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 Okay, good morning everyone.

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 Good morning.

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 If you don't know me, my name is Chris.

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 I'm the teaching pastor here at Watermark.

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 It's great to see so many of you coming out.

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 Who's coming for the walk?

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 Great.

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 If you haven't put your hand up,

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 somebody will press gang you into coming on the walk with us.

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 Again, kids are going to be staying in this morning,

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 so they've got something to color in with.

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 If your kids are kind of running around going crazy, it's fine.

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 Feel free to kind of take them around to the back.

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 We're family, so it's cool.

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 Okay.

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 If you've got a bulletin with you,

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 I would like you to take out your bulletin.

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 If you don't have a bulletin,

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 has someone not got a bulletin?

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 Could somebody go and grab some for us so that everyone can get one?

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 If you look on your bulletin,

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 you will see inside there is a little rectangle with a cross and a dot there.

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 Can everyone see that?

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 Yes?

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 Okay.

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 What I would like you to do is,

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 I would like you to close your right eye.

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 Okay?

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 And I'd like you to look at the cross.

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 Okay?

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 Still keep the dot in focus,

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 but keep your eye on the cross.

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 And I'd like you to move the sheet of paper as close to you as you can

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 until you see the dot disappear.

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 Has everyone found it?

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 Okay.

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 Some of you, it's like not disappearing.

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 Just, okay.

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 Close your right eye.

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 Look with your left eye.

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 Okay?

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 Bring it closer.

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 Bring it further away until you find that.

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 Some of you are going,

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 I don't know what's going on here.

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 Who hasn't managed to work it out?

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 Okay.

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 A few of you haven't managed to work it out.

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 Okay.

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 We'll spend a special session with you afterwards in how to do it.

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 What you should realize is that every single one of us actually has a blind spot.

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 Where if you focus in a certain way at a certain point,

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 there are things which are actually there,

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 which at some point,

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 physically your eye actually doesn't see them.

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 Okay?

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 We all have blind spots.

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 Not just physical blind spots,

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 but blind spots in our lives.

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 And I know some of you are like,

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 the rest of the sermon,

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 you're not going to hear this

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 because you're just kind of going in and out.

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 I know, it's terrible to start like that.

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 Control yourselves.

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 Okay.

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 We all have blind spots in our lives.

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 We all have things which are there,

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 which we don't always see

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 because we are focusing on certain things so deeply

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 that actually we miss some of the reality of what's going on around us.

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 And one of those great blind spots in our lives

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 is the people around us.

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 People in need around us.

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 And you know,

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 Hong Kong is such a crazy place

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 because it really just draws your focus

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 with all the pressure that we're under in this city

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 so that if you're a student,

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 where does your focus get drawn?

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 It's all on your exams coming up,

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 all on your studies.

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 If you are a worker,

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 where does your focus get drawn?

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 It gets drawn on those deadlines,

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 those projects,

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 those annoying colleagues,

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 the desire for career promotion.

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 If you're a parent,

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 where does your focus get drawn?

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 It gets drawn all onto the demands of parenting,

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 health, education,

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 all these things which are necessary

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 and realities in our lives.

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 But the thing is,

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 often what Hong Kong does for us

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 is it pressures us into seeing

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 the things and focusing more on the problems we have in life

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 rather than the blessings that we have in life.

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 We focus more on what we don't have

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 than on what we do have.

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 And all the resources and the things

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 that God has given us

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 that are available to us

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 that he uses

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 so that we might bless other people.

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 You see,

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 I was talking to a guy a while ago

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 and he says to me,

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 initially he was looking for a job

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 and he couldn't find a job

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 and then finally he found this job

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 and I came to him and I said,

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 congratulations,

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 it's amazing.

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 And he said,

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 yeah,

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 but I've only got 10 days holiday.

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 I went to somebody else

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 and I said,

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 hey,

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 it's bonus time coming up.

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 And this guy,

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 he got a great bonus from his work

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 and he was really happy

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 and then he looked over to his colleague

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 who got a bigger bonus than him

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 and I met up with him

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 and he was depressed

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 because he didn't have as much

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 as the other person had.

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 You see,

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 our minds are often focused

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 on what we don't have

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 more than the blessings of what we do have.

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 And when we're like that in Hong Kong,

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 what happens is

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 we tend to focus more on ourselves

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 and we don't see

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 the people around us

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 who we could bless

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 with what he has given us.

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 You know,

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 120 years ago,

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 there was a lady called Martha Polster.

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 She was a German Christian missionary.

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 She came to Hong Kong

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 and she saw

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 four visually impaired girls

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 that nobody else saw,

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 that everybody else ignored

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 because they were wrapped up

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 in their problems

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 and their issues.

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 But she saw them.

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 And she did what love always does.

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 Love sees

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 and then love reaches out.

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 Love sees

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 and love reaches out.

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 And she knows

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 she started this school

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 120 years ago.

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 Ebenezer School.

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 And since then,

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 hundreds and hundreds

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 and hundreds

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 of children

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 and adults

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 have been transformed

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 through this school

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 bringing hope,

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 bringing dignity,

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 bringing life

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 into them.

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 And the reason

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 that her eyes

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 were open

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 to this

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 was because

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 she saw

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 what this Advent season

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 is all about.

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 She saw

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 that Advent

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 was about

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 the coming

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 of Jesus Christ,

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 the coming

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 of hope,

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 the coming

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 of the one

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 who in this passage

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 we read

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 said this,

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 the spirit

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 of the sovereign Lord

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 of the Lord

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 is upon me

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 and he's anointed me

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 to proclaim

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 good news

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 to the poor,

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 to the prisoners,

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 to the blind,

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 to the oppressed.

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 Do you notice

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 he didn't say

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 I've come

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 to proclaim

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 good news

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 to those

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 that I kind of

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 feel comfortable with.

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 he didn't say

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 I've come

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 to proclaim

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 good news

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 to those

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 who are kind

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 of like me

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 because he wouldn't

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 have had many people

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 then to proclaim to.

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 He didn't say

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 I've come

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 to proclaim

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 good news

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 to those

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 who haven't

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 made any

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 poor choices

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 in their life.

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 He said

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 I've come

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 to proclaim

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 good news

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 to the poor,

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 to the prisoner,

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 to the blind,

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 to the oppressed,

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 to the people

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 on the margins

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 of society

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 that everyone

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 else doesn't

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 see.

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 And we know

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 he didn't just

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 come,

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 he was sent

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 because that

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 was his mission

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 in a world

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 which is broken

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 and filled

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 with injustice

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 and pain.

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 But we know

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 that we

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 are the recipients

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 of that

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 because poverty

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 is spiritual,

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 economic,

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 relational,

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 emotional,

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 it covers

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 all of that.

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 We are all

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 blind in many

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 ways

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 because we're

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 blind to God.

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 We are blind

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 and we are

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 poor in love

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 towards other

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 people and

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 towards God.

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 We are prisoners

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 to our own

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 ambitions and

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 our own desires

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 and yet Jesus

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 came down

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 to reach out

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 to us

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 because he saw

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 us and he

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 reached out

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 because love

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 sees and love

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 reaches out.

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 one of the

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 great desires

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 of our hearts

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 is that someone

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 would take an

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 interest in us,

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 that someone

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 would see us

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 in spite of

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 what we're like

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 and they would

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 show grace to

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 us.

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 That is what

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 Jesus has done

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 for each one

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 of us if we

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 are believers

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 and trust in

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 him.

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 But he also

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 says,

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 Jesus says,

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 as I was

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 sent so I

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 send you.

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 I send you

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 to go.

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 in this

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 city where

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 we have,

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 we mentioned

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 one in five

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 people live

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 below the

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 poverty line.

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 Every time

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 you go to

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 work you

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 are walking

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 past people

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 who are

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 hopeless,

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 suffering and

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 in despair.

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 And God

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 wants to

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 open our

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 eyes to see

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 who is it

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 that he's

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 calling us

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 to.

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 We are not

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 the savior

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 of the world,

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 Jesus is,

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 but he wants

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 to open our

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 eyes to see

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 the people

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 he has put

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 around us

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 and to

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 reach out

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 to them.

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 I read

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 this story,

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 a biography,

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 it's a

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 biography called

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 Guailo,

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 about an

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 English boy

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 who grew

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 up in

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 Hong Kong

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 called

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 Martin.

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 And one

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 day his

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 mom found

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 out that

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 there was a

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 leper colony

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 in Hong Kong.

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 Did you

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 know there

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 used to be

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 a leper

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 colony in

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 Hong Kong?

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 Did you

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 know Hayling

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 Tao,

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 near Land

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 Tao,

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 used to

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 have a

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 leper

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 colony

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 until the

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 1970s,

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 where the

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 lepers were

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 basically,

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 they were

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 pushed onto

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 this island

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 because nobody

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 wanted to be

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 around them

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 because they

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 could be

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 contagious,

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 it could be,

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 it was just

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 awkward in

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 society.

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 And so they

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 were put onto

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 this island

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 and kind of

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 left there.

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 And the

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 mother of

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 this boy

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 found out

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 that there

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 was this

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 island there.

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 And she

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 said,

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 I want to

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 go and

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 find out

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 what this

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 is about.

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 I want to

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 go and

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 see these

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 people.

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 And do

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 you know

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 what her

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 husband said?

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 Her husband

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 said,

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 don't you

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 dare go.

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 Because if

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 you go,

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 like,

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 you don't

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 speak

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 canto.

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 If you

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 go,

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 like,

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 you might

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 get something,

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 it might

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 be dangerous.

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 If you

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 go,

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 well,

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 why should

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 we bother

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 about those

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 guys?

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 We've got

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 enough

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 issues of

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 ourselves.

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 But the

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 mum went

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 with the

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 whole family.

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 And the

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 dad actually

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 went kind

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 of following

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 on behind

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 because,

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 you know,

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 the mum

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 was pretty

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 strong.

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 And he

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 got to

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 the point

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 where they

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 got to

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 the island.

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 Everybody

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 gets off

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 the boat.

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 Dad stays

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 in the

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 boat.

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 He's not

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 getting off.

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 But they

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 get off and

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 they see

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 that these

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 people who

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 were this

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 leper colony,

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 they actually

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 realized these

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 are real

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 people.

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 These are

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 not just

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 lepers.

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 They're human

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 beings who

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 are real.

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 people.

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 And they

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 walked up

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 to them

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 in a

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 frightened

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 way because

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 they were

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 scared of

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 stepping out

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 of their

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 comfort zone

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 to these

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 unknown

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 people.

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 At one

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 point,

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 they walked

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 up to

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 one and

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 one of

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 the lepers

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 reached out

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 and touched

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 the head

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 of the sun.

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 And they

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 looked into

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 each other's

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 eyes and

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 there was

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 this moment

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 of saying,

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 you have

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 dignity and

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 you have

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 worth and

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 you have

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 value.

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 I wonder

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 how many

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 of us see

00:11:47.940 --> 00:11:48.600
 things in

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 Hong Kong

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 and yet

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 we're not

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 willing to

00:11:50.780 --> 00:11:51.460
 reach out

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 because we're

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 afraid.

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 How many

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 of us are

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 more like

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 the dad

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 who wants

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 to stay

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 in the

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 boat?

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 But the

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 call of

00:11:57.920 --> 00:11:58.500
 the gospel

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 is not

00:11:59.600 --> 00:11:59.940
 that we're

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 called just

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 to have

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 human

00:12:01.020 --> 00:12:01.620
 compassion

00:12:01.620 --> 00:12:02.259
 on people.

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 It's that

00:12:03.620 --> 00:12:04.040
 we have

00:12:04.040 --> 00:12:04.640
 an incredible

00:12:04.640 --> 00:12:05.620
 message of

00:12:05.620 --> 00:12:06.560
 hope and

00:12:06.560 --> 00:12:07.040
 life,

00:12:07.240 --> 00:12:07.800
 of forgiveness

00:12:07.800 --> 00:12:08.860
 and grace

00:12:08.860 --> 00:12:09.860
 and mercy

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 to bring

00:12:11.040 --> 00:12:11.620
 hope to

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 the hopeless,

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 to bring

00:12:13.120 --> 00:12:14.480
 light to

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 those who

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 are poor,

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 prisoners,

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 blind,

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 oppressed.

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 That's why

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 we're here

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 as a church

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 and that's

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 one of the

00:12:22.080 --> 00:12:22.700
 reasons why

00:12:22.700 --> 00:12:23.639
 we're doing

00:12:23.639 --> 00:12:24.100
 this walk

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 today because

00:12:25.399 --> 00:12:25.980
 we want to

00:12:25.980 --> 00:12:26.700
 see what

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 would it

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 look like

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 with us

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 who tend

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 to focus

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 so much

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 on what

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 we don't

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 have to

00:12:32.440 --> 00:12:33.139
 remember how

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 much God

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 has given

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 us and

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 then to

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 look out

00:12:35.680 --> 00:12:36.379
 and see

00:12:36.379 --> 00:12:37.680
 what is it

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 that the

00:12:37.980 --> 00:12:38.519
 people God

00:12:38.519 --> 00:12:38.920
 has placed

00:12:38.920 --> 00:12:39.740
 around us.

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 That's partly

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 why we're

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 starting this

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 love offering.

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 So over the

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 next four

00:12:44.040 --> 00:12:44.460
 weeks we're

00:12:44.460 --> 00:12:44.740
 going to be

00:12:44.740 --> 00:12:45.960
 sharing about

00:12:45.960 --> 00:12:46.740
 the partners

00:12:46.740 --> 00:12:47.200
 who are

00:12:47.200 --> 00:12:47.800
 reaching out

00:12:47.800 --> 00:12:48.360
 into Hong

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 Kong in

00:12:48.740 --> 00:12:49.480
 different ways

00:12:49.480 --> 00:12:50.340
 to think how

00:12:50.340 --> 00:12:51.040
 we can get

00:12:51.040 --> 00:12:52.080
 involved in

00:12:52.080 --> 00:12:52.700
 supporting them

00:12:52.700 --> 00:12:53.379
 financially,

00:12:53.720 --> 00:12:54.360
 in supporting

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 them even by

00:12:55.060 --> 00:12:55.519
 saying,

00:12:56.019 --> 00:12:57.200
 well, could I

00:12:57.200 --> 00:12:57.879
 just go and

00:12:57.879 --> 00:12:58.200
 see?

00:12:58.900 --> 00:12:59.440
 Could I just

00:12:59.440 --> 00:13:00.060
 go and see?

00:13:00.920 --> 00:13:01.639
 Some of you

00:13:01.639 --> 00:13:01.960
 are already

00:13:01.960 --> 00:13:03.040
 involved and I

00:13:03.040 --> 00:13:03.840
 encourage you to

00:13:03.840 --> 00:13:05.080
 just keep sharing

00:13:05.080 --> 00:13:06.240
 with other people

00:13:06.240 --> 00:13:07.100
 what you're seeing.

00:13:08.300 --> 00:13:09.300
 But the spirit of

00:13:09.300 --> 00:13:09.980
 the Lord is not

00:13:09.980 --> 00:13:10.759
 just on Jesus.

00:13:11.360 --> 00:13:12.060
 The spirit of the

00:13:12.060 --> 00:13:12.920
 Lord is on us

00:13:12.920 --> 00:13:13.519
 as Christians.

00:13:13.519 --> 00:13:15.199
 God has sent

00:13:15.199 --> 00:13:18.399
 us into this

00:13:18.399 --> 00:13:19.240
 world to

00:13:19.240 --> 00:13:19.919
 proclaim good

00:13:19.919 --> 00:13:20.579
 news to

00:13:20.579 --> 00:13:20.939
 people.

00:13:27.799 --> 00:13:28.799
 There is a

00:13:28.799 --> 00:13:30.699
 real cost in

00:13:30.699 --> 00:13:31.000
 going.

00:13:32.819 --> 00:13:33.819
 There is a

00:13:33.819 --> 00:13:34.659
 cost that

00:13:34.659 --> 00:13:35.679
 Jesus paid.

00:13:37.319 --> 00:13:38.319
 There is a

00:13:38.319 --> 00:13:39.720
 cost, but

00:13:39.720 --> 00:13:40.799
 Jesus paid it

00:13:40.799 --> 00:13:42.039
 for us because

00:13:42.039 --> 00:13:43.059
 he saw us.

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 So my question

00:13:45.059 --> 00:13:46.360
 is, who do

00:13:46.360 --> 00:13:46.959
 you see?

00:13:48.199 --> 00:13:49.099
 Who do you

00:13:49.099 --> 00:13:49.360
 see?

00:13:50.039 --> 00:13:50.879
 And my prayer

00:13:50.879 --> 00:13:51.500
 is that God

00:13:51.500 --> 00:13:52.299
 would open our

00:13:52.299 --> 00:13:53.259
 eyes, that we

00:13:53.259 --> 00:13:53.839
 would pray, God

00:13:53.839 --> 00:13:54.879
 open my eyes to

00:13:54.879 --> 00:13:56.259
 see who you

00:13:56.259 --> 00:13:56.980
 want me to see

00:13:56.980 --> 00:13:57.539
 this morning.

00:13:58.199 --> 00:13:59.019
 Who you want

00:13:59.019 --> 00:14:00.079
 me to see so

00:14:00.079 --> 00:14:00.579
 that you might

00:14:00.579 --> 00:14:01.319
 show me how I

00:14:01.319 --> 00:14:02.159
 might reach out.

00:14:03.299 --> 00:14:04.480
 If your kids

00:14:04.480 --> 00:14:05.419
 and you focus on

00:14:05.419 --> 00:14:05.919
 your kids'

00:14:06.120 --> 00:14:06.740
 education

00:14:06.740 --> 00:14:08.360
 completely, and

00:14:08.360 --> 00:14:09.240
 that's all that

00:14:09.240 --> 00:14:09.980
 wraps up your

00:14:09.980 --> 00:14:11.539
 mind, your kids

00:14:11.539 --> 00:14:11.919
 are going to

00:14:11.919 --> 00:14:12.419
 grow up with

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 huge blind

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 spots in

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 their lives.

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 If you're a

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 worker and all

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 you focus on is

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 just your work in

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 everything in

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 your life and

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 you never see

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 something bigger,

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 you will live a

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 life which is

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 shrunk down like

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 this.

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 Jesus calls us

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 to be part of

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 something bigger,

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 which is his

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 mission.

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 He wants us to

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 see his people

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 that he's called

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 us to reach out

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 to.

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 And he will go

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 with us with his

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 power and his

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 spirit.

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 He wants us

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 to make him

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 moving forward and

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 driving

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 the

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 core.

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 He wants us to

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 probe your

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 office to

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 see himself and

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 he is quiere

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 Euzy they

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 as he knows you

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 your husband and

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 andターils

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 and今

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 have so much

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 installed and

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 they have like