 for me

00:36:20.099 --> 00:36:20.740
 this is a

00:36:20.740 --> 00:36:21.079
 gift that I

00:36:21.079 --> 00:36:21.300
 would give

00:36:21.300 --> 00:36:21.420
 her

00:36:21.420 --> 00:36:21.840
 at this

00:36:21.840 --> 00:36:22.120
 appointed

00:36:22.120 --> 00:36:22.480
 time I

00:36:22.480 --> 00:36:22.860
 would turn

00:36:22.860 --> 00:36:23.099
 to you

00:36:23.099 --> 00:36:23.460
 about this

00:36:23.460 --> 00:36:23.840
 time next

00:36:23.840 --> 00:36:24.000
 year

00:36:24.000 --> 00:36:24.500
 and Sarah

00:36:24.500 --> 00:36:25.140
 shall have

00:36:25.140 --> 00:36:25.740
 a son

00:36:25.740 --> 00:36:26.280
 this is

00:36:26.280 --> 00:36:26.620
 where I

00:36:26.620 --> 00:36:26.820
 know

00:36:26.820 --> 00:36:27.420
 that God

00:36:27.420 --> 00:36:27.900
 actually

00:36:27.900 --> 00:36:28.800
 is interested

00:36:28.800 --> 00:36:29.900
 in Sarah's

00:36:29.900 --> 00:36:30.280
 well-being

00:36:30.280 --> 00:36:30.940
 because actually

00:36:30.940 --> 00:36:31.720
 she could also

00:36:31.720 --> 00:36:32.500
 just give

00:36:32.500 --> 00:36:33.179
 Sarah a

00:36:33.179 --> 00:36:33.800
 baby right

00:36:33.800 --> 00:36:34.139
 then and

00:36:34.139 --> 00:36:34.360
 there

00:36:34.360 --> 00:36:35.980
 he could have

00:36:35.980 --> 00:36:36.440
 actually showed

00:36:36.440 --> 00:36:36.860
 up and says

00:36:36.860 --> 00:36:37.579
 hey you've

00:36:37.579 --> 00:36:37.800
 been waiting

00:36:37.800 --> 00:36:38.219
 for 24

00:36:38.219 --> 00:36:38.559
 years

00:36:38.559 --> 00:36:39.340
 guess what

00:36:39.340 --> 00:36:40.400
 guess what

00:36:40.400 --> 00:36:42.119
 is in

00:36:42.119 --> 00:36:42.440
 Sarah's

00:36:42.440 --> 00:36:42.619
 womb

00:36:42.619 --> 00:36:43.500
 a baby

00:36:43.500 --> 00:36:44.400
 it's done

00:36:44.400 --> 00:36:46.019
 but he

00:36:46.019 --> 00:36:46.880
 doesn't

00:36:46.880 --> 00:36:47.360
 he says

00:36:47.360 --> 00:36:47.619
 I'm going to

00:36:47.619 --> 00:36:47.960
 come back

00:36:47.960 --> 00:36:48.460
 next year

00:36:48.460 --> 00:36:50.000
 what's he

00:36:50.000 --> 00:36:50.460
 doing there

00:36:50.460 --> 00:36:51.800
 he's not

00:36:51.800 --> 00:36:52.340
 only gifting

00:36:52.340 --> 00:36:52.980
 Sarah

00:36:52.980 --> 00:36:54.239
 a baby

00:36:54.239 --> 00:36:56.059
 he's gifting

00:36:56.059 --> 00:36:56.880
 her a new

00:36:56.880 --> 00:36:57.219
 marriage

00:36:57.219 --> 00:36:58.380
 because why

00:36:58.380 --> 00:36:59.519
 you're going to

00:36:59.519 --> 00:36:59.840
 have to get

00:36:59.840 --> 00:37:00.519
 close to Abraham

00:37:00.519 --> 00:37:01.280
 again for this

00:37:01.280 --> 00:37:01.619
 to happen

00:37:01.619 --> 00:37:02.759
 I'm going to

00:37:02.759 --> 00:37:03.099
 come back

00:37:03.099 --> 00:37:03.659
 next year

00:37:03.659 --> 00:37:05.480
 and you're

00:37:05.480 --> 00:37:05.539
 going to

00:37:05.539 --> 00:37:05.820
 have some

00:37:05.820 --> 00:37:06.579
 time where

00:37:06.579 --> 00:37:07.280
 you rekindle

00:37:07.280 --> 00:37:07.920
 your romance

00:37:07.920 --> 00:37:08.960
 with your

00:37:08.960 --> 00:37:09.219
 husband

00:37:09.219 --> 00:37:10.079
 you get to

00:37:10.079 --> 00:37:10.699
 be together

00:37:10.699 --> 00:37:11.099
 again

00:37:11.099 --> 00:37:11.800
 and only

00:37:11.800 --> 00:37:12.179
 when you

00:37:12.179 --> 00:37:12.719
 are together

00:37:12.719 --> 00:37:13.659
 only when

00:37:13.659 --> 00:37:14.039
 you have

00:37:14.039 --> 00:37:15.360
 loosened

00:37:15.360 --> 00:37:16.599
 the bitterness

00:37:16.599 --> 00:37:18.000
 and the

00:37:18.000 --> 00:37:18.320
 resentment

00:37:18.320 --> 00:37:19.739
 I'm gifting

00:37:19.739 --> 00:37:20.159
 you a new

00:37:20.159 --> 00:37:20.460
 marriage

00:37:20.460 --> 00:37:20.920
 and in

00:37:20.920 --> 00:37:21.340
 gifting you

00:37:21.340 --> 00:37:21.559
 a new

00:37:21.559 --> 00:37:21.780
 marriage

00:37:21.780 --> 00:37:22.039
 I will

00:37:22.039 --> 00:37:22.400
 gift you

00:37:22.400 --> 00:37:22.719
 a son

00:37:22.719 --> 00:37:23.719
 isn't that

00:37:23.719 --> 00:37:24.099
 amazing

00:37:24.099 --> 00:37:26.639
 see God

00:37:26.639 --> 00:37:27.460
 doesn't just

00:37:27.460 --> 00:37:27.960
 give us

00:37:27.960 --> 00:37:28.440
 gifts just

00:37:28.440 --> 00:37:28.940
 for the sake

00:37:28.940 --> 00:37:29.139
 of it

00:37:29.139 --> 00:37:29.539
 just because

00:37:29.539 --> 00:37:29.900
 we want

00:37:29.900 --> 00:37:30.019
 them

00:37:30.019 --> 00:37:30.440
 he knows

00:37:30.440 --> 00:37:30.719
 what we

00:37:30.719 --> 00:37:30.940
 want

00:37:30.940 --> 00:37:31.799
 but more

00:37:31.799 --> 00:37:32.319
 importantly

00:37:32.319 --> 00:37:32.960
 he knows

00:37:32.960 --> 00:37:33.239
 what we

00:37:33.239 --> 00:37:33.500
 need

00:37:33.500 --> 00:37:37.739
 and so

00:37:37.739 --> 00:37:38.199
 he comes

00:37:38.199 --> 00:37:39.480
 and that's

00:37:39.480 --> 00:37:39.759
 where we

00:37:39.759 --> 00:37:40.000
 have the

00:37:40.000 --> 00:37:40.480
 interaction

00:37:40.480 --> 00:37:42.719
 but Sarah

00:37:42.719 --> 00:37:43.480
 denied it

00:37:43.480 --> 00:37:44.519
 saying I

00:37:44.519 --> 00:37:44.859
 did not

00:37:44.859 --> 00:37:45.179
 laugh

00:37:45.179 --> 00:37:45.679
 for she

00:37:45.679 --> 00:37:46.119
 was afraid

00:37:46.119 --> 00:37:47.259
 he said

00:37:47.259 --> 00:37:47.539
 no

00:37:47.539 --> 00:37:48.639
 but you

00:37:48.639 --> 00:37:49.139
 did laugh

00:37:49.139 --> 00:37:51.379
 the most

00:37:51.379 --> 00:37:51.719
 awkward

00:37:51.719 --> 00:37:52.900
 conversation

00:37:52.900 --> 00:37:53.400
 and then it

00:37:53.400 --> 00:37:53.920
 just stops

00:37:53.920 --> 00:37:55.000
 and then it

00:37:55.000 --> 00:37:55.379
 just ends

00:37:55.379 --> 00:37:56.339
 which tells

00:37:56.339 --> 00:37:56.699
 me one thing

00:37:56.699 --> 00:37:57.079
 that God

00:37:57.079 --> 00:37:57.519
 just has a

00:37:57.519 --> 00:37:57.819
 sense of

00:37:57.819 --> 00:37:58.019
 humour

00:37:58.019 --> 00:38:00.099
 why

00:38:00.099 --> 00:38:01.300
 he wants

00:38:01.300 --> 00:38:01.699
 to tell

00:38:01.699 --> 00:38:01.980
 her

00:38:01.980 --> 00:38:02.619
 that I

00:38:02.619 --> 00:38:02.960
 know you

00:38:02.960 --> 00:38:03.300
 laughed

00:38:03.300 --> 00:38:04.380
 but I

00:38:04.380 --> 00:38:04.659
 know that

00:38:04.659 --> 00:38:05.179
 your laughter

00:38:05.179 --> 00:38:05.940
 was one

00:38:05.940 --> 00:38:06.239
 of pain

00:38:06.239 --> 00:38:07.539
 I know

00:38:07.539 --> 00:38:07.820
 that your

00:38:07.820 --> 00:38:08.119
 laughter

00:38:08.119 --> 00:38:08.519
 was one

00:38:08.519 --> 00:38:09.199
 of hopelessness

00:38:09.199 --> 00:38:10.280
 but I

00:38:10.280 --> 00:38:10.519
 want to

00:38:10.519 --> 00:38:10.719
 tell you

00:38:10.719 --> 00:38:10.980
 that I

00:38:10.980 --> 00:38:11.380
 know that

00:38:11.380 --> 00:38:12.940
 I know

00:38:12.940 --> 00:38:13.320
 that it

00:38:13.320 --> 00:38:13.559
 doesn't

00:38:13.559 --> 00:38:13.759
 seem

00:38:13.759 --> 00:38:14.159
 possible

00:38:14.159 --> 00:38:16.000
 but I

00:38:16.000 --> 00:38:16.320
 want you

00:38:16.320 --> 00:38:17.059
 to know

00:38:17.059 --> 00:38:18.079
 that nothing

00:38:18.079 --> 00:38:19.059
 is impossible

00:38:19.059 --> 00:38:20.259
 with me

00:38:20.259 --> 00:38:22.420
 and so you

00:38:22.420 --> 00:38:22.840
 end up

00:38:22.840 --> 00:38:23.099
 there

00:38:23.099 --> 00:38:23.519
 and it

00:38:23.519 --> 00:38:23.820
 kind of

00:38:23.820 --> 00:38:24.000
 just

00:38:24.000 --> 00:38:24.300
 stops

00:38:24.300 --> 00:38:24.739
 it's

00:38:24.739 --> 00:38:24.980
 really

00:38:24.980 --> 00:38:25.360
 interesting

00:38:25.360 --> 00:38:25.619
 here

00:38:25.619 --> 00:38:26.340
 because

00:38:26.340 --> 00:38:26.980
 up until

00:38:26.980 --> 00:38:27.320
 this point

00:38:27.320 --> 00:38:27.820
 you don't

00:38:27.820 --> 00:38:28.539
 really sense

00:38:28.539 --> 00:38:29.680
 that Sarah

00:38:29.680 --> 00:38:30.460
 is one who

00:38:30.460 --> 00:38:30.900
 is filled

00:38:30.900 --> 00:38:31.340
 with faith

00:38:31.340 --> 00:38:32.740
 and yet

00:38:32.740 --> 00:38:33.240
 actually later

00:38:33.240 --> 00:38:33.680
 in scripture

00:38:33.680 --> 00:38:34.059
 in Hebrews

00:38:34.059 --> 00:38:34.420
 11

00:38:34.420 --> 00:38:35.300
 she's made

00:38:35.300 --> 00:38:35.559
 it into

00:38:35.559 --> 00:38:35.800
 the hall

00:38:35.800 --> 00:38:36.120
 of fame

00:38:36.120 --> 00:38:37.039
 where it

00:38:37.039 --> 00:38:37.519
 actually says

00:38:37.519 --> 00:38:37.980
 that she

00:38:37.980 --> 00:38:38.539
 was considered

00:38:38.539 --> 00:38:38.960
 faithful

00:38:38.960 --> 00:38:39.440
 that she

00:38:39.440 --> 00:38:39.700
 actually

00:38:39.700 --> 00:38:40.880
 continued to

00:38:40.880 --> 00:38:41.320
 believe in

00:38:41.320 --> 00:38:41.620
 the one

00:38:41.620 --> 00:38:41.980
 who made

00:38:41.980 --> 00:38:42.200
 her the

00:38:42.200 --> 00:38:42.500
 promise

00:38:42.500 --> 00:38:44.100
 so something

00:38:44.100 --> 00:38:44.559
 somewhere

00:38:44.559 --> 00:38:45.260
 changes

00:38:45.260 --> 00:38:45.880
 so actually

00:38:45.880 --> 00:38:46.200
 it would have

00:38:46.200 --> 00:38:46.720
 been interesting

00:38:46.720 --> 00:38:47.400
 because these

00:38:47.400 --> 00:38:48.160
 three men

00:38:48.160 --> 00:38:48.460
 said they'll

00:38:48.460 --> 00:38:48.800
 come back

00:38:48.800 --> 00:38:49.260
 next year

00:38:49.260 --> 00:38:49.940
 and by this

00:38:49.940 --> 00:38:50.340
 time next year

00:38:50.340 --> 00:38:50.600
 they'll have

00:38:50.600 --> 00:38:50.940
 a son

00:38:50.940 --> 00:38:51.620
 okay so if

00:38:51.620 --> 00:38:52.360
 you're good

00:38:52.360 --> 00:38:52.680
 with maths

00:38:52.680 --> 00:38:53.019
 then you know

00:38:53.019 --> 00:38:53.440
 that babies

00:38:53.440 --> 00:38:53.820
 are usually

00:38:53.820 --> 00:38:55.380
 in the

00:38:55.380 --> 00:38:55.900
 mother's

00:38:55.900 --> 00:38:56.059
 womb

00:38:56.059 --> 00:38:56.420
 for

00:38:56.420 --> 00:38:57.100
 actually

00:38:57.100 --> 00:38:57.760
 40 weeks

00:38:57.760 --> 00:38:58.680
 okay from

00:38:58.680 --> 00:38:59.280
 there they

00:38:59.280 --> 00:38:59.800
 had maybe a

00:38:59.800 --> 00:39:00.220
 couple months

00:39:00.220 --> 00:39:00.500
 to keep

00:39:00.500 --> 00:39:00.800
 trying

00:39:00.800 --> 00:39:01.559
 it meant hey

00:39:01.559 --> 00:39:02.160
 you have a few

00:39:02.160 --> 00:39:02.640
 months now

00:39:02.640 --> 00:39:03.840
 to in faith

00:39:03.840 --> 00:39:04.760
 to trust me

00:39:04.760 --> 00:39:05.700
 to re-engage

00:39:05.700 --> 00:39:06.200
 your husband

00:39:06.200 --> 00:39:07.200
 and to re-kindle

00:39:07.200 --> 00:39:07.720
 your marriage

00:39:07.720 --> 00:39:08.380
 and to spend

00:39:08.380 --> 00:39:08.620
 this time

00:39:08.620 --> 00:39:08.940
 together

00:39:08.940 --> 00:39:09.720
 because you

00:39:09.720 --> 00:39:10.059
 are gonna

00:39:10.059 --> 00:39:11.080
 get a

00:39:11.080 --> 00:39:11.800
 son

00:39:11.800 --> 00:39:12.519
 I want

00:39:12.519 --> 00:39:13.400
 you to

00:39:13.400 --> 00:39:13.980
 engage in

00:39:13.980 --> 00:39:14.400
 your marriage

00:39:14.400 --> 00:39:14.920
 in faith

00:39:14.920 --> 00:39:17.280
 is what he

00:39:17.280 --> 00:39:17.460
 said

00:39:17.460 --> 00:39:19.000
 and so she

00:39:19.000 --> 00:39:19.519
 believes him

00:39:19.519 --> 00:39:20.140
 and then she

00:39:20.140 --> 00:39:20.360
 does

00:39:20.360 --> 00:39:21.039
 and of course

00:39:21.039 --> 00:39:21.820
 later what we

00:39:21.820 --> 00:39:22.160
 see here

00:39:22.159 --> 00:39:23.059
 it is attributed

00:39:23.059 --> 00:39:23.480
 to her

00:39:23.480 --> 00:39:23.839
 that she

00:39:23.839 --> 00:39:24.559
 is a woman

00:39:24.559 --> 00:39:25.659
 of faithfulness

00:39:25.659 --> 00:39:27.000
 isn't that

00:39:27.000 --> 00:39:27.399
 beautiful

00:39:27.399 --> 00:39:28.059
 that God

00:39:28.059 --> 00:39:29.279
 comes to

00:39:29.279 --> 00:39:30.179
 interact with

00:39:30.179 --> 00:39:30.599
 the one

00:39:30.599 --> 00:39:31.659
 who feels

00:39:31.659 --> 00:39:32.019
 abandoned

00:39:32.019 --> 00:39:32.539
 the one

00:39:32.539 --> 00:39:33.000
 who feels

00:39:33.000 --> 00:39:33.179
 hurt

00:39:33.179 --> 00:39:33.460
 the one

00:39:33.460 --> 00:39:33.839
 who feels

00:39:33.839 --> 00:39:34.159
 pain

00:39:34.159 --> 00:39:34.619
 the one

00:39:34.619 --> 00:39:34.920
 who feels

00:39:34.920 --> 00:39:35.159
 as though

00:39:35.159 --> 00:39:35.819
 she's lost

00:39:35.819 --> 00:39:36.379
 her identity

00:39:36.379 --> 00:39:37.019
 and she

00:39:37.019 --> 00:39:37.480
 comes and

00:39:37.480 --> 00:39:38.239
 he speaks

00:39:38.239 --> 00:39:39.279
 to her

00:39:39.279 --> 00:39:40.899
 and so that's

00:39:40.899 --> 00:39:41.339
 the story

00:39:41.339 --> 00:39:42.019
 that we have

00:39:42.019 --> 00:39:42.239
 here

00:39:42.239 --> 00:39:42.739
 and I want

00:39:42.739 --> 00:39:43.179
 to just draw

00:39:43.179 --> 00:39:43.440
 a couple

00:39:43.440 --> 00:39:43.920
 of conclusions

00:39:43.920 --> 00:39:44.299
 from here

00:39:44.299 --> 00:39:44.839
 because why

00:39:44.839 --> 00:39:45.239
 is this

00:39:45.239 --> 00:39:45.639
 strange

00:39:45.639 --> 00:39:46.319
 story here

00:39:46.319 --> 00:39:46.779
 because actually

00:39:46.779 --> 00:39:47.399
 very shortly

00:39:47.399 --> 00:39:48.239
 after he

00:39:48.239 --> 00:39:48.719
 moves on to

00:39:48.719 --> 00:39:49.179
 talking about

00:39:49.179 --> 00:39:49.599
 something else

00:39:49.599 --> 00:39:49.960
 that Gabe

00:39:49.960 --> 00:39:50.920
 will move

00:39:50.920 --> 00:39:51.539
 on into next

00:39:51.539 --> 00:39:51.699
 week

00:39:51.699 --> 00:39:52.299
 but a couple

00:39:52.299 --> 00:39:52.679
 of quick

00:39:52.679 --> 00:39:53.179
 conclusions

00:39:53.179 --> 00:39:53.599
 here from

00:39:53.599 --> 00:39:54.079
 this passage

00:39:54.079 --> 00:39:54.679
 the first

00:39:54.679 --> 00:39:55.119
 thing is this

00:39:55.119 --> 00:39:55.719
 the weight

00:39:55.719 --> 00:39:56.219
 is real

00:39:56.219 --> 00:39:58.980
 some of us

00:39:58.980 --> 00:40:00.000
 are continually

00:40:00.000 --> 00:40:00.659
 still thinking

00:40:00.659 --> 00:40:01.099
 that waiting

00:40:01.099 --> 00:40:01.480
 time is

00:40:01.480 --> 00:40:02.019
 waiting time

00:40:02.019 --> 00:40:02.659
 I want you

00:40:02.659 --> 00:40:02.980
 to know

00:40:02.980 --> 00:40:03.699
 yes the

00:40:03.699 --> 00:40:04.159
 weight is

00:40:04.159 --> 00:40:04.359
 real

00:40:04.359 --> 00:40:04.899
 you are

00:40:04.899 --> 00:40:05.359
 waiting for

00:40:05.359 --> 00:40:05.579
 something

00:40:05.579 --> 00:40:05.960
 let's just

00:40:05.960 --> 00:40:06.359
 acknowledge

00:40:06.359 --> 00:40:06.639
 that

00:40:06.639 --> 00:40:07.199
 and let's

00:40:07.199 --> 00:40:07.519
 acknowledge

00:40:07.519 --> 00:40:07.819
 that that

00:40:07.819 --> 00:40:08.379
 is frustrating

00:40:08.379 --> 00:40:08.639
 let's

00:40:08.639 --> 00:40:08.980
 acknowledge

00:40:08.980 --> 00:40:09.279
 that that

00:40:09.279 --> 00:40:09.819
 is painful

00:40:09.819 --> 00:40:10.259
 let's

00:40:10.259 --> 00:40:10.579
 acknowledge

00:40:10.579 --> 00:40:10.879
 that that

00:40:10.879 --> 00:40:11.399
 is lonely

00:40:11.399 --> 00:40:12.059
 the weight

00:40:12.059 --> 00:40:12.500
 is real

00:40:12.500 --> 00:40:12.919
 and the

00:40:12.919 --> 00:40:13.179
 pain

00:40:13.179 --> 00:40:13.699
 is real

00:40:13.699 --> 00:40:14.139
 as well

00:40:14.139 --> 00:40:14.899
 I get

00:40:14.899 --> 00:40:15.119
 that

00:40:15.119 --> 00:40:15.539
 God

00:40:15.539 --> 00:40:16.019
 gets that

00:40:16.019 --> 00:40:16.739
 I think

00:40:16.739 --> 00:40:17.039
 that's why

00:40:17.039 --> 00:40:17.519
 this passage

00:40:17.519 --> 00:40:17.899
 is here

00:40:17.899 --> 00:40:18.579
 he's showing

00:40:18.579 --> 00:40:18.759
 you

00:40:18.759 --> 00:40:19.639
 he's showing

00:40:19.639 --> 00:40:20.659
 us that the

00:40:21.699 --> 00:40:23.279
 there is

00:40:23.279 --> 00:40:23.899
 also something

00:40:23.899 --> 00:40:25.219
 about waiting

00:40:25.219 --> 00:40:25.759
 that we

00:40:25.759 --> 00:40:26.139
 should do

00:40:26.139 --> 00:40:26.500
 well

00:40:26.500 --> 00:40:27.219
 that we

00:40:27.219 --> 00:40:27.659
 whilst we

00:40:27.659 --> 00:40:28.039
 are waiting

00:40:28.039 --> 00:40:28.399
 for that

00:40:28.399 --> 00:40:28.859
 one thing

00:40:28.859 --> 00:40:29.299
 we should

00:40:29.299 --> 00:40:29.719
 still be

00:40:29.719 --> 00:40:30.519
 open to

00:40:30.519 --> 00:40:31.059
 the other

00:40:31.059 --> 00:40:31.419
 things

00:40:31.419 --> 00:40:33.099
 whilst we're

00:40:33.099 --> 00:40:33.639
 waiting for

00:40:33.639 --> 00:40:33.960
 that one

00:40:33.960 --> 00:40:34.339
 thing that

00:40:34.339 --> 00:40:34.899
 we think

00:40:34.899 --> 00:40:35.439
 will satisfy

00:40:35.439 --> 00:40:35.899
 us we

00:40:35.899 --> 00:40:36.199
 should still

00:40:36.199 --> 00:40:36.739
 be open

00:40:36.739 --> 00:40:37.379
 to all

00:40:37.379 --> 00:40:37.719
 the other

00:40:37.719 --> 00:40:38.239
 possibilities

00:40:38.239 --> 00:40:38.559
 that are

00:40:38.559 --> 00:40:38.899
 out there

00:40:38.899 --> 00:40:39.779
 that we

00:40:39.779 --> 00:40:40.279
 also need

00:40:40.279 --> 00:40:40.659
 to be

00:40:40.659 --> 00:40:41.379
 very much

00:40:41.379 --> 00:40:41.960
 aware of

00:40:41.960 --> 00:40:43.079
 the weight

00:40:43.079 --> 00:40:43.480
 is real

00:40:43.480 --> 00:40:44.000
 the weight

00:40:44.000 --> 00:40:44.480
 is painful

00:40:44.480 --> 00:40:45.179
 but let us

00:40:45.179 --> 00:40:46.079
 wait well

00:40:46.079 --> 00:40:46.699
 let us wait

00:40:46.699 --> 00:40:47.559
 with a hospitality

00:40:47.559 --> 00:40:48.480
 let's go out

00:40:48.480 --> 00:40:49.079
 and whilst we're

00:40:49.079 --> 00:40:49.500
 waiting for

00:40:49.500 --> 00:40:49.980
 whatever we're

00:40:49.980 --> 00:40:50.500
 waiting for

00:40:50.500 --> 00:40:51.439
 still be the

00:40:51.440 --> 00:40:51.960
 human beings

00:40:51.960 --> 00:40:52.720
 still be the

00:40:52.720 --> 00:40:53.200
 Christ followers

00:40:53.200 --> 00:40:53.559
 that God

00:40:53.559 --> 00:40:53.960
 has called

00:40:53.960 --> 00:40:54.480
 us to be

00:40:54.480 --> 00:40:55.179
 to engage

00:40:55.179 --> 00:40:55.599
 with strangers

00:40:55.599 --> 00:40:56.059
 to love

00:40:56.059 --> 00:40:56.220
 them

00:40:56.220 --> 00:40:56.639
 to smile

00:40:56.639 --> 00:40:56.960
 at them

00:40:56.960 --> 00:40:57.500
 to open

00:40:57.500 --> 00:40:57.800
 the door

00:40:57.800 --> 00:40:58.139
 for them

00:40:58.139 --> 00:41:00.519
 to show

00:41:00.519 --> 00:41:01.019
 the love

00:41:01.019 --> 00:41:01.579
 of Christ

00:41:01.579 --> 00:41:02.579
 to them

00:41:02.579 --> 00:41:04.079
 the weight

00:41:04.079 --> 00:41:04.400
 is real

00:41:04.400 --> 00:41:04.659
 the weight

00:41:04.659 --> 00:41:05.079
 is painful

00:41:05.079 --> 00:41:05.720
 but let us

00:41:05.720 --> 00:41:06.420
 wait well

00:41:06.420 --> 00:41:07.519
 sometimes we

00:41:07.519 --> 00:41:08.179
 don't recognize

00:41:08.179 --> 00:41:08.820
 God when he

00:41:08.820 --> 00:41:09.220
 shows up

00:41:09.220 --> 00:41:10.780
 just like Abraham

00:41:10.780 --> 00:41:11.840
 he's in pain

00:41:11.840 --> 00:41:13.019
 sat outside

00:41:13.019 --> 00:41:13.539
 his tent

00:41:13.539 --> 00:41:14.179
 waiting

00:41:14.179 --> 00:41:15.159
 and then suddenly

00:41:15.159 --> 00:41:15.960
 God shows up

00:41:15.960 --> 00:41:16.820
 Hebrews 13

00:41:16.820 --> 00:41:18.019
 let us

00:41:18.019 --> 00:41:19.059
 be hospitable

00:41:19.059 --> 00:41:19.900
 to strangers

00:41:19.900 --> 00:41:20.800
 not knowing

00:41:20.800 --> 00:41:21.220
 that maybe

00:41:21.220 --> 00:41:21.900
 sometimes we've

00:41:21.900 --> 00:41:22.960
 entertained angels

00:41:22.960 --> 00:41:25.000
 let us be

00:41:25.000 --> 00:41:26.300
 isn't that exciting

00:41:26.300 --> 00:41:26.720
 for you

00:41:26.720 --> 00:41:27.420
 that you could

00:41:27.420 --> 00:41:28.240
 walk downstairs

00:41:28.240 --> 00:41:29.440
 and you can

00:41:29.440 --> 00:41:30.280
 talk to someone

00:41:30.280 --> 00:41:30.700
 random

00:41:30.700 --> 00:41:31.480
 who you think

00:41:31.480 --> 00:41:31.920
 is random

00:41:31.920 --> 00:41:32.539
 but you may

00:41:32.539 --> 00:41:33.160
 have set off

00:41:33.160 --> 00:41:34.220
 a series of

00:41:34.220 --> 00:41:34.599
 events

00:41:34.599 --> 00:41:35.900
 that will lead

00:41:35.900 --> 00:41:36.360
 that person

00:41:36.360 --> 00:41:36.740
 to Christ

00:41:36.740 --> 00:41:37.180
 doesn't that

00:41:37.180 --> 00:41:37.720
 excite you

00:41:37.720 --> 00:41:38.139
 it should

00:41:38.139 --> 00:41:40.400
 that there are

00:41:40.400 --> 00:41:41.119
 people that we

00:41:41.119 --> 00:41:41.760
 can speak to

00:41:41.760 --> 00:41:42.360
 and engage with

00:41:42.360 --> 00:41:42.840
 in a different

00:41:42.840 --> 00:41:43.380
 way that no

00:41:43.380 --> 00:41:44.059
 one else does

00:41:44.059 --> 00:41:45.519
 that actually

00:41:45.519 --> 00:41:46.420
 we can share

00:41:46.420 --> 00:41:46.780
 love to

00:41:46.780 --> 00:41:48.699
 sometimes

00:41:48.699 --> 00:41:49.519
 we don't

00:41:49.519 --> 00:41:50.119
 recognize God

00:41:50.119 --> 00:41:50.579
 and he still

00:41:50.579 --> 00:41:50.960
 shows up

00:41:50.960 --> 00:41:51.800
 sometimes even

00:41:51.800 --> 00:41:52.300
 when we've

00:41:52.300 --> 00:41:52.739
 given up

00:41:52.739 --> 00:41:53.259
 let us

00:41:53.259 --> 00:41:53.719
 continue

00:41:53.719 --> 00:41:54.400
 to wait

00:41:54.400 --> 00:41:55.259
 because God

00:41:55.259 --> 00:41:56.039
 also has

00:41:56.039 --> 00:41:56.639
 a sense

00:41:56.639 --> 00:41:57.079
 of humor

00:41:57.079 --> 00:41:58.400
 he knows

00:41:58.400 --> 00:41:58.860
 your pain

00:41:58.860 --> 00:41:59.579
 but he will

00:41:59.579 --> 00:42:00.000
 also sit

00:42:00.000 --> 00:42:00.280
 with you

00:42:00.280 --> 00:42:00.519
 in that

00:42:00.519 --> 00:42:00.759
 pain

00:42:00.759 --> 00:42:01.539
 but he also

00:42:01.539 --> 00:42:02.059
 has a sense

00:42:02.059 --> 00:42:02.440
 of humor

00:42:02.440 --> 00:42:02.880
 but you

00:42:02.880 --> 00:42:03.619
 did laugh

00:42:03.619 --> 00:42:06.659
 it's not

00:42:06.659 --> 00:42:07.159
 happened yet

00:42:07.159 --> 00:42:08.420
 but he knows

00:42:08.420 --> 00:42:08.780
 what he's

00:42:08.780 --> 00:42:09.320
 going to do

00:42:09.320 --> 00:42:12.539
 he does have

00:42:12.539 --> 00:42:12.800
 a sense

00:42:12.800 --> 00:42:13.139
 of humor

00:42:13.139 --> 00:42:13.500
 which is

00:42:13.500 --> 00:42:13.860
 interesting

00:42:13.860 --> 00:42:14.300
 because

00:42:14.300 --> 00:42:16.019
 eventually

00:42:16.019 --> 00:42:16.320
 Isaac

00:42:16.320 --> 00:42:16.720
 does get

00:42:16.720 --> 00:42:16.880
 born

00:42:16.880 --> 00:42:17.140
 and what

00:42:17.140 --> 00:42:17.360
 does the

00:42:17.360 --> 00:42:17.539
 name

00:42:17.539 --> 00:42:17.820
 Isaac

00:42:17.820 --> 00:42:18.079
 mean

00:42:18.079 --> 00:42:19.320
 it means

00:42:19.320 --> 00:42:19.700
 laughter

00:42:19.700 --> 00:42:22.180
 what's even

00:42:22.180 --> 00:42:22.720
 more interesting

00:42:22.720 --> 00:42:23.120
 and I have

00:42:23.120 --> 00:42:23.380
 to read

00:42:23.380 --> 00:42:23.820
 this to you

00:42:23.820 --> 00:42:24.780
 in Genesis

00:42:24.780 --> 00:42:25.860
 chapter 21

00:42:25.860 --> 00:42:26.740
 she finally

00:42:26.740 --> 00:42:27.599
 has Isaac

00:42:27.599 --> 00:42:29.059
 chapter 21

00:42:29.059 --> 00:42:29.660
 verse 6

00:42:29.660 --> 00:42:30.559
 and Sarah

00:42:30.559 --> 00:42:30.980
 said God

00:42:30.980 --> 00:42:31.320
 has made

00:42:31.320 --> 00:42:31.640
 laughter

00:42:31.640 --> 00:42:32.099
 for me

00:42:32.099 --> 00:42:32.940
 and everyone

00:42:32.940 --> 00:42:33.500
 who hears

00:42:33.500 --> 00:42:33.940
 will laugh

00:42:33.940 --> 00:42:34.460
 over me

00:42:34.460 --> 00:42:36.840
 and she

00:42:36.840 --> 00:42:37.400
 said who

00:42:37.400 --> 00:42:37.720
 would have

00:42:37.720 --> 00:42:38.120
 said to

00:42:38.120 --> 00:42:38.420
 Abraham

00:42:38.420 --> 00:42:39.059
 that Sarah

00:42:39.059 --> 00:42:39.599
 would nurse

00:42:39.599 --> 00:42:40.000
 children

00:42:40.000 --> 00:42:40.579
 yet I have

00:42:40.579 --> 00:42:41.059
 born him

00:42:41.059 --> 00:42:41.539
 a son

00:42:41.539 --> 00:42:41.880
 in his

00:42:41.880 --> 00:42:42.519
 old age

00:42:42.519 --> 00:42:43.300
 I'm a

00:42:43.300 --> 00:42:44.680
 91 year

00:42:44.680 --> 00:42:45.180
 old woman

00:42:45.180 --> 00:42:45.519
 who is

00:42:45.519 --> 00:42:45.960
 nursing

00:42:45.960 --> 00:42:46.840
 a baby

00:42:46.840 --> 00:42:47.700
 people

00:42:47.700 --> 00:42:48.000
 are going

00:42:48.000 --> 00:42:48.519
 to laugh

00:42:48.519 --> 00:42:49.160
 people are

00:42:49.160 --> 00:42:49.360
 going to

00:42:49.360 --> 00:42:49.720
 find it

00:42:49.720 --> 00:42:50.400
 ridiculous

00:42:50.400 --> 00:42:51.019
 that I'm

00:42:51.019 --> 00:42:51.539
 doing that

00:42:51.539 --> 00:42:52.060
 and you

00:42:52.060 --> 00:42:52.340
 know what

00:42:52.340 --> 00:42:52.680
 when you

00:42:52.680 --> 00:42:53.240
 meet Christ

00:42:53.240 --> 00:42:53.740
 when you

00:42:53.740 --> 00:42:54.240
 realize that

00:42:54.240 --> 00:42:54.500
 he is

00:42:54.500 --> 00:42:54.800
 good for

00:42:54.800 --> 00:42:55.039
 what he

00:42:55.039 --> 00:42:55.320
 promised

00:42:55.320 --> 00:42:55.460
 you

00:42:55.460 --> 00:42:55.680
 when you

00:42:55.680 --> 00:42:56.000
 realize

00:42:56.000 --> 00:42:56.280
 who he

00:42:56.280 --> 00:42:56.380
 is

00:42:56.380 --> 00:42:56.800
 you don't

00:42:56.800 --> 00:42:57.140
 care what

00:42:57.140 --> 00:42:57.519
 other people

00:42:57.519 --> 00:42:57.780
 think

00:42:57.780 --> 00:42:58.100
 anymore

00:42:58.100 --> 00:42:59.740
 she spent

00:42:59.740 --> 00:43:00.200
 her whole

00:43:00.200 --> 00:43:00.640
 can you

00:43:00.640 --> 00:43:00.900
 imagine

00:43:00.900 --> 00:43:01.380
 again just

00:43:01.380 --> 00:43:01.760
 another bit

00:43:01.760 --> 00:43:02.200
 of context

00:43:02.200 --> 00:43:02.519
 Abraham

00:43:02.519 --> 00:43:02.880
 Sarah

00:43:02.880 --> 00:43:03.320
 they were

00:43:03.320 --> 00:43:03.620
 the heads

00:43:03.620 --> 00:43:03.880
 of this

00:43:03.880 --> 00:43:04.260
 household

00:43:04.260 --> 00:43:04.760
 of a

00:43:04.760 --> 00:43:04.980
 thousand

00:43:04.980 --> 00:43:05.360
 people

00:43:05.360 --> 00:43:06.080
 what would

00:43:06.080 --> 00:43:06.300
 they have

00:43:06.300 --> 00:43:06.560
 seen

00:43:06.560 --> 00:43:06.880
 on a

00:43:06.880 --> 00:43:07.080
 yearly

00:43:07.080 --> 00:43:07.539
 basis

00:43:07.539 --> 00:43:08.760
 their

00:43:08.760 --> 00:43:09.300
 servants

00:43:09.300 --> 00:43:09.740
 their

00:43:09.740 --> 00:43:10.160
 families

00:43:10.159 --> 00:43:10.639
 all

00:43:10.639 --> 00:43:10.799
 getting

00:43:10.799 --> 00:43:11.059
 married

00:43:11.059 --> 00:43:11.339
 and having

00:43:11.339 --> 00:43:11.659
 kids

00:43:11.659 --> 00:43:13.539
 constantly

00:43:13.539 --> 00:43:14.179
 being

00:43:14.179 --> 00:43:14.539
 surrounded

00:43:14.539 --> 00:43:15.019
 by kids

00:43:15.019 --> 00:43:15.559
 and they

00:43:15.559 --> 00:43:15.719
 would have

00:43:15.719 --> 00:43:16.059
 been laughing

00:43:16.059 --> 00:43:16.619
 especially

00:43:16.619 --> 00:43:17.079
 when they

00:43:17.079 --> 00:43:17.359
 changed

00:43:17.359 --> 00:43:17.679
 their name

00:43:17.679 --> 00:43:18.039
 oh did

00:43:18.039 --> 00:43:18.299
 you hear

00:43:18.299 --> 00:43:18.659
 about our

00:43:18.659 --> 00:43:18.940
 boss

00:43:18.940 --> 00:43:19.699
 did you

00:43:19.699 --> 00:43:19.960
 hear about

00:43:19.960 --> 00:43:20.279
 Abraham

00:43:20.279 --> 00:43:20.819
 he's

00:43:20.819 --> 00:43:21.039
 changed

00:43:21.039 --> 00:43:21.399
 his name

00:43:21.399 --> 00:43:23.099
 the father

00:43:23.099 --> 00:43:23.539
 of one

00:43:23.539 --> 00:43:23.980
 has changed

00:43:23.980 --> 00:43:24.339
 his name

00:43:24.339 --> 00:43:24.719
 to be a

00:43:24.719 --> 00:43:24.879
 father

00:43:24.879 --> 00:43:25.279
 of many

00:43:25.279 --> 00:43:26.279
 isn't that

00:43:26.279 --> 00:43:26.559
 funny

00:43:26.559 --> 00:43:27.839
 and his

00:43:27.839 --> 00:43:28.159
 wife's

00:43:28.159 --> 00:43:28.539
 old

00:43:28.539 --> 00:43:29.179
 advanced

00:43:29.179 --> 00:43:29.699
 in years

00:43:29.699 --> 00:43:30.599
 they would

00:43:30.599 --> 00:43:30.779
 have been

00:43:30.779 --> 00:43:31.019
 laughing

00:43:31.019 --> 00:43:31.420
 at her

00:43:31.420 --> 00:43:32.299
 but now

00:43:32.299 --> 00:43:32.739
 when it

00:43:32.739 --> 00:43:33.099
 has actually

00:43:33.099 --> 00:43:33.379
 happened

00:43:33.379 --> 00:43:34.039
 she actually

00:43:34.039 --> 00:43:34.799
 rejoices

00:43:34.799 --> 00:43:35.219
 God has

00:43:35.219 --> 00:43:35.679
 made laughter

00:43:35.679 --> 00:43:36.039
 for me

00:43:36.039 --> 00:43:36.579
 and everyone

00:43:36.579 --> 00:43:37.000
 who hears

00:43:37.000 --> 00:43:37.440
 will laugh

00:43:37.440 --> 00:43:37.859
 over me

00:43:37.859 --> 00:43:38.779
 I don't

00:43:38.779 --> 00:43:39.199
 care that

00:43:39.199 --> 00:43:39.599
 they're laughing

00:43:39.599 --> 00:43:40.059
 about me

00:43:40.059 --> 00:43:40.259
 now

00:43:40.259 --> 00:43:40.639
 because

00:43:40.639 --> 00:43:41.000
 God

00:43:41.000 --> 00:43:41.279
 is the

00:43:41.279 --> 00:43:41.419
 one

00:43:41.419 --> 00:43:41.719
 who is

00:43:41.719 --> 00:43:42.119
 in my

00:43:42.119 --> 00:43:42.339
 corner

00:43:42.339 --> 00:43:42.699
 God

00:43:42.699 --> 00:43:43.019
 is on

00:43:43.019 --> 00:43:43.199
 my

00:43:43.199 --> 00:43:43.460
 side

00:43:43.460 --> 00:43:44.000
 and God

00:43:44.000 --> 00:43:44.480
 has fulfilled

00:43:44.480 --> 00:43:44.899
 his promise

00:43:44.899 --> 00:43:46.000
 isn't that an amazing

00:43:46.000 --> 00:43:46.460
 turnaround

00:43:46.460 --> 00:43:47.199
 for Sarah

00:43:47.199 --> 00:43:49.599
 the wait is real

00:43:49.599 --> 00:43:50.259
 the wait is painful

00:43:50.259 --> 00:43:50.759
 let us wait

00:43:50.759 --> 00:43:51.019
 well

00:43:51.019 --> 00:43:52.119
 can we recognize

00:43:52.119 --> 00:43:52.839
 that God shows up

00:43:52.839 --> 00:43:53.539
 even in places

00:43:53.539 --> 00:43:54.359
 that we don't

00:43:54.359 --> 00:43:55.000
 recognize him

00:43:55.000 --> 00:43:56.119
 he has a sense

00:43:56.119 --> 00:43:56.519
 of humor

00:43:56.519 --> 00:43:57.379
 and he brings

00:43:57.379 --> 00:43:57.739
 laughter

00:43:57.739 --> 00:43:59.059
 to the hopeless

00:43:59.059 --> 00:43:59.939
 and he turns

00:43:59.939 --> 00:44:00.419
 the laughter

00:44:00.419 --> 00:44:01.419
 of hopelessness

00:44:01.419 --> 00:44:02.419
 into the laughter

00:44:02.419 --> 00:44:03.859
 of hopefulness

00:44:03.859 --> 00:44:05.799
 that is our God

00:44:05.799 --> 00:44:07.519
 can we wait

00:44:07.519 --> 00:44:08.219
 well

00:44:08.219 --> 00:44:09.799
 this whole

00:44:09.799 --> 00:44:10.259
 scenario

00:44:10.259 --> 00:44:10.839
 seems very

00:44:10.839 --> 00:44:11.259
 impossible

00:44:11.259 --> 00:44:12.559
 and you wonder

00:44:12.559 --> 00:44:13.219
 why it's here

00:44:13.219 --> 00:44:14.359
 but really

00:44:14.359 --> 00:44:15.500
 what it's also

00:44:15.500 --> 00:44:16.119
 doing is saying

00:44:16.119 --> 00:44:16.779
 actually this isn't

00:44:16.779 --> 00:44:17.699
 the end of the story

00:44:17.699 --> 00:44:19.279
 why is this story

00:44:19.279 --> 00:44:19.519
 here

00:44:19.519 --> 00:44:20.339
 because something

00:44:20.339 --> 00:44:21.179
 even more

00:44:21.179 --> 00:44:21.699
 impossible

00:44:21.699 --> 00:44:22.359
 happens

00:44:22.359 --> 00:44:23.579
 years and years

00:44:23.579 --> 00:44:23.879
 later

00:44:23.879 --> 00:44:25.000
 where an angel

00:44:25.000 --> 00:44:26.179
 shows up

00:44:26.179 --> 00:44:27.000
 to someone

00:44:27.000 --> 00:44:28.119
 who isn't

00:44:28.119 --> 00:44:28.539
 married

00:44:28.539 --> 00:44:31.059
 in the book

00:44:31.059 --> 00:44:31.439
 of Luke

00:44:31.439 --> 00:44:32.519
 Luke

00:44:32.519 --> 00:44:33.480
 almost knowing

00:44:33.480 --> 00:44:34.399
 that the readers

00:44:34.399 --> 00:44:35.119
 would have drawn

00:44:35.119 --> 00:44:35.739
 this parallel

00:44:35.739 --> 00:44:38.099
 writes about

00:44:38.099 --> 00:44:38.500
 an angel

00:44:38.500 --> 00:44:39.139
 showing up

00:44:39.139 --> 00:44:40.399
 to a teenage

00:44:40.399 --> 00:44:41.000
 girl called

00:44:41.000 --> 00:44:41.259
 Mary

00:44:41.259 --> 00:44:43.359
 and he says

00:44:43.359 --> 00:44:43.759
 hey you're

00:44:43.759 --> 00:44:44.039
 going to have

00:44:44.039 --> 00:44:44.339
 a son

00:44:44.339 --> 00:44:47.199
 and she's like

00:44:47.199 --> 00:44:47.679
 well I'm not

00:44:47.679 --> 00:44:48.279
 even married

00:44:48.279 --> 00:44:49.259
 at least Sarah

00:44:49.259 --> 00:44:49.799
 was married

00:44:49.799 --> 00:44:52.439
 so that is

00:44:52.439 --> 00:44:52.859
 impossible

00:44:52.859 --> 00:44:54.539
 and yet

00:44:54.539 --> 00:44:55.119
 what does Luke

00:44:55.119 --> 00:44:55.379
 say

00:44:55.379 --> 00:44:56.719
 the angel

00:44:56.719 --> 00:44:56.919
 says

00:44:56.919 --> 00:44:57.379
 but nothing

00:44:57.379 --> 00:44:57.899
 is impossible

00:44:57.899 --> 00:44:58.379
 with God

00:44:58.379 --> 00:45:00.659
 nothing

00:45:00.659 --> 00:45:01.419
 is impossible

00:45:01.420 --> 00:45:03.000
 with God

00:45:03.000 --> 00:45:04.240
 and what you

00:45:04.240 --> 00:45:04.740
 see then

00:45:04.740 --> 00:45:06.519
 is his

00:45:06.519 --> 00:45:06.900
 parallel

00:45:06.900 --> 00:45:08.480
 brings

00:45:08.480 --> 00:45:09.360
 his

00:45:09.360 --> 00:45:09.820
 completion

00:45:09.820 --> 00:45:12.039
 through Christ

00:45:12.039 --> 00:45:14.320
 who also

00:45:14.320 --> 00:45:14.639
 comes

00:45:14.639 --> 00:45:15.079
 he is the

00:45:15.079 --> 00:45:15.380
 real

00:45:15.380 --> 00:45:15.740
 Isaac

00:45:15.740 --> 00:45:16.159
 he is the

00:45:16.159 --> 00:45:16.460
 one who

00:45:16.460 --> 00:45:16.980
 brings laughter

00:45:16.980 --> 00:45:17.400
 to those

00:45:17.400 --> 00:45:17.820
 who are in

00:45:17.820 --> 00:45:18.039
 sorrow

00:45:18.039 --> 00:45:19.500
 he is the

00:45:19.500 --> 00:45:20.340
 real son

00:45:20.340 --> 00:45:20.860
 of promise

00:45:20.860 --> 00:45:21.180
 and you

00:45:21.180 --> 00:45:21.780
 realize that

00:45:21.780 --> 00:45:22.400
 story with

00:45:22.400 --> 00:45:23.059
 Abraham and

00:45:23.059 --> 00:45:23.360
 Sarah

00:45:23.360 --> 00:45:24.039
 was simply

00:45:24.039 --> 00:45:24.400
 just a

00:45:24.400 --> 00:45:24.920
 foreshadowing

00:45:24.920 --> 00:45:25.480
 simply just

00:45:25.480 --> 00:45:26.440
 a signpost

00:45:26.440 --> 00:45:27.200
 to the most

00:45:27.200 --> 00:45:27.659
 impossible

00:45:27.659 --> 00:45:28.079
 story

00:45:28.079 --> 00:45:28.460
 you know

00:45:28.460 --> 00:45:28.760
 what's even

00:45:28.760 --> 00:45:29.500
 more impossible

00:45:29.500 --> 00:45:31.239
 me and you

00:45:31.239 --> 00:45:32.760
 living forever

00:45:32.760 --> 00:45:35.739
 me and you

00:45:35.739 --> 00:45:36.679
 living forever

00:45:36.679 --> 00:45:37.139
 that's even

00:45:37.139 --> 00:45:38.099
 more impossible

00:45:38.099 --> 00:45:40.699
 than these

00:45:40.699 --> 00:45:41.159
 women having

00:45:41.159 --> 00:45:41.559
 babies

00:45:41.559 --> 00:45:42.780
 and yet

00:45:42.780 --> 00:45:43.500
 that's the

00:45:43.500 --> 00:45:43.820
 miracle

00:45:43.820 --> 00:45:44.440
 that we

00:45:44.440 --> 00:45:44.699
 have

00:45:44.699 --> 00:45:45.920
 why

00:45:45.920 --> 00:45:46.460
 because of

00:45:46.460 --> 00:45:46.719
 Jesus

00:45:46.719 --> 00:45:47.719
 and only

00:45:47.719 --> 00:45:48.159
 because of

00:45:48.159 --> 00:45:48.360
 Jesus

00:45:48.360 --> 00:45:48.960
 because he

00:45:48.960 --> 00:45:49.360
 was the

00:45:49.360 --> 00:45:49.699
 true

00:45:49.699 --> 00:45:50.219
 Isaac

00:45:50.219 --> 00:45:50.880
 he was

00:45:50.880 --> 00:45:51.360
 the true

00:45:51.360 --> 00:45:52.019
 son of

00:45:52.019 --> 00:45:52.280
 promise

00:45:52.280 --> 00:45:53.000
 he was

00:45:53.000 --> 00:45:53.340
 the one

00:45:53.340 --> 00:45:53.780
 that was

00:45:53.780 --> 00:45:54.000
 given

00:45:54.000 --> 00:45:54.539
 and he

00:45:54.539 --> 00:45:54.820
 was the

00:45:54.820 --> 00:45:54.940
 one

00:45:54.940 --> 00:45:55.179
 that has

00:45:55.179 --> 00:45:55.400
 given

00:45:55.400 --> 00:45:55.619
 us

00:45:55.619 --> 00:45:56.000
 victory

00:45:56.000 --> 00:45:56.599
 and he

00:45:56.599 --> 00:45:56.880
 is the

00:45:56.880 --> 00:45:57.159
 reason

00:45:57.159 --> 00:45:57.679
 why we

00:45:57.679 --> 00:45:58.039
 are all

00:45:58.039 --> 00:45:58.280
 truly

00:45:58.280 --> 00:45:58.679
 coming

00:45:58.679 --> 00:45:58.980
 home

00:45:58.980 --> 00:46:01.360
 so you

00:46:01.360 --> 00:46:01.719
 don't have

00:46:01.719 --> 00:46:02.019
 to keep

00:46:02.019 --> 00:46:02.440
 waiting

00:46:02.440 --> 00:46:03.360
 for England

00:46:03.360 --> 00:46:03.719
 to win

00:46:03.719 --> 00:46:04.019
 the World

00:46:04.019 --> 00:46:04.219
 Cup

00:46:04.219 --> 00:46:04.740
 to feel

00:46:04.740 --> 00:46:05.039
 like you're

00:46:05.039 --> 00:46:05.320
 at home

00:46:05.320 --> 00:46:06.360
 you don't

00:46:06.360 --> 00:46:06.500
 have to

00:46:06.500 --> 00:46:07.000
 keep waiting

00:46:07.000 --> 00:46:07.500
 for whatever

00:46:07.500 --> 00:46:07.920
 that you're

00:46:07.920 --> 00:46:08.559
 waiting for

00:46:08.559 --> 00:46:10.000
 it's already

00:46:10.000 --> 00:46:10.340
 come

00:46:10.340 --> 00:46:12.159
 Jesus has

00:46:12.159 --> 00:46:12.500
 already

00:46:12.500 --> 00:46:12.840
 come

00:46:12.840 --> 00:46:14.360
 the son

00:46:14.360 --> 00:46:14.659
 that was

00:46:14.659 --> 00:46:15.099
 promised

00:46:15.099 --> 00:46:16.519
 who would

00:46:16.519 --> 00:46:17.059
 save mankind

00:46:17.059 --> 00:46:18.440
 has already

00:46:18.440 --> 00:46:18.780
 come

00:46:18.780 --> 00:46:20.880
 isn't that

00:46:20.880 --> 00:46:21.240
 beautiful

00:46:21.240 --> 00:46:22.800
 doesn't that

00:46:22.800 --> 00:46:23.900
 make you

00:46:23.900 --> 00:46:24.179
 laugh

00:46:24.179 --> 00:46:25.880
 doesn't that

00:46:25.880 --> 00:46:26.420
 fill you

00:46:26.420 --> 00:46:26.900
 with joy

00:46:26.900 --> 00:46:28.019
 that's even

00:46:28.019 --> 00:46:28.440
 better

00:46:28.440 --> 00:46:29.019
 than England

00:46:29.019 --> 00:46:29.320
 winning

00:46:29.320 --> 00:46:29.780
 the World

00:46:29.780 --> 00:46:29.980
 Cup

00:46:29.980 --> 00:46:36.500
 how do

00:46:36.500 --> 00:46:36.800
 we have

00:46:36.800 --> 00:46:37.300
 a passion

00:46:37.300 --> 00:46:37.960
 for Bible

00:46:37.960 --> 00:46:38.519
 translations

00:46:38.519 --> 00:46:39.500
 is that we

00:46:39.500 --> 00:46:40.079
 have a passion

00:46:40.079 --> 00:46:40.340
 for the

00:46:40.340 --> 00:46:40.539
 Bible

00:46:40.539 --> 00:46:42.039
 how do we

00:46:42.039 --> 00:46:42.480
 have a passion

00:46:42.480 --> 00:46:42.960
 for the

00:46:42.960 --> 00:46:43.239
 Bible

00:46:43.239 --> 00:46:44.679
 is that we

00:46:44.679 --> 00:46:45.599
 realize what

00:46:45.599 --> 00:46:46.000
 it says

00:46:46.000 --> 00:46:46.579
 inside

00:46:46.579 --> 00:46:47.659
 which is

00:46:47.659 --> 00:46:48.039
 that we

00:46:48.039 --> 00:46:48.519
 who were

00:46:48.519 --> 00:46:48.800
 dead

00:46:48.800 --> 00:46:49.960
 who had

00:46:49.960 --> 00:46:50.579
 no hope

00:46:50.579 --> 00:46:51.519
 who are

00:46:51.519 --> 00:46:52.159
 still waiting

00:46:52.159 --> 00:46:52.539
 in the

00:46:52.539 --> 00:46:52.880
 dark

00:46:52.880 --> 00:46:55.019
 the light

00:46:55.019 --> 00:46:55.360
 has now

00:46:55.360 --> 00:46:55.780
 shone

00:46:55.780 --> 00:46:56.720
 into our

00:46:56.720 --> 00:46:56.980
 world

00:46:56.980 --> 00:46:58.340
 the victory

00:46:58.340 --> 00:46:59.380
 has come

00:46:59.380 --> 00:47:01.619
 we now

00:47:01.619 --> 00:47:02.480
 all belong

00:47:02.480 --> 00:47:02.920
 and have an

00:47:02.920 --> 00:47:03.380
 identity

00:47:03.380 --> 00:47:04.420
 and have a

00:47:04.420 --> 00:47:04.740
 home

00:47:04.740 --> 00:47:06.000
 in him

00:47:06.000 --> 00:47:06.940
 because of

00:47:06.940 --> 00:47:07.360
 the son

00:47:07.360 --> 00:47:08.019
 of promise

00:47:08.019 --> 00:47:08.640
 that came

00:47:08.640 --> 00:47:10.599
 into this

00:47:10.599 --> 00:47:10.800
 world

00:47:10.800 --> 00:47:13.519
 may that

00:47:13.519 --> 00:47:13.900
 fill us

00:47:13.900 --> 00:47:14.240
 with joy

00:47:14.240 --> 00:47:14.599
 today

00:47:14.599 --> 00:47:14.960
 may we

00:47:14.960 --> 00:47:15.280
 laugh

00:47:15.280 --> 00:47:16.000
 may we

00:47:16.000 --> 00:47:16.559
 engage

00:47:16.559 --> 00:47:17.220
 strangers

00:47:17.220 --> 00:47:18.000
 with a

00:47:18.000 --> 00:47:18.260
 smile

00:47:18.260 --> 00:47:19.099
 may we

00:47:19.099 --> 00:47:19.500
 wait

00:47:19.500 --> 00:47:20.260
 well

00:47:20.260 --> 00:47:21.900
 knowing

00:47:21.900 --> 00:47:22.280
 that our

00:47:22.280 --> 00:47:22.619
 Christ

00:47:22.619 --> 00:47:23.099
 has already

00:47:23.099 --> 00:47:23.380
 come

00:47:23.380 --> 00:47:25.059
 let's

00:47:25.059 --> 00:47:25.280
 pray

00:47:25.280 --> 00:47:30.380
 well

00:47:30.380 --> 00:47:31.000
 before we

00:47:31.000 --> 00:47:32.239
 respond to

00:47:32.239 --> 00:47:32.519
 you in

00:47:32.519 --> 00:47:32.880
 worship

00:47:32.880 --> 00:47:34.219
 just to

00:47:34.219 --> 00:47:34.579
 sit in

00:47:34.579 --> 00:47:34.780
 this

00:47:34.780 --> 00:47:35.059
 moment

00:47:35.059 --> 00:47:35.360
 for a

00:47:35.360 --> 00:47:35.480
 little

00:47:35.480 --> 00:47:35.820
 bit

00:47:35.820 --> 00:47:38.300
 and

00:47:38.300 --> 00:47:38.639
 acknowledge

00:47:38.639 --> 00:47:39.139
 that we

00:47:39.139 --> 00:47:39.599
 are waiting

00:47:39.599 --> 00:47:44.940
 and the

00:47:44.940 --> 00:47:45.139
 wait

00:47:45.139 --> 00:47:45.719
 is real

00:47:45.719 --> 00:47:49.519
 and the

00:47:49.519 --> 00:47:49.779
 wait

00:47:49.779 --> 00:47:50.739
 is painful

00:47:50.739 --> 00:47:54.559
 but Lord

00:47:54.559 --> 00:47:54.899
 we want

00:47:54.899 --> 00:47:55.239
 to wait

00:47:55.239 --> 00:47:55.539
 well

00:47:55.539 --> 00:47:58.559
 we want

00:47:58.559 --> 00:47:59.059
 to wait

00:47:59.059 --> 00:48:00.239
 with hope

00:48:00.239 --> 00:48:02.679
 we want

00:48:02.679 --> 00:48:03.000
 to wait

00:48:03.000 --> 00:48:03.459
 with love

00:48:03.459 --> 00:48:05.639
 and faith

00:48:05.639 --> 00:48:08.480
 let each

00:48:08.480 --> 00:48:08.759
 of us

00:48:08.759 --> 00:48:09.099
 bring

00:48:09.099 --> 00:48:10.139
 to God

00:48:10.139 --> 00:48:10.399
 whatever

00:48:10.399 --> 00:48:10.739
 we are

00:48:10.739 --> 00:48:11.000
 waiting

00:48:11.000 --> 00:48:11.319
 for

00:48:11.319 --> 00:48:15.500
 let us

00:48:15.500 --> 00:48:15.860
 all say

00:48:15.860 --> 00:48:16.219
 to him

00:48:16.219 --> 00:48:17.260
 Lord

00:48:17.260 --> 00:48:17.900
 I am

00:48:17.900 --> 00:48:18.179
 waiting

00:48:18.179 --> 00:48:18.780
 for this

00:48:18.780 --> 00:48:20.960
 but I

00:48:20.960 --> 00:48:21.360
 want you

00:48:21.360 --> 00:48:21.719
 more

00:48:21.719 --> 00:48:25.480
 waiting

00:48:25.480 --> 00:48:25.800
 for the

00:48:25.800 --> 00:48:25.960
 day

00:48:25.960 --> 00:48:26.320
 where we

00:48:26.320 --> 00:48:26.659
 truly

00:48:26.659 --> 00:48:27.059
 get to

00:48:27.059 --> 00:48:27.840
 come

00:48:27.840 --> 00:48:28.079
 home

00:48:28.079 --> 00:48:30.460
 but until

00:48:30.460 --> 00:48:30.820
 that day

00:48:30.820 --> 00:48:31.219
 we wait

00:48:31.219 --> 00:48:31.480
 well

00:48:31.480 --> 00:48:35.559
 so even

00:48:35.559 --> 00:48:35.840
 though the

00:48:35.840 --> 00:48:36.179
 wait is

00:48:36.179 --> 00:48:36.340
 real

00:48:36.340 --> 00:48:36.719
 the pain

00:48:36.719 --> 00:48:37.079
 is real

00:48:37.079 --> 00:48:39.199
 we gather

00:48:39.199 --> 00:48:39.760
 this morning

00:48:39.760 --> 00:48:41.840
 we almost

00:48:41.840 --> 00:48:42.579
 force ourselves

00:48:42.579 --> 00:48:43.119
 to remember

00:48:43.119 --> 00:48:45.539
 that God

00:48:45.539 --> 00:48:45.799
 you are

00:48:45.799 --> 00:48:46.019
 good

00:48:46.019 --> 00:48:47.339
 you are

00:48:47.339 --> 00:48:47.759
 faithful

00:48:47.759 --> 00:48:49.639
 your promises

00:48:49.639 --> 00:48:50.859
 are as

00:48:50.859 --> 00:48:51.319
 real as

00:48:51.319 --> 00:48:51.639
 the wait

00:48:51.639 --> 00:48:53.219
 and that

00:48:53.219 --> 00:48:53.579
 you will

00:48:53.579 --> 00:48:54.059
 come through

00:48:54.059 --> 00:48:57.420
 but in

00:48:57.420 --> 00:48:57.659
 the right

00:48:57.659 --> 00:48:57.920
 time

00:48:57.920 --> 00:49:00.440
 we identify

00:49:00.440 --> 00:49:01.039
 with Sarah

00:49:01.039 --> 00:49:01.559
 today

00:49:01.559 --> 00:49:04.099
 but may

00:49:04.099 --> 00:49:04.880
 we also

00:49:04.880 --> 00:49:05.579
 be recognized

00:49:05.579 --> 00:49:06.099
 as people

00:49:06.099 --> 00:49:06.440
 who are

00:49:06.440 --> 00:49:06.759
 faithful

00:49:06.759 --> 00:49:07.319
 even with

00:49:07.319 --> 00:49:07.759
 our doubts

00:49:07.759 --> 00:49:08.279
 even with

00:49:08.279 --> 00:49:08.859
 our mistakes

00:49:08.860 --> 00:49:10.960
 even with

00:49:10.960 --> 00:49:11.340
 our pain

00:49:11.340 --> 00:49:14.860
 we declare

00:49:14.860 --> 00:49:15.539
 in one voice

00:49:15.539 --> 00:49:16.240
 in one song

00:49:16.240 --> 00:49:17.599
 that God

00:49:17.599 --> 00:49:17.860
 you are

00:49:17.860 --> 00:49:18.039
 good