WEBVTT 00:00:00.800 --> 00:00:02.620 It's great to be with you this morning. 00:00:02.940 --> 00:00:06.040 If you haven't watched the clip before this, please watch it. 00:00:06.120 --> 00:00:09.519 It's a clip from Joel Abadeo. 00:00:10.400 --> 00:00:11.519 He's a fashion designer. 00:00:11.640 --> 00:00:15.160 He's built a whole business around his Christian faith. 00:00:15.960 --> 00:00:18.719 And his Christian work ethic is, he says, 00:00:19.539 --> 00:00:22.400 our heart needs to be as transparent as our shop window. 00:00:23.920 --> 00:00:26.080 That's a really great thing to think about, isn't it? 00:00:26.079 --> 00:00:30.039 His transparency, his openness in his Christian life and work 00:00:30.039 --> 00:00:32.000 allows him to walk freely with Jesus. 00:00:33.000 --> 00:00:35.460 And in this morning's reading from Nehemiah, 00:00:35.759 --> 00:00:37.759 we talk about a good confession. 00:00:38.280 --> 00:00:40.899 And in this lengthy reading from Nehemiah 9, 00:00:41.239 --> 00:00:44.439 that's exactly what the people had come to a point to do. 00:00:44.739 --> 00:00:46.759 They had come in this point of confession 00:00:46.759 --> 00:00:50.780 because they wanted to come to a point of total transparency with God. 00:00:51.420 --> 00:00:55.439 The wars had been completed and they knew that there was a risk. 00:00:55.439 --> 00:00:59.859 There was a real risk that they would go back to their old ways, 00:00:59.899 --> 00:01:01.619 like their ancestors had done. 00:01:01.939 --> 00:01:03.039 And so they name it. 00:01:03.239 --> 00:01:04.640 They actually call it out. 00:01:04.980 --> 00:01:08.379 They remember that this was the mistakes that were made before 00:01:08.379 --> 00:01:10.780 and they don't want to go back to doing that. 00:01:11.019 --> 00:01:12.400 So they confess it. 00:01:12.479 --> 00:01:14.140 So in this act of confession, 00:01:15.000 --> 00:01:18.039 they remind themselves of their heritage, 00:01:18.400 --> 00:01:21.099 their rebellion, past rebellion against God, 00:01:21.459 --> 00:01:22.640 and they speak it out. 00:01:22.640 --> 00:01:26.340 And I sometimes think that's really helpful. 00:01:27.040 --> 00:01:31.040 In fact, I think it's essential sometimes to have to confess it, 00:01:31.439 --> 00:01:35.019 to confess and be honest before God. 00:01:35.980 --> 00:01:38.299 You know, do we do that often? 00:01:38.439 --> 00:01:41.400 Do we confess the things that separate us from God and neighbour? 00:01:41.740 --> 00:01:45.540 Those things which get in the way of the fullness of our life 00:01:45.540 --> 00:01:48.640 and discipleship with Jesus, 00:01:49.320 --> 00:01:52.620 the things that get in the way and diminish our faith. 00:01:54.340 --> 00:01:57.380 We need to be transparent. 00:01:57.500 --> 00:01:59.600 And if you struggle with that, you are not alone. 00:01:59.880 --> 00:02:02.680 Because Nehemiah's reading this morning, 00:02:02.880 --> 00:02:04.140 people are reading this, 00:02:04.340 --> 00:02:08.060 and they see the serious, serious danger 00:02:08.060 --> 00:02:11.560 of all that Nehemiah had brought to them, 00:02:11.759 --> 00:02:13.879 all that that community had brought together, 00:02:14.080 --> 00:02:15.659 and they didn't want to go back. 00:02:16.400 --> 00:02:18.340 They just wanted to go forward. 00:02:20.080 --> 00:02:21.500 That's so encouraging, isn't it? 00:02:21.539 --> 00:02:24.039 Maybe at this point of time, too, 00:02:24.120 --> 00:02:28.259 as we move forward and we regather as a church, 00:02:29.060 --> 00:02:30.180 that we move forward, 00:02:30.480 --> 00:02:32.020 and we don't want to be looking back. 00:02:32.020 --> 00:02:37.320 One of the main aspects of failing to acknowledge our own sin 00:02:37.320 --> 00:02:40.900 is that sometimes we can revert into a victim culture. 00:02:41.520 --> 00:02:43.240 You know, it's everybody else's fault. 00:02:43.360 --> 00:02:44.600 It's nothing to do with me. 00:02:44.820 --> 00:02:46.680 And we hear that again and again. 00:02:46.860 --> 00:02:48.160 Maybe you've experienced that. 00:02:48.280 --> 00:02:48.840 So have I. 00:02:48.960 --> 00:02:51.320 You know, I do this because somebody did it to me. 00:02:51.860 --> 00:02:54.660 I do this because it's the culture that I'm in. 00:02:55.480 --> 00:02:57.560 I'm giving back as good as I get. 00:02:58.800 --> 00:03:01.219 You know, we never truly own and confess 00:03:01.219 --> 00:03:02.780 the things that we need to. 00:03:03.000 --> 00:03:05.080 And that just perpetuates the sin 00:03:05.080 --> 00:03:08.500 and diminishes God's character in us. 00:03:08.800 --> 00:03:12.840 And that makes us often want to fall into that place 00:03:12.840 --> 00:03:15.960 of we're all too ready to criticise other people, aren't we? 00:03:16.259 --> 00:03:20.300 You know, we can point out the speck in other people's eyes 00:03:20.300 --> 00:03:22.840 rather than look at the log in our own, 00:03:22.979 --> 00:03:25.159 as Jesus tells us in Matthew 7. 00:03:26.860 --> 00:03:29.340 Can I encourage you this morning? 00:03:29.340 --> 00:03:32.039 There is something hugely positive 00:03:32.039 --> 00:03:35.659 about making a good confession. 00:03:36.300 --> 00:03:39.539 There's something redemptive of getting rid of all this junk 00:03:39.539 --> 00:03:41.680 in our lives that we carry around. 00:03:41.680 --> 00:03:46.200 As you know, investigating officers I know too well 00:03:46.200 --> 00:03:50.920 will tell you stories of when somebody that you are interviewing 00:03:50.920 --> 00:03:54.040 suddenly wants to tell you the truth, 00:03:54.340 --> 00:03:56.719 the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. 00:03:56.800 --> 00:03:59.580 As the old coppers say, they clear their plate. 00:04:00.520 --> 00:04:03.319 There was something that came alive in somebody 00:04:03.319 --> 00:04:05.219 when you were interviewing them 00:04:05.219 --> 00:04:07.439 because they know they didn't have to carry 00:04:07.439 --> 00:04:08.980 all that stuff around anymore. 00:04:08.979 --> 00:04:11.419 They didn't have to perpetuate the lie. 00:04:12.099 --> 00:04:14.780 And often on the back of that would come everything else. 00:04:14.859 --> 00:04:16.740 All the other offences that they committed, 00:04:16.939 --> 00:04:20.079 we called them TIC, taken into consideration. 00:04:21.039 --> 00:04:23.839 Because they knew that they had a fresh start. 00:04:23.959 --> 00:04:24.939 There was a new beginning. 00:04:25.060 --> 00:04:27.279 They didn't have to go around looking over their shoulder 00:04:27.279 --> 00:04:29.420 thinking that a policeman was going to come 00:04:29.420 --> 00:04:31.199 and arrest them again for something 00:04:31.199 --> 00:04:33.959 that they'd left in the past and hadn't confessed. 00:04:33.959 --> 00:04:38.699 And in the confidence of God's love and compassion, 00:04:39.639 --> 00:04:41.699 often the things that we've hidden darkness 00:04:41.699 --> 00:04:45.039 need bringing into the light to give us that new freedom. 00:04:46.279 --> 00:04:48.919 Because in Christ there is no condemnation. 00:04:50.079 --> 00:04:52.359 You know, the essence of clearing our plate, 00:04:52.459 --> 00:04:54.659 after all, a good confession, as they say, 00:04:54.699 --> 00:04:55.620 is good for the soul. 00:04:55.959 --> 00:04:59.120 The good news is that Jesus doesn't require us 00:04:59.120 --> 00:05:02.579 to dress in this reading like an itchy sackcloth 00:05:02.579 --> 00:05:04.160 and cover ourselves with ashes. 00:05:04.860 --> 00:05:10.740 You know, we don't have to be outwardly penitent 00:05:10.740 --> 00:05:13.160 in that way in which they did. 00:05:13.240 --> 00:05:14.060 It was good for them. 00:05:14.139 --> 00:05:15.079 They had to do that. 00:05:16.019 --> 00:05:18.160 But for us, it may be something really different. 00:05:19.120 --> 00:05:22.040 It may be just that open and transparency with God 00:05:22.040 --> 00:05:24.560 that we need because God sees our heart 00:05:24.560 --> 00:05:28.360 and he knows that there's stuff that we need to hand to him. 00:05:28.660 --> 00:05:32.100 Things that maybe for us are getting in the way. 00:05:33.639 --> 00:05:36.740 Maybe that sin has taken root in your life 00:05:36.740 --> 00:05:38.680 and often we don't want to let go of it. 00:05:38.759 --> 00:05:40.920 Maybe it's become part of who we are. 00:05:41.180 --> 00:05:42.360 It's become comfortable. 00:05:42.500 --> 00:05:44.639 I know that sounds strange, but it's true. 00:05:44.800 --> 00:05:46.680 Maybe that's why in reading this, 00:05:46.759 --> 00:05:48.759 the people became so intentional and open. 00:05:48.959 --> 00:05:50.139 I want to get rid of that. 00:05:50.240 --> 00:05:51.860 I don't want to carry that anymore. 00:05:51.860 --> 00:05:55.800 I'm always impacted when someone shares their story 00:05:55.800 --> 00:05:57.920 of how their life was transformed 00:05:57.920 --> 00:05:59.720 in the power of God's love. 00:06:00.560 --> 00:06:03.020 It's powerful stories that we remember 00:06:03.020 --> 00:06:05.379 and we think, isn't that wonderful? 00:06:05.520 --> 00:06:06.639 We hear those stories. 00:06:06.939 --> 00:06:10.379 But what are those things that are left undealt with 00:06:10.379 --> 00:06:11.120 in our lives? 00:06:12.500 --> 00:06:16.180 Being real and honest is at the heart of a good confession. 00:06:16.939 --> 00:06:19.180 And that's what Nehemiah's people had to do. 00:06:19.180 --> 00:06:21.759 You know, there's dangers. 00:06:21.920 --> 00:06:23.259 There's dangers, isn't there, 00:06:23.280 --> 00:06:25.879 if we're not transparent and open 00:06:25.879 --> 00:06:28.240 with the things that need to be dealt with in our lives. 00:06:28.340 --> 00:06:31.120 I think it's like leaving loaded weapons around. 00:06:31.280 --> 00:06:33.660 It's like leaving a stick for the evil one 00:06:33.660 --> 00:06:35.340 to pick you up and beat you with. 00:06:36.120 --> 00:06:37.399 It's so accessible. 00:06:37.600 --> 00:06:39.079 And that's what the evil one does. 00:06:39.379 --> 00:06:41.579 The evil one loves to remind us 00:06:41.579 --> 00:06:44.519 of the things that we have done wrong 00:06:44.519 --> 00:06:48.879 in the past that get in the way of us and God. 00:06:49.659 --> 00:06:51.680 Weapons that he will use against us 00:06:51.680 --> 00:06:53.339 to challenge our faith, 00:06:53.759 --> 00:06:55.199 to challenge our character, 00:06:55.399 --> 00:06:56.479 our self-worth, 00:06:56.719 --> 00:06:58.319 our intimacy with Jesus, 00:06:58.539 --> 00:06:59.979 our relationship with others. 00:07:00.680 --> 00:07:04.659 Weapons that will intentionally be used against us 00:07:04.660 --> 00:07:08.660 because he thrives on brokenness 00:07:08.660 --> 00:07:10.960 and demolishes lives. 00:07:12.320 --> 00:07:13.220 You know, and some things 00:07:13.220 --> 00:07:15.660 that are brought to us 00:07:16.220 --> 00:07:19.880 are recalled so easily by the evil one. 00:07:20.400 --> 00:07:22.800 I can think of so many the same as you can. 00:07:23.220 --> 00:07:25.200 You know, how can you call yourself a Christian? 00:07:25.600 --> 00:07:27.540 You know, remember when you did this. 00:07:27.540 --> 00:07:31.520 And suddenly it comes flooding back to mind. 00:07:32.000 --> 00:07:32.640 And the thought comes, 00:07:32.720 --> 00:07:34.060 yeah, how can I be a Christian? 00:07:34.260 --> 00:07:35.240 Because I did that. 00:07:36.220 --> 00:07:38.340 Or share your faith. 00:07:38.700 --> 00:07:42.020 If only knew people what you were really like. 00:07:42.180 --> 00:07:43.120 I've heard that before. 00:07:43.460 --> 00:07:45.120 You're a real hypocrite. 00:07:46.240 --> 00:07:47.480 And also as well, you know, 00:07:47.740 --> 00:07:48.939 that sense, pray. 00:07:49.100 --> 00:07:50.460 What, pray with other people? 00:07:50.620 --> 00:07:51.660 You know, lead ministry. 00:07:51.920 --> 00:07:54.080 Oh, look at the things you did this week. 00:07:54.140 --> 00:07:55.960 You're not even worthy to step through 00:07:55.959 --> 00:07:57.519 the door of a church. 00:07:57.979 --> 00:07:59.239 You know, the list goes on. 00:07:59.339 --> 00:08:01.399 You know those thoughts the well as I did. 00:08:01.699 --> 00:08:04.139 That's why good confession is so powerful. 00:08:04.539 --> 00:08:06.639 These things can't be dragged up. 00:08:07.060 --> 00:08:08.519 You know, when the evil one comes 00:08:08.519 --> 00:08:09.979 and sort of brings things to you, 00:08:10.019 --> 00:08:13.039 you say, no, no, that was dealt with. 00:08:13.179 --> 00:08:16.199 I am forgiven and I am free 00:08:16.199 --> 00:08:18.719 to stand in the love of Christ. 00:08:20.519 --> 00:08:22.299 You've probably heard the story here 00:08:22.299 --> 00:08:23.159 on a Sunday morning. 00:08:23.279 --> 00:08:24.479 I've told it several times. 00:08:24.480 --> 00:08:26.740 But we had an amazing service 00:08:26.740 --> 00:08:27.280 on a Sunday. 00:08:27.400 --> 00:08:29.680 We really stepped out as a congregation 00:08:29.680 --> 00:08:31.040 in the power of the Holy Spirit. 00:08:31.540 --> 00:08:32.560 And we'd come forward. 00:08:32.680 --> 00:08:34.279 People had come forward for prayer. 00:08:34.399 --> 00:08:35.220 People were forgiven. 00:08:35.399 --> 00:08:36.019 There was healing. 00:08:36.340 --> 00:08:37.279 There was all the things 00:08:37.279 --> 00:08:38.920 that the Holy Spirit wanted to do. 00:08:39.639 --> 00:08:41.960 And I left church on a real high 00:08:41.960 --> 00:08:42.800 that morning saying, 00:08:43.019 --> 00:08:43.740 thank you, God. 00:08:43.820 --> 00:08:44.420 Thank you. 00:08:44.639 --> 00:08:46.759 I got to the entrance of the church. 00:08:46.879 --> 00:08:47.840 I stepped over the road 00:08:47.840 --> 00:08:49.139 by the bowling club. 00:08:49.460 --> 00:08:51.100 And I heard these words 00:08:51.100 --> 00:08:52.580 which weren't of God at all. 00:08:52.580 --> 00:08:53.900 I knew where they'd come from. 00:08:54.460 --> 00:08:54.940 And they said, 00:08:55.100 --> 00:08:55.800 oh yeah, 00:08:55.900 --> 00:08:57.680 you really think you're up yourself, 00:08:57.840 --> 00:08:59.080 Clive, don't you? 00:08:59.420 --> 00:09:01.040 Who do you think you are? 00:09:01.379 --> 00:09:01.820 You know, 00:09:02.139 --> 00:09:03.000 to lead a church, 00:09:03.060 --> 00:09:04.600 you're not even worthy to. 00:09:04.920 --> 00:09:05.360 Do you know what? 00:09:05.680 --> 00:09:06.860 And in that point, 00:09:07.300 --> 00:09:07.920 I thought, 00:09:08.160 --> 00:09:08.460 no, 00:09:08.840 --> 00:09:10.000 no. 00:09:10.780 --> 00:09:12.440 And I said out loud, 00:09:12.639 --> 00:09:14.000 get behind me, Satan. 00:09:14.560 --> 00:09:15.540 How dare you? 00:09:15.740 --> 00:09:16.700 Get behind me. 00:09:16.700 --> 00:09:17.960 You have got no place. 00:09:18.240 --> 00:09:19.879 I said it out loud. 00:09:21.400 --> 00:09:22.759 There was nobody else around. 00:09:23.280 --> 00:09:23.500 Well, 00:09:23.540 --> 00:09:24.560 I didn't think so. 00:09:25.480 --> 00:09:26.120 But there was. 00:09:26.640 --> 00:09:27.560 I heard a voice 00:09:27.560 --> 00:09:29.180 from down below the wall. 00:09:29.379 --> 00:09:29.940 And apparently, 00:09:29.940 --> 00:09:30.940 there was one of the guys 00:09:30.940 --> 00:09:31.879 from the bowling club 00:09:31.879 --> 00:09:32.940 sat there on a bench. 00:09:33.480 --> 00:09:34.420 And he looked at me 00:09:34.420 --> 00:09:35.500 and I looked at him. 00:09:36.080 --> 00:09:36.980 And he said, 00:09:37.420 --> 00:09:38.140 that's right, 00:09:38.240 --> 00:09:38.460 Vicar. 00:09:38.540 --> 00:09:38.820 He said, 00:09:39.040 --> 00:09:40.580 you tell him where they go. 00:09:43.080 --> 00:09:44.040 Slightly embarrassed, 00:09:44.039 --> 00:09:44.599 but I thought, 00:09:44.779 --> 00:09:45.279 too, Ryan, 00:09:46.039 --> 00:09:46.959 I will tell you 00:09:46.959 --> 00:09:47.919 where to go, Satan, 00:09:48.259 --> 00:09:49.779 because you have got no place. 00:09:52.079 --> 00:09:53.360 If there's only one thing 00:09:53.360 --> 00:09:54.099 that you remember 00:09:54.099 --> 00:09:55.399 from this morning, 00:09:55.919 --> 00:09:56.939 that confession 00:09:56.939 --> 00:09:58.039 rids the weapons 00:09:58.039 --> 00:09:58.959 from the evil one, 00:09:59.740 --> 00:10:00.799 don't give him an inch 00:10:00.799 --> 00:10:02.559 because he will take a mile. 00:10:03.980 --> 00:10:05.740 But you may think this morning, 00:10:06.559 --> 00:10:08.480 what will God think of me? 00:10:08.740 --> 00:10:09.819 What will God think of me 00:10:09.819 --> 00:10:10.559 when I spill 00:10:10.559 --> 00:10:12.379 all these things out to him? 00:10:12.579 --> 00:10:12.759 You know, 00:10:12.759 --> 00:10:14.559 what will he think of me? 00:10:14.639 --> 00:10:15.519 But hear this, 00:10:16.220 --> 00:10:16.819 hear this. 00:10:18.000 --> 00:10:19.100 If there's one thing 00:10:19.100 --> 00:10:19.620 this morning, 00:10:19.740 --> 00:10:22.659 remember from Psalm 103. 00:10:23.659 --> 00:10:25.259 The Lord is compassionate 00:10:25.259 --> 00:10:26.080 and gracious. 00:10:27.000 --> 00:10:28.299 He is slow to anger, 00:10:28.860 --> 00:10:30.179 abounding in love. 00:10:30.919 --> 00:10:31.939 He does not treat us 00:10:31.939 --> 00:10:33.100 as our sins deserve 00:10:33.100 --> 00:10:34.620 or repay us 00:10:34.620 --> 00:10:36.559 according to our iniquities. 00:10:36.960 --> 00:10:38.360 As far as the east 00:10:38.360 --> 00:10:39.139 is from the west, 00:10:39.419 --> 00:10:41.200 so far has he removed 00:10:41.200 --> 00:10:42.679 our transgressions. 00:10:42.759 --> 00:10:46.019 God's love is constant. 00:10:47.639 --> 00:10:48.240 Transparency, 00:10:48.480 --> 00:10:48.879 forgiveness, 00:10:49.259 --> 00:10:49.799 intimacy 00:10:49.799 --> 00:10:51.700 comes from God. 00:10:51.919 --> 00:10:52.700 That's why there is 00:10:52.700 --> 00:10:54.059 those powerful words 00:10:54.059 --> 00:10:55.120 on the cross 00:10:55.120 --> 00:10:56.980 as Jesus is being sacrificed. 00:10:57.519 --> 00:10:58.240 He says, 00:10:58.879 --> 00:10:59.980 and it's being sacrificed 00:10:59.980 --> 00:11:01.100 for our sin, 00:11:01.500 --> 00:11:02.519 for all of this thing 00:11:02.519 --> 00:11:03.460 we're talking about. 00:11:03.720 --> 00:11:04.439 He says, 00:11:04.700 --> 00:11:05.019 Father, 00:11:05.460 --> 00:11:06.000 forgive them. 00:11:06.000 --> 00:11:09.000 there's nothing 00:11:09.000 --> 00:11:10.059 that can shock God. 00:11:11.019 --> 00:11:11.519 Believe me, 00:11:11.860 --> 00:11:13.080 I've told him all mine, 00:11:13.539 --> 00:11:14.120 there's nothing 00:11:14.120 --> 00:11:15.200 that can shock him. 00:11:16.759 --> 00:11:18.200 The wall had been restored. 00:11:18.879 --> 00:11:19.840 The people acknowledged 00:11:19.840 --> 00:11:20.399 their sin 00:11:20.399 --> 00:11:21.259 and confessed it. 00:11:21.620 --> 00:11:21.940 And do you know 00:11:21.940 --> 00:11:22.639 what happened then? 00:11:22.980 --> 00:11:24.059 There was total freedom. 00:11:24.559 --> 00:11:25.500 And because of that, 00:11:25.840 --> 00:11:26.899 praise and worship 00:11:26.899 --> 00:11:27.539 broke out 00:11:27.539 --> 00:11:28.360 in a way 00:11:28.360 --> 00:11:29.059 that had never 00:11:29.059 --> 00:11:30.200 broken out before. 00:11:30.840 --> 00:11:32.340 Freedom at last. 00:11:32.340 --> 00:11:35.259 In Psalm 51, 00:11:35.420 --> 00:11:35.780 it says, 00:11:36.120 --> 00:11:36.920 my sacrifice, 00:11:37.040 --> 00:11:37.320 O God, 00:11:37.360 --> 00:11:38.440 is a broken spirit, 00:11:38.560 --> 00:11:40.240 a broken and contrite heart, 00:11:40.580 --> 00:11:41.120 O God, 00:11:41.379 --> 00:11:43.379 you will not despise. 00:11:45.220 --> 00:11:46.580 Have a good confession. 00:11:47.340 --> 00:11:48.060 Hand it to God. 00:11:48.840 --> 00:11:50.259 Even if it's really messy, 00:11:50.639 --> 00:11:51.220 in Christ, 00:11:51.740 --> 00:11:52.399 all things 00:11:52.399 --> 00:11:54.019 will be made new. 00:11:54.019 --> 00:11:56.159 And following on 00:11:56.159 --> 00:11:56.779 from this talk, 00:11:56.840 --> 00:11:57.399 there's a clip 00:11:57.399 --> 00:11:58.740 and I'd really encourage you 00:11:58.740 --> 00:11:59.740 to engage with it. 00:11:59.939 --> 00:12:01.039 It's by a guy called Bob 00:12:01.039 --> 00:12:02.659 and he points out 00:12:02.659 --> 00:12:03.240 that, 00:12:03.480 --> 00:12:04.980 carrying on with Psalm 51, 00:12:05.319 --> 00:12:06.120 seven ways 00:12:06.120 --> 00:12:07.059 to confess well. 00:12:07.939 --> 00:12:09.039 And maybe watch the clip. 00:12:09.299 --> 00:12:10.319 Pause as I did 00:12:10.319 --> 00:12:11.299 as you go through 00:12:11.299 --> 00:12:12.000 each area. 00:12:12.600 --> 00:12:13.079 Confess 00:12:13.079 --> 00:12:13.960 and be transparent 00:12:13.960 --> 00:12:14.639 with God. 00:12:14.980 --> 00:12:15.720 Be clear. 00:12:16.000 --> 00:12:17.199 Clear our plates, 00:12:17.980 --> 00:12:18.699 as we said. 00:12:19.039 --> 00:12:20.179 Be totally transparent. 00:12:20.319 --> 00:12:21.100 No excuses. 00:12:21.439 --> 00:12:21.860 Own it. 00:12:22.199 --> 00:12:22.779 Hand it 00:12:22.779 --> 00:12:23.720 to the listening 00:12:23.720 --> 00:12:24.879 and loving hand 00:12:24.879 --> 00:12:25.919 of God. 00:12:27.620 --> 00:12:28.779 And then hear his words, 00:12:29.439 --> 00:12:30.980 which you will hear, 00:12:32.000 --> 00:12:32.779 as he says 00:12:32.779 --> 00:12:34.199 and said so often 00:12:34.199 --> 00:12:34.860 to people, 00:12:36.199 --> 00:12:37.919 your sins are forgiven. 00:12:41.199 --> 00:12:42.079 Bless you. 00:12:42.980 --> 00:12:43.959 Have a good confession. 00:12:45.079 --> 00:12:45.779 Enjoy the day. 00:12:45.779 --> 00:12:47.639 Amen.