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 If you have your Bibles, I want you to turn to Romans chapter 12.

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 Romans chapter 12.

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 Thank you, Brian.

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 What a blessing.

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 It may sound like a sci-fi movie for some of us, but in three days, we're going to bust

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 into 2025.

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 Wow.

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 So let's do it right.

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 Let's not waste the opportunity.

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 Because in one way, January 1st is just another day on the calendar.

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 However, in another way, it is a very special day because it's an opportunity to start afresh.

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 So I want to give you a challenge today.

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 I assure you that I challenge myself as well in more ways than I'll mention this morning.

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 Before me, the Apostle Paul challenged us.

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 And it's the basis of much of what I have to say.

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 In Romans chapter 12, beginning in verse 1, it says,

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 I want us to look at this passage for just a few moments.

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 It says,

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 I want us to look at this passage for just a few moments, and then I want to try to apply it to us.

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 Any of what I'm going to say about what should happen to us at the beginning of a new year

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 will only come by the mercy of God.

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 Grace is often described as not getting what you deserve,

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 and mercy is getting what you do not deserve.

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 And none of us deserves to have the opportunity in Christ.

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 But because Christ went to the cross, all of us have the opportunity to come to Christ.

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 Christ made the sacrifice that ends all of death sacrifices.

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 The whole sacrificial system of the Old Testament was just looking prophetically to the need of a Savior

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 to come who would be the ultimate sacrifice.

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 Christ does not need us to die for him.

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 He wants us to live for him, and that's why the Apostle Paul says that we're to be living sacrifices.

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 We are to present ourselves to him holy.

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 Holy means that we are to be set apart, set apart for his purposes.

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 Now, how can we be set apart for his purposes

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 if we can't find anything in our life that points to how we actually serve the Lord?

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 If that's the case, it ought to be an eye-opener.

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 Now, I'll be honest with you.

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 I'm kind of strange and different

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 because I don't call this hour that we have together on Sunday morning a service.

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 I don't like that because in reality,

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 I believe that it can somewhat confuse us along the way.

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 We're not serving the Lord by sitting or standing here.

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 We serve him out there.

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 We serve him in other capacities through this church.

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 We're here to worship him,

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 and that's why I call this a worship hour and not a service hour

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 because if we don't already have one,

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 we need to find a way to serve the Lord in a gospel-oriented way.

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 And just standing and singing his praises is not really service.

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 Just seeking his face in prayer is not really service.

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 That's worship.

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 It's putting him in the proper place.

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 When this passage speaks of an acceptable one to God,

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 it also speaks of one being presentable.

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 So let's make ourselves presentable.

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 I have always lived away from family all my life.

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 My dad was in the Air Force, and we traveled,

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 and my grandparents were always away.

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 We lived close to one of my grandparents at one time

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 and 800 miles from the other.

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 Dad retired.

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 We moved to South Carolina.

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 I still had one 800 miles away.

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 When my grandparents passed, we married and moved around.

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 We lived close to one set of parents and 500 miles from another,

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 and then we moved here, and we were 500 miles from them,

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 and then we moved back there, and then we were 500.

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 All this stuff always had distance.

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 And then I left a daughter in Mississippi,

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 so I'm 500 miles from her.

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 And so I've always been away from family

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 and always spent a lot of times vacationing, visiting family.

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 It's just part of it.

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 It's what you do.

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 And when I was a kid, right before you got to where you were going

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 on these long journeys, you had to get presentable.

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 And we didn't pull over the side of the road to do it.

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 We were reckless in those days.

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 We had a station wagon just laid in the back.

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 And if something happened, well, it's in the Lord's hands.

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 Whatever, forget a seat belt.

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 Who cares, you know?

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 My brothers would have thrown me in the way,

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 and I would have been the airbag, I promise you.

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 But anyway, and my mother, to make us presentable,

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 would give us spit baths.

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 And so I'm not talking about getting a spit bath this morning.

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 I'm talking about being presentable before the Lord.

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 So how are we presentable before the Lord?

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 Well, we live for Him.

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 We live for Him when people's looking.

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 We live for Him when people are not looking.

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 We do what pleases Him.

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 We say what pleases Him.

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 We think about what pleases Him.

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 We ponder on what pleases Him.

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 That's how we worship Him in an ongoing way,

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 and that's how we prepare for corporate worship together as a family.

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 We set our lives apart for His purposes,

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 and we live to please Him.

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 And then Paul takes the next step in verse 2

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 and says that we are not to act like the world.

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 Folks, the world's going nuts.

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 And I'll tell you why.

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 They need Jesus.

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 People need the Lord.

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 They don't know who they are.

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 They don't even know what they are, quite honestly.

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 And they don't know what they believe.

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 And it's very common for even self-professed Christians

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 to claim part of God's Word,

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 especially in the polarizing atmosphere that we're in the world today.

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 I want you to listen to what I'm about to say.

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 They claim, self-professed Christians claim part of God's Word,

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 but they distance themselves from other parts of God's Word.

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 They claim the parts they like.

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 And when they don't like what it says,

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 they dismiss that as not as important as the other

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 or even not important or even bias.

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 And if we spend our time taking in that nonsense,

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 which is what it is,

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 we will conform to the pattern of this world.

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 We'll just look like the world.

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 We won't look set apart for the Lord's purposes

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 because we won't be set apart for the Lord's purposes.

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 Like a cow to the slaughter,

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 we'll just follow the tail in front of us

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 as we march toward our demise.

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 And so I just want to say as the New Year is upon us,

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 let's be better than that.

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 I mean, let's do better than that.

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 Let's allow the Holy Spirit to transform our minds

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 and allow the temptations that we face

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 to merely be tests,

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 that helping us to sharpen our skills

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 and living for the Lord.

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 In school, I always hated getting ready for tests.

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 I hated it.

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 It'll ruin an afternoon trying to get ready for a test.

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 I mean, it will.

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 But in that preparation,

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 I learned at least some of the material.

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 I got it, you know,

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 at least enough to remember it

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 to get it on a sheet of paper

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 and then I could forget it again.

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 That was what happened to me too often.

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 Don't let the difficult times in life,

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 the tempting times that often lead to compromise,

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 go wasted.

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 Learn from them.

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 Prepare for them.

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 And when those opportunities come to say no,

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 say no to what's wrong.

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 Say yes to what's in Christ

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 and be stronger at it.

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 Listen, every time you tell the devil no

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 to a temptation,

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 I don't mean directly talk to him,

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 I just mean walk away from the temptation

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 and don't do it.

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 But every time you do that,

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 you get stronger for the next one.

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 Now, he comes back,

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 I spent a whole quarter talking about

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 how he'll resist the devil

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 and he'll flee from you,

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 but he'll come back.

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 But instead of him getting a stronghold

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 or a foothold on you,

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 you can get stable grounding yourself

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 and walk out of that.

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 Now, some of us need to hear this morning

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 that a new year is a great time

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 for us to be reminded

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 that we can walk out of the messes

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 that we put ourselves in.

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 We can walk out of the habits

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 that we've developed in our lives.

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 It's time to stop it.

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 It's time to resist it

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 and let him flee from us

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 and move forward

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 from this day forward.

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 And so on that basis,

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 I want to challenge you

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 with seven challenges.

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 I know that scares you to death.

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 Just hold on.

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 You're all right.

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 New Year's not for three days.

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 We got time.

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 I want to challenge you

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 for 2025 with seven challenges.

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 For some people,

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 they need to heed all seven.

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 Others of us,

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 maybe only one.

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 But all of us can do something

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 in the 2025 challenge.

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 First one is this.

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 Commit totally.

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 Totally.

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 And what I mean by that is

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 surrender your life to Christ.

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 The greatest fear I have in ministry

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 is that there are some

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 that hear me again and again and again,

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 week after week,

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 and never commit their life

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 to the Lord Jesus.

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 They've never truly surrendered

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 to the Lord.

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 They've never asked the Lord

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 to forgive them of their sins.

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 They've never asked the Lord

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 to wash them clean.

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 In reality,

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 even though they may be

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 a member of a church

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 and may hold position in a church,

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 they've never surrendered their life

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 to the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 They've never become a Christian.

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 And I want to be clear.

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 You can come to church every Sunday

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 and you can die and go to hell.

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 Your attendance here is appreciated.

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 But it is not an eternal security

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 by any means.

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 The only hope you have

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 is in the sacrifice

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 of the Lord Jesus Christ

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 and in the new life

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 that he has given to us

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 when we surrender our lives to him.

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 And now's the time.

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 There's no need for you

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 to continue to put off

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 making a decision

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 to follow the Lord Jesus.

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 I want you to nail that down.

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 There is a common fallacy

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 that if we align ourselves

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 with a church

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 and if we align ourselves

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 with the beliefs of a church

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 and we sign in

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 to some kind of confession

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 or we complete some class

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 that somehow we're covered.

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 And I've had people tell me

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 again and again

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 that they've done such as that

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 in churches

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 but no one has ever

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 asked them personally

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 if they've ever surrendered

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 their life to Christ.

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 And so I'm telling you

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 if you're here this morning

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 and you've never given

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 your heart and life

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 to the Lord Jesus Christ

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 go no further.

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 Don't leave this room.

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 As soon as we close

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 if you're watching online

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 call me.

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 Let's get it down.

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 Don't wait until 2025.

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 Walk into 2025

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 a born again believer in Christ

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 assured of your walk with Him.

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 Commit totally.

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 Second thing is

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 step forward.

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 And this speaks of

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 a larger pool of people

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 no pun intended.

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 The first step

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 to Jesus' public ministry

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 was that He went

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 to John the Baptist

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 and got baptized.

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 That was His first step.

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 Baptism is

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 a Christian act

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 that is a physical representation

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 of what God does

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 in us spiritually

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 when He saves us.

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 He cleanses us

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 and the old is gone

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 and the new has come.

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 So why did Jesus do that?

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 Why was He baptized?

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 Jesus never sinned.

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 Jesus didn't need salvation.

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 He was not born in sin

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 like the rest of us.

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 Why did He need to publicly

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 acknowledge that?

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 Why?

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 He was baptized

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 by John the Baptist

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 and submitted Himself to that

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 to identify with us

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 because Jesus relates to sinners.

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 He also did it

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 as an example for us.

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 And then He closes out

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 His ministry

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 by telling us

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 in the Great Commission

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 His final words

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 to baptize folks

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 that come to Him

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 in the name of the Father,

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 Son, and the Holy Spirit.

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 In other words,

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 baptism is the bookends

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 of Christ's ministry.

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 And He does it

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 as an example for us

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 in the beginning

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 and He commissions us

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 to do it in the end.

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 And if you're a child of God

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 and you've never been baptized

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 as a believer,

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 well, something happened

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 to me as a kid

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 or something happened

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 to me earlier

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 and then I gave my life

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 to Christ.

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 What that means

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 is your baptism

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 is out of order, okay?

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 And it's void.

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 You got wet

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 but you didn't have

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 Christian baptism

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 if you were not a believer.

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 And so,

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 if you've given your heart

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 and life

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 to the Lord Jesus Christ

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 and you've never been baptized

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 as a believer,

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 then do that.

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 let's get that done

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 because I promise you

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 it can serve

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 as a hindrance

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 to you

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 when you miss

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 the first step

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 of obedience

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 in a relationship

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 with the Lord Jesus.

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 So I encourage you

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 if you've never done that,

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 let's work on that.

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 Let's get that done

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 soon.

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 Third challenge is this.

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 Join in.

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 Join in.

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 If you're not a member

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 of Pickens First Baptist Church,

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 I encourage you

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 to follow the Lord's lead.

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 I don't want you

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 to do anything

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 except follow the Lord's lead

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 but when God leads you here,

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 don't delay

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 because delayed obedience

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 is disobedience.

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 If you feel like God

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 is leading you to do that

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 and we haven't talked about it,

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 let's talk.

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 I'd love to know more

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 of where you are

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 in your journey

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 and the good news is

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 I'm available.

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 I'm available this week,

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 I promise.

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 Call or text me.

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 My number is on

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 the front of the bulletin.

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 Let me know.

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 I can't think of a better way

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 to begin a year

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 than by committing

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 to follow God

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 in a new church home.

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 And if that's what

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 God's leading you to do,

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 then let's get it done.

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 Fourth thing is this.

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 Way deeper.

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 Way deeper.

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 If you're a member

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 of Pickens First Baptist Church

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 and you're not a part

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 of a small group,

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 you need to be.

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 January 1 or more specifically

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 January 5th

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 is a great time to start.

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 And we'll be happy

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 to guide you

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 and help you find

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 what class works for you.

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 On Sunday mornings

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 we have life groups.

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 That's recently a name change

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 that some of us

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 have a hard time getting through.

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 I understand that.

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 But these are Bible study

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 driven classes

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 that encourage you

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 to share life together.

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 And that's why

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 they're called such.

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 The priorities of these classes

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 are fellowship,

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 prayer,

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 Bible study,

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 ministry,

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 and outreach.

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 We no longer call them

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 Sunday school

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 because they don't just

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 happen on Sunday.

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 We fellowship

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 beyond Sunday.

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 We pray for each other

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 beyond Sunday.

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 We minister

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 and do outreach

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 all week long.

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 And we ought to live life together

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 as the Church of Acts did.

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 Life groups.

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 On Sundays

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 and Wednesday evenings

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 and Tuesday mornings

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 we have D groups

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 or discipleship groups.

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 These groups study

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 a particular subject

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 for a particular time.

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 And we try to meet

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 felt needs

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 through the Word of God

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 through these groups.

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 It's a good thing.

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 But I will tell you

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 life groups

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 on Sunday morning

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 are a key part

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 of knowing

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 what Pickens First Baptist Church

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 is all about

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 and making us

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 better at it.

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 It'll benefit

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 each one of you

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 all of us

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 as well.

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 And so I encourage you

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 as you begin 2025

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 if you've not found

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 that place

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 then find it.

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 Jeff will be

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 in the foyer

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 right afterwards.

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 He'll be happy

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 to give you

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 some information

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 that'll guide you

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 to classes

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 that are available.

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 And you can try us out.

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 Stick your head in one.

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 If that don't meet

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 your flavor

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 try another.

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 Okay?

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 Find your place.

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 You'll be much more

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 better.

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 You'll get a greater

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 sense

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 of what Pickens First Baptist

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 is really all about

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 when you join your lives

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 with others.

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 fifth challenge.

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 Fifth challenge is this.

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 Dose daily.

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 Take your daily dose.

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 Every one of us

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 needs a daily time

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 with the Lord.

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 You can call it

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 a quiet time.

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 You can call it

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 a devotion.

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 You can call it

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 whatever you want to.

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 But we need time

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 to seek God's face

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 in prayer.

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 To read God's word

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 and ask God

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 to show us

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 how it applies

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 to our lives.

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 We all need

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 a plan

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 to do that.

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 I promise you

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 it'd be better

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 for you

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 to know

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 what you're

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 going to do

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 tomorrow morning

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 when you study

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 God's word

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 instead of just

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 cracking it open

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 and hoping you

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 fall to a spot.

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 Easy to miss it

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 without a plan.

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 And

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 the ones we promote

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 around here

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 will take you

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 through the Bible

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 in a year.

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 It's a blessing

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 to do that.

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 I encourage you

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 to do that

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 but I want you

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 to hear me.

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 Please don't get

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 bogged down

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 and discouraged

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 about the first

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 of February

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 when you get

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 in Leviticus

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 and can't handle it.

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 Okay?

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 Let me tell you

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 what the devil's

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 scheme is.

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 All right?

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 He'll get you

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 mixed up

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 in something like that

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 and you'll be

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 studying what you do

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 when you get boils

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 for your sins

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 and all that stuff

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 and you'll forego

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 the rest of the year.

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 And some of you

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 I ain't gonna point you

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 out just cause

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 I don't know

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 who you are

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 but some of you

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 stopped about February

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 when you hit

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 Leviticus 4

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 and said I can't

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 take much more

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 of this

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 and never got

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 back in God's

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 word daily

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 for the rest

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 of the year.

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 Don't you see

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 the victory

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 that the evil

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 one got?

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 Don't do that.

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 Don't do that.

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 Let's wade

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 through this thing

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 together.

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 You know?

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 I got a four

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 part series

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 on Leviticus

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 that I preached

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 before that says

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 don't stop now

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 you know

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 because there is

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 applicable truth

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 there too

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 but it can be

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 challenging

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 at times.

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 And so

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 to encourage

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 that

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 we

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 I don't want

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 you to get

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 bogged down

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 I don't want

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 you to get

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 discouraged.

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 if it's not

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 best for you

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 to try to cover

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 the whole Bible

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 in a year

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 then don't cover

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 the whole Bible

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 in a year.

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 I just want

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 you to hear

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 from God

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 every day

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 from his word.

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 And the ones

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 we promote

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 around here

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 will get you

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 through the

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 Bible in a year

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 and reading

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 the Bible

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 through

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 will give

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 you a much

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 better

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 more thorough

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 understanding

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 of the whole

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 counsel of

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 God's word.

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 There is strength

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 there.

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 However be clear

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 it's really not

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 about consuming

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 more than you

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 can digest

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 so you can

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 boast about it.

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 We're not

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 going to give

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 out medals

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 at the end

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 of the year

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 okay.

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 Or to feel

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 good about

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 how many times

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 you read

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 the Bible

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 through.

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 I was in

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 a church

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 one time

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 when they

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 they said

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 you know

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 we normally

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 list everybody

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 who reads

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 the Bible

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 through in

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 the bulletin

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 on the last

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 Sunday of the

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 year or the

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 first Sunday

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 of the year.

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 And I said

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 well we're not

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 going to do

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 that.

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 And if that's

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 why you read

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 the Bible

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 through you read

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 it through

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 for the

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 wrong reason

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 you ought

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 to have

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 applied some

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 of it.

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 I may not

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 have said

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 all that

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 but I

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 felt it.

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 I felt it.

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 If you

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 don't apply

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 what you

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 read in your

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 life you

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 can know

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 it like the

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 back of your

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 hand.

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 And you can

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 still die

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 without Christ.

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 That impression

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 was left on me

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 when I was about

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 ten years old.

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 I was riding

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 my bicycle

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 in the neighborhood

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 and some little

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 punk was staying

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 with a relative

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 that was invading

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 our neighborhood

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 and he built

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 a ramp over

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 a ditch

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 and we were

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 jumping it

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 and I was

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 doing better

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 than him.

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 I want to

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 clarify that.

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 And somehow

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 I think

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 we started

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 talking about

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 church or the

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 Bible or

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 something.

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 I hope it was

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 my evangelistic

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 outreach but I

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 don't remember.

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 And he said

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 well I've read

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 the Bible through

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 twice.

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 He's about ten

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 years old.

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 And I said

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 well it really

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 ain't about

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 reading it all

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 the way through.

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 It's about

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 applying it to

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 your life.

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 Or something

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 like that.

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 Whatever a ten

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 year old would

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 say like that.

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 Because I

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 didn't see any

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 fruit in that

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 old boy's life

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 playing with him

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 in that yard

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 that day to

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 show that he

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 had read any

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 of it.

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 And I

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 didn't believe

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 him anyway.

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 So the best

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 thing for us to

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 do is to

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 commit to pray

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 and read and

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 apply God's

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 word and have

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 a plan to do

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 it.

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 Even if you

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 have to alter

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 it along the

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 way.

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 And if you

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 want such a

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 plan, man we

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 got a bunch of

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 them.

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 And I

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 apologize about

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 so many options

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 quite honestly

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 because I don't

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 want it to get

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 confusing and I'll

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 be happy to guide

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 you through that.

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 I always share

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 what I'm doing

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 with my people

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 and I've done

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 two very good

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 ones for almost

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 20 years.

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 stuck to them.

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 I'm trying a new

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 one this year.

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 Probably the

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 strongest option

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 that we offer at

00:23:54.799 --> 00:23:55.700
 the church for a

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 lot of reasons is

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 the one the ladies

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 are doing and

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 they're celebrating

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 it this Saturday

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 called the Bible

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 Recap.

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 And the strength

00:24:04.859 --> 00:24:05.400
 of the Bible

00:24:05.400 --> 00:24:06.539
 Recap is it

00:24:06.539 --> 00:24:07.200
 takes you through

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 scripture chronologically.

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 And the strength

00:24:10.359 --> 00:24:11.880
 of it is that it

00:24:11.880 --> 00:24:13.380
 has a great podcast

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 where a lady will

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 guide you through

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 what you read that

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 day or what you

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 supposed to read

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 that day.

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 And there's also a

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 commentary that only

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 gives a one page

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 summary of the

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 four or five

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 chapters a day that

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 you've read.

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 And so and she does

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 a good job with it

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 from what I've read

00:24:33.040 --> 00:24:33.320
 of it.

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 There are a lot of

00:24:35.120 --> 00:24:36.260
 ladies doing that in

00:24:36.260 --> 00:24:36.940
 this church.

00:24:37.720 --> 00:24:38.780
 Last year at this

00:24:38.780 --> 00:24:39.700
 time we had about

00:24:39.700 --> 00:24:42.299
 160 ladies sign up

00:24:42.299 --> 00:24:42.960
 to do that.

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 So so there's a lot

00:24:46.180 --> 00:24:47.000
 of people involved

00:24:47.000 --> 00:24:48.259
 in that and joining

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 in with somebody and

00:24:50.059 --> 00:24:51.519
 doing that is always

00:24:51.519 --> 00:24:52.620
 helpful.

00:24:52.720 --> 00:24:53.779
 It goes a long way

00:24:53.779 --> 00:24:56.400
 toward walking with

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 the Lord in a

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 winsome way.

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 And I fully support

00:24:58.319 --> 00:24:59.059
 it and I thank God

00:24:59.059 --> 00:24:59.900
 for it and I don't

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 do it for two reasons.

00:25:02.059 --> 00:25:02.779
 I'll tell you.

00:25:04.580 --> 00:25:05.580
 One is the podcast

00:25:05.580 --> 00:25:06.400
 is very feminine.

00:25:06.400 --> 00:25:09.220
 It's for ladies.

00:25:10.040 --> 00:25:10.960
 And I listened to it

00:25:10.960 --> 00:25:11.759
 a few times and I

00:25:11.759 --> 00:25:13.700
 just I just I enjoyed

00:25:13.700 --> 00:25:13.820
 it.

00:25:13.860 --> 00:25:14.519
 What she said was

00:25:14.519 --> 00:25:15.680
 good but but it's

00:25:15.680 --> 00:25:16.800
 just it's designed for

00:25:16.800 --> 00:25:17.360
 women listeners.

00:25:17.860 --> 00:25:18.019
 OK.

00:25:18.320 --> 00:25:18.960
 If you don't know the

00:25:18.960 --> 00:25:19.600
 difference we can talk

00:25:19.600 --> 00:25:20.340
 about that afterwards.

00:25:20.440 --> 00:25:20.700
 But anyway.

00:25:22.120 --> 00:25:23.800
 The other reason is

00:25:23.800 --> 00:25:27.120
 this is me.

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 I don't want to wait

00:25:28.720 --> 00:25:29.519
 to the last quarter of

00:25:29.519 --> 00:25:30.180
 the year to read New

00:25:30.180 --> 00:25:30.480
 Testament.

00:25:32.019 --> 00:25:32.900
 I need some New

00:25:32.900 --> 00:25:33.540
 Testament throughout

00:25:33.540 --> 00:25:34.600
 the throughout the year.

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 I need it every day.

00:25:35.619 --> 00:25:36.099
 OK.

00:25:36.500 --> 00:25:37.219
 I need New Testament

00:25:37.219 --> 00:25:37.579
 every day.

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 So I alternate among

00:25:40.399 --> 00:25:41.559
 plans that give me

00:25:41.559 --> 00:25:42.779
 Old Testament and New

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 Testament every day.

00:25:44.479 --> 00:25:45.939
 And there are now

00:25:45.939 --> 00:25:47.159
 three that I that I

00:25:47.159 --> 00:25:47.659
 look to.

00:25:49.519 --> 00:25:51.639
 One of them is our

00:25:51.639 --> 00:25:54.879
 PFBC Bible bookmark.

00:25:55.259 --> 00:25:56.219
 They are available on

00:25:56.219 --> 00:25:56.899
 the offering box.

00:25:56.979 --> 00:25:57.679
 There's an offering box

00:25:57.679 --> 00:25:59.239
 at this right here.

00:25:59.319 --> 00:25:59.939
 There's one out there.

00:26:00.319 --> 00:26:01.699
 There's two of them in

00:26:01.699 --> 00:26:02.559
 the foyer as well.

00:26:02.559 --> 00:26:04.960
 And what this what

00:26:04.960 --> 00:26:06.299
 these you get a new one

00:26:06.299 --> 00:26:07.200
 every quarter if you pick

00:26:07.200 --> 00:26:07.500
 it up.

00:26:07.659 --> 00:26:08.259
 It's available every

00:26:08.259 --> 00:26:08.559
 quarter.

00:26:09.279 --> 00:26:10.619
 And and it'll take you

00:26:10.619 --> 00:26:11.639
 through the Old Testament

00:26:11.639 --> 00:26:12.039
 once.

00:26:12.099 --> 00:26:12.720
 It'll take you to the New

00:26:12.720 --> 00:26:13.480
 Testament twice.

00:26:14.599 --> 00:26:16.379
 And he does a good job

00:26:16.379 --> 00:26:18.099
 with putting New Testament

00:26:18.099 --> 00:26:19.980
 passages that are relevant

00:26:19.980 --> 00:26:20.720
 to the Old Testament

00:26:20.720 --> 00:26:21.980
 passages that you read.

00:26:22.559 --> 00:26:23.940
 I read a book by Wayne

00:26:23.940 --> 00:26:25.019
 Cordero who's charismatic

00:26:25.019 --> 00:26:26.319
 pastor in Hawaii.

00:26:26.980 --> 00:26:28.099
 Bad place to minister.

00:26:28.099 --> 00:26:30.679
 And Wayne wrote a book

00:26:30.679 --> 00:26:31.439
 called The Divine

00:26:31.439 --> 00:26:31.980
 Mentor.

00:26:32.740 --> 00:26:33.719
 I don't agree with Wayne

00:26:33.719 --> 00:26:34.519
 on everything that he

00:26:34.519 --> 00:26:35.480
 believes but the book was

00:26:35.480 --> 00:26:37.099
 excellent in motivating you

00:26:37.099 --> 00:26:38.159
 to read God's word.

00:26:38.500 --> 00:26:41.159
 And I've taken snippets from

00:26:41.159 --> 00:26:42.419
 that book for years to

00:26:42.419 --> 00:26:43.199
 encourage people to read

00:26:43.199 --> 00:26:43.719
 God's word.

00:26:44.059 --> 00:26:45.399
 And it did a number on me.

00:26:45.500 --> 00:26:46.719
 I was with several pastors

00:26:46.719 --> 00:26:48.119
 in Tennessee mountains for

00:26:48.119 --> 00:26:50.719
 a treat and it was good.

00:26:51.759 --> 00:26:53.980
 And The Divine Mentor by

00:26:53.980 --> 00:26:54.579
 Wayne Cordero.

00:26:54.699 --> 00:26:55.740
 And he had a Bible reading

00:26:55.740 --> 00:26:56.439
 plan in there.

00:26:56.440 --> 00:26:57.720
 He sold these bookmarks.

00:26:58.240 --> 00:26:59.259
 And we just got them

00:26:59.259 --> 00:27:00.680
 customized and made for our

00:27:00.680 --> 00:27:01.039
 church.

00:27:01.160 --> 00:27:03.160
 And so I came in with that.

00:27:03.259 --> 00:27:03.960
 I've seen Sunday school

00:27:03.960 --> 00:27:05.580
 classes designed around this

00:27:05.580 --> 00:27:07.600
 because he also in there

00:27:07.600 --> 00:27:08.940
 tells you how to apply it

00:27:08.940 --> 00:27:10.019
 to your life and how to

00:27:10.019 --> 00:27:11.340
 work through it every day

00:27:11.340 --> 00:27:12.200
 and all that kind of stuff.

00:27:12.400 --> 00:27:14.400
 So it's a great study.

00:27:14.880 --> 00:27:18.019
 And they're available

00:27:18.019 --> 00:27:22.380
 in those areas.

00:27:22.759 --> 00:27:24.400
 And then the one I just

00:27:24.400 --> 00:27:26.519
 I'm finishing up is

00:27:26.519 --> 00:27:27.680
 the Macheney

00:27:27.680 --> 00:27:29.759
 or Machane

00:27:29.759 --> 00:27:31.519
 Robert Machane

00:27:31.519 --> 00:27:32.800
 Bible reading plan.

00:27:32.820 --> 00:27:33.700
 It's probably the old

00:27:33.700 --> 00:27:34.420
 classic.

00:27:36.100 --> 00:27:38.220
 Machane died at 29 years old

00:27:38.220 --> 00:27:39.320
 in 1843.

00:27:39.980 --> 00:27:41.820
 But in that short time

00:27:41.820 --> 00:27:43.120
 that he lived he wrote

00:27:43.120 --> 00:27:45.259
 numerous books

00:27:45.259 --> 00:27:46.759
 and he came up with this

00:27:46.759 --> 00:27:47.259
 plan.

00:27:48.140 --> 00:27:50.519
 And there's copies of this.

00:27:50.519 --> 00:27:52.220
 It gives you daily

00:27:52.220 --> 00:27:53.660
 and it kind of explains

00:27:53.660 --> 00:27:54.720
 his philosophy with that

00:27:54.720 --> 00:27:56.059
 on this front page.

00:27:56.500 --> 00:27:57.400
 And those are available

00:27:57.400 --> 00:27:58.240
 if you go out

00:27:58.240 --> 00:27:59.879
 this door to my right

00:27:59.879 --> 00:28:01.339
 and to your left.

00:28:01.460 --> 00:28:02.379
 They're on that table

00:28:02.379 --> 00:28:03.539
 between those two doors.

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 And Machane is probably

00:28:05.680 --> 00:28:06.900
 the most

00:28:06.900 --> 00:28:10.319
 used Bible reading plan

00:28:10.319 --> 00:28:11.900
 to read the Bible through

00:28:11.900 --> 00:28:13.180
 that's out there.

00:28:14.000 --> 00:28:15.639
 It's probably the most popular

00:28:15.639 --> 00:28:16.400
 because it's been around

00:28:16.400 --> 00:28:16.879
 the longest.

00:28:16.880 --> 00:28:18.360
 And so anyway

00:28:18.360 --> 00:28:19.800
 he does a good job

00:28:19.800 --> 00:28:20.340
 with that.

00:28:20.660 --> 00:28:21.300
 This year

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 I'm doing something

00:28:23.240 --> 00:28:23.680
 different

00:28:23.680 --> 00:28:26.480
 because I wanted

00:28:26.480 --> 00:28:27.220
 to read

00:28:27.220 --> 00:28:28.100
 first I wanted

00:28:28.100 --> 00:28:28.600
 and I was going to

00:28:28.600 --> 00:28:29.440
 design it myself

00:28:29.440 --> 00:28:30.200
 if I needed to

00:28:30.200 --> 00:28:31.440
 I wanted to read

00:28:31.440 --> 00:28:32.260
 the Old Testament

00:28:32.260 --> 00:28:33.100
 chronologically

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 and I wanted to read

00:28:34.120 --> 00:28:34.600
 the New Testament

00:28:34.600 --> 00:28:35.140
 chronologically

00:28:35.140 --> 00:28:35.800
 and I wanted some

00:28:35.800 --> 00:28:36.440
 old and new

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 both each day.

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 Okay.

00:28:38.700 --> 00:28:39.780
 So I was going to do that

00:28:39.780 --> 00:28:40.620
 and then as I got to

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 reading about that

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 and thinking through that

00:28:42.880 --> 00:28:43.680
 I realized

00:28:43.680 --> 00:28:44.740
 that if you read

00:28:44.740 --> 00:28:45.460
 the New Testament

00:28:45.460 --> 00:28:46.460
 chronologically

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 you're going to read

00:28:47.559 --> 00:28:48.420
 the same thing

00:28:48.420 --> 00:28:49.319
 for several days

00:28:49.319 --> 00:28:49.860
 in a row

00:28:49.860 --> 00:28:51.100
 because the Gospels

00:28:51.100 --> 00:28:52.120
 sometimes cover

00:28:52.120 --> 00:28:53.460
 the same passage.

00:28:54.200 --> 00:28:54.319
 You know

00:28:54.319 --> 00:28:55.840
 the synoptics

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 I mean

00:28:56.259 --> 00:28:57.220
 the harmony

00:28:57.220 --> 00:28:57.880
 of the Gospels

00:28:57.880 --> 00:28:58.460
 is that some

00:28:58.460 --> 00:28:59.900
 stories are in there

00:28:59.900 --> 00:29:00.759
 four times

00:29:00.759 --> 00:29:01.259
 and so you're going

00:29:01.259 --> 00:29:01.980
 to read the same

00:29:01.980 --> 00:29:02.660
 thing over and over again.

00:29:02.799 --> 00:29:05.100
 So there's a plan

00:29:05.100 --> 00:29:05.819
 called the

00:29:05.819 --> 00:29:07.240
 Five Day Bible

00:29:07.240 --> 00:29:08.620
 Reading Program.

00:29:09.000 --> 00:29:09.279
 Okay.

00:29:09.799 --> 00:29:10.660
 That's out here

00:29:10.660 --> 00:29:11.340
 if you go out

00:29:11.340 --> 00:29:11.880
 the door

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 to my left

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 or to

00:29:13.240 --> 00:29:15.000
 yeah

00:29:15.000 --> 00:29:15.519
 to my left

00:29:15.519 --> 00:29:16.660
 and to your right

00:29:16.660 --> 00:29:17.160
 if you go out

00:29:17.160 --> 00:29:17.519
 that well

00:29:17.519 --> 00:29:18.120
 not to your right

00:29:18.120 --> 00:29:18.440
 but anyway

00:29:18.440 --> 00:29:19.340
 that's not

00:29:19.340 --> 00:29:19.700
 that's not

00:29:19.700 --> 00:29:20.220
 that's not true

00:29:20.220 --> 00:29:20.560
 for everybody

00:29:20.560 --> 00:29:20.880
 in the room

00:29:20.880 --> 00:29:21.120
 is it

00:29:21.120 --> 00:29:21.380
 but anyway

00:29:21.380 --> 00:29:22.000
 if you go out

00:29:22.000 --> 00:29:22.220
 the door

00:29:22.220 --> 00:29:22.800
 to my left

00:29:22.800 --> 00:29:23.360
 it's on that

00:29:23.360 --> 00:29:23.720
 table

00:29:23.720 --> 00:29:24.180
 okay

00:29:24.180 --> 00:29:25.060
 and it's got

00:29:25.060 --> 00:29:25.400
 this little

00:29:25.400 --> 00:29:25.840
 design

00:29:25.840 --> 00:29:26.700
 of a Bible

00:29:26.700 --> 00:29:27.380
 it's got

00:29:27.380 --> 00:29:27.660
 that little

00:29:27.660 --> 00:29:27.960
 design

00:29:27.960 --> 00:29:28.360
 up top

00:29:28.360 --> 00:29:28.640
 okay

00:29:28.640 --> 00:29:31.460
 and what I

00:29:31.460 --> 00:29:31.820
 like about

00:29:31.820 --> 00:29:32.360
 this is

00:29:32.360 --> 00:29:33.120
 it takes you

00:29:33.120 --> 00:29:33.500
 through the

00:29:33.500 --> 00:29:34.080
 Old Testament

00:29:34.080 --> 00:29:34.980
 chronologically

00:29:34.980 --> 00:29:36.300
 and it gives

00:29:36.300 --> 00:29:37.560
 you New Testament

00:29:37.560 --> 00:29:38.220
 passage

00:29:38.220 --> 00:29:39.160
 every day

00:29:39.160 --> 00:29:40.300
 and you read

00:29:40.300 --> 00:29:40.900
 a different

00:29:40.900 --> 00:29:41.420
 gospel

00:29:41.420 --> 00:29:42.300
 every quarter

00:29:42.300 --> 00:29:44.160
 so

00:29:44.160 --> 00:29:45.120
 the New Testament

00:29:45.120 --> 00:29:45.480
 is not

00:29:45.480 --> 00:29:46.080
 chronological

00:29:46.080 --> 00:29:46.820
 but it gives

00:29:46.820 --> 00:29:47.080
 you

00:29:47.080 --> 00:29:47.860
 it spreads

00:29:47.860 --> 00:29:48.600
 the gospels

00:29:48.600 --> 00:29:48.860
 out

00:29:48.860 --> 00:29:49.180
 throughout

00:29:49.180 --> 00:29:49.800
 the year

00:29:49.800 --> 00:29:50.880
 and I like

00:29:50.880 --> 00:29:51.380
 Jesus

00:29:51.380 --> 00:29:51.800
 throughout

00:29:51.800 --> 00:29:52.320
 the year

00:29:52.320 --> 00:29:52.740
 and so

00:29:52.740 --> 00:29:53.580
 so I'm

00:29:53.580 --> 00:29:53.960
 trying that

00:29:53.960 --> 00:29:54.160
 now

00:29:54.160 --> 00:29:54.560
 let me tell

00:29:54.560 --> 00:29:54.840
 you what's

00:29:54.840 --> 00:29:55.380
 controversial

00:29:55.380 --> 00:29:55.900
 about this

00:29:55.900 --> 00:29:56.140
 is

00:29:56.140 --> 00:29:56.620
 it's a

00:29:56.620 --> 00:29:57.240
 five day

00:29:57.240 --> 00:29:58.019
 reading plan

00:29:58.019 --> 00:29:58.420
 okay

00:29:58.420 --> 00:29:59.860
 and I

00:29:59.860 --> 00:30:00.120
 believe

00:30:00.120 --> 00:30:00.480
 y'all spend

00:30:00.480 --> 00:30:00.920
 time in

00:30:00.920 --> 00:30:01.320
 God's word

00:30:01.320 --> 00:30:01.800
 seven days

00:30:01.800 --> 00:30:02.080
 a week

00:30:02.080 --> 00:30:02.720
 I do

00:30:02.720 --> 00:30:03.560
 and I

00:30:03.560 --> 00:30:03.820
 don't think

00:30:03.820 --> 00:30:04.120
 this ought

00:30:04.120 --> 00:30:04.440
 to count

00:30:04.440 --> 00:30:04.720
 as your

00:30:04.720 --> 00:30:05.100
 time with

00:30:05.100 --> 00:30:05.400
 the Lord

00:30:05.400 --> 00:30:05.740
 okay

00:30:05.740 --> 00:30:06.060
 I think

00:30:06.060 --> 00:30:06.340
 you should

00:30:06.340 --> 00:30:06.560
 have done

00:30:06.560 --> 00:30:06.759
 it before

00:30:06.759 --> 00:30:07.039
 you got

00:30:07.039 --> 00:30:07.220
 here

00:30:07.220 --> 00:30:07.440
 or do

00:30:07.440 --> 00:30:07.680
 it before

00:30:07.680 --> 00:30:07.860
 you go

00:30:07.860 --> 00:30:08.120
 to bed

00:30:08.119 --> 00:30:08.419
 or whenever

00:30:08.419 --> 00:30:08.739
 you do

00:30:08.739 --> 00:30:08.879
 it

00:30:08.879 --> 00:30:09.159
 okay

00:30:09.159 --> 00:30:11.159
 so

00:30:11.159 --> 00:30:12.479
 I kind

00:30:12.479 --> 00:30:12.739
 of thought

00:30:12.739 --> 00:30:13.159
 well should

00:30:13.159 --> 00:30:13.619
 I promote

00:30:13.619 --> 00:30:13.979
 that

00:30:13.979 --> 00:30:14.479
 you know

00:30:14.479 --> 00:30:14.879
 am I going

00:30:14.879 --> 00:30:15.019
 to give

00:30:15.019 --> 00:30:15.359
 my day

00:30:15.359 --> 00:30:15.699
 off

00:30:15.699 --> 00:30:16.099
 you know

00:30:16.099 --> 00:30:16.699
 how do

00:30:16.699 --> 00:30:17.039
 we handle

00:30:17.039 --> 00:30:17.259
 that

00:30:17.259 --> 00:30:17.879
 well let me

00:30:17.879 --> 00:30:18.139
 tell you

00:30:18.139 --> 00:30:18.619
 how life

00:30:18.619 --> 00:30:19.159
 works

00:30:19.160 --> 00:30:22.100
 sometimes

00:30:22.100 --> 00:30:22.720
 days off

00:30:22.720 --> 00:30:23.220
 comes

00:30:23.220 --> 00:30:24.440
 whether you

00:30:24.440 --> 00:30:24.740
 like it

00:30:24.740 --> 00:30:25.160
 or not

00:30:25.160 --> 00:30:27.180
 the other

00:30:27.180 --> 00:30:27.560
 day I

00:30:27.560 --> 00:30:28.500
 was putting

00:30:28.500 --> 00:30:29.140
 right along

00:30:29.140 --> 00:30:29.600
 I had a

00:30:29.600 --> 00:30:30.160
 busy morning

00:30:30.160 --> 00:30:30.900
 started early

00:30:30.900 --> 00:30:32.380
 and I got

00:30:32.380 --> 00:30:32.820
 about 11

00:30:32.820 --> 00:30:33.100
 o'clock

00:30:33.100 --> 00:30:33.720
 and realized

00:30:33.720 --> 00:30:34.460
 wait a minute

00:30:34.460 --> 00:30:35.660
 I ain't read

00:30:35.660 --> 00:30:36.200
 God's word

00:30:36.200 --> 00:30:36.900
 today I need

00:30:36.900 --> 00:30:38.000
 to sit

00:30:38.000 --> 00:30:38.580
 out a minute

00:30:38.580 --> 00:30:39.759
 I was taking

00:30:39.759 --> 00:30:40.279
 care of good

00:30:40.279 --> 00:30:40.900
 things for good

00:30:40.900 --> 00:30:42.040
 people early

00:30:42.040 --> 00:30:43.060
 on but I

00:30:43.060 --> 00:30:44.300
 I hadn't

00:30:44.300 --> 00:30:44.779
 taken that

00:30:44.779 --> 00:30:45.400
 time to do

00:30:45.400 --> 00:30:46.120
 that and so

00:30:46.120 --> 00:30:46.880
 I sat down

00:30:46.880 --> 00:30:47.560
 to do that

00:30:47.559 --> 00:30:50.519
 but the

00:30:50.519 --> 00:30:51.299
 reality is

00:30:51.299 --> 00:30:52.099
 sometimes things

00:30:52.099 --> 00:30:52.819
 come up along

00:30:52.819 --> 00:30:53.480
 the way and

00:30:53.480 --> 00:30:53.839
 I'll tell you

00:30:53.839 --> 00:30:54.440
 what my plan

00:30:54.440 --> 00:30:55.519
 is my plan

00:30:55.519 --> 00:30:56.159
 is to read

00:30:56.159 --> 00:30:56.639
 this these

00:30:56.639 --> 00:30:57.659
 passages in

00:30:57.659 --> 00:30:58.679
 five days

00:30:58.679 --> 00:31:00.460
 and then to

00:31:00.460 --> 00:31:01.119
 read something

00:31:01.119 --> 00:31:02.039
 else on Saturday

00:31:02.039 --> 00:31:02.639
 and Sunday

00:31:02.639 --> 00:31:03.639
 that's my plan

00:31:03.639 --> 00:31:05.099
 there'll be days

00:31:05.099 --> 00:31:05.659
 when I might

00:31:05.659 --> 00:31:06.240
 skip the New

00:31:06.240 --> 00:31:06.940
 Testament passage

00:31:06.940 --> 00:31:07.440
 and save it

00:31:07.440 --> 00:31:07.980
 for Saturday

00:31:07.980 --> 00:31:09.220
 for instance

00:31:09.220 --> 00:31:10.599
 or did you know

00:31:10.599 --> 00:31:11.079
 that there's a

00:31:11.079 --> 00:31:12.259
 proverb for every

00:31:12.259 --> 00:31:13.279
 day there's a

00:31:13.279 --> 00:31:13.759
 chapter of

00:31:13.759 --> 00:31:14.279
 Proverbs for

00:31:14.279 --> 00:31:14.779
 every day of

00:31:14.779 --> 00:31:15.179
 the month

00:31:15.179 --> 00:31:16.099
 there's 31

00:31:16.099 --> 00:31:16.700
 chapters of

00:31:16.700 --> 00:31:17.099
 Proverbs

00:31:17.099 --> 00:31:18.019
 there's no

00:31:18.019 --> 00:31:18.480
 more than

00:31:18.480 --> 00:31:19.399
 31 days

00:31:19.399 --> 00:31:19.839
 in a month

00:31:19.839 --> 00:31:20.379
 so you always

00:31:20.379 --> 00:31:20.659
 have a

00:31:20.659 --> 00:31:21.059
 Proverb

00:31:21.059 --> 00:31:21.919
 a chapter of

00:31:21.919 --> 00:31:22.359
 Proverbs for

00:31:22.359 --> 00:31:22.779
 the day

00:31:22.779 --> 00:31:23.959
 as well

00:31:23.959 --> 00:31:24.379
 you have

00:31:24.379 --> 00:31:25.059
 five Psalms

00:31:25.059 --> 00:31:25.659
 for the day

00:31:25.659 --> 00:31:26.399
 and I can

00:31:26.399 --> 00:31:26.699
 tell you how

00:31:26.699 --> 00:31:27.099
 to work that

00:31:27.099 --> 00:31:27.500
 out but it

00:31:27.500 --> 00:31:27.619
 ain't gonna

00:31:27.619 --> 00:31:27.919
 make much

00:31:27.919 --> 00:31:28.319
 sense up

00:31:28.319 --> 00:31:28.519
 here

00:31:28.519 --> 00:31:29.579
 but you

00:31:29.579 --> 00:31:29.939
 can have

00:31:29.939 --> 00:31:30.219
 you can

00:31:30.219 --> 00:31:30.779
 read five

00:31:30.779 --> 00:31:31.339
 Psalms a

00:31:31.339 --> 00:31:31.939
 day and so

00:31:31.939 --> 00:31:32.500
 you've always

00:31:32.500 --> 00:31:33.279
 got that

00:31:33.279 --> 00:31:34.079
 okay

00:31:34.079 --> 00:31:35.379
 and so

00:31:35.379 --> 00:31:37.039
 five day

00:31:37.039 --> 00:31:37.559
 reading plan

00:31:37.559 --> 00:31:37.819
 is something

00:31:37.819 --> 00:31:38.339
 I'm trying

00:31:38.339 --> 00:31:39.039
 okay and I

00:31:39.039 --> 00:31:39.539
 made you some

00:31:39.539 --> 00:31:40.119
 copies if you

00:31:40.119 --> 00:31:40.500
 want to try

00:31:40.500 --> 00:31:41.579
 that along

00:31:41.579 --> 00:31:43.059
 with me

00:31:43.059 --> 00:31:45.899
 regardless

00:31:45.900 --> 00:31:49.340
 the 2025

00:31:49.340 --> 00:31:50.420
 challenge

00:31:50.420 --> 00:31:52.300
 is to have

00:31:52.300 --> 00:31:52.900
 a plan

00:31:52.900 --> 00:31:53.680
 to pray

00:31:53.680 --> 00:31:54.740
 and read

00:31:54.740 --> 00:31:55.259
 the word

00:31:55.259 --> 00:31:55.840
 of God

00:31:55.840 --> 00:31:56.500
 and apply

00:31:56.500 --> 00:31:57.500
 it every

00:31:57.500 --> 00:31:57.900
 day

00:31:57.900 --> 00:31:59.180
 it is a

00:31:59.180 --> 00:31:59.800
 life changer

00:31:59.800 --> 00:32:01.040
 and we all

00:32:01.040 --> 00:32:01.640
 need it

00:32:01.640 --> 00:32:02.160
 and it's

00:32:02.160 --> 00:32:02.540
 worth

00:32:02.540 --> 00:32:04.080
 the effort

00:32:04.080 --> 00:32:05.560
 the next

00:32:05.560 --> 00:32:06.200
 challenge is

00:32:06.200 --> 00:32:06.920
 give generously

00:32:06.920 --> 00:32:08.320
 and please

00:32:08.320 --> 00:32:08.860
 don't misunderstand

00:32:08.860 --> 00:32:09.480
 my plea

00:32:09.480 --> 00:32:10.000
 when I say

00:32:10.000 --> 00:32:10.380
 this

00:32:10.380 --> 00:32:12.400
 because I

00:32:12.400 --> 00:32:12.960
 stand here

00:32:12.960 --> 00:32:13.460
 today

00:32:13.460 --> 00:32:15.420
 very thankful

00:32:15.420 --> 00:32:15.900
 for your

00:32:15.900 --> 00:32:16.560
 generosity

00:32:16.560 --> 00:32:18.360
 during 2024

00:32:18.360 --> 00:32:20.320
 as year

00:32:20.320 --> 00:32:20.700
 ends

00:32:20.700 --> 00:32:21.480
 we stand

00:32:21.480 --> 00:32:22.000
 strong

00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:23.620
 now having

00:32:23.620 --> 00:32:24.300
 said that

00:32:24.300 --> 00:32:25.240
 you still have

00:32:25.240 --> 00:32:25.580
 an opportunity

00:32:25.580 --> 00:32:26.080
 to give

00:32:26.080 --> 00:32:28.480
 in person

00:32:28.480 --> 00:32:29.180
 until noon

00:32:29.180 --> 00:32:29.740
 on Tuesday

00:32:29.740 --> 00:32:30.380
 and online

00:32:30.380 --> 00:32:30.980
 until midnight

00:32:30.980 --> 00:32:31.520
 that day

00:32:31.520 --> 00:32:32.060
 you can give

00:32:32.060 --> 00:32:32.600
 this year

00:32:32.600 --> 00:32:33.240
 and our

00:32:33.240 --> 00:32:33.820
 Lottie Moon

00:32:33.820 --> 00:32:34.840
 goal is moving

00:32:34.840 --> 00:32:35.460
 right along

00:32:35.460 --> 00:32:36.000
 but it's still

00:32:36.000 --> 00:32:36.500
 outstanding

00:32:36.500 --> 00:32:36.940
 so there's

00:32:36.940 --> 00:32:37.300
 opportunity

00:32:37.300 --> 00:32:37.680
 to give

00:32:37.680 --> 00:32:39.039
 for the glory

00:32:39.039 --> 00:32:39.340
 of God

00:32:39.340 --> 00:32:39.740
 we need

00:32:39.740 --> 00:32:40.380
 to meet

00:32:40.380 --> 00:32:40.840
 all that

00:32:40.840 --> 00:32:41.360
 however

00:32:41.360 --> 00:32:42.019
 when I

00:32:42.019 --> 00:32:43.640
 say give

00:32:43.640 --> 00:32:44.240
 generously

00:32:44.240 --> 00:32:45.320
 I'm not

00:32:45.320 --> 00:32:45.920
 talking about

00:32:45.920 --> 00:32:46.340
 for church

00:32:46.340 --> 00:32:46.640
 purposes

00:32:46.640 --> 00:32:47.180
 I'm talking

00:32:47.180 --> 00:32:47.519
 about

00:32:47.519 --> 00:32:48.180
 to the Lord

00:32:48.180 --> 00:32:48.740
 through the

00:32:48.740 --> 00:32:49.160
 church

00:32:49.160 --> 00:32:50.039
 on a personal

00:32:50.039 --> 00:32:50.500
 level

00:32:50.500 --> 00:32:53.120
 trust

00:32:53.120 --> 00:32:53.779
 your

00:32:53.779 --> 00:32:54.580
 tithe

00:32:54.580 --> 00:32:56.060
 to the Lord

00:32:56.060 --> 00:32:57.519
 trust it

00:32:57.519 --> 00:32:57.980
 to the Lord

00:32:57.980 --> 00:32:59.759
 and I realize

00:32:59.759 --> 00:33:00.220
 for some

00:33:00.220 --> 00:33:00.700
 that is a

00:33:00.700 --> 00:33:01.539
 giant step

00:33:01.539 --> 00:33:02.279
 and a huge

00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:02.759
 challenge

00:33:02.759 --> 00:33:03.460
 for 2025

00:33:03.460 --> 00:33:04.600
 and I get

00:33:04.600 --> 00:33:04.980
 that

00:33:04.980 --> 00:33:06.900
 and if it

00:33:06.900 --> 00:33:07.500
 is for you

00:33:07.500 --> 00:33:08.180
 I encourage

00:33:08.180 --> 00:33:08.460
 you to

00:33:08.460 --> 00:33:08.880
 take that

00:33:08.880 --> 00:33:09.440
 challenge

00:33:09.440 --> 00:33:11.819
 when you

00:33:11.819 --> 00:33:12.539
 stop trying

00:33:12.539 --> 00:33:12.980
 to run

00:33:12.980 --> 00:33:13.599
 your own

00:33:13.599 --> 00:33:14.180
 finances

00:33:14.180 --> 00:33:15.079
 and you

00:33:15.079 --> 00:33:15.859
 obediently

00:33:15.859 --> 00:33:16.900
 follow God's

00:33:16.900 --> 00:33:17.400
 plan

00:33:17.400 --> 00:33:17.940
 there will

00:33:17.940 --> 00:33:18.759
 be times

00:33:18.759 --> 00:33:19.680
 when you

00:33:19.680 --> 00:33:20.380
 will not

00:33:20.380 --> 00:33:21.019
 be able

00:33:21.019 --> 00:33:21.579
 to do

00:33:21.579 --> 00:33:22.220
 the math

00:33:22.220 --> 00:33:22.799
 trust me

00:33:22.799 --> 00:33:23.240
 on this

00:33:23.240 --> 00:33:24.059
 you'll not

00:33:24.059 --> 00:33:24.539
 be able

00:33:24.539 --> 00:33:24.940
 to do

00:33:24.940 --> 00:33:25.460
 the math

00:33:25.460 --> 00:33:26.019
 and understand

00:33:26.019 --> 00:33:26.660
 how God

00:33:26.660 --> 00:33:27.240
 has blessed

00:33:27.240 --> 00:33:27.700
 you the way

00:33:27.700 --> 00:33:28.299
 he has

00:33:28.299 --> 00:33:29.700
 but he

00:33:29.700 --> 00:33:30.240
 chooses to

00:33:30.240 --> 00:33:30.740
 do that

00:33:30.740 --> 00:33:33.440
 God works

00:33:33.440 --> 00:33:34.220
 in obedience

00:33:34.220 --> 00:33:35.839
 he does

00:33:35.839 --> 00:33:37.480
 and the

00:33:37.480 --> 00:33:37.859
 tithe

00:33:37.859 --> 00:33:38.240
 can be

00:33:38.240 --> 00:33:38.519
 one of

00:33:38.519 --> 00:33:39.019
 the toughest

00:33:39.019 --> 00:33:39.919
 for some

00:33:39.919 --> 00:33:41.000
 but I

00:33:41.000 --> 00:33:41.839
 encourage you

00:33:41.839 --> 00:33:42.619
 to give

00:33:42.619 --> 00:33:43.359
 generously

00:33:43.359 --> 00:33:44.740
 one last

00:33:44.740 --> 00:33:45.220
 challenge

00:33:45.220 --> 00:33:46.059
 serve

00:33:46.059 --> 00:33:47.240
 faithfully

00:33:47.240 --> 00:33:49.299
 there's an old

00:33:49.299 --> 00:33:50.000
 adage in the

00:33:50.000 --> 00:33:50.980
 church life

00:33:50.980 --> 00:33:51.500
 that says

00:33:51.500 --> 00:33:52.220
 80% of the

00:33:52.220 --> 00:33:52.740
 work in the

00:33:52.740 --> 00:33:53.399
 church is done

00:33:53.399 --> 00:33:54.000
 by 20%

00:33:54.000 --> 00:33:54.419
 of the people

00:33:54.419 --> 00:33:57.559
 and 80%

00:33:57.559 --> 00:33:57.959
 of the people

00:33:57.959 --> 00:33:58.480
 do little

00:33:58.480 --> 00:33:58.980
 to nothing

00:33:58.980 --> 00:33:59.619
 I added that

00:33:59.619 --> 00:34:00.159
 last part

00:34:00.159 --> 00:34:00.639
 but anyway

00:34:00.640 --> 00:34:03.620
 when you

00:34:03.620 --> 00:34:04.360
 serve the

00:34:04.360 --> 00:34:04.880
 church

00:34:04.880 --> 00:34:05.860
 in the

00:34:05.860 --> 00:34:06.140
 church

00:34:06.140 --> 00:34:06.440
 for the

00:34:06.440 --> 00:34:06.700
 right

00:34:06.700 --> 00:34:07.140
 reasons

00:34:07.140 --> 00:34:07.560
 you serve

00:34:07.560 --> 00:34:07.980
 the Lord

00:34:07.980 --> 00:34:09.940
 and as

00:34:09.940 --> 00:34:10.420
 God has

00:34:10.420 --> 00:34:10.860
 blessed our

00:34:10.860 --> 00:34:11.260
 church with

00:34:11.260 --> 00:34:11.760
 growth

00:34:11.760 --> 00:34:13.200
 the need

00:34:13.200 --> 00:34:13.860
 for volunteers

00:34:13.860 --> 00:34:14.519
 to take

00:34:14.519 --> 00:34:15.079
 their turn

00:34:15.079 --> 00:34:15.760
 has grown

00:34:15.760 --> 00:34:16.480
 quite honestly

00:34:16.480 --> 00:34:18.660
 we have a

00:34:18.660 --> 00:34:19.220
 place for you

00:34:19.220 --> 00:34:19.820
 to serve

00:34:19.820 --> 00:34:21.960
 and if you'll

00:34:21.960 --> 00:34:22.400
 take that

00:34:22.400 --> 00:34:23.000
 guest card

00:34:23.000 --> 00:34:23.460
 even if you're

00:34:23.460 --> 00:34:24.059
 not a guest

00:34:24.059 --> 00:34:24.340
 and you're

00:34:24.340 --> 00:34:24.660
 a member

00:34:24.660 --> 00:34:25.019
 if you'll

00:34:25.019 --> 00:34:25.400
 take that

00:34:25.400 --> 00:34:25.700
 thing

00:34:25.700 --> 00:34:26.660
 and you'll

00:34:26.660 --> 00:34:27.039
 hit that

00:34:27.039 --> 00:34:27.940
 QR code

00:34:27.940 --> 00:34:30.659
 it'll send

00:34:30.659 --> 00:34:31.079
 you to a

00:34:31.079 --> 00:34:31.480
 form and

00:34:31.480 --> 00:34:32.059
 there's room

00:34:32.059 --> 00:34:32.539
 there for you

00:34:32.539 --> 00:34:32.800
 to say

00:34:32.800 --> 00:34:33.139
 whatever you

00:34:33.139 --> 00:34:33.720
 want to say

00:34:33.720 --> 00:34:36.019
 as long as

00:34:36.019 --> 00:34:36.599
 it's nice

00:34:36.599 --> 00:34:40.639
 and in that

00:34:40.639 --> 00:34:41.059
 if you've got

00:34:41.059 --> 00:34:41.559
 a question

00:34:41.559 --> 00:34:42.280
 you place that

00:34:42.280 --> 00:34:42.740
 question

00:34:42.740 --> 00:34:44.559
 and we'll

00:34:44.559 --> 00:34:45.139
 see that

00:34:45.139 --> 00:34:46.500
 if you know

00:34:46.500 --> 00:34:46.960
 who you need

00:34:46.960 --> 00:34:47.500
 to speak to

00:34:47.500 --> 00:34:48.200
 about that

00:34:48.200 --> 00:34:49.480
 our numbers

00:34:49.480 --> 00:34:49.880
 are on the

00:34:49.880 --> 00:34:50.280
 front of this

00:34:50.280 --> 00:34:50.880
 bulletin for a

00:34:50.880 --> 00:34:51.260
 purpose

00:34:51.260 --> 00:34:53.500
 you can reach

00:34:53.500 --> 00:34:53.900
 us

00:34:53.900 --> 00:34:55.920
 share with us

00:34:55.920 --> 00:34:56.440
 what God's

00:34:56.440 --> 00:34:57.019
 laying upon your

00:34:57.019 --> 00:34:57.320
 heart

00:34:57.320 --> 00:34:58.000
 how he's

00:34:58.000 --> 00:34:58.620
 leading you

00:34:58.620 --> 00:35:01.500
 do what

00:35:01.500 --> 00:35:01.820
 God's

00:35:01.820 --> 00:35:02.120
 leading you

00:35:02.120 --> 00:35:02.519
 to do

00:35:02.519 --> 00:35:06.000
 but let's

00:35:06.000 --> 00:35:06.800
 not settle

00:35:06.800 --> 00:35:07.320
 folks

00:35:07.320 --> 00:35:08.039
 none of us

00:35:08.039 --> 00:35:08.860
 let's not

00:35:08.860 --> 00:35:09.420
 settle for

00:35:09.420 --> 00:35:09.900
 where we

00:35:09.900 --> 00:35:10.420
 are

00:35:10.420 --> 00:35:13.840
 let's not

00:35:13.840 --> 00:35:14.880
 settle as

00:35:14.880 --> 00:35:15.620
 a church

00:35:15.620 --> 00:35:16.559
 with where

00:35:16.559 --> 00:35:17.059
 we are

00:35:17.059 --> 00:35:18.420
 let's not

00:35:18.420 --> 00:35:18.980
 settle as

00:35:18.980 --> 00:35:19.640
 individuals

00:35:19.640 --> 00:35:20.500
 where we

00:35:20.500 --> 00:35:20.840
 are

00:35:20.840 --> 00:35:22.220
 let's

00:35:22.220 --> 00:35:23.240
 faithfully

00:35:23.240 --> 00:35:24.420
 serve the

00:35:24.420 --> 00:35:24.720
 Lord

00:35:24.720 --> 00:35:26.180
 faithfully

00:35:26.180 --> 00:35:26.580
 serve the

00:35:26.580 --> 00:35:26.700
 Lord

00:35:26.699 --> 00:35:27.119
 that is

00:35:27.119 --> 00:35:27.779
 the 2025

00:35:27.779 --> 00:35:28.699
 challenge

00:35:28.699 --> 00:35:29.939
 to commit

00:35:29.939 --> 00:35:30.480
 totally

00:35:30.480 --> 00:35:31.719
 to give

00:35:31.719 --> 00:35:32.159
 your life

00:35:32.159 --> 00:35:32.939
 to Christ

00:35:32.939 --> 00:35:34.119
 if you've

00:35:34.119 --> 00:35:34.899
 never accepted

00:35:34.899 --> 00:35:35.279
 the Lord

00:35:35.279 --> 00:35:36.199
 Jesus Christ

00:35:36.199 --> 00:35:37.139
 I encourage

00:35:37.139 --> 00:35:37.939
 you the

00:35:37.939 --> 00:35:38.619
 moment we

00:35:38.619 --> 00:35:39.299
 stand to sing

00:35:39.299 --> 00:35:39.699
 in just a

00:35:39.699 --> 00:35:40.059
 moment you

00:35:40.059 --> 00:35:40.559
 come down

00:35:40.559 --> 00:35:41.099
 this aisle

00:35:41.099 --> 00:35:41.799
 and you

00:35:41.799 --> 00:35:42.359
 take my

00:35:42.359 --> 00:35:42.859
 hand and

00:35:42.859 --> 00:35:43.259
 you say

00:35:43.259 --> 00:35:43.879
 pastor I

00:35:43.879 --> 00:35:44.399
 need to be

00:35:44.399 --> 00:35:45.519
 saved I

00:35:45.519 --> 00:35:46.379
 need to nail

00:35:46.379 --> 00:35:47.299
 this down

00:35:47.299 --> 00:35:47.980
 let's get that

00:35:47.980 --> 00:35:48.699
 taken care of

00:35:48.699 --> 00:35:51.219
 if you've

00:35:51.219 --> 00:35:51.659
 done that

00:35:51.659 --> 00:35:52.379
 step forward

00:35:52.379 --> 00:35:54.980
 step forward

00:35:54.980 --> 00:35:55.639
 and let that

00:35:55.639 --> 00:35:56.359
 become public

00:35:56.359 --> 00:35:56.939
 through baptism

00:35:56.939 --> 00:35:57.579
 if you haven't

00:35:57.579 --> 00:35:58.019
 already

00:35:58.019 --> 00:36:00.099
 take that

00:36:00.099 --> 00:36:01.039
 step as

00:36:01.039 --> 00:36:01.599
 God leads

00:36:01.599 --> 00:36:02.119
 you

00:36:02.119 --> 00:36:04.119
 join in

00:36:04.119 --> 00:36:04.980
 if you're a

00:36:04.980 --> 00:36:05.539
 guest with

00:36:05.539 --> 00:36:05.939
 us

00:36:05.939 --> 00:36:07.619
 and God's

00:36:07.619 --> 00:36:08.059
 leading you

00:36:08.059 --> 00:36:08.719
 this church

00:36:08.719 --> 00:36:09.659
 again I'll

00:36:09.659 --> 00:36:10.039
 say I don't

00:36:10.039 --> 00:36:10.439
 think it's a

00:36:10.439 --> 00:36:11.059
 better time to

00:36:11.059 --> 00:36:11.559
 join a church

00:36:11.559 --> 00:36:12.159
 than the first of

00:36:12.159 --> 00:36:12.500
 the new year

00:36:12.500 --> 00:36:12.879
 just a

00:36:12.879 --> 00:36:13.699
 just a good

00:36:13.699 --> 00:36:14.319
 start for

00:36:14.319 --> 00:36:14.859
 everybody

00:36:14.860 --> 00:36:15.940
 I'd love to

00:36:15.940 --> 00:36:16.320
 talk to you

00:36:16.320 --> 00:36:16.740
 about that

00:36:16.740 --> 00:36:17.220
 this week

00:36:17.220 --> 00:36:17.519
 and I'm

00:36:17.519 --> 00:36:17.900
 available

00:36:17.900 --> 00:36:18.940
 I am

00:36:18.940 --> 00:36:21.079
 and then

00:36:21.079 --> 00:36:21.700
 way deeper

00:36:21.700 --> 00:36:22.079
 don't be

00:36:22.079 --> 00:36:22.720
 satisfied with

00:36:22.720 --> 00:36:23.079
 where you

00:36:23.079 --> 00:36:23.579
 are way

00:36:23.579 --> 00:36:24.019
 deeper

00:36:24.019 --> 00:36:26.059
 be a part

00:36:26.059 --> 00:36:26.519
 of a life

00:36:26.519 --> 00:36:26.780
 group

00:36:26.780 --> 00:36:27.340
 join a

00:36:27.340 --> 00:36:28.000
 discipleship

00:36:28.000 --> 00:36:28.340
 group

00:36:28.340 --> 00:36:29.079
 be a part

00:36:29.079 --> 00:36:29.340
 of those

00:36:29.340 --> 00:36:29.500
 things

00:36:29.500 --> 00:36:30.099
 way deeper

00:36:30.099 --> 00:36:32.220
 and then

00:36:32.220 --> 00:36:32.880
 get a daily

00:36:32.880 --> 00:36:33.340
 dose of

00:36:33.340 --> 00:36:33.920
 God's word

00:36:33.920 --> 00:36:35.300
 faithfully

00:36:35.300 --> 00:36:37.760
 give generously

00:36:37.760 --> 00:36:40.099
 serve

00:36:40.099 --> 00:36:40.760
 faithfully

00:36:40.760 --> 00:36:44.760
 have you

00:36:44.760 --> 00:36:45.080
 ever heard

00:36:45.080 --> 00:36:45.260
 of the

00:36:45.260 --> 00:36:45.860
 trust fall

00:36:45.860 --> 00:36:47.980
 I

00:36:47.980 --> 00:36:49.640
 participated

00:36:49.640 --> 00:36:50.260
 in one

00:36:50.260 --> 00:36:50.640
 when I was

00:36:50.640 --> 00:36:50.840
 in a

00:36:50.840 --> 00:36:51.280
 psychology

00:36:51.280 --> 00:36:51.660
 class

00:36:51.660 --> 00:36:51.980
 in high

00:36:51.980 --> 00:36:52.340
 school

00:36:52.340 --> 00:36:54.640
 psychology

00:36:54.640 --> 00:36:55.180
 was in a

00:36:55.180 --> 00:36:55.500
 portable

00:36:55.500 --> 00:36:56.040
 because the

00:36:56.040 --> 00:36:56.400
 school was

00:36:56.400 --> 00:36:56.720
 growing

00:36:56.720 --> 00:36:57.200
 and so we

00:36:57.200 --> 00:36:57.540
 were in a

00:36:57.540 --> 00:36:57.900
 portable

00:36:57.900 --> 00:36:58.480
 and we

00:36:58.480 --> 00:36:58.780
 had a

00:36:58.780 --> 00:36:59.120
 narrow

00:36:59.120 --> 00:36:59.740
 stairwell

00:36:59.740 --> 00:37:00.060
 on the

00:37:00.060 --> 00:37:00.520
 back of

00:37:00.520 --> 00:37:00.680
 it

00:37:00.680 --> 00:37:01.900
 with a

00:37:01.900 --> 00:37:02.400
 handrail

00:37:02.400 --> 00:37:03.880
 and an

00:37:03.880 --> 00:37:04.220
 awning

00:37:04.220 --> 00:37:04.620
 over the

00:37:04.620 --> 00:37:04.860
 door

00:37:04.860 --> 00:37:05.020
 there

00:37:05.020 --> 00:37:05.240
 wasn't a

00:37:05.240 --> 00:37:05.500
 whole lot

00:37:05.500 --> 00:37:05.780
 of room

00:37:05.780 --> 00:37:06.080
 there

00:37:06.080 --> 00:37:08.400
 and our

00:37:08.400 --> 00:37:08.940
 teacher was

00:37:08.940 --> 00:37:09.560
 a coach

00:37:09.560 --> 00:37:10.020
 so

00:37:10.019 --> 00:37:11.699
 because he

00:37:11.699 --> 00:37:12.019
 was a

00:37:12.019 --> 00:37:12.219
 coach

00:37:12.219 --> 00:37:12.559
 he had

00:37:12.559 --> 00:37:13.039
 us climb

00:37:13.039 --> 00:37:13.420
 on top

00:37:13.420 --> 00:37:13.619
 of that

00:37:13.619 --> 00:37:14.000
 handrail

00:37:14.000 --> 00:37:14.460
 that shaky

00:37:14.460 --> 00:37:14.960
 handrail

00:37:14.960 --> 00:37:16.699
 and trust

00:37:16.699 --> 00:37:17.019
 a bunch

00:37:17.019 --> 00:37:17.400
 of punks

00:37:17.400 --> 00:37:17.800
 to catch

00:37:17.800 --> 00:37:18.280
 us

00:37:18.280 --> 00:37:19.519
 okay

00:37:19.519 --> 00:37:21.219
 as we

00:37:21.219 --> 00:37:21.759
 held on

00:37:21.759 --> 00:37:22.019
 to the

00:37:22.019 --> 00:37:22.320
 awning

00:37:22.320 --> 00:37:24.079
 and leaned

00:37:24.079 --> 00:37:24.360
 on the

00:37:24.360 --> 00:37:24.579
 shaky

00:37:24.579 --> 00:37:25.119
 handrail

00:37:25.119 --> 00:37:26.259
 sounds like

00:37:26.259 --> 00:37:26.920
 a liability

00:37:26.920 --> 00:37:27.440
 to me

00:37:27.440 --> 00:37:27.980
 but however

00:37:27.980 --> 00:37:28.500
 they probably

00:37:28.500 --> 00:37:28.820
 won't let

00:37:28.820 --> 00:37:29.019
 you do

00:37:29.019 --> 00:37:29.340
 that now

00:37:29.340 --> 00:37:29.659
 but anyway

00:37:29.659 --> 00:37:31.360
 but each

00:37:31.360 --> 00:37:31.780
 student

00:37:31.780 --> 00:37:33.780
 was to

00:37:33.780 --> 00:37:34.400
 fall back

00:37:34.400 --> 00:37:34.759
 in

00:37:34.759 --> 00:37:36.579
 to the

00:37:36.579 --> 00:37:37.159
 cohorts

00:37:37.159 --> 00:37:37.659
 that probably

00:37:37.659 --> 00:37:37.940
 had been

00:37:37.940 --> 00:37:38.380
 cussing them

00:37:38.380 --> 00:37:38.880
 earlier that

00:37:38.880 --> 00:37:39.119
 day

00:37:39.119 --> 00:37:39.420
 and to

00:37:39.420 --> 00:37:39.880
 catch them

00:37:39.880 --> 00:37:40.700
 okay

00:37:40.700 --> 00:37:42.500
 and you

00:37:42.500 --> 00:37:42.800
 know what

00:37:42.800 --> 00:37:43.240
 everybody

00:37:43.240 --> 00:37:43.800
 that did

00:37:43.800 --> 00:37:44.019
 it was

00:37:44.019 --> 00:37:44.500
 caught

00:37:44.500 --> 00:37:46.680
 we all

00:37:46.680 --> 00:37:47.180
 survived

00:37:47.180 --> 00:37:47.700
 the thing

00:37:47.700 --> 00:37:50.400
 if you

00:37:50.400 --> 00:37:50.960
 answer the

00:37:50.960 --> 00:37:51.460
 2025

00:37:51.460 --> 00:37:52.460
 challenge

00:37:52.460 --> 00:37:53.820
 you're gonna

00:37:53.820 --> 00:37:54.440
 have to

00:37:54.440 --> 00:37:55.019
 have some

00:37:55.019 --> 00:37:55.720
 trust

00:37:55.720 --> 00:37:57.680
 but not

00:37:57.680 --> 00:37:58.059
 in a bunch

00:37:58.059 --> 00:37:58.820
 of renegades

00:37:58.820 --> 00:38:01.500
 you're gonna

00:38:01.500 --> 00:38:01.720
 have to

00:38:01.720 --> 00:38:02.059
 trust the

00:38:02.059 --> 00:38:02.300
 Lord

00:38:02.300 --> 00:38:04.900
 because the

00:38:04.900 --> 00:38:05.260
 Lord will

00:38:05.260 --> 00:38:05.720
 meet you

00:38:05.720 --> 00:38:06.099
 where you

00:38:06.099 --> 00:38:06.420
 are

00:38:06.420 --> 00:38:08.019
 I promise

00:38:08.019 --> 00:38:08.360
 you

00:38:08.360 --> 00:38:09.640
 if you

00:38:09.640 --> 00:38:10.120
 step out

00:38:10.120 --> 00:38:10.320
 of your

00:38:10.320 --> 00:38:10.660
 comfort

00:38:10.660 --> 00:38:11.079
 zone

00:38:11.079 --> 00:38:11.420
 for the

00:38:11.420 --> 00:38:11.660
 Lord

00:38:11.660 --> 00:38:12.039
 he will

00:38:12.039 --> 00:38:12.500
 be right

00:38:12.500 --> 00:38:12.820
 there

00:38:12.820 --> 00:38:14.039
 with you

00:38:14.039 --> 00:38:14.400
 and for

00:38:14.400 --> 00:38:14.740
 you

00:38:14.740 --> 00:38:16.740
 and it

00:38:16.740 --> 00:38:17.059
 is my

00:38:17.059 --> 00:38:17.300
 hope

00:38:17.300 --> 00:38:17.500
 and it

00:38:17.500 --> 00:38:17.740
 is my

00:38:17.740 --> 00:38:18.059
 prayer

00:38:18.059 --> 00:38:19.880
 that we'll

00:38:19.880 --> 00:38:20.599
 honor Christ

00:38:20.599 --> 00:38:21.099
 with all of

00:38:21.099 --> 00:38:21.559
 our lives

00:38:21.559 --> 00:38:22.160
 in 2025

00:38:22.159 --> 00:38:23.940
 let's

00:38:23.940 --> 00:38:24.379
 start

00:38:24.379 --> 00:38:25.920
 before it

00:38:25.920 --> 00:38:26.119
 even

00:38:26.119 --> 00:38:26.759
 gets here

00:38:26.759 --> 00:38:28.799
 let's

00:38:28.799 --> 00:38:29.059
 get a

00:38:29.059 --> 00:38:29.219
 head

00:38:29.219 --> 00:38:29.659
 start

00:38:29.659 --> 00:38:32.719
 let's

00:38:32.719 --> 00:38:32.940
 do it

00:38:32.940 --> 00:38:33.239
 now

00:38:33.239 --> 00:38:34.399
 with every

00:38:34.399 --> 00:38:34.839
 head bowed

00:38:34.839 --> 00:38:35.000
 and every

00:38:35.000 --> 00:38:35.559
 eye closed

00:38:35.559 --> 00:38:37.599
 I

00:38:37.599 --> 00:38:38.019
 ask you

00:38:38.019 --> 00:38:38.219
 this

00:38:38.219 --> 00:38:38.539
 morning

00:38:38.539 --> 00:38:39.619
 primarily

00:38:39.619 --> 00:38:40.079
 have

00:38:40.079 --> 00:38:40.179
 you

00:38:40.179 --> 00:38:40.340
 ever

00:38:40.340 --> 00:38:40.539
 given

00:38:40.539 --> 00:38:40.659
 your

00:38:40.659 --> 00:38:40.799
 heart

00:38:40.799 --> 00:38:40.860
 and

00:38:40.860 --> 00:38:41.019
 life

00:38:41.019 --> 00:38:41.119
 to

00:38:41.119 --> 00:38:41.199
 the

00:38:41.199 --> 00:38:41.340
 Lord

00:38:41.340 --> 00:38:41.659
 Jesus

00:38:41.659 --> 00:38:42.019
 and if

00:38:42.019 --> 00:38:42.119
 you

00:38:42.119 --> 00:38:42.380
 hadn't

00:38:42.380 --> 00:38:42.539
 I

00:38:42.539 --> 00:38:42.880
 encourage

00:38:42.880 --> 00:38:42.980
 you

00:38:42.980 --> 00:38:43.079
 to

00:38:43.079 --> 00:38:43.299
 come

00:38:43.299 --> 00:38:43.519
 I'd

00:38:43.519 --> 00:38:43.639
 love

00:38:43.639 --> 00:38:43.759
 to

00:38:43.759 --> 00:38:43.980
 guide

00:38:43.980 --> 00:38:44.099
 you

00:38:44.099 --> 00:38:44.219
 in

00:38:44.219 --> 00:38:44.460
 that

00:38:44.460 --> 00:38:45.739
 if

00:38:45.739 --> 00:38:45.860
 you

00:38:45.860 --> 00:38:46.099
 have

00:38:46.099 --> 00:38:46.279
 have

00:38:46.279 --> 00:38:46.400
 you

00:38:46.400 --> 00:38:46.599
 ever

00:38:46.599 --> 00:38:47.019
 publicly

00:38:47.019 --> 00:38:47.500
 acknowledged

00:38:47.500 --> 00:38:47.699
 that

00:38:47.699 --> 00:38:47.900
 through

00:38:47.900 --> 00:38:48.420
 baptism

00:38:48.420 --> 00:38:49.279
 if

00:38:49.279 --> 00:38:49.420
 you

00:38:49.420 --> 00:38:49.719
 haven't

00:38:49.719 --> 00:38:49.900
 I

00:38:49.900 --> 00:38:50.199
 encourage

00:38:50.199 --> 00:38:50.299
 you

00:38:50.299 --> 00:38:50.380
 to

00:38:50.380 --> 00:38:50.719
 come

00:38:50.719 --> 00:38:52.719
 God's

00:38:52.719 --> 00:38:52.940
 leading

00:38:52.940 --> 00:38:53.079
 you

00:38:53.079 --> 00:38:53.219
 to be

00:38:53.219 --> 00:38:53.480
 a part

00:38:53.480 --> 00:38:53.539
 of

00:38:53.539 --> 00:38:53.699
 this

00:38:53.699 --> 00:38:54.099
 church

00:38:54.099 --> 00:38:54.259
 and

00:38:54.259 --> 00:38:54.380
 you

00:38:54.380 --> 00:38:54.579
 know

00:38:54.579 --> 00:38:54.799
 that's

00:38:54.799 --> 00:38:54.960
 what

00:38:54.960 --> 00:38:55.320
 he'd

00:38:55.320 --> 00:38:55.519
 have

00:38:55.519 --> 00:38:55.639
 you

00:38:55.639 --> 00:38:55.880
 do

00:38:55.880 --> 00:38:56.039
 I

00:38:56.039 --> 00:38:56.360
 encourage

00:38:56.360 --> 00:38:56.440
 you

00:38:56.440 --> 00:38:56.519
 to

00:38:56.519 --> 00:38:56.840
 come

00:38:56.840 --> 00:38:58.019
 if

00:38:58.019 --> 00:38:58.200
 there's

00:38:58.200 --> 00:38:58.519
 parts

00:38:58.519 --> 00:38:58.680
 of

00:38:58.680 --> 00:38:58.800
 your

00:38:58.800 --> 00:38:59.140
 life

00:38:59.140 --> 00:38:59.340
 that

00:38:59.340 --> 00:38:59.460
 you

00:38:59.460 --> 00:38:59.599
 need

00:38:59.599 --> 00:38:59.760
 to

00:38:59.760 --> 00:39:00.260
 recommit

00:39:00.260 --> 00:39:00.400
 to

00:39:00.400 --> 00:39:00.579
 the

00:39:00.579 --> 00:39:00.840
 Lord

00:39:00.840 --> 00:39:01.019
 you

00:39:01.019 --> 00:39:01.160
 can

00:39:01.160 --> 00:39:01.300
 do

00:39:01.300 --> 00:39:01.500
 that

00:39:01.500 --> 00:39:01.700
 where

00:39:01.700 --> 00:39:01.960
 you'll

00:39:01.960 --> 00:39:02.300
 stand

00:39:02.300 --> 00:39:02.440
 in

00:39:02.440 --> 00:39:02.599
 just

00:39:02.599 --> 00:39:02.720
 a

00:39:02.720 --> 00:39:02.880
 moment

00:39:02.880 --> 00:39:03.000
 or

00:39:03.000 --> 00:39:03.120
 you

00:39:03.120 --> 00:39:03.240
 can

00:39:03.240 --> 00:39:03.340
 do

00:39:03.340 --> 00:39:03.460
 it

00:39:03.460 --> 00:39:04.920
 with

00:39:04.920 --> 00:39:05.079
 a

00:39:05.079 --> 00:39:05.380
 pastor

00:39:05.380 --> 00:39:05.740
 praying

00:39:05.740 --> 00:39:05.960
 for

00:39:05.960 --> 00:39:06.220
 you

00:39:06.220 --> 00:39:07.660
 I

00:39:07.660 --> 00:39:07.900
 don't

00:39:07.900 --> 00:39:08.180
 know

00:39:08.180 --> 00:39:08.400
 what

00:39:08.400 --> 00:39:08.760
 God's

00:39:08.760 --> 00:39:09.000
 telling

00:39:09.000 --> 00:39:09.260
 you

00:39:09.260 --> 00:39:09.420
 to

00:39:09.420 --> 00:39:09.579
 do

00:39:09.579 --> 00:39:09.720
 I

00:39:09.720 --> 00:39:09.860
 know

00:39:09.860 --> 00:39:10.000
 what

00:39:10.000 --> 00:39:10.079
 he

00:39:10.079 --> 00:39:10.280
 told

00:39:10.280 --> 00:39:10.440
 me

00:39:10.440 --> 00:39:10.599
 to

00:39:10.599 --> 00:39:10.880
 say

00:39:10.880 --> 00:39:11.059
 and

00:39:11.059 --> 00:39:11.160
 I

00:39:11.160 --> 00:39:11.380
 tried

00:39:11.380 --> 00:39:11.519
 to

00:39:11.519 --> 00:39:11.760
 say

00:39:11.760 --> 00:39:11.980
 it

00:39:11.980 --> 00:39:14.559
 I

00:39:14.559 --> 00:39:14.960
 encourage

00:39:14.960 --> 00:39:15.200
 just

00:39:15.200 --> 00:39:15.360
 be

00:39:15.360 --> 00:39:15.760
 obedient

00:39:15.760 --> 00:39:16.140
 not

00:39:16.140 --> 00:39:16.599
 just

00:39:16.599 --> 00:39:16.800
 in

00:39:16.800 --> 00:39:16.900
 the

00:39:16.900 --> 00:39:17.099
 next

00:39:17.099 --> 00:39:17.299
 few

00:39:17.299 --> 00:39:17.739
 moments

00:39:17.739 --> 00:39:18.000
 but

00:39:18.000 --> 00:39:18.279
 for

00:39:18.279 --> 00:39:18.960
 2025

00:39:18.960 --> 00:39:20.000
 and

00:39:20.000 --> 00:39:20.139
 you

00:39:20.139 --> 00:39:20.339
 won't

00:39:20.339 --> 00:39:20.500
 do

00:39:20.500 --> 00:39:20.699
 that

00:39:20.699 --> 00:39:21.339
 perfectly

00:39:21.339 --> 00:39:24.119
 but

00:39:24.119 --> 00:39:24.339
 by

00:39:24.339 --> 00:39:24.539
 the

00:39:24.539 --> 00:39:24.819
 grace

00:39:24.819 --> 00:39:25.039
 of

00:39:25.039 --> 00:39:25.519
 God

00:39:25.519 --> 00:39:26.460
 he'll

00:39:26.460 --> 00:39:26.679
 make

00:39:26.679 --> 00:39:26.860
 us

00:39:26.860 --> 00:39:27.299
 better

00:39:27.299 --> 00:39:28.860
 and

00:39:28.860 --> 00:39:29.519
 stronger

00:39:29.519 --> 00:39:32.579
 and

00:39:32.579 --> 00:39:32.799
 more

00:39:32.799 --> 00:39:33.159
 holy

00:39:33.159 --> 00:39:35.199
 for

00:39:35.199 --> 00:39:35.380
 his

00:39:35.380 --> 00:39:35.839
 purposes

00:39:35.839 --> 00:39:38.739
 it

00:39:38.739 --> 00:39:38.920
 is

00:39:38.920 --> 00:39:39.119
 my

00:39:39.119 --> 00:39:39.380
 prayer

00:39:39.380 --> 00:39:39.579
 that

00:39:39.579 --> 00:39:39.900
 all

00:39:39.900 --> 00:39:40.099
 of

00:39:40.099 --> 00:39:40.519
 us

00:39:40.519 --> 00:39:42.839
 will

00:39:42.839 --> 00:39:43.000
 go

00:39:43.000 --> 00:39:43.159
 into

00:39:43.159 --> 00:39:43.719
 2025

00:39:43.719 --> 00:39:45.019
 challenged

00:39:45.019 --> 00:39:46.519
 accepting

00:39:46.519 --> 00:39:46.800
 the

00:39:46.800 --> 00:39:47.259
 challenge

00:39:47.259 --> 00:39:48.780
 to

00:39:48.780 --> 00:39:49.059
 live

00:39:49.059 --> 00:39:49.219
 for

00:39:49.219 --> 00:39:49.340
 the

00:39:49.340 --> 00:39:49.539
 Lord

00:39:49.539 --> 00:39:49.880
 Jesus

00:39:49.880 --> 00:39:51.179
 to

00:39:51.179 --> 00:39:51.420
 just

00:39:51.420 --> 00:39:51.619
 be

00:39:51.619 --> 00:39:52.099
 obedient

00:39:52.099 --> 00:39:53.460
 to

00:39:53.460 --> 00:39:53.759
 follow

00:39:53.759 --> 00:39:54.539
 him

00:39:54.539 --> 00:39:56.460
 Lord

00:39:56.460 --> 00:39:56.699
 Jesus

00:39:56.699 --> 00:39:56.880
 I

00:39:56.880 --> 00:39:57.099
 love

00:39:57.099 --> 00:39:57.259
 you

00:39:57.259 --> 00:39:57.719
 thank

00:39:57.719 --> 00:39:57.840
 you

00:39:57.840 --> 00:39:58.000
 Lord

00:39:58.000 --> 00:39:58.159
 for

00:39:58.159 --> 00:39:58.300
 your

00:39:58.300 --> 00:39:58.599
 word

00:39:58.599 --> 00:39:58.920
 thank

00:39:58.920 --> 00:39:59.039
 you

00:39:59.039 --> 00:39:59.199
 Lord

00:39:59.199 --> 00:39:59.360
 for

00:39:59.360 --> 00:39:59.519
 the

00:39:59.519 --> 00:39:59.940
 challenge

00:39:59.940 --> 00:40:00.179
 of

00:40:00.179 --> 00:40:00.300
 it

00:40:00.300 --> 00:40:00.519
 I

00:40:00.519 --> 00:40:00.739
 pray

00:40:00.739 --> 00:40:00.900
 that

00:40:00.900 --> 00:40:00.980
 you

00:40:00.980 --> 00:40:01.259
 help

00:40:01.259 --> 00:40:01.380
 us

00:40:01.380 --> 00:40:01.539
 to

00:40:01.539 --> 00:40:01.900
 respond

00:40:01.900 --> 00:40:02.039
 in

00:40:02.039 --> 00:40:02.559
 obedience

00:40:02.559 --> 00:40:03.259
 in

00:40:03.259 --> 00:40:03.639
 Jesus

00:40:03.639 --> 00:40:04.039
 precious

00:40:04.039 --> 00:40:04.480
 name

00:40:04.480 --> 00:40:05.420
 Amen