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 And so it's great to be here. I had a chance to hang out with the guys last night.

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 Sean and Ed and Todd just talking about eldership, talking about what does it mean to build a pastoral team.

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 Again, I've been in my church for 40 years. It started as a church plant.

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 40 years ago, I was recently married.

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 About a few months after my wife and I got married, we were looking for a church.

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 We found this church that had only started the week before.

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 So it had been planted, and then we came the second week at the church.

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 And we thought, hey, this is a good place. Let's don't leave.

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 And so we never did.

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 So my four kids were all raised in the church.

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 Nine of my 17 grandkids are in the church now.

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 And so I just had a chance last month to baptize my oldest granddaughter.

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 And so I've had this life in this church, and it's given me a passion for this text and this message.

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 And so we're going to jump in.

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 We're in Psalm 84.

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 I'd like for you to stand as we read God's Word.

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 And then we'll just exposit it in our time together.

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 Psalm 84.

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 How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord of hosts!

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 My soul longs, yes, faints for the courts of the Lord.

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 My heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God.

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 Even the sparrow finds a home in the swallow and nest for herself,

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 where she may lay her young at your altars, O Lord of hosts.

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 My King and my God.

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 Blessed are those who dwell in your house, ever seeing your praise.

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 Blessed are those whose strength is in you,

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 in whose heart are the highways to Zion.

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 As they go through the valley of Baccah,

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 they make it a place of springs,

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 and the early rain covers it with pools.

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 They go from strength to strength.

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 Each one appears before God in Zion.

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 O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer.

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 Give ear, O God of Jacob.

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 Behold our shield, O God.

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 Look on the face of your anointed.

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 For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere.

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 I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God

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 than dwell in the tents of wickedness.

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 For the Lord is a sun and a shield.

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 The Lord bestows favor and honor.

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 No good thing does He withhold from those who walk uprightly.

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 O Lord of hosts,

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 blessed is the one who trusts in you.

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 Lord, bless the preaching of your word.

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 This limited vessel that you have put before these people,

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 I pray that you would minister through me

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 and to me as we gather to hear and consider

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 what you have to say to us this morning through your word.

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 We ask this in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 So I grew up in the Lutheran church.

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 Small church outside of Atlanta.

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 And Lutheran church would be a church where there's pews

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 and then there's a raised sort of area there called the chancel

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 and then an altar at the end of that.

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 And so the altar against the wall.

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 So it's kind of coming from the Catholic tradition.

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 So there's the focus would be on the altar.

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 And so as a kid looking at it, it was not an ornate church,

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 but I did find a certain amount of wonder there.

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 The woodwork, the things, I just felt like there's no place like it.

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 So I used to love and go and sit in church

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 and just imagine things about the building.

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 And one of the things I began to notice is

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 between the chancel and the altar,

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 there was another platform you stepped up on

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 and then there was some space to the altar

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 and there was a rail around that space.

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 And it mostly stayed closed, so there's a whole rail around it.

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 The only time it ever was opened is for communion

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 when the center would be moved aside

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 and the pastor would be able to walk up to the altar for communion.

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 So sitting there, I'm seven, eight years old with an imagination,

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 I started to think, I think the reason that rail is there

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 is because on the other side of that rail

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 is a hole that leads straight to hell.

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 And so to me, going to church was fascinating

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 because I felt like, is somebody going to fall in today?

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 My idea was you needed that rail

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 because if you didn't have that rail,

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 you could just be walking around up there

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 and actually tip over into hell and it's all over.

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 And so the rail was there set up

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 to keep us from falling into hell in the middle of church.

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 And then the pastor though,

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 and he would stand up there

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 and he would stand in front of this space

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 when they opened it up

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 and he would do this.

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 And I kind of imagined him kind of like a hockey goalie,

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 kind of protecting people.

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 He was sort of a lifeguard, right?

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 He just kind of, he was there to make sure,

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 he was ready to move

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 in case anybody accidentally walked up

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 and started to fall in.

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 He would grab him and send him back.

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 So the role of the pastor was primarily

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 to physically keep people from falling into hell.

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 So it was a place of wonder for me.

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 And I love going and speculating

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 about what it might be like to fall into hell.

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 And so one day I got the courage up after a service

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 to go up to look down into that hole.

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 And I walked up and I was, you know,

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 of course you're not supposed to be up there for your kid,

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 but I got up there and I'm walking up

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 and I go up and I peer over this rail

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 and all I see is just parquet floor.

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 You know, and I have to admit

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 I was a bit disappointed.

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 And actually, I won't say that was the reason

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 I was turned off from church.

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 But there was something in me that said

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 this really isn't that special a place.

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 It's just a building.

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 It's just a place people go.

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 And I was a jaded seven-year-old

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 or eight-year-old when it came to church.

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 It just became where my parents took me

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 until I got old enough not to go.

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 My goal today is to stir in your hearts

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 a love for the church,

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 which is awkward because you're sitting in church already.

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 So I'm kind of preaching literally to the choir.

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 But I can think we can have experiences

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 like I had as a kid

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 where we see that the church

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 isn't all we thought it would be

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 when we came or when we started going to church.

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 My church, where I've been for 40 years

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 and where I raised my family,

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 is not a place of continual wonder.

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 I'm always discovering parquet floor

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 where I thought wonder should be.

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 We can be pretty mundane.

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 It can feel like a place of problems.

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 Church promises amazing things

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 but sometimes delivers parquet floors.

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 Psalm 84 is written about an Old Testament worshiper

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 anticipating amazing things

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 on the way, really, to church.

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 But that's not without reason.

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 When people gathered at the temple,

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 which is the reference of this text,

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 that's where he's headed,

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 God met with them.

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 It wasn't just the place of God.

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 It wasn't just representative God.

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 It was the presence of God that they sought.

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 We who live on this side of the resurrection

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 who are partakers of the new covenant,

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 who have the presence of God within us

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 through the indwelling Holy Spirit,

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 and who have had our sins permanently atoned for

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 by the blood of Jesus Christ,

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 we don't take literal journeys

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 to a literal temple.

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 We ourselves are the temple

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 when we gather together.

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 The Apostle Peter makes this point.

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 1 Peter 2, he says,

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 As you come to him,

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 a living stone rejected by men

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 in the sight of God,

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 chosen and precious.

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 You yourselves, like living stones,

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 are being built up as a spiritual house

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 to be a holy priesthood,

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 to offer spiritual sacrifices

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 acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

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 Peter is stirring in New Testament believers

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 the heartbeat of Psalm 84.

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 We should anticipate amazing things

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 when we gather as God's spiritual house.

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 Our spiritual journey in Christ

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 is not just a private thing.

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 And friends, you are probably aware

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 everybody seems to be on some spiritual journey

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 these days.

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 And many of those people profess the name of Christ,

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 but they primarily view their relationship

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 with Christ as an individual thing,

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 as an internal thing,

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 as a quiet, reverential thing,

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 or as a pilgrimage of sorts,

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 but it's private pilgrimage.

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 The Bible doesn't teach us that.

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 The New Testament teaches us,

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 Peter teaches us,

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 that we all are the spiritual house

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 where personal spiritual journeys find meaning.

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 My basic point is simply this.

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 Your spiritual journey needs the church.

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 And I have three points coming out of that

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 from the text.

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 There's no better place to call home

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 than the church.

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 I'm basically making the argument.

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 There's no better place to call home

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 than the church.

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 Number two,

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 there's no better place

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 to make a difference

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 than the church.

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 And number three,

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 there's no better place

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 to prepare for eternity

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 than the church.

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 So our first point,

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 there's no better place

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 to call home

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 than the church.

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 Let's go back to verse 1

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 through verse 4.

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 Verse 4.

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 Now to get this psalm,

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 you need to put yourself

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 in the mindset

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 of an Israelite of old,

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 living out in some village

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 in the countryside.

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 There's no church,

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 as we know it.

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 There's no Bible study.

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 There's no worship service.

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 The things that build your faith

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 happen somewhere else.

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 In Jerusalem,

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 more specifically,

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 at the temple of Jerusalem.

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 If we transport this

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 to current thinking,

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 imagine being in a small town

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 in the middle of New Hampshire.

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 You want to be a good Christian,

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 but you don't have any

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 functional access to God

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 in your town.

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 No way to offer prayers.

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 No way to hear the Word.

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 God isn't going to meet you there.

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 You have to go to Boston.

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 That's where God meets with people.

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 You can be a good Jew,

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 a good follower in your village,

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 but you can only meet with God

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 in Jerusalem.

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 So you plan and you save

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 and you prepare

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 for a pilgrimage to the temple.

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 It's at the temple

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 where you get access to God.

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 It's at the temple

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 where you receive the peace of God.

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 It's at the temple

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 where you can experience God Himself.

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 It's at God's house

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 where you feel truly at home.

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 So the psalmist begins

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 with his longing.

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 How lovely is your dwelling place.

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 My soul longs,

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 yes,

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 faints,

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 for the courts of the Lord.

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 This is serious longing.

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 The King James Version says,

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 my heart and flesh cry out.

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 One commentator translates it,

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 my whole being craved,

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 yes,

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 exhausted itself

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 for Yahweh's courtyards.

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 What is he craving?

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 The temple?

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 Stone building?

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 No,

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 he loves the temple,

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 but he loves it

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 because it's the dwelling place

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 of the living God.

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 It's the temple

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 where God promises

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 to meet with people,

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 with poor,

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 guilty sinners,

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 to extend His mercy

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 and awaken joy in them.

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 That's what the pilgrim

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 longs for.

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 Not a good seat at the show,

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 not an experience

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 to add to his Instagram,

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 not to fulfill

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 a religious responsibility.

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 We don't know much

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 about the psalmist.

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 He's a son of Korah,

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 which means his life

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 was devoted to worship,

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 but he's in a place

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 where apparently

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 he can't fill out

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 what he believes

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 is his primary purpose.

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 He needs to go

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 to Jerusalem,

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 to the temple.

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 What we do know

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 is that the one thing

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 he most wanted

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 was to meet with God

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 and he had to find

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 his way to God

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 to do that.

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 But friends,

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 we are so different.

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 The God we meet

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 has come to us,

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 has left Boston,

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 and come to New Hampshire,

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 has sought us out.

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 In Christ,

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 God ended the temple

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 worship system forever.

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 He broke out

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 from the confines

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 of temple

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 to the world

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 in Jesus.

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 John says this

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 in the first chapter

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 of his gospel,

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 the word of God

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 became flesh

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 and dwelt among us.

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 And you probably know

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 that word dwelt

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 is a corresponding

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 Greek word

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 for the same

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 Hebrew concept

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 that's in verse 1

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 of this song.

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 How lovely

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 is your dwelling place.

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 Literally,

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 he templed,

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 he tabernacled

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 with us.

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 And because of

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 the Holy Spirit,

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 the tabernacle

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 of God

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 now dwells

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 with us

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 and in us

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 as the people

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 of God.

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 We are

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 the temple

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 of God

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 because

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 he dwells

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 within us.

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 When we gather

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 together,

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 we set up

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 in essentially

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 the tent

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 of God

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 wherever we are.

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 I had a chance

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 to be Friday night

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 with one of the

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 small groups here.

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 And,

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 you know,

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 they're just

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 eating dinner

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 and chatting

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 and talking,

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 but you're aware

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 in that moment

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 that up and down

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 this street,

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 people are meeting

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 and gathering

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 and talking.

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 But the temple

00:16:26.680 --> 00:16:27.200
 of God

00:16:27.200 --> 00:16:27.860
 is here

00:16:27.860 --> 00:16:29.840
 because the people

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 are gathered

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 in Jesus' name.

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 Wherever you meet,

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 that's why you want

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 to be in

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 your CGs

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 because it's a chance

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 in the middle

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 of the week

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 to express

00:16:44.759 --> 00:16:46.620
 that tabernacle

00:16:46.620 --> 00:16:47.340
 experience

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 with one another.

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 God's presence

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 is God's presence.

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 We've seen that.

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 But there's

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 something else

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 as well.

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 Verse 3

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 helps us see

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 why we need

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 this dwelling

00:17:00.939 --> 00:17:01.959
 place of God.

00:17:03.299 --> 00:17:03.759
 You see,

00:17:04.539 --> 00:17:05.000
 the dwelling

00:17:05.000 --> 00:17:05.960
 place of God

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 isn't just

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 a great place.

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 It's also

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 the safe place

00:17:11.899 --> 00:17:13.460
 for us.

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 It's the place

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 of safety.

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 Look at verse 3.

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 Even the sparrow

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 finds a home

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 and the swallow

00:17:20.660 --> 00:17:21.160
 a nest

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 for herself

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 where she may

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 lay her young

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 at your altars,

00:17:27.079 --> 00:17:28.460
 O Lord of hosts.

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 So small birds

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 make their nests

00:17:31.839 --> 00:17:33.380
 near the altar.

00:17:34.779 --> 00:17:35.660
 What does that mean?

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 We've got to call

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 the exterminator.

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 We've got to fire

00:17:40.100 --> 00:17:40.960
 the custodian.

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 We've got to turn it

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 into a bird sanctuary.

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 What does that mean?

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 No, the metaphor

00:17:46.620 --> 00:17:47.480
 here is one of

00:17:47.480 --> 00:17:49.559
 safety and protection.

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 Remember Jesus'

00:17:50.740 --> 00:17:51.700
 words from the

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 Sermon on the Mount.

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 Look at the birds

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 of the air.

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 They neither sow

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 nor reap

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 nor gather in barns

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 and yet your

00:17:59.000 --> 00:17:59.960
 heavenly Father

00:17:59.960 --> 00:18:00.960
 feeds them.

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 Are you not

00:18:02.740 --> 00:18:03.620
 of more value

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 than they?

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 Now we have to

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 understand this

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 verse

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 in the context

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 of the world

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 around the Jews.

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 It's good to keep

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 in mind the altars

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 of other religions

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 during the psalmist's

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 time.

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 These were altars

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 where children

00:18:24.119 --> 00:18:25.000
 were sacrificed

00:18:25.000 --> 00:18:26.819
 to appease

00:18:26.819 --> 00:18:27.539
 the anger

00:18:27.539 --> 00:18:28.839
 of tribal gods.

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 They're altars

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 where slaves

00:18:32.799 --> 00:18:33.339
 were forced

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 to perform

00:18:34.259 --> 00:18:35.799
 abominable acts

00:18:35.799 --> 00:18:36.519
 to satisfy

00:18:36.519 --> 00:18:37.400
 the lusts

00:18:37.400 --> 00:18:37.920
 of God.

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 yet the place

00:18:40.980 --> 00:18:41.580
 where the Lord

00:18:41.580 --> 00:18:42.320
 of hosts

00:18:42.320 --> 00:18:43.200
 dwells

00:18:43.200 --> 00:18:44.880
 even the

00:18:44.880 --> 00:18:45.840
 holy altar

00:18:45.840 --> 00:18:47.080
 that no one

00:18:47.080 --> 00:18:48.120
 can approach

00:18:48.120 --> 00:18:49.460
 out of fear

00:18:49.460 --> 00:18:49.940
 of death

00:18:49.940 --> 00:18:51.180
 without atonement

00:18:51.180 --> 00:18:52.160
 for their sin

00:18:52.160 --> 00:18:54.519
 is a nesting

00:18:54.519 --> 00:18:55.220
 place

00:18:55.220 --> 00:18:56.779
 for the small

00:18:56.779 --> 00:18:58.140
 and the weak.

00:19:03.519 --> 00:19:04.560
 If the temple

00:19:04.560 --> 00:19:05.440
 can be a home

00:19:05.440 --> 00:19:06.080
 for pigeons

00:19:06.080 --> 00:19:06.620
 is what

00:19:06.620 --> 00:19:07.700
 the point of that

00:19:07.700 --> 00:19:09.380
 that it can be

00:19:09.380 --> 00:19:09.720
 a home

00:19:09.720 --> 00:19:10.420
 for pilgrims

00:19:10.420 --> 00:19:10.920
 as well.

00:19:12.440 --> 00:19:13.299
 If the church

00:19:13.299 --> 00:19:14.080
 can be a home

00:19:14.080 --> 00:19:14.759
 for pigeons

00:19:14.759 --> 00:19:17.200
 it can be a home

00:19:17.200 --> 00:19:18.480
 for pilgrims

00:19:18.480 --> 00:19:19.220
 as well.

00:19:21.840 --> 00:19:23.440
 In college

00:19:23.440 --> 00:19:24.440
 I was a Marxist.

00:19:24.519 --> 00:19:25.120
 I was an atheist

00:19:25.120 --> 00:19:25.720
 Marxist.

00:19:26.460 --> 00:19:27.580
 That was my degree.

00:19:27.740 --> 00:19:28.580
 That's what I studied.

00:19:29.580 --> 00:19:30.559
 And about

00:19:30.559 --> 00:19:31.460
 two and a half

00:19:31.460 --> 00:19:31.980
 months before

00:19:31.980 --> 00:19:32.700
 I graduated

00:19:32.700 --> 00:19:34.160
 I was radically

00:19:34.160 --> 00:19:35.220
 unexpectedly

00:19:35.220 --> 00:19:36.080
 converted

00:19:36.080 --> 00:19:37.360
 to Christ.

00:19:37.700 --> 00:19:39.559
 And this was

00:19:39.559 --> 00:19:40.039
 down in

00:19:40.039 --> 00:19:41.039
 North Carolina

00:19:41.039 --> 00:19:41.380
 where I went

00:19:41.380 --> 00:19:41.779
 to college.

00:19:42.819 --> 00:19:43.660
 And my first

00:19:43.660 --> 00:19:44.279
 experience

00:19:44.279 --> 00:19:45.340
 going to a

00:19:45.340 --> 00:19:45.940
 church

00:19:45.940 --> 00:19:48.080
 as a

00:19:48.080 --> 00:19:49.220
 new believer

00:19:49.220 --> 00:19:50.840
 was at

00:19:50.840 --> 00:19:52.160
 Fort Bragg,

00:19:52.559 --> 00:19:53.460
 North Carolina.

00:19:53.920 --> 00:19:54.840
 A church

00:19:54.840 --> 00:19:55.500
 that had been

00:19:55.500 --> 00:19:56.120
 started

00:19:56.120 --> 00:19:57.460
 and was run

00:19:57.460 --> 00:19:58.819
 by

00:19:58.819 --> 00:20:00.299
 army

00:20:00.299 --> 00:20:02.160
 paratrooper

00:20:02.160 --> 00:20:02.900
 rangers.

00:20:03.900 --> 00:20:04.680
 It was just

00:20:04.680 --> 00:20:05.300
 full of

00:20:05.300 --> 00:20:05.860
 military.

00:20:06.400 --> 00:20:06.740
 Literally

00:20:06.740 --> 00:20:07.340
 a week

00:20:07.340 --> 00:20:07.960
 before

00:20:07.960 --> 00:20:09.460
 I had been

00:20:09.460 --> 00:20:10.519
 talking about

00:20:10.519 --> 00:20:11.560
 I had been

00:20:11.560 --> 00:20:12.400
 railing on

00:20:12.400 --> 00:20:13.019
 America

00:20:13.019 --> 00:20:13.680
 as a

00:20:13.680 --> 00:20:14.620
 military state.

00:20:15.900 --> 00:20:16.740
 The next

00:20:16.740 --> 00:20:17.380
 week I

00:20:17.380 --> 00:20:18.340
 find myself

00:20:18.340 --> 00:20:19.680
 surrounded by

00:20:19.680 --> 00:20:20.400
 military

00:20:20.400 --> 00:20:21.440
 in a church.

00:20:22.100 --> 00:20:22.700
 And at that

00:20:22.700 --> 00:20:23.279
 point my

00:20:23.279 --> 00:20:23.720
 appearance

00:20:23.720 --> 00:20:24.519
 hadn't changed

00:20:24.519 --> 00:20:25.380
 all that much.

00:20:26.019 --> 00:20:26.920
 I did not

00:20:26.920 --> 00:20:28.000
 look like I

00:20:28.000 --> 00:20:28.640
 fit in.

00:20:28.640 --> 00:20:29.420
 I clearly

00:20:29.420 --> 00:20:30.540
 didn't fit in.

00:20:30.880 --> 00:20:31.460
 I didn't know

00:20:31.460 --> 00:20:31.960
 how to relate.

00:20:32.320 --> 00:20:33.100
 These people

00:20:33.100 --> 00:20:33.900
 around me

00:20:33.900 --> 00:20:34.920
 they're all

00:20:34.920 --> 00:20:36.360
 jarheadish.

00:20:36.359 --> 00:20:38.439
 and they

00:20:38.439 --> 00:20:40.119
 were all

00:20:40.119 --> 00:20:41.459
 very fit

00:20:41.459 --> 00:20:42.299
 which is

00:20:42.299 --> 00:20:43.459
 a big thing.

00:20:43.979 --> 00:20:44.539
 And they

00:20:44.539 --> 00:20:45.519
 just seemed

00:20:45.519 --> 00:20:47.000
 it was just

00:20:47.000 --> 00:20:47.759
 intimidating to

00:20:47.759 --> 00:20:47.939
 me.

00:20:48.819 --> 00:20:49.379
 And then we

00:20:49.379 --> 00:20:50.159
 started to sing

00:20:50.159 --> 00:20:50.839
 and I realized

00:20:50.839 --> 00:20:52.699
 they're singing

00:20:52.699 --> 00:20:53.579
 with a passion.

00:20:53.899 --> 00:20:55.119
 They're weeping

00:20:55.119 --> 00:20:56.399
 as they're

00:20:56.399 --> 00:20:56.779
 singing.

00:20:57.079 --> 00:20:57.339
 And I

00:20:57.339 --> 00:20:58.819
 started to

00:20:58.819 --> 00:20:59.139
 realize

00:20:59.139 --> 00:21:01.139
 I'm nothing

00:21:01.139 --> 00:21:01.879
 like these

00:21:01.879 --> 00:21:02.399
 guys.

00:21:03.319 --> 00:21:04.299
 But I think

00:21:04.299 --> 00:21:04.779
 I fit

00:21:04.779 --> 00:21:06.099
 more here

00:21:06.099 --> 00:21:08.000
 than I do

00:21:08.000 --> 00:21:08.759
 anywhere else

00:21:08.759 --> 00:21:09.059
 I've ever

00:21:09.059 --> 00:21:09.319
 been.

00:21:11.019 --> 00:21:12.139
 I graduated

00:21:12.139 --> 00:21:13.000
 went back

00:21:13.000 --> 00:21:13.279
 home to

00:21:13.279 --> 00:21:13.599
 Atlanta

00:21:13.599 --> 00:21:14.579
 looked for

00:21:14.579 --> 00:21:15.079
 a church

00:21:15.079 --> 00:21:17.179
 found one

00:21:17.179 --> 00:21:17.859
 out east

00:21:17.859 --> 00:21:18.379
 of Atlanta

00:21:18.379 --> 00:21:19.500
 out in the

00:21:19.500 --> 00:21:19.819
 sticks

00:21:19.819 --> 00:21:21.439
 and it

00:21:21.439 --> 00:21:22.299
 was a rural

00:21:22.299 --> 00:21:22.679
 church.

00:21:22.859 --> 00:21:23.559
 It was good

00:21:23.559 --> 00:21:24.559
 sort of a

00:21:24.559 --> 00:21:25.079
 charismatic

00:21:25.079 --> 00:21:26.079
 Baptist split.

00:21:27.219 --> 00:21:28.240
 I was neither

00:21:28.240 --> 00:21:28.899
 charismatic or

00:21:28.899 --> 00:21:29.419
 Baptist at the

00:21:29.419 --> 00:21:29.759
 time.

00:21:30.559 --> 00:21:31.939
 But I went

00:21:31.939 --> 00:21:33.019
 and I just

00:21:33.019 --> 00:21:33.740
 found this is a

00:21:33.740 --> 00:21:34.399
 crazy place.

00:21:34.559 --> 00:21:35.019
 None of these

00:21:35.019 --> 00:21:35.399
 people

00:21:35.400 --> 00:21:36.240
 I have been

00:21:36.240 --> 00:21:37.480
 studying marks

00:21:37.480 --> 00:21:38.040
 for the last

00:21:38.040 --> 00:21:38.580
 three years.

00:21:38.960 --> 00:21:39.360
 None of these

00:21:39.360 --> 00:21:39.920
 people have

00:21:39.920 --> 00:21:40.360
 ever gone to

00:21:40.360 --> 00:21:40.980
 college.

00:21:41.700 --> 00:21:42.360
 I don't know

00:21:42.360 --> 00:21:43.080
 what to say

00:21:43.080 --> 00:21:43.420
 to them.

00:21:43.480 --> 00:21:43.780
 I don't know

00:21:43.780 --> 00:21:44.519
 how to relate

00:21:44.519 --> 00:21:44.960
 to them.

00:21:45.500 --> 00:21:45.920
 When they

00:21:45.920 --> 00:21:46.920
 would tithe

00:21:46.920 --> 00:21:47.680
 they would

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 literally have

00:21:48.080 --> 00:21:48.820
 a table up

00:21:48.820 --> 00:21:49.259
 front and

00:21:49.259 --> 00:21:49.700
 people would

00:21:49.700 --> 00:21:50.900
 put vegetables

00:21:50.900 --> 00:21:51.259
 there.

00:21:51.540 --> 00:21:52.040
 First fruits

00:21:52.040 --> 00:21:52.700
 were really

00:21:52.700 --> 00:21:53.259
 the first

00:21:53.259 --> 00:21:53.660
 fruits of

00:21:53.660 --> 00:21:54.180
 their gardens.

00:21:55.620 --> 00:21:55.800
 And I

00:21:55.800 --> 00:21:57.680
 don't have

00:21:57.680 --> 00:21:58.180
 anything.

00:21:58.380 --> 00:21:58.920
 I'm not like

00:21:58.920 --> 00:21:59.420
 any of these

00:21:59.420 --> 00:22:00.100
 people here.

00:22:00.300 --> 00:22:00.900
 But yet again

00:22:00.900 --> 00:22:01.920
 I had this

00:22:01.920 --> 00:22:02.380
 experience.

00:22:02.560 --> 00:22:03.259
 I'm nothing

00:22:03.259 --> 00:22:04.259
 like anybody

00:22:04.259 --> 00:22:04.799
 here.

00:22:05.980 --> 00:22:06.539
 But this

00:22:06.539 --> 00:22:07.220
 feels more

00:22:07.220 --> 00:22:07.960
 like home

00:22:07.960 --> 00:22:08.720
 than any

00:22:08.720 --> 00:22:09.200
 place else

00:22:09.200 --> 00:22:09.579
 I go.

00:22:14.099 --> 00:22:14.980
 We are

00:22:14.980 --> 00:22:15.359
 in a

00:22:15.359 --> 00:22:15.839
 culture

00:22:15.839 --> 00:22:18.799
 that insists

00:22:18.799 --> 00:22:21.140
 that my

00:22:21.140 --> 00:22:22.420
 individuality

00:22:22.420 --> 00:22:23.640
 is affirmed

00:22:23.640 --> 00:22:24.339
 in its

00:22:24.339 --> 00:22:25.000
 entirety

00:22:25.000 --> 00:22:26.539
 the way

00:22:26.539 --> 00:22:27.240
 I want

00:22:27.240 --> 00:22:27.980
 it affirmed.

00:22:27.980 --> 00:22:29.539
 And for

00:22:29.539 --> 00:22:30.019
 us to

00:22:30.019 --> 00:22:30.279
 have

00:22:30.279 --> 00:22:30.960
 relationship

00:22:30.960 --> 00:22:31.559
 to us

00:22:31.559 --> 00:22:32.140
 to be

00:22:32.140 --> 00:22:33.140
 in a

00:22:33.140 --> 00:22:33.759
 space

00:22:33.759 --> 00:22:34.360
 together

00:22:34.360 --> 00:22:35.920
 there must

00:22:35.920 --> 00:22:36.360
 be an

00:22:36.360 --> 00:22:37.120
 affirmation

00:22:37.120 --> 00:22:37.579
 of my

00:22:37.579 --> 00:22:38.960
 individuality

00:22:38.960 --> 00:22:39.360
 and how

00:22:39.360 --> 00:22:39.680
 I want

00:22:39.680 --> 00:22:40.240
 to express

00:22:40.240 --> 00:22:40.559
 it.

00:22:43.259 --> 00:22:44.059
 Acceptance

00:22:44.059 --> 00:22:44.880
 is based

00:22:44.880 --> 00:22:45.539
 on total

00:22:45.539 --> 00:22:46.400
 affirmation.

00:22:47.480 --> 00:22:48.220
 Relationship

00:22:48.220 --> 00:22:49.279
 requires total

00:22:49.279 --> 00:22:49.980
 affirmation.

00:22:50.620 --> 00:22:51.160
 That's not

00:22:51.160 --> 00:22:51.819
 the church.

00:22:53.240 --> 00:22:54.259
 You may

00:22:54.259 --> 00:22:54.880
 come from

00:22:54.880 --> 00:22:55.660
 very different

00:22:55.660 --> 00:22:56.259
 backgrounds.

00:22:56.259 --> 00:22:58.180
 very different

00:22:58.180 --> 00:22:58.779
 places in the

00:22:58.779 --> 00:22:59.059
 country.

00:22:59.200 --> 00:22:59.379
 Maybe

00:22:59.379 --> 00:22:59.839
 different

00:22:59.839 --> 00:23:00.539
 places

00:23:00.539 --> 00:23:01.079
 outside of

00:23:01.079 --> 00:23:01.180
 the

00:23:01.180 --> 00:23:01.539
 country.

00:23:02.500 --> 00:23:02.799
 My

00:23:02.799 --> 00:23:03.079
 church

00:23:03.079 --> 00:23:03.420
 is made

00:23:03.420 --> 00:23:03.799
 up of

00:23:03.799 --> 00:23:04.119
 people

00:23:04.119 --> 00:23:04.619
 who have

00:23:04.619 --> 00:23:06.619
 professional

00:23:06.619 --> 00:23:07.440
 degrees and

00:23:07.440 --> 00:23:08.000
 people who

00:23:08.000 --> 00:23:08.680
 have never

00:23:08.680 --> 00:23:09.279
 finished high

00:23:09.279 --> 00:23:09.480
 school.

00:23:11.160 --> 00:23:12.400
 And people

00:23:12.400 --> 00:23:12.879
 who have had

00:23:12.879 --> 00:23:13.420
 long term

00:23:13.420 --> 00:23:14.059
 drug habits

00:23:14.059 --> 00:23:14.500
 and people

00:23:14.500 --> 00:23:15.819
 who are

00:23:15.819 --> 00:23:16.220
 in law

00:23:16.220 --> 00:23:16.700
 enforcement.

00:23:17.859 --> 00:23:18.359
 It's just

00:23:18.359 --> 00:23:18.799
 a variety.

00:23:18.960 --> 00:23:19.420
 People who

00:23:19.420 --> 00:23:21.839
 are 90

00:23:21.839 --> 00:23:22.500
 years old.

00:23:22.660 --> 00:23:23.039
 People who

00:23:23.039 --> 00:23:24.900
 are 10

00:23:24.900 --> 00:23:25.320
 years old.

00:23:25.380 --> 00:23:25.580
 Five

00:23:25.580 --> 00:23:26.060
 years old.

00:23:27.100 --> 00:23:27.660
 And it's

00:23:27.660 --> 00:23:27.960
 not even

00:23:27.960 --> 00:23:28.360
 that diverse

00:23:28.360 --> 00:23:28.600
 a place.

00:23:28.660 --> 00:23:29.360
 We probably

00:23:29.360 --> 00:23:32.519
 have maybe

00:23:32.519 --> 00:23:34.040
 20 or 25

00:23:34.040 --> 00:23:35.420
 different ethnicities

00:23:35.420 --> 00:23:35.860
 in the church.

00:23:35.960 --> 00:23:36.440
 But it's not

00:23:36.440 --> 00:23:37.180
 that diverse.

00:23:38.540 --> 00:23:39.259
 But what

00:23:39.259 --> 00:23:39.920
 draws us

00:23:39.920 --> 00:23:40.759
 together is

00:23:40.759 --> 00:23:41.519
 not the

00:23:41.519 --> 00:23:42.040
 things we

00:23:42.040 --> 00:23:42.740
 share from

00:23:42.740 --> 00:23:43.300
 the world.

00:23:43.980 --> 00:23:44.580
 When we

00:23:44.580 --> 00:23:45.440
 come together

00:23:45.440 --> 00:23:47.680
 we don't

00:23:47.680 --> 00:23:48.519
 build our

00:23:48.519 --> 00:23:49.600
 acceptance on

00:23:49.600 --> 00:23:50.720
 affirmation of

00:23:50.720 --> 00:23:51.820
 our individualism.

00:23:51.980 --> 00:23:52.560
 We build it

00:23:52.559 --> 00:23:53.460
 on a shared

00:23:53.460 --> 00:23:54.159
 need for

00:23:54.159 --> 00:23:54.899
 mercy and

00:23:54.899 --> 00:23:56.159
 grace at

00:23:56.159 --> 00:23:56.559
 the throne

00:23:56.559 --> 00:23:57.039
 of God.

00:23:58.159 --> 00:23:58.720
 That's what

00:23:58.720 --> 00:23:59.379
 binds us all

00:23:59.379 --> 00:23:59.740
 together.

00:23:59.899 --> 00:24:00.179
 We are

00:24:00.179 --> 00:24:01.039
 needy people.

00:24:01.159 --> 00:24:01.440
 The one

00:24:01.440 --> 00:24:02.220
 thing you

00:24:02.220 --> 00:24:02.460
 and I

00:24:02.460 --> 00:24:02.779
 have in

00:24:02.779 --> 00:24:03.519
 common is

00:24:03.519 --> 00:24:04.039
 our need.

00:24:05.500 --> 00:24:06.059
 And that

00:24:06.059 --> 00:24:06.500
 we look to

00:24:06.500 --> 00:24:06.960
 the one who

00:24:06.960 --> 00:24:07.519
 can fill it.

00:24:08.359 --> 00:24:09.139
 And out of

00:24:09.139 --> 00:24:09.799
 that we have

00:24:09.799 --> 00:24:11.480
 fellowship with

00:24:11.480 --> 00:24:12.159
 one another.

00:24:16.559 --> 00:24:17.259
 But it's not

00:24:17.259 --> 00:24:17.779
 just a home.

00:24:17.859 --> 00:24:18.279
 The church is

00:24:18.279 --> 00:24:18.879
 not just a

00:24:18.879 --> 00:24:19.119
 home.

00:24:21.119 --> 00:24:21.639
 Point two,

00:24:21.640 --> 00:24:22.100
 there's no

00:24:22.100 --> 00:24:22.720
 better place

00:24:22.720 --> 00:24:23.340
 to make a

00:24:23.340 --> 00:24:24.640
 difference than

00:24:24.640 --> 00:24:25.400
 the church.

00:24:27.500 --> 00:24:28.280
 Verse five,

00:24:28.380 --> 00:24:28.900
 blessed are

00:24:28.900 --> 00:24:29.480
 those whose

00:24:29.480 --> 00:24:30.120
 strength is in

00:24:30.120 --> 00:24:30.240
 you.

00:24:30.259 --> 00:24:30.460
 I'm just

00:24:30.460 --> 00:24:30.600
 going to

00:24:30.600 --> 00:24:31.000
 get a quick

00:24:31.000 --> 00:24:32.500
 water here.

00:24:37.380 --> 00:24:37.780
 Whose

00:24:37.780 --> 00:24:38.220
 strength is

00:24:38.220 --> 00:24:38.580
 in you.

00:24:39.360 --> 00:24:39.720
 And whose

00:24:39.720 --> 00:24:40.160
 heart are

00:24:40.160 --> 00:24:40.800
 the highways

00:24:40.800 --> 00:24:41.440
 to Zion.

00:24:44.200 --> 00:24:44.740
 As they

00:24:44.740 --> 00:24:45.180
 go through

00:24:45.180 --> 00:24:45.620
 the valley

00:24:45.620 --> 00:24:46.060
 of Bacah

00:24:46.060 --> 00:24:46.520
 they make

00:24:46.520 --> 00:24:47.000
 it a place

00:24:47.000 --> 00:24:47.620
 of springs.

00:24:47.960 --> 00:24:48.500
 The early

00:24:48.500 --> 00:24:49.400
 rain also

00:24:49.400 --> 00:24:50.000
 covers it

00:24:50.000 --> 00:24:50.600
 with pools.

00:24:51.640 --> 00:24:52.160
 They go

00:24:52.160 --> 00:24:52.759
 from strength

00:24:52.759 --> 00:24:53.560
 to strength.

00:24:54.800 --> 00:24:55.520
 Each one

00:24:55.520 --> 00:24:56.320
 appearing before

00:24:56.320 --> 00:24:56.900
 God in

00:24:56.900 --> 00:24:57.259
 Zion.

00:24:58.480 --> 00:24:59.020
 Verses five

00:24:59.020 --> 00:24:59.520
 through seven

00:24:59.520 --> 00:25:00.420
 describe the

00:25:00.420 --> 00:25:01.259
 processional to

00:25:01.259 --> 00:25:01.720
 the temple.

00:25:02.380 --> 00:25:03.540
 This is to be

00:25:03.540 --> 00:25:04.440
 understood both

00:25:04.440 --> 00:25:05.540
 as a physical

00:25:05.540 --> 00:25:06.020
 journey,

00:25:06.480 --> 00:25:07.040
 traveling,

00:25:07.680 --> 00:25:08.580
 but also an

00:25:08.580 --> 00:25:09.340
 inner journey.

00:25:09.500 --> 00:25:09.940
 Note verse

00:25:09.940 --> 00:25:10.640
 five,

00:25:11.320 --> 00:25:11.980
 in whose

00:25:11.980 --> 00:25:13.580
 heart are

00:25:13.580 --> 00:25:14.400
 the highways

00:25:14.400 --> 00:25:15.240
 to Zion.

00:25:16.440 --> 00:25:17.280
 Long before

00:25:17.280 --> 00:25:17.820
 the psalmist

00:25:17.820 --> 00:25:18.600
 embarks on the

00:25:18.600 --> 00:25:19.360
 physical journey

00:25:19.359 --> 00:25:20.719
 to this

00:25:20.719 --> 00:25:21.079
 temple,

00:25:21.240 --> 00:25:21.779
 his heart

00:25:21.779 --> 00:25:22.439
 has mapped

00:25:22.439 --> 00:25:22.899
 out the

00:25:22.899 --> 00:25:23.199
 way.

00:25:24.679 --> 00:25:25.039
 Can you

00:25:25.039 --> 00:25:25.379
 see the

00:25:25.379 --> 00:25:25.799
 expectancy?

00:25:26.799 --> 00:25:27.500
 This is not

00:25:27.500 --> 00:25:28.019
 a cold

00:25:28.019 --> 00:25:28.819
 heart expecting

00:25:28.819 --> 00:25:29.559
 church to

00:25:29.559 --> 00:25:30.219
 change it.

00:25:30.659 --> 00:25:31.179
 This is a

00:25:31.179 --> 00:25:31.819
 heart prepared.

00:25:32.500 --> 00:25:33.339
 This is a

00:25:33.339 --> 00:25:34.219
 person who is

00:25:34.219 --> 00:25:35.059
 longing for

00:25:35.059 --> 00:25:35.659
 something he

00:25:35.659 --> 00:25:36.359
 cannot get in

00:25:36.359 --> 00:25:36.839
 the other way

00:25:36.839 --> 00:25:37.740
 and so he's

00:25:37.740 --> 00:25:38.219
 going.

00:25:38.619 --> 00:25:39.359
 He's got a

00:25:39.359 --> 00:25:40.339
 heart set on

00:25:40.339 --> 00:25:41.459
 pilgrimage as

00:25:41.459 --> 00:25:41.779
 the New

00:25:41.779 --> 00:25:42.659
 International

00:25:42.659 --> 00:25:43.019
 Version

00:25:43.019 --> 00:25:43.779
 translates it.

00:25:45.000 --> 00:25:45.579
 Where's your

00:25:45.579 --> 00:25:45.959
 heart these

00:25:45.959 --> 00:25:46.240
 days?

00:25:46.240 --> 00:25:48.599
 Do you

00:25:48.599 --> 00:25:48.859
 have a

00:25:48.859 --> 00:25:49.220
 heart

00:25:49.220 --> 00:25:49.799
 indifferent

00:25:49.799 --> 00:25:50.740
 to God

00:25:50.740 --> 00:25:52.339
 during the

00:25:52.339 --> 00:25:52.620
 week?

00:25:53.140 --> 00:25:53.700
 Is your

00:25:53.700 --> 00:25:53.960
 heart

00:25:53.960 --> 00:25:54.799
 distracted?

00:25:54.920 --> 00:25:55.079
 I don't

00:25:55.079 --> 00:25:55.240
 know if

00:25:55.240 --> 00:25:55.539
 you're like

00:25:55.539 --> 00:25:56.539
 me,

00:25:56.759 --> 00:25:57.539
 but my

00:25:57.539 --> 00:25:58.000
 heart,

00:25:58.099 --> 00:25:58.759
 apart from

00:25:58.759 --> 00:25:59.240
 the gathering

00:25:59.240 --> 00:25:59.460
 of the

00:25:59.460 --> 00:25:59.700
 saints,

00:25:59.779 --> 00:26:00.740
 is incredibly

00:26:00.740 --> 00:26:01.380
 distracted.

00:26:01.859 --> 00:26:02.359
 I have

00:26:02.359 --> 00:26:03.460
 seven different

00:26:03.460 --> 00:26:04.980
 teams I

00:26:04.980 --> 00:26:05.519
 need to

00:26:05.519 --> 00:26:07.960
 follow as

00:26:07.960 --> 00:26:08.440
 a fan.

00:26:08.519 --> 00:26:08.940
 I've got to

00:26:08.940 --> 00:26:09.640
 have seven

00:26:09.640 --> 00:26:10.140
 different

00:26:10.140 --> 00:26:10.700
 fandom,

00:26:11.700 --> 00:26:12.220
 and I've

00:26:12.220 --> 00:26:12.759
 got hats

00:26:12.759 --> 00:26:13.140
 for them

00:26:13.140 --> 00:26:13.460
 all.

00:26:14.680 --> 00:26:15.039
 And it

00:26:15.039 --> 00:26:15.420
 just depends

00:26:15.420 --> 00:26:15.720
 on the

00:26:15.720 --> 00:26:16.039
 season,

00:26:16.039 --> 00:26:16.579
 which hat

00:26:16.579 --> 00:26:16.980
 I wear.

00:26:17.200 --> 00:26:17.519
 But I

00:26:17.519 --> 00:26:17.899
 have to

00:26:17.899 --> 00:26:18.279
 devote

00:26:18.279 --> 00:26:18.980
 myself to

00:26:18.980 --> 00:26:19.379
 following

00:26:19.379 --> 00:26:19.639
 these

00:26:19.639 --> 00:26:19.920
 seven

00:26:19.920 --> 00:26:20.700
 teams in

00:26:20.700 --> 00:26:20.940
 order to

00:26:20.940 --> 00:26:21.200
 be a

00:26:21.200 --> 00:26:21.519
 faithful

00:26:21.519 --> 00:26:21.980
 fan.

00:26:23.259 --> 00:26:24.299
 I love

00:26:24.299 --> 00:26:24.700
 music.

00:26:24.899 --> 00:26:26.019
 I have

00:26:26.019 --> 00:26:26.639
 so many

00:26:26.639 --> 00:26:27.339
 interests in

00:26:27.339 --> 00:26:27.879
 my life.

00:26:28.119 --> 00:26:28.799
 I love

00:26:28.799 --> 00:26:29.220
 history.

00:26:29.339 --> 00:26:29.480
 I'm

00:26:29.480 --> 00:26:31.119
 reading and

00:26:31.119 --> 00:26:33.259
 researching and

00:26:33.259 --> 00:26:33.799
 studying and

00:26:33.799 --> 00:26:34.500
 writing on

00:26:34.500 --> 00:26:34.920
 history.

00:26:35.920 --> 00:26:36.399
 These are

00:26:36.399 --> 00:26:37.460
 all distractions

00:26:37.460 --> 00:26:38.180
 for me.

00:26:38.839 --> 00:26:39.720
 I think

00:26:39.720 --> 00:26:41.920
 they are a

00:26:41.920 --> 00:26:42.980
 godly expression

00:26:42.980 --> 00:26:43.659
 of who I

00:26:43.659 --> 00:26:44.720
 am, but

00:26:44.720 --> 00:26:45.659
 I can be

00:26:45.660 --> 00:26:46.220
 distracted.

00:26:46.400 --> 00:26:46.820
 Church can

00:26:46.820 --> 00:26:47.580
 be something

00:26:47.580 --> 00:26:47.960
 I'm trying

00:26:47.960 --> 00:26:49.060
 to fit in.

00:26:50.620 --> 00:26:51.100
 You might

00:26:51.100 --> 00:26:52.019
 be distracted

00:26:52.019 --> 00:26:53.300
 with other

00:26:53.300 --> 00:26:53.860
 things.

00:26:54.279 --> 00:26:54.740
 Or you

00:26:54.740 --> 00:26:55.060
 might be

00:26:55.060 --> 00:26:55.540
 someone who

00:26:55.540 --> 00:26:55.860
 sort of

00:26:55.860 --> 00:26:56.320
 lives and

00:26:56.320 --> 00:26:56.720
 has that

00:26:56.720 --> 00:26:57.300
 life where

00:26:57.300 --> 00:26:58.420
 you kind

00:26:58.420 --> 00:26:58.880
 of live

00:26:58.880 --> 00:26:59.660
 down and

00:26:59.660 --> 00:27:00.100
 you hope

00:27:00.100 --> 00:27:01.200
 that the

00:27:01.200 --> 00:27:01.880
 service on

00:27:01.880 --> 00:27:02.400
 Sunday or

00:27:02.400 --> 00:27:02.759
 some other

00:27:02.759 --> 00:27:03.580
 activity will

00:27:03.580 --> 00:27:04.519
 keep things

00:27:04.519 --> 00:27:05.240
 going for

00:27:05.240 --> 00:27:05.400
 you.

00:27:05.480 --> 00:27:06.140
 You depend

00:27:06.140 --> 00:27:06.980
 on the

00:27:06.980 --> 00:27:08.540
 gathering for

00:27:08.540 --> 00:27:09.580
 your heart

00:27:09.580 --> 00:27:10.420
 desire before

00:27:10.420 --> 00:27:11.000
 the Lord.

00:27:12.000 --> 00:27:12.660
 Do you

00:27:12.660 --> 00:27:13.160
 struggle with

00:27:13.160 --> 00:27:13.620
 those things?

00:27:13.680 --> 00:27:13.900
 Certainly

00:27:13.900 --> 00:27:14.420
 I do.

00:27:16.259 --> 00:27:16.779
 What the

00:27:16.779 --> 00:27:17.860
 psalmist is

00:27:17.860 --> 00:27:18.960
 showing us

00:27:18.960 --> 00:27:19.380
 is that our

00:27:19.380 --> 00:27:19.820
 heart should

00:27:19.820 --> 00:27:20.840
 be mapping

00:27:20.840 --> 00:27:21.800
 the highway

00:27:21.800 --> 00:27:22.580
 to Zion

00:27:22.580 --> 00:27:23.980
 every day.

00:27:25.720 --> 00:27:26.380
 Do you

00:27:26.380 --> 00:27:27.460
 map the

00:27:27.460 --> 00:27:28.040
 highway to

00:27:28.040 --> 00:27:29.640
 Zion every

00:27:29.640 --> 00:27:30.759
 day in

00:27:30.759 --> 00:27:31.300
 your heart?

00:27:31.900 --> 00:27:32.600
 We learn in

00:27:32.600 --> 00:27:33.259
 verse 6 that

00:27:33.259 --> 00:27:33.620
 the journey

00:27:33.620 --> 00:27:34.220
 isn't just a

00:27:34.220 --> 00:27:34.700
 cakewalk.

00:27:35.259 --> 00:27:35.800
 This valley

00:27:35.800 --> 00:27:36.600
 of Bacca is

00:27:36.600 --> 00:27:37.279
 not a place

00:27:37.279 --> 00:27:37.620
 where you

00:27:37.620 --> 00:27:37.920
 want to

00:27:37.920 --> 00:27:38.320
 camp.

00:27:38.880 --> 00:27:39.200
 In the

00:27:39.200 --> 00:27:39.580
 Hebrew it

00:27:39.580 --> 00:27:39.800
 can be

00:27:39.800 --> 00:27:40.160
 translated

00:27:40.160 --> 00:27:40.680
 valley of

00:27:40.680 --> 00:27:41.340
 weeping or

00:27:41.340 --> 00:27:41.759
 the valley

00:27:41.759 --> 00:27:42.480
 of tears.

00:27:43.640 --> 00:27:44.480
 It isn't so

00:27:44.480 --> 00:27:44.860
 much a

00:27:44.860 --> 00:27:45.880
 literal place

00:27:45.880 --> 00:27:47.320
 as it is

00:27:47.320 --> 00:27:48.279
 an unavoidable

00:27:48.279 --> 00:27:49.380
 experience.

00:27:50.700 --> 00:27:51.580
 The spiritual

00:27:51.580 --> 00:27:52.380
 journey will

00:27:52.380 --> 00:27:52.980
 take you

00:27:52.980 --> 00:27:53.799
 through desolate

00:27:53.799 --> 00:27:54.539
 places.

00:27:55.860 --> 00:27:56.820
 Right now

00:27:56.820 --> 00:27:57.200
 there are

00:27:57.200 --> 00:27:57.880
 names and

00:27:57.880 --> 00:27:58.519
 faces of

00:27:58.519 --> 00:27:58.940
 people in

00:27:58.940 --> 00:27:59.779
 my congregation

00:27:59.779 --> 00:28:00.340
 and my

00:28:00.340 --> 00:28:01.060
 fellowship

00:28:01.060 --> 00:28:01.720
 world who

00:28:01.720 --> 00:28:02.200
 are in

00:28:02.200 --> 00:28:02.860
 the valley

00:28:02.860 --> 00:28:03.580
 of Bacca.

00:28:04.500 --> 00:28:05.660
 Some facing

00:28:05.660 --> 00:28:06.240
 death.

00:28:07.400 --> 00:28:08.000
 Some I

00:28:08.000 --> 00:28:08.539
 deal a lot

00:28:08.539 --> 00:28:08.900
 with the

00:28:08.900 --> 00:28:09.640
 older saints.

00:28:09.640 --> 00:28:11.000
 Some realizing

00:28:11.000 --> 00:28:11.480
 they've gotten

00:28:11.480 --> 00:28:12.060
 to a place

00:28:12.060 --> 00:28:12.660
 and because

00:28:12.660 --> 00:28:13.020
 of the

00:28:13.020 --> 00:28:13.420
 decisions

00:28:13.420 --> 00:28:13.780
 they've

00:28:13.780 --> 00:28:14.200
 made they

00:28:14.200 --> 00:28:14.900
 don't have

00:28:14.900 --> 00:28:15.780
 enough income

00:28:15.780 --> 00:28:16.360
 to make

00:28:16.360 --> 00:28:18.000
 it and

00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:18.480
 retire.

00:28:18.640 --> 00:28:18.900
 They have

00:28:18.900 --> 00:28:19.300
 to keep

00:28:19.300 --> 00:28:20.240
 working longer

00:28:20.240 --> 00:28:20.740
 than they

00:28:20.740 --> 00:28:21.640
 really should.

00:28:21.860 --> 00:28:23.100
 Some whose

00:28:23.100 --> 00:28:25.200
 families have

00:28:25.200 --> 00:28:26.120
 fractured.

00:28:27.360 --> 00:28:28.280
 Who can't

00:28:28.280 --> 00:28:29.240
 even speak

00:28:29.240 --> 00:28:29.620
 to their

00:28:29.620 --> 00:28:30.160
 children.

00:28:33.840 --> 00:28:34.620
 People who

00:28:34.620 --> 00:28:35.280
 are at

00:28:35.280 --> 00:28:35.780
 odds with

00:28:35.780 --> 00:28:36.100
 one of their

00:28:36.100 --> 00:28:36.480
 marriages

00:28:36.480 --> 00:28:36.960
 that are

00:28:36.960 --> 00:28:37.680
 struggling

00:28:37.680 --> 00:28:38.060
 and are

00:28:38.060 --> 00:28:39.040
 in strife.

00:28:39.640 --> 00:28:40.960
 people who

00:28:40.960 --> 00:28:41.540
 are struggling.

00:28:41.740 --> 00:28:42.580
 There was

00:28:42.580 --> 00:28:43.080
 the prophetic

00:28:43.080 --> 00:28:43.820
 words today.

00:28:44.220 --> 00:28:44.860
 I really

00:28:44.860 --> 00:28:45.380
 appreciated

00:28:45.380 --> 00:28:46.980
 that these

00:28:46.980 --> 00:28:47.560
 inward

00:28:47.560 --> 00:28:49.320
 things we

00:28:49.320 --> 00:28:50.880
 hide and

00:28:50.880 --> 00:28:51.780
 protect rather

00:28:51.780 --> 00:28:52.720
 than bring

00:28:52.720 --> 00:28:53.140
 into the

00:28:53.140 --> 00:28:53.620
 light and

00:28:53.620 --> 00:28:54.360
 receive healing

00:28:54.360 --> 00:28:54.759
 for.

00:28:56.480 --> 00:28:57.480
 People whose

00:28:57.480 --> 00:28:58.500
 life experiences

00:28:58.500 --> 00:29:00.300
 are dry and

00:29:00.300 --> 00:29:01.720
 brittle and

00:29:01.720 --> 00:29:02.280
 barren.

00:29:03.240 --> 00:29:04.000
 Their souls

00:29:04.000 --> 00:29:04.780
 are parched

00:29:04.780 --> 00:29:05.440
 and the heat

00:29:05.440 --> 00:29:06.340
 of trial has

00:29:06.340 --> 00:29:06.920
 beaten them

00:29:06.920 --> 00:29:07.360
 down.

00:29:07.359 --> 00:29:09.919
 I wish

00:29:09.919 --> 00:29:11.079
 one of the

00:29:11.079 --> 00:29:12.259
 challenges of

00:29:12.259 --> 00:29:12.539
 being a

00:29:12.539 --> 00:29:13.059
 pastor is

00:29:13.059 --> 00:29:13.619
 you're exposed

00:29:13.619 --> 00:29:14.359
 to so much

00:29:14.359 --> 00:29:15.119
 human suffering

00:29:15.119 --> 00:29:16.099
 but you

00:29:16.099 --> 00:29:16.939
 can't rescue

00:29:16.939 --> 00:29:17.939
 anyone from

00:29:17.939 --> 00:29:18.139
 it.

00:29:19.579 --> 00:29:20.619
 You walk

00:29:20.619 --> 00:29:21.099
 alongside

00:29:21.099 --> 00:29:23.379
 people in

00:29:23.379 --> 00:29:24.119
 sadness and

00:29:24.119 --> 00:29:24.759
 in tragedy

00:29:24.759 --> 00:29:25.659
 and in

00:29:25.659 --> 00:29:27.299
 suffering and

00:29:27.299 --> 00:29:28.039
 sometimes walk

00:29:28.039 --> 00:29:28.599
 them right into

00:29:28.599 --> 00:29:30.279
 eternity with

00:29:30.279 --> 00:29:31.039
 no answers to

00:29:31.039 --> 00:29:31.459
 what they were

00:29:31.459 --> 00:29:32.059
 dealing with.

00:29:32.059 --> 00:29:35.740
 I wish

00:29:35.740 --> 00:29:37.819
 these people

00:29:37.819 --> 00:29:39.379
 could take

00:29:39.379 --> 00:29:39.980
 the bypass

00:29:39.980 --> 00:29:40.679
 could take

00:29:40.679 --> 00:29:41.440
 495

00:29:41.440 --> 00:29:43.460
 around the

00:29:43.460 --> 00:29:43.819
 valley.

00:29:48.619 --> 00:29:53.460
 I wish we

00:29:53.460 --> 00:29:54.139
 could airlift

00:29:54.139 --> 00:29:54.619
 them out

00:29:54.619 --> 00:29:56.599
 but we

00:29:56.599 --> 00:29:57.059
 can't.

00:29:57.059 --> 00:29:59.700
 no spiritual

00:29:59.700 --> 00:30:01.639
 journey goes

00:30:01.639 --> 00:30:02.240
 around the

00:30:02.240 --> 00:30:02.720
 valley of

00:30:02.720 --> 00:30:03.200
 tears.

00:30:05.359 --> 00:30:06.480
 But pilgrims

00:30:06.480 --> 00:30:07.119
 are never

00:30:07.119 --> 00:30:07.919
 left to their

00:30:07.919 --> 00:30:08.799
 own resources

00:30:08.799 --> 00:30:09.319
 in the

00:30:09.319 --> 00:30:09.639
 valley.

00:30:10.579 --> 00:30:11.039
 Look at

00:30:11.039 --> 00:30:11.679
 verses 6

00:30:11.679 --> 00:30:12.299
 and 7.

00:30:14.200 --> 00:30:15.200
 As they go

00:30:15.200 --> 00:30:15.559
 through the

00:30:15.559 --> 00:30:16.059
 valley of

00:30:16.059 --> 00:30:16.559
 Baccah they

00:30:16.559 --> 00:30:17.019
 make it a

00:30:17.019 --> 00:30:17.399
 place of

00:30:17.399 --> 00:30:17.759
 springs.

00:30:17.879 --> 00:30:18.240
 The early

00:30:18.240 --> 00:30:19.079
 rain also

00:30:19.079 --> 00:30:19.859
 covers it

00:30:19.859 --> 00:30:20.299
 with pools.

00:30:20.980 --> 00:30:21.480
 They go

00:30:21.480 --> 00:30:22.399
 from strength

00:30:22.399 --> 00:30:23.259
 to strength.

00:30:23.539 --> 00:30:23.919
 Each one

00:30:23.919 --> 00:30:25.480
 appears before

00:30:25.480 --> 00:30:26.399
 God in

00:30:26.400 --> 00:30:26.820
 Zion.

00:30:31.280 --> 00:30:32.060
 We have

00:30:32.060 --> 00:30:32.720
 the promises

00:30:32.720 --> 00:30:33.220
 in our

00:30:33.220 --> 00:30:33.860
 valley of

00:30:33.860 --> 00:30:34.240
 God's

00:30:34.240 --> 00:30:34.700
 sustaining

00:30:34.700 --> 00:30:35.280
 grace.

00:30:35.680 --> 00:30:36.160
 The early

00:30:36.160 --> 00:30:36.900
 rain, the

00:30:36.900 --> 00:30:37.640
 soaking rain

00:30:37.640 --> 00:30:38.120
 that our

00:30:38.120 --> 00:30:39.540
 souls need

00:30:39.540 --> 00:30:40.300
 because they're

00:30:40.300 --> 00:30:40.660
 dry.

00:30:41.040 --> 00:30:41.600
 This is a

00:30:41.600 --> 00:30:42.140
 promise of

00:30:42.140 --> 00:30:43.040
 God's blessing

00:30:43.040 --> 00:30:44.300
 and provision

00:30:44.300 --> 00:30:45.480
 when and

00:30:45.480 --> 00:30:45.980
 where you

00:30:45.980 --> 00:30:46.660
 need it in

00:30:46.660 --> 00:30:47.100
 the dry

00:30:47.100 --> 00:30:48.380
 places on

00:30:48.380 --> 00:30:49.100
 your pilgrim

00:30:49.100 --> 00:30:49.519
 journey.

00:30:51.840 --> 00:30:53.100
 You need

00:30:53.100 --> 00:30:55.140
 watering in

00:30:55.140 --> 00:30:55.780
 the dryness

00:30:55.779 --> 00:30:56.079
 of your

00:30:56.079 --> 00:30:56.519
 soul.

00:30:57.460 --> 00:30:57.879
 Not only

00:30:57.879 --> 00:30:58.379
 that, as

00:30:58.379 --> 00:30:59.740
 we as

00:30:59.740 --> 00:31:00.099
 God's

00:31:00.099 --> 00:31:00.759
 pilgrims, we

00:31:00.759 --> 00:31:02.319
 won't fall

00:31:02.319 --> 00:31:02.980
 short of the

00:31:02.980 --> 00:31:03.139
 goal.

00:31:03.240 --> 00:31:03.579
 There's a

00:31:03.579 --> 00:31:04.399
 promise here

00:31:04.399 --> 00:31:05.019
 as well.

00:31:06.220 --> 00:31:06.660
 Every

00:31:06.660 --> 00:31:07.960
 pilgrim, each

00:31:07.960 --> 00:31:09.440
 will appear

00:31:09.440 --> 00:31:10.160
 before the

00:31:10.160 --> 00:31:10.899
 God of

00:31:10.899 --> 00:31:11.319
 Zion.

00:31:11.619 --> 00:31:12.160
 We begin

00:31:12.160 --> 00:31:12.559
 the journey

00:31:12.559 --> 00:31:13.339
 in need, we

00:31:13.339 --> 00:31:13.960
 travel through

00:31:13.960 --> 00:31:15.240
 trial, but we

00:31:15.240 --> 00:31:15.859
 are sustained

00:31:15.859 --> 00:31:16.579
 for the journey

00:31:16.579 --> 00:31:17.639
 along the way

00:31:17.639 --> 00:31:18.660
 and we're

00:31:18.660 --> 00:31:20.440
 guaranteed to

00:31:20.440 --> 00:31:21.000
 make it to

00:31:21.000 --> 00:31:21.500
 the end.

00:31:21.799 --> 00:31:22.359
 That's the

00:31:22.359 --> 00:31:23.000
 promise.

00:31:23.000 --> 00:31:25.339
 each one

00:31:25.339 --> 00:31:27.420
 appears before

00:31:27.420 --> 00:31:28.640
 the God

00:31:28.640 --> 00:31:31.059
 in Zion.

00:31:34.059 --> 00:31:34.859
 How?

00:31:35.400 --> 00:31:36.180
 Because we

00:31:36.180 --> 00:31:36.539
 have the

00:31:36.539 --> 00:31:37.059
 Lord of

00:31:37.059 --> 00:31:37.460
 hosts,

00:31:37.839 --> 00:31:38.359
 literally the

00:31:38.359 --> 00:31:38.960
 God of

00:31:38.960 --> 00:31:40.019
 divine armies

00:31:40.019 --> 00:31:41.240
 who clears

00:31:41.240 --> 00:31:42.119
 the path and

00:31:42.119 --> 00:31:42.519
 makes sure

00:31:42.519 --> 00:31:43.140
 nothing's going

00:31:43.140 --> 00:31:43.460
 to get in

00:31:43.460 --> 00:31:44.700
 the way of

00:31:44.700 --> 00:31:45.220
 us completing

00:31:45.220 --> 00:31:45.720
 the journey.

00:31:47.240 --> 00:31:47.839
 But there's

00:31:47.839 --> 00:31:48.160
 something you

00:31:48.160 --> 00:31:48.799
 might not expect

00:31:48.799 --> 00:31:49.160
 too, and this

00:31:49.160 --> 00:31:49.380
 is really

00:31:49.380 --> 00:31:49.700
 interesting.

00:31:49.700 --> 00:31:51.340
 In verse 6,

00:31:51.460 --> 00:31:51.960
 the psalmist

00:31:51.960 --> 00:31:52.279
 says,

00:31:52.519 --> 00:31:53.100
 as they go

00:31:53.100 --> 00:31:53.559
 through the

00:31:53.559 --> 00:31:54.100
 valley of

00:31:54.100 --> 00:31:54.700
 Bacchah,

00:31:55.660 --> 00:31:56.960
 they make it

00:31:56.960 --> 00:31:58.220
 a place of

00:31:58.220 --> 00:31:58.660
 springs.

00:32:00.180 --> 00:32:00.580
 In other

00:32:00.580 --> 00:32:01.019
 words, not

00:32:01.019 --> 00:32:01.559
 only does God

00:32:01.559 --> 00:32:02.160
 meet them in

00:32:02.160 --> 00:32:02.640
 the valley,

00:32:03.160 --> 00:32:03.660
 but God

00:32:03.660 --> 00:32:04.680
 meets other

00:32:04.680 --> 00:32:05.740
 people because

00:32:05.740 --> 00:32:07.740
 of them as

00:32:07.740 --> 00:32:08.420
 they journey

00:32:08.420 --> 00:32:09.160
 through the

00:32:09.160 --> 00:32:09.900
 valley of

00:32:09.900 --> 00:32:10.340
 tears.

00:32:11.740 --> 00:32:12.380
 One

00:32:12.380 --> 00:32:13.080
 commentator says

00:32:13.080 --> 00:32:13.660
 it like this,

00:32:13.660 --> 00:32:14.539
 the context

00:32:14.539 --> 00:32:15.240
 indicates that

00:32:15.240 --> 00:32:16.120
 the valley is

00:32:16.120 --> 00:32:17.460
 arid, but

00:32:17.460 --> 00:32:18.580
 transformed by

00:32:18.579 --> 00:32:19.279
 the presence

00:32:19.279 --> 00:32:19.799
 of the

00:32:19.799 --> 00:32:20.779
 joyful pilgrims.

00:32:21.240 --> 00:32:21.960
 The rains

00:32:21.960 --> 00:32:23.199
 follow the

00:32:23.199 --> 00:32:24.039
 pilgrim journey.

00:32:25.000 --> 00:32:25.679
 Where the

00:32:25.679 --> 00:32:26.519
 pilgrims go,

00:32:26.699 --> 00:32:27.379
 the rain will

00:32:27.379 --> 00:32:27.799
 come.

00:32:29.819 --> 00:32:31.000
 When pilgrim

00:32:31.000 --> 00:32:33.019
 Christians gather,

00:32:33.720 --> 00:32:34.480
 pilgrim

00:32:34.480 --> 00:32:35.439
 Christians make

00:32:35.439 --> 00:32:36.259
 a difference.

00:32:37.480 --> 00:32:37.879
 So do you

00:32:37.879 --> 00:32:38.319
 realize that

00:32:38.319 --> 00:32:39.119
 you're not just

00:32:39.119 --> 00:32:40.519
 saved to become

00:32:40.519 --> 00:32:41.139
 a good church

00:32:41.139 --> 00:32:41.539
 goer.

00:32:41.919 --> 00:32:42.419
 You're not just

00:32:42.419 --> 00:32:43.079
 saved to come

00:32:43.079 --> 00:32:43.579
 into this

00:32:43.579 --> 00:32:44.199
 community where

00:32:44.199 --> 00:32:45.139
 it feels safe

00:32:45.139 --> 00:32:45.839
 and where you

00:32:45.839 --> 00:32:47.699
 find acceptance

00:32:47.699 --> 00:32:48.299
 and where you

00:32:48.299 --> 00:32:48.799
 can build

00:32:48.799 --> 00:32:49.819
 relationships and

00:32:49.819 --> 00:32:50.440
 you can order

00:32:50.440 --> 00:32:51.740
 your life around

00:32:51.740 --> 00:32:52.419
 the things of

00:32:52.419 --> 00:32:52.839
 God.

00:32:53.960 --> 00:32:55.079
 Jesus didn't

00:32:55.079 --> 00:32:55.980
 come to earth

00:32:55.980 --> 00:32:56.839
 to make

00:32:56.839 --> 00:32:57.919
 church goers.

00:32:58.399 --> 00:32:59.180
 He came to

00:32:59.180 --> 00:32:59.960
 redeem sinners

00:32:59.960 --> 00:33:01.019
 and turn them

00:33:01.019 --> 00:33:01.559
 into true

00:33:01.559 --> 00:33:02.659
 worshipers and

00:33:02.659 --> 00:33:03.220
 then to send

00:33:03.220 --> 00:33:04.359
 them out into

00:33:04.359 --> 00:33:05.019
 a dry and

00:33:05.019 --> 00:33:05.859
 broken world

00:33:05.859 --> 00:33:07.759
 as witnesses

00:33:07.759 --> 00:33:07.779
!

00:33:08.779 --> 00:33:10.000
 And missionaries,

00:33:10.139 --> 00:33:10.839
 yes, and as

00:33:10.839 --> 00:33:11.500
 church planners.

00:33:12.500 --> 00:33:13.299
 I believe at

00:33:13.299 --> 00:33:13.839
 some point

00:33:13.839 --> 00:33:15.619
 there will be

00:33:15.619 --> 00:33:16.599
 people sent out

00:33:16.599 --> 00:33:17.339
 from this

00:33:17.339 --> 00:33:19.059
 church as

00:33:19.059 --> 00:33:19.639
 church planners.

00:33:20.359 --> 00:33:21.179
 We're planning

00:33:21.179 --> 00:33:21.859
 a church in

00:33:21.859 --> 00:33:22.339
 September,

00:33:22.980 --> 00:33:24.699
 about 35-40

00:33:24.699 --> 00:33:25.099
 minutes from

00:33:25.099 --> 00:33:25.379
 where our

00:33:25.379 --> 00:33:25.879
 church is,

00:33:26.099 --> 00:33:27.019
 and some of

00:33:27.019 --> 00:33:27.639
 the people who

00:33:27.639 --> 00:33:28.219
 are going on

00:33:28.219 --> 00:33:28.619
 that church

00:33:28.619 --> 00:33:29.599
 plant are

00:33:29.599 --> 00:33:30.119
 people who

00:33:30.119 --> 00:33:30.799
 were in my

00:33:30.799 --> 00:33:32.599
 community group

00:33:32.599 --> 00:33:33.519
 back in

00:33:33.519 --> 00:33:34.639
 1989.

00:33:36.639 --> 00:33:37.279
 They've been

00:33:37.279 --> 00:33:37.779
 in the church

00:33:37.779 --> 00:33:38.459
 for almost as

00:33:38.459 --> 00:33:38.980
 long as I

00:33:38.980 --> 00:33:39.500
 have, and

00:33:39.500 --> 00:33:40.179
 now they're

00:33:40.179 --> 00:33:40.899
 going to start

00:33:40.899 --> 00:33:41.219
 a church

00:33:41.219 --> 00:33:41.500
 plant.

00:33:41.500 --> 00:33:43.519
 I'm sending

00:33:43.519 --> 00:33:44.759
 out some

00:33:44.759 --> 00:33:45.680
 of my oldest

00:33:45.680 --> 00:33:46.400
 and dearest

00:33:46.400 --> 00:33:48.380
 friends to

00:33:48.380 --> 00:33:48.880
 help start

00:33:48.880 --> 00:33:49.559
 this church

00:33:49.559 --> 00:33:50.319
 because they

00:33:50.319 --> 00:33:51.099
 believe that

00:33:51.099 --> 00:33:52.180
 the church is

00:33:52.180 --> 00:33:53.140
 not simply the

00:33:53.140 --> 00:33:53.640
 place of

00:33:53.640 --> 00:33:54.079
 gathering,

00:33:54.240 --> 00:33:54.460
 it's the

00:33:54.460 --> 00:33:54.980
 place of

00:33:54.980 --> 00:33:55.500
 mission.

00:33:56.059 --> 00:33:56.700
 It's the

00:33:56.700 --> 00:33:57.299
 place of

00:33:57.299 --> 00:33:58.000
 impact.

00:34:00.079 --> 00:34:01.039
 Brothers and

00:34:01.039 --> 00:34:02.000
 sisters, the

00:34:02.000 --> 00:34:03.200
 world is a

00:34:03.200 --> 00:34:03.920
 valley of

00:34:03.920 --> 00:34:04.339
 tears.

00:34:05.299 --> 00:34:05.819
 People hold

00:34:05.819 --> 00:34:07.579
 up well at

00:34:07.579 --> 00:34:08.099
 times.

00:34:08.099 --> 00:34:11.259
 they distract

00:34:11.259 --> 00:34:13.420
 themselves where

00:34:13.420 --> 00:34:14.019
 they can.

00:34:15.360 --> 00:34:16.079
 They try to

00:34:16.079 --> 00:34:16.599
 make things

00:34:16.599 --> 00:34:19.719
 better where

00:34:19.719 --> 00:34:21.639
 possible, but

00:34:21.639 --> 00:34:23.960
 you and I, we

00:34:23.960 --> 00:34:24.819
 have the

00:34:24.819 --> 00:34:25.480
 difference maker.

00:34:25.639 --> 00:34:26.819
 We are not the

00:34:26.819 --> 00:34:27.599
 difference makers.

00:34:28.980 --> 00:34:30.400
 The pilgrims in

00:34:30.400 --> 00:34:31.199
 the valley are

00:34:31.199 --> 00:34:32.139
 not the rain,

00:34:32.239 --> 00:34:32.960
 but because they

00:34:32.960 --> 00:34:34.880
 are there, God

00:34:34.880 --> 00:34:36.099
 brings the

00:34:36.099 --> 00:34:36.460
 rain.

00:34:36.460 --> 00:34:40.820
 He is the

00:34:40.820 --> 00:34:41.400
 difference maker.

00:34:41.619 --> 00:34:42.179
 It's not our

00:34:42.179 --> 00:34:44.039
 morality that

00:34:44.039 --> 00:34:44.440
 makes a

00:34:44.440 --> 00:34:44.679
 difference.

00:34:44.780 --> 00:34:45.179
 It's not our

00:34:45.179 --> 00:34:46.300
 politics that

00:34:46.300 --> 00:34:46.679
 makes a

00:34:46.679 --> 00:34:46.900
 difference.

00:34:47.139 --> 00:34:47.619
 It isn't our

00:34:47.619 --> 00:34:48.320
 religion that

00:34:48.320 --> 00:34:48.679
 makes a

00:34:48.679 --> 00:34:48.960
 difference.

00:34:49.280 --> 00:34:49.900
 It's God

00:34:49.900 --> 00:34:51.099
 with us on

00:34:51.099 --> 00:34:51.619
 the journey.

00:34:52.780 --> 00:34:53.340
 That's the

00:34:53.340 --> 00:34:53.940
 thing the world

00:34:53.940 --> 00:34:55.000
 truly needs, and

00:34:55.000 --> 00:34:56.280
 that's who people

00:34:56.280 --> 00:34:57.159
 encounter when they

00:34:57.159 --> 00:34:57.800
 encounter the

00:34:57.800 --> 00:34:58.220
 church.

00:34:58.900 --> 00:35:00.039
 This community

00:35:00.039 --> 00:35:01.300
 around you

00:35:01.300 --> 00:35:02.840
 needs you here.

00:35:02.980 --> 00:35:03.480
 Wherever you

00:35:03.480 --> 00:35:04.159
 meet in this

00:35:04.159 --> 00:35:04.579
 community,

00:35:04.579 --> 00:35:04.699
 community.

00:35:06.639 --> 00:35:07.259
 And I do

00:35:07.259 --> 00:35:08.019
 pray and hope

00:35:08.019 --> 00:35:08.360
 that there will

00:35:08.360 --> 00:35:08.819
 be a permanent

00:35:08.819 --> 00:35:09.900
 location for you.

00:35:10.019 --> 00:35:10.639
 I know how hard

00:35:10.639 --> 00:35:12.219
 it is in an

00:35:12.219 --> 00:35:12.880
 urban area to

00:35:12.880 --> 00:35:13.840
 find a building

00:35:13.840 --> 00:35:14.420
 that you can

00:35:14.420 --> 00:35:15.079
 afford and

00:35:15.079 --> 00:35:15.619
 occupy.

00:35:17.739 --> 00:35:18.360
 And it might

00:35:18.360 --> 00:35:18.739
 be part of

00:35:18.739 --> 00:35:19.199
 your mission

00:35:19.199 --> 00:35:20.480
 that at least

00:35:20.480 --> 00:35:21.119
 for a while

00:35:21.119 --> 00:35:22.980
 you're in the

00:35:22.980 --> 00:35:23.659
 community but

00:35:23.659 --> 00:35:24.420
 not visible in

00:35:24.420 --> 00:35:24.719
 your own

00:35:24.719 --> 00:35:25.059
 building.

00:35:25.440 --> 00:35:25.719
 But it

00:35:25.719 --> 00:35:26.099
 doesn't mean

00:35:26.099 --> 00:35:26.340
 you don't

00:35:26.340 --> 00:35:26.900
 have presence.

00:35:27.059 --> 00:35:27.380
 It doesn't

00:35:27.380 --> 00:35:28.480
 mean that the

00:35:28.480 --> 00:35:29.360
 very fact that

00:35:29.360 --> 00:35:30.179
 you're here is

00:35:30.179 --> 00:35:30.960
 God's blessing

00:35:30.960 --> 00:35:31.340
 on this

00:35:31.340 --> 00:35:31.799
 community.

00:35:31.800 --> 00:35:33.800
 God puts

00:35:33.800 --> 00:35:34.640
 you here in

00:35:34.640 --> 00:35:35.519
 this dry and

00:35:35.519 --> 00:35:36.400
 weary land

00:35:36.400 --> 00:35:39.740
 because He

00:35:39.740 --> 00:35:40.460
 intends to

00:35:40.460 --> 00:35:41.080
 reach people

00:35:41.080 --> 00:35:41.760
 through you.

00:35:42.900 --> 00:35:43.980
 He intends

00:35:43.980 --> 00:35:45.519
 to rain

00:35:45.519 --> 00:35:46.340
 mercy and

00:35:46.340 --> 00:35:47.280
 grace on

00:35:47.280 --> 00:35:47.900
 this community

00:35:47.900 --> 00:35:49.360
 because you're

00:35:49.360 --> 00:35:49.680
 here.

00:35:52.160 --> 00:35:52.840
 Addicts don't

00:35:52.840 --> 00:35:53.600
 just need

00:35:53.600 --> 00:35:54.039
 recovery.

00:35:54.160 --> 00:35:54.640
 They need the

00:35:54.640 --> 00:35:55.240
 company that

00:35:55.240 --> 00:35:55.720
 are redeemed.

00:35:56.200 --> 00:35:56.680
 The sexually

00:35:56.680 --> 00:35:57.260
 broken and

00:35:57.260 --> 00:35:58.019
 confused don't

00:35:58.019 --> 00:35:58.519
 need moral

00:35:58.519 --> 00:35:59.180
 persuasion.

00:35:59.640 --> 00:36:00.019
 They need

00:36:00.019 --> 00:36:00.920
 compelling pictures

00:36:00.920 --> 00:36:01.460
 of men and

00:36:01.460 --> 00:36:02.619
 women living

00:36:02.619 --> 00:36:03.860
 with joy in

00:36:03.860 --> 00:36:04.579
 God's design

00:36:04.579 --> 00:36:05.240
 for singleness

00:36:05.240 --> 00:36:06.119
 and marriage.

00:36:07.159 --> 00:36:08.559
 I as a

00:36:08.559 --> 00:36:09.180
 Marxist

00:36:09.180 --> 00:36:10.000
 atheist did

00:36:10.000 --> 00:36:10.940
 not need

00:36:10.940 --> 00:36:11.880
 a different

00:36:11.880 --> 00:36:12.539
 philosophy.

00:36:12.820 --> 00:36:13.519
 I needed

00:36:13.519 --> 00:36:14.480
 a Savior.

00:36:15.960 --> 00:36:16.840
 The lost

00:36:16.840 --> 00:36:17.860
 don't need

00:36:17.860 --> 00:36:18.400
 maps.

00:36:18.579 --> 00:36:19.079
 They need

00:36:19.079 --> 00:36:19.720
 guides.

00:36:23.920 --> 00:36:24.820
 The world

00:36:24.820 --> 00:36:25.420
 doesn't need

00:36:25.420 --> 00:36:26.039
 the weight

00:36:26.039 --> 00:36:26.539
 of more

00:36:26.539 --> 00:36:27.039
 religion.

00:36:27.860 --> 00:36:28.460
 The world

00:36:28.460 --> 00:36:28.980
 needs the

00:36:28.980 --> 00:36:30.079
 water of life

00:36:30.079 --> 00:36:30.860
 pooling up

00:36:30.860 --> 00:36:31.240
 in dry

00:36:31.240 --> 00:36:31.760
 places

00:36:31.760 --> 00:36:33.400
 because the

00:36:33.400 --> 00:36:33.960
 people of

00:36:33.960 --> 00:36:34.800
 God go

00:36:34.800 --> 00:36:35.360
 where there

00:36:35.360 --> 00:36:35.840
 is no

00:36:35.840 --> 00:36:36.360
 life.

00:36:37.900 --> 00:36:38.519
 Brothers

00:36:38.519 --> 00:36:39.140
 and sisters,

00:36:39.860 --> 00:36:40.559
 whatever you

00:36:40.559 --> 00:36:42.220
 are, be

00:36:42.220 --> 00:36:42.880
 the church.

00:36:44.460 --> 00:36:45.039
 Make a

00:36:45.039 --> 00:36:45.599
 difference.

00:36:47.400 --> 00:36:47.640
 And let's

00:36:47.640 --> 00:36:47.960
 see the third

00:36:47.960 --> 00:36:48.300
 point.

00:36:49.460 --> 00:36:49.840
 There's no

00:36:49.840 --> 00:36:50.539
 better place to

00:36:50.539 --> 00:36:51.079
 prepare for

00:36:51.079 --> 00:36:52.559
 eternity than

00:36:52.559 --> 00:36:53.059
 the church.

00:36:53.059 --> 00:36:53.700
 Verse 8,

00:36:54.980 --> 00:36:55.480
 O Lord,

00:36:55.579 --> 00:36:56.220
 God of hosts,

00:36:56.400 --> 00:36:57.260
 hear my prayer,

00:36:57.440 --> 00:36:58.000
 give ear,

00:36:58.360 --> 00:36:58.960
 O God of

00:36:58.960 --> 00:36:59.400
 Jacob.

00:36:59.400 --> 00:37:00.559
 Behold our

00:37:00.559 --> 00:37:01.300
 shield, O God,

00:37:01.360 --> 00:37:01.780
 look on the

00:37:01.780 --> 00:37:02.280
 face of your

00:37:02.280 --> 00:37:02.639
 anointed,

00:37:02.760 --> 00:37:03.320
 for a day in

00:37:03.320 --> 00:37:03.920
 your courts is

00:37:03.920 --> 00:37:04.800
 better than a

00:37:04.800 --> 00:37:05.539
 thousand elsewhere.

00:37:05.680 --> 00:37:06.400
 I'd rather be a

00:37:06.400 --> 00:37:07.519
 doorkeeper in the

00:37:07.519 --> 00:37:08.559
 house of my God

00:37:08.559 --> 00:37:09.440
 than dwell in the

00:37:09.440 --> 00:37:10.320
 tents of wickedness.

00:37:10.740 --> 00:37:11.340
 For the Lord,

00:37:11.500 --> 00:37:12.940
 God is a sun and

00:37:12.940 --> 00:37:13.400
 shield.

00:37:13.820 --> 00:37:14.760
 The Lord bestows

00:37:14.760 --> 00:37:15.940
 favor and honor.

00:37:16.119 --> 00:37:16.840
 No good thing

00:37:16.840 --> 00:37:17.639
 does he withhold

00:37:17.639 --> 00:37:18.660
 from those who

00:37:18.660 --> 00:37:19.539
 walk uprightly.

00:37:19.660 --> 00:37:20.660
 O Lord of hosts,

00:37:21.139 --> 00:37:22.059
 blessed is the

00:37:22.059 --> 00:37:23.360
 one who trusts in

00:37:23.360 --> 00:37:23.660
 you.

00:37:24.860 --> 00:37:25.860
 Verses 8 to 10

00:37:25.860 --> 00:37:27.260
 are the point of

00:37:27.260 --> 00:37:27.760
 the journey.

00:37:29.599 --> 00:37:31.000
 To worship God.

00:37:31.140 --> 00:37:31.900
 The reason I'm

00:37:31.900 --> 00:37:32.840
 going is to hear

00:37:32.840 --> 00:37:33.559
 from God, to

00:37:33.559 --> 00:37:34.539
 engage with God,

00:37:34.640 --> 00:37:35.519
 to know God,

00:37:35.660 --> 00:37:36.900
 to worship God.

00:37:37.340 --> 00:37:38.420
 The main reason

00:37:38.420 --> 00:37:40.220
 the pilgrim leaves

00:37:40.220 --> 00:37:40.940
 everything and

00:37:40.940 --> 00:37:41.620
 makes the journey

00:37:41.620 --> 00:37:42.480
 is to worship

00:37:42.480 --> 00:37:43.660
 God, the God

00:37:43.660 --> 00:37:44.480
 that he knows.

00:37:44.720 --> 00:37:45.579
 It's not about

00:37:45.579 --> 00:37:46.840
 him, it's about

00:37:46.840 --> 00:37:47.340
 God.

00:37:47.640 --> 00:37:48.400
 There's simply no

00:37:48.400 --> 00:37:49.200
 place he'd rather

00:37:49.200 --> 00:37:49.539
 be.

00:37:50.539 --> 00:37:51.300
 You can see that

00:37:51.300 --> 00:37:51.860
 in his declaration

00:37:51.860 --> 00:37:52.599
 in verse 10.

00:37:53.019 --> 00:37:53.579
 A day in your

00:37:53.579 --> 00:37:54.260
 courts is better

00:37:54.260 --> 00:37:55.039
 than a thousand

00:37:55.039 --> 00:37:55.539
 elsewhere.

00:37:55.900 --> 00:37:56.659
 I'd rather be a

00:37:56.659 --> 00:37:57.300
 doorkeeper in the

00:37:57.300 --> 00:37:58.239
 house of my God

00:37:58.239 --> 00:37:58.900
 than dwell in the

00:37:58.900 --> 00:37:59.739
 tents of wickedness.

00:38:00.820 --> 00:38:01.599
 This isn't about

00:38:01.599 --> 00:38:02.119
 humility.

00:38:02.480 --> 00:38:03.119
 Well, you know

00:38:03.119 --> 00:38:03.279
 what?

00:38:03.480 --> 00:38:04.239
 I don't need to

00:38:04.239 --> 00:38:05.059
 have a big role

00:38:05.059 --> 00:38:05.659
 here in the church.

00:38:05.759 --> 00:38:06.619
 I can just serve

00:38:06.619 --> 00:38:07.579
 in various ways.

00:38:07.960 --> 00:38:08.559
 I don't need to

00:38:08.559 --> 00:38:09.059
 be noticed.

00:38:09.199 --> 00:38:10.119
 It's not about

00:38:10.119 --> 00:38:10.579
 that.

00:38:12.920 --> 00:38:13.679
 This is about

00:38:13.679 --> 00:38:14.559
 location.

00:38:14.940 --> 00:38:15.500
 This is about

00:38:15.500 --> 00:38:16.619
 where I orient.

00:38:17.920 --> 00:38:18.960
 I'll sacrifice

00:38:18.960 --> 00:38:20.320
 all this world

00:38:20.320 --> 00:38:21.239
 gives to me

00:38:21.239 --> 00:38:23.079
 to be close

00:38:23.079 --> 00:38:23.679
 with God.

00:38:25.039 --> 00:38:25.659
 As Charles

00:38:25.659 --> 00:38:26.000
 Spurgeon

00:38:26.000 --> 00:38:26.500
 commented,

00:38:27.000 --> 00:38:27.840
 even a glimpse

00:38:27.840 --> 00:38:28.500
 of the love

00:38:28.500 --> 00:38:29.019
 of God

00:38:29.019 --> 00:38:29.519
 is better

00:38:29.519 --> 00:38:30.320
 than ages

00:38:30.320 --> 00:38:31.619
 spent in

00:38:31.619 --> 00:38:32.079
 the pleasure

00:38:32.079 --> 00:38:32.639
 of sin.

00:38:33.840 --> 00:38:34.659
 I found

00:38:34.659 --> 00:38:35.019
 that out

00:38:35.019 --> 00:38:35.800
 in 1981.

00:38:37.460 --> 00:38:38.139
 You in

00:38:38.139 --> 00:38:38.759
 various ways

00:38:38.759 --> 00:38:39.139
 have found

00:38:39.139 --> 00:38:39.440
 that out

00:38:39.440 --> 00:38:39.719
 through your

00:38:39.719 --> 00:38:39.940
 lives.

00:38:39.980 --> 00:38:40.259
 If you're

00:38:40.259 --> 00:38:41.039
 here today

00:38:41.039 --> 00:38:42.860
 and you've

00:38:42.860 --> 00:38:43.860
 not tasted

00:38:43.860 --> 00:38:45.340
 and seen

00:38:45.340 --> 00:38:45.699
 that the

00:38:45.699 --> 00:38:46.059
 Lord is

00:38:46.059 --> 00:38:46.420
 good,

00:38:47.820 --> 00:38:48.699
 once you

00:38:48.699 --> 00:38:49.019
 do,

00:38:50.099 --> 00:38:50.719
 it will

00:38:50.719 --> 00:38:51.340
 change your

00:38:51.340 --> 00:38:51.679
 view of

00:38:51.679 --> 00:38:52.199
 everything in

00:38:52.199 --> 00:38:52.699
 your life.

00:38:52.699 --> 00:38:52.839
 life.

00:38:56.259 --> 00:38:56.899
 Why?

00:38:58.419 --> 00:38:59.639
 Because life

00:38:59.639 --> 00:39:00.359
 is more

00:39:00.359 --> 00:39:01.099
 than this

00:39:01.099 --> 00:39:01.859
 world has

00:39:01.859 --> 00:39:02.439
 to offer.

00:39:03.719 --> 00:39:04.379
 And life

00:39:04.379 --> 00:39:05.019
 is beyond

00:39:05.019 --> 00:39:05.480
 what this

00:39:05.480 --> 00:39:06.359
 world contains.

00:39:07.799 --> 00:39:08.279
 Being in

00:39:08.279 --> 00:39:08.879
 God's house

00:39:08.879 --> 00:39:09.819
 is preparation

00:39:09.819 --> 00:39:11.019
 for life

00:39:11.019 --> 00:39:11.939
 in the

00:39:11.939 --> 00:39:12.299
 eternal

00:39:12.299 --> 00:39:12.839
 kingdom.

00:39:14.919 --> 00:39:15.659
 We're going

00:39:15.659 --> 00:39:15.839
 to take

00:39:15.839 --> 00:39:16.159
 communion

00:39:16.159 --> 00:39:16.599
 at the end

00:39:16.599 --> 00:39:16.879
 of this

00:39:16.879 --> 00:39:17.219
 service.

00:39:17.219 --> 00:39:17.939
 And the

00:39:17.939 --> 00:39:18.839
 reason we

00:39:18.839 --> 00:39:19.460
 take communion

00:39:19.460 --> 00:39:20.139
 is in some

00:39:20.139 --> 00:39:20.599
 sense not only

00:39:20.599 --> 00:39:21.279
 to recognize

00:39:21.279 --> 00:39:21.779
 what has been

00:39:21.780 --> 00:39:22.640
 done but

00:39:22.640 --> 00:39:22.920
 is a

00:39:22.920 --> 00:39:23.760
 foretaste

00:39:23.760 --> 00:39:24.180
 of a

00:39:24.180 --> 00:39:24.640
 meal that

00:39:24.640 --> 00:39:24.940
 is to

00:39:24.940 --> 00:39:25.340
 come.

00:39:28.420 --> 00:39:29.060
 If we're

00:39:29.060 --> 00:39:29.540
 part of

00:39:29.540 --> 00:39:30.260
 any church

00:39:30.260 --> 00:39:30.740
 for any

00:39:30.740 --> 00:39:31.160
 length of

00:39:31.160 --> 00:39:31.640
 time we'll

00:39:31.640 --> 00:39:32.220
 find ourselves

00:39:32.220 --> 00:39:32.780
 wondering a

00:39:32.780 --> 00:39:33.000
 lot of

00:39:33.000 --> 00:39:33.220
 things.

00:39:33.519 --> 00:39:33.900
 Is this

00:39:33.900 --> 00:39:34.320
 the best

00:39:34.320 --> 00:39:34.820
 fit for

00:39:34.820 --> 00:39:35.060
 me?

00:39:35.680 --> 00:39:36.320
 Do I

00:39:36.320 --> 00:39:36.820
 like it

00:39:36.820 --> 00:39:37.120
 here?

00:39:38.040 --> 00:39:38.519
 Am I

00:39:38.519 --> 00:39:38.680
 going to

00:39:38.680 --> 00:39:39.019
 have to

00:39:39.019 --> 00:39:39.500
 sacrifice

00:39:39.500 --> 00:39:40.200
 something in

00:39:40.200 --> 00:39:40.640
 my life

00:39:40.640 --> 00:39:41.220
 to stay

00:39:41.220 --> 00:39:41.640
 here?

00:39:42.920 --> 00:39:43.160
 Am I

00:39:43.160 --> 00:39:43.240
 going to

00:39:43.240 --> 00:39:43.420
 have to

00:39:43.420 --> 00:39:43.760
 change

00:39:43.760 --> 00:39:44.340
 my plans

00:39:44.340 --> 00:39:44.700
 for my

00:39:44.700 --> 00:39:45.340
 future in

00:39:45.340 --> 00:39:45.640
 order to

00:39:45.640 --> 00:39:47.480
 be a

00:39:47.480 --> 00:39:47.900
 part of

00:39:47.900 --> 00:39:48.100
 what's

00:39:48.100 --> 00:39:48.560
 going on

00:39:48.560 --> 00:39:48.800
 here?

00:39:49.200 --> 00:39:49.540
 Is there

00:39:49.540 --> 00:39:49.840
 something

00:39:49.840 --> 00:39:50.300
 better?

00:39:50.720 --> 00:39:50.880
 Some

00:39:50.880 --> 00:39:51.420
 place with

00:39:51.420 --> 00:39:51.639
 less

00:39:51.639 --> 00:39:52.079
 problems?

00:39:52.200 --> 00:39:52.360
 Some

00:39:52.360 --> 00:39:52.820
 place with

00:39:52.820 --> 00:39:53.079
 better

00:39:53.079 --> 00:39:53.480
 ministry?

00:39:53.920 --> 00:39:54.559
 Is the

00:39:54.559 --> 00:39:55.079
 church going

00:39:55.079 --> 00:39:55.340
 in the

00:39:55.340 --> 00:39:56.099
 direction I

00:39:56.099 --> 00:39:56.460
 want to

00:39:56.460 --> 00:39:56.599
 go?

00:39:56.680 --> 00:39:57.119
 Listen I

00:39:57.119 --> 00:39:57.619
 get it.

00:39:57.940 --> 00:39:58.559
 You don't

00:39:58.559 --> 00:39:59.320
 think pastors

00:39:59.320 --> 00:39:59.940
 think about

00:39:59.940 --> 00:40:00.460
 that when it

00:40:00.460 --> 00:40:00.800
 comes to

00:40:00.800 --> 00:40:01.180
 church?

00:40:01.659 --> 00:40:02.320
 And we

00:40:02.320 --> 00:40:03.039
 run them

00:40:03.039 --> 00:40:04.039
 and we

00:40:04.039 --> 00:40:05.019
 ask who's

00:40:05.019 --> 00:40:05.519
 in charge

00:40:05.519 --> 00:40:05.700
 here?

00:40:05.840 --> 00:40:06.180
 What is

00:40:06.180 --> 00:40:06.619
 going on?

00:40:06.700 --> 00:40:07.280
 How did

00:40:07.280 --> 00:40:08.820
 the church

00:40:08.820 --> 00:40:09.380
 get this

00:40:09.380 --> 00:40:09.659
 way?

00:40:10.820 --> 00:40:11.519
 We have

00:40:11.519 --> 00:40:12.240
 questions about

00:40:12.240 --> 00:40:13.220
 church as

00:40:13.220 --> 00:40:13.500
 well.

00:40:14.960 --> 00:40:15.680
 It's why

00:40:15.680 --> 00:40:16.860
 many ministers

00:40:16.860 --> 00:40:17.380
 I think the

00:40:17.380 --> 00:40:18.200
 average lifespan

00:40:18.200 --> 00:40:18.700
 of a minister

00:40:18.700 --> 00:40:19.340
 career is about

00:40:19.340 --> 00:40:19.880
 seven or eight

00:40:19.880 --> 00:40:20.220
 years.

00:40:20.219 --> 00:40:23.819
 men lose

00:40:23.819 --> 00:40:24.279
 sight in

00:40:24.279 --> 00:40:24.819
 ministry of

00:40:24.819 --> 00:40:25.119
 what they're

00:40:25.119 --> 00:40:25.579
 there for.

00:40:28.980 --> 00:40:29.819
 But when we

00:40:29.819 --> 00:40:30.339
 wrestle with

00:40:30.339 --> 00:40:31.059
 those questions

00:40:31.059 --> 00:40:31.539
 we cannot

00:40:31.539 --> 00:40:32.159
 treat the

00:40:32.159 --> 00:40:32.599
 church like

00:40:32.599 --> 00:40:33.279
 anything else

00:40:33.279 --> 00:40:33.739
 we belong

00:40:33.739 --> 00:40:33.980
 to.

00:40:35.719 --> 00:40:36.480
 The church

00:40:36.480 --> 00:40:36.959
 is not

00:40:36.959 --> 00:40:37.619
 something we

00:40:37.619 --> 00:40:38.059
 attend.

00:40:38.659 --> 00:40:39.419
 Friends the

00:40:39.419 --> 00:40:40.399
 church is

00:40:40.399 --> 00:40:41.119
 who we

00:40:41.119 --> 00:40:41.699
 are.

00:40:41.699 --> 00:40:49.779
 as we

00:40:49.779 --> 00:40:50.079
 were singing

00:40:50.079 --> 00:40:50.579
 today I

00:40:50.579 --> 00:40:51.179
 just had

00:40:51.179 --> 00:40:51.679
 this burden

00:40:51.679 --> 00:40:52.019
 I felt

00:40:52.019 --> 00:40:52.279
 this from

00:40:52.279 --> 00:40:52.659
 the Lord

00:40:52.659 --> 00:40:54.379
 and this

00:40:54.379 --> 00:40:54.859
 isn't directed

00:40:54.859 --> 00:40:55.500
 anybody or

00:40:55.500 --> 00:40:56.099
 is concerned

00:40:56.099 --> 00:40:57.980
 but I

00:40:57.980 --> 00:40:58.419
 know that

00:40:58.419 --> 00:40:59.339
 being in

00:40:59.339 --> 00:41:00.579
 this location

00:41:00.579 --> 00:41:02.659
 you've come

00:41:02.659 --> 00:41:03.179
 here many of

00:41:03.179 --> 00:41:03.419
 you come

00:41:03.419 --> 00:41:03.739
 here for

00:41:03.739 --> 00:41:05.059
 school or

00:41:05.059 --> 00:41:05.879
 for a job

00:41:05.880 --> 00:41:07.400
 and that

00:41:07.400 --> 00:41:07.820
 you have

00:41:07.820 --> 00:41:08.800
 a path

00:41:08.800 --> 00:41:09.260
 that's somewhat

00:41:09.260 --> 00:41:09.900
 uncertain about

00:41:09.900 --> 00:41:10.360
 what happens

00:41:10.360 --> 00:41:11.000
 after this

00:41:11.000 --> 00:41:11.960
 and you're

00:41:11.960 --> 00:41:12.400
 committed to

00:41:12.400 --> 00:41:12.860
 this church

00:41:12.860 --> 00:41:13.260
 and you're

00:41:13.260 --> 00:41:13.680
 faithful to

00:41:13.680 --> 00:41:14.119
 this church

00:41:14.119 --> 00:41:14.619
 but you're

00:41:14.619 --> 00:41:15.480
 in some

00:41:15.480 --> 00:41:16.660
 sense thinking

00:41:16.660 --> 00:41:17.300
 well okay

00:41:17.300 --> 00:41:17.960
 but where's

00:41:17.960 --> 00:41:18.720
 my career

00:41:18.720 --> 00:41:18.980
 going to

00:41:18.980 --> 00:41:19.300
 take me

00:41:19.300 --> 00:41:19.760
 where's my

00:41:19.760 --> 00:41:20.160
 vision

00:41:20.160 --> 00:41:20.599
 what am I

00:41:20.599 --> 00:41:21.039
 doing

00:41:21.039 --> 00:41:21.680
 do I go

00:41:21.680 --> 00:41:22.360
 back home

00:41:22.360 --> 00:41:23.400
 what happens

00:41:23.400 --> 00:41:23.860
 if I have

00:41:23.860 --> 00:41:24.300
 kids

00:41:24.300 --> 00:41:25.720
 and how hard

00:41:25.720 --> 00:41:26.260
 is it to

00:41:26.260 --> 00:41:26.720
 live in an

00:41:26.720 --> 00:41:27.300
 urban environment

00:41:27.300 --> 00:41:27.640
 that's so

00:41:27.640 --> 00:41:28.000
 expensive

00:41:28.000 --> 00:41:28.480
 all those

00:41:28.480 --> 00:41:29.300
 things I

00:41:29.300 --> 00:41:29.820
 get it

00:41:29.820 --> 00:41:31.340
 and I

00:41:31.340 --> 00:41:31.960
 don't expect

00:41:31.960 --> 00:41:32.800
 most people

00:41:32.800 --> 00:41:33.400
 to be like

00:41:33.400 --> 00:41:33.740
 me and

00:41:33.740 --> 00:41:34.019
 stay in

00:41:34.019 --> 00:41:34.280
 the same

00:41:34.280 --> 00:41:34.640
 church for

00:41:34.640 --> 00:41:35.280
 40 years

00:41:35.280 --> 00:41:37.900
 that took

00:41:37.900 --> 00:41:38.480
 amount of

00:41:38.480 --> 00:41:40.220
 various places

00:41:40.220 --> 00:41:41.059
 along the way

00:41:41.059 --> 00:41:42.120
 I had to

00:41:42.120 --> 00:41:42.800
 make choices

00:41:42.800 --> 00:41:44.019
 and they

00:41:44.019 --> 00:41:44.320
 were not

00:41:44.320 --> 00:41:45.559
 choices that

00:41:45.559 --> 00:41:46.059
 were easily

00:41:46.059 --> 00:41:46.580
 made

00:41:46.580 --> 00:41:49.640
 but my

00:41:49.640 --> 00:41:50.260
 burden is

00:41:50.260 --> 00:41:51.880
 this and

00:41:51.880 --> 00:41:52.280
 I think I

00:41:52.280 --> 00:41:52.580
 can speak

00:41:52.580 --> 00:41:53.539
 for Sean

00:41:53.539 --> 00:41:54.320
 and the

00:41:54.320 --> 00:41:54.760
 other guys

00:41:54.760 --> 00:41:57.300
 as a

00:41:57.300 --> 00:41:58.320
 pastor I'm

00:41:58.320 --> 00:41:59.039
 not nearly

00:41:59.039 --> 00:42:00.219
 so concerned

00:42:00.219 --> 00:42:01.759
 about people

00:42:01.759 --> 00:42:02.460
 staying in

00:42:02.460 --> 00:42:03.179
 my church

00:42:03.179 --> 00:42:06.360
 people will

00:42:06.360 --> 00:42:06.900
 leave my

00:42:06.900 --> 00:42:07.179
 church

00:42:07.179 --> 00:42:07.840
 people have

00:42:07.840 --> 00:42:08.460
 left my

00:42:08.460 --> 00:42:08.940
 church

00:42:08.940 --> 00:42:10.219
 people have

00:42:10.219 --> 00:42:11.400
 disagreed with

00:42:11.400 --> 00:42:12.300
 me or with

00:42:12.300 --> 00:42:12.779
 our church

00:42:12.779 --> 00:42:13.079
 and have

00:42:13.079 --> 00:42:13.559
 left on

00:42:13.559 --> 00:42:13.940
 principal

00:42:13.940 --> 00:42:14.340
 reasons

00:42:14.340 --> 00:42:14.800
 people have

00:42:14.800 --> 00:42:15.360
 gotten upset

00:42:15.360 --> 00:42:16.019
 with something

00:42:16.019 --> 00:42:16.699
 and have

00:42:16.699 --> 00:42:17.099
 left on

00:42:17.099 --> 00:42:17.539
 personal

00:42:17.539 --> 00:42:18.059
 reasons

00:42:18.059 --> 00:42:20.320
 my concern

00:42:20.320 --> 00:42:21.420
 is not

00:42:21.420 --> 00:42:22.119
 that people

00:42:22.119 --> 00:42:23.619
 have to all

00:42:23.619 --> 00:42:24.139
 stay in the

00:42:24.139 --> 00:42:24.779
 same church

00:42:24.779 --> 00:42:26.139
 my concern

00:42:26.139 --> 00:42:26.900
 is so many

00:42:26.900 --> 00:42:27.860
 people leave

00:42:27.860 --> 00:42:28.500
 a church

00:42:28.500 --> 00:42:30.000
 without

00:42:30.000 --> 00:42:30.800
 knowing where

00:42:30.800 --> 00:42:31.219
 they're going

00:42:31.219 --> 00:42:31.760
 to go

00:42:31.760 --> 00:42:33.699
 and I'll

00:42:33.699 --> 00:42:34.059
 just tell you

00:42:34.059 --> 00:42:34.519
 from 40

00:42:34.519 --> 00:42:34.900
 years of

00:42:34.900 --> 00:42:35.300
 experience

00:42:35.300 --> 00:42:35.699
 and 30

00:42:35.699 --> 00:42:36.199
 something years

00:42:36.199 --> 00:42:36.480
 as a

00:42:36.480 --> 00:42:36.860
 pastor

00:42:36.860 --> 00:42:38.519
 when people

00:42:38.519 --> 00:42:39.480
 just leave

00:42:39.480 --> 00:42:40.059
 a church

00:42:40.059 --> 00:42:40.719
 with no

00:42:40.719 --> 00:42:41.199
 idea of

00:42:41.199 --> 00:42:41.460
 where they're

00:42:41.460 --> 00:42:41.699
 going to

00:42:41.699 --> 00:42:42.000
 go

00:42:42.000 --> 00:42:43.960
 they never

00:42:43.960 --> 00:42:46.099
 improve

00:42:46.099 --> 00:42:47.000
 spiritually

00:42:47.000 --> 00:42:49.559
 they wander

00:42:49.559 --> 00:42:49.679
 together

00:42:49.679 --> 00:42:51.799
 because we're

00:42:51.799 --> 00:42:52.159
 not

00:42:52.159 --> 00:42:54.179
 redeemed

00:42:54.179 --> 00:42:55.320
 to be

00:42:55.320 --> 00:42:56.320
 looking around

00:42:56.320 --> 00:42:56.759
 for the

00:42:56.759 --> 00:42:57.579
 next church

00:42:57.579 --> 00:42:58.559
 or to

00:42:58.559 --> 00:42:58.880
 leave

00:42:58.880 --> 00:42:59.239
 churches

00:42:59.239 --> 00:42:59.460
 we're

00:42:59.460 --> 00:42:59.820
 unhappy

00:42:59.820 --> 00:43:00.099
 with

00:43:00.099 --> 00:43:00.340
 we're

00:43:00.340 --> 00:43:00.679
 redeemed

00:43:00.679 --> 00:43:00.940
 to be

00:43:00.940 --> 00:43:01.320
 part of

00:43:01.320 --> 00:43:01.440
 a

00:43:01.440 --> 00:43:02.019
 community

00:43:02.019 --> 00:43:03.719
 to work

00:43:03.719 --> 00:43:04.119
 with one

00:43:04.119 --> 00:43:04.279
 another

00:43:04.279 --> 00:43:04.820
 God may

00:43:04.820 --> 00:43:05.340
 lead you

00:43:05.340 --> 00:43:06.119
 somewhere else

00:43:06.119 --> 00:43:07.400
 if God

00:43:07.400 --> 00:43:07.779
 is leading

00:43:07.779 --> 00:43:08.079
 you somewhere

00:43:08.079 --> 00:43:08.219
 else

00:43:08.219 --> 00:43:08.779
 because of

00:43:08.779 --> 00:43:09.699
 your profession

00:43:09.699 --> 00:43:10.099
 or your

00:43:10.099 --> 00:43:10.519
 career

00:43:10.519 --> 00:43:11.480
 there's

00:43:11.480 --> 00:43:11.799
 nothing

00:43:11.799 --> 00:43:12.940
 there's no

00:43:12.940 --> 00:43:13.400
 sin in

00:43:13.400 --> 00:43:13.679
 that

00:43:13.679 --> 00:43:13.980
 God

00:43:13.980 --> 00:43:14.239
 will do

00:43:14.239 --> 00:43:14.400
 that

00:43:14.400 --> 00:43:14.599
 God

00:43:14.599 --> 00:43:14.960
 brought

00:43:14.960 --> 00:43:15.159
 you

00:43:15.159 --> 00:43:15.440
 here

00:43:15.440 --> 00:43:15.860
 because of

00:43:15.860 --> 00:43:16.059
 those

00:43:16.059 --> 00:43:16.480
 decisions

00:43:16.480 --> 00:43:18.980
 if Sean

00:43:18.980 --> 00:43:19.179
 said

00:43:19.179 --> 00:43:20.260
 unless you

00:43:20.260 --> 00:43:20.760
 came here

00:43:20.760 --> 00:43:20.980
 to be

00:43:20.980 --> 00:43:21.199
 involved

00:43:21.199 --> 00:43:21.400
 in this

00:43:21.400 --> 00:43:21.599
 church

00:43:21.599 --> 00:43:21.920
 I don't

00:43:21.920 --> 00:43:22.219
 want you

00:43:22.219 --> 00:43:22.380
 here

00:43:22.380 --> 00:43:22.599
 this

00:43:22.599 --> 00:43:22.900
 would be

00:43:22.900 --> 00:43:23.199
 an empty

00:43:23.199 --> 00:43:23.559
 room

00:43:23.559 --> 00:43:25.480
 maybe

00:43:25.480 --> 00:43:26.219
 seven or

00:43:26.219 --> 00:43:26.619
 eight people

00:43:26.619 --> 00:43:27.079
 who came

00:43:27.079 --> 00:43:27.539
 just for

00:43:27.539 --> 00:43:28.159
 this church

00:43:28.159 --> 00:43:29.760
 no

00:43:29.760 --> 00:43:30.480
 but

00:43:30.480 --> 00:43:30.840
 so we

00:43:30.840 --> 00:43:31.340
 recognize

00:43:31.340 --> 00:43:31.780
 as

00:43:31.780 --> 00:43:32.800
 pastors

00:43:32.800 --> 00:43:33.260
 people

00:43:33.260 --> 00:43:34.099
 will come

00:43:34.099 --> 00:43:34.440
 to our

00:43:34.440 --> 00:43:34.800
 churches

00:43:34.800 --> 00:43:35.159
 because

00:43:35.159 --> 00:43:35.780
 God

00:43:35.780 --> 00:43:36.039
 brought

00:43:36.039 --> 00:43:36.159
 them

00:43:36.159 --> 00:43:36.500
 to an

00:43:36.500 --> 00:43:36.820
 area

00:43:36.820 --> 00:43:37.240
 and we're

00:43:37.240 --> 00:43:37.599
 grateful

00:43:37.599 --> 00:43:38.039
 for that

00:43:38.039 --> 00:43:38.460
 in the

00:43:38.460 --> 00:43:38.760
 same way

00:43:38.760 --> 00:43:39.039
 we want

00:43:39.039 --> 00:43:39.179
 to be

00:43:39.179 --> 00:43:39.639
 releasing

00:43:39.639 --> 00:43:40.179
 to people

00:43:40.179 --> 00:43:40.860
 who feel

00:43:40.860 --> 00:43:41.159
 called

00:43:41.159 --> 00:43:41.519
 to somewhere

00:43:41.519 --> 00:43:41.780
 else

00:43:41.780 --> 00:43:42.280
 my

00:43:42.280 --> 00:43:42.699
 appeal

00:43:42.699 --> 00:43:43.240
 is this

00:43:43.240 --> 00:43:44.139
 don't

00:43:44.139 --> 00:43:44.500
 be

00:43:44.500 --> 00:43:45.019
 someone

00:43:45.019 --> 00:43:45.380
 who's

00:43:45.380 --> 00:43:45.719
 committed

00:43:45.719 --> 00:43:46.380
 to just

00:43:46.380 --> 00:43:46.920
 your

00:43:46.920 --> 00:43:47.240
 church

00:43:47.240 --> 00:43:47.619
 or not

00:43:47.619 --> 00:43:48.300
 be

00:43:48.300 --> 00:43:48.780
 a

00:43:48.780 --> 00:43:49.260
 person

00:43:49.260 --> 00:43:49.619
 of the

00:43:49.619 --> 00:43:49.880
 church

00:43:49.880 --> 00:43:50.180
 be

00:43:50.180 --> 00:43:50.579
 someone

00:43:50.579 --> 00:43:50.760
 who

00:43:50.760 --> 00:43:50.960
 says

00:43:50.960 --> 00:43:51.519
 wherever

00:43:51.519 --> 00:43:51.780
 I

00:43:51.780 --> 00:43:52.099
 go

00:43:52.099 --> 00:43:52.760
 I

00:43:52.760 --> 00:43:52.940
 am

00:43:52.940 --> 00:43:53.360
 going

00:43:53.360 --> 00:43:53.599
 to

00:43:53.599 --> 00:43:53.920
 commit

00:43:53.920 --> 00:43:54.160
 to

00:43:54.160 --> 00:43:54.539
 God's

00:43:54.539 --> 00:43:54.880
 people

00:43:54.880 --> 00:43:55.700
 I'm

00:43:55.700 --> 00:43:55.840
 not

00:43:55.840 --> 00:43:56.079
 going

00:43:56.079 --> 00:43:56.460
 anywhere

00:43:56.460 --> 00:43:56.880
 in my

00:43:56.880 --> 00:43:57.200
 life

00:43:57.200 --> 00:43:57.500
 where I

00:43:57.500 --> 00:43:57.820
 don't

00:43:57.820 --> 00:43:58.119
 know

00:43:58.119 --> 00:43:58.360
 I'll

00:43:58.360 --> 00:43:58.619
 find

00:43:58.619 --> 00:43:58.760
 a

00:43:58.760 --> 00:43:59.019
 church

00:43:59.019 --> 00:43:59.460
 if

00:43:59.460 --> 00:43:59.599
 you

00:43:59.599 --> 00:43:59.900
 go

00:43:59.900 --> 00:44:00.200
 somewhere

00:44:00.200 --> 00:44:00.460
 take

00:44:00.460 --> 00:44:00.599
 a

00:44:00.599 --> 00:44:00.940
 job

00:44:00.940 --> 00:44:01.400
 go

00:44:01.400 --> 00:44:01.720
 somewhere

00:44:01.720 --> 00:44:02.140
 just

00:44:02.140 --> 00:44:02.640
 relocate

00:44:02.640 --> 00:44:02.740
 to

00:44:02.740 --> 00:44:03.099
 another

00:44:03.099 --> 00:44:03.519
 area

00:44:03.519 --> 00:44:03.840
 and you

00:44:03.840 --> 00:44:04.099
 don't

00:44:04.099 --> 00:44:04.280
 know

00:44:04.280 --> 00:44:04.559
 where

00:44:04.559 --> 00:44:04.780
 you're

00:44:04.780 --> 00:44:05.220
 going

00:44:05.220 --> 00:44:05.700
 in

00:44:05.700 --> 00:44:05.920
 terms

00:44:05.920 --> 00:44:06.260
 of a

00:44:06.260 --> 00:44:06.680
 fellowship

00:44:06.680 --> 00:44:07.380
 then I

00:44:07.380 --> 00:44:07.539
 think

00:44:07.539 --> 00:44:07.720
 you've

00:44:07.720 --> 00:44:07.840
 got

00:44:07.840 --> 00:44:07.960
 it

00:44:07.960 --> 00:44:08.320
 backwards

00:44:08.320 --> 00:44:12.240
 search

00:44:12.240 --> 00:44:12.480
 for that

00:44:12.480 --> 00:44:12.699
 church

00:44:12.699 --> 00:44:13.079
 is

00:44:13.079 --> 00:44:13.240
 there

00:44:13.240 --> 00:44:13.420
 a

00:44:13.420 --> 00:44:13.719
 church

00:44:13.719 --> 00:44:13.880
 for

00:44:13.880 --> 00:44:13.980
 me

00:44:13.980 --> 00:44:14.099
 there

00:44:14.099 --> 00:44:14.360
 doesn't

00:44:14.360 --> 00:44:14.480
 have

00:44:14.480 --> 00:44:14.539
 to

00:44:14.539 --> 00:44:14.639
 be

00:44:14.639 --> 00:44:14.780
 a

00:44:14.780 --> 00:44:15.000
 sovereign

00:44:15.000 --> 00:44:15.280
 grace

00:44:15.280 --> 00:44:15.699
 church

00:44:15.699 --> 00:44:16.420
 is

00:44:16.420 --> 00:44:16.539
 there

00:44:16.539 --> 00:44:16.679
 a

00:44:16.679 --> 00:44:16.940
 church

00:44:16.940 --> 00:44:17.139
 that

00:44:17.139 --> 00:44:17.300
 I

00:44:17.300 --> 00:44:17.460
 can

00:44:17.460 --> 00:44:17.579
 get

00:44:17.579 --> 00:44:17.880
 involved

00:44:17.880 --> 00:44:18.039
 with

00:44:18.039 --> 00:44:18.219
 are

00:44:18.219 --> 00:44:18.380
 there

00:44:18.380 --> 00:44:18.840
 people

00:44:18.840 --> 00:44:19.159
 there

00:44:19.159 --> 00:44:19.619
 are

00:44:19.619 --> 00:44:19.780
 there

00:44:19.780 --> 00:44:20.300
 pastors

00:44:20.300 --> 00:44:20.519
 who

00:44:20.519 --> 00:44:20.679
 could

00:44:20.679 --> 00:44:20.940
 care

00:44:20.940 --> 00:44:21.139
 for

00:44:21.139 --> 00:44:21.320
 me

00:44:21.320 --> 00:44:21.760
 when

00:44:21.760 --> 00:44:22.079
 people

00:44:22.079 --> 00:44:22.320
 do

00:44:22.320 --> 00:44:22.699
 that

00:44:22.699 --> 00:44:23.280
 even

00:44:23.280 --> 00:44:23.420
 if

00:44:23.420 --> 00:44:23.539
 they

00:44:23.539 --> 00:44:23.800
 leave

00:44:23.800 --> 00:44:24.320
 unhappy

00:44:24.320 --> 00:44:24.539
 when

00:44:24.539 --> 00:44:24.820
 someone

00:44:24.820 --> 00:44:25.059
 comes

00:44:25.059 --> 00:44:25.139
 to

00:44:25.139 --> 00:44:25.240
 me

00:44:25.240 --> 00:44:25.340
 and

00:44:25.340 --> 00:44:25.480
 says

00:44:25.480 --> 00:44:25.599
 I

00:44:42.480 --> 00:44:42.659
 help

00:44:42.659 --> 00:44:42.980
 you

00:44:42.980 --> 00:44:44.420
 go

00:44:44.420 --> 00:44:44.820
 look

00:44:44.820 --> 00:44:45.380
 you

00:44:45.380 --> 00:44:45.599
 might

00:44:45.599 --> 00:44:45.920
 find

00:44:45.920 --> 00:44:46.079
 there's

00:44:46.079 --> 00:44:46.199
 a

00:44:46.199 --> 00:44:46.460
 great

00:44:46.460 --> 00:44:46.760
 church

00:44:46.760 --> 00:44:46.960
 for

00:44:46.960 --> 00:44:47.099
 you

00:44:47.099 --> 00:44:47.219
 and

00:44:47.219 --> 00:44:47.340
 I

00:44:47.340 --> 00:44:47.480
 can

00:44:47.480 --> 00:44:47.800
 bless

00:44:47.800 --> 00:44:47.940
 you

00:44:47.940 --> 00:44:48.059
 to

00:44:48.059 --> 00:44:48.240
 go

00:44:48.240 --> 00:44:48.519
 there

00:44:48.519 --> 00:44:49.260
 you

00:44:49.260 --> 00:44:49.440
 may

00:44:49.440 --> 00:44:49.760
 find

00:44:49.760 --> 00:44:49.920
 in

00:44:49.920 --> 00:44:50.300
 looking

00:44:50.300 --> 00:44:50.539
 there

00:44:50.539 --> 00:44:50.760
 really

00:44:50.760 --> 00:44:50.980
 isn't

00:44:50.980 --> 00:44:51.219
 something

00:44:51.219 --> 00:44:51.559
 better

00:44:51.559 --> 00:44:51.760
 and

00:44:51.760 --> 00:44:52.199
 I

00:44:52.199 --> 00:44:52.300
 don't

00:44:52.300 --> 00:44:52.400
 want

00:44:52.400 --> 00:44:52.460
 you

00:44:52.460 --> 00:44:52.539
 to

00:44:52.539 --> 00:44:52.659
 feel

00:44:52.659 --> 00:44:52.800
 like

00:44:52.800 --> 00:44:52.900
 you

00:44:52.900 --> 00:44:53.119
 burned

00:44:53.119 --> 00:44:53.280
 your

00:44:53.280 --> 00:44:53.519
 bridges

00:44:53.519 --> 00:44:53.880
 here

00:44:53.880 --> 00:44:55.659
 the

00:44:55.659 --> 00:44:56.119
 nature

00:44:56.119 --> 00:44:56.380
 of

00:44:56.380 --> 00:44:56.539
 the

00:44:56.539 --> 00:44:57.079
 believer

00:44:57.079 --> 00:44:57.639
 is

00:44:57.639 --> 00:44:57.820
 an

00:44:57.820 --> 00:44:58.340
 acknowledgement

00:44:58.340 --> 00:44:58.679
 that

00:44:58.679 --> 00:44:58.980
 wherever

00:44:58.980 --> 00:44:59.619
 I

00:44:59.619 --> 00:45:00.079
 go

00:45:00.079 --> 00:45:01.059
 I

00:45:01.059 --> 00:45:01.360
 meant

00:45:01.360 --> 00:45:01.519
 to

00:45:01.519 --> 00:45:01.699
 be

00:45:01.699 --> 00:45:02.119
 part

00:45:02.119 --> 00:45:02.360
 of

00:45:02.360 --> 00:45:02.539
 the

00:45:02.539 --> 00:45:03.000
 church

00:45:03.000 --> 00:45:03.579
 and

00:45:03.579 --> 00:45:03.699
 I

00:45:03.699 --> 00:45:04.000
 make

00:45:04.000 --> 00:45:04.139
 that

00:45:04.139 --> 00:45:04.260
 a

00:45:04.260 --> 00:45:04.800
 priority

00:45:04.800 --> 00:45:05.740
 that's

00:45:05.740 --> 00:45:05.920
 my

00:45:05.920 --> 00:45:06.200
 burden

00:45:06.200 --> 00:45:06.420
 for

00:45:06.420 --> 00:45:06.539
 you

00:45:06.539 --> 00:45:06.680
 that

00:45:06.680 --> 00:45:06.820
 you

00:45:06.820 --> 00:45:06.980
 would

00:45:06.980 --> 00:45:07.139
 do

00:45:07.139 --> 00:45:07.500
 that

00:45:07.500 --> 00:45:09.000
 you

00:45:09.000 --> 00:45:09.099
 see

00:45:09.099 --> 00:45:09.440
 according

00:45:09.440 --> 00:45:09.579
 to

00:45:09.579 --> 00:45:09.700
 the

00:45:09.700 --> 00:45:10.039
 Bible

00:45:10.039 --> 00:45:11.380
 the

00:45:11.380 --> 00:45:11.820
 church

00:45:11.820 --> 00:45:12.079
 is

00:45:12.079 --> 00:45:12.300
 the

00:45:12.300 --> 00:45:12.700
 only

00:45:12.700 --> 00:45:13.200
 thing

00:45:13.200 --> 00:45:13.519
 on

00:45:13.519 --> 00:45:13.800
 this

00:45:13.800 --> 00:45:14.119
 earth

00:45:14.119 --> 00:45:14.340
 that

00:45:14.340 --> 00:45:14.539
 will

00:45:14.539 --> 00:45:15.280
 matter

00:45:15.280 --> 00:45:15.639
 in

00:45:15.639 --> 00:45:16.019
 heaven

00:45:16.019 --> 00:45:17.820
 read

00:45:17.820 --> 00:45:18.200
 Revelation

00:45:18.200 --> 00:45:18.700
 22

00:45:18.700 --> 00:45:19.539
 we

00:45:19.539 --> 00:45:19.740
 are

00:45:19.740 --> 00:45:19.920
 the

00:45:19.920 --> 00:45:20.380
 ones

00:45:20.380 --> 00:45:20.579
 who

00:45:20.579 --> 00:45:20.760
 are

00:45:20.760 --> 00:45:21.119
 robed

00:45:21.119 --> 00:45:21.280
 in

00:45:21.280 --> 00:45:21.760
 righteousness

00:45:21.760 --> 00:45:22.139
 the

00:45:22.139 --> 00:45:22.460
 church

00:45:22.460 --> 00:45:23.079
 we

00:45:23.079 --> 00:45:23.280
 have

00:45:23.280 --> 00:45:23.460
 the

00:45:23.460 --> 00:45:23.880
 right

00:45:23.880 --> 00:45:24.900
 to

00:45:24.900 --> 00:45:25.039
 the

00:45:25.039 --> 00:45:25.260
 tree

00:45:25.260 --> 00:45:25.400
 of

00:45:25.400 --> 00:45:25.659
 life

00:45:25.659 --> 00:45:25.880
 the

00:45:25.880 --> 00:45:26.360
 church

00:45:26.360 --> 00:45:26.680
 and

00:45:26.680 --> 00:45:27.099
 we

00:45:27.099 --> 00:45:27.280
 can

00:45:27.280 --> 00:45:27.500
 enter

00:45:27.500 --> 00:45:27.840
 into

00:45:27.840 --> 00:45:28.119
 the

00:45:28.119 --> 00:45:28.320
 city

00:45:28.320 --> 00:45:28.480
 of

00:45:28.480 --> 00:45:28.760
 God

00:45:28.760 --> 00:45:29.300
 we

00:45:29.300 --> 00:45:29.539
 the

00:45:29.539 --> 00:45:30.079
 church

00:45:30.079 --> 00:45:30.800
 the

00:45:30.800 --> 00:45:31.159
 dwelling

00:45:31.159 --> 00:45:31.619
 place

00:45:31.619 --> 00:45:31.820
 of

00:45:31.820 --> 00:45:32.280
 God

00:45:32.280 --> 00:45:33.800
 brothers

00:45:33.800 --> 00:45:33.980
 and

00:45:33.980 --> 00:45:34.220
 sisters

00:45:34.219 --> 00:45:34.859
 if

00:45:34.859 --> 00:45:35.299
 Jesus

00:45:35.299 --> 00:45:35.839
 isn't

00:45:35.839 --> 00:45:36.339
 alive

00:45:36.339 --> 00:45:36.539
 and

00:45:36.539 --> 00:45:36.819
 reigning

00:45:36.819 --> 00:45:37.000
 in

00:45:37.000 --> 00:45:37.299
 glory

00:45:37.299 --> 00:45:37.519
 for

00:45:37.519 --> 00:45:37.679
 the

00:45:37.679 --> 00:45:37.819
 good

00:45:37.819 --> 00:45:37.939
 of

00:45:37.939 --> 00:45:38.079
 his

00:45:38.079 --> 00:45:38.459
 church

00:45:38.459 --> 00:45:38.919
 then

00:45:38.919 --> 00:45:39.179
 what

00:45:39.179 --> 00:45:39.439
 you're

00:45:39.439 --> 00:45:39.759
 doing

00:45:39.759 --> 00:45:40.019
 here

00:45:40.019 --> 00:45:40.159
 is

00:45:40.159 --> 00:45:40.299
 a

00:45:40.299 --> 00:45:40.519
 waste

00:45:40.519 --> 00:45:40.639
 of

00:45:40.639 --> 00:45:40.739
 your

00:45:40.739 --> 00:45:41.079
 time

00:45:41.079 --> 00:45:42.619
 if

00:45:42.619 --> 00:45:42.759
 there

00:45:42.759 --> 00:45:43.000
 isn't

00:45:43.000 --> 00:45:43.299
 anything

00:45:43.299 --> 00:45:43.659
 beyond

00:45:43.659 --> 00:45:43.859
 this

00:45:43.859 --> 00:45:44.319
 existence

00:45:44.319 --> 00:45:44.659
 we

00:45:44.659 --> 00:45:44.819
 have

00:45:44.819 --> 00:45:44.939
 on

00:45:44.939 --> 00:45:45.099
 this

00:45:45.099 --> 00:45:45.480
 planet

00:45:45.480 --> 00:45:45.980
 then

00:45:45.980 --> 00:45:46.199
 what

00:45:46.199 --> 00:45:46.399
 you're

00:45:46.399 --> 00:45:46.679
 doing

00:45:46.679 --> 00:45:47.000
 here

00:45:47.000 --> 00:45:47.519
 is

00:45:47.519 --> 00:45:47.679
 a

00:45:47.679 --> 00:45:48.039
 waste

00:45:48.039 --> 00:45:48.199
 of

00:45:48.199 --> 00:45:48.619
 time

00:45:48.619 --> 00:45:49.259
 if

00:45:49.259 --> 00:45:49.480
 we're

00:45:49.480 --> 00:45:49.679
 just

00:45:49.679 --> 00:45:50.099
 carbon

00:45:50.099 --> 00:45:50.319
 and

00:45:50.319 --> 00:45:50.739
 chemicals

00:45:50.739 --> 00:45:51.399
 or

00:45:51.399 --> 00:45:51.559
 we're

00:45:51.559 --> 00:45:51.699
 just

00:45:51.699 --> 00:45:52.079
 highly

00:45:52.079 --> 00:45:52.599
 developed

00:45:52.599 --> 00:45:53.119
 mammals

00:45:53.119 --> 00:45:53.599
 then

00:45:53.599 --> 00:45:53.799
 what

00:45:53.799 --> 00:45:54.019
 we're

00:45:54.019 --> 00:45:54.299
 doing

00:45:54.299 --> 00:45:54.619
 here

00:45:54.619 --> 00:45:54.859
 is

00:45:54.859 --> 00:45:55.000
 a

00:45:55.000 --> 00:45:55.279
 waste

00:45:55.279 --> 00:45:55.439
 of

00:45:55.439 --> 00:45:55.799
 time

00:45:55.799 --> 00:45:56.399
 but

00:45:56.399 --> 00:45:56.519
 if

00:45:56.519 --> 00:45:56.679
 the

00:45:56.679 --> 00:45:56.960
 Bible

00:45:56.960 --> 00:45:57.199
 is

00:45:57.199 --> 00:45:57.500
 true

00:45:57.500 --> 00:45:57.719
 and

00:45:57.719 --> 00:45:57.880
 this

00:45:57.880 --> 00:45:58.119
 world

00:45:58.119 --> 00:45:58.280
 is

00:45:58.280 --> 00:45:58.539
 not

00:45:58.539 --> 00:45:58.739
 all

00:45:58.739 --> 00:45:58.900
 there

00:45:58.900 --> 00:45:59.259
 is

00:45:59.259 --> 00:45:59.659
 and

00:45:59.659 --> 00:45:59.820
 we

00:45:59.820 --> 00:45:59.960
 are

00:45:59.960 --> 00:46:00.440
 created

00:46:00.440 --> 00:46:00.579
 in

00:46:00.579 --> 00:46:00.679
 the

00:46:00.679 --> 00:46:00.920
 image

00:46:00.920 --> 00:46:01.079
 of

00:46:01.079 --> 00:46:01.420
 God

00:46:01.420 --> 00:46:01.880
 and

00:46:01.880 --> 00:46:02.239
 know

00:46:02.239 --> 00:46:02.539
 him

00:46:02.539 --> 00:46:02.920
 to

00:46:02.920 --> 00:46:03.199
 find

00:46:03.199 --> 00:46:03.559
 joy

00:46:03.559 --> 00:46:03.759
 in

00:46:03.759 --> 00:46:04.000
 him

00:46:04.000 --> 00:46:04.340
 and

00:46:04.340 --> 00:46:04.460
 if

00:46:04.460 --> 00:46:04.619
 there's

00:46:04.619 --> 00:46:04.739
 a

00:46:04.739 --> 00:46:05.099
 place

00:46:05.099 --> 00:46:05.480
 prepared

00:46:05.480 --> 00:46:05.699
 for

00:46:05.699 --> 00:46:06.019
 us

00:46:06.019 --> 00:46:06.440
 where

00:46:06.440 --> 00:46:06.599
 we

00:46:06.599 --> 00:46:06.739
 will

00:46:06.739 --> 00:46:06.880
 be

00:46:06.880 --> 00:46:07.159
 with

00:46:07.159 --> 00:46:07.559
 Jesus

00:46:07.559 --> 00:46:07.820
 for

00:46:07.820 --> 00:46:08.280
 eternity

00:46:08.280 --> 00:46:08.860
 then

00:46:08.860 --> 00:46:09.239
 what

00:46:09.239 --> 00:46:10.039
 you're

00:46:10.039 --> 00:46:10.400
 doing

00:46:10.400 --> 00:46:10.659
 here

00:46:10.659 --> 00:46:10.980
 today

00:46:10.980 --> 00:46:12.759
 has

00:46:12.759 --> 00:46:13.500
 monumental

00:46:13.500 --> 00:46:14.460
 value

00:46:14.460 --> 00:46:16.239
 it

00:46:16.239 --> 00:46:16.420
 is

00:46:16.420 --> 00:46:17.000
 weekly

00:46:17.000 --> 00:46:17.659
 daily

00:46:17.659 --> 00:46:18.699
 preparation

00:46:18.699 --> 00:46:19.039
 for

00:46:19.039 --> 00:46:19.659
 eternity

00:46:19.659 --> 00:46:22.039
 it's

00:46:22.039 --> 00:46:22.300
 what

00:46:22.300 --> 00:46:22.559
 we

00:46:22.559 --> 00:46:22.900
 do

00:46:22.900 --> 00:46:23.400
 as

00:46:23.400 --> 00:46:23.800
 the

00:46:23.800 --> 00:46:24.119
 people

00:46:24.119 --> 00:46:24.300
 of

00:46:24.300 --> 00:46:24.539
 God

00:46:24.539 --> 00:46:25.179
 together

00:46:25.179 --> 00:46:26.859
 that

00:46:26.859 --> 00:46:27.359
 prepares

00:46:27.359 --> 00:46:27.619
 us

00:46:27.619 --> 00:46:27.779
 for

00:46:27.779 --> 00:46:28.299
 eternity

00:46:28.299 --> 00:46:29.599
 makes

00:46:29.599 --> 00:46:29.779
 a

00:46:29.779 --> 00:46:30.079
 difference

00:46:30.079 --> 00:46:30.259
 in

00:46:30.259 --> 00:46:30.440
 this

00:46:30.440 --> 00:46:30.899
 world

00:46:30.899 --> 00:46:32.019
 and

00:46:32.019 --> 00:46:32.440
 gives

00:46:32.440 --> 00:46:33.299
 forgiven

00:46:33.299 --> 00:46:34.039
 sinners

00:46:34.039 --> 00:46:35.460
 a

00:46:35.460 --> 00:46:35.819
 home

00:46:35.819 --> 00:46:38.799
 close

00:46:38.799 --> 00:46:39.000
 the

00:46:39.000 --> 00:46:39.279
 quote

00:46:39.279 --> 00:46:39.539
 from

00:46:39.539 --> 00:46:39.879
 J.

00:46:39.940 --> 00:46:40.219
 Gresham

00:46:40.219 --> 00:46:40.500
 Machen

00:46:40.500 --> 00:46:43.039
 is

00:46:43.039 --> 00:46:43.199
 there

00:46:43.199 --> 00:46:43.399
 no

00:46:43.399 --> 00:46:44.159
 refuge

00:46:44.159 --> 00:46:45.259
 from

00:46:45.259 --> 00:46:45.879
 strife

00:46:45.879 --> 00:46:47.460
 is

00:46:47.460 --> 00:46:47.579
 there

00:46:47.579 --> 00:46:47.699
 no

00:46:47.699 --> 00:46:48.079
 place

00:46:48.079 --> 00:46:48.239
 of

00:46:48.239 --> 00:46:48.799
 refreshing

00:46:48.799 --> 00:46:49.440
 where

00:46:49.440 --> 00:46:49.579
 a

00:46:49.579 --> 00:46:49.799
 man

00:46:49.799 --> 00:46:50.019
 can

00:46:50.019 --> 00:46:50.419
 prepare

00:46:50.419 --> 00:46:50.639
 for

00:46:50.639 --> 00:46:50.779
 the

00:46:50.779 --> 00:46:51.079
 battle

00:46:51.079 --> 00:46:51.259
 of

00:46:51.259 --> 00:46:51.659
 life

00:46:51.659 --> 00:46:53.159
 is

00:46:53.159 --> 00:46:53.259
 there

00:46:53.259 --> 00:46:53.399
 no

00:46:53.399 --> 00:46:53.419
!

00:46:53.419 --> 00:46:53.759
 place

00:46:53.759 --> 00:46:53.940
 where

00:46:53.940 --> 00:46:54.159
 two

00:46:54.159 --> 00:46:54.319
 or

00:46:54.319 --> 00:46:54.500
 three

00:46:54.500 --> 00:46:54.739
 can

00:46:54.739 --> 00:46:55.099
 gather

00:46:55.099 --> 00:46:55.400
 in

00:46:55.400 --> 00:46:55.719
 Jesus

00:46:55.719 --> 00:46:56.199
 name

00:46:56.199 --> 00:46:57.799
 to

00:46:57.799 --> 00:46:58.179
 forget

00:46:58.179 --> 00:46:58.380
 for

00:46:58.380 --> 00:46:58.539
 the

00:46:58.539 --> 00:46:58.819
 moment

00:46:58.819 --> 00:46:59.139
 all

00:46:59.139 --> 00:46:59.440
 those

00:46:59.440 --> 00:46:59.759
 things

00:46:59.759 --> 00:46:59.980
 that

00:46:59.980 --> 00:47:00.480
 divide

00:47:00.480 --> 00:47:00.940
 nation

00:47:00.940 --> 00:47:01.179
 from

00:47:01.179 --> 00:47:01.579
 nation

00:47:01.579 --> 00:47:01.940
 and

00:47:01.940 --> 00:47:02.319
 race

00:47:02.319 --> 00:47:02.559
 from

00:47:02.559 --> 00:47:03.079
 race

00:47:03.079 --> 00:47:04.880
 to

00:47:04.880 --> 00:47:05.199
 forget

00:47:05.199 --> 00:47:05.440
 the

00:47:05.440 --> 00:47:05.860
 puzzling

00:47:05.860 --> 00:47:06.360
 problems

00:47:06.360 --> 00:47:06.519
 of

00:47:06.519 --> 00:47:07.000
 industrial

00:47:07.000 --> 00:47:07.719
 strife

00:47:07.719 --> 00:47:09.279
 to

00:47:09.279 --> 00:47:09.639
 unite

00:47:09.639 --> 00:47:09.779
 in

00:47:09.779 --> 00:47:10.299
 overflowing

00:47:10.299 --> 00:47:10.819
 gratitude

00:47:10.819 --> 00:47:11.199
 at the

00:47:11.199 --> 00:47:11.420
 foot of

00:47:11.420 --> 00:47:11.519
 the

00:47:11.519 --> 00:47:11.940
 cross

00:47:11.940 --> 00:47:13.519
 if

00:47:13.519 --> 00:47:13.679
 there

00:47:13.679 --> 00:47:13.980
 be

00:47:13.980 --> 00:47:14.299
 such

00:47:14.299 --> 00:47:14.440
 a

00:47:14.440 --> 00:47:14.920
 place

00:47:14.920 --> 00:47:16.259
 then

00:47:16.259 --> 00:47:16.659
 that

00:47:16.659 --> 00:47:16.860
 is

00:47:16.860 --> 00:47:17.079
 the

00:47:17.079 --> 00:47:17.480
 house

00:47:17.480 --> 00:47:17.699
 of

00:47:17.699 --> 00:47:18.219
 God

00:47:18.219 --> 00:47:19.319
 and

00:47:19.319 --> 00:47:19.480
 the

00:47:19.480 --> 00:47:19.779
 gate

00:47:19.779 --> 00:47:20.019
 of

00:47:20.019 --> 00:47:20.339
 heaven

00:47:20.339 --> 00:47:21.980
 and

00:47:21.980 --> 00:47:22.199
 from

00:47:22.199 --> 00:47:22.400
 under

00:47:22.400 --> 00:47:22.679
 that

00:47:22.679 --> 00:47:23.420
 threshold

00:47:23.420 --> 00:47:23.699
 of

00:47:23.699 --> 00:47:23.900
 that

00:47:23.900 --> 00:47:24.460
 house

00:47:24.460 --> 00:47:25.679
 will

00:47:25.679 --> 00:47:25.880
 go

00:47:25.880 --> 00:47:26.199
 forth

00:47:26.199 --> 00:47:26.639
 a river

00:47:26.639 --> 00:47:26.860
 that

00:47:26.860 --> 00:47:27.019
 will

00:47:27.019 --> 00:47:27.639
 revive

00:47:27.639 --> 00:47:28.300
 a weary

00:47:28.300 --> 00:47:29.179
 world

00:47:29.179 --> 00:47:30.760
 what

00:47:30.760 --> 00:47:31.340
 you

00:47:31.340 --> 00:47:31.619
 are

00:47:31.619 --> 00:47:32.099
 doing

00:47:32.099 --> 00:47:32.699
 here

00:47:32.699 --> 00:47:34.760
 matters

00:47:34.760 --> 00:47:35.159
 for

00:47:35.159 --> 00:47:35.699
 eternity

00:47:35.699 --> 00:47:37.599
 how

00:47:37.599 --> 00:47:38.179
 lovely

00:47:38.179 --> 00:47:38.900
 is your

00:47:38.900 --> 00:47:39.340
 dwelling

00:47:39.340 --> 00:47:40.059
 place

00:47:40.059 --> 00:47:41.619
 oh

00:47:41.619 --> 00:47:42.159
 lord

00:47:42.159 --> 00:47:43.280
 almighty

00:47:43.280 --> 00:47:44.159
 let's

00:47:44.159 --> 00:47:44.420
 pray

00:47:44.420 --> 00:47:45.960
 heavenly

00:47:45.960 --> 00:47:46.360
 father

00:47:46.360 --> 00:47:48.620
 lord

00:47:48.620 --> 00:47:49.420
 i do

00:47:49.420 --> 00:47:49.760
 pray

00:47:49.760 --> 00:47:50.079
 over

00:47:50.079 --> 00:47:50.320
 this

00:47:50.320 --> 00:47:50.620
 church

00:47:50.620 --> 00:47:51.000
 god

00:47:51.000 --> 00:47:51.740
 that

00:47:51.740 --> 00:47:51.880
 you

00:47:51.880 --> 00:47:52.000
 would

00:47:52.000 --> 00:47:52.460
 establish

00:47:52.460 --> 00:47:52.680
 it

00:47:52.680 --> 00:47:52.980
 here

00:47:52.980 --> 00:47:55.079
 lord

00:47:55.079 --> 00:47:55.280
 the

00:47:55.280 --> 00:47:55.539
 mission

00:47:55.539 --> 00:47:55.660
 of

00:47:55.660 --> 00:47:55.800
 this

00:47:55.800 --> 00:47:56.120
 church

00:47:56.120 --> 00:47:56.559
 knows

00:47:56.559 --> 00:47:56.740
 that

00:47:56.740 --> 00:47:56.920
 it's

00:47:56.920 --> 00:47:57.079
 meant

00:47:57.079 --> 00:47:57.380
 to be

00:47:57.380 --> 00:47:57.680
 part

00:47:57.680 --> 00:47:57.780
 of

00:47:57.780 --> 00:47:57.920
 a

00:47:57.920 --> 00:47:58.260
 community

00:47:58.260 --> 00:47:58.519
 where

00:47:58.519 --> 00:47:58.760
 many

00:47:58.760 --> 00:47:59.079
 people

00:47:59.079 --> 00:47:59.220
 are

00:47:59.220 --> 00:47:59.440
 coming

00:47:59.440 --> 00:47:59.660
 here

00:47:59.660 --> 00:47:59.840
 for

00:47:59.840 --> 00:48:00.300
 studies

00:48:00.300 --> 00:48:02.079
 and

00:48:02.079 --> 00:48:02.200
 they

00:48:02.200 --> 00:48:02.420
 come

00:48:02.420 --> 00:48:02.579
 here

00:48:02.579 --> 00:48:02.920
 thinking

00:48:02.920 --> 00:48:03.180
 this

00:48:03.180 --> 00:48:03.280
 is

00:48:03.280 --> 00:48:03.400
 a

00:48:03.400 --> 00:48:03.720
 temporary

00:48:03.720 --> 00:48:04.160
 stay

00:48:04.160 --> 00:48:04.300
 and

00:48:04.300 --> 00:48:04.440
 for

00:48:04.440 --> 00:48:04.640
 many

00:48:04.640 --> 00:48:04.800
 of

00:48:04.800 --> 00:48:04.940
 it

00:48:04.940 --> 00:48:05.200
 is

00:48:05.200 --> 00:48:05.380
 but

00:48:05.380 --> 00:48:05.599
 lord

00:48:05.599 --> 00:48:06.760
 there's

00:48:06.760 --> 00:48:06.880
 no

00:48:06.880 --> 00:48:07.160
 reason

00:48:07.160 --> 00:48:07.380
 why

00:48:07.380 --> 00:48:07.640
 this

00:48:07.640 --> 00:48:08.460
 church

00:48:08.460 --> 00:48:08.820
 can't

00:48:08.820 --> 00:48:08.980
 be

00:48:08.980 --> 00:48:09.360
 used

00:48:09.360 --> 00:48:09.579
 to

00:48:09.579 --> 00:48:10.000
 prepare

00:48:10.000 --> 00:48:10.840
 disciples

00:48:10.840 --> 00:48:12.440
 to

00:48:12.440 --> 00:48:12.660
 be

00:48:12.660 --> 00:48:13.320
 missionaries

00:48:13.320 --> 00:48:13.860
 elsewhere

00:48:13.860 --> 00:48:15.079
 there's

00:48:15.079 --> 00:48:15.220
 no

00:48:15.220 --> 00:48:15.480
 reason

00:48:15.480 --> 00:48:15.700
 why

00:48:15.700 --> 00:48:15.900
 this

00:48:15.900 --> 00:48:16.160
 church

00:48:16.160 --> 00:48:16.420
 can't

00:48:16.420 --> 00:48:16.539
 be

00:48:16.539 --> 00:48:16.740
 a

00:48:16.740 --> 00:48:17.100
 refuge

00:48:17.100 --> 00:48:17.500
 for

00:48:17.500 --> 00:48:17.720
 the

00:48:17.720 --> 00:48:18.680
 broken

00:48:18.680 --> 00:48:19.780
 the

00:48:19.780 --> 00:48:20.440
 outwardly

00:48:20.440 --> 00:48:21.059
 successful

00:48:21.059 --> 00:48:21.420
 but

00:48:21.420 --> 00:48:21.640
 the

00:48:21.640 --> 00:48:22.180
 inwardly

00:48:22.180 --> 00:48:22.559
 broken

00:48:22.559 --> 00:48:23.140
 people

00:48:23.140 --> 00:48:24.519
 where

00:48:24.519 --> 00:48:24.680
 this

00:48:24.680 --> 00:48:24.920
 church

00:48:24.920 --> 00:48:25.140
 can't

00:48:25.140 --> 00:48:25.220
 be

00:48:25.220 --> 00:48:25.360
 a

00:48:25.360 --> 00:48:25.660
 place

00:48:25.660 --> 00:48:25.960
 where

00:48:25.960 --> 00:48:27.079
 politics

00:48:27.079 --> 00:48:27.360
 are

00:48:27.360 --> 00:48:27.660
 left

00:48:27.660 --> 00:48:27.840
 at

00:48:27.840 --> 00:48:27.960
 the

00:48:27.960 --> 00:48:28.260
 door

00:48:28.260 --> 00:48:29.600
 where

00:48:29.600 --> 00:48:30.340
 ideologies

00:48:30.340 --> 00:48:30.800
 are

00:48:30.800 --> 00:48:32.240
 not

00:48:32.240 --> 00:48:33.400
 trivialized

00:48:33.400 --> 00:48:33.620
 but

00:48:33.620 --> 00:48:33.760
 are

00:48:33.760 --> 00:48:34.059
 not

00:48:34.059 --> 00:48:35.180
 accentuated

00:48:35.180 --> 00:48:35.800
 in

00:48:35.800 --> 00:48:36.360
 identity

00:48:36.360 --> 00:48:39.100
 where

00:48:39.100 --> 00:48:39.400
 men

00:48:39.400 --> 00:48:39.620
 and

00:48:39.620 --> 00:48:39.840
 women

00:48:39.840 --> 00:48:40.120
 can

00:48:40.120 --> 00:48:40.480
 relate

00:48:40.480 --> 00:48:40.679
 to

00:48:40.679 --> 00:48:40.900
 one

00:48:40.900 --> 00:48:41.300
 another

00:48:41.300 --> 00:48:43.460
 with

00:48:43.460 --> 00:48:43.880
 honor

00:48:43.880 --> 00:48:44.179
 and

00:48:44.179 --> 00:48:44.860
 respect

00:48:44.860 --> 00:48:46.099
 and

00:48:46.099 --> 00:48:46.440
 build

00:48:46.440 --> 00:48:46.780
 something

00:48:46.780 --> 00:48:46.960
 the

00:48:46.960 --> 00:48:47.139
 world

00:48:47.139 --> 00:48:47.559
 doesn't

00:48:47.559 --> 00:48:48.059
 fully

00:48:48.059 --> 00:48:48.519
 grasp

00:48:48.519 --> 00:48:48.740
 but

00:48:48.740 --> 00:48:49.059
 needs

00:48:49.059 --> 00:48:49.280
 to

00:48:49.280 --> 00:48:49.619
 see

00:48:49.619 --> 00:48:52.420
 lord

00:48:52.420 --> 00:48:52.699
 where

00:48:52.699 --> 00:48:53.579
 the

00:48:53.579 --> 00:48:54.179
 gospel

00:48:54.179 --> 00:48:55.579
 goes

00:48:55.579 --> 00:48:55.920
 forth

00:48:55.920 --> 00:48:56.199
 not

00:48:56.199 --> 00:48:56.460
 just

00:48:56.460 --> 00:48:56.639
 from

00:48:56.639 --> 00:48:56.800
 the

00:48:56.800 --> 00:48:57.159
 pulpit

00:48:57.159 --> 00:48:58.980
 but

00:48:58.980 --> 00:48:59.179
 from

00:48:59.179 --> 00:48:59.360
 our

00:48:59.360 --> 00:48:59.900
 lives

00:48:59.900 --> 00:49:01.880
 our

00:49:01.880 --> 00:49:02.179
 lives

00:49:02.179 --> 00:49:02.539
 gathered

00:49:02.539 --> 00:49:02.960
 together

00:49:02.960 --> 00:49:03.179
 and

00:49:03.179 --> 00:49:03.360
 our

00:49:03.360 --> 00:49:03.740
 lives

00:49:03.740 --> 00:49:04.219
 expressed

00:49:04.219 --> 00:49:04.599
 as

00:49:04.599 --> 00:49:04.740
 we

00:49:04.740 --> 00:49:05.139
 encourage

00:49:05.139 --> 00:49:05.320
 one

00:49:05.320 --> 00:49:05.599
 another

00:49:05.599 --> 00:49:05.820
 in

00:49:05.820 --> 00:49:06.159
 mission

00:49:06.159 --> 00:49:07.199
 and

00:49:07.199 --> 00:49:07.900
 evangelism

00:49:07.900 --> 00:49:08.159
 lord

00:49:08.159 --> 00:49:08.420
 that

00:49:08.420 --> 00:49:10.119
 there

00:49:10.119 --> 00:49:10.260
 would

00:49:10.260 --> 00:49:10.400
 be

00:49:10.400 --> 00:49:10.840
 people

00:49:10.840 --> 00:49:11.019
 who

00:49:11.019 --> 00:49:11.340
 come

00:49:11.340 --> 00:49:11.820
 here

00:49:11.820 --> 00:49:12.960
 because

00:49:12.960 --> 00:49:13.139
 they

00:49:13.139 --> 00:49:13.380
 met

00:49:13.380 --> 00:49:13.760
 somebody

00:49:13.760 --> 00:49:14.039
 from

00:49:14.039 --> 00:49:14.280
 this

00:49:14.280 --> 00:49:14.579
 church

00:49:14.579 --> 00:49:14.780
 and

00:49:14.780 --> 00:49:14.900
 when

00:49:14.900 --> 00:49:15.059
 they

00:49:15.059 --> 00:49:15.340
 come

00:49:15.340 --> 00:49:15.519
 they

00:49:15.519 --> 00:49:15.840
 say

00:49:15.840 --> 00:49:16.820
 well

00:49:16.820 --> 00:49:17.200
 it

00:49:17.200 --> 00:49:17.579
 wasn't

00:49:17.579 --> 00:49:17.880
 you

00:49:17.880 --> 00:49:18.039
 it

00:49:18.039 --> 00:49:18.300
 wasn't

00:49:18.300 --> 00:49:18.559
 something

00:49:18.559 --> 00:49:19.019
 special

00:49:19.019 --> 00:49:19.320
 about

00:49:19.320 --> 00:49:19.559
 you

00:49:19.559 --> 00:49:19.820
 it's

00:49:19.820 --> 00:49:20.740
 this

00:49:20.740 --> 00:49:20.920
 is

00:49:20.920 --> 00:49:21.099
 what

00:49:21.099 --> 00:49:21.280
 the

00:49:21.280 --> 00:49:21.639
 people

00:49:21.639 --> 00:49:21.840
 of

00:49:21.840 --> 00:49:22.159
 god

00:49:22.159 --> 00:49:22.320
 are

00:49:22.320 --> 00:49:22.639
 like

00:49:22.639 --> 00:49:22.880
 this

00:49:22.880 --> 00:49:23.019
 is

00:49:23.019 --> 00:49:23.539
 amazing

00:49:23.539 --> 00:49:23.760
 i

00:49:23.760 --> 00:49:53.760
 i

00:49:53.760 --> 00:49:54.200
 to

00:49:54.200 --> 00:49:54.220
 to

00:49:54.220 --> 00:49:54.220


00:49:54.220 --> 00:49:54.220


00:49:54.220 --> 00:49:54.220


00:49:54.220 --> 00:49:54.520
 to

00:49:54.520 --> 00:49:54.700
 really

00:49:54.700 --> 00:49:55.080
 settle

00:49:55.080 --> 00:49:55.200
 in

00:49:55.200 --> 00:49:55.640
 community

00:49:55.640 --> 00:49:56.020
 and

00:49:56.020 --> 00:49:56.360
 and

00:49:56.360 --> 00:49:56.540
 do

00:49:56.540 --> 00:49:56.720
 the

00:49:56.720 --> 00:49:56.920
 work

00:49:56.920 --> 00:49:57.040
 you

00:49:57.040 --> 00:49:57.300
 called

00:49:57.300 --> 00:49:57.460
 us

00:49:57.460 --> 00:49:57.560
 to

00:49:57.560 --> 00:49:57.700
 do

00:49:57.700 --> 00:49:57.820
 so

00:49:57.820 --> 00:49:57.920
 i

00:49:57.920 --> 00:49:58.120
 pray

00:49:58.120 --> 00:49:58.340
 for

00:49:58.340 --> 00:49:58.680
 that

00:49:58.680 --> 00:50:00.380
 oh god

00:50:00.380 --> 00:50:00.740
 i pray

00:50:00.740 --> 00:50:01.100
 for

00:50:01.100 --> 00:50:01.980
 uh

00:50:01.980 --> 00:50:02.220
 this

00:50:02.220 --> 00:50:02.520
 coming

00:50:02.520 --> 00:50:02.920
 year

00:50:02.920 --> 00:50:03.700
 lord

00:50:03.700 --> 00:50:04.120
 for

00:50:04.120 --> 00:50:04.200
 for

00:50:04.200 --> 00:50:05.420
 for

00:50:05.420 --> 00:50:06.080
 students

00:50:06.080 --> 00:50:06.380
 coming

00:50:06.380 --> 00:50:06.700
 in

00:50:06.700 --> 00:50:07.220
 people

00:50:07.220 --> 00:50:07.520
 coming

00:50:07.520 --> 00:50:07.860
 in

00:50:07.860 --> 00:50:08.380
 because

00:50:08.380 --> 00:50:08.620
 of

00:50:08.620 --> 00:50:08.780
 the

00:50:08.780 --> 00:50:09.120
 schools

00:50:09.120 --> 00:50:09.400
 because

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 of

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 you

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 to

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 church

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!

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 there

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 are

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!

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 in

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 this

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 lord

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 pray

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 that

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 church

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 of

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 a

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 number

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 of

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 gospel

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 preaching

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 churches

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 in

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 an

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 area

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 nearly

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 enough

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 gospel

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 preaching

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 churches

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 i

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 pray

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 that

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 you

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 use

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 this

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 church

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 mightily

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 and

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 that

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 you

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 would

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 bless

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 it

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 oh

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 god

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 in

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 its

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 mission

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 and

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 I

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 ask

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 this

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 in

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 Jesus

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 name

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 amen

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!

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 amen