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 All right, well, good morning, church.

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 How many of y'all were here last Sunday

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 and heard my friend Ed Upton speak?

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 Did y'all enjoy Ed?

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 I thought he did an outstanding job,

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 and I appreciated him being willing to come and do that.

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 Thank you for allowing me and my family a Sunday off.

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 We were out in California and then Arizona with family

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 and had a wonderful vacation time there.

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 But it's great to be back.

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 We're looking forward to getting back.

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 Number one, you spent a little bit of time in California,

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 and you remember how wonderful the weather is.

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 And how crazy everything else is.

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 No, it's just, it's hard to take a Texan out of Texas

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 and have him be happy for too long.

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 Anyway, let's get into it today.

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 We've been in a series on new life,

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 a fresh beginning with Jesus.

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 2 Corinthians 5.17 has been our series text.

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 If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.

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 The old has passed away, and see, the new has come.

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 We've been seeing a lot of new in our church.

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 We've got a new sign out there.

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 We've had God working new life in our church,

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 evidenced by the baptisms we've been seeing.

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 We've seen new faces attending.

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 There's a lot of new happening in our church,

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 and we thank God for that,

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 because God is the God of new.

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 Old things are passed away,

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 and God is doing something new in our church.

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 Much of the study and content comes from

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 Pastor Craig Groeschel of Life Church in Oklahoma City.

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 And I want to remind us, in our very first sermon,

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 we learned that God is doing a new thing.

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 Do you not see it?

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 We do see it.

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 And then secondly, we learned we need to stop trying

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 and start what?

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 Training.

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 That's right.

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 We've got that part down, don't we?

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 Stop trying, start training.

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 Oftentimes, we encounter difficulties in our life,

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 and we try to defeat them, try to defeat them,

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 and we fail and fail.

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 But then God wants us to kind of reverse our mindset on that

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 and say, you stop trying and allow me to train you

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 to be who I say you are and who I want you to be.

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 So then we got into you do what you do

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 because of what you think of you.

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 We do what we do because of what we think of ourselves.

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 Our identity determines our behavior.

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 And again, if we have a mind shift

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 to see ourselves as God sees us,

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 then we behave according to who God says we are,

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 not who we have always thought we are.

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 So there's a shift there.

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 And then this is the third Sunday

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 in this little sub-series.

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 We've kind of shoehorned into this.

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 And the first Sunday was lay aside.

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 Lay aside every week, every wait.

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 Do you remember what happened on the Sunday

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 when we talked about laying aside the wait?

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 Anybody want to remind me what happened?

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 Thank you for that.

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 He said, you got smoked.

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 Yes, I did.

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 I had a foot race with one of our teenagers

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 who I think is in here somewhere.

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 Anyway, yeah, he's back there.

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 And I lined up on that aisle

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 and he lined up on that aisle

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 and we just had a foot race down to the front

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 and he blew me out of the water.

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 Wasn't even close.

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 Then I burdened him down with a weight vest

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 and kettlebells and a big medicine ball

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 and we ran again and I barely beat him.

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 It was very revealing.

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 Anyway, weights do slow us down.

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 There's no way that kid could lose to me in a foot race

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 unless I added a whole bunch of weight to him

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 and obstacles that he had to run with.

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 So lay aside every weight.

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 Two questions there.

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 What are you holding on to?

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 And then what is holding on to you?

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 We find that one in those two verses,

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 Hebrews 12 and Philippians 3.

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 And these are kind of the texts for this series

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 that we're in right now.

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 So what are you holding on to?

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 What is a sin problem?

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 A self-destructive habit

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 that you might still be holding on to?

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 And then secondly,

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 what is something from your life

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 that might be holding on to you?

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 Philippians 3 reminds us to forget what lies behind.

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 And then number two, two weeks ago,

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 let us run.

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 Let us run.

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 That was graduation Sunday, senior Sunday.

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 We talked about how it's important

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 to have a goal that we're moving toward.

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 Start moving.

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 Reaching forward to what lies ahead.

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 And then keep going.

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 Run with endurance.

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 Again, drawing from Hebrews 12 and Philippians 3.

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 So that should catch you up.

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 If you forgot or maybe you missed one of those weeks,

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 then you should be kind of caught up on where we are.

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 And today, we're wrapping up this mini-series here

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 from Hebrews 12 and Philippians 3.

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 Look at Jesus.

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 So first week was lay aside the weight.

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 And then let us run the race that God has set before us.

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 And now we are reminded to look at Jesus.

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 So let's look at the Word of God.

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 Hebrews chapter 12 and verse 2.

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 Hebrews chapter 12 and verse 2.

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 If you'll turn in your Bibles over there,

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 we'll read from it together.

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 Hebrews 12 and verse 2.

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 Therefore, I'm going to begin in verse 1

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 and we'll catch you up here.

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 Therefore, since we also have such a large cloud of witnesses

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 surrounding us, let us lay aside every hindrance

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 and the sin that so easily ensnares us.

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 Let us run with endurance the race that lies before us.

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 And here we are keeping our eyes on Jesus,

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 the source and perfecter of our faith.

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 For the joy that lay before him,

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 he endured the cross, despising the shame,

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 and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

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 Now would you turn over with me to Philippians chapter 3.

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 Philippians chapter 3.

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 We're going to read in verse 13.

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 One thing I do, about halfway down verse 13 of Philippians chapter 3.

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 One thing I do, forgetting what is behind

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 and reaching forward to what is ahead,

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 I pursue as my goal the prize promised

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 by God's heavenly call in Christ Jesus.

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 Would you pray with me?

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 God, I thank you so much for your word that is alive.

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 It addresses every problem in our life.

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 It gives us grace for every day.

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 I pray that your word would speak to us today.

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 Adapt every word that comes from the reading of your word

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 and the preaching of it.

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 Adapt it to our personal lives and situations.

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 Personalize it for us, Lord.

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 And if there's anybody here who doesn't know you as their Savior,

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 let them not leave here today

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 without establishing that relationship the first time.

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 In Jesus' name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 All right, so look at Jesus.

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 That is kind of the conclusion of our series here

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 from Hebrews 12 and Philippians 3.

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 I want to share a quote with you from a woman

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 who was Dutch and allowed many Jews to hide in her and her family's house

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 many years ago in the days leading up to the Nazi concentration camps,

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 the Holocaust back in World War II.

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 So she says, as someone who sacrificed much for God's people to be saved from their oppressors,

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 and then eventually she herself was taken prisoner

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 and sent to a Nazi concentration camp where she suffered unimaginable things.

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 And she said later in her life, if you look at the world, you'll be distressed.

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 Well, that's probably true, especially considering the things that she endured.

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 If you look at the world around you, you will be distressed.

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 I wouldn't have to probably convince too much of you to agree with that.

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 I think we all pretty much agree the world around us is full of problems.

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 It's full of stress.

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 It's full of distress.

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 If you look within, you'll be depressed, which is often the case, isn't it?

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 We probably have let ourselves down more than we've let anybody else down,

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 and we've let other people down, haven't we?

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 We probably know the truth about ourselves, and that often depresses us

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 maybe more than it energizes us.

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 Because we know our innermost thoughts.

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 We know our weaknesses.

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 So if we look outside, we're distressed.

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 If we look within, we're depressed.

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 But if we look at God, we will be at rest.

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 Our eyes must be fixed on Jesus.

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 If our eyes get fixed on anyone or anything else,

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 we will be distressed or we will be depressed.

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 Ultimately, our eyes must remain on Christ to find rest for this journey.

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 So number one, eyes up.

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 Eyes up.

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 Hebrews 12 says,

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 keeping your eyes on Jesus,

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 looking unto Jesus.

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 That is the key to the Christian life.

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 Eyes up.

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 Hebrews 12,

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 looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith,

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 who for the joy that was set before him,

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 endured the cross, despising the shame,

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 and is now seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

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 Why are we looking at Jesus?

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 Because he walked this path before we did.

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 And he did it perfectly.

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 Why are we keeping our eyes fixed on Christ?

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 Because he is our example.

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 He is our role model.

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 He is our goal.

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 He is our prize.

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 We keep our eyes on the what?

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 Yes.

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 Keep our eyes on the prize.

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 I was seeing if y'all could get there with me.

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 We keep our eyes on the prize,

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 and the prize is Jesus Christ.

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 He is the one we are striving to please.

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 He is the one who has rescued us.

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 He is the one whose grace sustains us,

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 whose blood has washed us from our sins.

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 He is the one who has given everything for us,

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 and he is our goal.

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 He is the light at the end of the tunnel.

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 So we look to him.

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 Eyes up.

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 Now, Isaiah 45, 22 shows us it has always been this way.

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 From the very beginning,

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 the goal is to get our eyes back on our creator,

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 on God.

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 Isaiah 45, 22,

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 turn to me and be saved,

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 for I am God and there is no other.

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 Have you ever heard in the world today

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 that you just believe what's best for you

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 and let me believe what's best for me

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 and don't tell me that you're right and I'm wrong?

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 You ever heard that kind of thing?

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 It's especially popular in our culture and society today.

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 The Bible tells us the exact opposite of that.

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 God is very inclusive in that he wants all men and women to come to him,

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 but he's very exclusive when he says,

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 I'm the only one that can save you.

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 I'm the only one.

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 If you go to another church that says any other way to be saved

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 other than placing your faith in Jesus alone,

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 that is not correct.

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 The only way to be forgiven

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 and to have a relationship with God

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 is through Jesus Christ.

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 That's it.

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 There is no other way.

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 I hear all the time,

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 well, all us churches should just get along

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 because we're all preaching the same thing.

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 Well, we're not all preaching the same thing.

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 Thank God many are.

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 Thank God many of our churches here in town

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 are pointing people to Jesus,

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 but I dare say there's probably some who aren't.

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 All across this world,

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 there are people who gather in churches

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 and they add to the scriptures,

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 they add to the gospel message,

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 or they take away from it.

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 It's either, oh, God doesn't think your sin is that bad,

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 or it's you have to jump through all these hoops

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 that we have created to get to God.

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 But the reality is,

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 you just have to turn to Jesus.

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 You turn to Jesus and say,

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 I know I'm a sinner.

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 I know Jesus died for my sin,

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 and I place all of my faith

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 in the risen Savior, Jesus Christ.

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 He will forgive me.

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 He loves me.

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 He will make me his child.

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 That is the way of salvation,

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 and there is no other.

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 And that's according to God himself.

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 He says, I am God.

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 Buddha's not God.

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 Mohammed's not God.

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 Throw in whatever,

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 anybody else who's ever tried to

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 represent themselves as a deity on this earth,

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 they are not God.

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 Fortunately, you are not God of your life.

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 I am not God of my life.

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 There is one God.

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 His name is Jesus.

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 Let's turn to Matthew, would you with me?

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 Matthew chapter 14.

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 Now, I think I'm preaching to the choir

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 mostly in this room.

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 I think most of you would agree

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 with what we just talked about.

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 There is one God.

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 His name is Jesus.

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 He's the only way to salvation.

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 But what does that have to do with us now?

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 Once you have placed your faith in Jesus,

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 say, yeah, I know that.

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 I believe.

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 I put my faith in Jesus.

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 I've been baptized like Heather was this morning.

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 What does that mean for me now?

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 Matthew chapter 14, verse 22.

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 This is right after the feeding of the 5,000.

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 Jesus and his disciples,

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 they're probably on a high

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 after this amazing miracle.

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 With Jesus multiplied

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 this small amount of food

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 and fed so many people.

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 Now, they're leaving.

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 Verse 22.

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 Immediately, Jesus made the disciples

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 get into a boat

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 and go ahead of him to the other side,

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 the Sea of Galilee,

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 while he dismissed the crowd.

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 After dismissing the crowd,

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 he went up onto the mountain by himself

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 to pray.

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 Jesus would often do this.

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 By the way, it's a good idea

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 after a big win

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 or a big loss

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 to go off by yourself

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 and pray.

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 Recenter yourself on God.

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 Give him the glory

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 for what just happened

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 or take to him

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 the sorrow and care

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 that you're experiencing.

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 Whatever those times are,

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 it's a good idea

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 to copy what Jesus did

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 and go get away

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 and pray.

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 Well into the night,

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 Jesus was there alone.

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 Verse 24.

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 Meanwhile,

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 the boat,

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 with the disciples in it,

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 was already some distance

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 from the land,

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 battered by the waves

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 because the wind

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 was against them.

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 You know, folks,

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 sometimes in life,

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 the wind is going to be

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 against you,

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 so to speak.

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 Seems like the whole world

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 is stacked against you.

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 You know why?

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 Because it is.

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 As a child of God,

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 this world is stacked

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 against you.

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 But be not afraid

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 because Jesus

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 has overcome the world.

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 There is no power greater.

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 There will be all sorts

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 of power and obstacles

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 rise up against you

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 as a child of God.

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 But your power,

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 the one that is walking

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 with you,

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 the one who is talking

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 with you,

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 the one who is leading you

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 and never abandons you,

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 he is greater.

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 He is more powerful.

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 So as the winds

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 rise up against

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 this boat

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 with the disciples in it,

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 what happened?

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 Jesus came toward them.

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 Walking on the sea.

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 I love how it just

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 throws that in there

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 like it's an everyday occurrence.

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 Oh yeah,

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 Jesus was taking a walk

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 on the sea early

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 in the morning.

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 I like to take a walk

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 early in the morning

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 when I wake up

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 early enough to do that.

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 But I don't normally,

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 you know,

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 go out to the city pool

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 and take a stroll.

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 I don't go down

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 to Lake Arrowhead

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 and take a nice little walk.

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 Jesus,

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 though,

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 was doing that.

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 Verse 25,

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 Jesus came toward them

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 walking on the sea

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 very early in the morning.

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 And when the disciples

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 saw him

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 walking on the sea,

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 they were terrified.

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 It's a ghost!

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 They said.

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 And they cried out

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 in fear.

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 Now y'all,

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 these guys had been

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 walking with Jesus.

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 It wasn't like

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 they didn't know

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 who he was.

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 They believed

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 that he was the Messiah.

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 They believed

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 that he was from God.

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 So should it have been

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 a huge leap

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 for them to see Jesus

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 walking on the water

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 and realize,

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 oh yeah,

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 that's Jesus.

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 He's different

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 than we are,

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 isn't he?

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 He can do that.

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 But that wasn't

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 their first conclusion.

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 Even the ones

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 who literally

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 walked in the physical,

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 human presence

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 of Jesus

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 on this earth

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 still didn't have

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 enough faith

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 to realize

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 that's the Son of God.

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 He loves us.

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 He's our friend.

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 He's coming to save us.

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 No,

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 their immediate thought was

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 it's a ghost.

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 We've never been

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 like that,

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 have we?

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 Of course not.

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 We've never had

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 some opposition

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 come up against us.

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 We've never had

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 some change

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 happen in our life.

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 Maybe some evidence

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 of God

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 actually working,

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 but it wasn't

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 what we thought.

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 It wasn't

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 what we planned.

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 All they wanted

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 was for the storm

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 to die down,

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 right?

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 Just take the storm

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 away

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 and we can get

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 to the other side

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 here in peace.

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 It never entered

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 into their mind

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 that God would come

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 walking across the water

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 to save them.

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 So,

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 when they saw

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 what God chose

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 to do,

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 freaked them out.

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 We've never been

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 in those shoes,

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 have we?

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 When we saw

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 something that God

00:19:36.240 --> 00:19:36.980
 chose to do

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 and it wasn't

00:19:38.059 --> 00:19:38.819
 what we had planned,

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 it wasn't even

00:19:39.400 --> 00:19:40.099
 what we had asked

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 for or hoped for,

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 and it kind of

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 spooks us a little bit.

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 So,

00:19:47.380 --> 00:19:47.759
 what happened?

00:19:48.980 --> 00:19:49.980
 They cried out

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 in fear

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 and immediately,

00:19:52.740 --> 00:19:53.500
 verse 27,

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 Jesus spoke to them.

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 Have courage,

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 it is I.

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 Don't be afraid.

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 So,

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 who speaks up first?

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 Well,

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 if you know

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 the disciples at all,

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 your first guess

00:20:09.079 --> 00:20:09.699
 would be Peter

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 and you'd be right.

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 Lord,

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 if it's you,

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 Peter answered him,

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 command me to come

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 to you on the water.

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 And I love this,

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 verse 29,

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 he said,

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 come.

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 I just,

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 that baffles me

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 for some reason.

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 Maybe because I'm

00:20:32.659 --> 00:20:34.359
 raising two little boys,

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 they're not so little

00:20:35.799 --> 00:20:36.299
 anymore.

00:20:37.039 --> 00:20:37.859
 They're getting bigger

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 and they're sitting

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 right up here,

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 Austin's bouncing

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 in his seat.

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 At least he's staying

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 awake,

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 that's a good thing.

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 When I'm trying

00:20:47.240 --> 00:20:48.220
 to get my kids

00:20:48.220 --> 00:20:49.039
 to do something

00:20:49.039 --> 00:20:49.460
 that they're

00:20:49.460 --> 00:20:50.319
 uncomfortable with,

00:20:50.759 --> 00:20:51.399
 do something

00:20:51.399 --> 00:20:52.159
 that might make them

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 a little nervous

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 or a little scared,

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 I usually don't

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 just say,

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 come.

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 Usually,

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 I gotta talk them

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 through it,

00:21:02.279 --> 00:21:02.620
 you know?

00:21:03.300 --> 00:21:03.940
 Okay, son,

00:21:04.019 --> 00:21:04.480
 now here's what

00:21:04.480 --> 00:21:04.960
 you gotta do.

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 You gotta get

00:21:05.460 --> 00:21:06.060
 one foot out

00:21:06.060 --> 00:21:06.340
 of the boat,

00:21:06.400 --> 00:21:06.580
 okay?

00:21:06.620 --> 00:21:07.380
 Just get one foot

00:21:07.380 --> 00:21:07.800
 in the water.

00:21:08.100 --> 00:21:08.720
 We'll work on the

00:21:08.720 --> 00:21:09.480
 next one in a minute,

00:21:09.660 --> 00:21:09.920
 okay?

00:21:09.980 --> 00:21:10.680
 How does that feel?

00:21:10.759 --> 00:21:11.440
 Does that feel alright?

00:21:11.740 --> 00:21:12.340
 Feel like you can

00:21:12.340 --> 00:21:13.440
 put the other one in now?

00:21:13.740 --> 00:21:14.019
 Alright,

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 now come on out.

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 I got my hand out here.

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 Come on,

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 walk to me.

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 Walk to me.

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 You got this.

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 That's what I would

00:21:19.420 --> 00:21:19.800
 have done.

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 But Jesus

00:21:21.859 --> 00:21:22.659
 just says,

00:21:22.859 --> 00:21:23.779
 come.

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 Why do you

00:21:27.619 --> 00:21:28.079
 think that is?

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 I think it's

00:21:32.599 --> 00:21:33.259
 because Peter

00:21:33.259 --> 00:21:34.319
 had an opportunity

00:21:34.319 --> 00:21:34.759
 here

00:21:34.759 --> 00:21:36.619
 to exercise

00:21:36.619 --> 00:21:37.419
 the faith

00:21:37.419 --> 00:21:38.000
 that Jesus

00:21:38.000 --> 00:21:38.779
 knew he had.

00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:40.539
 Jesus knew

00:21:40.539 --> 00:21:41.099
 he had enough

00:21:41.099 --> 00:21:41.439
 faith

00:21:41.439 --> 00:21:42.479
 to walk to him.

00:21:43.719 --> 00:21:44.539
 So I think

00:21:44.539 --> 00:21:45.339
 Jesus wasn't

00:21:45.339 --> 00:21:46.099
 gonna coax him

00:21:46.099 --> 00:21:46.559
 through it.

00:21:47.419 --> 00:21:48.439
 It was just,

00:21:48.679 --> 00:21:49.819
 I'm gonna issue

00:21:49.819 --> 00:21:50.480
 you a command.

00:21:51.159 --> 00:21:52.000
 Your job

00:21:52.000 --> 00:21:52.659
 is to step

00:21:52.659 --> 00:21:53.359
 out by faith

00:21:53.359 --> 00:21:54.500
 and follow me.

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 I'm not gonna

00:21:56.339 --> 00:21:57.359
 explain all

00:21:57.359 --> 00:21:57.899
 the reasons

00:21:57.899 --> 00:21:58.679
 of why this

00:21:58.679 --> 00:21:59.359
 is gonna work.

00:22:00.460 --> 00:22:01.159
 Just gonna

00:22:01.159 --> 00:22:01.839
 help you

00:22:01.839 --> 00:22:02.799
 see

00:22:02.799 --> 00:22:04.319
 that you

00:22:04.319 --> 00:22:04.679
 have to

00:22:04.679 --> 00:22:05.500
 simply obey.

00:22:06.500 --> 00:22:06.939
 So,

00:22:07.319 --> 00:22:07.980
 Jesus says,

00:22:08.480 --> 00:22:08.819
 come.

00:22:10.259 --> 00:22:11.059
 And climbing

00:22:11.059 --> 00:22:11.819
 out of the boat,

00:22:13.559 --> 00:22:14.200
 Peter started

00:22:14.200 --> 00:22:14.919
 walking on the

00:22:14.919 --> 00:22:15.179
 water

00:22:15.179 --> 00:22:16.399
 and came

00:22:16.399 --> 00:22:17.359
 toward Jesus.

00:22:17.359 --> 00:22:18.179
 but when he

00:22:18.179 --> 00:22:18.719
 saw

00:22:18.719 --> 00:22:19.799
 the strength

00:22:19.799 --> 00:22:20.740
 of the wind,

00:22:20.859 --> 00:22:21.779
 he was

00:22:21.779 --> 00:22:22.500
 afraid.

00:22:23.579 --> 00:22:24.119
 And beginning

00:22:24.119 --> 00:22:24.839
 to sink,

00:22:25.099 --> 00:22:25.959
 he cried out,

00:22:26.259 --> 00:22:26.619
 Lord,

00:22:26.859 --> 00:22:27.539
 save me!

00:22:28.779 --> 00:22:30.179
 So he knew

00:22:30.179 --> 00:22:31.859
 that Jesus

00:22:31.859 --> 00:22:32.759
 could save

00:22:32.759 --> 00:22:33.099
 him.

00:22:34.219 --> 00:22:35.159
 So who did

00:22:35.159 --> 00:22:35.699
 he doubt

00:22:35.699 --> 00:22:36.439
 in that moment?

00:22:38.019 --> 00:22:38.799
 What was it?

00:22:39.839 --> 00:22:40.399
 Himself.

00:22:41.199 --> 00:22:41.479
 Right?

00:22:42.019 --> 00:22:42.619
 Have you ever

00:22:42.619 --> 00:22:43.139
 been there?

00:22:43.619 --> 00:22:44.119
 It's like,

00:22:44.159 --> 00:22:44.379
 God,

00:22:44.479 --> 00:22:45.139
 I know

00:22:45.139 --> 00:22:45.599
 that you're

00:22:45.599 --> 00:22:45.899
 real.

00:22:45.900 --> 00:22:46.940
 I know

00:22:46.940 --> 00:22:47.340
 that you

00:22:47.340 --> 00:22:47.840
 are great,

00:22:47.960 --> 00:22:48.240
 you are

00:22:48.240 --> 00:22:48.780
 powerful,

00:22:49.100 --> 00:22:49.660
 you love

00:22:49.660 --> 00:22:49.920
 me,

00:22:50.200 --> 00:22:50.600
 you wanna

00:22:50.600 --> 00:22:51.300
 help me,

00:22:51.960 --> 00:22:52.800
 but I

00:22:52.800 --> 00:22:53.360
 don't feel

00:22:53.360 --> 00:22:53.720
 the same

00:22:53.720 --> 00:22:54.160
 way about

00:22:54.160 --> 00:22:54.600
 myself.

00:22:55.780 --> 00:22:56.220
 God,

00:22:56.259 --> 00:22:56.480
 I know

00:22:56.480 --> 00:22:56.780
 you wanna

00:22:56.780 --> 00:22:57.280
 do great

00:22:57.280 --> 00:22:57.780
 things in

00:22:57.780 --> 00:22:58.420
 my life,

00:22:58.740 --> 00:22:59.600
 but I'm

00:22:59.600 --> 00:23:00.060
 not sure

00:23:00.060 --> 00:23:00.460
 I'm your

00:23:00.460 --> 00:23:00.780
 guy.

00:23:01.480 --> 00:23:02.140
 I'm not

00:23:02.140 --> 00:23:02.580
 sure I'm

00:23:02.580 --> 00:23:03.000
 your girl.

00:23:04.360 --> 00:23:05.019
 I'm not

00:23:05.019 --> 00:23:05.620
 sure I'm

00:23:05.620 --> 00:23:06.120
 the one

00:23:06.120 --> 00:23:06.820
 that can

00:23:06.820 --> 00:23:07.320
 handle

00:23:07.320 --> 00:23:08.380
 what you're

00:23:08.380 --> 00:23:08.740
 trying to

00:23:08.740 --> 00:23:09.040
 get me

00:23:09.040 --> 00:23:09.400
 to do.

00:23:12.680 --> 00:23:13.240
 I've been

00:23:13.240 --> 00:23:13.980
 there time

00:23:13.980 --> 00:23:14.660
 and time

00:23:14.660 --> 00:23:15.259
 and time

00:23:15.259 --> 00:23:15.779
 again in

00:23:15.779 --> 00:23:16.200
 my life.

00:23:17.559 --> 00:23:18.160
 God,

00:23:18.279 --> 00:23:18.700
 I know

00:23:18.700 --> 00:23:18.980
 you're

00:23:18.980 --> 00:23:19.400
 strong

00:23:19.400 --> 00:23:19.779
 enough

00:23:19.779 --> 00:23:21.519
 to beat

00:23:21.519 --> 00:23:22.200
 this habit

00:23:22.200 --> 00:23:22.640
 that I

00:23:22.640 --> 00:23:22.980
 have,

00:23:23.619 --> 00:23:24.319
 but I'm

00:23:24.319 --> 00:23:24.740
 telling you

00:23:24.740 --> 00:23:25.319
 I'm not.

00:23:26.180 --> 00:23:27.099
 I can't

00:23:27.099 --> 00:23:27.460
 do it.

00:23:28.140 --> 00:23:28.859
 I can't

00:23:28.859 --> 00:23:29.299
 handle it.

00:23:29.980 --> 00:23:30.619
 My faith

00:23:30.619 --> 00:23:31.460
 just isn't

00:23:31.460 --> 00:23:32.160
 strong enough.

00:23:33.859 --> 00:23:34.400
 And Jesus

00:23:34.400 --> 00:23:34.759
 says,

00:23:34.859 --> 00:23:35.160
 listen,

00:23:35.920 --> 00:23:36.539
 all you gotta

00:23:36.539 --> 00:23:36.980
 do

00:23:36.980 --> 00:23:38.379
 is come.

00:23:39.379 --> 00:23:40.240
 You just

00:23:40.240 --> 00:23:40.900
 have to get

00:23:40.900 --> 00:23:41.579
 out of the

00:23:41.579 --> 00:23:41.859
 boat,

00:23:41.859 --> 00:23:42.879
 you just

00:23:42.879 --> 00:23:43.219
 have to

00:23:43.219 --> 00:23:43.479
 keep

00:23:43.479 --> 00:23:43.799
 putting

00:23:43.799 --> 00:23:44.419
 one foot

00:23:44.419 --> 00:23:44.819
 in front

00:23:44.819 --> 00:23:45.099
 of the

00:23:45.099 --> 00:23:45.419
 other.

00:23:46.799 --> 00:23:47.219
 Peter

00:23:47.219 --> 00:23:47.939
 didn't have

00:23:47.939 --> 00:23:48.379
 to have

00:23:48.379 --> 00:23:49.159
 some massive

00:23:49.159 --> 00:23:49.740
 amount of

00:23:49.740 --> 00:23:50.059
 faith.

00:23:50.379 --> 00:23:50.859
 He just

00:23:50.859 --> 00:23:51.339
 had to

00:23:51.339 --> 00:23:51.879
 walk.

00:23:52.979 --> 00:23:53.479
 Just

00:23:53.479 --> 00:23:54.019
 literally

00:23:54.019 --> 00:23:54.839
 walk.

00:23:55.839 --> 00:23:56.479
 And then

00:23:56.479 --> 00:23:57.839
 Jesus would

00:23:57.839 --> 00:23:58.339
 take care of

00:23:58.339 --> 00:23:58.719
 the rest.

00:23:59.759 --> 00:24:00.199
 But Peter

00:24:00.199 --> 00:24:00.679
 couldn't do

00:24:00.679 --> 00:24:00.839
 it.

00:24:01.599 --> 00:24:01.959
 He was

00:24:01.959 --> 00:24:02.519
 too scared.

00:24:03.679 --> 00:24:04.519
 The winds

00:24:04.519 --> 00:24:05.259
 and the waves

00:24:05.259 --> 00:24:06.039
 around him

00:24:06.039 --> 00:24:06.740
 scared him

00:24:06.740 --> 00:24:08.039
 too much.

00:24:08.960 --> 00:24:09.579
 What if

00:24:09.579 --> 00:24:10.339
 got in

00:24:10.339 --> 00:24:10.659
 the way?

00:24:11.319 --> 00:24:11.920
 What if

00:24:11.920 --> 00:24:12.639
 came

00:24:12.639 --> 00:24:13.420
 burrowing

00:24:13.420 --> 00:24:13.839
 its way

00:24:13.839 --> 00:24:14.359
 into his

00:24:14.359 --> 00:24:14.720
 mind

00:24:14.720 --> 00:24:15.319
 saying,

00:24:15.700 --> 00:24:16.099
 what if

00:24:16.099 --> 00:24:17.000
 my faith

00:24:17.000 --> 00:24:17.619
 isn't strong

00:24:17.619 --> 00:24:17.879
 enough?

00:24:18.119 --> 00:24:18.759
 What if

00:24:18.759 --> 00:24:19.279
 I start

00:24:19.279 --> 00:24:19.720
 to sink?

00:24:20.079 --> 00:24:20.859
 What if

00:24:20.859 --> 00:24:21.759
 I don't

00:24:21.759 --> 00:24:22.159
 make it

00:24:22.159 --> 00:24:22.519
 to him?

00:24:23.220 --> 00:24:23.720
 He can

00:24:23.720 --> 00:24:24.279
 do that,

00:24:24.759 --> 00:24:25.200
 but I

00:24:25.200 --> 00:24:25.599
 can't.

00:24:26.000 --> 00:24:26.440
 This is

00:24:26.440 --> 00:24:26.879
 crazy.

00:24:27.819 --> 00:24:28.399
 What am

00:24:28.399 --> 00:24:28.859
 I doing?

00:24:30.059 --> 00:24:30.799
 And the

00:24:30.799 --> 00:24:31.359
 moment he

00:24:31.359 --> 00:24:32.139
 lost his

00:24:32.139 --> 00:24:32.619
 faith,

00:24:33.139 --> 00:24:33.779
 he began

00:24:33.779 --> 00:24:34.539
 to sink.

00:24:35.759 --> 00:24:36.099
 But he

00:24:36.099 --> 00:24:36.619
 had enough

00:24:36.619 --> 00:24:37.099
 faith to

00:24:37.099 --> 00:24:37.539
 cry out,

00:24:37.539 --> 00:24:37.859
 God,

00:24:38.000 --> 00:24:38.579
 save me.

00:24:39.259 --> 00:24:39.539
 Anybody

00:24:39.539 --> 00:24:39.980
 ever done

00:24:39.980 --> 00:24:40.440
 that by

00:24:40.440 --> 00:24:41.200
 testimony of

00:24:41.200 --> 00:24:41.659
 uplifted

00:24:41.659 --> 00:24:41.859
 hand?

00:24:42.079 --> 00:24:42.299
 Anybody

00:24:42.299 --> 00:24:42.859
 ever cried

00:24:42.859 --> 00:24:43.180
 out to

00:24:43.180 --> 00:24:43.519
 Jesus,

00:24:43.920 --> 00:24:44.180
 Lord,

00:24:44.259 --> 00:24:44.839
 help me,

00:24:45.119 --> 00:24:45.379
 Lord,

00:24:45.559 --> 00:24:46.180
 save me

00:24:46.180 --> 00:24:47.079
 from this

00:24:47.079 --> 00:24:47.619
 situation,

00:24:47.799 --> 00:24:48.319
 maybe save

00:24:48.319 --> 00:24:48.720
 me from

00:24:48.720 --> 00:24:49.240
 myself?

00:24:50.200 --> 00:24:50.420
 Yeah,

00:24:50.440 --> 00:24:50.619
 I've been

00:24:50.619 --> 00:24:50.839
 there.

00:24:52.299 --> 00:24:52.879
 So Jesus

00:24:52.879 --> 00:24:53.440
 says,

00:24:54.559 --> 00:24:55.159
 you of

00:24:55.159 --> 00:24:55.839
 little faith,

00:24:56.339 --> 00:24:56.940
 why did

00:24:56.940 --> 00:24:57.379
 you doubt?

00:24:57.619 --> 00:24:58.159
 He reached

00:24:58.159 --> 00:24:58.519
 out his

00:24:58.519 --> 00:24:59.279
 hand and

00:24:59.279 --> 00:24:59.839
 caught him

00:24:59.839 --> 00:25:00.940
 and said,

00:25:01.059 --> 00:25:01.319
 son,

00:25:02.059 --> 00:25:02.379
 why did

00:25:02.379 --> 00:25:02.720
 you doubt

00:25:02.720 --> 00:25:02.960
 me?

00:25:04.440 --> 00:25:05.259
 This wasn't

00:25:05.259 --> 00:25:05.839
 about you,

00:25:05.899 --> 00:25:06.460
 this was about

00:25:06.460 --> 00:25:06.819
 me.

00:25:06.819 --> 00:25:07.220
 Of course

00:25:07.220 --> 00:25:07.679
 you can't

00:25:07.679 --> 00:25:08.059
 walk on

00:25:08.059 --> 00:25:08.319
 water,

00:25:08.419 --> 00:25:08.659
 but I

00:25:08.659 --> 00:25:08.980
 can.

00:25:10.259 --> 00:25:11.000
 Of course

00:25:11.000 --> 00:25:11.539
 you can't

00:25:11.539 --> 00:25:11.960
 save your

00:25:11.960 --> 00:25:12.279
 marriage,

00:25:12.379 --> 00:25:12.659
 but he

00:25:12.659 --> 00:25:13.000
 can.

00:25:14.399 --> 00:25:15.099
 Of course

00:25:15.099 --> 00:25:15.599
 you can't

00:25:15.599 --> 00:25:16.000
 help your

00:25:16.000 --> 00:25:16.379
 kids,

00:25:16.559 --> 00:25:16.839
 but he

00:25:16.839 --> 00:25:17.139
 can.

00:25:18.339 --> 00:25:18.879
 Of course

00:25:18.879 --> 00:25:19.419
 you can't

00:25:19.419 --> 00:25:19.939
 fix your

00:25:19.939 --> 00:25:20.460
 finances,

00:25:20.700 --> 00:25:20.960
 but he

00:25:20.960 --> 00:25:21.259
 can.

00:25:22.919 --> 00:25:23.460
 Of course

00:25:23.460 --> 00:25:23.960
 you can't

00:25:23.960 --> 00:25:24.559
 beat that

00:25:24.559 --> 00:25:25.359
 habit that

00:25:25.359 --> 00:25:25.740
 you haven't

00:25:25.740 --> 00:25:26.200
 beaten your

00:25:26.200 --> 00:25:26.720
 whole life,

00:25:26.819 --> 00:25:27.740
 but he

00:25:27.740 --> 00:25:28.059
 can.

00:25:29.200 --> 00:25:29.879
 He was

00:25:29.879 --> 00:25:30.299
 training

00:25:30.299 --> 00:25:30.679
 Peter.

00:25:31.379 --> 00:25:32.119
 He didn't

00:25:32.119 --> 00:25:32.639
 need Peter

00:25:32.639 --> 00:25:33.599
 to try to

00:25:33.599 --> 00:25:34.019
 walk on

00:25:34.019 --> 00:25:34.339
 water,

00:25:34.339 --> 00:25:34.399
 water.

00:25:35.079 --> 00:25:35.799
 He just

00:25:35.799 --> 00:25:36.299
 needed him

00:25:36.299 --> 00:25:37.000
 to understand

00:25:37.000 --> 00:25:39.019
 that Jesus

00:25:39.019 --> 00:25:39.379
 was in

00:25:39.379 --> 00:25:39.899
 control of

00:25:39.899 --> 00:25:40.539
 that situation,

00:25:41.699 --> 00:25:42.199
 put one

00:25:42.199 --> 00:25:42.779
 foot in

00:25:42.779 --> 00:25:43.039
 front of

00:25:43.039 --> 00:25:43.319
 the other.

00:25:45.319 --> 00:25:46.319
 When Peter

00:25:46.319 --> 00:25:47.139
 took his

00:25:47.139 --> 00:25:47.939
 eyes off

00:25:47.939 --> 00:25:48.359
 Jesus,

00:25:49.220 --> 00:25:49.779
 he sank.

00:25:49.779 --> 00:25:51.819
 When you

00:25:51.819 --> 00:25:52.220
 and I

00:25:52.220 --> 00:25:53.200
 take our

00:25:53.200 --> 00:25:53.720
 eyes off

00:25:53.720 --> 00:25:54.099
 Jesus,

00:25:54.899 --> 00:25:55.899
 we crash,

00:25:56.519 --> 00:25:57.399
 we sink,

00:25:58.399 --> 00:25:58.920
 it doesn't

00:25:58.920 --> 00:25:59.399
 end well,

00:26:00.299 --> 00:26:01.079
 we get

00:26:01.079 --> 00:26:01.539
 scared.

00:26:02.359 --> 00:26:02.720
 Jeremiah

00:26:02.720 --> 00:26:03.660
 33.3

00:26:03.660 --> 00:26:04.000
 says,

00:26:04.420 --> 00:26:04.859
 call to

00:26:04.859 --> 00:26:05.740
 me and

00:26:05.740 --> 00:26:06.680
 I will

00:26:06.680 --> 00:26:07.559
 answer you

00:26:07.559 --> 00:26:08.099
 and I

00:26:08.099 --> 00:26:08.579
 will show

00:26:08.579 --> 00:26:09.259
 you great

00:26:09.259 --> 00:26:09.980
 and mighty

00:26:09.980 --> 00:26:11.000
 things which

00:26:11.000 --> 00:26:11.980
 you don't

00:26:11.980 --> 00:26:12.539
 know.

00:26:12.839 --> 00:26:13.119
 Listen,

00:26:13.259 --> 00:26:13.519
 folks,

00:26:13.720 --> 00:26:14.279
 at least

00:26:14.279 --> 00:26:15.160
 Peter called

00:26:15.160 --> 00:26:15.559
 out to

00:26:15.559 --> 00:26:15.859
 Jesus,

00:26:15.980 --> 00:26:16.240
 right?

00:26:16.759 --> 00:26:17.379
 Even when

00:26:17.379 --> 00:26:17.639
 he was

00:26:17.639 --> 00:26:17.960
 thinking,

00:26:18.099 --> 00:26:18.359
 at least

00:26:18.359 --> 00:26:18.799
 he said,

00:26:18.799 --> 00:26:19.159
 Jesus,

00:26:19.319 --> 00:26:19.819
 save me.

00:26:20.539 --> 00:26:20.779
 At least

00:26:20.779 --> 00:26:21.079
 he had

00:26:21.079 --> 00:26:21.440
 the sense

00:26:21.440 --> 00:26:21.779
 to do

00:26:21.779 --> 00:26:22.059
 that.

00:26:22.759 --> 00:26:22.940
 And

00:26:22.940 --> 00:26:23.419
 sometimes

00:26:23.419 --> 00:26:23.859
 that's

00:26:23.859 --> 00:26:24.220
 what we've

00:26:24.220 --> 00:26:24.539
 got to

00:26:24.539 --> 00:26:24.799
 do.

00:26:25.079 --> 00:26:25.399
 To say,

00:26:25.460 --> 00:26:25.700
 God,

00:26:25.759 --> 00:26:26.079
 I know

00:26:26.079 --> 00:26:26.480
 I messed

00:26:26.480 --> 00:26:26.779
 up.

00:26:26.960 --> 00:26:27.259
 I know

00:26:27.259 --> 00:26:27.480
 you were

00:26:27.480 --> 00:26:27.599
 going to

00:26:27.599 --> 00:26:27.799
 do

00:26:27.799 --> 00:26:28.099
 something

00:26:28.099 --> 00:26:28.460
 great.

00:26:28.579 --> 00:26:28.879
 I know

00:26:28.879 --> 00:26:29.299
 I got

00:26:29.299 --> 00:26:29.519
 in the

00:26:29.519 --> 00:26:29.700
 way

00:26:29.700 --> 00:26:29.879
 and

00:26:29.879 --> 00:26:30.159
 messed

00:26:30.159 --> 00:26:30.299
 it

00:26:30.299 --> 00:26:30.460
 up.

00:26:30.539 --> 00:26:30.779
 God,

00:26:30.940 --> 00:26:31.339
 help.

00:26:31.859 --> 00:26:32.099
 What

00:26:32.099 --> 00:26:32.259
 does

00:26:32.259 --> 00:26:32.559
 Jesus

00:26:32.559 --> 00:26:32.919
 do?

00:26:33.440 --> 00:26:33.680
 Well,

00:26:33.700 --> 00:26:33.799
 you

00:26:33.799 --> 00:26:34.099
 should

00:26:34.099 --> 00:26:34.200
 have

00:26:34.200 --> 00:26:34.440
 listened

00:26:34.440 --> 00:26:34.680
 to

00:26:34.680 --> 00:26:34.899
 me.

00:26:38.419 --> 00:26:38.879
 Shaking

00:26:38.879 --> 00:26:39.339
 his finger

00:26:39.339 --> 00:26:39.740
 at us.

00:26:39.980 --> 00:26:40.519
 What were

00:26:40.519 --> 00:26:41.119
 you thinking?

00:26:42.819 --> 00:26:43.299
 No,

00:26:43.399 --> 00:26:43.919
 he doesn't.

00:26:44.539 --> 00:26:45.299
 He reaches

00:26:45.299 --> 00:26:45.859
 down and

00:26:45.859 --> 00:26:46.299
 picks us

00:26:46.299 --> 00:26:46.759
 up and

00:26:46.759 --> 00:26:47.079
 says,

00:26:47.079 --> 00:26:48.399
 next time,

00:26:48.500 --> 00:26:48.980
 trust me.

00:26:50.539 --> 00:26:51.240
 Come on.

00:26:51.960 --> 00:26:52.480
 I'm the

00:26:52.480 --> 00:26:52.859
 one who's

00:26:52.859 --> 00:26:53.319
 got this.

00:26:54.819 --> 00:26:55.359
 And as

00:26:55.359 --> 00:26:55.659
 long as

00:26:55.659 --> 00:26:56.059
 I've got

00:26:56.059 --> 00:26:56.319
 you,

00:26:56.579 --> 00:26:56.919
 you've

00:26:56.919 --> 00:26:57.339
 got this

00:26:57.339 --> 00:26:57.599
 too.

00:26:59.659 --> 00:27:00.099
 Eyes

00:27:00.099 --> 00:27:00.299
 up.

00:27:00.399 --> 00:27:00.559
 Number

00:27:00.559 --> 00:27:00.919
 two,

00:27:01.159 --> 00:27:01.480
 press

00:27:01.480 --> 00:27:02.119
 toward the

00:27:02.119 --> 00:27:02.379
 prize.

00:27:02.480 --> 00:27:02.639
 Number

00:27:02.639 --> 00:27:02.960
 two,

00:27:03.279 --> 00:27:03.519
 press

00:27:03.519 --> 00:27:03.919
 toward the

00:27:03.919 --> 00:27:04.179
 prize.

00:27:04.299 --> 00:27:04.720
 Philippians

00:27:04.720 --> 00:27:05.099
 three,

00:27:05.480 --> 00:27:05.779
 and we'll

00:27:05.779 --> 00:27:06.099
 be done

00:27:06.099 --> 00:27:06.439
 in just

00:27:06.439 --> 00:27:06.759
 a moment.

00:27:06.899 --> 00:27:07.299
 Philippians

00:27:07.299 --> 00:27:07.679
 three.

00:27:13.699 --> 00:27:14.240
 This is

00:27:14.240 --> 00:27:14.319
 going to

00:27:14.319 --> 00:27:14.619
 be fun.

00:27:15.579 --> 00:27:15.799
 All

00:27:15.799 --> 00:27:15.919
 right,

00:27:15.980 --> 00:27:16.119
 y'all

00:27:16.119 --> 00:27:16.439
 ready for

00:27:16.439 --> 00:27:16.679
 this?

00:27:16.680 --> 00:27:17.340
 Philippians

00:27:17.340 --> 00:27:17.720
 three.

00:27:19.400 --> 00:27:19.960
 Number

00:27:19.960 --> 00:27:20.500
 one was

00:27:20.500 --> 00:27:21.100
 eyes up,

00:27:21.200 --> 00:27:21.519
 look at

00:27:21.519 --> 00:27:21.820
 Jesus.

00:27:21.980 --> 00:27:22.180
 Number

00:27:22.180 --> 00:27:22.560
 two,

00:27:22.860 --> 00:27:23.240
 press

00:27:23.240 --> 00:27:23.779
 toward

00:27:23.779 --> 00:27:24.019
 the

00:27:24.019 --> 00:27:24.400
 prize.

00:27:24.500 --> 00:27:24.660
 Verse

00:27:24.660 --> 00:27:25.180
 14,

00:27:25.480 --> 00:27:26.220
 I pursue

00:27:26.220 --> 00:27:26.900
 as my

00:27:26.900 --> 00:27:27.840
 goal the

00:27:27.840 --> 00:27:29.220
 prize promised

00:27:29.220 --> 00:27:30.080
 by God's

00:27:30.080 --> 00:27:30.799
 heavenly call

00:27:30.799 --> 00:27:31.799
 in Christ

00:27:31.799 --> 00:27:32.259
 Jesus.

00:27:32.720 --> 00:27:33.120
 Eyes

00:27:33.120 --> 00:27:33.580
 up,

00:27:33.840 --> 00:27:34.360
 looking at

00:27:34.360 --> 00:27:34.700
 Jesus,

00:27:34.900 --> 00:27:35.600
 because he

00:27:35.600 --> 00:27:36.620
 is our

00:27:36.620 --> 00:27:37.220
 prize.

00:27:37.620 --> 00:27:37.940
 Jesus

00:27:37.940 --> 00:27:38.560
 gave us

00:27:38.560 --> 00:27:38.740
 our

00:27:38.740 --> 00:27:39.100
 calling,

00:27:39.560 --> 00:27:40.039
 he drew

00:27:40.039 --> 00:27:40.400
 us to

00:27:40.400 --> 00:27:40.840
 himself,

00:27:41.120 --> 00:27:41.779
 he forgave

00:27:41.779 --> 00:27:42.120
 us of

00:27:42.120 --> 00:27:42.720
 our sins,

00:27:43.720 --> 00:27:44.620
 so we

00:27:44.620 --> 00:27:45.200
 keep our

00:27:45.200 --> 00:27:45.840
 eyes

00:27:45.839 --> 00:27:46.980
 on the

00:27:46.980 --> 00:27:47.579
 prize.

00:27:48.259 --> 00:27:48.439
 There

00:27:48.439 --> 00:27:48.779
 will be

00:27:48.779 --> 00:27:49.699
 all kinds

00:27:49.699 --> 00:27:50.199
 of other

00:27:50.199 --> 00:27:50.699
 things

00:27:50.699 --> 00:27:51.459
 tried to

00:27:51.459 --> 00:27:52.059
 distract

00:27:52.059 --> 00:27:52.439
 you.

00:27:53.639 --> 00:27:54.059
 Peter

00:27:54.059 --> 00:27:54.359
 got

00:27:54.359 --> 00:27:55.019
 distracted

00:27:55.019 --> 00:27:55.500
 by the

00:27:55.500 --> 00:27:55.899
 waves

00:27:55.899 --> 00:27:56.399
 around

00:27:56.399 --> 00:27:56.779
 him.

00:27:56.779 --> 00:27:57.379
 All

00:27:57.379 --> 00:27:57.799
 kinds

00:27:57.799 --> 00:27:57.980
 of

00:27:57.980 --> 00:27:58.419
 people

00:27:58.419 --> 00:27:58.899
 or

00:27:58.899 --> 00:27:59.439
 places

00:27:59.439 --> 00:27:59.859
 or

00:27:59.859 --> 00:28:00.359
 things

00:28:00.359 --> 00:28:01.079
 or goals

00:28:01.079 --> 00:28:01.720
 or careers

00:28:01.720 --> 00:28:02.439
 or desires

00:28:02.439 --> 00:28:03.339
 or sin

00:28:03.339 --> 00:28:03.879
 problems

00:28:03.879 --> 00:28:04.379
 will try

00:28:04.379 --> 00:28:04.899
 to worm

00:28:04.899 --> 00:28:05.459
 their way

00:28:05.459 --> 00:28:06.339
 in and

00:28:06.339 --> 00:28:06.980
 pull your

00:28:06.980 --> 00:28:07.579
 focus

00:28:07.579 --> 00:28:08.119
 away.

00:28:08.119 --> 00:28:09.659
 And that's

00:28:09.659 --> 00:28:10.119
 why Paul

00:28:10.119 --> 00:28:10.939
 reminds us

00:28:10.939 --> 00:28:11.779
 to press,

00:28:12.439 --> 00:28:13.059
 press,

00:28:13.279 --> 00:28:13.819
 pursue

00:28:13.819 --> 00:28:15.139
 the prize

00:28:15.139 --> 00:28:17.179
 that God

00:28:17.179 --> 00:28:18.059
 has before

00:28:18.059 --> 00:28:18.439
 us.

00:28:19.579 --> 00:28:20.279
 How many

00:28:20.279 --> 00:28:20.559
 of y'all

00:28:20.559 --> 00:28:20.819
 have ever

00:28:20.819 --> 00:28:21.239
 seen the

00:28:21.239 --> 00:28:22.000
 show that

00:28:22.000 --> 00:28:22.559
 came,

00:28:22.619 --> 00:28:22.839
 I don't

00:28:22.839 --> 00:28:23.079
 know if

00:28:23.079 --> 00:28:23.500
 it's still

00:28:23.500 --> 00:28:23.959
 airing or

00:28:23.959 --> 00:28:24.219
 not,

00:28:24.399 --> 00:28:24.699
 they may

00:28:24.699 --> 00:28:25.319
 be just

00:28:25.319 --> 00:28:25.839
 delaying

00:28:25.839 --> 00:28:26.459
 before another

00:28:26.459 --> 00:28:27.179
 season happens,

00:28:27.299 --> 00:28:27.559
 but it's

00:28:27.559 --> 00:28:27.899
 this little

00:28:27.899 --> 00:28:28.500
 mini golf

00:28:28.500 --> 00:28:29.039
 show called

00:28:29.039 --> 00:28:29.719
 Holy Moly.

00:28:30.539 --> 00:28:31.000
 Came on

00:28:31.000 --> 00:28:31.639
 ABC,

00:28:31.899 --> 00:28:32.239
 I think.

00:28:33.139 --> 00:28:33.579
 Within the

00:28:33.579 --> 00:28:34.199
 last five

00:28:34.199 --> 00:28:34.939
 years or so,

00:28:35.059 --> 00:28:35.559
 they came out

00:28:35.559 --> 00:28:35.919
 with a couple

00:28:35.919 --> 00:28:36.559
 seasons of it.

00:28:36.579 --> 00:28:36.899
 There you go,

00:28:36.900 --> 00:28:37.400
 we got one,

00:28:37.460 --> 00:28:37.860
 I know my

00:28:37.860 --> 00:28:38.259
 kids down

00:28:38.259 --> 00:28:38.660
 here watch

00:28:38.660 --> 00:28:38.780
 it.

00:28:38.860 --> 00:28:39.060
 Yeah,

00:28:39.280 --> 00:28:39.580
 alright,

00:28:40.019 --> 00:28:40.420
 well Holy

00:28:40.420 --> 00:28:40.700
 Moly

00:28:40.700 --> 00:28:41.080
 action,

00:28:41.440 --> 00:28:41.920
 it's great

00:28:41.920 --> 00:28:42.200
 man,

00:28:42.300 --> 00:28:42.940
 it's extreme

00:28:42.940 --> 00:28:43.460
 mini golf

00:28:43.460 --> 00:28:43.840
 and it's

00:28:43.840 --> 00:28:44.200
 amazing.

00:28:45.220 --> 00:28:45.580
 I have a

00:28:45.580 --> 00:28:45.940
 little clip

00:28:45.940 --> 00:28:46.240
 from it

00:28:46.240 --> 00:28:46.420
 here,

00:28:46.600 --> 00:28:46.840
 ready?

00:28:50.580 --> 00:28:50.920
 Bears,

00:28:51.060 --> 00:28:51.240
 bears,

00:28:51.340 --> 00:28:51.519
 bears.

00:28:51.700 --> 00:28:51.840
 Alright,

00:28:51.900 --> 00:28:52.220
 here we go,

00:28:52.340 --> 00:28:52.840
 let's try it,

00:28:52.960 --> 00:28:53.360
 we'll start

00:28:53.360 --> 00:28:53.580
 it over.

00:28:54.540 --> 00:28:55.019
 Here we go.

00:28:58.000 --> 00:28:58.700
 Here comes

00:28:58.700 --> 00:28:59.460
 the distraction.

00:29:00.320 --> 00:29:00.620
 Bears,

00:29:00.740 --> 00:29:00.940
 bears,

00:29:01.060 --> 00:29:01.240
 bears,

00:29:01.360 --> 00:29:01.519
 bears.

00:29:01.820 --> 00:29:02.040
 Okay,

00:29:02.100 --> 00:29:02.480
 let me set

00:29:02.480 --> 00:29:02.920
 this up for

00:29:02.920 --> 00:29:03.080
 you.

00:29:04.460 --> 00:29:05.519
 This hole,

00:29:06.120 --> 00:29:06.880
 they all

00:29:06.880 --> 00:29:07.460
 play these

00:29:07.460 --> 00:29:08.420
 different holes

00:29:08.420 --> 00:29:08.900
 with different

00:29:08.900 --> 00:29:09.680
 challenges on

00:29:09.680 --> 00:29:10.500
 each mini golf

00:29:10.500 --> 00:29:10.700
 hole.

00:29:11.280 --> 00:29:11.880
 This one is

00:29:11.880 --> 00:29:12.300
 called the

00:29:12.300 --> 00:29:12.940
 distractor.

00:29:13.800 --> 00:29:14.100
 So,

00:29:14.580 --> 00:29:14.960
 the two

00:29:14.960 --> 00:29:15.700
 golfers line

00:29:15.700 --> 00:29:16.000
 up,

00:29:16.380 --> 00:29:16.780
 they're ready

00:29:16.780 --> 00:29:18.180
 to putt a

00:29:18.180 --> 00:29:18.600
 simple,

00:29:19.000 --> 00:29:19.420
 I don't know,

00:29:19.620 --> 00:29:20.720
 18 foot putt

00:29:20.720 --> 00:29:21.200
 or something.

00:29:21.520 --> 00:29:22.340
 In this level

00:29:22.340 --> 00:29:22.880
 of mini golf,

00:29:22.940 --> 00:29:23.400
 it's not that

00:29:23.400 --> 00:29:23.680
 bad.

00:29:23.960 --> 00:29:24.560
 Just a straight

00:29:24.560 --> 00:29:24.880
 putt.

00:29:25.800 --> 00:29:26.740
 Then this wall

00:29:26.740 --> 00:29:27.980
 turns and behind

00:29:27.980 --> 00:29:29.080
 the wall is some

00:29:29.080 --> 00:29:29.980
 crazy,

00:29:30.400 --> 00:29:31.700
 crazy thing that

00:29:31.700 --> 00:29:32.180
 is going to

00:29:32.180 --> 00:29:32.980
 distract them

00:29:32.980 --> 00:29:33.640
 while they putt.

00:29:34.060 --> 00:29:34.600
 One time it

00:29:34.600 --> 00:29:35.160
 was a marching

00:29:35.160 --> 00:29:35.520
 band.

00:29:36.000 --> 00:29:36.500
 One time it

00:29:36.500 --> 00:29:36.980
 was a drill

00:29:36.980 --> 00:29:37.660
 sergeant like

00:29:37.660 --> 00:29:38.360
 screaming at

00:29:38.360 --> 00:29:38.720
 them in their

00:29:38.720 --> 00:29:39.259
 ear as they

00:29:39.259 --> 00:29:39.759
 try to make

00:29:39.759 --> 00:29:40.300
 this putt.

00:29:40.700 --> 00:29:42.220
 This one was

00:29:42.220 --> 00:29:42.820
 amazing.

00:29:43.380 --> 00:29:44.160
 Here comes

00:29:44.160 --> 00:29:44.940
 the distraction.

00:29:45.800 --> 00:29:46.080
 Bears,

00:29:46.220 --> 00:29:46.400
 bears,

00:29:46.540 --> 00:29:46.700
 bears,

00:29:46.820 --> 00:29:47.000
 bears,

00:29:47.100 --> 00:29:47.340
 bears,

00:29:47.600 --> 00:29:47.980
 bears.

00:29:50.660 --> 00:29:51.300
 Oh my

00:29:51.300 --> 00:29:51.620
 goodness,

00:29:51.720 --> 00:29:52.240
 it's Pat!

00:29:52.380 --> 00:29:53.240
 It's Pat!

00:29:53.400 --> 00:29:53.940
 Oh my

00:29:53.940 --> 00:29:54.280
 goodness,

00:29:54.400 --> 00:29:55.020
 it's Pat!

00:29:55.020 --> 00:29:55.540
 It is

00:29:55.540 --> 00:29:56.360
 paparazzi.

00:29:56.880 --> 00:29:57.280
 Oh,

00:29:57.640 --> 00:29:58.480
 soulless.

00:29:59.840 --> 00:30:01.400
 The flashbulbs

00:30:01.400 --> 00:30:02.980
 and the red

00:30:02.980 --> 00:30:03.360
 carpet.

00:30:04.019 --> 00:30:04.420
 Oh,

00:30:04.500 --> 00:30:05.100
 that was a good

00:30:05.100 --> 00:30:05.380
 jump.

00:30:05.480 --> 00:30:05.640
 Pat,

00:30:05.700 --> 00:30:06.080
 do the jump

00:30:06.080 --> 00:30:06.340
 again.

00:30:06.840 --> 00:30:07.580
 I recognize

00:30:07.580 --> 00:30:08.280
 some of these

00:30:08.280 --> 00:30:08.960
 folks from my

00:30:08.960 --> 00:30:09.500
 trees,

00:30:09.620 --> 00:30:09.840
 Joe.

00:30:10.180 --> 00:30:10.580
 Pat,

00:30:10.660 --> 00:30:11.019
 you look

00:30:11.019 --> 00:30:11.580
 amazing!

00:30:12.040 --> 00:30:12.540
 And now

00:30:12.540 --> 00:30:13.280
 our competitors

00:30:13.280 --> 00:30:14.000
 are going to

00:30:14.000 --> 00:30:14.620
 have to putt

00:30:14.620 --> 00:30:15.400
 down the red

00:30:15.400 --> 00:30:15.759
 carpet.

00:30:15.900 --> 00:30:16.259
 Pat,

00:30:16.300 --> 00:30:16.759
 who does

00:30:16.759 --> 00:30:17.460
 your beard?

00:30:18.100 --> 00:30:18.420
 Pat,

00:30:18.500 --> 00:30:18.840
 who did

00:30:18.840 --> 00:30:19.280
 your hair

00:30:19.280 --> 00:30:19.720
 tonight?

00:30:20.240 --> 00:30:20.540
 Tell me

00:30:20.540 --> 00:30:20.940
 about your

00:30:20.940 --> 00:30:21.320
 shoes,

00:30:21.460 --> 00:30:21.660
 Pat.

00:30:22.180 --> 00:30:22.540
 Have you ever

00:30:22.540 --> 00:30:22.860
 had much

00:30:22.860 --> 00:30:23.280
 experience

00:30:23.280 --> 00:30:23.940
 with a paparazzi,

00:30:24.040 --> 00:30:24.200
 Joe?

00:30:24.300 --> 00:30:24.580
 I really

00:30:24.580 --> 00:30:25.040
 don't swim

00:30:25.040 --> 00:30:25.340
 in those

00:30:25.340 --> 00:30:26.100
 circles there,

00:30:26.340 --> 00:30:26.560
 Rob.

00:30:26.580 --> 00:30:26.780
 Well,

00:30:26.780 --> 00:30:27.460
 I have,

00:30:27.500 --> 00:30:27.860
 and it's

00:30:27.860 --> 00:30:28.540
 just like

00:30:28.540 --> 00:30:28.920
 this.

00:30:29.960 --> 00:30:30.440
 Pat,

00:30:30.440 --> 00:30:31.039
 come on,

00:30:31.080 --> 00:30:31.279
 give me

00:30:31.279 --> 00:30:31.900
 the shot.

00:30:31.960 --> 00:30:32.500
 Right down

00:30:32.500 --> 00:30:33.120
 the barrel,

00:30:33.340 --> 00:30:33.940
 right down

00:30:33.940 --> 00:30:34.440
 the barrel.

00:30:34.480 --> 00:30:34.880
 Can he

00:30:34.880 --> 00:30:35.400
 overcome

00:30:35.400 --> 00:30:36.380
 the paparazzi

00:30:36.380 --> 00:30:37.620
 and sink

00:30:37.620 --> 00:30:38.700
 this 15-foot

00:30:38.700 --> 00:30:39.000
 putt?

00:30:39.120 --> 00:30:39.320
 Oh,

00:30:39.380 --> 00:30:39.680
 you gotta

00:30:39.680 --> 00:30:40.320
 see this one,

00:30:40.320 --> 00:30:40.580
 Pat,

00:30:40.620 --> 00:30:40.860
 you gotta

00:30:40.860 --> 00:30:41.299
 see this.

00:30:41.320 --> 00:30:41.779
 Oh my God,

00:30:41.820 --> 00:30:42.160
 oh my God,

00:30:42.180 --> 00:30:42.620
 oh my God!

00:30:42.820 --> 00:30:43.440
 And Pat

00:30:43.440 --> 00:30:43.799
 misses.

00:30:46.799 --> 00:30:47.519
 These photos

00:30:47.519 --> 00:30:47.720
 are gonna

00:30:47.720 --> 00:30:48.320
 be all over

00:30:48.320 --> 00:30:49.240
 TMZ tomorrow.

00:30:50.620 --> 00:30:51.200
 Guy didn't

00:30:51.200 --> 00:30:51.900
 stand a chance,

00:30:52.000 --> 00:30:52.299
 did he?

00:30:52.740 --> 00:30:53.420
 I mean,

00:30:53.920 --> 00:30:54.980
 he's a great

00:30:54.980 --> 00:30:55.700
 mini-golfer.

00:30:55.820 --> 00:30:56.120
 They have

00:30:56.120 --> 00:30:56.860
 some of the

00:30:56.860 --> 00:30:57.840
 best mini-golfers

00:30:57.840 --> 00:30:58.240
 in the world.

00:30:58.340 --> 00:30:58.559
 I don't know

00:30:58.559 --> 00:30:59.059
 where you find

00:30:59.059 --> 00:30:59.519
 those people

00:30:59.519 --> 00:30:59.980
 exactly,

00:30:59.980 --> 00:31:00.980
 but they

00:31:00.980 --> 00:31:01.420
 found them

00:31:01.420 --> 00:31:01.779
 somehow.

00:31:02.200 --> 00:31:02.620
 This guy

00:31:02.620 --> 00:31:03.180
 is amazing!

00:31:03.380 --> 00:31:03.680
 You watched

00:31:03.680 --> 00:31:04.059
 the rest

00:31:04.059 --> 00:31:05.980
 of his rounds

00:31:05.980 --> 00:31:06.720
 there on that

00:31:06.720 --> 00:31:07.099
 episode.

00:31:07.240 --> 00:31:07.460
 He was

00:31:07.460 --> 00:31:07.880
 incredible.

00:31:08.620 --> 00:31:08.960
 He should

00:31:08.960 --> 00:31:09.480
 have easily

00:31:09.480 --> 00:31:09.960
 made that

00:31:09.960 --> 00:31:10.259
 putt,

00:31:10.920 --> 00:31:11.500
 but he

00:31:11.500 --> 00:31:11.940
 didn't stand

00:31:11.940 --> 00:31:12.400
 a chance

00:31:12.400 --> 00:31:13.160
 against what

00:31:13.160 --> 00:31:13.640
 was happening

00:31:13.640 --> 00:31:14.079
 around him.

00:31:14.099 --> 00:31:14.360
 He got

00:31:14.360 --> 00:31:14.900
 distracted,

00:31:15.120 --> 00:31:15.360
 right?

00:31:16.660 --> 00:31:17.180
 Now,

00:31:17.420 --> 00:31:17.860
 that's an

00:31:17.860 --> 00:31:18.839
 extreme example,

00:31:19.380 --> 00:31:20.240
 but you

00:31:20.240 --> 00:31:20.660
 and I

00:31:20.660 --> 00:31:21.720
 get distracted

00:31:21.720 --> 00:31:23.160
 pretty easily.

00:31:23.160 --> 00:31:24.420
 that's

00:31:24.420 --> 00:31:24.460
 that's

00:31:24.460 --> 00:31:24.779
 why

00:31:24.779 --> 00:31:25.900
 Paul

00:31:25.900 --> 00:31:26.680
 reminds us,

00:31:26.880 --> 00:31:27.519
 I press

00:31:27.519 --> 00:31:28.660
 on toward

00:31:28.660 --> 00:31:29.180
 the goal

00:31:29.180 --> 00:31:29.880
 for the

00:31:29.880 --> 00:31:30.519
 prize of

00:31:30.519 --> 00:31:30.980
 the upward

00:31:30.980 --> 00:31:31.740
 call of

00:31:31.740 --> 00:31:32.259
 God in

00:31:32.259 --> 00:31:32.940
 Christ Jesus.

00:31:33.320 --> 00:31:34.380
 There is

00:31:34.380 --> 00:31:34.980
 a goal.

00:31:35.600 --> 00:31:36.380
 His goal

00:31:36.380 --> 00:31:37.420
 was to simply

00:31:37.420 --> 00:31:38.120
 put the little

00:31:38.120 --> 00:31:39.180
 ball in the

00:31:39.180 --> 00:31:39.420
 hole.

00:31:39.900 --> 00:31:40.640
 He couldn't

00:31:40.640 --> 00:31:40.980
 do it.

00:31:41.740 --> 00:31:42.519
 He should

00:31:42.519 --> 00:31:42.700
 have been

00:31:42.700 --> 00:31:43.140
 able to.

00:31:43.540 --> 00:31:43.880
 He was

00:31:43.880 --> 00:31:44.320
 equipped.

00:31:44.640 --> 00:31:44.960
 He was

00:31:44.960 --> 00:31:45.480
 good enough.

00:31:46.040 --> 00:31:46.360
 He could

00:31:46.360 --> 00:31:47.080
 easily handle

00:31:47.080 --> 00:31:48.160
 that putt,

00:31:49.160 --> 00:31:50.000
 but he

00:31:50.000 --> 00:31:50.460
 couldn't do it

00:31:50.460 --> 00:31:50.740
 on that

00:31:50.740 --> 00:31:51.299
 hole because

00:31:51.299 --> 00:31:51.600
 he got

00:31:51.600 --> 00:31:52.120
 distracted

00:31:52.120 --> 00:31:52.980
 by everything

00:31:52.980 --> 00:31:53.700
 else happening

00:31:53.700 --> 00:31:54.460
 around him.

00:31:55.160 --> 00:31:55.380
 Now,

00:31:55.440 --> 00:31:55.779
 usually,

00:31:55.940 --> 00:31:56.340
 that's what

00:31:56.340 --> 00:31:57.039
 happens to

00:31:57.039 --> 00:31:57.319
 you and

00:31:57.319 --> 00:31:57.539
 me,

00:31:57.940 --> 00:31:58.640
 especially if

00:31:58.640 --> 00:31:58.880
 you've been

00:31:58.880 --> 00:31:59.240
 in church

00:31:59.240 --> 00:31:59.799
 for a while.

00:32:00.600 --> 00:32:01.220
 You know

00:32:01.220 --> 00:32:01.680
 the Bible.

00:32:02.420 --> 00:32:02.779
 You've been

00:32:02.779 --> 00:32:03.079
 taught.

00:32:03.180 --> 00:32:03.480
 Maybe you

00:32:03.480 --> 00:32:03.799
 grew up

00:32:03.799 --> 00:32:04.120
 going to

00:32:04.120 --> 00:32:04.340
 Sunday

00:32:04.340 --> 00:32:04.720
 school,

00:32:05.000 --> 00:32:05.380
 going to

00:32:05.380 --> 00:32:05.640
 church.

00:32:05.740 --> 00:32:05.900
 You've

00:32:05.900 --> 00:32:06.200
 heard the

00:32:06.200 --> 00:32:06.460
 Word of

00:32:06.460 --> 00:32:06.660
 God

00:32:06.660 --> 00:32:07.059
 preached.

00:32:07.299 --> 00:32:07.579
 You've

00:32:07.579 --> 00:32:07.880
 read it

00:32:07.880 --> 00:32:08.480
 for yourself.

00:32:08.819 --> 00:32:09.380
 You know

00:32:09.380 --> 00:32:09.860
 what you're

00:32:09.860 --> 00:32:10.480
 supposed to

00:32:10.480 --> 00:32:10.799
 do,

00:32:10.960 --> 00:32:11.600
 when you're

00:32:11.600 --> 00:32:12.140
 supposed to

00:32:12.140 --> 00:32:12.500
 do it,

00:32:12.759 --> 00:32:13.299
 how to

00:32:13.299 --> 00:32:13.720
 do it,

00:32:14.299 --> 00:32:15.019
 but you

00:32:15.019 --> 00:32:16.460
 get distracted

00:32:16.460 --> 00:32:18.980
 by your

00:32:18.980 --> 00:32:19.380
 spouse.

00:32:20.460 --> 00:32:20.779
 You get

00:32:20.779 --> 00:32:21.299
 distracted

00:32:21.299 --> 00:32:21.740
 by your

00:32:21.740 --> 00:32:22.160
 work.

00:32:23.180 --> 00:32:23.480
 You get

00:32:23.480 --> 00:32:24.000
 distracted

00:32:24.000 --> 00:32:24.900
 by disappointment.

00:32:26.360 --> 00:32:26.680
 You get

00:32:26.680 --> 00:32:27.160
 distracted

00:32:27.160 --> 00:32:28.120
 by expectations.

00:32:29.940 --> 00:32:30.200
 You get

00:32:30.200 --> 00:32:30.640
 distracted

00:32:30.640 --> 00:32:31.279
 by hurt.

00:32:33.039 --> 00:32:33.279
 You get

00:32:33.279 --> 00:32:33.720
 distracted

00:32:33.720 --> 00:32:34.100
 by your

00:32:34.100 --> 00:32:34.700
 own flesh.

00:32:36.140 --> 00:32:36.380
 You get

00:32:36.380 --> 00:32:36.860
 distracted

00:32:36.860 --> 00:32:37.620
 by people

00:32:37.620 --> 00:32:38.319
 around you.

00:32:40.400 --> 00:32:41.039
 You get

00:32:41.039 --> 00:32:41.440
 distracted

00:32:41.440 --> 00:32:41.779
 by the

00:32:41.779 --> 00:32:42.120
 cares of

00:32:42.120 --> 00:32:42.539
 this life.

00:32:44.140 --> 00:32:44.980
 And Paul

00:32:44.980 --> 00:32:45.440
 wants to

00:32:45.440 --> 00:32:46.160
 remind us

00:32:46.160 --> 00:32:47.220
 there's an

00:32:47.220 --> 00:32:47.700
 upward

00:32:47.700 --> 00:32:48.480
 call.

00:32:48.480 --> 00:32:50.019
 what does

00:32:50.019 --> 00:32:50.579
 it mean

00:32:50.579 --> 00:32:51.079
 when he's

00:32:51.079 --> 00:32:51.579
 talking about

00:32:51.579 --> 00:32:52.380
 this upward

00:32:52.380 --> 00:32:53.240
 call of

00:32:53.240 --> 00:32:54.220
 God in

00:32:54.220 --> 00:32:54.839
 Christ Jesus?

00:32:56.019 --> 00:32:56.700
 Have you

00:32:56.700 --> 00:32:57.200
 ever tried

00:32:57.200 --> 00:32:58.019
 going upward?

00:32:59.460 --> 00:33:00.200
 Is it

00:33:00.200 --> 00:33:01.180
 easy or

00:33:01.180 --> 00:33:01.539
 difficult?

00:33:04.900 --> 00:33:05.720
 That's not a

00:33:05.720 --> 00:33:06.160
 trick question,

00:33:06.259 --> 00:33:06.339
 y'all.

00:33:06.480 --> 00:33:07.160
 Is it hard

00:33:07.160 --> 00:33:07.920
 or easy to

00:33:07.920 --> 00:33:08.400
 go uphill?

00:33:09.079 --> 00:33:09.940
 It's hard,

00:33:10.000 --> 00:33:10.200
 right?

00:33:11.579 --> 00:33:12.819
 But that is

00:33:12.819 --> 00:33:13.620
 the call of

00:33:13.620 --> 00:33:14.259
 God in

00:33:14.259 --> 00:33:14.960
 Christ Jesus.

00:33:15.259 --> 00:33:16.059
 He's calling

00:33:16.059 --> 00:33:16.799
 us upward.

00:33:16.799 --> 00:33:17.559
 As we

00:33:17.559 --> 00:33:18.480
 walk upward,

00:33:18.720 --> 00:33:19.220
 it's going

00:33:19.220 --> 00:33:19.480
 to be

00:33:19.480 --> 00:33:19.940
 difficult.

00:33:20.339 --> 00:33:20.819
 But when

00:33:20.819 --> 00:33:21.460
 we reach

00:33:21.460 --> 00:33:22.200
 the top,

00:33:22.659 --> 00:33:23.220
 the view

00:33:23.220 --> 00:33:23.960
 is amazing.

00:33:25.099 --> 00:33:25.680
 When we

00:33:25.680 --> 00:33:26.279
 reach the

00:33:26.279 --> 00:33:27.000
 peak or

00:33:27.000 --> 00:33:27.599
 the pinnacle

00:33:27.599 --> 00:33:28.059
 of our

00:33:28.059 --> 00:33:28.639
 climb,

00:33:29.980 --> 00:33:30.899
 Jesus has

00:33:30.899 --> 00:33:31.879
 formed us

00:33:31.879 --> 00:33:32.819
 into who

00:33:32.819 --> 00:33:33.259
 he wants

00:33:33.259 --> 00:33:33.559
 us to

00:33:33.559 --> 00:33:33.839
 be.

00:33:35.119 --> 00:33:35.700
 And then

00:33:35.700 --> 00:33:36.000
 we get

00:33:36.000 --> 00:33:36.819
 to enjoy

00:33:36.819 --> 00:33:38.480
 a beautiful

00:33:38.480 --> 00:33:39.000
 forever

00:33:39.000 --> 00:33:39.619
 eternity

00:33:39.619 --> 00:33:40.139
 in heaven

00:33:40.139 --> 00:33:41.099
 with him.

00:33:41.500 --> 00:33:41.960
 It's the

00:33:41.960 --> 00:33:42.339
 upward

00:33:42.339 --> 00:33:43.039
 call of

00:33:43.039 --> 00:33:43.539
 God in

00:33:43.539 --> 00:33:44.159
 Christ Jesus.

00:33:44.440 --> 00:33:45.200
 He's leading

00:33:45.200 --> 00:33:46.000
 you upward.

00:33:46.000 --> 00:33:46.640
 There's

00:33:46.640 --> 00:33:46.859
 going to

00:33:46.859 --> 00:33:47.660
 be beautiful

00:33:47.660 --> 00:33:48.420
 things along

00:33:48.420 --> 00:33:48.819
 the way.

00:33:49.380 --> 00:33:49.839
 There's

00:33:49.839 --> 00:33:50.039
 going to

00:33:50.039 --> 00:33:50.480
 be moments

00:33:50.480 --> 00:33:50.799
 where we

00:33:50.799 --> 00:33:51.299
 can stop

00:33:51.299 --> 00:33:51.759
 and rest.

00:33:52.420 --> 00:33:52.640
 There's

00:33:52.640 --> 00:33:52.819
 going to

00:33:52.819 --> 00:33:53.339
 be great

00:33:53.339 --> 00:33:54.079
 times and

00:33:54.079 --> 00:33:54.480
 not so

00:33:54.480 --> 00:33:55.119
 great times

00:33:55.119 --> 00:33:55.579
 on this

00:33:55.579 --> 00:33:55.920
 upward

00:33:55.920 --> 00:33:56.339
 journey.

00:33:56.559 --> 00:33:57.220
 But he's

00:33:57.220 --> 00:33:58.099
 drawing you

00:33:58.099 --> 00:33:59.119
 upward because

00:33:59.119 --> 00:33:59.819
 the opposite,

00:34:00.960 --> 00:34:01.660
 we don't want

00:34:01.660 --> 00:34:02.099
 to go there.

00:34:03.180 --> 00:34:04.059
 That's drawing

00:34:04.059 --> 00:34:04.700
 you away from

00:34:04.700 --> 00:34:04.920
 God.

00:34:05.259 --> 00:34:05.920
 That's drawing

00:34:05.920 --> 00:34:06.559
 you down,

00:34:07.180 --> 00:34:07.940
 further and

00:34:07.940 --> 00:34:08.940
 further down.

00:34:09.920 --> 00:34:10.679
 Jesus is

00:34:10.679 --> 00:34:11.340
 calling you

00:34:11.340 --> 00:34:11.920
 upward.

00:34:12.300 --> 00:34:12.579
 I've been

00:34:12.579 --> 00:34:13.639
 reminding us of

00:34:13.639 --> 00:34:14.920
 this verse since

00:34:14.920 --> 00:34:15.840
 late last year.

00:34:16.000 --> 00:34:16.800
 Romans 12

00:34:16.800 --> 00:34:17.099
 2,

00:34:17.260 --> 00:34:17.980
 don't copy

00:34:17.980 --> 00:34:18.760
 the behavior

00:34:18.760 --> 00:34:19.440
 and customs

00:34:19.440 --> 00:34:20.119
 of this world

00:34:20.119 --> 00:34:21.059
 but let God

00:34:21.059 --> 00:34:22.219
 transform you

00:34:22.219 --> 00:34:23.139
 into a new

00:34:23.139 --> 00:34:24.099
 person by

00:34:24.099 --> 00:34:24.880
 changing the

00:34:24.880 --> 00:34:25.340
 way you

00:34:25.340 --> 00:34:25.639
 think.

00:34:25.860 --> 00:34:26.320
 Then you

00:34:26.320 --> 00:34:26.699
 will learn

00:34:26.699 --> 00:34:27.039
 to know

00:34:27.039 --> 00:34:27.619
 God's will

00:34:27.619 --> 00:34:28.079
 for you

00:34:28.079 --> 00:34:28.699
 which is

00:34:28.699 --> 00:34:29.920
 good and

00:34:29.920 --> 00:34:30.840
 pleasing and

00:34:30.840 --> 00:34:31.139
 perfect.

00:34:31.280 --> 00:34:31.820
 This is the

00:34:31.820 --> 00:34:32.480
 upward call of

00:34:32.480 --> 00:34:33.300
 God in

00:34:33.300 --> 00:34:33.840
 Christ Jesus.

00:34:34.320 --> 00:34:34.840
 This is the

00:34:34.840 --> 00:34:35.400
 upward call.

00:34:35.679 --> 00:34:36.000
 This is

00:34:36.000 --> 00:34:36.820
 pressing on

00:34:36.820 --> 00:34:37.539
 toward the

00:34:37.539 --> 00:34:38.519
 prize of

00:34:38.519 --> 00:34:38.780
 Jesus.

00:34:38.980 --> 00:34:39.880
 So let

00:34:39.880 --> 00:34:41.059
 God change

00:34:41.059 --> 00:34:41.760
 your thinking.

00:34:42.059 --> 00:34:42.539
 Go back to

00:34:42.539 --> 00:34:42.820
 Matthew,

00:34:42.920 --> 00:34:43.260
 would you?

00:34:43.260 --> 00:34:45.520
 Matthew 6

00:34:45.520 --> 00:34:46.600
 and verse

00:34:46.600 --> 00:34:47.240
 25.

00:34:47.720 --> 00:34:48.540
 Matthew 6

00:34:48.540 --> 00:34:48.840
 and verse

00:34:48.840 --> 00:34:49.400
 25.

00:34:49.520 --> 00:34:49.920
 For sake of

00:34:49.920 --> 00:34:50.220
 time, I'll

00:34:50.220 --> 00:34:50.580
 go ahead and

00:34:50.580 --> 00:34:50.760
 read.

00:34:51.060 --> 00:34:51.580
 Therefore I

00:34:51.580 --> 00:34:52.040
 tell you,

00:34:52.220 --> 00:34:52.860
 don't worry

00:34:52.860 --> 00:34:53.280
 about your

00:34:53.280 --> 00:34:53.600
 life.

00:34:54.240 --> 00:34:54.820
 What you

00:34:54.820 --> 00:34:55.200
 will eat

00:34:55.200 --> 00:34:55.720
 or what you

00:34:55.720 --> 00:34:56.200
 will drink

00:34:56.200 --> 00:34:56.640
 or about

00:34:56.640 --> 00:34:57.180
 your body,

00:34:57.340 --> 00:34:57.720
 what you

00:34:57.720 --> 00:34:58.180
 will wear,

00:34:58.340 --> 00:34:58.920
 isn't life

00:34:58.920 --> 00:34:59.500
 more than

00:34:59.500 --> 00:34:59.840
 food?

00:35:00.700 --> 00:35:01.000
 And the

00:35:01.000 --> 00:35:01.460
 body is

00:35:01.460 --> 00:35:01.900
 more than

00:35:01.900 --> 00:35:02.260
 clothing?

00:35:02.960 --> 00:35:03.620
 Consider the

00:35:03.620 --> 00:35:03.960
 birds of

00:35:03.960 --> 00:35:04.340
 the sky.

00:35:04.540 --> 00:35:05.000
 They don't

00:35:05.000 --> 00:35:05.480
 sow, they

00:35:05.480 --> 00:35:05.960
 don't reap

00:35:05.960 --> 00:35:06.400
 or gather

00:35:06.400 --> 00:35:07.080
 into barns,

00:35:07.180 --> 00:35:07.600
 yet your

00:35:07.600 --> 00:35:08.340
 heavenly Father

00:35:08.340 --> 00:35:09.200
 feeds them.

00:35:10.120 --> 00:35:10.780
 Aren't you

00:35:10.780 --> 00:35:11.760
 worth more

00:35:11.760 --> 00:35:12.200
 than they

00:35:12.200 --> 00:35:12.420
 are?

00:35:13.200 --> 00:35:13.840
 Can any

00:35:13.840 --> 00:35:14.220
 of you

00:35:14.220 --> 00:35:15.040
 add one

00:35:15.040 --> 00:35:15.660
 moment to

00:35:15.660 --> 00:35:16.260
 your lifespan

00:35:16.260 --> 00:35:17.060
 by worrying?

00:35:17.640 --> 00:35:17.920
 No.

00:35:19.080 --> 00:35:19.560
 Why do you

00:35:19.560 --> 00:35:19.960
 worry about

00:35:19.960 --> 00:35:20.360
 clothes?

00:35:20.900 --> 00:35:21.380
 Observe how

00:35:21.380 --> 00:35:22.100
 the wildflowers

00:35:22.100 --> 00:35:22.540
 of the field

00:35:22.540 --> 00:35:22.860
 grow.

00:35:23.100 --> 00:35:23.380
 They don't

00:35:23.380 --> 00:35:23.900
 labor or

00:35:23.900 --> 00:35:24.520
 spin thread,

00:35:24.780 --> 00:35:25.320
 yet I tell

00:35:25.320 --> 00:35:25.700
 you, not

00:35:25.700 --> 00:35:26.440
 even Solomon

00:35:26.440 --> 00:35:27.040
 in all his

00:35:27.040 --> 00:35:27.640
 splendor was

00:35:27.640 --> 00:35:28.240
 adorned like

00:35:28.240 --> 00:35:28.900
 one of these

00:35:28.900 --> 00:35:29.720
 flowers.

00:35:31.180 --> 00:35:31.920
 Verse 30,

00:35:31.980 --> 00:35:32.480
 if that's how

00:35:32.480 --> 00:35:33.420
 God clothes the

00:35:33.420 --> 00:35:34.020
 grass of the

00:35:34.020 --> 00:35:35.040
 field, which

00:35:35.040 --> 00:35:35.720
 is here today

00:35:35.720 --> 00:35:36.120
 and thrown

00:35:36.120 --> 00:35:36.480
 into the

00:35:36.480 --> 00:35:37.860
 furnace tomorrow,

00:35:38.180 --> 00:35:38.840
 won't he do

00:35:38.840 --> 00:35:39.560
 so much more

00:35:39.560 --> 00:35:40.080
 for you,

00:35:40.680 --> 00:35:41.220
 you of little

00:35:41.220 --> 00:35:41.620
 faith?

00:35:42.520 --> 00:35:43.220
 So don't

00:35:43.220 --> 00:35:44.340
 worry saying,

00:35:44.640 --> 00:35:44.980
 what will we

00:35:44.980 --> 00:35:45.680
 eat or what

00:35:45.680 --> 00:35:46.300
 will we drink

00:35:46.300 --> 00:35:46.900
 or what will

00:35:46.900 --> 00:35:47.360
 we wear?

00:35:49.160 --> 00:35:49.740
 Or what

00:35:49.740 --> 00:35:50.280
 will happen

00:35:50.280 --> 00:35:51.180
 in my family?

00:35:51.320 --> 00:35:51.620
 What will

00:35:51.620 --> 00:35:53.180
 happen in my

00:35:53.180 --> 00:35:53.520
 job?

00:35:53.580 --> 00:35:53.860
 What will

00:35:53.860 --> 00:35:54.440
 happen in my

00:35:54.440 --> 00:35:54.900
 retirement?

00:35:55.080 --> 00:35:55.380
 What will

00:35:55.380 --> 00:35:56.060
 happen in our

00:35:56.060 --> 00:35:56.500
 church?

00:35:57.520 --> 00:35:57.860
 We're having

00:35:57.860 --> 00:35:58.660
 new people come

00:35:58.660 --> 00:35:59.120
 in, we're having

00:35:59.120 --> 00:35:59.740
 new people get

00:35:59.740 --> 00:36:00.320
 baptized, we've

00:36:00.320 --> 00:36:00.660
 got a new

00:36:00.660 --> 00:36:01.340
 pastor, what's

00:36:01.340 --> 00:36:01.660
 he going to

00:36:01.660 --> 00:36:01.860
 do?

00:36:03.780 --> 00:36:04.700
 Don't worry

00:36:04.700 --> 00:36:05.820
 about tomorrow.

00:36:07.560 --> 00:36:08.620
 The Gentiles

00:36:08.620 --> 00:36:09.820
 eagerly seek all

00:36:09.820 --> 00:36:10.660
 the same things

00:36:10.659 --> 00:36:11.139
 that we get

00:36:11.139 --> 00:36:11.699
 so worried

00:36:11.699 --> 00:36:12.019
 about.

00:36:12.019 --> 00:36:12.879
 Your heavenly

00:36:12.879 --> 00:36:13.920
 father knows

00:36:13.920 --> 00:36:14.859
 that you need

00:36:14.859 --> 00:36:15.159
 them.

00:36:16.839 --> 00:36:17.399
 Verse 33,

00:36:17.599 --> 00:36:19.139
 but seek first

00:36:19.139 --> 00:36:21.139
 the kingdom of

00:36:21.139 --> 00:36:23.059
 God and his

00:36:23.059 --> 00:36:23.659
 righteousness.

00:36:24.460 --> 00:36:25.440
 Follow the

00:36:25.440 --> 00:36:26.599
 upward call of

00:36:26.599 --> 00:36:27.460
 God and Christ

00:36:27.460 --> 00:36:29.239
 Jesus and all

00:36:29.239 --> 00:36:30.099
 of these things

00:36:30.099 --> 00:36:31.440
 will be provided

00:36:31.440 --> 00:36:32.739
 for you.

00:36:33.699 --> 00:36:35.039
 All these things

00:36:35.039 --> 00:36:36.219
 will be provided

00:36:36.219 --> 00:36:36.759
 for you.

00:36:37.119 --> 00:36:37.739
 Therefore, don't

00:36:37.739 --> 00:36:38.599
 worry about tomorrow

00:36:38.599 --> 00:36:39.500
 because tomorrow

00:36:39.500 --> 00:36:40.279
 will worry about

00:36:40.279 --> 00:36:40.699
 itself.

00:36:41.019 --> 00:36:42.159
 Each day has

00:36:42.159 --> 00:36:42.860
 enough trouble

00:36:42.860 --> 00:36:43.819
 of its own.

00:36:44.259 --> 00:36:45.460
 Jesus is calling

00:36:45.460 --> 00:36:46.219
 you out.

00:36:47.219 --> 00:36:48.159
 Jesus is calling

00:36:48.159 --> 00:36:48.940
 us out.

00:36:49.279 --> 00:36:50.039
 He's calling me

00:36:50.039 --> 00:36:50.900
 out, he's calling

00:36:50.900 --> 00:36:52.019
 you out, and he's

00:36:52.019 --> 00:36:52.799
 calling us out

00:36:52.799 --> 00:36:53.259
 now.

00:36:53.619 --> 00:36:54.659
 He's saying, I'm

00:36:54.659 --> 00:36:56.019
 calling you upward.

00:36:56.380 --> 00:36:57.059
 Maybe you've been

00:36:57.059 --> 00:36:57.920
 walking on level

00:36:57.920 --> 00:36:58.259
 ground.

00:36:58.619 --> 00:36:59.239
 Maybe you've been

00:36:59.239 --> 00:37:00.039
 walking a little bit

00:37:00.039 --> 00:37:00.400
 downward.

00:37:00.960 --> 00:37:01.519
 Maybe you've been

00:37:01.519 --> 00:37:02.440
 walking off to the

00:37:02.440 --> 00:37:02.739
 side.

00:37:03.159 --> 00:37:04.460
 God is calling you

00:37:04.460 --> 00:37:05.559
 ever upward.

00:37:05.559 --> 00:37:06.380
 And if you

00:37:06.380 --> 00:37:07.019
 haven't been

00:37:07.019 --> 00:37:07.759
 journeying with

00:37:07.759 --> 00:37:08.880
 Jesus, then you're

00:37:08.880 --> 00:37:09.840
 probably heading a

00:37:09.840 --> 00:37:10.519
 different direction.

00:37:11.179 --> 00:37:12.579
 But Jesus wants to

00:37:12.579 --> 00:37:13.380
 call you upward

00:37:13.380 --> 00:37:14.259
 toward himself.

00:37:14.519 --> 00:37:15.659
 So get your eyes

00:37:15.659 --> 00:37:17.559
 up and press

00:37:17.559 --> 00:37:19.099
 toward the prize.

00:37:19.199 --> 00:37:19.900
 He's calling you

00:37:19.900 --> 00:37:20.139
 out.

00:37:20.579 --> 00:37:21.559
 He's calling you

00:37:21.559 --> 00:37:22.340
 now.

00:37:23.960 --> 00:37:24.980
 Here's our takeaway

00:37:24.980 --> 00:37:25.500
 for today.

00:37:26.380 --> 00:37:28.920
 God, change my

00:37:28.920 --> 00:37:30.739
 thinking to focus

00:37:30.739 --> 00:37:31.739
 on following you

00:37:31.739 --> 00:37:33.299
 and then lead me

00:37:33.299 --> 00:37:34.539
 where I cannot

00:37:34.539 --> 00:37:36.099
 go on my own.

00:37:37.019 --> 00:37:37.759
 Let's read it

00:37:37.759 --> 00:37:38.019
 again.

00:37:38.219 --> 00:37:39.139
 God, change my

00:37:39.139 --> 00:37:40.139
 thinking to focus

00:37:40.139 --> 00:37:41.259
 on following you

00:37:41.259 --> 00:37:42.979
 and then lead me

00:37:42.979 --> 00:37:44.799
 where I can't go

00:37:44.799 --> 00:37:45.979
 on my own.

00:37:46.039 --> 00:37:46.399
 Would you bow

00:37:46.399 --> 00:37:46.879
 your heads with

00:37:46.879 --> 00:37:47.019
 me?

00:37:48.199 --> 00:37:49.119
 God, that's our

00:37:49.119 --> 00:37:50.199
 prayer right now

00:37:50.199 --> 00:37:50.599
 today.

00:37:51.099 --> 00:37:51.919
 That you would

00:37:51.919 --> 00:37:52.859
 change our thinking

00:37:52.859 --> 00:37:55.059
 to focus on you.

00:37:55.479 --> 00:37:56.439
 You are our

00:37:56.439 --> 00:37:56.959
 prize.

00:37:58.779 --> 00:37:59.759
 It's easy to get

00:37:59.759 --> 00:38:00.779
 distracted by so

00:38:00.779 --> 00:38:01.439
 many other things.

00:38:01.739 --> 00:38:03.779
 individually, even

00:38:03.779 --> 00:38:04.539
 in the life of our

00:38:04.539 --> 00:38:06.979
 church, God, it's

00:38:06.979 --> 00:38:07.859
 easy to make other

00:38:07.859 --> 00:38:08.879
 things, God, instead

00:38:08.879 --> 00:38:09.239
 of you.

00:38:11.299 --> 00:38:12.359
 We get used to

00:38:12.359 --> 00:38:13.000
 doing things a

00:38:13.000 --> 00:38:13.479
 certain way.

00:38:13.579 --> 00:38:14.319
 We get used to

00:38:14.319 --> 00:38:15.699
 things looking or

00:38:15.699 --> 00:38:16.459
 feeling a certain

00:38:16.459 --> 00:38:19.079
 way and that

00:38:19.079 --> 00:38:19.819
 starts to become

00:38:19.819 --> 00:38:21.159
 God more than

00:38:21.159 --> 00:38:21.559
 you are.

00:38:22.479 --> 00:38:23.479
 I pray that we

00:38:23.479 --> 00:38:24.559
 would follow you

00:38:24.559 --> 00:38:25.539
 into the great

00:38:25.539 --> 00:38:26.859
 unknown knowing

00:38:26.859 --> 00:38:27.979
 that you already

00:38:27.979 --> 00:38:29.419
 know everything

00:38:29.419 --> 00:38:29.979
 that's coming.

00:38:29.980 --> 00:38:31.559
 I pray that

00:38:31.559 --> 00:38:32.059
 whatever that

00:38:32.059 --> 00:38:32.740
 looks like for

00:38:32.740 --> 00:38:33.380
 each family,

00:38:33.860 --> 00:38:35.420
 each man,

00:38:35.500 --> 00:38:35.960
 each woman,

00:38:36.059 --> 00:38:36.659
 each teenager,

00:38:36.780 --> 00:38:37.539
 each child, I

00:38:37.539 --> 00:38:37.980
 pray that you

00:38:37.980 --> 00:38:38.599
 would show,

00:38:39.240 --> 00:38:40.219
 personalize it for

00:38:40.219 --> 00:38:40.500
 them.

00:38:41.639 --> 00:38:42.539
 Whatever you would

00:38:42.539 --> 00:38:43.240
 call us to do,

00:38:43.300 --> 00:38:44.019
 God, give us the

00:38:44.019 --> 00:38:45.179
 courage, the

00:38:45.179 --> 00:38:46.119
 boldness to keep

00:38:46.119 --> 00:38:46.960
 our eyes on you

00:38:46.960 --> 00:38:48.519
 and press toward

00:38:48.519 --> 00:38:50.500
 the prize of the

00:38:50.500 --> 00:38:51.599
 upward call of God

00:38:51.599 --> 00:38:52.079
 in Jesus.

00:38:53.079 --> 00:38:54.059
 We can't get there

00:38:54.059 --> 00:38:54.719
 on our own, God.

00:38:54.940 --> 00:38:55.719
 We need your help.

00:38:55.719 --> 00:38:59.139
 church right now

00:38:59.139 --> 00:39:00.019
 with our heads

00:39:00.019 --> 00:39:00.519
 bowed and our

00:39:00.519 --> 00:39:01.299
 eyes closed, would

00:39:01.299 --> 00:39:02.079
 you take a moment

00:39:02.079 --> 00:39:03.259
 of reflection?

00:39:04.459 --> 00:39:05.119
 Would you take a

00:39:05.119 --> 00:39:05.879
 moment of private

00:39:05.879 --> 00:39:06.679
 quiet prayer?

00:39:07.839 --> 00:39:08.779
 I would ask you

00:39:08.779 --> 00:39:09.539
 if at all possible

00:39:09.539 --> 00:39:10.399
 to keep your seat,

00:39:12.339 --> 00:39:13.819
 let the stillness

00:39:13.819 --> 00:39:15.819
 allow the Holy

00:39:15.819 --> 00:39:16.739
 Spirit to work in

00:39:16.739 --> 00:39:18.399
 this moment, in

00:39:18.399 --> 00:39:19.079
 your heart, in

00:39:19.079 --> 00:39:19.559
 your mind.

00:39:20.279 --> 00:39:21.039
 In just a moment

00:39:21.039 --> 00:39:21.719
 we'll pray and be

00:39:21.719 --> 00:39:22.159
 dismissed.

00:39:23.199 --> 00:39:23.939
 But before then

00:39:23.939 --> 00:39:24.319
 while Brother

00:39:24.319 --> 00:39:25.639
 Greg sings a song

00:39:25.639 --> 00:39:27.699
 over us, can we

00:39:27.699 --> 00:39:28.379
 just keep this

00:39:28.379 --> 00:39:29.139
 silence, this

00:39:29.139 --> 00:39:31.460
 stillness, and ask

00:39:31.460 --> 00:39:33.799
 God to show us

00:39:33.799 --> 00:39:35.119
 exactly what it is,

00:39:35.579 --> 00:39:38.079
 what steps we need

00:39:38.079 --> 00:39:40.000
 to take to get

00:39:40.000 --> 00:39:40.799
 back to following

00:39:40.799 --> 00:39:42.039
 Him, pursuing Him,

00:39:42.960 --> 00:39:43.799
 to get our eyes

00:39:43.799 --> 00:39:44.579
 back on Jesus.