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 called in a marketplace of ideas I thought what does that mean and I do agree with Jim Jim said

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 about prayed about alpha not just being an exchange of ideas and I thought us being called

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 to a marketplace of ideas is not merely about us adding to the exchange of ideas

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 called to the marketplace of ideas is our calling is to witness to the gospel witness to the good news

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 of Jesus Christ and to proclaim the truth so we don't just add another idea into the melting pot

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 and let them all mix up and settle together our calling is to come in and to speak truth and

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 proclaim the good news to people and so I thought okay if our call to that marketplace for ideas is

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 to witness to the truth of the gospel then I took the word witness that just happens to have seven

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 letters and I started to think about all those self-help books out there that are seven habits of

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 the most effectively successful amazingly beautiful gorgeous people in the world

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 I thought well that's obviously talking about us witness we are going to look at seven

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 habits of the apostle Paul and how he witnessed and I've used the word witness as an anachron so

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 if you remember anything today you might just remember one letter the letter that what I'm going to say

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 related to it speaks to you the most okay so I'll give you permission to just remember one letter

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 or you can remember all seven it's up to you so in the reading that Kate read we see Paul

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 in Athens and the reason he's in Athens is because he's been preaching around Greece and every time he

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 preaches with Timothy and Silas and all the rabble rousers start a riot and get them kicked out of the town that

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 they're in and so eventually he ends up in Athens on his own and while Timothy and Silas have waited

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 have stayed in Berea where he was before and Paul is in Athens simply just waiting for his friends to come and join him

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 and while he's there he gets this opportunity to go to Mars Hill and to speak at the Oropagus of the crucifixion and the resurrection of Jesus

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 that was his marketplace at that time in Athens while he was just waiting for his friends so we're going to look at the tools that he used

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 in the hope that we will then be equipped to use those tools that are available for us when we are in our marketplace

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 so W

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 in Athens Paul was watchful

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 he didn't just go down the beach and have a pint and kick back his heels while he was waiting for his mates to turn up

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 he may have done at some point but what we read in Acts 17 is that Paul went around looking at all the statues that were in the city

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 and the Roman author Pliny records that there was 73,000 idols in the city

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 I think Paul would have had sensory overload at all that idolatry that was going on

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 but he didn't just look and get disgusted and indignant and leave

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 he allowed what he was seeing to be discerning in his spirit

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 and the word tells us that

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 the NIV says he felt distressed

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 but the King James says that he felt stirred up in his spirit

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 now

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 I read that

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 not that he was just fed up and miffed about it

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 but actually he was stirred up and he was

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 as he was looking around

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 watching how the people live and watching what they do

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 he was starting to get excited

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 and he was like bring it on

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 this is an opportunity for me to speak to these people the truth

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 because then as we read eventually in the passage

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 he even sees

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 a statue to the unknown God

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 and straight away Paul's mind and spirit is on it

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 thinking well

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 they might not know who they're worshipping but I know who he is

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 so

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 I want to just encourage you wherever your marketplace is

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 to be watchful

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 and discerning

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 and to discern the spiritual temperature that's going on around you

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 he didn't stop there

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 he decided that he was going to speak to these people

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 and in his speaking to them

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 he was totally and utterly inclusive

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 that's my eye

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 he was inclusive

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 he spoke to the Epicureans

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 and he spoke to the Stoics

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 now the Epicureans believe that the universe is the result of some big cosmic accident

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 that gods are simply atomic compounds like all the other objects

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 and that actually these gods prefer to live in blissful happiness

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 than to interfere with humans or the world in any way

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 the Epicureans believe that the sole purpose of human existence was pleasure

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 and that this could only be achieved by avoiding all competition

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 which often causes jealousy or failure

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 and is not pleasurable

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 or any intense emotional commitment that could result in pain and turmoil

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 also not pleasurable

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 I'm sure if we think we all know someone like that

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 in fact they probably come to your mind right now

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 that person who always takes the path of least resistance

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 the one that will do anything for a quiet life

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 never wants to get involved

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 always wants to just stay in the background

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 and enjoy whatever it is they enjoy

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 and on the other extreme

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 Paul had Stoics in front of him

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 they believe in materialistic and deterministic beliefs

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 to them God was just a force

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 a principle acting on the material world

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 always present in all matter that we can touch

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 nothing to them existed outside of their own material world

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 and everything that happened was just for the fate

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 a result of fate for the good of the world

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 evil didn't exist to the Stoics

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 because even the natural disasters that we've prayed about today

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 they saw them as a result of providential fate

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 and also believed that ultimately

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 it would be for the good of the universe in some way

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 and I think we all know people like that as well

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 que sera sera people

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 whatever will be will be

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 they don't have any sense of purpose or direction

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 or feel any motivation to affect change in any way

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 because what's the point?

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 what's going to happen is going to happen

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 so in those two extremes

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 and probably everybody in between

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 on that momentum

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 Paul was faced with those in his marketplace

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 as I'm sure we all are

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 and we might be thinking

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 well what's you know

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 how can we share the gospel with people like that?

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 how can we share the gospel with people

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 who just want an easy life

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 when we know Christ is going to ask them

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 to deny themselves

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 take up their cross and follow him?

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 how can we share the gospel with people

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 who believe in fatalistic happenings in their life

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 when we know that God calls us to be vessels of change

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 and to implement change

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 and God wants to bring transformation through us

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 nonetheless Paul included all of them

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 and was willing to answer all of their questions

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 so I want to encourage you

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 don't be exclusive in your marketplace

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 be inclusive

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 include everyone

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 now the marketplace to Athens

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 was a place where

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 the marginalised

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 and what the Greeks called

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 the low life rabble rousers

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 hung out

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 they were people who

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 very often had no employment

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 and so they would just hang out

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 in the marketplace all day

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 hoping that someone would eventually

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 give them a day's work

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 and earlier in chapter 17

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 we actually read

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 that the people Paul was speaking to

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 go to the marketplace

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 and get all these rabble rousers together

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 and incite them to cause the riot

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 so I just wanted to drop that in

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 that wherever you are

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 there are going to be marginalised people

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 somewhere in your marketplace

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 and I want to encourage you to include them

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 and to just not overlook their presence

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 and not be frightened to share the gospel

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 with people who you may not otherwise associate with

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 Paul was watchful

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 he was inclusive

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 and he was also typical

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 this was a typical day for Paul

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 verse 17 tells us that he went day by day

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 this was his regular habit

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 it wasn't a once a year occasion

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 or only when he really had to

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 when he couldn't wriggle out of it

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 this was his normal everyday expectation

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 that he would come across people

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 that he would have an opportunity

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 to share the gospel with

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 and this is how we build up our spiritual muscle

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 by making it a habit

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 if we're frightened to witness

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 I want to encourage you

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 witness more

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 because you get less and less frightened of it

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 the more you do it

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 I'm petrified of the gym

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 I never ever go to the gym

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 people tell me if I went

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 I would love it

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 I'm not sure about that

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 but I am telling you

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 the more you witness

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 the more you see the point of it

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 and we sang in one of the songs

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 the sound of hearts returning to you

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 that's what witnessing is about

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 when you get to hear that

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 a heart returning to the Lord

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 and you realise that actually

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 God is asking us to witness

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 not because he's testing us

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 but because he loves them

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 and it's an excuse for a party

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 who doesn't love an excuse for a party

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 I love a party

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 I love music

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 I love to dance

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 and I feel like that's what heaven is like

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 just waiting for a heart

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 to turn back to the Lord

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 because the word tells us that

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 every time that happens

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 the angels in heaven rejoice

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 and they throw a party

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 and we get to be part of that

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 that's what witnessing is about

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 it isn't a test of you

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 of what you know

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 and of how good you are

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 it's God's heart

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 for the person

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 that he's put in front of you

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 to speak to

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 because he loves them

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 and he wants their heart

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 to return to him

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 Paul was watchful

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 inclusive

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 typical

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 and he was non-judgmental

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 he preferred to commend

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 rather than condemn

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 he commended the Athenians

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 for their religiousness

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 and their piety

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 he didn't condemn them

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 for idolatry

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 he said

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 when he got the opportunity

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 to stand up and talk to them

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 he said

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 I see that you're all very religious

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 because you've got 73,000 statues

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 to gods

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 in the town

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 he didn't say

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 you're a bunch of idol worshippers

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 he didn't condemn them

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 if we want people

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 to listen to us

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 we can't condemn them

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 we have to

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 start where they are

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 we have to find a point

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 to connect with them on

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 that's why I felt

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 really deeply

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 in my spirit today

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 that the Lord

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 was not wanting

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 to condemn us

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 when we speak about

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 witnessing people

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 straight away

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 think

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 oh

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 I'm going to get told off

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 because I don't do it enough

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 that isn't what this is about

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 this is about

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 looking at how

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 the Apostle Paul does it

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 and saying

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 oh yeah

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 I could do that

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 and taking those tools

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 and equipping ourselves

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 to do what I think

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 actually

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 we all really want to do

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 deep down

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 we want to share

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 the good news of Jesus

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 because we know

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 it's good news

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 so he didn't judge

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 but he was eager

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 he was eager

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 and ready

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 to answer

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 the questions

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 that were thrown at him

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 and to explain

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 exactly what it was

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 that he believed

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 I thought about

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 answering questions

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 I thought

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 can we really

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 invite people

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 in this season

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 of invitation

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 that we're in at church

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 can we invite people

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 to a counter-cultural

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 accountability

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 because that's what

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 I think we're doing

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 in the world

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 people are used to

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 pleasing themselves

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 doing what they think

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 is right

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 living autonomously

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 and what we're asking

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 them to do

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 is join

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 this family

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 of God

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 join a community

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 that actually

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 holds accountability

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 very highly

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 we are accountable

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 to God

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 we are accountable

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 to one another

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 and nobody

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 seems to be

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 asking that

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 I don't get

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 many non-Christians

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 come up to me

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 and say

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 can you tell me

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 where I can go

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 to be accountable

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 or who I can be

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 accountable to

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 so I wondered

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 can we answer

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 questions that aren't

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 even being asked

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 but then I thought

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 well Paul did

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 the Athenians

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 were quite happy

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 to worship

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 an unknown God

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 they didn't seem

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 bothered

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 that they didn't

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 know who he was

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 but Paul came

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 and answered

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 that question

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 without them

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 asking it

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 and questions

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 can be really

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 scary

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 because what

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 we think of

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 is I'm not

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 going to know

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 the answer

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 I don't know

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 that I'm not

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 knowledgeable enough

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 and they can

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 frighten us

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 but the Lord

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 told his disciples

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 in Luke 21

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 make up your mind

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 not to worry

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 beforehand

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 how you will

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 defend yourselves

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 for I will

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 give you words

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 and wisdom

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 that none

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 of your adversaries

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 will be able

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 to resist

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 or contradict

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 God has promised

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 he'll tell us

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 what to say

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 and it isn't

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 always the answer

00:16:04.879 --> 00:16:05.680
 to the question

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 that's being asked

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 years ago

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 I used to run

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 an open coffee

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 morning in the

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 church

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 and I saw

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 a big motorbike

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 pull up

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 in the car park

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 one morning

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 and a man

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 got off

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 took his helmet

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 off

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 and stood

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 in the middle

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 of the car park

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 and looked around

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 and he looked

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 clearly lost

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 he was a tall

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 fair haired

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 handsome young man

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 and he just kept

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 looking around

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 this little car park

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 so I went out

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 to him

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 and I said

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 morning

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 can I help you

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 and he couldn't

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 look at me

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 he looked up

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 straight away

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 and he started

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 mumbling

00:16:47.039 --> 00:16:48.559
 and I immediately

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 thought

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 he's not well

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 there's something

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 troubling him

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 so I said to him

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 what's your name

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 and he said

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 my given name

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 is Carl

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 but my real name

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 is the pale horse

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 rider death

00:17:03.099 --> 00:17:03.860
 of the apocalypse

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 and he couldn't

00:17:07.259 --> 00:17:07.879
 look at me

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 he was looking

00:17:08.619 --> 00:17:09.259
 like this

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 my real name

00:17:10.779 --> 00:17:11.819
 is the pale horse

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 rider death

00:17:12.440 --> 00:17:13.180
 of the apocalypse

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 at which point

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 my heart started pounding

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 my palms

00:17:18.639 --> 00:17:19.659
 started sweating

00:17:19.659 --> 00:17:21.460
 I felt the blood

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 draining from me

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 and I said to him

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 like every good

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 British person would

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 do you want to come

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 and have a cup of tea

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 so he came in the church

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 with me

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 and I made him

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 a cup of tea

00:17:34.639 --> 00:17:35.619
 and he sat down

00:17:35.619 --> 00:17:37.019
 and I rang across

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 to the office

00:17:37.639 --> 00:17:38.500
 and got one of the

00:17:38.500 --> 00:17:39.240
 male pastors

00:17:39.240 --> 00:17:40.180
 to come over

00:17:40.180 --> 00:17:42.619
 and I was just

00:17:42.619 --> 00:17:43.619
 quietly praying

00:17:43.619 --> 00:17:44.460
 while Carl

00:17:44.460 --> 00:17:45.240
 was just

00:17:45.240 --> 00:17:46.339
 pouring out

00:17:46.339 --> 00:17:46.900
 his heart

00:17:46.900 --> 00:17:47.720
 about how God

00:17:47.720 --> 00:17:48.400
 had called him

00:17:48.400 --> 00:17:49.640
 to be the antichrist

00:17:49.640 --> 00:17:50.460
 and he didn't want

00:17:50.460 --> 00:17:50.960
 the job

00:17:50.960 --> 00:17:51.880
 but someone

00:17:51.880 --> 00:17:52.900
 had to do it

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 and he needed

00:17:55.079 --> 00:17:55.799
 to know

00:17:55.799 --> 00:17:57.359
 what the call

00:17:57.359 --> 00:17:58.180
 involved

00:17:58.180 --> 00:17:59.160
 what did it mean

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 to be the pale horse

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 rider death

00:18:01.079 --> 00:18:01.839
 of the apocalypse

00:18:01.839 --> 00:18:03.779
 and the male pastor

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 that I'd asked

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 to come

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 tried to

00:18:06.900 --> 00:18:08.519
 explain

00:18:08.519 --> 00:18:10.059
 revelation

00:18:10.059 --> 00:18:10.720
 to him

00:18:10.720 --> 00:18:11.680
 but

00:18:11.680 --> 00:18:12.779
 I actually

00:18:12.779 --> 00:18:13.400
 don't think

00:18:13.400 --> 00:18:13.960
 the pastor

00:18:13.960 --> 00:18:14.660
 had a clue

00:18:14.660 --> 00:18:15.440
 what he was

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 talking about

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 and didn't

00:18:17.039 --> 00:18:17.860
 know anything

00:18:17.860 --> 00:18:20.100
 about what

00:18:20.100 --> 00:18:21.019
 this young lad

00:18:21.019 --> 00:18:21.700
 was asking

00:18:21.700 --> 00:18:22.460
 and he was

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 really deeply

00:18:23.799 --> 00:18:24.200
 troubled

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 and serious

00:18:24.980 --> 00:18:25.700
 about what

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 he wanted

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 to know

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 and at a

00:18:28.140 --> 00:18:28.860
 certain point

00:18:28.860 --> 00:18:29.279
 I thought

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 I've got to

00:18:29.759 --> 00:18:30.420
 stop this

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 so I said

00:18:31.079 --> 00:18:31.480
 to him

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 Carl

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 I said

00:18:32.420 --> 00:18:33.740
 can I tell

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 you what

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 I know

00:18:34.660 --> 00:18:36.440
 so he looked

00:18:36.440 --> 00:18:36.759
 at me

00:18:36.759 --> 00:18:37.420
 all hopeful

00:18:37.420 --> 00:18:38.039
 and he said

00:18:38.039 --> 00:18:38.299
 yeah

00:18:38.299 --> 00:18:38.900
 and I said

00:18:38.900 --> 00:18:39.279
 to him

00:18:39.279 --> 00:18:40.420
 I don't

00:18:40.420 --> 00:18:41.079
 know anything

00:18:41.079 --> 00:18:41.940
 about the

00:18:41.940 --> 00:18:42.899
 pale horse rider

00:18:42.899 --> 00:18:43.660
 death of the

00:18:43.660 --> 00:18:44.139
 apocalypse

00:18:44.139 --> 00:18:45.899
 but I do

00:18:45.899 --> 00:18:46.379
 know

00:18:46.379 --> 00:18:47.420
 that you

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 are not

00:18:48.099 --> 00:18:48.460
 him

00:18:48.460 --> 00:18:50.099
 I do

00:18:50.099 --> 00:18:50.619
 know

00:18:50.619 --> 00:18:51.539
 that God

00:18:51.539 --> 00:18:52.500
 has a plan

00:18:52.500 --> 00:18:53.279
 and a purpose

00:18:53.279 --> 00:18:54.200
 for your life

00:18:54.200 --> 00:18:55.019
 that is for your

00:18:55.019 --> 00:18:56.119
 good and not

00:18:56.119 --> 00:18:56.920
 for your harm

00:18:56.920 --> 00:18:58.180
 I do

00:18:58.180 --> 00:18:58.720
 know

00:18:58.720 --> 00:18:59.720
 that he loves

00:18:59.720 --> 00:19:00.059
 you

00:19:00.059 --> 00:19:00.980
 and he wants

00:19:00.980 --> 00:19:01.519
 to be in

00:19:01.519 --> 00:19:02.399
 right relationship

00:19:02.399 --> 00:19:02.920
 with you

00:19:02.920 --> 00:19:03.559
 and I just

00:19:03.559 --> 00:19:04.599
 began to speak

00:19:04.599 --> 00:19:04.920
 to him

00:19:04.920 --> 00:19:05.399
 about what

00:19:05.399 --> 00:19:05.759
 I do

00:19:05.759 --> 00:19:06.079
 know

00:19:06.079 --> 00:19:07.259
 not what

00:19:07.259 --> 00:19:07.680
 I don't

00:19:07.680 --> 00:19:07.900
 know

00:19:07.900 --> 00:19:08.339
 about

00:19:08.339 --> 00:19:08.940
 who would

00:19:08.940 --> 00:19:09.440
 do that

00:19:09.440 --> 00:19:10.000
 who would

00:19:10.000 --> 00:19:10.579
 talk about

00:19:10.579 --> 00:19:10.940
 what they

00:19:10.940 --> 00:19:11.519
 don't know

00:19:11.519 --> 00:19:13.240
 nobody wants

00:19:13.240 --> 00:19:13.960
 to do that

00:19:13.960 --> 00:19:15.220
 but I thought

00:19:15.220 --> 00:19:15.960
 I do know

00:19:15.960 --> 00:19:16.640
 the truth

00:19:16.640 --> 00:19:17.339
 and I do

00:19:17.339 --> 00:19:17.759
 know the

00:19:17.759 --> 00:19:18.140
 gospel

00:19:18.140 --> 00:19:18.740
 and I just

00:19:18.740 --> 00:19:19.339
 began to

00:19:19.339 --> 00:19:19.859
 share that

00:19:19.859 --> 00:19:20.240
 with him

00:19:20.240 --> 00:19:20.539
 and I

00:19:20.539 --> 00:19:21.279
 watched his

00:19:21.279 --> 00:19:21.940
 demeanour

00:19:21.940 --> 00:19:22.680
 change

00:19:22.680 --> 00:19:23.779
 and this

00:19:23.779 --> 00:19:24.480
 heaviness

00:19:24.480 --> 00:19:25.259
 lifted off

00:19:25.259 --> 00:19:25.460
 him

00:19:25.460 --> 00:19:26.019
 and he

00:19:26.019 --> 00:19:26.819
 began to

00:19:26.819 --> 00:19:27.940
 just

00:19:27.940 --> 00:19:29.220
 kind of

00:19:29.220 --> 00:19:29.779
 sink a

00:19:29.779 --> 00:19:30.140
 little bit

00:19:30.140 --> 00:19:30.960
 his shoulders

00:19:30.960 --> 00:19:31.759
 went down

00:19:31.759 --> 00:19:32.559
 he relaxed

00:19:32.559 --> 00:19:33.339
 his face

00:19:33.339 --> 00:19:33.839
 relaxed

00:19:33.839 --> 00:19:34.619
 he stopped

00:19:34.619 --> 00:19:35.740
 babbling

00:19:35.740 --> 00:19:36.559
 and he began

00:19:36.559 --> 00:19:37.079
 to just

00:19:37.079 --> 00:19:37.539
 listen

00:19:37.539 --> 00:19:39.659
 and at a

00:19:39.659 --> 00:19:40.240
 certain point

00:19:40.240 --> 00:19:40.819
 I said to him

00:19:40.819 --> 00:19:41.419
 can I pray

00:19:41.419 --> 00:19:41.839
 with you

00:19:41.839 --> 00:19:42.139
 and we

00:19:42.139 --> 00:19:42.599
 prayed

00:19:42.599 --> 00:19:44.019
 and it was

00:19:44.019 --> 00:19:44.740
 a really

00:19:44.740 --> 00:19:45.779
 powerful

00:19:45.779 --> 00:19:46.579
 encounter

00:19:46.579 --> 00:19:47.220
 that he had

00:19:47.220 --> 00:19:47.599
 with the

00:19:47.599 --> 00:19:47.919
 Lord

00:19:47.919 --> 00:19:48.500
 and he

00:19:48.500 --> 00:19:49.019
 went off

00:19:49.019 --> 00:19:49.539
 peaceful

00:19:49.539 --> 00:19:50.859
 a few

00:19:50.859 --> 00:19:51.679
 weeks later

00:19:51.679 --> 00:19:52.339
 he came

00:19:52.339 --> 00:19:52.759
 back

00:19:52.759 --> 00:19:54.099
 just to

00:19:54.099 --> 00:19:54.859
 tell me

00:19:54.859 --> 00:19:55.700
 that he

00:19:55.700 --> 00:19:56.279
 was well

00:19:56.279 --> 00:19:57.099
 and he'd

00:19:57.099 --> 00:19:57.419
 obviously

00:19:57.419 --> 00:19:57.960
 been off

00:19:57.960 --> 00:19:58.519
 his meds

00:19:58.519 --> 00:19:58.819
 then

00:19:58.819 --> 00:19:59.659
 but after

00:19:59.659 --> 00:20:00.179
 I'd prayed

00:20:00.179 --> 00:20:00.599
 with him

00:20:00.599 --> 00:20:01.119
 he could

00:20:01.119 --> 00:20:01.460
 think

00:20:01.460 --> 00:20:01.940
 clearly

00:20:01.940 --> 00:20:02.220
 and he

00:20:02.220 --> 00:20:02.659
 was able

00:20:02.659 --> 00:20:03.059
 to go

00:20:03.059 --> 00:20:03.480
 back to

00:20:03.480 --> 00:20:03.960
 his doctor

00:20:03.960 --> 00:20:04.259
 and he

00:20:04.259 --> 00:20:04.700
 got back

00:20:04.700 --> 00:20:05.139
 on some

00:20:05.139 --> 00:20:05.759
 medication

00:20:05.759 --> 00:20:06.259
 and he

00:20:06.259 --> 00:20:07.420
 he came

00:20:07.420 --> 00:20:08.099
 well

00:20:08.099 --> 00:20:09.059
 and said

00:20:09.059 --> 00:20:09.319
 to me

00:20:09.319 --> 00:20:09.680
 I just

00:20:09.680 --> 00:20:10.379
 wanted to

00:20:10.379 --> 00:20:10.740
 say

00:20:10.740 --> 00:20:11.200
 I have

00:20:11.200 --> 00:20:11.759
 never

00:20:11.759 --> 00:20:12.420
 heard

00:20:12.420 --> 00:20:13.079
 anything

00:20:13.079 --> 00:20:14.339
 so powerful

00:20:14.339 --> 00:20:15.180
 in all

00:20:15.180 --> 00:20:15.819
 my life

00:20:15.819 --> 00:20:16.599
 as those

00:20:16.599 --> 00:20:17.220
 things you

00:20:17.220 --> 00:20:17.720
 were telling

00:20:17.720 --> 00:20:18.059
 me

00:20:18.059 --> 00:20:19.799
 the gospel

00:20:19.799 --> 00:20:21.000
 the good

00:20:21.000 --> 00:20:21.640
 news

00:20:21.640 --> 00:20:22.640
 and how

00:20:22.640 --> 00:20:23.180
 simple

00:20:23.180 --> 00:20:23.700
 is it

00:20:23.700 --> 00:20:25.220
 we know

00:20:25.220 --> 00:20:26.299
 that Jesus

00:20:26.299 --> 00:20:27.680
 came

00:20:27.680 --> 00:20:28.400
 as a man

00:20:28.400 --> 00:20:29.259
 we know

00:20:29.259 --> 00:20:29.599
 that he

00:20:29.599 --> 00:20:30.359
 was crucified

00:20:30.359 --> 00:20:31.539
 and that he

00:20:31.539 --> 00:20:32.339
 rose again

00:20:32.339 --> 00:20:33.319
 and we know

00:20:33.319 --> 00:20:33.819
 that his

00:20:33.819 --> 00:20:34.440
 desire

00:20:34.440 --> 00:20:35.180
 is for

00:20:35.180 --> 00:20:35.700
 all of

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 us

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 to know

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 him

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 and receive

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 eternal

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 life

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 that's

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 what we

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 we are

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 able to

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 share with

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 people

00:20:43.400 --> 00:20:44.200
 and that's

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 all that

00:20:44.640 --> 00:20:45.240
 Paul did

00:20:45.240 --> 00:20:45.820
 share with

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 people

00:20:46.279 --> 00:20:47.000
 when he

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 stood up

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 and spoke

00:20:48.660 --> 00:20:49.700
 to the

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 Athenians

00:20:50.519 --> 00:20:51.759
 he was

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 watchful

00:20:52.380 --> 00:20:53.600
 inclusive

00:20:53.600 --> 00:20:55.019
 typical

00:20:55.019 --> 00:20:56.519
 non-judgmental

00:20:56.519 --> 00:20:57.360
 and eager

00:20:57.359 --> 00:20:58.899
 and he

00:20:58.899 --> 00:20:59.379
 was also

00:20:59.379 --> 00:21:00.139
 sensitive

00:21:00.139 --> 00:21:01.279
 to their

00:21:01.279 --> 00:21:02.000
 cultural

00:21:02.000 --> 00:21:04.299
 environment

00:21:04.299 --> 00:21:07.439
 he started

00:21:07.439 --> 00:21:08.539
 where they

00:21:08.539 --> 00:21:08.939
 were at

00:21:08.939 --> 00:21:09.419
 with that

00:21:09.419 --> 00:21:09.979
 statue

00:21:09.979 --> 00:21:10.439
 to the

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 unknown

00:21:10.879 --> 00:21:11.319
 God

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 he didn't

00:21:12.639 --> 00:21:14.159
 crack open

00:21:14.159 --> 00:21:15.079
 his Torah

00:21:15.079 --> 00:21:16.639
 and unravel

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 all his

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 scrolls

00:21:17.939 --> 00:21:18.639
 and start

00:21:18.639 --> 00:21:19.479
 reading

00:21:19.479 --> 00:21:20.799
 deep

00:21:20.799 --> 00:21:21.639
 Jewish

00:21:21.639 --> 00:21:23.019
 tradition

00:21:23.019 --> 00:21:23.659
 to them

00:21:23.659 --> 00:21:25.179
 he started

00:21:25.179 --> 00:21:25.759
 where they

00:21:25.759 --> 00:21:26.179
 were at

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 and sometimes

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 I think

00:21:28.240 --> 00:21:28.620
 we get

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 frightened

00:21:29.220 --> 00:21:30.060
 of doing

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 that

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 we feel

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 like

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 there's

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 this

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 sacred

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 secular

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 divide

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 but actually

00:21:34.539 --> 00:21:35.480
 all truth

00:21:35.480 --> 00:21:35.960
 belongs

00:21:35.960 --> 00:21:36.560
 to God

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 I wonder

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 if God

00:21:38.500 --> 00:21:38.880
 has ever

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 spoken to

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 you

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 through a

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 song

00:21:40.720 --> 00:21:41.120
 in the

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 charts

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 on the

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 radio

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 or a

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 film

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 that you've

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 watched

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 or a

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 book

00:21:44.920 --> 00:21:45.120
 you've

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 been

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 reading

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 I know

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 that he

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 has me

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 and I

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 think

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 if God

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 can speak

00:21:49.740 --> 00:21:50.019
 through

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 a donkey

00:21:50.620 --> 00:21:51.640
 to Balaam

00:21:51.640 --> 00:21:52.420
 then God

00:21:52.420 --> 00:21:53.060
 can speak

00:21:53.060 --> 00:21:53.480
 through a

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 pop song

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 or a

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 film

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 or a

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 statue

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 to an

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 idol

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 or something

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 that someone

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 else is

00:22:01.080 --> 00:22:01.560
 connecting

00:22:01.560 --> 00:22:02.040
 with

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 God can

00:22:02.820 --> 00:22:03.400
 use that

00:22:03.400 --> 00:22:03.920
 to speak

00:22:03.920 --> 00:22:04.360
 to them

00:22:04.360 --> 00:22:05.840
 so be

00:22:05.840 --> 00:22:06.500
 sensitive

00:22:06.500 --> 00:22:07.220
 to the

00:22:07.220 --> 00:22:07.720
 culture

00:22:07.720 --> 00:22:08.280
 of your

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 marketplace

00:22:09.040 --> 00:22:10.520
 be sensitive

00:22:10.520 --> 00:22:11.100
 to the

00:22:11.100 --> 00:22:11.560
 culture

00:22:11.560 --> 00:22:11.960
 of the

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 people

00:22:12.420 --> 00:22:13.200
 that you

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 are

00:22:13.440 --> 00:22:13.960
 witnessing

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 to

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 be

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 creative

00:22:17.260 --> 00:22:19.040
 and remember

00:22:19.040 --> 00:22:19.560
 that all

00:22:19.560 --> 00:22:20.400
 truth belongs

00:22:20.400 --> 00:22:20.960
 to God

00:22:20.960 --> 00:22:23.180
 and lastly

00:22:23.180 --> 00:22:23.980
 Paul was

00:22:23.980 --> 00:22:24.759
 steadfast

00:22:24.759 --> 00:22:26.100
 he was

00:22:26.100 --> 00:22:26.799
 bold

00:22:26.799 --> 00:22:27.920
 in proclaiming

00:22:27.920 --> 00:22:28.480
 the gospel

00:22:28.480 --> 00:22:29.680
 he was

00:22:29.680 --> 00:22:30.220
 willing to

00:22:30.220 --> 00:22:30.740
 risk his

00:22:30.740 --> 00:22:31.500
 reputation

00:22:31.500 --> 00:22:32.240
 because we

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 hear that

00:22:32.779 --> 00:22:33.660
 they sneered

00:22:33.660 --> 00:22:34.120
 at him

00:22:34.120 --> 00:22:35.180
 they said

00:22:35.180 --> 00:22:36.559
 what's this

00:22:36.559 --> 00:22:37.360
 fool babbling

00:22:37.360 --> 00:22:37.860
 about

00:22:37.860 --> 00:22:39.579
 but he

00:22:39.579 --> 00:22:39.920
 wasn't

00:22:39.920 --> 00:22:40.299
 witnessing

00:22:40.299 --> 00:22:41.079
 to make

00:22:41.079 --> 00:22:41.559
 himself

00:22:41.559 --> 00:22:42.120
 look big

00:22:42.120 --> 00:22:42.640
 or clever

00:22:42.640 --> 00:22:43.640
 he was

00:22:43.640 --> 00:22:44.039
 witnessing

00:22:44.039 --> 00:22:44.680
 for their

00:22:44.680 --> 00:22:45.259
 benefit

00:22:45.259 --> 00:22:46.140
 so that

00:22:46.140 --> 00:22:46.620
 they could

00:22:46.620 --> 00:22:47.059
 meet the

00:22:47.059 --> 00:22:47.340
 God

00:22:47.340 --> 00:22:47.840
 that he

00:22:47.840 --> 00:22:48.140
 had

00:22:48.140 --> 00:22:48.779
 encountered

00:22:48.779 --> 00:22:51.539
 he was

00:22:51.539 --> 00:22:52.099
 willing to

00:22:52.099 --> 00:22:52.539
 risk his

00:22:52.539 --> 00:22:53.279
 reputation

00:22:53.279 --> 00:22:53.799
 and his

00:22:53.799 --> 00:22:54.339
 freedom

00:22:54.339 --> 00:22:55.059
 he was

00:22:55.059 --> 00:22:55.639
 always being

00:22:55.639 --> 00:22:56.259
 thrown in

00:22:56.259 --> 00:22:56.579
 prison

00:22:56.579 --> 00:22:57.660
 but it

00:22:57.660 --> 00:22:57.940
 didn't

00:22:57.940 --> 00:22:58.259
 matter

00:22:58.259 --> 00:22:59.539
 he was

00:22:59.539 --> 00:23:00.480
 steadfast

00:23:00.480 --> 00:23:01.819
 and resolute

00:23:01.819 --> 00:23:02.740
 in his

00:23:02.740 --> 00:23:03.460
 eagerness

00:23:03.460 --> 00:23:04.519
 to proclaim

00:23:04.519 --> 00:23:05.039
 the good

00:23:05.039 --> 00:23:05.500
 news

00:23:05.500 --> 00:23:07.180
 and so

00:23:07.180 --> 00:23:08.480
 really I

00:23:08.480 --> 00:23:08.879
 want to

00:23:08.879 --> 00:23:09.639
 just encourage

00:23:09.639 --> 00:23:10.279
 you that

00:23:10.279 --> 00:23:11.099
 wherever you

00:23:11.099 --> 00:23:11.379
 are

00:23:11.379 --> 00:23:12.139
 whatever your

00:23:12.139 --> 00:23:12.799
 marketplace

00:23:12.799 --> 00:23:13.399
 is

00:23:13.399 --> 00:23:14.460
 God is

00:23:14.460 --> 00:23:15.519
 already at

00:23:15.519 --> 00:23:16.299
 work there

00:23:16.299 --> 00:23:17.339
 even though

00:23:17.339 --> 00:23:18.039
 you might not

00:23:18.039 --> 00:23:18.519
 know it

00:23:18.519 --> 00:23:19.879
 we learn

00:23:19.879 --> 00:23:20.440
 a lot at

00:23:20.440 --> 00:23:21.180
 college about

00:23:21.180 --> 00:23:22.220
 missio day

00:23:22.220 --> 00:23:23.200
 the mission

00:23:23.200 --> 00:23:23.900
 of God

00:23:23.900 --> 00:23:25.740
 if we want

00:23:25.740 --> 00:23:26.359
 people to

00:23:26.359 --> 00:23:27.039
 come to

00:23:27.039 --> 00:23:27.720
 faith how

00:23:27.720 --> 00:23:28.359
 much more

00:23:28.359 --> 00:23:28.940
 does God

00:23:28.940 --> 00:23:29.500
 want them

00:23:29.500 --> 00:23:30.019
 to know

00:23:30.019 --> 00:23:30.740
 him and

00:23:30.740 --> 00:23:31.200
 so he's

00:23:31.200 --> 00:23:32.460
 already about

00:23:32.460 --> 00:23:33.119
 the business

00:23:33.119 --> 00:23:33.799
 of gently

00:23:33.799 --> 00:23:34.420
 revealing

00:23:34.420 --> 00:23:35.180
 himself to

00:23:35.180 --> 00:23:36.440
 them he

00:23:36.440 --> 00:23:36.740
 would have

00:23:36.740 --> 00:23:37.539
 already been

00:23:37.539 --> 00:23:38.220
 at work in

00:23:38.220 --> 00:23:38.799
 people's

00:23:38.799 --> 00:23:40.099
 lives and

00:23:40.099 --> 00:23:41.940
 Paul starts

00:23:41.940 --> 00:23:43.099
 there where

00:23:43.099 --> 00:23:44.220
 they are what

00:23:44.220 --> 00:23:45.180
 do they know

00:23:45.180 --> 00:23:46.000
 and then he

00:23:46.000 --> 00:23:46.879
 talks about

00:23:46.880 --> 00:23:48.680
 the two

00:23:48.680 --> 00:23:50.020
 areas where

00:23:50.020 --> 00:23:50.680
 God has

00:23:50.680 --> 00:23:51.540
 clearly

00:23:51.540 --> 00:23:52.500
 revealed

00:23:52.500 --> 00:23:52.920
 himself

00:23:52.920 --> 00:23:53.680
 already

00:23:53.680 --> 00:23:54.600
 through

00:23:54.600 --> 00:23:55.360
 creation

00:23:55.360 --> 00:23:57.060
 and through

00:23:57.060 --> 00:23:58.020
 our human

00:23:58.020 --> 00:23:58.820
 consciousness

00:23:58.820 --> 00:24:01.120
 everyone

00:24:01.120 --> 00:24:02.840
 who connects

00:24:02.840 --> 00:24:03.740
 with creation

00:24:03.740 --> 00:24:04.460
 and nature

00:24:04.460 --> 00:24:05.820
 knows that

00:24:05.820 --> 00:24:06.560
 there's something

00:24:06.560 --> 00:24:07.760
 beyond themselves

00:24:07.760 --> 00:24:08.580
 something

00:24:08.580 --> 00:24:09.780
 someone bigger

00:24:09.780 --> 00:24:10.380
 than them

00:24:10.380 --> 00:24:12.100
 involved in

00:24:12.100 --> 00:24:12.860
 the order of

00:24:12.860 --> 00:24:14.160
 creation and

00:24:14.160 --> 00:24:15.220
 everyone has

00:24:15.220 --> 00:24:15.680
 an inner

00:24:15.680 --> 00:24:16.420
 consciousness

00:24:16.420 --> 00:24:17.460
 and Paul

00:24:17.460 --> 00:24:18.279
 talks about

00:24:18.279 --> 00:24:19.000
 it and says

00:24:19.000 --> 00:24:20.040
 God is going

00:24:20.040 --> 00:24:20.640
 to call you

00:24:20.640 --> 00:24:21.400
 to repentance

00:24:21.400 --> 00:24:22.800
 for the things

00:24:22.800 --> 00:24:23.160
 that you've

00:24:23.160 --> 00:24:23.700
 done wrong

00:24:23.700 --> 00:24:24.960
 and you can

00:24:24.960 --> 00:24:25.960
 do that because

00:24:25.960 --> 00:24:26.960
 Christ died

00:24:26.960 --> 00:24:27.660
 and rose

00:24:27.660 --> 00:24:29.019
 again and

00:24:29.019 --> 00:24:29.580
 so he just

00:24:29.580 --> 00:24:30.500
 simply shares

00:24:30.500 --> 00:24:31.600
 the gospel but

00:24:31.600 --> 00:24:32.460
 he starts where

00:24:32.460 --> 00:24:33.380
 they're at and

00:24:33.380 --> 00:24:34.000
 he moves them

00:24:34.000 --> 00:24:34.920
 to a place where

00:24:34.920 --> 00:24:36.220
 they can see

00:24:36.220 --> 00:24:37.220
 oh yeah that

00:24:37.220 --> 00:24:37.840
 is God

00:24:37.840 --> 00:24:40.300
 I was at

00:24:40.300 --> 00:24:40.920
 college and

00:24:40.920 --> 00:24:41.500
 lived with

00:24:41.500 --> 00:24:42.300
 four other

00:24:42.299 --> 00:24:43.940
 people one

00:24:43.940 --> 00:24:44.639
 of the girls

00:24:44.639 --> 00:24:46.000
 hated me

00:24:46.000 --> 00:24:47.359
 she really

00:24:47.359 --> 00:24:48.359
 detested me

00:24:48.359 --> 00:24:49.059
 and one night

00:24:49.059 --> 00:24:49.579
 we were all

00:24:49.579 --> 00:24:50.240
 sitting in the

00:24:50.240 --> 00:24:51.619
 lounge and

00:24:51.619 --> 00:24:52.919
 debating

00:24:52.919 --> 00:24:53.919
 something and

00:24:53.919 --> 00:24:54.940
 she was so

00:24:54.940 --> 00:24:55.759
 angry with me

00:24:55.759 --> 00:24:56.960
 she flung a

00:24:56.960 --> 00:24:57.919
 plant pot across

00:24:57.919 --> 00:24:59.079
 the room just

00:24:59.079 --> 00:25:00.240
 whistling past

00:25:00.240 --> 00:25:01.319
 my ear and it

00:25:01.319 --> 00:25:02.079
 smashed up the

00:25:02.079 --> 00:25:03.119
 wall and she

00:25:03.119 --> 00:25:03.980
 screamed at me

00:25:03.980 --> 00:25:05.379
 we've all been

00:25:05.379 --> 00:25:06.619
 talking about you

00:25:06.619 --> 00:25:07.539
 and we're all

00:25:07.539 --> 00:25:08.339
 sick to death

00:25:08.339 --> 00:25:09.159
 of this I love

00:25:09.159 --> 00:25:09.579
 the Lord

00:25:09.579 --> 00:25:10.559
 business and

00:25:10.559 --> 00:25:11.399
 she stormed out

00:25:11.399 --> 00:25:11.980
 the room and

00:25:11.980 --> 00:25:12.480
 slammed the

00:25:12.480 --> 00:25:14.460
 door I

00:25:14.460 --> 00:25:15.299
 went into my

00:25:15.299 --> 00:25:15.980
 room and I

00:25:15.980 --> 00:25:17.440
 wept all night

00:25:17.440 --> 00:25:18.839
 I wept and

00:25:18.839 --> 00:25:19.839
 wept and wept

00:25:19.839 --> 00:25:21.120
 and I planned

00:25:21.120 --> 00:25:22.180
 and plotted all

00:25:22.180 --> 00:25:23.480
 night to lock

00:25:23.480 --> 00:25:24.299
 everybody in the

00:25:24.299 --> 00:25:25.019
 lecture room the

00:25:25.019 --> 00:25:25.880
 next day and

00:25:25.880 --> 00:25:26.500
 say you're not

00:25:26.500 --> 00:25:27.779
 leaving till you

00:25:27.779 --> 00:25:28.539
 tell me to my

00:25:28.539 --> 00:25:29.319
 face what you've

00:25:29.319 --> 00:25:30.279
 been saying behind

00:25:30.279 --> 00:25:32.200
 my back but

00:25:32.200 --> 00:25:33.480
 before it was

00:25:33.480 --> 00:25:34.620
 time to get up

00:25:34.620 --> 00:25:35.960
 before the crack

00:25:35.960 --> 00:25:36.500
 of dawn there

00:25:36.500 --> 00:25:37.120
 was a knock on

00:25:37.120 --> 00:25:38.059
 my bedroom door

00:25:38.059 --> 00:25:39.420
 I hadn't slept

00:25:39.420 --> 00:25:40.640
 all night I'd

00:25:40.640 --> 00:25:41.299
 been plotting

00:25:41.299 --> 00:25:43.240
 and I opened

00:25:43.240 --> 00:25:44.000
 the door and

00:25:44.000 --> 00:25:44.619
 it was Marie

00:25:44.619 --> 00:25:45.319
 this girl

00:25:45.319 --> 00:25:47.359
 weeping outside

00:25:47.359 --> 00:25:48.899
 my door and

00:25:48.899 --> 00:25:50.539
 she said I'm

00:25:50.539 --> 00:25:51.680
 lost and I

00:25:51.680 --> 00:25:52.759
 need God and

00:25:52.759 --> 00:25:53.519
 I know that you

00:25:53.519 --> 00:25:54.279
 can show me

00:25:54.279 --> 00:25:55.019
 where he is

00:25:55.019 --> 00:25:56.940
 and she came

00:25:56.940 --> 00:25:57.559
 in and sat

00:25:57.559 --> 00:25:59.359
 on my bed and

00:25:59.359 --> 00:26:00.460
 I was able to

00:26:00.460 --> 00:26:01.299
 pray and lead

00:26:01.299 --> 00:26:01.740
 her to the

00:26:01.740 --> 00:26:03.399
 Lord and she

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 never ever liked

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 me not from

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 that day to

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 this so I got

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 her involved in

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 another church

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 and she met

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 the worship

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 leader and

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 fell in love

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 with him they

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 got married a

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 year later

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 they've got two

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 kids they live

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 in Swansea

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 happily ever

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 after really

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 involved with

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 their church

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 but we're still

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 not friends

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 and that's

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 okay we

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 don't witness

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 to make people

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 like us we

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 witness because

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 we have good

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 news and we

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 want to share

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 that with

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 other people

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 watchful

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 inclusive

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 typical

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 non-judgmental

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 eager

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 sensitive

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 and steadfast

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 whichever one

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 of those the

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 Lord has been

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 speaking to you

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 about this

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 morning take

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 it away pray

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 into it and

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 asking for the

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 opportunity and

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 the open eyes to

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 see that

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 opportunity in

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 your marketplace

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 over the coming

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 days

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 you

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 you

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 you

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 you

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 you

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 you

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 you

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 you

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 you

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 you

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 you

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 you

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 you

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 you

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 you

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 you

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 you

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 you

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 you

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 you

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 you

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 you

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 you

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 you

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 you