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 I think that's symbolism this morning of us being a grateful church congregation of a church family

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 of where we join our prayers together actually all linked in and so thinking about that in this

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 as we go through this series on gratitude the gratitude of being a great fellowship

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 I was grasped by this book it's called the boy the mole the fox and the horse

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 I don't know whether you've read it or maybe at Christmas you saw the animation version

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 now I think obviously it's written and drawn by Charlie McCaskey who is a Christian

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 because in the essence there is a biblical imperative in this story

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 how four different characters meet together and become one they become gathered

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 and they support and they encourage one another and then amongst the beautiful illustrations that's in here

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 there is a line that grabbed me and what grabbed me was when the mole who is played by Tom Hollander

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 yeah over voices that and he says to the boy what do you want to be when you grow up

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 and the boy says kind

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 here's a little clip to remind you

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 what do you want to be when you grow up

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 kind

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 hmm

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 I remember there was a word that we had here many years ago

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 it was when Donna was here

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 Donna had a word one morning as we were thinking about what does it mean to be church

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 and she had very strong sense of this word of just be kind

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 be kind

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 and throughout the reading Paul reminds this people of this earlier church

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 an early church that's finding its way in discipleship

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 finding its way of being followers of Jesus

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 of how to encourage themselves

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 so our scripture this morning is almost imperative

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 as therefore as God's chosen people

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 holy and dearly loved

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 there's an essential element in that I think in our discipleship

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 of being one of knowing that you are chosen

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 that you are holy

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 and that you are dearly loved by God

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 it's an essential element in our discipleship

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 to know that because we need to know that

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 because that is a part of us where we can receive

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 and be open and know that the Holy Spirit is moving in us and through it

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 it's an essential element of our theme today

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 of being grateful

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 how do we do that?

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 we clothe ourselves with compassion

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 kindness

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 humility

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 gentleness

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 and patience

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 you spot those characteristics don't you

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 in people

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 you know

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 if we were writing a post profile

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 as often we get in

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 for a job application

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 maybe you're writing that

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 or you're applying for a job application

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 you have the two things don't you

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 you know

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 what is essential

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 and what is desirable

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 I'm not going to answer that question for you this morning

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 I'm going to ask you

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 as you think of yourself

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 in your discipleship

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 as part of this fellowship

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 what of those elements for you

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 are essential

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 what do you think are desirable?

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 maybe you need more of something

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 maybe I need more compassion

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 maybe I need a sense of being more kind

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 maybe I need humility

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 maybe I need to be a little more gentle

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 in the way I approach things

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 Paul lays it out here

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 as apprentices of Jesus

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 he is looking to a church

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 that wants to mature and grow

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 not just as individuals

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 although I think the word

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 that was given to us

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 this morning by Emily

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 was so true

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 I mean you know

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 that thing of

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 it's God in us

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 and through us

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 but that brings something important

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 to the community

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 for which we belong

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 because people look at the community

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 as well as us as individuals

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 you know

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 compassion

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 kindness

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 humility

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 gentleness and patience

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 following Jesus

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 and I hope

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 I don't want to break a myth here

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 but it's not a hobby

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 you know

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 if coming here is a hobby

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 maybe just rearrange

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 and think again

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 because in here

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 this is

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 it's not something like the golf club

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 the pub

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 the gym

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 Jesus says

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 come and follow me

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 come and follow me

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 and sometimes that means

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 as we know from the Bible

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 we know from our own lives

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 that means dropping something

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 leaving something behind

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 maybe old ways

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 old character traits

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 maybe ideas that we've had

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 from the past

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 that have got in the way

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 but this whole freedom

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 that we can leave something behind

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 drop it

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 and follow Jesus

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 as disciples

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 or apprentices

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 I like that idea

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 of apprentices

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 if you're an apprentice

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 an apprenticeship

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 doesn't end with a certificate

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 you keep on learning

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 for those of you

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 who are training apprentices

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 you will know

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 that it's an ongoing

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 daily thing

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 bear with each other

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 and forgive one another

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 if any of you

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 has a grievance

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 against someone

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 forgive as the Lord

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 forgave you

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 it's an important element

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 of who we are

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 as community

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 you know

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 what a beautiful picture

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 of God's

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 godly

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 Jesus

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 centred community

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 that we can do that

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 that we can come

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 that we can say

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 we're sorry

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 we can move on

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 I'm not having a good day

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 this wasn't my finest hour

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 I'm sorry

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 let's move on

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 get it

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 let's go

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 and over all these

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 virtues

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 put on love

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 which binds them

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 together

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 in perfect unity

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 the thing

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 you know

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 we sing that song

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 where I always think

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 it's a bit of

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 swing your pants job

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 isn't it

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 bind us together

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 Lord

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 bind us together

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 you know

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 but it's so true

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 why did they put it

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 to such a cheesy song

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 it was

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 but binding us together

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 that sense

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 that love

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 that pulls us

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 which is the

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 common denominator

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 by which people

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 engage with us

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 there is a church

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 that's kind

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 there is a group

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 of people

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 that are kind

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 there's a people

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 that love me

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 there's a people

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 where I can be myself

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 in this season

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 in the year

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 I get requests

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 for references

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 filling my inbox

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 I am so pleased

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 there are people

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 who want to serve

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 from this congregation

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 out on various camps

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 whether it's

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 out on

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 explorer camps

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 falcon camps

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 spree

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 wherever

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 it's a wonderful thing

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 because

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 in the question

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 you are asked to read

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 in that

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 role specification

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 I have to ask

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 myself

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 does the role

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 specification

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 that they're asking

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 for

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 match the person

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 that I know

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 you know

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 and I'm glad

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 I have to say

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 it's yes

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 it's yes

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 don't give up

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 serving and sharing

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 but I'm so pleased

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 when I do that

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 because you look

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 at that

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 and you think

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 that is the person

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 that I know

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 that is the person

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 who longs to serve

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 who goes out

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 and wants to serve others

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 many of you

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 may have applied

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 for the job

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 or have had to prepare

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 an advert

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 of job description

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 and these two things

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 essential

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 or desirable

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 essential

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 absolutely necessary

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 extremely important

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 and desirable

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 skills

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 experience

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 that an employer

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 would prefer

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 essential

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 criteria

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 is the qualifications

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 if I asked you

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 to write a job description

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 being a member

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 of this church

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 for yourself

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 what would you write

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 would it be

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 that I

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 just do

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 a job

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 I do this

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 I serve

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 as important

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 as it is

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 or actually

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 do I write that

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 because of my character

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 and everything

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 in this scripture

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 this morning

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 I'm not going to

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 ask you to do that

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 now

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 but you may want

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 to think about it

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 as you reread

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 this thing

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 what is it

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 that defines me

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 is it actually

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 what I do

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 or how I live

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 my life

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 as a disciple

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 that brings

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 a richness

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 to the fellowship

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 we can all

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 fill posts

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 and I'd love

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 you to fill

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 even more

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 but it is

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 about how

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 we come

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 in our character

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 and how we serve

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 this is what

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 he's saying

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 to an early church

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 that it's going

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 to evolve

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 and it's going

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 to grow

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 you know

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 we can all

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 do church

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 but I think

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 Paul goes

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 deeper

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 because what

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 does it mean

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 to be church

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 as a disciple

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 you know

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 I can do church

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 but what

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 does it mean

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 to be

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 because each

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 of us

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 are known

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 and loved

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 by God

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 and the richness

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 that each

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 of us bring

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 and what we

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 bring

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 is so essential

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 to the fellowship

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 that makes up

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 this wonderful

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 body

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 the richness

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 of knowing

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 we are God's

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 chosen people

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 and that's the

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 issue for many

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 people

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 they never grasp

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 that they are

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 known and loved

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 by God

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 and if that is us

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 this morning

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 if that is you

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 know that you are

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 known and loved

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 by God

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 it's a relational

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 thing

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 it's not just

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 on paper

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 and when we

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 gather to give

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 thanks to God

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 it's not only

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 in the completed

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 work of Jesus

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 on the cross

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 it is what is

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 the Holy Spirit

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 continuing to do

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 through us

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 because maybe

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 your prayer

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 the same as mine

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 each day

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 is Lord

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 stir up the

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 gifts in me

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 because you

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 haven't finished

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 working with me

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 there's still

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 things to do

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 there's still

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 lots that I

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 want to learn

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 and lots that

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 I can do

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 for you

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 the work

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 isn't finished

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 folks

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 therefore every

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 time we meet

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 together and

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 thank him as

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 we've done

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 this morning

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 for what he

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 has done

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 and continues

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 to do

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 in us

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 there's even

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 more

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 are we on

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 to slide

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 two

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 I think

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 we are

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 that's great

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 the thing

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 is bear

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 with one

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 another

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 I heard

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 somebody once

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 say to me

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 oh well

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 that's it

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 I've reached

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 this age

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 I can give

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 up now

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 I don't

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 remember doing

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 that

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 I don't

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 even remember

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 saying that

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 in the gospel

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 or saying that

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 anyway at all

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 in the richness

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 that each of us

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 have to bring

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 in each season

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 of our lives

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 is so important

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 through our

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 experience that we

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 bring to the body

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 so having these

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 qualities

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 compassion

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 kindness

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 humility

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 gentleness

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 and patience

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 which one of

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 these do you

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 think is an

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 essential

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 or a

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 desirable

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 or is it

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 both

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 Paul isn't

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 just writing

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 to an embryonic

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 gathering

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 you know

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 we are one

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 body

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 that's what it

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 says

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 we are

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 one body

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 I may offend

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 some people here

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 but being a

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 Christian isn't

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 the same as

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 being a

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 disciple

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 sorry if that

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 upsets you

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 I can tick

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 a box

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 on a form

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 to say

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 I am

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 a Christian

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 but it doesn't

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 mean to say

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 that I'm living

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 a discipled

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 life

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 the difference

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 is we are

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 long to live

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 a discipled

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 life

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 and being

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 discipleship

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 is when Jesus

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 calls

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 it's the

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 difference

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 because we

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 are intentional

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 about keeping

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 our focus

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 on Jesus

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 that's the

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 intentional

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 thing about

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 being a

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 disciple

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 you know

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 I recall

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 in my

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 curacy

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 how

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 how the

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 church

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 had placed

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 one of

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 its

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 priorities

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 on growing

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 children

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 and families

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 in a church

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 that hadn't

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 seen children

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 and families

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 for years

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 I remember

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 that on a

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 Wednesday

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 we grew

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 a toddler

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 church

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 it far

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 outgrew

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 the size

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 of the

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 church

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 on the

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 morning

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 on a

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 Sunday

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 morning

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 you know

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 in bless him

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 my dear

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 old vicar

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 said

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 you know

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 his line

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 was

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 you can't

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 change

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 anything

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 because the

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 people

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 wouldn't

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 like it

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 I remember

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 that morning

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 when a

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 family came

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 had made

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 that transition

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 and made

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 that huge

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 step to

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 come to

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 a Sunday

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 morning

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 toddler by

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 definitions

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 do what

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 they say

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 they toddle

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 and they

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 toddle all

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 around the

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 place

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 to be part

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 of a

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 gracious and

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 loving church

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 means that we

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 welcome people

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 as they

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 come

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 to which

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 one lady

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 stood up

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 very loudly

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 and said

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 for God's

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 sake will

00:13:17.519 --> 00:13:18.159
 you shut

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 that child

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 up

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 it

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 happened

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 it

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 happened

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 the issue

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 I think we

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 have here

00:13:30.379 --> 00:13:31.299
 in amongst

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 all of

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 this

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 is

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 are we

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 a grateful

00:13:35.000 --> 00:13:35.539
 fellowship

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 fellowship

00:13:36.539 --> 00:13:36.879
 that we

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 welcome

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 everyone

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 as they

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 come

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 to stir

00:13:40.240 --> 00:13:40.639
 up the

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 gifts

00:13:40.899 --> 00:13:41.339
 to bring

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 something

00:13:41.860 --> 00:13:42.759
 as Paul

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 is talking

00:13:43.319 --> 00:13:43.939
 about here

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 a grateful

00:13:44.839 --> 00:13:45.419
 fellowship

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 what she

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 didn't

00:13:48.799 --> 00:13:49.639
 realise

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 is the

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 person

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 who

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 that

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 morning

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 hadn't

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 really

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 got the

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 plot

00:13:54.740 --> 00:13:56.599
 was

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 compassion

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 because

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 the mum

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 was a

00:14:00.299 --> 00:14:00.839
 single mum

00:14:00.839 --> 00:14:01.319
 with three

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 under fives

00:14:02.039 --> 00:14:03.879
 kindness

00:14:03.879 --> 00:14:04.439
 her husband

00:14:04.439 --> 00:14:04.819
 had just

00:14:04.819 --> 00:14:05.299
 walked out

00:14:05.299 --> 00:14:05.620
 and cleared

00:14:05.620 --> 00:14:06.019
 the bank

00:14:06.019 --> 00:14:06.419
 account

00:14:06.419 --> 00:14:08.419
 humility

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 she had

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 said to me

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 I'm not

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 sure I'm

00:14:10.579 --> 00:14:11.000
 even good

00:14:11.000 --> 00:14:11.439
 enough to

00:14:11.439 --> 00:14:11.799
 come to

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 church

00:14:12.179 --> 00:14:14.879
 gentleness

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 what she

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 was seeking

00:14:16.899 --> 00:14:19.480
 because she

00:14:19.480 --> 00:14:20.379
 was reeling

00:14:20.379 --> 00:14:22.100
 from the

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 result of

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 an abusive

00:14:23.080 --> 00:14:23.600
 partner

00:14:23.600 --> 00:14:25.960
 patience

00:14:25.960 --> 00:14:27.500
 isn't what

00:14:27.500 --> 00:14:28.139
 she received

00:14:28.139 --> 00:14:28.500
 on that

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 day

00:14:28.779 --> 00:14:31.519
 so often

00:14:31.519 --> 00:14:31.879
 people

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 we think

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 of church

00:14:33.100 --> 00:14:33.519
 fellowship

00:14:33.519 --> 00:14:34.700
 we should

00:14:34.700 --> 00:14:35.240
 be more

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 shaped like

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 Jesus

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 yes

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 slide

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 three

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 if we're

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 not there

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 already

00:14:43.059 --> 00:14:43.360
 that's

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 great

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 I'm

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 not giving

00:14:47.419 --> 00:14:47.779
 you my

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 view on

00:14:48.159 --> 00:14:48.379
 this

00:14:48.379 --> 00:14:48.899
 because

00:14:48.899 --> 00:14:49.419
 all of

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 us

00:14:49.599 --> 00:14:49.819
 search

00:14:49.819 --> 00:14:50.019
 our

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 hearts

00:14:50.379 --> 00:14:50.599
 and

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 lives

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 but

00:14:51.659 --> 00:14:52.099
 we

00:14:52.099 --> 00:14:52.299
 are

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 asked

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 to

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 bear

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 with

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 each

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 other

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 forgive

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 one

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 another

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 if

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 any

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 of

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 you

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 has

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 a

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 grievance

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 against

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 someone

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 forgive

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 as the

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 Lord

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 forgave

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 you

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 and I

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 think

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 that's

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 a great

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 starting

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 point

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 as

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 Paul

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 gives

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 this

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 and over

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 all

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 these

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 things

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 put on

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 love

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 put on

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 love

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 clothe

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 yourself

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 in it

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 cover

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 yourself

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 in it

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 again

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 and again

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 what does

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 love look

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 like

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 in the

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 face of

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 being a

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 disciple

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 the confidence

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 I find in

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 the scripture

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 is when

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 Jesus called

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 and invited

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 each of us

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 by name

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 the different

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 the radical

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 thing was

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 in this

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 reading

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 is if you

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 understand

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 what discipleship

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 actually means

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 is that

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 in the

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 culture

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 you had

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 to be

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 the best

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 of the best

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 of the best

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 to be

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 accepted

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 by the

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 rabbi

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 you spent

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 ages

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 going through

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 learning the

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 Torah

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 doing everything

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 you could

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 and then

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 if you

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 were good

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 enough

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 and you

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 had passed

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 the test

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 then you

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 became

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 a disciple

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 of your

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 rabbi

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 the radical

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 thing about

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 Jesus'

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 teaching

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 that everybody

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 got

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 was that

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 that wasn't

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 the case

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 that Jesus

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 chose people

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 who were

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 rough and

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 ready

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 who were

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 fishermen

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 who followed

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 him

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 dropped

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 everything

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 because they

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 saw something

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 in Jesus

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 and they

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 were accepted

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 and loved

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 and wanted

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 to be more

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 there's that

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 great rabbinic

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 thing

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 may you be

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 covered by

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 the dust

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 of your

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 rabbi

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 you want

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 to be so

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 close to

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 him that

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 you want

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 to learn

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 that is

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 discipleship

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 and that

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 what's

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 that's what

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 makes

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 and contributes

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 towards a

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 grateful

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 fellowship

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 because we

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 all know

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 that we're

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 walking so

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 close to

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 Jesus

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 in learning

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 and what

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 we're

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 doing

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 let the

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 peace of

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 Christ

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 rule in

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 your hearts

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 since as

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 members of

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 one body

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 you were

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 called to

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 peace

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 and be

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 thankful

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 are we

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 thankful this

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 morning for

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 our discipleship

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 you know

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 if you walk

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 into a

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 fellowship

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 or setting

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 and you

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 aren't at

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 one in

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 peace

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 then you

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 need to

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 know that

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 peace

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 maybe you're

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 sensing that

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 this morning

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 maybe with

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 what you've

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 come but

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 you sense

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 a peace

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 that you

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 can take

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 back out

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 into the

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 world to

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 share with

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 the people

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 that we're

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 going to

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 share this

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 week with

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 that's what

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 fellowship is

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 all about

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 and let the

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 message of

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 Christ dwell

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 among you

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 richly as

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 you teach

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 and admonish

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 one another

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 with all

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 wisdom through

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 psalms hymns

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 and songs from

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 the spirit

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 singing to

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 God with

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 gratitude in

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 your hearts

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 we are called

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 as Jesus

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 called as

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 disciples

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 and you know

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 I've heard the

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 line the same

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 as you have

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 you know I

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 can be a

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 Christian and

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 not go to

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 church

00:17:40.799 --> 00:17:41.319
 have you heard

00:17:41.319 --> 00:17:41.779
 that line

00:17:41.779 --> 00:17:42.379
 from people

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 you know

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 I actually

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 agree with

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 it yeah you

00:17:47.059 --> 00:17:47.619
 can be a

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 Christian

00:17:48.039 --> 00:17:49.500
 and not go

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 to church

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 I can't be a

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 disciple

00:17:51.000 --> 00:17:51.359
 though

00:17:51.359 --> 00:17:54.019
 because in a

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 disciple in a

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 gathering church

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 in a gathered

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 congregation

00:17:57.359 --> 00:17:58.639
 we need one

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 another

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 I need people

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 I need people

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 who can be

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 honest with me

00:18:02.420 --> 00:18:03.720
 who can hold

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 me to account

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 when I slip

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 I need people

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 that I can

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 say come on

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 that's a good

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 friend isn't it

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 someone who can

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 say to you

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 truly truly

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 truly come on

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 back is this a

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 good idea

00:18:16.320 --> 00:18:17.780
 wisdom that's

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 what brings a

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 community together

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 that we can

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 encourage and

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 enthuse and

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 excite and build

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 each other up

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 stir up the

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 gifts in the

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 power of the

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 Holy Spirit

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 you know I

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 don't get my

00:18:31.420 --> 00:18:32.440
 wisdom from the

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 news I don't

00:18:33.299 --> 00:18:34.039
 get my wisdom

00:18:34.039 --> 00:18:34.480
 from the

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 paper I

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 get my

00:18:36.059 --> 00:18:36.640
 wisdom from

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 scripture and

00:18:37.860 --> 00:18:38.259
 from being

00:18:38.259 --> 00:18:39.880
 part of a

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 gathered church

00:18:40.740 --> 00:18:43.820
 do we have a

00:18:43.820 --> 00:18:44.680
 thankful gratitude

00:18:44.680 --> 00:18:45.279
 for our

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 fellowship

00:18:45.799 --> 00:18:48.000
 so a lady

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 visited over

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 Christmas and

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 she said

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 you are so

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 blessed here

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 she said we

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 have no

00:18:54.980 --> 00:18:55.840
 musicians in

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 our church

00:18:56.340 --> 00:18:58.580
 we have

00:18:58.580 --> 00:18:59.720
 recorded tracks

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 that we sing

00:19:00.360 --> 00:19:00.880
 along to

00:19:00.880 --> 00:19:02.059
 every Sunday

00:19:02.059 --> 00:19:03.500
 she said you

00:19:03.500 --> 00:19:04.619
 are so blessed

00:19:04.619 --> 00:19:05.419
 with the music

00:19:05.419 --> 00:19:06.539
 that you have

00:19:06.539 --> 00:19:07.440
 to worship

00:19:07.440 --> 00:19:08.519
 with amen

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 amen

00:19:10.039 --> 00:19:12.399
 you know

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 and whatever

00:19:14.559 --> 00:19:15.299
 you do whether

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 in word or

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 deed do it in

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 the name of

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 the Lord Jesus

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 giving thanks to

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 God the Father

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 through him

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 whatever you

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 do

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 whatever you

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 do

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 give thanks

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 I don't

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 know about

00:19:32.139 --> 00:19:32.599
 you but

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 the highlights

00:19:33.379 --> 00:19:34.639
 of my

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 membership of

00:19:35.439 --> 00:19:36.099
 this church

00:19:36.099 --> 00:19:36.699
 as a fellow

00:19:36.699 --> 00:19:37.859
 member with

00:19:37.859 --> 00:19:39.019
 you here is

00:19:39.019 --> 00:19:39.679
 seeing people

00:19:39.679 --> 00:19:40.139
 come to

00:19:40.139 --> 00:19:40.539
 Christ

00:19:40.539 --> 00:19:42.419
 I love to

00:19:42.419 --> 00:19:43.099
 see people on

00:19:43.099 --> 00:19:44.000
 their discipleship

00:19:44.000 --> 00:19:45.339
 journey growing

00:19:45.339 --> 00:19:46.219
 deeper and

00:19:46.219 --> 00:19:47.399
 deeper in love

00:19:47.399 --> 00:19:48.199
 with Jesus on

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 the Alpha

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 course at the

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 moment I'm

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 just so excited

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 to see people

00:19:52.839 --> 00:19:54.199
 coming in

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 fellowship

00:19:54.539 --> 00:19:57.700
 the boy

00:19:57.700 --> 00:19:58.379
 the mole

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 the fox

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 and the horse

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 the fox

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 is right

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 out on the

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 edge

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 he's a

00:20:05.159 --> 00:20:05.579
 predator

00:20:05.579 --> 00:20:07.720
 he

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 his initial

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 thing is he

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 just wants to

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 get to the

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 mole

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 and the boy

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 presumably to

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 harm them

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 the fox

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 then gets

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 caught in

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 a snare

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 and the

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 mole

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 courageously

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 as the

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 fox says

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 to him

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 if I

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 wasn't in

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 this snare

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 I would

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 kill you

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 the mole

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 says to

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 the fox

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 if you

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 say in

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 that snare

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 you will

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 die

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 and

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 courageously

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 bites through

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 the cable

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 so that the

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 fox can be

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 free

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 the fox

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 realises

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 what it

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 means to

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 be part

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 of community

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 to be

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 loved

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 and to

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 be known

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 Father God

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 I pray

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 that you

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 would

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 draw us

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 more and

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 more

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 into

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 a

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 transformed

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 love

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 as a

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 fellowship

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 that those

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 that are

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 searching

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 that those

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 that will

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 discover

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 that those

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 that you

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 are drawing

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 to us

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 will know

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 that they

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 are loved

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 by you

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 and find

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 that love

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 for themselves

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 and that we

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 would grow

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 more and

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 more into

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 that shape

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 of a

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 discipled

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 fellowship

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 with compassion

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 kindness

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 humility

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 gentleness

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 patience

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 and love

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 Holy Spirit

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 would you

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 come

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 would you

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 come and

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 stir up the

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 gifts in us

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 we pray

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 and would

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 you draw

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 those to

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 us

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 Lord

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 who are

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 seeking

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 you

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 in a

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 discipled

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 walk

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 with you

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 in Jesus

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 name

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 Amen

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 Amen

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 Amen