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 Good to be with you again this morning and greetings from the Christians who meet in

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 Fairview Chapel, not too far from here. One of the great dangers I think sometimes of being a

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 Christian is you think you have all the answers to life and you can carry on virtually on your

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 own and you don't give it a minute's thought until all of a sudden you kind of stuff up big time and

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 you get something wrong in life and it's at times like that that you realize actually you can't make

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 anything of the Christian life unless you really throw yourself on the mercy of God and the power

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 of his Holy Spirit and I really enjoy this week reading again the passage you've given me. It's

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 a great passage of scripture, one with a lot of depth to it but one that's really practical and

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 helpful. I was saying to Graham earlier he was very jealous that I'd been given that passage but I said

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 to him not to feel too bad because I'm through in Hamilton tonight speaking and they've given me

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 Genesis 20 to speak on. Now I know from your looks you're thinking what's happened in Genesis 20?

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 Well what you'll find is a very intriguing story of Abraham meeting up with a king called Abimelech

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 and the central theme of the story is he passes his wife off as his sister. I've got to talk for 40

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 minutes on that tonight so anybody who has any suggestions it's not too late there's still a gap in

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 my in my sermon I'm going to phone the chairman up this afternoon and suggest he picks a couple of really

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 long hymns to fill in the gaps but so our passage this morning very much more straightforward and

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 powerful for us. I was really encouraged too when Peter was up earlier flying helicopter because he

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 talked also about how did he say power like that there you go um and he referred to that period in uh

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 the experience of the disciples when they'd seen the lord die they'd seen him buried they'd experienced him

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 alive and then he began for 40 days to teach them and he taught them just two things in these 40 days

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 isn't that incredible the last 40 days perhaps that he would be with his disciples on earth

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 he spent two days teaching them firstly about the kingdom of god

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 and that's really important because that kingdom has started we're living in it and it's stretching out

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 in front of us and the second thing he taught them was about the holy spirit about god's power

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 and i want as we go through our passage this morning to think about god's spirit's power

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 and how it helps us to live as christians for him today so just to get the context before we turn to the

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 passage we're going to read acts 1 verse 8 you don't need to turn to this you'll know this verse

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 you will receive power when the holy spirit comes on you what a promise

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 and you will be my witnesses in jerusalem and in all judea samaria tanzania the ends of the earth

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 what a challenge so let's turn then to ephesians 3 i have no fancy power point for you so you just

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 have to listen to me i'm afraid nothing for you to look at on the screen at least i hope not there

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 you go nothing on the screen for you to look at just me and uh god's god's word let's read ephesians

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 3 um let me start at verse 13 um i did have a title actually give me a title the manifold wisdom

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 of god i'm not sure if i'll bring that in or not other than to say here is the manifold wisdom of god

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 okay so um there you have title dealt with verse 13 of ephesians 3 i ask you therefore paul writes

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 not to be discouraged because of my sufferings for you which are your glory for this reason i kneel

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 before the father from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name i pray that

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 out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his spirit in your inner being

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 so that christ may dwell in your hearts through faith and i pray that you being rooted and established

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 in love may have power together with all the saints to grasp how wide long high deep

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 is the love of christ and to know this love that surpasses knowledge that you may be filled to the

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 measure of all the fullness of god now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or

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 imagine according to his power that is at work within us to him be glory in the church and in christ

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 throughout all generations forever and ever amen power well in a few weeks time there'll be a few people

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 who have been hoping for power either happy they've got it or disappointed they've missed out on it i guess

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 we too will be either happy they've got it or disappointed they've missed out on it i do hope by the way that

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 you'll be voting the right way by which I mean praying there's no political comment in that at

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 all but we need to pray for things like elections it's important to us my mother-in-law has been

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 complaining lamentably for weeks now about power different kind of power she's been complaining

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 about Scottish power anybody here from Scottish power oh there's one person no no she's denying

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 it she just resigned my mother-in-law's had trouble with her boiler and every time she phones there's

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 a new drama and it's all the fault of Scottish power well that's not the kind of power that the

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 apostle Paul here is talking about power is a has been an important word for Paul he's been talking

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 about power in this letter he's written he's talked about God's incomparably great power kind of hard

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 to imagine and get your head round doesn't it God's incomparably great power that raised Jesus

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 from the dead Paul's been talking about it he's just talked also earlier on in this chapter about

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 how God's power is actually at work in our hearts in the hearts of these Ephesians in your heart and

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 mind if we know the Lord Jesus isn't that incredible God's power right now today is at work in your heart

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 and in mine we kind of forget that don't we Paul's prayer comes out of a sense I think that these

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 Christians he was writing to had got a bit discouraged with life particularly maybe about

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 what was happening to Paul that they'd heard about his suffering maybe their own and it was getting

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 them down that kind of happens to us as Christians doesn't it at times we get down we get discouraged

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 living for Jesus today is sometimes quite hard to do especially when we know in our hearts we've let

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 God down or perhaps actually we feel sometimes he's let us down now of course that's not the case but

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 doesn't stop us feeling that way sometimes doesn't it so Paul's prayer here makes the point that

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 actually discouragement ought not to be what we should feel as Christians because God has given us his

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 power to live for him and that power as we heard earlier of course is the the presence of his Holy Spirit

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 in our hearts and in our lives he enters our hearts of course when we we give our lives over to the Lord

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 Jesus Christ he's given to us his energy if you like his presence and that spirit's purpose is of course to

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 continue day by day to help us understand more and more of God and to reveal more and more of the Lord

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 Jesus both to us and also to help us to reveal it to others now our world of course has totally the wrong

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 idea about power we often see it as something rather negative or overbearing we don't like to think of

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 something or someone who has power over us but when the New Testament talks about power it's talking about

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 the tremendous resources of God available to you and I to get things done for God

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 the English language has great many origins and the word dynamite people say has come from this

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 Greek word so we immediately think God's power is something that goes bang there I've woken you up

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 and blows things up and destroys things well of course that's not the idea at all is it

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 God gives us his power to enable us to live for him and to do what he wants us to do what he has asked us to do

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 what he has commanded us to do and actually just to help us sometimes day by day live for Jesus

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 and so as Paul thinks about these slightly discouraged Christians he prays that the power of God's Holy Spirit

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 would be their very real experience he wants them living beyond their expectation

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 as I thought about that I did wonder whether our churches today maybe you as an individual need a fresh

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 realization of that God is at work in your life his power is here in this place do we need that fresh

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 realization I guess before we are too quick to say yes we need to ask ourselves why is there something

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 that's stopping God's power either working through us or or working through the church is there something

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 that's that's just putting a big dampener on how God works is it that we've not left him any room in

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 our lives to work for you know our lives are so full of other things that are far more important than God

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 well we've kind of squeezed them out maybe that's the case well as we'll see in a moment Paul will give

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 us some really important reasons for seeking fresh wind fresh power as as the American pastor Jim

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 Simbala called it in his book and there's only one real purpose for God's power you know

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 Paul described it in verse 21 as so there would be glory in his church

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 Jesus said you'll get this power so that you will be my witnesses

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 that's why we have God's power oh it's nice to know it's there

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 but it's not so that we can go around healing people unless you are of course a very talented doctor

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 in which case God's giving you some gifts there but it's not really for these fantastic experiences

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 great though they might be you have God's spirit in you so that you can live for Jesus

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 and when you live for Jesus you will be his witnesses day in and day out

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 it is isn't it an incredible and humbling thought that the Holy Spirit is the enabling power behind the

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 witness of the church in the world he is the ability given to Christians for the completion of the great

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 commission of world evangelization and we've heard a bit about it that's a huge relief it's not down to me

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 and it's not down to you oh we can do things in the power of God but ultimately it's God's spirit so if we

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 want to claim this power for ourselves then we better be completely behind the strategy of heaven

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 which is to win men and women for Christ

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 let's look at this prayer let's look at verses 16 and 17 as Paul prays here for the power to strengthen

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 the inner man I pray he says that out of his glorious riches out of God's glorious riches

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 he may strengthen you with power through his spirit in your inner being so that Christ may dwell in your

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 hearts through faith

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 now our culture of course is more concerned with the outer man

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 gym members keeping fit

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 anti-aging creams

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 plastic surgery whatever it might be we've got to look good on the inside it doesn't actually matter if

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 inside we're rotting away as long as on the outside we're looking good

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 but that's not God's ambition for us his ambition is that inner man the eternal bit of us

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 gets stronger and stronger and stronger day by day paradoxically of course as Christians

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 on the outside we may look terribly weak and rather vulnerable as was in the case of Paul

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 ill persecuted beaten imprisoned and yet inside he was utterly lion hearted and he would write to the

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 Corinthian church we do not lose heart he says outwardly we are wasting away and yet inwardly

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 we are being renewed day by day

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 why is it the priority of God that the inner man

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 is strengthened

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 well says Paul

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 so that Christ may

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 dwell

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 without question I think the most remarkable

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 fact of scripture is that Jesus Christ himself

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 through the presence of the Holy Spirit will actually enter a heart and life

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 settle down

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 and be at home

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 there

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 that's the sense of what Paul means

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 because to dwell you know is not

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 what you do as a lodger

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 or what you do as you rent a room

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 that's not the sense of what Paul means here

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 what he means is Jesus Christ has come into a life and he's there to stay

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 that heart is his

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 in John 14 we find Jesus talking to his disciples about homes

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 they had all left their homes for him

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 he was saying to him that he would shortly leave them and prepare a home for them

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 meanwhile their hearts

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 would be the home

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 for his spirit

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 oh they find that really hard to understand

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 until at Pentecost and then they felt that presence didn't they

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 a tremendous wind

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 the flames of fire

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 so demonstrable symbols

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 God was there

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 the spirit

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 had come home

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 Robert Munger a Presbyterian minister

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 from a few decades ago

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 he wrote a wonderful little book entitled

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 My Heart

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 Christ's Home

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 anybody read it

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 anybody brave enough to put their hand

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 because you're probably over 50

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 nobody has

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 well there you go

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 My Heart

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 Christ's Home

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 in it he pictured his life

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 as various rooms

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 so he said Christ came in and I showed him into the library

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 it was his mind

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 the control room of the house

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 and he writes in his book of his embarrassment

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 embarrassment at Jesus

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 viewing the books

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 in his library

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 the magazines on his coffee table

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 the films

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 in his

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 collection

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 and he writes

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 I turned to him and said

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 Master

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 I know this room needs a radical alteration

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 will you help make it

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 what it ought to be

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 then he says

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 we went to the dining room

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 the place where our appetites

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 are met

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 and it dawned on Robert Munger

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 of all the things he had fed himself on

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 that were not ultimately satisfying

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 and in some cases were harmful

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 and how much he knew then

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 he needed to feed himself on Jesus

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 the living room

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 where he relaxed

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 put his feet up

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 he realized how much time he spent

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 relaxed with his feet up

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 and how much time he should have spent in prayer

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 and then he talks most challengingly of all

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 of the closet

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 under the stairs

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 the room is locked

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 it's dark

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 and it's where he said

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 he put things

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 from his past life

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 that he found hard to give up

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 and so he'd locked them away

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 and he writes in his book

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 how the Lord came to the room

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 and asked for the key

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 and Robert Munger says

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 you can't go in there Lord

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 and the Saviour is saying to him

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 but I need to

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 it needs cleaned out

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 and Munger says at that point

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 he knew he didn't just need to open up

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 he need to give the title deeds

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 of the house

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 to the Saviour

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 do you see the point

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 the inner man

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 is where the Lord Jesus

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 comes and dwells

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 and if he's going to come

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 and he's going to dwell

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 he's going to own

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 and we need to give it all to him

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 there's nothing in there

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 that we can keep

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 hidden away

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 that he doesn't deal with

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 how much therefore

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 we need the power

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 of the Holy Spirit

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 to strengthen that inner man

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 to ensure that our hearts

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 are homes

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 that Jesus will be at rest in

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 and that we will be at peace

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 knowing his presence

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 the power to strengthen

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 the inner man

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 then verses 17 to 19

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 Paul talks about

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 the power to love

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 with that lovely video

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 at the beginning

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 it was really clever

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 Paul here wants us

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 to know something

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 that is essentially

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 unknowable

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 the amazing quality

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 and dimensions

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 of the Saviour's love

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 we have such a superficial

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 and small view

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 of love

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 even when we grasp

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 what the Bible says of it

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 so Paul gives us

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 a couple of metaphors

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 to help us understand

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 what grasping it really means

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 one is botanical

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 we've got to be rooted

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 something is going to grow

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 really strong

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 I'm not a gardener

00:20:08.140 --> 00:20:09.160
 I prefer concrete

00:20:09.160 --> 00:20:09.920
 but there you go

00:20:09.920 --> 00:20:11.440
 but if something's going to grow

00:20:11.440 --> 00:20:13.540
 it needs good roots

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 apparently

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 and he gives

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 an architectural

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 here as well

00:20:21.759 --> 00:20:22.600
 he talks about

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 something that's grounded

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 that has strong foundations

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 you want a big building

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 like this

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 I guess it has really

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 strong foundations

00:20:29.240 --> 00:20:35.120
 you see

00:20:35.120 --> 00:20:36.000
 when the rubber

00:20:36.000 --> 00:20:36.720
 hits the road

00:20:36.720 --> 00:20:38.539
 of our Christian life

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 or our church life

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 it's how well rooted

00:20:44.559 --> 00:20:45.160
 we are

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 how well grounded

00:20:46.380 --> 00:20:46.960
 we are

00:20:46.960 --> 00:20:48.440
 in the love of God

00:20:48.440 --> 00:20:52.160
 that will help us

00:20:52.160 --> 00:20:54.839
 and Paul gives us

00:20:54.839 --> 00:20:55.799
 these limitless

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 dimensions

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 of height

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 and width

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 and depth

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 I wanted to break

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 into that chorus

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 Jesus love is very wonderful

00:21:05.200 --> 00:21:06.160
 but I won't

00:21:06.160 --> 00:21:06.900
 I will empty

00:21:06.900 --> 00:21:08.059
 the place instantly

00:21:08.059 --> 00:21:09.920
 but you get the point

00:21:09.920 --> 00:21:10.579
 don't you

00:21:10.579 --> 00:21:11.960
 and the reality

00:21:11.960 --> 00:21:12.919
 is of course

00:21:12.919 --> 00:21:14.500
 you can get

00:21:14.500 --> 00:21:15.480
 really low

00:21:15.480 --> 00:21:16.240
 in life

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 you can feel

00:21:17.939 --> 00:21:18.240
 as though

00:21:18.240 --> 00:21:19.000
 you've committed

00:21:19.000 --> 00:21:20.319
 the most heinous

00:21:20.319 --> 00:21:21.000
 of sins

00:21:21.000 --> 00:21:21.819
 you can feel

00:21:21.819 --> 00:21:22.139
 as though

00:21:22.139 --> 00:21:22.819
 your life

00:21:22.819 --> 00:21:23.339
 has got

00:21:23.339 --> 00:21:24.899
 just rock bottom

00:21:24.899 --> 00:21:26.079
 and below rock bottom

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 and do you know what

00:21:27.139 --> 00:21:29.159
 the love of God

00:21:29.159 --> 00:21:29.740
 in Christ

00:21:29.740 --> 00:21:30.879
 is there for you

00:21:30.879 --> 00:21:34.639
 or you can have

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 the most spiritual

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 high you've

00:21:37.019 --> 00:21:37.799
 ever had

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 the greatest

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 experience

00:21:40.279 --> 00:21:40.859
 you've ever

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 had

00:21:41.200 --> 00:21:41.980
 of Christ

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 do you know what

00:21:43.720 --> 00:21:44.559
 there's always more

00:21:44.559 --> 00:21:47.440
 there's always more

00:21:47.440 --> 00:21:52.399
 John talks about

00:21:52.399 --> 00:21:53.299
 Jesus saying

00:21:53.299 --> 00:21:54.160
 to his disciples

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 I want to show you

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 the full extent

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 of my love

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 and he

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 he did it by

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 you know

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 by washing

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 smelly feet

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 but as a picture

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 of

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 of what he would

00:22:05.200 --> 00:22:06.480
 do on the cross

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 with arms

00:22:08.180 --> 00:22:09.200
 outstretched

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 pinned to a

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 wooden cross

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 that's the

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 extent of the

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 love of the

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 Lord Jesus

00:22:15.000 --> 00:22:15.640
 Christ

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 I don't know

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 about you

00:22:20.900 --> 00:22:21.259
 but

00:22:21.259 --> 00:22:22.820
 do you know

00:22:22.820 --> 00:22:23.460
 sometimes I'm

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 just utterly

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 speechless at that

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 that

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 you know

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 transcendent

00:22:31.420 --> 00:22:32.180
 sense of

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 something that

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 you really want

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 to grasp

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 and yet it's

00:22:36.880 --> 00:22:37.580
 unknowable

00:22:37.580 --> 00:22:39.480
 it's too vast

00:22:39.480 --> 00:22:41.280
 can't understand

00:22:41.280 --> 00:22:42.100
 it can't get a

00:22:42.099 --> 00:22:42.939
 head

00:22:42.939 --> 00:22:43.859
 around it

00:22:43.859 --> 00:22:44.339
 but you know

00:22:44.339 --> 00:22:44.959
 when Christ

00:22:44.959 --> 00:22:45.819
 comes in

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 and dominates

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 your life

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 the one obvious

00:22:49.980 --> 00:22:51.119
 characteristic that

00:22:51.119 --> 00:22:51.759
 will be shown

00:22:51.759 --> 00:22:52.719
 will be love

00:22:52.719 --> 00:22:54.679
 and just in case

00:22:54.679 --> 00:22:55.699
 we don't understand

00:22:55.699 --> 00:22:56.839
 what kind of love

00:22:56.839 --> 00:22:57.859
 Paul is describing

00:22:57.859 --> 00:22:58.919
 and why we need

00:22:58.919 --> 00:22:59.659
 the spirit to

00:22:59.659 --> 00:23:00.339
 empower us

00:23:00.339 --> 00:23:01.539
 John would say

00:23:01.539 --> 00:23:02.259
 this is how we

00:23:02.259 --> 00:23:02.859
 know what love

00:23:02.859 --> 00:23:03.619
 is Jesus

00:23:03.619 --> 00:23:04.279
 Christ

00:23:04.279 --> 00:23:05.939
 laid down his

00:23:05.939 --> 00:23:06.639
 life for us

00:23:06.639 --> 00:23:07.399
 and we ought to

00:23:07.399 --> 00:23:08.079
 lay down our

00:23:08.079 --> 00:23:08.579
 life

00:23:08.579 --> 00:23:10.219
 for our

00:23:10.219 --> 00:23:10.719
 brothers

00:23:10.720 --> 00:23:13.680
 but did you

00:23:13.680 --> 00:23:14.220
 notice something

00:23:14.220 --> 00:23:15.019
 important there

00:23:15.019 --> 00:23:15.960
 in verse 18

00:23:15.960 --> 00:23:16.579
 he says

00:23:16.579 --> 00:23:18.480
 we have power

00:23:18.480 --> 00:23:19.180
 he says

00:23:19.180 --> 00:23:20.880
 but together

00:23:20.880 --> 00:23:23.240
 with all the

00:23:23.240 --> 00:23:23.839
 saints

00:23:23.839 --> 00:23:26.319
 there's something

00:23:26.319 --> 00:23:27.200
 here you see

00:23:27.200 --> 00:23:27.920
 about God's

00:23:27.920 --> 00:23:28.640
 power that

00:23:28.640 --> 00:23:29.700
 that isn't

00:23:29.700 --> 00:23:30.579
 individualistic

00:23:30.579 --> 00:23:31.019
 at all

00:23:31.019 --> 00:23:31.759
 it's communal

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 it needs all

00:23:34.240 --> 00:23:34.940
 of us to

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 know and to

00:23:35.519 --> 00:23:36.579
 understand God's

00:23:36.579 --> 00:23:37.200
 love you can't

00:23:37.200 --> 00:23:37.819
 do it on your

00:23:37.819 --> 00:23:38.059
 own

00:23:38.059 --> 00:23:41.200
 we need

00:23:41.200 --> 00:23:41.700
 each other

00:23:41.700 --> 00:23:43.700
 the person to

00:23:43.700 --> 00:23:44.339
 sit side

00:23:44.339 --> 00:23:45.019
 needs to tell

00:23:45.019 --> 00:23:45.740
 you what God's

00:23:45.740 --> 00:23:46.220
 love has meant

00:23:46.220 --> 00:23:46.819
 to them this

00:23:46.819 --> 00:23:48.039
 week because

00:23:48.039 --> 00:23:48.579
 even if you

00:23:48.579 --> 00:23:49.319
 felt in a

00:23:49.319 --> 00:23:49.799
 cold and

00:23:49.799 --> 00:23:50.759
 difficult place

00:23:50.759 --> 00:23:51.919
 they can come

00:23:51.919 --> 00:23:52.299
 and they can

00:23:52.299 --> 00:23:52.720
 warm your

00:23:52.720 --> 00:23:53.119
 heart

00:23:53.119 --> 00:23:56.819
 they might be

00:23:56.819 --> 00:23:57.119
 able to

00:23:57.119 --> 00:23:57.960
 demonstrate it

00:23:57.960 --> 00:23:58.519
 to you in

00:23:58.519 --> 00:23:59.639
 some way

00:23:59.639 --> 00:24:03.539
 you see

00:24:03.539 --> 00:24:04.339
 that's why

00:24:04.339 --> 00:24:04.899
 church is

00:24:04.899 --> 00:24:05.500
 really important

00:24:05.500 --> 00:24:06.220
 for Christians

00:24:06.220 --> 00:24:07.160
 you think

00:24:07.160 --> 00:24:07.460
 that's a

00:24:07.460 --> 00:24:08.039
 terribly obvious

00:24:08.039 --> 00:24:08.640
 thing to say

00:24:08.640 --> 00:24:09.140
 but do you

00:24:09.140 --> 00:24:09.420
 know I get

00:24:09.420 --> 00:24:10.299
 terribly fed up

00:24:10.299 --> 00:24:10.640
 with some

00:24:10.640 --> 00:24:11.160
 folks at

00:24:11.160 --> 00:24:11.700
 you don't

00:24:11.700 --> 00:24:12.059
 tell them

00:24:12.059 --> 00:24:12.640
 that but

00:24:12.640 --> 00:24:14.579
 do you know

00:24:14.579 --> 00:24:15.559
 they say to

00:24:15.559 --> 00:24:16.640
 me I said

00:24:16.640 --> 00:24:16.839
 to him I

00:24:16.839 --> 00:24:17.380
 didn't see you

00:24:17.380 --> 00:24:18.000
 last Sunday

00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:19.160
 no I was

00:24:19.160 --> 00:24:19.759
 quite busy

00:24:19.759 --> 00:24:22.640
 oh that's

00:24:22.640 --> 00:24:24.100
 funny I

00:24:24.100 --> 00:24:24.460
 always thought

00:24:24.460 --> 00:24:25.120
 Sunday was a

00:24:25.120 --> 00:24:25.799
 day of rest

00:24:25.799 --> 00:24:27.680
 I was resting

00:24:27.680 --> 00:24:28.680
 they said I

00:24:28.680 --> 00:24:29.140
 had a busy

00:24:29.140 --> 00:24:29.539
 week

00:24:29.539 --> 00:24:32.339
 do you know

00:24:32.339 --> 00:24:33.140
 I get cross

00:24:33.140 --> 00:24:34.480
 I know you

00:24:34.480 --> 00:24:35.100
 shouldn't but

00:24:35.100 --> 00:24:36.580
 that's a

00:24:36.580 --> 00:24:37.340
 daft way to

00:24:37.340 --> 00:24:37.880
 go on

00:24:37.880 --> 00:24:40.220
 God has

00:24:40.220 --> 00:24:40.759
 given us

00:24:40.759 --> 00:24:41.680
 this vehicle

00:24:41.680 --> 00:24:42.400
 that we call

00:24:42.400 --> 00:24:43.400
 church but

00:24:43.400 --> 00:24:44.040
 he's given us

00:24:44.040 --> 00:24:44.420
 it as a

00:24:44.420 --> 00:24:45.060
 community we

00:24:45.060 --> 00:24:45.560
 need to be

00:24:45.560 --> 00:24:45.900
 here

00:24:45.900 --> 00:24:47.820
 there's no

00:24:47.820 --> 00:24:48.340
 point sitting

00:24:48.340 --> 00:24:48.800
 in your living

00:24:48.800 --> 00:24:49.220
 room on your

00:24:49.220 --> 00:24:49.900
 own relaxing

00:24:49.900 --> 00:24:51.240
 because you

00:24:51.240 --> 00:24:52.020
 won't get any

00:24:52.020 --> 00:24:53.020
 sense of the

00:24:53.020 --> 00:24:53.940
 love of God

00:24:53.940 --> 00:24:54.860
 in Christ

00:24:54.860 --> 00:24:55.500
 that's really

00:24:55.500 --> 00:24:56.780
 meaningful there

00:24:56.780 --> 00:24:57.780
 or you might

00:24:57.780 --> 00:24:58.300
 get a wee bit

00:24:58.300 --> 00:24:58.660
 of it

00:24:58.660 --> 00:25:00.140
 but who wants

00:25:00.140 --> 00:25:00.560
 a wee bit

00:25:00.560 --> 00:25:01.040
 of anything

00:25:01.039 --> 00:25:02.500
 would you

00:25:02.500 --> 00:25:02.960
 not rather

00:25:02.960 --> 00:25:03.440
 have it

00:25:03.440 --> 00:25:03.920
 all

00:25:03.920 --> 00:25:06.399
 John

00:25:06.399 --> 00:25:06.940
 Stott

00:25:06.940 --> 00:25:07.680
 wrote

00:25:07.680 --> 00:25:08.579
 do you

00:25:08.579 --> 00:25:08.779
 know

00:25:08.779 --> 00:25:09.859
 it takes

00:25:09.859 --> 00:25:10.359
 the whole

00:25:10.359 --> 00:25:11.039
 people of

00:25:11.039 --> 00:25:11.500
 God to

00:25:11.500 --> 00:25:12.159
 understand

00:25:12.159 --> 00:25:12.879
 the whole

00:25:12.879 --> 00:25:14.059
 love of

00:25:14.059 --> 00:25:14.559
 God

00:25:14.559 --> 00:25:17.399
 because as

00:25:17.399 --> 00:25:17.940
 isolated

00:25:17.940 --> 00:25:18.759
 Christians we

00:25:18.759 --> 00:25:19.440
 can only ever

00:25:19.440 --> 00:25:20.039
 know some

00:25:20.039 --> 00:25:20.539
 of it

00:25:20.539 --> 00:25:23.000
 oh and by

00:25:23.000 --> 00:25:23.659
 the way of

00:25:23.659 --> 00:25:24.139
 course it's

00:25:24.139 --> 00:25:24.680
 crucial to

00:25:24.680 --> 00:25:25.180
 our witness

00:25:25.180 --> 00:25:25.819
 isn't it

00:25:25.819 --> 00:25:26.379
 by this

00:25:26.379 --> 00:25:26.839
 shall all

00:25:26.839 --> 00:25:27.279
 men know

00:25:27.279 --> 00:25:27.599
 that you

00:25:27.599 --> 00:25:27.920
 are my

00:25:27.920 --> 00:25:28.460
 disciples

00:25:28.460 --> 00:25:29.119
 that you

00:25:29.119 --> 00:25:29.619
 have

00:25:29.619 --> 00:25:30.960
 love

00:25:30.960 --> 00:25:32.740
 for each

00:25:32.740 --> 00:25:33.079
 other

00:25:33.079 --> 00:25:37.440
 I hope

00:25:37.440 --> 00:25:37.779
 Bellevue

00:25:37.779 --> 00:25:38.180
 will listen

00:25:38.180 --> 00:25:38.480
 to the

00:25:38.480 --> 00:25:38.700
 tape

00:25:38.700 --> 00:25:39.000
 I don't

00:25:39.000 --> 00:25:39.380
 suppose they

00:25:39.380 --> 00:25:39.519
 will

00:25:39.519 --> 00:25:39.720
 they're

00:25:39.720 --> 00:25:40.079
 probably

00:25:40.079 --> 00:25:40.900
 glad to

00:25:40.900 --> 00:25:41.220
 be shot

00:25:41.220 --> 00:25:41.400
 of me

00:25:41.400 --> 00:25:41.700
 for a

00:25:41.700 --> 00:25:41.880
 day

00:25:41.880 --> 00:25:44.579
 here's the

00:25:44.579 --> 00:25:45.220
 last point

00:25:45.220 --> 00:25:46.519
 verses 20

00:25:46.519 --> 00:25:47.440
 to 21

00:25:47.440 --> 00:25:49.180
 it's a wee

00:25:49.180 --> 00:25:50.140
 doxology at

00:25:50.140 --> 00:25:50.700
 the end of

00:25:50.700 --> 00:25:51.400
 Paul's prayer

00:25:51.400 --> 00:25:52.519
 I don't know

00:25:52.519 --> 00:25:52.880
 what your

00:25:52.880 --> 00:25:53.579
 prayers end

00:25:53.579 --> 00:25:54.120
 up like

00:25:54.120 --> 00:25:55.220
 mine usually

00:25:55.220 --> 00:25:55.720
 end up a

00:25:55.720 --> 00:25:55.960
 kind of

00:25:55.960 --> 00:25:56.640
 confusion of

00:25:56.640 --> 00:25:57.059
 words and

00:25:57.059 --> 00:25:57.519
 I thought I

00:25:57.519 --> 00:25:58.039
 better get

00:25:58.039 --> 00:25:58.539
 on I'm

00:25:58.539 --> 00:25:58.980
 going to

00:25:58.980 --> 00:25:59.259
 work

00:25:59.259 --> 00:26:00.140
 Paul has

00:26:00.140 --> 00:26:00.839
 time to

00:26:00.839 --> 00:26:01.799
 kind of

00:26:01.799 --> 00:26:02.160
 give us

00:26:02.160 --> 00:26:02.960
 this wonderful

00:26:02.960 --> 00:26:03.839
 doxology

00:26:03.839 --> 00:26:04.640
 that really

00:26:04.640 --> 00:26:05.079
 is all

00:26:05.079 --> 00:26:05.640
 about a

00:26:05.640 --> 00:26:06.019
 power

00:26:06.019 --> 00:26:07.700
 to do

00:26:07.700 --> 00:26:10.319
 so we

00:26:10.319 --> 00:26:10.779
 thought about

00:26:10.779 --> 00:26:11.140
 a power

00:26:11.140 --> 00:26:11.859
 to strengthen

00:26:11.859 --> 00:26:12.220
 our inner

00:26:12.220 --> 00:26:12.640
 man we

00:26:12.640 --> 00:26:13.099
 thought about

00:26:13.099 --> 00:26:13.539
 a power

00:26:13.539 --> 00:26:14.000
 to love

00:26:14.000 --> 00:26:14.940
 here's a

00:26:14.940 --> 00:26:15.460
 power to

00:26:15.460 --> 00:26:15.940
 do because

00:26:15.940 --> 00:26:16.460
 the heart

00:26:16.460 --> 00:26:17.019
 of Paul's

00:26:17.019 --> 00:26:17.759
 prayer is

00:26:17.759 --> 00:26:18.240
 not that we

00:26:18.240 --> 00:26:19.259
 know something

00:26:19.259 --> 00:26:22.019
 but that

00:26:22.019 --> 00:26:22.799
 we do

00:26:22.799 --> 00:26:23.440
 something

00:26:23.440 --> 00:26:26.100
 we serve

00:26:26.100 --> 00:26:26.500
 here a

00:26:26.500 --> 00:26:26.940
 God of

00:26:26.940 --> 00:26:27.900
 no limits

00:26:27.900 --> 00:26:29.799
 now maybe

00:26:29.799 --> 00:26:30.320
 you're sitting

00:26:30.320 --> 00:26:30.740
 there and

00:26:30.740 --> 00:26:31.240
 you're thinking

00:26:31.240 --> 00:26:31.640
 you know

00:26:31.640 --> 00:26:33.820
 what I'd

00:26:33.820 --> 00:26:34.259
 be really

00:26:34.259 --> 00:26:35.779
 happy if

00:26:35.779 --> 00:26:36.480
 I could just

00:26:36.480 --> 00:26:37.259
 accomplish the

00:26:37.259 --> 00:26:37.920
 things I

00:26:37.920 --> 00:26:38.840
 know about

00:26:38.840 --> 00:26:40.299
 the things I've

00:26:40.299 --> 00:26:40.860
 been praying

00:26:40.860 --> 00:26:41.420
 about the

00:26:41.420 --> 00:26:41.940
 things I've

00:26:41.940 --> 00:26:42.420
 been thinking

00:26:42.420 --> 00:26:43.400
 about here's

00:26:43.400 --> 00:26:44.080
 Paul telling

00:26:44.080 --> 00:26:44.620
 me about

00:26:44.620 --> 00:26:45.120
 things I

00:26:45.120 --> 00:26:45.519
 haven't even

00:26:45.519 --> 00:26:46.400
 imagined about

00:26:46.400 --> 00:26:47.019
 he wants

00:26:47.019 --> 00:26:49.559
 us to do

00:26:49.559 --> 00:26:51.279
 but you see

00:26:51.279 --> 00:26:51.799
 the point

00:26:51.799 --> 00:26:53.079
 it's not

00:26:53.079 --> 00:26:53.819
 about us

00:26:53.819 --> 00:26:55.000
 it's not

00:26:55.000 --> 00:26:55.599
 about you

00:26:55.599 --> 00:26:55.960
 it's not

00:26:55.960 --> 00:26:56.480
 about me

00:26:56.480 --> 00:26:56.779
 it's not

00:26:56.779 --> 00:26:57.139
 about what

00:26:57.139 --> 00:26:57.759
 we can do

00:26:57.759 --> 00:26:58.819
 because you

00:26:58.819 --> 00:26:59.079
 know what

00:26:59.079 --> 00:26:59.460
 we can do

00:26:59.460 --> 00:26:59.940
 now that

00:26:59.940 --> 00:27:01.639
 means nothing

00:27:01.639 --> 00:27:02.139
 to our

00:27:02.139 --> 00:27:02.740
 Tanzanian

00:27:02.740 --> 00:27:03.059
 friends

00:27:03.059 --> 00:27:05.240
 we can do

00:27:05.240 --> 00:27:05.779
 nothing on

00:27:05.779 --> 00:27:06.240
 our own

00:27:06.240 --> 00:27:08.379
 anything

00:27:08.379 --> 00:27:10.259
 we do

00:27:10.259 --> 00:27:12.099
 for Christ

00:27:12.099 --> 00:27:13.659
 is done

00:27:13.659 --> 00:27:14.039
 in his

00:27:14.039 --> 00:27:14.539
 power

00:27:14.539 --> 00:27:15.419
 at work

00:27:15.419 --> 00:27:15.940
 in us

00:27:15.940 --> 00:27:18.899
 and someone

00:27:18.900 --> 00:27:19.560
 once said

00:27:19.560 --> 00:27:19.860
 you know

00:27:19.860 --> 00:27:20.400
 what would

00:27:20.400 --> 00:27:21.080
 you attempt

00:27:21.080 --> 00:27:21.820
 for God

00:27:21.820 --> 00:27:23.019
 if you knew

00:27:23.019 --> 00:27:23.580
 you couldn't

00:27:23.580 --> 00:27:23.920
 fail

00:27:23.920 --> 00:27:25.720
 if you just

00:27:25.720 --> 00:27:26.280
 knew it

00:27:26.280 --> 00:27:27.140
 wouldn't work

00:27:27.140 --> 00:27:28.720
 what would

00:27:28.720 --> 00:27:29.140
 you do

00:27:29.140 --> 00:27:30.640
 maybe you'd

00:27:30.640 --> 00:27:31.180
 go off to

00:27:31.180 --> 00:27:31.740
 Tanzania

00:27:31.740 --> 00:27:35.940
 maybe you'd

00:27:35.940 --> 00:27:36.440
 just talk to

00:27:36.440 --> 00:27:36.820
 your neighbour

00:27:36.820 --> 00:27:37.360
 about the

00:27:37.360 --> 00:27:37.620
 Lord

00:27:37.620 --> 00:27:42.180
 maybe this

00:27:42.180 --> 00:27:42.720
 morning you'd

00:27:42.720 --> 00:27:43.140
 open your

00:27:43.140 --> 00:27:43.780
 heart up to

00:27:43.780 --> 00:27:44.100
 the Lord

00:27:44.100 --> 00:27:44.880
 Jesus Christ

00:27:44.880 --> 00:27:45.360
 and you could

00:27:45.360 --> 00:27:45.840
 say come

00:27:45.840 --> 00:27:46.080
 in

00:27:46.080 --> 00:27:48.880
 come in

00:27:48.880 --> 00:27:53.640
 I think

00:27:53.640 --> 00:27:54.540
 too easily

00:27:54.540 --> 00:27:55.000
 we allow

00:27:55.000 --> 00:27:55.680
 ourselves to

00:27:55.680 --> 00:27:56.500
 doubt and

00:27:56.500 --> 00:27:57.200
 limit the

00:27:57.200 --> 00:27:57.820
 power of God

00:27:57.820 --> 00:27:58.480
 to accomplish

00:27:58.480 --> 00:27:59.300
 all that he

00:27:59.300 --> 00:28:00.200
 wants to do

00:28:00.200 --> 00:28:00.840
 through you

00:28:00.840 --> 00:28:01.440
 and through

00:28:01.440 --> 00:28:01.840
 me

00:28:01.840 --> 00:28:05.300
 we have a

00:28:05.300 --> 00:28:06.060
 God of no

00:28:06.060 --> 00:28:06.700
 limits

00:28:06.700 --> 00:28:10.280
 again John

00:28:10.280 --> 00:28:11.060
 Stott says

00:28:11.060 --> 00:28:12.060
 he is able

00:28:12.060 --> 00:28:12.860
 to do more

00:28:12.860 --> 00:28:13.520
 than we can

00:28:13.520 --> 00:28:14.740
 ask or

00:28:14.740 --> 00:28:15.900
 think or

00:28:15.900 --> 00:28:16.460
 imagine

00:28:16.460 --> 00:28:17.960
 for his

00:28:17.960 --> 00:28:19.059
 expectations

00:28:19.059 --> 00:28:20.160
 are higher

00:28:20.160 --> 00:28:20.900
 than ours

00:28:20.900 --> 00:28:22.579
 and he

00:28:22.579 --> 00:28:23.039
 does not

00:28:23.039 --> 00:28:23.559
 give his

00:28:23.559 --> 00:28:24.140
 grace

00:28:24.140 --> 00:28:26.120
 in calculated

00:28:26.120 --> 00:28:26.980
 measures

00:28:26.980 --> 00:28:30.019
 well

00:28:30.019 --> 00:28:32.720
 is Christ

00:28:32.720 --> 00:28:33.059
 at home

00:28:33.059 --> 00:28:33.299
 in your

00:28:33.299 --> 00:28:33.740
 heart

00:28:33.740 --> 00:28:36.920
 have you

00:28:36.920 --> 00:28:37.720
 made that

00:28:37.720 --> 00:28:38.319
 commitment

00:28:38.319 --> 00:28:40.419
 maybe you've

00:28:40.419 --> 00:28:40.939
 tried you

00:28:40.939 --> 00:28:41.259
 know maybe

00:28:41.259 --> 00:28:41.659
 you've

00:28:41.659 --> 00:28:43.000
 you've prayed

00:28:43.000 --> 00:28:43.480
 that the

00:28:43.480 --> 00:28:43.879
 Lord would

00:28:43.879 --> 00:28:44.399
 come in

00:28:44.399 --> 00:28:45.679
 and hasn't

00:28:45.679 --> 00:28:46.359
 really felt

00:28:46.359 --> 00:28:46.839
 as if he

00:28:46.839 --> 00:28:47.379
 has

00:28:47.379 --> 00:28:49.159
 maybe it's

00:28:49.159 --> 00:28:49.759
 because you've

00:28:49.759 --> 00:28:50.319
 got a closet

00:28:50.319 --> 00:28:52.000
 and there's

00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:52.539
 something in

00:28:52.539 --> 00:28:53.099
 there that

00:28:53.099 --> 00:28:54.759
 you've got

00:28:54.759 --> 00:28:55.359
 buried away

00:28:55.359 --> 00:28:57.399
 and you need

00:28:57.399 --> 00:28:57.980
 him to take

00:28:57.980 --> 00:28:58.579
 ownership of

00:28:58.579 --> 00:28:59.099
 that as

00:28:59.099 --> 00:28:59.419
 well

00:28:59.419 --> 00:29:00.939
 we often

00:29:00.939 --> 00:29:01.679
 times have

00:29:01.679 --> 00:29:02.539
 those experiences

00:29:02.539 --> 00:29:03.200
 in our life

00:29:03.200 --> 00:29:03.519
 when we

00:29:03.519 --> 00:29:04.720
 we just need

00:29:04.720 --> 00:29:05.599
 to get things

00:29:05.599 --> 00:29:06.240
 right with

00:29:06.240 --> 00:29:06.619
 God

00:29:06.619 --> 00:29:08.699
 by his

00:29:08.699 --> 00:29:09.159
 spirit

00:29:09.159 --> 00:29:10.259
 he gives

00:29:10.259 --> 00:29:10.619
 us that

00:29:10.619 --> 00:29:11.379
 strength

00:29:11.379 --> 00:29:11.799
 to do

00:29:11.799 --> 00:29:12.199
 that

00:29:12.199 --> 00:29:16.619
 are you

00:29:16.619 --> 00:29:17.039
 willing to

00:29:17.039 --> 00:29:17.359
 allow him

00:29:17.359 --> 00:29:17.739
 to fill

00:29:17.739 --> 00:29:18.359
 your life

00:29:18.359 --> 00:29:22.779
 what with

00:29:22.779 --> 00:29:23.899
 love

00:29:23.899 --> 00:29:25.659
 yeah

00:29:25.659 --> 00:29:26.759
 what about

00:29:26.759 --> 00:29:27.459
 this church

00:29:27.459 --> 00:29:28.779
 is it to be

00:29:28.779 --> 00:29:29.339
 filled with

00:29:29.339 --> 00:29:29.839
 the love of

00:29:29.839 --> 00:29:30.059
 God

00:29:30.059 --> 00:29:31.359
 such that we

00:29:31.359 --> 00:29:31.739
 love one

00:29:31.739 --> 00:29:32.099
 another

00:29:32.099 --> 00:29:33.639
 such that others

00:29:33.639 --> 00:29:34.279
 see the love

00:29:34.279 --> 00:29:34.819
 we have for

00:29:34.819 --> 00:29:35.119
 one another

00:29:35.119 --> 00:29:35.859
 and such that

00:29:35.859 --> 00:29:36.399
 we love

00:29:36.399 --> 00:29:37.000
 others

00:29:37.000 --> 00:29:39.759
 who are not

00:29:39.759 --> 00:29:40.619
 yet part

00:29:40.619 --> 00:29:41.740
 of Christ's

00:29:41.740 --> 00:29:42.819
 great kingdom

00:29:42.819 --> 00:29:46.359
 are we going

00:29:46.359 --> 00:29:47.139
 to be his

00:29:47.139 --> 00:29:47.740
 witness

00:29:47.740 --> 00:29:49.559
 testifying to

00:29:49.559 --> 00:29:50.240
 his glory

00:29:50.240 --> 00:29:52.279
 seeking his

00:29:52.279 --> 00:29:53.519
 grace

00:29:53.519 --> 00:29:54.699
 may God bless

00:29:54.699 --> 00:29:55.479
 his word to

00:29:55.479 --> 00:29:55.799
 us

00:29:55.799 --> 00:29:57.419
 and I trust

00:29:57.419 --> 00:29:58.079
 he will bless

00:29:58.079 --> 00:29:58.699
 all that this

00:29:58.699 --> 00:29:59.319
 church seeks

00:29:59.319 --> 00:29:59.939
 to do for

00:29:59.939 --> 00:30:00.279
 him

00:30:00.279 --> 00:30:01.939
 let's pray

00:30:01.939 --> 00:30:02.359
 together

00:30:02.359 --> 00:30:04.919
 our father

00:30:04.919 --> 00:30:05.559
 God we

00:30:05.559 --> 00:30:06.859
 thank you for

00:30:06.859 --> 00:30:07.519
 the coming of

00:30:07.519 --> 00:30:07.839
 the Lord

00:30:07.839 --> 00:30:08.679
 Jesus Christ

00:30:08.679 --> 00:30:09.339
 we thank you

00:30:09.339 --> 00:30:11.019
 for the way

00:30:11.019 --> 00:30:11.959
 he came and

00:30:11.959 --> 00:30:12.799
 he lived and

00:30:12.799 --> 00:30:13.740
 he identified

00:30:13.740 --> 00:30:14.419
 with us as

00:30:14.419 --> 00:30:15.079
 human beings

00:30:15.079 --> 00:30:15.759
 we thank you

00:30:15.759 --> 00:30:16.599
 for the fact

00:30:16.599 --> 00:30:17.599
 that he died

00:30:17.599 --> 00:30:20.419
 that he took

00:30:20.419 --> 00:30:21.379
 my sins on

00:30:21.379 --> 00:30:22.159
 Calvary he

00:30:22.159 --> 00:30:22.719
 dealt with

00:30:22.719 --> 00:30:23.359
 him we thank

00:30:23.359 --> 00:30:23.819
 you that he

00:30:23.819 --> 00:30:24.459
 rose and that

00:30:24.459 --> 00:30:25.159
 now he is

00:30:25.159 --> 00:30:26.159
 ascended in

00:30:26.159 --> 00:30:27.240
 heaven he's at

00:30:27.240 --> 00:30:28.099
 your right hand

00:30:28.099 --> 00:30:28.879
 and father we

00:30:28.879 --> 00:30:29.500
 thank you that

00:30:29.500 --> 00:30:29.919
 we are not

00:30:29.919 --> 00:30:31.240
 alone he

00:30:31.240 --> 00:30:31.759
 hasn't left

00:30:31.759 --> 00:30:34.400
 us that in

00:30:34.400 --> 00:30:36.920
 our hearts we

00:30:36.920 --> 00:30:37.339
 have your

00:30:37.339 --> 00:30:40.740
 spirit father we

00:30:40.740 --> 00:30:41.720
 claim him we

00:30:41.720 --> 00:30:42.519
 own him we

00:30:42.519 --> 00:30:43.559
 ask for him to

00:30:43.559 --> 00:30:44.960
 come and to

00:30:44.960 --> 00:30:45.940
 anoint us yes

00:30:45.940 --> 00:30:46.720
 but to live

00:30:46.720 --> 00:30:48.700
 within us we

00:30:48.700 --> 00:30:49.559
 turn over our

00:30:49.559 --> 00:30:50.460
 hearts and lives

00:30:50.460 --> 00:30:52.120
 to him as

00:30:52.120 --> 00:30:53.019
 individuals this

00:30:53.019 --> 00:30:53.980
 morning yes but

00:30:53.980 --> 00:30:55.059
 also corporately

00:30:55.059 --> 00:30:56.240
 as fellowships

00:30:56.240 --> 00:30:56.900
 whether here at

00:30:56.900 --> 00:30:57.819
 Brunsfield or at

00:30:57.819 --> 00:30:58.599
 Bellevue or any

00:30:58.599 --> 00:30:58.980
 of the other

00:30:58.980 --> 00:30:59.579
 churches in

00:30:59.579 --> 00:31:00.500
 Edinburgh father

00:31:00.500 --> 00:31:01.059
 may they be

00:31:01.059 --> 00:31:01.859
 spirit filled

00:31:01.859 --> 00:31:02.599
 and spirit

00:31:02.599 --> 00:31:03.539
 empowered places

00:31:03.539 --> 00:31:04.039
 of worship

00:31:04.039 --> 00:31:06.039
 that this city

00:31:06.039 --> 00:31:06.819
 this land

00:31:06.819 --> 00:31:08.420
 might be claimed

00:31:08.420 --> 00:31:09.039
 again for

00:31:09.039 --> 00:31:10.000
 Scotland for

00:31:10.000 --> 00:31:11.480
 God father we

00:31:11.480 --> 00:31:12.140
 thank you for

00:31:12.140 --> 00:31:12.779
 the growth of

00:31:12.779 --> 00:31:13.380
 your church in

00:31:13.380 --> 00:31:14.299
 other lands we

00:31:14.299 --> 00:31:14.819
 thank you for

00:31:14.819 --> 00:31:15.380
 the growth in

00:31:15.380 --> 00:31:16.400
 Africa for the

00:31:16.400 --> 00:31:17.160
 growth in South

00:31:17.160 --> 00:31:18.220
 America for

00:31:18.220 --> 00:31:19.059
 even that growth

00:31:19.059 --> 00:31:19.940
 in China and

00:31:19.940 --> 00:31:20.779
 in other lands

00:31:20.779 --> 00:31:21.900
 Lord we want

00:31:21.900 --> 00:31:22.859
 that growth here

00:31:22.859 --> 00:31:26.259
 we want to see

00:31:26.259 --> 00:31:27.359
 people streaming

00:31:27.359 --> 00:31:28.079
 into our

00:31:28.079 --> 00:31:28.619
 churches

00:31:28.619 --> 00:31:31.239
 we want to

00:31:31.239 --> 00:31:31.859
 see people

00:31:31.859 --> 00:31:32.799
 turning this

00:31:32.799 --> 00:31:33.579
 land upside

00:31:33.579 --> 00:31:34.479
 down again

00:31:34.479 --> 00:31:36.239
 because of

00:31:36.239 --> 00:31:37.659
 you and we

00:31:37.659 --> 00:31:38.199
 might have a

00:31:38.199 --> 00:31:38.879
 part to play

00:31:38.879 --> 00:31:39.219
 in that

00:31:39.219 --> 00:31:39.559
 war

00:31:39.559 --> 00:31:41.599
 release us

00:31:41.599 --> 00:31:42.159
 we ask

00:31:42.159 --> 00:31:43.239
 in Jesus

00:31:43.239 --> 00:31:43.639
 name

00:31:43.639 --> 00:31:45.179
 Amen

00:31:45.180 --> 00:31:46.380
 Amen

00:31:46.380 --> 00:31:46.500
 Amen

00:31:46.500 --> 00:31:48.319
 Amen

00:31:48.480 --> 00:31:49.240
 Amen

00:31:49.240 --> 00:31:49.279
 Amen

00:31:49.279 --> 00:31:49.940
 Amen

00:31:49.940 --> 00:31:50.339
 Amen

00:31:50.339 --> 00:31:52.099
 Amen

00:31:52.099 --> 00:31:53.099
 Amen

00:31:53.180 --> 00:31:54.299
 Amen

00:31:54.940 --> 00:31:57.240
 Amen

00:31:57.240 --> 00:31:57.720
 Amen

00:31:57.720 --> 00:31:59.920
 Amen

00:32:02.140 --> 00:32:02.200
 Amen

00:32:02.200 --> 00:32:02.220
 Amen

00:32:02.220 --> 00:32:02.480
 Amen

00:32:02.660 --> 00:32:06.319
 Amen

00:32:06.319 --> 00:32:07.579
 Amen

00:32:07.579 --> 00:32:08.160
 Amen

00:32:08.160 --> 00:32:12.220
 Amen

00:32:12.220 --> 00:32:12.819
 Amen