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 I'd like us to begin, if you are willing, to use your imaginations. I'd like you to imagine

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! I'd like you to imagine a church. It could be our church. Where people gave their time, energy,

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! And money, both sacrificially and incredibly generously. I'd like you to imagine that service

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 and generosity was actually mainly towards the poor.

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 I'd like you to imagine a church where faith levels were so high and expectation for God

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 to be moving in powerful ways was through the roof. The church gatherings were teeming with people.

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 The sermons were amazing, insightful, authoritative. And people were prophesying. They spoke prophecy,

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 words of wisdom to one another. The music, it lifted people to the heavens. Sounds good, doesn't it?

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 Inspired, even. Now what if a church like that existed, but Jesus looked on it as nothing?

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 As just a loud racket in his ear.

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 Well that is the possibility that Paul explores in this rather famous passage in the letter which

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 is now known to us as 1 Corinthians. And as you may be familiar with it, it's a passage often read at

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 weddings for good reason. It's about love and it's poetic and it's heartwarming.

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 But when you put it into its context, this passage has, if you like, a real kick to it.

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 It's actually a strong warning.

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 We're going to explore a little bit about that today.

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 You see, the church in Corinth, ancient Corinth, was actually coming close to what I asked you to imagine there.

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 It was gifted, full of talented people. They were open to the spirit.

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 They were even producing good works. They were serving the poor.

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 But there were clear signs that are indicated throughout Paul's letter, which is part of a correspondence with them,

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 that there was something missing, something core, something essential,

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 and without which all their worship, all their activity would mean nothing.

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 That may even make all that they were doing not just nothing, but displeasing to God,

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 to the God they professed to be worshipping and serving.

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 So for example, we find out that when they met to eat together,

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 or even celebrate the Lord's Supper,

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 some were stuffing themselves silly, and others went away hungry.

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 There were some people there whose gifting,

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 their God-given gifts, were esteemed.

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 They were elevated.

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 And others were just being belittled, pushed aside.

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 Some in that church were using their freedoms in Christ

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 in a way that was crushing others.

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 They were crushing their consciences and actually preventing their freedoms

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 from having a life of their own.

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 Something was missing or lacking

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 that made them sound off-key

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 and was actually doing more harm than good.

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 What was that thing?

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 Love.

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 Without love, ministry and mission can just be a series of power plays.

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 Provocative statement.

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 But without love, mission and ministry can just be a series of power plays.

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 Let me just read the first three verses of chapter 13.

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 I'm hoping they might also come up so you can follow along.

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 It says,

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 If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels but do not have love,

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 I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal,

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 just a noise in the ear.

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 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge,

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 and if I have faith that can move mountains but do not have love,

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 I am nothing.

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 If I give all I possess to the poor

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 and give over my body to hardship that I may boast

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 but do not have love,

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 I gain nothing.

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 So it's quite a striking passage, isn't it?

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 These activities that Paul lists are good.

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 They're desirable.

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 Even admirable.

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 Even.

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 But without love,

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 they can really just boil down to empty gestures

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 and, as I say, power plays.

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 Impressive speech, for example,

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 whether it is sort of divine speech or otherwise.

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 Big faith.

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 You know.

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 Or even our giving can be used to manipulate people

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 rather than encourage and lift them up.

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 We can easily elevate the one who has gifts,

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 the one who's doing some of these amazing ministries,

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 whilst actually, at the same time,

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 sort of disregarding the very recipient

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 who's supposed to be receiving those gifts

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 and ministries, even harming them.

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 And the Apostle Paul can clearly see the potential

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 of these sort of evils happening

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 from a rather good-looking church

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 where it lacks love.

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 And sadly, through church history,

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 right up to the modern day,

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 Paul has been proven right.

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 As leaders of churches

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 and the institutions that surround them

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 have sometimes carried out ministries

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 that elevate themselves

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 rather than others, love others.

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 And that can happen in subtle ways.

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 It can happen in fairly obvious ways,

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 or at least for those of us

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 who are looking from the outside in.

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 And if we take those power plays

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 further along the spectrum,

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 away from love,

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 when those ministries get distorted

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 and those ministries slip down the slide

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 towards abuse,

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 then all those things,

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 prophetic speech,

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 the questioning of people's faith levels,

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 calls to sacrifice,

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 calls to give,

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 they can become forms of

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 sometimes verbal or emotional

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 or psychological

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 or even financial abuse.

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 And I recognize that this is,

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 as I said at the beginning of the service,

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 a very delicate subject,

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 but Paul doesn't shy away from it.

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 And I just need to make sure

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 that we spend some time

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 grappling with this.

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 And how does that happen?

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 How does it happen

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 that people who set off

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 knowing Jesus

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 and wanting to make him known,

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 who perhaps have leadership roles

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 in churches or in groups,

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 and they end up doing

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 more harm than good?

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 And I think it's a question

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 we do need to grapple with

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 because it can happen to any of us.

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 And there's something important

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 to recognize

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 in the crossover,

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 in the intersection

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 between our human hearts

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 and our relationship to power.

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 So our heart,

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 that is the sort of seat of our desires.

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 That's how the sort of Bible

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 talks about it.

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 Our hearts are so often vulnerable

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 and prone to selfishness

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 and greed.

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 And that,

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 coupled to this kind of need

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 for influence

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 or for control,

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 that's power,

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 can make a really

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 nasty sometimes

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 combination.

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 And we see the patterns.

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 As someone gets more influential,

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 they obviously gain more power.

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 And those people can often

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 become sort of indispensable

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 to an organization

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 or to a church.

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 And people sort of look at them

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 and they overlook the stuff

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 that isn't so good about them.

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 And it can breed this culture

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 where that person

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 or that group of people

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 can become sort of untouchable

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 and harder to call their behavior

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 into account.

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 And that elevated position

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 of power,

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 it lures that person

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 into the impression that

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 they can get away with stuff.

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 Perhaps even they deserve

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 those little extras

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 or, you know,

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 they can get away with

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 this, that, and the other.

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 And they can even begin

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 to convince themselves

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 that what they're doing,

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 well,

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 it's actually not wrong.

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 It's part of who I am

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 and what I do.

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 And they lose sight

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 gradually over the time

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 or sometimes quickly.

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 They lose sight

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 of the humanity

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 of others around them.

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 And they use them

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 to get what they want.

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 And it's, as I say,

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 a slippery slope,

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 sometimes subtle,

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 sometimes glaringly obvious

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 when we look back

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 at it in hindsight.

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 But it is one

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 that many have slipped down.

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 And I'm afraid

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 we've seen it

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 all over the news

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 this week

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 and the last week

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 with celebrity culture,

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 haven't we?

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 The sexual abuse

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 they were able

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 to get away with,

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 no doubt sort of protected

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 by their status

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 and their persona.

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 And no doubt

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 they thought

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 they could get away with it.

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 And they perhaps

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 even deluded themselves

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 to think that

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 what they were doing

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 wasn't wrong.

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 And it's quite easy

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 to point to celebrity culture,

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 isn't it?

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 But again, sadly,

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 we in the church

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 are not immune from it.

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 People have risen

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 in influence

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 and become seemingly

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 indispensable

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 and unimpeachable.

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 And they've left

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 those who they were

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 meant to look after

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 are harmed

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 or just with no voice

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 and trampled upon.

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 And sometimes

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 these things can happen.

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 They're sort of hidden

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 in plain sight,

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 they say,

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 don't they?

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 Or they're drastically

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 covered up.

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 And often that's come

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 from ministries,

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 churches,

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 that have done

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 some amazing things.

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 And there's no doubt

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 about them.

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 There's a tension there.

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 What do we do with that?

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 But overall,

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 the lens through which

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 Paul sees that

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 is that there,

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 at the heart of it,

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 is a lack

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 of love.

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 and in fact,

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 letting a love of power

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 and selfish desire

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 distort hearts

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 and our vision

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 that has led

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 to the harm of others.

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 So,

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 it's a complex,

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 it's a difficult,

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 and it's perhaps scary

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 for some of us

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 to really consider

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 the depths

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 in which our human hearts

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 can go

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 and the distortion

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 that can come out of them.

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 And I'm aware

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 that people listening today,

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 even on the recording,

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 perhaps a higher proportion

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 of us than we perhaps

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 would like to imagine

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 have experienced

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 some form of abuse

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 from someone

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 in the position

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 of power over them,

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 of influence

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 or trust over them,

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 inside the church,

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 outside the church.

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 People who

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 have used their power,

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 their giftings,

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 their position

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 to actually

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 crush you,

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 to harm you

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 in some way.

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 I want to say

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 three very brief

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 things

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 if that is you

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 in any way,

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 at any stage

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 in your life

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 that has happened

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 to you.

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 First of all,

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 the first thing

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 to say is

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 it is not right.

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 You have been

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 mistreated.

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 Something evil

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 has happened

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 to you.

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 Secondly,

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 please be heard.

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 It's important

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 that you

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 are listened to,

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 that you

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 are respected

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 as a human being.

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 You know,

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 even if in the past

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 you have been

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 silenced

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 or been made

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 to feel

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 that it's

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 not worth

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 you speaking

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 out about

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 what happened

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 so long ago

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 or you've

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 minimised it

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 really just

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 as a way

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 to keep going,

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 to get on in life.

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 I just want to say

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 however this works out,

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 please be heard.

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 You are

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 worthy

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 and you are

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 a valuable

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 human being.

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 Your voice

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 counts.

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 And I guess

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 I want to say

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 if you do,

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 if you would like

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 to talk to someone,

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 whether that's me

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 or Margaret maybe,

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 please get in touch.

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 It doesn't need

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 to be today.

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 We will listen

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 or put you in touch

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 with organisations

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 that can help you.

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 And I appreciate

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 that will be a very,

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 very brave

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 and challenging

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 thing to do.

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 But I want to say

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 that here at Christchurch

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 we want to be a place

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 where survivors

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 of abuse

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 and those who have

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 been hurt

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 in any other way

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 are both welcome

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 and that we want

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 to help you,

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 we want to hear you

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 and walk alongside you.

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 And then the third

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 thing to say

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 very briefly

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 to those who

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 have been harmed

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 there is hope.

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 With the hurt

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 that you carry

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 it may well seem

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 very dark

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 but there is

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 a way forward

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 and I believe

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 that that rises

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 from a right

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 understanding of

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 and perhaps more

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 importantly

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 an experience

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 of healthy

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 love.

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 And wonderfully

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 we get

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 this incredible

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 description

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 of healthy

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 love

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 in those verses

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 those famous

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 parts of these verses

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 in 1 Corinthians 13

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 and let me just

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 read them again

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 because they're

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 just so wonderful.

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 Verses 4 to 7

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 say this

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 Love is patient

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 Love is kind

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 It does not envy

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 It does not boast

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 It's not proud

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 It does not dishonour

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 others

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 It is not self-seeking

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 It's not easily angered

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 It holds no record

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 of wrongs

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 Love does not

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 delight in evil

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 but rejoices

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 with the truth

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 It always protects

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 always trusts

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 always hopes

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 always perseveres

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 love

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 love

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 Now in an age

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 love

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 love

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 love

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 love

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 I think

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 that this

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 description

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 could not

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 be more

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 important

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 So please do

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 put it on your

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 fridge magnets

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 please do have it

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 read at your

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 wedding ceremonies

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 or whatever it is

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 This is what

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 love looks like

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 not the shoddy

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 imitations

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 that are often

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 sold or have

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 perhaps experienced

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 it's gentle

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 it lifts

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 people up

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 it's full of

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 grace

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 towards others

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 and it's

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 long lasting

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 and it says

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 this kind of love

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 has a sort of

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 backbone to it

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 doesn't it

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 there's a strength

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 that comes from

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 this kind of love

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 that Paul describes

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 here

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 and if I

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 really just for the

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 sake of time

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 just focus in on

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 just one of those

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 descriptions

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 it's incredibly

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 rich

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 verse 7

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 says

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 it always

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 protects

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 that is love

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 love

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 always

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 protects

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 at least that's

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 the way

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 that the NIV

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 that's the

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 translation we use

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 here says

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 love protects

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 but most other

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 English translations

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 say

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 it bears all

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 things

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 perhaps you're

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 familiar with

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 that phrase

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 or it covers

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 all things

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 and as I read

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 that I kind of

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 sat up and I

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 thought oh

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 hang on

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 that sounds

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 like a cover

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 up to me

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 does it conceal

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 all things

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 that seems to

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 be at odds

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 with the sort

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 of transparency

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 of healthy

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 love

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 seems to

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 require

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 so this

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 intrigued me

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 and so I

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 went to the

00:15:28.900 --> 00:15:29.639
 original Greek

00:15:29.639 --> 00:15:31.120
 and the word

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 that Paul uses

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 here is

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 stego

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 and this word

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 is used

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 in various

00:15:37.000 --> 00:15:37.360
 other bits

00:15:37.360 --> 00:15:37.820
 of literature

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 about

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 a

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 described

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 a thatched

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 covering

00:15:42.259 --> 00:15:43.500
 a thatched

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 covering

00:15:43.940 --> 00:15:44.980
 or a roof

00:15:44.980 --> 00:15:45.960
 over something

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 and so it's

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 a covering

00:15:48.060 --> 00:15:48.560
 to keep

00:15:48.560 --> 00:15:49.120
 off something

00:15:49.120 --> 00:15:49.879
 that threatens

00:15:49.879 --> 00:15:51.300
 or to bear

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 up against

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 something

00:15:52.200 --> 00:15:54.660
 and I love

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 that image

00:15:55.480 --> 00:15:56.740
 of love

00:15:56.740 --> 00:15:57.480
 being like

00:15:57.480 --> 00:15:57.759
 a little

00:15:57.759 --> 00:15:58.160
 roof

00:15:58.160 --> 00:15:59.280
 covering

00:15:59.280 --> 00:15:59.980
 what is

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 precious

00:16:00.460 --> 00:16:01.980
 from the

00:16:01.980 --> 00:16:02.519
 elements

00:16:02.519 --> 00:16:03.320
 and all

00:16:03.320 --> 00:16:03.639
 that might

00:16:03.639 --> 00:16:04.259
 threaten it

00:16:04.259 --> 00:16:05.440
 love

00:16:05.440 --> 00:16:06.560
 always

00:16:06.560 --> 00:16:07.519
 protects

00:16:07.519 --> 00:16:10.360
 if we

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 don't

00:16:10.560 --> 00:16:11.060
 protect

00:16:11.059 --> 00:16:12.219
 we

00:16:12.219 --> 00:16:12.439
 don't

00:16:12.439 --> 00:16:12.739
 love

00:16:12.739 --> 00:16:17.419
 now

00:16:17.419 --> 00:16:18.179
 a good

00:16:18.179 --> 00:16:18.719
 definition

00:16:18.719 --> 00:16:19.339
 of

00:16:19.339 --> 00:16:20.319
 safeguarding

00:16:20.319 --> 00:16:21.179
 is

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 the

00:16:21.979 --> 00:16:22.439
 practical

00:16:22.439 --> 00:16:23.079
 action

00:16:23.079 --> 00:16:23.779
 taken to

00:16:23.779 --> 00:16:24.059
 help

00:16:24.059 --> 00:16:24.379
 people

00:16:24.379 --> 00:16:24.779
 to be

00:16:24.779 --> 00:16:25.159
 safe

00:16:25.159 --> 00:16:25.919
 and to

00:16:25.919 --> 00:16:26.199
 prevent

00:16:26.199 --> 00:16:26.619
 harm

00:16:26.619 --> 00:16:27.000
 I'll say

00:16:27.000 --> 00:16:27.299
 that again

00:16:27.299 --> 00:16:27.859
 the practical

00:16:27.859 --> 00:16:28.239
 action

00:16:28.239 --> 00:16:28.719
 taken to

00:16:28.719 --> 00:16:28.979
 help

00:16:28.979 --> 00:16:29.339
 people

00:16:29.339 --> 00:16:29.939
 to be

00:16:29.939 --> 00:16:30.399
 safe

00:16:30.399 --> 00:16:31.139
 and to

00:16:31.139 --> 00:16:31.399
 prevent

00:16:31.399 --> 00:16:31.879
 harm

00:16:31.879 --> 00:16:33.439
 in other

00:16:33.439 --> 00:16:33.919
 words

00:16:33.919 --> 00:16:35.279
 safeguarding

00:16:35.279 --> 00:16:36.199
 is

00:16:36.199 --> 00:16:36.759
 love

00:16:36.759 --> 00:16:37.479
 in action

00:16:37.480 --> 00:16:39.759
 and so

00:16:39.759 --> 00:16:40.220
 I want to

00:16:40.220 --> 00:16:40.720
 encourage you

00:16:40.720 --> 00:16:40.980
 when you

00:16:40.980 --> 00:16:41.360
 hear

00:16:41.360 --> 00:16:42.480
 safeguarding

00:16:42.480 --> 00:16:42.860
 here

00:16:42.860 --> 00:16:43.220
 or in your

00:16:43.220 --> 00:16:43.820
 workplaces

00:16:43.820 --> 00:16:44.200
 or in your

00:16:44.200 --> 00:16:44.600
 schools

00:16:44.600 --> 00:16:44.940
 or whatever

00:16:44.940 --> 00:16:45.300
 it is

00:16:45.300 --> 00:16:46.060
 to first

00:16:46.060 --> 00:16:46.680
 and foremost

00:16:46.680 --> 00:16:47.639
 think of

00:16:47.639 --> 00:16:48.340
 love

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 and the

00:16:49.320 --> 00:16:49.639
 kind of

00:16:49.639 --> 00:16:50.019
 love

00:16:50.019 --> 00:16:50.620
 that Paul

00:16:50.620 --> 00:16:51.460
 describes

00:16:51.460 --> 00:16:51.860
 here

00:16:51.860 --> 00:16:52.840
 you see

00:16:52.840 --> 00:16:53.399
 safeguarding

00:16:53.399 --> 00:16:53.860
 isn't

00:16:53.860 --> 00:16:54.720
 a bureaucracy

00:16:54.720 --> 00:16:55.200
 getting in

00:16:55.200 --> 00:16:55.420
 the way

00:16:55.420 --> 00:16:56.100
 of real

00:16:56.100 --> 00:16:56.720
 ministry

00:16:56.720 --> 00:16:57.899
 safeguarding

00:16:57.899 --> 00:16:58.300
 isn't about

00:16:58.300 --> 00:16:59.000
 adding another

00:16:59.000 --> 00:16:59.519
 burden

00:16:59.519 --> 00:17:00.340
 to your

00:17:00.340 --> 00:17:00.940
 already busy

00:17:00.940 --> 00:17:01.379
 schedule

00:17:01.379 --> 00:17:01.779
 instead

00:17:01.779 --> 00:17:02.259
 it's an

00:17:02.259 --> 00:17:02.920
 invitation

00:17:02.920 --> 00:17:03.960
 to see

00:17:03.960 --> 00:17:04.819
 protection

00:17:04.819 --> 00:17:05.779
 as an

00:17:05.779 --> 00:17:06.259
 obligation

00:17:06.259 --> 00:17:06.920
 but as

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 love

00:17:07.420 --> 00:17:08.019
 made

00:17:08.019 --> 00:17:08.519
 real

00:17:08.519 --> 00:17:09.920
 and it

00:17:09.920 --> 00:17:10.360
 may well

00:17:10.360 --> 00:17:10.779
 require

00:17:10.779 --> 00:17:11.039
 some

00:17:11.039 --> 00:17:11.680
 sacrifice

00:17:11.680 --> 00:17:12.779
 and

00:17:12.779 --> 00:17:13.600
 as

00:17:13.600 --> 00:17:13.880
 Paul

00:17:13.880 --> 00:17:14.220
 invites

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 us

00:17:14.340 --> 00:17:14.480
 here

00:17:14.480 --> 00:17:14.620
 to

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 honour

00:17:14.920 --> 00:17:15.300
 others

00:17:15.300 --> 00:17:15.620
 above

00:17:15.620 --> 00:17:16.120
 ourselves

00:17:16.120 --> 00:17:16.660
 it might

00:17:16.660 --> 00:17:17.200
 cost us

00:17:17.200 --> 00:17:17.539
 something

00:17:17.539 --> 00:17:18.400
 it might

00:17:18.400 --> 00:17:19.120
 look like

00:17:19.120 --> 00:17:20.000
 giving up

00:17:20.000 --> 00:17:20.500
 your time

00:17:20.500 --> 00:17:20.960
 for criminal

00:17:20.960 --> 00:17:21.279
 record

00:17:21.279 --> 00:17:21.620
 checks

00:17:21.620 --> 00:17:22.200
 and training

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 sessions

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 it might

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 look like

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 following

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 processes

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 even when

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 they feel

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 inconvenient

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 it might

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 mean

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 challenging

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 behaviour

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 when

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 even from

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 people you

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 respect

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 it might

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 mean

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 paying

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 attention

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 to power

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 dynamics

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 and appropriate

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 boundaries

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 it might

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 mean

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 supporting

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 volunteers

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 with proper

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 supervision

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 and care

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 it might

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 mean

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 speaking up

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 when your

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 gut tells

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 you something

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 is off

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 now

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 none of

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 this might

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 feel particularly

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 spiritual

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 in the

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 moment

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 but safeguarding

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 isn't a

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 distraction

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 from ministry

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 it is

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 ministry

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 it's not

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 separate from

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 discipleship

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 it is

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 discipleship

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 because it

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 is a

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 form

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 and expression

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 of love

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 so finally

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 what if

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 what happens

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 if we feel

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 that our

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 lives

00:18:13.539 --> 00:18:14.639
 our

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 ministries

00:18:15.439 --> 00:18:16.259
 maybe a

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 ministry

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 that you're

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 involved in

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 maybe

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 us as a

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 church

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 or our

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 relationships

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 whatever

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 aspects of

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 our life

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 what happens

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 if we feel

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 they lack

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 love

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 what if

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 we feel

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 we are

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 ripe for

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 Paul's

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 warning

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 here

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 you know

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 that actually

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 is what

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 we're doing

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 real love

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 or is it

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 more of a

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 power play

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 are we

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 lacking love

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 in some

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 way

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 well firstly

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 I want to

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 say of

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 course we

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 are

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 of course

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 we're

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 lacking

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 love

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 no one

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 experiences

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 perfect

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 love

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 in this

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 life

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 we've

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 all been

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 harmed

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 in some

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 way

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 or to

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 some

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 degree

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 and we've

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 all harmed

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 others

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 to some

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 degree

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 so what

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 are we

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 going to

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 do about

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 that

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 are we

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 going to

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 just try

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 harder

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 are we

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 going to

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 take our

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 lack of

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 love

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 and stretch

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 it further

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 so that it

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 becomes even

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 weaker and even

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 more ineffective

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 no that's not

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 the answer

00:19:11.079 --> 00:19:12.000
 the answer

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 says Paul

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 is to draw

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 love from

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 its eternal

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 source

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 let me just

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 read a few

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 of these final

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 verses

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 verses 8 to

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 10

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 love never

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 fails but

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 where there

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 are prophecies

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 they will

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 cease

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 where there

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 are tongues

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 they will

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 be stilled

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 where there

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 is knowledge

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 it will

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 pass away

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 for we

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 know in

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 part

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 and we

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 prophecy

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 in part

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 what's

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 Paul saying

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 here

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 Paul is

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 reminding

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 us of

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 the eternal

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 nature of

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 God and

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 that God

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 is love

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 and whatever

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 we do in

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 this life

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 whether we

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 prophesy

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 whether we

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 speak tongues

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 whether we

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 do impressive

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 ministries

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 whether we

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 have important

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 looking roles

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 or not

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 there will

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 come a

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 day when

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 they're not

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 going to

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 matter

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 those gifts

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 and ministries

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 and roles

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 are not

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 even going

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 to be

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 necessary

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 the day

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 when

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 completeness

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 comes

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 and we

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 see God

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 face to

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 face

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 and similarly

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 we may

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 well be

00:20:14.359 --> 00:20:14.700
 feel we

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 are well

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 loved

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 in our

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 lives

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 on earth

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 or we

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 might feel

00:20:19.019 --> 00:20:19.299
 we're just

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 known by

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 no one

00:20:20.519 --> 00:20:23.359
 Paul is

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 saying

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 that when

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 we see

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 God

00:20:24.639 --> 00:20:25.099
 face to

00:20:25.099 --> 00:20:25.500
 face

00:20:25.500 --> 00:20:26.519
 that

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 will

00:20:26.779 --> 00:20:27.359
 change

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 in an

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 instant

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 verse 12

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 famous verse

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 for now

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 we see

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 only a

00:20:32.539 --> 00:20:33.000
 reflection

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 in a

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 mirror

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 through a

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 glass

00:20:34.960 --> 00:20:35.400
 darkly

00:20:35.400 --> 00:20:35.680
 as some

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 translations

00:20:36.160 --> 00:20:36.460
 put

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 then we

00:20:37.420 --> 00:20:38.039
 shall see

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 face to

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 face

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 now I

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 am

00:20:40.139 --> 00:20:40.539
 known

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 in part

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 then I

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 shall know

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 fully

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 even as

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 I am

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 fully

00:20:45.819 --> 00:20:46.839
 known

00:20:46.839 --> 00:20:48.420
 to be

00:20:48.420 --> 00:20:48.960
 known

00:20:48.960 --> 00:20:49.859
 by God

00:20:49.859 --> 00:20:50.219
 to be

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 loved

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 by God

00:20:52.159 --> 00:20:53.339
 that is

00:20:53.339 --> 00:20:53.899
 what we

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 are made

00:20:54.740 --> 00:20:55.099
 for

00:20:55.099 --> 00:20:56.459
 and for

00:20:56.459 --> 00:20:57.240
 those who

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 believe in

00:20:58.799 --> 00:20:59.059
 Jesus

00:20:59.059 --> 00:20:59.699
 that is the

00:20:59.699 --> 00:21:00.279
 hope we

00:21:00.279 --> 00:21:00.619
 are waiting

00:21:00.619 --> 00:21:01.000
 for

00:21:01.000 --> 00:21:02.279
 for that

00:21:02.279 --> 00:21:03.299
 full experience

00:21:03.299 --> 00:21:03.740
 of being

00:21:03.740 --> 00:21:04.579
 fully known

00:21:04.579 --> 00:21:04.899
 and loved

00:21:04.899 --> 00:21:05.259
 by God

00:21:05.259 --> 00:21:05.639
 that's the

00:21:05.639 --> 00:21:06.479
 promise of

00:21:06.479 --> 00:21:06.759
 hope

00:21:06.759 --> 00:21:07.759
 that we

00:21:07.759 --> 00:21:08.199
 have as

00:21:08.199 --> 00:21:08.599
 believers

00:21:08.599 --> 00:21:09.819
 Emma

00:21:09.819 --> 00:21:10.359
 shared

00:21:10.359 --> 00:21:11.319
 a little

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 bit about

00:21:11.639 --> 00:21:12.019
 that last

00:21:12.019 --> 00:21:12.839
 week

00:21:12.839 --> 00:21:13.759
 about our

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 heavenly

00:21:14.179 --> 00:21:14.659
 hope

00:21:14.659 --> 00:21:15.419
 from

00:21:15.419 --> 00:21:16.000
 Revelation

00:21:16.000 --> 00:21:16.519
 21

00:21:16.519 --> 00:21:16.939
 and actually

00:21:16.939 --> 00:21:17.819
 I look

00:21:17.819 --> 00:21:18.159
 forward to

00:21:18.159 --> 00:21:18.539
 sharing a

00:21:18.539 --> 00:21:18.740
 little bit

00:21:18.740 --> 00:21:19.099
 more next

00:21:19.099 --> 00:21:19.399
 week

00:21:19.400 --> 00:21:20.420
 on a

00:21:20.420 --> 00:21:20.660
 similar

00:21:20.660 --> 00:21:21.080
 theme

00:21:21.080 --> 00:21:21.960
 the love

00:21:21.960 --> 00:21:22.460
 of God

00:21:22.460 --> 00:21:23.480
 experientially

00:21:23.480 --> 00:21:23.780
 in its

00:21:23.780 --> 00:21:24.220
 fullness

00:21:24.220 --> 00:21:25.400
 forever

00:21:25.400 --> 00:21:27.280
 that is

00:21:27.280 --> 00:21:28.100
 what we

00:21:28.100 --> 00:21:28.940
 long for

00:21:28.940 --> 00:21:29.700
 and hope

00:21:29.700 --> 00:21:29.960
 for

00:21:29.960 --> 00:21:30.300
 and that's

00:21:30.300 --> 00:21:30.759
 the future

00:21:30.759 --> 00:21:31.220
 hope we

00:21:31.220 --> 00:21:31.580
 have

00:21:31.580 --> 00:21:34.400
 but the

00:21:34.400 --> 00:21:35.060
 fact is

00:21:35.060 --> 00:21:36.420
 we have

00:21:36.420 --> 00:21:37.660
 already seen

00:21:37.660 --> 00:21:38.320
 the fullness

00:21:38.320 --> 00:21:39.140
 of this

00:21:39.140 --> 00:21:39.980
 love before

00:21:39.980 --> 00:21:45.279
 and a

00:21:45.279 --> 00:21:46.000
 portion of

00:21:46.000 --> 00:21:46.559
 that love

00:21:46.559 --> 00:21:47.599
 is available

00:21:47.599 --> 00:21:48.160
 a generous

00:21:48.160 --> 00:21:48.620
 portion

00:21:48.620 --> 00:21:49.319
 of that

00:21:49.319 --> 00:21:49.720
 love

00:21:49.720 --> 00:21:50.759
 is available

00:21:50.759 --> 00:21:51.240
 to us

00:21:51.240 --> 00:21:51.720
 here on

00:21:51.720 --> 00:21:52.079
 earth

00:21:52.079 --> 00:21:53.180
 now

00:21:53.180 --> 00:21:55.339
 yes not

00:21:55.339 --> 00:21:55.720
 in full

00:21:55.720 --> 00:21:56.160
 but with

00:21:56.160 --> 00:21:57.200
 such potency

00:21:57.200 --> 00:21:58.480
 it will

00:21:58.480 --> 00:21:59.180
 transform

00:21:59.180 --> 00:22:00.360
 your life

00:22:00.360 --> 00:22:01.420
 and change

00:22:01.420 --> 00:22:01.740
 the way

00:22:01.740 --> 00:22:02.099
 you love

00:22:02.099 --> 00:22:02.579
 God

00:22:02.579 --> 00:22:03.120
 change the

00:22:03.120 --> 00:22:03.339
 way you

00:22:03.339 --> 00:22:03.480
 love

00:22:03.480 --> 00:22:03.940
 yourself

00:22:03.940 --> 00:22:04.380
 change the

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 way you

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 love

00:22:04.779 --> 00:22:05.240
 others

00:22:05.240 --> 00:22:07.240
 forever

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 because when

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 Jesus

00:22:10.460 --> 00:22:11.279
 walked the

00:22:11.279 --> 00:22:11.700
 earth

00:22:11.700 --> 00:22:13.500
 he embodied

00:22:13.500 --> 00:22:14.460
 this love

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 that Paul

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 is writing

00:22:15.299 --> 00:22:15.640
 about

00:22:15.640 --> 00:22:17.839
 the patience

00:22:17.839 --> 00:22:18.839
 he showed

00:22:18.839 --> 00:22:19.460
 love is patient

00:22:19.460 --> 00:22:20.140
 the patience

00:22:20.140 --> 00:22:20.839
 he showed

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 to the

00:22:21.660 --> 00:22:22.700
 ignorant

00:22:22.700 --> 00:22:23.880
 to the slow

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 to understand

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 disciples around

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 him

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 love is kind

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 the kindness

00:22:29.220 --> 00:22:30.980
 he showed

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 to the lost

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 to the least

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 to the lonely

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 and he didn't

00:22:36.700 --> 00:22:37.240
 use his

00:22:37.240 --> 00:22:38.259
 immense power

00:22:38.259 --> 00:22:39.519
 to lord it

00:22:39.519 --> 00:22:40.240
 over others

00:22:40.240 --> 00:22:41.280
 he was

00:22:41.280 --> 00:22:41.700
 humble

00:22:41.700 --> 00:22:44.240
 the humility

00:22:44.240 --> 00:22:44.700
 he showed

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 particularly

00:22:45.220 --> 00:22:46.540
 in the face

00:22:46.540 --> 00:22:48.180
 of the cross

00:22:48.180 --> 00:22:49.980
 taking

00:22:49.980 --> 00:22:51.300
 upon himself

00:22:51.300 --> 00:22:52.340
 the lack

00:22:52.340 --> 00:22:52.759
 of love

00:22:52.759 --> 00:22:53.360
 of humanity

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 the distorted

00:22:54.640 --> 00:22:54.900
 love

00:22:54.900 --> 00:22:55.620
 the evil

00:22:55.620 --> 00:22:56.960
 that we have

00:22:56.960 --> 00:22:57.420
 created

00:22:57.420 --> 00:22:58.240
 and caused

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 sacrificing

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 himself

00:23:01.160 --> 00:23:03.160
 so the

00:23:03.160 --> 00:23:03.580
 punishment

00:23:03.580 --> 00:23:04.120
 for it

00:23:04.120 --> 00:23:04.380
 can be

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 paid

00:23:04.920 --> 00:23:06.640
 so that

00:23:06.640 --> 00:23:06.960
 it can be

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 turned upside

00:23:07.620 --> 00:23:08.200
 down

00:23:08.200 --> 00:23:08.860
 dying

00:23:08.860 --> 00:23:09.279
 in order

00:23:09.279 --> 00:23:09.980
 to honour

00:23:09.980 --> 00:23:10.779
 others

00:23:10.779 --> 00:23:11.640
 above himself

00:23:11.640 --> 00:23:13.120
 that is

00:23:13.120 --> 00:23:13.580
 love

00:23:13.580 --> 00:23:15.800
 that is

00:23:15.800 --> 00:23:16.360
 pure

00:23:16.360 --> 00:23:17.500
 more than

00:23:17.500 --> 00:23:17.880
 healthy

00:23:17.880 --> 00:23:18.340
 love

00:23:18.340 --> 00:23:20.180
 and he did

00:23:20.180 --> 00:23:20.620
 that in order

00:23:20.620 --> 00:23:21.140
 to forgive

00:23:21.140 --> 00:23:21.640
 sins

00:23:21.640 --> 00:23:22.480
 ripping up

00:23:22.480 --> 00:23:23.000
 our record

00:23:23.000 --> 00:23:23.680
 of wrongs

00:23:23.680 --> 00:23:24.220
 love

00:23:24.220 --> 00:23:25.600
 keeps no

00:23:25.600 --> 00:23:26.019
 record of

00:23:26.019 --> 00:23:26.580
 wrongs

00:23:26.580 --> 00:23:29.340
 to heal

00:23:29.340 --> 00:23:30.400
 our hurts

00:23:30.400 --> 00:23:32.720
 to pour

00:23:32.720 --> 00:23:33.440
 his love

00:23:33.440 --> 00:23:33.900
 into our

00:23:33.900 --> 00:23:34.280
 hearts

00:23:34.280 --> 00:23:34.700
 by his

00:23:34.700 --> 00:23:34.960
 holy

00:23:34.960 --> 00:23:35.380
 spirit

00:23:35.380 --> 00:23:37.380
 to give

00:23:37.380 --> 00:23:37.759
 us that

00:23:37.759 --> 00:23:38.040
 hope

00:23:38.040 --> 00:23:38.480
 that one

00:23:38.480 --> 00:23:38.860
 day

00:23:38.860 --> 00:23:39.600
 he will

00:23:39.600 --> 00:23:40.160
 meet us

00:23:40.160 --> 00:23:40.600
 face to

00:23:40.600 --> 00:23:41.019
 face

00:23:41.019 --> 00:23:42.140
 where we

00:23:42.140 --> 00:23:42.620
 will know

00:23:42.620 --> 00:23:43.220
 and experience

00:23:43.220 --> 00:23:44.000
 that love

00:23:44.000 --> 00:23:45.060
 in full

00:23:45.060 --> 00:23:47.920
 so that is

00:23:47.920 --> 00:23:48.300
 love

00:23:48.300 --> 00:23:48.880
 here is

00:23:48.880 --> 00:23:49.259
 love

00:23:49.259 --> 00:23:50.600
 in the face

00:23:50.600 --> 00:23:51.360
 and person

00:23:51.360 --> 00:23:51.780
 of Jesus

00:23:51.779 --> 00:23:52.779
 love

00:23:52.779 --> 00:23:55.319
 I had

00:23:55.319 --> 00:23:56.079
 an image

00:23:56.079 --> 00:23:57.039
 when I

00:23:57.039 --> 00:23:57.460
 was away

00:23:57.460 --> 00:23:58.019
 the other

00:23:58.019 --> 00:23:58.339
 week on

00:23:58.339 --> 00:23:58.740
 a little

00:23:58.740 --> 00:23:59.220
 retreat

00:23:59.220 --> 00:24:00.319
 which was

00:24:00.319 --> 00:24:01.039
 glorious

00:24:01.039 --> 00:24:01.660
 but it

00:24:01.660 --> 00:24:01.940
 was an

00:24:01.940 --> 00:24:02.500
 image of

00:24:02.500 --> 00:24:04.460
 a bucket

00:24:04.460 --> 00:24:06.920
 and it

00:24:06.920 --> 00:24:07.379
 was full

00:24:07.379 --> 00:24:07.720
 of sort

00:24:07.720 --> 00:24:07.940
 of

00:24:07.940 --> 00:24:09.720
 slosh

00:24:09.720 --> 00:24:10.879
 I guess

00:24:10.879 --> 00:24:11.279
 it was used

00:24:11.279 --> 00:24:11.519
 for kind

00:24:11.519 --> 00:24:11.899
 of cleaning

00:24:11.899 --> 00:24:12.339
 I suppose

00:24:12.339 --> 00:24:14.019
 and I

00:24:14.019 --> 00:24:14.460
 thought well

00:24:14.460 --> 00:24:14.799
 the way

00:24:14.799 --> 00:24:15.379
 I've learnt

00:24:15.380 --> 00:24:15.820
 to love

00:24:15.820 --> 00:24:16.380
 the way

00:24:16.380 --> 00:24:16.920
 I was

00:24:16.920 --> 00:24:17.840
 parented

00:24:17.840 --> 00:24:18.340
 the way

00:24:18.340 --> 00:24:18.720
 I grew

00:24:18.720 --> 00:24:18.920
 up

00:24:18.920 --> 00:24:19.180
 the way

00:24:19.180 --> 00:24:19.960
 I've learnt

00:24:19.960 --> 00:24:20.460
 to navigate

00:24:20.460 --> 00:24:21.020
 the world

00:24:21.020 --> 00:24:21.380
 and people

00:24:21.380 --> 00:24:21.800
 around me

00:24:21.800 --> 00:24:22.940
 the word

00:24:22.940 --> 00:24:23.140
 that came

00:24:23.140 --> 00:24:23.340
 to me

00:24:23.340 --> 00:24:23.720
 was like

00:24:23.720 --> 00:24:24.160
 that is a

00:24:24.160 --> 00:24:24.600
 kind of

00:24:24.600 --> 00:24:25.320
 insipid

00:24:25.320 --> 00:24:25.720
 love

00:24:25.720 --> 00:24:26.860
 it's diluted

00:24:26.860 --> 00:24:27.840
 and it's

00:24:27.840 --> 00:24:28.440
 awash with

00:24:28.440 --> 00:24:28.800
 all sorts

00:24:28.800 --> 00:24:29.100
 of rubbish

00:24:29.100 --> 00:24:29.520
 and this

00:24:29.520 --> 00:24:29.940
 bucket

00:24:29.940 --> 00:24:30.740
 had the

00:24:30.740 --> 00:24:31.200
 leaks in it

00:24:31.200 --> 00:24:31.440
 as well

00:24:31.440 --> 00:24:31.720
 so it was

00:24:31.720 --> 00:24:31.940
 just kind

00:24:31.940 --> 00:24:32.160
 of going

00:24:32.160 --> 00:24:32.460
 all over

00:24:32.460 --> 00:24:32.860
 the floor

00:24:32.860 --> 00:24:33.420
 as much

00:24:33.420 --> 00:24:33.900
 as I filled

00:24:33.900 --> 00:24:34.300
 that bucket

00:24:34.300 --> 00:24:34.680
 up with

00:24:34.680 --> 00:24:35.000
 the love

00:24:35.000 --> 00:24:35.340
 I'm trying

00:24:35.340 --> 00:24:35.780
 to shed

00:24:35.780 --> 00:24:36.480
 and lead

00:24:36.480 --> 00:24:36.960
 a church

00:24:36.960 --> 00:24:37.260
 with

00:24:37.260 --> 00:24:38.000
 it was

00:24:38.000 --> 00:24:38.400
 just

00:24:38.400 --> 00:24:39.360
 slosh

00:24:39.360 --> 00:24:41.480
 and the

00:24:41.480 --> 00:24:41.740
 Lord was

00:24:41.740 --> 00:24:42.240
 inviting me

00:24:42.240 --> 00:24:42.600
 to think

00:24:42.600 --> 00:24:43.060
 of love

00:24:45.380 --> 00:24:46.000
 spread myself

00:24:46.000 --> 00:24:46.300
 thinly

00:24:46.300 --> 00:24:46.800
 but actually

00:24:46.800 --> 00:24:47.620
 to receive

00:24:47.620 --> 00:24:48.100
 from him

00:24:48.100 --> 00:24:48.760
 the picture

00:24:48.760 --> 00:24:49.120
 I had

00:24:49.120 --> 00:24:49.420
 was of

00:24:49.420 --> 00:24:50.580
 a little

00:24:50.580 --> 00:24:50.980
 tiny

00:24:50.980 --> 00:24:51.420
 medicine

00:24:51.420 --> 00:24:51.960
 bottle

00:24:51.960 --> 00:24:52.240
 you know

00:24:52.240 --> 00:24:52.460
 little

00:24:52.460 --> 00:24:53.080
 glass

00:24:53.080 --> 00:24:53.380
 ones

00:24:53.380 --> 00:24:53.580
 maybe

00:24:53.580 --> 00:24:53.860
 an old

00:24:53.860 --> 00:24:54.120
 fashioned

00:24:54.120 --> 00:24:54.400
 one

00:24:54.400 --> 00:24:56.180
 and the

00:24:56.180 --> 00:24:56.540
 liquid

00:24:56.540 --> 00:24:56.900
 that was

00:24:56.900 --> 00:24:57.360
 in there

00:24:57.360 --> 00:24:58.180
 was tiny

00:24:58.180 --> 00:24:58.520
 compared

00:24:58.520 --> 00:24:58.800
 to the

00:24:58.800 --> 00:24:59.040
 bucket

00:24:59.040 --> 00:24:59.820
 but it

00:24:59.820 --> 00:25:00.400
 was so

00:25:00.400 --> 00:25:01.160
 potent

00:25:01.160 --> 00:25:03.220
 so rich

00:25:03.220 --> 00:25:04.120
 with love

00:25:04.120 --> 00:25:05.080
 that even

00:25:05.080 --> 00:25:05.480
 if I was

00:25:05.480 --> 00:25:05.900
 to share

00:25:05.900 --> 00:25:06.240
 a little

00:25:06.240 --> 00:25:06.520
 bit

00:25:06.520 --> 00:25:07.200
 a little

00:25:07.200 --> 00:25:07.360
 bit

00:25:07.360 --> 00:25:07.520
 of my

00:25:07.520 --> 00:25:07.720
 time

00:25:07.720 --> 00:25:08.000
 then

00:25:08.000 --> 00:25:08.480
 actually

00:25:08.480 --> 00:25:08.720
 it would

00:25:08.720 --> 00:25:09.120
 be

00:25:09.120 --> 00:25:10.560
 transformative

00:25:10.560 --> 00:25:12.900
 and I

00:25:12.900 --> 00:25:13.300
 don't know

00:25:13.300 --> 00:25:14.020
 what's going

00:25:14.020 --> 00:25:14.280
 on with

00:25:14.280 --> 00:25:14.520
 you

00:25:14.519 --> 00:25:16.400
 but

00:25:16.400 --> 00:25:16.759
 there's

00:25:16.759 --> 00:25:16.980
 something

00:25:16.980 --> 00:25:17.279
 about

00:25:17.279 --> 00:25:17.700
 God

00:25:17.700 --> 00:25:18.579
 the promise

00:25:18.579 --> 00:25:19.700
 in Romans

00:25:19.700 --> 00:25:19.980
 5

00:25:19.980 --> 00:25:20.700
 pouring out

00:25:20.700 --> 00:25:21.240
 his love

00:25:21.240 --> 00:25:21.579
 into our

00:25:21.579 --> 00:25:21.759
 hearts

00:25:21.759 --> 00:25:22.099
 giving us

00:25:22.099 --> 00:25:22.619
 a deposit

00:25:22.619 --> 00:25:23.119
 of what's

00:25:23.119 --> 00:25:23.559
 to come

00:25:23.559 --> 00:25:24.420
 so it says

00:25:24.420 --> 00:25:25.019
 in Ephesians

00:25:25.019 --> 00:25:25.660
 that we get

00:25:25.660 --> 00:25:26.420
 a download

00:25:26.420 --> 00:25:27.599
 of God's

00:25:27.599 --> 00:25:27.980
 love

00:25:27.980 --> 00:25:28.960
 before that

00:25:28.960 --> 00:25:29.460
 day when we

00:25:29.460 --> 00:25:29.920
 receive it

00:25:29.920 --> 00:25:30.339
 in full

00:25:30.339 --> 00:25:31.180
 you know

00:25:31.180 --> 00:25:31.539
 and that

00:25:31.539 --> 00:25:32.079
 deposit

00:25:32.079 --> 00:25:32.740
 can be

00:25:32.740 --> 00:25:33.440
 incredibly

00:25:33.440 --> 00:25:33.799
 large

00:25:33.799 --> 00:25:34.000
 or it's

00:25:34.000 --> 00:25:34.500
 incredibly

00:25:34.500 --> 00:25:34.980
 potent

00:25:34.980 --> 00:25:36.759
 we miss

00:25:36.759 --> 00:25:37.139
 that out

00:25:37.139 --> 00:25:37.579
 when we've

00:25:37.579 --> 00:25:37.960
 got leaky

00:25:37.960 --> 00:25:38.299
 buckets

00:25:38.299 --> 00:25:38.639
 and all

00:25:38.639 --> 00:25:38.900
 the rest

00:25:38.900 --> 00:25:39.180
 of it

00:25:39.180 --> 00:25:40.319
 but that

00:25:40.319 --> 00:25:40.559
 is a

00:25:40.559 --> 00:25:40.779
 love

00:25:40.779 --> 00:25:41.139
 that will

00:25:41.139 --> 00:25:41.680
 begin

00:25:41.680 --> 00:25:42.940
 and continue

00:25:42.940 --> 00:25:44.240
 the journey

00:25:44.240 --> 00:25:44.620
 of healing

00:25:44.620 --> 00:25:45.220
 for you

00:25:45.220 --> 00:25:47.839
 pour out

00:25:47.839 --> 00:25:48.259
 the love

00:25:48.259 --> 00:25:48.500
 of the

00:25:48.500 --> 00:25:48.799
 Father

00:25:48.799 --> 00:25:49.900
 into our

00:25:49.900 --> 00:25:50.380
 hearts

00:25:50.380 --> 00:25:51.420
 in the name

00:25:51.420 --> 00:25:52.000
 of Jesus

00:25:52.000 --> 00:25:53.559
 come Holy Spirit

00:25:53.559 --> 00:26:00.460
 for you