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

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 Joel is where we are going to be over the next four weeks. In like typical dad joke fashion,

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 I've had a lot of fun with that around here. With our staff, we're talking about the upcoming series,

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 like we're gonna be studying Joel, not that Joel or that Joel, but that Joel, right? With having so

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 many Joels around here. So we're gonna be in Joel for the next four weeks. I want to say it's about

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 six or seven years ago. We started, you know, during this time after Easter, before we get into

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 our summer series, walking through some of these minor prophets that have some major things to say

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 for us. And so it's exciting to be here and to go through this. If you're a first-time guest,

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 I want to echo what Pastor Dave said. We're so glad that you are here and that you're worshiping with

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 us. After the service is over with, I'll be back here to my left with my wife, Erin. We would love

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 just to meet you and to thank you for being here and for worshiping with us. And then if you happen

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 to have any questions about Willow Ridge Church, we would love the opportunity to answer those for

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 you. So thank you so much also for being here. I also want to echo what we just saw with one of

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 our videos that Kids Camp is coming up. It's going to be in June this year, where it's been in July

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 in the past. And so we're a little change of date, which also means the deadline will be coming up at

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 the end of May. I just want to make sure that that's out there for all you parents, for those that will

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 be having a child finishing between kindergarten through fifth grade. It's going to be an exciting

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 week. It's going to be an energetic week. Excited to see all the prep and all the planning, the games,

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 the activities, the lessons, the food, all of that that's going to be packaged up for your children.

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 A wonderful, wonderful time. And we would love to have them join us. It is probably the most

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 exhausting week that I have of ministry. And I'm not really sure that I do a whole lot while I'm here,

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 but it wears me out. And it is good, good time with your kids, and we look forward to it.

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 So with that said, I want to read Joel 1, 14 through 15, before we go to the Lord in prayer.

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 It says, consecrate a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the

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 land to the house of the Lord your God, and cry out to the Lord. Would you join me in prayer?

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 God, we thank you for your word. God, we thank you for every word in your word.

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 We thank you for the power of your word. God, today, as we study a book, we're probably that many of us

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 have bypassed, have skipped over, have not spent time in. God, we anticipate for you through the

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 power of your spirit to teach us, to draw us closer to you, to bring us to repentance.

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 And it's in Jesus' name I pray. Amen. Amen.

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 I don't know if you have daily goals, things that you like to do. Some of you maybe like to

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 read every day. Some of you may like to exercise every day. Some of you like maybe different things

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 that you want to accomplish over the course of the day. One of the things that I like to do every day,

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 and I've been this way since I was a little boy, I might not always like schoolwork and studying,

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 but every day, I enjoy learning something new. I like the useless trivia aspects. I'm a good guy to

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 take to one of the wing places on a Thursday night when it's random 80s hairband trivia night or

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 random 90s sitcom trivia night. Like, I'm a guy that likes to know things. I like to know the why of

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 things. It's how my mind works. It's how I live. Every day, I want to learn something new.

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 Well, sometimes as I'm learning new things, certain truths hit me to a point to where I remember every

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 detail, not only of the truth, but the environment in which I learned the truth, the details surrounding

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 me when I learned this truth. And sometimes it doesn't have to be super powerful or super profound

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 in the truth that I learned, but I want to learn something new about myself, about the world around me,

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 about God, about you. I want to learn something new every day. And sometimes the events of that

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 stick with me. Here's an example of one of the silly things maybe that has stuck with me that I'd like to

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 share with you. I remember the day that I tried a food that I'd heard of that I'd never had.

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 I remember what it looked like, what it tasted like, and I remember falling in love with sushi.

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 How many of you like sushi? How many of you do not like sushi? Raise your hand. How many of you have

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 never tried sushi and you will never try sushi? Raise your hand. You are the category of people that I fell

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 into. Like to me, like I knew what that looked like, and I would usually put that on the end of a hook to

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 catch a fish. And I didn't understand why people would pay not just money, but a lot of money to eat

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 something that in my mind, nothing had been done to prepare it.

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 There's more preparation that goes into a can of Chef Boyardee ravioli than into a sushi roll.

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 Aaron and I, we met when we were in college. We met on December 15th. We got engaged on April 15th.

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 My daughter tells me that it's kind of cringy that we met that quickly and got engaged that quickly,

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 but you know, it's what happened. We went to the same college together, but we didn't meet at college.

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 Aaron consistently went to class, and I consistently took naps in the library,

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 and our paths did not overlap at that point in time. I'd never seen it. We actually, we met at

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 church through a mutual friend. Well, that spring semester, Aaron and I were dating. I was in love

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 with her. She was in love with me, and we were walking on campus. I would meet her every day in

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 between class, and I'd walk her to her next class because she always needed to be on time, and I just

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 always needed to be with her, and as we're walking across campus, there was a guy that was walking

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 toward us, and I see him smile. Now, by process of elimination, I don't know him, and so he's not

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 smiling at me. He's smiling at Aaron, and in my mind, I'm thinking, we got a problem.

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 Now, I say this in all form of confidence in who I am. As he got closer, I began to realize

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 this fella's kind of pretty. A little insecurity begins to flare up, so we stop, and Aaron and him

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 speak for a few moments, and she introduces me, and I'm like, that's right, you know, like a little firm

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 grip on the handshake, you know, and then we walk off, and as every insecure 21-year-old does,

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 I say, so how do you know that guy?

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 And she said, oh, don't worry. He's just a friend. We took a class together. We had to work on a project

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 together, and in doing that project. We found out that we both like sushi.

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 Now, I did not know that my wife, I did not know you could come from Lauren, South Carolina, and like sushi.

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 She did. You see, my culinary taste buds at the time were limited. I come from North Augusta, a little bit of a redneck,

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 not exposed to a lot. The three restaurants that impacted my taste buds growing up, number one was a restaurant

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 called Poe Folks on Peach Orchard Road, specialized in fried chicken. They brought out your plate. It already had the

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 dividers in it, right? That's what we ate. I remember what I like to do is I like to put a little bit of

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 ketchup on my plate and dip my roll into the ketchup, right? That was for after dinner. You just kind of

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 settle everything. Poe Folks, we ate at Pablo's on Washington Road. I did not know that there were other

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 things outside of tacos until we were opened up to Pablo's, and then at Pablo's, I learned about things

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 like quesadillas and burritos and enchiladas and taco salads where you could actually eat your bowl.

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 It's profound to me. But then our home restaurant in North Augusta was a place called S&S Cafeteria.

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 I don't know if y'all had those style cafeterias. I know the K&W and the different ones that have been

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 around at malls, but we did not have one in a mall. We had one in a strip mall, S&S Cafeteria.

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 It's where we would go after church, right there on Martintown Road, and you would walk through,

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 and it was always looking at my mom and dad and saying, like, can I get something else? Can I get

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 something else? Can I get something else? And you know it was good payday if you were able to get fruit,

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 a salad, an entree, two sides, and then at the end they had their strawberry shortcake, right? And if

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 you could get that, and then a sweet tea right there at the end. And that's what I ate growing up.

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 So I'm at a, I'm at a junction in my life where this beautiful girl that I'm in love with

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 likes sushi. And in the, she goes and she has been eating sushi literally with the prettiest

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 guy that I've ever seen on campus. And I said to her, let's go get some sushi.

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 Now, we go, if you haven't tried sushi, let me say this. Here's what no one tells you.

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 It's not the taste that gets you. It's the texture.

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 There's an amen from the back. All right. It's an amen. And here's the texture part that gets you.

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 It's the seaweed. It's the seaweed. So we go there, they hand you this menu that might as well be

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 written in Greek because I can't read any of it. I don't know what any of it's talking about. And so

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 I looked at her and said, what do you get? And she said, I get a spicy shrimp roll and a tempura roll.

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 What is that? Well, the shrimp is cooked and it's fried. Now you're talking my language, right?

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 So let me get what she's got. So they bring it out. Now I'm thinking, you know, when you were little,

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 and your mama made you eat something you didn't want to eat, you would eat it quickly, right?

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 So I thought, I'll just eat this as fast as I can. I did not realize that in order to chew up seaweed,

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 it takes about 10 minutes of violently chewing to get there. So my first bite, chopsticks, like this is

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 finger food, right? So I grabbed that spicy tuna roll, popped that in my mouth.

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 And that piece of seaweed untangled and stuck from like right here to right here, right?

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 But I kept eating. I got through it. And I'll be honest with you, I love, I love sushi.

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 If you ever want to go eat sushi, like I'm always in the mood to eat sushi. I fell in love with it on that day.

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 And I remember the details of that story. And I'm so glad. And by the way, like six months ago,

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 we were talking and laughing about that story again. And my wife, who's never given me any reason

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 not to believe every word that she's ever told me, I asked her like, hey, what was that guy's name?

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 She goes, you know what? I honestly, I don't even remember. I'm like, yeah, that's right. You don't,

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 right? This guy, right? This week, there was one day I learned a lesson. I learned a lesson that we'll

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 incorporate within the details of God's word this morning. This week I learned something that I maybe

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 knew, but I, but I had not learned and that I had not, um, accepted. And, and, and this is what we're going to

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 get to this morning. I'm going to give you a little bit of where we're going. Okay. It's this.

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 When something tragic happens,

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 it's tragic. You see, it happens in my life. It happens in yours.

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 Even as followers of Christ, like we're, we're, we're not removed from the tragedies of this world.

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 When, when something tragic happens, as a Christian, we often, or even those of who aren't Christians,

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 right? We want to ask the question, why? That's a good question. It's not a bad question.

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 Why? Why did this happen? Why did this take place?

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 But here's a lesson that I learned, but a better question, especially if you're a believer,

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 a better question, if you love the Lord Jesus Christ and you trust God and you understand

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 that he, that he holds you in the palm of his hand is, is when tragedy happens.

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 Ask what now?

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 What now?

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 It's, it's the tragedy and then it's the come.

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 And now that I've experienced this, now that I've walked through this,

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 Lord, what now?

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 What now?

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 What do you have for me now?

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 Join me, we're going to read the first four verses.

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 We'll cover all of chapter one this morning, but we're going to read the first four verses.

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 The word of the Lord came to Joel, son of Pethul.

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 Hear this, you elders, give ear all inhabitants of the land.

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 Has such a thing happened in your days or in the days of your fathers?

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 Tell your children of it and let your children tell their children and their children to another generation.

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 What the cutting locust left, the swarming locust has eaten.

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 What the swarming locust left, the hopping locust has eaten.

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 What the hopping locust left, the destroying locust has eaten.

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 Let's pause there for a moment.

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 What you and I are going to look at this morning, what you and I are going to understand is,

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 what do we do when tragedy hits?

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 What do we do when tragedy hits?

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 I want to give you a little bit of background of what is happening, what is taking place in this minor prophet in Joel as he writes.

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 The writer is Joel, and the Bible does not give us much detail about him.

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 We find out his dad's name, and that's about it.

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 We know that the recipients are the southern kingdom of Judah, and we think this is around 835 B.C.

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 This is what biblical archaeologists, biblical historians kind of point to is what they think the evidence of this time frame

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 with understanding the events, historically speaking, points to.

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 Now, this is very significant.

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 If this happened in 835 B.C., and it's significant, but because Judah has been under the leadership of a very wicked and evil queen,

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 and coming to the end of her reign, and we see the beginning of the reign of King Joash.

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 And so we're brought into this tragedy, we're brought into this event in history,

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 and we see in this a little bit different pattern than how God normally uses his prophets.

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 Normally, when God's using his prophets, it's to speak of a judgment that is to come.

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 But God is going to use Joel to speak of this time of tragedy, this time of judgment,

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 this time of hardship that has already come upon them.

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 And it's already come upon them in the form of locusts.

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 Now, I don't know if you're gardening, farming, those type things, but we garden, we garden a lot.

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 We worked out yesterday, and I'll tell you, like a lack of rain, we can overcome.

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 A lot of sun, we can overcome.

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 Like too much sun, too little sun, like we can battle through that.

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 But when you start dealing with an infestation of insects within your crops, it's a problem.

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 And so you try to prevent, because there's so many insects that once they get into your crop,

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 once they get, there's an infestation that is there, you might as well just burn it all up,

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 because all they're going to do is continue to spread and spread and spread.

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 And one of the most, if not the most destructive, is locusts.

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 In 1915, there was a devastating plague of locusts that covered what is modern-day Israel and Syria.

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 I want to explain to you the process so that you can kind of see what happened and took place.

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 The swarm, the first swarms came in March.

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 Historically, it said that the clouds were so thick that it blocked out the sun.

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 Female locusts immediately began to lay eggs, a hundred at a time.

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 Witnesses are given accounts that said in one square yard, there would be as many as 65,000 to 75,000 eggs.

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 In a few weeks, they hatched.

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 And the young locusts would resemble large ants.

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 They couldn't fly yet.

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 And they moved by hopping.

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 And they marched 400 to 600 feet per day,

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 devouring every speck of vegetation along the way.

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 After two more stages of molting,

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 they would become adults, which could fly.

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 And the destruction would continue.

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 You see, we're not talking about some pesky ants or worms that have gotten into a garden bed.

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 We're talking about the devastation of a food system.

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 We're talking about the devastation of an economic system.

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 We're talking about the continual destruction of what's there.

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 And so when we look back and we think of the southern kingdom in 835,

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 and we think with Joel, with the situation of what they're facing,

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 we're not talking about an inconvenience.

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 We're talking about complete devastation.

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 We're talking about economic destruction of an agricultural society.

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 We're talking about religious destruction.

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 We're talking about religious destruction.

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 And we'll look at parts of these pieces.

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 Because they were not able to worship God in the way that God had commanded them to as a result of what had taken place.

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 And we're talking about the destruction of life.

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 People died as a result of this.

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 You see, the significance of what has happened and has taken place is verse 3 tells us that this destruction is so great that your kids need to hear about this and the generations to come need to hear about this as well.

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 The only thing that I can compare to is those stories of sitting down with my grandparents and hearing their stories of the Great Depression.

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 That while I never stepped foot into that environment in my life to the best of the limited understanding of the suffering that they went through,

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 I can relate and understand about the destruction and the hopelessness in that time that they felt.

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 This is what they are encouraged to make sure that generations know.

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 But they're God's people.

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 So why?

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 You know, just because you and I are God's people does not mean you and I are free from the tragedies, the calamities, the sufferings of this world.

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 We come back to these pieces of what do we do, where do we go, how do we respond when these things happen?

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 That's a good question, an acceptable question, and an okay question is to ask why.

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 Think about times that you've been through.

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 God, why does this happen?

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 God, why does this take place?

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 When we ask God why, when I ask God why, let me talk about my heart.

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 When I ask God why, more times than not, in complete transparency,

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 it's God you owe me an answer.

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 God, if you're good, why?

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 If you're loving, why?

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 You see, I found that within myself when I ask God why.

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 And I'm not putting this on you.

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 If you feel this is you, then that's the Holy Spirit working in you.

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 This is me.

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 I feel like an angry, entitled child who feels like they deserve an answer that maybe they don't deserve.

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 God, why?

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 This is what you owe me.

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 But when I start to ask the question, the truth through life experience and the truth through this, through God's word.

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 What now, God?

00:24:08.840 --> 00:24:09.800
 What now?

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 You see, the position of my heart is different.

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 I've moved from God, you owe me an answer to God.

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 Now that this has taken place, how do I obey you?

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 How do I glorify you?

00:24:31.880 --> 00:24:33.560
 How do I honor you?

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 God, what now?

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 When we ask the question, what now?

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 The glimpses of what we can see in the plan of God is how God is working in the situation.

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 Why take care of the past and what now?

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 Why tries to take care of the past, but what now looks at the present and the future?

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 What now responds through faith, not through circumstance?

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 Faith in God says, what now, God?

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 What do you have for me now?

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 What are you drawing me closer to you now?

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 So that I can obey you now.

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 Not because, but oftentimes in spite of, God, what now?

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 God's people have experienced a devastating situation.

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 And God's going to give them the what now.

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 God's going to give them the what now.

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 Look with me in verse 5.

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 It says, awake, you drunkards, and weep, and wail, all you drinkers of wine because of the sweet wine,

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 for it is cut off from your mouth.

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 For a nation has come up against my land, powerful and beyond number.

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 It's teeth are lion's teeth, and it has the fangs of lioness.

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 It has laid waste of my vine and splintered my fig tree.

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 It has stripped off their bark and thrown it down, and their branches are made white.

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 Verse 8.

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 Lament like a virgin wearing sackcloth for the bridegroom of her youth.

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 The grain offering and the drink offering are cut off from the house of the Lord.

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 The priests mourn the ministers of the Lord.

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 The fields are destroyed.

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 The ground mourns because the grain is destroyed.

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 The wine dries up.

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 The oil languishes.

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 Be ashamed, O tillers of the soil.

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 Wail, O vine dressers, for the wheat and the barley, because of the harvest of the field, has perished.

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 The vine dries up.

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 The fig tree languishes.

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 Pomegranate, palm, and apple.

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 All the trees of the field are dried up, and gladness dries up from the children of man.

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 Put on sackcloth and lament, O priest.

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 Wail, O ministers of the altar.

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 Go and pass the night in sackcloth, O ministers of my God.

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 Because the grain offering and drink offering are withheld from the house of your God.

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 Probably not the passage of Scripture that you're going to put on a t-shirt.

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 Right?

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 Not a pretty situation of what we see.

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 So it's some language in our day that may be a little bit difficult for us to understand and apply and to look to.

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 But God responds to them.

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 God's response to them is in the what now.

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 You see, this event has happened.

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 So here's what must take place.

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 God says, run to me.

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 Run to me.

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 Run to me.

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 God uses very aggressive language.

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 He addresses four groups of people so that his message will land amongst all of them.

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 He says, for the drunkards, weep and wail.

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 He says, for the general public, there should be godly sorrow.

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 He says, for the priests, mourn.

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 He says, for the farmers, be ashamed.

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 What he means is, think about it, like if you're a farmer in this town, there's, you look out into a field and it's gone.

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 And this meaning of be ashamed is be disappointed.

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 It's grief.

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 As we look at these four, it's a snapshot for the drunkard, for the priest, for the farmer.

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 And if you don't fall into those, you're included in the public.

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 And here's what God is saying.

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 Repent.

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 Repent.

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 Repent.

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 When we look at repentance, I think you and I see repentance oftentimes in a very shallow perspective.

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 We see repentance as, I'm caught.

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 Sorry.

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 We see repentance.

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 Hey man, I'll do better next time.

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 But when we see the language of what God does, of what God uses, of what God calls people to.

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 Weep.

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 I want you to think about the time, a time in your life where you heard someone, not cry, not get sad.

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 But I want you in the words that were used here to think of someone, the picture in your mind,

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 where you hear from the depth of their gut, weeping, wailing, mourning, sorrow.

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 It's an explosion of the senses.

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 It's a brokenness that cannot be prepared for.

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 It is a depth where there's literally begins to feel like pieces of you, if not all of you,

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 are dying because of the reality that's before you.

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 And this, this is the repentance that God calls his people toward.

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 Oh, church.

00:32:14.960 --> 00:32:15.520
 Church.

00:32:16.520 --> 00:32:17.320
 This week.

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 This week.

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 God's word reminds me.

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 Bo, your shallow sorries are not what I'm calling you to.

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 That I can't experience the grace of his love until I experience the brokenness of the situation

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 that I find myself in.

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 Weep.

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 Wail.

00:32:44.440 --> 00:32:44.860
 Mourn.

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 What does repenting look like?

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 God's word continues.

00:32:58.120 --> 00:32:59.140
 Joel 14 through 20.

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 He says, consecrate a fast.

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 Call a solemn assembly.

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 Gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land to the house of the Lord your God

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 and cry out to the Lord.

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 Alas for the day.

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 For the day of the Lord is near.

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 And as destruction from the Almighty it comes.

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 Is not the food cut off before your eyes joy and gladness from the house of our God?

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 The seed shrivels under the clods.

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 The storehouse are desolate.

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 The granaries are torn down because the grain has dried up.

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 How the beasts groan.

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 The herds of cattle are perplexed because there is no pasture for them.

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 Even the flocks of sheep suffer.

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 To you, O Lord, I call.

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 For fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness

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 and the flame has burned all the trees of the field.

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 Even the beasts of the field pant for you

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 because the water brooks are dried up

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 and fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.

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 In the 20 years that God has given me

00:34:37.260 --> 00:34:40.700
 the joyous privilege to serve in ministry.

00:34:43.100 --> 00:34:45.840
 I've noticed we can categorize people.

00:34:47.180 --> 00:34:47.260
 Right?

00:34:49.040 --> 00:34:51.080
 Extroverts, introverts.

00:34:51.600 --> 00:34:52.720
 Wealthy, poor.

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 Right?

00:34:54.140 --> 00:34:57.300
 We can categorize people into different ones.

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 And I've found that there's these two categories

00:35:00.980 --> 00:35:02.840
 that seem to ring true

00:35:02.840 --> 00:35:05.340
 from people who call themselves Christians.

00:35:06.820 --> 00:35:08.400
 Whether they are or not,

00:35:08.440 --> 00:35:10.420
 they refer to themselves as Christians.

00:35:12.340 --> 00:35:14.020
 When tragedy hits,

00:35:16.540 --> 00:35:18.500
 is there's one of two reactions.

00:35:20.180 --> 00:35:23.540
 And they're almost instant.

00:35:26.160 --> 00:35:27.620
 One reaction

00:35:27.620 --> 00:35:30.060
 is to run from God.

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 To run away from Him.

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 Because we're confused.

00:35:37.380 --> 00:35:38.460
 Because we're mad.

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 Because we don't understand.

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 Because we feel like we should know.

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 Because this is a mess.

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 Because God, how could you?

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 And so we run from.

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 And then there's another group

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 that says,

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 no, no, no, no.

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 Because I don't understand.

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 Because it is devastating.

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 Because it is painful.

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 What I choose

00:36:06.040 --> 00:36:08.280
 is to run to.

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 You see,

00:36:11.940 --> 00:36:13.240
 what I've experienced

00:36:13.240 --> 00:36:15.640
 and the people

00:36:15.640 --> 00:36:17.020
 that I've observed

00:36:17.020 --> 00:36:19.900
 and what I've experienced

00:36:19.900 --> 00:36:21.380
 and the truth

00:36:21.380 --> 00:36:22.300
 of God's word

00:36:22.300 --> 00:36:24.700
 and what I've experienced

00:36:24.700 --> 00:36:26.620
 as I've walked through this

00:36:26.620 --> 00:36:27.320
 and seen this

00:36:27.320 --> 00:36:28.200
 in my life

00:36:28.200 --> 00:36:30.740
 that when I run

00:36:30.740 --> 00:36:31.840
 to God

00:36:31.840 --> 00:36:33.660
 there's the goodness

00:36:33.660 --> 00:36:34.440
 of His grace

00:36:34.440 --> 00:36:37.420
 in spite of all

00:36:37.420 --> 00:36:38.140
 that has happened

00:36:38.140 --> 00:36:39.240
 and in spite of all

00:36:39.240 --> 00:36:40.200
 that has taken place

00:36:40.200 --> 00:36:41.780
 in spite of the devastation

00:36:41.780 --> 00:36:43.260
 in spite of the tragedy

00:36:43.260 --> 00:36:45.700
 in spite of the perceived

00:36:45.700 --> 00:36:47.240
 hopelessness that's there

00:36:47.240 --> 00:36:49.060
 when I run to God

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 there is the goodness

00:36:50.040 --> 00:36:51.060
 of His grace

00:36:51.060 --> 00:36:53.400
 because He is the what now.

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 And when I run from Him

00:37:00.180 --> 00:37:03.520
 all that's left

00:37:03.520 --> 00:37:06.160
 is more destruction

00:37:06.160 --> 00:37:06.920
 than despair.

00:37:08.500 --> 00:37:09.840
 When I run from Him

00:37:09.840 --> 00:37:10.860
 all that is found

00:37:10.860 --> 00:37:12.700
 is hopelessness.

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 And so what does God do?

00:37:18.440 --> 00:37:19.680
 God calls

00:37:19.680 --> 00:37:21.820
 His people

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 to Himself.

00:37:25.720 --> 00:37:26.980
 Verse 14

00:37:26.980 --> 00:37:30.160
 consecrate a fast

00:37:30.160 --> 00:37:33.200
 call a solemn assembly

00:37:33.200 --> 00:37:35.740
 gather the elders

00:37:35.740 --> 00:37:36.520
 and the inhabitants

00:37:36.520 --> 00:37:37.340
 of the land

00:37:37.340 --> 00:37:39.180
 to the house

00:37:39.180 --> 00:37:40.320
 of the Lord your God

00:37:40.320 --> 00:37:42.520
 and cry

00:37:42.520 --> 00:37:43.940
 out

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 to

00:37:45.020 --> 00:37:46.320
 the Lord.

00:37:48.980 --> 00:37:50.280
 We are not

00:37:50.280 --> 00:37:50.940
 in a plague

00:37:50.940 --> 00:37:53.340
 of locusts.

00:37:53.740 --> 00:37:54.940
 We are not

00:37:54.940 --> 00:37:57.320
 in 835 B.C.

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 But I believe

00:38:00.360 --> 00:38:02.360
 that the truth

00:38:02.360 --> 00:38:03.180
 of God's Word

00:38:03.180 --> 00:38:04.100
 continues to be

00:38:04.100 --> 00:38:05.340
 the truth of God today.

00:38:06.780 --> 00:38:08.000
 And I believe

00:38:08.000 --> 00:38:09.580
 while this tragedy

00:38:09.580 --> 00:38:11.360
 may be different

00:38:11.360 --> 00:38:12.320
 than where we find

00:38:12.320 --> 00:38:13.540
 in our reality

00:38:13.540 --> 00:38:15.580
 of what God

00:38:15.580 --> 00:38:16.240
 is calling

00:38:16.240 --> 00:38:17.360
 us to

00:38:17.360 --> 00:38:20.840
 in the

00:38:20.840 --> 00:38:21.560
 what now

00:38:21.560 --> 00:38:22.640
 of our life

00:38:22.640 --> 00:38:25.700
 is to come

00:38:25.700 --> 00:38:26.140
 to Him

00:38:26.140 --> 00:38:29.000
 and very

00:38:29.000 --> 00:38:29.780
 specifically

00:38:29.780 --> 00:38:31.900
 to repent.

00:38:35.900 --> 00:38:36.880
 The lesson

00:38:36.880 --> 00:38:37.700
 that I learned

00:38:37.700 --> 00:38:40.040
 this week

00:38:40.040 --> 00:38:45.620
 did not appear

00:38:45.620 --> 00:38:46.300
 to be

00:38:46.300 --> 00:38:47.340
 anything

00:38:47.340 --> 00:38:47.940
 that had

00:38:47.940 --> 00:38:48.400
 anything

00:38:48.400 --> 00:38:49.080
 to do

00:38:49.080 --> 00:38:50.620
 with my

00:38:50.620 --> 00:38:51.260
 brokenness

00:38:51.260 --> 00:38:51.780
 and repentance

00:38:51.780 --> 00:38:52.420
 before God.

00:38:56.840 --> 00:38:57.840
 But as God

00:38:57.840 --> 00:38:58.580
 in His goodness

00:38:58.580 --> 00:38:59.480
 revealed to me

00:38:59.480 --> 00:39:00.200
 the conditions

00:39:00.200 --> 00:39:00.900
 of my heart

00:39:00.900 --> 00:39:04.080
 the tragedies

00:39:04.080 --> 00:39:04.640
 and the issues

00:39:04.640 --> 00:39:05.320
 of this world

00:39:05.320 --> 00:39:05.780
 brought me

00:39:05.780 --> 00:39:06.400
 to the sweet

00:39:06.400 --> 00:39:07.340
 place before Him.

00:39:09.840 --> 00:39:10.520
 God gives

00:39:10.520 --> 00:39:11.240
 five steps

00:39:11.240 --> 00:39:11.620
 for them

00:39:11.620 --> 00:39:11.980
 to do.

00:39:13.280 --> 00:39:14.080
 Five steps

00:39:14.080 --> 00:39:14.660
 to prepare

00:39:14.660 --> 00:39:15.200
 themselves

00:39:15.200 --> 00:39:16.600
 for repentance

00:39:16.600 --> 00:39:17.240
 before Him.

00:39:18.280 --> 00:39:18.920
 The first thing

00:39:18.920 --> 00:39:19.440
 He says

00:39:19.440 --> 00:39:20.580
 is consecrate

00:39:20.580 --> 00:39:21.120
 a fast.

00:39:21.620 --> 00:39:22.180
 Consecrate

00:39:22.180 --> 00:39:22.680
 a fast.

00:39:23.900 --> 00:39:24.340
 Why?

00:39:25.620 --> 00:39:26.440
 A fast

00:39:26.440 --> 00:39:26.980
 should be easy.

00:39:27.040 --> 00:39:27.700
 There's no food.

00:39:29.000 --> 00:39:29.420
 Everything's

00:39:29.420 --> 00:39:29.980
 been destroyed.

00:39:31.420 --> 00:39:32.500
 We're already

00:39:32.500 --> 00:39:33.420
 fasting, God.

00:39:34.440 --> 00:39:34.880
 He's saying

00:39:34.880 --> 00:39:35.320
 I want you

00:39:35.320 --> 00:39:36.340
 to get your focus

00:39:36.340 --> 00:39:37.260
 off of you.

00:39:39.000 --> 00:39:39.960
 How often

00:39:39.960 --> 00:39:40.500
 when we're

00:39:40.500 --> 00:39:41.220
 walking through

00:39:41.220 --> 00:39:41.520
 these

00:39:41.520 --> 00:39:42.600
 like we can't

00:39:42.600 --> 00:39:43.340
 see farther

00:39:43.340 --> 00:39:44.780
 than six inches

00:39:44.780 --> 00:39:45.420
 in front of our

00:39:45.420 --> 00:39:45.820
 face.

00:39:47.380 --> 00:39:47.900
 Because I get

00:39:47.900 --> 00:39:48.480
 your focus

00:39:48.480 --> 00:39:49.340
 off of you

00:39:49.340 --> 00:39:50.080
 and put your

00:39:50.080 --> 00:39:50.860
 focus on me.

00:39:52.440 --> 00:39:52.800
 He says

00:39:52.800 --> 00:39:54.460
 call a solemn

00:39:54.460 --> 00:39:55.300
 assembly.

00:39:56.780 --> 00:39:57.720
 Come together.

00:39:59.280 --> 00:40:00.260
 The commonality

00:40:00.260 --> 00:40:01.040
 of the brokenness

00:40:01.040 --> 00:40:01.740
 of this world

00:40:01.740 --> 00:40:02.620
 affects you

00:40:02.620 --> 00:40:03.000
 and I.

00:40:03.180 --> 00:40:03.580
 It affects

00:40:03.580 --> 00:40:04.240
 God's people

00:40:04.240 --> 00:40:05.160
 that we are here

00:40:05.160 --> 00:40:05.800
 that there is

00:40:05.800 --> 00:40:06.320
 beauty.

00:40:06.320 --> 00:40:09.600
 For so many

00:40:09.600 --> 00:40:10.180
 of us

00:40:10.180 --> 00:40:11.040
 like churches

00:40:11.040 --> 00:40:11.580
 what can

00:40:11.580 --> 00:40:12.700
 be convenient

00:40:12.700 --> 00:40:13.400
 for me today?

00:40:14.820 --> 00:40:15.420
 Instead of the

00:40:15.420 --> 00:40:16.160
 beautiful picture

00:40:16.160 --> 00:40:16.720
 of the

00:40:16.720 --> 00:40:17.420
 beautiness

00:40:17.420 --> 00:40:17.900
 of God's

00:40:17.900 --> 00:40:18.180
 people

00:40:18.180 --> 00:40:20.340
 who walk

00:40:20.340 --> 00:40:21.060
 in this world

00:40:21.060 --> 00:40:21.700
 together

00:40:21.700 --> 00:40:23.580
 coming together.

00:40:25.140 --> 00:40:25.400
 He says

00:40:25.400 --> 00:40:26.000
 put your focus

00:40:26.000 --> 00:40:26.380
 on me.

00:40:26.480 --> 00:40:27.120
 Get everyone

00:40:27.120 --> 00:40:28.360
 gathered together.

00:40:28.960 --> 00:40:29.420
 And he says

00:40:29.420 --> 00:40:30.460
 gather the elders.

00:40:32.740 --> 00:40:33.220
 Because you see

00:40:33.220 --> 00:40:34.700
 repentance

00:40:34.700 --> 00:40:38.640
 is not

00:40:38.640 --> 00:40:40.640
 simply a

00:40:40.640 --> 00:40:42.560
 I guess

00:40:42.560 --> 00:40:43.040
 I need to do

00:40:43.040 --> 00:40:43.560
 this today.

00:40:45.080 --> 00:40:45.900
 It's a

00:40:45.900 --> 00:40:46.580
 spiritual

00:40:46.580 --> 00:40:47.940
 work

00:40:47.940 --> 00:40:49.280
 that God

00:40:49.280 --> 00:40:50.740
 wants to do

00:40:50.740 --> 00:40:53.080
 with spiritual

00:40:53.080 --> 00:40:53.940
 importance.

00:40:57.220 --> 00:40:58.060
 And then he

00:40:58.060 --> 00:40:58.640
 says come

00:40:58.640 --> 00:41:00.120
 to the

00:41:00.120 --> 00:41:00.580
 house

00:41:00.580 --> 00:41:02.080
 of the

00:41:02.080 --> 00:41:02.400
 Lord.

00:41:03.280 --> 00:41:05.700
 I love

00:41:05.700 --> 00:41:06.060
 this.

00:41:08.200 --> 00:41:08.980
 When you

00:41:08.980 --> 00:41:09.420
 go to

00:41:09.420 --> 00:41:09.940
 someone's

00:41:09.940 --> 00:41:10.420
 house

00:41:10.420 --> 00:41:12.920
 this is an

00:41:12.920 --> 00:41:13.540
 obvious statement

00:41:13.540 --> 00:41:13.840
 right?

00:41:14.040 --> 00:41:14.240
 Like

00:41:14.240 --> 00:41:16.140
 you're going

00:41:16.140 --> 00:41:16.740
 to their

00:41:16.740 --> 00:41:17.240
 house

00:41:17.240 --> 00:41:18.020
 because you

00:41:18.020 --> 00:41:18.900
 expect them

00:41:18.900 --> 00:41:19.280
 to be

00:41:19.280 --> 00:41:19.600
 there

00:41:19.600 --> 00:41:22.540
 so that

00:41:22.540 --> 00:41:23.020
 you can

00:41:23.020 --> 00:41:23.440
 interact

00:41:23.440 --> 00:41:24.420
 with them.

00:41:24.420 --> 00:41:31.880
 come

00:41:31.880 --> 00:41:32.940
 to the

00:41:32.940 --> 00:41:33.480
 house

00:41:33.480 --> 00:41:34.500
 of the

00:41:34.500 --> 00:41:34.920
 Lord

00:41:34.920 --> 00:41:36.000
 with an

00:41:36.000 --> 00:41:36.840
 expectation

00:41:36.840 --> 00:41:38.140
 to

00:41:38.140 --> 00:41:38.720
 interact

00:41:38.720 --> 00:41:39.720
 with

00:41:39.720 --> 00:41:40.260
 the

00:41:40.260 --> 00:41:40.520
 Lord.

00:41:42.420 --> 00:41:42.960
 Not

00:41:42.960 --> 00:41:45.360
 so that

00:41:45.360 --> 00:41:45.580
 I can just

00:41:45.580 --> 00:41:45.840
 sing some

00:41:45.840 --> 00:41:46.260
 songs.

00:41:47.640 --> 00:41:48.420
 Not so

00:41:48.420 --> 00:41:48.740
 that I can

00:41:48.740 --> 00:41:49.120
 just check

00:41:49.120 --> 00:41:49.720
 some boxes.

00:41:51.460 --> 00:41:52.260
 But we're

00:41:52.260 --> 00:41:52.780
 coming

00:41:52.780 --> 00:41:53.760
 with an

00:41:53.760 --> 00:41:54.400
 expectation.

00:41:54.420 --> 00:41:56.900
 Can you

00:41:56.900 --> 00:41:58.000
 outside of

00:41:58.000 --> 00:41:58.180
 here?

00:41:59.280 --> 00:41:59.920
 Absolutely.

00:42:01.200 --> 00:42:01.620
 And you

00:42:01.620 --> 00:42:01.980
 should.

00:42:02.920 --> 00:42:03.620
 Every moment

00:42:03.620 --> 00:42:04.000
 and every

00:42:04.000 --> 00:42:04.280
 day.

00:42:06.100 --> 00:42:06.600
 But the

00:42:06.600 --> 00:42:07.240
 special

00:42:07.240 --> 00:42:08.540
 time that

00:42:08.540 --> 00:42:09.960
 we gather

00:42:09.960 --> 00:42:11.060
 together,

00:42:11.380 --> 00:42:12.140
 we don't

00:42:12.140 --> 00:42:12.980
 just gather

00:42:12.980 --> 00:42:13.840
 because of

00:42:13.840 --> 00:42:14.280
 us.

00:42:15.420 --> 00:42:16.400
 We gather

00:42:16.400 --> 00:42:16.920
 for him.

00:42:18.980 --> 00:42:19.440
 And then

00:42:19.440 --> 00:42:19.920
 lastly,

00:42:21.060 --> 00:42:23.060
 something that

00:42:23.060 --> 00:42:23.600
 I think

00:42:23.600 --> 00:42:24.920
 that we

00:42:24.920 --> 00:42:25.380
 do a

00:42:25.380 --> 00:42:26.180
 terrible job

00:42:26.180 --> 00:42:26.500
 of as

00:42:26.500 --> 00:42:26.920
 Christians,

00:42:27.920 --> 00:42:30.380
 cry out

00:42:30.380 --> 00:42:30.700
 to the

00:42:30.700 --> 00:42:30.960
 Lord.

00:42:33.100 --> 00:42:33.620
 Be

00:42:33.620 --> 00:42:34.060
 desperate

00:42:34.060 --> 00:42:34.620
 for him.

00:42:37.140 --> 00:42:37.660
 Long

00:42:37.660 --> 00:42:39.100
 for him.

00:42:42.500 --> 00:42:43.020
 I'm going

00:42:43.020 --> 00:42:43.240
 to ask

00:42:43.240 --> 00:42:44.060
 if Isaac

00:42:44.060 --> 00:42:44.900
 will come

00:42:44.900 --> 00:42:45.420
 on stage.

00:42:47.080 --> 00:42:47.620
 We're going

00:42:47.620 --> 00:42:47.720
 to do

00:42:47.720 --> 00:42:48.000
 something a

00:42:48.000 --> 00:42:48.100
 little

00:42:48.100 --> 00:42:48.500
 different

00:42:48.500 --> 00:42:49.440
 this morning

00:42:49.440 --> 00:42:50.120
 before we

00:42:50.120 --> 00:42:51.080
 go into

00:42:51.080 --> 00:42:51.480
 our time

00:42:51.480 --> 00:42:51.620
 of

00:42:51.620 --> 00:42:51.900
 worship.

00:42:54.620 --> 00:42:55.160
 I'm going

00:42:55.160 --> 00:42:56.340
 to invite

00:42:56.340 --> 00:42:56.580
 you.

00:42:56.720 --> 00:42:57.080
 We're going

00:42:57.080 --> 00:42:57.560
 to walk

00:42:57.560 --> 00:42:57.940
 through

00:42:57.940 --> 00:42:59.600
 together

00:42:59.600 --> 00:43:01.400
 a time

00:43:01.400 --> 00:43:01.540
 of

00:43:01.540 --> 00:43:01.860
 repentance.

00:43:04.060 --> 00:43:04.620
 We're going

00:43:04.620 --> 00:43:05.080
 to walk

00:43:05.080 --> 00:43:06.340
 through you

00:43:06.340 --> 00:43:06.580
 and I

00:43:06.580 --> 00:43:07.020
 right where

00:43:07.020 --> 00:43:07.480
 you are.

00:43:07.600 --> 00:43:08.340
 Don't worry,

00:43:08.500 --> 00:43:08.620
 man.

00:43:08.760 --> 00:43:08.920
 like,

00:43:09.640 --> 00:43:10.760
 we're not

00:43:10.760 --> 00:43:11.260
 calling you

00:43:11.260 --> 00:43:11.560
 up here

00:43:11.560 --> 00:43:11.940
 one at a

00:43:11.940 --> 00:43:12.360
 time.

00:43:14.240 --> 00:43:14.960
 All right.

00:43:15.360 --> 00:43:16.200
 What was it

00:43:16.200 --> 00:43:16.820
 this week?

00:43:17.020 --> 00:43:17.220
 You know?

00:43:18.220 --> 00:43:18.980
 For all you

00:43:18.980 --> 00:43:19.660
 introverts in

00:43:19.660 --> 00:43:20.040
 the room,

00:43:20.680 --> 00:43:21.280
 calm down.

00:43:21.920 --> 00:43:22.540
 We're not

00:43:22.540 --> 00:43:23.000
 going to ask

00:43:23.000 --> 00:43:23.460
 you to share

00:43:23.460 --> 00:43:24.040
 anything with

00:43:24.040 --> 00:43:25.420
 anyone that's

00:43:25.420 --> 00:43:26.660
 sitting beside

00:43:26.660 --> 00:43:26.960
 you.

00:43:30.560 --> 00:43:31.200
 So many

00:43:31.200 --> 00:43:31.800
 times,

00:43:32.240 --> 00:43:33.080
 and I know

00:43:33.080 --> 00:43:33.460
 that I'm

00:43:33.460 --> 00:43:33.960
 guilty of

00:43:33.960 --> 00:43:34.260
 this,

00:43:36.080 --> 00:43:37.560
 we come

00:43:37.560 --> 00:43:38.240
 to church

00:43:38.240 --> 00:43:41.620
 and we

00:43:41.620 --> 00:43:42.160
 get caught

00:43:42.160 --> 00:43:43.560
 up in

00:43:43.560 --> 00:43:43.960
 all the

00:43:43.960 --> 00:43:44.420
 stuff.

00:43:47.460 --> 00:43:48.000
 And if

00:43:48.000 --> 00:43:48.700
 I believe

00:43:48.700 --> 00:43:50.840
 that God's

00:43:50.840 --> 00:43:51.440
 word teaches

00:43:51.440 --> 00:43:53.520
 that God

00:43:53.520 --> 00:43:54.220
 is continually

00:43:54.220 --> 00:43:54.880
 calling his

00:43:54.880 --> 00:43:55.380
 people to

00:43:55.380 --> 00:43:55.780
 repent,

00:43:57.200 --> 00:43:57.480
 then we

00:43:57.480 --> 00:43:57.860
 need to do

00:43:57.860 --> 00:43:58.140
 that.

00:44:00.040 --> 00:44:01.060
 We need to

00:44:01.060 --> 00:44:01.580
 do that

00:44:01.580 --> 00:44:03.300
 here and

00:44:03.300 --> 00:44:03.820
 away from

00:44:03.820 --> 00:44:04.080
 here.

00:44:06.640 --> 00:44:07.040
 But

00:44:07.040 --> 00:44:09.560
 some of

00:44:09.560 --> 00:44:10.100
 us may

00:44:10.100 --> 00:44:10.460
 say,

00:44:10.720 --> 00:44:10.740
 like,

00:44:11.540 --> 00:44:12.080
 but I

00:44:12.080 --> 00:44:12.380
 don't know

00:44:12.380 --> 00:44:12.620
 what that

00:44:12.620 --> 00:44:13.340
 looks like.

00:44:14.620 --> 00:44:15.320
 I don't

00:44:15.320 --> 00:44:15.620
 know what

00:44:15.620 --> 00:44:16.080
 to do.

00:44:20.320 --> 00:44:20.900
 So what

00:44:20.900 --> 00:44:21.200
 we want

00:44:21.200 --> 00:44:21.540
 to do is

00:44:21.540 --> 00:44:21.760
 we want

00:44:21.760 --> 00:44:21.940
 to do

00:44:21.940 --> 00:44:22.120
 this

00:44:22.120 --> 00:44:22.480
 together.

00:44:24.540 --> 00:44:25.080
 So I'm

00:44:25.080 --> 00:44:25.180
 going to

00:44:25.180 --> 00:44:25.520
 ask,

00:44:25.680 --> 00:44:26.000
 we're going

00:44:26.000 --> 00:44:26.180
 to dim

00:44:26.180 --> 00:44:26.580
 the lights

00:44:26.580 --> 00:44:27.260
 with every

00:44:27.260 --> 00:44:27.840
 head bowed

00:44:27.840 --> 00:44:28.360
 and every

00:44:28.360 --> 00:44:29.020
 eye closed.

00:44:34.700 --> 00:44:35.360
 I want

00:44:35.360 --> 00:44:35.820
 to walk

00:44:35.820 --> 00:44:36.420
 you through

00:44:36.420 --> 00:44:37.160
 if you'll

00:44:37.160 --> 00:44:37.800
 allow me

00:44:37.800 --> 00:44:41.540
 a conversation

00:44:41.540 --> 00:44:42.260
 of repentance

00:44:42.260 --> 00:44:42.880
 between you

00:44:42.880 --> 00:44:43.120
 and the

00:44:43.120 --> 00:44:43.360
 Lord.

00:44:45.080 --> 00:44:45.520
 There's

00:44:45.520 --> 00:44:45.780
 not going

00:44:45.780 --> 00:44:46.020
 to be any

00:44:46.020 --> 00:44:46.640
 raising of

00:44:46.640 --> 00:44:47.260
 hands.

00:44:48.600 --> 00:44:48.860
 There's

00:44:48.860 --> 00:44:49.140
 not going

00:44:49.140 --> 00:44:49.540
 to be any

00:44:49.540 --> 00:44:50.440
 you must

00:44:50.440 --> 00:44:51.300
 come forward.

00:44:52.680 --> 00:44:53.120
 There's

00:44:53.120 --> 00:44:53.420
 not going

00:44:53.420 --> 00:44:53.880
 to be any

00:44:53.880 --> 00:44:54.520
 share with

00:44:54.520 --> 00:44:54.980
 me or

00:44:54.980 --> 00:44:55.280
 share with

00:44:55.280 --> 00:44:55.520
 the people

00:44:55.520 --> 00:44:56.120
 around you.

00:44:56.320 --> 00:44:56.840
 This is

00:44:56.840 --> 00:44:58.500
 just you

00:44:58.500 --> 00:44:59.100
 and God.

00:45:03.260 --> 00:45:04.220
 and I

00:45:04.220 --> 00:45:04.460
 want to

00:45:04.460 --> 00:45:05.080
 lead you

00:45:05.080 --> 00:45:06.740
 in a

00:45:06.740 --> 00:45:07.480
 conversation

00:45:07.480 --> 00:45:09.660
 and a

00:45:09.660 --> 00:45:09.940
 prayer

00:45:09.940 --> 00:45:10.240
 between

00:45:10.240 --> 00:45:10.500
 you

00:45:10.500 --> 00:45:10.640
 and

00:45:10.640 --> 00:45:10.940
 him

00:45:10.940 --> 00:45:13.300
 where we

00:45:13.300 --> 00:45:13.700
 repent.

00:45:21.480 --> 00:45:21.960
 First

00:45:21.960 --> 00:45:22.240
 thing I

00:45:22.240 --> 00:45:22.420
 want to

00:45:22.420 --> 00:45:22.780
 ask you

00:45:22.780 --> 00:45:23.020
 to do

00:45:23.020 --> 00:45:23.300
 before

00:45:23.300 --> 00:45:23.740
 God

00:45:23.740 --> 00:45:26.760
 is ask

00:45:26.760 --> 00:45:26.960
 God

00:45:26.960 --> 00:45:27.080
 through

00:45:27.080 --> 00:45:27.540
 the power

00:45:27.540 --> 00:45:27.880
 of his

00:45:27.880 --> 00:45:28.120
 Holy

00:45:28.120 --> 00:45:28.660
 Spirit

00:45:28.660 --> 00:45:31.300
 to

00:45:31.300 --> 00:45:31.880
 reveal

00:45:31.880 --> 00:45:32.160
 to

00:45:32.160 --> 00:45:32.580
 you

00:45:32.580 --> 00:45:34.740
 the

00:45:34.740 --> 00:45:35.160
 sinfulness

00:45:35.160 --> 00:45:35.420
 of

00:45:35.420 --> 00:45:35.520
 your

00:45:35.520 --> 00:45:35.880
 life.

00:45:35.880 --> 00:45:36.880
 God's

00:45:36.880 --> 00:45:36.880
 love.

00:46:05.880 --> 00:46:18.380
 As you

00:46:18.380 --> 00:46:18.860
 talk with

00:46:18.860 --> 00:46:19.180
 him

00:46:19.180 --> 00:46:23.100
 absolutely

00:46:23.100 --> 00:46:24.020
 behaviors

00:46:24.020 --> 00:46:24.460
 matter

00:46:24.460 --> 00:46:26.560
 but I

00:46:26.560 --> 00:46:26.760
 want you

00:46:26.760 --> 00:46:27.100
 to focus

00:46:27.100 --> 00:46:27.400
 on your

00:46:27.400 --> 00:46:27.720
 heart.

00:46:30.540 --> 00:46:31.300
 It's not

00:46:31.300 --> 00:46:31.620
 about

00:46:31.620 --> 00:46:32.140
 changing

00:46:32.140 --> 00:46:34.440
 simply what

00:46:34.440 --> 00:46:34.860
 we do.

00:46:35.880 --> 00:46:37.560
 but it's

00:46:37.560 --> 00:46:37.700
 about

00:46:37.700 --> 00:46:37.940
 changing

00:46:37.940 --> 00:46:38.100
 who

00:46:38.100 --> 00:46:38.240
 we

00:46:38.240 --> 00:46:38.480
 are.

00:46:41.900 --> 00:46:42.260
 Focus

00:46:42.260 --> 00:46:42.560
 on the

00:46:42.560 --> 00:46:42.900
 condition

00:46:42.900 --> 00:46:43.180
 of your

00:46:43.180 --> 00:46:43.420
 heart.

00:46:49.420 --> 00:47:03.420
 continue.

00:47:03.420 --> 00:47:12.020
 continue

00:47:12.020 --> 00:47:12.660
 between you

00:47:12.660 --> 00:47:12.900
 and the

00:47:12.900 --> 00:47:13.200
 Lord.

00:47:17.820 --> 00:47:18.640
 What I want

00:47:18.640 --> 00:47:18.840
 you to do

00:47:18.840 --> 00:47:19.080
 is I want

00:47:19.080 --> 00:47:19.360
 you to

00:47:19.360 --> 00:47:19.800
 take

00:47:19.800 --> 00:47:21.140
 your

00:47:21.140 --> 00:47:21.460
 sin

00:47:21.460 --> 00:47:24.420
 and move

00:47:24.420 --> 00:47:25.060
 away from

00:47:25.060 --> 00:47:25.920
 that fleshly

00:47:25.920 --> 00:47:26.620
 desire to

00:47:26.620 --> 00:47:26.980
 blame

00:47:26.980 --> 00:47:27.740
 someone or

00:47:27.740 --> 00:47:28.120
 something

00:47:28.120 --> 00:47:28.680
 else

00:47:28.680 --> 00:47:32.120
 and

00:47:32.120 --> 00:47:32.760
 own

00:47:32.760 --> 00:47:34.040
 God I

00:47:34.040 --> 00:47:34.320
 did

00:47:34.320 --> 00:47:34.860
 this.

00:47:37.760 --> 00:47:38.440
 Accept

00:47:38.440 --> 00:47:39.820
 your

00:47:39.820 --> 00:47:40.660
 brokenness

00:47:40.660 --> 00:47:42.720
 of who

00:47:42.720 --> 00:47:43.180
 you are

00:47:43.180 --> 00:47:43.440
 and what

00:47:43.440 --> 00:47:43.720
 you've

00:47:43.720 --> 00:47:44.020
 done

00:47:44.020 --> 00:47:45.340
 before

00:47:45.340 --> 00:47:45.560
 him

00:47:45.560 --> 00:47:45.840
 now.

00:47:45.840 --> 00:47:47.840
 God I

00:47:47.840 --> 00:47:47.840
 do.

00:48:15.840 --> 00:48:17.580
 as you

00:48:17.580 --> 00:48:17.920
 continue

00:48:17.920 --> 00:48:18.260
 before

00:48:18.260 --> 00:48:18.660
 him

00:48:18.660 --> 00:48:21.680
 I know

00:48:21.680 --> 00:48:21.940
 that all

00:48:21.940 --> 00:48:22.460
 too often

00:48:22.460 --> 00:48:22.760
 in my

00:48:22.760 --> 00:48:23.260
 life

00:48:23.260 --> 00:48:26.280
 repentance

00:48:26.280 --> 00:48:27.080
 happens

00:48:27.080 --> 00:48:30.760
 because of

00:48:30.760 --> 00:48:31.640
 the consequences

00:48:31.640 --> 00:48:32.140
 that are

00:48:32.140 --> 00:48:32.540
 coming my

00:48:32.540 --> 00:48:32.840
 way

00:48:32.840 --> 00:48:36.360
 and selfishly

00:48:36.360 --> 00:48:36.760
 I want to

00:48:36.760 --> 00:48:37.260
 avoid them.

00:48:41.780 --> 00:48:42.540
 you come

00:48:42.540 --> 00:48:42.780
 to the

00:48:42.780 --> 00:48:43.040
 Lord

00:48:43.040 --> 00:48:43.260
 and

00:48:43.260 --> 00:48:47.200
 come to

00:48:47.200 --> 00:48:47.700
 him not

00:48:47.700 --> 00:48:49.220
 because of

00:48:49.220 --> 00:48:49.980
 the consequences

00:48:49.980 --> 00:48:52.240
 but come

00:48:52.240 --> 00:48:52.520
 to him

00:48:52.520 --> 00:48:52.880
 because of

00:48:52.880 --> 00:48:53.500
 the condition

00:48:53.500 --> 00:48:56.680
 that there

00:48:56.680 --> 00:48:57.360
 are things

00:48:57.360 --> 00:48:58.180
 in your

00:48:58.180 --> 00:48:58.560
 heart

00:48:58.560 --> 00:49:00.480
 and in

00:49:00.480 --> 00:49:01.120
 your life

00:49:01.120 --> 00:49:02.780
 that do

00:49:02.780 --> 00:49:03.720
 not glorify

00:49:03.720 --> 00:49:04.180
 him

00:49:04.180 --> 00:49:05.780
 and do

00:49:05.780 --> 00:49:06.340
 not honor

00:49:06.340 --> 00:49:06.700
 him.

00:49:11.120 --> 00:49:11.680
 these

00:49:11.680 --> 00:49:12.200
 conditions

00:49:12.200 --> 00:49:12.600
 may be

00:49:12.600 --> 00:49:12.820
 tucked

00:49:12.820 --> 00:49:13.260
 away

00:49:13.260 --> 00:49:15.080
 they

00:49:15.080 --> 00:49:15.500
 may be

00:49:15.500 --> 00:49:15.860
 hidden

00:49:15.860 --> 00:49:17.460
 they

00:49:17.460 --> 00:49:17.720
 may

00:49:17.720 --> 00:49:18.420
 surprise

00:49:18.420 --> 00:49:18.780
 those

00:49:18.780 --> 00:49:18.980
 who

00:49:18.980 --> 00:49:19.160
 know

00:49:19.160 --> 00:49:19.460
 you

00:49:19.460 --> 00:49:20.260
 best

00:49:20.260 --> 00:49:23.680
 but

00:49:23.680 --> 00:49:23.820
 they

00:49:23.820 --> 00:49:23.940
 do

00:49:23.940 --> 00:49:24.120
 not

00:49:24.120 --> 00:49:24.580
 surprise

00:49:24.580 --> 00:49:25.020
 God

00:49:25.020 --> 00:49:26.960
 come

00:49:26.960 --> 00:49:27.220
 to him

00:49:27.220 --> 00:49:27.480
 because

00:49:27.480 --> 00:49:27.680
 of the

00:49:27.680 --> 00:49:28.040
 condition

00:49:28.040 --> 00:49:28.380
 of your

00:49:28.380 --> 00:49:28.640
 heart.

00:49:41.120 --> 00:49:55.080
 and

00:49:55.080 --> 00:49:55.600
 lastly

00:49:55.600 --> 00:49:58.580
 would you

00:49:58.580 --> 00:49:58.720
 be

00:49:58.720 --> 00:49:59.040
 desperate

00:49:59.040 --> 00:49:59.540
 for God

00:49:59.540 --> 00:50:03.520
 I know

00:50:03.520 --> 00:50:03.800
 in my

00:50:03.800 --> 00:50:04.220
 life

00:50:04.220 --> 00:50:06.060
 I want

00:50:06.060 --> 00:50:06.380
 to put

00:50:06.380 --> 00:50:06.960
 the five

00:50:06.960 --> 00:50:07.220
 new

00:50:07.220 --> 00:50:07.840
 practices

00:50:07.840 --> 00:50:08.980
 in place

00:50:08.980 --> 00:50:10.800
 that I

00:50:10.800 --> 00:50:11.220
 can do

00:50:11.220 --> 00:50:11.580
 so I

00:50:11.580 --> 00:50:11.900
 do not

00:50:11.900 --> 00:50:12.420
 do the

00:50:12.420 --> 00:50:12.700
 sin

00:50:12.700 --> 00:50:13.140
 anymore.

00:50:14.600 --> 00:50:15.280
 I can

00:50:15.280 --> 00:50:15.980
 change

00:50:15.980 --> 00:50:16.220
 the

00:50:16.220 --> 00:50:16.620
 outside

00:50:16.620 --> 00:50:17.100
 I can

00:50:17.100 --> 00:50:17.800
 polish

00:50:17.800 --> 00:50:18.300
 it up

00:50:18.300 --> 00:50:18.540
 I can

00:50:18.540 --> 00:50:18.860
 make it

00:50:18.860 --> 00:50:19.040
 look

00:50:19.040 --> 00:50:19.320
 better

00:50:19.320 --> 00:50:19.640
 than it

00:50:19.640 --> 00:50:19.780
 did

00:50:19.780 --> 00:50:20.120
 before

00:50:20.120 --> 00:50:22.220
 but if

00:50:22.220 --> 00:50:22.420
 my

00:50:22.420 --> 00:50:22.800
 heart

00:50:22.800 --> 00:50:23.220
 is going

00:50:23.220 --> 00:50:23.400
 to

00:50:23.400 --> 00:50:24.060
 change

00:50:24.060 --> 00:50:26.120
 it's

00:50:26.120 --> 00:50:26.340
 because

00:50:26.340 --> 00:50:26.600
 God

00:50:26.600 --> 00:50:26.760
 has

00:50:26.760 --> 00:50:27.060
 changed

00:50:27.060 --> 00:50:27.280
 it

00:50:27.280 --> 00:50:29.620
 and

00:50:29.620 --> 00:50:30.000
 that's

00:50:30.000 --> 00:50:30.180
 the

00:50:30.180 --> 00:50:30.900
 desperation

00:50:30.900 --> 00:50:31.480
 we're

00:50:31.480 --> 00:50:31.860
 looking

00:50:31.860 --> 00:50:32.180
 for.

00:50:34.100 --> 00:50:34.980
 Ask

00:50:34.980 --> 00:50:35.340
 God

00:50:35.340 --> 00:50:35.680
 not

00:50:35.680 --> 00:50:35.920
 to

00:50:35.920 --> 00:50:36.160
 just

00:50:36.160 --> 00:50:36.500
 simply

00:50:36.500 --> 00:50:36.900
 forgive

00:50:36.900 --> 00:50:37.140
 you

00:50:37.140 --> 00:50:39.380
 but

00:50:39.380 --> 00:50:39.580
 to

00:50:39.580 --> 00:50:39.980
 work

00:50:39.980 --> 00:50:41.420
 to

00:50:41.420 --> 00:50:41.920
 move

00:50:41.920 --> 00:50:43.320
 to

00:50:43.320 --> 00:50:44.060
 sanctify

00:50:44.060 --> 00:50:45.460
 to

00:50:45.460 --> 00:50:46.280
 transform

00:50:46.280 --> 00:50:47.540
 to

00:50:47.540 --> 00:50:48.160
 change

00:50:48.160 --> 00:50:49.440
 who

00:50:49.440 --> 00:50:49.780
 you

00:50:49.780 --> 00:50:50.300
 are.

00:50:53.880 --> 00:50:54.680
 Ask

00:50:54.680 --> 00:50:55.020
 him

00:50:55.020 --> 00:50:55.160
 and

00:50:55.160 --> 00:50:55.480
 only

00:50:55.480 --> 00:50:55.720
 how

00:50:55.720 --> 00:50:56.000
 he

00:50:56.000 --> 00:50:56.500
 can

00:50:56.500 --> 00:50:57.660
 to

00:50:57.660 --> 00:50:57.880
 take

00:50:57.880 --> 00:50:58.300
 away

00:50:58.300 --> 00:50:58.580
 the

00:50:58.580 --> 00:50:59.120
 desires

00:50:59.120 --> 00:50:59.360
 of

00:50:59.360 --> 00:50:59.520
 your

00:50:59.520 --> 00:51:00.020
 flesh

00:51:00.020 --> 00:51:02.940
 to

00:51:02.940 --> 00:51:03.300
 give

00:51:03.300 --> 00:51:03.440
 you

00:51:03.440 --> 00:51:03.640
 the

00:51:03.640 --> 00:51:04.060
 desires

00:51:04.060 --> 00:51:04.220
 of

00:51:04.220 --> 00:51:04.400
 his

00:51:04.400 --> 00:51:04.700
 spirit.

00:51:26.500 --> 00:51:43.420
 God

00:51:43.420 --> 00:51:43.740
 may we

00:51:43.740 --> 00:51:43.980
 be

00:51:43.980 --> 00:51:44.160
 a

00:51:44.160 --> 00:51:44.440
 people

00:51:44.440 --> 00:51:44.700
 of

00:51:44.700 --> 00:51:45.320
 repentance

00:51:45.320 --> 00:51:49.700
 coming

00:51:49.700 --> 00:51:49.980
 to

00:51:49.980 --> 00:51:50.340
 you

00:51:50.340 --> 00:51:54.300
 day

00:51:54.300 --> 00:51:54.540
 by

00:51:54.540 --> 00:51:54.980
 day

00:51:54.980 --> 00:51:57.120
 moment

00:51:57.120 --> 00:51:57.400
 by

00:51:57.400 --> 00:51:57.900
 moment

00:51:57.900 --> 00:52:01.800
 God

00:52:01.800 --> 00:52:01.980
 so

00:52:01.980 --> 00:52:02.120
 many

00:52:02.120 --> 00:52:02.680
 times

00:52:02.680 --> 00:52:03.820
 if not

00:52:03.820 --> 00:52:04.120
 every

00:52:04.120 --> 00:52:04.500
 time

00:52:04.500 --> 00:52:07.220
 the

00:52:07.220 --> 00:52:07.480
 what

00:52:07.480 --> 00:52:07.980
 now

00:52:07.980 --> 00:52:10.520
 should

00:52:10.520 --> 00:52:10.860
 bring

00:52:10.860 --> 00:52:11.340
 us

00:52:11.340 --> 00:52:13.500
 to

00:52:13.500 --> 00:52:16.040
 reflection

00:52:16.040 --> 00:52:16.500
 of who

00:52:16.500 --> 00:52:16.840
 we are

00:52:16.840 --> 00:52:17.140
 before

00:52:17.140 --> 00:52:17.560
 you

00:52:17.560 --> 00:52:22.500
 the

00:52:22.500 --> 00:52:22.680
 what

00:52:22.680 --> 00:52:23.000
 now

00:52:23.000 --> 00:52:23.280
 in

00:52:23.280 --> 00:52:25.580
 triumph

00:52:25.580 --> 00:52:28.640
 the

00:52:28.640 --> 00:52:28.840
 what

00:52:28.840 --> 00:52:29.160
 now

00:52:29.160 --> 00:52:29.400
 in

00:52:29.400 --> 00:52:30.040
 tragedy

00:52:30.040 --> 00:52:33.280
 the

00:52:33.280 --> 00:52:33.520
 what

00:52:33.520 --> 00:52:33.880
 now

00:52:33.880 --> 00:52:34.160
 in

00:52:34.160 --> 00:52:34.760
 sickness

00:52:34.760 --> 00:52:37.000
 the

00:52:37.000 --> 00:52:37.200
 what

00:52:37.200 --> 00:52:37.540
 now

00:52:37.540 --> 00:52:37.840
 in

00:52:37.840 --> 00:52:40.240
 health

00:52:40.240 --> 00:52:43.100
 the

00:52:43.100 --> 00:52:43.300
 what

00:52:43.300 --> 00:52:43.680
 now

00:52:43.680 --> 00:52:44.060
 in

00:52:44.060 --> 00:52:44.900
 poverty

00:52:44.900 --> 00:52:47.960
 the

00:52:47.960 --> 00:52:48.200
 what

00:52:48.200 --> 00:52:48.600
 now

00:52:48.600 --> 00:52:50.100
 in

00:52:50.100 --> 00:52:50.580
 wealth

00:52:50.580 --> 00:52:53.400
 the

00:52:53.400 --> 00:52:53.620
 what

00:52:53.620 --> 00:52:53.960
 now

00:52:53.960 --> 00:52:54.180
 in

00:52:54.180 --> 00:52:54.880
 have

00:52:54.880 --> 00:52:57.600
 and the

00:52:57.600 --> 00:52:57.780
 what

00:52:57.780 --> 00:52:58.220
 now

00:52:58.220 --> 00:52:58.580
 in the

00:52:58.580 --> 00:52:58.780
 have

00:52:58.780 --> 00:52:59.160
 not

00:52:59.160 --> 00:53:06.700
 God

00:53:06.700 --> 00:53:07.300
 repentance

00:53:07.300 --> 00:53:09.660
 will

00:53:09.660 --> 00:53:10.000
 teach

00:53:10.000 --> 00:53:10.380
 us

00:53:10.380 --> 00:53:12.140
 that

00:53:12.140 --> 00:53:12.340
 it's

00:53:12.340 --> 00:53:12.620
 not

00:53:12.620 --> 00:53:12.940
 just

00:53:12.940 --> 00:53:13.440
 about

00:53:13.440 --> 00:53:16.320
 what

00:53:16.320 --> 00:53:16.520
 I

00:53:16.520 --> 00:53:16.720
 need

00:53:16.720 --> 00:53:16.880
 to

00:53:16.880 --> 00:53:17.240
 do

00:53:17.240 --> 00:53:18.500
 different

00:53:18.500 --> 00:53:21.140
 but

00:53:21.140 --> 00:53:21.540
 Lord

00:53:21.540 --> 00:53:22.020
 it is

00:53:22.020 --> 00:53:22.640
 about

00:53:22.640 --> 00:53:24.420
 a

00:53:24.420 --> 00:53:24.960
 dependence

00:53:24.960 --> 00:53:25.980
 on

00:53:25.980 --> 00:53:26.380
 you

00:53:26.380 --> 00:53:28.260
 so

00:53:28.260 --> 00:53:28.660
 God

00:53:28.660 --> 00:53:29.020
 I

00:53:29.020 --> 00:53:29.860
 pray

00:53:29.860 --> 00:53:31.700
 for

00:53:31.700 --> 00:53:32.120
 us

00:53:32.120 --> 00:53:34.000
 I

00:53:34.000 --> 00:53:34.400
 pray

00:53:34.400 --> 00:53:34.780
 for

00:53:34.780 --> 00:53:35.160
 me

00:53:35.160 --> 00:53:36.840
 I

00:53:36.840 --> 00:53:37.060
 pray

00:53:37.060 --> 00:53:37.280
 for

00:53:37.280 --> 00:53:37.500
 my

00:53:37.500 --> 00:53:38.080
 family

00:53:38.080 --> 00:53:39.520
 I

00:53:39.520 --> 00:53:39.760
 pray

00:53:39.760 --> 00:53:40.000
 for

00:53:40.000 --> 00:53:40.200
 my

00:53:40.200 --> 00:53:40.760
 friends

00:53:40.760 --> 00:53:42.040
 I

00:53:42.040 --> 00:53:42.240
 pray

00:53:42.240 --> 00:53:42.440
 for

00:53:42.440 --> 00:53:42.660
 my

00:53:42.660 --> 00:53:43.160
 church

00:53:43.160 --> 00:53:44.900
 I

00:53:44.900 --> 00:53:45.180
 pray

00:53:45.180 --> 00:53:45.400
 for

00:53:45.400 --> 00:53:45.720
 brothers

00:53:45.720 --> 00:53:46.000
 and

00:53:46.000 --> 00:53:46.280
 sisters

00:53:46.280 --> 00:53:46.560
 in

00:53:46.560 --> 00:53:46.900
 Christ

00:53:46.900 --> 00:53:47.380
 all

00:53:47.380 --> 00:53:47.680
 over

00:53:47.680 --> 00:53:47.940
 this

00:53:47.940 --> 00:53:48.300
 world

00:53:48.300 --> 00:53:50.720
 that

00:53:50.720 --> 00:53:51.020
 God

00:53:51.020 --> 00:53:51.280
 whether

00:53:51.280 --> 00:53:51.540
 in

00:53:51.540 --> 00:53:52.080
 tragedy

00:53:52.080 --> 00:53:52.460
 or

00:53:52.460 --> 00:53:53.040
 triumph

00:53:53.040 --> 00:53:54.800
 that

00:53:54.800 --> 00:53:55.020
 there

00:53:55.020 --> 00:53:55.180
 would

00:53:55.180 --> 00:53:55.340
 be

00:53:55.340 --> 00:53:55.620
 a

00:53:55.620 --> 00:53:56.260
 desperation

00:53:56.260 --> 00:53:57.380
 of

00:53:57.380 --> 00:53:57.540
 your

00:53:57.540 --> 00:53:58.060
 people

00:53:58.060 --> 00:53:58.800
 before

00:53:58.800 --> 00:53:59.140
 you

00:53:59.140 --> 00:54:00.300
 a

00:54:00.300 --> 00:54:00.940
 desire

00:54:00.940 --> 00:54:01.660
 for

00:54:01.660 --> 00:54:01.860
 your

00:54:01.860 --> 00:54:02.520
 holiness

00:54:02.520 --> 00:54:03.200
 and

00:54:03.200 --> 00:54:03.400
 your

00:54:03.400 --> 00:54:04.020
 righteousness

00:54:04.020 --> 00:54:04.960
 a

00:54:04.960 --> 00:54:05.600
 desire

00:54:05.600 --> 00:54:06.180
 that

00:54:06.180 --> 00:54:06.340
 we

00:54:06.340 --> 00:54:06.520
 would

00:54:06.520 --> 00:54:06.700
 be

00:54:06.700 --> 00:54:06.940
 willing

00:54:06.940 --> 00:54:07.160
 to

00:54:07.160 --> 00:54:07.400
 leave

00:54:07.400 --> 00:54:07.740
 all

00:54:07.740 --> 00:54:08.340
 behind

00:54:08.340 --> 00:54:08.580
 in

00:54:08.580 --> 00:54:09.020
 pursuit

00:54:09.020 --> 00:54:09.340
 of

00:54:09.340 --> 00:54:09.600
 you

00:54:09.600 --> 00:54:10.060
 a

00:54:10.060 --> 00:54:10.580
 desire

00:54:10.580 --> 00:54:10.880
 to

00:54:10.880 --> 00:54:11.080
 move

00:54:11.080 --> 00:54:11.300
 from

00:54:11.300 --> 00:54:11.680
 god

00:54:11.680 --> 00:54:12.380
 lessness

00:54:12.380 --> 00:54:12.780
 to

00:54:12.780 --> 00:54:13.580
 godliness

00:54:13.580 --> 00:54:14.160
 and

00:54:14.160 --> 00:54:14.660
 knowing

00:54:14.660 --> 00:54:15.920
 and

00:54:15.920 --> 00:54:16.240
 singing

00:54:16.240 --> 00:54:16.520
 your

00:54:16.520 --> 00:54:17.340
 praises

00:54:17.340 --> 00:54:20.020
 that

00:54:20.020 --> 00:54:20.140
 if

00:54:20.140 --> 00:54:20.280
 there

00:54:20.280 --> 00:54:20.400
 is

00:54:20.400 --> 00:54:20.680
 anything

00:54:20.680 --> 00:54:20.900
 that

00:54:20.900 --> 00:54:21.040
 is

00:54:21.040 --> 00:54:21.580
 good

00:54:21.580 --> 00:54:23.700
 lord

00:54:23.700 --> 00:54:23.900
 it's

00:54:23.900 --> 00:54:24.100
 from

00:54:24.100 --> 00:54:24.460
 you

00:54:24.460 --> 00:54:28.760
 and

00:54:28.760 --> 00:54:28.940
 so

00:54:28.940 --> 00:54:29.200
 our

00:54:29.200 --> 00:54:29.980
 repentance

00:54:29.980 --> 00:54:32.980
 moves

00:54:32.980 --> 00:54:33.240
 us

00:54:33.240 --> 00:54:33.440
 to

00:54:33.440 --> 00:54:34.040
 praise

00:54:34.040 --> 00:54:35.680
 so

00:54:35.680 --> 00:54:35.880
 god

00:54:35.880 --> 00:54:36.040
 we

00:54:36.040 --> 00:54:36.360
 thank

00:54:36.360 --> 00:54:36.580
 you

00:54:36.580 --> 00:54:38.020
 we

00:54:38.020 --> 00:54:38.340
 thank

00:54:38.340 --> 00:54:38.500
 you

00:54:38.500 --> 00:54:38.700
 that

00:54:38.700 --> 00:54:38.920
 you

00:54:38.920 --> 00:54:39.460
 forgive

00:54:39.460 --> 00:54:40.060
 thieves

00:54:40.060 --> 00:54:41.920
 and

00:54:41.920 --> 00:54:42.880
 murderers

00:54:42.880 --> 00:54:44.420
 and

00:54:44.420 --> 00:54:45.460
 adulterers

00:54:45.460 --> 00:54:46.660
 and

00:54:46.660 --> 00:54:47.380
 idolaters

00:54:47.380 --> 00:54:50.000
 we

00:54:50.000 --> 00:54:50.280
 thank

00:54:50.280 --> 00:54:50.400
 you

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 that

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 your

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 grace

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 is

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 like

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 an

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 ocean

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 consuming

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 us

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 it

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 never

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 runs

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 out

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 it

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 never

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 comes

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 up

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 short

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 it

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 is

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 never

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 incapable

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 it's

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 always

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 sufficient

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 god

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 i

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 pray

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 for

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 our

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 marriages

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 for

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 our

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 families

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 pray

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 for

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 health

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 lord

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 the

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 conditions

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 that

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 we

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 find

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 ourselves

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 in

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 may

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 we

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 live

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 for

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 your

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 glory

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 and

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 your

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 name

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 and

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 it's

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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

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 this

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 week's

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 message

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 be

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 sure

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 to

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 check

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 back

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 next

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