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 You are listening to a message from Southwood Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama.

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 Our passion is to experience and express grace. Join us.

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 Father, that's the prayer of our hearts this morning,

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 that we would know more of the presence of Jesus in our lives,

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 that Your Word, now as we open it, would dwell richly in our hearts.

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 In this hour and in every hour of this week,

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 would we be those who are shaped by what we find in Your Word,

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 not by our own ideas, but by what You teach us this morning.

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 So, Holy Spirit, come and do that.

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 That we are longing for You to work and to do things that we wouldn't even know to expect or to plan for.

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 Would You teach us this morning from Your Word?

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 We ask it in Jesus' name. Amen.

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 Beginning next Sunday, we are going to continue in the book of Ephesians,

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 but slow down a little while to talk about marriage and the family.

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 Some really crucial relationships that God begins to deal with here in the next several verses of Ephesians.

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 And this is for everybody.

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 Not just for those of you who are married with two and a half kids or something like that.

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 This is for all of us.

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 As God has connected us in Jesus to each other,

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 He's given us these particular relationships within families

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 that are not even just about those who are in them,

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 but about His name and His glory.

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 And so we all need to learn about that together from His Word.

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 So, please join us for those.

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 I'm really, really excited for God to teach us about His intent

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 for those relationships over the next few weeks.

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 But before we get there,

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 God has one more general set of instructions for us this morning

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 for living as His new people,

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 His holy, beloved children of light.

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 A way that He's calling us to live because of His love for us.

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 Already in chapter 5, He's told us to guard what our hearts treasure,

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 to exercise godly wisdom,

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 to demonstrate sacrificial love to those around us.

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 And so now we get to verse 18 and some more instruction to His church.

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 Ephesians 5 at verse 18.

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 This is God's holy Word.

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 And do not get drunk with wine,

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 for that is debauchery,

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 but be filled with the Spirit,

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 addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs,

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 singing and making melody to the Lord with all your heart,

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 giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father

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 in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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 submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.

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 The grass withers, the flowers fade,

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 but these words of our God will indeed stand forever.

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 Have you been exhausted lately?

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 Have you felt like you were running on empty?

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 Like life was running you ragged?

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 I've got great news for you this morning.

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 Summer vacation is just around the corner,

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 and you're going to get a chance to recharge over the next few weeks.

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 Except that some of you are shaking your heads at me like,

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 no, what happened is I went on the same vacation you went on this summer, Will,

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 and I came back needing a vacation from my vacation.

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 It wasn't summer vacation that rescued me from feeling exhausted,

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 burned out, tired.

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 Here I am heading into a new busy season,

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 and I'm already tired.

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 The same thing happens to us spiritually, doesn't it?

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 We have lots of stuff going on.

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 A lot of times we call it feeling spiritually dry.

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 I just, I mean, I love Jesus,

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 but I don't feel the same kind of passion and zeal that I used to.

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 I'm around the people of God and the things of God,

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 but I just don't get excited about it the way I once did.

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 I feel like I'm running on empty spiritually too.

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 Have you ever felt that way before?

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 A lot of times we look at our lives and we feel like this,

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 and we diagnose our problem as busyness.

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 Have you ever done that?

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 I'm too busy.

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 That's the problem.

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 If I just weren't so busy, I wouldn't be so exhausted

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 or feel like I'm running on empty.

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 I wouldn't be dry spiritually.

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 And honestly, there's some truth to that, right?

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 I mean, if I didn't have work to do or clothes to wash

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 or dinner to make or friends to spend time with,

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 then maybe I would be less exhausted.

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 But I want to suggest there's actually something beneath the busyness of life,

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 something that drives that busyness, exhaustion, spiritual dryness.

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 All of those things are symptoms, not usually the root problem.

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 They're symptoms of our natural way of functioning.

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 And that's this.

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 We seek to fulfill or validate or soothe ourselves by achieving our own goals.

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 Isn't that the way we function?

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 That's why we're so busy, because that's what we're seeking.

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 That's what we're driving after.

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 We're driven by a desire for fulfillment, by achieving some goal.

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 It's different goals for all of us.

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 It could look like trying to earn the approval of others,

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 trying to live up to our own standards,

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 trying to earn a promotion,

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 trying to impress a significant other,

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 trying to just wring all the pleasure we can out of life

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 to just have as much fun as possible and enjoy life.

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 It's exhausting.

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 It runs us dry no matter how well we think we do.

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 Even when we're the most successful,

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 we struggle to be filled up.

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 We keep running, looking for more of what it is that we can achieve.

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 Madonna said it this way in an interview with Vogue magazine.

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 She said,

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 My drive in life comes from a fear of being mediocre.

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 It's always pushing me.

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 I push past one spell of it and discover myself as a special human being,

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 but then I feel I am still mediocre and uninteresting unless I do something else.

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 Because even though I have become somebody,

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 I still have to prove that I am somebody.

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 My struggle has never ended,

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 and I guess it never will.

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 Even with all the success that she's had,

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 all the fame,

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 all the possessions she's accumulated,

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 meeting all sorts of goals for herself,

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 she's still not fulfilled.

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 And she's honest enough,

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 it's what I love about this,

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 she's honest enough to say,

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 I'm not sure that achieving all the goals I have for myself

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 is ever going to make this stop.

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 This struggle is going to continue.

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 I'm always going to wake up thinking,

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 I've got to prove that I am somebody again today.

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 The struggle has never ended,

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 and it probably never will.

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 Your goals for your fulfillment and your ways of reaching them

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 are likely different from hers,

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 but they may leave you equally empty,

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 even when you reach them.

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 For some of us,

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 the place we look to be soothed and fulfilled

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 is the one Paul speaks specifically against in this passage.

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 Getting drunk with wine.

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 Look at verse 18.

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 He says,

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 Do not get drunk with wine,

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 for that is debauchery,

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 but be filled with the Spirit.

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 I call this verse Presbyterian kryptonite,

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 because Paul speaks against wine

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 and about the Holy Spirit in the same verse, right?

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 I mean, what are we supposed to do with that?

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 I say that jokingly,

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 but this is very serious.

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 Paul's not joking.

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 The Bible is clear that God has given us wine as a good gift

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 to be enjoyed as a part of God's good creation,

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 but it is equally clear in many, many places over and over

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 that we abuse that gift at our own peril,

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 that it's not something to be taken lightly.

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 Paul speaks in his other letters about freedom in Christ, right?

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 We often call it our Christian liberty.

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 That we have freedom to do many things,

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 and included in that is drinking alcohol.

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 Paul's not unclear on that,

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 but he's also clear that our freedom is never to be used

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 to indulge the sinful nature,

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 to pursue self-serving fulfillment

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 in sinful abuse of God's good gifts.

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 This verse in Ephesians specifically says

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 getting drunk on wine is debauchery.

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 It's a word that indicates all sorts of wild

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 and out-of-control living.

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 And many of us have lived that

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 in our own lives or in the lives of those we've loved.

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 We've experienced what that feels like.

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 And our Heavenly Father is coming to us in this verse

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 and He's warning us for our good.

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 Do not get drunk on wine.

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 Don't take this lightly.

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 And if you've struggled or if you are struggling

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 with alcohol abuse,

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 I want to tell you this morning,

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 you're not alone in this church or in this room.

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 You're not.

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 We're not a group of people who are fixed,

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 who've gotten together because we've figured out

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 how to manage life well

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 and we don't struggle with things like that anymore.

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 You're not alone.

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 And we're so glad that you're here.

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 I want you to know this is a safe place

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 for you to have a struggle like that.

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 We would love to come alongside you

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 and help you.

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 The difficulties of addiction

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 are not ones that disappear overnight

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 just by reading a verse that says,

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 don't get drunk on wine.

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 I know that.

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 It's a lot more difficult and painful than that, isn't it?

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 We understand that

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 and we would be honored to walk with you

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 through that process.

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 There is help.

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 There is hope in the midst of that

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 even when it doesn't feel like it

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 and you're not alone.

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 But also notice the other key command in this verse.

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 It's not merely that Paul wants to talk to us

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 about our use of alcohol,

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 although that's part of it.

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 Paul doesn't merely say,

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 don't get drunk on wine,

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 but instead stay sober all the time.

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 That's not what he says, is it?

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 What does Paul say?

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 What does he connect it with?

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 Don't get drunk on wine,

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 but be filled with the Spirit.

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 Paul's talking about something broader

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 than just how much we drink.

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 What is it that he's encouraging

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 instead of drunkenness?

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 It's being filled, controlled,

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 influenced by, driven by,

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 not wine or anything else

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 except the Holy Spirit.

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 Do you see where he's concerned again

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 with our hearts

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 and our natural way of functioning

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 that seeks fulfillment

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 in our own ways

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 and through achieving our own goals?

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 Do you see what he's getting at there?

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 Instead, Paul says,

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 instead of functioning that way,

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 function in a new way.

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 Be filled with the Spirit.

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 That may not be as simple to understand

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 as not getting drunk.

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 We've talked about the Holy Spirit

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 a fair amount lately.

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 I'm thankful for that.

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 Ephesians has brought us back there

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 several times,

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 but we normally don't do it enough.

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 It's just one of those things

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 we often neglect.

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 So just a couple reminders

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 of who the Bible says

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 the Holy Spirit is

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 that will help us to understand

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 this important command better.

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 The Holy Spirit is the third person

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 of the Trinity, right?

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 Father, Son, and Holy Spirit

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 equal in power and glory

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 with God the Father.

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 He's the one through whom

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 the Father lives in His people,

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 assuring them of their adoption,

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 giving them power to obey,

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 leading them,

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 gifting them,

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 comforting them,

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 and many more things like that.

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 In many ways in the Godhead,

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 the Holy Spirit,

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 while being equal

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 with the Father and Son,

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 plays the role

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 of a supporting actor.

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 He loves to exalt Jesus,

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 the Son.

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 He shines the spotlight

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 on the Son

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 so that we see Jesus

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 more clearly

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 and more gloriously.

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 The Bible talks about

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 that role that the Holy Spirit

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 has over and over

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 in many places.

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 It even mentions it

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 in Ephesians 3

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 that it's the power

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 of the Holy Spirit in us

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 that enables us

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 to see the dimensions

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 of Christ's love for us.

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 That's what the Holy Spirit does.

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 In fact, in the book of Acts,

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 where the Holy Spirit

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 is talked about a lot,

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 there's about a dozen times

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 where this phrase we just read,

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 being filled with the Spirit,

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 is used to describe somebody.

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 You know what they almost

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 always seem to do

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 when that happens in Acts?

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 They start to talk about somebody,

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 to testify about somebody,

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 but it's not about the Holy Spirit.

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 They don't say,

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 I have the Holy Spirit

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 and He's great

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 and He's wonderful

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 and He does all these things.

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 You know who they talk about?

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 The people filled with the Spirit

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 talk about Jesus.

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 They talk about His greatness,

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 His resurrection,

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 His power,

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 His salvation,

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 over and over.

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 The idea of being filled

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 with the Spirit

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 is exactly that.

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 It speaks about

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 what drives us

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 and controls us,

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 what really fulfills us.

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 So it's not simply talking

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 about the idea

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 of the Holy Spirit

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 living within you,

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 which is something

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 the Bible does teach.

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 That's true of all of those

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 who trust in Christ.

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 But it's also not talking

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 about some sort of

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 second baptism

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 of the Holy Spirit

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 where it's a one-time event

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 that you get

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 the Holy Spirit more.

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 Instead,

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 this is a moment-by-moment,

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 a day-by-day,

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 a constant,

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 repeated being filled,

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 living under the influence

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 of,

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 motivated by the priorities

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 of the Holy Spirit.

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 I'll say it this way.

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 A life or a church

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 filled by the Spirit

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 is fueled by Christ's glory

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 and others' good,

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 not its own goals.

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 A life or church

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 filled by the Spirit,

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 when you're filled

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 with the Spirit,

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 what drives you,

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 what's important to you,

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 what really fulfills you

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 is Christ's glory,

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 Him being exalted,

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 His name being made great,

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 and others being blessed

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 even at your own expense.

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 The rest of our passage

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 this morning bears this out

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 and teaches this.

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 It's going to paint a picture

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 with three phrases

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 of what a Spirit-filled church

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 looks like.

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 Let's look at it

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 in verses 19 through 21.

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 First,

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 Christ-focused worship

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 and relationships.

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 Look at verse 19.

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 Addressing one another

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 in psalms and hymns

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 and spiritual songs,

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 singing and making melody

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 to the Lord

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 with your heart.

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 I love this verse

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 because what it does

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 is it brings our worship

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 and our relationships

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 with each other

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 right up against each other

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 and it connects them.

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 Commentators get all

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 bent out of shape

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 because they're like me

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 and they're type A

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 and they're Presbyterian

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 and they want to figure out

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 is God talking about

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 a formal worship service

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 or is He just talking

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 about our relationships

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 with each other?

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 Because He uses these words

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 that are just about talking

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 and having conversation

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 with each other

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 and then He uses words

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 about singing to God

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 and it seems to be talking

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 about the same thing

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 and so it can be confusing

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 and I think that's because

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 we often have such a bright line

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 between formal worship

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 and the rest of life.

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 We distinguish them too much

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 and I'd suggest

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 there's no bright line

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 of distinction

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 in this verse on purpose

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 because there must be

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 a vertical aspect

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 to all of our relationships,

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 a God-centered part

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 of my relationship

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 with all my brothers and sisters

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 as well as a horizontal aspect

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 to all of our worship

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 in the church.

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 Here's what I mean.

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 Addressing one another

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 with psalms and hymns

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 and spiritual songs

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 does not mean

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 that all of your life

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 becomes like

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 some corny Christian musical

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 where you run into people

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 in the grocery store

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 and you say amazing grace

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 and start singing it

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 and then when you leave them

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 you start singing

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 in Christ alone

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 and that's the only way

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 you speak to each other.

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 That's not what He's talking about.

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 That'd be kind of fun though.

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 No, maybe not.

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 The word that is being used here

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 is talking about

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 our conversations,

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 the way we engage

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 and interact with each other

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 and saying

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 spirit-filled conversations

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 should be Christ-focused.

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 That's what it's saying.

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 We should point each other

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 to praising His name

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 all the time.

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 Now you may be talking

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 about football

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 or the kids

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 or politics

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 or the new school year.

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 Any of those things

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 and that's wonderful.

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 It doesn't mean

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 you stop talking about them.

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 It means the spirit

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 will be eager

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 in the midst

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 of those conversations

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 to spotlight Christ

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 rather than being

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 self-focused

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 or self-centered.

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 Is there anyone else

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 that's realized

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 how easily

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 you can become

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 so self-obsessed

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 that you forget

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 God's perspective

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 on the thing

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 you're worked up about?

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 Whatever it is

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 you're really frustrated

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 about the new things

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 that are happening

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 or the things

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 with your kids

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 or the stuff at work

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 and you start talking about it

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 and your conversation

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 is just all about

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 how it affects you

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 and you forget

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 God's perspective

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 or what His Word

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 would have to say about it.

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 The spirit

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 in our brothers and sisters

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 should push us

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 to remember

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 God's perspective.

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 As we interact

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 we ought to always be

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 pointing each other

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 to Christ.

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 Then likewise

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 our worship services

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 are of course

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 to worship God.

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 He's the only one

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 worthy of

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 receiving worship

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 but they're also times

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 to edify each other.

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 It shouldn't be surprising

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 to be praying with

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 or crying with

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 or comforting someone

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 in the middle

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 of the worship service.

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 The spirit

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 may be working

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 right there

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 between brothers

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 and sisters

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 as He puts you

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 right up against each other

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 and He lives

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 in both of you.

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 He may be at work

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 right there

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 and it may not feel

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 very Presbyterian

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 to you in that moment

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 but it should

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 because it's biblical

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 so it should be

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 Presbyterian.

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 Similarly

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 it shouldn't be surprising

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 to be spontaneously

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 praising God

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 in your kitchen

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 in your living room

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 with a friend.

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 You can even sing

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 or share a psalm.

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 All of life

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 is worship of God

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 and all of our worship

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 impacts our relationships

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 with each other.

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 Listen

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 whether you enjoy

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 the 60 seconds

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 we take

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 and hug

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 and shake hands

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 whether that's

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 your favorite part

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 or your least favorite part

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 what that reminds us

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 of in our worship

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 is that we don't

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 worship God alone

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 do we?

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 We worship Him

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 with brothers and sisters

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 others who have received

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 His love

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 so that's a holy moment

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 to realize that

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 we don't worship God alone

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 but with

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 His people.

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 So secondly

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 the Spirit filled life

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 or church

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 looks like

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 not just

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 Christ focused

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 worship

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 and relationships

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 but Christ centered gratitude.

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 Verse 20

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 giving thanks

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 always

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 and for everything

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 to God the Father

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 in the name

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 of our Lord

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 Jesus Christ.

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 Giving thanks

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 always

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 and for everything.

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 Fairly inclusive.

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 That pretty much

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 covers it.

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 Not just the big blessings

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 but the daily provision.

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 Not just in easy times

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 but even on the hard days.

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 And this isn't

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 to make light

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 of the brokenness

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 or evil

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 of the world

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 that we encounter

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 regularly in our lives.

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 We're not giving thanks

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 for sin itself

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 but even in those hard times

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 we're giving thanks

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 how?

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 In the name

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 of our Lord

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 Jesus Christ.

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 We're thankful

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 that He reigns.

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 That He saves.

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 That His glory

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 is always achieved

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 through even

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 the darkest situations.

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 If we're driven

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 and fulfilled

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 only by achieving

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 our own goals

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 this would make

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 no sense, right?

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 It would be impossible.

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 If all that matters

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 to me is things

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 going the way

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 I want them to

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 then no way

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 am I able to give thanks

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 in everything

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 because sometimes

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 things don't go

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 according to plan.

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 If I'm self-centered

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 and self-serving

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 there's often

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 no room for gratitude.

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 But instead of that

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 self-serving attitude

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 the Spirit-filled church

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 learns to give thanks

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 because of the

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 magnificent grace

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 of Jesus

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 when the budget

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 goes up

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 and when the budget

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 goes down.

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 When the culture

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 agrees with me

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 and when the culture

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 disagrees with me

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 because the Spirit

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 shines the spotlight

00:21:30.959 --> 00:21:31.659
 on Jesus

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 and we again

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 see Him

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 and have reason

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 to give thanks.

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 And finally

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 the Spirit-filled life

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 or church

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 practices

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 Christ-honoring

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 submission.

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 I love this picture

00:21:52.039 --> 00:21:53.179
 of submitting

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 to one another

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 because it's so easy

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 in so many contexts

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 to think about

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 climbing the ladder

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 to get ahead of each other

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 to get our way

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 to come out on top

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 and stepping on each other

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 on the way to the top

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 and submitting

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 to one another

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 instead pictures us

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 stooping to see others

00:22:09.439 --> 00:22:10.259
 as more valuable

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 than ourselves.

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 Running into each other

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 at the bottom, right?

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 That there would be

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 crowding in the basement

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 or in the nursery

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 or during cleanup.

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 Where'd you expect

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 to see the Spirit-filled

00:22:26.500 --> 00:22:27.480
 members of the church?

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 On the stage?

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 In charge?

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 Paul says they'll be

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 submitting

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 to one another

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 and perhaps they won't

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 be where we most

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 expected.

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 And in the context

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 of this passage

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 submitting out of reverence

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 for Christ

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 likely refers to

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 following proper authorities

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 that Christ has established

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 in His church

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 within families,

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 within a congregation,

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 within workplaces

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 and so on

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 as we see in the following

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 verses in Ephesians.

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 And that's an important

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 reminder for us

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 as to how our hearts

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 respond to

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 the God-ordained leadership

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 and the decisions

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 they make

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 for the church.

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 Listen,

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 out of reverence

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 for Christ

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 means we submit

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 not because we think

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 the elders are so wise,

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 but out of reverence

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 for Christ

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 because Jesus,

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 the King and head

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 of the church,

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 has placed them

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 where they are.

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 And we honor

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 and trust Him

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 as we support

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 the elders,

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 the deacons,

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 and others

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 in leadership.

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 But the other thing

00:23:33.839 --> 00:23:34.980
 we can't miss out on

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 in out of reverence

00:23:36.420 --> 00:23:37.160
 for Christ

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 is the model

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 that the King

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 and head

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 of the church

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 sets for all of us.

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 What does Mark 10

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 tell us about

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 the way Jesus leads?

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 Even the Son of Man

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 came not to be served

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 but to serve

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 and to give His life

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 as a ransom for many.

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 If the King

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 and head of the church

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 is the one who serves,

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 no leader

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 is above serving

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 any part

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 of the body.

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 I love this

00:24:02.259 --> 00:24:03.779
 about the officers

00:24:03.779 --> 00:24:04.620
 of this church.

00:24:04.619 --> 00:24:05.799
 You've seen them

00:24:05.799 --> 00:24:07.559
 serve in many ways.

00:24:07.939 --> 00:24:09.139
 What you don't get to see

00:24:09.139 --> 00:24:10.219
 is the way they interact

00:24:10.219 --> 00:24:10.879
 with each other

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 in the meetings

00:24:11.739 --> 00:24:13.219
 that you don't get to go to.

00:24:13.779 --> 00:24:15.059
 The way that men

00:24:15.059 --> 00:24:16.779
 with passionate opinions

00:24:16.779 --> 00:24:18.679
 and godly wisdom

00:24:18.679 --> 00:24:20.519
 strain to submit

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 to each other.

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 At a session meeting

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 just a few months ago

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 we were discussing something

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 and there were some

00:24:27.319 --> 00:24:28.339
 differing perspectives

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 in the room.

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 I of course was on

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 the right side of things

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 and I had said some things

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 and there was a guy

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 who wanted to speak

00:24:36.120 --> 00:24:36.920
 on the other side

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 but as he formulated

00:24:38.319 --> 00:24:38.940
 his thoughts

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 it didn't come out

00:24:40.039 --> 00:24:41.440
 the way that he had intended

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 and it just didn't make

00:24:42.980 --> 00:24:43.860
 much sense.

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 And I thought to myself

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 what?

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 That's just fine.

00:24:48.539 --> 00:24:49.920
 That was a bad idea anyway.

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 I don't agree

00:24:51.160 --> 00:24:51.880
 with his opinion

00:24:51.880 --> 00:24:52.840
 so it doesn't matter

00:24:52.840 --> 00:24:53.779
 that nobody understood

00:24:53.779 --> 00:24:54.539
 what he just said.

00:24:55.000 --> 00:24:56.140
 And then one of the other elders

00:24:56.140 --> 00:24:57.940
 who saw things my way

00:24:57.940 --> 00:24:59.460
 was on my side of things

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 stopped and said

00:25:00.619 --> 00:25:02.339
 hold on I want to go back.

00:25:03.519 --> 00:25:04.500
 Brother I didn't understand

00:25:04.500 --> 00:25:06.159
 exactly what you just meant

00:25:06.159 --> 00:25:07.059
 when you said that

00:25:07.059 --> 00:25:07.899
 and I want to.

00:25:08.659 --> 00:25:10.000
 He already knew he disagreed

00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:12.139
 but he wanted to understand.

00:25:12.819 --> 00:25:13.659
 He wanted to hear

00:25:13.659 --> 00:25:14.279
 where his brother

00:25:14.279 --> 00:25:15.679
 was coming from.

00:25:16.439 --> 00:25:17.259
 Praise God

00:25:17.259 --> 00:25:18.319
 for the Holy Spirit

00:25:18.319 --> 00:25:19.259
 who shows us

00:25:19.259 --> 00:25:20.759
 the greatness of Jesus

00:25:20.759 --> 00:25:22.419
 so that we can be

00:25:22.419 --> 00:25:23.439
 self-effacing

00:25:23.439 --> 00:25:25.259
 instead of self-exalting.

00:25:25.539 --> 00:25:27.439
 So that we can value others

00:25:27.439 --> 00:25:28.219
 rather than just

00:25:28.219 --> 00:25:29.259
 valuing winning

00:25:29.259 --> 00:25:30.700
 and being right.

00:25:31.920 --> 00:25:33.200
 That's Christ honoring

00:25:33.200 --> 00:25:34.119
 submission.

00:25:35.819 --> 00:25:37.879
 So a spirit filled church

00:25:37.879 --> 00:25:39.400
 is one that makes

00:25:39.400 --> 00:25:40.539
 much of Jesus.

00:25:41.279 --> 00:25:42.559
 That's caught up

00:25:42.559 --> 00:25:43.519
 with who he is

00:25:43.519 --> 00:25:44.559
 and exalting

00:25:44.559 --> 00:25:45.460
 and praising him.

00:25:45.539 --> 00:25:46.940
 They have Christ focused

00:25:46.940 --> 00:25:47.759
 relationships

00:25:47.759 --> 00:25:48.879
 and worship.

00:25:49.519 --> 00:25:50.640
 Christ centered gratitude.

00:25:50.980 --> 00:25:51.859
 Christ honoring

00:25:51.859 --> 00:25:52.879
 submission.

00:25:53.879 --> 00:25:54.960
 Because a person

00:25:54.960 --> 00:25:55.859
 or a church

00:25:55.859 --> 00:25:56.799
 full of the spirit

00:25:56.799 --> 00:25:58.000
 is fueled by.

00:25:58.099 --> 00:25:59.079
 What drives them

00:25:59.079 --> 00:26:00.099
 is Christ's glory

00:26:00.099 --> 00:26:01.559
 and others good.

00:26:02.460 --> 00:26:02.980
 And so we think

00:26:02.980 --> 00:26:04.000
 of ourselves less

00:26:04.000 --> 00:26:04.799
 because the spirit

00:26:04.799 --> 00:26:06.180
 keeps shining the spotlight

00:26:06.180 --> 00:26:07.039
 on Jesus.

00:26:08.299 --> 00:26:09.599
 And right there

00:26:09.599 --> 00:26:10.960
 in being filled

00:26:10.960 --> 00:26:11.619
 with the spirit

00:26:11.619 --> 00:26:12.700
 is where God's offering

00:26:12.700 --> 00:26:13.919
 us true fulfillment.

00:26:14.700 --> 00:26:15.740
 Not the kind

00:26:15.740 --> 00:26:17.220
 we've been talking about

00:26:17.220 --> 00:26:17.859
 that our hearts

00:26:17.859 --> 00:26:19.379
 so quickly go to

00:26:19.379 --> 00:26:20.319
 where no matter

00:26:20.319 --> 00:26:21.079
 how much wine

00:26:21.079 --> 00:26:21.700
 you drink

00:26:21.700 --> 00:26:23.639
 you'll be empty

00:26:23.639 --> 00:26:24.759
 and unfulfilled again

00:26:24.759 --> 00:26:25.180
 won't you?

00:26:26.000 --> 00:26:26.859
 You'll need more.

00:26:27.339 --> 00:26:28.119
 No matter how much

00:26:28.119 --> 00:26:29.379
 success or fame

00:26:29.379 --> 00:26:30.819
 or whatever self-serving

00:26:30.819 --> 00:26:31.879
 goals you achieve

00:26:31.879 --> 00:26:33.619
 you'll need more of it

00:26:33.619 --> 00:26:34.599
 to keep you full.

00:26:36.180 --> 00:26:37.279
 But the spirit of God

00:26:37.279 --> 00:26:38.900
 fills us in a true

00:26:38.900 --> 00:26:40.700
 and lasting way

00:26:40.700 --> 00:26:41.819
 because it's not

00:26:41.819 --> 00:26:42.960
 by something we achieve

00:26:42.960 --> 00:26:43.720
 and need to achieve

00:26:43.720 --> 00:26:44.559
 again tomorrow

00:26:44.559 --> 00:26:46.960
 it's something we receive.

00:26:48.240 --> 00:26:49.099
 Fulfillment that's

00:26:49.099 --> 00:26:51.319
 lasting because we receive it

00:26:51.319 --> 00:26:53.740
 he fills us.

00:26:54.759 --> 00:26:55.619
 That's what happens

00:26:55.619 --> 00:26:56.420
 be filled

00:26:56.420 --> 00:26:57.960
 with the spirit.

00:26:58.879 --> 00:26:59.900
 So last question

00:26:59.900 --> 00:27:00.460
 this morning

00:27:00.460 --> 00:27:02.160
 how does that happen?

00:27:03.339 --> 00:27:04.579
 Do I just walk around

00:27:04.579 --> 00:27:05.259
 and one day

00:27:05.259 --> 00:27:05.920
 all of a sudden

00:27:05.920 --> 00:27:07.500
 if it's about

00:27:07.500 --> 00:27:08.640
 receiving the spirit

00:27:08.640 --> 00:27:09.619
 rather than achieving

00:27:09.619 --> 00:27:10.740
 our own goals

00:27:10.740 --> 00:27:11.700
 and we're very

00:27:11.700 --> 00:27:12.480
 achievement minded

00:27:12.480 --> 00:27:12.940
 I am

00:27:12.940 --> 00:27:13.599
 what am I supposed

00:27:13.599 --> 00:27:14.220
 to achieve?

00:27:14.559 --> 00:27:15.200
 How am I going to

00:27:15.200 --> 00:27:16.680
 receive something?

00:27:16.920 --> 00:27:17.539
 How am I going to

00:27:17.539 --> 00:27:18.599
 get filled up?

00:27:19.879 --> 00:27:20.819
 To answer that

00:27:20.819 --> 00:27:21.379
 let me tell you

00:27:21.379 --> 00:27:22.819
 something about myself.

00:27:22.819 --> 00:27:25.119
 I'm one of those

00:27:25.119 --> 00:27:26.039
 people that makes

00:27:26.039 --> 00:27:26.899
 many of you

00:27:26.899 --> 00:27:28.000
 very anxious

00:27:28.000 --> 00:27:29.639
 and you already

00:27:29.639 --> 00:27:30.279
 knew that

00:27:30.279 --> 00:27:31.159
 but in a particular

00:27:31.159 --> 00:27:31.759
 way

00:27:31.759 --> 00:27:33.679
 I'm a person

00:27:33.679 --> 00:27:34.460
 who loves to

00:27:34.460 --> 00:27:35.139
 drive around

00:27:35.139 --> 00:27:36.119
 with the gas light

00:27:36.119 --> 00:27:36.919
 on and the car

00:27:36.919 --> 00:27:37.679
 running on empty.

00:27:38.359 --> 00:27:39.679
 Seeing the gas light

00:27:39.679 --> 00:27:40.379
 comes on

00:27:40.379 --> 00:27:41.319
 makes me think

00:27:41.319 --> 00:27:42.279
 something like this

00:27:42.279 --> 00:27:43.220
 you know what

00:27:43.220 --> 00:27:43.619
 sometime

00:27:43.619 --> 00:27:44.919
 in the next few days

00:27:44.919 --> 00:27:45.939
 I should start

00:27:45.939 --> 00:27:46.599
 thinking about

00:27:46.599 --> 00:27:47.480
 which gas station

00:27:47.480 --> 00:27:48.700
 I might like to go to

00:27:48.700 --> 00:27:50.059
 and when it might

00:27:50.059 --> 00:27:51.059
 be on my way

00:27:51.059 --> 00:27:51.920
 somewhere I'm already

00:27:51.920 --> 00:27:52.340
 going

00:27:52.340 --> 00:27:53.480
 so that I don't

00:27:53.480 --> 00:27:54.180
 have to change

00:27:54.180 --> 00:27:54.840
 my plans

00:27:54.840 --> 00:27:55.400
 or interrupt

00:27:55.400 --> 00:27:56.620
 my driving schedule

00:27:56.620 --> 00:27:57.420
 I can just

00:27:57.420 --> 00:27:58.660
 stop by and

00:27:58.660 --> 00:27:59.460
 fill up at my

00:27:59.460 --> 00:27:59.900
 convenience

00:27:59.900 --> 00:28:01.240
 and I enjoy

00:28:01.240 --> 00:28:03.059
 riding around

00:28:03.059 --> 00:28:03.860
 with the gas light

00:28:03.860 --> 00:28:04.140
 on

00:28:04.140 --> 00:28:05.380
 running on empty

00:28:05.380 --> 00:28:07.180
 I certainly

00:28:07.180 --> 00:28:07.660
 don't want to

00:28:07.660 --> 00:28:08.380
 stop for gas

00:28:08.380 --> 00:28:08.960
 to interrupt

00:28:08.960 --> 00:28:09.759
 any plans

00:28:09.759 --> 00:28:10.759
 that I have

00:28:10.759 --> 00:28:11.440
 when I'm driving

00:28:11.440 --> 00:28:13.100
 and sometimes

00:28:13.100 --> 00:28:14.039
 we can be like that

00:28:14.039 --> 00:28:14.920
 spiritually too

00:28:14.920 --> 00:28:15.380
 can't we?

00:28:15.740 --> 00:28:16.640
 The gas light

00:28:16.640 --> 00:28:17.500
 is flashing

00:28:17.500 --> 00:28:18.400
 in our hearts

00:28:18.400 --> 00:28:19.339
 we're running

00:28:19.339 --> 00:28:19.859
 on empty

00:28:19.859 --> 00:28:20.779
 but we just

00:28:20.779 --> 00:28:21.799
 keep on going

00:28:21.799 --> 00:28:22.819
 and keep on

00:28:22.819 --> 00:28:23.259
 pursuing

00:28:23.259 --> 00:28:24.319
 our own goals

00:28:24.319 --> 00:28:25.420
 we want that

00:28:25.420 --> 00:28:26.160
 exhausted

00:28:26.160 --> 00:28:26.980
 or dry

00:28:26.980 --> 00:28:27.500
 feeling

00:28:27.500 --> 00:28:28.559
 to go away

00:28:28.559 --> 00:28:28.859
 but

00:28:28.859 --> 00:28:30.000
 we don't want

00:28:30.000 --> 00:28:30.519
 to change

00:28:30.519 --> 00:28:31.460
 our plans

00:28:31.460 --> 00:28:32.740
 or our goals

00:28:32.740 --> 00:28:33.819
 it would be like

00:28:33.819 --> 00:28:34.420
 me pulling

00:28:34.420 --> 00:28:34.980
 the car

00:28:34.980 --> 00:28:35.779
 into a filling

00:28:35.779 --> 00:28:36.299
 station

00:28:36.299 --> 00:28:36.900
 right up

00:28:36.900 --> 00:28:37.640
 beside one

00:28:37.640 --> 00:28:38.220
 of the pumps

00:28:38.220 --> 00:28:39.140
 and then walking

00:28:39.140 --> 00:28:39.900
 inside to the

00:28:39.900 --> 00:28:40.319
 attendant

00:28:40.319 --> 00:28:40.700
 and say

00:28:40.700 --> 00:28:41.259
 hey I need

00:28:41.259 --> 00:28:41.700
 some help

00:28:41.700 --> 00:28:42.119
 I got this

00:28:42.119 --> 00:28:42.619
 light on

00:28:42.619 --> 00:28:43.420
 on my dashboard

00:28:43.420 --> 00:28:44.539
 and I can't

00:28:44.539 --> 00:28:45.140
 get it to go

00:28:45.140 --> 00:28:45.519
 off

00:28:45.519 --> 00:28:47.079
 and he says

00:28:47.079 --> 00:28:47.460
 oh well

00:28:47.460 --> 00:28:47.900
 let us put

00:28:47.900 --> 00:28:48.840
 some gas

00:28:48.840 --> 00:28:49.240
 in there

00:28:49.240 --> 00:28:49.660
 for you

00:28:49.660 --> 00:28:50.039
 we'd be

00:28:50.039 --> 00:28:50.380
 happy

00:28:50.380 --> 00:28:51.160
 to help

00:28:51.160 --> 00:28:51.600
 and I said

00:28:51.600 --> 00:28:52.319
 no no no

00:28:52.319 --> 00:28:52.740
 listen

00:28:52.740 --> 00:28:53.340
 I said

00:28:53.340 --> 00:28:53.559
 I wanted

00:28:53.559 --> 00:28:54.160
 the light

00:28:54.160 --> 00:28:54.980
 to go off

00:28:54.980 --> 00:28:56.319
 I didn't say

00:28:56.319 --> 00:28:57.000
 I wanted you

00:28:57.000 --> 00:28:57.920
 to change

00:28:57.920 --> 00:28:58.779
 my focus

00:28:58.779 --> 00:28:59.579
 or my fuel

00:28:59.579 --> 00:29:00.660
 I wanted you

00:29:00.660 --> 00:29:01.019
 to tell me

00:29:01.019 --> 00:29:01.680
 I was okay

00:29:01.680 --> 00:29:02.559
 to keep going

00:29:02.559 --> 00:29:03.140
 but make that

00:29:03.140 --> 00:29:04.279
 light turn off

00:29:04.279 --> 00:29:06.960
 one of our

00:29:06.960 --> 00:29:07.539
 members sent me

00:29:07.539 --> 00:29:08.100
 this comment

00:29:08.100 --> 00:29:08.799
 about something

00:29:08.799 --> 00:29:09.840
 she learned

00:29:09.840 --> 00:29:10.319
 recently

00:29:10.319 --> 00:29:11.000
 in our marriage

00:29:11.000 --> 00:29:11.680
 Sunday school

00:29:11.680 --> 00:29:12.220
 class

00:29:12.220 --> 00:29:14.120
 she said

00:29:14.120 --> 00:29:14.819
 upon reading

00:29:14.819 --> 00:29:15.640
 the book

00:29:15.640 --> 00:29:16.559
 they were using

00:29:16.559 --> 00:29:17.200
 in the class

00:29:17.200 --> 00:29:18.179
 I was reminded

00:29:18.179 --> 00:29:19.000
 about considering

00:29:19.000 --> 00:29:19.579
 the interests

00:29:19.579 --> 00:29:20.119
 of others

00:29:20.119 --> 00:29:20.899
 as more important

00:29:20.899 --> 00:29:21.679
 than your own

00:29:21.679 --> 00:29:22.960
 about the ability

00:29:22.960 --> 00:29:23.839
 to serve another

00:29:23.839 --> 00:29:25.419
 requires the Holy Spirit

00:29:25.419 --> 00:29:26.720
 to drive the gospel

00:29:26.720 --> 00:29:27.779
 into my heart

00:29:27.779 --> 00:29:29.339
 until it changes me

00:29:29.339 --> 00:29:31.000
 not my husband

00:29:31.000 --> 00:29:33.000
 I found by serving

00:29:33.000 --> 00:29:33.659
 my husband

00:29:33.659 --> 00:29:35.059
 instead of seeking

00:29:35.059 --> 00:29:36.539
 to make myself happy

00:29:36.539 --> 00:29:38.159
 could actually give me

00:29:38.159 --> 00:29:38.839
 more joy

00:29:38.839 --> 00:29:40.679
 I was running

00:29:40.679 --> 00:29:41.679
 on fumes

00:29:41.679 --> 00:29:42.779
 and looking

00:29:42.779 --> 00:29:43.759
 to the wrong

00:29:43.759 --> 00:29:44.700
 filling station

00:29:44.700 --> 00:29:45.740
 to fulfill me

00:29:45.740 --> 00:29:47.460
 I was running

00:29:47.460 --> 00:29:48.460
 on fumes

00:29:48.460 --> 00:29:49.480
 and looking

00:29:49.480 --> 00:29:50.420
 to the wrong

00:29:50.420 --> 00:29:51.420
 filling station

00:29:51.420 --> 00:29:52.480
 to fulfill me

00:29:52.480 --> 00:29:53.720
 me too

00:29:53.720 --> 00:29:55.860
 thinking that

00:29:55.860 --> 00:29:56.640
 something that

00:29:56.640 --> 00:29:57.460
 I wanted

00:29:57.460 --> 00:29:58.539
 something that

00:29:58.539 --> 00:29:59.200
 I felt

00:29:59.200 --> 00:30:00.059
 I needed

00:30:00.059 --> 00:30:01.500
 when I got it

00:30:01.500 --> 00:30:02.240
 was going to be

00:30:02.240 --> 00:30:02.799
 the thing

00:30:02.799 --> 00:30:03.840
 that finally

00:30:03.840 --> 00:30:05.059
 fulfilled me

00:30:05.059 --> 00:30:06.360
 and God's word

00:30:06.360 --> 00:30:07.080
 says this

00:30:07.080 --> 00:30:07.819
 it says

00:30:07.819 --> 00:30:09.539
 he pours his spirit

00:30:09.539 --> 00:30:09.840
 out

00:30:09.840 --> 00:30:10.880
 when we turn

00:30:10.880 --> 00:30:11.880
 away from

00:30:11.880 --> 00:30:12.640
 those things

00:30:12.640 --> 00:30:13.279
 and turn

00:30:13.279 --> 00:30:14.359
 back to him

00:30:14.359 --> 00:30:14.819
 we call it

00:30:14.819 --> 00:30:15.359
 repentance

00:30:15.359 --> 00:30:16.940
 when we repent

00:30:16.940 --> 00:30:18.099
 of our self-serving

00:30:18.099 --> 00:30:18.440
 goals

00:30:18.440 --> 00:30:19.240
 and turn back

00:30:19.240 --> 00:30:19.619
 to him

00:30:19.619 --> 00:30:20.579
 read Joel 2

00:30:20.579 --> 00:30:21.119
 sometime

00:30:21.119 --> 00:30:21.559
 it's the

00:30:21.559 --> 00:30:23.059
 classic passage

00:30:23.059 --> 00:30:23.819
 where we see God

00:30:23.819 --> 00:30:24.899
 pouring out his spirit

00:30:24.899 --> 00:30:25.619
 on his people

00:30:25.619 --> 00:30:26.879
 when they repent

00:30:26.879 --> 00:30:27.879
 and turn

00:30:27.879 --> 00:30:28.660
 to him

00:30:28.660 --> 00:30:29.700
 repent

00:30:29.700 --> 00:30:30.740
 confess

00:30:30.740 --> 00:30:31.519
 you're looking

00:30:31.519 --> 00:30:32.460
 to wine

00:30:32.460 --> 00:30:34.059
 to money

00:30:34.059 --> 00:30:35.319
 to others

00:30:35.319 --> 00:30:36.139
 to your own

00:30:36.139 --> 00:30:36.680
 goals

00:30:36.680 --> 00:30:37.819
 and turn

00:30:37.819 --> 00:30:38.559
 to God

00:30:38.559 --> 00:30:39.759
 again

00:30:39.759 --> 00:30:41.119
 or for the

00:30:41.119 --> 00:30:41.720
 first time

00:30:41.720 --> 00:30:42.220
 maybe you've

00:30:42.220 --> 00:30:43.420
 never thought

00:30:43.420 --> 00:30:43.839
 there was a

00:30:43.839 --> 00:30:44.420
 possibility

00:30:44.420 --> 00:30:45.119
 that something

00:30:45.119 --> 00:30:45.759
 could actually

00:30:45.759 --> 00:30:46.500
 fulfill you

00:30:46.500 --> 00:30:46.920
 not just

00:30:46.920 --> 00:30:47.779
 momentarily

00:30:47.779 --> 00:30:49.259
 but eternally

00:30:49.259 --> 00:30:50.339
 and day

00:30:50.339 --> 00:30:51.119
 after day

00:30:51.119 --> 00:30:51.839
 and for the

00:30:51.839 --> 00:30:52.379
 rest of your

00:30:52.379 --> 00:30:52.779
 life

00:30:52.779 --> 00:30:53.599
 and that you

00:30:53.599 --> 00:30:54.039
 could actually

00:30:54.039 --> 00:30:54.859
 turn from the

00:30:54.859 --> 00:30:55.460
 things you've

00:30:55.460 --> 00:30:56.000
 been trying

00:30:56.000 --> 00:30:56.640
 to find that

00:30:56.640 --> 00:30:57.279
 in and find

00:30:57.279 --> 00:30:58.299
 that in

00:30:58.299 --> 00:30:58.700
 Jesus

00:30:58.700 --> 00:31:00.740
 turn

00:31:00.740 --> 00:31:01.720
 back

00:31:01.720 --> 00:31:02.519
 to God

00:31:02.519 --> 00:31:04.420
 and then

00:31:04.420 --> 00:31:04.740
 look at

00:31:04.740 --> 00:31:05.579
 Colossians 3

00:31:05.579 --> 00:31:06.779
 it's a really

00:31:06.779 --> 00:31:07.819
 interesting verse

00:31:07.819 --> 00:31:09.019
 it's actually

00:31:09.019 --> 00:31:09.700
 a parallel

00:31:09.700 --> 00:31:10.240
 verse

00:31:10.240 --> 00:31:10.720
 to the one

00:31:10.720 --> 00:31:11.099
 we read

00:31:11.099 --> 00:31:11.619
 this morning

00:31:11.619 --> 00:31:12.099
 Paul in

00:31:12.099 --> 00:31:12.539
 another one

00:31:12.539 --> 00:31:12.819
 of his

00:31:12.819 --> 00:31:13.119
 letters

00:31:13.119 --> 00:31:13.819
 talking about

00:31:13.819 --> 00:31:14.399
 the exact

00:31:14.399 --> 00:31:15.019
 same things

00:31:15.019 --> 00:31:15.439
 but one

00:31:15.439 --> 00:31:15.899
 phrase is

00:31:15.899 --> 00:31:16.299
 different

00:31:16.299 --> 00:31:18.000
 let the

00:31:18.000 --> 00:31:18.439
 word of

00:31:18.439 --> 00:31:18.859
 Christ

00:31:18.859 --> 00:31:19.399
 dwell in

00:31:19.399 --> 00:31:20.019
 you richly

00:31:20.019 --> 00:31:20.819
 teaching

00:31:20.819 --> 00:31:21.519
 and admonishing

00:31:21.519 --> 00:31:22.079
 one another

00:31:22.079 --> 00:31:22.939
 in all wisdom

00:31:22.939 --> 00:31:23.500
 singing

00:31:23.500 --> 00:31:24.159
 psalms

00:31:24.159 --> 00:31:24.740
 and hymns

00:31:24.740 --> 00:31:25.399
 and spiritual

00:31:25.399 --> 00:31:25.819
 songs

00:31:25.819 --> 00:31:26.720
 with thankfulness

00:31:26.720 --> 00:31:26.980
 in your

00:31:26.980 --> 00:31:27.639
 hearts to God

00:31:27.639 --> 00:31:28.220
 do you hear

00:31:28.220 --> 00:31:28.679
 the same

00:31:28.679 --> 00:31:29.200
 themes

00:31:29.200 --> 00:31:30.179
 the speaking

00:31:30.179 --> 00:31:30.500
 to each

00:31:30.500 --> 00:31:30.659
 other

00:31:30.659 --> 00:31:31.259
 the singing

00:31:31.259 --> 00:31:32.299
 the thankfulness

00:31:32.299 --> 00:31:33.299
 except this

00:31:33.299 --> 00:31:33.980
 time it comes

00:31:33.980 --> 00:31:35.000
 instead of being

00:31:35.000 --> 00:31:35.619
 filled with the

00:31:35.619 --> 00:31:35.939
 spirit

00:31:35.939 --> 00:31:36.500
 from what

00:31:36.500 --> 00:31:38.019
 the word

00:31:38.019 --> 00:31:38.720
 of Christ

00:31:38.720 --> 00:31:39.900
 dwelling

00:31:39.900 --> 00:31:40.799
 richly

00:31:40.799 --> 00:31:41.500
 in you

00:31:41.500 --> 00:31:42.339
 the spirit

00:31:42.339 --> 00:31:43.000
 and the word

00:31:43.000 --> 00:31:43.740
 are never

00:31:43.740 --> 00:31:44.619
 disconnected

00:31:44.619 --> 00:31:46.660
 ignoring God's

00:31:46.660 --> 00:31:47.460
 word when we're

00:31:47.460 --> 00:31:48.599
 spiritually dry

00:31:48.599 --> 00:31:49.720
 is like running

00:31:49.720 --> 00:31:50.180
 on empty

00:31:50.180 --> 00:31:50.920
 and driving

00:31:50.920 --> 00:31:51.519
 past

00:31:51.519 --> 00:31:52.259
 the gas

00:31:52.259 --> 00:31:52.700
 stations

00:31:52.700 --> 00:31:54.160
 it's like being

00:31:54.160 --> 00:31:55.039
 parched in the

00:31:55.039 --> 00:31:55.880
 desert and walking

00:31:55.880 --> 00:31:56.839
 right by

00:31:56.839 --> 00:31:58.140
 pools of water

00:31:58.140 --> 00:32:00.200
 open God's

00:32:00.200 --> 00:32:00.539
 word

00:32:00.539 --> 00:32:01.740
 ask God to

00:32:01.740 --> 00:32:02.359
 fill you with

00:32:02.359 --> 00:32:02.940
 his spirit

00:32:02.940 --> 00:32:06.380
 turn back

00:32:06.380 --> 00:32:06.880
 to God

00:32:06.880 --> 00:32:07.600
 as you're

00:32:07.600 --> 00:32:07.980
 driving

00:32:07.980 --> 00:32:08.519
 turn off

00:32:08.519 --> 00:32:09.100
 the highway

00:32:09.100 --> 00:32:10.700
 open God's

00:32:10.700 --> 00:32:10.900
 word

00:32:10.900 --> 00:32:11.559
 pull in

00:32:11.559 --> 00:32:11.880
 at the

00:32:11.880 --> 00:32:12.420
 filling

00:32:12.420 --> 00:32:13.000
 station

00:32:13.000 --> 00:32:14.640
 and then

00:32:14.640 --> 00:32:15.120
 ask the

00:32:15.120 --> 00:32:15.460
 father

00:32:15.460 --> 00:32:16.960
 Luke 11

00:32:16.960 --> 00:32:18.600
 if you

00:32:18.600 --> 00:32:18.960
 then who

00:32:18.960 --> 00:32:19.380
 are evil

00:32:19.380 --> 00:32:19.759
 know how

00:32:19.759 --> 00:32:20.059
 to give

00:32:20.059 --> 00:32:20.640
 good gifts

00:32:20.640 --> 00:32:21.000
 to your

00:32:21.000 --> 00:32:21.420
 children

00:32:21.420 --> 00:32:22.380
 how much

00:32:22.380 --> 00:32:22.900
 more will

00:32:22.900 --> 00:32:23.440
 the heavenly

00:32:23.440 --> 00:32:23.920
 father

00:32:23.920 --> 00:32:24.759
 give the

00:32:24.759 --> 00:32:25.480
 holy spirit

00:32:25.480 --> 00:32:26.480
 to those

00:32:26.480 --> 00:32:27.299
 who ask

00:32:27.299 --> 00:32:27.580
 him

00:32:27.580 --> 00:32:29.480
 ask

00:32:29.480 --> 00:32:30.480
 the father

00:32:30.480 --> 00:32:32.380
 he's eager

00:32:32.380 --> 00:32:32.960
 to give

00:32:32.960 --> 00:32:33.559
 you the

00:32:33.559 --> 00:32:34.259
 holy spirit

00:32:34.259 --> 00:32:35.259
 to refill

00:32:35.259 --> 00:32:36.180
 your running

00:32:36.180 --> 00:32:36.819
 on empty

00:32:36.819 --> 00:32:37.380
 tank

00:32:37.380 --> 00:32:38.680
 I'm not

00:32:38.680 --> 00:32:39.240
 saying that

00:32:39.240 --> 00:32:40.220
 you immediately

00:32:40.220 --> 00:32:41.220
 feel better

00:32:41.220 --> 00:32:42.819
 I'm not

00:32:42.819 --> 00:32:43.599
 saying everything

00:32:43.599 --> 00:32:44.180
 in life

00:32:44.180 --> 00:32:44.620
 immediately

00:32:44.620 --> 00:32:45.579
 becomes easy

00:32:45.579 --> 00:32:46.140
 or you have

00:32:46.140 --> 00:32:46.880
 some amazing

00:32:46.880 --> 00:32:47.700
 out of body

00:32:47.700 --> 00:32:48.360
 spiritual

00:32:48.360 --> 00:32:49.400
 experience

00:32:49.400 --> 00:32:51.240
 I said it's

00:32:51.240 --> 00:32:52.079
 not about

00:32:52.079 --> 00:32:52.860
 us

00:32:52.860 --> 00:32:53.319
 right

00:32:53.319 --> 00:32:54.539
 the spirit

00:32:54.539 --> 00:32:55.319
 doesn't focus

00:32:55.319 --> 00:32:55.759
 us on

00:32:55.759 --> 00:32:56.220
 ourselves

00:32:56.220 --> 00:32:57.319
 God gives

00:32:57.319 --> 00:32:57.799
 the spirit

00:32:57.799 --> 00:32:58.200
 to his

00:32:58.200 --> 00:32:58.599
 children

00:32:58.599 --> 00:32:59.039
 when they

00:32:59.039 --> 00:32:59.640
 ask him

00:32:59.640 --> 00:33:00.200
 and their

00:33:00.200 --> 00:33:00.600
 hearts are

00:33:00.600 --> 00:33:01.400
 fueled again

00:33:01.400 --> 00:33:01.779
 by the

00:33:01.779 --> 00:33:02.319
 glory of

00:33:02.319 --> 00:33:02.660
 Jesus

00:33:02.660 --> 00:33:03.080
 and the

00:33:03.080 --> 00:33:03.420
 good of

00:33:03.420 --> 00:33:03.740
 others

00:33:03.740 --> 00:33:04.740
 and that's

00:33:04.740 --> 00:33:05.299
 what truly

00:33:05.299 --> 00:33:06.140
 fulfills

00:33:06.140 --> 00:33:06.420
 them

00:33:06.420 --> 00:33:07.259
 not the

00:33:07.259 --> 00:33:07.539
 way they

00:33:07.539 --> 00:33:07.880
 feel

00:33:07.880 --> 00:33:10.480
 listen if

00:33:10.480 --> 00:33:10.740
 you've

00:33:10.740 --> 00:33:11.120
 trusted

00:33:11.120 --> 00:33:11.700
 Jesus

00:33:11.700 --> 00:33:12.720
 if you're

00:33:12.720 --> 00:33:13.220
 connected

00:33:13.220 --> 00:33:13.720
 to him

00:33:13.720 --> 00:33:14.240
 by faith

00:33:14.240 --> 00:33:14.700
 the holy

00:33:14.700 --> 00:33:15.180
 spirit

00:33:15.180 --> 00:33:16.240
 lives in

00:33:16.240 --> 00:33:16.420
 you

00:33:16.420 --> 00:33:16.759
 and you

00:33:16.759 --> 00:33:17.140
 have a

00:33:17.140 --> 00:33:17.519
 father

00:33:17.519 --> 00:33:18.620
 who loves

00:33:18.620 --> 00:33:19.100
 to fill

00:33:19.100 --> 00:33:19.539
 you up

00:33:19.539 --> 00:33:20.340
 with him

00:33:20.340 --> 00:33:21.460
 remember

00:33:21.460 --> 00:33:21.840
 how this

00:33:21.840 --> 00:33:22.340
 whole chapter

00:33:22.340 --> 00:33:23.019
 started in

00:33:23.019 --> 00:33:23.880
 Ephesians 5

00:33:23.880 --> 00:33:24.880
 live this

00:33:24.880 --> 00:33:25.220
 way

00:33:25.220 --> 00:33:25.779
 all these

00:33:25.779 --> 00:33:26.180
 things I'm

00:33:26.180 --> 00:33:26.580
 about to

00:33:26.580 --> 00:33:27.019
 tell you

00:33:27.019 --> 00:33:28.180
 as beloved

00:33:28.180 --> 00:33:29.200
 children

00:33:29.200 --> 00:33:30.700
 I'm

00:33:30.700 --> 00:33:31.200
 not here

00:33:31.200 --> 00:33:31.640
 trying to

00:33:31.640 --> 00:33:31.980
 give you

00:33:31.980 --> 00:33:32.680
 a formula

00:33:32.680 --> 00:33:33.559
 I'm

00:33:33.559 --> 00:33:34.400
 reminding you

00:33:34.400 --> 00:33:34.779
 you have

00:33:34.779 --> 00:33:35.460
 a father

00:33:35.460 --> 00:33:37.360
 how much

00:33:37.360 --> 00:33:37.860
 more will

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 the heavenly

00:33:38.460 --> 00:33:39.580
 father give

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 his spirit

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 to those

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 who ask

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 him

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 he's your

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 father

00:33:43.640 --> 00:33:44.920
 he longs

00:33:44.920 --> 00:33:45.440
 to see

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 your heart

00:33:46.319 --> 00:33:47.120
 turned toward

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 his son

00:33:47.620 --> 00:33:48.779
 he loves

00:33:48.779 --> 00:33:49.480
 to give

00:33:49.480 --> 00:33:50.299
 you his

00:33:50.299 --> 00:33:51.279
 holy spirit

00:33:51.279 --> 00:33:52.220
 and fill

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 you with

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 him

00:33:53.420 --> 00:33:54.340
 so that

00:33:54.340 --> 00:33:54.600
 you'll

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 always

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 always

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 rejoice in

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 Jesus

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 let's pray

00:33:58.320 --> 00:33:58.940
 that he

00:33:58.940 --> 00:33:59.220
 would do

00:33:59.220 --> 00:33:59.680
 that among

00:33:59.680 --> 00:34:00.100
 us

00:34:00.100 --> 00:34:02.820
 father

00:34:02.820 --> 00:34:03.480
 would you

00:34:03.480 --> 00:34:03.940
 indeed

00:34:03.940 --> 00:34:04.740
 give us

00:34:04.740 --> 00:34:05.800
 your spirit

00:34:05.800 --> 00:34:07.280
 to fullness

00:34:07.280 --> 00:34:09.579
 we confess

00:34:09.579 --> 00:34:10.000
 to you

00:34:10.000 --> 00:34:10.860
 that most

00:34:10.860 --> 00:34:11.139
 of us

00:34:11.139 --> 00:34:11.780
 aren't sure

00:34:11.780 --> 00:34:12.240
 what that

00:34:12.240 --> 00:34:12.940
 would feel

00:34:12.940 --> 00:34:13.539
 like for

00:34:13.539 --> 00:34:13.940
 us

00:34:13.940 --> 00:34:16.079
 it's

00:34:16.079 --> 00:34:16.660
 confusing

00:34:16.660 --> 00:34:17.680
 and difficult

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 but father

00:34:19.360 --> 00:34:20.340
 we know

00:34:20.340 --> 00:34:20.760
 that it

00:34:20.760 --> 00:34:21.059
 would be

00:34:21.059 --> 00:34:21.920
 your delight

00:34:21.920 --> 00:34:22.740
 and so

00:34:22.740 --> 00:34:23.539
 we ask

00:34:23.539 --> 00:34:23.980
 that you

00:34:23.980 --> 00:34:24.559
 would turn

00:34:24.559 --> 00:34:25.480
 our hearts

00:34:25.480 --> 00:34:26.480
 toward Jesus

00:34:26.480 --> 00:34:27.300
 again

00:34:27.300 --> 00:34:28.940
 even this

00:34:28.940 --> 00:34:29.300
 week

00:34:29.300 --> 00:34:30.280
 as school

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 schedules

00:34:30.760 --> 00:34:31.380
 start up

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 and work

00:34:32.039 --> 00:34:32.639
 deadlines

00:34:32.639 --> 00:34:33.800
 confront us

00:34:33.800 --> 00:34:35.199
 would you

00:34:35.199 --> 00:34:35.619
 show us

00:34:35.619 --> 00:34:36.059
 Jesus

00:34:36.059 --> 00:34:38.420
 as church

00:34:38.420 --> 00:34:39.019
 programs

00:34:39.019 --> 00:34:39.960
 start coming

00:34:39.960 --> 00:34:40.619
 fast

00:34:40.619 --> 00:34:40.940
 and other

00:34:40.940 --> 00:34:41.719
 good events

00:34:41.719 --> 00:34:42.059
 in our

00:34:42.059 --> 00:34:42.460
 lives

00:34:42.460 --> 00:34:43.460
 that could

00:34:43.460 --> 00:34:44.579
 end up

00:34:44.579 --> 00:34:44.900
 being a

00:34:44.900 --> 00:34:45.619
 distraction

00:34:45.619 --> 00:34:46.420
 from Jesus

00:34:46.420 --> 00:34:46.980
 if we're

00:34:46.980 --> 00:34:48.219
 not thoughtful

00:34:48.219 --> 00:34:49.139
 would you

00:34:49.139 --> 00:34:50.019
 fill us

00:34:50.019 --> 00:34:50.440
 with your

00:34:50.440 --> 00:34:50.960
 spirit

00:34:50.960 --> 00:34:52.059
 in all

00:34:52.059 --> 00:34:52.340
 of it

00:34:52.340 --> 00:34:53.019
 in everything

00:34:53.019 --> 00:34:53.639
 that's going

00:34:53.639 --> 00:34:53.900
 on

00:34:53.900 --> 00:34:54.400
 would we

00:34:54.400 --> 00:34:55.639
 make much

00:34:55.639 --> 00:34:56.340
 of Jesus

00:34:56.340 --> 00:34:58.120
 because we

00:34:58.120 --> 00:34:58.559
 know how

00:34:58.559 --> 00:34:58.920
 much we

00:34:58.920 --> 00:34:59.320
 need him

00:34:59.320 --> 00:34:59.760
 and we

00:34:59.760 --> 00:35:00.440
 have seen

00:35:00.440 --> 00:35:00.860
 what a

00:35:00.860 --> 00:35:01.400
 glorious

00:35:01.400 --> 00:35:02.140
 savior he

00:35:02.140 --> 00:35:02.480
 is

00:35:02.480 --> 00:35:03.579
 we ask

00:35:03.579 --> 00:35:03.860
 you in

00:35:03.860 --> 00:35:04.400
 his name

00:35:04.400 --> 00:35:05.539
 amen

00:35:05.539 --> 00:35:10.640
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00:35:10.640 --> 00:35:11.160
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00:35:11.160 --> 00:35:11.960
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00:35:11.960 --> 00:35:12.460
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00:35:12.460 --> 00:35:12.860
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