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 Oh, it's so lovely to be here and it's a real privilege to be asked to bring a message.

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 And I'll pray in just a moment.

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 But I guess I just wanted to, as Catherine read, say that we're hearing there from Paul writing to the Romans.

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 And he's writing to a really diverse group of believers.

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 And in that, we hear him encouraging them to notice one another, to be Jesus to one another, to depend on God in order to be able to do this.

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 And then notice the beauty of the community that plays out if we choose to live this way.

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 And so the first thing that occurred to me was, wow, this is literally what Refresh is all about.

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 Growing in intimacy with Jesus and friendship with one another.

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 So let's just pray.

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 As we come into this space, just breathe deep of the Holy Spirit.

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 Your presence is here, Lord, and I pray that your Spirit would enable us to notice and be prompted.

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 And as Bethan encouraged us, to be expectant of what you have for us.

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 Amen.

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 So we're going to read through it.

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 We're going to have the words up on the slides.

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 And we're going to go a bit at a time and see what we notice.

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 Does that sound okay?

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 Good.

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 So those of us who are strong and able in the faith need to step in and lend a hand to those who falter and not just do what's most convenient for us.

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 Hold my hands up.

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 That's kind of my choice quite a lot of the time.

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 I'm going to just do that.

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 That's quite easy.

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 Strength is for service, not status.

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 Each one of us needs to look after the good people around us, asking ourselves, how can I help?

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 Well, I had a little look around the room and I checked and we are all human, for sure.

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 No assumptions there.

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 I just see it.

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 And we falter.

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 And we all face seasons of challenge.

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 Challenge.

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 Helen has talked to us about that in her messages before.

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 And here we have a clear message to us all to notice those around us.

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 Build each other up.

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 Be patient when needed.

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 Support one other.

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 Walk alongside those who face struggles.

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 Walk alongside those who face struggles.

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 And I really love the directness of this challenge to ask ourselves, how can I help?

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 To encourage ourselves to say to others, how can I help?

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 And in 2 Corinthians, it says this.

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 All praise to God the Father.

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 All praise to God the Father.

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 Our Master Jesus the Messiah.

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 Father of all mercy.

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 God of all healing counsel.

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 He comes alongside us when we go through hard times.

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 And before you know it, he brings us alongside someone else who's going through hard times so that we can be there for that person just as God was there for us.

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 So straight away, as I started kind of exploring this idea of this call on our lives to ask others, how can I help?

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 How can I be there for you?

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 There's reminders peppered through the Bible, through stories and through God's word.

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 A reminder that God is always there walking with us and also calling us in his strength, in the faith, to notice those around us and walk with them.

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 But let's not assume that I'm reading these words over you this evening and we're all in that place of, yes, Kate, I am there.

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 I am strong and able in the faith right now.

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 Get me to the person who needs me to ask, can I help?

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 Perhaps you hear this.

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 And actually the question you kind of find in your spirit is, how can I possibly help anyone else at the moment with everything that's going on in my life?

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 Or kind of that feeling of, I don't think I could be that helpful anyway.

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 I haven't really got much to give at the moment.

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 Perhaps that's more of your noticing.

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 And when life throws challenges, it's our way.

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 And doesn't life throw challenges our way?

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 It's part of the human condition.

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 It can be so hard to be vulnerable, hard to be honest and say, actually, I need some help.

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 But isn't it the most incredible blessing?

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 If actually while you're struggling, plowing on in your own strength, doing the best you can, just like maybe to get through each day,

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 someone notices.

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 Somebody sees you.

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 And somebody says, how can I help?

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 Just going to describe a few years ago, not the circumstance, but it's a few years ago now.

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 And as a family, we were going through such a difficult time.

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 And actually, we needed help.

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 And for a while, you do kind of plow on, don't you?

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 But I was just so overwhelmed with the love and the care of those around us who noticed and asked, how can I help?

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 And people brought us meals.

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 Oh, my goodness, what a gift when you're a mum to not have to cook when there's something actually else that you really need to be giving your attention to.

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 And a lovely friend.

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 Oh, my goodness, this was the best thing I've ever experienced, just for a short time.

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 She doesn't live anywhere near here.

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 She asked, how can I help?

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 And I said, I don't really know.

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 You know, you're not here.

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 She paid for us to have our laundry done for a couple of months.

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 It's crazy.

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 I mean, I never iron a thing.

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 All my life, all this stuff just kind of arrived back.

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 I got picked up and it arrived back at our eyes.

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 I earned unbelievable.

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 But it was such a silly little thing, really.

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 I mean, who cares if your clothes is creased, right?

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 But it was just someone just showing some love and care.

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 It really helped.

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 We had help at school for the children.

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 We had help through friends, through church, and through prayer.

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 And it made a difference.

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 But why?

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 Why should we be offering to help?

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 Well, it says next, very clearly, because that's exactly what Jesus did.

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 He didn't make it easy for himself by avoiding people's troubles, but waded right in and helped out.

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 I took on the troubles of the troubled, is the way scripture puts it.

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 Our faith is a call to do what Jesus did, to do what Jesus does.

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 And he commissioned us.

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 Love God, but love one another.

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 Love our neighbours.

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 And I really love that this call, this call to be Jesus, is followed by another call.

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 Terry, just if you bring that up.

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 To be alert and attuned and engaged with God's word.

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 His living word, full of the power of the Holy Spirit.

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 It says, even if it was written in scripture long ago, you can be sure it was written for us.

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 That's as true today as it was the day it was written.

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 This scripture, this holy word of God is alive to us through the Holy Spirit.

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 And it's as true today as it has ever been.

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 And it was written for us.

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 Each of us.

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 But how do we do this?

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 In the way God calls us to be Jesus.

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 Follow Jesus' example.

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 And I think there is absolute gold in these next words.

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 And we're just going to pause on these for a moment.

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 God wants the combination of his steady, constant calling.

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 And warm personal counsel in scripture.

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 To come to characterize us.

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 Keeping us alert for whatever he will do next.

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 I'm just going to read that again.

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 God wants the combination of his steady, constant calling.

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 And warm personal counsel in scripture.

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 To come to characterize us.

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 Keeping us alert for whatever he will do next.

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 I love that there's lots of nodding in the room.

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 It's like a yes and amen, yes.

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 Here, there's this sense of us growing our character.

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 From his constant, warm, personal counsel that we get in scripture.

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 And a sense of us living with the expectation

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 that we get to join in with God at work in the world.

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 To be his hands and feet.

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 Being alert.

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 So, this was the scripture.

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 What was God going to give me?

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 Well, as I wondered, God pointed me to this pot.

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 I don't know what to call it.

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 Is it a vase?

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 Is it a jug?

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 I've managed to get it here without breaking it.

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 Hey.

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 So, this is a pot made by a beautiful friend of ours called Peter.

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 When I say ours, Helen introduced me to Peter and Sarah.

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 And we were down in Cornwall in the summer.

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 And I went into Peter and Sarah's house.

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 I'm going to have to put it down because it's so heavy.

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 We went into Peter and Sarah's house.

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 And this was on the floor lined up with about four others, I think.

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 And it had been in an exhibition.

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 And I just said, oh my goodness, Peter.

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 I love, I love that jug.

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 And I wasn't meaning, I love that jug.

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 Please, could you give it to me?

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 But he gave it to me.

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 He gave it to me.

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 It's like worth, I don't even know how much it would be worth, but a lot.

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 Oh, so generous.

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 But he gave it to me and I brought it home.

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 And as I read these words, I felt like God was saying, get that jug and do a bit of unpacking here using the jug.

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 So, Peter explained to me that he had to make this from two parts.

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 So, he made like this bottom on a potter's wheel section first.

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 And then he made another part like that and then stuck them together.

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 I'm sure that's not how he described it.

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 But I just thought, it's the most perfect reminder of this is who we are.

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 I love that.

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 I love that.

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 About the vine and the branches remain in me as I remain in you.

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 I love that.

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 2 Timothy 2 says, I love this translation.

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 In a well-furnished kitchen, there are not only crystal goblets and silver platters.

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 Anyone got those?

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 But also waste cans and compost bins.

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 Anyone got those?

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 Yes.

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 Some containers are used to serve fine meals, others to take out the garbage.

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 Become the kind of container God can use to present any and every kind of gift to his guests for their blessing.

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 Become the kind of container that God can use to bless others.

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 That's my translation.

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 Here's an invitation to become a certain kind of container.

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 And I truly believe that God can use me at any point in any time and use any of you at any point in any time.

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 But I also, as I go on in the faith, feel in my spirit the challenge to be living with the rhythms and the practices that mean I am a bit more in shape.

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 And I am a bit more alert to his kingdom work.

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 Those rhythms and practices, I love what you read at the beginning, Helen.

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 You prayed over us and right at the beginning it talks about becoming attuned to God's rhythms.

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 So I wonder, how are we doing?

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 How are we doing with our rhythms of prayer?

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 Time with God?

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 Worshipping God?

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 Fellowship with other Christians?

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 Hey, we're doing great tonight.

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 That's what we're doing.

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 How are we with our loving acts of service?

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 With our rest and Sabbath time with God?

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 Well, I'm asking you that question, but I'm not asking you to answer it out loud.

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 Because this is between us and God.

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 It's between us and the Lord.

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 But I'm asking myself the question as much as I'm asking everyone here.

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 How are we doing?

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 It can be really important to be really helpful just to be supported by friends in this.

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 Have some accountability maybe with a home group or prayer partners, spiritual mentors, faith-filled friends, church community.

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 But to grow in intimacy with God.

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 But to grow in intimacy with Jesus.

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 Grow closer with God.

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 I think we do have to be intentional about our relationship with him.

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 Seeking his presence.

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 Making time to be still and seek his presence in our daily lives.

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 Listening to his voice.

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 Listening to his voice.

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 Maybe it's through scripture.

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 Through prayer.

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 Through the promptings of the Holy Spirit.

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 Obeying his commands.

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 Following the way of Jesus.

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 Living our lives according to his will.

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 And cultivating a heart of gratitude.

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 Thankfulness for his blessings and his faithfulness in our lives.

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 And I think that this is always on offer to all of us.

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 There's an invitation to go and be filled.

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 But the picture I had was instead of us going and kind of getting our jug ourselves.

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 And getting just topped up to the brim.

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 And then kind of pouring out and being a bit more empty.

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 The picture I had was us actually standing kind of in a river.

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 That's got like you know sort of rapid-y things.

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 Waterfalls.

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 And being constantly filled by the flow of his spirit.

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 So rather than it be a go get filled, get emptied out.

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 Go get filled.

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 Empty, filled, empty, filled.

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 Just a recognition that the invitation from God is to be in the flow of his spirit at all times.

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 And I think in these final verses when it talks about maturity.

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 Maybe there is this sense of us growing in these practices and rhythms.

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 And becoming the vessel God is shaping us, molding us to be.

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 So that we can be filled.

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 is a mark of maturity.

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 It says, may our dependably steady and warmly personal God,

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 that's who he is,

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 dependably steady, warmly personal God,

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 develop maturity in you

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 so that you get along with each other

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 as well as Jesus gets along with us all.

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 And then we'll be a choir,

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 not our voices only,

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 but our very lives singing in harmony

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 in a stunning anthem to the God and Father of our Master Jesus.

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 Love that, what a picture of God's goodness.

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 So we've thought about this idea of becoming this vessel,

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 being shaped and moulded by the practices and rhythms

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 that we have in our life,

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 the invitation to stand in that place of being filled.

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 Because ultimately this is about what's in the jug.

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 And you've got on your tables,

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 and we're going to look now,

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 at this verse which is from just a little bit further on

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 in Romans 15.

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 And I love that on this jug,

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 and you've got it on your picture,

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 there's like this sense that this part of the glaze

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 is kind of over,

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 it's like Peter filled it,

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 and it's just overflowed,

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 and it's dribbling down.

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 And the words from verse 13 say,

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 And we noticed as we were praying earlier,

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 there's a banner up on the wall

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 that says this verse,

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 Think of the river

00:20:15.659 --> 00:20:19.879
 being constantly filled with the Holy Spirit.

00:20:19.880 --> 00:20:24.940
 So that then what flows out of us

00:20:24.940 --> 00:20:27.040
 is his spirit,

00:20:27.300 --> 00:20:28.260
 his love.

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 If you were here this morning,

00:20:31.300 --> 00:20:33.240
 you would have heard these words from John 16,

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 But when he, the spirit of truth, comes,

00:20:36.740 --> 00:20:38.820
 he will guide you into all truth.

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 And when the spirit of truth is flowing in our lives,

00:20:44.359 --> 00:20:46.240
 it looks like fruit.

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 And I, this probably is,

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 I don't know if you're supposed to have

00:20:52.519 --> 00:20:53.759
 like favorite Bible verses,

00:20:54.000 --> 00:20:54.759
 probably not.

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 It's like all incredible,

00:20:56.659 --> 00:20:57.700
 all at different times,

00:20:57.759 --> 00:20:59.359
 and I guess it's seasons, isn't it,

00:20:59.359 --> 00:21:00.720
 where God draws our attention.

00:21:01.159 --> 00:21:03.720
 But I guess I would say this has been a constant for me

00:21:03.720 --> 00:21:06.419
 since I first got my message Bible.

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 Because the fruit of the spirit

00:21:09.060 --> 00:21:10.980
 is described like this in the message.

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 It's in Galatians 5,

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 if anyone wants to find it at another time.

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 What happens when we live God's way?

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 So my translation of that this evening,

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 my image of that this evening,

00:21:23.279 --> 00:21:24.360
 is what happens

00:21:24.360 --> 00:21:26.960
 when we've got ourselves as these vessels

00:21:26.960 --> 00:21:29.360
 inviting and asking God

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 to fill us with his spirit?

00:21:33.080 --> 00:21:35.940
 It says that he brings gifts into our lives,

00:21:35.940 --> 00:21:38.920
 much the same way that fruit appears in an orchard.

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 Things like,

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 and then these things I see

00:21:44.140 --> 00:21:46.720
 as the things that flow from us,

00:21:47.440 --> 00:21:48.960
 that pour out of us

00:21:48.960 --> 00:21:50.460
 by God's grace,

00:21:50.580 --> 00:21:51.500
 by his spirit.

00:21:52.559 --> 00:21:53.880
 Affection for others,

00:21:55.980 --> 00:21:57.820
 exuberance about life,

00:21:59.580 --> 00:22:00.200
 serenity.

00:22:00.200 --> 00:22:05.039
 We develop a willingness to stick with things,

00:22:05.960 --> 00:22:08.000
 a sense of compassion in the heart,

00:22:08.440 --> 00:22:10.279
 and a conviction

00:22:10.279 --> 00:22:12.420
 that a basic holiness

00:22:12.420 --> 00:22:14.460
 permeates things and people.

00:22:15.120 --> 00:22:18.740
 We find ourselves involved in loyal commitments,

00:22:19.299 --> 00:22:22.120
 not needing to force our way in life,

00:22:23.279 --> 00:22:24.680
 able to direct

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 and marshal

00:22:25.960 --> 00:22:27.720
 our energies wisely.

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 That's kind of my,

00:22:30.019 --> 00:22:30.960
 I'll just share with you,

00:22:31.200 --> 00:22:32.360
 my phrase of the season

00:22:32.360 --> 00:22:33.240
 is

00:22:33.240 --> 00:22:34.380
 direct

00:22:34.380 --> 00:22:35.820
 my energies

00:22:35.820 --> 00:22:36.759
 wisely.

00:22:37.000 --> 00:22:37.920
 Asking God,

00:22:38.140 --> 00:22:39.580
 what does it look like

00:22:39.580 --> 00:22:40.279
 to do that,

00:22:40.480 --> 00:22:41.140
 to direct

00:22:41.140 --> 00:22:42.060
 my energies

00:22:42.060 --> 00:22:42.700
 wisely?

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 And this vase

00:22:45.500 --> 00:22:46.299
 is beautiful.

00:22:47.539 --> 00:22:47.819
 And

00:22:47.819 --> 00:22:49.680
 as I was

00:22:49.680 --> 00:22:51.400
 just chatting to my husband Pete

00:22:51.400 --> 00:22:52.400
 about this yesterday

00:22:52.400 --> 00:22:54.240
 and reading in the verses,

00:22:55.700 --> 00:22:56.319
 he said,

00:22:56.840 --> 00:22:57.200
 oh,

00:22:58.259 --> 00:22:59.380
 I've forgotten

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 that it's got a handle on it.

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 And you,

00:23:02.100 --> 00:23:03.180
 I'm jumping around,

00:23:03.299 --> 00:23:04.640
 I'm describing it as a vase,

00:23:04.759 --> 00:23:06.019
 then I'm describing it as a pot,

00:23:06.100 --> 00:23:06.700
 then a jug,

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 I don't really know what it is.

00:23:08.500 --> 00:23:09.160
 But I thought,

00:23:09.319 --> 00:23:09.799
 my goodness,

00:23:09.940 --> 00:23:10.920
 that makes a difference.

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 Because a vase

00:23:12.299 --> 00:23:13.619
 is shaped and moulded

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 and it can be filled with things

00:23:15.019 --> 00:23:16.220
 and it looks amazing.

00:23:16.519 --> 00:23:17.139
 And it will,

00:23:17.240 --> 00:23:18.279
 if you pour into it,

00:23:18.339 --> 00:23:19.139
 it will overflow.

00:23:20.059 --> 00:23:21.460
 But put a handle on it

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 and suddenly

00:23:22.740 --> 00:23:23.440
 there can be

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 direction

00:23:24.079 --> 00:23:25.099
 and purpose

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 and it can be

00:23:26.359 --> 00:23:26.940
 poured

00:23:26.940 --> 00:23:28.039
 and directed

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 in a certain way.

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 And I guess

00:23:31.440 --> 00:23:32.319
 I felt like that's

00:23:32.319 --> 00:23:33.639
 God's invitation

00:23:33.639 --> 00:23:34.700
 to us this evening.

00:23:35.879 --> 00:23:36.980
 To ask,

00:23:39.980 --> 00:23:41.419
 where's he calling us

00:23:41.420 --> 00:23:42.600
 to direct our energies

00:23:42.600 --> 00:23:44.000
 wisely in this season?

00:23:44.640 --> 00:23:46.039
 To pour out

00:23:46.039 --> 00:23:47.580
 who we are?

00:23:48.880 --> 00:23:50.100
 To love others

00:23:50.100 --> 00:23:50.860
 and ask,

00:23:51.019 --> 00:23:51.720
 can I help?

00:23:56.740 --> 00:23:58.360
 So as we come to the end,

00:23:58.500 --> 00:23:59.380
 I wonder what

00:23:59.380 --> 00:24:00.820
 God is calling you

00:24:00.820 --> 00:24:01.580
 to notice

00:24:01.580 --> 00:24:02.880
 and wonder this evening.

00:24:05.360 --> 00:24:05.840
 Remember,

00:24:05.980 --> 00:24:07.000
 that's only going to come

00:24:07.000 --> 00:24:08.340
 from a place of safety

00:24:08.339 --> 00:24:09.240
 and love

00:24:09.240 --> 00:24:10.220
 and goodness.

00:24:12.099 --> 00:24:13.220
 If you're not sure

00:24:13.220 --> 00:24:13.859
 what you're noticing

00:24:13.859 --> 00:24:14.599
 and you're wondering,

00:24:14.720 --> 00:24:15.980
 then chat to us afterwards.

00:24:16.179 --> 00:24:16.839
 Test it.

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 He is gentle

00:24:19.000 --> 00:24:19.619
 and kind

00:24:19.619 --> 00:24:21.199
 and there is no condemnation

00:24:21.199 --> 00:24:21.899
 in Christ.

00:24:21.900 --> 00:24:28.840
 but I wanted to just

00:24:28.840 --> 00:24:29.420
 leave us

00:24:29.420 --> 00:24:31.000
 with one final thought

00:24:31.000 --> 00:24:33.759
 and I can't share

00:24:33.759 --> 00:24:34.620
 like this,

00:24:35.160 --> 00:24:35.800
 like,

00:24:36.019 --> 00:24:37.120
 I can't share this

00:24:37.120 --> 00:24:38.759
 part of my story fully

00:24:38.759 --> 00:24:39.420
 because it's not

00:24:39.420 --> 00:24:40.920
 fully mine to tell

00:24:40.920 --> 00:24:43.380
 but I can describe

00:24:43.380 --> 00:24:44.300
 how

00:24:44.300 --> 00:24:45.320
 over

00:24:45.320 --> 00:24:45.820
 sort of a

00:24:45.820 --> 00:24:47.019
 prolonged season

00:24:47.019 --> 00:24:47.980
 of

00:24:47.980 --> 00:24:48.860
 extreme

00:24:48.860 --> 00:24:49.620
 difficulty

00:24:49.619 --> 00:24:51.779
 fairly recently

00:24:51.779 --> 00:24:54.279
 I

00:24:54.279 --> 00:24:55.459
 ended up

00:24:55.459 --> 00:24:56.299
 kind of feeling

00:24:56.299 --> 00:24:57.779
 I could probably

00:24:57.779 --> 00:24:58.559
 only describe it

00:24:58.559 --> 00:24:59.299
 as empty.

00:25:00.179 --> 00:25:00.619
 Just

00:25:00.619 --> 00:25:02.059
 I could recognise

00:25:02.059 --> 00:25:02.539
 I was sort of

00:25:02.539 --> 00:25:03.419
 ploughing on

00:25:03.419 --> 00:25:04.500
 in my own strength

00:25:04.500 --> 00:25:05.939
 struggling

00:25:05.939 --> 00:25:06.599
 really

00:25:06.599 --> 00:25:07.579
 to find God

00:25:07.579 --> 00:25:08.979
 in the circumstances

00:25:08.979 --> 00:25:09.819
 and

00:25:09.819 --> 00:25:11.079
 I guess

00:25:11.079 --> 00:25:12.459
 catching glimpses

00:25:12.459 --> 00:25:13.039
 like really

00:25:13.039 --> 00:25:13.959
 moments

00:25:13.959 --> 00:25:14.539
 of

00:25:14.539 --> 00:25:15.799
 I know

00:25:15.799 --> 00:25:16.839
 God is with us

00:25:16.839 --> 00:25:17.839
 I see it

00:25:17.839 --> 00:25:19.980
 but kind

00:25:19.980 --> 00:25:20.299
 of that

00:25:20.299 --> 00:25:21.720
 always like

00:25:21.720 --> 00:25:23.639
 shooting a prayer

00:25:23.639 --> 00:25:24.240
 to God

00:25:24.240 --> 00:25:24.919
 and kind

00:25:24.919 --> 00:25:25.579
 of hoping

00:25:25.579 --> 00:25:26.119
 that he would

00:25:26.119 --> 00:25:26.959
 calm the next

00:25:26.959 --> 00:25:27.480
 storm

00:25:27.480 --> 00:25:28.699
 but ending up

00:25:28.699 --> 00:25:29.319
 feeling

00:25:29.319 --> 00:25:30.879
 pretty empty

00:25:30.879 --> 00:25:34.879
 but

00:25:34.879 --> 00:25:37.259
 what I realised

00:25:37.259 --> 00:25:37.779
 was

00:25:37.779 --> 00:25:39.000
 what had fallen

00:25:39.000 --> 00:25:40.000
 by the wayside

00:25:40.000 --> 00:25:40.439
 were

00:25:40.439 --> 00:25:41.500
 many

00:25:41.500 --> 00:25:42.539
 of my rhythms

00:25:42.539 --> 00:25:43.519
 and my patterns

00:25:43.519 --> 00:25:44.839
 the ones

00:25:44.839 --> 00:25:45.639
 that had been

00:25:45.639 --> 00:25:46.220
 in the season

00:25:46.220 --> 00:25:46.759
 previously

00:25:46.759 --> 00:25:47.460
 just weren't

00:25:47.460 --> 00:25:47.879
 working

00:25:47.879 --> 00:25:48.279
 they weren't

00:25:48.279 --> 00:25:48.619
 fitting

00:25:48.619 --> 00:25:49.639
 I wasn't

00:25:49.639 --> 00:25:50.200
 really spending

00:25:50.200 --> 00:25:50.960
 time with God

00:25:50.960 --> 00:25:51.420
 in the way

00:25:51.420 --> 00:25:52.059
 that I could

00:25:52.059 --> 00:25:53.920
 and I wasn't

00:25:53.920 --> 00:25:54.420
 reading my

00:25:54.420 --> 00:25:54.859
 Bible

00:25:54.859 --> 00:25:56.039
 as I

00:25:56.039 --> 00:25:57.819
 maybe

00:25:57.819 --> 00:25:59.279
 felt the

00:25:59.279 --> 00:25:59.839
 call to

00:25:59.839 --> 00:26:02.279
 I wasn't

00:26:02.279 --> 00:26:02.680
 connecting

00:26:02.680 --> 00:26:03.359
 with church

00:26:03.359 --> 00:26:04.059
 so much

00:26:04.059 --> 00:26:06.559
 and I felt

00:26:06.559 --> 00:26:07.119
 the challenge

00:26:07.119 --> 00:26:08.680
 to change

00:26:08.680 --> 00:26:09.220
 and to

00:26:09.220 --> 00:26:09.740
 choose

00:26:09.740 --> 00:26:10.379
 differently

00:26:10.380 --> 00:26:14.000
 and so

00:26:14.000 --> 00:26:15.000
 from that

00:26:15.000 --> 00:26:15.560
 emptiness

00:26:15.560 --> 00:26:17.840
 I began

00:26:17.840 --> 00:26:18.840
 a slow

00:26:18.840 --> 00:26:19.460
 journey

00:26:19.460 --> 00:26:20.060
 of

00:26:20.060 --> 00:26:21.340
 coming back

00:26:21.340 --> 00:26:22.400
 and asking

00:26:22.400 --> 00:26:22.860
 God

00:26:22.860 --> 00:26:24.300
 to be filled

00:26:24.300 --> 00:26:24.760
 with his

00:26:24.760 --> 00:26:25.140
 spirit

00:26:25.140 --> 00:26:28.040
 and I can

00:26:28.040 --> 00:26:28.640
 honestly

00:26:28.640 --> 00:26:29.440
 hand on heart

00:26:29.440 --> 00:26:30.140
 say that

00:26:30.140 --> 00:26:32.260
 what that

00:26:32.260 --> 00:26:33.020
 ended up

00:26:33.020 --> 00:26:34.700
 looking like

00:26:34.700 --> 00:26:35.460
 was just

00:26:35.460 --> 00:26:36.700
 an incredible

00:26:36.700 --> 00:26:37.780
 new sense

00:26:37.780 --> 00:26:38.960
 of hope

00:26:38.960 --> 00:26:39.720
 in him

00:26:39.720 --> 00:26:40.559
 his

00:26:40.559 --> 00:26:41.059
 ongoing

00:26:41.059 --> 00:26:43.200
 a renewed

00:26:43.200 --> 00:26:43.799
 sense

00:26:43.799 --> 00:26:44.160
 of

00:26:44.160 --> 00:26:44.940
 remembering

00:26:44.940 --> 00:26:45.860
 who he

00:26:45.860 --> 00:26:46.299
 is

00:26:46.299 --> 00:26:49.140
 and I

00:26:49.140 --> 00:26:49.660
 realised

00:26:49.660 --> 00:26:50.539
 how much

00:26:50.539 --> 00:26:50.920
 I'd been

00:26:50.920 --> 00:26:51.360
 ploughing

00:26:51.360 --> 00:26:51.839
 on in my

00:26:51.839 --> 00:26:52.700
 own strength

00:26:52.700 --> 00:26:53.500
 needing

00:26:53.500 --> 00:26:53.960
 to sort

00:26:53.960 --> 00:26:54.620
 of control

00:26:54.620 --> 00:26:55.000
 and

00:26:55.000 --> 00:26:57.480
 just kind

00:26:57.480 --> 00:26:57.660
 of

00:26:57.660 --> 00:26:59.240
 direct

00:26:59.240 --> 00:26:59.799
 things

00:26:59.799 --> 00:27:00.620
 in the way

00:27:00.620 --> 00:27:00.980
 I thought

00:27:00.980 --> 00:27:01.319
 they should

00:27:01.319 --> 00:27:01.839
 be going

00:27:01.839 --> 00:27:03.539
 that I'd

00:27:03.539 --> 00:27:03.819
 forgotten

00:27:03.819 --> 00:27:04.360
 to leave

00:27:04.360 --> 00:27:04.960
 any room

00:27:04.960 --> 00:27:05.660
 for God

00:27:05.660 --> 00:27:06.839
 there actually

00:27:06.839 --> 00:27:07.460
 wasn't really

00:27:07.460 --> 00:27:08.339
 space for him

00:27:08.339 --> 00:27:11.659
 I realised

00:27:11.659 --> 00:27:12.379
 I was just

00:27:12.379 --> 00:27:13.159
 taking up

00:27:13.159 --> 00:27:14.119
 way too

00:27:14.119 --> 00:27:14.699
 much room

00:27:14.699 --> 00:27:15.039
 in my

00:27:15.039 --> 00:27:15.679
 own life

00:27:15.679 --> 00:27:18.000
 and I've

00:27:18.000 --> 00:27:18.259
 got a

00:27:18.259 --> 00:27:18.539
 daughter

00:27:18.539 --> 00:27:20.279
 and she's

00:27:20.279 --> 00:27:21.819
 25 now

00:27:21.819 --> 00:27:23.359
 and we

00:27:23.359 --> 00:27:24.359
 I just

00:27:24.359 --> 00:27:25.079
 quite often

00:27:25.079 --> 00:27:26.000
 say to her

00:27:26.000 --> 00:27:27.519
 or kind of

00:27:27.519 --> 00:27:28.220
 like remind

00:27:28.220 --> 00:27:29.039
 her to

00:27:29.039 --> 00:27:29.819
 take up

00:27:29.819 --> 00:27:30.399
 space

00:27:30.399 --> 00:27:31.740
 especially

00:27:31.740 --> 00:27:32.159
 as a

00:27:32.159 --> 00:27:32.480
 woman

00:27:32.480 --> 00:27:34.679
 Emma's

00:27:34.679 --> 00:27:35.119
 nodding

00:27:35.119 --> 00:27:37.379
 God

00:27:37.379 --> 00:27:37.599
 has

00:27:37.599 --> 00:27:38.359
 created

00:27:38.359 --> 00:27:38.919
 us

00:27:38.919 --> 00:27:39.579
 uniquely

00:27:39.579 --> 00:27:39.899
 and

00:27:39.899 --> 00:27:40.679
 beautifully

00:27:40.679 --> 00:27:41.819
 to be

00:27:41.819 --> 00:27:42.459
 who we

00:27:42.459 --> 00:27:43.000
 are called

00:27:43.000 --> 00:27:43.500
 to be

00:27:43.500 --> 00:27:44.179
 he has

00:27:44.179 --> 00:27:46.439
 moulded us

00:27:46.439 --> 00:27:46.959
 into a

00:27:46.959 --> 00:27:47.419
 shape

00:27:47.419 --> 00:27:49.719
 and we

00:27:49.719 --> 00:27:50.199
 are on a

00:27:50.199 --> 00:27:50.739
 journey of

00:27:50.739 --> 00:27:51.000
 being

00:27:51.000 --> 00:27:52.119
 constantly

00:27:52.119 --> 00:27:52.839
 moulded

00:27:52.839 --> 00:27:53.679
 but what

00:27:53.679 --> 00:27:54.439
 I'm saying

00:27:54.439 --> 00:27:55.059
 to Martha

00:27:55.059 --> 00:27:55.500
 when I'm

00:27:55.500 --> 00:27:55.859
 saying

00:27:55.859 --> 00:27:56.779
 take up

00:27:56.779 --> 00:27:57.579
 space

00:27:57.579 --> 00:27:59.619
 I'm

00:27:59.619 --> 00:28:00.299
 encouraging

00:28:00.299 --> 00:28:00.799
 her

00:28:00.799 --> 00:28:01.659
 to take

00:28:01.659 --> 00:28:01.919
 up

00:28:01.919 --> 00:28:02.480
 space

00:28:02.480 --> 00:28:04.419
 being

00:28:04.419 --> 00:28:05.000
 filled

00:28:05.000 --> 00:28:05.439
 with the

00:28:05.439 --> 00:28:06.159
 Holy Spirit

00:28:06.159 --> 00:28:07.179
 so that

00:28:07.179 --> 00:28:07.879
 in her

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 the space

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 she takes

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 up

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 is an

00:28:10.199 --> 00:28:10.759
 outpouring

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 of the

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 Holy Spirit

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 and she's

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 got her

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 own

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 story and

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 journey of

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 faith to

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 tell in

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 that

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 so my

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 message to

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 leave us

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 with is

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 we can

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 only be

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 filled

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 constantly

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 if we

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 recognise

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 constantly

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 the need

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 to be

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 empty

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 to be

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 empty

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 of

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 ourselves

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 and

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 full

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 of the

00:28:34.019 --> 00:28:34.759
 Holy Spirit

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 so as

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 we pour

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 out

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 and as

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 he pours

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 out his

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 spirit

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 from us

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 and it

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 looks like

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 all those

00:28:45.240 --> 00:28:45.660
 beautiful

00:28:45.660 --> 00:28:46.240
 things

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 what we

00:28:48.039 --> 00:28:48.779
 fill back

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 up with

00:28:49.339 --> 00:28:49.720
 is the

00:28:49.720 --> 00:28:50.339
 Holy Spirit

00:28:50.339 --> 00:28:51.220
 through the

00:28:51.220 --> 00:28:51.759
 rhythms and

00:28:51.759 --> 00:28:52.240
 practices

00:28:52.240 --> 00:28:54.339
 and just a

00:28:54.339 --> 00:28:54.799
 quick check

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 in

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 we are

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 human

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 we are

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 not

00:28:59.019 --> 00:28:59.539
 going to

00:28:59.539 --> 00:29:00.120
 get this

00:29:00.120 --> 00:29:00.700
 right all

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 the time

00:29:01.120 --> 00:29:01.500
 this is

00:29:01.500 --> 00:29:02.200
 not about

00:29:02.200 --> 00:29:02.880
 trying to

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 be some

00:29:03.759 --> 00:29:04.440
 perfect

00:29:04.440 --> 00:29:05.420
 Christian

00:29:05.420 --> 00:29:05.960
 person

00:29:05.960 --> 00:29:07.039
 this is

00:29:07.039 --> 00:29:07.500
 about a

00:29:07.500 --> 00:29:08.000
 living

00:29:08.000 --> 00:29:08.640
 relationship

00:29:08.640 --> 00:29:09.079
 with our

00:29:09.079 --> 00:29:09.779
 Father God

00:29:09.779 --> 00:29:10.539
 who forgives

00:29:10.539 --> 00:29:10.799
 us

00:29:10.799 --> 00:29:11.759
 has grace

00:29:11.759 --> 00:29:13.339
 and loves

00:29:13.339 --> 00:29:13.779
 us

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 and he

00:29:15.940 --> 00:29:16.620
 wants

00:29:16.620 --> 00:29:17.620
 more than

00:29:17.620 --> 00:29:18.079
 anything

00:29:18.079 --> 00:29:21.139
 for us

00:29:21.139 --> 00:29:21.439
 to

00:29:21.439 --> 00:29:22.579
 ensure

00:29:22.579 --> 00:29:22.899
 there's

00:29:22.899 --> 00:29:23.279
 room

00:29:23.279 --> 00:29:23.779
 enough

00:29:23.779 --> 00:29:24.639
 for him

00:29:24.639 --> 00:29:25.919
 in our

00:29:25.919 --> 00:29:26.419
 lives

00:29:26.419 --> 00:29:30.579
 less

00:29:30.579 --> 00:29:31.179
 of us

00:29:31.179 --> 00:29:32.579
 more

00:29:32.579 --> 00:29:33.299
 of him

00:29:33.299 --> 00:29:37.039
 and it

00:29:37.039 --> 00:29:37.579
 says at

00:29:37.579 --> 00:29:37.960
 the end

00:29:37.960 --> 00:29:38.399
 of the bit

00:29:38.399 --> 00:29:39.460
 in Galatians

00:29:39.460 --> 00:29:43.799
 in the

00:29:43.799 --> 00:29:44.299
 message

00:29:44.299 --> 00:29:49.900
 I've got

00:29:49.900 --> 00:29:50.360
 to get a

00:29:50.360 --> 00:29:50.779
 big print

00:29:50.779 --> 00:29:51.160
 Bible

00:29:51.160 --> 00:29:52.180
 I literally

00:29:52.180 --> 00:29:52.860
 can't see

00:29:52.860 --> 00:29:53.200
 anything

00:29:53.200 --> 00:29:54.920
 it says

00:29:54.920 --> 00:29:57.039
 since this

00:29:57.039 --> 00:29:57.860
 is the kind

00:29:57.860 --> 00:29:58.440
 of life

00:29:58.440 --> 00:29:58.900
 we have

00:29:58.900 --> 00:29:59.420
 chosen

00:29:59.420 --> 00:30:01.279
 the life

00:30:01.279 --> 00:30:01.779
 of the

00:30:01.779 --> 00:30:02.120
 spirit

00:30:02.120 --> 00:30:04.680
 let us

00:30:04.680 --> 00:30:05.340
 make sure

00:30:05.339 --> 00:30:06.579
 that we

00:30:06.579 --> 00:30:07.099
 do not

00:30:07.099 --> 00:30:07.639
 just

00:30:07.639 --> 00:30:08.699
 hold it

00:30:08.699 --> 00:30:10.879
 as an

00:30:10.879 --> 00:30:11.519
 idea in

00:30:11.519 --> 00:30:12.039
 our heads

00:30:12.039 --> 00:30:12.579
 as a

00:30:12.579 --> 00:30:12.939
 sentiment

00:30:12.939 --> 00:30:13.359
 in our

00:30:13.359 --> 00:30:13.879
 hearts

00:30:13.879 --> 00:30:16.419
 but work

00:30:16.419 --> 00:30:17.079
 out its

00:30:17.079 --> 00:30:17.819
 implications

00:30:17.819 --> 00:30:18.859
 in every

00:30:18.859 --> 00:30:19.500
 detail

00:30:19.500 --> 00:30:20.019
 of our

00:30:20.019 --> 00:30:20.519
 lives

00:30:20.519 --> 00:30:23.720
 that

00:30:23.720 --> 00:30:24.399
 means

00:30:24.399 --> 00:30:26.119
 ladies

00:30:26.119 --> 00:30:28.079
 we will

00:30:28.079 --> 00:30:29.179
 not compare

00:30:29.179 --> 00:30:29.919
 ourselves

00:30:29.919 --> 00:30:30.439
 with each

00:30:30.439 --> 00:30:30.720
 other

00:30:30.720 --> 00:30:31.939
 as if

00:30:31.939 --> 00:30:32.480
 one were

00:30:32.480 --> 00:30:32.939
 better

00:30:32.939 --> 00:30:33.459
 and another

00:30:33.459 --> 00:30:33.959
 worse

00:30:33.960 --> 00:30:35.539
 we have

00:30:35.539 --> 00:30:36.420
 far more

00:30:36.420 --> 00:30:37.000
 interesting

00:30:37.000 --> 00:30:37.799
 things to

00:30:37.799 --> 00:30:38.360
 be doing

00:30:38.360 --> 00:30:38.980
 with our

00:30:38.980 --> 00:30:39.480
 lives

00:30:39.480 --> 00:30:41.079
 each of

00:30:41.079 --> 00:30:41.420
 us

00:30:41.420 --> 00:30:42.120
 is an

00:30:42.120 --> 00:30:42.600
 original

00:30:42.600 --> 00:30:44.920
 less of

00:30:44.920 --> 00:30:45.279
 us

00:30:45.279 --> 00:30:46.319
 and more

00:30:46.319 --> 00:30:46.759
 of him

00:30:46.759 --> 00:30:48.400
 in Jesus

00:30:48.400 --> 00:30:48.900
 name

00:30:48.900 --> 00:30:50.259
 amen