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 Well, good morning, everybody.

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 I tell you what, it feels good to say good morning to a group of people and have the accent

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 that you just said it from come back at you, all right?

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 If you've got your Bibles, and I hope you do, I want to invite you to open it up to Matthew

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 chapter 9.

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 If you're with us this morning and you did not answer in that accent, we're glad that you're

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 here as well.

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 We just outnumber you a little bit, and so, but we're glad to have you guys all with us.

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 If you don't have a Bible, I want to let you know that we do have some free ones that

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 are back in the back right here at our connections table.

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 We want every single person to have a copy of God's Word, and so if you do not have a copy

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 of God's Word, or if you want to be able to follow along, this is the translation that we

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 use on Sunday mornings.

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 If you want to follow along with that, please go back there and grab one.

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 This is our gift to you.

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 It does not cost you a penny.

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 I've had people ask me, I've got people at work that don't have a Bible and that want

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 a Bible.

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 If you want to grab one of those, please do.

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 We absolutely love to give away Bibles, so please make sure that you go back there and

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 grab one.

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 It is good to be back.

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 If you're visiting with us, I have been on sabbatical since the first of beginning of

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 June.

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 Some of y'all thought I was coming back in July, and we're looking forward to Josh or

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 Dave or Joel, but y'all are going to have to settle for me this morning, but it is good

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 to be back, and I want to thank you as a church in your kindness and your generosity for giving

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 this to me and my family.

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 The best way that I could describe our time together was special, and I appreciate it.

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 Here we go.

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 Didn't realize how much we needed it until we got into it, so thank you.

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 Thank you very much.

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 With that said, Matthew 9, let's start reading verse 35.

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 And Jesus went through all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming

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 the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and affliction.

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 And when he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, for they were harassed and helpless like

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 sheep without a shepherd.

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 And he said to his disciples, the harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few.

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 Therefore, pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.

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 Well, last week, during the last week of my sabbatical, I had the privilege, and I use that

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 word sincerely, I had the privilege to spend it with our high schoolers on a mission trip

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 to New York City.

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 And that's a little bit unconventional for sabbatical, but I assured our elders that I would be able

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 to rest and I would plan to make zero leadership decisions during that time.

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 And we were great, it was good that we were in great hands.

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 Joel did a wonderful job of leading our team, and Brent Hawkins did a wonderful job of working

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 out the logistics and leading us as well.

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 I want to tell you guys how proud you should be of your high schoolers.

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 Your youth group as a whole, and our youth group as a whole, shows that day in and day

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 out.

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 But these high schoolers, they served and they served well.

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 We had the privilege of being able to come alongside two different churches, Nueva Vida and La Palabra,

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 Hispanic churches in Queens, and do some much-needed renovations on their church.

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 We met the pastor of La Palabra, I met him for the first time, just to kind of give you

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 a glimpse of what church life looks like up there, especially for pastors, so that he can

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 afford to live, he lives an hour and a half away in Connecticut.

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 He drives an hour and a half into his church, he pastors and cares for them, after Sunday

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 morning service is over, you don't hear me complain anymore about my drive home, he drives

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 two hours away to go to the second church that he pastors, so that he can return to his house

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 in Connecticut, where he can afford to live.

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 He was very gracious and thankful and wanted me to thank you guys for your generosity and

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 how we served.

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 Pastor Walter, who many of you have met, who has been here with us, and his wife Veronica

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 from Nueva Vida, wanted me to also share with you how grateful he is and how he cherishes

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 our church's partnership with him and his church, and wanted me to also thank you again for being

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 able to send a team as we continually do to support the work that is there.

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 Well, parents, if you see your kids' pictures, I heard one of our adults say on the trip, they

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 were looking through our shared file of what we have of pictures, and there were lots of

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 pictures of touring around and very few pictures of us working.

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 And that's because as one of the adults says, that's because we were working the whole time.

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 Your high schoolers put in two 12-hour days of hard work and sweat and maybe even a little

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 bit of blood around there before we took our time to tour around New York City.

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 Now I'm going to tell you all what, New York City didn't know what they were getting when

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 Willow Ridge showed up.

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 When the best people in Lexington County showed up to tour around, we visited the Met.

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 Now I'm going to tell you, if you don't know what the Met is, I knew of the Mets, the baseball

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 team, I didn't know of the Met.

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 The Met, if you're not sure what it is, the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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 And I'm just going to say, that place is classy.

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 It got a little bit more classy when we got there, right?

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 They've got a piece of art called the Madonna and Child.

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 I'm not going to try to pronounce the guy's name.

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 I did take art appreciation in college and got through it with a C, which stood for credit.

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 This one piece of art is valued at $50 million.

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 I made an offer, they rejected it.

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 I had my church credit card.

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 I figured, why not?

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 I'm just kidding.

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 All right.

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 Take that back.

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 Ignore that.

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 All right.

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 We walked across the Brooklyn Bridge.

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 Special time.

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 A great, great, like historic.

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 You see the skyline out in front of you.

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 You look to the right, you see the Empire State Building.

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 You look down the middle, you see the One World Trade Center.

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 You look to the left, you see the Statue of Liberty.

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 Absolutely beautiful.

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 I love visiting New York City.

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 This is my 10th trip that I've been able to go every single time on a mission trip.

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 I love visiting.

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 I love seeing the sights.

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 I love meeting the people.

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 I love serving with your youth and the youth workers who went.

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 But I think, personally, what I love the most about New York City is, at some point in time, multiple times a day, I don't know if this happened to everybody, but it happened to me.

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 Someone would ask this question to me.

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 Where are you from?

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 I don't know.

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 I don't think I have an accent.

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 They would disagree.

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 And I love being asked that question because being asked that question, where are you from, leads to this question as well.

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 Why are you here?

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 Why are you here?

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 And then from there, what we have the opportunity to do, what God's given me the opportunity to do, is then talk to people about Jesus.

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 Three different conversations that I had, and I think this is applicable for a passage of Scripture this morning.

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 I want to share about these conversations with you.

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 Right down the road from the church that we were working at was a little corner market.

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 I like to visit that corner market.

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 Let's just say they had empanadas that were fantastic, all right?

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 One day, we ate sub-sandwiches for the youth.

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 And it was evident that there was not going to be enough sub-sandwiches for the youth and the adults.

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 And I looked at Joel.

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 I said, don't sweat it, man.

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 I got a spot, all right?

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 So the youth ate Subway sandwiches.

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 We ate empanadas and all the things from the corner market.

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 But I'm in there, and there's a man who's there, and he's the owner of the store.

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 He had been there several days.

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 We had struck up several conversations.

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 An Indian man.

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 And so I asked questions to him.

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 Been there 26 years.

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 He said, I'm from India.

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 I'm from a region in the Northwest known as Punjab.

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 Do you know anything about India?

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 I said, absolutely.

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 Told him, I said, I haven't been to New York.

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 I've been to India.

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 And then what he asked me is, why in the world would you go to India?

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 And I said, oh, man.

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 I love the people.

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 And I love Jesus.

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 We got this opportunity to help bring the gospel of Jesus Christ there.

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 And this guy's not a believer.

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 And I said, in fact, there's a church right down the road from you.

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 Right here, man.

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 I want to tell people about Jesus, and that's why we're here.

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 Conversation number two, standing at the same store, waiting on my empanadas to be done.

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 And I hear a woman behind me say, excuse me, sir.

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 Are you from South Carolina?

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 Guess we stick out a little bit, right?

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 And I said, yes, ma'am.

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 Yes, ma'am, I am.

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 I said, have you ever been to South Carolina?

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 And she says, no, I've never been to South Carolina.

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 But my family is from a small town in South Carolina.

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 She said, I bet you've never heard of it.

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 I said, challenge me, right?

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 Challenge me.

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 She said, my whole family's from this small town.

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 They still live there.

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 It's called Beach Island, South Carolina.

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 Quick show of hands.

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 Quick show of hands.

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 How many of you can get to Beach Island without using your phone?

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 Right, right?

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 So y'all don't even know where this place is.

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 I said, oh, I know Beach Island.

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 I know Beach Island.

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 I said, in fact, when my wife, she's not from there.

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 But when we met, she lived in a town called Jackson, South Carolina.

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 And she said, I know Jackson.

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 And I said, I lived in a town called North Augusta.

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 She said, I've heard of that too.

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 And I said, Beach Island's right there in the middle.

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 And she said, well, what in the world are you doing up here from a town like that?

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 Why would you come from somewhere like South Carolina and places like Beach Island and come to Queens?

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 And it's all about Jesus.

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 Third conversation.

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 Third conversation.

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 This is tourist day.

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 We're coming off the Brooklyn Bridge.

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 My daughter's just bought a bootleg coach pocketbook.

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 It's real.

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 Coming off of it.

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 And there's food carts.

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 I love food carts.

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 I don't know if you can tell.

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 Love food carts.

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 All the food carts are there.

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 The group's there.

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 They're waiting on me.

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 We get there.

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 And kids are looking.

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 And there's vendors.

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 And I see this man standing there.

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 And he's got a table about this big.

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 And he's selling New York Knicks championship t-shirts.

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 Now, I don't know if you know this or not, but the Knicks just won the NBA title.

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 The Knicks have not won the NBA title since 1973.

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 Passionate, passionate fans that love their basketball.

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 I am not a New York Knicks fan.

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 By any way, shape, or form.

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 I'm a Boston Celtics fan.

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 And I love the Boston Celtics.

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 But something felt like it was pulling me toward this guy's table.

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 So, I walked up to him.

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 And he said, sir, would you like to buy a t-shirt?

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 And I thought, you know, let's have some fun.

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 So, I said, hey, man, you got any Celtics shirts?

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 And he looked at me.

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 He said, you have got to be kidding me.

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 Like, in the thickest Bronx accent that you could find.

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 Right?

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 And then I smiled and was like, this is going to go one of two ways.

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 And he smiled.

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 And usually, if you haven't been in a place like this, like, once they realize, like, you're not going to mind anything, they're done with you.

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 And I'm going to fault them for that, right?

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 Because they've got to make a living.

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 They've got to sell their t-shirts.

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 That's their job.

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 That's their livelihood.

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 And I'm a Celtics fan.

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 And I'm not buying what he's got.

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 And I said, how's business going?

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 How's business going?

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 And in that moment, it turned.

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 He said, I'm going to tell you, man, it's tough.

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 It's tough.

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 And then he began to talk to me about his problems.

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 And I want to share this because I think this matters in the context of it.

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 He then went into a rant or his frustration with politics.

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 Now, here's what I'm going to say.

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 As he spoke, as he talked personally, from person to person, we could not have differed more on politics.

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 But in that moment, politics was not what mattered.

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 I told him, as I listened to him, I said, I'm sorry.

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 I'm sorry.

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 And I said, can I pray for you and pray for your family and pray for your business?

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 Now, there's people passing by.

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 There's dollars passing by.

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 And two men, roughly about the same age, who didn't know each other, he said, absolutely.

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 And he reached out his hands.

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 We grabbed hands.

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 We prayed together.

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 He pulled me and gave me a hug.

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 Went our separate ways.

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 Now, I want to be careful.

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 I'm not telling you these three conversations so that you can go, oh, man, like, look at our pastor.

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 Look how good he is.

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 I mean, he goes to New York City, and he's looking to have conversations with people about Jesus.

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 I'm not telling you, I'm not telling you, I'm not telling you that to brag on myself.

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 On the flight, waiting for our flight back yesterday, here's the question that the Lord impressed on my heart that I'm seeking to answer.

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 What if I lived?

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 What if I lived?

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 This is the personal question for me.

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 What if I lived every day of my life?

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 Every moment.

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 Like, I'm on a mission trip in New York City.

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 What if I lived every moment of every day seeking an obedience to the guidance of the Holy Spirit who's in me,

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 to live every single moment waiting for an opportunity for someone to simply ask questions like,

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 are you from South Carolina, and trying to see how I can leverage that into a conversation about Jesus?

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 That's what the Lord's convicting and working in my heart right now.

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 What if I lived every single day looking for how to take normal, everyday, run-of-the-mill conversations

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 and turn them into conversations about Jesus?

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 And what if you did that as well?

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 What if we took and we longed for the everyday moments

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 and looking at them and not trying to,

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 how can I leverage them for my agenda, for my schedule, for my time, for my needs, for my wants?

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 And ask God, how can I leverage them for you?

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 What if a trip to the grocery store was an opportunity to minister to the person at the checkout?

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 What if a trip to the DMV was an opportunity to talk and care for the person who sat beside us?

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 What if seeing the reclusive neighbor who lives beside us as an opportunity to share hope?

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 What if social media were to be a place where we focus on sharing the truth of the gospel and not the opinions of people?

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 What if we woke up every single day looking and asking how God might use us to bless others and tell people about Jesus?

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 I think when we get to the heart of Matthew 9, 35 through 38,

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 there's this plea.

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 As Jesus gathers with his disciples,

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 there's this intentional plea.

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 He's calling these disciples to do this.

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 You see, it's not just a bow struggle.

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 It's not just a you struggle.

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 It's an us struggle.

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 The problem isn't the field.

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 The problem is there's not workers going into the field.

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 You see, I believe that the reason why we gather,

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 the reason why we worship,

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 the reason why we have hope,

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 is not just,

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 the gospel is not simply the impact for our salvation.

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 It is.

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 It's the means by which we are saved.

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 No other message,

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 through no other person,

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 through no other means.

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 But for today,

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 it's our purpose.

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 It's our mission.

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 It's why Jesus saved you and me

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 and then didn't just call us home.

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 It's why he leaves us here.

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 So that we can take and carry the gospel.

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 If there was no purpose for you,

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 then he would have saved you and taken you.

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 Because I'm going to save you

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 and I'm going to call you

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 and I'm going to use you

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 and then when your purpose on here is done,

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 then I'm going to bring you.

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 The problem is,

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 so many of us,

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 and I find myself in this all too often,

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 are living a life that doesn't have the hope of eternity

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 impacting the moment of today.

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 Look back with me,

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 verses 35 and 36.

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 It says,

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 when Jesus went through all the cities and villages,

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 teaching their synagogues

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 and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom

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 and healing every disease and every affliction.

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 And when he saw the crowds,

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 focus on verse 36.

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 When he saw the crowds,

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 he had compassion for them

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 because they were harassed

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 and helpless

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 like sheep

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 without a shepherd.

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 I believe that today

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 what Jesus wants to do

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 in my life and yours

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 is Jesus wants to challenge

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 how we see people.

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 Jesus wants to challenge

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 how we see people.

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 Jesus begins

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 by seeing the size

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 of the peoples.

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 It says that when he looked,

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 he saw the crowds.

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 He didn't speak specifically

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 into race

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 or to gender

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 or socioeconomic status.

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 Here, Jesus looked out

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 and he saw the crowds.

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 The Bible tells us

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 that Jesus has been traveling

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 through all the cities

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 and villages

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 and I believe

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 God's word

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 says what it says

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 for a purpose

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 and it's truthful

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 all the cities and villages.

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 So what does that mean?

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 What's been Jesus' journey?

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 The best guesstimate

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 we can get to today

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 is that during the time of Christ

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 that would have meant

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 that he would have traveled

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 to nearly 200 cities

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 and villages

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 with around 3 million people.

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 living in the region.

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 Folks, this world

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 is a big place

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 and it's filled

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 with a crowd

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 of many people,

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 many people

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 who need Jesus.

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 And Jesus' instrument

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 to carry the mission

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 and the message

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 of the gospel

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 are the men,

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 the women,

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 and children

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 who are gathered together

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 in churches

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 all across this world

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 who are believers

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 in Jesus Christ

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 who are filled

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 by his Holy Spirit

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 who will take

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 that message

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 here, there,

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 and everywhere.

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 And God's got a crowd

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 for you.

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 God may have a different crowd

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 for me

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 than the crowd

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 that God has for you,

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 but what if we truly believe

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 that God has placed us

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 where we live,

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 where we work,

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 where we play,

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 where he's sending us,

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 where he's calling us,

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 that God is a going God

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 who calls his people

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 to go

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 and where you go

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 that you don't carry

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 your agenda

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 but where you go

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 you carry the beauty

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 of the gospel.

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 It's a God-sized mission.

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 Only God can do it.

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 And in his sovereignty,

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 he does it through

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 his people.

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 God sees the size,

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 a God-shaped mission

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 of the crowd.

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 Not only do we need to see

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 the size of the crowd,

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 but we need to see

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 their suffering.

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 They are,

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 what the Bible tells us,

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 is harassed

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 and helpless.

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 I think it's important

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 to note

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 that the one

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 righteous judge

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 who all of creation

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 will stand before

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 in judgment,

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 that his response

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 to the crowd

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 is compassion.

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 It's compassion.

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 Folks,

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 we live in a world,

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 whether they know it

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 or not,

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 that is harassed

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 and helpless.

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 we live in a time

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 where self-help

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 is at our fingertips.

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 Where medication

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 can be received

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 from a call

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 and doctor.

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 Where counselors

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 can be seen

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 in person,

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 online,

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 or over the phone.

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 We have more

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 fixes

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 than at any point

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 in time

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 in human history.

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 Today,

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 a few years ago,

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 they did a study

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 of the best-selling topic

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 of books

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 in all of the bookstores.

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 And the number one

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 selling topic

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 was self-help.

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 Yet,

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 we live

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 in a culture,

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 we live

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 in a culture

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 where depression

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 and anxiety

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 are rampant.

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 rampant.

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 It crosses

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 from third world

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 into first world.

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 It knows

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 no difference

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 between languages.

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 It impacts men.

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 It impacts women.

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 Folks,

00:25:56.680 --> 00:25:58.640
 it impacts adults.

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 It impacts kids.

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 We live

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 in a world

00:26:03.560 --> 00:26:05.440
 that is harassed

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 and helpless.

00:26:08.320 --> 00:26:09.620
 People are struggling.

00:26:10.920 --> 00:26:11.660
 Health struggles,

00:26:11.840 --> 00:26:12.920
 relationship struggles,

00:26:13.080 --> 00:26:13.920
 financial struggles

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 run rampant.

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 Just seeing that

00:26:16.720 --> 00:26:17.980
 Jesus has been traveling

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 as he travels

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 from city to city,

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 from town to town,

00:26:21.820 --> 00:26:23.200
 from village to village,

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 he's healing people.

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 The physical healing.

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 But as much

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 as he could heal

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 in the physical

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 of what's there,

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 what runs

00:26:35.660 --> 00:26:36.720
 rampant

00:26:36.720 --> 00:26:38.760
 is the suffering.

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 And I'm sure

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 some of the suffering

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 was self-inflicted,

00:26:43.380 --> 00:26:44.140
 self-induced.

00:26:45.080 --> 00:26:46.020
 Some was due

00:26:46.020 --> 00:26:47.100
 to their circumstances.

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 But may we look

00:26:50.340 --> 00:26:50.840
 and see

00:26:50.840 --> 00:26:52.360
 what Jesus'

00:26:52.660 --> 00:26:53.760
 response is.

00:26:54.760 --> 00:26:55.120
 Folks,

00:26:55.840 --> 00:26:57.360
 it is

00:26:57.360 --> 00:26:58.620
 compassion.

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 walking around

00:27:01.980 --> 00:27:04.100
 New York City

00:27:04.100 --> 00:27:05.900
 and seeing

00:27:05.900 --> 00:27:06.460
 the people

00:27:06.460 --> 00:27:08.240
 lay down

00:27:08.240 --> 00:27:08.780
 on the roads.

00:27:10.920 --> 00:27:11.080
 Brent,

00:27:11.200 --> 00:27:11.360
 yeah,

00:27:11.380 --> 00:27:11.800
 Brent's here.

00:27:13.300 --> 00:27:14.140
 How many years ago

00:27:14.140 --> 00:27:14.780
 did you see that guy?

00:27:16.280 --> 00:27:17.120
 Five years ago.

00:27:18.760 --> 00:27:19.600
 Every time you go,

00:27:19.680 --> 00:27:19.880
 right?

00:27:20.240 --> 00:27:20.820
 He's right there.

00:27:24.200 --> 00:27:25.020
 Same place,

00:27:25.100 --> 00:27:25.940
 got his dog with him.

00:27:26.980 --> 00:27:27.580
 He's on that spot

00:27:27.580 --> 00:27:28.160
 in Times Square.

00:27:29.680 --> 00:27:30.360
 I don't know

00:27:30.360 --> 00:27:30.880
 what chemical

00:27:30.880 --> 00:27:31.420
 it is.

00:27:33.420 --> 00:27:34.440
 We could judge

00:27:34.440 --> 00:27:37.560
 or we could

00:27:37.560 --> 00:27:37.800
 be filled

00:27:37.800 --> 00:27:38.300
 with compassion.

00:27:39.660 --> 00:27:40.940
 I think it's

00:27:40.940 --> 00:27:41.580
 remarkable

00:27:41.580 --> 00:27:43.720
 that what we see

00:27:43.720 --> 00:27:44.260
 of Jesus

00:27:44.260 --> 00:27:46.300
 is compassion.

00:27:48.420 --> 00:27:49.060
 See people

00:27:49.060 --> 00:27:49.580
 the way that God

00:27:49.580 --> 00:27:50.000
 sees them.

00:27:51.460 --> 00:27:51.940
 See them

00:27:51.940 --> 00:27:52.480
 with compassion.

00:27:54.360 --> 00:27:55.080
 Remember this,

00:27:55.280 --> 00:27:55.440
 folks.

00:27:57.780 --> 00:27:58.300
 Proclaiming

00:27:58.300 --> 00:27:59.020
 the truth

00:27:59.020 --> 00:27:59.960
 of the gospel

00:27:59.960 --> 00:28:01.520
 is never

00:28:01.520 --> 00:28:02.180
 separated

00:28:02.180 --> 00:28:03.760
 from the

00:28:03.760 --> 00:28:04.180
 compassion

00:28:04.180 --> 00:28:04.760
 of the gospel.

00:28:05.960 --> 00:28:06.480
 Never.

00:28:07.740 --> 00:28:08.900
 It is never

00:28:08.900 --> 00:28:10.060
 separated

00:28:10.060 --> 00:28:10.780
 from it.

00:28:12.180 --> 00:28:13.100
 So we see

00:28:13.100 --> 00:28:13.960
 the size,

00:28:14.500 --> 00:28:15.580
 we see the suffering,

00:28:16.280 --> 00:28:16.980
 but we need

00:28:16.980 --> 00:28:17.860
 to see the separation.

00:28:19.320 --> 00:28:20.300
 Jesus says they're

00:28:20.300 --> 00:28:21.860
 like sheep

00:28:21.860 --> 00:28:24.120
 without a shepherd.

00:28:25.820 --> 00:28:26.920
 In my doctoral

00:28:26.920 --> 00:28:27.760
 class that I'm

00:28:27.760 --> 00:28:28.460
 taking this summer,

00:28:29.160 --> 00:28:30.640
 I had to read

00:28:30.640 --> 00:28:31.180
 a demographic

00:28:31.180 --> 00:28:32.040
 report

00:28:32.040 --> 00:28:33.740
 about Lexington

00:28:33.740 --> 00:28:34.260
 County.

00:28:34.760 --> 00:28:34.960
 Now,

00:28:35.040 --> 00:28:35.620
 I'm a nerd,

00:28:35.980 --> 00:28:36.280
 all right?

00:28:36.380 --> 00:28:36.940
 And so,

00:28:37.100 --> 00:28:38.480
 I'm not an intelligent

00:28:38.480 --> 00:28:38.900
 nerd,

00:28:39.020 --> 00:28:39.740
 I'm just a nerd.

00:28:40.200 --> 00:28:40.820
 And so,

00:28:40.880 --> 00:28:41.620
 I find these things

00:28:41.620 --> 00:28:42.900
 fascinating to read,

00:28:43.320 --> 00:28:43.620
 all right?

00:28:44.500 --> 00:28:45.320
 This demographic

00:28:45.320 --> 00:28:46.020
 report talked

00:28:46.020 --> 00:28:47.320
 about socioeconomics,

00:28:47.600 --> 00:28:47.780
 it talked

00:28:47.780 --> 00:28:48.460
 about gender,

00:28:48.860 --> 00:28:49.400
 family breakdown,

00:28:49.540 --> 00:28:50.260
 all in Lexington,

00:28:50.380 --> 00:28:50.980
 South Carolina.

00:28:51.260 --> 00:28:51.540
 It talked

00:28:51.540 --> 00:28:52.180
 about vocations,

00:28:52.280 --> 00:28:52.840
 you name it,

00:28:52.880 --> 00:28:53.640
 it had a study

00:28:53.640 --> 00:28:53.960
 on it.

00:28:54.200 --> 00:28:54.420
 In fact,

00:28:54.520 --> 00:28:55.260
 89%,

00:28:55.260 --> 00:28:55.820
 here's some things

00:28:55.820 --> 00:28:56.200
 that I think

00:28:56.200 --> 00:28:56.900
 were just neat,

00:28:57.000 --> 00:28:57.220
 I don't know,

00:28:57.260 --> 00:28:57.820
 this is just me,

00:28:58.280 --> 00:28:58.860
 entertain me,

00:28:58.960 --> 00:28:59.280
 go with me.

00:28:59.460 --> 00:29:00.560
 89% of Lexington

00:29:00.560 --> 00:29:01.680
 have internet connection,

00:29:01.780 --> 00:29:01.900
 right?

00:29:01.940 --> 00:29:02.240
 I think,

00:29:02.320 --> 00:29:02.800
 I thought it'd be

00:29:02.800 --> 00:29:03.000
 higher,

00:29:03.060 --> 00:29:03.340
 I don't know.

00:29:04.100 --> 00:29:05.800
 38% own a dog,

00:29:06.900 --> 00:29:08.400
 25% own a cat.

00:29:09.040 --> 00:29:09.440
 Dog people

00:29:09.440 --> 00:29:09.820
 were winning,

00:29:09.980 --> 00:29:10.180
 right?

00:29:11.520 --> 00:29:12.140
 But here's what

00:29:12.140 --> 00:29:12.820
 stout me the most.

00:29:13.820 --> 00:29:14.300
 Here's something,

00:29:14.460 --> 00:29:15.460
 it corrected me

00:29:15.460 --> 00:29:16.020
 on a lot of things

00:29:16.020 --> 00:29:16.720
 that I thought I knew,

00:29:17.860 --> 00:29:18.220
 but here's what

00:29:18.220 --> 00:29:18.760
 stout me the most.

00:29:20.280 --> 00:29:20.860
 It didn't,

00:29:20.940 --> 00:29:21.400
 for some reason,

00:29:21.540 --> 00:29:22.880
 give a religious

00:29:22.880 --> 00:29:24.940
 breakdown of the

00:29:24.940 --> 00:29:25.680
 different faiths

00:29:25.680 --> 00:29:26.160
 that people had,

00:29:26.220 --> 00:29:26.560
 but here's what

00:29:26.560 --> 00:29:27.600
 it did show,

00:29:28.940 --> 00:29:31.780
 that 37%,

00:29:31.780 --> 00:29:34.620
 37%

00:29:34.620 --> 00:29:37.080
 of people

00:29:37.080 --> 00:29:38.680
 in Lexington

00:29:38.680 --> 00:29:43.260
 see a need

00:29:43.260 --> 00:29:46.500
 see a need

00:29:46.500 --> 00:29:48.840
 for a form

00:29:48.840 --> 00:29:51.700
 of organized

00:29:51.700 --> 00:29:52.200
 religion

00:29:52.200 --> 00:29:52.840
 in their life.

00:29:55.840 --> 00:29:57.260
 That means

00:29:57.260 --> 00:29:59.840
 where we live,

00:30:01.000 --> 00:30:03.580
 63%

00:30:03.580 --> 00:30:04.880
 of the people

00:30:04.880 --> 00:30:07.940
 see no,

00:30:08.160 --> 00:30:09.620
 see no value

00:30:09.620 --> 00:30:12.860
 of organized

00:30:12.860 --> 00:30:13.740
 religion

00:30:13.740 --> 00:30:15.620
 in their life.

00:30:15.660 --> 00:30:16.020
 Now there are

00:30:16.020 --> 00:30:16.660
 things that we can

00:30:16.660 --> 00:30:18.580
 pick and choose

00:30:18.580 --> 00:30:19.440
 and parse

00:30:19.440 --> 00:30:20.020
 through that,

00:30:20.160 --> 00:30:20.660
 but here's what

00:30:20.660 --> 00:30:21.280
 it says to me.

00:30:21.560 --> 00:30:22.620
 A few years ago,

00:30:22.700 --> 00:30:23.740
 when I came to

00:30:23.740 --> 00:30:24.340
 Willow Ridge Church,

00:30:24.440 --> 00:30:25.360
 13 years ago,

00:30:25.580 --> 00:30:26.340
 13 years ago,

00:30:26.540 --> 00:30:27.880
 33%

00:30:27.880 --> 00:30:29.620
 of Lexington

00:30:29.620 --> 00:30:30.040
 County

00:30:30.040 --> 00:30:32.680
 would say

00:30:32.680 --> 00:30:33.840
 that they were

00:30:33.840 --> 00:30:34.240
 a follower

00:30:34.240 --> 00:30:34.720
 of Jesus.

00:30:36.220 --> 00:30:37.540
 now we take

00:30:37.540 --> 00:30:38.900
 all the other

00:30:38.900 --> 00:30:39.480
 religions

00:30:39.480 --> 00:30:41.480
 and we pour

00:30:41.480 --> 00:30:42.540
 into that number

00:30:42.540 --> 00:30:44.180
 and we only

00:30:44.180 --> 00:30:44.980
 increase

00:30:44.980 --> 00:30:46.480
 four percentage

00:30:46.480 --> 00:30:46.880
 points.

00:30:47.200 --> 00:30:47.940
 Here's what that

00:30:47.940 --> 00:30:48.540
 tells me.

00:30:49.960 --> 00:30:50.880
 People are

00:30:50.880 --> 00:30:51.520
 seeing

00:30:51.520 --> 00:30:52.680
 less

00:30:52.680 --> 00:30:54.100
 and less

00:30:54.100 --> 00:30:55.540
 of the need

00:30:55.540 --> 00:30:56.940
 of the desire

00:30:56.940 --> 00:30:58.080
 for any

00:30:58.080 --> 00:30:59.340
 form of faith

00:30:59.340 --> 00:30:59.900
 in their life.

00:31:00.020 --> 00:31:00.580
 Now let me tell you

00:31:00.580 --> 00:31:00.740
 this.

00:31:01.160 --> 00:31:01.880
 False faith

00:31:01.880 --> 00:31:03.080
 is just as bad

00:31:03.080 --> 00:31:03.700
 as no faith

00:31:03.700 --> 00:31:05.780
 because false

00:31:05.780 --> 00:31:06.660
 faith is no

00:31:06.660 --> 00:31:06.980
 faith.

00:31:08.020 --> 00:31:09.180
 But what that

00:31:09.180 --> 00:31:09.980
 tells me

00:31:09.980 --> 00:31:11.880
 is the people

00:31:11.880 --> 00:31:13.000
 of God

00:31:13.000 --> 00:31:14.140
 have an urgent

00:31:14.140 --> 00:31:14.960
 mission

00:31:14.960 --> 00:31:17.180
 and surrounding

00:31:17.180 --> 00:31:18.320
 us

00:31:18.320 --> 00:31:20.220
 is a growing

00:31:20.220 --> 00:31:21.120
 number

00:31:21.120 --> 00:31:22.300
 of men,

00:31:22.500 --> 00:31:23.200
 of women,

00:31:23.200 --> 00:31:24.220
 and children

00:31:24.220 --> 00:31:25.440
 who do not

00:31:25.440 --> 00:31:26.280
 know

00:31:26.280 --> 00:31:27.140
 Jesus.

00:31:30.140 --> 00:31:31.900
 And here's

00:31:31.900 --> 00:31:32.580
 the question

00:31:32.580 --> 00:31:34.900
 that we

00:31:34.900 --> 00:31:35.680
 must answer.

00:31:36.900 --> 00:31:37.920
 Not in

00:31:37.920 --> 00:31:39.120
 simple theological

00:31:39.120 --> 00:31:39.960
 agreement

00:31:39.960 --> 00:31:42.180
 but in your

00:31:42.180 --> 00:31:43.160
 heart of hearts

00:31:43.160 --> 00:31:44.600
 between you

00:31:44.600 --> 00:31:45.460
 and the Lord

00:31:45.460 --> 00:31:46.880
 does the fact

00:31:46.880 --> 00:31:47.380
 that our

00:31:47.380 --> 00:31:48.140
 community

00:31:48.140 --> 00:31:49.500
 surrounding us

00:31:49.500 --> 00:31:50.560
 is lost

00:31:50.560 --> 00:31:51.680
 and dying

00:31:51.680 --> 00:31:52.520
 and going

00:31:52.520 --> 00:31:53.120
 to hell

00:31:53.120 --> 00:31:55.220
 does it

00:31:55.220 --> 00:31:55.920
 matter to you?

00:31:58.560 --> 00:31:59.400
 does it

00:31:59.400 --> 00:32:00.280
 matter to you?

00:32:01.500 --> 00:32:02.360
 And if it

00:32:02.360 --> 00:32:03.040
 does

00:32:03.040 --> 00:32:04.580
 folks

00:32:04.580 --> 00:32:06.300
 what are you

00:32:06.300 --> 00:32:07.060
 doing about it?

00:32:08.760 --> 00:32:09.140
 You see

00:32:09.140 --> 00:32:10.240
 it's easy

00:32:10.240 --> 00:32:10.880
 for me

00:32:10.880 --> 00:32:12.240
 to say

00:32:12.240 --> 00:32:12.600
 that this

00:32:12.600 --> 00:32:13.260
 matters

00:32:13.260 --> 00:32:16.060
 but it's

00:32:16.060 --> 00:32:16.860
 hypocritical

00:32:16.860 --> 00:32:17.340
 of me

00:32:17.340 --> 00:32:19.320
 to say

00:32:19.320 --> 00:32:19.660
 that it

00:32:19.660 --> 00:32:20.180
 matters

00:32:20.180 --> 00:32:22.320
 but not

00:32:22.320 --> 00:32:22.900
 engage

00:32:22.900 --> 00:32:23.460
 into it.

00:32:25.520 --> 00:32:26.020
 Jesus

00:32:26.020 --> 00:32:26.820
 says pray

00:32:26.820 --> 00:32:27.660
 pray

00:32:27.660 --> 00:32:28.040
 that they

00:32:28.040 --> 00:32:28.760
 will go

00:32:28.760 --> 00:32:29.900
 that they

00:32:29.900 --> 00:32:30.680
 will go

00:32:30.680 --> 00:32:31.400
 that we

00:32:31.400 --> 00:32:32.120
 will go

00:32:32.120 --> 00:32:33.060
 because they're

00:32:33.060 --> 00:32:33.580
 sheep

00:32:33.580 --> 00:32:35.120
 without a

00:32:35.120 --> 00:32:35.440
 shepherd.

00:32:35.780 --> 00:32:35.960
 Look at

00:32:35.960 --> 00:32:36.600
 verse 37

00:32:36.600 --> 00:32:37.160
 and 38

00:32:37.160 --> 00:32:37.780
 then he

00:32:37.780 --> 00:32:38.200
 said to his

00:32:38.200 --> 00:32:38.740
 disciples

00:32:38.740 --> 00:32:39.680
 the harvest

00:32:39.680 --> 00:32:40.360
 is plentiful

00:32:40.360 --> 00:32:40.740
 but the

00:32:40.740 --> 00:32:41.120
 labors

00:32:41.120 --> 00:32:42.240
 are few

00:32:42.240 --> 00:32:42.820
 therefore

00:32:42.820 --> 00:32:43.760
 pray earnestly

00:32:43.760 --> 00:32:44.900
 to the Lord

00:32:44.900 --> 00:32:45.720
 of the harvest

00:32:45.720 --> 00:32:46.900
 to send out

00:32:46.900 --> 00:32:47.600
 laborers

00:32:47.600 --> 00:32:48.340
 into

00:32:48.340 --> 00:32:49.840
 his

00:32:49.840 --> 00:32:50.740
 harvest.

00:32:51.120 --> 00:32:51.380
 Folks

00:32:51.380 --> 00:32:52.060
 Jesus

00:32:52.060 --> 00:32:52.520
 doesn't

00:32:52.520 --> 00:32:53.140
 call us

00:32:53.140 --> 00:32:53.800
 to just

00:32:53.800 --> 00:32:54.300
 sit

00:32:54.300 --> 00:32:55.180
 and gather

00:32:55.180 --> 00:32:55.980
 in a room

00:32:55.980 --> 00:32:57.060
 and intellectually

00:32:57.060 --> 00:32:58.040
 agree about

00:32:58.040 --> 00:32:58.460
 this.

00:32:59.640 --> 00:33:00.880
 He calls

00:33:00.880 --> 00:33:01.280
 us

00:33:01.280 --> 00:33:02.780
 to pray

00:33:02.780 --> 00:33:03.940
 and to go

00:33:03.940 --> 00:33:04.780
 because the

00:33:04.780 --> 00:33:05.660
 work of God

00:33:05.660 --> 00:33:06.460
 is done by

00:33:06.460 --> 00:33:07.060
 the Spirit

00:33:07.060 --> 00:33:07.560
 of God

00:33:07.560 --> 00:33:08.180
 through the

00:33:08.180 --> 00:33:08.820
 people of

00:33:08.820 --> 00:33:09.100
 God.

00:33:12.300 --> 00:33:12.980
 Jesus

00:33:12.980 --> 00:33:14.980
 is sending

00:33:14.980 --> 00:33:16.300
 us.

00:33:17.720 --> 00:33:18.220
 Would you

00:33:18.220 --> 00:33:18.600
 for your

00:33:18.600 --> 00:33:19.340
 life pray

00:33:19.340 --> 00:33:21.200
 that God

00:33:21.200 --> 00:33:21.900
 would send

00:33:21.900 --> 00:33:22.660
 workers

00:33:22.660 --> 00:33:24.140
 and pray

00:33:24.140 --> 00:33:24.860
 that you

00:33:24.860 --> 00:33:26.100
 will respond

00:33:26.100 --> 00:33:27.260
 as a

00:33:27.260 --> 00:33:27.620
 worker

00:33:27.620 --> 00:33:28.360
 that is

00:33:28.360 --> 00:33:29.140
 being sent?

00:33:30.400 --> 00:33:30.620
 Matthew

00:33:30.620 --> 00:33:31.100
 28

00:33:31.100 --> 00:33:32.220
 go therefore

00:33:32.220 --> 00:33:33.320
 into all

00:33:33.320 --> 00:33:33.680
 nations

00:33:33.680 --> 00:33:34.400
 baptizing

00:33:34.400 --> 00:33:34.680
 them

00:33:34.680 --> 00:33:35.180
 in the name

00:33:35.180 --> 00:33:35.360
 of the

00:33:35.360 --> 00:33:35.580
 Father

00:33:35.580 --> 00:33:35.960
 the Son

00:33:35.960 --> 00:33:36.200
 and the

00:33:36.200 --> 00:33:36.400
 Holy

00:33:36.400 --> 00:33:36.800
 Spirit

00:33:36.800 --> 00:33:37.880
 in teaching

00:33:37.880 --> 00:33:38.160
 them

00:33:38.160 --> 00:33:38.900
 all that

00:33:38.900 --> 00:33:39.180
 I have

00:33:39.180 --> 00:33:39.480
 commanded

00:33:39.480 --> 00:33:39.760
 you.

00:33:40.960 --> 00:33:41.260
 The

00:33:41.260 --> 00:33:41.700
 great

00:33:41.700 --> 00:33:42.720
 command

00:33:42.720 --> 00:33:43.480
 the

00:33:43.480 --> 00:33:43.940
 great

00:33:43.940 --> 00:33:45.000
 commission

00:33:45.000 --> 00:33:46.260
 to go.

00:33:47.780 --> 00:33:48.460
 But you're

00:33:48.460 --> 00:33:49.040
 like man

00:33:49.040 --> 00:33:52.080
 but not

00:33:52.080 --> 00:33:52.400
 me.

00:33:53.860 --> 00:33:54.300
 Not

00:33:54.300 --> 00:33:54.640
 me.

00:33:55.740 --> 00:33:56.440
 I'm not

00:33:56.440 --> 00:33:57.820
 extroverted.

00:33:57.980 --> 00:33:58.320
 I'm not

00:33:58.320 --> 00:33:59.040
 knowledgeable

00:33:59.040 --> 00:33:59.700
 enough.

00:33:59.840 --> 00:34:00.160
 I don't

00:34:00.160 --> 00:34:01.260
 know enough

00:34:01.260 --> 00:34:01.620
 people.

00:34:01.780 --> 00:34:02.020
 I don't

00:34:02.020 --> 00:34:02.340
 have a

00:34:02.340 --> 00:34:02.740
 place.

00:34:02.840 --> 00:34:03.040
 I don't

00:34:03.040 --> 00:34:03.320
 have a

00:34:03.320 --> 00:34:03.640
 purpose.

00:34:04.980 --> 00:34:05.460
 There's

00:34:05.460 --> 00:34:05.960
 varsity

00:34:05.960 --> 00:34:06.600
 level people

00:34:06.600 --> 00:34:07.360
 who go

00:34:07.360 --> 00:34:07.680
 and do

00:34:07.680 --> 00:34:08.180
 this and

00:34:08.180 --> 00:34:08.620
 then there's

00:34:08.620 --> 00:34:08.880
 me.

00:34:09.840 --> 00:34:10.460
 I know

00:34:10.460 --> 00:34:10.780
 that's what

00:34:10.780 --> 00:34:11.120
 some of

00:34:11.120 --> 00:34:11.320
 you are

00:34:11.320 --> 00:34:11.520
 thinking

00:34:11.520 --> 00:34:11.740
 because

00:34:11.740 --> 00:34:11.900
 these

00:34:11.900 --> 00:34:11.980
 are

00:34:11.980 --> 00:34:12.100
 the

00:34:12.100 --> 00:34:12.740
 conversations

00:34:12.740 --> 00:34:13.320
 that I've

00:34:13.320 --> 00:34:13.580
 had when

00:34:13.580 --> 00:34:14.000
 people begin

00:34:14.000 --> 00:34:14.460
 to struggle

00:34:14.460 --> 00:34:15.320
 with applying

00:34:15.320 --> 00:34:15.700
 this and

00:34:15.700 --> 00:34:16.320
 living in a

00:34:16.320 --> 00:34:16.760
 sent

00:34:16.760 --> 00:34:17.940
 lifestyle of

00:34:17.940 --> 00:34:18.360
 living for

00:34:18.360 --> 00:34:18.740
 the purpose

00:34:18.740 --> 00:34:19.140
 of God

00:34:19.140 --> 00:34:19.740
 to go

00:34:19.740 --> 00:34:20.200
 right where

00:34:20.200 --> 00:34:20.580
 God has

00:34:20.580 --> 00:34:21.060
 placed you.

00:34:21.240 --> 00:34:21.860
 I agree

00:34:21.860 --> 00:34:22.140
 with it.

00:34:22.140 --> 00:34:22.460
 I agree

00:34:22.460 --> 00:34:22.720
 with it.

00:34:22.760 --> 00:34:23.080
 I agree

00:34:23.080 --> 00:34:23.420
 with it.

00:34:23.500 --> 00:34:24.140
 But within

00:34:24.140 --> 00:34:25.040
 me I don't

00:34:25.040 --> 00:34:25.380
 see the

00:34:25.380 --> 00:34:25.960
 qualities.

00:34:26.360 --> 00:34:26.480
 Within

00:34:26.480 --> 00:34:27.160
 me I don't

00:34:27.160 --> 00:34:27.480
 see the

00:34:27.480 --> 00:34:28.120
 characteristics.

00:34:28.620 --> 00:34:28.780
 Within

00:34:28.780 --> 00:34:29.480
 me I don't

00:34:29.480 --> 00:34:29.820
 see the

00:34:29.820 --> 00:34:30.420
 abilities.

00:34:32.220 --> 00:34:32.580
 So look at

00:34:32.580 --> 00:34:32.980
 chapter 10

00:34:32.980 --> 00:34:33.340
 with me real

00:34:33.340 --> 00:34:33.600
 quick.

00:34:40.720 --> 00:34:41.180
 Starting

00:34:41.180 --> 00:34:41.720
 verse 1

00:34:41.720 --> 00:34:41.720
 verse 1

00:34:41.720 --> 00:34:43.500
 and he

00:34:43.500 --> 00:34:44.100
 called to

00:34:44.100 --> 00:34:45.400
 him his

00:34:45.400 --> 00:34:45.700
 twelve

00:34:45.700 --> 00:34:46.240
 disciples

00:34:46.240 --> 00:34:48.660
 and gave

00:34:48.660 --> 00:34:48.880
 them

00:34:48.880 --> 00:34:49.460
 authority

00:34:49.460 --> 00:34:50.580
 over

00:34:50.580 --> 00:34:51.060
 unclean

00:34:51.060 --> 00:34:51.420
 spirits

00:34:51.420 --> 00:34:51.880
 to cast

00:34:51.880 --> 00:34:52.280
 them out

00:34:52.280 --> 00:34:53.680
 and heal

00:34:53.680 --> 00:34:54.420
 every disease

00:34:54.420 --> 00:34:54.720
 and every

00:34:54.720 --> 00:34:55.120
 affliction.

00:34:57.120 --> 00:34:57.640
 And the

00:34:57.640 --> 00:34:57.960
 name of

00:34:57.960 --> 00:34:58.400
 these twelve

00:34:58.400 --> 00:34:58.760
 apostles

00:34:58.760 --> 00:34:59.640
 are these.

00:34:59.780 --> 00:35:00.020
 First,

00:35:00.560 --> 00:35:00.920
 Simon who

00:35:00.920 --> 00:35:01.160
 is called

00:35:01.160 --> 00:35:01.480
 Peter

00:35:01.480 --> 00:35:03.040
 and Andrew

00:35:03.040 --> 00:35:03.560
 his brother

00:35:03.560 --> 00:35:04.880
 James

00:35:04.880 --> 00:35:05.140
 his son

00:35:05.140 --> 00:35:05.700
 is Zebedee

00:35:05.700 --> 00:35:06.240
 and John

00:35:06.240 --> 00:35:06.760
 his brother

00:35:06.760 --> 00:35:08.120
 Philip

00:35:08.120 --> 00:35:08.300
 and

00:35:08.300 --> 00:35:09.000
 Bartholomew

00:35:09.000 --> 00:35:10.320
 Thomas

00:35:10.320 --> 00:35:10.840
 and Matthew

00:35:10.840 --> 00:35:11.340
 the tax

00:35:11.340 --> 00:35:11.780
 collector

00:35:11.780 --> 00:35:13.820
 James

00:35:13.820 --> 00:35:14.240
 the son

00:35:14.240 --> 00:35:14.840
 of Alphaeus

00:35:14.840 --> 00:35:15.580
 and Thaddeus

00:35:15.580 --> 00:35:17.620
 Simon

00:35:17.620 --> 00:35:18.280
 the zealot

00:35:18.280 --> 00:35:20.220
 and Judas

00:35:20.220 --> 00:35:20.960
 Iscariot

00:35:20.960 --> 00:35:22.080
 who betrayed

00:35:22.080 --> 00:35:22.360
 him.

00:35:23.220 --> 00:35:23.560
 Here's what I

00:35:23.560 --> 00:35:23.660
 want to say

00:35:23.660 --> 00:35:24.120
 if Jesus

00:35:24.120 --> 00:35:25.580
 has saved

00:35:25.580 --> 00:35:25.800
 you

00:35:25.800 --> 00:35:28.000
 then Jesus

00:35:28.000 --> 00:35:28.380
 has called

00:35:28.380 --> 00:35:28.580
 you.

00:35:29.400 --> 00:35:30.000
 If Jesus

00:35:30.000 --> 00:35:30.420
 has saved

00:35:30.420 --> 00:35:30.520
 you,

00:35:30.580 --> 00:35:30.760
 Jesus

00:35:30.760 --> 00:35:31.100
 has called

00:35:31.100 --> 00:35:31.300
 you.

00:35:32.660 --> 00:35:33.240
 This is

00:35:33.240 --> 00:35:34.540
 a here

00:35:34.540 --> 00:35:35.000
 in our

00:35:35.000 --> 00:35:35.460
 text

00:35:35.460 --> 00:35:38.160
 oh man

00:35:38.160 --> 00:35:39.420
 this is

00:35:39.420 --> 00:35:40.440
 a hodgepodge

00:35:40.440 --> 00:35:40.840
 of people.

00:35:43.580 --> 00:35:44.180
 These are

00:35:44.180 --> 00:35:44.740
 not

00:35:44.740 --> 00:35:46.440
 seminary

00:35:46.440 --> 00:35:46.920
 professors.

00:35:48.780 --> 00:35:49.180
 These are

00:35:49.180 --> 00:35:51.200
 not people

00:35:51.200 --> 00:35:51.540
 who have

00:35:51.540 --> 00:35:52.400
 sat for

00:35:52.400 --> 00:35:53.080
 years

00:35:53.080 --> 00:35:53.880
 and studied

00:35:53.880 --> 00:35:55.300
 and been

00:35:55.300 --> 00:35:56.020
 trained

00:35:56.020 --> 00:35:56.840
 and who

00:35:56.840 --> 00:35:57.500
 are capable

00:35:57.500 --> 00:35:58.380
 in and of

00:35:58.380 --> 00:35:58.940
 themselves.

00:36:01.980 --> 00:36:02.280
 And so

00:36:02.280 --> 00:36:02.540
 if you're

00:36:02.540 --> 00:36:02.920
 sitting there

00:36:02.920 --> 00:36:03.100
 and you're

00:36:03.100 --> 00:36:03.420
 thinking man

00:36:03.420 --> 00:36:03.740
 Jesus

00:36:03.740 --> 00:36:04.640
 couldn't

00:36:04.640 --> 00:36:05.460
 use me

00:36:05.460 --> 00:36:05.960
 let me

00:36:05.960 --> 00:36:06.740
 share with

00:36:06.740 --> 00:36:06.880
 you

00:36:06.880 --> 00:36:07.400
 you just

00:36:07.400 --> 00:36:07.760
 read the

00:36:07.760 --> 00:36:08.340
 names

00:36:08.340 --> 00:36:10.920
 of those

00:36:10.920 --> 00:36:11.440
 who Jesus

00:36:11.440 --> 00:36:12.120
 is using

00:36:12.120 --> 00:36:12.500
 in this

00:36:12.500 --> 00:36:12.900
 moment.

00:36:14.020 --> 00:36:14.520
 Let me

00:36:14.520 --> 00:36:14.860
 share a few

00:36:14.860 --> 00:36:15.260
 things

00:36:15.260 --> 00:36:16.700
 about who

00:36:16.700 --> 00:36:17.160
 they are.

00:36:18.040 --> 00:36:18.600
 In this

00:36:18.600 --> 00:36:18.960
 group we

00:36:18.960 --> 00:36:19.540
 got blue

00:36:19.540 --> 00:36:20.440
 collar workers

00:36:20.440 --> 00:36:22.420
 small business

00:36:22.420 --> 00:36:23.020
 owners

00:36:23.020 --> 00:36:24.520
 fishermen

00:36:24.520 --> 00:36:25.740
 farmers

00:36:25.740 --> 00:36:28.180
 in this list

00:36:28.180 --> 00:36:28.400
 you're like

00:36:28.400 --> 00:36:28.680
 but Bo

00:36:28.680 --> 00:36:29.460
 my past

00:36:29.460 --> 00:36:29.880
 man

00:36:29.880 --> 00:36:30.420
 I know

00:36:30.420 --> 00:36:30.820
 God has

00:36:30.820 --> 00:36:31.380
 saved me

00:36:31.380 --> 00:36:31.780
 from it

00:36:31.780 --> 00:36:32.260
 but Bo

00:36:32.260 --> 00:36:32.760
 like if

00:36:32.760 --> 00:36:33.720
 I go

00:36:33.720 --> 00:36:34.840
 and share

00:36:34.840 --> 00:36:35.540
 with people

00:36:35.540 --> 00:36:36.140
 do you

00:36:36.140 --> 00:36:36.680
 know the

00:36:36.680 --> 00:36:37.120
 things that

00:36:37.120 --> 00:36:37.640
 I've done

00:36:37.640 --> 00:36:38.180
 and the

00:36:38.180 --> 00:36:38.600
 things that

00:36:38.600 --> 00:36:38.920
 they're

00:36:38.920 --> 00:36:40.040
 that they're

00:36:40.040 --> 00:36:40.620
 aware of

00:36:40.620 --> 00:36:41.020
 what we

00:36:41.020 --> 00:36:41.260
 tell you

00:36:41.260 --> 00:36:41.800
 like in

00:36:41.800 --> 00:36:42.440
 this group

00:36:42.440 --> 00:36:43.520
 is corrupt

00:36:43.520 --> 00:36:44.040
 government

00:36:44.040 --> 00:36:44.560
 officials

00:36:44.560 --> 00:36:45.360
 who everyone

00:36:45.360 --> 00:36:45.720
 knew were

00:36:45.720 --> 00:36:46.100
 corrupt

00:36:46.100 --> 00:36:47.980
 but God

00:36:47.980 --> 00:36:48.480
 had saved

00:36:48.480 --> 00:36:48.840
 them from

00:36:48.840 --> 00:36:49.700
 it.

00:36:51.320 --> 00:36:51.880
 They're

00:36:51.880 --> 00:36:52.120
 one of the

00:36:52.120 --> 00:36:52.580
 power of the

00:36:52.580 --> 00:36:53.060
 spirit power

00:36:53.060 --> 00:36:53.280
 of the

00:36:53.280 --> 00:36:53.740
 message.

00:36:55.420 --> 00:36:55.740
 Within

00:36:55.740 --> 00:36:56.420
 here

00:36:56.420 --> 00:36:58.040
 there's

00:36:58.040 --> 00:36:58.180
 an

00:36:58.180 --> 00:36:58.800
 individual

00:36:58.800 --> 00:36:59.680
 who's

00:36:59.680 --> 00:37:00.280
 a part

00:37:00.280 --> 00:37:00.900
 of an

00:37:00.900 --> 00:37:01.760
 underground

00:37:01.760 --> 00:37:03.140
 military

00:37:03.140 --> 00:37:03.620
 group

00:37:03.620 --> 00:37:04.080
 that's

00:37:04.080 --> 00:37:04.300
 looking

00:37:04.300 --> 00:37:04.560
 to

00:37:04.560 --> 00:37:05.100
 overthrow

00:37:05.100 --> 00:37:05.480
 the

00:37:05.480 --> 00:37:05.900
 government

00:37:05.900 --> 00:37:06.500
 and is

00:37:06.500 --> 00:37:06.880
 willing

00:37:06.880 --> 00:37:07.560
 to do

00:37:07.560 --> 00:37:07.920
 so

00:37:07.920 --> 00:37:08.720
 by means

00:37:08.720 --> 00:37:08.860
 of

00:37:08.860 --> 00:37:09.420
 assassination

00:37:09.420 --> 00:37:09.840
 if

00:37:09.840 --> 00:37:10.340
 required.

00:37:11.880 --> 00:37:12.200
 Jesus

00:37:12.200 --> 00:37:12.720
 says I'm

00:37:12.720 --> 00:37:12.800
 going to

00:37:12.800 --> 00:37:13.160
 call you

00:37:13.160 --> 00:37:13.680
 and I'm

00:37:13.680 --> 00:37:13.720
 going to

00:37:13.720 --> 00:37:14.100
 call you

00:37:14.100 --> 00:37:14.560
 and I'm

00:37:14.560 --> 00:37:14.600
 going to

00:37:14.600 --> 00:37:15.000
 call you

00:37:15.000 --> 00:37:15.440
 and I'm

00:37:15.440 --> 00:37:15.480
 going to

00:37:15.480 --> 00:37:15.940
 call you

00:37:15.940 --> 00:37:16.720
 and you're

00:37:16.720 --> 00:37:17.260
 not going

00:37:17.260 --> 00:37:17.680
 to do

00:37:17.680 --> 00:37:18.080
 this

00:37:18.080 --> 00:37:18.600
 through

00:37:18.600 --> 00:37:19.160
 your own

00:37:19.160 --> 00:37:19.800
 capabilities

00:37:19.800 --> 00:37:20.460
 you're

00:37:20.460 --> 00:37:20.680
 going to

00:37:20.680 --> 00:37:20.920
 do

00:37:20.920 --> 00:37:21.240
 this

00:37:21.240 --> 00:37:21.600
 through

00:37:21.600 --> 00:37:21.880
 my

00:37:21.880 --> 00:37:22.340
 power

00:37:22.340 --> 00:37:22.820
 and my

00:37:22.820 --> 00:37:23.320
 means

00:37:23.320 --> 00:37:25.460
 and I'm

00:37:25.460 --> 00:37:34.540
 going to

00:37:34.540 --> 00:37:35.460
 tell you

00:37:35.460 --> 00:37:36.060
 you don't

00:37:36.060 --> 00:37:36.900
 have to

00:37:36.900 --> 00:37:37.340
 go

00:37:37.340 --> 00:37:38.220
 and argue

00:37:38.220 --> 00:37:38.740
 the points

00:37:38.740 --> 00:37:39.280
 of scripture

00:37:39.280 --> 00:37:40.120
 you can

00:37:40.120 --> 00:37:40.720
 sit down

00:37:40.720 --> 00:37:41.020
 and say

00:37:41.020 --> 00:37:41.500
 let me

00:37:41.500 --> 00:37:41.720
 tell you

00:37:41.720 --> 00:37:41.880
 about

00:37:41.880 --> 00:37:42.100
 Jesus

00:37:42.100 --> 00:37:42.420
 Christ

00:37:42.420 --> 00:37:42.560
 to

00:37:42.560 --> 00:37:42.720
 save

00:37:42.720 --> 00:37:43.000
 me

00:37:43.000 --> 00:37:46.020
 does

00:37:46.020 --> 00:37:46.300
 it

00:37:46.300 --> 00:37:48.060
 matter

00:37:48.060 --> 00:37:49.360
 to

00:37:49.360 --> 00:37:49.700
 you

00:37:49.700 --> 00:37:52.060
 the

00:37:52.060 --> 00:37:52.560
 imagery

00:37:52.560 --> 00:37:53.800
 that

00:37:53.800 --> 00:37:54.080
 Jesus

00:37:54.080 --> 00:37:54.520
 gives

00:37:54.520 --> 00:37:56.660
 there's

00:37:56.660 --> 00:37:56.840
 a

00:37:56.840 --> 00:37:57.320
 field

00:37:57.320 --> 00:37:59.440
 there's

00:37:59.440 --> 00:37:59.580
 the

00:37:59.580 --> 00:37:59.900
 world

00:37:59.900 --> 00:38:02.320
 there's

00:38:02.320 --> 00:38:02.480
 a

00:38:02.480 --> 00:38:03.060
 harvest

00:38:03.060 --> 00:38:05.480
 there's

00:38:05.480 --> 00:38:06.280
 opportunity

00:38:06.280 --> 00:38:06.880
 waiting

00:38:06.880 --> 00:38:08.720
 the

00:38:08.720 --> 00:38:09.060
 issue

00:38:09.060 --> 00:38:09.620
 is not

00:38:09.620 --> 00:38:09.960
 is there

00:38:09.960 --> 00:38:10.560
 a location

00:38:10.560 --> 00:38:12.320
 the

00:38:12.320 --> 00:38:12.640
 issue

00:38:12.640 --> 00:38:13.180
 is not

00:38:13.180 --> 00:38:13.640
 is there

00:38:13.640 --> 00:38:14.060
 fruit

00:38:14.060 --> 00:38:16.220
 the

00:38:16.220 --> 00:38:16.580
 issue

00:38:16.580 --> 00:38:17.060
 is

00:38:17.060 --> 00:38:19.120
 but where

00:38:19.120 --> 00:38:19.360
 are the

00:38:19.360 --> 00:38:20.020
 laborers

00:38:20.020 --> 00:38:22.400
 you see

00:38:22.400 --> 00:38:22.680
 it's your

00:38:22.680 --> 00:38:23.120
 work

00:38:23.120 --> 00:38:24.120
 where

00:38:24.120 --> 00:38:24.360
 are the

00:38:24.360 --> 00:38:25.120
 laborers

00:38:25.120 --> 00:38:26.600
 at your

00:38:26.600 --> 00:38:27.880
 in your

00:38:27.880 --> 00:38:28.300
 neighborhood

00:38:28.300 --> 00:38:29.080
 where

00:38:29.080 --> 00:38:29.520
 are the

00:38:29.520 --> 00:38:30.340
 laborers

00:38:30.340 --> 00:38:31.100
 in your

00:38:31.100 --> 00:38:31.580
 school

00:38:31.580 --> 00:38:32.180
 where

00:38:32.180 --> 00:38:32.700
 are the

00:38:32.700 --> 00:38:33.480
 laborers

00:38:33.480 --> 00:38:34.160
 in your

00:38:34.160 --> 00:38:34.720
 home

00:38:34.720 --> 00:38:35.400
 where

00:38:35.400 --> 00:38:35.880
 are

00:38:35.880 --> 00:38:36.220
 the

00:38:36.220 --> 00:38:37.140
 laborers

00:38:37.140 --> 00:38:39.380
 and

00:38:39.380 --> 00:38:39.520
 my

00:38:39.520 --> 00:38:39.800
 prayer

00:38:39.800 --> 00:38:40.220
 is

00:38:40.220 --> 00:38:42.020
 for you

00:38:42.020 --> 00:38:43.260
 and for

00:38:43.260 --> 00:38:43.600
 me

00:38:43.600 --> 00:38:44.840
 today

00:38:44.840 --> 00:38:45.260
 we will

00:38:45.260 --> 00:38:45.640
 say

00:38:45.640 --> 00:38:47.080
 Lord

00:38:47.080 --> 00:38:47.400
 here we

00:38:47.400 --> 00:38:47.700
 are

00:38:47.700 --> 00:38:49.260
 here we

00:38:49.260 --> 00:38:49.500
 are

00:38:49.500 --> 00:38:51.600
 I don't

00:38:51.600 --> 00:38:52.300
 go on

00:38:52.300 --> 00:38:52.760
 mission

00:38:52.760 --> 00:38:54.300
 God

00:38:54.300 --> 00:38:55.520
 I

00:38:55.520 --> 00:38:56.120
 live

00:38:56.120 --> 00:38:57.400
 on

00:38:57.400 --> 00:38:57.800
 mission

00:38:57.800 --> 00:38:58.400
 for you

00:38:58.400 --> 00:38:59.680
 because

00:38:59.680 --> 00:39:00.400
 the harvest

00:39:00.400 --> 00:39:01.800
 is where

00:39:01.800 --> 00:39:02.260
 you have

00:39:02.260 --> 00:39:02.560
 me

00:39:02.560 --> 00:39:04.660
 I

00:39:04.660 --> 00:39:06.060
 ask the

00:39:06.060 --> 00:39:06.440
 band

00:39:06.440 --> 00:39:08.040
 they'll

00:39:08.040 --> 00:39:08.300
 come up

00:39:08.300 --> 00:39:08.920
 on stage

00:39:08.920 --> 00:39:09.280
 prayer

00:39:09.280 --> 00:39:09.940
 encouragers

00:39:09.940 --> 00:39:11.060
 we'll

00:39:11.060 --> 00:39:11.320
 move to

00:39:11.320 --> 00:39:11.820
 either side

00:39:11.820 --> 00:39:12.060
 of our

00:39:12.060 --> 00:39:12.720
 auditorium

00:39:12.720 --> 00:39:14.280
 if you're

00:39:14.280 --> 00:39:14.580
 here and

00:39:14.580 --> 00:39:14.820
 you're a

00:39:14.820 --> 00:39:15.260
 follower of

00:39:15.260 --> 00:39:15.760
 Jesus the

00:39:15.760 --> 00:39:16.160
 call is

00:39:16.160 --> 00:39:16.500
 to go

00:39:16.500 --> 00:39:17.900
 the call

00:39:17.900 --> 00:39:18.160
 is to

00:39:18.160 --> 00:39:18.500
 share

00:39:18.500 --> 00:39:19.580
 that's

00:39:19.580 --> 00:39:19.980
 the call

00:39:19.980 --> 00:39:20.240
 for your

00:39:20.240 --> 00:39:20.640
 life

00:39:20.640 --> 00:39:21.820
 but if

00:39:21.820 --> 00:39:21.960
 you're

00:39:21.960 --> 00:39:22.140
 here

00:39:22.140 --> 00:39:22.420
 today

00:39:22.420 --> 00:39:22.740
 and you

00:39:22.740 --> 00:39:23.120
 aren't

00:39:23.120 --> 00:39:23.960
 a

00:39:23.960 --> 00:39:24.220
 follower

00:39:24.220 --> 00:39:24.400
 of

00:39:24.400 --> 00:39:24.760
 Jesus

00:39:24.760 --> 00:39:26.440
 let me

00:39:26.440 --> 00:39:27.000
 share

00:39:27.000 --> 00:39:28.300
 with you

00:39:28.300 --> 00:39:29.520
 the hope

00:39:29.520 --> 00:39:29.820
 that we

00:39:29.820 --> 00:39:30.140
 know

00:39:30.140 --> 00:39:31.500
 number

00:39:31.500 --> 00:39:31.740
 one

00:39:31.740 --> 00:39:31.960
 if you're

00:39:31.960 --> 00:39:32.120
 here

00:39:32.120 --> 00:39:32.300
 and you're

00:39:32.300 --> 00:39:32.600
 not a

00:39:32.600 --> 00:39:32.840
 follower

00:39:32.840 --> 00:39:33.040
 of

00:39:33.040 --> 00:39:33.360
 Jesus

00:39:33.360 --> 00:39:34.840
 here's

00:39:34.840 --> 00:39:35.280
 the truth

00:39:35.280 --> 00:39:35.520
 of what

00:39:35.520 --> 00:39:35.840
 the Bible

00:39:35.840 --> 00:39:36.260
 teaches

00:39:36.260 --> 00:39:36.580
 us

00:39:36.580 --> 00:39:36.840
 about

00:39:36.840 --> 00:39:37.100
 our

00:39:37.100 --> 00:39:37.540
 condition

00:39:37.540 --> 00:39:37.720
 of

00:39:37.720 --> 00:39:37.860
 where

00:39:37.860 --> 00:39:38.100
 we've

00:39:38.100 --> 00:39:38.220
 been

00:39:38.220 --> 00:39:38.380
 that

00:39:38.380 --> 00:39:38.740
 our

00:39:38.740 --> 00:39:39.520
 sin

00:39:39.520 --> 00:39:40.260
 has

00:39:40.260 --> 00:39:40.760
 separated

00:39:40.760 --> 00:39:40.940
 us

00:39:40.940 --> 00:39:41.100
 from

00:39:41.100 --> 00:39:41.340
 God

00:39:41.340 --> 00:39:41.720
 the Bible

00:39:41.720 --> 00:39:42.140
 tells

00:39:42.140 --> 00:39:42.420
 us

00:39:42.420 --> 00:39:42.940
 that

00:39:42.940 --> 00:39:43.320
 all

00:39:43.320 --> 00:39:43.560
 have

00:39:43.560 --> 00:39:44.260
 sinned

00:39:44.260 --> 00:39:44.780
 all

00:39:44.780 --> 00:39:45.020
 have

00:39:45.020 --> 00:39:46.420
 sinned

00:39:46.420 --> 00:39:46.740
 and

00:39:46.740 --> 00:39:47.000
 fallen

00:39:47.000 --> 00:39:47.420
 short

00:39:47.420 --> 00:39:48.240
 of

00:39:48.240 --> 00:39:48.400
 the

00:39:48.400 --> 00:39:48.680
 glory

00:39:48.680 --> 00:39:48.860
 of

00:39:48.860 --> 00:39:49.180
 God

00:39:49.180 --> 00:39:49.860
 and

00:39:49.860 --> 00:39:50.000
 that

00:39:50.000 --> 00:39:50.160
 the

00:39:50.160 --> 00:39:50.520
 wages

00:39:50.520 --> 00:39:50.880
 of

00:39:50.880 --> 00:39:51.140
 that

00:39:51.140 --> 00:39:51.500
 sin

00:39:51.500 --> 00:39:51.740
 is

00:39:51.740 --> 00:39:52.140
 death

00:39:52.140 --> 00:39:52.880
 me

00:39:52.880 --> 00:39:53.180
 you

00:39:53.180 --> 00:39:53.400
 we

00:39:53.400 --> 00:39:53.560
 are

00:39:53.560 --> 00:39:54.520
 sinners

00:39:54.520 --> 00:39:55.800
 who

00:39:55.800 --> 00:39:56.440
 desperately

00:39:56.440 --> 00:39:56.940
 need

00:39:56.940 --> 00:39:57.320
 to be

00:39:57.320 --> 00:39:57.800
 saved

00:39:57.800 --> 00:39:58.700
 because

00:39:58.700 --> 00:39:59.020
 the Bible

00:39:59.020 --> 00:39:59.400
 also

00:39:59.400 --> 00:39:59.760
 teaches

00:39:59.760 --> 00:39:59.960
 us

00:39:59.960 --> 00:40:00.120
 that

00:40:00.120 --> 00:40:00.320
 not

00:40:00.320 --> 00:40:00.580
 only

00:40:00.580 --> 00:40:01.100
 have

00:40:01.100 --> 00:40:01.440
 we

00:40:01.440 --> 00:40:02.140
 sinned

00:40:02.140 --> 00:40:02.280
 that

00:40:02.280 --> 00:40:02.540
 there

00:40:02.540 --> 00:40:02.700
 is

00:40:02.700 --> 00:40:03.260
 nothing

00:40:03.260 --> 00:40:04.280
 there's

00:40:04.280 --> 00:40:04.620
 not a

00:40:04.620 --> 00:40:04.920
 single

00:40:04.920 --> 00:40:05.280
 thing

00:40:05.280 --> 00:40:05.460
 that

00:40:05.460 --> 00:40:05.780
 you

00:40:05.780 --> 00:40:06.320
 and I

00:40:06.320 --> 00:40:06.580
 can

00:40:06.580 --> 00:40:06.900
 do

00:40:06.900 --> 00:40:07.540
 in

00:40:07.540 --> 00:40:07.780
 and

00:40:07.780 --> 00:40:08.140
 of

00:40:08.140 --> 00:40:09.020
 ourselves

00:40:09.020 --> 00:40:11.200
 to

00:40:11.200 --> 00:40:11.580
 remove

00:40:11.580 --> 00:40:11.900
 that

00:40:11.900 --> 00:40:12.240
 sin

00:40:12.240 --> 00:40:12.740
 to

00:40:12.740 --> 00:40:13.240
 make

00:40:13.240 --> 00:40:13.580
 that

00:40:13.580 --> 00:40:13.960
 payment

00:40:13.960 --> 00:40:15.080
 the Bible

00:40:15.080 --> 00:40:15.480
 teaches

00:40:15.480 --> 00:40:15.760
 us

00:40:15.760 --> 00:40:15.900
 that

00:40:15.900 --> 00:40:16.280
 we

00:40:16.280 --> 00:40:17.200
 can't

00:40:17.200 --> 00:40:17.820
 fix

00:40:17.820 --> 00:40:18.640
 ourselves

00:40:18.640 --> 00:40:20.880
 and

00:40:20.880 --> 00:40:21.020
 if

00:40:21.020 --> 00:40:21.200
 the

00:40:21.200 --> 00:40:21.960
 message

00:40:21.960 --> 00:40:22.200
 of

00:40:22.200 --> 00:40:22.520
 scripture

00:40:22.520 --> 00:40:22.880
 ended

00:40:22.880 --> 00:40:23.260
 there

00:40:23.260 --> 00:40:24.440
 what a

00:40:24.440 --> 00:40:24.720
 sad

00:40:24.720 --> 00:40:25.040
 place

00:40:25.040 --> 00:40:25.180
 it

00:40:25.180 --> 00:40:25.280
 would

00:40:25.280 --> 00:40:25.540
 be

00:40:25.540 --> 00:40:26.900
 there'd

00:40:26.900 --> 00:40:26.980
 be

00:40:26.980 --> 00:40:27.180
 no

00:40:27.180 --> 00:40:27.480
 point

00:40:27.480 --> 00:40:27.620
 of

00:40:27.620 --> 00:40:27.940
 worship

00:40:27.940 --> 00:40:28.200
 there'd

00:40:28.200 --> 00:40:28.260
 be

00:40:28.260 --> 00:40:28.440
 no

00:40:28.440 --> 00:40:28.720
 point

00:40:28.720 --> 00:40:28.860
 of

00:40:28.860 --> 00:40:29.020
 us

00:40:29.020 --> 00:40:29.400
 gathering

00:40:29.400 --> 00:40:29.760
 there'd

00:40:29.760 --> 00:40:29.880
 be

00:40:29.880 --> 00:40:30.180
 no

00:40:30.180 --> 00:40:30.980
 hope

00:40:30.980 --> 00:40:32.060
 in

00:40:32.060 --> 00:40:32.420
 this

00:40:32.420 --> 00:40:33.040
 world

00:40:33.040 --> 00:40:34.540
 but

00:40:34.540 --> 00:40:34.740
 there

00:40:34.740 --> 00:40:35.200
 is

00:40:35.200 --> 00:40:35.780
 hope

00:40:35.780 --> 00:40:36.840
 and

00:40:36.840 --> 00:40:37.020
 the

00:40:37.020 --> 00:40:37.280
 hope

00:40:37.280 --> 00:40:37.420
 is

00:40:37.420 --> 00:40:37.540
 that

00:40:37.540 --> 00:40:37.660
 at

00:40:37.660 --> 00:40:37.820
 the

00:40:37.820 --> 00:40:38.320
 cross

00:40:38.320 --> 00:40:39.780
 Jesus

00:40:39.780 --> 00:40:40.480
 did

00:40:40.480 --> 00:40:41.200
 for

00:40:41.200 --> 00:40:41.680
 us

00:40:41.680 --> 00:40:42.860
 what

00:40:42.860 --> 00:40:43.040
 we

00:40:43.040 --> 00:40:43.240
 could

00:40:43.240 --> 00:40:43.580
 not

00:40:43.580 --> 00:40:43.840
 do

00:40:43.840 --> 00:40:44.080
 for

00:40:44.080 --> 00:40:44.620
 ourselves

00:40:44.620 --> 00:40:46.140
 Jesus

00:40:46.140 --> 00:40:46.700
 shed

00:40:46.700 --> 00:40:46.960
 his

00:40:46.960 --> 00:40:47.380
 blood

00:40:47.380 --> 00:40:47.820
 to

00:40:47.820 --> 00:40:48.060
 pay

00:40:48.060 --> 00:40:48.300
 for

00:40:48.300 --> 00:40:48.780
 your

00:40:48.780 --> 00:40:49.380
 sins

00:40:49.380 --> 00:40:50.200
 and

00:40:50.200 --> 00:40:50.540
 mine

00:40:50.540 --> 00:40:52.100
 and

00:40:52.100 --> 00:40:52.280
 that

00:40:52.280 --> 00:40:52.580
 through

00:40:52.580 --> 00:40:53.200
 faith

00:40:53.200 --> 00:40:54.240
 in

00:40:54.240 --> 00:40:54.620
 Jesus

00:40:54.620 --> 00:40:55.260
 Christ

00:40:55.260 --> 00:40:56.300
 we

00:40:56.300 --> 00:40:56.700
 receive

00:40:56.700 --> 00:40:57.280
 forgiveness

00:40:57.280 --> 00:40:58.620
 we

00:40:58.620 --> 00:40:59.060
 receive

00:40:59.060 --> 00:40:59.520
 eternal

00:40:59.520 --> 00:41:00.080
 life

00:41:00.080 --> 00:41:00.880
 we

00:41:00.880 --> 00:41:01.420
 receive

00:41:01.420 --> 00:41:02.020
 earthly

00:41:02.020 --> 00:41:03.120
 purpose

00:41:03.120 --> 00:41:04.720
 and so

00:41:04.720 --> 00:41:04.980
 if you're

00:41:04.980 --> 00:41:05.520
 here today

00:41:05.520 --> 00:41:07.240
 you may

00:41:07.240 --> 00:41:07.720
 still have

00:41:07.720 --> 00:41:08.280
 questions

00:41:08.280 --> 00:41:09.620
 you may

00:41:09.620 --> 00:41:10.080
 still have

00:41:10.080 --> 00:41:10.880
 wonderings

00:41:10.880 --> 00:41:12.080
 but I

00:41:12.080 --> 00:41:12.220
 would

00:41:12.220 --> 00:41:12.580
 challenge

00:41:12.580 --> 00:41:12.900
 you with

00:41:12.900 --> 00:41:13.300
 this

00:41:13.300 --> 00:41:14.500
 today

00:41:14.500 --> 00:41:15.800
 would

00:41:15.800 --> 00:41:16.520
 you place

00:41:16.520 --> 00:41:17.660
 your

00:41:17.660 --> 00:41:18.140
 faith

00:41:18.140 --> 00:41:19.020
 in

00:41:19.020 --> 00:41:19.340
 Jesus

00:41:19.340 --> 00:41:19.740
 Christ

00:41:19.740 --> 00:41:20.120
 as your

00:41:20.120 --> 00:41:20.400
 savior

00:41:20.400 --> 00:41:21.400
 would

00:41:21.400 --> 00:41:21.640
 you pray

00:41:21.640 --> 00:41:21.820
 with

00:41:21.820 --> 00:41:22.440
 me

00:41:22.440 --> 00:41:26.500
 Lord

00:41:26.500 --> 00:41:26.680
 we

00:41:26.680 --> 00:41:26.960
 thank

00:41:26.960 --> 00:41:27.360
 you

00:41:27.360 --> 00:41:31.420
 God

00:41:31.420 --> 00:41:31.580
 for

00:41:31.580 --> 00:41:32.300
 conversations

00:41:32.300 --> 00:41:33.920
 in

00:41:33.920 --> 00:41:34.580
 Queens

00:41:34.580 --> 00:41:36.920
 and

00:41:36.920 --> 00:41:37.680
 conversations

00:41:37.680 --> 00:41:38.020
 in

00:41:38.020 --> 00:41:38.580
 Lexington

00:41:38.580 --> 00:41:41.320
 God

00:41:41.320 --> 00:41:41.440
 we

00:41:41.440 --> 00:41:41.700
 thank

00:41:41.700 --> 00:41:41.800
 you

00:41:41.800 --> 00:41:41.900
 for

00:41:41.900 --> 00:41:42.060
 the

00:41:42.060 --> 00:41:42.840
 opportunities

00:41:42.840 --> 00:41:44.400
 that

00:41:44.400 --> 00:41:44.580
 you

00:41:44.580 --> 00:41:44.880
 give

00:41:44.880 --> 00:41:45.320
 us

00:41:45.320 --> 00:41:46.800
 every

00:41:46.800 --> 00:41:47.280
 single

00:41:47.280 --> 00:41:47.820
 day

00:41:47.820 --> 00:41:50.040
 or

00:41:50.040 --> 00:41:50.240
 to

00:41:50.240 --> 00:41:50.460
 live

00:41:50.460 --> 00:41:50.740
 on

00:41:50.740 --> 00:41:51.400
 purpose

00:41:51.400 --> 00:41:53.780
 and on

00:41:53.780 --> 00:41:54.360
 mission

00:41:54.360 --> 00:41:57.400
 because of

00:41:57.400 --> 00:41:57.860
 the gospel

00:41:57.860 --> 00:41:58.300
 of Jesus

00:41:58.300 --> 00:41:58.860
 Christ

00:41:58.860 --> 00:42:02.380
 God I

00:42:02.380 --> 00:42:03.020
 pray that

00:42:03.020 --> 00:42:03.520
 today

00:42:03.520 --> 00:42:06.520
 that we

00:42:06.520 --> 00:42:06.720
 would

00:42:06.720 --> 00:42:07.300
 leave

00:42:07.300 --> 00:42:09.320
 as a

00:42:09.320 --> 00:42:09.700
 people

00:42:09.700 --> 00:42:11.700
 confident

00:42:11.700 --> 00:42:13.380
 in our

00:42:13.380 --> 00:42:13.900
 hope

00:42:13.900 --> 00:42:14.720
 for

00:42:14.720 --> 00:42:15.460
 eternity

00:42:15.460 --> 00:42:17.860
 and

00:42:17.860 --> 00:42:18.840
 passionate

00:42:21.160 --> 00:42:22.040
 about

00:42:22.040 --> 00:42:22.400
 making

00:42:22.400 --> 00:42:22.740
 sure

00:42:22.740 --> 00:42:22.980
 that

00:42:22.980 --> 00:42:23.340
 others

00:42:23.340 --> 00:42:23.780
 know

00:42:23.780 --> 00:42:25.020
 who

00:42:25.020 --> 00:42:25.320
 Jesus

00:42:25.320 --> 00:42:25.820
 is

00:42:25.820 --> 00:42:28.580
 it's

00:42:28.580 --> 00:42:28.880
 really

00:42:28.880 --> 00:42:29.140
 a

00:42:29.140 --> 00:42:29.800
 conversation

00:42:29.800 --> 00:42:33.580
 of life

00:42:33.580 --> 00:42:34.100
 or death

00:42:34.100 --> 00:42:37.920
 it's

00:42:37.920 --> 00:42:38.340
 bigger

00:42:38.340 --> 00:42:39.960
 it's

00:42:39.960 --> 00:42:40.320
 heaven

00:42:40.320 --> 00:42:42.420
 or hell

00:42:42.420 --> 00:42:45.140
 God I

00:42:45.140 --> 00:42:45.680
 pray that

00:42:45.680 --> 00:42:46.020
 that would

00:42:46.020 --> 00:42:46.360
 matter

00:42:46.360 --> 00:42:46.940
 to us

00:42:46.940 --> 00:42:49.160
 it would

00:42:49.160 --> 00:42:49.440
 matter

00:42:49.440 --> 00:42:49.800
 to us

00:42:49.800 --> 00:42:50.300
 enough

00:42:50.300 --> 00:42:51.580
 to step

00:42:51.580 --> 00:42:51.820
 out of

00:42:51.820 --> 00:42:51.960
 our

00:42:51.960 --> 00:42:52.360
 comfort

00:42:52.360 --> 00:42:54.500
 it would

00:42:54.500 --> 00:42:54.880
 matter

00:42:54.880 --> 00:42:55.440
 enough

00:42:55.440 --> 00:42:57.320
 to ask

00:42:57.320 --> 00:42:57.560
 if we

00:42:57.560 --> 00:42:57.900
 could pray

00:42:57.900 --> 00:42:58.560
 for someone

00:42:58.560 --> 00:43:01.860
 if we

00:43:01.860 --> 00:43:02.360
 could invite

00:43:02.360 --> 00:43:02.960
 someone

00:43:02.960 --> 00:43:05.940
 if we

00:43:05.940 --> 00:43:06.400
 could share

00:43:06.400 --> 00:43:07.080
 with someone

00:43:07.080 --> 00:43:10.100
 if we

00:43:10.100 --> 00:43:10.340
 could be

00:43:10.340 --> 00:43:10.860
 compassionate

00:43:10.860 --> 00:43:11.560
 for someone

00:43:11.560 --> 00:43:14.100
 Lord I

00:43:14.100 --> 00:43:14.460
 pray for

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 anyone

00:43:14.720 --> 00:43:15.160
 here

00:43:15.160 --> 00:43:18.400
 who may

00:43:18.400 --> 00:43:18.840
 not know

00:43:18.840 --> 00:43:19.140
 Jesus

00:43:19.140 --> 00:43:19.720
 Christ

00:43:19.720 --> 00:43:22.140
 as their

00:43:22.140 --> 00:43:22.540
 Lord and

00:43:22.540 --> 00:43:22.820
 Savior

00:43:22.820 --> 00:43:26.100
 God I

00:43:26.100 --> 00:43:26.500
 pray that

00:43:26.500 --> 00:43:26.780
 they would

00:43:26.780 --> 00:43:27.320
 not leave

00:43:27.320 --> 00:43:27.660
 here

00:43:27.660 --> 00:43:30.060
 without

00:43:30.060 --> 00:43:30.340
 their

00:43:30.340 --> 00:43:30.960
 eternity

00:43:30.960 --> 00:43:31.620
 set

00:43:31.620 --> 00:43:33.360
 and

00:43:33.360 --> 00:43:34.200
 confidence

00:43:34.200 --> 00:43:35.840
 in

00:43:35.840 --> 00:43:36.120
 Jesus

00:43:36.120 --> 00:43:36.700
 Christ

00:43:36.700 --> 00:43:39.800
 it's in

00:43:39.800 --> 00:43:40.060
 his name

00:43:40.060 --> 00:43:40.380
 we pray

00:43:40.380 --> 00:43:42.380
 amen

00:43:42.380 --> 00:43:45.060
 that's it

00:43:45.060 --> 00:43:45.420
 for this

00:43:45.420 --> 00:43:45.780
 week's

00:43:45.780 --> 00:43:46.180
 message

00:43:46.180 --> 00:43:46.980
 be sure

00:43:46.980 --> 00:43:47.300
 to check

00:43:47.300 --> 00:43:47.900
 back next

00:43:47.900 --> 00:43:48.300
 week for

00:43:48.300 --> 00:43:48.560
 a new

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 and in

00:43:49.760 --> 00:43:50.180
 the meantime

00:43:50.180 --> 00:43:50.820
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00:43:50.820 --> 00:43:51.240
 visit us

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