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 If you're looking in the Pew Bibles, it's page 907.

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 We're taking a little break tonight from our series in 1 Samuel to look at this chapter in John.

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 It's some of Jesus' last words to his disciples on earth before he would leave them and return to the Father in heaven.

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 So John chapter 21, I'm going to read verses 1 through 22.

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 And here we go.

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 After this, Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias, and he revealed himself in this way.

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 Simon Peter, Thomas, called the twin, Nathaniel of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples were together.

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 Simon Peter said to them, I'm going fishing.

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 They said to him, we'll go with you.

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 They went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing.

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 Just as day was breaking, Jesus stood on the shore, yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus.

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 Jesus said to them, children, do you have any fish?

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 They answered him, no.

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 He said to them, cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some.

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 So they cast it.

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 And now they were not able to haul it in because of the quantity of fish.

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 That disciple whom Jesus loved therefore said to Peter, it is the Lord.

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 When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his outer garment, for he was stripped for work, and threw himself into the sea.

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 The other disciples came in the boat, dragging the net full of fish, for they were not far from the land, but about a hundred yards off.

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 When they got out on land, they saw a charcoal fire in place with fish laid out on it and bread.

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 Jesus said to them, bring some of the fish that you have just caught.

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 So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore full of large fish, a hundred fifty-three of them.

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 And although there were so many, the net was not torn.

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 Jesus said to them, come and have breakfast.

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 Now none of the disciples dared ask him, who are you?

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 They knew it was the Lord.

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 Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to them.

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 And so with the fish, this was now the third time that Jesus was revealed to the disciples after he was raised from the dead.

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 When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?

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 He said to them, yes, Lord.

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 He said to him, yes, Lord, you know that I love you.

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 He said to him, feed my lambs.

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 He said to him a second time, Simon, son of John, do you love me?

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 He said to him, yes, Lord, you know that I love you.

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 He said to him, tend my sheep.

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 He said to him the third time, Simon, son of John, do you love me?

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 Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, do you love me?

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 And he said to him, Lord, you know everything.

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 You know that I love you.

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 Jesus said to him, feed my sheep.

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 Truly, truly, I say to you, when you were young,

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 you used to dress yourself and walk wherever you wanted.

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 But when you are old, you will stretch out your hands,

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 and another will dress you and carry you where you do not want to go.

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 This he said to show by what kind of death he was to glorify God.

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 And after saying this, he said to him, follow me.

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 Peter turned and saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following them,

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 the one who also had leaned back against him during the supper,

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 and had said, Lord, who is it that is going to betray you?

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 When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, Lord, what about this man?

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 Jesus said to him, if it is my will that he remain until I come,

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 what is that to you?

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 You follow me.

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 Well, this is a time of year where we are looking back

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 and looking forward.

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 It's a time of year where some of you may be preparing to graduate and move on.

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 Others of you may be preparing to leave town,

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 or other of you may have friends in either one of those categories.

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 But even if nothing else is changing in your life,

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 even if you're just staying here and have no plans for anything to change,

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 it's a good time, it's a good opportunity

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 to look back and look forward.

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 Tomorrow, I hope to take a half day for what I call a personal retreat

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 that I do twice or three times a year.

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 I usually just go for a long bike ride,

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 take a Bible and a journal,

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 and think about what has the last six months been like?

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 What has God been teaching me?

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 What's changed?

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 And then what are my priorities looking forward?

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 And I keep my notes from when I've done this over the last few years,

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 and it's interesting to see how much can change,

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 even just in the course of six months,

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 in my own life, in my family, in the church.

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 So, anyway, so this evening we're looking at this passage

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 at the end of John's Gospel,

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 where Jesus is preparing his disciples for the future,

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 but the way he does that is by reminding them of the past.

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 Now, some scholars have actually questioned

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 whether this chapter belongs in the Gospel of John.

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 They point to the end of chapter 20.

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 At the end of chapter 20, if you read verse 31,

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 he tells us the purpose of his book.

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 He says,

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 These things are written so you may believe that Jesus is the Christ,

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 the Son of God,

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 and by believing you may have life in his name.

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 And so some people have said,

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 Well, that sounds like a conclusion.

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 You know, the end.

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 Believe in Jesus, have life in his name.

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 You know, chapter 21, it seems like,

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 maybe somebody else added that later on,

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 sort of an appendix that's anticlimactic.

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 But actually, chapter 21 is really important.

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 If chapter 20 focuses on Jesus revealing himself to his disciples

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 after his resurrection,

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 and assuring them that he's really alive,

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 and that he's really their Lord and God,

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 chapter 21 is him preparing them

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 to go out into the world with that message.

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 And you know, that's really the purpose of the Bible and the Gospels,

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 the Bible in general,

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 and the New Testament Gospels in particular.

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 It's not only to assure us

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 that Jesus really is the Messiah and the Son of God,

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 but also to equip us and prepare us

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 to live a life in this world of faithfully following and walking with him.

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 So the way he does this,

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 the way Jesus does this in this chapter,

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 is he reminds his disciples of three events that have gone on in the past.

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 As we go through this chapter,

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 Jesus sort of replays these events in their minds.

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 So it's sort of like if you watch the highlights of a baseball game on SportsCenter,

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 and you are reminded of that home run in the second inning,

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 and then that, you know, great play that the defender made in the fifth inning

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 that kept the game, you know, one way or the other,

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 and then in the bottom of the ninth inning,

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 how the Yankees lost, or whatever.

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 Okay, so, sorry, I'm from Boston.

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 My loyalties are revealed.

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 I know some of you are New York fans.

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 You have to forgive me.

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 Because you're, you know, because we're Christians,

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 and we have to forgive each other.

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 All right.

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 But the point is,

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 I'm getting distracted.

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 It's like the end of,

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 it's also like the end of a movie

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 that sort of gathers up the various strands of the plot lines together.

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 This is what's going on here.

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 So let me, so you might be wondering,

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 what in the world is he saying?

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 Let me show you.

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 Okay, Jesus teaches us three lessons.

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 Looking back on three events.

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 So first lesson, abide in Jesus.

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 The story begins with Simon Peter

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 and the disciples going fishing on the Sea of Galilee.

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 They're,

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 they are fishing on the Sea of Galilee.

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 Now, verse one through three,

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 it's fine that they're going fishing,

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 but you know, if you read these verses,

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 they seem a little bit bored.

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 Sort of aimless.

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 Simon Peter says,

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 oh, let's go fishing.

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 And they're like,

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 yeah, sure, we'll go with you.

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 I mean, you know, it's a reasonable thing to do.

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 They need to eat.

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 That's fine.

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 But they're also powerless, right?

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 They fish all night and they catch nothing.

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 Now, that would have reminded the disciples of something that happened at the beginning of Jesus' ministry.

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 When Jesus first called Peter and James and John,

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 the sons of Zebedee to be his disciples,

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 they had fished all night on the Sea of Galilee and caught nothing.

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 It's a story that's found in Luke chapter five.

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 And here they are in the same situation again.

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 But then what had happened in Luke chapter five?

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 You can turn back there if you want to.

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 Jesus had come along.

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 And he said,

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 go out into the deep

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 and let out your nets for a catch.

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 And Peter protested.

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 Peter's like,

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 Jesus, we're a professional fisherman.

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 You know, we sort of know what we're doing here.

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 But he said,

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 okay, fine, I'll do it.

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 So they go out,

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 let down the nets.

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 They're full of fish.

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 Again,

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 what happens here?

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 Same kind of thing.

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 Cast the net on the right side of the boat.

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 You'll find some.

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 They throw down the net.

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 It's full of fish.

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 And so they say,

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 it's the Lord.

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 They knew who it was.

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 Now,

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 both times,

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 the disciples were working hard apart from Jesus

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 and they yielded nothing.

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 And then they listened to Jesus' word

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 and obeyed his voice.

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 And their nets were full to overflowing.

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 Jesus is reminding them

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 and he's reminding us

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 that we're dependent on him.

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 Now, of course,

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 in a general sense,

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 all of us are dependent on God

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 as God's creatures.

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 There's all,

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 I mean,

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 even the fact

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 that the universe exists

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 and the law of gravity

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 doesn't suddenly change

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 from moment to moment

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 so that when you're driving down the highway

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 or riding the bus,

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 everything doesn't

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 just start colliding with each other

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 because

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 the regular,

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 regular patterns of the universe

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 are chaotic, right?

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 God sustains

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 the whole universe

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 day by day.

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 He sustains our brain,

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 the system that

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 has the blood flowing through our body.

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 There's all kinds of things

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 that we don't even think about

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 that we depend on

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 for our very life

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 and health

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 and safety

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 that God sustains us every day.

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 In a general sense,

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 we're all dependent on God

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 as his creatures.

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 But in a more particular sense,

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 Jesus is reminding us

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 that we're dependent on him

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 as Jesus' disciples.

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 Jesus had said

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 in John chapter 15,

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 I am the vine

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 and you are the branches.

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 If you abide in me,

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 you will bear much fruit.

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 But apart from me,

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 you can do nothing

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 at all.

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 Now what does it look like

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 to abide in Jesus?

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 Jesus talks about abiding

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 in his word,

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 letting his word

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 sink into our hearts

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 and shape our lives,

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 abiding in his love,

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 resting in the assurance

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 that he has loved us

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 and laid down his life

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 for us on the cross

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 and nothing can separate us

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 from his love for us.

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 Jesus also speaks

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 about abiding in prayer,

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 in fellowship with God,

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 the Father, Son,

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 and Holy Spirit.

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 I think that's one

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 of the key indicators

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 of whether we're living

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 a life of abiding in Christ

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 and depending on God

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 is our practice of prayer.

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 Do we feel our need

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 to pray

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 just as much as you

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 get up in the morning

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 and you feel hungry

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 and thirsty

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 and you know

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 that to have strength

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 and energy for the day,

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 you need to drink water

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 and eat food.

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 In the Lord's Prayer,

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 Jesus taught us to pray

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 for our daily provision.

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 Give us this day

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 our daily bread,

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 for our daily pardon,

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 forgive us our sins

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 as we forgive those

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 who sin against us

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 and for our daily protection.

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 Lead us not into temptation,

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 but deliver us from evil.

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 Now, some days,

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 we might not feel

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 our need for prayer.

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 You know, some days,

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 you might not feel

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 your need for food.

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 You know, if you're sick

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 or if you're very depressed

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 or if you're taking

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 certain medications,

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 they will make you

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 not feel hungry.

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 hungry.

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 And yet, if you don't,

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 if you don't,

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 if you wait

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 until you feel hungry

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 to eat,

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 and particularly

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 if you're sick,

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 it won't help you

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 get better.

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 Sometimes you need

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 to discipline yourself

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 to eat on a regular basis

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 and eat healthy foods

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 that will nourish your body

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 even when you don't

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 feel like it.

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 And sometimes,

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 we need to discipline

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 ourselves to pray

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 in dependence upon God

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 even when we feel

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 like we don't

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 really need to.

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 Even when we don't

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 really feel inclined to

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 because we need

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 to realize

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 our feelings

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 are not,

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 in this case,

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 a good indicator

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 of reality.

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 Just like when you're sick

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 and you don't feel hungry,

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 you have to override that

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 and do what you know

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 is right

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 in order for your

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 long-term health.

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 So Jesus reminds us

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 of our dependence

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 on Him.

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 That's the first thing.

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 You know,

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 sometimes God reminds us

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 of our dependence

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 through being in situations

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 like the disciples

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 when they were fishing

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 all night

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 and worked hard

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 and no result.

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 And sometimes,

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 we're working as hard

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 as we can

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 or maybe you're looking

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 for a job

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 and every day

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 you're going out

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 and applying

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 to five or six places

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 and pounding the pavement

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 and handing in your resume

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 over and over

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 and over again

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 and you're doing

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 all that you can do

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 and you're still waiting

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 and you realize

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 this isn't totally

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 in your control.

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 Right?

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 But,

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 and sometimes

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 Jesus reminds us

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 of our dependence

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 in those ways

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 but Jesus also wants us

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 to be,

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 to remember

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 that we're dependent

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 on Him

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 even when everything's

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 going well

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 and when we're tempted

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 to think

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 that we're self-sufficient

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 and self-made.

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 So Jesus reminds us

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 of our dependence.

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 that's the first thing.

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 And He calls us

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 to abide in Him.

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 So second,

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 second lesson

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 that Jesus gives us,

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 He calls us

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 to invest for Him.

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 When they got out

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 on the land

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 they saw fish and bread

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 prepared by Jesus.

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 Jesus took the fish

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 and bread

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 and gave it to them.

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 Now once again

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 Jesus was reminding them

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 of an event

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 that happened in the past.

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 from the middle

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 of Jesus' ministry

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 when Jesus had taken

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 fish and bread

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 and given it

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 to the crowds of people

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 to feed 5,000 men

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 plus women and children.

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 Jesus,

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 it's one of most,

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 one of Jesus'

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 most significant miracles.

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 It's the only one

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 recorded in all four Gospels.

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 It's in John chapter 6

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 if you want to

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 turn back there

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 for a moment.

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 Now what was Jesus

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 trying to remind

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 His disciples of

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 by sort of replaying

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 this event in their mind?

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 Well on the one hand

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 it was a display

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 of His abundant provision.

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 Right?

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 All these fish.

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 Right?

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 Just as He had

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 multiplied five loaves

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 and two fish

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 to give it to all the people.

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 But it's not just about that.

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 It's also about

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 Jesus' insistence

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 that His disciples

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 be involved

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 in the process.

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 In John chapter 6

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 verse 5

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 it says that

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 seeing that a large crowd

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 was coming to Him

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 Jesus said to Philip

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 where are we to buy bread

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 for all these people to eat?

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 And verse 6 said

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 He said this to test Him

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 for Jesus already had in mind

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 what He was going to do.

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 You see,

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 if Jesus

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 was the Lord

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 is the Lord of creation

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 if He was able

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 to multiply

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 five loaves

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 and two fish

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 to feed

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 crowds of people

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 thousands of people

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 He didn't really need

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 those five loaves

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 and two fish

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 in the first place.

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 He could have just

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 created them out of nothing

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 like He did

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 in the first place.

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 But no,

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 He wanted

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 His disciples

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 to be invested

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 and involved

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 alongside Him

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 in His ministry

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 in His work.

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 And so He took

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 a young boy's lunch

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 that was willingly offered

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 and He took that

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 and multiplied it

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 to feed the people.

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 And in John chapter 21

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 Jesus followed

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 the same pattern.

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 Jesus was already

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 cooking fish and bread

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 on the charcoal fire

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 and then verse 10

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 He says

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 bring some of the fish

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 that you have just caught.

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 Bring me

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 what you have.

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 Jesus includes

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 and multiplies

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 the fruits

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 of our labors

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 in His work.

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 So let me ask you

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 this question.

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 Can you remember

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 a time

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 when Jesus called you

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 like He called

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 the disciples

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 to invest sacrificially

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 and to give Him

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 what you have

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 to serve others

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 and then He multiplied

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 that for the good

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 of other people

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 and the glory

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 of His name?

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 So a couple examples

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 maybe

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 maybe you

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 are a Bible study

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 leader

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 or maybe you teach

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 a Sunday school class

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 and you faithfully

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 prepare your lessons

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 late at night

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 because that's the only

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 free time you have.

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 You work during the day

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 you take care of your family

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 in the evening.

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 The only time you have

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 is late at night

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 but you faithfully

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 prepare these lessons

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 for the benefit

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 of the kids in your class

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 or the people

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 in your group

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 and somebody

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 comes to you

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 and says

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 you know

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 the questions

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 you asked

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 or the insights

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 you gave

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 they've really started

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 to change the way

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 I think about everything

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 and they've shown me

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 who God is

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 and they've opened up

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 the Bible to me

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 and I say

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 thank you.

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 or maybe

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 maybe you heard

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 that somebody

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 in the church

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 was sick

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 or you

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 or had a friend

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 who was going

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 through a really rough time

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 and so you baked

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 a bunch of cookies

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 and took them over

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 to their room

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 knocked on their

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 dorm room door

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 or on the door

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 of their house

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 and he just said

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 I just wanted

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 to bring these to you.

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 Maybe you hung out

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 with them

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 and talked with them

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 for a little while.

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 Or maybe you took

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 a hard step

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 of gently confronting

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 a brother or sister

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 in Christ

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 who was straying away

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 from the way

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 of Jesus

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 and you confronted them

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 and you said

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 brother,

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 sister

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 this isn't right

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 I'm concerned

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 about you

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 and you did that

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 prayerfully

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 and gently

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 and humbly

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 but clearly

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 and they listened

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 to you

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 and they stopped

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 doing whatever

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 they were doing

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 and they changed

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 their ways

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 and they came back

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 to a closer

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 relationship

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 with Jesus.

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 Now I know

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 it doesn't always

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 work that way

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 when you extend

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 yourself

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 on behalf

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 of someone else

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 for Jesus' sake.

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 most of the time

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 most of the time

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 was

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 that

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 Lord

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 Lord

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 of someone

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 to

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 and

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 you

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 can

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 So that's it?

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 Violin bump.

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 Let's get started.

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 so

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 Thank you.

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