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 So today we are launching into our second ever round of Activate.

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 This is a chance for us to get connected through community groups.

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 It's a chance to sign up and serve in a whole bunch of ministries across the church.

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 But as I was preparing my message this week, I was convicted that there was more to say than you should serve.

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 You should serve and God wants you to serve and it's okay to say that.

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 But this week, and in fact over the past few weeks, God has been impressing something else on my heart.

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 Namely, his heart.

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 Over the past two weeks, I've had this overwhelming sense that we as a church and me personally need to refocus on the heart of God who gathers us.

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 We need to stop and realise that in reality, all service, all connection, all relationship, all of that has to begin by understanding the heart of God.

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 If we're to reflect on what it means to serve him, we must start with him.

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 We must start with what matters to him.

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 It has to come first.

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 Because if we don't start there, anything that we do for him will just be a job or a task.

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 Something that we're required to do or a box that we have to tick.

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 If you remember Jonah in the Old Testament, the way he approached his God-given calling.

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 After running away, being rescued by a fish, hearing a second time what God wanted him to do, he goes off dutifully and does his task.

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 He never stopped to ask, though, why he was being sent to the city of Nineveh.

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 He walked into a large city.

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 He told them all that God was angry, that there was going to be judgment.

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 It was just a simple transaction for him.

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 And then he wandered out of the city and waited for the fireworks.

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 But he was disappointed when God didn't come through.

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 He was angry when God's judgment wasn't poured out.

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 He had never stopped to ask, why did God send me?

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 What matters to God in this?

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 It was never just a job.

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 God had an agenda the whole time and Jonah lost sight of God's heart.

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 So what is it that consumes God's heart?

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 What is it that matters to him most?

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 What is it that he's desperate for in any and every circumstance?

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 First and foremost, God is a God who desires his own glory.

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 And rightly so, because he is glorious.

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 But the way that he seeks his glory tells us a lot about who he is.

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 From the beginning of creation, if you start with Adam and Eve in the garden, God's agenda, his desire has been for relationships with his people.

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 The thing he's always worked towards has been the goal of dwelling among his people, of having that right relationship with his people.

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 And as you read what happens with Israel in the desert wanderings, God goes to incredible lengths to create an acceptable dwelling place for him, a sanctuary, a temple where he can be among his unworthy people.

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 God is driven by desperation to bring people who are far from him back into a right relationship to find what is lost.

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 The heart of God, the heart that we as his people must imitate and share, is a heart for lost people.

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 Even what motivates God in his acts of judgment throughout scripture is a heart for lost people.

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 Look at the way he deals with his children in the Old Testament.

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 He always starts with a warning.

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 His desire is that they might turn back, that there might be repentance, that he might not have to pour out his judgment, like with Nineveh.

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 And even when he does pour out his judgment, it's always motivated by love.

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 Take Adam and Eve right at the beginning.

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 They get kicked out of the garden for disobeying God.

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 They're kicked out of the perfect place.

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 But why?

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 Because if God leaves them there in the garden, they have access to the tree of life and they could live forever as sinful people separated from God.

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 God doesn't want that for them.

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 His desire is not that they live forever.

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 His desire is that they have a close, intimate relationship with him.

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 That they know that deep satisfaction.

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 God wants more for them.

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 And so in his wisdom, he judges them, kicks them out of the garden and begins the greatest rescue mission ever.

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 Why?

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 Because he loves his people.

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 Because he desperately wants Adam and Eve and us and all of his creation to be in a right relationship with him.

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 Because God's heart beats for those who don't know him yet.

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 If you look at Jesus, you get a picture of God's heart in human form.

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 Jesus is God's heart personified.

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 When you look at his life, you see everything that excites God.

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 Everything that's important to God lived out in our earthly context.

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 You can sum up Jesus' life and ministry in one word.

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 Compassion.

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 As he spends time on the earth, as he interacts with people, he looks and he sees need and he's moved with compassion to meet that need.

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 He sees people lost without God.

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 He sees people suffering the effects of a sinful world and his heart is moved with compassion to meet that need.

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 He was deeply aware of the suffering and need around him.

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 And what fuelled him, what drove his action and his teaching and everything that he did was a desperation to see that suffering relieved.

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 You can see it in every bit of Jesus' life.

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 Jesus didn't actually come to earth to do miracles.

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 I mean, they're the bit that often gets a lot of coverage, a lot of press, a lot of excitement.

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 He didn't come to earth to impress people with his power and healings.

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 But when he saw people in desperate need, his heart went out to them.

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 His compassion was aroused within him and he met needs.

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 The day he fed the 5,000, that wasn't on his to-do list that day.

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 Jesus was there to teach, but he looked and it says he saw them harassed and helpless like sheep without a shepherd.

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 So he met that need.

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 He fed them and then he spoke God's truth to them.

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 Jesus' whole life and ministry was about meeting the need of people.

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 The need that they might be restored into a relationship with God.

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 And sure, he spent a lot of his time with his disciples, but even there his agenda was that he would equip the disciples to continue reaching for lost people once he was gone.

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 The fact that we're sitting here today is a testament to how good he was at equipping them for that ministry.

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 But even in amongst his time spent training the disciples, Jesus couldn't help but be moved by the need that he saw around him.

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 He couldn't help but be driven by the urgency for lost people who were living as enemies of God to be brought back into a saving relationship with God.

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 He looked and saw those who didn't yet know the love of his heavenly Father and he was moved to teach them and to reach out to them.

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 Because in his own words from Luke 19, the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost.

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 In his teaching, Jesus even says this is what motivates him.

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 The thing that motivated him more than anything else was a desire to see lost people brought back, lost people found.

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 The lost sheep, the lost son, the lost coin, they're all stories of God's heart for that which is far away to be brought close into the love of God.

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 In Luke 15, he says,

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 I tell you that in the same way, there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over 99 righteous persons who do not need to repent.

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 God is on a mission to bring lost people back into a relationship with himself.

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 His heart is desperate for the people that we walk past every day.

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 Maybe the people we live with, maybe our neighbours, maybe those we work with, those that we walk past in the shops or catch the train with.

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 His heart is desperate for lost people.

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 And in his grace and generosity, he has chosen to include us in the mission that he is on.

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 We are chosen to share God's goal.

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 To share God's heart.

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 The thing that unites us as a church, the thing that draws us together, isn't sitting together in this time slot.

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 It's not a logo or anything else.

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 It's a common goal or desire.

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 It's a common heart, a common purpose.

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 It's God's heart.

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 God's heart for his creation, to know him and to glorify him as God.

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 And so this morning, I want to challenge you to reflect on how are we going at that?

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 Together and personally.

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 If we were to give ourselves a health check, would you right now describe yourself as desperate for lost people?

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 Desperate to see those who don't know Jesus come to discover the grace and hope that is offered in him.

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 Does your heart quicken and get excited when you see an opportunity to talk about Jesus?

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 Is your day and week and year and everything you do driven by the same goal as God?

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 When I was growing up, I used to live for footy.

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 I think I've told you this before.

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 It's not a big secret.

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 I played AFL as a kid and it was the highlight of my week.

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 My week revolved around Wednesday night training, Saturday games.

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 I would go to training two hours early just because I liked being at the Oval.

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 No one else was there.

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 I'd just take a football and hang out.

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 I would wake up on Thursday really excited that that meant I was in the closer to the game half of the week.

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 Everything was directed towards that.

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 I would be imagining myself kicking the winning goal.

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 I would be talking about how well I'd played the week before.

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 I was planning my career as a professional AFL player.

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 Saturdays was easy.

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 That was all about football.

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 I would turn up for the first game of the day, which is like 8am in the morning.

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 My game's somewhere in the middle and I would stay right to the end.

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 I'd be helping put pads up, cook sausages.

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 I just loved everything football.

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 And then on Sunday I would wake up with my brother to recover from the game the day before,

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 talk about how well I'd played, kick a football and start preparing for the next week again.

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 I carried a football around instead of a teddy bear.

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 I'd talk about football.

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 I'd force my brother to come and kick a football with me every single afternoon.

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 I loved it.

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 I lived for it.

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 It was obvious to anyone that football motivated everything I did.

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 I'm not exaggerating.

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 Every time there was a chance to draw a picture in class or wherever I was, it was football related.

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 I wonder right now, what is that thing in your life?

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 What is driving you?

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 If people looked at the way you make decisions, spend your time, use your energy, spend your money,

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 what would they think is your driving desire?

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 And is it anything like a desire for God to be glorified by lost people coming to know him?

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 Are we as a church desperate to see people come into the kingdom of God?

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 My guess would be no.

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 This past few weeks, while God has been pushing me on this,

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 it's been quite a challenging and sobering time.

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 I've reflected on what I was like as a new Christian.

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 Or even just in my early days of serving God in ministry.

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 I was undivided in my allegiance.

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 Absolute in my commitment.

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 I was happy to take ridicule or discomfort or whatever came my way

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 as long as I got to tell people about Jesus.

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 As long as I could tell them about this incredible love that I had experienced and tasted in my own life.

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 I would catch my friends at lunchtime and not let them go off to play whatever we were playing

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 because they needed to hear about Jesus.

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 Because there was nothing more important that could happen in that 45 minute break at school.

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 But I'm not like that now.

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 Somewhere over the past 18 years,

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 I've slowly but surely slipped back

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 with the tide.

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 I've gotten distracted

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 by the responsibilities of life.

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 By worrying about money.

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 Worrying about fitting in.

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 Worrying about how I might spend the rest of my life.

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 Dreaming about holidays and retirement and whatever else.

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 And what we need to understand

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 and what God has been challenging me on this week

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 is that everything that you have in your life,

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 even the good gifts from God,

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 war for your affection.

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 They war for your allegiance.

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 And unless we actively

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 draw close to the heart of God

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 that has loved us

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 even when we are sinners,

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 then we are destined

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 for apathy.

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 For mediocrity.

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 Let me share with you two traps

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 that we fall into

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 when it comes to serving God's mission

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 and serving God's church.

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 The first trap is

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 a roster

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 instead of a heart.

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 Like Jonah,

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 ministry can just become a job

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 that we tick.

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 Something we have to get done.

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 It's about filling a hole

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 rather than a heart

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 that's overflowing

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 in love for God's people.

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 Every single person

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 is valuable to God

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 and he has called us

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 to get out there

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 and speak to them.

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 He's called us to be desperate

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 because

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 he was desperate for us.

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 He was willing to go to any length

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 and he's calling us

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 to love people like he does.

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 Not just to be the name

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 on a spreadsheet

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 or a name on a roster.

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 A couple of weeks ago

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 I was having a conversation

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 with Candida

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 who's one of our 930 volunteers

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 for welcoming

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 and she came up to me

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 to chat about welcoming

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 and how we might do it better.

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 She had some great ideas

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 but what struck me

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 as I was chatting with her

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 was the reason

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 that she bothered

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 to come up with these ideas

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 because it's not necessarily her job.

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 If Candida stands at the door

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 and smiles

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 and gives you handouts,

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 helps with collection,

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 she has ticked the box.

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 She's done what's required of her.

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 But the encouragement was

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 it's not a job to her.

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 There is no box to tick for Candida.

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 She just has a heart

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 to see us as a church connect.

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 To see us having rich,

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 deep, Christ-filled relationships.

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 She wants this to be a community

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 that is so welcoming

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 and so loving

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 that any outsider

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 who walks in

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 easily connects

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 and gets cared for

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 and feels valued.

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 I hope I'm doing justice

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 to her in my paraphrase

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 but I just walked away

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 encouraged

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 and rebuked

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 because for her

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 there was no job.

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 For her, literally,

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 the roster is irrelevant.

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 This morning,

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 we had a conversation.

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 I said,

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 are you on welcoming?

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 She goes,

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 well, I like to just be here

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 every week.

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 That is a heart

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 that doesn't look at

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 what must be done

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 but a heart

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 that looks like God

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 and loves people

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 who are in need.

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 If serving at church

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 here has become

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 just one of the commitments

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 that you have to get done

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 in your life,

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 could it be that

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 desperation

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 and love

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 has given way

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 to rosters?

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 Now, don't get me wrong,

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 there's nothing wrong

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 with a roster itself.

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 It's a good and efficient way

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 for us to organise ourselves

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 but there is something wrong

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 when we have a roster mentality

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 to the way that we serve.

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 In Ephesians 3,

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 Paul tells us

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 that it's through the church

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 that God has chosen

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 to display

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 his manifold wisdom

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 to the rulers

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 and authorities

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 in the heavenly realms

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 according to his eternal purpose

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 which he accomplished

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 through Christ Jesus.

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 The church is central

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 to how God is working

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 in the world.

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 It's a key part

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 of his mission.

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 It's not the only place

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 you can serve

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 but it's a key way

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 that God has chosen to work

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 and so you've got to

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 ask yourself the question,

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 if I'm too busy

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 to commit

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 to the people of God

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 and the mission of God

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 through his local church,

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 am I wasting my time

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 on things that are

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 less important?

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 Now, I want to choose

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 those words carefully.

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 not unimportant,

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 less important.

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 We have a lot

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 of really important things

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 in our lives,

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 valid, valuable things

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 but if this is God's heart,

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 there is nothing

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 more important than this.

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 Maybe it means

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 we need to make

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 some hard decisions.

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 Maybe it means

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 we need to say no

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 to some other things,

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 count the cost

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 and let our heart

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 for God's purpose

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 drive the way

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 that we spend our time

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 and energy and resources.

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 The first trap

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 for us

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 that we need

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 to be mindful of

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 is that roster

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 or task mentality

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 instead of a heart

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 that shares God's desire

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 for lost people.

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 The second trap

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 for us

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 that can limit

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 our desire to serve,

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 our effectiveness

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 in serving

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 is comparison.

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 Let me read to you

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 from 1 Corinthians 12

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 that Tim read out for us

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 from verse 7.

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 Now to each one

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 the manifestation

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 of the Spirit

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 is given

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 for the common good.

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 To one there is given

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 through the Spirit

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 the message of wisdom,

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 to another

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 the message of knowledge

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 by means

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 of the same Spirit,

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 to another

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 faith by the same Spirit,

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 to another

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 gifts of healing

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 by that one Spirit,

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 to another

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 miraculous powers,

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 to another prophecy,

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 to another

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 distinguishing between

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 spirits,

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 to another speaking

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 in different kinds

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 of tongues,

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 and to still another

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 the interpretation

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 of tongues.

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 All these

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 are the work

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 of one and the same Spirit

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 and He gives them

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 to each

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 just as He determines.

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 Verse 7

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 is a really key verse

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 for us this morning.

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 Each one

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 has a manifestation

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 of the Spirit.

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 Not some,

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 not most,

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 each one

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 and the same

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 grace that

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 chose you

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 when you didn't

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 deserve it,

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 the same love

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 that reached out

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 to you

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 while you were

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 still a sinner

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 has now empowered

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 you by the Holy Spirit

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 to serve,

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 to be a part

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 of God's mission.

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 God loves to use

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 inadequate people.

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 God loves to grab

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 hold of people

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 who couldn't do it

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 in their own strength

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 and use them

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 to achieve significant

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 things for His kingdom.

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 Moses was a stutterer

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 yet he would be

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 God's mouthpiece

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 to lead the people

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 out of Egypt.

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 Any limitation

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 you see within yourself,

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 if you look out

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 at our church community

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 and you think

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 I'm not as articulate

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 as that person,

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 I'm not as friendly

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 as that person,

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 I'm not as energetic

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 as that person,

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 I'm not as strong

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 as that person,

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 I don't have as much money

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 as that person,

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 whatever limitation

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 you see within yourself

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 is an opportunity

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 for God

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 to glorify Himself.

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 It is a gift

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 for God

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 to show off

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 how powerful He is.

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 But what you have to do

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 is put up your hand

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 and have a go.

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 Be willing

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 to let God use you.

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 Understand

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 it's not about

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 what you can

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 and can't do.

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 It's about a God

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 who is the God

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 of the impossible.

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 You don't need

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 to know everything

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 about your gifts.

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 You don't need

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 to be able

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 to tell me

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 on the list

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 of spiritual gifts

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 that are in this passage

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 or any other list

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 that someone gives you

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 which ones you have

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 and which ones

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 you don't have.

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 Most gifts

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 are discovered

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 by trial and error.

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 Most gifts

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 are discovered

00:22:31.019 --> 00:22:32.500
 by trying something

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 and seeing God

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 use you.

00:22:35.779 --> 00:22:36.859
 If you're nervous

00:22:36.859 --> 00:22:38.059
 because you're not sure

00:22:38.059 --> 00:22:39.220
 what gifts you have,

00:22:39.299 --> 00:22:39.879
 you're not sure

00:22:39.879 --> 00:22:41.119
 how you could contribute,

00:22:41.679 --> 00:22:42.619
 let me encourage you

00:22:42.619 --> 00:22:43.279
 to wander around

00:22:43.279 --> 00:22:44.199
 over morning tea

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 see what is happening

00:22:45.600 --> 00:22:46.799
 and put your hand

00:22:46.799 --> 00:22:47.440
 up for something

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 because God can

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 and God will surprise you.

00:22:51.840 --> 00:22:52.539
 You're not signing

00:22:52.539 --> 00:22:53.259
 your life away.

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 It's one of the beauties

00:22:55.039 --> 00:22:55.660
 of Activate

00:22:55.660 --> 00:22:56.580
 is it's six months

00:22:56.580 --> 00:22:57.559
 for you to have a go

00:22:57.559 --> 00:22:58.779
 and see what God

00:22:58.779 --> 00:22:59.160
 will do.

00:23:02.279 --> 00:23:03.299
 Everything we do

00:23:03.299 --> 00:23:04.200
 as a church here

00:23:04.200 --> 00:23:04.799
 is aimed

00:23:04.799 --> 00:23:06.180
 at people coming

00:23:06.180 --> 00:23:06.680
 to know,

00:23:06.880 --> 00:23:07.100
 treasure,

00:23:07.259 --> 00:23:08.240
 and represent Jesus.

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 so any ministry,

00:23:11.019 --> 00:23:13.259
 absolutely any ministry

00:23:13.259 --> 00:23:14.759
 is a chance

00:23:14.759 --> 00:23:15.400
 for you to share

00:23:15.400 --> 00:23:16.079
 God's heart

00:23:16.079 --> 00:23:17.799
 of lost people

00:23:17.799 --> 00:23:18.700
 coming to know him.

00:23:19.339 --> 00:23:20.660
 Whether it's morning tea,

00:23:21.240 --> 00:23:21.960
 youth ministry,

00:23:22.359 --> 00:23:23.160
 music ministry,

00:23:23.599 --> 00:23:24.000
 sound,

00:23:24.160 --> 00:23:24.700
 cooking meals

00:23:24.700 --> 00:23:25.539
 for sick people,

00:23:25.640 --> 00:23:26.200
 doing admin

00:23:26.200 --> 00:23:26.779
 in the office,

00:23:26.980 --> 00:23:27.880
 ringing new people

00:23:27.880 --> 00:23:28.660
 to our church,

00:23:29.059 --> 00:23:29.480
 hospitality,

00:23:29.960 --> 00:23:30.620
 visiting people

00:23:30.620 --> 00:23:31.400
 who are unwell,

00:23:32.019 --> 00:23:33.000
 vacuuming the floor,

00:23:33.000 --> 00:23:35.660
 all of it

00:23:35.660 --> 00:23:38.119
 is about God's glory

00:23:38.119 --> 00:23:38.599
 and the joy

00:23:38.599 --> 00:23:39.279
 of all people,

00:23:40.259 --> 00:23:42.539
 lost and found.

00:23:44.180 --> 00:23:45.240
 So have a go.

00:23:46.019 --> 00:23:46.839
 Try something,

00:23:47.380 --> 00:23:47.799
 anything,

00:23:48.480 --> 00:23:50.359
 and see what God

00:23:50.359 --> 00:23:50.720
 will do.

00:23:51.900 --> 00:23:53.319
 There's no hierarchy

00:23:53.319 --> 00:23:53.960
 of gifts.

00:23:54.500 --> 00:23:55.539
 It's the great encouragement

00:23:55.539 --> 00:23:56.900
 of 1 Corinthians 12.

00:23:57.339 --> 00:23:59.140
 We are a diverse body,

00:23:59.940 --> 00:24:00.839
 interdependent,

00:24:00.980 --> 00:24:01.380
 unified,

00:24:01.380 --> 00:24:03.340
 because we've all

00:24:03.340 --> 00:24:04.640
 received the same grace.

00:24:05.280 --> 00:24:06.080
 Because none of us

00:24:06.080 --> 00:24:07.240
 deserves to be here.

00:24:07.520 --> 00:24:08.420
 None of us has something

00:24:08.420 --> 00:24:09.780
 great to offer God.

00:24:10.560 --> 00:24:11.920
 But God in his grace

00:24:11.920 --> 00:24:12.680
 empowers us

00:24:12.680 --> 00:24:13.700
 to do great things

00:24:13.700 --> 00:24:14.340
 for him.

00:24:14.680 --> 00:24:15.900
 In his strength,

00:24:16.140 --> 00:24:17.020
 in his power.

00:24:17.680 --> 00:24:18.460
 It's poisonous

00:24:18.460 --> 00:24:19.140
 for churches

00:24:19.140 --> 00:24:20.040
 when people start

00:24:20.040 --> 00:24:20.640
 getting focused

00:24:20.640 --> 00:24:21.620
 on their ministry

00:24:21.620 --> 00:24:22.740
 or their ability

00:24:22.740 --> 00:24:23.760
 or their recognition

00:24:23.760 --> 00:24:24.560
 over and above

00:24:24.560 --> 00:24:25.240
 other ones.

00:24:25.580 --> 00:24:26.600
 If the youth ministry

00:24:26.600 --> 00:24:27.300
 starts fighting

00:24:27.300 --> 00:24:28.260
 with the music ministry

00:24:28.260 --> 00:24:29.720
 for the best leaders

00:24:29.720 --> 00:24:31.040
 or for the best rooms

00:24:31.039 --> 00:24:32.159
 or for the best resources,

00:24:33.079 --> 00:24:35.659
 we're all in this together.

00:24:36.200 --> 00:24:37.180
 It's not my mission.

00:24:37.539 --> 00:24:38.579
 It's not your mission.

00:24:38.960 --> 00:24:40.019
 It's God's mission.

00:24:41.399 --> 00:24:41.899
 He has,

00:24:42.399 --> 00:24:43.099
 in his grace,

00:24:43.339 --> 00:24:44.879
 designed this body

00:24:44.879 --> 00:24:45.859
 of his

00:24:45.859 --> 00:24:47.980
 so that we need

00:24:47.980 --> 00:24:48.619
 one another

00:24:48.619 --> 00:24:50.220
 to do what he wants

00:24:50.220 --> 00:24:50.779
 us to do.

00:24:51.879 --> 00:24:52.779
 No one

00:24:52.779 --> 00:24:54.440
 is dispensable.

00:24:54.440 --> 00:24:59.640
 We need the attitude

00:24:59.640 --> 00:25:00.240
 of Jesus

00:25:00.240 --> 00:25:00.920
 that says,

00:25:01.059 --> 00:25:01.940
 what I'm part of

00:25:01.940 --> 00:25:02.799
 is bigger

00:25:02.799 --> 00:25:03.799
 than the part I play.

00:25:05.799 --> 00:25:06.960
 What I'm part of,

00:25:07.000 --> 00:25:07.920
 this whole church

00:25:07.920 --> 00:25:08.400
 on mission

00:25:08.400 --> 00:25:09.380
 for God's glory

00:25:09.380 --> 00:25:10.340
 drawing lost people

00:25:10.340 --> 00:25:11.200
 into the hope

00:25:11.200 --> 00:25:11.840
 and salvation

00:25:11.840 --> 00:25:12.440
 of Jesus

00:25:12.440 --> 00:25:13.360
 is bigger

00:25:13.360 --> 00:25:14.019
 than the bit

00:25:14.019 --> 00:25:14.640
 that I do.

00:25:15.600 --> 00:25:16.220
 It's bigger

00:25:16.220 --> 00:25:17.240
 than any recognition

00:25:17.240 --> 00:25:17.940
 that I get

00:25:17.940 --> 00:25:18.680
 or don't get.

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 Verse 26

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 is a key verse here

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 in chapter 12.

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 It says,

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 if one part suffers,

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 every part suffers

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 with it.

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 If one part is on it,

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 every part rejoices

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 with it.

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 It's shared rejoicing.

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 It's shared struggling.

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 When someone

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 becomes a Christian

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 in our youth ministry,

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 that is a rejoice moment

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 for the person

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 who vacuums the carpet

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 after playgroup

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 on a Tuesday.

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 When somebody

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 comes here

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 on a Sunday

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 and makes a good

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 relational connection

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 and starts investigating

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 Jesus,

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 that is a rejoice moment

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 for those

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 who are cutting fruit

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 in the kitchen

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 on a Tuesday.

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 When somebody

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 joins our

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 Mandarin Bible study

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 on a Sunday

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 because they have

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 come to know

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 the hope and salvation

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 that is in Jesus,

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 that is a rejoice moment

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 for every one of us.

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 And equally,

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 when somebody

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 loses

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 somebody close

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 to them,

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 regardless of

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 whether we know

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 them or sit

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 next to them

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 or are serving

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 in the same ministry

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 of them,

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 that is a struggle

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 moment for all

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 of us.

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 We are a body

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 unified.

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 What we are part

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 of,

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 what God is doing

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 is bigger

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 than the part

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 that we play

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 individually.

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 Jesus can work

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 in spite of us

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 and thankfully

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 sometimes he does.

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 He can work

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 around us

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 or he can work

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 through us.

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 Which one do you

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 think is most

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 beneficial to him?

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 It doesn't matter.

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 He can achieve

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 the same outcome

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 whether we're

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 involved or not.

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 But which one's

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 most beneficial

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 for us?

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 God has included

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 us for our

00:27:02.299 --> 00:27:02.700
 sake,

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 for our joy,

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 that we might

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 know that joy

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 he talks about

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 in Luke 15,

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 that rejoicing

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 over a sinner

00:27:10.519 --> 00:27:11.460
 who repents,

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 that we might

00:27:12.980 --> 00:27:14.019
 rejoice as his

00:27:14.019 --> 00:27:14.399
 body,

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 as other

00:27:15.019 --> 00:27:15.880
 churches grow,

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 as the gospel

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 goes out,

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 as missionaries

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 bear fruit,

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 he includes us

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 for our sake

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 and for our

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 joy.

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 And so what

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 now?

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 If we need

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 to acknowledge

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 and I want to

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 say personally

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 I do and

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 possibly we

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 do,

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 that we are

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 not as

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 desperate as

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 God has been

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 for us,

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 what now?

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 Two things.

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 And this

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 is cannot

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 be overstated

00:27:45.159 --> 00:27:45.960
 for importance.

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 Remember

00:27:48.480 --> 00:27:49.279
 God's grace

00:27:49.279 --> 00:27:49.819
 to you.

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 Don't walk

00:27:52.439 --> 00:27:53.059
 away feeling

00:27:53.059 --> 00:27:54.259
 guilty because

00:27:54.259 --> 00:27:54.879
 you failed.

00:27:55.839 --> 00:27:56.519
 Don't walk

00:27:56.519 --> 00:27:57.119
 away kicking

00:27:57.119 --> 00:27:57.899
 yourself and

00:27:57.899 --> 00:27:58.500
 trying to

00:27:58.500 --> 00:27:59.679
 self-generate

00:27:59.679 --> 00:28:00.399
 desperation.

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 Remember

00:28:03.079 --> 00:28:03.799
 God's grace

00:28:03.799 --> 00:28:04.319
 to you.

00:28:05.399 --> 00:28:05.980
 Remember

00:28:05.980 --> 00:28:07.119
 his incredible

00:28:07.119 --> 00:28:07.859
 love.

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 Remember

00:28:09.019 --> 00:28:09.700
 the lengths

00:28:09.700 --> 00:28:10.259
 he went

00:28:10.259 --> 00:28:10.579
 to,

00:28:11.059 --> 00:28:11.919
 to draw you

00:28:11.919 --> 00:28:12.619
 back into a

00:28:12.619 --> 00:28:13.159
 relationship

00:28:13.159 --> 00:28:13.719
 with him.

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 Remember

00:28:15.319 --> 00:28:15.979
 how far

00:28:15.979 --> 00:28:16.599
 away you

00:28:16.599 --> 00:28:16.939
 were.

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 Maybe

00:28:19.799 --> 00:28:20.279
 like me

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 this week

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 you need

00:28:21.219 --> 00:28:21.519
 to be

00:28:21.519 --> 00:28:21.979
 reminded

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 of what

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 it is

00:28:22.879 --> 00:28:23.619
 to be

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 forgiven

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 by Jesus.

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 What it

00:28:26.859 --> 00:28:27.419
 is to be

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 loved by

00:28:28.099 --> 00:28:28.559
 Jesus

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 unconditionally.

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 What it

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 is to have

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 your saviour

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 die in your

00:28:33.000 --> 00:28:33.579
 place and

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 take your

00:28:34.039 --> 00:28:34.539
 punishment

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 and instead

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 offer you

00:28:36.279 --> 00:28:37.059
 freedom and

00:28:37.059 --> 00:28:38.159
 hope and

00:28:38.159 --> 00:28:38.819
 future and

00:28:38.819 --> 00:28:39.319
 eternity.

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 When we

00:28:44.240 --> 00:28:44.720
 know that

00:28:44.720 --> 00:28:46.500
 love, when

00:28:46.500 --> 00:28:47.019
 we know that

00:28:47.019 --> 00:28:47.519
 love that

00:28:47.519 --> 00:28:48.119
 will never be

00:28:48.119 --> 00:28:48.859
 taken away,

00:28:49.519 --> 00:28:50.379
 that love that

00:28:50.379 --> 00:28:50.899
 is doing a

00:28:50.899 --> 00:28:51.879
 work in us and

00:28:51.879 --> 00:28:52.839
 guarantees heaven,

00:28:53.940 --> 00:28:54.899
 then we can

00:28:54.899 --> 00:28:56.139
 look and see

00:28:56.139 --> 00:28:57.099
 the people who

00:28:57.099 --> 00:28:57.619
 are where we

00:28:57.619 --> 00:28:58.240
 used to be.

00:28:59.700 --> 00:29:00.519
 People who are

00:29:00.519 --> 00:29:01.299
 still far from

00:29:01.299 --> 00:29:01.619
 God.

00:29:01.619 --> 00:29:03.319
 people who

00:29:03.319 --> 00:29:03.619
 are in

00:29:03.619 --> 00:29:04.559
 desperate need

00:29:04.559 --> 00:29:06.699
 and we can

00:29:06.699 --> 00:29:07.379
 accept the

00:29:07.379 --> 00:29:08.039
 joy that God

00:29:08.039 --> 00:29:09.299
 is offering by

00:29:09.299 --> 00:29:09.959
 taking the

00:29:09.959 --> 00:29:10.479
 hope of the

00:29:10.479 --> 00:29:11.899
 gospel to

00:29:11.899 --> 00:29:12.339
 people who

00:29:12.339 --> 00:29:12.939
 are lost and

00:29:12.939 --> 00:29:13.259
 hurting.

00:29:14.739 --> 00:29:15.259
 Soak in

00:29:15.259 --> 00:29:16.000
 God's word.

00:29:17.379 --> 00:29:17.899
 Get to know

00:29:17.899 --> 00:29:18.579
 his heartbeat

00:29:18.579 --> 00:29:19.000
 again.

00:29:19.500 --> 00:29:20.479
 It's there over

00:29:20.479 --> 00:29:21.239
 and over in

00:29:21.239 --> 00:29:21.619
 scripture.

00:29:22.979 --> 00:29:24.219
 He loves us

00:29:24.219 --> 00:29:25.559
 even while we're

00:29:25.559 --> 00:29:25.799
 sinners.

00:29:26.219 --> 00:29:27.139
 He chose us

00:29:27.139 --> 00:29:27.659
 before the

00:29:27.659 --> 00:29:28.479
 creation of the

00:29:28.479 --> 00:29:28.779
 world.

00:29:29.079 --> 00:29:29.679
 He loved us

00:29:29.679 --> 00:29:30.599
 enough to send

00:29:30.599 --> 00:29:31.259
 his son,

00:29:31.740 --> 00:29:32.640
 soak in God's

00:29:32.640 --> 00:29:33.500
 word, hear

00:29:33.500 --> 00:29:34.480
 God's heartbeat

00:29:34.480 --> 00:29:36.980
 and then

00:29:36.980 --> 00:29:39.079
 gradually you

00:29:39.079 --> 00:29:39.740
 become more

00:29:39.740 --> 00:29:40.299
 and more like

00:29:40.299 --> 00:29:40.500
 him.

00:29:41.839 --> 00:29:42.759
 You begin to

00:29:42.759 --> 00:29:43.480
 take joy in

00:29:43.480 --> 00:29:44.160
 what he takes

00:29:44.160 --> 00:29:44.680
 joy in.

00:29:45.019 --> 00:29:45.720
 You begin to

00:29:45.720 --> 00:29:46.359
 be increasingly

00:29:46.359 --> 00:29:47.359
 upset by the

00:29:47.359 --> 00:29:47.799
 things that

00:29:47.799 --> 00:29:49.240
 upset him and

00:29:49.240 --> 00:29:49.900
 you begin to

00:29:49.900 --> 00:29:50.640
 be increasingly

00:29:50.640 --> 00:29:51.519
 desperate for

00:29:51.519 --> 00:29:52.180
 that which he

00:29:52.180 --> 00:29:52.740
 is desperate

00:29:52.740 --> 00:29:53.140
 for.

00:29:54.259 --> 00:29:55.039
 People who

00:29:55.039 --> 00:29:55.599
 are lost.

00:29:57.519 --> 00:29:58.460
 We need to

00:29:58.460 --> 00:29:59.200
 remember God's

00:29:59.200 --> 00:29:59.539
 grace.

00:29:59.539 --> 00:30:04.960
 God loves to

00:30:04.960 --> 00:30:05.700
 answer prayers

00:30:05.700 --> 00:30:06.139
 that honor

00:30:06.139 --> 00:30:06.420
 him.

00:30:07.119 --> 00:30:07.960
 God loves to

00:30:07.960 --> 00:30:08.420
 answer a

00:30:08.420 --> 00:30:09.099
 prayer when

00:30:09.099 --> 00:30:09.599
 you go to

00:30:09.599 --> 00:30:09.980
 him and

00:30:09.980 --> 00:30:10.279
 say,

00:30:10.680 --> 00:30:11.000
 God, I

00:30:11.000 --> 00:30:12.799
 want to be

00:30:12.799 --> 00:30:13.259
 the person

00:30:13.259 --> 00:30:13.859
 you want me

00:30:13.859 --> 00:30:14.220
 to be.

00:30:14.720 --> 00:30:15.119
 God, I

00:30:15.119 --> 00:30:15.639
 want to love

00:30:15.639 --> 00:30:16.019
 what you

00:30:16.019 --> 00:30:16.659
 love more.

00:30:17.220 --> 00:30:17.480
 God, I

00:30:17.480 --> 00:30:17.920
 want to stop

00:30:17.920 --> 00:30:18.740
 being distracted.

00:30:19.299 --> 00:30:19.619
 I want to

00:30:19.619 --> 00:30:20.399
 stop paying

00:30:20.399 --> 00:30:20.960
 attention to

00:30:20.960 --> 00:30:21.339
 things that

00:30:21.339 --> 00:30:21.700
 are less

00:30:21.700 --> 00:30:22.420
 important.

00:30:22.619 --> 00:30:22.920
 God, I

00:30:22.920 --> 00:30:23.339
 want you to

00:30:23.339 --> 00:30:23.899
 give me your

00:30:23.899 --> 00:30:24.259
 heart.

00:30:24.259 --> 00:30:26.259
 God, I

00:30:26.259 --> 00:30:27.259
 want you to

00:30:27.259 --> 00:30:27.680
 love me.

00:30:27.680 --> 00:30:27.740
 He loves to

00:30:27.740 --> 00:30:28.220
 answer that

00:30:28.220 --> 00:30:28.539
 prayer.

00:30:30.200 --> 00:30:30.920
 He loves to

00:30:30.920 --> 00:30:31.980
 redefine lives

00:30:31.980 --> 00:30:32.460
 and give us

00:30:32.460 --> 00:30:33.319
 purpose as a

00:30:33.319 --> 00:30:34.379
 church so that

00:30:34.379 --> 00:30:34.920
 we might

00:30:34.920 --> 00:30:35.599
 joyfully

00:30:35.599 --> 00:30:36.200
 sacrifice,

00:30:36.539 --> 00:30:37.279
 joyfully pay

00:30:37.279 --> 00:30:37.859
 the cost.

00:30:38.980 --> 00:30:39.660
 And he

00:30:39.660 --> 00:30:40.160
 loves to

00:30:40.160 --> 00:30:40.900
 empower us

00:30:40.900 --> 00:30:41.440
 to do more

00:30:41.440 --> 00:30:41.740
 than we're

00:30:41.740 --> 00:30:42.440
 capable of

00:30:42.440 --> 00:30:42.900
 on our

00:30:42.900 --> 00:30:43.140
 own.

00:30:45.379 --> 00:30:46.339
 God's desire

00:30:46.339 --> 00:30:47.420
 is not for

00:30:47.420 --> 00:30:48.359
 a big church

00:30:48.359 --> 00:30:49.940
 or a small

00:30:49.940 --> 00:30:50.759
 church or a

00:30:50.759 --> 00:30:51.619
 medium church.

00:30:52.259 --> 00:30:53.059
 God's desire

00:30:53.059 --> 00:30:53.480
 desire is for

00:30:53.480 --> 00:30:55.899
 people, for

00:30:55.899 --> 00:30:56.539
 your husband

00:30:56.539 --> 00:30:56.960
 or your

00:30:56.960 --> 00:30:58.399
 wife, for

00:30:58.399 --> 00:30:59.259
 your son or

00:30:59.259 --> 00:30:59.859
 your daughter,

00:31:00.579 --> 00:31:01.259
 for your

00:31:01.259 --> 00:31:01.980
 neighbour or

00:31:01.980 --> 00:31:02.519
 your work

00:31:02.519 --> 00:31:03.079
 colleague, for

00:31:03.079 --> 00:31:03.579
 people you

00:31:03.579 --> 00:31:04.179
 haven't met

00:31:04.179 --> 00:31:06.019
 yet, people

00:31:06.019 --> 00:31:06.740
 who right now

00:31:06.740 --> 00:31:07.339
 live their

00:31:07.339 --> 00:31:08.079
 lives in the

00:31:08.079 --> 00:31:09.000
 shadow of

00:31:09.000 --> 00:31:09.399
 death.

00:31:10.839 --> 00:31:11.759
 For those

00:31:11.759 --> 00:31:12.440
 individuals,

00:31:12.619 --> 00:31:13.220
 God's heart

00:31:13.220 --> 00:31:13.879
 breaks.

00:31:15.619 --> 00:31:16.559
 So let's

00:31:16.559 --> 00:31:17.960
 ask God to

00:31:17.960 --> 00:31:18.639
 give us that

00:31:18.639 --> 00:31:19.159
 heart as

00:31:19.159 --> 00:31:19.359
 well.

00:31:20.500 --> 00:31:21.339
 Let's ask

00:31:21.339 --> 00:31:21.960
 him to

00:31:21.960 --> 00:31:23.039
 empower us

00:31:23.039 --> 00:31:24.039
 to resource

00:31:24.039 --> 00:31:24.559
 us, to

00:31:24.559 --> 00:31:25.420
 equip us

00:31:25.420 --> 00:31:26.819
 so that we

00:31:26.819 --> 00:31:27.399
 might be a

00:31:27.399 --> 00:31:27.920
 part of a

00:31:27.920 --> 00:31:28.480
 body that

00:31:28.480 --> 00:31:29.059
 rejoices

00:31:29.059 --> 00:31:30.139
 together and

00:31:30.139 --> 00:31:31.039
 suffers together

00:31:31.039 --> 00:31:32.180
 for his

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 cause.

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 Let's do

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 that now.

00:31:35.899 --> 00:31:37.319
 Let's do

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 that now.

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 Let's do

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 term

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 verse

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 그리고

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 set

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 yours