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 An employee had been working for a company for about a year, felt it was time for a pay

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 rise. After a lot of deliberation, he eventually went to his boss and asked for it. The boss

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 just took one look at him and said, certainly not. You haven't been here five minutes. In

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 this company, you've got to take your time to really work yourself up. He looked back

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 at him and he said, take your time to work yourself up. That's exactly what I've been

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 doing. Look at me. I'm shaking like a leaf. What does courage mean to you? Is it about

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 just throwing caution to the wind? Is it about suppressing anxiety or is it about pretending

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 that it doesn't exist or is it about completely overcoming it? What does it mean? Mark Twain

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 once wrote that true courage is not the absence of fear, but the mastery of fear.

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 So let's turn to this passage and there's far more in it than we can possibly unpack over

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 just a few minutes. But it gives us a vital insight as to what courage, true courage looks

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 like. That is not the absence of fear, that's not the absence of terror, but it's the relationship

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 with that as we see it played out in the hands of Jesus, who is simultaneously God and human.

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 This is that mystery of what theologians have always referred to as the incarnation.

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 That Jesus is fully God and fully human. He is fully human and he's fully God.

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 The light of the world that's come into darkness. And so as we see him staring the reality of the cross,

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 torture and death in the face, we see him as a fully human being wrestling with that. And yet we see God

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 in human form wrestling with that. Now, how we begin to get our minds around what that means,

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 well, that's something that's perplexed theologians for as long as the gospel has been around.

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 But what we certainly have here is a sense of fear.

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 And overcome by courage.

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 This was arguably the most critical moment in history. Now, you could say that the most critical

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 moment in history is the cross itself. But what we've got going on here in Gethsemane

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 seems to be something of that critical moment upon which whether the cross happened or not depends.

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 And again, part of that whole theological mystery of what it means for Jesus to be fully human and

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 fully God is, did he have to go to the cross? Does the possibility exist that he might not have done?

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 Well, if God is completely the definition of love and is absolutely love and there is no greater love

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 than that, then you could argue that perhaps the cross was inevitable. And yet, can we really say that

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 the cross was inevitable? Surely there was this sense of decision that was within it. In order for

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 love to exist, surely the choice has to be made in order to go through with it. Now, these are things

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 that are beyond our human understanding. But it just gives us a sense of the intensity of this moment.

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 That what we have enshrined in this moment is Jesus, the man who is fully human and yet is fully God.

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 And is faced, confronted with this decision. And I want to suggest that it is a decision

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 because what we see here is the wrestling with it.

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 Had Jesus not gone to the cross, my guess is that the New Testament would never have been written

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 and we would have never have heard of him.

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 The point is, is as far as these things lie beyond, as much as these things lie beyond the grasp of our human minds,

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 what we have here is the intensity of the moment. The man who is fully human and is fully God,

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 wrestling, wrestling with the cross that awaits.

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 And what we see here is what courage in the widest, deepest and fullest sense played out looks like.

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 So Peter goes off to pray with Peter, James and John.

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 Now, it's not the first time that this has happened.

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 And our thoughts can go back to that moment when Jesus went off with these three men to the mountaintop

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 to pray.

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 And what came to be referred to as the transfiguration happened.

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 Where earlier on, where they were together on the mountaintop, there was this blinding light.

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 There was this loud voice as thunder from heaven saying,

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 this is my son with whom I am well pleased.

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 Listen to him.

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 But this time,

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 Jesus,

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 now in a garden with Peter, James and John,

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 there's no bright lights.

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 There's no mysterious clouds.

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 There's no voices from heaven.

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 There's no words of affirmation.

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 There's Jesus.

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 And the only thing we hear is the prayer that goes from his lips.

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 And what I want to suggest is that perhaps there's a sense in which this connects with our own human experience at times.

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 Yes, there may be those, what we could call mountaintop spiritual experiences.

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 But there are those times when we see what courage really looks like,

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 when actually there's no such things as that.

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 And it feels like we are utterly alone.

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 And the only words we hear are our own words.

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 And we do not hear a sense of God speaking back to us.

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 We just hear the reality of our fears

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 and our pleading.

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 And I want to suggest that there's a key moment within this story

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 where we're shown what true courage really is.

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 And it's in verse 36

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 where Jesus prays,

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 take this cup from me.

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 Take this cup of suffering from me.

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 Yet not my will,

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 but yours be done.

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 What I want to suggest,

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 without oversimplifying things,

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 and I'm sure there's far more than can be said,

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 but what I want to suggest is that what we see there

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 in just those few words

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 are two expressions,

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 two dimensions, if you like,

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 of what true courage really means.

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 And the first is the first part of those words,

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 where Jesus prays,

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 take this cup from me.

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 Take this suffering from me.

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 I don't want to go through this.

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 Take it away.

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 Save me from this.

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 Now, at face value,

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 you could argue

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 that's not courage.

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 That's trying to avoid the situation.

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 That's trying to say,

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 what lies ahead?

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 I don't want to.

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 Get me out of here.

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 I want to escape.

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 Stop it from happening right now.

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 But what I want to suggest to you

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 is that actually the opposite is true.

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 That true courage lies in the honesty

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 of being able to face up to reality

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 as it is

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 and to bring God into that,

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 knowing that we need God

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 and that only God can face us.

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 Only God can help us.

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 And the reason I say that

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 is that time and time and time and time and time and time and time again,

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 we hear stories of people

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 who have overcome challenges and situations

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 and they've got from a terrible place

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 to an amazing place.

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 They've got from a place of utter devastation and brokenness

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 to a place of renewal and hope and life

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 and becoming actually what God wants them to become.

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 And the reason being is that change has happened

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 and whilst that journey from being right down there

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 to being right back up there

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 may have been a long, gradual and complex one,

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 somewhere in there lies that moment

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 of facing up to reality

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 where they grasp that nettle

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 and they stare it in the face

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 and say,

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 yep,

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 something's got to happen.

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 I need some help.

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 How many times would there have been a situation

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 where somebody has made it through

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 some kind of addiction,

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 whether that be to a substance

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 or whether it be to a lifestyle or whatever,

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 but they've made it through

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 and the key critical moment

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 was the moment when they realised

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 it can't go on like this.

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 It's got to change.

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 Take this from me.

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 Or maybe somebody's been,

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 looks back on

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 and they're now in a restored

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 and renewed relationship

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 but there was a time

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 when they looked like

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 there was no hope whatsoever

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 for that relationship

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 and there came that point of recognition,

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 that moment of truth

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 where they dared to face reality in the face

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 and say,

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 I can't go on with this.

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 It's got to change.

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 In all sorts of different ways

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 and there will be as many versions

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 of these stories as there are

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 Christians in the world today

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 who have known what it is

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 to be transformed by the Holy Spirit

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 but there will be stories

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 where we've gone from

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 one spiritual state

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 where God has not seemingly

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 been part of our lives

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 to a part of a spiritual state

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 where God is very much

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 a part of our lives

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 and there's a huge contrast

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 between those states

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 and it may be a southern one,

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 it may be a gradual one

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 or it may be something

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 between a combination of the two

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 but somewhere in there

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 has been that point of recognition

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 that we need God

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 and that has involved

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 some sense of staring reality

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 in the face

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 and not chasing away from reality,

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 not denying it,

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 not turning our back on it

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 but actually daring to look at it

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 in all its ugliness

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 and to know furthermore

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 and perhaps most importantly

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 that we need God

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 and that if we try to actually

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 either run away from that reality

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 or we try to pretend

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 that he's not there

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 then in fact we're kidding ourselves.

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 Now I'm not suggesting

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 for one moment

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 that Jesus' experience here

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 is one where he's turning back

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 to God

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 having not been following his father.

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 I'm not suggesting that

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 but what we do see going on

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 in the dynamics of his prayer

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 is Jesus,

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 the fully human being,

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 facing reality

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 and facing the cross

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 and everything that he knows

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 that that represents

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 and crying out to his father

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 in honesty

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 and in agony,

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 I don't want this.

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 I don't want this.

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 If there's any way

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 that this can be different,

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 father make it so.

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 And what I want to suggest

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 is there is the most tremendous

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 sign of courage

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 in that prayer.

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 And perhaps that

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 may be where we need to be

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 when there are realities

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 going on in our lives

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 that we perhaps feel

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 afraid to confront.

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 Perhaps because they just seem

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 too big

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 and too complex

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 or too intimidating.

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 or maybe we recognise them

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 but somehow

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 we just don't want God

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 to get a hold of them fully

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 because we're frightened

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 of what he might do with it.

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 We know that God's there

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 deep down inside

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 but perhaps we might even

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 follow him in some way

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 but there's this bit of us

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 that we're just a little bit afraid

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 that if he gets hold of it

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 what's going to happen.

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 What we see in these words of Jesus

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 is that that turning point

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 in our lives

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 where courage

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 really true courage

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 comes into play

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 is the recognition

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 that things are going to change.

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 The recognition of reality

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 before us

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 and the recognition

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 that we need

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 God our Father

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 to be part of it.

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 Father

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 take this

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 away from me

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 please.

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 But Jesus

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 doesn't stop there

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 in his prayer

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 and that's the point

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 because

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 as his prayer continues

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 we see

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 this

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 deepening

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 and this

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 widening

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 and this

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 strengthening

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 of courage

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 because the second part

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 the second dimension

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 and I want to suggest

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 the deeper

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 stronger dimension

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 is the words

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 lies within those words

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 yet not what

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 I want

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 but what

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 you want

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 God.

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 And sometimes

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 we can only get

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 to that place

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 when we've actually

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 gone through

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 that first prayer

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 and we've had the courage

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 to face up

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 to the fact

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 that what is ahead of us

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 we just don't want

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 and we actually

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 plead with God

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 to take it away

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 if that's a possibility

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 but then

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 having held

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 that prayer

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 to submit

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 with that sense

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 of trust

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 that

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 even though

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 it doesn't make sense

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 to us

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 we believe

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 that God's view

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 of things

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 is bigger

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 than our view

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 of things

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 and therefore

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 we can say

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 that even though

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 I don't want this

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 I'm trusting you

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 Lord

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 that

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 you know

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 what you're doing

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 trusting our

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 uncertainty

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 into that sense

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 that God's kingdom

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 God's purposes

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 are bigger

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 and wider

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 and deeper

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 than our understanding

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 of where we are

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 right now

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 and the circumstances

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 in which we find

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 ourselves

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 now that's a tough

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 call

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 that's a tough call

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 because it involves

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 sacrifice

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 it involves

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 self-denial

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 and those aren't

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 fashionable things

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 even within

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 the contemporary church

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 we've bought into

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 this idea

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 so much so

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 and it's

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 you know

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 we can understand

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 where it comes from

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 we talk about

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 how being a Christian

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 is about living life

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 fully

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 and about enjoying life

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 and about knowing

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 all of God's blessings

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 in our life

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 that's all true

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 but the danger can be

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 that we so overplay that

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 that we overlook

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 the reality

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 that life is hard

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 and that Jesus

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 came into this world

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 not to suddenly

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 take away

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 all of our problems

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 and to make life

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 really easy

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 and straightforward

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 and simple

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 not this side

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 of eternity

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 but that rather

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 in Christ

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 God comes to us

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 to help us

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 with those situations

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 and to see ourselves

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 through the battles

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 that we face

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 in this life

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 now when we know

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 that God is with us

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 by his Holy Spirit

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 that he's with us

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 that he's around us

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 that he's within us

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 then of course

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 we are unstrengthened

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 and we are empowered

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 but it doesn't necessarily mean

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 that those challenges

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 are taken away

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 rather we are given

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 the strength

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 to face those challenges

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 but that's a difficult

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 thing for us

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 to face up to

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 the thing is

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 is that

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 we can have this sense

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 of what we feel

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 is right for us

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 and what's in our

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 best interest

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 and yet

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 God may think otherwise

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 and that's where

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 the courage

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 of that prayer

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 but not my will

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 but your will

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 be done

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 truly lies

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 let me give you

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 an illustration

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 I don't know if you remember

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 a few years ago

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 quite a long time ago

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 there was a series

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 I think it was

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 the BBC series

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 featuring two

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 at the time

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 quite well known

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 personalities

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 called Trini and Susanna

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 they were fashion experts

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 do you remember them

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 they did a series

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 called

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 What Not to Wear

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 they did another

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 rehash of that series

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 I can't remember

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 what it was called

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 but anyway

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 there was a number

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 of different versions

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 of these programs

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 around

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 and Trini and Susanna

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 were fashion experts

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 and they would

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 people would come

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 on the show

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 and sometimes

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 they were celebrities

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 some of the other

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 people would just

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 write in

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 and they would

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 go through

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 their entire wardrobe

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 and they were

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 ruthlessly critical

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 they would say

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 now that looks

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 terrible

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 or it is terrible

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 on you

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 just get rid of it

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 and then they would

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 completely redesign them

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 give them new outfits

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 and the point was

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 was they were

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 actually trying to

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 make them look

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 as best as they

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 possibly could look

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 not to sort of

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 criticise them

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 or be horrible

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 but actually bring out

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 the very best

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 in them

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 now I used to

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 watch this program

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 with Tamara

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 who loved the program

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 so I used to find

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 that it was on

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 and I used to sit down

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 and I would enjoy it too

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 that's my theory

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 and I'm sticking with it

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 the program was

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 fascinating actually

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 because what I found

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 really really fascinating

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 was the

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 the responses

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 that people would

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 make

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 when they faced

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 criticism

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 of the choices

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 that they had made

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 and whether

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 they were willing

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 to trust

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 the view

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 of these people

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 who dealt

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 all the time

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 with trying

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 to help people

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 look the best

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 that they possibly could

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 and there was

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 one particular episode

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 where there was

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 a particular celebrity

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 that went on there

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 and they were going

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 to a big

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 I don't know

00:18:50.379 --> 00:18:51.359
 some charity gala

00:18:51.359 --> 00:18:51.900
 thing

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 and they'd already

00:18:52.819 --> 00:18:53.960
 bought this outfit

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 and they thought

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 they were convinced

00:18:55.839 --> 00:18:56.539
 that they looked

00:18:56.539 --> 00:18:57.440
 absolutely great

00:18:57.440 --> 00:19:00.279
 Trini and Susanna

00:19:00.279 --> 00:19:01.200
 thought the opposite

00:19:01.200 --> 00:19:03.180
 in fact they said

00:19:03.180 --> 00:19:03.660
 we're going to be

00:19:03.660 --> 00:19:04.559
 really honest

00:19:04.559 --> 00:19:05.079
 with you here

00:19:05.079 --> 00:19:05.559
 because that's

00:19:05.559 --> 00:19:06.220
 what we're here to do

00:19:06.220 --> 00:19:07.220
 you look terrible

00:19:07.220 --> 00:19:10.079
 frankly you look awful

00:19:10.079 --> 00:19:10.759
 in that outfit

00:19:10.759 --> 00:19:12.160
 what led you to choose it

00:19:12.160 --> 00:19:12.839
 we don't know

00:19:12.839 --> 00:19:14.779
 but we genuinely believe

00:19:14.779 --> 00:19:15.619
 that you could look

00:19:15.619 --> 00:19:16.799
 absolutely fabulous

00:19:16.799 --> 00:19:18.519
 and this whole programme

00:19:18.519 --> 00:19:19.059
 went through

00:19:19.059 --> 00:19:19.839
 all the reasons

00:19:19.839 --> 00:19:20.579
 as to why

00:19:20.579 --> 00:19:21.519
 this was a bad choice

00:19:21.519 --> 00:19:22.359
 but they took them out

00:19:22.359 --> 00:19:23.379
 and with loads of effort

00:19:23.379 --> 00:19:24.179
 they went through

00:19:24.179 --> 00:19:25.179
 bought this new outfit

00:19:25.179 --> 00:19:26.159
 and all the rest of it

00:19:26.159 --> 00:19:27.000
 was due to go to this

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 she was all dressed up

00:19:28.579 --> 00:19:29.699
 ready to go to this

00:19:29.699 --> 00:19:31.459
 particular event

00:19:31.459 --> 00:19:33.679
 all the cameras were on

00:19:33.679 --> 00:19:34.439
 and she went through

00:19:34.439 --> 00:19:35.839
 it was like a red carpet event

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 wearing this

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 new outfit

00:19:38.159 --> 00:19:39.539
 and then

00:19:39.539 --> 00:19:40.579
 the next scene

00:19:40.579 --> 00:19:42.359
 we find out

00:19:42.359 --> 00:19:43.779
 that she'd actually

00:19:43.779 --> 00:19:45.279
 slipped into the loos

00:19:45.279 --> 00:19:47.419
 and changed back in

00:19:47.419 --> 00:19:49.359
 to her original outfit

00:19:49.359 --> 00:19:50.639
 now looking around

00:19:50.639 --> 00:19:51.399
 some of you here

00:19:51.399 --> 00:19:51.740
 are going

00:19:51.740 --> 00:19:54.579
 now

00:19:54.579 --> 00:19:56.319
 forget about

00:19:56.319 --> 00:19:59.359
 the content of that programme

00:19:59.359 --> 00:20:00.939
 and the theme of that programme

00:20:00.939 --> 00:20:02.359
 and forget about

00:20:02.359 --> 00:20:03.579
 the whole issue

00:20:03.579 --> 00:20:04.599
 of Trini and Susanna

00:20:04.599 --> 00:20:05.359
 and this celebrity

00:20:05.359 --> 00:20:06.159
 and outfits

00:20:06.159 --> 00:20:06.979
 and all the rest of it

00:20:06.979 --> 00:20:08.519
 what you've got there

00:20:08.519 --> 00:20:09.839
 is a principle

00:20:09.839 --> 00:20:11.099
 of somebody

00:20:11.099 --> 00:20:12.299
 going to somebody else

00:20:12.299 --> 00:20:13.039
 who is entrusted

00:20:13.039 --> 00:20:14.700
 as being an expert

00:20:14.700 --> 00:20:15.639
 and they give you

00:20:15.639 --> 00:20:16.680
 their expert opinion

00:20:16.680 --> 00:20:18.059
 and you can make the choice

00:20:18.059 --> 00:20:19.339
 as to whether you go with it

00:20:19.339 --> 00:20:20.680
 because they have

00:20:20.680 --> 00:20:21.500
 your interest at mind

00:20:21.500 --> 00:20:22.539
 or you can completely

00:20:22.539 --> 00:20:23.359
 throw it out the window

00:20:23.359 --> 00:20:28.200
 let's take another image

00:20:28.200 --> 00:20:29.099
 let's imagine

00:20:29.099 --> 00:20:30.919
 that you walk in

00:20:30.919 --> 00:20:32.980
 to your GP

00:20:32.980 --> 00:20:34.960
 and you manage

00:20:34.960 --> 00:20:36.339
 to get a face-to-face appointment

00:20:36.339 --> 00:20:37.500
 that's going to take

00:20:37.500 --> 00:20:38.440
 quite a bit of imagination

00:20:38.440 --> 00:20:39.139
 to start with

00:20:39.139 --> 00:20:40.180
 but let's just imagine

00:20:40.180 --> 00:20:41.580
 that that happens

00:20:41.580 --> 00:20:42.940
 yeah

00:20:42.940 --> 00:20:43.820
 and you're sat there

00:20:43.820 --> 00:20:45.120
 before your doctor

00:20:45.120 --> 00:20:46.600
 and you say to them

00:20:46.600 --> 00:20:47.880
 a whole list

00:20:47.880 --> 00:20:49.019
 of ailments

00:20:49.019 --> 00:20:50.480
 different aches

00:20:50.480 --> 00:20:50.980
 pains

00:20:50.980 --> 00:20:52.240
 every time you bend

00:20:52.240 --> 00:20:53.140
 in a particular way

00:20:53.140 --> 00:20:53.840
 you get a particular

00:20:53.840 --> 00:20:54.580
 flinch of pain

00:20:54.580 --> 00:20:55.480
 or whatever it is

00:20:55.480 --> 00:20:56.640
 whatever the

00:20:56.640 --> 00:20:57.180
 it doesn't matter

00:20:57.180 --> 00:20:57.940
 what it's to do with

00:20:57.940 --> 00:20:58.580
 but you give them

00:20:58.580 --> 00:20:59.259
 a whole list

00:20:59.259 --> 00:21:00.019
 of everything

00:21:00.019 --> 00:21:00.960
 that's wrong with you

00:21:00.960 --> 00:21:03.120
 then you turn around

00:21:03.120 --> 00:21:03.920
 and you go out

00:21:03.920 --> 00:21:08.400
 do you see

00:21:08.400 --> 00:21:09.039
 what I'm getting at

00:21:09.039 --> 00:21:12.019
 if we're not careful

00:21:12.019 --> 00:21:14.279
 we can end up

00:21:14.279 --> 00:21:15.000
 with a version

00:21:15.000 --> 00:21:15.920
 of Christianity

00:21:15.920 --> 00:21:18.019
 that effectively

00:21:18.019 --> 00:21:19.519
 turns God

00:21:19.519 --> 00:21:20.360
 into the one

00:21:20.360 --> 00:21:21.500
 that we bring

00:21:21.500 --> 00:21:23.940
 to our views

00:21:23.940 --> 00:21:25.340
 of what we should

00:21:25.340 --> 00:21:26.380
 and shouldn't be doing

00:21:26.380 --> 00:21:27.900
 and say to God

00:21:27.900 --> 00:21:29.680
 here's my plan

00:21:29.680 --> 00:21:30.400
 for my life

00:21:30.400 --> 00:21:30.700
 God

00:21:30.700 --> 00:21:32.480
 now please bless it

00:21:32.480 --> 00:21:34.480
 and that's it

00:21:34.480 --> 00:21:38.579
 now

00:21:38.579 --> 00:21:40.819
 Christian faith

00:21:40.819 --> 00:21:42.880
 growing as a disciple

00:21:42.880 --> 00:21:43.559
 of Jesus

00:21:43.559 --> 00:21:44.440
 involves

00:21:44.440 --> 00:21:45.420
 bringing our own

00:21:45.420 --> 00:21:46.539
 ideas of our lives

00:21:46.539 --> 00:21:47.099
 to him

00:21:47.099 --> 00:21:48.160
 of course it does

00:21:48.160 --> 00:21:49.920
 and in fact

00:21:49.920 --> 00:21:50.900
 we see that

00:21:50.900 --> 00:21:51.720
 playing out

00:21:51.720 --> 00:21:53.299
 within Jesus' prayer

00:21:53.299 --> 00:21:54.220
 in Gethsemane

00:21:54.220 --> 00:21:55.160
 where Jesus

00:21:55.160 --> 00:21:56.500
 brings in honesty

00:21:56.500 --> 00:21:57.220
 and openness

00:21:57.220 --> 00:21:58.319
 before his father

00:21:58.319 --> 00:21:59.180
 I don't want to

00:21:59.180 --> 00:22:00.099
 go through with this

00:22:00.099 --> 00:22:02.459
 if this cannot

00:22:02.459 --> 00:22:03.219
 happen

00:22:03.219 --> 00:22:04.000
 father

00:22:04.000 --> 00:22:06.419
 please make this

00:22:06.419 --> 00:22:07.039
 not happen

00:22:07.039 --> 00:22:09.879
 and that's a

00:22:09.879 --> 00:22:10.599
 courageous prayer

00:22:10.599 --> 00:22:11.099
 to pray

00:22:11.099 --> 00:22:14.119
 but it's not

00:22:14.119 --> 00:22:14.879
 the end

00:22:14.879 --> 00:22:16.299
 of the prayer

00:22:16.299 --> 00:22:19.139
 and we see

00:22:19.139 --> 00:22:21.240
 true courage

00:22:21.240 --> 00:22:22.019
 pray out

00:22:22.019 --> 00:22:23.980
 as Jesus

00:22:23.980 --> 00:22:25.219
 stares to pray

00:22:25.219 --> 00:22:25.879
 to his father

00:22:25.879 --> 00:22:26.379
 yet

00:22:26.379 --> 00:22:28.899
 it's not

00:22:28.900 --> 00:22:29.580
 what I want

00:22:29.580 --> 00:22:32.160
 it's what

00:22:32.160 --> 00:22:32.860
 your will

00:22:32.860 --> 00:22:33.220
 is

00:22:33.220 --> 00:22:33.620
 father

00:22:33.620 --> 00:22:38.660
 and true

00:22:38.660 --> 00:22:39.220
 courage

00:22:39.220 --> 00:22:40.940
 as we see

00:22:40.940 --> 00:22:41.740
 defined by

00:22:41.740 --> 00:22:42.120
 Jesus

00:22:42.120 --> 00:22:43.960
 in this story

00:22:43.960 --> 00:22:46.080
 it's the courage

00:22:46.080 --> 00:22:46.700
 that dares

00:22:46.700 --> 00:22:47.740
 to stay in there

00:22:47.740 --> 00:22:48.640
 and to hang

00:22:48.640 --> 00:22:49.040
 around

00:22:49.040 --> 00:22:50.560
 even when

00:22:50.560 --> 00:22:51.540
 we don't

00:22:51.540 --> 00:22:52.259
 like what we

00:22:52.259 --> 00:22:52.620
 hear

00:22:52.620 --> 00:22:55.000
 even when

00:22:55.000 --> 00:22:55.740
 those words

00:22:55.740 --> 00:22:56.560
 that come back

00:22:56.559 --> 00:22:57.159
 or whether

00:22:57.159 --> 00:22:57.879
 it may not

00:22:57.879 --> 00:22:58.460
 be words

00:22:58.460 --> 00:22:59.039
 at all

00:22:59.039 --> 00:22:59.579
 in prayer

00:22:59.579 --> 00:23:00.240
 but the

00:23:00.240 --> 00:23:00.980
 circumstances

00:23:00.980 --> 00:23:01.659
 remain

00:23:01.659 --> 00:23:02.359
 and we

00:23:02.359 --> 00:23:02.859
 take one

00:23:02.859 --> 00:23:03.220
 look at

00:23:03.220 --> 00:23:03.399
 them

00:23:03.399 --> 00:23:04.039
 and frankly

00:23:04.039 --> 00:23:04.659
 we hate

00:23:04.659 --> 00:23:04.960
 them

00:23:04.960 --> 00:23:08.000
 and yet

00:23:08.000 --> 00:23:10.399
 deep down

00:23:10.399 --> 00:23:10.819
 inside

00:23:10.819 --> 00:23:11.299
 we know

00:23:11.299 --> 00:23:11.659
 that that

00:23:11.659 --> 00:23:11.960
 is what

00:23:11.960 --> 00:23:12.359
 God is

00:23:12.359 --> 00:23:12.659
 saying

00:23:12.659 --> 00:23:12.980
 you're

00:23:12.980 --> 00:23:13.200
 going to

00:23:13.200 --> 00:23:13.519
 have to

00:23:13.519 --> 00:23:13.919
 go through

00:23:13.919 --> 00:23:14.259
 with this

00:23:14.259 --> 00:23:14.679
 but I'm

00:23:14.679 --> 00:23:15.179
 with you

00:23:15.179 --> 00:23:18.200
 and that

00:23:18.200 --> 00:23:18.919
 involves

00:23:18.919 --> 00:23:19.480
 trust

00:23:19.480 --> 00:23:20.799
 it involves

00:23:20.799 --> 00:23:21.720
 sacrifice

00:23:21.720 --> 00:23:22.980
 it involves

00:23:22.980 --> 00:23:23.319
 that

00:23:23.319 --> 00:23:23.899
 willingness

00:23:23.900 --> 00:23:25.200
 to accept

00:23:25.200 --> 00:23:25.759
 that we

00:23:25.759 --> 00:23:26.200
 may not

00:23:26.200 --> 00:23:26.720
 be right

00:23:26.720 --> 00:23:27.420
 even though

00:23:27.420 --> 00:23:28.040
 we cannot

00:23:28.040 --> 00:23:28.640
 understand

00:23:28.640 --> 00:23:29.280
 why not

00:23:29.280 --> 00:23:32.519
 and to

00:23:32.519 --> 00:23:33.140
 hang around

00:23:33.140 --> 00:23:34.300
 and to

00:23:34.300 --> 00:23:34.860
 stay in

00:23:34.860 --> 00:23:35.120
 there

00:23:35.120 --> 00:23:36.360
 and to

00:23:36.360 --> 00:23:36.840
 keep on

00:23:36.840 --> 00:23:37.420
 staying in

00:23:37.420 --> 00:23:37.720
 there

00:23:37.720 --> 00:23:39.460
 knowing

00:23:39.460 --> 00:23:40.560
 that even

00:23:40.560 --> 00:23:41.440
 though our

00:23:41.440 --> 00:23:41.900
 view of

00:23:41.900 --> 00:23:42.360
 things

00:23:42.360 --> 00:23:43.100
 can't make

00:23:43.100 --> 00:23:43.560
 sense of

00:23:43.560 --> 00:23:43.740
 it

00:23:43.740 --> 00:23:44.900
 God's view

00:23:44.900 --> 00:23:45.240
 of things

00:23:45.240 --> 00:23:45.640
 is bigger

00:23:45.640 --> 00:23:46.160
 and greater

00:23:46.160 --> 00:23:48.840
 and we're

00:23:48.840 --> 00:23:49.000
 going to

00:23:49.000 --> 00:23:49.540
 pray right

00:23:49.540 --> 00:23:49.840
 now

00:23:49.840 --> 00:23:51.080
 but as we

00:23:51.080 --> 00:23:51.380
 come to

00:23:51.380 --> 00:23:51.780
 pray

00:23:51.779 --> 00:23:53.619
 I'm going

00:23:53.619 --> 00:23:53.980
 to ask

00:23:53.980 --> 00:23:54.500
 each and

00:23:54.500 --> 00:23:54.920
 every one

00:23:54.920 --> 00:23:55.200
 of us

00:23:55.200 --> 00:23:55.519
 just to

00:23:55.519 --> 00:23:56.039
 think about

00:23:56.039 --> 00:23:57.039
 what courage

00:23:57.039 --> 00:23:58.160
 might look

00:23:58.160 --> 00:23:58.720
 like or

00:23:58.720 --> 00:23:59.160
 needs to

00:23:59.160 --> 00:23:59.539
 look like

00:23:59.539 --> 00:23:59.899
 in our

00:23:59.899 --> 00:24:00.420
 own lives

00:24:00.420 --> 00:24:00.879
 right now

00:24:00.879 --> 00:24:01.399
 because that

00:24:01.399 --> 00:24:01.720
 will be

00:24:01.720 --> 00:24:02.180
 different for

00:24:02.180 --> 00:24:02.500
 each and

00:24:02.500 --> 00:24:02.879
 every one

00:24:02.879 --> 00:24:03.339
 of us

00:24:03.339 --> 00:24:05.859
 but just

00:24:05.859 --> 00:24:06.379
 take a few

00:24:06.379 --> 00:24:07.039
 moments to

00:24:07.039 --> 00:24:07.519
 think about

00:24:07.519 --> 00:24:08.119
 that question

00:24:08.119 --> 00:24:08.839
 what does

00:24:08.839 --> 00:24:09.420
 that courage

00:24:09.420 --> 00:24:09.759
 or that

00:24:09.759 --> 00:24:10.339
 need of

00:24:10.339 --> 00:24:10.700
 courage

00:24:10.700 --> 00:24:12.059
 look like

00:24:12.059 --> 00:24:12.480
 for you

00:24:12.480 --> 00:24:13.099
 right now

00:24:13.099 --> 00:24:13.639
 take a few

00:24:13.639 --> 00:24:14.019
 moments

00:24:14.019 --> 00:24:14.279
 just to

00:24:14.279 --> 00:24:14.619
 think about

00:24:14.619 --> 00:24:14.720
 it

00:24:14.720 --> 00:24:14.920
 I'm not

00:24:14.920 --> 00:24:15.059
 going to

00:24:15.059 --> 00:24:15.299
 ask you

00:24:15.299 --> 00:24:15.980
 to talk

00:24:15.980 --> 00:24:16.440
 about it

00:24:16.440 --> 00:24:16.599
 with

00:24:16.599 --> 00:24:16.980
 anyone

00:24:16.980 --> 00:24:20.619
 except

00:24:20.619 --> 00:24:20.960
 God

00:24:20.960 --> 00:24:23.100
 so take

00:24:23.100 --> 00:24:23.360
 a few

00:24:23.360 --> 00:24:23.759
 moments

00:24:23.759 --> 00:24:24.120
 and just

00:24:24.120 --> 00:24:24.920
 ask yourself

00:24:24.920 --> 00:24:25.620
 that question

00:24:25.620 --> 00:24:28.640
 what does

00:24:28.640 --> 00:24:29.759
 having courage

00:24:29.759 --> 00:24:30.160
 look like

00:24:30.160 --> 00:24:30.539
 for you

00:24:30.539 --> 00:24:31.019
 right now

00:24:31.019 --> 00:24:31.600
 where would

00:24:31.600 --> 00:24:32.160
 you want

00:24:32.160 --> 00:24:32.940
 that courage

00:24:32.940 --> 00:24:36.100
 and as we

00:24:36.100 --> 00:24:36.440
 come to

00:24:36.440 --> 00:24:36.799
 pray

00:24:36.799 --> 00:24:38.259
 just remember

00:24:38.259 --> 00:24:38.579
 this

00:24:38.579 --> 00:24:39.700
 that sometimes

00:24:39.700 --> 00:24:40.759
 often

00:24:40.759 --> 00:24:41.700
 that need

00:24:41.700 --> 00:24:42.200
 for courage

00:24:42.200 --> 00:24:43.039
 actually translates

00:24:43.039 --> 00:24:43.700
 into that need

00:24:43.700 --> 00:24:44.420
 for patience

00:24:44.420 --> 00:24:45.840
 to hang on

00:24:45.840 --> 00:24:46.460
 in there

00:24:46.460 --> 00:24:47.620
 knowing that

00:24:47.620 --> 00:24:48.079
 in God's

00:24:48.079 --> 00:24:48.519
 time

00:24:48.519 --> 00:24:49.860
 God will

00:24:49.859 --> 00:24:52.419
 you know

00:24:52.419 --> 00:24:52.599
 it was

00:24:52.599 --> 00:24:53.079
 after the

00:24:53.079 --> 00:24:53.579
 battle of

00:24:53.579 --> 00:24:54.139
 Waterloo

00:24:54.139 --> 00:24:54.539
 that it

00:24:54.539 --> 00:24:55.479
 is reckoned

00:24:55.479 --> 00:24:56.879
 that

00:24:56.879 --> 00:24:57.719
 well

00:24:57.719 --> 00:24:58.179
 Wellington

00:24:58.179 --> 00:24:59.759
 actually

00:24:59.759 --> 00:25:00.399
 said

00:25:00.399 --> 00:25:02.179
 that

00:25:02.179 --> 00:25:03.059
 our men

00:25:03.059 --> 00:25:04.159
 were no

00:25:04.159 --> 00:25:04.699
 braver

00:25:04.699 --> 00:25:05.699
 than the

00:25:05.699 --> 00:25:06.099
 enemy

00:25:06.099 --> 00:25:10.419
 but they

00:25:10.419 --> 00:25:11.219
 were brave

00:25:11.219 --> 00:25:11.879
 for five

00:25:11.879 --> 00:25:12.279
 minutes

00:25:12.279 --> 00:25:12.719
 longer

00:25:12.719 --> 00:25:16.399
 so let's

00:25:16.399 --> 00:25:16.659
 pray

00:25:16.660 --> 00:25:22.120
 in the

00:25:22.120 --> 00:25:22.620
 stillness

00:25:22.620 --> 00:25:22.960
 of this

00:25:22.960 --> 00:25:23.360
 moment

00:25:23.360 --> 00:25:24.040
 let's

00:25:24.040 --> 00:25:24.560
 hold

00:25:24.560 --> 00:25:24.980
 before

00:25:24.980 --> 00:25:25.340
 God

00:25:25.340 --> 00:25:27.580
 whatever

00:25:27.580 --> 00:25:28.100
 our

00:25:28.100 --> 00:25:28.460
 answer

00:25:28.460 --> 00:25:28.860
 to that

00:25:28.860 --> 00:25:29.560
 question

00:25:29.560 --> 00:25:31.440
 looks like

00:25:31.440 --> 00:25:33.880
 what does

00:25:33.880 --> 00:25:34.440
 courage

00:25:34.440 --> 00:25:35.880
 or the

00:25:35.880 --> 00:25:36.320
 need for

00:25:36.320 --> 00:25:36.740
 courage

00:25:36.740 --> 00:25:37.320
 mean for

00:25:37.320 --> 00:25:37.640
 you

00:25:37.640 --> 00:25:38.400
 now

00:25:38.400 --> 00:25:49.500
 Lord

00:25:49.500 --> 00:25:50.120
 we hold

00:25:50.120 --> 00:25:50.800
 before you

00:25:50.800 --> 00:25:51.320
 our own

00:25:51.320 --> 00:25:51.820
 lives

00:25:51.820 --> 00:25:52.540
 and our

00:25:52.540 --> 00:25:53.120
 need for

00:25:53.120 --> 00:25:53.620
 courage

00:25:53.620 --> 00:25:55.700
 and we're

00:25:55.700 --> 00:25:55.980
 all at

00:25:55.980 --> 00:25:56.240
 different

00:25:56.240 --> 00:25:56.800
 points

00:25:56.800 --> 00:25:57.800
 and different

00:25:57.800 --> 00:25:58.900
 things going

00:25:58.900 --> 00:25:59.400
 on in our

00:25:59.400 --> 00:25:59.860
 lives

00:25:59.860 --> 00:26:04.960
 Lord

00:26:04.960 --> 00:26:05.460
 firstly

00:26:05.460 --> 00:26:07.579
 we would

00:26:07.579 --> 00:26:08.039
 pray

00:26:08.039 --> 00:26:12.019
 that if it

00:26:12.019 --> 00:26:12.620
 is possible

00:26:12.620 --> 00:26:13.759
 to remove

00:26:13.759 --> 00:26:14.600
 those things

00:26:14.600 --> 00:26:15.759
 that would

00:26:15.759 --> 00:26:16.460
 cause us to

00:26:16.460 --> 00:26:16.920
 suffer that

00:26:16.920 --> 00:26:17.299
 that would

00:26:17.299 --> 00:26:17.720
 happen

00:26:17.720 --> 00:26:22.140
 Lord we

00:26:22.140 --> 00:26:22.620
 believe that

00:26:22.620 --> 00:26:23.039
 you are the

00:26:23.039 --> 00:26:23.680
 God of

00:26:23.680 --> 00:26:24.840
 transformation

00:26:24.840 --> 00:26:25.460
 the God of

00:26:25.460 --> 00:26:26.380
 miracles and

00:26:26.380 --> 00:26:26.920
 that you can

00:26:26.920 --> 00:26:27.920
 do anything

00:26:27.920 --> 00:26:32.799
 Lord help us

00:26:32.799 --> 00:26:33.240
 to have that

00:26:33.240 --> 00:26:33.779
 courage to

00:26:33.779 --> 00:26:34.519
 face up to

00:26:34.519 --> 00:26:35.319
 those realities

00:26:35.319 --> 00:26:35.799
 that need

00:26:35.799 --> 00:26:36.299
 change

00:26:36.299 --> 00:26:42.759
 Lord

00:26:42.759 --> 00:26:43.319
 secondly

00:26:43.319 --> 00:26:44.740
 we know

00:26:44.740 --> 00:26:45.099
 that there

00:26:45.099 --> 00:26:45.619
 are some

00:26:45.619 --> 00:26:46.400
 situations

00:26:46.400 --> 00:26:47.279
 that for

00:26:47.279 --> 00:26:47.859
 reasons we

00:26:47.859 --> 00:26:48.119
 don't

00:26:48.119 --> 00:26:48.779
 understand

00:26:48.779 --> 00:26:50.359
 won't

00:26:50.359 --> 00:26:51.099
 necessarily

00:26:51.099 --> 00:26:52.099
 change

00:26:52.099 --> 00:26:52.759
 or change

00:26:52.759 --> 00:26:53.119
 in the way

00:26:53.119 --> 00:26:53.359
 that we

00:26:53.359 --> 00:26:53.759
 would like

00:26:53.759 --> 00:26:54.180
 them to

00:26:54.180 --> 00:26:56.259
 but that

00:26:56.259 --> 00:26:56.619
 you can

00:26:56.619 --> 00:26:57.319
 change us

00:26:57.319 --> 00:26:58.879
 and that

00:26:58.879 --> 00:26:59.240
 you can

00:26:59.240 --> 00:26:59.619
 give us

00:26:59.619 --> 00:27:00.980
 that boldness

00:27:00.980 --> 00:27:01.859
 that strength

00:27:01.859 --> 00:27:02.779
 that courage

00:27:02.779 --> 00:27:03.660
 whatever we

00:27:03.660 --> 00:27:04.059
 need

00:27:04.059 --> 00:27:06.799
 so Lord

00:27:06.799 --> 00:27:07.379
 we pray

00:27:07.379 --> 00:27:08.559
 that not

00:27:08.559 --> 00:27:08.940
 just in

00:27:08.940 --> 00:27:09.579
 this moment

00:27:09.579 --> 00:27:10.500
 but in

00:27:10.500 --> 00:27:11.259
 the days

00:27:11.259 --> 00:27:11.700
 weeks

00:27:11.700 --> 00:27:12.299
 whatever it

00:27:12.299 --> 00:27:12.659
 might even

00:27:12.659 --> 00:27:13.079
 be months

00:27:13.079 --> 00:27:13.440
 or even

00:27:13.440 --> 00:27:14.240
 years ahead

00:27:14.240 --> 00:27:16.319
 that we

00:27:16.319 --> 00:27:16.859
 would have

00:27:16.859 --> 00:27:18.079
 exactly that

00:27:18.079 --> 00:27:18.740
 courage that

00:27:18.740 --> 00:27:19.339
 you can give

00:27:19.339 --> 00:27:19.799
 us

00:27:19.799 --> 00:27:20.919
 that courage

00:27:20.919 --> 00:27:21.359
 that you

00:27:21.359 --> 00:27:21.779
 gave to

00:27:21.779 --> 00:27:22.240
 your son

00:27:22.240 --> 00:27:22.679
 Jesus

00:27:22.679 --> 00:27:24.419
 that courage

00:27:24.419 --> 00:27:25.379
 that knows

00:27:25.380 --> 00:27:26.900
 that your

00:27:26.900 --> 00:27:27.320
 will

00:27:27.320 --> 00:27:28.540
 is so far

00:27:28.540 --> 00:27:29.260
 bigger and

00:27:29.260 --> 00:27:29.760
 greater

00:27:29.760 --> 00:27:32.400
 than our

00:27:32.400 --> 00:27:32.740
 will

00:27:32.740 --> 00:27:34.400
 because your

00:27:34.400 --> 00:27:35.440
 vision is so

00:27:35.440 --> 00:27:36.180
 bigger and

00:27:36.180 --> 00:27:36.740
 greater than

00:27:36.740 --> 00:27:37.400
 our vision

00:27:37.400 --> 00:27:38.560
 here on

00:27:38.560 --> 00:27:38.960
 earth

00:27:38.960 --> 00:27:42.640
 so Lord

00:27:42.640 --> 00:27:43.900
 give us that

00:27:43.900 --> 00:27:45.080
 courage by the

00:27:45.080 --> 00:27:45.780
 power of your

00:27:45.780 --> 00:27:46.280
 spirit

00:27:46.280 --> 00:27:47.500
 now

00:27:47.500 --> 00:27:49.620
 and in the

00:27:49.620 --> 00:27:50.140
 time to

00:27:50.140 --> 00:27:50.500
 come

00:27:50.500 --> 00:27:53.960
 in Jesus

00:27:53.960 --> 00:27:54.900
 name we

00:27:54.900 --> 00:27:55.299
 pray

00:27:55.299 --> 00:27:58.140
 Amen

00:27:58.140 --> 00:28:00.340
 Lord

00:28:00.340 --> 00:28:01.240
rative

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 Lord

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