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 A little film clip for you from one of my favorite films, Grand Turino.

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 What was it like to kill a man?

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 You don't want to know.

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 Tao and Sue are never going to find peace in this world, as long as that gang's around.

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 What are you going to do, Walt?

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 Whatever it is, they won't have a chance.

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 We're talking about peace.

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 It's interesting, isn't it? I love film and media, and you know that genre, don't you,

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 where you've paid for your popcorn, you've paid a lot of money for your popcorn.

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 And you go there, and you sit, and what do you want to see?

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 I want to see retribution.

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 I want to see the good guy.

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 I want to see the other person shrink.

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 I want to see justice done.

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 And then I can walk out and think, that was a good film.

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 And peace will reign.

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 No.

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 I thought it was really easy in this, thinking about our reading this morning,

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 the scripture that Paul advocates.

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 And when you think of actually Paul himself, where Paul had come from,

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 Saul, to have written this scripture.

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 Because here is Saul, who was the person who was meeting out this retribution.

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 That's what he was doing, day by day, week on week, as there were just persecuting Christians.

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 And so he's on his way to Emmaus to deal out a bit of summary justice to some Christians,

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 when all of a sudden he gets this amazing, life-transforming, peace-filled experience

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 in the power of the Holy Spirit.

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 You can't get any more change and start than that.

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 And Paul has dramatically changed from something that is a gangster

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 into a man who is so passionate about Jesus

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 that he can't wait to tell everybody and live it out.

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 Do you know, and I bet there were people that knew Saul,

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 not as they knew Emmaus, Paul,

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 when they met him, using that word,

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 what a hypocrite.

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 Because I knew you.

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 I know your life.

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 And how can you change?

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 But Paul did.

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 And I want to encourage us this morning,

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 in part of our series in this fruitful living,

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 is to how we can change

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 and maybe get rid of some of this stuff

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 that has held us back from living in this peaceful life.

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 I want peace in my life.

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 But what I want to tell you is

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 it's certainly not an absence of conflict.

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 Because conflict will always be with us.

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 Whatever we do, life gives us conflict.

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 I've been on a few retreats in my life

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 and I have sat around with people

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 who, in this room where we all sort of concentrate,

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 I nearly use the word constipate,

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 because actually there's that sense of

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 we all are sitting around,

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 like trying to squeeze this peace

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 into this place,

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 knowing that two hours later

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 you're going to step outside

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 into the same life that you left.

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 And the question is,

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 how are we going to be transformed

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 to live in that life

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 where conflict is there and ever present?

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 And I think that's what Paul is talking about

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 and Jesus exhorts to us

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 when he gives us this scripture.

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 In Psalm 119 it says,

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 great peace have those who love your law

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 and nothing can make them stumble.

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 And there is something about living in that peace.

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 I want this peace.

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 I cannot give peace to myself.

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 If you have tried and you have gained

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 and you've paid a lot of money for it,

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 well done.

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 But believe you me, I have tried.

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 The peace we are talking about this morning

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 is not about my relationship with myself.

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 It's about my relationship with God.

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 And the word peace is about

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 harmonious relationship restored.

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 And I think that's a really important thing.

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 Harmonious relationship restored.

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 I have to ask the question,

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 what is our relationship like with God this morning?

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 Our true relationship with God.

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 God.

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 Because that's what we're talking about.

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 What is that thing that can bring us

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 as the prince and giver of peace?

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 What does that look like for us?

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 And Paul says it's about righteousness

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 that brings peace and allows joy,

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 as Russ said last week,

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 allows joy to actually break out.

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 The only way we're going to find peace

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 is to be truly reconciled with the Father.

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 Paul knows the Romans that he's talking to

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 because he is a Roman.

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 That's he knows the culture

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 in which he's speaking into.

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 And he says later,

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 therefore, since we've been justified through faith,

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 meaning made right with God,

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 we have peace with God

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 through our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 We can have that peace.

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 And I don't know about you,

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 I long for that.

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 I long for that in the conflict

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 that I live in

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 and the relationships

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 that I encounter and I see.

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 I long to see peace come in

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 to those situations.

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 Bring peace.

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 It's being right with God.

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 And he says about abiding,

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 abide in my love,

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 be in that place.

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 It was last year

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 that I found myself

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 suddenly whisked into hospital

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 with chest pain.

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 I thought,

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 here we go,

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 this is it.

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 And I found myself

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 in this side ward.

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 It was very quiet

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 and it was totally still.

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 And if that's where

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 you're looking for peace,

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 bless you.

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 Because in that place,

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 there was anything but peace

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 in my heart.

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 It was going through my mind,

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 my goodness,

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 who's going to preach on Sunday?

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 Does Mandy know where my will is?

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 Worse still,

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 does she know how much I'm worth dead?

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 Anything but peace.

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 And as an aside,

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 my heart was fine,

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 but my anxiety wasn't.

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 And sometimes we need

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 to hand this over to God

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 to actually give us that peace,

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 which we will hear later

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 the world cannot give.

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 When the Lord turns his face

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 towards you,

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 we experience that faith.

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 And I sense that peace

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 that we want.

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 It says,

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 the Lord turns his face

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 towards you

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 and gives you peace.

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 I don't know what you're like

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 when the Lord's face

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 turns towards you.

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 Because my experience

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 so often is,

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 Lord,

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 don't turn your face

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 towards me

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 because you'll actually

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 see who I am.

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 And that thing of,

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 we turn our face away

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 from God

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 because we are ashamed.

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 But actually,

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 the truth is,

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 he knows who we are already

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 and actually longs

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 to bring us that peace,

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 which he longs to bring.

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 And,

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 you know,

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 the thing the Lord

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 doesn't turn towards us

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 with his face

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 and say,

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 oh, look,

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 you've really messed up.

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 I mean,

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 we know that already.

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 And the Lord turns his face

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 towards you

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 and says,

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 it's okay,

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 I love you.

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 And I want to bring you

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 a peace

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 in this situation,

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 which you may never

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 have experienced before.

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 And I know you want.

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 You know,

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 I sense this thing

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 that peace is not escaping

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 from the reality

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 of this world's issues.

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 And each one of us

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 will know what that looks like

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 in our own lives

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 at this time.

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 So I want to encourage you

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 this morning

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 that we can find that peace.

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 As a police officer,

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 you used to turn up

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 at a situation,

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 whatever it was.

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 It was an accident.

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 It may well be

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 it was a fight.

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 A breach of the peace,

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 as they used to say.

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 And what were people

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 looking to you towards?

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 They're looking towards you

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 to bring order

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 into the chaos

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 of that situation.

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 And as the Lord

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 turns his face towards us

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 and empowers us

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 as his people,

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 blessed are the peacemakers

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 for us to bring order

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 into the chaos

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 of this world

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 through us

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 and into our own lives.

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 And I guess the world

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 may be looking at you

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 and me

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 as Christians for that.

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 So how do these Christians

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 behave

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 in stressful situations?

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 How are they?

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 Do they argue

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 amongst themselves?

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 Do they fall out?

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 Do they exude bitterness?

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 Or do they exude love?

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 And there is a sense of peace

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 in what they are doing

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 and in how they react.

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 It's about whatever

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 I'm called to do.

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 And the Lord says in Scripture,

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 I do not leave you

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 as orphans.

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 That verse really struck out to me

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 as I was looking at this

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 this week

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 because I think I'd lived

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 with an orphan heart

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 for ages.

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 I think I'd lived

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 without actually knowing

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 what the Father's love

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 actually was for me

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 and the peace

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 that that could come

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 from knowing him.

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 And there is something

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 about an orphaned heart

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 and I get that.

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 And yet,

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 to be filled

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 with that peace

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 which the world

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 cannot give

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 restores in many ways

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 that beautiful relationship

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 that he longs

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 to have with us.

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 I think that thing is,

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 I don't know whether

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 any of you have found

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 yourself in the mud

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 at Western Supermare.

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 I remember trying

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 to retrieve my dog once

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 and she,

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 being a puppy,

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 bounced more and more

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 further out and out.

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 I could see her

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 going deeper and deeper

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 and I knew

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 as soon as I stepped,

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 you know,

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 you step into that,

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 the more you panic,

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 the more you will sink.

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 The more you are calm,

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 the less you will go down.

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 And I stood

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 and I waited

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 and I prayed

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 and thought,

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 come back.

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 Come back

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 from there.

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 Come back

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 to a solid place.

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 Fortunately,

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 she did.

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 But it says

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 in John 14,

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 but the advocate

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 of the Holy Spirit

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 and the Father

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 will send in my name

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 will teach you

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 all things

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 and will remind you

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 of everything

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 I have said to you.

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 And I don't know

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 in that place

00:11:39.360 --> 00:11:40.360
 of panic,

00:11:40.939 --> 00:11:42.139
 we forget

00:11:42.139 --> 00:11:44.579
 time and time again

00:11:44.579 --> 00:11:45.759
 in that place of panic,

00:11:45.919 --> 00:11:47.519
 we forget again and again

00:11:47.519 --> 00:11:49.000
 what God is saying to us

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 and has said to us

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 down the years.

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 And I don't know

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 about you,

00:11:52.059 --> 00:11:53.039
 I do that for myself.

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 My goodness,

00:11:54.339 --> 00:11:54.600
 Lord,

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 why am I in that place?

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 And then

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 in verse 27,

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 it follows and said,

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 peace I leave with you.

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 my peace

00:12:07.100 --> 00:12:08.199
 I give to you.

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 I do not give to you

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 as the world gives

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 because we know

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 that's a cheap peace.

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 Do not let your hearts

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 be troubled

00:12:18.259 --> 00:12:20.019
 and do not be afraid.

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 I do not give

00:12:22.299 --> 00:12:24.059
 as the world gives.

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 What does the world

00:12:27.899 --> 00:12:29.459
 give to you

00:12:29.459 --> 00:12:30.879
 and to me?

00:12:33.059 --> 00:12:34.199
 What's it giving to you

00:12:34.200 --> 00:12:34.640
 at the moment

00:12:34.640 --> 00:12:35.340
 in your life?

00:12:36.520 --> 00:12:37.040
 Anxiety,

00:12:39.140 --> 00:12:39.780
 stress,

00:12:41.220 --> 00:12:41.840
 pain,

00:12:42.900 --> 00:12:43.520
 depression,

00:12:43.920 --> 00:12:44.520
 mental health

00:12:44.520 --> 00:12:45.960
 awareness week,

00:12:47.240 --> 00:12:47.740
 distress,

00:12:48.400 --> 00:12:48.900
 failure.

00:12:49.320 --> 00:12:49.520
 You know,

00:12:49.560 --> 00:12:50.240
 the world just

00:12:50.240 --> 00:12:51.940
 backs its truck up,

00:12:52.040 --> 00:12:52.540
 doesn't it?

00:12:52.840 --> 00:12:53.940
 Into my backyard

00:12:53.940 --> 00:12:54.920
 of my life

00:12:54.920 --> 00:12:56.740
 and dumps this stuff

00:12:56.740 --> 00:12:58.040
 on me.

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 And Jesus says,

00:13:01.519 --> 00:13:02.639
 do not let your heart

00:13:02.639 --> 00:13:03.179
 be troubled

00:13:03.179 --> 00:13:04.959
 and do not

00:13:04.959 --> 00:13:06.679
 be afraid.

00:13:09.279 --> 00:13:10.559
 How can you say that,

00:13:10.639 --> 00:13:10.899
 Jesus?

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 You don't know my life.

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 Yeah,

00:13:14.980 --> 00:13:15.299
 I do.

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 I know your life

00:13:17.079 --> 00:13:18.079
 better than you know it,

00:13:18.159 --> 00:13:18.419
 Clive.

00:13:20.059 --> 00:13:21.079
 My peace

00:13:21.079 --> 00:13:22.299
 I give to you.

00:13:22.299 --> 00:13:24.159
 my peace

00:13:24.159 --> 00:13:25.059
 I leave

00:13:25.059 --> 00:13:25.639
 with you

00:13:25.639 --> 00:13:27.359
 in the power

00:13:27.359 --> 00:13:28.979
 of my Holy Spirit.

00:13:32.339 --> 00:13:33.379
 We're going to learn

00:13:33.379 --> 00:13:34.599
 to live in this peace

00:13:34.599 --> 00:13:35.779
 when the storm comes.

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 Where do we access

00:13:38.879 --> 00:13:39.399
 that?

00:13:39.519 --> 00:13:40.259
 Where we go back

00:13:40.259 --> 00:13:41.000
 again and again,

00:13:41.120 --> 00:13:41.759
 my peace

00:13:41.759 --> 00:13:42.659
 I give to you,

00:13:42.979 --> 00:13:43.699
 my peace

00:13:43.699 --> 00:13:44.479
 I leave

00:13:44.479 --> 00:13:45.039
 with you.

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 Here is the

00:13:46.699 --> 00:13:47.799
 Prince of Peace

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 and the Giver

00:13:48.579 --> 00:13:49.240
 of Hope

00:13:49.240 --> 00:13:50.439
 offering

00:13:50.440 --> 00:13:53.260
 to give us

00:13:53.260 --> 00:13:53.880
 that peace.

00:13:56.460 --> 00:13:57.320
 If we are to be

00:13:57.320 --> 00:13:57.920
 disciples

00:13:57.920 --> 00:13:58.740
 and I believe

00:13:58.740 --> 00:13:59.540
 if we are to be

00:13:59.540 --> 00:14:00.560
 game changers

00:14:00.560 --> 00:14:01.480
 and I believe

00:14:01.480 --> 00:14:02.160
 many of us

00:14:02.160 --> 00:14:02.960
 are being called

00:14:02.960 --> 00:14:03.620
 to be that

00:14:03.620 --> 00:14:05.400
 in our society,

00:14:05.660 --> 00:14:06.480
 in our settings,

00:14:06.840 --> 00:14:07.920
 in our community,

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 I think we need

00:14:10.780 --> 00:14:11.500
 to look at this

00:14:11.500 --> 00:14:11.980
 seriously.

00:14:13.460 --> 00:14:14.500
 Because if I live

00:14:14.500 --> 00:14:15.260
 in fear

00:14:15.260 --> 00:14:17.300
 I wouldn't get

00:14:17.300 --> 00:14:17.780
 out of bed

00:14:17.780 --> 00:14:18.300
 in the morning.

00:14:19.340 --> 00:14:19.560
 In fact,

00:14:19.600 --> 00:14:20.180
 I probably wouldn't

00:14:20.179 --> 00:14:21.000
 get into bed

00:14:21.000 --> 00:14:22.059
 at night

00:14:22.059 --> 00:14:23.599
 if we live

00:14:23.599 --> 00:14:24.019
 in fear.

00:14:26.000 --> 00:14:26.399
 And yet

00:14:26.399 --> 00:14:27.699
 his perfect peace

00:14:27.699 --> 00:14:28.279
 it says

00:14:28.279 --> 00:14:30.019
 drives out

00:14:30.019 --> 00:14:30.919
 fear.

00:14:33.059 --> 00:14:33.579
 Peace

00:14:33.579 --> 00:14:34.859
 drives out

00:14:34.859 --> 00:14:35.139
 fear.

00:14:35.239 --> 00:14:35.699
 That hymn

00:14:35.699 --> 00:14:36.359
 is

00:14:36.359 --> 00:14:37.339
 it is well

00:14:37.339 --> 00:14:38.399
 with my soul.

00:14:38.519 --> 00:14:39.059
 Have you ever

00:14:39.059 --> 00:14:40.539
 sang that hymn?

00:14:40.939 --> 00:14:41.919
 It is well

00:14:41.919 --> 00:14:43.500
 with my soul.

00:14:44.079 --> 00:14:44.859
 That deep

00:14:44.859 --> 00:14:45.879
 sense of peace.

00:14:46.199 --> 00:14:46.919
 It's okay.

00:14:47.099 --> 00:14:47.859
 I am at one.

00:14:47.939 --> 00:14:48.599
 His face is

00:14:48.600 --> 00:14:49.320
 turned towards

00:14:49.320 --> 00:14:49.540
 me.

00:14:49.779 --> 00:14:50.279
 I am at one.

00:14:50.360 --> 00:14:51.139
 It is okay.

00:14:52.519 --> 00:14:53.220
 I know that the

00:14:53.220 --> 00:14:53.740
 world's going to

00:14:53.740 --> 00:14:54.680
 chuck stuff at me,

00:14:54.779 --> 00:14:54.879
 Lord,

00:14:55.019 --> 00:14:56.519
 but it is okay.

00:14:57.379 --> 00:14:58.420
 In Hebrews 12

00:14:58.420 --> 00:14:58.820
 it says,

00:14:59.040 --> 00:14:59.700
 make every effort

00:14:59.700 --> 00:15:00.500
 to be at peace

00:15:00.500 --> 00:15:01.259
 with all men,

00:15:01.480 --> 00:15:02.060
 I'll add in,

00:15:02.200 --> 00:15:03.300
 and women as well.

00:15:03.980 --> 00:15:04.920
 Check all your

00:15:04.920 --> 00:15:05.560
 relationships

00:15:05.560 --> 00:15:06.920
 are harmoniously

00:15:06.920 --> 00:15:07.899
 reconciled.

00:15:07.899 --> 00:15:10.220
 ouch.

00:15:11.659 --> 00:15:12.159
 Do you ever

00:15:12.159 --> 00:15:12.819
 have trouble

00:15:12.819 --> 00:15:13.399
 with people?

00:15:16.319 --> 00:15:16.879
 You know,

00:15:16.919 --> 00:15:17.539
 I can live

00:15:17.539 --> 00:15:18.019
 at peace

00:15:18.019 --> 00:15:18.579
 with people

00:15:18.579 --> 00:15:19.000
 unless,

00:15:19.319 --> 00:15:19.539
 you know,

00:15:19.620 --> 00:15:20.399
 I can't live

00:15:20.399 --> 00:15:20.799
 at peace

00:15:20.799 --> 00:15:21.360
 with people

00:15:21.360 --> 00:15:22.360
 unless I have

00:15:22.360 --> 00:15:22.799
 that deep

00:15:22.799 --> 00:15:23.679
 sense of peace.

00:15:24.379 --> 00:15:25.220
 And as church

00:15:25.220 --> 00:15:25.759
 we are

00:15:25.759 --> 00:15:26.840
 a people,

00:15:27.559 --> 00:15:28.679
 one people

00:15:28.679 --> 00:15:30.019
 unto God.

00:15:31.459 --> 00:15:32.079
 Do you know

00:15:32.079 --> 00:15:32.759
 what robs me

00:15:32.759 --> 00:15:33.379
 of peace?

00:15:33.860 --> 00:15:34.379
 I'll tell you

00:15:34.379 --> 00:15:35.039
 what my room

00:15:35.039 --> 00:15:35.980
 101 is.

00:15:37.720 --> 00:15:38.519
 It's not

00:15:38.519 --> 00:15:39.460
 gender specific,

00:15:40.220 --> 00:15:41.120
 but here it is.

00:15:42.039 --> 00:15:43.039
 It's the number

00:15:43.039 --> 00:15:43.700
 of people

00:15:43.700 --> 00:15:44.899
 that have chosen

00:15:44.899 --> 00:15:46.059
 the largest

00:15:46.059 --> 00:15:46.720
 trolley

00:15:46.720 --> 00:15:47.820
 in the supermarket

00:15:47.820 --> 00:15:49.740
 and put the

00:15:49.740 --> 00:15:50.500
 fewest number

00:15:50.500 --> 00:15:51.519
 of items in it

00:15:51.519 --> 00:15:52.580
 and then

00:15:52.580 --> 00:15:54.100
 choose to lean.

00:15:54.980 --> 00:15:56.159
 Trolley leaners.

00:15:56.879 --> 00:15:57.200
 Have you

00:15:57.200 --> 00:15:58.080
 encountered them?

00:15:59.320 --> 00:16:00.379
 And why is it

00:16:00.379 --> 00:16:01.080
 they're always

00:16:01.080 --> 00:16:01.980
 in the center

00:16:01.980 --> 00:16:02.840
 of the aisle?

00:16:04.379 --> 00:16:07.600
 I'm just here

00:16:07.600 --> 00:16:08.360
 for the day.

00:16:08.539 --> 00:16:08.759
 It's time

00:16:08.759 --> 00:16:09.399
 to no worry.

00:16:11.799 --> 00:16:12.360
 Love

00:16:12.360 --> 00:16:14.419
 the things

00:16:14.419 --> 00:16:15.179
 that rob me

00:16:15.179 --> 00:16:16.299
 of peace.

00:16:16.820 --> 00:16:17.679
 You will have

00:16:17.679 --> 00:16:18.259
 them all,

00:16:18.500 --> 00:16:19.279
 I am sure.

00:16:21.059 --> 00:16:21.639
 Lord,

00:16:21.799 --> 00:16:22.700
 give me peace.

00:16:23.019 --> 00:16:24.419
 Still my soul.

00:16:26.000 --> 00:16:26.519
 It says

00:16:26.519 --> 00:16:27.480
 to be at peace

00:16:27.480 --> 00:16:28.580
 with all

00:16:28.580 --> 00:16:30.000
 people,

00:16:30.679 --> 00:16:31.799
 even the

00:16:31.799 --> 00:16:32.720
 trolley leaners.

00:16:32.720 --> 00:16:34.820
 be at peace

00:16:34.820 --> 00:16:36.480
 with all

00:16:36.480 --> 00:16:37.080
 people

00:16:37.080 --> 00:16:38.240
 wherever

00:16:38.240 --> 00:16:39.019
 possible.

00:16:39.700 --> 00:16:40.139
 And if you

00:16:40.139 --> 00:16:40.840
 haven't figured

00:16:40.840 --> 00:16:41.500
 out yet,

00:16:41.840 --> 00:16:42.399
 and I have

00:16:42.399 --> 00:16:43.019
 to admit

00:16:43.019 --> 00:16:44.580
 that in a

00:16:44.580 --> 00:16:45.580
 place where

00:16:45.580 --> 00:16:46.379
 we feel

00:16:46.379 --> 00:16:47.019
 this peace,

00:16:47.200 --> 00:16:47.879
 I have to

00:16:47.879 --> 00:16:48.700
 admit as a

00:16:48.700 --> 00:16:49.879
 man that

00:16:49.879 --> 00:16:51.100
 sometimes I

00:16:51.100 --> 00:16:51.600
 am wrong.

00:16:52.259 --> 00:16:52.779
 It is a

00:16:52.779 --> 00:16:53.300
 confession.

00:16:54.879 --> 00:16:55.879
 As a man,

00:16:56.460 --> 00:16:57.620
 I realize

00:16:57.620 --> 00:16:58.139
 that I am

00:16:58.139 --> 00:16:58.600
 at fault

00:16:58.600 --> 00:16:59.240
 when Mandy

00:16:59.240 --> 00:17:00.120
 points out to

00:17:00.120 --> 00:17:00.879
 me that I am

00:17:00.879 --> 00:17:01.379
 at fault,

00:17:01.379 --> 00:17:02.179
 and I

00:17:02.179 --> 00:17:02.879
 realize that

00:17:02.879 --> 00:17:03.340
 I am

00:17:03.340 --> 00:17:04.660
 wholly,

00:17:05.200 --> 00:17:06.000
 unequivocally,

00:17:06.920 --> 00:17:07.839
 and utterly

00:17:07.839 --> 00:17:09.000
 at fault.

00:17:10.960 --> 00:17:11.880
 And if you

00:17:11.880 --> 00:17:12.220
 were to

00:17:12.220 --> 00:17:12.960
 browse my

00:17:12.960 --> 00:17:13.779
 text messages,

00:17:14.539 --> 00:17:15.319
 you will

00:17:15.319 --> 00:17:16.740
 find texts

00:17:16.740 --> 00:17:17.319
 that say,

00:17:17.859 --> 00:17:18.480
 I am

00:17:18.480 --> 00:17:19.099
 sorry,

00:17:19.440 --> 00:17:21.460
 XXX.

00:17:23.059 --> 00:17:23.960
 And yet

00:17:23.960 --> 00:17:24.880
 by the time

00:17:24.880 --> 00:17:25.539
 I have

00:17:25.539 --> 00:17:26.079
 walked from

00:17:26.079 --> 00:17:26.799
 home to

00:17:26.799 --> 00:17:27.660
 Christchurch

00:17:27.660 --> 00:17:29.040
 of a

00:17:29.040 --> 00:17:29.420
 morning,

00:17:30.320 --> 00:17:31.000
 that we

00:17:31.000 --> 00:17:31.540
 may have

00:17:31.540 --> 00:17:32.279
 had some

00:17:32.279 --> 00:17:33.200
 words before

00:17:33.200 --> 00:17:33.820
 we left.

00:17:34.880 --> 00:17:35.300
 And yet

00:17:35.300 --> 00:17:35.940
 by the time

00:17:35.940 --> 00:17:36.259
 of war,

00:17:36.320 --> 00:17:36.480
 there would

00:17:36.480 --> 00:17:36.759
 be no

00:17:36.759 --> 00:17:37.480
 surprise to

00:17:37.480 --> 00:17:38.660
 you that

00:17:38.660 --> 00:17:39.680
 all is

00:17:39.680 --> 00:17:40.340
 not well

00:17:40.340 --> 00:17:41.080
 with my

00:17:41.080 --> 00:17:41.380
 soul.

00:17:42.900 --> 00:17:43.580
 It is

00:17:43.580 --> 00:17:44.000
 not well

00:17:44.000 --> 00:17:44.440
 with my

00:17:44.440 --> 00:17:44.720
 soul,

00:17:45.120 --> 00:17:46.160
 because I

00:17:46.160 --> 00:17:46.660
 am not at

00:17:46.660 --> 00:17:47.240
 peace with

00:17:47.240 --> 00:17:47.820
 myself,

00:17:48.400 --> 00:17:48.900
 because I

00:17:48.900 --> 00:17:49.440
 am not at

00:17:49.440 --> 00:17:49.960
 peace with

00:17:49.960 --> 00:17:50.880
 those who

00:17:50.880 --> 00:17:51.580
 God has

00:17:51.580 --> 00:17:52.200
 brought around

00:17:52.200 --> 00:17:52.460
 me,

00:17:52.920 --> 00:17:53.279
 people,

00:17:53.779 --> 00:17:54.180
 to love.

00:17:54.180 --> 00:17:56.560
 you know

00:17:56.560 --> 00:17:56.740
 that

00:17:56.740 --> 00:17:57.259
 something is

00:17:57.259 --> 00:17:57.779
 not right

00:17:57.779 --> 00:17:58.100
 in your

00:17:58.100 --> 00:17:58.400
 soul.

00:17:58.500 --> 00:17:58.660
 And a

00:17:58.660 --> 00:17:58.840
 nudge

00:17:58.840 --> 00:17:59.240
 says,

00:17:59.759 --> 00:18:01.200
 you better

00:18:01.200 --> 00:18:01.840
 get sorry,

00:18:01.980 --> 00:18:02.200
 Clive,

00:18:02.299 --> 00:18:03.080
 because you're

00:18:03.080 --> 00:18:03.440
 not going

00:18:03.440 --> 00:18:03.799
 to find

00:18:03.799 --> 00:18:04.279
 that peace

00:18:04.279 --> 00:18:05.620
 today until

00:18:05.620 --> 00:18:06.140
 you're right

00:18:06.140 --> 00:18:06.620
 with me.

00:18:08.700 --> 00:18:09.220
 Honestly,

00:18:09.360 --> 00:18:09.640
 there will

00:18:09.640 --> 00:18:10.120
 be those

00:18:10.120 --> 00:18:10.779
 here who

00:18:10.779 --> 00:18:12.840
 maybe didn't

00:18:12.840 --> 00:18:13.740
 do that

00:18:13.740 --> 00:18:14.240
 thing of

00:18:14.240 --> 00:18:15.080
 saying sorry

00:18:15.080 --> 00:18:17.240
 minutes ago,

00:18:19.120 --> 00:18:19.640
 yesterday,

00:18:21.640 --> 00:18:22.480
 a month

00:18:22.480 --> 00:18:22.900
 ago.

00:18:24.180 --> 00:18:24.860
 and years

00:18:24.860 --> 00:18:25.220
 ago.

00:18:28.560 --> 00:18:28.920
 Did it

00:18:28.920 --> 00:18:29.620
 cling to

00:18:29.620 --> 00:18:30.019
 you,

00:18:30.180 --> 00:18:30.759
 maybe as

00:18:30.759 --> 00:18:31.259
 it cling

00:18:31.259 --> 00:18:31.820
 to me,

00:18:32.140 --> 00:18:33.060
 for years

00:18:33.060 --> 00:18:34.000
 and years,

00:18:34.720 --> 00:18:35.160
 and I

00:18:35.160 --> 00:18:35.560
 couldn't

00:18:35.560 --> 00:18:36.640
 find that

00:18:36.640 --> 00:18:37.560
 peace in

00:18:37.560 --> 00:18:38.180
 my soul,

00:18:38.480 --> 00:18:39.000
 which the

00:18:39.000 --> 00:18:39.539
 Lord wanted

00:18:39.539 --> 00:18:39.980
 to give

00:18:39.980 --> 00:18:41.060
 me so

00:18:41.060 --> 00:18:41.440
 freely.

00:18:42.779 --> 00:18:43.400
 It's

00:18:43.400 --> 00:18:44.240
 transformational,

00:18:44.360 --> 00:18:44.640
 I'll tell you,

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 it brings

00:18:45.039 --> 00:18:45.440
 freedom.

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 In any

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 room like

00:18:48.759 --> 00:18:49.019
 this,

00:18:49.160 --> 00:18:51.000
 90% of

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 people will

00:18:52.259 --> 00:18:52.940
 need to

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 do some

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 forgiving.

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 the other

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 10%,

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 you're

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 either

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 missed,

00:18:59.720 --> 00:19:00.600
 you probably

00:19:00.600 --> 00:19:01.400
 just don't

00:19:01.400 --> 00:19:01.820
 care about

00:19:01.820 --> 00:19:02.180
 upsetting

00:19:02.180 --> 00:19:02.600
 people,

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 but 90%

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 of people

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 have something

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 in which they

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 need to put

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 right with

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 other people.

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 And in a

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 moment,

00:19:12.360 --> 00:19:12.820
 we're going

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 to ask him

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 for that

00:19:13.860 --> 00:19:14.279
 peace,

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 that peace

00:19:15.680 --> 00:19:16.180
 which the

00:19:16.180 --> 00:19:17.279
 world cannot

00:19:17.279 --> 00:19:17.799
 give,

00:19:18.140 --> 00:19:18.779
 that is beyond

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 our understanding.

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 thing.

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 But like

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 you, I

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 don't want

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 this to be

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 temporary.

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 I don't

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 want this to

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 be where

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 we've got

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 together this

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 morning and

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 then we've

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 walked out

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 the door and

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 suddenly we

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 know the

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 moment we

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 walk out

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 that door

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 that conflict's

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 going to hit

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 us again,

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 that we're

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 going to go

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 back into

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 settings,

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 we're going to

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 go back into

00:19:36.120 --> 00:19:36.559
 our homes,

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 we're going to

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 go back to

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 our workplace

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 tomorrow,

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 we're going to

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 go to school

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 and this will

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 have made no

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 difference at

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 all.

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 This I

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 want for

00:19:43.960 --> 00:19:45.259
 us to be

00:19:45.259 --> 00:19:46.720
 lasting and

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 transformational.

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 About five

00:19:50.320 --> 00:19:51.019
 years ago we

00:19:51.019 --> 00:19:51.440
 were in

00:19:51.440 --> 00:19:51.900
 Harrogate,

00:19:51.980 --> 00:19:52.279
 we were at

00:19:52.279 --> 00:19:52.779
 a New Wine

00:19:52.779 --> 00:19:53.140
 Leaders

00:19:53.140 --> 00:19:54.440
 meeting and

00:19:54.440 --> 00:19:55.980
 the speaker

00:19:55.980 --> 00:19:56.320
 said,

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 well this is

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 what I

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 thought I

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 heard her

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 say,

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 this is

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 what I

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 thought my

00:20:00.660 --> 00:20:01.200
 heart heard

00:20:01.200 --> 00:20:01.620
 her say,

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 is if you

00:20:03.240 --> 00:20:03.920
 want peace

00:20:03.920 --> 00:20:04.440
 in all its

00:20:04.440 --> 00:20:05.440
 fullness you

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 have to

00:20:06.040 --> 00:20:07.440
 release the

00:20:07.440 --> 00:20:08.420
 resentment you

00:20:08.420 --> 00:20:09.620
 hold towards

00:20:09.620 --> 00:20:10.040
 others.

00:20:11.660 --> 00:20:12.620
 Now I

00:20:12.620 --> 00:20:13.259
 don't know

00:20:13.259 --> 00:20:14.279
 how long

00:20:14.279 --> 00:20:14.900
 my list

00:20:14.900 --> 00:20:15.360
 was,

00:20:16.180 --> 00:20:16.600
 but the

00:20:16.600 --> 00:20:17.080
 Lord did.

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 And stuff

00:20:21.100 --> 00:20:21.680
 that had

00:20:21.680 --> 00:20:22.300
 stuck to

00:20:22.300 --> 00:20:22.460
 me,

00:20:22.600 --> 00:20:23.160
 stuff that

00:20:23.160 --> 00:20:23.460
 I had

00:20:23.460 --> 00:20:24.120
 hung on

00:20:24.120 --> 00:20:24.340
 to,

00:20:25.560 --> 00:20:26.000
 and in

00:20:26.000 --> 00:20:26.560
 this big

00:20:26.560 --> 00:20:27.200
 convention

00:20:27.200 --> 00:20:28.440
 hall I

00:20:28.440 --> 00:20:29.259
 was really

00:20:29.259 --> 00:20:30.440
 pleased that

00:20:30.440 --> 00:20:30.840
 I wasn't

00:20:30.840 --> 00:20:31.240
 the only

00:20:31.240 --> 00:20:31.580
 one.

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 Because as

00:20:33.220 --> 00:20:33.580
 she said,

00:20:33.640 --> 00:20:33.840
 would you

00:20:33.840 --> 00:20:34.240
 like to

00:20:34.240 --> 00:20:34.920
 just come

00:20:34.920 --> 00:20:35.840
 and receive

00:20:35.840 --> 00:20:36.460
 that peace

00:20:36.460 --> 00:20:36.920
 which the

00:20:36.920 --> 00:20:37.460
 world cannot

00:20:37.460 --> 00:20:37.840
 give,

00:20:38.160 --> 00:20:38.720
 but also

00:20:38.720 --> 00:20:39.300
 at the same

00:20:39.300 --> 00:20:40.180
 time I'm

00:20:40.180 --> 00:20:40.720
 not asking

00:20:40.720 --> 00:20:41.160
 you to

00:20:41.160 --> 00:20:41.500
 phone

00:20:41.500 --> 00:20:41.980
 somebody,

00:20:42.180 --> 00:20:42.559
 I'm not

00:20:42.559 --> 00:20:43.000
 asking you

00:20:43.000 --> 00:20:43.440
 to write

00:20:43.440 --> 00:20:43.940
 a letter,

00:20:44.319 --> 00:20:44.720
 I'm not

00:20:44.720 --> 00:20:45.279
 asking you

00:20:45.279 --> 00:20:45.680
 to go

00:20:45.680 --> 00:20:46.220
 on bended

00:20:46.220 --> 00:20:46.519
 knee,

00:20:46.740 --> 00:20:47.160
 I just

00:20:47.160 --> 00:20:47.599
 want you

00:20:47.599 --> 00:20:48.299
 between you

00:20:48.299 --> 00:20:48.660
 and me

00:20:48.660 --> 00:20:49.019
 Clyde,

00:20:49.099 --> 00:20:49.799
 between me

00:20:49.799 --> 00:20:50.500
 and God

00:20:50.500 --> 00:20:53.759
 to just

00:20:53.759 --> 00:20:54.400
 sort this

00:20:54.400 --> 00:20:55.400
 and let

00:20:55.400 --> 00:20:55.819
 it go.

00:20:57.099 --> 00:20:57.460
 There's

00:20:57.460 --> 00:20:57.839
 your line,

00:20:58.940 --> 00:20:59.539
 because I

00:20:59.539 --> 00:21:00.019
 want you

00:21:00.019 --> 00:21:00.539
 to get rid

00:21:00.539 --> 00:21:00.839
 of that

00:21:00.839 --> 00:21:01.759
 stuff so

00:21:01.759 --> 00:21:02.400
 that place

00:21:02.400 --> 00:21:02.759
 can be

00:21:02.759 --> 00:21:03.380
 filled with

00:21:03.380 --> 00:21:04.059
 my peace

00:21:04.059 --> 00:21:04.799
 which the

00:21:04.799 --> 00:21:06.000
 world cannot

00:21:06.000 --> 00:21:06.400
 give.

00:21:06.400 --> 00:21:06.460
 love.

00:21:09.460 --> 00:21:10.040
 I'm not

00:21:10.040 --> 00:21:10.200
 going to

00:21:10.200 --> 00:21:10.500
 tell you

00:21:10.500 --> 00:21:10.800
 how long

00:21:10.800 --> 00:21:11.220
 my list

00:21:11.220 --> 00:21:11.560
 was,

00:21:12.540 --> 00:21:13.120
 but my

00:21:13.120 --> 00:21:13.480
 goodness

00:21:13.480 --> 00:21:13.860
 was it

00:21:13.860 --> 00:21:14.420
 mightier

00:21:14.420 --> 00:21:14.740
 than I

00:21:14.740 --> 00:21:14.940
 ever

00:21:14.940 --> 00:21:15.259
 thought.

00:21:16.440 --> 00:21:16.680
 The

00:21:16.680 --> 00:21:17.060
 Lord brought

00:21:17.060 --> 00:21:17.720
 me places,

00:21:18.060 --> 00:21:18.480
 faces,

00:21:19.140 --> 00:21:19.860
 situations

00:21:19.860 --> 00:21:21.120
 where I

00:21:21.120 --> 00:21:21.759
 was not

00:21:21.759 --> 00:21:23.000
 at peace.

00:21:25.000 --> 00:21:25.700
 I walked

00:21:25.700 --> 00:21:26.100
 out of that

00:21:26.100 --> 00:21:26.940
 convention hall

00:21:26.940 --> 00:21:27.920
 transformed and

00:21:27.920 --> 00:21:28.280
 changed.

00:21:30.280 --> 00:21:31.000
 I know

00:21:31.000 --> 00:21:31.380
 where to

00:21:31.380 --> 00:21:32.100
 find peace.

00:21:32.420 --> 00:21:32.860
 I know

00:21:32.860 --> 00:21:33.259
 where my

00:21:33.259 --> 00:21:33.980
 rock of peace

00:21:33.980 --> 00:21:34.480
 is now.

00:21:35.579 --> 00:21:36.160
 I will

00:21:36.160 --> 00:21:36.640
 not be

00:21:36.640 --> 00:21:37.160
 shaken and

00:21:37.160 --> 00:21:37.500
 when the

00:21:37.500 --> 00:21:38.240
 storm comes

00:21:38.240 --> 00:21:38.860
 I know

00:21:38.860 --> 00:21:39.220
 to that

00:21:39.220 --> 00:21:39.779
 place where

00:21:39.779 --> 00:21:40.400
 I go to

00:21:40.400 --> 00:21:41.000
 where I

00:21:41.000 --> 00:21:41.500
 find that

00:21:41.500 --> 00:21:42.039
 peace which

00:21:42.039 --> 00:21:42.460
 the world

00:21:42.460 --> 00:21:43.099
 cannot give.

00:21:46.559 --> 00:21:47.120
 I'm just

00:21:47.120 --> 00:21:47.279
 going to

00:21:47.279 --> 00:21:47.660
 invite the

00:21:47.660 --> 00:21:48.099
 team back

00:21:48.099 --> 00:21:48.559
 up again.

00:21:50.259 --> 00:21:50.700
 The

00:21:50.700 --> 00:21:51.279
 disciples,

00:21:52.039 --> 00:21:52.599
 those who

00:21:52.599 --> 00:21:52.940
 are going

00:21:52.940 --> 00:21:53.319
 to be

00:21:53.319 --> 00:21:54.120
 game changers,

00:21:54.480 --> 00:21:54.940
 those who

00:21:54.940 --> 00:21:55.120
 are the

00:21:55.120 --> 00:21:55.680
 ones that

00:21:55.680 --> 00:21:56.120
 the Lord

00:21:56.120 --> 00:21:56.539
 was going

00:21:56.539 --> 00:21:57.059
 to call

00:21:57.059 --> 00:21:58.500
 to transform

00:21:58.500 --> 00:21:59.279
 this world.

00:21:59.960 --> 00:22:00.380
 If I had

00:22:00.380 --> 00:22:01.039
 a mirror here

00:22:01.039 --> 00:22:01.339
 I'm going

00:22:01.339 --> 00:22:01.860
 to turn it

00:22:01.860 --> 00:22:02.259
 around as

00:22:02.259 --> 00:22:02.860
 you beautiful

00:22:02.860 --> 00:22:03.400
 people.

00:22:04.900 --> 00:22:05.559
 People that

00:22:05.559 --> 00:22:05.920
 were going

00:22:05.920 --> 00:22:06.519
 to change

00:22:06.519 --> 00:22:07.059
 the world,

00:22:07.380 --> 00:22:07.799
 they were

00:22:07.799 --> 00:22:08.420
 in a room,

00:22:08.539 --> 00:22:08.759
 they were

00:22:08.759 --> 00:22:09.440
 locked away,

00:22:10.039 --> 00:22:10.460
 they were

00:22:10.460 --> 00:22:11.000
 afraid,

00:22:11.180 --> 00:22:11.460
 they had

00:22:11.460 --> 00:22:12.039
 let Jesus

00:22:12.039 --> 00:22:12.480
 down,

00:22:12.779 --> 00:22:13.039
 they had

00:22:13.039 --> 00:22:13.500
 let each

00:22:13.500 --> 00:22:14.059
 other down,

00:22:14.480 --> 00:22:15.420
 they didn't

00:22:15.420 --> 00:22:16.059
 think that

00:22:16.059 --> 00:22:16.420
 he was going

00:22:16.420 --> 00:22:16.720
 to do

00:22:16.720 --> 00:22:17.480
 anything for

00:22:17.480 --> 00:22:17.640
 them,

00:22:17.720 --> 00:22:18.000
 they were

00:22:18.000 --> 00:22:18.880
 despondent,

00:22:19.120 --> 00:22:19.500
 they were

00:22:19.500 --> 00:22:20.079
 in fear,

00:22:20.440 --> 00:22:20.759
 they were

00:22:20.759 --> 00:22:21.400
 anxious,

00:22:21.940 --> 00:22:22.480
 they thought

00:22:22.480 --> 00:22:23.039
 that Jesus

00:22:23.039 --> 00:22:23.960
 had abandoned

00:22:23.960 --> 00:22:24.360
 them,

00:22:24.799 --> 00:22:25.200
 they had

00:22:25.200 --> 00:22:26.140
 thought they

00:22:26.140 --> 00:22:26.440
 had been

00:22:26.440 --> 00:22:27.460
 left alone

00:22:27.460 --> 00:22:28.220
 to sort

00:22:28.220 --> 00:22:28.620
 it out,

00:22:28.839 --> 00:22:29.319
 and then

00:22:29.319 --> 00:22:30.480
 Jesus steps

00:22:30.480 --> 00:22:31.559
 in and

00:22:31.559 --> 00:22:32.400
 says to

00:22:32.400 --> 00:22:32.779
 them,

00:22:33.980 --> 00:22:36.559
 what a

00:22:36.559 --> 00:22:37.200
 bunch of

00:22:37.200 --> 00:22:37.660
 losers,

00:22:39.319 --> 00:22:39.799
 no,

00:22:40.620 --> 00:22:41.440
 because that's

00:22:41.440 --> 00:22:41.960
 what you

00:22:41.960 --> 00:22:42.460
 and I,

00:22:42.779 --> 00:22:43.160
 the world

00:22:43.160 --> 00:22:43.779
 says to

00:22:43.779 --> 00:22:44.019
 us,

00:22:44.019 --> 00:22:44.819
 and Jesus

00:22:44.819 --> 00:22:45.920
 steps into

00:22:45.920 --> 00:22:46.740
 that place

00:22:46.740 --> 00:22:47.579
 and says

00:22:47.579 --> 00:22:48.000
 to them,

00:22:48.559 --> 00:22:49.319
 my peace

00:22:49.319 --> 00:22:50.099
 I give

00:22:50.099 --> 00:22:50.680
 to you

00:22:50.680 --> 00:22:51.799
 after all

00:22:51.799 --> 00:22:52.500
 this happened,

00:22:53.299 --> 00:22:53.720
 and my

00:22:53.720 --> 00:22:55.240
 peace I leave

00:22:55.240 --> 00:22:55.660
 with you.

00:22:55.660 --> 00:22:58.900
 the doors

00:22:58.900 --> 00:22:59.680
 were locked

00:22:59.680 --> 00:23:00.740
 in fear

00:23:00.740 --> 00:23:01.740
 of what

00:23:01.740 --> 00:23:02.320
 was happening,

00:23:03.180 --> 00:23:04.019
 Jesus walks

00:23:04.019 --> 00:23:05.240
 in and

00:23:05.240 --> 00:23:06.220
 says peace

00:23:06.220 --> 00:23:07.380
 be with

00:23:07.380 --> 00:23:07.640
 you,

00:23:08.220 --> 00:23:08.800
 why?

00:23:09.060 --> 00:23:09.840
 Because I

00:23:09.840 --> 00:23:10.600
 am sending

00:23:10.600 --> 00:23:11.200
 you,

00:23:12.000 --> 00:23:12.840
 I am

00:23:12.840 --> 00:23:13.380
 sending

00:23:13.380 --> 00:23:13.740
 you,

00:23:15.360 --> 00:23:16.080
 and he

00:23:16.080 --> 00:23:16.779
 breathed the

00:23:16.779 --> 00:23:17.420
 Holy Spirit

00:23:17.420 --> 00:23:18.840
 on them

00:23:18.840 --> 00:23:19.660
 and said

00:23:19.660 --> 00:23:20.920
 receive my

00:23:20.920 --> 00:23:21.300
 spirit,

00:23:21.299 --> 00:23:25.259
 I sense

00:23:25.259 --> 00:23:25.539
 that there's

00:23:25.539 --> 00:23:26.099
 many here

00:23:26.099 --> 00:23:26.619
 this morning

00:23:26.619 --> 00:23:27.159
 like me

00:23:27.159 --> 00:23:27.819
 at Harrogate

00:23:27.819 --> 00:23:28.659
 who need us

00:23:28.659 --> 00:23:29.240
 to hear this

00:23:29.240 --> 00:23:29.940
 message this

00:23:29.940 --> 00:23:30.919
 morning in

00:23:30.919 --> 00:23:31.500
 order to

00:23:31.500 --> 00:23:32.099
 receive that

00:23:32.099 --> 00:23:32.460
 peace,

00:23:33.359 --> 00:23:34.379
 that peace

00:23:34.379 --> 00:23:34.799
 which the

00:23:34.799 --> 00:23:35.339
 world cannot

00:23:35.339 --> 00:23:35.639
 give,

00:23:35.919 --> 00:23:36.279
 and as

00:23:36.279 --> 00:23:37.200
 Jesus came,

00:23:37.579 --> 00:23:38.139
 here he is

00:23:38.139 --> 00:23:39.000
 now in the

00:23:39.000 --> 00:23:39.619
 power of the

00:23:39.619 --> 00:23:40.139
 spirit to

00:23:40.139 --> 00:23:41.139
 say peace

00:23:41.139 --> 00:23:42.119
 I leave

00:23:42.119 --> 00:23:42.680
 with you,

00:23:43.059 --> 00:23:43.879
 my peace

00:23:43.879 --> 00:23:44.859
 I give

00:23:44.859 --> 00:23:45.419
 to you,

00:23:46.460 --> 00:23:47.000
 not as the

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 world gives,

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 do not let

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 your heart

00:23:48.480 --> 00:23:48.940
 be troubled,

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 I'm going

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 to invite you

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 now to

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 receive that

00:23:55.940 --> 00:23:56.279
 peace,

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 to receive

00:23:58.799 --> 00:23:59.400
 that peace

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 which the

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 world cannot

00:24:01.059 --> 00:24:01.440
 give,

00:24:02.559 --> 00:24:05.180
 you may be

00:24:05.180 --> 00:24:05.759
 going over in

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 your mind

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 now and

00:24:06.480 --> 00:24:07.120
 thinking there's

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 things,

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 there's people

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 I can't

00:24:09.080 --> 00:24:09.320
 forgive,

00:24:09.460 --> 00:24:10.220
 there's situations

00:24:10.220 --> 00:24:11.420
 for me that I

00:24:11.420 --> 00:24:11.860
 have to,

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 it's become part

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 of my

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 significance,

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 this is who

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 I am,

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 I have to be

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 angry about

00:24:16.420 --> 00:24:16.759
 this,

00:24:17.380 --> 00:24:17.600
 yeah,

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 that's fine,

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 but the

00:24:19.539 --> 00:24:20.039
 Lord meets

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 us where

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 we are,

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 in that

00:24:21.940 --> 00:24:22.400
 anger,

00:24:22.620 --> 00:24:22.880
 in that

00:24:22.880 --> 00:24:23.779
 disillusionment,

00:24:24.039 --> 00:24:24.460
 in that

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 fear,

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 whatever that

00:24:25.640 --> 00:24:26.279
 might be

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 and says

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 as he did

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 with the

00:24:28.279 --> 00:24:28.779
 disciples,

00:24:29.240 --> 00:24:29.900
 my peace

00:24:29.900 --> 00:24:30.539
 I give

00:24:30.539 --> 00:24:30.759
 you,

00:24:31.600 --> 00:24:32.480
 my peace

00:24:32.480 --> 00:24:33.100
 I leave

00:24:33.100 --> 00:24:33.500
 with you.