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 Good morning. If you have your Bibles, and I hope you do, I want to invite you to join us in Titus

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 chapter 3. That's where we're going to be as we wrap up our series and looking at this letter.

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 If you're a first-time guest, I want to echo what Berger said. We want to thank you for being here.

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 Thank you for worshiping with us. At the end of the service today, I will be along with my wife back

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 here at this table. We would love for you just to stop by for just a moment for us to be able to meet

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 you and thank you for worshiping with us. It is an opportunity, if you have any questions about us,

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 who we are as a church, wonderful opportunity to get those questions answered. But on behalf of all

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 of us, we want to thank you for taking the time to be here to worship with us today. We, you know,

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 we had a team that I was a part of go to India, and then right now we have a team that is ministering

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 with our partnering Plant Church in Salt Lake City, Hope Valley Church. And so we got a team with them

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 right now. And so they're going to be wrapping up ministry between today and tomorrow and then making

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 the journey back here. So I want to encourage you to be praying for them. Mike Morgan's one of the ones

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 on the trip, and I saw Christina this morning, and she was telling me yesterday they were able to go to

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 Park City and experience snow. I know, right? I mean, am I a little jealous that I've got pollen and

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 they've got snow? Absolutely, absolutely. But I'll repent for that later. But pray for them as they're

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 wrapping up a wonderful week of ministry. They'll be worshiping with Hope Valley Church today and

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 encouraging them in just a wonderful time. I can't wait to hear about all that God has done

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 in Salt Lake City. I did want to share with you guys, I don't know if y'all saw in the news, but the

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 earthquake that happened in Southeastern Asia, in Myanmar, Burma, and in Thailand. And so one of the

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 questions from the team that they got asked to me this week that was with me in India was about

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 roughly about half of the students at the Bible College, and I shared, you met a young man through

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 his picture last week, is from that part in that area of the world. And so I reached out to the

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 president of the Bible College this week to ask him, you know, were any families of the Bible College

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 students affected? And I'm going to share with you guys what he shared with me. He shared that

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 for the most part, everyone there had been able to communicate with their family and know that their

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 family is okay, but that there are a couple of students who have not been able to get in touch with

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 any family members. And so there is concern there is they're still finding bodies and thousands have

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 died. And so we're going to go into our time of prayer this morning. And so kind of two things that

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 we're going to pray for, we're going to pray for our team in Salt Lake, and we're going to pray for

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 Hope Valley Church, but we're also going to pray for that situation that's happening there. And I would

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 just encourage you this week to continue to pray for that situation as God is working and moving even

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 in the midst of the chaos and in the tragedies. So would you go to him with me in prayer this morning.

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 Father, we come to you and what a blessing today is.

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 God, even in the midst of the of the pollen and the coughing and the sneezing, it's it's the reminder

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 that spring has come. The reminder of new life and the beauty of the work of your hand in creation.

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 And so Father, we thank you for that. God, we pray for our team in Salt Lake as they continue to

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 minister and encourage and share the gospel and serve. God, as they are preparing for their trip to

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 come home, God, give them the ability and the strength to continue to persevere, to do well and to serve

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 in the ways that you've commanded them to. God, be with Dustin this morning as he opens up your word

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 and Father teaches your truth. God, may his words resonate because they are your words

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 in the power of the Holy Spirit. And God, we pray that as men and women visit who are not believers in

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 Jesus Christ, that today would be the day of their salvation. God, we lift up all of the people in

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 the countries that were affected by the earthquake. God, we pray that in the midst of this tragedy,

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 Lord, that you would use it in a way to bring glory and honor to your name. God, we pray for those

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 students at the Bible college, far from home, left with their thoughts. But God, I pray that right now the peace

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 of Jesus Christ would fill them. God, that they could trust you. God, I pray that they would hear from

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 family, from friends. God, we pray that their family would be safe and be sound. And God is just limited

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 in how they can communicate at the present time. God, I thank you for those students. I thank you for

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 their faithfulness. God, I thank you for all that you're going to do, not just here, not just there,

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 but all over the world, but all over the world. For your name and for your glory. And it's in Jesus' name

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 we pray. Amen. Amen. Well, as we wrap up this letter to Titus, we're going to talk this morning about

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 remembering. It seems the older that I get, the harder that it gets to remember things. It seems that

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 I have to constantly be reminded, well, will dad remember this? Or from Aaron, Bo, do you remember this?

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 Well, as Paul ends most of his letters, he will draw toward a time of remembering. He'll move from

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 instructing and commanding to remembering. And this morning, we're going to look at four different

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 reminders that Paul gives Titus that we can look at as reminders for us today. And it's this

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 illustration that we're going to give of, here's all of the details, but I want to rise to the top. If

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 we're going to do what we're going to do, if I'm going to entrust the ministry that I'm entrusting to

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 you, these are the things of greatest importance. And you and I do that all the time. When we go out of

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 town, the Bradberries do, I'll be honest with you, it becomes an ordeal.

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 At our house, we have a, what I would say is the equivalent of a small functional zoo.

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 We have 12 chickens, one bird, one rabbit, another one on the way, and two dogs.

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 And the chickens are easy. The rabbit is easy. I hope the next rabbit will be easy as well.

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 The bird is really easy. But then there's the two dogs.

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 We have two dogs with two different personalities.

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 One of them is my dog. His name's Vader.

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 Vader's 14 years old, black lab. I'm pretty sure he's deaf and blind until he hears you pick up his

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 food bowl. And then that dog can hear, that dog can see, and he can move

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 quickly. But for the most part, he's

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 extremely calm, borderline lazy, older dog that just wants to, he's just happy to be inside. He was

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 outdoors for the first 11 years of his life. He's just happy to be inside.

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 Then there's another dog.

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 And if you, if you track with us, I hear Michelle laughing. Michelle knows.

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 If you track, especially with my wife on social media, you will know that there's this dog and

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 he is, his name is Otis. Otis is Grayson's dog, even though he probably functions more like my dog.

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 Grayson's, I'm sorry, not Grayson, but the, maybe this is the same description for both of them.

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 Otis is high energy, but Otis is also high maintenance.

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 And when we leave to go out of town, it is not the stressor of, is the car going to get us there?

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 It's not the stressor, did we pack everything? It's the stressor of, what is Otis going to do

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 while we are gone?

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 About three years ago, we went away and we'd had Otis for about a year at that time and

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 we decided to put him up in a, at a boarding place that our vet owns and operates. Now,

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 I want, I want to explain to you that if you're not aware of what a professional dog boarder does,

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 they are supposed to be professionals at boarding dogs, right?

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 So they should be well-versed in how to take care of high maintenance, difficult dogs.

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 So I bring Otis to the border and they come out and Otis is wagging his tail.

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 He's jumping up and down.

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 He's happy to see them.

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 They're happy to see him and as quickly as I can, I pay my money, I hand him over and I get out of

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 there. And as soon as they take that dog back, I hear roar, roar, roar. His bark, like a father

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 knows his own son's cry, right? I know this dog's bark. We go out of town, long weekend. We come back

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 three days later. I pull into the parking space. I get out of my truck and I hear from inside,

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 roar, roar, roar. I walk in. I said, I'm here to get. And they said, Otis,

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 we've been waiting for you. So they send one lady back to get the, get the dog.

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 And I'm standing there with this other lady. And I'm not going to say that the look that she was

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 giving me was complete disgust and judgment, but it was pretty close.

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 And basically, here's how the conversation went. Thank you for entrusting us with your dog.

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 But please do not do this ever again, right? They're pros at this. This is what they're supposed

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 to do. This is their specialty. And Otis broke them, all right? He's a little high maintenance.

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 So we, we traveled, we tried with, with different dog sitters. Well, we found some dog sitters that

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 work, man. They, they take off work. These two sisters that come and stay at our house for while

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 we're gone. And they love dogs and they love Otis. And it just takes a special person to love Otis.

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 And they do. And we leave them a list. Remember, cause, cause he's high maintenance. Now my wife made him

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 high maintenance. I had nothing to do with making him high maintenance. All right. I just got the look.

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 Okay. She did not make him high maintenance. That was a bad joke. It was me. It was all my fault. I did

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 this. I'm sorry, babe. We leave a list, two to three pages typed out ready for him. But for the sanity

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 of our mind, as we are leaving, now remember, they've got the experience. They've been with him. They've got the

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 instructions. They've got it typed out. But we know that there's three things. That if you do not do these

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 three things, it will not be a good week for us. Because they're going to be on the phone with us going,

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 what in the world is wrong with this dog? Number one, we tell them, please do not forget to charge his

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 collar every night. Because we keep a collar on him. Because he's a little bit hyper. And I can take

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 that collar. And if you're in my small group, you've heard us do this numerous times. And it goes,

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 beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep. And Otis knows, whatever it is that I'm doing at this point in

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 time, I need to stop. Remember, make sure that collar gets charged every night. Number two,

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 number two, Otis has some digestive issues. Number two, make sure you put pumpkin in his food every

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 night. He gets pureed pumpkin mixed with some chicken broth in my sweet little baby's food.

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 And that helps him. Remember, don't do it. Don't forget. If you forget, it's going to be bad.

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 And the number three, number three, there's a special pill that Otis takes every morning

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 that just helps Otis manage the day better. You know, like it just, it just helps. And if you don't,

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 if you don't, you might not regret it immediately, but you will. You will. There's these three things

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 that if you forget everything else, there's these three things that matter. And we do this all the

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 time. We do this with work. We do this with life. And one of the beauties about what we see oftentimes

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 from God's word are these beautiful pictures of reminders. And so Paul's going to give Titus just

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 these, just these four reminders, these reminders that he gives us as well, that help us keep our mind

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 fixed on the prize of what's there. Our mind fixed on the mission that God has for us. Because if we're

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 not careful, we might forget these things. We might become distracted. We might become moved off for what

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 God, for what God has for us. So remember, Paul's right into Titus. Titus is pastor in a very difficult

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 church with a difficult group of people. False teachers have come through. It's in a difficult, sinful

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 part of the world. And Paul is helping him establish the importance of the gospel work through effective

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 leadership of what's there. And then there's this peel back of the message of the reminders. Look at

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 Titus 3.3. He says this. He says, for we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves

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 to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one

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 another. Now, here's what's interesting. Paul just got done telling Titus to remind them. Remind them.

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 Like, there's this definitely, there's a narrative, there's direction in verse 1 of chapter 3 that Paul

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 has given to instruct them, remind them. But now Paul peels back and says, but remember we.

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 For we were once. And the importance of what Paul is giving Titus here, the importance of what Paul is

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 giving us today is this. The remember is remember this. Remember your past. Remember your past.

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 Now, remember the goal of this is ministering in a culture. Ministering in a culture far from God

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 with people who don't know God with people who want to reject God. Kind of sounds similar to the culture

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 we find ourselves in. And so, Paul is saying, look, remember your past. That as we minister to those

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 in our culture around us, that for you and I, as followers of Jesus Christ, who've been saved by the

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 blood of the Lamb, who've been redeemed, who've been chosen, who know that this is who we are in Christ,

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 in Christ alone, it can be easy to detach ourself from our past, who we were before Him. And in doing so,

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 we can begin to see those around us as the problem and not the mission.

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 We can begin to see them as, this is what's wrong with the world, instead of the mission of what

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 God has for us. And so, so Paul says, let me remind you who we were.

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 In verse 3, folks, is not a very positive picture of who we were before Christ.

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 Now, Satan wants you to remember your past, too.

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 Satan wants you to remember your past so that you can live in your shame.

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 Satan wants you to live in your past so that you can live with excuse.

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 Satan wants you to live in your past and the lie to disqualify you from ministry.

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 But God wants you to remember your past so that you can see your fallen nature is not that far removed from us

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 as an encouragement to not go back, but to celebrate God who's brought us this far.

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 Right? We see the difference in what Satan wants to do.

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 This is not Paul beating Titus up.

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 This is not Paul beating the church up.

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 This is not Paul tearing himself down.

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 This is Paul saying, let's wait a minute.

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 Let's make sure that we're not so critical of the culture that we don't forget that this is the culture

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 that we came from, and this is the culture that God saved us from.

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 Because in the power and in the truth of your and my life,

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 we ourselves are the living proof, the living evidence of God's grace.

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 I heard a pastor say one time, you are the greatest miracle you know.

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 You are the greatest miracle you know.

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 Because you know who you were.

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 And now you know who you are in Christ.

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 And that when we begin to forget who we were, we begin to forget the miracle that's happened.

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 And so when God says, remember, it's not so that you'll be put in your place.

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 It's to remind you and I of the place that God sits.

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 It's to remind you of who He is.

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 It's to remind you of what you've done.

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 I read this week four things that we remember when we remember the work that God has done.

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 Number one is this.

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 What it creates in us when we remember back to who we were before, it creates gratitude.

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 It creates gratitude for how God has changed us.

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 Like, do you ever sit back and see something play out in front of you that's sinful and broken and apart from God?

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 And you see your old self in that?

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 Can I say it?

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 That should create in you in that moment, not I'm better than, but it should create in you and I in that moment the gratitude for what God has done in us.

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 Because the truth is, left to our vices and works and deeds of the flesh, ourself, that's still who we are.

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 Gratitude for how God has changed us.

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 Number two, it should create in us humility.

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 Humility.

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 As we see that it was His work who changed us.

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 So where is the arrogance?

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 Where is the cockiness?

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 Where is the boasting?

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 Not in ourselves, but the confidence that we have is in Christ and what Christ has done.

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 And what that creates to us is humility before Him and humility before others.

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 Brother, I'm not better, but Jesus is.

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 It's a heart of gratitude, a positioning of humility, and a mindset of kindness.

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 A mindset of kindness.

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 If those who are still lost in their trespasses and sins are not the opponent,

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 but they're the mission.

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 When we understand where we were and the kindness that God showed to us in our trespasses and sins,

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 then the kindness that we show to others in their trespasses and sins.

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 So it means serve more, care more, love harder, press in more and more and more.

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 Well, though, but they don't deserve it, but neither did you.

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 And neither do I.

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 But God and His kindness.

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 And then what it continues to build is faith.

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 Faith.

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 I don't know about you, but every time that I look back at who I was before Christ,

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 and to see what God did.

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 And to see what God did, what God is doing,

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 and prayerfully what God is going to do,

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 it builds in me a stronger faith

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 that this world is not without hope,

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 but that there is hope,

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 and His name is Jesus.

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 So remember your past.

00:23:03.860 --> 00:23:07.580
 But let's read the next several verses, 4 through 8.

00:23:07.660 --> 00:23:14.080
 But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared,

00:23:15.080 --> 00:23:16.380
 He saved us,

00:23:17.340 --> 00:23:21.160
 not because of works done by us in righteousness,

00:23:21.420 --> 00:23:23.420
 but according to His own mercy,

00:23:24.000 --> 00:23:27.540
 by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit,

00:23:27.880 --> 00:23:32.340
 whom He poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior,

00:23:32.340 --> 00:23:35.680
 so that being justified by His grace,

00:23:36.000 --> 00:23:39.560
 we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

00:23:40.000 --> 00:23:41.640
 The saying is trustworthy,

00:23:42.240 --> 00:23:44.600
 and I want you to insist on these things

00:23:44.600 --> 00:23:47.200
 so that those who have believed in God

00:23:47.200 --> 00:23:50.620
 may be careful to devote themselves to good works.

00:23:51.000 --> 00:23:55.240
 These things are excellent and profitable for people.

00:23:55.600 --> 00:23:59.800
 So what we see in here as we remember our past

00:23:59.800 --> 00:24:03.200
 is that we are to remember God's story,

00:24:03.980 --> 00:24:07.600
 to remember the purpose and the plan of which God has for us.

00:24:07.800 --> 00:24:10.540
 We see here laid out in these verses

00:24:10.540 --> 00:24:13.420
 the evidence of the work of the plan of salvation

00:24:13.420 --> 00:24:15.080
 of what God's going to do.

00:24:15.220 --> 00:24:19.020
 And what is remarkable over and over and over again

00:24:19.020 --> 00:24:20.520
 is we see phrases like,

00:24:20.860 --> 00:24:22.260
 He saved us,

00:24:22.820 --> 00:24:24.580
 His own mercy,

00:24:24.980 --> 00:24:27.140
 He poured out on us

00:24:27.140 --> 00:24:29.100
 by His grace

00:24:29.100 --> 00:24:30.360
 that what we see

00:24:30.360 --> 00:24:33.160
 over and over and over again

00:24:33.160 --> 00:24:35.240
 as we remember God's story,

00:24:35.380 --> 00:24:36.920
 it's remembering God's story,

00:24:37.080 --> 00:24:38.080
 how He's working

00:24:38.080 --> 00:24:39.240
 and how He's moving.

00:24:40.880 --> 00:24:42.420
 And praise the Lord

00:24:42.420 --> 00:24:44.760
 that I get to be

00:24:44.760 --> 00:24:47.260
 a part of His story.

00:24:47.800 --> 00:24:50.060
 Remember back to what this began with,

00:24:50.100 --> 00:24:52.260
 the false teachers of what's there,

00:24:52.260 --> 00:24:53.340
 the false teachers

00:24:53.340 --> 00:24:54.720
 that are trying to penetrate

00:24:54.720 --> 00:24:56.340
 and to move people away

00:24:56.340 --> 00:24:58.140
 from the gospel of Jesus Christ

00:24:58.140 --> 00:24:59.340
 that are trying to point them

00:24:59.340 --> 00:25:01.040
 to a false gospel of works

00:25:01.040 --> 00:25:02.460
 that isn't going to work.

00:25:03.680 --> 00:25:05.060
 It's going to fail.

00:25:06.780 --> 00:25:08.400
 And so Paul's remember

00:25:08.400 --> 00:25:10.420
 is you've got to remember

00:25:10.420 --> 00:25:12.360
 we have the tendency

00:25:12.360 --> 00:25:13.960
 to want to take back

00:25:13.960 --> 00:25:14.360
 and say,

00:25:14.700 --> 00:25:15.620
 this is my story,

00:25:15.840 --> 00:25:16.880
 this is my plan,

00:25:17.000 --> 00:25:18.760
 that when we share our testimony

00:25:18.760 --> 00:25:20.520
 that we turn into the hero.

00:25:21.740 --> 00:25:23.000
 But we're not.

00:25:24.620 --> 00:25:25.620
 God is.

00:25:26.640 --> 00:25:27.640
 That we remember

00:25:27.640 --> 00:25:30.280
 that we didn't save ourselves.

00:25:30.880 --> 00:25:32.400
 Our works couldn't

00:25:32.400 --> 00:25:34.660
 and our works won't work.

00:25:36.160 --> 00:25:37.780
 We see that God

00:25:37.780 --> 00:25:39.460
 is the initiator

00:25:39.460 --> 00:25:41.160
 through the Holy Spirit.

00:25:42.160 --> 00:25:44.060
 It's not you and I pursuing Him.

00:25:44.440 --> 00:25:46.060
 Folks, it's Him pursuing us.

00:25:47.380 --> 00:25:49.040
 We see that as we're lost

00:25:49.040 --> 00:25:50.460
 and as we're dead

00:25:50.460 --> 00:25:52.160
 in our trespasses and sins,

00:25:52.440 --> 00:25:53.140
 the washing,

00:25:53.540 --> 00:25:54.920
 the regenerating work

00:25:54.920 --> 00:25:56.140
 that needs to be done.

00:26:00.060 --> 00:26:01.300
 We need new birth.

00:26:03.260 --> 00:26:04.560
 We need new life.

00:26:06.420 --> 00:26:07.800
 It's the reminder of Jesus

00:26:07.800 --> 00:26:09.680
 in His conversation

00:26:09.680 --> 00:26:10.680
 with Nicodemus

00:26:10.680 --> 00:26:12.920
 in John 3.

00:26:14.340 --> 00:26:17.440
 You need to be born again,

00:26:17.580 --> 00:26:18.300
 Jesus says.

00:26:19.820 --> 00:26:20.700
 Nicodemus is like,

00:26:21.400 --> 00:26:23.680
 that's impossible.

00:26:25.440 --> 00:26:26.300
 And she's like,

00:26:26.820 --> 00:26:27.100
 mm-hmm,

00:26:27.360 --> 00:26:28.080
 yep, you can't.

00:26:30.080 --> 00:26:30.960
 But it's the work

00:26:30.960 --> 00:26:31.580
 that I'm going to do.

00:26:36.200 --> 00:26:37.740
 But that God does

00:26:37.740 --> 00:26:40.220
 allow us

00:26:40.220 --> 00:26:42.200
 to play a part

00:26:42.200 --> 00:26:42.860
 in the story.

00:26:44.260 --> 00:26:45.920
 And then time and time again

00:26:45.920 --> 00:26:47.200
 to remind us

00:26:47.200 --> 00:26:48.360
 that He saves us.

00:26:49.100 --> 00:26:50.400
 Not so that we can

00:26:50.400 --> 00:26:51.480
 just jump up and down

00:26:51.480 --> 00:26:51.920
 in thanking

00:26:51.920 --> 00:26:52.820
 for what He's done.

00:26:52.920 --> 00:26:53.340
 We should.

00:26:54.940 --> 00:26:56.080
 It's why we gather

00:26:56.080 --> 00:26:57.980
 to sing songs about Him

00:26:57.980 --> 00:26:59.340
 and not sing songs about us.

00:27:00.420 --> 00:27:01.140
 It's why we gather

00:27:01.140 --> 00:27:02.060
 to sing songs

00:27:02.060 --> 00:27:03.320
 of praise to Him,

00:27:03.420 --> 00:27:04.900
 of our heart of gratitude,

00:27:05.260 --> 00:27:06.360
 of how He's worked

00:27:06.360 --> 00:27:07.040
 and how He's moved

00:27:07.040 --> 00:27:07.820
 and what He's done.

00:27:08.800 --> 00:27:09.880
 But then at the end

00:27:09.880 --> 00:27:10.380
 we go

00:27:10.380 --> 00:27:12.020
 because we're saved

00:27:12.020 --> 00:27:12.820
 for the good works

00:27:12.820 --> 00:27:14.360
 that He has.

00:27:15.100 --> 00:27:16.540
 We're saved for the good works

00:27:16.540 --> 00:27:18.000
 that He's called us to.

00:27:18.180 --> 00:27:19.420
 We're saved for the good works

00:27:19.420 --> 00:27:20.980
 that He's appointed us for.

00:27:21.240 --> 00:27:22.400
 We're saved for the good works

00:27:22.400 --> 00:27:23.960
 that He's chosen for us.

00:27:23.960 --> 00:27:27.100
 so that we go

00:27:27.100 --> 00:27:28.800
 and live

00:27:28.800 --> 00:27:31.220
 as saved,

00:27:31.700 --> 00:27:32.560
 redeemed,

00:27:33.320 --> 00:27:34.500
 born again people

00:27:34.500 --> 00:27:36.260
 not by our power

00:27:36.260 --> 00:27:37.460
 and our will

00:27:37.460 --> 00:27:39.140
 but by His power

00:27:39.140 --> 00:27:40.640
 and for His will,

00:27:41.060 --> 00:27:41.900
 for His name

00:27:41.900 --> 00:27:43.080
 and for His glory.

00:27:47.020 --> 00:27:48.260
 Paul continues on

00:27:48.260 --> 00:27:49.340
 verses 9 through 11.

00:27:51.240 --> 00:27:51.660
 He says,

00:27:51.820 --> 00:27:53.140
 but avoid foolish

00:27:53.140 --> 00:27:54.940
 controversies,

00:27:56.420 --> 00:27:57.540
 genealogies,

00:27:58.820 --> 00:27:59.460
 dissensions

00:27:59.460 --> 00:28:01.300
 and quarrels

00:28:01.300 --> 00:28:02.080
 about the law

00:28:02.080 --> 00:28:05.240
 for they are unprofitable

00:28:05.240 --> 00:28:06.840
 and worthless.

00:28:08.100 --> 00:28:08.720
 Worthless.

00:28:09.060 --> 00:28:10.120
 As for a person

00:28:10.120 --> 00:28:11.860
 who stirs up division

00:28:11.860 --> 00:28:14.840
 after warning him

00:28:14.840 --> 00:28:16.420
 once and then twice

00:28:16.420 --> 00:28:18.940
 have nothing more

00:28:18.940 --> 00:28:20.040
 to do with him

00:28:20.040 --> 00:28:23.120
 knowing that such a person

00:28:23.120 --> 00:28:24.060
 is warped

00:28:24.060 --> 00:28:25.200
 and sinful

00:28:25.200 --> 00:28:28.280
 he is self-condemned.

00:28:28.900 --> 00:28:29.200
 Whoo!

00:28:31.040 --> 00:28:32.620
 Some strong words

00:28:32.620 --> 00:28:33.100
 from Paul.

00:28:34.700 --> 00:28:35.920
 This is a reset.

00:28:37.280 --> 00:28:39.220
 This is a remember the plan.

00:28:40.820 --> 00:28:41.740
 This is chaos.

00:28:41.940 --> 00:28:42.860
 It's happening

00:28:42.860 --> 00:28:45.520
 all around Titus.

00:28:46.560 --> 00:28:47.160
 Titus,

00:28:47.280 --> 00:28:48.660
 a young pastor.

00:28:49.600 --> 00:28:49.940
 Titus,

00:28:49.940 --> 00:28:50.440
 a pastor

00:28:50.440 --> 00:28:51.560
 who can be influenced.

00:28:52.260 --> 00:28:52.700
 Titus,

00:28:52.780 --> 00:28:53.180
 a pastor

00:28:53.180 --> 00:28:54.140
 who can be brought

00:28:54.140 --> 00:28:54.840
 off course.

00:28:55.380 --> 00:28:55.660
 Titus,

00:28:55.740 --> 00:28:56.140
 a pastor

00:28:56.140 --> 00:28:56.920
 who can begin

00:28:56.920 --> 00:28:57.640
 to get his mind

00:28:57.640 --> 00:28:58.620
 torn through different things.

00:28:59.200 --> 00:28:59.640
 Titus,

00:28:59.820 --> 00:29:00.160
 a pastor

00:29:00.160 --> 00:29:00.740
 who can see

00:29:00.740 --> 00:29:01.400
 these things

00:29:01.400 --> 00:29:02.660
 happening within here

00:29:02.660 --> 00:29:03.160
 and he says,

00:29:03.260 --> 00:29:04.360
 but here's what you've got to do.

00:29:04.440 --> 00:29:05.580
 You've got to remember the plan

00:29:05.580 --> 00:29:07.180
 because what wants to happen

00:29:07.180 --> 00:29:07.780
 within here

00:29:07.780 --> 00:29:09.500
 is Satan wants to distract you

00:29:09.500 --> 00:29:10.060
 from the plan.

00:29:10.660 --> 00:29:11.920
 If we're going to do

00:29:11.920 --> 00:29:13.020
 the good works

00:29:13.020 --> 00:29:14.200
 that God has promised

00:29:14.200 --> 00:29:14.720
 for us

00:29:14.720 --> 00:29:15.740
 in verse 8,

00:29:15.860 --> 00:29:17.640
 we have to remember

00:29:17.640 --> 00:29:19.180
 to keep the course.

00:29:22.040 --> 00:29:23.160
 In my study

00:29:23.160 --> 00:29:23.640
 that I'm teaching

00:29:23.640 --> 00:29:24.260
 on Sunday mornings

00:29:24.260 --> 00:29:24.960
 at 9 o'clock,

00:29:25.120 --> 00:29:26.400
 we're walking through

00:29:26.400 --> 00:29:27.200
 angelology

00:29:27.200 --> 00:29:27.760
 and with that

00:29:27.760 --> 00:29:28.580
 we're talking about

00:29:28.580 --> 00:29:29.560
 angels,

00:29:29.780 --> 00:29:30.040
 Satan,

00:29:30.360 --> 00:29:30.680
 demons.

00:29:31.540 --> 00:29:31.980
 We're talking about

00:29:31.980 --> 00:29:33.180
 we're wrapping up

00:29:33.180 --> 00:29:34.300
 kind of our time

00:29:34.300 --> 00:29:34.820
 on Satan

00:29:34.820 --> 00:29:36.080
 and talking about him

00:29:36.080 --> 00:29:37.480
 and it's been a great

00:29:37.480 --> 00:29:38.460
 conversation this morning

00:29:38.460 --> 00:29:39.720
 talking about how Satan

00:29:39.720 --> 00:29:40.940
 from the things that we see

00:29:40.940 --> 00:29:41.640
 of his attacks

00:29:41.640 --> 00:29:42.440
 in the Gospels,

00:29:42.740 --> 00:29:43.560
 how that still kind of

00:29:43.560 --> 00:29:44.680
 plays out today

00:29:44.680 --> 00:29:45.520
 and how Satan

00:29:45.520 --> 00:29:46.520
 is attacking men

00:29:46.520 --> 00:29:47.380
 and women today

00:29:47.380 --> 00:29:48.840
 but what we see here

00:29:48.840 --> 00:29:50.980
 is Paul's warning

00:29:50.980 --> 00:29:52.140
 about how Satan

00:29:52.140 --> 00:29:52.820
 is going to attack

00:29:52.820 --> 00:29:53.420
 the church

00:29:53.420 --> 00:29:56.420
 and he describes

00:29:56.420 --> 00:29:57.340
 two things

00:29:57.340 --> 00:29:58.740
 of what happens here

00:29:58.740 --> 00:30:00.260
 in the church

00:30:00.260 --> 00:30:02.460
 in his warnings

00:30:02.460 --> 00:30:02.760
 he says

00:30:02.760 --> 00:30:04.120
 Satan is going to

00:30:04.120 --> 00:30:06.140
 to use distractions

00:30:06.140 --> 00:30:08.700
 and divisiveness.

00:30:09.720 --> 00:30:10.600
 This is how he's

00:30:10.600 --> 00:30:11.120
 going to work.

00:30:11.980 --> 00:30:12.960
 He's going to work

00:30:12.960 --> 00:30:13.820
 and what he's doing here

00:30:13.820 --> 00:30:15.480
 is to avoid

00:30:15.480 --> 00:30:17.160
 unfruitful works,

00:30:17.440 --> 00:30:18.300
 to avoid these

00:30:18.300 --> 00:30:19.240
 unfruitful

00:30:19.240 --> 00:30:20.880
 intellectual discussions

00:30:20.880 --> 00:30:21.620
 and instead

00:30:21.620 --> 00:30:22.800
 to turn the other way

00:30:22.800 --> 00:30:24.060
 because it's getting people

00:30:24.060 --> 00:30:25.380
 moved from the mission

00:30:25.380 --> 00:30:25.960
 of God

00:30:25.960 --> 00:30:26.960
 as they want to sit here

00:30:26.960 --> 00:30:28.080
 and argue about things

00:30:28.080 --> 00:30:29.600
 that honestly don't matter

00:30:29.600 --> 00:30:30.580
 as they want to argue

00:30:30.580 --> 00:30:31.120
 about things

00:30:31.120 --> 00:30:31.860
 that are secondary

00:30:31.860 --> 00:30:33.000
 as they want to argue

00:30:33.000 --> 00:30:33.500
 about things

00:30:33.500 --> 00:30:34.320
 that are apart

00:30:34.320 --> 00:30:34.920
 from Scripture.

00:30:35.160 --> 00:30:35.740
 He says no, no, no.

00:30:35.820 --> 00:30:36.800
 That's not what we need

00:30:36.800 --> 00:30:37.080
 to be.

00:30:37.260 --> 00:30:37.980
 That's not what we want

00:30:37.980 --> 00:30:38.220
 to do.

00:30:38.340 --> 00:30:39.540
 When Satan distracts you

00:30:39.540 --> 00:30:40.380
 and moves you away

00:30:40.380 --> 00:30:41.120
 from the effectiveness

00:30:41.120 --> 00:30:42.380
 of what God's calling us

00:30:42.380 --> 00:30:43.620
 to do through his word

00:30:43.620 --> 00:30:44.560
 then people are putting

00:30:44.560 --> 00:30:45.100
 their focus

00:30:45.100 --> 00:30:46.580
 on what interests them

00:30:46.580 --> 00:30:47.700
 and not what interests

00:30:47.700 --> 00:30:48.540
 the heart of God.

00:30:50.220 --> 00:30:51.580
 That's a social club.

00:30:52.980 --> 00:30:53.780
 And we're here

00:30:53.780 --> 00:30:54.440
 to do

00:30:54.440 --> 00:30:55.280
 and to be

00:30:55.280 --> 00:30:56.260
 and be a part

00:30:56.260 --> 00:30:56.900
 of what God

00:30:56.900 --> 00:30:57.840
 has called us to

00:30:57.840 --> 00:30:58.560
 for the heart

00:30:58.560 --> 00:30:58.960
 of God

00:30:58.960 --> 00:31:00.400
 that we as a church

00:31:00.400 --> 00:31:01.200
 have to keep

00:31:01.200 --> 00:31:03.040
 reminding ourselves

00:31:03.040 --> 00:31:04.380
 of the great commission

00:31:04.380 --> 00:31:05.100
 work that God

00:31:05.100 --> 00:31:05.880
 has called us for

00:31:05.880 --> 00:31:06.580
 and so that's what

00:31:06.580 --> 00:31:07.520
 we're working toward

00:31:07.520 --> 00:31:08.160
 that's what we're

00:31:08.160 --> 00:31:08.820
 pushing toward

00:31:08.820 --> 00:31:09.340
 that's what we're

00:31:09.340 --> 00:31:10.420
 spending our prayers on

00:31:10.420 --> 00:31:10.960
 that's what we're

00:31:10.960 --> 00:31:12.980
 spending our finances on

00:31:12.980 --> 00:31:13.260
 that's what we're

00:31:13.260 --> 00:31:14.080
 spending our time

00:31:14.080 --> 00:31:14.800
 on together

00:31:14.800 --> 00:31:16.080
 discipling up

00:31:16.080 --> 00:31:17.100
 raising up

00:31:17.100 --> 00:31:18.160
 mobilizing

00:31:18.160 --> 00:31:19.120
 one another

00:31:19.120 --> 00:31:19.920
 for the work

00:31:19.920 --> 00:31:20.820
 that God has us

00:31:20.820 --> 00:31:21.380
 to do

00:31:21.380 --> 00:31:21.960
 for here

00:31:21.960 --> 00:31:22.260
 there

00:31:22.260 --> 00:31:23.080
 and everywhere

00:31:23.080 --> 00:31:25.860
 and don't get

00:31:25.860 --> 00:31:26.460
 distracted

00:31:26.460 --> 00:31:28.760
 don't get

00:31:28.760 --> 00:31:29.300
 distracted

00:31:29.300 --> 00:31:30.720
 that's why

00:31:30.720 --> 00:31:31.420
 every message

00:31:31.420 --> 00:31:32.440
 every study

00:31:32.440 --> 00:31:33.980
 every small group

00:31:33.980 --> 00:31:35.840
 it's not about

00:31:35.840 --> 00:31:36.500
 the secondary

00:31:36.500 --> 00:31:36.960
 it's not about

00:31:36.960 --> 00:31:37.940
 these things

00:31:37.940 --> 00:31:40.040
 but about

00:31:40.040 --> 00:31:40.540
 the mission

00:31:40.540 --> 00:31:41.100
 of God

00:31:41.100 --> 00:31:43.280
 and he says

00:31:43.280 --> 00:31:43.720
 this

00:31:43.720 --> 00:31:45.920
 reject

00:31:45.920 --> 00:31:47.800
 divisiveness

00:31:47.800 --> 00:31:49.320
 reject

00:31:49.320 --> 00:31:50.240
 divisiveness

00:31:50.240 --> 00:31:52.840
 look back

00:31:52.840 --> 00:31:53.460
 at verse 10

00:31:53.460 --> 00:31:56.740
 look at how

00:31:56.740 --> 00:31:57.260
 harsh

00:31:57.260 --> 00:31:58.120
 these words

00:31:58.120 --> 00:31:58.460
 are

00:31:58.460 --> 00:32:01.020
 as for a

00:32:01.020 --> 00:32:01.560
 person who

00:32:01.560 --> 00:32:02.040
 stirs up

00:32:02.040 --> 00:32:02.460
 division

00:32:02.460 --> 00:32:05.300
 warn them

00:32:05.300 --> 00:32:05.820
 once

00:32:05.820 --> 00:32:08.460
 warn them

00:32:08.460 --> 00:32:09.040
 twice

00:32:09.040 --> 00:32:11.620
 and then

00:32:11.620 --> 00:32:11.940
 in the

00:32:11.940 --> 00:32:12.540
 inspired

00:32:12.540 --> 00:32:13.120
 words

00:32:13.120 --> 00:32:14.300
 from God

00:32:14.300 --> 00:32:15.200
 through

00:32:15.200 --> 00:32:15.580
 Paul

00:32:15.580 --> 00:32:18.800
 I have

00:32:18.800 --> 00:32:19.380
 nothing more

00:32:19.380 --> 00:32:19.660
 to do

00:32:19.660 --> 00:32:20.040
 with him

00:32:20.040 --> 00:32:22.800
 knowing

00:32:22.800 --> 00:32:23.180
 that such

00:32:23.180 --> 00:32:23.580
 a person

00:32:23.580 --> 00:32:24.440
 is warped

00:32:24.440 --> 00:32:26.300
 and sinful

00:32:26.300 --> 00:32:28.480
 he is

00:32:28.480 --> 00:32:29.360
 self-condemned

00:32:29.360 --> 00:32:34.540
 if Satan

00:32:34.540 --> 00:32:35.060
 wants to

00:32:35.060 --> 00:32:35.460
 attack

00:32:35.460 --> 00:32:36.220
 my family

00:32:36.220 --> 00:32:39.560
 the divisive

00:32:39.560 --> 00:32:40.100
 work that

00:32:40.100 --> 00:32:40.640
 he is going

00:32:40.640 --> 00:32:41.100
 to do

00:32:41.100 --> 00:32:41.480
 is going

00:32:41.480 --> 00:32:41.820
 to be

00:32:41.820 --> 00:32:42.160
 between

00:32:42.160 --> 00:32:42.660
 my wife

00:32:42.660 --> 00:32:42.980
 and I

00:32:42.980 --> 00:32:48.720
 that would

00:32:48.720 --> 00:32:49.040
 be the

00:32:49.040 --> 00:32:49.360
 goal

00:32:49.360 --> 00:32:51.060
 to break

00:32:51.060 --> 00:32:51.440
 up the

00:32:51.440 --> 00:32:51.880
 family

00:32:51.880 --> 00:32:53.060
 to see

00:32:53.060 --> 00:32:53.520
 the family

00:32:53.520 --> 00:32:54.040
 destroyed

00:32:54.040 --> 00:32:56.360
 and in

00:32:56.360 --> 00:32:56.800
 Satan's

00:32:56.800 --> 00:32:57.220
 goal

00:32:57.220 --> 00:32:58.980
 to destroy

00:32:58.980 --> 00:32:59.600
 a church

00:32:59.600 --> 00:33:01.300
 he will

00:33:01.300 --> 00:33:01.940
 work through

00:33:01.940 --> 00:33:02.560
 matters

00:33:02.560 --> 00:33:03.660
 of division

00:33:03.660 --> 00:33:05.820
 as sinful

00:33:05.820 --> 00:33:06.500
 people

00:33:06.500 --> 00:33:08.960
 hopefully

00:33:08.960 --> 00:33:09.480
 who've all

00:33:09.480 --> 00:33:10.080
 been saved

00:33:10.080 --> 00:33:10.440
 but still

00:33:10.440 --> 00:33:11.040
 struggle

00:33:11.040 --> 00:33:14.180
 will be

00:33:14.180 --> 00:33:14.660
 used

00:33:14.660 --> 00:33:15.420
 as tools

00:33:15.420 --> 00:33:16.780
 and pawns

00:33:16.780 --> 00:33:17.840
 and to

00:33:17.840 --> 00:33:18.500
 forget

00:33:18.500 --> 00:33:20.700
 that we're

00:33:20.700 --> 00:33:21.240
 part of the

00:33:21.240 --> 00:33:22.000
 same family

00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:23.960
 we're part

00:33:23.960 --> 00:33:24.160
 of the

00:33:24.160 --> 00:33:24.940
 same team

00:33:24.940 --> 00:33:27.200
 that God

00:33:27.200 --> 00:33:28.580
 has brought

00:33:28.580 --> 00:33:29.120
 us

00:33:29.120 --> 00:33:30.260
 together

00:33:30.260 --> 00:33:31.960
 as the

00:33:31.960 --> 00:33:32.860
 body

00:33:32.860 --> 00:33:33.960
 of Christ

00:33:33.960 --> 00:33:36.400
 to work

00:33:36.400 --> 00:33:37.840
 in unity

00:33:37.840 --> 00:33:39.500
 and in

00:33:39.500 --> 00:33:40.040
 harmony

00:33:40.040 --> 00:33:40.620
 together

00:33:40.620 --> 00:33:43.260
 and that

00:33:43.260 --> 00:33:43.880
 we can't

00:33:43.880 --> 00:33:44.160
 let

00:33:44.160 --> 00:33:44.920
 anything

00:33:44.920 --> 00:33:47.140
 divide

00:33:47.140 --> 00:33:47.540
 that

00:33:47.540 --> 00:33:51.000
 even if

00:33:51.000 --> 00:33:51.220
 it's

00:33:51.220 --> 00:33:51.500
 someone

00:33:51.500 --> 00:33:52.020
 that we

00:33:52.020 --> 00:33:52.500
 love

00:33:52.500 --> 00:33:53.420
 in the

00:33:53.420 --> 00:33:53.720
 body

00:33:53.720 --> 00:33:57.280
 yesterday

00:33:57.280 --> 00:34:00.780
 Grayson ran

00:34:00.780 --> 00:34:01.200
 in a

00:34:01.200 --> 00:34:01.720
 track meet

00:34:01.720 --> 00:34:02.780
 in Spartanburg

00:34:02.780 --> 00:34:04.860
 and I don't

00:34:04.860 --> 00:34:05.240
 know if

00:34:05.240 --> 00:34:05.660
 you've ever

00:34:05.660 --> 00:34:06.160
 been to a

00:34:06.160 --> 00:34:06.640
 track meet

00:34:06.640 --> 00:34:07.140
 but let me

00:34:07.140 --> 00:34:07.460
 tell you

00:34:07.460 --> 00:34:07.760
 what a

00:34:07.760 --> 00:34:08.240
 track meet

00:34:08.240 --> 00:34:09.120
 consists of

00:34:09.120 --> 00:34:10.720
 a Saturday

00:34:10.720 --> 00:34:11.280
 track meet

00:34:11.280 --> 00:34:13.320
 a Saturday

00:34:13.320 --> 00:34:13.960
 track meet

00:34:13.960 --> 00:34:14.920
 consists of

00:34:14.920 --> 00:34:16.060
 eight to ten

00:34:16.060 --> 00:34:16.740
 hours of

00:34:16.740 --> 00:34:17.160
 sitting in

00:34:17.160 --> 00:34:17.480
 the hot

00:34:17.480 --> 00:34:17.760
 sun

00:34:17.760 --> 00:34:19.240
 to watch

00:34:19.240 --> 00:34:19.840
 your athlete

00:34:19.840 --> 00:34:20.580
 compete for

00:34:20.580 --> 00:34:21.500
 literally seconds

00:34:21.500 --> 00:34:23.260
 all right

00:34:23.260 --> 00:34:24.800
 it is

00:34:24.800 --> 00:34:25.580
 exhausting

00:34:25.580 --> 00:34:27.260
 and you

00:34:27.260 --> 00:34:28.040
 run out of

00:34:28.040 --> 00:34:29.000
 things to do

00:34:29.000 --> 00:34:29.800
 quick

00:34:29.800 --> 00:34:31.460
 so what

00:34:31.460 --> 00:34:32.020
 happens at

00:34:32.020 --> 00:34:32.520
 the beginning

00:34:32.520 --> 00:34:33.120
 of a track

00:34:33.120 --> 00:34:33.940
 meet is

00:34:33.940 --> 00:34:34.820
 everybody shows

00:34:34.820 --> 00:34:35.400
 up you got

00:34:35.400 --> 00:34:36.160
 everybody's parents

00:34:36.160 --> 00:34:36.700
 there they

00:34:36.700 --> 00:34:36.960
 got their

00:34:36.960 --> 00:34:37.380
 t-shirts

00:34:37.380 --> 00:34:38.260
 on like

00:34:38.260 --> 00:34:38.740
 we're pulling

00:34:38.740 --> 00:34:39.460
 for Lexington

00:34:39.460 --> 00:34:40.360
 they're pulling

00:34:40.360 --> 00:34:40.720
 for their

00:34:40.720 --> 00:34:41.620
 people and

00:34:41.620 --> 00:34:42.320
 then as it

00:34:42.320 --> 00:34:43.520
 kind of goes

00:34:43.520 --> 00:34:44.100
 on throughout

00:34:44.100 --> 00:34:44.860
 the day here's

00:34:44.860 --> 00:34:45.720
 what you realize

00:34:45.720 --> 00:34:46.660
 as the audience

00:34:46.660 --> 00:34:48.440
 and this is

00:34:48.440 --> 00:34:49.220
 never going to

00:34:49.220 --> 00:34:51.540
 end and we're

00:34:51.540 --> 00:34:52.240
 here together

00:34:52.240 --> 00:34:53.620
 all right we're

00:34:53.620 --> 00:34:54.180
 here together

00:34:54.180 --> 00:34:55.460
 so there's this

00:34:55.460 --> 00:34:55.920
 gentleman who

00:34:55.920 --> 00:34:56.660
 is standing up

00:34:56.660 --> 00:34:58.120
 about three rows

00:34:58.120 --> 00:34:58.980
 in front of us

00:34:58.980 --> 00:35:00.120
 his son was

00:35:00.120 --> 00:35:00.540
 running it was

00:35:00.540 --> 00:35:01.620
 like to the

00:35:01.620 --> 00:35:02.320
 next to the

00:35:02.320 --> 00:35:03.100
 last event

00:35:03.100 --> 00:35:04.620
 and he had

00:35:04.620 --> 00:35:05.400
 a Westwood

00:35:05.400 --> 00:35:05.960
 high school

00:35:05.960 --> 00:35:06.880
 shirt on

00:35:06.880 --> 00:35:08.560
 and he stands

00:35:08.560 --> 00:35:08.980
 up and he

00:35:08.980 --> 00:35:09.620
 stands up in

00:35:09.620 --> 00:35:10.160
 front of me

00:35:10.160 --> 00:35:11.520
 and I can't

00:35:11.520 --> 00:35:12.320
 see anything

00:35:12.320 --> 00:35:13.840
 but like his

00:35:13.840 --> 00:35:14.620
 shoulders which

00:35:14.620 --> 00:35:15.940
 were massive

00:35:15.940 --> 00:35:16.840
 shoulders right

00:35:16.840 --> 00:35:18.040
 so I'm not

00:35:18.040 --> 00:35:18.400
 going to say a

00:35:18.400 --> 00:35:18.700
 word

00:35:18.700 --> 00:35:22.580
 you stand there

00:35:22.580 --> 00:35:23.300
 man I'm good

00:35:23.300 --> 00:35:24.700
 he turned around

00:35:24.700 --> 00:35:25.220
 and he said

00:35:25.220 --> 00:35:26.600
 I'm sorry I'm

00:35:26.600 --> 00:35:27.120
 blocking your

00:35:27.120 --> 00:35:27.420
 view

00:35:27.420 --> 00:35:29.040
 he said but I

00:35:29.040 --> 00:35:29.760
 don't like to

00:35:29.760 --> 00:35:30.640
 sit down

00:35:30.640 --> 00:35:32.420
 in video

00:35:32.420 --> 00:35:32.900
 because I get

00:35:32.900 --> 00:35:33.300
 the back of

00:35:33.300 --> 00:35:34.000
 everybody's heads

00:35:34.000 --> 00:35:35.540
 and my son's

00:35:35.540 --> 00:35:36.400
 running on the

00:35:36.400 --> 00:35:37.540
 4x400 team

00:35:37.540 --> 00:35:39.220
 and I want to

00:35:39.220 --> 00:35:39.920
 see every single

00:35:39.920 --> 00:35:40.480
 one of them

00:35:40.480 --> 00:35:41.460
 and we got

00:35:41.460 --> 00:35:42.160
 family who can't

00:35:42.160 --> 00:35:42.720
 be here and I

00:35:42.720 --> 00:35:43.300
 want to record

00:35:43.300 --> 00:35:44.780
 them and I

00:35:44.780 --> 00:35:45.160
 said well man

00:35:45.160 --> 00:35:45.500
 why don't you

00:35:45.500 --> 00:35:46.000
 come on up here

00:35:46.000 --> 00:35:46.380
 with me I'm

00:35:46.380 --> 00:35:46.780
 standing I'm

00:35:46.780 --> 00:35:47.220
 on the top

00:35:47.220 --> 00:35:48.600
 row I got the

00:35:48.600 --> 00:35:49.160
 cheap seats

00:35:49.160 --> 00:35:50.880
 so he came up

00:35:50.880 --> 00:35:51.460
 to the top

00:35:51.460 --> 00:35:53.180
 and he stood

00:35:53.180 --> 00:35:54.680
 up and I

00:35:54.680 --> 00:35:55.140
 said which one's

00:35:55.140 --> 00:35:55.600
 your son

00:35:55.600 --> 00:35:57.160
 he pointed at

00:35:57.160 --> 00:35:57.400
 him he said

00:35:57.400 --> 00:35:57.740
 he's running

00:35:57.740 --> 00:35:58.500
 the third leg

00:35:58.500 --> 00:35:59.440
 and I said y'all

00:35:59.440 --> 00:36:00.140
 Westwood right

00:36:00.140 --> 00:36:00.780
 he said yeah

00:36:00.780 --> 00:36:02.140
 he says your

00:36:02.140 --> 00:36:02.660
 son running

00:36:02.660 --> 00:36:03.360
 I said no no

00:36:03.360 --> 00:36:03.920
 my son's not

00:36:03.920 --> 00:36:04.420
 running in this

00:36:04.420 --> 00:36:04.860
 one I said he

00:36:04.860 --> 00:36:05.360
 ran in the

00:36:05.360 --> 00:36:06.440
 in the 4x8

00:36:06.440 --> 00:36:06.920
 and he ran in

00:36:06.920 --> 00:36:07.460
 the 1600

00:36:07.460 --> 00:36:09.060
 earlier and he

00:36:09.060 --> 00:36:10.360
 was like cool

00:36:10.360 --> 00:36:11.140
 is he gonna run

00:36:11.140 --> 00:36:12.160
 later it's like

00:36:12.160 --> 00:36:13.060
 maybe he may

00:36:13.060 --> 00:36:14.380
 run in another

00:36:14.380 --> 00:36:15.740
 race he said

00:36:15.740 --> 00:36:16.260
 well point him

00:36:16.260 --> 00:36:16.940
 out to me so I

00:36:16.940 --> 00:36:17.680
 can pull for him

00:36:17.680 --> 00:36:19.000
 I was like well

00:36:19.000 --> 00:36:19.860
 if you don't mind

00:36:19.860 --> 00:36:20.680
 me screaming into

00:36:20.680 --> 00:36:21.980
 your video then

00:36:21.980 --> 00:36:22.780
 man I'm gonna

00:36:22.780 --> 00:36:23.180
 pull for your

00:36:23.180 --> 00:36:25.300
 son too and

00:36:25.300 --> 00:36:25.960
 what happened

00:36:25.960 --> 00:36:27.580
 is two dads

00:36:27.580 --> 00:36:29.400
 who were hot

00:36:29.400 --> 00:36:31.840
 hungry and

00:36:31.840 --> 00:36:32.340
 tired of

00:36:32.340 --> 00:36:32.720
 sitting there

00:36:32.720 --> 00:36:33.160
 together

00:36:33.160 --> 00:36:35.580
 decided it's

00:36:35.580 --> 00:36:36.580
 beneficial as we

00:36:36.580 --> 00:36:37.440
 get through this

00:36:37.440 --> 00:36:38.460
 together right

00:36:38.460 --> 00:36:40.460
 and we cheered

00:36:40.460 --> 00:36:41.900
 and we cheered

00:36:41.900 --> 00:36:43.260
 and we cheered

00:36:43.260 --> 00:36:44.160
 why

00:36:44.160 --> 00:36:45.980
 I got a

00:36:45.980 --> 00:36:46.700
 Lexington shirt

00:36:46.700 --> 00:36:47.000
 on

00:36:47.000 --> 00:36:49.600
 he's got a

00:36:49.600 --> 00:36:50.280
 Westwood shirt

00:36:50.280 --> 00:36:50.580
 on

00:36:50.580 --> 00:36:52.600
 we're two

00:36:52.600 --> 00:36:53.480
 different teams

00:36:53.480 --> 00:36:56.180
 but see here's

00:36:56.180 --> 00:36:56.440
 the deal

00:36:56.440 --> 00:36:57.080
 we're not

00:36:57.080 --> 00:36:59.020
 we're not

00:36:59.020 --> 00:37:00.840
 because here's

00:37:00.840 --> 00:37:01.480
 the team we're

00:37:01.480 --> 00:37:01.740
 on

00:37:01.740 --> 00:37:03.460
 we're on the

00:37:03.460 --> 00:37:04.220
 dad team

00:37:04.220 --> 00:37:05.940
 that wants to

00:37:05.940 --> 00:37:07.220
 love and

00:37:07.220 --> 00:37:08.940
 encourage our

00:37:08.940 --> 00:37:09.420
 sons

00:37:09.420 --> 00:37:11.140
 we're on the

00:37:11.140 --> 00:37:11.860
 dad team that

00:37:11.860 --> 00:37:12.880
 wants to encourage

00:37:12.880 --> 00:37:13.920
 their teammates

00:37:13.920 --> 00:37:16.060
 and pick them up

00:37:16.060 --> 00:37:17.620
 when they do

00:37:17.620 --> 00:37:18.140
 poorly

00:37:18.140 --> 00:37:20.220
 and celebrate

00:37:20.220 --> 00:37:20.860
 when they do

00:37:20.860 --> 00:37:21.280
 well

00:37:21.280 --> 00:37:24.660
 first leg

00:37:24.660 --> 00:37:26.440
 and Westwood

00:37:26.440 --> 00:37:26.980
 got out

00:37:26.980 --> 00:37:29.360
 seven teams

00:37:29.360 --> 00:37:29.720
 running

00:37:29.720 --> 00:37:32.480
 go to hand

00:37:32.480 --> 00:37:34.020
 the baton

00:37:34.020 --> 00:37:34.760
 to the next

00:37:34.760 --> 00:37:36.760
 and he drops

00:37:36.760 --> 00:37:37.360
 it

00:37:37.360 --> 00:37:38.880
 they go from

00:37:38.880 --> 00:37:39.600
 third to last

00:37:39.600 --> 00:37:40.140
 like that

00:37:40.140 --> 00:37:42.720
 I looked at

00:37:42.720 --> 00:37:42.900
 him

00:37:42.900 --> 00:37:44.300
 and I said

00:37:44.300 --> 00:37:44.640
 are we in

00:37:44.640 --> 00:37:44.900
 trouble

00:37:44.900 --> 00:37:46.320
 he's like

00:37:46.320 --> 00:37:46.680
 nah we're

00:37:46.680 --> 00:37:46.920
 good

00:37:46.920 --> 00:37:47.360
 watch this

00:37:47.360 --> 00:37:47.640
 kid

00:37:47.640 --> 00:37:49.960
 that kid

00:37:49.960 --> 00:37:50.340
 picked it

00:37:50.340 --> 00:37:50.600
 up

00:37:50.600 --> 00:37:51.900
 and I don't

00:37:51.900 --> 00:37:52.140
 know

00:37:52.140 --> 00:37:52.900
 he like

00:37:52.900 --> 00:37:53.760
 if you remember

00:37:53.760 --> 00:37:54.160
 like Super

00:37:54.160 --> 00:37:54.460
 Mario

00:37:54.460 --> 00:37:54.820
 where you

00:37:54.820 --> 00:37:55.140
 could hold

00:37:55.140 --> 00:37:55.620
 B down

00:37:55.620 --> 00:37:55.900
 so you

00:37:55.900 --> 00:37:56.200
 could run

00:37:56.200 --> 00:37:56.600
 faster

00:37:56.600 --> 00:37:59.160
 like he

00:37:59.160 --> 00:37:59.540
 held B

00:37:59.540 --> 00:37:59.880
 down

00:37:59.880 --> 00:38:01.920
 and he

00:38:01.920 --> 00:38:02.320
 threw that

00:38:02.320 --> 00:38:02.880
 head back

00:38:02.880 --> 00:38:04.260
 and he

00:38:04.260 --> 00:38:04.620
 went from

00:38:04.620 --> 00:38:05.080
 worst to

00:38:05.080 --> 00:38:05.480
 first

00:38:05.480 --> 00:38:08.220
 and I

00:38:08.220 --> 00:38:08.340
 said

00:38:08.340 --> 00:38:08.660
 he's

00:38:08.660 --> 00:38:08.980
 handing it

00:38:08.980 --> 00:38:09.220
 to your

00:38:09.220 --> 00:38:09.560
 son

00:38:09.560 --> 00:38:11.020
 and he

00:38:11.020 --> 00:38:11.240
 said

00:38:11.240 --> 00:38:11.900
 yeah

00:38:11.900 --> 00:38:13.200
 I hope

00:38:13.200 --> 00:38:13.520
 he keeps

00:38:13.520 --> 00:38:13.900
 it going

00:38:13.900 --> 00:38:14.280
 right

00:38:14.280 --> 00:38:16.720
 and he

00:38:16.720 --> 00:38:17.120
 handed

00:38:17.120 --> 00:38:18.340
 and his

00:38:18.340 --> 00:38:18.480
 son

00:38:18.480 --> 00:38:18.700
 took

00:38:18.700 --> 00:38:19.060
 off

00:38:19.060 --> 00:38:20.420
 and he

00:38:20.420 --> 00:38:20.800
 ran

00:38:20.800 --> 00:38:21.880
 and he

00:38:21.880 --> 00:38:22.260
 ran

00:38:22.260 --> 00:38:23.140
 and he

00:38:23.140 --> 00:38:23.500
 kept it

00:38:23.500 --> 00:38:23.920
 in first

00:38:23.920 --> 00:38:25.360
 and I

00:38:25.360 --> 00:38:25.680
 was sitting

00:38:25.680 --> 00:38:25.800
 there

00:38:25.800 --> 00:38:26.140
 thinking

00:38:26.140 --> 00:38:27.360
 please

00:38:27.360 --> 00:38:28.100
 don't

00:38:28.100 --> 00:38:28.700
 drop

00:38:28.700 --> 00:38:28.960
 it

00:38:28.960 --> 00:38:30.520
 and he

00:38:30.520 --> 00:38:30.840
 handed

00:38:30.840 --> 00:38:32.800
 and Westwood

00:38:32.800 --> 00:38:33.100
 won

00:38:33.100 --> 00:38:34.640
 Westwood

00:38:34.640 --> 00:38:34.980
 won

00:38:34.980 --> 00:38:36.920
 our team

00:38:36.920 --> 00:38:37.300
 won

00:38:37.300 --> 00:38:38.880
 my team

00:38:38.880 --> 00:38:39.260
 dad

00:38:39.260 --> 00:38:40.440
 team

00:38:40.440 --> 00:38:40.700
 dad

00:38:40.700 --> 00:38:41.040
 won

00:38:41.040 --> 00:38:45.400
 don't

00:38:45.400 --> 00:38:45.940
 let

00:38:45.940 --> 00:38:48.480
 the

00:38:48.480 --> 00:38:49.000
 division

00:38:49.000 --> 00:38:49.260
 the

00:38:49.260 --> 00:38:49.580
 world

00:38:49.580 --> 00:38:49.960
 tries

00:38:49.960 --> 00:38:50.120
 to

00:38:50.120 --> 00:38:50.340
 put

00:38:50.340 --> 00:38:50.560
 you

00:38:50.560 --> 00:38:50.920
 in

00:38:50.920 --> 00:38:53.400
 distract

00:38:53.400 --> 00:38:54.040
 you

00:38:54.040 --> 00:38:55.580
 or divide

00:38:55.580 --> 00:38:55.900
 you

00:38:55.900 --> 00:38:57.520
 from the

00:38:57.520 --> 00:38:57.760
 team

00:38:57.760 --> 00:38:58.060
 that you've

00:38:58.060 --> 00:38:58.380
 been put

00:38:58.380 --> 00:38:58.660
 on

00:38:58.660 --> 00:39:01.720
 we're on

00:39:01.720 --> 00:39:01.920
 team

00:39:01.920 --> 00:39:02.420
 Jesus

00:39:02.420 --> 00:39:04.740
 we got

00:39:04.740 --> 00:39:05.120
 to remember

00:39:05.120 --> 00:39:05.540
 that

00:39:05.540 --> 00:39:07.600
 and we got

00:39:07.600 --> 00:39:08.000
 to remember

00:39:08.000 --> 00:39:08.640
 about that

00:39:08.640 --> 00:39:10.160
 in this room

00:39:10.160 --> 00:39:12.200
 and we got

00:39:12.200 --> 00:39:12.580
 to remember

00:39:12.580 --> 00:39:12.960
 that

00:39:12.960 --> 00:39:14.180
 about those

00:39:14.180 --> 00:39:14.740
 of us

00:39:14.740 --> 00:39:15.980
 around us

00:39:15.980 --> 00:39:20.080
 don't

00:39:20.080 --> 00:39:20.480
 let

00:39:20.480 --> 00:39:21.300
 the

00:39:21.300 --> 00:39:22.120
 foolishness

00:39:22.120 --> 00:39:23.420
 and the

00:39:23.420 --> 00:39:24.120
 divisiveness

00:39:24.120 --> 00:39:25.260
 of this

00:39:25.260 --> 00:39:25.720
 world

00:39:25.720 --> 00:39:27.020
 cause you

00:39:27.020 --> 00:39:27.680
 and I

00:39:27.680 --> 00:39:28.520
 to miss

00:39:28.520 --> 00:39:29.060
 the fact

00:39:29.060 --> 00:39:30.500
 that we're

00:39:30.500 --> 00:39:30.840
 here to

00:39:30.840 --> 00:39:31.280
 celebrate

00:39:31.280 --> 00:39:33.120
 and encourage

00:39:33.120 --> 00:39:33.660
 one another

00:39:33.660 --> 00:39:35.420
 because this

00:39:35.420 --> 00:39:36.480
 life

00:39:36.480 --> 00:39:38.280
 is hard

00:39:38.280 --> 00:39:40.140
 and we

00:39:40.140 --> 00:39:40.700
 need each

00:39:40.700 --> 00:39:40.980
 other

00:39:40.980 --> 00:39:43.040
 and this

00:39:43.040 --> 00:39:43.680
 ties me

00:39:43.680 --> 00:39:43.980
 into our

00:39:43.980 --> 00:39:44.640
 last verses

00:39:44.640 --> 00:39:45.300
 as we finish

00:39:45.300 --> 00:39:45.520
 out

00:39:45.520 --> 00:39:46.000
 Titus

00:39:46.000 --> 00:39:48.720
 he says

00:39:48.720 --> 00:39:51.600
 when I

00:39:51.600 --> 00:39:52.000
 send

00:39:52.000 --> 00:39:52.820
 Artemis

00:39:52.820 --> 00:39:54.480
 or Tychius

00:39:54.480 --> 00:39:55.080
 to you

00:39:55.080 --> 00:39:57.380
 do your

00:39:57.380 --> 00:39:57.860
 best

00:39:57.860 --> 00:39:58.340
 to come

00:39:58.340 --> 00:39:58.640
 to me

00:39:58.640 --> 00:39:58.940
 this is what

00:39:58.940 --> 00:39:59.200
 he's saying

00:39:59.200 --> 00:39:59.680
 to Titus

00:39:59.680 --> 00:39:59.900
 right

00:39:59.900 --> 00:40:00.780
 do your

00:40:00.780 --> 00:40:01.100
 best

00:40:01.100 --> 00:40:01.480
 to come

00:40:01.480 --> 00:40:01.920
 to me

00:40:01.920 --> 00:40:02.960
 at

00:40:02.960 --> 00:40:03.600
 Necropolis

00:40:03.600 --> 00:40:05.340
 for I've

00:40:05.340 --> 00:40:05.940
 decided to

00:40:05.940 --> 00:40:06.500
 spend the

00:40:06.500 --> 00:40:06.760
 winter

00:40:06.760 --> 00:40:07.180
 there

00:40:07.180 --> 00:40:09.520
 do your

00:40:09.520 --> 00:40:10.020
 best

00:40:10.020 --> 00:40:10.280
 to

00:40:10.280 --> 00:40:11.260
 speed

00:40:11.260 --> 00:40:11.600
 Zenos

00:40:11.600 --> 00:40:12.320
 the lawyer

00:40:12.320 --> 00:40:13.940
 and Apollos

00:40:13.940 --> 00:40:14.280
 on their

00:40:14.280 --> 00:40:14.620
 way

00:40:14.620 --> 00:40:16.460
 see that

00:40:16.460 --> 00:40:16.980
 they lack

00:40:16.980 --> 00:40:17.460
 nothing

00:40:17.460 --> 00:40:19.740
 and let

00:40:19.740 --> 00:40:20.400
 our people

00:40:20.400 --> 00:40:21.140
 learn to

00:40:21.140 --> 00:40:21.520
 devote

00:40:21.520 --> 00:40:22.120
 themselves

00:40:22.120 --> 00:40:22.700
 to good

00:40:22.700 --> 00:40:23.180
 works

00:40:23.180 --> 00:40:25.100
 so as

00:40:25.100 --> 00:40:25.420
 to help

00:40:25.420 --> 00:40:26.260
 cases of

00:40:26.260 --> 00:40:27.120
 urgent need

00:40:27.120 --> 00:40:28.580
 and not

00:40:28.580 --> 00:40:28.900
 become

00:40:28.900 --> 00:40:29.500
 unfruitful

00:40:29.500 --> 00:40:31.740
 all

00:40:31.740 --> 00:40:32.040
 all who

00:40:32.040 --> 00:40:32.540
 are with

00:40:32.540 --> 00:40:32.960
 me

00:40:32.960 --> 00:40:34.240
 send

00:40:34.240 --> 00:40:34.680
 greetings

00:40:34.680 --> 00:40:35.280
 to you

00:40:35.280 --> 00:40:37.160
 greet

00:40:37.160 --> 00:40:37.760
 those

00:40:37.760 --> 00:40:38.840
 who love

00:40:38.840 --> 00:40:39.140
 us in

00:40:39.140 --> 00:40:39.640
 the faith

00:40:39.640 --> 00:40:41.760
 grace be

00:40:41.760 --> 00:40:42.100
 with you

00:40:42.100 --> 00:40:42.460
 all

00:40:42.460 --> 00:40:46.740
 remember the

00:40:46.740 --> 00:40:47.080
 people

00:40:47.080 --> 00:40:50.100
 remember the

00:40:50.100 --> 00:40:50.380
 people

00:40:50.380 --> 00:40:53.600
 what we've

00:40:53.600 --> 00:40:54.420
 been allowed

00:40:54.420 --> 00:40:55.000
 into

00:40:55.000 --> 00:40:57.560
 in these

00:40:57.560 --> 00:40:59.080
 few verses

00:40:59.080 --> 00:40:59.500
 in the

00:40:59.500 --> 00:40:59.780
 bible

00:40:59.780 --> 00:41:03.260
 is the

00:41:03.260 --> 00:41:03.640
 spiritual

00:41:03.640 --> 00:41:04.540
 father in

00:41:04.540 --> 00:41:04.960
 Paul

00:41:04.960 --> 00:41:07.900
 discipling

00:41:07.900 --> 00:41:09.240
 his

00:41:09.240 --> 00:41:09.700
 spiritual

00:41:09.700 --> 00:41:10.060
 son

00:41:10.060 --> 00:41:10.600
 Titus

00:41:10.600 --> 00:41:14.780
 we not

00:41:14.780 --> 00:41:15.200
 only see

00:41:15.200 --> 00:41:15.740
 the beauty

00:41:15.740 --> 00:41:17.380
 in how

00:41:17.380 --> 00:41:17.780
 they love

00:41:17.780 --> 00:41:18.240
 the lord

00:41:18.240 --> 00:41:19.940
 but we

00:41:19.940 --> 00:41:20.340
 see the

00:41:20.340 --> 00:41:20.740
 beauty

00:41:20.740 --> 00:41:21.640
 in how

00:41:21.640 --> 00:41:22.040
 they love

00:41:22.040 --> 00:41:22.580
 one another

00:41:22.580 --> 00:41:25.320
 we see

00:41:25.320 --> 00:41:25.960
 the beauty

00:41:25.960 --> 00:41:27.560
 about how

00:41:27.560 --> 00:41:28.000
 the very

00:41:28.000 --> 00:41:28.400
 end

00:41:28.400 --> 00:41:30.500
 if I could

00:41:30.500 --> 00:41:30.920
 use like

00:41:30.920 --> 00:41:31.480
 my words

00:41:31.480 --> 00:41:31.920
 like if I

00:41:31.920 --> 00:41:32.300
 were speaking

00:41:32.300 --> 00:41:32.640
 to my

00:41:32.640 --> 00:41:33.020
 son

00:41:33.020 --> 00:41:34.960
 hey buddy

00:41:34.960 --> 00:41:36.620
 here's some

00:41:36.620 --> 00:41:36.980
 things I

00:41:36.980 --> 00:41:37.220
 need you

00:41:37.220 --> 00:41:37.620
 to do

00:41:37.620 --> 00:41:40.000
 here's what

00:41:40.000 --> 00:41:40.300
 I need you

00:41:40.300 --> 00:41:40.500
 to take

00:41:40.500 --> 00:41:41.160
 care of

00:41:41.160 --> 00:41:43.040
 here's

00:41:43.040 --> 00:41:43.460
 people who

00:41:43.460 --> 00:41:43.980
 are special

00:41:43.980 --> 00:41:44.460
 to me

00:41:44.460 --> 00:41:45.780
 that I've

00:41:45.780 --> 00:41:46.500
 invested in

00:41:46.500 --> 00:41:46.740
 and that

00:41:46.740 --> 00:41:47.240
 have invested

00:41:47.240 --> 00:41:47.800
 in me

00:41:47.800 --> 00:41:50.540
 I love

00:41:50.540 --> 00:41:51.140
 verse 14

00:41:51.140 --> 00:41:51.760
 let our

00:41:51.760 --> 00:41:52.200
 people

00:41:52.200 --> 00:41:53.940
 let our

00:41:53.940 --> 00:41:54.440
 people

00:41:54.440 --> 00:41:58.380
 hey those

00:41:58.380 --> 00:41:58.620
 that are

00:41:58.620 --> 00:41:58.980
 with me

00:41:58.980 --> 00:41:59.260
 man

00:41:59.260 --> 00:42:01.320
 they love

00:42:01.320 --> 00:42:01.700
 you too

00:42:01.700 --> 00:42:04.260
 remember

00:42:04.260 --> 00:42:04.800
 the people

00:42:04.800 --> 00:42:06.680
 remember

00:42:06.680 --> 00:42:07.180
 the people

00:42:07.180 --> 00:42:09.360
 when

00:42:09.360 --> 00:42:10.140
 God

00:42:10.140 --> 00:42:11.260
 gave

00:42:11.260 --> 00:42:11.700
 us

00:42:11.700 --> 00:42:12.480
 himself

00:42:12.480 --> 00:42:15.480
 God

00:42:15.480 --> 00:42:15.840
 gave

00:42:15.840 --> 00:42:16.200
 us

00:42:16.200 --> 00:42:16.460
 one

00:42:16.460 --> 00:42:16.840
 another

00:42:16.840 --> 00:42:21.760
 I

00:42:21.760 --> 00:42:22.260
 understand

00:42:22.260 --> 00:42:22.680
 the

00:42:22.680 --> 00:42:23.260
 phrase

00:42:23.260 --> 00:42:25.920
 personal

00:42:25.920 --> 00:42:26.660
 relationship

00:42:26.660 --> 00:42:26.940
 with

00:42:26.940 --> 00:42:27.300
 Jesus

00:42:27.300 --> 00:42:30.880
 but I

00:42:30.880 --> 00:42:31.360
 think most

00:42:31.360 --> 00:42:32.020
 of the time

00:42:32.020 --> 00:42:32.420
 when we

00:42:32.420 --> 00:42:32.880
 say it

00:42:32.880 --> 00:42:33.500
 we misuse

00:42:33.500 --> 00:42:33.980
 it

00:42:33.980 --> 00:42:36.720
 that somewhere

00:42:36.720 --> 00:42:37.960
 along the

00:42:37.960 --> 00:42:38.400
 way

00:42:38.400 --> 00:42:39.920
 Satan has

00:42:39.920 --> 00:42:40.760
 tempted us

00:42:40.760 --> 00:42:41.560
 to believe

00:42:41.560 --> 00:42:43.080
 that my

00:42:43.080 --> 00:42:43.780
 relationship

00:42:43.780 --> 00:42:44.620
 with Jesus

00:42:44.620 --> 00:42:45.400
 is my

00:42:45.400 --> 00:42:46.200
 relationship

00:42:46.200 --> 00:42:47.080
 with Jesus

00:42:47.080 --> 00:42:48.060
 and that I

00:42:48.060 --> 00:42:48.580
 just need to

00:42:48.580 --> 00:42:49.280
 always focus

00:42:49.280 --> 00:42:49.920
 in on me

00:42:49.920 --> 00:42:50.540
 and Jesus

00:42:50.540 --> 00:42:51.620
 and him

00:42:51.620 --> 00:42:51.980
 and me

00:42:51.980 --> 00:42:52.320
 and me

00:42:52.320 --> 00:42:52.680
 and him

00:42:52.680 --> 00:42:53.000
 and him

00:42:53.000 --> 00:42:53.400
 and me

00:42:53.400 --> 00:42:54.300
 but the

00:42:54.300 --> 00:42:54.880
 truth is

00:42:54.880 --> 00:42:55.360
 that that's

00:42:55.360 --> 00:42:55.880
 not really

00:42:55.880 --> 00:42:56.660
 how Jesus

00:42:56.660 --> 00:42:57.180
 saved us

00:42:57.180 --> 00:42:57.520
 at all

00:42:57.520 --> 00:42:59.340
 that it

00:42:59.340 --> 00:43:00.020
 was him

00:43:00.020 --> 00:43:00.880
 saving me

00:43:00.880 --> 00:43:02.280
 and my

00:43:02.280 --> 00:43:02.760
 faith

00:43:02.760 --> 00:43:03.600
 in him

00:43:03.600 --> 00:43:05.280
 but then

00:43:05.280 --> 00:43:06.140
 he gave

00:43:06.140 --> 00:43:06.500
 us

00:43:06.500 --> 00:43:07.760
 a people

00:43:07.760 --> 00:43:11.020
 and he

00:43:11.020 --> 00:43:11.480
 called us

00:43:11.480 --> 00:43:11.900
 to be a

00:43:11.900 --> 00:43:12.360
 church

00:43:12.360 --> 00:43:14.800
 and he

00:43:14.800 --> 00:43:15.400
 called us

00:43:15.400 --> 00:43:16.820
 to invest

00:43:16.820 --> 00:43:19.500
 and he

00:43:19.500 --> 00:43:20.100
 called us

00:43:20.100 --> 00:43:20.460
 to be

00:43:20.460 --> 00:43:21.140
 invested

00:43:21.140 --> 00:43:21.720
 in

00:43:21.720 --> 00:43:25.380
 but to

00:43:25.380 --> 00:43:25.920
 also

00:43:25.920 --> 00:43:26.680
 invest

00:43:26.680 --> 00:43:26.940
 in

00:43:26.940 --> 00:43:27.440
 others

00:43:27.440 --> 00:43:30.340
 we

00:43:30.340 --> 00:43:31.140
 attempt

00:43:31.140 --> 00:43:32.640
 to take

00:43:32.640 --> 00:43:33.580
 discipleship

00:43:33.580 --> 00:43:34.840
 I'm a

00:43:34.840 --> 00:43:35.220
 structure

00:43:35.220 --> 00:43:35.760
 and order

00:43:35.760 --> 00:43:36.100
 guy

00:43:36.100 --> 00:43:38.080
 I was talking

00:43:38.080 --> 00:43:38.400
 to somebody

00:43:38.400 --> 00:43:38.940
 this past

00:43:38.940 --> 00:43:39.280
 week

00:43:39.280 --> 00:43:40.680
 of our

00:43:40.680 --> 00:43:41.100
 goal

00:43:41.100 --> 00:43:41.520
 and our

00:43:41.520 --> 00:43:41.940
 structure

00:43:41.940 --> 00:43:42.360
 of what

00:43:42.360 --> 00:43:42.800
 we're trying

00:43:42.800 --> 00:43:43.040
 to do

00:43:43.040 --> 00:43:43.440
 with Sunday

00:43:43.440 --> 00:43:43.720
 morning

00:43:43.720 --> 00:43:44.160
 where you

00:43:44.160 --> 00:43:44.560
 can take

00:43:44.560 --> 00:43:44.800
 this

00:43:44.800 --> 00:43:45.060
 and you

00:43:45.060 --> 00:43:45.360
 can do

00:43:45.360 --> 00:43:45.580
 this

00:43:45.580 --> 00:43:45.860
 and you

00:43:45.860 --> 00:43:46.520
 can attend

00:43:46.520 --> 00:43:46.800
 here

00:43:46.800 --> 00:43:47.080
 and you

00:43:47.080 --> 00:43:47.540
 can engage

00:43:47.540 --> 00:43:47.780
 here

00:43:47.780 --> 00:43:48.040
 and you

00:43:48.040 --> 00:43:48.500
 can invest

00:43:48.500 --> 00:43:48.700
 here

00:43:48.700 --> 00:43:48.900
 and you

00:43:48.900 --> 00:43:49.120
 can be

00:43:49.120 --> 00:43:49.440
 invested

00:43:49.440 --> 00:43:49.820
 in here

00:43:49.820 --> 00:43:50.260
 and we

00:43:50.260 --> 00:43:50.520
 try to

00:43:50.520 --> 00:43:50.900
 make that

00:43:50.900 --> 00:43:51.060
 and we

00:43:51.060 --> 00:43:51.320
 try to

00:43:51.320 --> 00:43:51.860
 help

00:43:51.860 --> 00:43:52.000
 you

00:43:52.000 --> 00:43:52.620
 walk

00:43:52.620 --> 00:43:53.120
 alongside

00:43:53.120 --> 00:43:53.520
 that

00:43:53.520 --> 00:43:54.200
 but let

00:43:54.200 --> 00:43:54.520
 me tell

00:43:54.520 --> 00:43:54.700
 you

00:43:54.700 --> 00:43:55.300
 what we

00:43:55.300 --> 00:43:55.760
 are doing

00:43:55.760 --> 00:43:56.140
 here

00:43:56.140 --> 00:43:56.760
 is this

00:43:56.760 --> 00:43:57.480
 entry level

00:43:57.480 --> 00:43:57.920
 get your

00:43:57.920 --> 00:43:58.560
 feet wet

00:43:58.560 --> 00:43:58.800
 into

00:43:58.800 --> 00:43:59.540
 discipleship

00:43:59.540 --> 00:44:01.600
 and my

00:44:01.600 --> 00:44:02.080
 hope

00:44:02.080 --> 00:44:02.540
 and my

00:44:02.540 --> 00:44:02.920
 prayer

00:44:02.920 --> 00:44:05.280
 is that

00:44:05.280 --> 00:44:05.820
 outside

00:44:05.820 --> 00:44:06.580
 of here

00:44:06.580 --> 00:44:09.160
 you're

00:44:09.160 --> 00:44:09.460
 seeing

00:44:09.460 --> 00:44:10.420
 cross

00:44:10.420 --> 00:44:11.480
 continental

00:44:11.480 --> 00:44:12.780
 discipleship

00:44:12.780 --> 00:44:16.020
 through men

00:44:16.020 --> 00:44:16.440
 who can't

00:44:16.440 --> 00:44:16.960
 walk next

00:44:16.960 --> 00:44:17.240
 door to

00:44:17.240 --> 00:44:17.620
 see one

00:44:17.620 --> 00:44:17.920
 another

00:44:17.920 --> 00:44:19.940
 they can't

00:44:19.940 --> 00:44:20.220
 pick up

00:44:20.220 --> 00:44:20.760
 a phone

00:44:20.760 --> 00:44:21.060
 and send

00:44:21.060 --> 00:44:21.560
 a text

00:44:21.560 --> 00:44:22.100
 or make

00:44:22.100 --> 00:44:22.420
 a phone

00:44:22.420 --> 00:44:22.800
 call

00:44:22.800 --> 00:44:23.580
 or facetime

00:44:23.580 --> 00:44:24.060
 they can't

00:44:24.060 --> 00:44:24.340
 shoot it

00:44:24.340 --> 00:44:24.680
 over an

00:44:24.680 --> 00:44:25.040
 email

00:44:25.040 --> 00:44:25.500
 they can't

00:44:25.500 --> 00:44:25.740
 do any

00:44:25.740 --> 00:44:25.980
 of those

00:44:25.980 --> 00:44:26.340
 things

00:44:26.340 --> 00:44:28.380
 and in the

00:44:28.380 --> 00:44:28.840
 limitation

00:44:28.840 --> 00:44:29.380
 of what's

00:44:29.380 --> 00:44:29.740
 there

00:44:29.740 --> 00:44:30.360
 they say

00:44:30.360 --> 00:44:30.780
 remember

00:44:30.780 --> 00:44:31.220
 remember

00:44:31.220 --> 00:44:31.640
 we gotta

00:44:31.640 --> 00:44:32.060
 I'm gonna

00:44:32.060 --> 00:44:32.640
 invest in

00:44:32.640 --> 00:44:32.820
 you

00:44:32.820 --> 00:44:33.400
 you're gonna

00:44:33.400 --> 00:44:33.820
 invest in

00:44:33.820 --> 00:44:33.980
 me

00:44:33.980 --> 00:44:34.500
 we're gonna

00:44:34.500 --> 00:44:34.760
 invest

00:44:34.760 --> 00:44:35.000
 in one

00:44:35.000 --> 00:44:35.300
 another

00:44:35.300 --> 00:44:37.380
 and my

00:44:37.380 --> 00:44:37.960
 challenge

00:44:37.960 --> 00:44:38.580
 for you

00:44:38.580 --> 00:44:39.120
 today

00:44:39.120 --> 00:44:41.040
 is to

00:44:41.040 --> 00:44:41.360
 answer

00:44:41.360 --> 00:44:42.000
 these two

00:44:42.000 --> 00:44:42.660
 questions

00:44:42.660 --> 00:44:44.660
 number

00:44:44.660 --> 00:44:45.180
 one

00:44:45.180 --> 00:44:46.940
 who

00:44:46.940 --> 00:44:47.980
 are you

00:44:47.980 --> 00:44:48.980
 investing

00:44:48.980 --> 00:44:49.820
 in

00:44:49.820 --> 00:44:52.880
 who

00:44:52.880 --> 00:44:53.780
 are you

00:44:53.780 --> 00:44:54.560
 investing

00:44:54.560 --> 00:44:55.140
 in

00:44:55.140 --> 00:44:58.700
 now

00:44:58.700 --> 00:44:58.940
 God

00:44:58.940 --> 00:44:59.260
 may give

00:44:59.260 --> 00:44:59.540
 you a

00:44:59.540 --> 00:44:59.900
 tool

00:44:59.900 --> 00:45:02.080
 of entry

00:45:02.080 --> 00:45:02.520
 into

00:45:02.520 --> 00:45:03.140
 investment

00:45:03.140 --> 00:45:05.120
 but I'm

00:45:05.120 --> 00:45:05.340
 gonna tell

00:45:05.340 --> 00:45:05.580
 you the

00:45:05.580 --> 00:45:05.840
 greatest

00:45:05.840 --> 00:45:06.300
 thing you're

00:45:06.300 --> 00:45:06.740
 gonna do

00:45:06.740 --> 00:45:07.120
 in this

00:45:07.120 --> 00:45:07.520
 life

00:45:07.520 --> 00:45:08.900
 is not

00:45:08.900 --> 00:45:09.160
 teach

00:45:09.160 --> 00:45:09.460
 someone

00:45:09.460 --> 00:45:09.720
 how to

00:45:09.720 --> 00:45:09.980
 throw a

00:45:09.980 --> 00:45:10.400
 curveball

00:45:10.400 --> 00:45:13.080
 the

00:45:13.080 --> 00:45:13.400
 greatest

00:45:13.400 --> 00:45:13.940
 investment

00:45:13.940 --> 00:45:14.200
 you're

00:45:14.200 --> 00:45:14.320
 gonna

00:45:14.320 --> 00:45:14.620
 make

00:45:14.620 --> 00:45:14.740
 in

00:45:14.740 --> 00:45:14.900
 this

00:45:14.900 --> 00:45:15.320
 life

00:45:15.320 --> 00:45:16.180
 is not

00:45:16.180 --> 00:45:16.520
 teach

00:45:16.520 --> 00:45:17.140
 someone

00:45:17.140 --> 00:45:17.780
 how to

00:45:17.780 --> 00:45:18.000
 play

00:45:18.000 --> 00:45:18.160
 an

00:45:18.160 --> 00:45:18.640
 instrument

00:45:18.640 --> 00:45:20.180
 or how

00:45:20.180 --> 00:45:20.540
 to work

00:45:20.540 --> 00:45:20.660
 an

00:45:20.660 --> 00:45:21.220
 equation

00:45:21.220 --> 00:45:22.760
 how to

00:45:22.760 --> 00:45:23.060
 read a

00:45:23.060 --> 00:45:23.320
 book

00:45:23.320 --> 00:45:24.560
 or how

00:45:24.560 --> 00:45:24.800
 to make

00:45:24.800 --> 00:45:24.920
 a

00:45:24.920 --> 00:45:25.300
 repair

00:45:25.300 --> 00:45:26.680
 the

00:45:26.680 --> 00:45:27.100
 greatest

00:45:27.100 --> 00:45:27.780
 investment

00:45:27.780 --> 00:45:28.460
 is God's

00:45:28.460 --> 00:45:28.700
 given

00:45:28.700 --> 00:45:29.060
 you

00:45:29.060 --> 00:45:29.460
 the

00:45:29.460 --> 00:45:29.780
 tools

00:45:29.780 --> 00:45:29.960
 and

00:45:29.960 --> 00:45:30.340
 passions

00:45:30.340 --> 00:45:30.580
 that

00:45:30.580 --> 00:45:30.760
 you

00:45:30.760 --> 00:45:31.100
 have

00:45:31.100 --> 00:45:31.260
 in

00:45:31.260 --> 00:45:31.420
 your

00:45:31.420 --> 00:45:31.800
 life

00:45:31.800 --> 00:45:32.680
 is

00:45:32.680 --> 00:45:32.920
 how

00:45:32.920 --> 00:45:33.180
 can

00:45:33.180 --> 00:45:33.400
 you

00:45:33.400 --> 00:45:33.880
 use

00:45:33.880 --> 00:45:34.440
 those

00:45:34.440 --> 00:45:35.160
 tools

00:45:35.160 --> 00:45:35.440
 and

00:45:35.440 --> 00:45:35.880
 passions

00:45:35.880 --> 00:45:36.460
 how can

00:45:36.460 --> 00:45:36.760
 you use

00:45:36.760 --> 00:45:36.920
 the

00:45:36.920 --> 00:45:37.500
 curveball

00:45:37.500 --> 00:45:38.040
 how can

00:45:38.040 --> 00:45:38.600
 you use

00:45:38.600 --> 00:45:39.160
 the

00:45:39.160 --> 00:45:39.580
 reading

00:45:39.580 --> 00:45:40.140
 how can

00:45:40.140 --> 00:45:40.480
 you use

00:45:40.480 --> 00:45:40.900
 math

00:45:40.900 --> 00:45:41.320
 how can

00:45:41.320 --> 00:45:41.600
 you use

00:45:41.600 --> 00:45:42.120
 all the

00:45:42.120 --> 00:45:42.420
 things

00:45:42.420 --> 00:45:42.820
 that he's

00:45:42.820 --> 00:45:43.100
 given

00:45:43.100 --> 00:45:43.340
 you

00:45:43.340 --> 00:45:43.940
 to make

00:45:43.940 --> 00:45:44.060
 an

00:45:44.060 --> 00:45:44.460
 investment

00:45:44.460 --> 00:45:44.700
 that's

00:45:44.700 --> 00:45:44.880
 going to

00:45:44.880 --> 00:45:45.100
 matter

00:45:45.100 --> 00:45:45.240
 in

00:45:45.240 --> 00:45:45.580
 eternity

00:45:45.580 --> 00:45:48.420
 who are

00:45:48.420 --> 00:45:48.540
 you

00:45:48.540 --> 00:45:48.920
 investing

00:45:48.920 --> 00:45:49.240
 in

00:45:49.240 --> 00:45:51.560
 and then

00:45:51.560 --> 00:45:51.960
 secondly

00:45:51.960 --> 00:45:54.280
 who's

00:45:54.280 --> 00:45:54.680
 investing

00:45:54.680 --> 00:45:55.140
 in you

00:45:55.140 --> 00:45:57.320
 who's

00:45:57.320 --> 00:45:57.680
 investing

00:45:57.680 --> 00:45:58.140
 in you

00:45:58.140 --> 00:46:00.640
 who's

00:46:00.640 --> 00:46:00.980
 asking

00:46:00.980 --> 00:46:01.300
 you the

00:46:01.300 --> 00:46:01.520
 hard

00:46:01.520 --> 00:46:02.120
 questions

00:46:02.120 --> 00:46:04.840
 who's

00:46:04.840 --> 00:46:05.360
 opening up

00:46:05.360 --> 00:46:05.860
 their life

00:46:05.860 --> 00:46:06.320
 to you

00:46:06.320 --> 00:46:09.220
 who's

00:46:09.220 --> 00:46:09.980
 being

00:46:09.980 --> 00:46:12.220
 Paul

00:46:12.220 --> 00:46:14.320
 so that

00:46:14.320 --> 00:46:14.580
 you can

00:46:14.580 --> 00:46:14.720
 be

00:46:14.720 --> 00:46:15.160
 Titus

00:46:15.160 --> 00:46:18.580
 and

00:46:18.580 --> 00:46:18.820
 who's

00:46:18.820 --> 00:46:18.980
 being

00:46:18.980 --> 00:46:19.620
 Titus

00:46:19.620 --> 00:46:21.420
 so that

00:46:21.420 --> 00:46:21.700
 you can

00:46:21.700 --> 00:46:21.860
 be

00:46:21.860 --> 00:46:22.160
 Paul

00:46:22.160 --> 00:46:24.220
 in

00:46:24.220 --> 00:46:24.480
 2nd

00:46:24.480 --> 00:46:24.740
 Timothy

00:46:24.740 --> 00:46:25.840
 2nd

00:46:25.840 --> 00:46:26.840
 Paul

00:46:26.840 --> 00:46:27.120
 writes

00:46:27.120 --> 00:46:27.300
 to

00:46:27.300 --> 00:46:27.700
 another

00:46:27.700 --> 00:46:29.140
 child

00:46:29.140 --> 00:46:29.900
 in the

00:46:29.900 --> 00:46:30.220
 faith

00:46:30.220 --> 00:46:32.260
 his beloved

00:46:32.260 --> 00:46:32.680
 son

00:46:32.680 --> 00:46:33.320
 Timothy

00:46:33.320 --> 00:46:35.900
 and here's

00:46:35.900 --> 00:46:36.100
 what he

00:46:36.100 --> 00:46:36.440
 says

00:46:36.440 --> 00:46:40.720
 in what

00:46:40.720 --> 00:46:41.220
 you

00:46:41.220 --> 00:46:43.260
 have heard

00:46:43.260 --> 00:46:43.920
 from me

00:46:43.920 --> 00:46:46.480
 in the

00:46:46.480 --> 00:46:46.840
 presence

00:46:46.840 --> 00:46:47.540
 of many

00:46:47.540 --> 00:46:50.280
 entrust

00:46:50.280 --> 00:46:50.760
 to faithful

00:46:50.760 --> 00:46:51.320
 men

00:46:51.320 --> 00:46:53.520
 who will be

00:46:53.520 --> 00:46:53.960
 able to teach

00:46:53.960 --> 00:46:54.600
 others also

00:46:54.600 --> 00:46:57.220
 I'm

00:46:57.220 --> 00:46:57.800
 holding up

00:46:57.800 --> 00:46:58.640
 four fingers

00:46:58.640 --> 00:47:00.900
 because the

00:47:00.900 --> 00:47:01.800
 expectation

00:47:01.800 --> 00:47:02.880
 of the

00:47:02.880 --> 00:47:03.620
 inspiration

00:47:03.620 --> 00:47:04.520
 of God

00:47:04.520 --> 00:47:06.720
 through the

00:47:06.720 --> 00:47:07.520
 apostle Paul

00:47:07.520 --> 00:47:08.160
 through Timothy

00:47:08.160 --> 00:47:10.660
 is that

00:47:10.660 --> 00:47:11.220
 what Timothy

00:47:11.220 --> 00:47:11.980
 should see

00:47:11.980 --> 00:47:13.860
 is four

00:47:13.860 --> 00:47:14.500
 generations

00:47:14.500 --> 00:47:15.220
 of spiritual

00:47:15.220 --> 00:47:15.900
 discipleship

00:47:15.900 --> 00:47:16.180
 in his

00:47:16.180 --> 00:47:16.500
 life

00:47:16.500 --> 00:47:23.860
 and folks

00:47:23.860 --> 00:47:24.340
 that doesn't

00:47:24.340 --> 00:47:24.760
 happen

00:47:24.760 --> 00:47:27.440
 if you

00:47:27.440 --> 00:47:29.400
 don't step

00:47:29.400 --> 00:47:29.760
 out of

00:47:29.760 --> 00:47:30.220
 this

00:47:30.220 --> 00:47:32.620
 and step

00:47:32.620 --> 00:47:33.180
 into the

00:47:33.180 --> 00:47:33.660
 investment

00:47:33.660 --> 00:47:34.240
 into someone

00:47:34.240 --> 00:47:34.640
 else

00:47:34.640 --> 00:47:36.340
 and allow

00:47:36.340 --> 00:47:36.940
 others to

00:47:36.940 --> 00:47:37.340
 step into

00:47:37.340 --> 00:47:37.680
 you

00:47:37.680 --> 00:47:39.280
 would you

00:47:39.280 --> 00:47:39.540
 pray with

00:47:39.540 --> 00:47:39.720
 me

00:47:39.720 --> 00:47:48.220
 God I

00:47:48.220 --> 00:47:48.460
 thank you

00:47:48.460 --> 00:47:48.740
 for the

00:47:48.740 --> 00:47:49.160
 truth of

00:47:49.160 --> 00:47:49.560
 your word

00:47:49.560 --> 00:47:51.800
 I thank you

00:47:51.800 --> 00:47:52.060
 for the

00:47:52.060 --> 00:47:52.560
 reminders

00:47:52.560 --> 00:47:52.980
 that you

00:47:52.980 --> 00:47:53.620
 give us

00:47:53.620 --> 00:47:56.280
 God may

00:47:56.280 --> 00:47:56.880
 we remember

00:47:56.880 --> 00:47:58.860
 who we

00:47:58.860 --> 00:47:59.140
 were

00:47:59.140 --> 00:47:59.600
 what you

00:47:59.600 --> 00:48:00.160
 saved us

00:48:00.160 --> 00:48:00.420
 from

00:48:00.420 --> 00:48:01.200
 our past

00:48:01.200 --> 00:48:02.780
 not so

00:48:02.780 --> 00:48:03.020
 that we

00:48:03.020 --> 00:48:03.480
 can live

00:48:03.480 --> 00:48:03.880
 in guilt

00:48:03.880 --> 00:48:04.480
 and shame

00:48:04.480 --> 00:48:05.760
 but so

00:48:05.760 --> 00:48:06.040
 that we

00:48:06.040 --> 00:48:06.400
 can live

00:48:06.400 --> 00:48:06.640
 in the

00:48:06.640 --> 00:48:06.960
 freedom

00:48:06.960 --> 00:48:07.480
 of praising

00:48:07.480 --> 00:48:07.760
 you

00:48:07.760 --> 00:48:08.040
 and of

00:48:08.040 --> 00:48:08.280
 thanking

00:48:08.280 --> 00:48:08.620
 you

00:48:08.620 --> 00:48:09.660
 of what

00:48:09.660 --> 00:48:09.880
 you've

00:48:09.880 --> 00:48:10.160
 done

00:48:10.160 --> 00:48:12.540
 God may

00:48:12.540 --> 00:48:12.660
 we

00:48:12.660 --> 00:48:13.020
 remember

00:48:13.020 --> 00:48:14.540
 your work

00:48:14.540 --> 00:48:15.580
 who you

00:48:15.580 --> 00:48:15.980
 are

00:48:15.980 --> 00:48:16.720
 what you

00:48:16.720 --> 00:48:17.360
 have done

00:48:17.360 --> 00:48:18.240
 that this

00:48:18.240 --> 00:48:18.640
 is not

00:48:18.640 --> 00:48:19.340
 of ourselves

00:48:19.340 --> 00:48:19.800
 so that we

00:48:19.800 --> 00:48:20.320
 may boast

00:48:20.320 --> 00:48:20.920
 in ourselves

00:48:20.920 --> 00:48:21.560
 but that this

00:48:21.560 --> 00:48:22.360
 is the work

00:48:22.360 --> 00:48:22.720
 of you

00:48:22.720 --> 00:48:23.100
 of your

00:48:23.100 --> 00:48:23.680
 story

00:48:23.680 --> 00:48:25.280
 and God

00:48:25.280 --> 00:48:25.820
 thank you

00:48:25.820 --> 00:48:27.180
 for saving

00:48:27.180 --> 00:48:28.140
 us

00:48:28.140 --> 00:48:30.180
 God may

00:48:30.180 --> 00:48:30.620
 we remember

00:48:30.620 --> 00:48:31.200
 the plan

00:48:31.200 --> 00:48:31.720
 and the

00:48:31.720 --> 00:48:32.100
 purpose

00:48:32.100 --> 00:48:33.760
 we are to

00:48:33.760 --> 00:48:34.140
 go and

00:48:34.140 --> 00:48:34.340
 make

00:48:34.340 --> 00:48:35.000
 disciples

00:48:35.000 --> 00:48:36.980
 baptizing

00:48:36.980 --> 00:48:38.000
 teaching

00:48:38.000 --> 00:48:39.060
 to obey

00:48:39.060 --> 00:48:40.900
 may

00:48:40.900 --> 00:48:40.900
 may

00:48:40.900 --> 00:48:41.020
 we

00:48:41.020 --> 00:48:41.260
 not

00:48:41.260 --> 00:48:41.680
 move

00:48:41.680 --> 00:48:41.940
 from

00:48:41.940 --> 00:48:42.360
 what

00:48:42.360 --> 00:48:42.560
 you've

00:48:42.560 --> 00:48:42.820
 called

00:48:42.820 --> 00:48:42.960
 us

00:48:42.960 --> 00:48:43.160
 to

00:48:43.160 --> 00:48:43.320
 and

00:48:43.320 --> 00:48:43.460
 get

00:48:43.460 --> 00:48:44.020
 distracted

00:48:44.020 --> 00:48:44.420
 by the

00:48:44.420 --> 00:48:44.760
 ways

00:48:44.760 --> 00:48:45.040
 of the

00:48:45.040 --> 00:48:45.340
 world

00:48:45.340 --> 00:48:45.740
 and the

00:48:45.740 --> 00:48:45.980
 pursuit

00:48:45.980 --> 00:48:46.160
 of

00:48:46.160 --> 00:48:46.440
 Satan

00:48:46.440 --> 00:48:48.520
 God may

00:48:48.520 --> 00:48:49.080
 we live

00:48:49.080 --> 00:48:49.820
 every day

00:48:49.820 --> 00:48:50.940
 in every

00:48:50.940 --> 00:48:51.320
 moment

00:48:51.320 --> 00:48:53.540
 and God

00:48:53.540 --> 00:48:53.800
 can we

00:48:53.800 --> 00:48:54.120
 remember

00:48:54.120 --> 00:48:54.540
 the people

00:48:54.540 --> 00:48:56.220
 and God

00:48:56.220 --> 00:48:56.780
 I thank

00:48:56.780 --> 00:48:56.980
 you

00:48:56.980 --> 00:48:58.720
 I thank

00:48:58.720 --> 00:48:59.000
 you for

00:48:59.000 --> 00:48:59.460
 this group

00:48:59.460 --> 00:48:59.940
 of people

00:48:59.940 --> 00:49:02.980
 Lord

00:49:02.980 --> 00:49:03.640
 who challenge

00:49:03.640 --> 00:49:04.100
 me

00:49:04.100 --> 00:49:06.920
 who

00:49:06.920 --> 00:49:07.100
 speak

00:49:07.100 --> 00:49:07.520
 truth

00:49:07.520 --> 00:49:08.000
 to me

00:49:08.000 --> 00:49:10.740
 who allow

00:49:10.740 --> 00:49:11.080
 me to

00:49:11.080 --> 00:49:11.500
 challenge

00:49:11.500 --> 00:49:11.840
 them

00:49:11.840 --> 00:49:12.240
 and speak

00:49:12.240 --> 00:49:12.540
 truth

00:49:12.540 --> 00:49:13.020
 to them

00:49:13.020 --> 00:49:16.200
 to do

00:49:16.200 --> 00:49:16.640
 more than

00:49:16.640 --> 00:49:17.480
 just congregate

00:49:17.480 --> 00:49:17.980
 together

00:49:17.980 --> 00:49:20.100
 but to

00:49:20.100 --> 00:49:20.320
 make

00:49:20.320 --> 00:49:21.000
 investments

00:49:21.000 --> 00:49:23.300
 not just

00:49:23.300 --> 00:49:23.820
 investments

00:49:23.820 --> 00:49:24.380
 that matter

00:49:24.380 --> 00:49:24.740
 in this

00:49:24.740 --> 00:49:25.160
 life

00:49:25.160 --> 00:49:27.120
 but

00:49:27.120 --> 00:49:27.600
 investments

00:49:27.600 --> 00:49:28.140
 that matter

00:49:28.140 --> 00:49:28.380
 for

00:49:28.380 --> 00:49:28.860
 eternity

00:49:28.860 --> 00:49:30.740
 God

00:49:30.740 --> 00:49:31.060
 I thank

00:49:31.060 --> 00:49:31.160
 you

00:49:31.160 --> 00:49:31.440
 that you

00:49:31.440 --> 00:49:32.240
 send us

00:49:32.240 --> 00:49:33.960
 to so

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 many

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 different

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 places

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 with so

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 many

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 gifts

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 and so

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 many

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 talents

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 Lord

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 and I

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 pray

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 that we

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 would

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 use

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 them

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 for

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 your

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 kingdom

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 and for

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 your

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 name

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 in

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 Jesus

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 name

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 we

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 pray

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 amen

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 that's

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 it

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 for this

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 week's

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 to check

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