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 I almost said, please be seated, because I'm used to saying that immediately after without having the choir have us be seated.

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 I have an odd sense of humor. Because I'm married to a very sane woman, I'm often successful in keeping it in check.

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 But when people have a first baby, you have to bring them a gift, you know, people you know, and what do you bring them as a first gift?

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 And time after time, I've suggested to my wife that we bring them a toilet plunger, which I don't think anybody's ever given a new mom and a new dad having their first baby a toilet plunger, but it's actually a very practical gift.

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 Those of you who have children know, what will a child do fairly soon after they can walk?

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 They will throw something in the toilet.

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 Virtually every child does it. Even the best behaved child will eventually make their way into the bathroom.

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 They'll toddle in there, and one of the first things they'll do is they'll discover that if you do this flapping moment to the toilet paper roll, it will completely and utterly empty, and it's a very fun thing for a child to do.

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 And another thing that they'll discover is that there's water to play with that they can reach, and they'll throw things, often the toilet paper, in fact, in, and maybe even flush it.

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 So to give new parents a toilet plunger is actually a very practical gift, but my wife has never let me do it yet.

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 The second thing, of course, that would be that all children do at some point in time is lock themselves in the bathroom.

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 Virtually every child, once they get old enough, will figure out that they can go in the bathroom door, they can play around with it, and they can lock the bathroom,

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 and almost every child will not only lock themselves in the bathroom, but not be able to figure out how to unlock themselves from the bathroom.

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 I only read part of John 6 today, because it's a very, very long reading, but if later on you were to go back and read the rest of John 6,

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 it continues to talk about Jesus being the bread of heaven, and later on it will tell you how we have to eat him,

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 and eat his flesh, and drink his blood, and unless we eat his flesh and drink his blood, we have no part in him.

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 And John 6 is probably one of the most controversial passages in the entire Bible.

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 Between Protestants and Catholics and Orthodox and Coptic, it is a major point of division and difference in terms of how to interpret it.

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 And I'm today going to really focus on one verse, which is the linchpin verse in the entire text.

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 It's not only the linchpin, it's the foundation of the entire text, and it's John 6.35, where Jesus says,

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 I have to put my glasses back on, where Jesus says,

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 I am the bread of life, he who comes to me shall never hunger, and he who believes in me shall never thirst.

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 And if we want to understand this verse, and in fact all of John 6, we just have to remember three simple things.

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 We have to think of the Lord's Prayer, we have to think of being a child locked in a bathroom,

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 and we have to think of a wedding ceremony.

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 And if we can sort of keep these three things before our mind,

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 this verse starts to be more clear to us, as well as the entire chapter.

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 First of all, the Lord's Prayer.

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 We could just say it off by heart, because most of us probably do that,

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 but it's a good thing occasionally to see where things come from in the Bible.

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 So please take your pew Bibles and turn to Matthew chapter 6,

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 or take your own Bibles if you've brought your own Bible.

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 Matthew chapter 6, verses 9 to 13.

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 The reason the Lord's Prayer is called the Lord's Prayer is because it's a prayer which Jesus taught us to pray.

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 And so some people say that John 17 should really be called the Lord's Prayer,

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 because we have the high priestly prayer.

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 But here is a prayer which Jesus taught us to pray,

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 and we say it every Sunday, and here it is in this translation.

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 And listen to it again.

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 Matthew 6, verse 9 through 13, page 837 in your pew Bibles.

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 In this manner, therefore, pray.

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 Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.

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 Your kingdom come.

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 Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

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 Give us this day our daily bread,

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 and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors.

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 And do not lead us into temptation,

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 but deliver us from the evil one.

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 For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever.

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 Amen.

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 It's a wonderful and beautiful prayer.

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 And you'll notice there, verse 11,

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 give us this day our daily bread.

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 I think every one of us knows instantly what that means.

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 Obviously, it's not just praying for bread.

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 I mean, they'd pray this prayer in China,

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 where they eat very little bread,

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 and rice would be the staple.

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 And they'd use this prayer in South America,

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 where tortillas might be more common,

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 and bread wouldn't be as common.

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 We all know, when we read this,

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 that what Jesus is telling us to do,

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 when we give us this day our daily bread,

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 we're saying,

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 the basic sustenance of life,

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 the basic stuff that we need to eat

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 and to receive every day,

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 dear Father, give us.

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 That's what Jesus is teaching us to pray.

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 It's significant that he doesn't say,

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 you know, please give us this day our daily,

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 you know, our oysters and caviar and lobster tails

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 and things which are really, really expensive

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 and very, very fancy champagne.

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 But it's almost a universal symbol,

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 at least in Western lands,

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 that bread,

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 that asking for our daily bread

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 is that we're asking God

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 to give us the basic, basic, basic stuff

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 that we need just to live.

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 And Father, may you provide that for us.

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 So now turn in your Bibles

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 to John chapter 6, page 924.

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 And mindful of the Lord's Prayer,

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 let's listen again to what Jesus says.

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 I'm going to begin reading at verse 32,

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 on page 924, John chapter 6.

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 Jesus said to them,

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 Verily, verily, I say to you,

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 Moses did not give you the bread from heaven,

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 but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven.

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 For the bread of God is he

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 who comes down from heaven

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 and gives life to the world.

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 Then they said to him,

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 Lord, give us this bread always.

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 And Jesus said to them,

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 I am the bread of life.

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 He who comes to me shall never hunger,

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 and he who believes in me

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 shall never thirst.

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 And mindful then of the Lord's Prayer,

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 we can see that what Jesus is talking about here

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 is a very, very powerful and simple image.

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 Just as when we pray the Lord's Prayer,

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 we're saying, you know,

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 give us this day our daily bread,

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 we're asking the Father who loves us

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 to give us the basic stuff

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 that we need to eat

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 and be able to live.

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 And we see here then when Jesus said

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 that he is the bread of life,

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 he is saying that the Father has provided

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 the basic stuff that we need

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 to have the life of heaven,

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 to have everlasting life,

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 to have eternal life,

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 to have life of the age to come,

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 to have life from above,

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 a life which is different than this earthly life,

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 that the very, very basic sustenance,

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 the very, very basic stuff

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 that we need to have

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 to be able to live in heaven

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 and live beyond the judgment

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 and live for everlasting

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 and live eternally,

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 that very, very, very basic stuff

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 God has provided.

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 And it is the person of Jesus.

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 It is not only the person of Jesus,

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 but what the person of Jesus has accomplished.

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 Remember that Jesus is described early on

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 in John's Gospel

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 as the Lamb of God

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 who takes away the sin of the world.

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 And if you were to go back

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 and read John 6 very carefully,

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 we're not going to go into

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 all of the little nuances of it,

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 we'll see that there's even images here

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 of the crucifixion in John 6

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 because the bread is given

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 for the life of the world

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 and there's this image

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 and idea of sacrifice.

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 But it is that the Father

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 in the person of Jesus

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 and in what Jesus is going to do

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 upon the cross

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 and in his resurrection

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 that the basic sustenance,

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 the basic stuff needed

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 for eternal life

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 is given to us

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 from the Father.

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 Now,

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 I don't know if any of you

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 have ever been hungry.

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 Years ago,

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 I used to hitchhike.

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 I used to hitchhike all the time

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 and I did some hitchhiking

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 around Ontario

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 and I remember being hungry

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 and looking at food.

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 And if you're hungry

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 and you're looking at food,

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 it doesn't really help you very much.

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 It only makes you more hungry.

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 You have to get the bread inside you.

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 Right?

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 I mean,

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 bread on the outside

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 is only good

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 if you know that soon

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 you're going to be able

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 to eat that bread

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 and to be filled.

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 Food is only good

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 if you can get it inside of you

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 and it can quench your hunger.

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 Listen again to what Jesus says

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 in John 6, 35.

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 I am the bread of life.

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 He who comes to me

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 shall never hunger

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 and he who believes in me

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 shall never thirst.

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 You know,

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 one of the reasons

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 that we know

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 that this isn't just referring

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 to communion

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 is because there's

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 finality about there.

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 Isn't it?

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 Notice that again.

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 It says,

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 whoever comes to me

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 shall never hunger

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 and whoever believes

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 and he who believes in me

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 shall never thirst.

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 It implies that

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 there's a way of receiving

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 the bread of heaven.

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 There's a way of having

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 the bread of heaven

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 come to us

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 in such a way

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 that our life afterwards

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 is completely

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 and utterly different.

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 There's,

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 you know,

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 one of the things

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 about children

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 being locked

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 in the bathroom door.

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 Remember I said

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 we needed three things

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 to understand this text.

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 We had to think

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 of the Lord's Prayer.

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 We had to think

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 of a child

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 locked in a bathroom

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 and we have to think

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 of a marriage ceremony

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 to be able

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 to understand this text.

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 And I'm going to play around

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 with the image

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 a little bit

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 but,

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 you know,

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 one of the things

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 about a child

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 locked in a bathroom

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 is at first

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 the child doesn't realize

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 that they're locked

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 in the bathroom.

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 They're happy

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 unrolling the toilet paper,

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 playing in the toilet,

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 squeezing the toothpaste,

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 crayoning the walls,

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 whatever it is

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 that they're doing

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 and they're peace

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 and quiet,

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 completely and utterly

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 contented

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 while they're making mischief.

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 But then,

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 they maybe decide

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 that they'd like

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 to go see their mommy

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 or their daddy

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 and they go

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 to open the door

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 and they cannot

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 open the door.

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 And that's when

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 their tension

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 starts to rise.

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 Maybe they try

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 and try and try

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 and try and try

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 but at some point

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 in time

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 they start to wail

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 and to cry

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 looking for someone

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 to come

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 and open the door.

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 You know,

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 and here I'm going

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 to sort of mix images

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 a little bit.

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 You have to be pretty quick

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 to catch these two images.

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 But one of the most famous

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 images in the Bible

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 and it's been the subject

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 of a famous painting

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 is the image

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 of Jesus standing

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 at the door

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 of our lives

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 and knocking

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 at the door

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 of our lives

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 to come in.

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 It's one of the most famous

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 things.

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 It comes from the book

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 of Revelation chapter 3

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 and Revelation chapter 3

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 is in a sense

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 picturing us

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 like a house

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 with a door

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 and Jesus

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 is on the outside

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 of our house

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 the outside

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 of the door

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 and he wants

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 to come in

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 and he's knocking

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 and knocking

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 and knocking

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 and knocking.

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 You know,

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 one of the things

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 which is so comforting

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 about the gospel

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 is Leah

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 I've mentioned earlier

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 Andrew's

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 and Lisa's

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 new daughter

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 was born

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 at 7 o'clock

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 in the morning

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 on Friday

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 and now she would be

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 27,

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 no,

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 48,

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 51 hours old,

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 52 hours old.

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 For 52 hours

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 Jesus has been

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 knocking on Leah's

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 the door of her heart

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 and at no point

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 in time

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 in Leah's life

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 until she lets him in

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 Jesus will always

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 be there

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 knocking

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 and knocking

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 and knocking

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 and here's where

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 the images get

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 a little bit confused.

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 Okay,

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 you have to be

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 with me here.

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 I apologize for this.

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 You know,

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 many of us

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 our life

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 in church

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 is like the child

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 in the bathroom

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 and we know

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 that our mommy

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 and daddy

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 is off somewhere

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 in the house

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 and they're doing

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 their stuff

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 and we're quite content

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 in our little

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 cozy bathroom

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 coloring on the walls

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 playing with the

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 toilet paper

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 squeezing the toothpaste

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 and doing the mischief

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 that we're doing

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 in our little room

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 and we feel pretty

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 safe and secure

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 because we're in

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 this little room

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 and mommy

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 and daddy

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 is off there

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 and many people

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 that's what church

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 is to them.

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 Maybe you don't get

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 into mischief

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 in church

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 but church

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 is sort of

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 a cozy place

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 and they sort of

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 have this sense

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 that God is off

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 with Jesus

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 and the Holy Spirit

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 doing something

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 somewhere

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 but they know

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 we're all in the same house

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 and God is out there

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 and we're sort of

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 having our cozy

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 little time

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 within the walls

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 and then maybe

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 something happens

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 a sickness

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 or a tragedy

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 at work

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 or some pressure

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 builds up within us

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 and we call out

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 to God

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 and we start

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 to wail to God

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 and call out

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 to him

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 who's on the other

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 side of that door

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 and many people

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 they live their entire lives

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 very very content

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 just to have God

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 on the other side

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 of that door

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 knowing that

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 when things get

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 very desperate

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 they can slip God

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 a note underneath

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 the door

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 they can talk to him

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 through the keyhole

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 but the scripture says

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 that Jesus

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 desires

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 to come in

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 and it pictures

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 us

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 then

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 as if

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 we are

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 inside of a room

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 the room

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 the room of myself

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 the room of my soul

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 the room of my body

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 and Jesus

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 is knocking

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 to get in

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 and the Christian life

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 really begins

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 when I open the door

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 and let Jesus

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 come in

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 I don't have to be

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 like a child

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 feeling he's locked

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 or she's locked

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 in a room

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 wailing for Jesus

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 or content

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 to have Jesus

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 out there

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 somewhere in the distance

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 that the whole

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 Christian life

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 really truly begins

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 when I realize

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 that Jesus

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 doesn't have to be

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 out there

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 that he wants

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 to be

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 in here

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 and so

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 I open the door

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 of my life

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 and I look at Jesus

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 and I in a sense

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 say Jesus

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 you've been knocking

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 to come in

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 please come in

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 I invite you

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 to come in

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 I give you

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 permission

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 to come in

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 I'd love it

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 if you came in

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 and that's when

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 the Christian life

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 really truly begins

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 when we ask Jesus

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 to come into

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 the door of our lives

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 and live within

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 and you see

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 that's why

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 in this text

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 there is this idea

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 of some dramatic

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 change

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 which happens

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 once again

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 listen to verse 35

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 I am the bread of life

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 he who comes to me

00:15:32.120 --> 00:15:33.000
 shall never hunger

00:15:33.000 --> 00:15:34.340
 and he who believes

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 in me

00:15:34.680 --> 00:15:35.540
 shall never thirst

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 it's telling us

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 that the bread of heaven

00:15:39.159 --> 00:15:40.519
 the stuff

00:15:40.519 --> 00:15:42.240
 of everlasting life

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 and eternal life

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 the basic sustenance

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 for that

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 can't just stay

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 outside of us

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 it has to get

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 within us

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 and once it gets

00:15:50.899 --> 00:15:51.779
 within us

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 there is a finality

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 and a change

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 that takes place

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 because it's no

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 not no longer

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 something that we

00:15:58.319 --> 00:15:59.480
 look at out there

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 it is now

00:16:00.500 --> 00:16:01.459
 something which is

00:16:01.459 --> 00:16:01.860
 within

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 and that by the way

00:16:03.579 --> 00:16:04.759
 is is all the thing

00:16:04.759 --> 00:16:05.439
 that's going through

00:16:05.439 --> 00:16:06.159
 of John 6

00:16:06.159 --> 00:16:06.959
 about eating

00:16:06.959 --> 00:16:07.839
 and believing

00:16:07.839 --> 00:16:08.419
 and seeing

00:16:08.419 --> 00:16:09.419
 and all of the text

00:16:09.419 --> 00:16:10.679
 is trying to say

00:16:10.679 --> 00:16:11.000
 to us

00:16:11.000 --> 00:16:11.799
 listen

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 Jesus is the bread

00:16:13.919 --> 00:16:14.519
 of life

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 get him inside

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 of you

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 and you know

00:16:18.759 --> 00:16:19.839
 whatever the imagery

00:16:19.839 --> 00:16:21.179
 that Jesus is able

00:16:21.179 --> 00:16:21.980
 to use in John

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 it's all an imagery

00:16:23.079 --> 00:16:24.139
 of you have to

00:16:24.139 --> 00:16:24.639
 get him

00:16:24.639 --> 00:16:25.899
 inside

00:16:25.899 --> 00:16:28.539
 now how does

00:16:28.539 --> 00:16:29.259
 the inside

00:16:29.259 --> 00:16:29.919
 part

00:16:29.919 --> 00:16:30.919
 come in this text

00:16:30.919 --> 00:16:31.519
 listen again

00:16:31.519 --> 00:16:32.120
 to the verse

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 it goes like this

00:16:34.600 --> 00:16:36.720
 I am the bread

00:16:36.720 --> 00:16:37.139
 of life

00:16:37.139 --> 00:16:37.919
 he who comes

00:16:37.919 --> 00:16:38.200
 to me

00:16:38.200 --> 00:16:38.679
 shall never

00:16:38.679 --> 00:16:39.220
 hunger

00:16:39.220 --> 00:16:40.080
 and he who

00:16:40.080 --> 00:16:40.860
 believes in me

00:16:40.860 --> 00:16:41.360
 shall never

00:16:41.360 --> 00:16:41.860
 thirst

00:16:41.860 --> 00:16:43.560
 now notice

00:16:43.560 --> 00:16:44.539
 that there is

00:16:44.539 --> 00:16:45.840
 coming to Jesus

00:16:45.840 --> 00:16:47.039
 and believing

00:16:47.039 --> 00:16:48.220
 in Jesus

00:16:48.220 --> 00:16:48.879
 and that these

00:16:48.879 --> 00:16:49.539
 two things

00:16:49.539 --> 00:16:49.940
 are sort of

00:16:49.940 --> 00:16:50.440
 seem to be

00:16:50.440 --> 00:16:50.940
 related

00:16:50.940 --> 00:16:52.060
 not quite

00:16:52.060 --> 00:16:52.639
 parallel

00:16:52.639 --> 00:16:53.740
 but complementary

00:16:53.740 --> 00:16:55.500
 where is it

00:16:55.500 --> 00:16:56.139
 in life

00:16:56.139 --> 00:16:57.259
 that you have

00:16:57.259 --> 00:16:58.039
 this combination

00:16:58.039 --> 00:16:59.200
 of coming

00:16:59.200 --> 00:17:00.080
 and believing

00:17:00.080 --> 00:17:00.899
 coming together

00:17:00.899 --> 00:17:01.600
 and believing

00:17:01.600 --> 00:17:03.440
 well the first

00:17:03.440 --> 00:17:04.319
 thing to understand

00:17:04.319 --> 00:17:04.839
 is that in the

00:17:04.839 --> 00:17:05.420
 New Testament

00:17:05.420 --> 00:17:06.440
 when the word

00:17:06.440 --> 00:17:08.160
 believing is used

00:17:08.160 --> 00:17:09.539
 it never is

00:17:09.539 --> 00:17:10.319
 referring to

00:17:10.319 --> 00:17:10.839
 something

00:17:10.839 --> 00:17:12.240
 of the mind

00:17:12.240 --> 00:17:13.319
 primarily

00:17:13.319 --> 00:17:15.000
 believing

00:17:15.000 --> 00:17:16.120
 isn't something

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 primarily of the

00:17:17.140 --> 00:17:17.620
 mind

00:17:17.620 --> 00:17:18.920
 in other words

00:17:18.920 --> 00:17:19.579
 it's not that we

00:17:19.579 --> 00:17:19.940
 have to have

00:17:19.940 --> 00:17:20.700
 certain thoughts

00:17:20.700 --> 00:17:21.380
 in our head

00:17:21.380 --> 00:17:22.319
 that we have to

00:17:22.319 --> 00:17:23.039
 assent

00:17:23.039 --> 00:17:24.539
 to certain thoughts

00:17:24.539 --> 00:17:25.440
 or certain

00:17:25.440 --> 00:17:26.279
 beliefs

00:17:26.279 --> 00:17:27.440
 or certain

00:17:27.440 --> 00:17:28.120
 ideas

00:17:28.120 --> 00:17:28.940
 or certain

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 phrases

00:17:29.539 --> 00:17:30.319
 it's not a matter

00:17:30.319 --> 00:17:30.759
 of knowing

00:17:30.759 --> 00:17:31.599
 things about

00:17:31.599 --> 00:17:32.079
 Jesus

00:17:32.079 --> 00:17:32.519
 that we

00:17:32.519 --> 00:17:33.119
 can assent

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 to

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 and it's

00:17:34.539 --> 00:17:35.279
 not primarily

00:17:35.279 --> 00:17:35.980
 referring to

00:17:35.980 --> 00:17:36.640
 something of

00:17:36.640 --> 00:17:37.119
 the heart

00:17:37.119 --> 00:17:37.519
 which is

00:17:37.519 --> 00:17:38.000
 emotions

00:17:38.000 --> 00:17:38.640
 because as

00:17:38.640 --> 00:17:39.099
 you know

00:17:39.099 --> 00:17:40.660
 we all

00:17:40.660 --> 00:17:41.140
 on one level

00:17:41.140 --> 00:17:43.119
 can make

00:17:43.119 --> 00:17:43.640
 emotions

00:17:43.640 --> 00:17:44.660
 come to us

00:17:44.660 --> 00:17:46.900
 we feel like

00:17:46.900 --> 00:17:47.480
 having a good

00:17:47.480 --> 00:17:48.039
 cry

00:17:48.039 --> 00:17:50.460
 or we feel

00:17:50.460 --> 00:17:50.900
 like getting

00:17:50.900 --> 00:17:51.640
 angry

00:17:51.640 --> 00:17:52.359
 and so we

00:17:52.359 --> 00:17:52.740
 can sort of

00:17:52.740 --> 00:17:53.680
 evoke anger

00:17:53.680 --> 00:17:54.759
 or a good cry

00:17:54.759 --> 00:17:55.259
 or whatever

00:17:55.259 --> 00:17:55.940
 within us

00:17:55.940 --> 00:17:57.660
 but ultimately

00:17:57.660 --> 00:17:58.359
 the things of the

00:17:58.359 --> 00:17:58.940
 heart are things

00:17:58.940 --> 00:17:59.799
 like a storm

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 that blows in

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 and blows out

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 that in fact

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 the word

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 believing

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 primarily refers

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 to an act

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 of the will

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 not

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 I mean the mind

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 is involved

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 and the heart

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 is involved

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 the heart

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 rejoices

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 the mind

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 descents

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 but it's

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 primarily

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 something

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 of the will

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 so where

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 is it

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 that we

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 see a picture

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 of coming

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 together

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 and believing

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 well

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 I've been

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 very blessed

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 on Friday night

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 I did a wedding

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 and on Saturday

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 afternoon

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 I did a wedding

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 on Saturday

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 and Nadia

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 and I

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 were here

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 Nadia played

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 the organ

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 I did a wedding

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 for a young woman

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 who comes to the

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 915 service

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 Emma

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 and in three weeks

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 time

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 if you were here

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 at the 915 service

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 I used the young woman

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 sitting right there

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 who was helping

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 with the overhead

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 projector

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 Kendra

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 many of you

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 might know her

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 she is going

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 to be marrying

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 Jeremy

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 right up here

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 right where I'm

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 pointing

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 right there

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 on the 4th of November

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 Kendra and Jeremy

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 are going to get married

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 and if you come

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 to this Anglican wedding

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 you would see

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 and by the way

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 Kendra's invited

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 all of you

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 to come to the wedding

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 if you come

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 to the wedding

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 you'll see

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 perfectly illustrated

00:19:06.160 --> 00:19:07.340
 what Jesus refers

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 to as coming

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 to him

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 and believing

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 in him

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 because here's

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 how an Anglican

00:19:11.440 --> 00:19:12.160
 wedding works

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 whatever

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 it's at 4 o'clock

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 I can't remember

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 what time

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 the wedding's at

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 but let's say

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 it's at 4 o'clock

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 at 4 o'clock

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 Jeremy

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 and his best man

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 and his groomsman

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 will be behind

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 that door

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 out of sight

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 and Kendra

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 with her dad

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 and her mom

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 and with her bridesmaids

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 will be behind

00:19:32.119 --> 00:19:32.619
 that door

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 out of sight

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 and when everything

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 is completely

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 ready to go

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 I think this is

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 how they're doing it

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 the bride's mother

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 will be escorted

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 to her seat

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 the final one

00:19:42.220 --> 00:19:42.539
 seated

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 and then I will

00:19:44.440 --> 00:19:45.339
 come out of that door

00:19:45.339 --> 00:19:46.539
 with Jeremy

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 and the other men

00:19:47.319 --> 00:19:48.399
 and Jeremy

00:19:48.399 --> 00:19:48.839
 and the men

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 will stand

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 at the front

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 of the church

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 facing the front

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 back to the door

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 and I will stand

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 on that steps

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 and I will say

00:19:55.259 --> 00:19:55.960
 ladies and gentlemen

00:19:55.960 --> 00:19:57.000
 please rise

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 and greet the bride

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 and at that point

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 in time

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 the music begins

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 the congregation

00:20:01.980 --> 00:20:02.740
 turns

00:20:02.740 --> 00:20:03.340
 Jeremy

00:20:03.340 --> 00:20:04.620
 and the men

00:20:04.620 --> 00:20:05.820
 turn to face

00:20:05.820 --> 00:20:06.259
 the back

00:20:06.259 --> 00:20:07.180
 and the bridesmaids

00:20:07.180 --> 00:20:07.840
 start to come

00:20:07.840 --> 00:20:08.500
 into the church

00:20:08.500 --> 00:20:09.320
 and eventually

00:20:09.320 --> 00:20:10.240
 Kendra will come

00:20:10.240 --> 00:20:10.940
 into the church

00:20:10.940 --> 00:20:13.019
 and Kendra

00:20:13.019 --> 00:20:13.700
 and James

00:20:13.700 --> 00:20:15.280
 will come together

00:20:15.280 --> 00:20:15.960
 and meet

00:20:15.960 --> 00:20:16.700
 right there

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 and then after

00:20:18.960 --> 00:20:20.240
 I give some

00:20:20.240 --> 00:20:21.500
 housekeeping instructions

00:20:21.500 --> 00:20:23.039
 and after we

00:20:23.039 --> 00:20:23.880
 describe what

00:20:23.880 --> 00:20:24.440
 the purpose

00:20:24.440 --> 00:20:25.600
 of marriage is

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 and after we

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 have scripture

00:20:27.380 --> 00:20:27.960
 read

00:20:27.960 --> 00:20:29.319
 and after I

00:20:29.319 --> 00:20:30.259
 talk a few minutes

00:20:30.259 --> 00:20:30.779
 about what

00:20:30.779 --> 00:20:32.000
 Christian marriage is

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 and what the

00:20:32.920 --> 00:20:33.960
 scriptures have said

00:20:33.960 --> 00:20:35.420
 then I will say

00:20:35.420 --> 00:20:35.920
 to Jeremy

00:20:35.920 --> 00:20:36.620
 Jeremy do you

00:20:36.620 --> 00:20:38.059
 intend to be

00:20:38.059 --> 00:20:39.660
 Kendra's husband

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 forever

00:20:40.259 --> 00:20:41.480
 and he'll say

00:20:41.480 --> 00:20:41.920
 I will

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 and then I'll say

00:20:42.519 --> 00:20:43.080
 to Kendra

00:20:43.080 --> 00:20:43.640
 do you intend

00:20:43.640 --> 00:20:44.539
 to be Jeremy's

00:20:44.539 --> 00:20:45.259
 wife forever

00:20:45.259 --> 00:20:45.900
 and she'll say

00:20:45.900 --> 00:20:46.420
 I will

00:20:46.420 --> 00:20:47.380
 and then I'll

00:20:47.380 --> 00:20:48.060
 have Kendra

00:20:48.060 --> 00:20:48.820
 hand off her

00:20:48.820 --> 00:20:49.240
 bouquet

00:20:49.240 --> 00:20:50.440
 to the bridesmaid

00:20:50.440 --> 00:20:52.039
 and James

00:20:52.039 --> 00:20:53.060
 I mean Jeremy

00:20:53.060 --> 00:20:54.019
 will turn to face

00:20:54.019 --> 00:20:54.539
 Kendra

00:20:54.539 --> 00:20:56.080
 and Kendra

00:20:56.080 --> 00:20:57.019
 will turn to face

00:20:57.019 --> 00:20:57.460
 Jeremy

00:20:57.460 --> 00:20:58.759
 and they have

00:20:58.759 --> 00:20:59.420
 nothing in their

00:20:59.420 --> 00:20:59.880
 hands

00:20:59.880 --> 00:21:01.500
 and I instruct

00:21:01.500 --> 00:21:02.340
 Jeremy to have

00:21:02.340 --> 00:21:03.200
 his hands like

00:21:03.200 --> 00:21:04.480
 this down

00:21:04.480 --> 00:21:05.720
 because it's the

00:21:05.720 --> 00:21:06.700
 posture of taking

00:21:06.700 --> 00:21:08.759
 and Kendra

00:21:08.759 --> 00:21:09.400
 will put her

00:21:09.400 --> 00:21:10.060
 hands

00:21:10.060 --> 00:21:11.940
 in Jeremy's

00:21:11.940 --> 00:21:12.380
 hands

00:21:12.380 --> 00:21:13.900
 and Jeremy

00:21:13.900 --> 00:21:14.440
 will say

00:21:14.440 --> 00:21:15.440
 I Jeremy

00:21:15.440 --> 00:21:16.000
 take you

00:21:16.000 --> 00:21:16.359
 Kendra

00:21:16.359 --> 00:21:16.640
 to be

00:21:16.640 --> 00:21:17.279
 my wife

00:21:17.279 --> 00:21:19.619
 to have

00:21:19.619 --> 00:21:20.099
 and to hold

00:21:20.099 --> 00:21:20.519
 from this

00:21:20.519 --> 00:21:21.140
 day forward

00:21:21.140 --> 00:21:21.599
 for richer

00:21:21.599 --> 00:21:22.220
 for poorer

00:21:22.220 --> 00:21:22.720
 for better

00:21:22.720 --> 00:21:23.200
 or worse

00:21:23.200 --> 00:21:23.940
 sickness

00:21:23.940 --> 00:21:24.579
 and health

00:21:24.579 --> 00:21:27.339
 this is my

00:21:27.339 --> 00:21:27.980
 solemn vow

00:21:27.980 --> 00:21:29.900
 and then I'll say

00:21:29.900 --> 00:21:30.779
 that's very lovely

00:21:30.779 --> 00:21:31.940
 and I'll have

00:21:31.940 --> 00:21:32.960
 Kendra and Jeremy

00:21:32.960 --> 00:21:33.980
 momentarily break

00:21:33.980 --> 00:21:34.440
 their hands

00:21:34.440 --> 00:21:35.279
 and then Kendra

00:21:35.279 --> 00:21:35.819
 will have her

00:21:35.819 --> 00:21:36.420
 hands down

00:21:36.420 --> 00:21:36.900
 like this

00:21:36.900 --> 00:21:37.400
 open

00:21:37.400 --> 00:21:39.140
 in a position

00:21:39.140 --> 00:21:39.720
 of taking

00:21:39.720 --> 00:21:40.799
 and Jeremy

00:21:40.799 --> 00:21:41.480
 will put his

00:21:41.480 --> 00:21:42.279
 hands in hers

00:21:42.279 --> 00:21:43.960
 and then Kendra

00:21:43.960 --> 00:21:44.500
 will say

00:21:44.500 --> 00:21:45.460
 I Kendra

00:21:45.460 --> 00:21:45.920
 take you

00:21:45.920 --> 00:21:46.339
 Jeremy

00:21:46.339 --> 00:21:47.279
 to be my

00:21:47.279 --> 00:21:47.700
 husband

00:21:47.700 --> 00:21:48.720
 to have

00:21:48.720 --> 00:21:49.160
 and hold

00:21:49.160 --> 00:21:49.619
 from this

00:21:49.619 --> 00:21:50.220
 day forward

00:21:50.220 --> 00:21:50.759
 for better

00:21:50.759 --> 00:21:51.279
 for worse

00:21:51.279 --> 00:21:51.720
 for richer

00:21:51.720 --> 00:21:52.299
 for poorer

00:21:52.299 --> 00:21:53.279
 on and on

00:21:53.279 --> 00:21:53.619
 and on

00:21:53.619 --> 00:21:54.299
 this is my

00:21:54.299 --> 00:21:54.940
 solemn vow

00:21:54.940 --> 00:21:58.120
 they have

00:21:58.120 --> 00:21:58.960
 come together

00:21:58.960 --> 00:22:01.240
 and they

00:22:01.240 --> 00:22:02.180
 have believed

00:22:02.180 --> 00:22:04.500
 an act

00:22:04.500 --> 00:22:04.980
 of the will

00:22:04.980 --> 00:22:06.279
 the will

00:22:06.279 --> 00:22:07.059
 is used

00:22:07.059 --> 00:22:08.320
 to take

00:22:08.320 --> 00:22:09.120
 the other

00:22:09.120 --> 00:22:09.680
 person

00:22:09.680 --> 00:22:10.779
 to allow

00:22:10.779 --> 00:22:11.340
 the other

00:22:11.340 --> 00:22:11.880
 person

00:22:11.880 --> 00:22:12.460
 to come

00:22:12.460 --> 00:22:13.019
 into their

00:22:13.019 --> 00:22:13.480
 lives

00:22:13.480 --> 00:22:14.240
 to pledge

00:22:14.240 --> 00:22:14.980
 themselves

00:22:14.980 --> 00:22:15.720
 to that

00:22:15.720 --> 00:22:16.360
 other person

00:22:16.360 --> 00:22:17.279
 in an

00:22:17.279 --> 00:22:17.940
 Anglican

00:22:17.940 --> 00:22:18.259
 wedding

00:22:18.259 --> 00:22:18.860
 ceremony

00:22:18.860 --> 00:22:20.460
 you see

00:22:20.460 --> 00:22:21.980
 between Kendra

00:22:21.980 --> 00:22:23.000
 and Jeremy

00:22:23.000 --> 00:22:24.500
 what Jesus

00:22:24.500 --> 00:22:25.319
 desires

00:22:25.319 --> 00:22:26.240
 between you

00:22:26.240 --> 00:22:26.759
 and me

00:22:26.759 --> 00:22:30.700
 he is

00:22:30.700 --> 00:22:31.900
 the bread

00:22:31.900 --> 00:22:33.180
 of life

00:22:33.180 --> 00:22:33.900
 that has

00:22:33.900 --> 00:22:34.400
 come from

00:22:34.400 --> 00:22:34.680
 heaven

00:22:34.680 --> 00:22:35.759
 he is the

00:22:35.759 --> 00:22:36.240
 one who

00:22:36.240 --> 00:22:36.519
 is the

00:22:36.519 --> 00:22:37.779
 very sustenance

00:22:37.779 --> 00:22:38.440
 that we

00:22:38.440 --> 00:22:38.940
 need

00:22:38.940 --> 00:22:39.559
 to have

00:22:39.559 --> 00:22:40.019
 the life

00:22:40.019 --> 00:22:40.519
 to come

00:22:40.519 --> 00:22:41.039
 eternal

00:22:41.039 --> 00:22:41.420
 life

00:22:41.420 --> 00:22:42.019
 everlasting

00:22:42.019 --> 00:22:42.819
 life

00:22:42.819 --> 00:22:43.519
 he is

00:22:43.519 --> 00:22:44.000
 the very

00:22:44.000 --> 00:22:44.319
 very

00:22:44.319 --> 00:22:45.180
 sustenance

00:22:45.180 --> 00:22:45.680
 which we

00:22:45.680 --> 00:22:46.079
 need

00:22:46.079 --> 00:22:46.839
 and it's

00:22:46.839 --> 00:22:47.299
 no good

00:22:47.299 --> 00:22:47.579
 if we

00:22:47.579 --> 00:22:48.220
 just look

00:22:48.220 --> 00:22:48.819
 at him

00:22:48.819 --> 00:22:49.740
 we need

00:22:49.740 --> 00:22:50.200
 to have

00:22:50.200 --> 00:22:50.440
 him

00:22:50.440 --> 00:22:51.019
 inside

00:22:51.019 --> 00:22:51.660
 of us

00:22:51.660 --> 00:22:52.820
 we need

00:22:52.820 --> 00:22:53.259
 to have

00:22:53.259 --> 00:22:53.600
 a way

00:22:53.600 --> 00:22:54.060
 to have

00:22:54.060 --> 00:22:54.320
 him

00:22:54.320 --> 00:22:54.740
 come

00:22:54.740 --> 00:22:55.560
 inside

00:22:55.560 --> 00:22:56.660
 and how

00:22:56.660 --> 00:22:56.920
 do we

00:22:56.920 --> 00:22:57.200
 do

00:22:57.200 --> 00:22:57.840
 Jesus

00:22:57.840 --> 00:22:58.400
 says

00:22:58.400 --> 00:22:59.060
 if you

00:22:59.060 --> 00:22:59.600
 come to

00:22:59.600 --> 00:22:59.759
 me

00:22:59.759 --> 00:23:00.019
 and if

00:23:00.019 --> 00:23:00.140
 you

00:23:00.140 --> 00:23:00.640
 believe

00:23:00.640 --> 00:23:01.680
 and we

00:23:01.680 --> 00:23:02.019
 can just

00:23:02.019 --> 00:23:02.400
 think of

00:23:02.400 --> 00:23:02.779
 Kendra

00:23:02.779 --> 00:23:03.320
 and Jeremy

00:23:03.320 --> 00:23:04.340
 of the

00:23:04.340 --> 00:23:04.640
 coming

00:23:04.640 --> 00:23:05.080
 together

00:23:05.080 --> 00:23:06.000
 of the

00:23:06.000 --> 00:23:06.460
 opening

00:23:06.460 --> 00:23:06.840
 of the

00:23:06.840 --> 00:23:07.360
 hands

00:23:07.360 --> 00:23:08.420
 and of

00:23:08.420 --> 00:23:08.840
 saying

00:23:08.840 --> 00:23:10.340
 I give

00:23:10.340 --> 00:23:10.800
 myself

00:23:10.800 --> 00:23:11.160
 to you

00:23:11.160 --> 00:23:11.480
 Jesus

00:23:11.480 --> 00:23:13.320
 and Jesus

00:23:13.320 --> 00:23:13.820
 says to

00:23:13.820 --> 00:23:14.100
 us

00:23:14.100 --> 00:23:14.860
 I give

00:23:14.860 --> 00:23:15.340
 myself

00:23:15.340 --> 00:23:15.800
 to you

00:23:15.800 --> 00:23:16.880
 for better

00:23:16.880 --> 00:23:17.440
 for worse

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 for richer

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 for poor

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 in sickness

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 and health

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 forever

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 and ever

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 and ever

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 and that's

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 how the

00:23:25.160 --> 00:23:25.500
 Christian

00:23:25.500 --> 00:23:25.820
 life

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 begins

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 so some

00:23:30.140 --> 00:23:30.360
 of you

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 maybe are

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 wondering

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 how does

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 this

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 believing

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 stuff

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 work

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 and it's

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 not a matter

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 of trying

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 to screw

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 up a

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 particular

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 type of

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 emotion

00:23:36.680 --> 00:23:36.980
 in your

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 life

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 it's not

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 a matter

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 of trying

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 to believe

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 certain

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 things

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 in your

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 life

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 in a

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 sense

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 what I'm

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 telling

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 today

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 is this

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 if you

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 haven't

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 done

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 this

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 yet

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 picture

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 yourself

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 at the

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 front

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 of the

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 church

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 and picture

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 yourself

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 looking to

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 Jesus

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 and saying

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 Jesus

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 you are

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 the bread

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 of life

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 you are

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 the sustenance

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 of heaven

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 you are

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 what I

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 need

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 to have

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 eternal

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 life in

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 me

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 and picture

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 looking at

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 Jesus

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 with your

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 hands open

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 and saying

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 Jesus

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 I take

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 you

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 and then

00:24:11.639 --> 00:24:12.000
 picture

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 Jesus

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 putting

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 his hands

00:24:13.960 --> 00:24:14.139
 out

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 and you

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 putting

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 your hands

00:24:15.079 --> 00:24:15.399
 in him

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 and saying

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 and Jesus

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 says to

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 you

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 I take

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 you

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 and that's

00:24:19.500 --> 00:24:19.720
 how the

00:24:19.720 --> 00:24:20.020
 Christian

00:24:20.020 --> 00:24:20.860
 life begins

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 let's bow

00:24:21.840 --> 00:24:22.140
 our heads

00:24:22.140 --> 00:24:22.540
 in prayer