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 Hi, and welcome to the Willow Ridge Church weekly podcast.

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 We hope that you enjoy this week's installment, and be sure to check back next week to hear

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 Thanks for listening.

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 Well, good morning.

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 Glad that you guys are here with us.

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 If you've got your Bibles, go ahead and open them up to Luke chapter 1, and I want to emphasize

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 a couple of announcements that you just heard.

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 First is our CR Christmas concert.

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 That's this Thursday from 6.30 to 8.30, all right?

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 It is going to be held in the parking lot.

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 I'm excited to be able to be there and to be a part of this, bring you a bag chair, bring

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 you some hot chocolate.

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 Maybe it'll be anywhere, but it'll be somewhere between 90 and 30 degrees because it's South

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 Carolina, all right?

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 And so bring you something and just sit back, and we've got a talented group of musicians

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 who are going to perform a bunch of different types of Christmas music.

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 And so I guarantee you there'll be something there that you'll enjoy, and so come out and

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 join us.

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 But then also, I don't know if you guys remember or not, but we did a blood drive right after

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 we shut down, I believe.

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 I think it was like April or May of last year.

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 We did one, and the Red Cross reached back out to us because they're at that time where

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 they desperately need more blood and asked if we would host another one, and so we are.

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 We're hosting one tomorrow.

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 And so you can go online to Red Cross.

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 You can either search our name or search our zip code and be a part of that.

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 They wanted us to let you know if you're curious, if you've had COVID or if you have the COVID

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 antibody, that they do run that COVID antibody test.

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 And so that's a great way to find that out and to help others.

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 So if you can't make tomorrow, I was on the website the other day, and I want to say there

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 are several churches in our area.

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 So if that doesn't work for you tomorrow, then make sure you have that opportunity to do that.

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 So we are in Luke chapter 1.

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 We're going to read another encounter with Mary this morning.

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 But what we're going to talk about today is we're going to talk about pride.

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 So pride's going to be kind of at the root of the message this morning of what we're going

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 to discuss.

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 Now, as we talk about that, I want to acknowledge that pride, if that's a sin that you struggle

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 with, all right, it is a hard sin to recognize within yourself, all right?

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 It's an easy sin maybe for others to recognize, but it's a hard sin for you to recognize within

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 you that you struggle with pride.

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 Like, if someone struggles with greed, right?

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 Greedy people typically know that they're greedy.

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 They're just okay with being greedy, right?

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 Prideful people have a hard time seeing that they struggle with pride.

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 And here's why.

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 Because what pride causes in you is to look at yourself and go, no, I'm good.

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 I'm good.

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 I'm fine just the way that I am.

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 It's what it begins to manifest.

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 And so for me, as I rolled through this over this week and how I prayed for myself and prayed

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 for you, and we'll kind of end with this as well, is, God, if there are areas in my life

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 that have pride that I'm incapable of seeing or unwilling to see, God, reveal those to me,

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 all right?

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 So as you go through this this morning, like, lean in, dependency on the Holy Spirit to show

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 and to teach what is exactly going on.

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 So let's start reading in verse 36 of chapter 1.

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 And this will be a part of the passage that we read last week.

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 It says,

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 And behold, your relative Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son, and this

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 is the sixth month with her who will be called, who was called, excuse me, barren, for nothing

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 will be impossible with God.

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 And Mary said, Behold, I am a servant of the Lord.

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 Let it be to me according to your word.

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 And the angel departed from her.

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 So this is last week, the angel has appeared to Mary.

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 And last week, we largely focused in on Mary being told that she will be the mother of Jesus.

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 But there was another part of that conversation.

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 And it's about Mary finding out about her cousin, Elizabeth, who is also miraculously, but in

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 a different way, pregnant as well.

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 And what we see in this encounter are these two different extremes.

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 We have Mary who is very young, who is not married, who is a virgin, so who should not

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 be pregnant, but is going to be through the working of the Holy Spirit, right?

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 And is going to bear Christ.

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 But we also find out about her cousin, Elizabeth, who is married, and who is not a virgin, who

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 has been with her husband, but who has never been able to have a child.

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 And so the angel reveals to her that Elizabeth, who was barren, she is not barren anymore.

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 And through God working in her life and in the life of her husband, she now has conceived

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 as well, and this son will be John the Baptist, right?

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 So let's jump into verse 39.

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 So in those days, Mary arose and went with haste until the hill country to a town in Judah.

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 And she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth.

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 And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was

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 filled with the Holy Spirit.

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 And she exclaimed with a loud cry, blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit

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 of your womb.

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 And why is this granted to me that the mother of my Lord should come to me?

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 For behold, when the sound of your greeting came to my ears, the baby in my womb leaped

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 for joy.

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 And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her from

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 the Lord.

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 So you've got Mary who is going through everything that Mary is having to go through with this,

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 all right?

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 Imagine all that she is carrying at this point, and she finds out why not the same, there's

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 some similarities of what God is doing between her and her cousin Elizabeth.

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 So she goes on a journey to be with Elizabeth as they can relate.

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 These things shouldn't have happened, but yet because of God's will, they happen and they

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 take place.

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 And then there's this miraculous thing that happens.

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 It says that she entered into the house, and she greets Elizabeth.

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 Now, Elizabeth does not know that Mary is pregnant.

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 But as Mary gets closer to her, the baby in the womb of Elizabeth, John the Baptist, who

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 will be the announcement for Christ, right?

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 Her baby, Scripture says, leaps in the womb.

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 And before Mary can even tell Elizabeth the news, Elizabeth proclaims what is taking place

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 through the power of the Holy Spirit, and she begins to worship the unborn Christ, right?

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 And so what we see in Scripture, this is like the first Jesus, like worship service moment kind

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 of happened in here, in the incarnate Christ, even before he is born.

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 Like, we begin to see the weight of what is happening here, of these two women and the different

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 journeys of life that they've been on, but the similarities of what has brought them.

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 And through only how God could do this in their encounter, a baby in a womb leaps for another

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 baby in the womb, and the mother of one of those begins to worship.

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 And then Mary is going to begin to sing a song.

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 Mary's going to begin to worship as well.

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 And so verse 46, it says,

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 And Mary said,

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 As he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and to his offspring forever, in verse 56,

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 And Mary remained with her about three months in return to her home.

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 Now, the last couple weeks, as we've read through and studied a couple of different passages

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 of Scripture, you notice, like, we're continuing to look at Mary.

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 Even though we're understanding who Jesus is, and largely our response to Jesus, we found ourselves

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 really, really studying Mary.

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 And I want to be honest with you, like, since I've been a believer, this is, even before I

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 was a believer, this is the story that I've known, because I was raised in church.

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 There's not one point in time in my life that I did not know who Jesus was, nor is there

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 not one point in time in my life that I didn't know the story of Mary and the Christmas story.

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 That was later on before God saved me.

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 But this isn't new to me.

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 But this year, it's kind of hit home a little bit more for me, as my daughter is probably

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 the exact same age that Mary was at this time.

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 And here's what just impresses me.

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 What impresses me about Mary, of what God is showing me, is not only the faith of Mary,

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 but the maturity of the faith of Mary.

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 We see a depth in her young age of maturity that, just being honest, so many of us who have

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 been a follower of Jesus for years pale in comparison to the depth of the maturity that she shows.

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 The burden that she's carrying, the weight that she feels, all of this has come out.

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 And as you read this story, it's very hard to remind ourselves, hey, this is a preteen girl.

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 This is a young teenage girl.

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 Because we picture someone so much older and seasoned in life, but because of her maturity.

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 But that's not necessarily the case.

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 And so in this, what I was reading through this week, is what makes Mary's maturity so evident?

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 What makes it like, she was a woman of faith before because God chose her for this.

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 So what are we seeing in Scripture in her response to the angel?

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 What are we seeing in Scripture in her response to this moment where Elizabeth's baby leaps in the womb

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 and Elizabeth begins to worship?

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 And what we begin to see is we see humility.

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 We see humility in Mary.

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 We see humility greater than any sense of entitlement that she may be feeling in the fact,

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 the truth, that God had chosen her for this.

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 There's only going to be one Savior.

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 There's only going to be one Messiah.

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 Which means there's only going to be one mother of the Messiah.

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 And it comes from her.

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 So what I want us to do this morning is I believe there are three markings of humility

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 that are found in Mary's song, but also three markings of pride that are found in this.

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 And so I want us to work our way through those this morning.

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 The first marking of humility that we see is fear.

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 Bo, that's a weird marking of humility is fear.

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 But let's look at this.

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 It says,

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 And his mercy is for those who fear him from generation to generation.

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 Now fear is a difficult thing.

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 Because I could make the statement, no one likes to be afraid.

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 And you could say, there could be some of you that would argue that's not true.

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 I like to experience fear.

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 I like to get close as I can to fear.

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 And so maybe you like watching scary movies.

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 Maybe you like going to haunted houses.

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 And in those, you allow yourself to be frightened.

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 But here's what I would argue to both of those.

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 You know that that movie is not real.

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 And you know that that haunted house isn't real.

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 So you're afraid in the moment, but you know that there's safety on the other side.

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 And maybe you're like, well, Bo, I like to skydive.

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 And I like to do bungee cord stuff.

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 And that stuff is crazy to me because I hate heights, right?

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 But you're like, I like to look fear in the face.

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 But at the same time, know that you have a rescue to know that you have safety on the other end of that.

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 So fear is a hard thing because when it really boils down to it,

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 you and I do not want to be put into a situation where fear comes, where there's not safety.

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 Where fear comes and it's not the escape.

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 So when we say a marking of humility is to fear the Lord,

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 that's a hard thing for us to wrap our mind on.

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 But God's word and his mercy, right, who receives his grace, who lives in this,

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 is for those who fear him from generation to generation.

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 So the marking of the fear of God is something that we should obtain and that we should have.

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 Now, when fear in church is talked about, specifically fear of the Lord,

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 well, I think two things happen in this topic.

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 Number one, we either don't talk about it, or number two, we water it down, right?

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 Now, in Scripture, when you see people who come face-to-face with God,

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 what is their typical reaction?

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 Oh no, I'm about to die, right?

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 Go and look, Old Testament, New Testament.

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 That is the reaction when people come face-to-face with God.

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 So there is an application of fear that happens within that.

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 And so I sat through and I tried to think through an illustration that would make sense in my mind

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 to help us communicate what it means to fear the Lord.

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 And I know that this illustration can be picked apart sideways in every way,

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 but I think this will help us grasp this, okay?

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 About three or four years ago, in a moment of being vulnerable,

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 and I see Mike Smith is here,

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 I bought another dog, all right?

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 And I say another dog because we already had a dog.

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 I bought a Chesapeake Bay Retriever,

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 and we named him Doc, all right?

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 From last week, Doc Holliday is where he got his name, all right?

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 And this dog, my wife went,

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 went to us, we went to Mike's house,

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 and she found,

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 she said this, go in there.

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 She said, but I want the biggest puppy he's got, all right?

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 And so tucked in the back of the yard was this massive,

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 with rolls coming off of him puppy.

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 And she said, that's it.

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 And she scooped him up,

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 and overnight that dog went from being a puppy to about 130 pounds, right?

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 His head is like the size of a cinder block.

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 He's a full-grown horse.

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 This is a big old dog, okay?

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 Now, I love this dog.

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 It was a moment of vulnerable weakness then,

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 but I've grown to love this dog,

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 and this dog loves me.

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 We have a great relationship.

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 I love both of my dogs.

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 But about three years ago,

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 so we'd had him about a year, a year and a half or so,

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 Emma went out into the backyard.

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 And it was summertime,

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 and I remember that because she had like a tank top on,

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 and she was out there,

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 and the dogs were loose.

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 So I've got a black lab,

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 and we've got this big Chesapeake retriever that's there.

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 And all of a sudden,

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 I know Emma's out in the backyard,

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 and I hear these screams happening.

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 And I look out the window,

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 and Doc is just trying to play with her.

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 He's just trying to love on her.

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 But this 130-pound dog is jumping as hard as he can

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 at my daughter,

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 and his claws are going down her back,

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 and you can see the blood begin to happen,

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 and you see her wounds that are there.

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 And so I take off,

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 and I go into the backyard,

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 and within about 10 seconds,

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 what that dog experienced

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 was discipline,

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 that led him to fear of me,

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 that led him to a proper authority

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 of who I am and who he is.

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 And we haven't had a moment's problem

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 with him since in that.

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 Because in that moment,

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 what he needed to know

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 is that in spite of my love

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 and my care for him,

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 I'm his master.

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 And I think oftentimes when we miss

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 that the most gracious thing

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 that God does with us

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 from time to time

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 is that he disciplines us.

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 And that we become in these feelings

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 that God is our friend,

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 which he is.

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 That God is loving,

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 which he is.

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 That God is compassionate,

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 which he is.

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 But also within that,

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 in the demands of his holiness

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 in light of a sinful world,

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 there's a wrath being held back from him,

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 and that in that,

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 that the humility of the Lord

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 is marked in fear of the Lord.

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 And what causes us to fear God

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 is the exact same thing

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 that causes us to surrender to God.

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 It's what causes us

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 to bow down before him

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 in full and in complete surrender

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 because of the fear of the Lord.

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 That we understand

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 that those of us made in the image of God,

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 that we are not God.

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 And that that is for him.

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 And that is for him.

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 And it is only through his grace

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 and his mercy

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 that we are even still here in this moment.

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 And so it says,

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 and his mercy

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 is for those who fear him

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 from generation to generation.

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 The second marking of humility

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 is perspective.

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 Perspective.

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 It says in Luke 152,

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 he has brought down the mighty

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 from their thrones

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 and exalted those of humble estate.

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 So it says that God brings down,

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 we're going to talk about that in a little bit,

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 but that God also exalts.

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 And so who does God exalt?

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 Those of humble estate,

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 those of perspective of who they are.

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 When we go back and we look in Scripture

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 of seeing what God does

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 with men and women of faith,

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 that God chooses the least likely

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 who understand who they are,

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 that understand what they're capable of,

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 but they also understand the goodness

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 and the holiness of God.

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 It's what we've seen already

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 with the story of Mary,

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 that God took this nobody girl

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 from a nobody village

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 and raised her up

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 and exalted her.

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 And it all comes into

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 and based out of the perspective

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 that I don't see myself

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 as coming from my throne,

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 but I see myself

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 from humble estate.

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 It's what God does with David.

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 If you go back and remember the story

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 of the great mighty warrior

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 who would kill Goliath,

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 the great mighty warrior

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 who would become king

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 when the prophet comes

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 and tells David's dad,

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 hey, from one of your sons,

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 the next king is going to come.

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 Bring them all to me.

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 David's own dad left him out on the field

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 and brought everyone else.

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 That David in his humble beginnings,

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 in his own insignificance,

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 his own dad excluded him.

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 Moses, when God called him

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 to lead his people from Egypt,

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 Moses was a murderer on the run

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 working as a herdsman

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 for his father-in-law

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 who was limited by his own speech impediments.

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 And God said,

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 no, I'm going to exalt you.

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 In all of the disciples

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 that Jesus called in his ministry,

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 they all came from the outcasts.

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 They were all men who were passed over.

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 And time and time again, right,

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 when the wealthy come to Jesus

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 and Jesus says,

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 you got to lay it down to follow me,

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 many of them say,

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 no, I'm not going to have that.

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 But the people who are broken,

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 the beggars and the prostitutes

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 and the tax collectors,

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 when they come to Jesus

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 and Jesus says,

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 but you got to leave everything behind.

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 And they say,

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 well, I have nothing to begin with, right?

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 It's all based in perspective.

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 All of the men knew,

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 all of these women knew

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 that they were nothing without God

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 and that's who God exalts.

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 The third thing that we see

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 in context to the fear

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 is gratitude.

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 Gratitude.

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 Luke 1, 53,

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 he has filled the hungry

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 with good things

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 and the rich

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 he has sent away empty.

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 Now, I want to ask you a question.

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 I want you to be honest with yourself.

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 I'm not going to ask you

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 to raise your hands on this,

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 but just think about this.

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 Have you ever been hungry?

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 Now, there's been a lot of times

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 in my life

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 that I've been ready to eat.

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 I've been really ready to eat,

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 but I don't know

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 that there's ever been

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 a time in my life

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 that I've truly been hungry, right?

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 Like, like me,

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 like you can look at me

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 like there's excess here

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 that I need to work through

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 right before that truly happens.

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 But have you ever been truly hungry?

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 Well, God's word says that

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 he filled the hungry

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 with good things.

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 And so what we see

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 is that in God's people

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 there's this desperation

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 that when they're there

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 and they're desperate for this

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 that God then gives them

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 what God calls good things

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 and that in that

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 what comes from that

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 is gratitude, okay?

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 Now, about four years ago

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 I was headed home.

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 I'd been here at the church

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 and I was heading home one night

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 and I stopped at a gas station.

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 I needed to get some gas

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 and I'm standing there

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 pumping gas

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 and this lady comes

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 walking across the parking lot

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 and I can tell like

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 she's walking toward me.

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 So I'm like,

00:24:01.400 --> 00:24:02.300
 all right, here we go.

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 I don't know what's about to happen,

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 but I've got maybe a feel

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 and she comes up

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 and she says,

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 excuse me, sir.

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 And I said, yes, ma'am.

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 And she said,

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 me and my daughter,

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 we're in our car

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 and we're homeless

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 and we're really hungry.

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 Would you mind

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 getting us something to eat?

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 And I said, no, ma'am,

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 not at all.

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 She said, you know,

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 it's been days

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 and since we've eaten

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 and no one is willing

00:24:26.800 --> 00:24:27.820
 to feed us.

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 No one's willing

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 to give us some food.

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 So thank you so much

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 for what you're going to do.

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 I said, ma'am, no problem.

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 And so I said,

00:24:35.620 --> 00:24:37.560
 let me finish pumping gas

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 and I looked at the gas station.

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 There's a restaurant

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 attached to the gas station.

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 I said, there's a restaurant

00:24:43.580 --> 00:24:44.720
 attached to this gas station

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 right here.

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 So as soon as I get done

00:24:46.660 --> 00:24:47.520
 pumping gas,

00:24:47.640 --> 00:24:48.700
 we'll go in there

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 and I'll get you

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 and your daughter

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 anything you want to eat.

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 Anything you want to eat.

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 And as I'm telling her this,

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 I'm kind of looking at her

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 and the look on her face

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 is now different.

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 And I said, ma'am,

00:25:00.360 --> 00:25:01.500
 is that okay?

00:25:02.820 --> 00:25:03.900
 And she said, well,

00:25:05.100 --> 00:25:07.560
 I really don't like this food.

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 There's a Wendy's down the road.

00:25:13.420 --> 00:25:14.420
 Would you mind

00:25:14.420 --> 00:25:15.940
 if maybe you could get

00:25:15.940 --> 00:25:16.600
 in your car

00:25:16.600 --> 00:25:17.860
 and take us down there

00:25:17.860 --> 00:25:18.440
 to Wendy's

00:25:18.440 --> 00:25:19.540
 and get us something

00:25:19.540 --> 00:25:21.320
 to eat at Wendy's?

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 Now at this time,

00:25:23.760 --> 00:25:25.000
 I'm trying to now filter through

00:25:25.000 --> 00:25:27.160
 what's the proper thing

00:25:27.160 --> 00:25:28.060
 that I need to say.

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 And I said, ma'am,

00:25:30.300 --> 00:25:32.060
 I said, I'm not going to do that.

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 I'm not going to drive down

00:25:34.260 --> 00:25:35.060
 to Wendy's

00:25:35.060 --> 00:25:36.880
 and get you something to eat.

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 I didn't say this,

00:25:38.420 --> 00:25:38.820
 but I was thinking

00:25:38.820 --> 00:25:39.860
 for safety reasons.

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 That's probably not wise

00:25:41.560 --> 00:25:42.260
 to do that.

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 My wife would frown on this.

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 But once again,

00:25:45.700 --> 00:25:47.160
 I said, but I'm willing

00:25:47.160 --> 00:25:47.720
 to go inside

00:25:47.720 --> 00:25:48.860
 this restaurant right here.

00:25:49.740 --> 00:25:50.960
 And if you're truly hungry,

00:25:51.720 --> 00:25:52.740
 I will buy you

00:25:52.740 --> 00:25:53.400
 and your daughter

00:25:53.400 --> 00:25:55.860
 anything that they offer

00:25:55.860 --> 00:25:57.600
 for you to eat.

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 And she said,

00:25:59.240 --> 00:25:59.520
 well, no,

00:25:59.600 --> 00:26:01.000
 we really don't want that.

00:26:01.940 --> 00:26:02.760
 And I said, ma'am,

00:26:02.800 --> 00:26:04.380
 then you're really not hungry

00:26:04.380 --> 00:26:06.700
 because her gratitude

00:26:06.700 --> 00:26:07.700
 was based in

00:26:07.700 --> 00:26:09.320
 not of what she was given

00:26:09.320 --> 00:26:10.360
 because of her situation,

00:26:10.920 --> 00:26:12.060
 but for what she wanted.

00:26:13.060 --> 00:26:13.960
 Now, years ago,

00:26:14.020 --> 00:26:14.340
 Aaron and I

00:26:14.340 --> 00:26:15.260
 hadn't been married long.

00:26:16.040 --> 00:26:17.180
 We wanted a mission trip

00:26:17.180 --> 00:26:18.480
 to Zimbabwe.

00:26:18.920 --> 00:26:20.760
 Talked about this story before

00:26:20.760 --> 00:26:22.180
 or this mission trip before.

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 And while we were there,

00:26:23.320 --> 00:26:24.520
 we were staying at a hotel.

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 And I'll be honest with you.

00:26:25.880 --> 00:26:26.940
 It is at that point

00:26:26.940 --> 00:26:27.560
 in time in my life,

00:26:27.580 --> 00:26:28.980
 it was the nicest hotel

00:26:28.980 --> 00:26:30.480
 that we had ever stayed at,

00:26:30.540 --> 00:26:31.480
 that I had ever stayed at.

00:26:31.480 --> 00:26:33.360
 And probably still to this day

00:26:33.360 --> 00:26:34.720
 was the nicest hotel

00:26:34.720 --> 00:26:36.200
 that I'd ever stayed at

00:26:36.200 --> 00:26:37.920
 in my entire life.

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 And we had someone

00:26:39.660 --> 00:26:41.160
 who would clean our room

00:26:41.160 --> 00:26:42.080
 every morning

00:26:42.080 --> 00:26:43.020
 and every evening.

00:26:43.020 --> 00:26:44.060
 And it was different

00:26:44.060 --> 00:26:45.000
 than a maid service.

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 They were continually

00:26:46.020 --> 00:26:47.220
 checking in with you

00:26:47.220 --> 00:26:47.840
 during the day

00:26:47.840 --> 00:26:48.700
 to make sure

00:26:48.700 --> 00:26:49.460
 that you had everything

00:26:49.460 --> 00:26:50.420
 you needed.

00:26:50.500 --> 00:26:51.700
 And it was the same person.

00:26:51.860 --> 00:26:52.600
 And it didn't matter

00:26:52.600 --> 00:26:53.660
 how early it was

00:26:53.660 --> 00:26:54.240
 or how late

00:26:54.240 --> 00:26:55.220
 in the evening it was.

00:26:55.320 --> 00:26:56.340
 This same person

00:26:56.340 --> 00:26:57.980
 was always nearby

00:26:57.980 --> 00:26:59.300
 where we could get them.

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 And it was a young man

00:27:00.480 --> 00:27:01.440
 by the name of Brighton.

00:27:01.720 --> 00:27:02.700
 I'll never forget his name.

00:27:02.880 --> 00:27:03.660
 His name was Brighton.

00:27:03.660 --> 00:27:05.240
 I was about 25 years old

00:27:05.240 --> 00:27:05.780
 at the time

00:27:05.780 --> 00:27:07.160
 and I would be willing to bet

00:27:07.160 --> 00:27:09.660
 he was maybe 16, 17 years old.

00:27:10.260 --> 00:27:11.460
 Well, when we were going

00:27:11.460 --> 00:27:12.080
 to Zimbabwe

00:27:12.080 --> 00:27:13.800
 for this missions trip,

00:27:13.840 --> 00:27:14.860
 I was going to be speaking

00:27:14.860 --> 00:27:15.780
 at several churches

00:27:15.780 --> 00:27:16.660
 and Aaron was going to be

00:27:16.660 --> 00:27:17.340
 leading worship

00:27:17.340 --> 00:27:18.480
 at the churches.

00:27:19.220 --> 00:27:19.780
 We were told

00:27:19.780 --> 00:27:21.100
 Zimbabwe is going

00:27:21.100 --> 00:27:21.720
 through a famine.

00:27:22.140 --> 00:27:23.280
 So bring some food

00:27:23.280 --> 00:27:25.080
 because we can't be guaranteed

00:27:25.080 --> 00:27:25.840
 that we'll be able

00:27:25.840 --> 00:27:26.620
 to get food

00:27:26.620 --> 00:27:27.660
 every single day.

00:27:28.240 --> 00:27:29.260
 And so we packed up

00:27:29.260 --> 00:27:29.620
 a suitcase.

00:27:29.960 --> 00:27:31.300
 We packed granola bars

00:27:31.300 --> 00:27:32.340
 and peanut butter

00:27:32.340 --> 00:27:32.860
 and just things

00:27:32.860 --> 00:27:34.280
 that we could take with us.

00:27:34.740 --> 00:27:35.860
 And a couple of things

00:27:35.860 --> 00:27:37.500
 remember from last week

00:27:37.500 --> 00:27:38.020
 that I packed

00:27:38.020 --> 00:27:38.820
 was I packed

00:27:38.820 --> 00:27:39.720
 some peanut M&Ms

00:27:39.720 --> 00:27:41.060
 but also packed

00:27:41.060 --> 00:27:42.500
 some Snickers candy bars.

00:27:43.420 --> 00:27:43.960
 And so one day

00:27:43.960 --> 00:27:44.840
 Brighton has come

00:27:44.840 --> 00:27:45.360
 into the room

00:27:45.360 --> 00:27:46.320
 and I'm sitting there

00:27:46.320 --> 00:27:47.200
 and you really

00:27:47.200 --> 00:27:48.120
 kind of feel guilty

00:27:48.120 --> 00:27:49.300
 because you feel like

00:27:49.300 --> 00:27:50.660
 there's weight

00:27:50.660 --> 00:27:51.520
 on your hand and foot.

00:27:51.680 --> 00:27:53.720
 And so I've got

00:27:53.720 --> 00:27:55.100
 this candy bar

00:27:55.100 --> 00:27:55.600
 and I'm sitting there

00:27:55.600 --> 00:27:55.960
 in the chair

00:27:55.960 --> 00:27:56.900
 eating the candy bar

00:27:56.900 --> 00:27:58.280
 and I notice he keeps

00:27:58.280 --> 00:27:58.920
 looking over there

00:27:58.920 --> 00:27:59.860
 at me, right?

00:27:59.960 --> 00:28:00.260
 And I'm like,

00:28:01.960 --> 00:28:02.860
 keeps staring back at me.

00:28:03.940 --> 00:28:04.740
 And he looks at me

00:28:04.740 --> 00:28:05.180
 and he says,

00:28:05.340 --> 00:28:06.960
 is that a candy bar?

00:28:08.240 --> 00:28:08.620
 And I said,

00:28:08.640 --> 00:28:09.400
 yeah, it's a candy bar.

00:28:10.500 --> 00:28:10.720
 He said,

00:28:10.740 --> 00:28:11.860
 what kind of a candy bar?

00:28:12.980 --> 00:28:13.540
 And I said,

00:28:13.560 --> 00:28:16.140
 it's a Snickers candy bar.

00:28:17.140 --> 00:28:17.820
 And he said,

00:28:17.860 --> 00:28:19.000
 oh, I've heard of those

00:28:19.000 --> 00:28:20.920
 but I've never had one.

00:28:21.680 --> 00:28:22.140
 And I said,

00:28:22.180 --> 00:28:23.360
 oh, well, I've got more.

00:28:23.540 --> 00:28:24.940
 So I went in my bag

00:28:24.940 --> 00:28:25.720
 and I opened it up

00:28:25.720 --> 00:28:26.780
 and I pulled out the candy bar

00:28:26.780 --> 00:28:27.660
 and I invited him

00:28:27.660 --> 00:28:28.240
 to sit down

00:28:28.240 --> 00:28:29.260
 and let's have

00:28:29.260 --> 00:28:30.080
 a candy bar together.

00:28:30.800 --> 00:28:31.060
 And he said,

00:28:31.080 --> 00:28:31.400
 no, no, no,

00:28:31.400 --> 00:28:32.180
 I can't do that.

00:28:32.960 --> 00:28:33.700
 And so he opened up

00:28:33.700 --> 00:28:34.280
 the candy bar,

00:28:34.360 --> 00:28:35.340
 he took a bite out of it

00:28:35.340 --> 00:28:36.640
 and then he put the wrapper

00:28:36.640 --> 00:28:37.600
 back over it

00:28:37.600 --> 00:28:38.440
 and he put it

00:28:38.440 --> 00:28:39.440
 in his shirt pocket.

00:28:40.500 --> 00:28:41.500
 Well, this is Africa

00:28:41.500 --> 00:28:42.160
 during the middle

00:28:42.160 --> 00:28:42.580
 of the summer.

00:28:42.720 --> 00:28:43.540
 Like, it's hot.

00:28:44.480 --> 00:28:45.340
 And he's got on

00:28:45.340 --> 00:28:48.640
 this perfectly ironed

00:28:48.640 --> 00:28:49.700
 white shirt,

00:28:49.700 --> 00:28:50.940
 not a stain on it.

00:28:51.540 --> 00:28:52.300
 And I looked at him

00:28:52.300 --> 00:28:52.460
 and I said,

00:28:52.520 --> 00:28:52.960
 Brighton,

00:28:53.260 --> 00:28:54.140
 I'm not sure

00:28:54.140 --> 00:28:55.860
 that that's a good thing

00:28:55.860 --> 00:28:56.280
 to do,

00:28:56.400 --> 00:28:57.760
 to take that candy bar

00:28:57.760 --> 00:28:58.860
 that's been opened

00:28:58.860 --> 00:28:59.760
 and put it

00:28:59.760 --> 00:29:01.280
 in your white shirt pocket.

00:29:01.560 --> 00:29:02.860
 That chocolate's gonna melt,

00:29:03.040 --> 00:29:04.060
 it's gonna get all over

00:29:04.060 --> 00:29:04.520
 your shirt

00:29:04.520 --> 00:29:05.940
 and potentially ruin

00:29:05.940 --> 00:29:06.460
 your shirt.

00:29:06.680 --> 00:29:07.280
 Just go ahead

00:29:07.280 --> 00:29:07.920
 and finish eating

00:29:07.920 --> 00:29:08.660
 the candy bar.

00:29:09.440 --> 00:29:10.220
 And he said,

00:29:10.320 --> 00:29:11.120
 no, I can't.

00:29:12.300 --> 00:29:12.560
 I said,

00:29:12.600 --> 00:29:12.920
 why not?

00:29:14.100 --> 00:29:14.580
 And he said,

00:29:14.600 --> 00:29:15.160
 well, I've got five

00:29:15.160 --> 00:29:15.880
 brothers and sisters

00:29:15.880 --> 00:29:16.560
 at home

00:29:16.560 --> 00:29:18.100
 and they've never

00:29:18.100 --> 00:29:20.120
 had a Snickers bar

00:29:20.120 --> 00:29:21.020
 either.

00:29:22.040 --> 00:29:22.880
 And so I wanna have

00:29:22.880 --> 00:29:23.500
 this bite

00:29:23.500 --> 00:29:24.760
 and then make sure

00:29:24.760 --> 00:29:25.880
 every single one of them

00:29:25.880 --> 00:29:26.540
 can have a bite

00:29:26.540 --> 00:29:27.700
 of the candy bar.

00:29:29.060 --> 00:29:30.060
 Which, at that point,

00:29:30.900 --> 00:29:32.180
 like, I could've given him

00:29:32.180 --> 00:29:33.700
 anything if he'd asked

00:29:33.700 --> 00:29:34.260
 for it, right?

00:29:34.920 --> 00:29:35.160
 And I said,

00:29:35.240 --> 00:29:35.700
 no, no, no.

00:29:35.740 --> 00:29:36.440
 I just went over the bag

00:29:36.440 --> 00:29:37.600
 and got every Snickers bar

00:29:37.600 --> 00:29:38.440
 that we had out.

00:29:38.500 --> 00:29:38.660
 I was like,

00:29:38.700 --> 00:29:39.600
 here, you take them.

00:29:39.640 --> 00:29:40.220
 I don't need them.

00:29:40.260 --> 00:29:41.200
 I'm fat, you know?

00:29:42.140 --> 00:29:43.280
 And I loaded up his pockets

00:29:43.280 --> 00:29:44.000
 with candy bars

00:29:44.000 --> 00:29:44.820
 and he went home

00:29:44.820 --> 00:29:46.000
 and it was a great week

00:29:46.000 --> 00:29:46.760
 getting to know him.

00:29:47.660 --> 00:29:48.780
 But that's the difference

00:29:48.780 --> 00:29:50.420
 of gratitude, right?

00:29:51.180 --> 00:29:52.120
 One person that

00:29:52.120 --> 00:29:53.420
 this is what I want,

00:29:53.580 --> 00:29:54.200
 but one person

00:29:54.200 --> 00:29:54.960
 who is grateful

00:29:54.960 --> 00:29:56.000
 for what they're given.

00:29:56.820 --> 00:29:58.340
 Gratitude does not cause us

00:29:58.340 --> 00:29:59.560
 to look at what others have

00:29:59.560 --> 00:30:00.700
 and wonder why not me.

00:30:01.300 --> 00:30:03.140
 But gratitude causes me

00:30:03.140 --> 00:30:04.760
 to see what I've been

00:30:04.760 --> 00:30:05.620
 blessed with

00:30:05.620 --> 00:30:06.880
 and give thanks

00:30:06.880 --> 00:30:09.020
 because God has filled

00:30:09.020 --> 00:30:09.700
 the hungry

00:30:09.700 --> 00:30:11.260
 with good things.

00:30:12.040 --> 00:30:12.480
 But let's look at

00:30:12.480 --> 00:30:13.600
 the markings of pride.

00:30:14.620 --> 00:30:15.580
 Markings of pride.

00:30:15.980 --> 00:30:16.720
 So if there's these

00:30:16.720 --> 00:30:17.620
 that mark humility,

00:30:17.780 --> 00:30:18.280
 there are these

00:30:18.280 --> 00:30:19.440
 that mark pride.

00:30:19.800 --> 00:30:20.460
 And the first one

00:30:20.460 --> 00:30:21.440
 is blame

00:30:21.440 --> 00:30:22.680
 that we want to look at.

00:30:23.040 --> 00:30:23.480
 Blame.

00:30:24.660 --> 00:30:25.760
 Luke 1, 51.

00:30:26.760 --> 00:30:27.740
 He has shown strength

00:30:27.740 --> 00:30:28.640
 with his arm

00:30:28.640 --> 00:30:30.120
 and he has scattered

00:30:30.120 --> 00:30:30.900
 the proud

00:30:30.900 --> 00:30:32.080
 in the thoughts

00:30:32.080 --> 00:30:32.960
 of their hearts.

00:30:33.060 --> 00:30:34.500
 Now, I love this,

00:30:34.840 --> 00:30:36.040
 these words

00:30:36.040 --> 00:30:37.660
 that Mary uses

00:30:37.660 --> 00:30:38.360
 as God

00:30:38.360 --> 00:30:39.520
 inspires her.

00:30:39.820 --> 00:30:40.960
 The Greek word

00:30:40.960 --> 00:30:41.980
 for thoughts here

00:30:41.980 --> 00:30:43.320
 is imagination.

00:30:43.780 --> 00:30:43.920
 All right?

00:30:44.100 --> 00:30:45.260
 So here's what Mary

00:30:45.260 --> 00:30:45.960
 is saying.

00:30:46.500 --> 00:30:47.500
 He allows

00:30:47.500 --> 00:30:48.680
 the proud

00:30:48.680 --> 00:30:50.180
 to get lost

00:30:50.180 --> 00:30:51.880
 in their own imagination.

00:30:52.860 --> 00:30:52.960
 Right?

00:30:53.320 --> 00:30:53.940
 Have you ever

00:30:53.940 --> 00:30:54.940
 met someone

00:30:54.940 --> 00:30:56.740
 who doesn't have

00:30:56.740 --> 00:30:57.900
 a sense of reality?

00:30:58.740 --> 00:30:58.900
 Right?

00:30:59.060 --> 00:31:00.300
 What is going on

00:31:00.300 --> 00:31:01.040
 in their life

00:31:01.040 --> 00:31:01.720
 is not the way

00:31:01.720 --> 00:31:03.260
 that anyone else

00:31:03.260 --> 00:31:04.140
 sees it,

00:31:04.220 --> 00:31:05.920
 but only through the way

00:31:05.920 --> 00:31:06.940
 that they see it.

00:31:07.380 --> 00:31:08.600
 Well, what God's word

00:31:08.600 --> 00:31:09.020
 says,

00:31:09.120 --> 00:31:09.860
 what Mary

00:31:09.860 --> 00:31:11.220
 is proclaiming

00:31:11.220 --> 00:31:12.480
 is that what God

00:31:12.480 --> 00:31:14.040
 does is for people

00:31:14.040 --> 00:31:15.640
 who find pride

00:31:15.640 --> 00:31:17.160
 or people who are rooted

00:31:17.160 --> 00:31:18.100
 that their hearts

00:31:18.100 --> 00:31:19.080
 are filled with pride,

00:31:19.220 --> 00:31:20.720
 that he scatters

00:31:20.720 --> 00:31:21.860
 their thoughts

00:31:21.860 --> 00:31:22.920
 and their hearts

00:31:22.920 --> 00:31:24.160
 so literally

00:31:24.160 --> 00:31:25.400
 they're believing

00:31:25.400 --> 00:31:26.920
 their own narrative

00:31:26.920 --> 00:31:28.560
 that they're making up

00:31:28.560 --> 00:31:29.540
 as they go.

00:31:29.540 --> 00:31:30.780
 And what this begins

00:31:30.780 --> 00:31:31.360
 to do

00:31:31.360 --> 00:31:32.260
 in the heart

00:31:32.260 --> 00:31:33.600
 of a prideful person

00:31:33.600 --> 00:31:34.700
 is it manifests

00:31:34.700 --> 00:31:35.520
 itself

00:31:35.520 --> 00:31:36.580
 into blame?

00:31:37.160 --> 00:31:38.040
 Because if you look

00:31:38.040 --> 00:31:38.560
 at this,

00:31:39.260 --> 00:31:40.480
 to blame someone

00:31:40.480 --> 00:31:41.840
 means that there's

00:31:41.840 --> 00:31:42.860
 no ownership

00:31:42.860 --> 00:31:44.220
 on your part

00:31:44.220 --> 00:31:45.300
 for the negative

00:31:45.300 --> 00:31:46.940
 decisions that you made.

00:31:47.080 --> 00:31:48.020
 It's only

00:31:48.020 --> 00:31:49.800
 someone else's fault

00:31:49.800 --> 00:31:51.420
 that you find yourself

00:31:51.420 --> 00:31:52.580
 in the situation

00:31:52.580 --> 00:31:53.760
 in which you are.

00:31:54.620 --> 00:31:55.080
 Why?

00:31:55.660 --> 00:31:57.160
 Because you've believed

00:31:57.160 --> 00:31:58.580
 the lies

00:31:58.580 --> 00:31:59.840
 of your own mind.

00:32:00.620 --> 00:32:01.720
 You've believed

00:32:01.720 --> 00:32:02.880
 the imagination

00:32:02.880 --> 00:32:04.240
 that is there

00:32:04.240 --> 00:32:05.580
 and it's a terrible,

00:32:06.020 --> 00:32:07.160
 terrible path

00:32:07.160 --> 00:32:07.700
 when we begin

00:32:07.700 --> 00:32:08.500
 to walk down that.

00:32:09.160 --> 00:32:10.060
 A couple weeks ago

00:32:10.060 --> 00:32:11.220
 I got a haircut

00:32:11.220 --> 00:32:13.600
 and I usually

00:32:13.600 --> 00:32:14.080
 I don't have

00:32:14.080 --> 00:32:14.720
 like one place

00:32:14.720 --> 00:32:15.220
 that I go

00:32:15.220 --> 00:32:16.120
 or one person

00:32:16.120 --> 00:32:17.260
 that cuts my hair.

00:32:17.420 --> 00:32:18.020
 Kind of wherever

00:32:18.020 --> 00:32:19.700
 I'm at in Lexington

00:32:19.700 --> 00:32:20.500
 I just find

00:32:20.500 --> 00:32:21.460
 the nearest place

00:32:21.460 --> 00:32:22.400
 and I go there

00:32:22.400 --> 00:32:23.080
 which means

00:32:23.080 --> 00:32:24.040
 I have a new person

00:32:24.040 --> 00:32:24.720
 cutting my hair

00:32:24.720 --> 00:32:26.340
 almost every single time

00:32:26.340 --> 00:32:27.280
 I get my hair cut.

00:32:27.600 --> 00:32:28.380
 And so I was over

00:32:28.380 --> 00:32:30.140
 on 378 in Lexington

00:32:30.140 --> 00:32:31.600
 and I needed a haircut.

00:32:32.080 --> 00:32:32.880
 Aaron had been telling me

00:32:32.880 --> 00:32:33.420
 you and Grace

00:32:33.420 --> 00:32:34.240
 need to get haircuts

00:32:34.240 --> 00:32:34.760
 and so there was

00:32:34.760 --> 00:32:35.940
 one right around the corner

00:32:35.940 --> 00:32:36.440
 and I was like

00:32:36.440 --> 00:32:37.280
 well I'll just go there.

00:32:37.640 --> 00:32:38.340
 And so I go

00:32:38.340 --> 00:32:40.200
 and I like talking

00:32:40.200 --> 00:32:40.780
 with the person

00:32:40.780 --> 00:32:41.600
 that's cutting my hair

00:32:41.600 --> 00:32:42.580
 but I honestly

00:32:42.580 --> 00:32:43.620
 had something happen

00:32:43.620 --> 00:32:44.660
 getting my hair cut

00:32:44.660 --> 00:32:45.160
 this time

00:32:45.160 --> 00:32:46.640
 that had never happened

00:32:46.640 --> 00:32:47.680
 in the entire

00:32:47.680 --> 00:32:48.720
 my entire life

00:32:48.720 --> 00:32:49.680
 of me getting a haircut.

00:32:50.080 --> 00:32:51.380
 I sit down in the chair

00:32:51.380 --> 00:32:52.520
 the lady asked me

00:32:52.520 --> 00:32:53.320
 how would you like

00:32:53.320 --> 00:32:54.400
 for your hair to be cut

00:32:54.400 --> 00:32:55.540
 and I tell her

00:32:55.540 --> 00:32:56.480
 because it basically

00:32:56.480 --> 00:32:57.100
 doesn't matter

00:32:57.100 --> 00:32:57.740
 because it's all

00:32:57.740 --> 00:32:58.660
 falling out anyways

00:32:58.660 --> 00:32:58.920
 right?

00:32:59.180 --> 00:33:00.120
 And so I sit down

00:33:00.120 --> 00:33:01.520
 and she puts

00:33:01.520 --> 00:33:02.460
 the little cover there

00:33:02.460 --> 00:33:02.880
 on me

00:33:02.880 --> 00:33:04.360
 and she sprays

00:33:04.360 --> 00:33:05.040
 my hair down

00:33:05.040 --> 00:33:06.480
 and then she begins

00:33:06.480 --> 00:33:06.960
 to sing

00:33:06.960 --> 00:33:10.340
 the whole time

00:33:10.340 --> 00:33:11.700
 right?

00:33:12.660 --> 00:33:13.820
 And very quickly

00:33:13.820 --> 00:33:16.340
 I got very uncomfortable

00:33:16.340 --> 00:33:17.160
 I've never been

00:33:17.160 --> 00:33:17.860
 in this situation

00:33:17.860 --> 00:33:18.560
 I've never been

00:33:18.560 --> 00:33:19.600
 serenaded

00:33:19.600 --> 00:33:20.860
 while you're cutting

00:33:20.860 --> 00:33:21.360
 my hair

00:33:21.360 --> 00:33:22.400
 and so I don't know

00:33:22.400 --> 00:33:23.080
 why this made me

00:33:23.080 --> 00:33:23.700
 so uncomfortable

00:33:23.700 --> 00:33:24.780
 but it made me

00:33:24.780 --> 00:33:25.300
 uncomfortable

00:33:25.300 --> 00:33:26.280
 and so I'm like

00:33:26.280 --> 00:33:27.100
 I've got to start

00:33:27.100 --> 00:33:27.620
 a conversation

00:33:27.620 --> 00:33:28.400
 with this lady

00:33:28.400 --> 00:33:29.180
 so that she'll stop

00:33:29.180 --> 00:33:30.300
 singing at me

00:33:30.300 --> 00:33:31.360
 in this moment

00:33:31.360 --> 00:33:32.760
 as she's just singing

00:33:32.760 --> 00:33:33.520
 and everybody's

00:33:33.520 --> 00:33:34.120
 looking at us

00:33:34.120 --> 00:33:34.700
 like do y'all know

00:33:34.700 --> 00:33:35.340
 I don't know

00:33:35.340 --> 00:33:35.880
 but here's where

00:33:35.880 --> 00:33:37.160
 we find ourselves

00:33:37.160 --> 00:33:38.560
 and so she paused

00:33:38.560 --> 00:33:39.240
 for a moment

00:33:39.240 --> 00:33:40.420
 and I said

00:33:40.420 --> 00:33:41.380
 you sure do have

00:33:41.380 --> 00:33:42.060
 a pretty voice

00:33:42.060 --> 00:33:43.400
 and she goes

00:33:43.400 --> 00:33:44.360
 oh well thank you

00:33:44.360 --> 00:33:45.680
 and she began

00:33:45.680 --> 00:33:46.780
 to talk about singing

00:33:46.780 --> 00:33:47.820
 and her love

00:33:47.820 --> 00:33:48.380
 for singing

00:33:48.380 --> 00:33:50.000
 and then she said

00:33:50.000 --> 00:33:50.620
 she said you know

00:33:50.620 --> 00:33:52.140
 and where I really

00:33:52.140 --> 00:33:53.740
 love to sing

00:33:53.740 --> 00:33:55.600
 is at church

00:33:55.600 --> 00:33:56.740
 I thought

00:33:56.740 --> 00:33:58.300
 great conversation

00:33:58.300 --> 00:33:58.960
 right?

00:33:59.160 --> 00:33:59.880
 We're about to talk

00:33:59.880 --> 00:34:00.420
 about church

00:34:00.420 --> 00:34:01.100
 we're about to talk

00:34:01.100 --> 00:34:01.780
 about the Lord

00:34:01.780 --> 00:34:02.700
 and before

00:34:02.700 --> 00:34:03.680
 I could say

00:34:03.680 --> 00:34:04.820
 anything else

00:34:04.820 --> 00:34:05.940
 she said

00:34:05.940 --> 00:34:06.980
 but I don't sing

00:34:06.980 --> 00:34:07.860
 at my church anymore

00:34:07.860 --> 00:34:09.360
 now I'm trying

00:34:09.360 --> 00:34:09.680
 to get out

00:34:09.680 --> 00:34:10.360
 of the conversation

00:34:10.360 --> 00:34:10.620
 right?

00:34:10.740 --> 00:34:11.420
 like go back

00:34:11.420 --> 00:34:11.780
 to singing

00:34:11.780 --> 00:34:13.040
 singing's good

00:34:13.040 --> 00:34:13.280
 right?

00:34:13.500 --> 00:34:14.000
 and she said

00:34:14.000 --> 00:34:15.720
 it's all my pastor's fault

00:34:15.720 --> 00:34:17.640
 well those are my people

00:34:17.640 --> 00:34:18.400
 right?

00:34:18.900 --> 00:34:19.360
 and so

00:34:19.360 --> 00:34:20.920
 I'm sitting there

00:34:20.920 --> 00:34:21.460
 and I said

00:34:21.460 --> 00:34:23.280
 well I hate to hear that

00:34:23.280 --> 00:34:24.040
 but also kind of

00:34:24.040 --> 00:34:24.860
 thinking through my brain

00:34:24.860 --> 00:34:25.880
 please don't ask me

00:34:25.880 --> 00:34:26.760
 what I do for a living

00:34:26.760 --> 00:34:27.200
 you know?

00:34:28.460 --> 00:34:29.340
 and she said

00:34:29.340 --> 00:34:29.600
 yep

00:34:29.600 --> 00:34:31.640
 we were at a business

00:34:31.640 --> 00:34:32.020
 meeting

00:34:32.020 --> 00:34:33.000
 which is where

00:34:33.000 --> 00:34:33.760
 churches just kind of

00:34:33.760 --> 00:34:34.500
 fall apart sometimes

00:34:34.500 --> 00:34:34.760
 right?

00:34:34.960 --> 00:34:35.720
 we were at a business

00:34:35.720 --> 00:34:36.620
 meeting at our church

00:34:36.620 --> 00:34:38.880
 and I asked him a question

00:34:38.880 --> 00:34:41.360
 and I didn't like his answer

00:34:41.360 --> 00:34:43.420
 I said well I'm sorry

00:34:43.420 --> 00:34:44.080
 to hear that

00:34:44.080 --> 00:34:45.680
 and she said

00:34:45.680 --> 00:34:46.380
 so I quit singing

00:34:46.380 --> 00:34:48.980
 I said oh

00:34:48.980 --> 00:34:50.740
 she said

00:34:50.740 --> 00:34:51.240
 and I quit going

00:34:51.240 --> 00:34:51.800
 to Sunday school

00:34:51.800 --> 00:34:53.960
 I said okay

00:34:53.960 --> 00:34:56.040
 I quit volunteering

00:34:56.040 --> 00:34:58.100
 I quit going

00:34:58.100 --> 00:34:58.100
 I quit going

00:34:58.100 --> 00:34:58.760
 on Sunday nights

00:34:58.760 --> 00:34:59.200
 I quit going

00:34:59.200 --> 00:34:59.940
 on Wednesday nights

00:34:59.940 --> 00:35:01.500
 and I quit going

00:35:01.500 --> 00:35:03.060
 on Sunday mornings

00:35:03.060 --> 00:35:05.180
 and it's all

00:35:05.180 --> 00:35:07.520
 his fault

00:35:07.520 --> 00:35:10.740
 how sad

00:35:10.740 --> 00:35:12.180
 is that?

00:35:13.040 --> 00:35:14.060
 we didn't dive

00:35:14.060 --> 00:35:14.860
 into the story

00:35:14.860 --> 00:35:16.640
 because I'll be honest

00:35:16.640 --> 00:35:16.960
 with you

00:35:16.960 --> 00:35:17.680
 you're in a vulnerable

00:35:17.680 --> 00:35:18.520
 spot right?

00:35:18.800 --> 00:35:19.480
 when you've got

00:35:19.480 --> 00:35:20.800
 scissors pointed at you

00:35:20.800 --> 00:35:22.180
 and got someone angry

00:35:22.180 --> 00:35:24.240
 but in that moment

00:35:24.240 --> 00:35:25.880
 what she began

00:35:25.880 --> 00:35:27.100
 to walk down through

00:35:27.100 --> 00:35:29.020
 and what was causing

00:35:29.020 --> 00:35:29.660
 her

00:35:29.660 --> 00:35:30.720
 she acknowledged

00:35:30.720 --> 00:35:32.560
 I'm not as close

00:35:32.560 --> 00:35:32.900
 as God

00:35:32.900 --> 00:35:33.680
 as I used to be

00:35:33.680 --> 00:35:35.860
 I'm not as close

00:35:35.860 --> 00:35:36.520
 to my family

00:35:36.520 --> 00:35:37.100
 in Christ

00:35:37.100 --> 00:35:38.560
 as I used to be

00:35:38.560 --> 00:35:40.180
 and it all

00:35:40.180 --> 00:35:41.080
 began to happen

00:35:41.080 --> 00:35:42.440
 because what she

00:35:42.440 --> 00:35:43.440
 was experiencing

00:35:43.440 --> 00:35:44.960
 in her life

00:35:44.960 --> 00:35:46.100
 was blame

00:35:46.100 --> 00:35:47.960
 and she said

00:35:47.960 --> 00:35:48.360
 to me

00:35:48.360 --> 00:35:49.660
 she said

00:35:49.660 --> 00:35:49.860
 you know

00:35:49.860 --> 00:35:50.220
 I know

00:35:50.220 --> 00:35:50.680
 I need to get

00:35:50.680 --> 00:35:51.420
 back into singing

00:35:51.420 --> 00:35:53.040
 I know

00:35:53.040 --> 00:35:53.520
 I need to get

00:35:53.520 --> 00:35:54.420
 back in church

00:35:54.420 --> 00:35:56.140
 I'm just not

00:35:56.140 --> 00:35:56.720
 there yet

00:35:56.720 --> 00:35:58.480
 and I said

00:35:58.480 --> 00:35:58.920
 well maybe

00:35:58.920 --> 00:36:00.060
 God will give you

00:36:00.060 --> 00:36:01.540
 the opportunity

00:36:01.540 --> 00:36:02.960
 to forgive

00:36:02.960 --> 00:36:04.420
 so you can

00:36:04.420 --> 00:36:06.580
 I don't know

00:36:06.580 --> 00:36:07.220
 the situation

00:36:07.220 --> 00:36:08.520
 I don't know

00:36:08.520 --> 00:36:09.100
 the story

00:36:09.100 --> 00:36:10.620
 but here's

00:36:10.620 --> 00:36:11.200
 what I know

00:36:11.200 --> 00:36:12.460
 that we've got

00:36:12.460 --> 00:36:13.500
 a pretty good crowd

00:36:13.500 --> 00:36:14.340
 in this room

00:36:14.340 --> 00:36:15.560
 right now

00:36:15.560 --> 00:36:16.720
 of people

00:36:16.720 --> 00:36:17.040
 who have

00:36:17.040 --> 00:36:18.020
 experienced hurt

00:36:18.020 --> 00:36:19.800
 and disappointment

00:36:19.800 --> 00:36:21.520
 and brokenness

00:36:21.520 --> 00:36:22.040
 in life

00:36:22.040 --> 00:36:24.020
 and what happens

00:36:24.020 --> 00:36:24.400
 when we

00:36:24.400 --> 00:36:25.200
 when we live

00:36:25.200 --> 00:36:25.860
 in a world

00:36:25.860 --> 00:36:26.580
 of blame

00:36:26.580 --> 00:36:27.360
 that I am

00:36:27.360 --> 00:36:28.140
 where I am

00:36:28.140 --> 00:36:29.120
 solely because

00:36:29.120 --> 00:36:29.660
 of what other

00:36:29.660 --> 00:36:30.340
 people done

00:36:30.340 --> 00:36:32.040
 then that blame

00:36:32.040 --> 00:36:32.660
 holds us

00:36:32.660 --> 00:36:33.200
 enslaved

00:36:33.200 --> 00:36:34.100
 to the situation

00:36:34.100 --> 00:36:34.620
 that we find

00:36:34.620 --> 00:36:34.900
 ourselves

00:36:34.900 --> 00:36:36.740
 and do you know

00:36:36.740 --> 00:36:38.220
 what the opposite

00:36:38.220 --> 00:36:39.440
 of blaming is

00:36:39.440 --> 00:36:40.900
 do you know

00:36:40.900 --> 00:36:41.540
 what gives us

00:36:41.540 --> 00:36:42.020
 freedom

00:36:42.020 --> 00:36:43.580
 from that

00:36:43.580 --> 00:36:45.200
 is forgiveness

00:36:45.200 --> 00:36:47.500
 I no longer

00:36:47.500 --> 00:36:48.280
 blame you

00:36:48.280 --> 00:36:49.840
 I forgive you

00:36:49.840 --> 00:36:51.240
 I no longer

00:36:51.240 --> 00:36:52.060
 blame you

00:36:52.060 --> 00:36:53.160
 but I release

00:36:53.160 --> 00:36:53.420
 it

00:36:53.420 --> 00:36:55.020
 and here's the

00:36:55.020 --> 00:36:55.480
 funny thing

00:36:55.480 --> 00:36:55.860
 for that

00:36:55.860 --> 00:36:56.540
 for that lady

00:36:56.540 --> 00:36:58.300
 I asked her

00:36:58.300 --> 00:36:58.520
 I said

00:36:58.520 --> 00:36:59.100
 did the pastor

00:36:59.100 --> 00:36:59.620
 know that he

00:36:59.620 --> 00:37:00.340
 made you mad

00:37:00.340 --> 00:37:01.600
 and she said

00:37:01.600 --> 00:37:02.140
 no he has

00:37:02.140 --> 00:37:02.900
 no clue

00:37:02.900 --> 00:37:04.480
 you know

00:37:04.480 --> 00:37:06.120
 she's holding

00:37:06.120 --> 00:37:07.120
 on to something

00:37:07.120 --> 00:37:08.380
 that's not

00:37:08.380 --> 00:37:08.980
 keeping him

00:37:08.980 --> 00:37:09.620
 up at night

00:37:09.620 --> 00:37:10.560
 and it's

00:37:10.560 --> 00:37:11.320
 what blame

00:37:11.320 --> 00:37:12.080
 continues to

00:37:12.080 --> 00:37:12.360
 do

00:37:12.360 --> 00:37:13.540
 blame

00:37:13.540 --> 00:37:14.060
 keeps you

00:37:14.060 --> 00:37:14.860
 in the hurt

00:37:14.860 --> 00:37:16.260
 but forgiveness

00:37:16.260 --> 00:37:16.940
 allows you

00:37:16.940 --> 00:37:17.300
 to move

00:37:17.300 --> 00:37:17.660
 on

00:37:17.660 --> 00:37:19.360
 but blame

00:37:19.360 --> 00:37:20.100
 is filled

00:37:20.100 --> 00:37:21.140
 in the heart

00:37:21.140 --> 00:37:22.260
 of the pride

00:37:22.260 --> 00:37:23.160
 because it's

00:37:23.160 --> 00:37:23.620
 what's been

00:37:23.620 --> 00:37:24.380
 done to us

00:37:24.380 --> 00:37:25.400
 the second

00:37:25.400 --> 00:37:25.980
 thing is

00:37:25.980 --> 00:37:26.780
 control

00:37:26.780 --> 00:37:28.540
 Luke 152

00:37:28.540 --> 00:37:29.300
 he has brought

00:37:29.300 --> 00:37:30.060
 down the mighty

00:37:30.060 --> 00:37:31.360
 from their thrones

00:37:31.360 --> 00:37:32.480
 and exalted

00:37:32.480 --> 00:37:34.020
 those of humble

00:37:34.020 --> 00:37:34.640
 estates

00:37:34.640 --> 00:37:35.320
 so we talked

00:37:35.320 --> 00:37:36.020
 about what God

00:37:36.020 --> 00:37:36.740
 does as he

00:37:36.740 --> 00:37:37.580
 raises up

00:37:37.580 --> 00:37:38.520
 those of humble

00:37:38.520 --> 00:37:38.920
 estates

00:37:38.920 --> 00:37:39.320
 from their

00:37:39.320 --> 00:37:40.040
 perspective

00:37:40.040 --> 00:37:41.000
 but we see

00:37:41.000 --> 00:37:42.000
 that he brings

00:37:42.000 --> 00:37:43.760
 down the mighty

00:37:43.760 --> 00:37:44.860
 from their thrones

00:37:44.860 --> 00:37:45.420
 right

00:37:45.420 --> 00:37:46.420
 what does a throne

00:37:46.420 --> 00:37:47.040
 represent

00:37:47.040 --> 00:37:48.120
 a throne

00:37:48.120 --> 00:37:48.960
 represents a kingdom

00:37:48.960 --> 00:37:50.360
 and what a kingdom

00:37:50.360 --> 00:37:51.320
 represents is

00:37:51.320 --> 00:37:52.080
 control

00:37:52.080 --> 00:37:53.580
 that this is

00:37:53.580 --> 00:37:54.220
 mine

00:37:54.220 --> 00:37:55.100
 and that this

00:37:55.100 --> 00:37:56.260
 is what I have

00:37:56.260 --> 00:37:57.200
 here's what pride

00:37:57.200 --> 00:37:58.040
 does when it

00:37:58.040 --> 00:37:58.960
 creeps into the

00:37:58.960 --> 00:37:59.980
 heart of men

00:37:59.980 --> 00:38:00.520
 and women

00:38:00.520 --> 00:38:01.640
 it says I have

00:38:01.640 --> 00:38:02.680
 control of

00:38:02.680 --> 00:38:03.600
 something that

00:38:03.600 --> 00:38:04.260
 I've never

00:38:04.260 --> 00:38:05.300
 been entrusted

00:38:05.300 --> 00:38:06.280
 to control

00:38:06.280 --> 00:38:07.280
 that this

00:38:07.280 --> 00:38:09.060
 is mine

00:38:09.060 --> 00:38:10.220
 and this

00:38:10.220 --> 00:38:11.180
 is my

00:38:11.180 --> 00:38:11.960
 kingdom

00:38:11.960 --> 00:38:12.920
 those

00:38:12.920 --> 00:38:13.940
 that he

00:38:13.940 --> 00:38:14.800
 brings

00:38:14.800 --> 00:38:15.480
 down

00:38:15.480 --> 00:38:16.420
 and what

00:38:16.420 --> 00:38:17.020
 we try

00:38:17.020 --> 00:38:17.880
 to control

00:38:17.880 --> 00:38:18.900
 are the

00:38:18.900 --> 00:38:19.600
 things that

00:38:19.600 --> 00:38:20.560
 consume us

00:38:20.560 --> 00:38:21.340
 that we were

00:38:21.340 --> 00:38:22.040
 never meant

00:38:22.040 --> 00:38:22.840
 to control

00:38:22.840 --> 00:38:23.720
 but instead

00:38:23.720 --> 00:38:24.780
 we were intended

00:38:24.780 --> 00:38:25.520
 to release

00:38:25.520 --> 00:38:26.480
 instead the

00:38:26.480 --> 00:38:27.260
 things that

00:38:27.260 --> 00:38:28.100
 we were intended

00:38:28.100 --> 00:38:29.260
 to surrender

00:38:29.260 --> 00:38:30.660
 and then the

00:38:30.660 --> 00:38:31.120
 last thing

00:38:31.120 --> 00:38:31.820
 of the marking

00:38:31.820 --> 00:38:33.100
 of pride

00:38:33.100 --> 00:38:35.020
 is those

00:38:35.020 --> 00:38:35.400
 who are

00:38:35.400 --> 00:38:36.720
 self-satisfied

00:38:36.980 --> 00:38:38.860
 Luke 153

00:38:38.860 --> 00:38:40.500
 says he

00:38:40.500 --> 00:38:40.900
 has filled

00:38:40.900 --> 00:38:41.440
 the hungry

00:38:41.440 --> 00:38:42.480
 with good

00:38:42.480 --> 00:38:43.000
 things

00:38:43.000 --> 00:38:44.180
 but we get

00:38:44.180 --> 00:38:44.840
 the opposite

00:38:44.840 --> 00:38:46.900
 and the rich

00:38:46.900 --> 00:38:48.400
 he has sent

00:38:48.400 --> 00:38:48.940
 away

00:38:48.940 --> 00:38:49.900
 empty

00:38:49.900 --> 00:38:51.460
 that's not

00:38:51.460 --> 00:38:51.820
 how that's

00:38:51.820 --> 00:38:52.080
 supposed to

00:38:52.080 --> 00:38:52.460
 happen

00:38:52.460 --> 00:38:54.320
 the rich

00:38:54.320 --> 00:38:54.920
 are always

00:38:54.920 --> 00:38:55.400
 supposed to

00:38:55.400 --> 00:38:55.920
 be full

00:38:55.920 --> 00:38:57.180
 the rich

00:38:57.180 --> 00:38:57.680
 are always

00:38:57.680 --> 00:38:58.160
 supposed to

00:38:58.160 --> 00:38:59.480
 have possessions

00:38:59.480 --> 00:39:00.060
 within this

00:39:00.060 --> 00:39:00.460
 but God

00:39:00.460 --> 00:39:01.340
 word says

00:39:01.340 --> 00:39:02.060
 that when it

00:39:02.060 --> 00:39:02.660
 comes in the

00:39:02.660 --> 00:39:03.080
 engagement

00:39:03.080 --> 00:39:04.120
 with him

00:39:04.120 --> 00:39:04.660
 is that

00:39:04.660 --> 00:39:05.540
 he fills

00:39:05.540 --> 00:39:06.500
 the hungry

00:39:06.500 --> 00:39:07.360
 with good

00:39:07.360 --> 00:39:07.880
 things

00:39:07.880 --> 00:39:08.520
 but that

00:39:08.520 --> 00:39:09.260
 the rich

00:39:09.260 --> 00:39:10.040
 he sends

00:39:10.040 --> 00:39:10.400
 them

00:39:10.400 --> 00:39:11.100
 away

00:39:11.100 --> 00:39:11.580
 empty

00:39:11.580 --> 00:39:12.280
 so what

00:39:12.280 --> 00:39:12.700
 does that

00:39:12.700 --> 00:39:12.980
 mean

00:39:12.980 --> 00:39:13.340
 that we

00:39:13.340 --> 00:39:13.520
 are

00:39:13.520 --> 00:39:14.780
 self-satisfied

00:39:14.780 --> 00:39:15.340
 well if

00:39:15.340 --> 00:39:15.500
 you're

00:39:15.500 --> 00:39:16.600
 self-satisfied

00:39:16.600 --> 00:39:17.280
 then you

00:39:17.280 --> 00:39:17.860
 don't find

00:39:17.860 --> 00:39:18.740
 your satisfaction

00:39:18.740 --> 00:39:19.800
 in God

00:39:19.800 --> 00:39:20.380
 and in who

00:39:20.380 --> 00:39:20.880
 he is

00:39:20.880 --> 00:39:21.600
 and so in

00:39:21.600 --> 00:39:22.400
 those moments

00:39:22.400 --> 00:39:23.180
 in pride

00:39:23.180 --> 00:39:23.580
 where God

00:39:23.580 --> 00:39:23.980
 begins to

00:39:23.980 --> 00:39:24.740
 work and

00:39:24.740 --> 00:39:25.400
 navigate and

00:39:25.400 --> 00:39:25.840
 move into

00:39:25.840 --> 00:39:26.340
 your life

00:39:26.340 --> 00:39:27.040
 in the moments

00:39:27.040 --> 00:39:27.300
 where the

00:39:27.300 --> 00:39:27.960
 Holy Spirit

00:39:27.960 --> 00:39:28.660
 begins to

00:39:28.660 --> 00:39:29.460
 draw on your

00:39:29.460 --> 00:39:29.920
 heart

00:39:29.920 --> 00:39:31.160
 the characteristics

00:39:31.160 --> 00:39:32.300
 the positioning

00:39:32.300 --> 00:39:33.660
 the posture

00:39:33.660 --> 00:39:34.360
 of a

00:39:34.360 --> 00:39:34.980
 self-satisfied

00:39:34.980 --> 00:39:36.360
 person

00:39:36.360 --> 00:39:36.740
 says

00:39:36.740 --> 00:39:37.600
 nah I'm

00:39:37.600 --> 00:39:37.920
 good

00:39:37.920 --> 00:39:39.720
 nah I'm

00:39:39.720 --> 00:39:39.880
 good

00:39:39.880 --> 00:39:40.620
 I've got

00:39:40.620 --> 00:39:41.080
 what I

00:39:41.080 --> 00:39:41.660
 have

00:39:41.660 --> 00:39:42.780
 and there's

00:39:42.780 --> 00:39:43.240
 no need

00:39:43.240 --> 00:39:43.800
 for that

00:39:43.800 --> 00:39:44.900
 and then

00:39:44.900 --> 00:39:45.260
 here's what

00:39:45.260 --> 00:39:45.860
 it prevents

00:39:45.860 --> 00:39:47.640
 those

00:39:47.640 --> 00:39:48.680
 who chase

00:39:48.680 --> 00:39:49.820
 after Jesus

00:39:49.820 --> 00:39:50.940
 are those

00:39:50.940 --> 00:39:51.520
 who are

00:39:51.520 --> 00:39:52.000
 desperate

00:39:52.000 --> 00:39:52.900
 for him

00:39:52.900 --> 00:39:54.540
 but those

00:39:54.540 --> 00:39:54.900
 who are

00:39:54.900 --> 00:39:55.560
 satisfied

00:39:55.560 --> 00:39:57.140
 those who

00:39:57.140 --> 00:39:57.700
 are good

00:39:57.700 --> 00:39:58.660
 right where

00:39:58.660 --> 00:39:59.340
 they are

00:39:59.340 --> 00:40:00.480
 do not

00:40:00.480 --> 00:40:01.300
 chase after

00:40:01.300 --> 00:40:01.860
 him

00:40:01.860 --> 00:40:03.540
 but instead

00:40:03.540 --> 00:40:05.480
 feel contentment

00:40:05.480 --> 00:40:06.600
 in and of

00:40:06.600 --> 00:40:07.140
 themselves

00:40:07.140 --> 00:40:08.520
 I want to ask

00:40:08.520 --> 00:40:08.780
 you three

00:40:08.780 --> 00:40:09.440
 questions as

00:40:09.440 --> 00:40:09.880
 we close

00:40:09.880 --> 00:40:10.100
 up

00:40:10.100 --> 00:40:11.560
 when it

00:40:11.560 --> 00:40:11.920
 comes to

00:40:11.920 --> 00:40:12.540
 your life

00:40:12.540 --> 00:40:14.140
 I'm praying

00:40:14.140 --> 00:40:14.440
 for the

00:40:14.440 --> 00:40:14.980
 Holy Spirit

00:40:14.980 --> 00:40:15.340
 to speak

00:40:15.340 --> 00:40:15.740
 to you

00:40:15.740 --> 00:40:16.240
 to speak

00:40:16.240 --> 00:40:17.020
 to me

00:40:17.020 --> 00:40:18.600
 do you

00:40:18.600 --> 00:40:18.980
 live in

00:40:18.980 --> 00:40:19.360
 fear

00:40:19.360 --> 00:40:20.460
 or blame

00:40:20.460 --> 00:40:22.780
 when it

00:40:22.780 --> 00:40:23.120
 comes to

00:40:23.120 --> 00:40:23.560
 moving through

00:40:23.560 --> 00:40:24.180
 your life

00:40:24.180 --> 00:40:25.040
 do you

00:40:25.040 --> 00:40:25.240
 have

00:40:25.240 --> 00:40:25.860
 perspective

00:40:25.860 --> 00:40:26.600
 of who

00:40:26.600 --> 00:40:27.160
 you are

00:40:27.160 --> 00:40:27.640
 and who

00:40:27.640 --> 00:40:28.240
 God is

00:40:28.240 --> 00:40:28.720
 or do

00:40:28.720 --> 00:40:29.060
 you seek

00:40:29.060 --> 00:40:29.680
 control

00:40:29.680 --> 00:40:31.960
 when it

00:40:31.960 --> 00:40:32.300
 comes to

00:40:32.300 --> 00:40:32.960
 your heart

00:40:32.960 --> 00:40:34.760
 do you

00:40:34.760 --> 00:40:35.040
 have

00:40:35.040 --> 00:40:35.620
 gratitude

00:40:35.620 --> 00:40:37.280
 or do

00:40:37.280 --> 00:40:37.760
 you find

00:40:37.760 --> 00:40:38.360
 yourself

00:40:38.360 --> 00:40:39.380
 seeking

00:40:39.380 --> 00:40:39.980
 self

00:40:39.980 --> 00:40:41.360
 satisfaction

00:40:41.360 --> 00:40:43.120
 then the

00:40:43.120 --> 00:40:43.680
 marking of

00:40:43.680 --> 00:40:44.040
 Mary

00:40:44.040 --> 00:40:44.600
 the marking

00:40:44.600 --> 00:40:45.280
 of maturity

00:40:45.280 --> 00:40:46.520
 was the

00:40:46.520 --> 00:40:47.180
 one found

00:40:47.180 --> 00:40:48.260
 in humility

00:40:48.260 --> 00:40:49.480
 desperate

00:40:49.480 --> 00:40:50.080
 for God

00:40:50.080 --> 00:40:50.580
 in her life

00:40:50.580 --> 00:40:51.580
 would you

00:40:51.580 --> 00:40:51.920
 pray with

00:40:51.920 --> 00:40:52.640
 me

00:40:52.640 --> 00:40:56.780
 Lord I

00:40:56.780 --> 00:40:57.080
 thank you

00:40:57.080 --> 00:40:57.700
 so much

00:40:57.700 --> 00:40:59.420
 for who

00:40:59.420 --> 00:40:59.980
 you are

00:40:59.980 --> 00:41:00.300
 and what

00:41:00.300 --> 00:41:00.560
 you've

00:41:00.560 --> 00:41:00.900
 done

00:41:00.900 --> 00:41:02.660
 Lord I

00:41:02.660 --> 00:41:03.040
 thank you

00:41:03.040 --> 00:41:03.380
 that in

00:41:03.380 --> 00:41:04.140
 your sovereignty

00:41:04.140 --> 00:41:04.600
 in your

00:41:04.600 --> 00:41:05.520
 choice

00:41:05.520 --> 00:41:06.520
 of Mary

00:41:06.520 --> 00:41:08.400
 or that

00:41:08.400 --> 00:41:08.720
 as she

00:41:08.720 --> 00:41:09.080
 burst

00:41:09.080 --> 00:41:09.580
 forth

00:41:09.580 --> 00:41:10.460
 in song

00:41:10.460 --> 00:41:11.620
 what is

00:41:11.620 --> 00:41:12.120
 shown

00:41:12.120 --> 00:41:12.840
 from her

00:41:12.840 --> 00:41:13.540
 words

00:41:13.540 --> 00:41:13.900
 is what

00:41:13.900 --> 00:41:14.400
 it means

00:41:14.400 --> 00:41:15.340
 to humbly

00:41:15.340 --> 00:41:15.660
 walk

00:41:15.660 --> 00:41:16.520
 after you

00:41:16.520 --> 00:41:18.120
 to fear

00:41:18.120 --> 00:41:18.420
 you

00:41:18.420 --> 00:41:18.780
 as the

00:41:18.780 --> 00:41:19.460
 holy God

00:41:19.460 --> 00:41:20.280
 who does

00:41:20.280 --> 00:41:21.060
 love us

00:41:21.060 --> 00:41:21.760
 who does

00:41:21.760 --> 00:41:22.160
 want a

00:41:22.160 --> 00:41:23.120
 relationship

00:41:23.120 --> 00:41:24.460
 with us

00:41:24.460 --> 00:41:24.800
 who is

00:41:24.800 --> 00:41:25.320
 kind

00:41:25.320 --> 00:41:25.540
 and

00:41:25.540 --> 00:41:26.180
 compassionate

00:41:26.180 --> 00:41:26.900
 but is

00:41:26.900 --> 00:41:27.460
 holy

00:41:27.460 --> 00:41:29.260
 and is

00:41:29.260 --> 00:41:29.980
 righteous

00:41:29.980 --> 00:41:33.540
 we're

00:41:33.540 --> 00:41:34.100
 not in a

00:41:34.100 --> 00:41:34.660
 partnership

00:41:34.660 --> 00:41:35.120
 with you

00:41:35.120 --> 00:41:35.440
 God

00:41:35.440 --> 00:41:35.820
 but we're

00:41:35.820 --> 00:41:36.600
 in surrender

00:41:36.600 --> 00:41:37.800
 to you

00:41:37.800 --> 00:41:39.320
 for who

00:41:39.320 --> 00:41:40.140
 you are

00:41:40.140 --> 00:41:43.360
 Lord make

00:41:43.360 --> 00:41:44.000
 us humble

00:41:44.000 --> 00:41:45.500
 through giving

00:41:45.500 --> 00:41:46.300
 us perspective

00:41:46.300 --> 00:41:48.180
 as you

00:41:48.180 --> 00:41:48.740
 exalt

00:41:48.740 --> 00:41:49.220
 those

00:41:49.220 --> 00:41:49.960
 of humble

00:41:49.960 --> 00:41:50.560
 estate

00:41:50.560 --> 00:41:53.080
 Lord have

00:41:53.080 --> 00:41:53.380
 us have

00:41:53.380 --> 00:41:54.000
 the perspective

00:41:54.000 --> 00:41:54.500
 on who

00:41:54.500 --> 00:41:55.220
 we are

00:41:55.220 --> 00:41:56.860
 in light

00:41:56.860 --> 00:41:57.320
 of you

00:41:57.320 --> 00:41:59.160
 how

00:41:59.160 --> 00:41:59.760
 desperate

00:41:59.760 --> 00:42:00.380
 Lord we

00:42:00.380 --> 00:42:01.100
 should be

00:42:01.100 --> 00:42:02.440
 for you

00:42:02.440 --> 00:42:04.160
 and that

00:42:04.160 --> 00:42:04.720
 in that

00:42:04.720 --> 00:42:05.220
 is when we

00:42:05.220 --> 00:42:06.140
 can experience

00:42:06.140 --> 00:42:07.160
 being exalted

00:42:07.160 --> 00:42:07.720
 not in the

00:42:07.720 --> 00:42:08.400
 way that

00:42:08.400 --> 00:42:09.020
 this world

00:42:09.020 --> 00:42:09.820
 defines

00:42:09.820 --> 00:42:10.260
 Lord

00:42:10.260 --> 00:42:12.660
 but a way

00:42:12.660 --> 00:42:12.880
 that will

00:42:12.880 --> 00:42:13.680
 glorify you

00:42:13.680 --> 00:42:17.240
 Lord and

00:42:17.240 --> 00:42:17.660
 lastly

00:42:17.660 --> 00:42:18.120
 give us

00:42:18.120 --> 00:42:18.840
 give us

00:42:18.840 --> 00:42:19.220
 hearts of

00:42:19.220 --> 00:42:19.880
 gratitude

00:42:19.880 --> 00:42:24.160
 Lord we're

00:42:24.160 --> 00:42:24.580
 here

00:42:24.580 --> 00:42:27.420
 we've got

00:42:27.420 --> 00:42:28.080
 clothes

00:42:28.080 --> 00:42:30.220
 we've got

00:42:30.220 --> 00:42:30.760
 food

00:42:30.760 --> 00:42:32.960
 we've got

00:42:32.960 --> 00:42:33.420
 air in

00:42:33.420 --> 00:42:34.240
 our lungs

00:42:34.240 --> 00:42:36.500
 we've got

00:42:36.500 --> 00:42:37.340
 salvation

00:42:37.340 --> 00:42:40.080
 it's reason

00:42:40.080 --> 00:42:40.820
 to praise

00:42:40.820 --> 00:42:41.540
 you

00:42:41.540 --> 00:42:45.700
 Lord

00:42:45.700 --> 00:42:46.900
 have us

00:42:46.900 --> 00:42:48.220
 to stop

00:42:48.220 --> 00:42:48.900
 looking and

00:42:48.900 --> 00:42:49.500
 saying why

00:42:49.500 --> 00:42:50.260
 not me

00:42:50.260 --> 00:42:52.400
 and just

00:42:52.400 --> 00:42:53.040
 responding

00:42:53.040 --> 00:42:54.100
 to you

00:42:54.100 --> 00:42:56.060
 because of

00:42:56.060 --> 00:42:56.620
 what you've

00:42:56.620 --> 00:42:57.000
 done

00:42:57.000 --> 00:42:58.180
 for me

00:42:58.180 --> 00:43:05.180
 pride

00:43:05.180 --> 00:43:05.600
 will

00:43:05.600 --> 00:43:07.320
 lead to

00:43:07.320 --> 00:43:07.700
 our

00:43:07.700 --> 00:43:09.060
 destruction

00:43:09.060 --> 00:43:11.420
 but

00:43:11.420 --> 00:43:12.060
 humility

00:43:12.060 --> 00:43:14.380
 bring us

00:43:14.380 --> 00:43:16.040
 to the

00:43:16.040 --> 00:43:16.320
 feet of

00:43:16.320 --> 00:43:16.640
 God

00:43:16.640 --> 00:43:20.580
 Lord we

00:43:20.580 --> 00:43:21.260
 love you

00:43:21.260 --> 00:43:22.660
 we praise

00:43:22.660 --> 00:43:23.300
 you

00:43:23.300 --> 00:43:24.180
 in your name

00:43:24.180 --> 00:43:24.580
 we pray

00:43:24.580 --> 00:43:25.140
 amen

00:43:25.140 --> 00:43:39.540
 thanks again

00:43:39.540 --> 00:43:40.280
 for listening to

00:43:40.280 --> 00:43:40.860
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