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 And when I was first asked to speak on cultivating a heart of compassion,

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 I thought, what a strange passage to put with it.

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 Because as we read about the sheep and the goats,

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 it seems to me to be more about the consequences of not having compassion

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 than it does to be about actually cultivating compassion.

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 However, as I prepared for the word this morning,

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 I discovered something that, to me,

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 seems like it could actually be the key to cultivating compassion.

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 But first of all, let's just have a brief look at what compassion actually is.

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 When we think of compassion, we often think of character traits

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 such as kindness and sympathy towards others, don't we?

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 But there is something deeper and more profound in its meaning than that.

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 The word compassion actually comes from the Latin word compati,

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 which means to suffer with.

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 Compassion means that someone else's suffering becomes your suffering,

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 which isn't a very pleasant thought, is it?

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 Maybe at times that's why we close our heart to compassion.

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 But today we're looking at cultivating our heart toward compassion.

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 So, suffering, meaning someone else's compassion, excuse me,

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 meaning someone else's suffering becomes your suffering,

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 is why when the sheep say to the Lord,

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 why did we ever do these things for you, Lord?

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 Jesus is able to reply to them,

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 whenever you did it for the least one of these,

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 you did it for me,

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 because he has entered into the suffering of his children,

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 his brothers and sisters, his people.

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 He had compassion on them,

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 and he entered into their suffering.

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 He has compassion on us,

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 and he enters into our suffering with us, doesn't he?

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 Jesus sees the need.

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 Now, someone that is very acquainted with suffering is Job.

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 And Job struggled to see where God was in his suffering.

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 And yet, he was able to say,

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 in the midst of his suffering,

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 when he couldn't actually see God,

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 Job was able to declare,

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 but God knows the way that I take.

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 God sees us in our suffering,

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 even when we can't see him.

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 And Jesus, all through the Gospels,

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 noticed the people around him,

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 and he had compassion on them.

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 We read countless occasions

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 where Jesus noticed needs

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 that the disciples had completely missed and overlooked.

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 Jesus had compassion on the crowds,

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 and he fed them when they were hungry.

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 He taught them when they had no one to shepherd them.

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 He healed them when they were sick.

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 And he had compassion on individuals,

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 and he noticed individual needs.

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 He noticed women,

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 whom he healed both physically and emotionally,

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 women who were generally invisible in that society.

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 He noticed the outcasts,

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 and he had compassion on them

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 when they were blind or when they were lepers,

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 and he touched them.

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 He had compassion on sinners,

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 and he noticed them when he visited with them,

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 and he gave them a sense of worth,

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 like Zacchaeus and the tax collectors

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 who he sat and ate with.

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 But notice that Jesus didn't just see people

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 or have a warm, mushy feeling of compassion.

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 He acted on it.

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 And once he'd noticed people and their needs,

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 he responded to that person

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 and to that need with compassion.

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 He didn't prioritise his own agenda

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 or the task that lay ahead of him

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 over the needs of the people that he encountered.

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 He allowed his compassion to motivate his action.

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 If compassion is just a mushy feeling,

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 then that's actually pity, isn't it?

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 We can feel pity for someone.

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 Pity doesn't motivate us to meet their need

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 or to help them change their circumstances,

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 but compassion does.

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 Compassion, according to the dictionary,

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 is a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow

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 for one another

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 who is stricken by misfortune,

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 accompanied by a strong desire

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 to alleviate the suffering.

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 Compassion leads to mercy

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 and acts of mercy,

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 and Jean testified to that fact

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 as the food bank

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 has cultivated a heart of compassion

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 in the lives of people in Clevedon

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 and the surrounding areas.

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 It's made people notice the need

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 and the people that are in need,

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 and it's motivated them

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 to do something about it.

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 And we're constantly exhorted

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 and encouraged throughout Scripture

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 to be compassionate.

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 Paul, in his epistles,

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 exhorts us to clothe ourselves

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 with compassion,

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 to carry each other's burdens,

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 to comfort those in trouble

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 like we ourselves have been comforted,

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 to be kind and compassionate

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 to one another,

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 forgiving each other

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 just as God has forgiven us.

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 And the Psalms promise us

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 that even in darkness

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 light dawns for the upright,

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 for those who are gracious

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 and compassionate

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 and righteous.

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 So the question remains,

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 if we understand

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 that biblically

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 we are encouraged

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 to be compassionate

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 and Jesus has set us an example

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 of what a compassionate life

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 looks like,

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 then the question remains,

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 how do we cultivate

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 that heart of compassion?

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 And this is where

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 the passage that we read

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 comes into play, I think.

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 So, as I was praying

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 and preparing,

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 I feel like the Lord

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 gave me three L's

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 to help us to remember

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 to cultivate compassion.

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 And the first one is look.

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 We need to take the time

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 to stop and notice

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 where and for whom

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 compassion is needed.

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 Often we fail to notice

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 other people's needs

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 and the situation therein

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 because we're consumed

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 with our own needs,

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 our own circumstances,

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 our own problems

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 or worries

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 or even our desires,

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 our wishes and our hopes.

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 And in failing

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 to see the needs

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 of others,

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 we miss

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 the opportunities

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 that God gives us

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 to respond

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 with compassion

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 and to be able

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 to serve him

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 by serving others.

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 Jesus

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 had

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 the greatest reason

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 I can ever think of

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 to be consumed

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 with his own need.

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 He knew

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 what he had come

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 to do

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 and he knew

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 that the road

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 he was on

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 was leading

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 to Calvary.

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 He knew

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 what was going

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 to happen

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 to him.

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 But he didn't

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 allow that

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 anxiety

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 or worry

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 or understanding

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 that awareness

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 of his own

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 circumstances

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 to prevent him

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 from noticing

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 other people

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 and feeling

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 compassion

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 toward them.

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 he stopped

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 and he noticed

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 as he looked

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 at the lives

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 of those

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 around him.

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 So I encourage you

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 look

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 at the people

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 around you

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 and when you've

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 noticed them

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 then listen.

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 Once you've

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 noticed people

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 and their situations

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 maybe we need

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 to then

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 see if we can

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 imagine ourselves

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 in their shoes

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 and ask ourselves

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 what would life

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 be like for me

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 if I was in

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 their circumstances?

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 What would I need?

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 But we know

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 don't we

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 that everyone's

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 different

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 not everyone's

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 the same

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 and not everyone

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 responds

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 in the same way

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 so perhaps

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 the next step

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 in cultivating

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 a compassionate

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 heart

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 is to actually

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 take the time

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 to listen

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 to those people

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 allow them

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 to express

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 their needs

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 and their desires?

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 Even Jesus

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 didn't assume

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 that he knew

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 what someone

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 needed

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 or wanted.

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 He asked

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 the blind man

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 what do you

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 want me

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 to do

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 for you?

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 And that seems

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 crazy doesn't it?

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 When I very first

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 read that I thought

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 what a ridiculous

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 question

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 but Jesus

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 didn't assume

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 that the man

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 wanted his sight

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 restored

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 he took

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 the time

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 to stop

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 and ask him

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 what is it

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 that you want?

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 He listened

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 and the last

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 thing maybe

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 we can do

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 after we've

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 looked and

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 noticed

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 those needs

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 after we've

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 listened to

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 people

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 and what

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 they actually

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 need or want

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 then we need

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 to love

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 and this point

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 takes us

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 back to the

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 teaching on

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 the sheep

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 and the goats

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 there's a lot

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 I could say

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 about the

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 passage of

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 the sheep

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 and the goats

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 the significance

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 of the left

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 and the right

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 and all sorts

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 of things

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 but I want

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 to simply

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 draw one

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 point

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 and I think

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 this really

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 is the key

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 to being

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 a compassionate

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 people

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 and Clive's

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 comments

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 illustration

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 at the beginning

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 about

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 when he did

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 his even song

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 and there were

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 four people

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 on the one

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 side

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 and one

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 on the other

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 just beautifully

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 illustrates

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 and he had

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 no idea

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 what I was

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 speaking

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 what I was

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 going to say

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 illustrates

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 what I

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 discovered

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 as I

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 researched

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 sheep

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 and goats

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 because initially

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 I thought

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 why sheep

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 and why goats

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 what's the

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 difference

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 so I thought

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 well I'll

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 look it up

00:11:36.540 --> 00:11:37.379
 and find out

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 and the thing

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 I discovered

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 the most

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 the biggest

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 difference

00:11:41.360 --> 00:11:42.379
 between sheep

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 and goats

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 is that goats

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 are fiercely

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 independent

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 creatures

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 they prefer

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 to be on

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 their own

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 they like

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 to go off

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 and do

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 their own

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 thing

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 they like

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 to go

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 their own

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 way

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 and find

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 their own

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 path

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 like the

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 one

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 sitting

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 on their

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 own

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 sheep

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 on the

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 other hand

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 prefer to

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 stay

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 with the

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 flock

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 they like

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 eating

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 together

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 playing

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 together

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 living

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 together

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 they love

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 each other

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 and not

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 just in

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 that mushy

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 kind of

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 always and

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 everybody

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 wonderful

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 kind of

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 way

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 because I

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 don't know

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 if you've

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 been around

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 sheep lately

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 but they

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 stink

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 they really

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 stink

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 they choose

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 to love

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 each other

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 even though

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 they stink

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 and the

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 reason I

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 make that

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 point is

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 because

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 us

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 being

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 sheep

00:12:42.420 --> 00:12:43.320
 and being

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 in a

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 flock

00:12:43.920 --> 00:12:44.420
 together

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 doesn't

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 mean that

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 we're

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 necessarily

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 going to

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 find

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 every

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 member

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 of that

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 flock

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 attractive

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 and appealing

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 we might

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 think some

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 people really

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 stink

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 you might

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 be the

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 person

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 that stinks

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 I might

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 be

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 but they

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 choose to

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 love each

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 other because

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 they're part

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 of one

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 another's

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 flock

00:13:06.519 --> 00:13:07.960
 and in

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 the passage

00:13:08.480 --> 00:13:09.019
 that we

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 read

00:13:09.580 --> 00:13:10.759
 the sheep

00:13:10.759 --> 00:13:12.379
 notice

00:13:12.379 --> 00:13:13.600
 the needs

00:13:13.600 --> 00:13:15.180
 that are

00:13:15.180 --> 00:13:15.759
 there don't

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 they

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 they notice

00:13:17.320 --> 00:13:18.480
 that someone's

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 sick and needs

00:13:19.500 --> 00:13:20.300
 visiting or

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 someone's missing

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 and they're in

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 prison

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 they notice

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 that another

00:13:24.360 --> 00:13:25.139
 person is

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 hungry or

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 someone else

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 can't clothe

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 themselves

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 and this

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 compassion

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 leads to

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 acts of

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 mercy

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 and they

00:13:33.960 --> 00:13:34.580
 begin to

00:13:34.580 --> 00:13:35.240
 meet those

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 needs

00:13:35.740 --> 00:13:36.680
 but what

00:13:36.680 --> 00:13:37.440
 struck me

00:13:37.440 --> 00:13:38.060
 was that

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 it wasn't

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 one sheep

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 meeting the

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 need of

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 every person

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 the flock

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 collectively

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 met the

00:13:46.800 --> 00:13:47.820
 needs that

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 were arising

00:13:48.639 --> 00:13:50.480
 the sheep

00:13:50.480 --> 00:13:51.340
 weren't off

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 doing their

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 own thing

00:13:52.580 --> 00:13:53.580
 they were

00:13:53.580 --> 00:13:54.940
 aware of

00:13:54.940 --> 00:13:55.680
 the needs

00:13:55.680 --> 00:13:56.100
 and they

00:13:56.100 --> 00:13:56.720
 were meeting

00:13:56.720 --> 00:13:57.440
 the needs

00:13:57.440 --> 00:13:57.960
 together

00:13:57.960 --> 00:13:59.420
 so one

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 sheep said

00:14:00.139 --> 00:14:00.820
 well I'll go

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 and visit

00:14:01.240 --> 00:14:01.920
 those in

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 prison

00:14:02.240 --> 00:14:03.179
 and another

00:14:03.179 --> 00:14:03.919
 sheep said

00:14:03.919 --> 00:14:04.419
 well I'll

00:14:04.419 --> 00:14:05.019
 collect some

00:14:05.019 --> 00:14:05.799
 clothes for

00:14:05.799 --> 00:14:06.319
 those that

00:14:06.319 --> 00:14:06.919
 need to be

00:14:06.919 --> 00:14:07.479
 clothed

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 and another

00:14:08.279 --> 00:14:08.860
 one said

00:14:08.860 --> 00:14:09.479
 well I can

00:14:09.479 --> 00:14:10.120
 cook a meal

00:14:10.120 --> 00:14:10.659
 and feed

00:14:10.659 --> 00:14:11.259
 the hungry

00:14:11.259 --> 00:14:15.579
 collectively

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 the sheep

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 because they

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 stay together

00:14:18.879 --> 00:14:19.719
 in the flock

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 they have the

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 support and

00:14:21.860 --> 00:14:22.679
 the resources

00:14:22.679 --> 00:14:24.039
 to look and

00:14:24.039 --> 00:14:24.860
 be aware of

00:14:24.860 --> 00:14:25.459
 the need

00:14:25.459 --> 00:14:27.159
 to take the

00:14:27.159 --> 00:14:28.059
 time to

00:14:28.059 --> 00:14:28.699
 stop and

00:14:28.699 --> 00:14:29.120
 listen

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 because if

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 one of you

00:14:31.480 --> 00:14:31.980
 is listening

00:14:31.980 --> 00:14:32.720
 to a need

00:14:32.720 --> 00:14:33.440
 someone else

00:14:33.440 --> 00:14:34.060
 can be off

00:14:34.060 --> 00:14:34.899
 doing a job

00:14:34.899 --> 00:14:37.360
 and they

00:14:37.360 --> 00:14:37.899
 have enough

00:14:37.899 --> 00:14:39.039
 love amongst

00:14:39.039 --> 00:14:39.759
 the flock

00:14:39.759 --> 00:14:41.379
 to meet

00:14:41.379 --> 00:14:42.299
 those needs

00:14:42.299 --> 00:14:43.940
 because together

00:14:43.940 --> 00:14:45.080
 there is

00:14:45.080 --> 00:14:46.399
 support and

00:14:46.399 --> 00:14:47.340
 resources

00:14:47.340 --> 00:14:49.720
 amongst the

00:14:49.720 --> 00:14:50.159
 flock

00:14:50.159 --> 00:14:52.480
 so it seems

00:14:52.480 --> 00:14:53.039
 to me

00:14:53.039 --> 00:14:53.820
 that the

00:14:53.820 --> 00:14:54.360
 key to

00:14:54.360 --> 00:14:55.139
 developing a

00:14:55.139 --> 00:14:55.659
 heart of

00:14:55.659 --> 00:14:56.220
 compassion

00:14:56.220 --> 00:14:57.379
 is to be

00:14:57.379 --> 00:14:57.940
 a sheep

00:14:57.940 --> 00:14:58.360
 not a

00:14:58.360 --> 00:14:58.740
 goat

00:14:58.740 --> 00:15:00.899
 to stay

00:15:00.899 --> 00:15:01.700
 in fellowship

00:15:01.700 --> 00:15:02.340
 with the

00:15:02.340 --> 00:15:02.779
 flock

00:15:02.779 --> 00:15:03.740
 and not

00:15:03.740 --> 00:15:04.420
 be a goat

00:15:04.420 --> 00:15:05.259
 going off

00:15:05.259 --> 00:15:05.879
 going on

00:15:05.879 --> 00:15:06.480
 your own

00:15:06.480 --> 00:15:07.680
 thinking you

00:15:07.680 --> 00:15:08.180
 know better

00:15:08.180 --> 00:15:08.800
 than everybody

00:15:08.800 --> 00:15:09.399
 else

00:15:09.399 --> 00:15:10.779
 or wanting

00:15:10.779 --> 00:15:11.500
 to carve

00:15:11.500 --> 00:15:12.019
 your own

00:15:12.019 --> 00:15:12.800
 path and be

00:15:12.800 --> 00:15:13.600
 independent

00:15:13.600 --> 00:15:15.560
 or maybe

00:15:15.560 --> 00:15:16.580
 deciding that

00:15:16.580 --> 00:15:17.460
 they all stink

00:15:17.460 --> 00:15:18.120
 too much

00:15:18.120 --> 00:15:18.540
 I want to

00:15:18.540 --> 00:15:19.840
 go away

00:15:19.840 --> 00:15:20.700
 from that

00:15:20.700 --> 00:15:21.139
 smell

00:15:21.139 --> 00:15:23.680
 but actually

00:15:23.680 --> 00:15:24.399
 having the

00:15:24.399 --> 00:15:24.899
 time

00:15:24.899 --> 00:15:26.279
 and the

00:15:26.279 --> 00:15:27.039
 resources

00:15:27.039 --> 00:15:28.639
 to meet

00:15:28.639 --> 00:15:29.419
 each other's

00:15:29.419 --> 00:15:29.840
 needs

00:15:29.840 --> 00:15:30.579
 because you've

00:15:30.579 --> 00:15:31.579
 chosen to

00:15:31.579 --> 00:15:32.399
 be part of

00:15:32.399 --> 00:15:33.120
 this flock

00:15:33.120 --> 00:15:34.639
 you've chosen

00:15:34.639 --> 00:15:36.319
 to do life

00:15:36.319 --> 00:15:37.299
 with these

00:15:37.299 --> 00:15:37.860
 sheep

00:15:37.860 --> 00:15:40.639
 so in

00:15:40.639 --> 00:15:41.159
 closing

00:15:41.159 --> 00:15:44.120
 just ask

00:15:44.120 --> 00:15:44.699
 yourself

00:15:44.699 --> 00:15:45.720
 are you a

00:15:45.720 --> 00:15:46.100
 sheep

00:15:46.100 --> 00:15:46.799
 or are you

00:15:46.799 --> 00:15:47.340
 a goat

00:15:47.340 --> 00:15:48.899
 but don't

00:15:48.899 --> 00:15:49.460
 decide

00:15:49.460 --> 00:15:50.679
 according to

00:15:50.679 --> 00:15:51.559
 how many

00:15:51.559 --> 00:15:52.379
 needs you've

00:15:52.379 --> 00:15:52.779
 gone off

00:15:52.779 --> 00:15:53.179
 and met

00:15:53.179 --> 00:15:53.840
 individually

00:15:53.840 --> 00:15:54.620
 this isn't

00:15:54.620 --> 00:15:55.460
 a comparison

00:15:55.460 --> 00:15:56.580
 contest

00:15:56.580 --> 00:15:58.000
 it's not

00:15:58.000 --> 00:15:58.340
 about

00:15:58.340 --> 00:15:59.080
 tallying up

00:15:59.080 --> 00:15:59.639
 I've met

00:15:59.639 --> 00:16:00.320
 ten needs

00:16:00.320 --> 00:16:00.899
 you've only

00:16:00.899 --> 00:16:01.660
 met two

00:16:01.660 --> 00:16:05.060
 rather I

00:16:05.060 --> 00:16:05.420
 think we

00:16:05.420 --> 00:16:06.120
 should measure

00:16:06.120 --> 00:16:07.100
 if we're a

00:16:07.100 --> 00:16:07.879
 sheep or if

00:16:07.879 --> 00:16:08.259
 we're a

00:16:08.259 --> 00:16:08.660
 goat

00:16:08.660 --> 00:16:10.060
 according to

00:16:10.060 --> 00:16:10.580
 whether we

00:16:10.580 --> 00:16:11.259
 prefer to

00:16:11.259 --> 00:16:11.920
 just go off

00:16:11.920 --> 00:16:12.320
 on our

00:16:12.320 --> 00:16:12.700
 own

00:16:12.700 --> 00:16:13.440
 or whether

00:16:13.440 --> 00:16:13.940
 we want

00:16:13.940 --> 00:16:14.540
 to stay

00:16:14.540 --> 00:16:15.139
 in close

00:16:15.139 --> 00:16:15.600
 fellowship

00:16:15.600 --> 00:16:16.160
 with one

00:16:16.160 --> 00:16:16.540
 another

00:16:16.540 --> 00:16:18.620
 with the

00:16:18.620 --> 00:16:19.340
 other members

00:16:19.340 --> 00:16:19.820
 of our

00:16:19.820 --> 00:16:20.259
 flock

00:16:20.259 --> 00:16:21.440
 where

00:16:21.440 --> 00:16:22.160
 collectively

00:16:22.160 --> 00:16:23.200
 we can

00:16:23.200 --> 00:16:23.600
 work

00:16:23.600 --> 00:16:24.139
 together

00:16:24.139 --> 00:16:25.340
 to do

00:16:25.340 --> 00:16:26.180
 for the

00:16:26.180 --> 00:16:26.860
 least of

00:16:26.860 --> 00:16:27.360
 these

00:16:27.360 --> 00:16:28.740
 whatever is

00:16:28.740 --> 00:16:29.180
 needed

00:16:29.180 --> 00:16:30.320
 and in

00:16:30.320 --> 00:16:31.100
 doing so

00:16:31.100 --> 00:16:31.600
 know

00:16:31.600 --> 00:16:32.540
 that we

00:16:32.540 --> 00:16:33.220
 together

00:16:33.220 --> 00:16:34.399
 are serving

00:16:34.399 --> 00:16:35.060
 the Lord

00:16:35.060 --> 00:16:35.820
 the good

00:16:35.820 --> 00:16:36.220
 shepherd

00:16:36.220 --> 00:16:37.240
 of our

00:16:37.240 --> 00:16:37.519
 flock

00:16:37.519 --> 00:16:39.179
 all

00:16:39.179 --> 00:16:39.740
 like

00:16:39.740 --> 00:16:40.039
 have

00:16:40.039 --> 00:16:41.199
 gathered

00:16:41.199 --> 00:16:41.240
 together

00:16:41.240 --> 00:16:42.600
 to do

00:16:42.600 --> 00:16:43.539
 the

00:16:43.539 --> 00:16:43.579
 session