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 The Bible reading today comes from the Gospel of Luke, chapter 24.

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 Please follow along in your bulletin.

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 But on the first day of the week, at early dawn,

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 they came to the tomb, bringing the spices which they had prepared.

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 And they found a stone rolled away from the tomb.

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 But when they entered, they did not find the body of Lord Jesus.

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 While they were perplexed about this,

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 behold, two men suddenly stood near them in dazzling clothing.

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 And as the women were terrified and bowed their faces to the ground,

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 the man said to them,

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 Why do you seek the living one among the dead?

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 He is not here, but he has risen.

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 Remember how he spoke to you while he was still in Galilee,

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 saying that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men,

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 and be crucified, and the third day rise again.

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 And they remembered his words,

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 and returned from the tomb,

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 and reported all these things to the eleven,

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 and to all the rest.

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 Now they were Mary Magdalene,

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 and Joanna,

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 and Mary, the mother of James.

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 Also the other women with them were telling these things to the apostles.

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 But these words appeared to them as nonsense,

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 and they would not believe them.

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 In 1 Corinthians 15,

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 the apostle Paul later wrote,

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 For I delivered to you,

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 as of your first importance,

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 what I also received,

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 that Christ died for our sins,

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 according to the scriptures,

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 and that he was buried,

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 and that he was raised on the third day,

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 according to the scriptures,

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 and that he appeared to Cephas,

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 10 to the 12.

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 After that,

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 he appeared to more than 500 brethren at one time,

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 most of whom remain until now,

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 but some have fallen asleep.

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 Then he appeared to James,

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 then to all the apostles,

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 and last of all,

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 as the one untimely born,

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 he appeared to me also.

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 I say to you,

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 for if the dead are not raised,

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 not even Christ has been raised,

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 and if Christ has not been raised,

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 your faith is worthless.

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 You are still in your sins.

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 Then those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.

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 If we have hoped in Christ in this life only,

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 we are of all men most to be pitted.

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 If the dead are not raised,

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 let us eat and drink,

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 for tomorrow we die.

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 This is the reading of God's word.

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 One of the neat things about being on a journey together

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 is you see God change people's lives

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 and work into people's lives

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 and move them and make them different.

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 I get to see those things happen in couples

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 and in individuals and in kiddos.

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 As we think about Easter and hope,

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 I asked Kelvin and Cindy,

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 who have been a part of Watermark

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 since we started dreaming about it,

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 maybe two or three years ago.

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 They were in our community group

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 at our sister church when we were there at Island.

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 Cindy is a part-time volunteer worker,

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 puts up with the office,

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 and Kelvin is on the transition oversight board

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 that oversees all the money and things like that.

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 I've asked them to come up,

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 and we're just going to ask them some questions,

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 and I promise not to embarrass them too much.

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 Hey, guys.

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 It might be easier taking it sitting down.

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 Okay, so I have to ask the first question to Cindy,

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 and this is unscripted totally,

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 but as you know, in our church office,

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 everyone gave up cigarettes before they joined staff.

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 So at least it seems like everyone did.

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 So I just wanted to see how many packs did you smoke a day.

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 I used to.

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 Well, hopefully you don't do that anymore.

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 Well, okay.

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 So, yeah, you can get me later.

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 Guys, I just wanted you to share,

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 can you maybe introduce yourselves

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 to those people who are seeing you for the first time here

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 and just share a little bit about who you guys are.

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 Okay, I'm Kelvin, and this is Cindy.

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 Basically, we came to, we were born in Hong Kong.

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 We were both born here,

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 and our families moved to Australia when we were still kids.

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 And that's, you know, where we became Christians in our teenage years,

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 and then later on we met each other during university.

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 And the Lord has blessed us with two beautiful girls,

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 Esther and Harley.

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 And, yeah, and, you know, and...

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 Just getting that shot in you.

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 Did I get that photo in there?

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 Right, yeah, yeah.

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 It's very important.

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 It's all about photos.

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 Yeah, and we had our kids.

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 And then five years ago we came back to Hong Kong.

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 A job back then brought me here.

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 And back then we found a church to attend.

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 And for, you know, for quite a while we were attending a church,

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 literally just attending a church.

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 We'd never volunteered to help with anything.

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 We'd never joined a community group.

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 And then we realized that our faith and our spiritual lives

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 were just going downhill.

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 We're not growing.

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 And so Cindy and I prayed for a community group.

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 And behold, you know, we found Tobin's

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 because his group actually allowed kids.

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 And then we had kids.

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 And back then everything was too hard.

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 You know, we had young kids,

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 and it was just way too hard for anything.

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 And that's, you know,

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 and that's when we got to know Tobin a bit.

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 And after a year or so,

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 we were called to consider, you know,

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 be involved in planning a church

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 at a place called Area 15.

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 And for those of you who didn't know,

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 that is like the reverse of Area 51.

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 And that's where we are today now.

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 And that was the name that we took before Watermark came about.

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 And as Tobin mentioned,

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 Cindy now works part-time as a finance manager

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 for the Watermark office.

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 And I mainly serve with the worship team

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 and take a few pictures.

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 And Albert's part-time today.

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 Cool.

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 Yeah.

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 So as you've been on this journey

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 and you're learning,

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 and I know that there are some very difficult times

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 in transitioning over.

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 We all had kids who loved where we were at.

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 And there's all these tensions and those things.

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 But in the midst of all this time,

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 what would you say are some of the things that God's been teaching you

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 or you've been learning?

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 God's really been encouraging me so much

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 by, first of all, letting me work at Watermark.

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 The people there have taught me so much

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 and they've really encouraged me.

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 And then God's been changing my heart.

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 This is the Australian school system, right?

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 You just write it right down there.

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 You just kind of read it off your palm.

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 God's been really changing my heart.

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 And it started during a meeting

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 when my boss told me to share my testimony

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 with one to three people a week.

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 And I thought it was impossible.

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 Nobody could do that continuously.

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 And then I haven't shared my testimony

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 with anybody for years at that point.

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 And I thought my role as a Christian

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 was just to bring people to church

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 and you would do the magic

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 and they would love God somehow.

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 And so...

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 Yes, and then...

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 But I thought,

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 because God loves me so much

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 that Jesus,

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 He would let Jesus die on the cross for me.

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 Why shouldn't I share my testimony?

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 And why can't I?

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 Jesus died on the cross.

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 I'm not going to die by sharing my testimony.

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 I need to die of embarrassment.

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 So, you know, that was the case.

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 So God's changed my heart

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 to be a bit more courageous,

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 especially on stage as well.

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 Eric stopped laughing.

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 I'm so scared.

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 So I thought of people who I've met,

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 who I meet during the week,

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 prayed for opportunities to talk to people

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 about my testimony

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 and was mindful of people who I could talk to.

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 And it started off with that.

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 And it actually started off

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 when I was having a facial.

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 I couldn't see them.

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 They couldn't really see me.

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 And so it made it easier.

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 Shared my testimony with my beautician.

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 Getting my hair done.

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 They love to talk.

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 And then, so I'm very thankful

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 that God's changed my heart

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 to want to share my testimony now.

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 Yeah.

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 So as you guys think about, like,

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 Easter being hope

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 and what that means for you as a family

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 and what God's been teaching

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 and doing in your life,

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 because some really neat things have happened.

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 So what would you say

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 that that idea of hope translates now

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 for you guys?

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 What's God doing?

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 Yeah, I've seen some amazing changes

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 happening in our families.

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 I think one of the things that happened

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 not so long ago was,

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 it's a story behind this.

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 Basically, for many,

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 for the whole year, actually,

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 when we have communion here,

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 you know, our six-year-old daughter

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 would ask us, you know,

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 why can't she have communion,

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 you know, have the cookie

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 and the drink?

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 And we would explain to her that,

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 no, no, no, you can't do that.

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 And she goes, but I love God, you know.

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 And then we're like, no, no, no,

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 you can't do that.

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 But then we would use it as a teaching time

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 and to share with her

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 what the bread was about

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 and what the cup was about.

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 And so, you know,

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 she just kept asking

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 and we kept sharing.

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 And she always said,

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 oh, Daddy, I want to eat the biscuit,

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 you know, I want to take a drink.

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 And then we would just, you know,

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 we tried to explain to her that,

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 you know,

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 the biscuit is actually Christ's body.

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 It was broken for us.

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 And the cup was representative

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 of Christ's blood

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 was spilled for our sins.

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 And then we also share with her,

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 not expecting that she'd understand it all,

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 that, you know,

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 the Bible warns us

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 that if we don't truly trust in God

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 and we take the cup and the bread,

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 we would be eating and drinking

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 of our own sins,

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 which is very bad.

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 You know, so we try to explain that to her

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 and then she somehow just,

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 you know,

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 a bit disappointed

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 and we go on.

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 But then on the 26th of February,

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 which is not so long ago,

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 Cindy was spending time

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 with her during communion

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 and she asked her,

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 you know,

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 would you like to accept Christ?

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 And she basically said,

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 yeah, I would like to do that.

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 And then we also always check and verify,

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 you know,

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 whether it was authentic, right?

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 And then Cindy would ask,

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 you know,

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 so why, you know?

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 And Esther said,

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 I want to trust in God.

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 This is from a six-year-old.

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 And so we could no longer doubt

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 and then Cindy basically just prayed with her

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 during the communion time.

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 And then a few days later,

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 you know,

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 we checked on her again

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 and then I asked her,

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 Esther,

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 now that you've prayed

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 and accepted Christ into your life,

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 how do you feel?

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 And then she said,

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 we were just walking along the road

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 and she said,

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 Daddy,

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 I feel like a new person.

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 And it was like,

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 well,

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 okay,

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 a new person.

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 All right,

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 do they teach that in Sunday school here?

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 But anyway,

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 from that,

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 we've seen really dramatic changes in her life.

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 Before,

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 you'd notice that we sit on the second row here.

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 You took my seat there,

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 by the way.

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 We sit there

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 and then she used to,

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 you know,

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 just stand there for weeks and months

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 and she would not sing a word of worship

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 in the morning.

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 She'd just be standing there

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 and just,

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 you know,

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 looking around,

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 you know,

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 giving me a hug,

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 you know,

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 sitting down,

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 being a bit bored.

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 But now,

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 she would actually ask us,

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 you know,

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 to join the Easter choir

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 and sing for us in worship.

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 And during the school interview,

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 she would ask,

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 you know,

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 at my birthday party,

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 did we sing song and worship God?

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 Obviously,

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 we didn't,

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 but,

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 you know,

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 we sang happy birthday,

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 right?

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 Yeah,

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 but unfortunately,

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 she couldn't be here today

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 because she got sick.

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 But she actually wanted to come up

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 and share with you guys

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 how she feels.

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 Wow,

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 that's great.

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 That's great.

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 That makes it,

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 I remember that first,

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 the next first communion,

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 when you guys took communion as a family

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 and she took it for the first time,

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 that was amazing.

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 And especially,

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 and just to see her face

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 and all that.

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 And I just thought,

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 I think that's why God has the church here,

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 right?

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 The church is here to reach people

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 who don't know him

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 and to present the love of Christ

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 and to help them take the next step

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 in their spiritual journey.

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 I want to pray with you guys

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 and just pray for Holly

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 and now pray for Holly

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 and thank God for Esther and her life.

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 Can we do that?

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 Let's pray together.

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 Well,

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 we thank you for this day.

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 We thank you for Kelvin and Cindy

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 and just even as you are

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 knitting them together

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 as husband and wife

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 and as they walk with you.

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 Father,

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 we just thank you for the mercy

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 and grace that you've poured out upon them.

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 We pray for their family

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 and for their marriage

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 that they would just continue

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 to seek you

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 and trust you

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 for your goodness.

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 And Father,

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 we just praise

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 the amazing transformation

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 that happened in Esther.

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 We just thank you

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 that you worked in her heart,

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 in her eyes,

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 and in her mind.

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 And we pray,

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 Lord,

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 that you would help us

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 as a church

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 to be encouraging to her,

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 to come alongside of her,

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 and to instruct her

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 about your son,

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 Jesus Christ.

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 And Father,

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 we pray for Holly

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 that she would come to know you

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 at an early age

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 and that she would do

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 mighty things for your kingdom.

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 So Father,

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 we just thank you

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 for this family

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 and I know there are

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 countless families

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 like that in here right now

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 and throughout this Area 15.

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 We pray,

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 Lord,

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 that they would also have

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 these stories of transformation

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 and come to know you.

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 And we pray these things

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 for your son Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

00:14:43.819 --> 00:14:44.339
 Thanks, guys.

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 Thanks.

00:14:47.000 --> 00:14:47.360
 Okay,

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 so you gotta be careful

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 what the kids learn

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 when you're teaching them,

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 right?

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 Especially,

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 I don't know what kind

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 of underwear Jesus wore.

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 Linen, I guess,

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 or something like that.

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 Let me see if I can

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 get this up here.

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 How you guys doing?

00:15:04.620 --> 00:15:04.980
 Okay,

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 well,

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 I feel like after the video

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 I can just stop

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 and do nothing

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 because that's all

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 you need to know.

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 Jesus rose from the dead

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 and he loves us.

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 Easter,

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 for me,

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 is an amazing time.

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 I didn't grow up

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 in a family

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 that were churchgoers.

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 We would be called,

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 I guess today,

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 we'd call us CEOs,

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 Christmas and Easter

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 only people.

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 And so we were CEOs

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 and the thing

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 that I realized

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 about Easter

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 was a couple things.

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 One is,

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 you always go to church

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 on Easter.

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 The second thing

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 that we were told

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 is everybody gets

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 new clothes.

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 So we always got

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 a new set of outfit

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 for Easter

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 and we always

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 had to be nice

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 when we went

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 to church

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 on Easter.

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 We didn't quite

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 understand

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 the whole Easter bunny

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 thing or what Easter

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 was about,

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 but one of the things

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 I remember

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 even as a young kid

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 on a military base

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 was that Easter

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 was about

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 new beginnings

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 and hope.

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 The Easter

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 was about hope.

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 And I've been thinking

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 about that a lot

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 just for this time

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 and for this service here,

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 praying about

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 what can I share

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 that deals with hope

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 in our life?

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 Because I realize

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 that all of us

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 are at different stages

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 in our journey.

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 All of us are

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 dealing with different things

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 in our life.

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 All of us

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 need a different type

00:16:32.920 --> 00:16:33.640
 of hope

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 in some ways,

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 but in some ways

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 we need the same

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 type of hope.

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 And so the question

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 I want to ask you

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 is what do you hope in?

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 If we were having

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 a Starbucks cup of coffee

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 and we were just

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 by each other

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 and I were to ask you

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 a question,

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 what do you hope in

00:16:52.100 --> 00:16:52.540
 right now?

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 What is there

00:16:54.680 --> 00:16:55.380
 in your life

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 that if was taken away

00:16:57.880 --> 00:16:59.820
 your life would fall apart?

00:17:00.440 --> 00:17:05.259
 your wife,

00:17:05.960 --> 00:17:06.519
 your husband,

00:17:07.299 --> 00:17:08.380
 your kids,

00:17:09.059 --> 00:17:10.620
 your job,

00:17:11.860 --> 00:17:12.700
 your money,

00:17:13.660 --> 00:17:15.500
 your title,

00:17:16.940 --> 00:17:18.720
 your integrity,

00:17:19.720 --> 00:17:22.180
 your health?

00:17:24.320 --> 00:17:25.080
 What is it

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 that you ultimately hope in

00:17:26.200 --> 00:17:26.779
 that if this thing

00:17:26.779 --> 00:17:27.580
 were to be removed

00:17:27.580 --> 00:17:29.840
 that you would fall apart

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 and I went on

00:17:31.159 --> 00:17:32.059
 this kind of quest

00:17:32.059 --> 00:17:33.139
 and I was asking people

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 the last couple weeks

00:17:35.579 --> 00:17:36.319
 what is it

00:17:36.319 --> 00:17:37.259
 that they hoped in

00:17:37.259 --> 00:17:39.659
 and I asked a friend

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 who I've been developing

00:17:40.539 --> 00:17:41.059
 a relationship

00:17:41.059 --> 00:17:42.279
 with a long time.

00:17:43.519 --> 00:17:44.279
 He's not here

00:17:44.279 --> 00:17:44.879
 right now.

00:17:45.819 --> 00:17:46.339
 He said he would

00:17:46.339 --> 00:17:47.359
 never come to church.

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 He's a rugby player.

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 I don't quite understand

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 what being a rugby player

00:17:51.899 --> 00:17:53.959
 and never coming to church

00:17:53.959 --> 00:17:55.079
 has to do with anything.

00:17:55.079 --> 00:17:57.599
 But as we talked about hope

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 and what we hope in,

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 he gave an answer

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 that I'd never heard before

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 and it really disturbed me.

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 I didn't really know

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 how to answer it

00:18:04.879 --> 00:18:05.599
 and I asked him

00:18:05.599 --> 00:18:07.039
 what do you hope in

00:18:07.039 --> 00:18:07.939
 and he looked at me

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 squarely in the face

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 and he said nothing.

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 And I looked at him

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 and I was like,

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 what?

00:18:16.179 --> 00:18:16.960
 And he said nothing.

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 I hope

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 in nothing.

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 And then he went on

00:18:21.519 --> 00:18:22.220
 to explain to me

00:18:22.220 --> 00:18:23.040
 his world view.

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 He said basically

00:18:23.800 --> 00:18:24.460
 that this world

00:18:24.460 --> 00:18:26.840
 began with nothing

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 and that when he dies

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 there will be nothing.

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 And as he lives life

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 he says that his life

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 basically exists

00:18:36.820 --> 00:18:38.500
 between the nothings.

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 I kind of went,

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 whoa!

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 Somebody's been reading

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 a lot of French

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 and German philosophers here.

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 But I was intense.

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 I actually didn't really know

00:18:52.160 --> 00:18:52.660
 what to say

00:18:52.660 --> 00:18:53.580
 when he said that.

00:18:54.779 --> 00:18:55.680
 And so for some reason

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 in my head

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 I just asked him

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 this question

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 because sometimes

00:18:58.279 --> 00:18:59.279
 when people talk

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 about their philosophy

00:19:00.220 --> 00:19:00.900
 then it's different

00:19:00.900 --> 00:19:01.460
 when it gets down

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 into their life.

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 And I asked him,

00:19:04.100 --> 00:19:05.480
 well how's that going for you?

00:19:09.880 --> 00:19:10.700
 Is that working?

00:19:12.940 --> 00:19:14.240
 And he got really quiet.

00:19:16.019 --> 00:19:16.779
 And I think maybe

00:19:16.779 --> 00:19:18.180
 in one of the few

00:19:18.180 --> 00:19:18.899
 honest moments

00:19:18.899 --> 00:19:19.440
 in his life

00:19:19.440 --> 00:19:19.940
 he said,

00:19:20.940 --> 00:19:21.160
 no.

00:19:22.799 --> 00:19:23.759
 Not too good.

00:19:25.579 --> 00:19:26.480
 I'm lonely

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 and I fear

00:19:29.259 --> 00:19:30.079
 the nothingness.

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 First time I ever

00:19:32.139 --> 00:19:33.319
 heard somebody say that.

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 I fear

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 the nothingness.

00:19:36.859 --> 00:19:37.980
 I fear the nothingness

00:19:37.980 --> 00:19:38.639
 when I consider

00:19:38.639 --> 00:19:39.339
 my past

00:19:39.339 --> 00:19:40.180
 and all the people

00:19:40.180 --> 00:19:40.700
 I've hurt

00:19:40.700 --> 00:19:41.480
 and wronged.

00:19:42.200 --> 00:19:42.759
 And I wonder

00:19:42.759 --> 00:19:43.559
 if there's a God

00:19:43.559 --> 00:19:45.119
 I'm in big trouble.

00:19:45.119 --> 00:19:48.379
 I fear the nothingness

00:19:48.379 --> 00:19:49.199
 when I look at the world

00:19:49.199 --> 00:19:49.659
 around me

00:19:49.659 --> 00:19:50.139
 and I see it

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 out of control.

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 And there seems

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 to be no hope.

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 I fear the nothingness

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 when I think

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 of my future

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 my family

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 my kids.

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 I wonder what

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 my kids are going

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 to hope in

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 as they see me

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 as a dad

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 hoping in nothing.

00:20:05.399 --> 00:20:06.479
 And trying to come

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 to grips with

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 the fear

00:20:07.659 --> 00:20:08.579
 that I feel.

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 Sometimes I just

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 wonder if I should

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 eat and sleep

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 and die.

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 And the minute

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 he said that

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 it kind of spoke

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 to my head

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 because I was like

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 well that's

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 that's the passage

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 that's what the Bible

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 says.

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 And so I asked him

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 well how did you

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 hear that?

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 He said I think

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 I heard it in some

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 kind of movie

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 on an airplane.

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 But as I thought

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 of my rugby friend

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 for these 15 minutes

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 that I get the chance

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 to speak to you

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 I wondered

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 what is it

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 that we hope in today?

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 Do we hope

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 in the nothingness?

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 I mean I think

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 if we're honest

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 some of us

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 would have to say

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 throw away

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 all of my costumes

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 and all of my mask

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 and all of the cars

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 and everything I hide

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 to protect myself

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 that is my life.

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 One modern philosopher

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 said it this way

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 he said

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 that we live

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 in this age

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 of crisis

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 in the age

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 where the world

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 has lost

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 its story.

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 Again I've never

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 heard anybody

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 say that before

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 but he says

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 we're in the age

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 of crisis

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 and the world

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 has lost

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 its story.

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 It has no purpose

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 it has no hope

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 life used to have

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 meaning and purpose

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 but now

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 all I think of

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 when I look around

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 in the world

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 is nothing.

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 I see no hope

00:21:21.040 --> 00:21:21.800
 for the sufferings

00:21:21.800 --> 00:21:22.259
 of the world

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 I see nothing

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 that will bring meaning

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 I feel nothing.

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 Have you ever

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 heard somebody

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 say that?

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 I was like

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 whoa

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 I said okay

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 let's go get a beer

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 and lighten up

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 a little

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 or something like that

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 but I think

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 that if we're honest

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 and we pull away

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 our veneer

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 that each one

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 of us in here

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 is hoping

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 for something.

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 Some of us

00:21:50.500 --> 00:21:50.960
 are hoping

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 I think

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 like the verse

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 in 32

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 that's in your

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 bulletin here

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 some of us

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 are just kind of

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 wanting to live life

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 and we find hope

00:21:57.539 --> 00:21:58.460
 in just finding

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 things that give

00:21:59.180 --> 00:21:59.819
 our life meaning

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 we become gatherers

00:22:01.160 --> 00:22:02.840
 we gather stuff

00:22:02.840 --> 00:22:03.980
 we gather people

00:22:03.980 --> 00:22:05.059
 we gather education

00:22:05.059 --> 00:22:06.000
 we gather titles

00:22:06.000 --> 00:22:07.299
 we gather relationships

00:22:07.299 --> 00:22:08.640
 we gather money

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 we gather trophies

00:22:10.119 --> 00:22:11.279
 we gather families

00:22:11.279 --> 00:22:12.700
 and we hope

00:22:12.700 --> 00:22:13.400
 that as we gather

00:22:13.400 --> 00:22:14.240
 all these things

00:22:14.240 --> 00:22:14.819
 that they actually

00:22:14.819 --> 00:22:15.380
 give our life

00:22:15.380 --> 00:22:16.220
 meaning and purpose

00:22:16.220 --> 00:22:17.460
 I mean that's

00:22:17.460 --> 00:22:18.200
 what we're hoping in

00:22:18.200 --> 00:22:19.980
 that ultimately

00:22:19.980 --> 00:22:20.539
 if I get enough

00:22:20.539 --> 00:22:21.099
 of this

00:22:21.099 --> 00:22:22.220
 then I'll be happy

00:22:22.220 --> 00:22:23.099
 I'll feel secure

00:22:23.099 --> 00:22:24.000
 and I'll be out

00:22:24.000 --> 00:22:24.799
 of the nothingness

00:22:24.799 --> 00:22:28.779
 some of us

00:22:28.779 --> 00:22:29.019
 in here

00:22:29.019 --> 00:22:29.359
 I think

00:22:29.359 --> 00:22:29.920
 we're trying

00:22:29.920 --> 00:22:30.640
 to find hope

00:22:30.640 --> 00:22:32.160
 in being religious

00:22:32.160 --> 00:22:34.259
 we think

00:22:34.259 --> 00:22:34.859
 in our mind

00:22:34.859 --> 00:22:35.660
 and I was here

00:22:35.660 --> 00:22:36.320
 we think

00:22:36.320 --> 00:22:36.720
 in our mind

00:22:36.720 --> 00:22:37.220
 well I believe

00:22:37.220 --> 00:22:38.019
 in a God

00:22:38.019 --> 00:22:39.460
 and if I follow

00:22:39.460 --> 00:22:40.180
 all the rules

00:22:40.180 --> 00:22:40.740
 if I do all

00:22:40.740 --> 00:22:41.300
 the right things

00:22:41.300 --> 00:22:42.080
 if I come to church

00:22:42.080 --> 00:22:42.660
 if I serve

00:22:42.660 --> 00:22:43.800
 if I tithe

00:22:43.800 --> 00:22:44.680
 if I do all the things

00:22:44.680 --> 00:22:45.400
 if I know the lingo

00:22:45.400 --> 00:22:46.300
 I know the Bible verses

00:22:46.300 --> 00:22:46.900
 I know how to quote

00:22:46.900 --> 00:22:47.279
 these things

00:22:47.279 --> 00:22:48.320
 if I do all these

00:22:48.320 --> 00:22:48.900
 right things

00:22:48.900 --> 00:22:50.320
 if I live by my strength

00:22:50.320 --> 00:22:51.380
 if I live by my intellect

00:22:51.380 --> 00:22:52.600
 if I live by my will

00:22:52.600 --> 00:22:54.480
 if I live by my goodness

00:22:54.480 --> 00:22:56.920
 then I'm going to be

00:22:56.920 --> 00:22:58.420
 and find hope

00:22:58.420 --> 00:23:00.860
 but what I realize

00:23:00.860 --> 00:23:02.120
 is that person

00:23:02.120 --> 00:23:03.160
 is just as bad off

00:23:03.160 --> 00:23:04.100
 as the first person

00:23:04.099 --> 00:23:05.919
 because as I walk

00:23:05.919 --> 00:23:06.799
 down that road

00:23:06.799 --> 00:23:08.099
 I still struggled

00:23:08.099 --> 00:23:09.119
 with self

00:23:09.119 --> 00:23:12.439
 I don't know how to say it

00:23:12.439 --> 00:23:13.299
 I always make up words

00:23:13.299 --> 00:23:13.639
 up here

00:23:13.639 --> 00:23:16.859
 I struggle with fixing myself

00:23:16.859 --> 00:23:20.819
 I struggle with saving myself

00:23:20.819 --> 00:23:24.899
 I struggle with redeeming myself

00:23:24.899 --> 00:23:25.859
 and the Bible says

00:23:25.859 --> 00:23:27.599
 that if we are one of these two people

00:23:27.599 --> 00:23:30.000
 that no matter how hard we try

00:23:30.000 --> 00:23:31.199
 no matter how much hope

00:23:31.199 --> 00:23:32.519
 and power we give in our lives

00:23:32.519 --> 00:23:34.200
 that we ultimately end up

00:23:34.200 --> 00:23:36.099
 in this pathway of discouragement

00:23:36.099 --> 00:23:38.480
 and despair

00:23:38.480 --> 00:23:40.720
 and spiritual deadness

00:23:40.720 --> 00:23:44.139
 and ultimately hopelessness

00:23:44.139 --> 00:23:46.079
 and it's interesting

00:23:46.079 --> 00:23:47.279
 because the passage today

00:23:47.279 --> 00:23:49.099
 is the passage about hope

00:23:49.099 --> 00:23:49.799
 in all the Bible

00:23:49.799 --> 00:23:51.559
 I mean I don't know

00:23:51.559 --> 00:23:52.639
 if you realize that

00:23:52.639 --> 00:23:53.319
 when you read it

00:23:53.319 --> 00:23:54.319
 I've read it hundreds

00:23:54.319 --> 00:23:55.139
 and hundreds of times

00:23:55.139 --> 00:23:56.059
 and sometimes I just kind of

00:23:56.059 --> 00:23:57.019
 skim through it

00:23:57.019 --> 00:23:58.400
 and I don't think about it

00:23:58.400 --> 00:24:00.900
 but it is the passage of hope

00:24:00.900 --> 00:24:04.360
 it's important to realize

00:24:04.360 --> 00:24:06.220
 that in Jesus' day

00:24:06.220 --> 00:24:07.640
 historians tell us

00:24:07.640 --> 00:24:08.480
 that there were at least

00:24:08.480 --> 00:24:09.980
 two dozen messiahs

00:24:09.980 --> 00:24:11.640
 that came about

00:24:11.640 --> 00:24:13.320
 do you know that

00:24:13.320 --> 00:24:14.540
 two dozen messiahs?

00:24:15.540 --> 00:24:16.640
 two dozen men

00:24:16.640 --> 00:24:17.640
 who came forward

00:24:17.640 --> 00:24:19.100
 they gathered large groups

00:24:19.100 --> 00:24:20.360
 of people around them

00:24:20.360 --> 00:24:21.700
 they led a movement

00:24:21.700 --> 00:24:22.540
 and the movement

00:24:22.540 --> 00:24:23.720
 was a movement of hope

00:24:23.720 --> 00:24:24.420
 and freedom

00:24:24.420 --> 00:24:25.440
 from the Roman government

00:24:25.440 --> 00:24:28.200
 and historians tell us

00:24:28.200 --> 00:24:29.559
 that out of those

00:24:29.559 --> 00:24:30.519
 two dozen men

00:24:30.519 --> 00:24:32.120
 all of them were captured

00:24:32.120 --> 00:24:33.740
 all of them were killed

00:24:33.740 --> 00:24:35.080
 and after their death

00:24:35.080 --> 00:24:36.059
 all of their followers

00:24:36.059 --> 00:24:37.279
 disbanded and disappeared

00:24:37.279 --> 00:24:38.460
 all of their followers

00:24:38.460 --> 00:24:39.240
 lost hope

00:24:39.240 --> 00:24:41.080
 except for one group

00:24:41.080 --> 00:24:44.259
 the followers of Jesus

00:24:44.259 --> 00:24:47.160
 and something happened

00:24:47.160 --> 00:24:48.120
 to the followers of Jesus

00:24:48.120 --> 00:24:49.140
 that took them from guys

00:24:49.140 --> 00:24:49.660
 who were running

00:24:49.660 --> 00:24:50.180
 and hiding

00:24:50.180 --> 00:24:50.779
 and fearful

00:24:50.779 --> 00:24:52.059
 and hopelessness

00:24:52.059 --> 00:24:53.779
 to a place

00:24:53.779 --> 00:24:54.279
 where they started

00:24:54.279 --> 00:24:55.460
 a movement that changed

00:24:55.460 --> 00:24:57.079
 the face of history

00:24:57.079 --> 00:24:57.920
 in the world

00:24:57.920 --> 00:25:00.359
 and it's found

00:25:00.359 --> 00:25:01.000
 in this passage

00:25:01.000 --> 00:25:01.500
 right here

00:25:01.500 --> 00:25:02.740
 if you look at your bulletins

00:25:02.740 --> 00:25:03.559
 we're going to read it together

00:25:03.559 --> 00:25:04.139
 really quickly

00:25:04.139 --> 00:25:05.220
 and just go through it

00:25:05.220 --> 00:25:06.839
 Luke 24 1-11

00:25:06.839 --> 00:25:10.420
 but on the first day

00:25:10.420 --> 00:25:10.940
 of the week

00:25:10.940 --> 00:25:12.039
 it's early dawn

00:25:12.039 --> 00:25:13.819
 they came to the tomb

00:25:13.819 --> 00:25:14.740
 bringing the spices

00:25:14.740 --> 00:25:15.879
 which they had prepared

00:25:15.879 --> 00:25:17.440
 and when they found

00:25:17.440 --> 00:25:18.500
 the stone rolled away

00:25:18.500 --> 00:25:19.299
 we have pictures of it

00:25:19.299 --> 00:25:19.680
 up here

00:25:19.680 --> 00:25:21.740
 they entered

00:25:21.740 --> 00:25:22.779
 into the tomb

00:25:22.779 --> 00:25:24.440
 and when they entered in

00:25:24.440 --> 00:25:25.759
 they didn't find the body

00:25:25.759 --> 00:25:27.339
 now it's very interesting to me

00:25:27.339 --> 00:25:27.859
 this passage

00:25:27.859 --> 00:25:29.819
 has a lot of craziness to me

00:25:29.819 --> 00:25:32.000
 because we're studying Luke

00:25:32.000 --> 00:25:32.740
 as a church

00:25:32.740 --> 00:25:33.940
 and what we realize

00:25:33.940 --> 00:25:34.579
 in this passage

00:25:34.579 --> 00:25:36.220
 is that over and over

00:25:36.220 --> 00:25:36.960
 and over again

00:25:36.960 --> 00:25:37.799
 Jesus is saying

00:25:37.799 --> 00:25:38.379
 hey kill me

00:25:38.379 --> 00:25:38.899
 in the third day

00:25:38.899 --> 00:25:39.539
 I'm coming back

00:25:39.539 --> 00:25:41.460
 hey kill me

00:25:41.460 --> 00:25:42.019
 in the third day

00:25:42.019 --> 00:25:43.440
 my body is resurrected

00:25:43.440 --> 00:25:44.960
 hey kill me

00:25:44.960 --> 00:25:45.879
 and it doesn't matter

00:25:45.879 --> 00:25:46.319
 if you kill me

00:25:46.319 --> 00:25:47.139
 because in the third day

00:25:47.139 --> 00:25:48.359
 I'm coming back alive

00:25:48.359 --> 00:25:50.399
 but when we get to this passage

00:25:50.399 --> 00:25:50.959
 in the Bible

00:25:50.959 --> 00:25:51.639
 in Luke 24

00:25:51.639 --> 00:25:52.979
 there's no one

00:25:52.979 --> 00:25:53.919
 at the tomb

00:25:53.919 --> 00:25:57.859
 it's because

00:25:57.859 --> 00:25:58.359
 his disciples

00:25:58.359 --> 00:25:59.199
 didn't believe it

00:25:59.199 --> 00:26:01.679
 I mean they didn't have

00:26:01.679 --> 00:26:03.019
 a way to comprehend

00:26:03.019 --> 00:26:04.240
 what he was talking about

00:26:04.240 --> 00:26:05.240
 they had never seen

00:26:05.240 --> 00:26:05.759
 a resurrection

00:26:05.759 --> 00:26:06.879
 like he was talking about

00:26:06.879 --> 00:26:07.779
 and they weren't

00:26:07.779 --> 00:26:08.559
 at the tomb

00:26:08.559 --> 00:26:10.339
 I mean this was

00:26:10.339 --> 00:26:11.039
 the greatest event

00:26:11.039 --> 00:26:11.819
 in human history

00:26:11.819 --> 00:26:15.000
 and there was no one there

00:26:15.000 --> 00:26:17.180
 I mean if we

00:26:17.180 --> 00:26:18.720
 we make an announcement

00:26:18.720 --> 00:26:19.319
 that there's going to be

00:26:19.319 --> 00:26:19.980
 a new stamp

00:26:19.980 --> 00:26:21.240
 or a new Hong Kong dollar bill

00:26:21.240 --> 00:26:22.359
 the next morning

00:26:22.359 --> 00:26:22.940
 at 530

00:26:22.940 --> 00:26:24.279
 there's 5,000 people

00:26:24.279 --> 00:26:24.839
 lined up

00:26:24.839 --> 00:26:25.799
 to get these dollar bills

00:26:25.799 --> 00:26:26.440
 and these stamps

00:26:26.440 --> 00:26:28.700
 5,000 people

00:26:28.700 --> 00:26:30.240
 for a stamp

00:26:30.240 --> 00:26:32.559
 and a dollar bill

00:26:32.559 --> 00:26:35.019
 or a free little chess set

00:26:35.019 --> 00:26:37.099
 but here Jesus says

00:26:37.099 --> 00:26:38.420
 this is going to change everything

00:26:38.420 --> 00:26:41.160
 and no one

00:26:41.160 --> 00:26:42.720
 is there at the tomb

00:26:42.720 --> 00:26:44.799
 isn't that strange

00:26:44.799 --> 00:26:47.899
 they didn't believe

00:26:47.899 --> 00:26:50.419
 they saw him crucified

00:26:50.419 --> 00:26:51.460
 and they lost hope

00:26:51.460 --> 00:26:53.419
 in fact the thing

00:26:53.419 --> 00:26:54.019
 that's even harder

00:26:54.019 --> 00:26:54.700
 is the first people

00:26:54.700 --> 00:26:55.159
 to the tomb

00:26:55.159 --> 00:26:55.680
 are the women

00:26:55.680 --> 00:26:57.480
 and everyone knows

00:26:57.480 --> 00:26:58.500
 that women are worthless

00:26:58.500 --> 00:27:01.399
 that's not what I mean

00:27:01.399 --> 00:27:02.319
 but that's what

00:27:02.319 --> 00:27:03.579
 in Jesus' day

00:27:03.579 --> 00:27:04.440
 that's what they said

00:27:04.440 --> 00:27:06.579
 they said you couldn't

00:27:06.579 --> 00:27:07.339
 trust the testimony

00:27:07.339 --> 00:27:07.960
 of a woman

00:27:07.960 --> 00:27:08.899
 in fact when it says

00:27:08.899 --> 00:27:09.599
 when they were saying

00:27:09.599 --> 00:27:10.279
 that what they said

00:27:10.279 --> 00:27:10.960
 made no sense

00:27:10.960 --> 00:27:12.259
 in Chinese

00:27:12.259 --> 00:27:13.319
 it's la lao dao dao

00:27:13.319 --> 00:27:15.819
 two old ladies

00:27:15.819 --> 00:27:16.119
 talking

00:27:16.119 --> 00:27:18.460
 but they didn't

00:27:18.460 --> 00:27:19.079
 understand it

00:27:19.079 --> 00:27:20.279
 I mean for the first

00:27:20.279 --> 00:27:21.139
 200 years

00:27:21.139 --> 00:27:23.019
 every Greek philosopher

00:27:23.019 --> 00:27:23.960
 who tried to disprove

00:27:23.960 --> 00:27:24.500
 Christianity

00:27:24.500 --> 00:27:26.099
 he always used the fact

00:27:26.099 --> 00:27:26.759
 that the witnesses

00:27:26.759 --> 00:27:27.240
 were women

00:27:27.240 --> 00:27:28.099
 and everyone knows

00:27:28.099 --> 00:27:29.039
 you can't trust a woman

00:27:29.039 --> 00:27:30.039
 because they're hysterical

00:27:30.039 --> 00:27:32.659
 and so Luke

00:27:32.659 --> 00:27:33.599
 uses women

00:27:33.599 --> 00:27:34.179
 to verify

00:27:34.179 --> 00:27:35.899
 this amazing event

00:27:35.899 --> 00:27:37.480
 and they come

00:27:37.480 --> 00:27:38.240
 into this tomb

00:27:38.240 --> 00:27:39.500
 and they're perplexed

00:27:39.500 --> 00:27:40.359
 the word means

00:27:40.359 --> 00:27:41.200
 at a loss

00:27:41.200 --> 00:27:41.720
 they don't know

00:27:41.720 --> 00:27:42.360
 what to do

00:27:42.360 --> 00:27:43.360
 and two men

00:27:43.360 --> 00:27:43.960
 were told later

00:27:43.960 --> 00:27:44.880
 in Matthew and Mark

00:27:44.880 --> 00:27:45.740
 that they're angels

00:27:45.740 --> 00:27:46.440
 they stand there

00:27:46.440 --> 00:27:47.279
 in gazing clothing

00:27:47.279 --> 00:27:48.180
 and the women

00:27:48.180 --> 00:27:48.799
 in verse 5

00:27:48.799 --> 00:27:49.420
 were terrified

00:27:49.420 --> 00:27:50.240
 they bowed their faces

00:27:50.240 --> 00:27:50.700
 to the ground

00:27:50.700 --> 00:27:51.860
 and the men said to him

00:27:51.860 --> 00:27:52.579
 why do you seek

00:27:52.579 --> 00:27:53.059
 the living one

00:27:53.059 --> 00:27:53.680
 among the dead

00:27:53.680 --> 00:27:55.460
 and then in verse 6

00:27:55.460 --> 00:27:56.799
 they say 8 words

00:27:56.799 --> 00:27:57.620
 and these 8 words

00:27:57.620 --> 00:27:58.680
 give ultimate hope

00:27:58.680 --> 00:28:00.980
 to Jesus' disciples

00:28:00.980 --> 00:28:04.120
 they say 8 words

00:28:04.120 --> 00:28:05.620
 and these 8 words

00:28:05.620 --> 00:28:08.299
 give ultimate hope

00:28:08.299 --> 00:28:10.659
 to you and me

00:28:10.659 --> 00:28:13.359
 and the words

00:28:13.359 --> 00:28:14.279
 are on the screen

00:28:14.279 --> 00:28:16.440
 he is not here

00:28:16.440 --> 00:28:18.480
 but he is risen

00:28:18.480 --> 00:28:22.259
 these 8 words

00:28:22.259 --> 00:28:23.200
 change history

00:28:23.200 --> 00:28:25.680
 these 8 words

00:28:25.680 --> 00:28:26.579
 give his disciples

00:28:26.579 --> 00:28:27.379
 hope that no other

00:28:27.379 --> 00:28:28.119
 group of followers

00:28:28.119 --> 00:28:28.579
 had

00:28:28.579 --> 00:28:30.759
 these 8 words

00:28:30.759 --> 00:28:31.559
 push men

00:28:31.559 --> 00:28:32.279
 to sacrifice

00:28:32.279 --> 00:28:33.039
 their lives

00:28:33.039 --> 00:28:33.940
 and they die

00:28:33.940 --> 00:28:34.399
 some of them

00:28:34.399 --> 00:28:35.399
 terrible deaths

00:28:35.400 --> 00:28:38.540
 were these words

00:28:38.540 --> 00:28:40.900
 and it's not

00:28:40.900 --> 00:28:41.560
 just these words

00:28:41.560 --> 00:28:42.500
 because if it was

00:28:42.500 --> 00:28:43.860
 just these words

00:28:43.860 --> 00:28:44.800
 in a closed tomb

00:28:44.800 --> 00:28:45.600
 it would mean nothing

00:28:45.600 --> 00:28:47.920
 and if it was

00:28:47.920 --> 00:28:48.940
 a closed tomb

00:28:48.940 --> 00:28:50.080
 and someone walking

00:28:50.080 --> 00:28:50.759
 around that looked

00:28:50.759 --> 00:28:51.259
 like Jesus

00:28:51.259 --> 00:28:52.100
 it would mean nothing

00:28:52.100 --> 00:28:53.300
 and if it was

00:28:53.300 --> 00:28:53.940
 an open tomb

00:28:53.940 --> 00:28:54.320
 and there was

00:28:54.320 --> 00:28:54.960
 no body

00:28:54.960 --> 00:28:56.400
 it would mean nothing

00:28:56.400 --> 00:28:58.120
 but there was

00:28:58.120 --> 00:28:59.100
 an open tomb

00:28:59.100 --> 00:29:00.620
 and Jesus walking

00:29:00.620 --> 00:29:01.540
 around amongst

00:29:01.540 --> 00:29:01.980
 the people

00:29:01.980 --> 00:29:03.380
 for 40 days

00:29:03.380 --> 00:29:09.140
 and it meant

00:29:09.140 --> 00:29:09.600
 everything

00:29:09.600 --> 00:29:13.820
 it changed

00:29:13.820 --> 00:29:15.820
 everything

00:29:15.820 --> 00:29:17.900
 the resurrection

00:29:17.900 --> 00:29:19.140
 of Jesus Christ

00:29:19.140 --> 00:29:21.240
 changed these people

00:29:21.240 --> 00:29:22.440
 it changed

00:29:22.440 --> 00:29:23.200
 the movement

00:29:23.200 --> 00:29:24.380
 it changed

00:29:24.380 --> 00:29:25.220
 the Roman Empire

00:29:25.220 --> 00:29:26.460
 it changed

00:29:26.460 --> 00:29:27.220
 the world

00:29:27.220 --> 00:29:30.640
 but none of his

00:29:30.640 --> 00:29:31.400
 disciples believed

00:29:31.400 --> 00:29:32.080
 in it at first

00:29:32.079 --> 00:29:34.659
 until they came

00:29:34.659 --> 00:29:35.259
 into the tomb

00:29:35.259 --> 00:29:35.740
 and they heard

00:29:35.740 --> 00:29:36.299
 these words

00:29:36.299 --> 00:29:37.199
 he is not here

00:29:37.199 --> 00:29:38.000
 for he is risen

00:29:38.000 --> 00:29:40.240
 can you

00:29:40.240 --> 00:29:41.539
 just for the sake

00:29:41.539 --> 00:29:42.439
 of wanting you

00:29:42.439 --> 00:29:43.059
 to hear this

00:29:43.059 --> 00:29:43.639
 and so we can hear

00:29:43.639 --> 00:29:44.139
 it as a church

00:29:44.139 --> 00:29:45.339
 can you repeat

00:29:45.339 --> 00:29:46.059
 that after me

00:29:46.059 --> 00:29:47.779
 he is not here

00:29:47.779 --> 00:29:49.339
 for he is risen

00:29:49.339 --> 00:29:51.259
 one more time

00:29:51.259 --> 00:29:52.679
 he is not here

00:29:52.679 --> 00:29:54.359
 for he is risen

00:29:54.359 --> 00:29:56.240
 he is not here

00:29:56.240 --> 00:29:57.059
 for he is risen

00:29:57.059 --> 00:29:58.319
 changes everything

00:29:58.319 --> 00:29:58.899
 it changes

00:29:58.899 --> 00:29:59.659
 the nothingness

00:29:59.659 --> 00:30:00.220
 in our life

00:30:00.220 --> 00:30:00.919
 it changes

00:30:00.919 --> 00:30:01.639
 the hopelessness

00:30:01.640 --> 00:30:02.180
 that the disciples

00:30:02.180 --> 00:30:02.580
 have

00:30:02.580 --> 00:30:03.400
 and it changes

00:30:03.400 --> 00:30:03.800
 the hope

00:30:03.800 --> 00:30:04.259
 that you

00:30:04.259 --> 00:30:05.820
 and I have

00:30:05.820 --> 00:30:07.900
 when I think

00:30:07.900 --> 00:30:08.520
 of this passage

00:30:08.520 --> 00:30:09.280
 there are three things

00:30:09.280 --> 00:30:10.120
 that stick out to me

00:30:10.120 --> 00:30:10.900
 and we are told

00:30:10.900 --> 00:30:11.860
 not to say three things

00:30:11.860 --> 00:30:12.600
 in preaching class

00:30:12.600 --> 00:30:13.160
 but these things

00:30:13.160 --> 00:30:13.600
 are important

00:30:13.600 --> 00:30:14.360
 and I want to say

00:30:14.360 --> 00:30:14.940
 them to you

00:30:14.940 --> 00:30:16.460
 that an empty tomb

00:30:16.460 --> 00:30:17.080
 and a savior

00:30:17.080 --> 00:30:17.940
 walking around

00:30:17.940 --> 00:30:19.180
 means that our past

00:30:19.180 --> 00:30:19.740
 is forgiven

00:30:19.740 --> 00:30:22.520
 an empty tomb

00:30:22.520 --> 00:30:22.980
 and a savior

00:30:22.980 --> 00:30:23.620
 walking around

00:30:23.620 --> 00:30:24.500
 means that our past

00:30:24.500 --> 00:30:24.940
 is forgiven

00:30:24.940 --> 00:30:25.640
 and no matter

00:30:25.640 --> 00:30:26.400
 how hard

00:30:26.400 --> 00:30:27.700
 no matter how bad

00:30:27.700 --> 00:30:28.380
 we have blown it

00:30:28.380 --> 00:30:29.480
 an empty tomb

00:30:29.480 --> 00:30:30.420
 brings forgiveness

00:30:30.420 --> 00:30:31.360
 mercy

00:30:31.360 --> 00:30:32.259
 and grace

00:30:32.259 --> 00:30:35.640
 this is what I wish

00:30:35.640 --> 00:30:36.099
 I could have told

00:30:36.099 --> 00:30:36.860
 my rugby friend

00:30:36.860 --> 00:30:39.000
 but I didn't have

00:30:39.000 --> 00:30:39.599
 enough courage

00:30:39.599 --> 00:30:40.220
 to do that

00:30:40.220 --> 00:30:43.559
 because he was tough

00:30:43.559 --> 00:30:45.819
 and he believed

00:30:45.819 --> 00:30:46.579
 in the nothingness

00:30:46.579 --> 00:30:50.440
 but an empty tomb

00:30:50.440 --> 00:30:51.519
 changes everything

00:30:51.519 --> 00:30:52.539
 it's very interesting

00:30:52.539 --> 00:30:53.140
 in this passage

00:30:53.140 --> 00:30:55.099
 because every time

00:30:55.099 --> 00:30:56.180
 in all the gospels

00:30:56.180 --> 00:30:57.279
 Jesus asked

00:30:57.279 --> 00:30:57.820
 for Peter

00:30:57.820 --> 00:30:59.960
 now you've got to

00:30:59.960 --> 00:31:00.840
 remember this is important

00:31:00.840 --> 00:31:01.900
 because Peter blew it

00:31:01.900 --> 00:31:03.620
 Peter was in the garden

00:31:03.620 --> 00:31:04.279
 he was there

00:31:04.279 --> 00:31:05.320
 he could have stuck up

00:31:05.320 --> 00:31:05.779
 for Christ

00:31:05.779 --> 00:31:06.680
 and at the end

00:31:06.680 --> 00:31:07.620
 he denied Christ

00:31:07.620 --> 00:31:08.180
 three times

00:31:08.180 --> 00:31:08.960
 with profanity

00:31:08.960 --> 00:31:10.400
 and he ran away

00:31:10.400 --> 00:31:12.759
 and every time

00:31:12.759 --> 00:31:13.160
 Jesus says

00:31:13.160 --> 00:31:13.660
 bring Peter

00:31:13.660 --> 00:31:14.160
 bring Peter

00:31:14.160 --> 00:31:14.680
 bring Peter

00:31:14.680 --> 00:31:16.140
 now if I were Jesus

00:31:16.140 --> 00:31:16.860
 and I said bring Peter

00:31:16.860 --> 00:31:17.600
 it meant I wanted

00:31:17.600 --> 00:31:18.620
 to get in trouble

00:31:18.620 --> 00:31:19.299
 I wanted to kick him

00:31:19.299 --> 00:31:19.900
 out of the club

00:31:19.900 --> 00:31:21.500
 because he screwed up

00:31:21.500 --> 00:31:23.259
 but what we see

00:31:23.259 --> 00:31:23.880
 in the gospels

00:31:23.880 --> 00:31:25.039
 is he takes the guy

00:31:25.039 --> 00:31:26.659
 who failed the worst

00:31:26.659 --> 00:31:28.259
 at the most critical moment

00:31:28.259 --> 00:31:30.440
 and he loves him

00:31:30.440 --> 00:31:32.359
 he changes him

00:31:32.359 --> 00:31:33.899
 he brings grace

00:31:33.899 --> 00:31:34.819
 and redemption

00:31:34.819 --> 00:31:35.720
 into his life

00:31:35.720 --> 00:31:37.619
 and an empty tomb

00:31:37.619 --> 00:31:38.519
 means that no matter

00:31:38.519 --> 00:31:39.200
 what you've done

00:31:39.200 --> 00:31:39.819
 in your past

00:31:39.819 --> 00:31:40.920
 no matter how bad

00:31:40.920 --> 00:31:42.000
 you've screwed up

00:31:42.000 --> 00:31:42.960
 no matter where

00:31:42.960 --> 00:31:43.920
 your fears are

00:31:43.920 --> 00:31:45.960
 an empty tomb

00:31:45.960 --> 00:31:46.920
 in Jesus walking around

00:31:46.920 --> 00:31:47.740
 means that all those

00:31:47.740 --> 00:31:48.440
 things are fixed

00:31:48.440 --> 00:31:51.159
 an empty tomb

00:31:51.159 --> 00:31:52.339
 in a savior walking around

00:31:52.339 --> 00:31:54.039
 means that my worth

00:31:54.039 --> 00:31:54.839
 and my identity

00:31:54.839 --> 00:31:55.779
 my significance

00:31:55.779 --> 00:31:56.819
 never changes

00:31:56.819 --> 00:31:58.919
 I mean think of this

00:31:58.919 --> 00:31:59.519
 we live in a world

00:31:59.519 --> 00:32:00.659
 where everything is changing

00:32:00.659 --> 00:32:01.259
 so quickly

00:32:01.259 --> 00:32:01.839
 information

00:32:01.839 --> 00:32:02.500
 technology

00:32:02.500 --> 00:32:03.579
 our jobs

00:32:03.579 --> 00:32:05.720
 we wonder if we're

00:32:05.720 --> 00:32:06.240
 going to have a job

00:32:06.240 --> 00:32:06.819
 the next day

00:32:06.819 --> 00:32:07.539
 we wonder if we're

00:32:07.539 --> 00:32:08.000
 going to have money

00:32:08.000 --> 00:32:08.519
 the next day

00:32:08.519 --> 00:32:09.240
 I have friends

00:32:09.240 --> 00:32:10.039
 that wanted to retire

00:32:10.039 --> 00:32:10.740
 and now they're worth

00:32:10.740 --> 00:32:11.559
 one half of what they

00:32:11.559 --> 00:32:11.959
 were before

00:32:11.959 --> 00:32:12.799
 and they can't retire

00:32:12.799 --> 00:32:14.619
 and some of my friends

00:32:14.619 --> 00:32:15.259
 were looking at our

00:32:15.259 --> 00:32:15.859
 portfolios

00:32:15.859 --> 00:32:16.879
 and every day

00:32:16.879 --> 00:32:17.240
 were going

00:32:17.240 --> 00:32:17.759
 and looking at the

00:32:17.759 --> 00:32:18.220
 bank account

00:32:18.220 --> 00:32:18.439
 and saying

00:32:18.439 --> 00:32:19.359
 what am I worth

00:32:19.359 --> 00:32:20.359
 and what can I do

00:32:20.359 --> 00:32:21.539
 and when can I retire

00:32:21.539 --> 00:32:22.939
 and how am I going to survive

00:32:22.940 --> 00:32:23.940
 in an empty tomb

00:32:23.940 --> 00:32:24.920
 says it doesn't matter

00:32:24.920 --> 00:32:28.500
 because God is in control

00:32:28.500 --> 00:32:29.720
 and he can take care of you

00:32:29.720 --> 00:32:32.620
 and that he paid the most

00:32:32.620 --> 00:32:33.279
 expensive thing

00:32:33.279 --> 00:32:34.299
 his son Jesus Christ

00:32:34.299 --> 00:32:35.680
 the greatest cost

00:32:35.680 --> 00:32:36.620
 and that cost

00:32:36.620 --> 00:32:37.720
 is never going to diminish

00:32:37.720 --> 00:32:39.960
 so when you walk

00:32:39.960 --> 00:32:40.440
 into the earth

00:32:40.440 --> 00:32:41.079
 to the work

00:32:41.079 --> 00:32:42.059
 and your boss

00:32:42.059 --> 00:32:42.960
 creams you

00:32:42.960 --> 00:32:43.620
 or slams you

00:32:43.620 --> 00:32:44.160
 your spouse

00:32:44.160 --> 00:32:45.019
 is angry at you

00:32:45.019 --> 00:32:46.299
 or your kids disobey

00:32:46.299 --> 00:32:47.559
 or you lose your job

00:32:47.559 --> 00:32:48.380
 or whatever happens

00:32:48.380 --> 00:32:48.819
 in your life

00:32:48.819 --> 00:32:49.519
 and the doctor tells you

00:32:49.519 --> 00:32:50.039
 you have cancer

00:32:50.039 --> 00:32:51.460
 it doesn't really matter

00:32:51.460 --> 00:32:52.519
 because your worth

00:32:52.519 --> 00:32:53.160
 is secure

00:32:53.160 --> 00:32:54.759
 and God is in control

00:32:54.759 --> 00:32:56.480
 and he's going to

00:32:56.480 --> 00:32:57.240
 take care of you

00:32:57.240 --> 00:33:02.839
 because he took care

00:33:02.839 --> 00:33:03.299
 of his son

00:33:03.299 --> 00:33:06.240
 an empty tomb

00:33:06.240 --> 00:33:07.460
 and a savior walking around

00:33:07.460 --> 00:33:08.559
 means that our future

00:33:08.559 --> 00:33:10.920
 is not at risk

00:33:10.920 --> 00:33:13.799
 that there's more

00:33:13.799 --> 00:33:14.640
 to this life

00:33:14.640 --> 00:33:15.740
 than the nothingness

00:33:15.740 --> 00:33:17.599
 and because we have

00:33:17.599 --> 00:33:18.339
 an empty tomb

00:33:18.339 --> 00:33:20.019
 and we see Jesus

00:33:20.019 --> 00:33:20.720
 in teaching

00:33:20.720 --> 00:33:21.279
 and we know

00:33:21.279 --> 00:33:22.259
 that he resurrected

00:33:22.259 --> 00:33:23.640
 we know that his words

00:33:23.640 --> 00:33:24.079
 are true

00:33:24.079 --> 00:33:25.019
 and we can trust him

00:33:25.019 --> 00:33:26.620
 you see if Jesus

00:33:26.620 --> 00:33:27.519
 was still in the tomb

00:33:27.519 --> 00:33:29.059
 as Paul says

00:33:29.059 --> 00:33:29.599
 in Corinthians

00:33:29.599 --> 00:33:30.400
 we might as well

00:33:30.400 --> 00:33:31.220
 just eat and drink

00:33:31.220 --> 00:33:32.259
 and fornicate

00:33:32.259 --> 00:33:32.700
 and do whatever

00:33:32.700 --> 00:33:32.980
 I don't know

00:33:32.980 --> 00:33:33.319
 if we can say

00:33:33.319 --> 00:33:33.900
 fornicate in church

00:33:33.900 --> 00:33:35.019
 but fornicate

00:33:35.019 --> 00:33:35.879
 because that's all

00:33:35.879 --> 00:33:36.619
 there is in life

00:33:36.619 --> 00:33:39.039
 because when you die

00:33:39.039 --> 00:33:40.240
 you just go to the worms

00:33:40.240 --> 00:33:41.539
 you go to the nothingness

00:33:41.539 --> 00:33:43.579
 but because there's

00:33:43.579 --> 00:33:44.299
 an empty tomb

00:33:44.299 --> 00:33:45.539
 and Jesus rose

00:33:45.539 --> 00:33:46.400
 it meant that his words

00:33:46.400 --> 00:33:46.879
 were true

00:33:46.879 --> 00:33:47.700
 it meant that when he

00:33:47.700 --> 00:33:48.680
 paid for our sin

00:33:48.680 --> 00:33:49.599
 that God said

00:33:49.599 --> 00:33:51.460
 the payment is accepted

00:33:51.460 --> 00:33:53.639
 because if his payment

00:33:53.639 --> 00:33:54.420
 wasn't accepted

00:33:54.420 --> 00:33:55.180
 Jesus would still be

00:33:55.180 --> 00:33:55.599
 in the tomb

00:33:55.599 --> 00:33:56.619
 and we'd be walking

00:33:56.619 --> 00:33:57.480
 around in our sin

00:33:57.480 --> 00:33:59.079
 and we'd be looking

00:33:59.079 --> 00:33:59.859
 for another Messiah

00:33:59.859 --> 00:34:02.180
 but because Jesus

00:34:02.180 --> 00:34:03.099
 is resurrected

00:34:03.099 --> 00:34:04.119
 and there's an empty tomb

00:34:04.119 --> 00:34:05.579
 our future is secure

00:34:05.579 --> 00:34:06.559
 because God

00:34:06.559 --> 00:34:07.659
 accepted him

00:34:07.659 --> 00:34:08.880
 in our place

00:34:08.880 --> 00:34:13.219
 and so on this Easter

00:34:13.219 --> 00:34:13.980
 when you leave here

00:34:13.980 --> 00:34:14.739
 I want you to remember

00:34:14.739 --> 00:34:15.380
 a couple things

00:34:15.380 --> 00:34:16.299
 and one of them is

00:34:16.299 --> 00:34:17.159
 no matter how bad

00:34:17.159 --> 00:34:18.059
 you've blown in the past

00:34:18.059 --> 00:34:18.920
 an empty tomb

00:34:18.920 --> 00:34:19.539
 means forgiveness

00:34:19.539 --> 00:34:20.920
 no matter where you're at

00:34:20.920 --> 00:34:22.079
 no matter where your stock is

00:34:22.079 --> 00:34:23.420
 no matter how you judge yourself

00:34:23.420 --> 00:34:23.920
 and your worth

00:34:23.920 --> 00:34:24.699
 your title

00:34:24.699 --> 00:34:26.019
 how people see you

00:34:26.019 --> 00:34:27.039
 it doesn't really matter

00:34:27.039 --> 00:34:28.039
 because when they look at you

00:34:28.039 --> 00:34:28.839
 and when God looks at you

00:34:28.839 --> 00:34:30.119
 he sees his son Jesus Christ

00:34:30.119 --> 00:34:33.119
 and that never changes

00:34:33.119 --> 00:34:36.839
 and finally

00:34:36.839 --> 00:34:37.759
 an empty tomb means

00:34:37.759 --> 00:34:39.039
 that our future is secure

00:34:39.039 --> 00:34:40.119
 and we can trust God

00:34:40.119 --> 00:34:41.019
 with everything

00:34:41.019 --> 00:34:41.699
 we can trust him

00:34:41.699 --> 00:34:42.299
 with my life

00:34:42.299 --> 00:34:42.880
 we can trust him

00:34:42.880 --> 00:34:43.619
 with my finances

00:34:43.619 --> 00:34:44.239
 we can trust him

00:34:44.239 --> 00:34:44.920
 with my family

00:34:44.920 --> 00:34:45.859
 we can trust him

00:34:45.859 --> 00:34:46.440
 with everything

00:34:46.440 --> 00:34:47.719
 because he's good

00:34:47.719 --> 00:34:52.739
 now I don't know

00:34:52.739 --> 00:34:53.980
 where you are today

00:34:53.980 --> 00:34:55.480
 in your journey

00:34:55.480 --> 00:34:56.099
 I don't know

00:34:56.099 --> 00:34:56.900
 what you're hoping in

00:34:56.900 --> 00:34:57.219
 I don't know

00:34:57.219 --> 00:34:57.940
 what you're trusting in

00:34:57.940 --> 00:34:58.780
 I don't know

00:34:58.780 --> 00:35:00.240
 if your life has a story

00:35:00.240 --> 00:35:04.059
 after working in ministry

00:35:04.059 --> 00:35:04.780
 for 30 years

00:35:04.780 --> 00:35:05.659
 I'm pretty sure

00:35:05.659 --> 00:35:06.480
 that there are some of us

00:35:06.480 --> 00:35:06.840
 in here

00:35:06.840 --> 00:35:08.920
 whose lives have no stories

00:35:08.920 --> 00:35:12.880
 and our lives have no hope

00:35:12.880 --> 00:35:16.300
 and no meaning

00:35:16.300 --> 00:35:19.119
 but the story

00:35:19.119 --> 00:35:20.000
 of the resurrection

00:35:20.000 --> 00:35:21.820
 the story of Easter

00:35:21.820 --> 00:35:23.700
 is that you don't have

00:35:23.700 --> 00:35:25.139
 to continue being surrounded

00:35:25.139 --> 00:35:26.179
 by the nothingness

00:35:26.179 --> 00:35:30.119
 for Christ

00:35:30.119 --> 00:35:32.239
 erupted from the grave

00:35:32.239 --> 00:35:33.759
 to free us

00:35:33.759 --> 00:35:34.599
 and bring us back

00:35:34.599 --> 00:35:35.219
 from the family

00:35:35.219 --> 00:35:40.079
 I shared this

00:35:40.079 --> 00:35:40.719
 with a friend

00:35:40.719 --> 00:35:41.279
 and he said

00:35:41.279 --> 00:35:42.179
 well why don't everyone

00:35:42.179 --> 00:35:42.719
 believe

00:35:42.719 --> 00:35:44.159
 if it's that simple

00:35:44.159 --> 00:35:46.259
 that's a good question

00:35:46.259 --> 00:35:46.899
 isn't it

00:35:46.899 --> 00:35:48.679
 if you can prove it

00:35:48.679 --> 00:35:49.079
 and it's just

00:35:49.079 --> 00:35:49.679
 right out there

00:35:49.679 --> 00:35:50.259
 why doesn't everybody

00:35:50.259 --> 00:35:51.099
 believe it's that simple

00:35:51.099 --> 00:35:52.059
 I was like

00:35:52.059 --> 00:35:52.619
 dude that's a

00:35:52.619 --> 00:35:54.079
 that's a great question

00:35:54.079 --> 00:35:56.659
 and I thought about

00:35:56.659 --> 00:35:57.159
 my life

00:35:57.159 --> 00:35:57.679
 and I realized

00:35:57.679 --> 00:35:58.340
 probably

00:35:58.340 --> 00:36:01.340
 some of us

00:36:01.340 --> 00:36:02.099
 don't want to believe

00:36:02.099 --> 00:36:02.940
 because we don't want

00:36:02.940 --> 00:36:03.960
 to stop being God

00:36:03.960 --> 00:36:06.319
 in our life

00:36:06.319 --> 00:36:10.480
 and if we believe

00:36:10.480 --> 00:36:10.940
 in a Savior

00:36:10.940 --> 00:36:11.420
 who's risen

00:36:11.420 --> 00:36:11.920
 that means that

00:36:11.920 --> 00:36:12.960
 we're not God anymore

00:36:12.960 --> 00:36:14.059
 but there is really

00:36:14.059 --> 00:36:14.519
 a God

00:36:14.519 --> 00:36:15.239
 and we have to deal

00:36:15.239 --> 00:36:15.900
 with him somehow

00:36:15.900 --> 00:36:18.420
 and that makes me

00:36:18.420 --> 00:36:19.119
 feel uncomfortable

00:36:19.119 --> 00:36:23.980
 if you're like me

00:36:23.980 --> 00:36:24.639
 it's just because

00:36:24.639 --> 00:36:25.960
 I was intellectually lazy

00:36:25.960 --> 00:36:27.579
 I mean I saw

00:36:27.579 --> 00:36:28.539
 the information there

00:36:28.539 --> 00:36:29.339
 but I didn't really

00:36:29.339 --> 00:36:30.099
 want to think about it

00:36:30.099 --> 00:36:30.940
 I didn't want to pray about it

00:36:30.940 --> 00:36:31.559
 I didn't want to say

00:36:31.559 --> 00:36:32.319
 okay God

00:36:32.319 --> 00:36:32.799
 if you're real

00:36:32.799 --> 00:36:33.639
 will you show me

00:36:33.639 --> 00:36:35.900
 I was just lazy

00:36:35.900 --> 00:36:38.779
 but the message

00:36:38.779 --> 00:36:39.279
 of Easter

00:36:39.279 --> 00:36:40.219
 that we want you to hear

00:36:40.219 --> 00:36:41.139
 that I want you to hear

00:36:41.139 --> 00:36:42.179
 that you can run out

00:36:42.179 --> 00:36:42.799
 of here afterwards

00:36:42.799 --> 00:36:43.380
 hopefully you'll go

00:36:43.380 --> 00:36:44.000
 to the outreach

00:36:44.000 --> 00:36:44.359
 because we're going

00:36:44.359 --> 00:36:44.699
 to have a great

00:36:44.699 --> 00:36:45.799
 we have 800 Easter eggs

00:36:45.799 --> 00:36:46.179
 we've been praying

00:36:46.179 --> 00:36:47.099
 for good weather

00:36:47.099 --> 00:36:48.199
 we have food

00:36:48.199 --> 00:36:49.099
 we'll have drinks

00:36:49.099 --> 00:36:49.739
 and ice cream

00:36:49.739 --> 00:36:50.599
 but the message

00:36:50.599 --> 00:36:51.059
 of Easter

00:36:51.059 --> 00:36:52.360
 the message of Jesus

00:36:52.360 --> 00:36:53.139
 is that

00:36:53.139 --> 00:36:54.659
 Jesus is God

00:36:54.659 --> 00:36:57.019
 he came to earth

00:36:57.019 --> 00:36:57.839
 to live a life

00:36:57.839 --> 00:36:59.039
 that we could not live

00:36:59.039 --> 00:37:01.860
 he was crucified

00:37:01.860 --> 00:37:03.619
 to pay a debt

00:37:03.619 --> 00:37:04.880
 that we could not pay

00:37:04.880 --> 00:37:05.699
 to satiate

00:37:05.699 --> 00:37:07.440
 a holy righteous God

00:37:07.440 --> 00:37:09.319
 that he was put

00:37:09.319 --> 00:37:09.960
 in a tomb

00:37:09.960 --> 00:37:11.319
 and three days later

00:37:11.319 --> 00:37:12.559
 he rose

00:37:12.559 --> 00:37:16.440
 and that resurrection

00:37:16.440 --> 00:37:18.480
 changes everything

00:37:18.480 --> 00:37:21.719
 if we understand that

00:37:21.719 --> 00:37:25.539
 I was working

00:37:25.539 --> 00:37:26.240
 on my sermon

00:37:26.240 --> 00:37:26.920
 last night

00:37:26.920 --> 00:37:28.500
 and my five year old

00:37:28.500 --> 00:37:29.440
 came into my room

00:37:29.440 --> 00:37:30.639
 I should have just

00:37:30.639 --> 00:37:31.320
 let her come up here

00:37:31.320 --> 00:37:31.880
 and do the sermon

00:37:31.880 --> 00:37:32.400
 it would have taken me

00:37:32.400 --> 00:37:32.920
 two minutes

00:37:32.920 --> 00:37:35.019
 she comes in

00:37:35.019 --> 00:37:35.219
 and she goes

00:37:35.219 --> 00:37:35.699
 what are you doing

00:37:35.699 --> 00:37:36.179
 and I said

00:37:36.179 --> 00:37:37.039
 I'm working on a sermon

00:37:37.039 --> 00:37:37.380
 she goes

00:37:37.380 --> 00:37:38.119
 well tomorrow's Easter

00:37:38.119 --> 00:37:38.500
 right

00:37:38.500 --> 00:37:39.880
 and I said yes

00:37:39.880 --> 00:37:40.800
 and she goes

00:37:40.800 --> 00:37:41.360
 that means Jesus

00:37:41.360 --> 00:37:42.019
 rose from the grave

00:37:42.019 --> 00:37:42.360
 right

00:37:42.360 --> 00:37:43.780
 and I said yes

00:37:43.780 --> 00:37:45.080
 that means God

00:37:45.080 --> 00:37:45.519
 loves us

00:37:45.519 --> 00:37:45.820
 right

00:37:45.820 --> 00:37:47.260
 and I said

00:37:47.260 --> 00:37:48.060
 yes

00:37:48.060 --> 00:37:49.720
 you want to come

00:37:49.720 --> 00:37:50.140
 do the sermon

00:37:50.140 --> 00:37:50.620
 next week

00:37:50.620 --> 00:37:54.460
 but that's the message

00:37:54.460 --> 00:37:54.880
 of Easter

00:37:54.880 --> 00:37:57.120
 and our hope

00:37:57.120 --> 00:37:57.620
 and our prayers

00:37:57.620 --> 00:37:58.440
 wherever you are at

00:37:58.440 --> 00:37:59.060
 in your journey

00:37:59.060 --> 00:38:00.019
 that you would join us

00:38:00.019 --> 00:38:00.880
 as a church family

00:38:00.880 --> 00:38:03.220
 in taking the next steps

00:38:03.220 --> 00:38:05.040
 towards an amazing

00:38:05.040 --> 00:38:05.500
 savior

00:38:05.500 --> 00:38:07.360
 who's walked out

00:38:07.360 --> 00:38:08.140
 of an empty tomb

00:38:08.140 --> 00:38:09.920
 and he's walking

00:38:09.920 --> 00:38:10.320
 around

00:38:10.320 --> 00:38:11.600
 right now

00:38:11.599 --> 00:38:12.900
 let me pray

00:38:12.900 --> 00:38:14.480
 Father we thank you

00:38:14.480 --> 00:38:15.400
 for this day

00:38:15.400 --> 00:38:16.079
 we thank you

00:38:16.079 --> 00:38:16.799
 for the tomb

00:38:16.799 --> 00:38:17.940
 we thank you

00:38:17.940 --> 00:38:18.819
 for your word

00:38:18.819 --> 00:38:20.400
 we thank you

00:38:20.400 --> 00:38:21.079
 that you did not

00:38:21.079 --> 00:38:21.619
 leave us

00:38:21.619 --> 00:38:22.639
 for the nothingness

00:38:22.639 --> 00:38:24.579
 but that you gave us

00:38:24.579 --> 00:38:25.539
 ultimate hope

00:38:25.539 --> 00:38:27.880
 and ultimate purpose

00:38:27.880 --> 00:38:30.319
 and an ultimate relationship

00:38:30.319 --> 00:38:30.880
 with your son

00:38:30.880 --> 00:38:31.559
 Jesus Christ

00:38:31.559 --> 00:38:33.679
 I realize

00:38:33.679 --> 00:38:34.319
 even now

00:38:34.319 --> 00:38:34.799
 that there are

00:38:34.799 --> 00:38:35.559
 many of us here

00:38:35.559 --> 00:38:36.099
 who this is probably

00:38:36.099 --> 00:38:36.699
 the first time

00:38:36.699 --> 00:38:37.579
 they've been in the church

00:38:37.579 --> 00:38:38.639
 or they haven't been

00:38:38.639 --> 00:38:39.059
 in a church

00:38:39.059 --> 00:38:39.619
 for a very

00:38:39.619 --> 00:38:40.139
 very very

00:38:40.139 --> 00:38:41.259
 very long time

00:38:41.260 --> 00:38:42.760
 and Father

00:38:42.760 --> 00:38:43.220
 I pray that you

00:38:43.220 --> 00:38:43.960
 would speak to them

00:38:43.960 --> 00:38:45.880
 I pray that they

00:38:45.880 --> 00:38:46.280
 wouldn't be

00:38:46.280 --> 00:38:47.400
 intellectually lazy

00:38:47.400 --> 00:38:49.560
 I pray that they

00:38:49.560 --> 00:38:50.040
 would realize

00:38:50.040 --> 00:38:50.900
 that there is a God

00:38:50.900 --> 00:38:51.940
 and they are not him

00:38:51.940 --> 00:38:53.880
 and Father

00:38:53.880 --> 00:38:54.740
 as we come together

00:38:54.740 --> 00:38:55.340
 as a family

00:38:55.340 --> 00:38:56.300
 and journey together

00:38:56.300 --> 00:38:57.280
 and help each other

00:38:57.280 --> 00:38:58.280
 and encourage each other

00:38:58.280 --> 00:38:59.400
 I pray Lord

00:38:59.400 --> 00:38:59.760
 that you would

00:38:59.760 --> 00:39:00.860
 show yourself to them

00:39:00.860 --> 00:39:03.180
 and Father

00:39:03.180 --> 00:39:03.860
 for the rest of us

00:39:03.860 --> 00:39:04.180
 in here

00:39:04.180 --> 00:39:05.360
 who are your children

00:39:05.360 --> 00:39:05.940
 but we're still

00:39:05.940 --> 00:39:06.640
 trying to live

00:39:06.640 --> 00:39:07.720
 a religious life

00:39:07.720 --> 00:39:10.580
 help us to realize

00:39:10.579 --> 00:39:11.319
 that you've already

00:39:11.319 --> 00:39:12.480
 paid all of our debts

00:39:12.480 --> 00:39:15.380
 help our lives

00:39:15.380 --> 00:39:16.599
 be one of response

00:39:16.599 --> 00:39:17.920
 to what you've done

00:39:17.920 --> 00:39:18.500
 for us

00:39:18.500 --> 00:39:20.659
 help us to realize

00:39:20.659 --> 00:39:21.400
 that you're good

00:39:21.400 --> 00:39:22.779
 because you're good

00:39:22.779 --> 00:39:23.579
 we can trust you

00:39:23.579 --> 00:39:24.480
 with all things

00:39:24.480 --> 00:39:26.639
 even things

00:39:26.639 --> 00:39:27.119
 that we're even

00:39:27.119 --> 00:39:28.139
 afraid to talk about

00:39:28.139 --> 00:39:30.420
 and so Father

00:39:30.420 --> 00:39:31.099
 we pray that this

00:39:31.099 --> 00:39:32.000
 Easter Sunday

00:39:32.000 --> 00:39:33.519
 this new Sunday

00:39:33.519 --> 00:39:34.779
 this day of new

00:39:34.779 --> 00:39:35.299
 beginnings

00:39:35.299 --> 00:39:36.900
 that you would give us

00:39:36.900 --> 00:39:37.460
 a new beginning

00:39:37.460 --> 00:39:38.220
 in our hearts

00:39:38.220 --> 00:39:40.820
 that we would find

00:39:40.820 --> 00:39:42.099
 hope and peace

00:39:42.099 --> 00:39:42.840
 and love

00:39:42.840 --> 00:39:44.639
 and we pray

00:39:44.639 --> 00:39:45.220
 all these things

00:39:45.220 --> 00:39:45.579
 in your son

00:39:45.579 --> 00:39:46.480
 Jesus holy name

00:39:46.480 --> 00:39:47.199
 amen

00:39:47.199 --> 00:39:48.420
 okay so

00:39:48.420 --> 00:39:49.920
 choir

00:39:49.920 --> 00:39:50.380
 great

00:39:50.380 --> 00:39:51.519
 amazing job

00:39:51.519 --> 00:39:52.019
 Melissa

00:39:52.019 --> 00:39:52.760
 thank you for

00:39:52.760 --> 00:39:53.679
 all you guys

00:39:53.679 --> 00:39:54.900
 everybody up there

00:39:54.900 --> 00:39:55.240
 is just

00:39:55.240 --> 00:39:56.579
 who are you

00:39:56.579 --> 00:39:57.159
 young man

00:39:57.159 --> 00:39:59.179
 that was great

00:39:59.179 --> 00:39:59.619
 guys

00:39:59.619 --> 00:40:00.139
 hey

00:40:00.139 --> 00:40:00.980
 that was

00:40:00.980 --> 00:40:02.500
 I just want to

00:40:02.500 --> 00:40:02.920
 share with you

00:40:02.920 --> 00:40:03.820
 right afterwards

00:40:03.820 --> 00:40:04.639
 at one o'clock

00:40:04.639 --> 00:40:05.059
 we're having

00:40:05.059 --> 00:40:06.239
 an Easter egg

00:40:06.239 --> 00:40:06.639
 outreach

00:40:06.639 --> 00:40:07.819
 on the podium

00:40:07.819 --> 00:40:08.219
 up there

00:40:08.219 --> 00:40:09.119
 we'd love to invite

00:40:09.119 --> 00:40:09.920
 you just to come

00:40:09.920 --> 00:40:10.900
 grab some food

00:40:10.900 --> 00:40:11.859
 hang out with the

00:40:11.859 --> 00:40:12.559
 families there

00:40:12.559 --> 00:40:13.679
 it's from one to three

00:40:13.679 --> 00:40:15.339
 the church will provide

00:40:15.339 --> 00:40:16.400
 drinks and ice cream

00:40:16.400 --> 00:40:17.199
 cones afterwards

00:40:17.199 --> 00:40:18.879
 so just grab some food

00:40:18.879 --> 00:40:19.579
 and come hang out

00:40:19.579 --> 00:40:20.519
 and if you're not

00:40:20.519 --> 00:40:21.259
 in a community group

00:40:21.259 --> 00:40:22.099
 that's focused

00:40:22.099 --> 00:40:22.960
 on doing an outreach

00:40:22.960 --> 00:40:24.239
 we still need your help

00:40:24.239 --> 00:40:25.139
 to help us with the outreach

00:40:25.139 --> 00:40:26.239
 that would be a great

00:40:26.239 --> 00:40:27.279
 great event

00:40:27.279 --> 00:40:29.199
 also next week

00:40:29.199 --> 00:40:30.279
 we have a church wide

00:40:30.279 --> 00:40:31.599
 buffet lunch

00:40:31.599 --> 00:40:32.579
 and so we want you

00:40:32.579 --> 00:40:33.519
 to invite you to come

00:40:33.519 --> 00:40:35.360
 it's on the house

00:40:35.360 --> 00:40:36.920
 as everything is

00:40:36.920 --> 00:40:37.259
 in Hong Kong

00:40:37.259 --> 00:40:37.960
 on the house

00:40:37.960 --> 00:40:39.159
 and so we'll eat

00:40:39.159 --> 00:40:40.639
 out there right afterwards

00:40:40.639 --> 00:40:41.619
 so invite a friend

00:40:41.619 --> 00:40:42.159
 this will be a great

00:40:42.159 --> 00:40:42.659
 opportunity

00:40:42.659 --> 00:40:43.860
 to introduce them

00:40:43.860 --> 00:40:44.420
 to the church

00:40:44.420 --> 00:40:45.239
 and to the community

00:40:45.239 --> 00:40:46.199
 and what's going on here

00:40:46.199 --> 00:40:49.840
 and on April 17th

00:40:49.840 --> 00:40:50.259
 a Tuesday

00:40:50.259 --> 00:40:50.820
 we're going to start

00:40:50.820 --> 00:40:51.679
 a marriage class

00:40:51.679 --> 00:40:53.599
 six weeks meal

00:40:53.599 --> 00:40:54.099
 included

00:40:54.099 --> 00:40:54.759
 guys

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 Tuesday night

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 Tuesday night

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 730 at the community center

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 finished by 945

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 food

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 fellowship

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 and a great program

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 that we were going

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 to go through

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 of what it means

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 to love

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 and respect each other

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 so wives

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 bring your husbands

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 husbands bring your wife

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 and sign up

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 on the table

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 or online

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 and beyond that

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 I have one thing

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 to say

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 it's Easter

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 that means

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 that Jesus

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 rose from the grave

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 and he loves us

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 right

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 that's what my

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 five year old

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 told me

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 and I believe

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 five year olds

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 right

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 so guys

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 we're so glad

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 you're here

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 and we hope

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 that as you leave

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 here

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 that you would

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 bask in that

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 truth

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 of God's

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 relationship

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 and desire

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 for you

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 there'll be

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 people up front

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 with the lanyards

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 on

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 who have been

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 trained to pray

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 for each other

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 and pray for people

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 so if you have

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 a prayer request

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 please grab them

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 and just pray

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 and I'm going to

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 close with just

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 a quick prayer

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 I just feel like

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 if you've never

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 invited Christ

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 into your life

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 I'm just going to

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 do a quick prayer

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 of what that looks

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 like

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 and just

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 because I feel like

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 we need to do that

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 as we talk about

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 a church reaching out

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 and we'll hopefully

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 see you at one o'clock

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 so let me pray for us

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 dear Jesus

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 thank you for

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 rescuing me

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 from the nothingness

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 I come before you now

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 and I give you my life

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 and who I am

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 I trust you to be good

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 I trust you to be God

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 I trust that the grave

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 is empty

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 and that you are alive

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 as I walk in that faith

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 and that power

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 I ask that you would

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 fill me with your spirit

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 show me the hope

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 that the disciples had

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 help me to walk

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 in the newness of life

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 on this day

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 which is all about

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 newness and hope

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 Easter

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 and Father

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 for the rest of us

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 I just thank you

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 for what you're doing

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 in our lives

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 that we're on a journey

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 and we're taking baby steps

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 just help us to encourage

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 each other

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 in those steps

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 we pray for the outreach

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 and the fun today

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 and the podium

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 pray that it doesn't rain

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 help us to have fun

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 and just to enjoy

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 this beautiful day

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 you've given us

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 a day of hope

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 and a day of newness

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 we love you

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 and we pray these things

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 in your son Jesus name

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 amen

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 God bless you guys

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 we'll see you back here

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 we'll see you over there

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 at one hopefully

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 and then we'll see you

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 back here next Sunday

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 you