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 As we sit, let's bow our heads and pray together.

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 Our gracious Father, we thank you for your word.

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 And Lord, we thank you especially that our Lord taught that your word is truth.

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! And that your truth can set people like us free.

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 And so we ask now, Father, in confidence that you would send your spirit upon your people gathered.

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 That we might discern your truth.

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 That we might apply it to our lives.

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 And become the people you want us to be.

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 In Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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 So, even the least observant people amongst you will have noticed that it is Covenant Sunday.

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 And there's a sense in which I always approach this day with a certain amount of dread.

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 And it's because of this that I don't know how much the words of the prayer which you said together impacted you.

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 But I mean, they are mighty words.

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 I mean, I am sure there might be some people of a more secular background who would read these words and think,

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 anybody who would say them must be two kangaroos short in the top paddock.

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 I am no longer my own but yours.

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 Put me to what you will.

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 Rank me with whom you will.

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 Put me to doing.

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 Put me to suffering.

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 Let me be employed for you or brought low for you.

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 See, the reason why I'm anxious about Covenant Sunday is,

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 I say these things,

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 but will tomorrow be exactly like today as far as my life is concerned?

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 Some of you may remember that great movie, Groundhog Day, with Bill Murray,

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 where he played the part of, I think the guy's name was Phil Connors.

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 And he was a rather self-indulgent weatherman,

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 and was very cynical about just about everything.

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 And he went on a weekend, maybe a week away, in this unpronounceable town.

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 And he went to bed on the first night, woke up the next morning.

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 As I recall, it was a radio alarm.

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 And his radio alarm started, and it was that wonderful song by Sonny and Cher.

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 I got you, babe.

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 And then there was some banter with the disc jockeys on the radio station,

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 and then he got up, and that would be normal.

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 Except the next day, his radio alarm went off,

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 and it was Sonny and Cher singing, I got you, babe.

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 And the banter that followed was exactly the same as it had been the day before.

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 And what had happened was, somehow, we're not told how,

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 he got himself caught in a time loop,

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 so that that day kept repeating.

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 And because, like many of us, he had an element of self-indulgence about him,

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 he manipulated that time loop for his own good.

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 He manipulated it so he could field his carnal appetite

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 with women, with booze, with food.

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 And the only thing that could break him was when he actually pursued,

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 I think with dubious motives, a woman called Rita.

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 And it was when he fell in love with her properly

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 that he was released from the time loop.

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 It would be a great shame, wouldn't it,

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 if we said that covenant prayer,

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 but actually, tomorrow,

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 our behavior,

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 our person,

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 was exactly the same as the day before,

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 and would be exactly the same as the next day,

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 the next day, the next day.

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 See, Wesley thought,

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 I think it was the 12th of August in 1755,

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 that he stood up and for the first time

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 read the covenant service

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 in the Huguenot Church in the east end of London,

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 known imaginatively as the French Chapel.

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 It's the first time.

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 Wesley, of course,

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 was obsessed at periods in his life,

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 not consistently, like most of us,

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 but for periods of his life,

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 he was obsessed with the idea

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 of total submission to God.

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 You kind of read Wesley's journal

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 and you think to yourself,

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 was he getting much joy out of his faith?

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 Because he was just obsessed with the idea.

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 I want to be perfectly submitted to God.

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 I really want to lay down my life for him.

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 And I want to say a prayer like the covenant prayer

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 and mean it.

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 I mean,

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 it would be a pretty empty thing, wouldn't it,

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 to say that prayer.

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 And really not mean it.

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 It's kind of falling with the herd mentality.

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 Everybody else is saying it must be okay.

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 So a covenant is an agreement.

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 Unfortunately, I think in our culture today,

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 it has an unfortunate ramification

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 because it has to do with house sales.

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 And you hope that your solicitor will pick up,

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 if you're buying a house,

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 what restrictive covenants there might be.

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 I think most of us feel that covenants

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 probably are inclined to be restrictive.

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 Actually, what they are simply is an agreement.

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 Usually an agreement that is entered in

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 with the initiative of one person

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 who has a motive.

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 Lawyers call consideration of something.

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 Well, let me tell you,

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 if you take seriously the covenant

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 that you've entered into today,

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 this will be liberating for you.

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 It will not be restrictive.

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 It will be liberating.

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 And the initiative in this covenant

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 is God himself.

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 The Bible is full, not full,

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 repeatedly God makes covenants with his people.

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 He made a covenant with Abraham.

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 You remember?

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 If Abraham was prepared to leave

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 his middle class life

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 and go off on a scary journey,

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 he knew not where,

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 then God said, I'll bless you.

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 God made a covenant with Moses.

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 He said, you'll leave people.

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 And Moses wasn't too keen on that assignment.

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 He said, you're not me.

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 I can't even speak properly.

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 And so God said, don't worry,

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 I'll give you Aaron.

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 Mixed blessing, some would say.

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 And then we come to the prophets.

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 We read from that.

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 You remember at the beginning of the service,

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 it takes a different kind of tenor.

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 Because Jeremiah prophesies,

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 there will be a day

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 when Judaism will be turned on its head.

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 Why?

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 Because the way a Jew could become righteous

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 was by keeping the law.

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 I mean, not just the first five books

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 of the Bible, the Torah,

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 but all the stuff that the rabbis added to it,

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 hundreds and hundreds of regulations

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 that they added to it.

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 You want to be righteous and be a Jew?

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 You've got to keep the law.

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 And as Paul says,

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 in the Corinthian literature,

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 if you let down,

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 if you let down God

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 in one aspect of the law,

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 you've cancelled,

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 you know, you've just let down

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 in every aspect of the law.

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 But Jeremiah prophesied something

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 that would turn the whole deal inside out.

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 He said,

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 there will be a day

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 when that law

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 that Moses staggered down Mount Sinai with,

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 ten tablets of stone,

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 that law will no longer be

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 on tablets of stone out there,

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 no longer in the rantings of the rabbis,

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 no, I'm going to put my law where?

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 In your mind

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 and in your heart.

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 Imagine.

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 That's why we're saved by grace

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 according to St. Paul.

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 It's not about keeping the law.

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 It's not about doing our best.

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 It's not about trying hard.

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 It's about a God of grace

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 who loves you,

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 loves you,

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 even though you don't deserve it.

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 What was God's consideration

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 on the covenant that he made

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 and that we have made today?

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 His consideration is his love for you.

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 I'm a little nervous about

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 banging on about the love of God

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 because I don't want to make you think

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 that Christianity is just a kind of

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 love thing.

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 You know, like Hyde Anderson,

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 1964,

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 San Francisco.

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 No, this is

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 total.

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 This is a commitment

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 to a completely

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 different way of living.

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 And God,

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 in his wisdom,

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 decided

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 it would be best

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 in all those covenants

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 for people to make

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 those covenants

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 with God

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 together

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 so that we have each other

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 to help each other,

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 to pray for each other,

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 to rebuke each other.

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 when we go wrong.

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 You know,

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 Paul said in Ephesians,

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 chapter 4,

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 that we should speak the truth

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 to one another in love.

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 I'm not sure there's enough

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 of that in our churches

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 and I wouldn't want to go

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 to a church

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 where there was too much of it.

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 Speaking the truth

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 in love.

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 I've heard Christian folks

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 say the most terrible things

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 to each other

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 and when you say,

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 why did you say that?

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 They say,

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 I was just being honest.

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 That's not what the Bible says.

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 I mean,

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 sometimes the truth

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 is cruel,

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 isn't it?

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 No,

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 the Bible says,

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 speak the truth

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 in love.

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 But the biggest sin

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 in churches is,

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 we think because

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 we're supposed to be

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 loving,

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 that we should never,

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 ever try and speak

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 truthfully to someone else.

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 So terrible behavior

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 in churches

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 goes by and by and by

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 and never gets challenged.

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 The covenant

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 you've made today,

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 my friend,

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 if you take it seriously,

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 and I can't make you

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 take it seriously,

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 but the covenant

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 you make today,

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 if you take it seriously,

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 is life changing.

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 It's church changing.

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 It's community changing.

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 And who knows,

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 maybe even world changing.

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 And you ask yourself

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 this question,

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 how could God

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 ask me to say that stuff,

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 really?

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 I mean,

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 seriously?

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 Put me to what you put me

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 to suffering?

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 Isn't that a kind of

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 masochistic tendency

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 that I really be better

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 not to go there?

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 No.

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 Remember,

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 Wesley's big motivation

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 was total submission.

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 The Garden of Gethsemane.

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 When Jesus was in the kind

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 of mental pain

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 that's unimaginable.

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 And he even considered

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 not doing what God

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 wanted him to do.

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 Take this cup away

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 from me, Lord,

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 he prayed.

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 And then he said,

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 not my will,

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 but thy will be done.

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 I mean,

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 interestingly,

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 you may have missed it,

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 you said that prayer.

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 Our Father,

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 who art in heaven,

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 hallowed be thy name.

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 Your will be done

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 on earth

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 as it is in heaven.

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 Rolls off the tongue,

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 doesn't it?

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 You may have no idea

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 what you just prayed.

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 And this would be

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 an awful imperative

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 to us,

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 wouldn't it?

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 If it wasn't for the fact

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 that God hasn't left us

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 alone to struggle.

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 To struggle with our

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 half-heartedness,

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 to struggle with our

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 disobedience,

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 to struggle with our

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 lack of faith,

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 to discover,

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 to just not left us

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 alone with that.

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 When I leave you,

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 said Jesus in John 16,

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 I will send you

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 an advocate,

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 a counselor.

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 He said,

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 who will teach you

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 everything that I

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 have taught you?

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 See,

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 we sing that

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 old chorus,

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 don't we?

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 No,

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 never alone.

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 There's a wonderful

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 truth in that.

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 you've not been

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 left alone to

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 struggle.

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 To struggle with

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 the commitments

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 you made

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 in the covenant

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 prayer this morning.

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 This is truly

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 amazing,

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 I think,

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 that God doesn't

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 leave us alone

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 to mess with it.

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 And of course,

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 the thing about

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 this covenant

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 is,

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 the reason God

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 can ask me

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 to,

00:14:27.580 --> 00:14:29.159
 why Wesley

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 can ask me

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 to pray that

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 prayer in the

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 presence of God

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 and his people

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 is because

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 of what it

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 cost God

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 to send his

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 son to planet

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 earth,

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 to live amongst

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 us,

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 to be what

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 Saint Anselm

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 called the

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 God-man.

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 Only he

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 could save us.

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 And the cost

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 of that salvation

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 was that terrible

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 death on the

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 cross of Calvary.

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 vindicated

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 by the

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 resurrection

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 of Jesus

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 and glorified

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 in his

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 ascendancy

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 into heaven.

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 I love the

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 words of that

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 old hymn.

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 I quote it to

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 you now.

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 God,

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 I quote it to

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 God,

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 and when I

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 think about

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 the cross,

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 I close my

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 eyes and

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 try to see

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 the cruel

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 nails and

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 crown of

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 thorns and

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 Jesus crucified

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 for me.

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 I'm going to

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 ask you in a

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 moment to

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 close your

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 eyes and

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 try and see

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 Jesus on the

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 cross,

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 those cruel

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 nails through

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 his hands,

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 the spear

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 through his

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 middle,

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 and see

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 what that

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 tremendous

00:15:50.200 --> 00:15:51.179
 sacrifice

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 does for

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 you.

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 If we

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 just allow

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 today to

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 be our

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 groundhog day,

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 tomorrow will

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 be just the

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 same as

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 yesterday and

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 the same as

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 the next day.

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 we have to

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 be serious

00:16:12.379 --> 00:16:13.039
 about this,

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 my dear

00:16:13.519 --> 00:16:14.000
 friends.

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 Let us

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 pray that

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 tomorrow will

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 be different.

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 It may not

00:16:18.599 --> 00:16:19.279
 be easy,

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 but this I

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 know,

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 that whatever

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 life throws

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 at me,

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 I will

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 still hold

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 together.

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 Because God

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 in the power

00:16:32.899 --> 00:16:33.459
 of his Holy

00:16:33.459 --> 00:16:34.319
 Spirit is with

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 me, teaching

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 me, encouraging

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 me, rebuking

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 me.

00:16:41.940 --> 00:16:42.759
 Tell you a

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 story about a

00:16:44.259 --> 00:16:45.040
 young woman

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 just to

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 close.

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 She was

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 called Joyce

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 and she was

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 in the

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 congregation I

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 served in

00:16:50.840 --> 00:16:51.320
 Slough.

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 I know.

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 You know,

00:16:56.300 --> 00:16:56.740
 Slough is the

00:16:56.740 --> 00:16:57.280
 kind of place

00:16:57.280 --> 00:16:57.700
 where people

00:16:57.700 --> 00:16:58.320
 have got bumper

00:16:58.320 --> 00:16:58.960
 stickers that

00:16:58.960 --> 00:16:59.580
 say happiness

00:16:59.580 --> 00:17:01.320
 is Slough in

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 my rearview

00:17:01.980 --> 00:17:02.320
 mirror.

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 And we

00:17:05.120 --> 00:17:05.700
 were a very

00:17:05.700 --> 00:17:07.059
 poor congregation

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 in the sense

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 that nobody

00:17:08.960 --> 00:17:09.700
 was wealthy,

00:17:09.859 --> 00:17:10.220
 nobody had

00:17:10.220 --> 00:17:10.919
 much money.

00:17:11.519 --> 00:17:12.559
 We were poor

00:17:12.559 --> 00:17:13.319
 in many ways,

00:17:13.439 --> 00:17:14.279
 but spiritually

00:17:14.279 --> 00:17:15.159
 God made that

00:17:15.159 --> 00:17:15.740
 little group

00:17:15.740 --> 00:17:16.299
 of people

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 very rich.

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 And in that

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 congregation

00:17:20.019 --> 00:17:20.960
 was a woman

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 who had a

00:17:21.519 --> 00:17:22.139
 terrible,

00:17:22.339 --> 00:17:23.720
 terrible life

00:17:23.720 --> 00:17:24.159
 script.

00:17:25.399 --> 00:17:26.179
 She married a

00:17:26.179 --> 00:17:27.200
 man and he

00:17:27.200 --> 00:17:27.720
 had not,

00:17:28.339 --> 00:17:29.339
 the day after

00:17:29.339 --> 00:17:30.039
 they got married

00:17:30.039 --> 00:17:30.879
 he decided he

00:17:30.879 --> 00:17:31.339
 wasn't going to

00:17:31.339 --> 00:17:32.139
 work anymore.

00:17:33.079 --> 00:17:33.759
 And he used to

00:17:33.759 --> 00:17:34.819
 lie in bed all

00:17:34.819 --> 00:17:35.419
 day after

00:17:35.420 --> 00:17:36.120
 the pretense

00:17:36.120 --> 00:17:36.960
 of having a

00:17:36.960 --> 00:17:38.240
 bad back.

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 Although if

00:17:41.160 --> 00:17:41.920
 the situation

00:17:41.920 --> 00:17:42.759
 required it,

00:17:42.800 --> 00:17:43.460
 he could move

00:17:43.460 --> 00:17:44.259
 pretty nimbly.

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 And so they

00:17:46.860 --> 00:17:47.160
 were just

00:17:47.160 --> 00:17:48.100
 clocking up

00:17:48.100 --> 00:17:48.480
 debt,

00:17:49.200 --> 00:17:50.200
 day by day,

00:17:50.340 --> 00:17:51.180
 week by week.

00:17:52.779 --> 00:17:53.759
 And in the

00:17:53.759 --> 00:17:54.120
 church,

00:17:54.340 --> 00:17:55.039
 people knew

00:17:55.039 --> 00:17:55.840
 about this.

00:17:57.740 --> 00:17:58.680
 And one day

00:17:58.680 --> 00:17:59.580
 this lady,

00:17:59.740 --> 00:18:00.519
 single lady,

00:18:00.519 --> 00:18:02.000
 I think she's

00:18:02.000 --> 00:18:02.579
 probably three

00:18:02.579 --> 00:18:03.160
 or four years

00:18:03.160 --> 00:18:03.900
 older than me,

00:18:05.519 --> 00:18:06.500
 she came to

00:18:06.500 --> 00:18:06.819
 me,

00:18:07.440 --> 00:18:08.119
 this would be,

00:18:08.259 --> 00:18:09.559
 she'd be 40-ish

00:18:09.559 --> 00:18:10.460
 at this stage.

00:18:11.400 --> 00:18:12.299
 And she said,

00:18:12.460 --> 00:18:12.740
 Mike,

00:18:12.819 --> 00:18:13.420
 can I have a

00:18:13.420 --> 00:18:14.220
 word with you?

00:18:14.440 --> 00:18:15.139
 And I said,

00:18:15.220 --> 00:18:15.440
 yeah.

00:18:16.940 --> 00:18:18.019
 And she said,

00:18:18.220 --> 00:18:18.839
 I'm really

00:18:18.839 --> 00:18:19.940
 burdened by

00:18:19.940 --> 00:18:20.500
 Alan and

00:18:20.500 --> 00:18:21.379
 Chris' debt.

00:18:22.740 --> 00:18:23.599
 And I feel

00:18:23.599 --> 00:18:24.359
 God is asking

00:18:24.359 --> 00:18:24.960
 me to do

00:18:24.960 --> 00:18:25.480
 something.

00:18:25.480 --> 00:18:29.240
 I said,

00:18:29.299 --> 00:18:29.900
 what would

00:18:29.900 --> 00:18:30.400
 that be?

00:18:32.000 --> 00:18:32.720
 She said,

00:18:32.779 --> 00:18:33.019
 well,

00:18:33.360 --> 00:18:33.960
 do you know

00:18:33.960 --> 00:18:34.579
 how much

00:18:34.579 --> 00:18:35.059
 their debt

00:18:35.059 --> 00:18:35.380
 is?

00:18:35.440 --> 00:18:35.759
 I said,

00:18:35.799 --> 00:18:36.380
 I'd gather

00:18:36.380 --> 00:18:36.819
 it's three

00:18:36.819 --> 00:18:37.200
 and a half

00:18:37.200 --> 00:18:37.480
 thousand.

00:18:37.559 --> 00:18:37.839
 She said,

00:18:37.860 --> 00:18:38.000
 yeah,

00:18:38.039 --> 00:18:38.380
 I heard

00:18:38.380 --> 00:18:38.680
 that.

00:18:41.079 --> 00:18:41.799
 She said,

00:18:41.839 --> 00:18:42.160
 I feel

00:18:42.160 --> 00:18:42.839
 God is

00:18:42.839 --> 00:18:43.519
 asking me

00:18:43.519 --> 00:18:44.140
 to give

00:18:44.140 --> 00:18:44.839
 my life

00:18:44.839 --> 00:18:45.319
 savings

00:18:45.319 --> 00:18:45.779
 to them,

00:18:47.279 --> 00:18:47.680
 three and

00:18:47.680 --> 00:18:47.940
 a half

00:18:47.940 --> 00:18:48.339
 thousand

00:18:48.339 --> 00:18:48.799
 pounds.

00:18:50.640 --> 00:18:51.360
 I was

00:18:51.360 --> 00:18:51.960
 full of

00:18:51.960 --> 00:18:52.519
 kind of

00:18:52.519 --> 00:18:53.380
 nervousness

00:18:53.380 --> 00:18:53.980
 about this.

00:18:54.160 --> 00:18:54.319
 I'm like,

00:18:54.360 --> 00:18:54.779
 you mustn't

00:18:54.779 --> 00:18:55.319
 do that.

00:18:55.740 --> 00:18:55.980
 You know,

00:18:56.039 --> 00:18:56.319
 you've got

00:18:56.319 --> 00:18:56.860
 no idea.

00:18:57.019 --> 00:18:57.620
 They might

00:18:57.620 --> 00:18:57.860
 have the

00:18:57.860 --> 00:18:58.420
 same debt.

00:18:59.120 --> 00:18:59.900
 She said,

00:19:01.019 --> 00:19:01.299
 Mike,

00:19:01.700 --> 00:19:02.420
 I feel

00:19:02.420 --> 00:19:02.960
 God is

00:19:02.960 --> 00:19:03.500
 asking me

00:19:03.500 --> 00:19:03.880
 to do

00:19:03.880 --> 00:19:04.299
 this.

00:19:08.360 --> 00:19:09.180
 She gave

00:19:09.180 --> 00:19:09.360
 it.

00:19:11.640 --> 00:19:12.099
 Alan,

00:19:12.900 --> 00:19:13.620
 the husband,

00:19:14.380 --> 00:19:14.839
 from his

00:19:14.839 --> 00:19:15.539
 bedside,

00:19:16.160 --> 00:19:16.740
 I don't

00:19:16.740 --> 00:19:17.059
 think he

00:19:17.059 --> 00:19:17.480
 ever gave

00:19:17.480 --> 00:19:17.839
 his life

00:19:17.839 --> 00:19:18.400
 to Christ,

00:19:18.519 --> 00:19:18.860
 but a

00:19:18.860 --> 00:19:19.339
 week later

00:19:19.339 --> 00:19:19.620
 he went

00:19:19.620 --> 00:19:19.860
 and got

00:19:19.860 --> 00:19:20.400
 himself a

00:19:20.400 --> 00:19:20.720
 job.

00:19:21.259 --> 00:19:21.440
 He was

00:19:21.440 --> 00:19:22.019
 a joiner

00:19:22.019 --> 00:19:22.299
 by

00:19:22.299 --> 00:19:22.440
 God.

00:19:25.440 --> 00:19:26.220
 And I

00:19:26.220 --> 00:19:26.779
 tell that

00:19:26.779 --> 00:19:27.240
 story

00:19:27.240 --> 00:19:27.779
 because I

00:19:27.779 --> 00:19:28.200
 think

00:19:28.200 --> 00:19:29.919
 Joyce

00:19:29.919 --> 00:19:31.339
 understood

00:19:31.339 --> 00:19:32.899
 what kind

00:19:32.899 --> 00:19:33.579
 of commitment

00:19:33.579 --> 00:19:35.019
 is the

00:19:35.019 --> 00:19:35.519
 kind of

00:19:35.519 --> 00:19:35.980
 commitment

00:19:35.980 --> 00:19:36.519
 that God

00:19:36.519 --> 00:19:36.839
 honors.

00:19:38.839 --> 00:19:39.339
 I tell

00:19:39.339 --> 00:19:39.859
 that story

00:19:39.859 --> 00:19:40.720
 because Joyce

00:19:40.720 --> 00:19:41.740
 reminds me

00:19:41.740 --> 00:19:44.000
 that we're

00:19:44.000 --> 00:19:44.379
 not just

00:19:44.379 --> 00:19:45.059
 called together

00:19:45.059 --> 00:19:45.700
 today to

00:19:45.700 --> 00:19:46.159
 come in

00:19:46.159 --> 00:19:46.599
 this house

00:19:46.599 --> 00:19:47.039
 and say

00:19:47.039 --> 00:19:47.759
 hefty things

00:19:47.759 --> 00:19:48.180
 and walk

00:19:48.180 --> 00:19:48.740
 out again.

00:19:51.879 --> 00:19:52.559
 No.

00:19:54.519 --> 00:19:54.980
 We're

00:19:54.980 --> 00:19:55.579
 asked to

00:19:55.579 --> 00:19:57.879
 tell God

00:19:57.879 --> 00:19:59.279
 that we're

00:19:59.279 --> 00:19:59.700
 fully

00:19:59.700 --> 00:20:00.279
 submitted

00:20:00.279 --> 00:20:03.579
 and then,

00:20:04.279 --> 00:20:04.960
 this is the

00:20:04.960 --> 00:20:05.720
 difficult bit,

00:20:07.339 --> 00:20:07.799
 we're

00:20:07.799 --> 00:20:08.339
 supposed to

00:20:08.339 --> 00:20:09.819
 live like

00:20:09.819 --> 00:20:10.440
 we're totally

00:20:10.440 --> 00:20:11.019
 surrendered.

00:20:14.799 --> 00:20:15.900
 Holy Spirit

00:20:15.900 --> 00:20:16.440
 there to

00:20:16.440 --> 00:20:17.000
 help us

00:20:17.000 --> 00:20:18.420
 but you're

00:20:18.420 --> 00:20:18.779
 there to

00:20:18.779 --> 00:20:19.180
 help us,

00:20:19.220 --> 00:20:19.420
 you're

00:20:19.420 --> 00:20:19.740
 there to

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 help me

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 with this,

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 I'm here

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 to help

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 you with

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 that.

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 That's

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 why we

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 said it

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 together.

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 Put me

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 to doing,

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 put me

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 to suffering,

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 put me

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 to that

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 costly

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 kind of

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 sacrifice

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 that God

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 showed me

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 in his

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 love for

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 me,

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 in that

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 God so

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 loved the

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 world that

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 he sent

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 his only

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 son that

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 whoever

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 believes in

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 him should

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 not perish

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 but have

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 everlasting

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 life.

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 I need

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 your help.

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 We need

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 each other,

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 we need

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 the power

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 of the

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 Holy Spirit

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 in our

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 lives.

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 And if

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 we're

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 prepared to

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 take that

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 covenant

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 seriously,

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 we have

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 a fighting

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 chance.

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 Change

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 life can

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 mean a

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 changed

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 family,

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 a changed

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 family can

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 mean a

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 changed

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 church,

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 a changed

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 church can

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 mean a

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 changed

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 community,

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 a changed

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 community can

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 mean a

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 changed

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 county.

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 It goes

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 on and

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 on and

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 on.

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 That's the

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 way it's

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 meant to

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 be, the

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 multiplier

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 effect of

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 committed

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 Christianity.

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 I don't

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 know about

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 you but

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 I can't

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 end by

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 saying this,

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 I am

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 well up

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 for it.

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 I just

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 need a bit

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 of help

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 like you

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 do and

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 like God

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 offers.

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 In the

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 name of

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 that amazing

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 God who

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 covenants

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 with us

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 because of

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 his love,

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 Father,

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 Son and

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 Holy Spirit,

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 the people

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 who agreed

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 said together,

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 Amen.