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 I want to invite you to join us in Daniel chapter 1.

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 We continue on week 2 in our study of this book.

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 If you do not have a Bible, we would like to give you one.

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 And so after the service is over with, you can come back to this table right back here

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 to my left.

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 We have some black Bibles that are back there.

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 We'd love to give you one of those.

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 As a gift, we want you to be in God's Word, studying God's Word, and engaging with God's

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 Word on Sunday morning as we gather here together.

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 Anybody who is here is welcome to come back there and get one.

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 And then also for our first-time guest, my wife Erin and I will be in the very back as

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 Would love for you to stop by with just an opportunity for us to meet you and to thank

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 you and to welcome you today for worshiping with us.

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 I want to read this verse from Daniel chapter 1, verse 9 as we get into God's Word.

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 And it says,

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 God, I thank you for the beauty, for the wonder, for the truth of your Word.

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 God, as we dive into the study in Daniel today, Lord, may you teach us what you would have for

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 us.

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 God, may you convict our hearts, the sin that we have.

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 Lord, may you draw us closer to you.

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 And Lord, if there's anyone here who does not know you, Jesus Christ is their Lord and Savior.

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 May today be the day of their salvation.

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 God, may I be faithful to your Word and may all that is said bring glory and honor to your name.

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 And it's in Jesus' name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 We started last week in our study in Daniel.

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 This will be our study that we go through this fall.

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 And Daniel's a very interesting book.

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 It's one of the major prophets that we find in the Old Testament is Daniel.

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 But it's written a little bit differently than when we see a lot of our prophetic books in the Bible.

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 Chapters 1 through 6, we're going to deal with the man and the story of Daniel.

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 It will be a narrative of Daniel's obedience to God.

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 And then what we'll see in chapters 7 through 12, we'll deal with the message of Daniel.

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 So Daniel is the prophet that God is using.

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 So in the first six chapters, we'll see Daniel's obedience to God.

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 And then the last half, we'll see this apocalyptic vision that God gives Daniel.

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 And Daniel shares, Daniel records, because Daniel is also the writer of Daniel.

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 And then for us to be able to see what God has for us.

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 Last week kind of helped us in the setting of what brings us into Daniel.

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 So if you weren't here last week and you haven't listened to it online, I would encourage you to do so.

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 It gives kind of an introduction into how do we find ourselves, how do we find Daniel,

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 where we find Daniel and God's people, where we find God's people being conquered by the Babylonians.

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 So here, a couple sentences, what happened?

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 The Babylonians conquered God's people.

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 And verse 2 tells us that this happened by the hand of God.

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 So it was not through military cunning.

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 It was not through the power of man.

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 But it happened by the very hand of God that God handed over his people to these pagan outsiders.

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 As God's people have ignored his calls to return to him, to be obedient to him.

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 And God says, this is what I'm going to do.

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 This is what I'm going to do.

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 This is what I'm going to do.

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 And then God, because he is truth, God doesn't just speak truth.

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 God doesn't just operate in truth.

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 God is truth.

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 God fulfills what he says he is going to fulfill.

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 So we're looking at God's people who are largely marked by their disobedience to him.

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 But just as not always everyone is faithful, we find here that not everyone is unfaithful to God.

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 That there are those in this time who have been faithful to God, but they're not set free from this captivity that they have to walk through.

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 There's young and old that have been faithful, but large majority have not.

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 And we're introduced to four of these faithful teenage boys last week.

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 Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, all from the tribe of Judah.

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 All part of God's people.

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 And as we begin in this part of Daniel, we see that these are some of those who have been faithful.

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 Now this is not the first nation that the Babylonians have overtaken.

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 This isn't the first group of people that they've taken captive.

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 And so what they seek to do, and this is very interesting, we think of domination.

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 We think of when one country takes over another country.

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 We think through, they then govern that country through military power, right?

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 That's largely what Rome would do when Rome came in and overtook Jerusalem, right?

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 There was a military presence that's there.

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 Or through governmental powers, they would do that as well.

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 But the Babylonians, their strategy would be, is that they would come in and try to convert people into their culture.

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 They would try to change people.

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 And so it would be like today if one country took over another country,

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 and everything about them being their religion to the way that they operate, to the language that they speak.

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 Instead of saying, we're going to plant military bases all over your country,

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 what they would do is they would begin to bring in people into their country and begin to influence them

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 so that maybe at the end of the day, they're like, well, yeah, this is, I'm now a Babylonian.

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 And this is, this is who I am.

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 So it tells us at the beginning of chapter one that they brought the youngest, the best, the brightest of the people of Judah.

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 And they brought them in.

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 And those four, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, are four of those who get brought in.

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 Four of the faithful.

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 Four of the faithful.

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 Babylon even realizes, Nebuchadnezzar realizes, that they're part of the best.

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 So they had a strategy of what they would do.

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 They would isolate them, all right?

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 So they would take them away, remove them from their people.

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 They would indoctrinate them.

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 They would teach them their language.

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 They would teach them their literature.

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 They would teach them their religion.

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 They would assimilate them.

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 They would eat of their food.

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 They would drink their wine.

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 They would literally change them from the inside out.

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 With a goal of converting them.

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 And very early on, when convert them, what I mean is that they want to change their identity.

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 And very early on, these four men, teenage boys, have their names changed and they're given Babylonian names.

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 And we saw last week that their names had meant, their previous names had been in their relationship with who God is in their life.

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 And now their Babylonian names would be names that honor different Babylonian gods.

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 I mean, it's wrong of what they do.

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 But it's, it works.

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 And you see this begin to happen.

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 But what we see and what we left off with Daniel in verse 8 is that there's a part of Daniel that says,

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 I'm not going to compromise.

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 I am who I am.

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 And I am who I am because of God.

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 So let's read back.

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 We're going to drop back one verse.

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 Let's read verses Daniel chapter 1, 8 through 13.

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 But Daniel resolved that he would not defile himself with the king's food or with the wine that he drank.

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 Therefore, he asked the chief of the eunuchs to allow him not to defile himself.

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 Verse 9 that we've already read.

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 And God gave Daniel favor and compassion in the sight of the chief of the eunuchs.

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 Pause real quick.

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 The same hand of God who delivered him over was the same God who gave Daniel favor and compassion in the sight of the chief of the eunuchs.

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 Holding in God's hand.

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 Verse 10.

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 And the chief of the eunuchs said to Daniel,

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 I fear my lord the king who assigned your food and your drink for why should he see that you were in worse condition than the youths who are your own age?

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 So you would endanger my head with the king.

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 And then Daniel said to the steward whom the chief of the eunuchs had assigned over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,

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 test your servants for 10 days.

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 Let us be given vegetables to eat and water to drink.

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 Then let our appearance and the appearance of the youths who eat the king soon be observed by you and deal with your servants according to what you see.

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 So here's what's happening in here.

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 So Daniel makes an appeal.

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 God grants him favor in the sight of the chief of the eunuchs.

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 Daniel says, like, here, man, don't make us eat this.

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 And the chief of the eunuchs, like, he knows Nebuchadnezzar.

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 He's like, why should I risk my life so that you can be obedient to your God?

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 Like, I know what's going to happen to me if you're not well cared for because Nebuchadnezzar doesn't want death.

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 Nebuchadnezzar wants conversion.

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 And if I'm not obeying my king, why should you be able to obey your king?

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 And so Daniel says, give us 10 days, man.

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 Give us 10 days.

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 Let everyone else.

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 And I think it's important.

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 They're eating the food of the king.

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 I mean, like, if all of a sudden, like, a king invites you over for dinner, like, go.

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 Right?

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 Like, that's going to be good, you know?

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 And he says, just give us vegetables and water.

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 Now, let's challenge.

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 If someone wants to do nothing but vegetables and water for 10 days, and I'll stick to my diet, like, let's see what happens.

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 All right?

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 All right.

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 And Daniel's like, you won't.

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 And then compare us with everyone else.

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 Compare us with everyone else.

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 So let's see.

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 Basically, what Daniel says is, when we understand his heart, let's see what God's going to do, man.

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 Let's see what God's going to do.

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 So we see this willingness of this obedience of Daniel of being uncompromised.

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 And so, first of all, it's his uncompromised obedience.

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 Obedience requires, when it comes to you and I, being obedient before the Lord and what he's called us to do and who he's called us to be.

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 Obedience requires determination.

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 Daniel makes the decision of what he will do.

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 Why?

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 Why is this, of all of the things that are happening and taking place, why does Daniel drive his stake in the ground on the food that he will eat?

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 Well, God had given his people laws and dietary restrictions that they had to obey, that God had called them to in order to be faithful to him.

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 Now, we don't particularly know why the food that he was unclean, even though it was unclean, even though it was probably the best, but Daniel resolved, is what the Bible says, Daniel resolved that he would not eat the food.

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 It's interesting, it's interesting, it's interesting, it's a compound word in the original language.

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 And it means to determine in the heart.

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 It means to determine in the heart.

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 And your heart, biblically speaking, is your connected point of your will, your intellect, and your feelings.

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 And so Daniel determines in his mind, I will obey God.

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 In the intellect of who I am and what I know to be true, I resolve.

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 He determined in his will.

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 It doesn't matter what it smells like, it doesn't matter the temptation, it doesn't matter where I'll be pulled, I'm determined.

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 Determined in his heart.

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 Determined in his feelings.

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 Well, I'm here, obviously, believing the lie God's left me here.

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 What I've done wrong, all I've been is faithful.

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 And I can't believe that I would feel this way.

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 But what Daniel does is he resolves in his whole being, with all that he is, that he will obey God.

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 Church, when it comes to obedience, obedience isn't a move of the emotion.

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 Obedience isn't an agreeance with the mind.

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 Obedience is not a personal characteristic of faithfulness.

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 Obedience is a determination of the heart.

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 Of all that I am, God, I will obey you.

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 And that's what this 14-year-old boy does, even if it costs me my life.

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 The second thing, I think this is interesting.

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 We see from Daniel, uncompromised compassion.

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 Uncompromised compassion.

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 Now, think about this.

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 Daniel stood his ground, but he does so with grace and humility.

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 Daniel stands for what he believes in, but does so in a way that he knows that this is going to affect this pagan eunuch who is before him.

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 And so Daniel's got a situation where I can go on a hunger strike and make this worse for you, because who are you with your pagan god and your pagan land to tell me, Daniel, what I should do?

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 I'm going to say, I'm going to say, I'm going to say, I'm going to say, I'm going to say, I'm going to follow God.

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 Who are you to stand in my way?

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 But that's not what he does.

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 This decision carries great implications, not only for himself, but for the chief of the eunuch.

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 The chief of the eunuch is like, listen, this could cost me my life.

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 Daniel doesn't say, I don't care.

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 Daniel doesn't say, not my problem.

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 Daniel doesn't say, your pagan convictions are not going to influence who I am as an obedient follower of God.

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 Instead, what he does, that church, I think we can miss so much in this, is Daniel stands in his convictions, uncompromised obedience, but he shows compassion.

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 For the man who just doesn't get it.

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 Lost people should not understand yours and my depth of love for the Lord.

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 It should be foreign to them.

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 It should be difficult for them to wrap their minds around.

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 And our response to them shouldn't be, you fool, you idiot.

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 Compassion.

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 Daniel could have fought him.

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 But instead, he loves him.

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 I think sometimes our, I'm going to say our, but also my, I'm in this.

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 I think sometimes as we stand in our convictions,

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 we begin to look at those who are outside of our convictions

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 as the enemy

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 instead of the object

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 of who we're seeking to share the gospel and the love of God with.

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 And the beauty of this

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 is that what we see

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 is that the people of God

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 can stand

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 both

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 in obedience

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 to God

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 and in compassion

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 for those who don't know him.

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 And that's exactly what Daniel does.

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 The next that we see

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 is uncompromised faith.

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 Uncompromised faith.

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 Here's what Daniel shows.

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 Daniel shows in this faith in God.

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 Daniel knows in this situation

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 logic doesn't work.

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 He's got to know

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 that committing to vegetables and water

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 while everyone else eats meats, cakes, and drinks the finest wine

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 is going to put him at a disadvantage

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 physically speaking

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 but in his 14 years

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 he's learned

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 in all situations

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 in great and in loss

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 to trust God.

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 To trust God

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 and to simply

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 be obedient.

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 To take step of faith

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 after step of faith

00:19:30.680 --> 00:19:32.320
 after step of faith.

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 and what comes next

00:19:34.020 --> 00:19:35.840
 he doesn't know

00:19:35.840 --> 00:19:38.620
 but he knows

00:19:38.620 --> 00:19:39.480
 that God does.

00:19:41.440 --> 00:19:42.540
 The God who put

00:19:42.540 --> 00:19:43.600
 his people

00:19:43.600 --> 00:19:44.460
 into the hand

00:19:44.460 --> 00:19:46.100
 of Nebuchadnezzar

00:19:46.100 --> 00:19:48.540
 is the same God

00:19:48.540 --> 00:19:50.380
 that holds Daniel

00:19:50.380 --> 00:19:52.460
 in the palm of his hand

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 and he knows

00:19:54.800 --> 00:19:56.840
 he knows

00:19:56.840 --> 00:19:58.940
 that he can trust him.

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 So let's see what happens.

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 Cake and ice cream

00:20:03.180 --> 00:20:04.960
 vegetables and water.

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 Let's see.

00:20:06.580 --> 00:20:07.160
 Verse 14.

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 So he listened to him

00:20:10.000 --> 00:20:10.780
 in this manner

00:20:10.780 --> 00:20:13.260
 and tested them

00:20:13.260 --> 00:20:14.040
 for 10 days

00:20:14.040 --> 00:20:16.740
 and at the end

00:20:16.740 --> 00:20:17.960
 of 10 days

00:20:17.960 --> 00:20:18.780
 it was seen

00:20:18.780 --> 00:20:19.960
 that they were

00:20:19.960 --> 00:20:22.040
 better in appearance

00:20:22.040 --> 00:20:24.340
 and fatter

00:20:24.340 --> 00:20:25.440
 in the flesh

00:20:25.440 --> 00:20:27.520
 than all

00:20:27.520 --> 00:20:28.540
 the youths

00:20:28.540 --> 00:20:29.860
 who ate

00:20:29.860 --> 00:20:30.980
 the king's food.

00:20:33.380 --> 00:20:34.780
 That's got to be God.

00:20:36.200 --> 00:20:37.280
 Little Debbies

00:20:37.280 --> 00:20:38.940
 or baby carrots, right?

00:20:38.980 --> 00:20:39.620
 Who wins?

00:20:41.620 --> 00:20:42.640
 So the steward

00:20:42.640 --> 00:20:43.300
 took away

00:20:43.300 --> 00:20:44.720
 their food

00:20:44.720 --> 00:20:45.600
 and the wine

00:20:45.600 --> 00:20:46.620
 they were to drink

00:20:46.620 --> 00:20:48.060
 and gave them vegetables.

00:20:49.220 --> 00:20:50.680
 As for these four youths

00:20:50.680 --> 00:20:51.700
 God gave them

00:20:51.700 --> 00:20:52.240
 learning

00:20:52.240 --> 00:20:53.360
 and skill

00:20:53.360 --> 00:20:54.660
 in all literature

00:20:54.660 --> 00:20:55.700
 and wisdom

00:20:55.700 --> 00:20:57.300
 and Daniel

00:20:57.300 --> 00:20:58.480
 had understanding

00:20:58.480 --> 00:20:59.920
 in all visions

00:20:59.920 --> 00:21:00.700
 and dreams.

00:21:01.480 --> 00:21:02.140
 At the end

00:21:02.140 --> 00:21:02.760
 of the time

00:21:02.760 --> 00:21:03.600
 when the king

00:21:03.600 --> 00:21:04.640
 had commanded

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 that they should be

00:21:05.800 --> 00:21:06.500
 brought in

00:21:06.500 --> 00:21:07.900
 the chief of the eunuchs

00:21:07.900 --> 00:21:09.380
 brought them in

00:21:09.380 --> 00:21:10.720
 before Nebuchadnezzar

00:21:10.720 --> 00:21:12.360
 and the king

00:21:12.360 --> 00:21:13.440
 spoke with them

00:21:13.440 --> 00:21:14.900
 among all of them

00:21:14.900 --> 00:21:16.540
 none was found

00:21:16.540 --> 00:21:17.840
 like Daniel

00:21:17.840 --> 00:21:19.080
 Hananiah

00:21:19.080 --> 00:21:20.120
 Mishael

00:21:20.120 --> 00:21:21.700
 and Azariah.

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 Therefore

00:21:23.160 --> 00:21:24.060
 they stood

00:21:24.060 --> 00:21:25.100
 before the king

00:21:25.100 --> 00:21:27.100
 and in every matter

00:21:27.100 --> 00:21:28.160
 of wisdom

00:21:28.160 --> 00:21:29.700
 and understanding

00:21:29.700 --> 00:21:31.140
 about which the king

00:21:31.140 --> 00:21:32.660
 inquired of them

00:21:32.660 --> 00:21:33.980
 he found them

00:21:33.980 --> 00:21:35.600
 ten times

00:21:35.600 --> 00:21:36.240
 better

00:21:36.240 --> 00:21:38.140
 than all the magicians

00:21:38.140 --> 00:21:39.160
 and enchanters

00:21:39.160 --> 00:21:39.800
 that were in

00:21:39.800 --> 00:21:40.540
 all his kingdom.

00:21:40.720 --> 00:21:43.100
 And Daniel

00:21:43.100 --> 00:21:43.940
 was there

00:21:43.940 --> 00:21:45.700
 until the first year

00:21:45.700 --> 00:21:47.240
 of King Cyrus.

00:21:48.040 --> 00:21:49.000
 So here's what we see.

00:21:50.360 --> 00:21:51.720
 We see Daniel

00:21:51.720 --> 00:21:52.440
 come forward

00:21:52.440 --> 00:21:53.240
 I'm not going to compromise.

00:21:54.400 --> 00:21:55.560
 I'm going to be obedient.

00:21:56.260 --> 00:21:57.460
 I'm going to love.

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 And I'm going to claim faith.

00:22:01.920 --> 00:22:03.220
 It's pretty simple right?

00:22:06.120 --> 00:22:06.920
 That's my plan.

00:22:06.920 --> 00:22:07.140
 That's my plan.

00:22:09.340 --> 00:22:09.980
 Obedient

00:22:09.980 --> 00:22:11.300
 love

00:22:11.300 --> 00:22:12.440
 faith.

00:22:14.440 --> 00:22:15.660
 He can't control

00:22:15.660 --> 00:22:16.420
 his situation.

00:22:17.600 --> 00:22:18.880
 He can't maneuver.

00:22:19.040 --> 00:22:19.980
 He can't manipulate.

00:22:20.240 --> 00:22:21.180
 He can't set himself

00:22:21.180 --> 00:22:21.920
 free.

00:22:25.020 --> 00:22:25.580
 Obedient

00:22:25.580 --> 00:22:28.600
 love

00:22:28.600 --> 00:22:30.320
 faith.

00:22:32.320 --> 00:22:33.640
 Look what God does.

00:22:35.140 --> 00:22:36.240
 Look what God does.

00:22:36.900 --> 00:22:37.840
 What we see

00:22:37.840 --> 00:22:38.280
 is

00:22:38.280 --> 00:22:39.640
 uncompromised

00:22:39.640 --> 00:22:40.420
 blessing.

00:22:42.380 --> 00:22:43.040
 Uncompromised

00:22:43.040 --> 00:22:43.560
 blessing.

00:22:44.700 --> 00:22:45.340
 Physically

00:22:45.340 --> 00:22:46.760
 physically

00:22:46.760 --> 00:22:47.920
 they got bigger.

00:22:49.140 --> 00:22:49.840
 They got bigger.

00:22:50.700 --> 00:22:51.620
 In a day

00:22:51.620 --> 00:22:52.900
 where fatter

00:22:52.900 --> 00:22:53.960
 is celebrated

00:22:53.960 --> 00:22:55.820
 this is what they get.

00:22:55.920 --> 00:22:56.100
 Right?

00:22:56.900 --> 00:22:57.860
 They get bigger.

00:22:58.560 --> 00:22:59.880
 They should not be

00:22:59.880 --> 00:23:00.920
 but they are.

00:23:02.480 --> 00:23:02.920
 Mentally

00:23:02.920 --> 00:23:04.760
 they get smarter.

00:23:06.100 --> 00:23:06.380
 God

00:23:06.380 --> 00:23:07.420
 this blows my mind.

00:23:07.800 --> 00:23:08.060
 God

00:23:08.060 --> 00:23:08.640
 grew

00:23:08.640 --> 00:23:09.880
 their minds

00:23:09.880 --> 00:23:11.040
 even

00:23:11.040 --> 00:23:12.100
 in the way

00:23:12.100 --> 00:23:13.600
 of the Babylonians.

00:23:15.520 --> 00:23:15.800
 Oh

00:23:15.800 --> 00:23:16.980
 this could be

00:23:16.980 --> 00:23:17.760
 a whole other message.

00:23:17.880 --> 00:23:18.300
 God's building

00:23:18.300 --> 00:23:19.140
 some missionaries

00:23:19.140 --> 00:23:21.380
 to understand

00:23:21.380 --> 00:23:22.340
 a pagan culture

00:23:22.340 --> 00:23:23.400
 in a pagan land

00:23:23.400 --> 00:23:24.280
 to be wise

00:23:24.280 --> 00:23:25.080
 in their ways

00:23:25.080 --> 00:23:26.160
 while they're wise

00:23:26.160 --> 00:23:26.760
 in the ways

00:23:26.760 --> 00:23:27.320
 of God.

00:23:28.560 --> 00:23:29.280
 God

00:23:29.280 --> 00:23:29.620
 grew them

00:23:29.620 --> 00:23:30.120
 mentally.

00:23:31.140 --> 00:23:31.380
 God

00:23:31.380 --> 00:23:31.740
 grew them

00:23:31.740 --> 00:23:32.440
 spiritually.

00:23:33.260 --> 00:23:33.580
 It says

00:23:33.580 --> 00:23:34.400
 specifically here

00:23:34.400 --> 00:23:35.020
 about Daniel

00:23:35.020 --> 00:23:35.820
 that Daniel

00:23:35.820 --> 00:23:37.100
 received the gift

00:23:37.100 --> 00:23:37.800
 of interpreting

00:23:37.800 --> 00:23:38.480
 dreams

00:23:38.480 --> 00:23:39.360
 and visions.

00:23:39.840 --> 00:23:40.060
 God

00:23:40.060 --> 00:23:40.580
 grew

00:23:40.580 --> 00:23:41.660
 Daniel's

00:23:41.660 --> 00:23:42.560
 giftedness

00:23:42.560 --> 00:23:43.340
 in this.

00:23:43.560 --> 00:23:44.180
 So what we see

00:23:44.180 --> 00:23:44.920
 physically

00:23:44.920 --> 00:23:45.640
 they're being

00:23:45.640 --> 00:23:46.040
 blessed.

00:23:46.380 --> 00:23:46.800
 Mentally

00:23:46.800 --> 00:23:47.480
 they're being

00:23:47.480 --> 00:23:47.860
 blessed.

00:23:48.280 --> 00:23:48.900
 Spiritually

00:23:48.900 --> 00:23:49.660
 they're being

00:23:49.660 --> 00:23:50.020
 blessed.

00:23:50.340 --> 00:23:50.660
 And then

00:23:50.660 --> 00:23:51.180
 socially

00:23:51.180 --> 00:23:52.500
 socially

00:23:52.500 --> 00:23:53.320
 these were

00:23:53.320 --> 00:23:54.340
 boys chosen

00:23:54.340 --> 00:23:54.980
 out of

00:23:54.980 --> 00:23:55.500
 influential

00:23:55.500 --> 00:23:56.260
 families

00:23:56.260 --> 00:23:57.340
 and nobilities

00:23:57.340 --> 00:23:58.360
 from Judah

00:23:58.360 --> 00:23:59.340
 who were brought

00:23:59.340 --> 00:24:00.340
 in and now

00:24:00.340 --> 00:24:01.340
 captives

00:24:01.340 --> 00:24:03.740
 and when Daniel

00:24:03.740 --> 00:24:04.740
 stands before

00:24:04.740 --> 00:24:05.880
 Nebuchadnezzar

00:24:05.880 --> 00:24:07.460
 and Daniel's

00:24:07.460 --> 00:24:08.080
 wisdom and

00:24:08.080 --> 00:24:08.780
 understanding

00:24:08.780 --> 00:24:10.140
 he brings in

00:24:10.140 --> 00:24:11.060
 all of his

00:24:11.060 --> 00:24:12.060
 spiritual leaders

00:24:12.060 --> 00:24:13.200
 that he has

00:24:13.200 --> 00:24:15.380
 and Daniel

00:24:15.380 --> 00:24:16.160
 beats them all

00:24:16.160 --> 00:24:17.000
 in Babylonian

00:24:17.000 --> 00:24:17.520
 jeopardy.

00:24:18.280 --> 00:24:18.720
 This is what

00:24:18.720 --> 00:24:19.240
 we've got.

00:24:19.980 --> 00:24:20.900
 The wisest

00:24:20.900 --> 00:24:21.800
 the best

00:24:21.800 --> 00:24:22.640
 the smartest

00:24:22.640 --> 00:24:23.320
 and it says

00:24:23.320 --> 00:24:24.040
 socially

00:24:24.040 --> 00:24:25.820
 no one

00:24:25.820 --> 00:24:26.400
 was

00:24:26.400 --> 00:24:26.780
 their

00:24:26.780 --> 00:24:27.320
 equal.

00:24:27.800 --> 00:24:28.200
 What does

00:24:28.200 --> 00:24:28.560
 that mean?

00:24:28.780 --> 00:24:29.060
 God's

00:24:29.060 --> 00:24:29.460
 growing

00:24:29.460 --> 00:24:29.720
 their

00:24:29.720 --> 00:24:30.400
 influence.

00:24:31.580 --> 00:24:32.000
 God's

00:24:32.000 --> 00:24:32.420
 growing

00:24:32.420 --> 00:24:32.880
 their

00:24:32.880 --> 00:24:33.560
 influence

00:24:33.560 --> 00:24:34.000
 in a

00:24:34.000 --> 00:24:34.420
 foreign

00:24:34.420 --> 00:24:35.120
 pagan

00:24:35.120 --> 00:24:35.700
 land

00:24:35.700 --> 00:24:36.340
 as their

00:24:36.340 --> 00:24:36.840
 hearts

00:24:36.840 --> 00:24:37.720
 are centered

00:24:37.720 --> 00:24:38.700
 and focused

00:24:38.700 --> 00:24:39.180
 on him.

00:24:40.320 --> 00:24:41.480
 We live

00:24:41.480 --> 00:24:41.920
 in a

00:24:41.920 --> 00:24:42.260
 day.

00:24:43.420 --> 00:24:44.340
 We live

00:24:44.340 --> 00:24:44.800
 in a

00:24:44.800 --> 00:24:45.240
 time

00:24:45.240 --> 00:24:46.240
 where

00:24:46.240 --> 00:24:46.940
 everyone

00:24:46.940 --> 00:24:48.120
 around us

00:24:48.120 --> 00:24:48.900
 Christians

00:24:48.900 --> 00:24:49.600
 and

00:24:49.600 --> 00:24:50.660
 non-Christians

00:24:50.660 --> 00:24:51.620
 desperately

00:24:51.620 --> 00:24:52.280
 seek

00:24:52.280 --> 00:24:52.680
 the

00:24:52.680 --> 00:24:53.140
 blessing

00:24:53.140 --> 00:24:53.540
 of

00:24:53.540 --> 00:24:54.040
 God

00:24:54.040 --> 00:24:54.540
 whether

00:24:54.540 --> 00:24:54.820
 they

00:24:54.820 --> 00:24:55.180
 know

00:24:55.180 --> 00:24:55.420
 it's

00:24:55.420 --> 00:24:55.580
 the

00:24:55.580 --> 00:24:55.920
 blessing

00:24:55.920 --> 00:24:56.160
 of

00:24:56.160 --> 00:24:56.380
 God

00:24:56.380 --> 00:24:56.520
 or

00:24:56.520 --> 00:24:56.800
 not.

00:24:58.360 --> 00:24:59.360
 We live

00:24:59.360 --> 00:24:59.640
 in a

00:24:59.640 --> 00:25:00.000
 time

00:25:00.000 --> 00:25:00.320
 and a

00:25:00.320 --> 00:25:00.760
 culture

00:25:00.760 --> 00:25:01.700
 in our

00:25:01.700 --> 00:25:02.180
 modern

00:25:02.180 --> 00:25:02.480
 day

00:25:02.480 --> 00:25:03.000
 Babylon

00:25:03.000 --> 00:25:03.840
 and that

00:25:03.840 --> 00:25:04.380
 is not

00:25:04.380 --> 00:25:04.800
 like a

00:25:04.800 --> 00:25:05.260
 prophecy

00:25:05.260 --> 00:25:06.540
 or a

00:25:06.540 --> 00:25:07.120
 political

00:25:07.120 --> 00:25:07.600
 statement

00:25:07.600 --> 00:25:07.940
 alright

00:25:07.940 --> 00:25:09.600
 but we

00:25:09.600 --> 00:25:10.120
 live

00:25:10.120 --> 00:25:10.880
 in a

00:25:10.880 --> 00:25:11.260
 time

00:25:11.260 --> 00:25:11.520
 and a

00:25:11.520 --> 00:25:11.920
 period

00:25:11.920 --> 00:25:12.520
 marked

00:25:12.520 --> 00:25:12.820
 by the

00:25:12.820 --> 00:25:13.080
 pagan

00:25:13.080 --> 00:25:13.620
 practices

00:25:13.620 --> 00:25:14.060
 of this

00:25:14.060 --> 00:25:14.400
 world

00:25:14.400 --> 00:25:16.140
 and you

00:25:16.140 --> 00:25:16.460
 can't

00:25:16.460 --> 00:25:16.780
 convince

00:25:16.780 --> 00:25:16.940
 me

00:25:16.940 --> 00:25:17.240
 that we

00:25:17.240 --> 00:25:17.560
 don't.

00:25:18.900 --> 00:25:19.640
 We live

00:25:19.640 --> 00:25:19.900
 in a

00:25:19.900 --> 00:25:20.200
 time

00:25:20.200 --> 00:25:20.440
 and a

00:25:20.440 --> 00:25:20.700
 period

00:25:20.700 --> 00:25:20.960
 and we're

00:25:20.960 --> 00:25:21.040
 going to

00:25:21.040 --> 00:25:21.240
 look at

00:25:21.240 --> 00:25:21.380
 some

00:25:21.380 --> 00:25:21.620
 things

00:25:21.620 --> 00:25:22.080
 later

00:25:22.080 --> 00:25:22.440
 on

00:25:22.440 --> 00:25:22.800
 where

00:25:22.800 --> 00:25:23.120
 a

00:25:23.120 --> 00:25:23.400
 third

00:25:23.400 --> 00:25:23.740
 of

00:25:23.740 --> 00:25:23.900
 the

00:25:23.900 --> 00:25:24.260
 people

00:25:24.260 --> 00:25:24.540
 of

00:25:24.540 --> 00:25:24.700
 the

00:25:24.700 --> 00:25:24.980
 United

00:25:24.980 --> 00:25:25.380
 States

00:25:25.380 --> 00:25:26.880
 33%

00:25:26.880 --> 00:25:27.920
 say that

00:25:27.920 --> 00:25:28.260
 they are

00:25:28.260 --> 00:25:28.420
 a

00:25:28.420 --> 00:25:28.780
 Christian

00:25:28.780 --> 00:25:29.260
 whether

00:25:29.260 --> 00:25:29.580
 they're

00:25:29.580 --> 00:25:29.720
 a

00:25:29.720 --> 00:25:30.000
 Christian

00:25:30.000 --> 00:25:30.200
 or

00:25:30.200 --> 00:25:30.460
 not.

00:25:31.000 --> 00:25:31.340
 So

00:25:31.340 --> 00:25:31.480
 we're

00:25:31.480 --> 00:25:31.680
 not

00:25:31.680 --> 00:25:31.860
 even

00:25:31.860 --> 00:25:32.380
 close

00:25:32.380 --> 00:25:32.520
 to

00:25:32.520 --> 00:25:32.640
 the

00:25:32.640 --> 00:25:33.220
 majority.

00:25:36.920 --> 00:25:37.520
 But

00:25:37.520 --> 00:25:37.900
 what we

00:25:37.900 --> 00:25:38.360
 deeply

00:25:38.360 --> 00:25:39.240
 what everyone

00:25:39.240 --> 00:25:40.000
 wants

00:25:40.000 --> 00:25:41.940
 what everyone

00:25:41.940 --> 00:25:42.360
 wants

00:25:42.360 --> 00:25:42.700
 at their

00:25:42.700 --> 00:25:43.100
 core

00:25:43.100 --> 00:25:44.840
 listen to

00:25:44.840 --> 00:25:44.980
 the

00:25:44.980 --> 00:25:45.440
 news

00:25:45.440 --> 00:25:47.480
 talk to

00:25:47.480 --> 00:25:47.660
 your

00:25:47.660 --> 00:25:48.300
 friends

00:25:48.300 --> 00:25:49.320
 think about

00:25:49.320 --> 00:25:49.540
 this

00:25:49.540 --> 00:25:50.040
 yourself

00:25:50.040 --> 00:25:50.720
 we want

00:25:50.720 --> 00:25:51.540
 satisfaction

00:25:51.540 --> 00:25:52.300
 we want

00:25:52.300 --> 00:25:52.540
 to be

00:25:52.540 --> 00:25:53.060
 satisfied

00:25:53.060 --> 00:25:53.520
 we want

00:25:53.520 --> 00:25:54.040
 peace

00:25:54.040 --> 00:25:54.680
 we want

00:25:54.680 --> 00:25:55.240
 joy

00:25:55.240 --> 00:25:55.900
 we want

00:25:55.900 --> 00:25:56.420
 hope

00:25:56.420 --> 00:25:57.020
 we want

00:25:57.020 --> 00:25:57.620
 worth

00:25:57.620 --> 00:25:58.240
 we want

00:25:58.240 --> 00:25:58.940
 purpose

00:25:58.940 --> 00:26:03.340
 the difference

00:26:03.340 --> 00:26:03.760
 is

00:26:03.760 --> 00:26:06.100
 the world

00:26:06.100 --> 00:26:06.840
 can never

00:26:06.840 --> 00:26:07.480
 fulfill

00:26:07.480 --> 00:26:09.280
 these blessings

00:26:09.280 --> 00:26:11.440
 they can only

00:26:11.440 --> 00:26:11.900
 come

00:26:11.900 --> 00:26:13.400
 from God

00:26:13.400 --> 00:26:15.500
 satisfaction

00:26:15.500 --> 00:26:16.120
 peace

00:26:16.120 --> 00:26:16.420
 joy

00:26:16.420 --> 00:26:16.760
 hope

00:26:16.760 --> 00:26:17.120
 worth

00:26:17.120 --> 00:26:17.740
 purpose

00:26:17.740 --> 00:26:18.200
 are not

00:26:18.200 --> 00:26:18.700
 defined

00:26:18.700 --> 00:26:19.060
 by the

00:26:19.060 --> 00:26:19.480
 ways

00:26:19.480 --> 00:26:20.300
 and means

00:26:20.300 --> 00:26:20.660
 of this

00:26:20.660 --> 00:26:20.940
 world

00:26:20.940 --> 00:26:21.320
 but they're

00:26:21.320 --> 00:26:21.680
 defined

00:26:21.680 --> 00:26:22.000
 by the

00:26:22.000 --> 00:26:22.260
 God

00:26:22.260 --> 00:26:22.740
 who

00:26:22.740 --> 00:26:23.320
 gives

00:26:23.320 --> 00:26:23.600
 them

00:26:23.600 --> 00:26:24.280
 and who

00:26:24.280 --> 00:26:24.560
 gives

00:26:24.560 --> 00:26:24.760
 them

00:26:24.760 --> 00:26:25.200
 freely

00:26:25.200 --> 00:26:27.500
 the question

00:26:27.500 --> 00:26:27.940
 is

00:26:27.940 --> 00:26:30.140
 as we

00:26:30.140 --> 00:26:30.800
 stand

00:26:30.800 --> 00:26:32.160
 in this

00:26:32.160 --> 00:26:32.600
 day

00:26:32.600 --> 00:26:34.420
 as we

00:26:34.420 --> 00:26:35.120
 stand

00:26:35.120 --> 00:26:36.460
 in this

00:26:36.460 --> 00:26:36.940
 pagan

00:26:36.940 --> 00:26:37.900
 culture

00:26:37.900 --> 00:26:39.900
 that we

00:26:39.900 --> 00:26:40.620
 live in

00:26:40.620 --> 00:26:41.620
 heaven

00:26:41.620 --> 00:26:42.740
 that God

00:26:42.740 --> 00:26:43.320
 has called

00:26:43.320 --> 00:26:43.820
 us to

00:26:43.820 --> 00:26:45.740
 you could

00:26:45.740 --> 00:26:46.040
 have been

00:26:46.040 --> 00:26:46.800
 born at

00:26:46.800 --> 00:26:47.620
 any time

00:26:47.620 --> 00:26:48.320
 and at

00:26:48.320 --> 00:26:49.060
 any place

00:26:49.060 --> 00:26:49.740
 in the

00:26:49.740 --> 00:26:50.240
 history

00:26:50.240 --> 00:26:51.120
 of the

00:26:51.120 --> 00:26:51.580
 world

00:26:51.580 --> 00:26:52.520
 and God

00:26:52.520 --> 00:26:53.360
 chose you

00:26:53.360 --> 00:26:54.460
 for here

00:26:54.460 --> 00:26:55.240
 and God

00:26:55.240 --> 00:26:55.920
 chose you

00:26:55.920 --> 00:26:56.960
 for now

00:26:56.960 --> 00:26:59.140
 do we

00:26:59.140 --> 00:27:00.980
 live in a

00:27:00.980 --> 00:27:01.500
 manner

00:27:01.500 --> 00:27:02.980
 worthy

00:27:02.980 --> 00:27:04.480
 and ready

00:27:04.480 --> 00:27:06.180
 to receive

00:27:06.180 --> 00:27:07.300
 the blessing

00:27:07.300 --> 00:27:08.500
 of God

00:27:08.500 --> 00:27:10.860
 we live

00:27:10.860 --> 00:27:11.300
 in a

00:27:11.300 --> 00:27:11.880
 compromised

00:27:11.880 --> 00:27:13.380
 culture

00:27:13.380 --> 00:27:15.360
 but we're

00:27:15.360 --> 00:27:16.100
 called

00:27:16.100 --> 00:27:17.560
 to be

00:27:17.560 --> 00:27:18.260
 an

00:27:18.260 --> 00:27:19.560
 uncompromised

00:27:19.560 --> 00:27:20.420
 people

00:27:20.420 --> 00:27:23.140
 Jesus

00:27:23.140 --> 00:27:23.760
 in his

00:27:23.760 --> 00:27:24.020
 high

00:27:24.020 --> 00:27:24.420
 priestly

00:27:24.420 --> 00:27:25.220
 prayer

00:27:25.220 --> 00:27:27.380
 prays to

00:27:27.380 --> 00:27:27.740
 God

00:27:27.740 --> 00:27:29.200
 prays to

00:27:29.200 --> 00:27:29.340
 the

00:27:29.340 --> 00:27:29.680
 Father

00:27:29.680 --> 00:27:31.560
 and says

00:27:31.560 --> 00:27:32.000
 that I'm

00:27:32.000 --> 00:27:32.460
 sending

00:27:32.460 --> 00:27:32.940
 them

00:27:32.940 --> 00:27:34.320
 and they

00:27:34.320 --> 00:27:35.120
 are going

00:27:35.120 --> 00:27:36.240
 and they

00:27:36.240 --> 00:27:36.620
 are going

00:27:36.620 --> 00:27:37.100
 to be

00:27:37.100 --> 00:27:38.000
 in the

00:27:38.000 --> 00:27:38.480
 world

00:27:38.480 --> 00:27:39.440
 just like

00:27:39.440 --> 00:27:39.900
 we are

00:27:39.900 --> 00:27:41.900
 in it

00:27:41.900 --> 00:27:43.520
 but not

00:27:43.520 --> 00:27:44.000
 of it

00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:44.660
 what does

00:27:44.660 --> 00:27:45.240
 that mean

00:27:45.240 --> 00:27:46.720
 that they

00:27:46.720 --> 00:27:47.000
 would be

00:27:47.000 --> 00:27:47.680
 wise

00:27:47.680 --> 00:27:48.000
 that they

00:27:48.000 --> 00:27:48.260
 would be

00:27:48.260 --> 00:27:48.920
 passionate

00:27:48.920 --> 00:27:49.580
 that they

00:27:49.580 --> 00:27:49.900
 would be

00:27:49.900 --> 00:27:51.220
 purposeful

00:27:51.220 --> 00:27:52.820
 but that

00:27:52.820 --> 00:27:53.180
 what would

00:27:53.180 --> 00:27:54.100
 mark them

00:27:54.100 --> 00:27:55.660
 is the

00:27:55.660 --> 00:27:56.520
 blessing

00:27:56.520 --> 00:27:58.000
 and obedience

00:27:58.000 --> 00:27:59.200
 to God

00:27:59.200 --> 00:28:01.380
 and not

00:28:01.380 --> 00:28:02.680
 the

00:28:02.680 --> 00:28:03.620
 foolishness

00:28:03.620 --> 00:28:05.320
 of the

00:28:05.320 --> 00:28:05.780
 world

00:28:05.780 --> 00:28:10.660
 the question

00:28:10.660 --> 00:28:11.080
 I have

00:28:11.080 --> 00:28:11.740
 for you

00:28:11.740 --> 00:28:13.740
 is we

00:28:13.740 --> 00:28:14.500
 live

00:28:14.500 --> 00:28:15.800
 in a

00:28:15.800 --> 00:28:16.240
 compromised

00:28:16.240 --> 00:28:17.140
 culture

00:28:17.140 --> 00:28:21.660
 but are

00:28:21.660 --> 00:28:22.000
 we a

00:28:22.000 --> 00:28:22.380
 compromised

00:28:22.380 --> 00:28:22.940
 people

00:28:22.940 --> 00:28:24.820
 are we

00:28:24.820 --> 00:28:24.980
 a

00:28:24.980 --> 00:28:25.300
 compromised

00:28:25.300 --> 00:28:25.820
 people

00:28:25.820 --> 00:28:27.660
 we

00:28:27.660 --> 00:28:28.240
 in

00:28:28.240 --> 00:28:28.960
 American

00:28:28.960 --> 00:28:29.820
 Christianity

00:28:29.820 --> 00:28:31.140
 and I'm

00:28:31.140 --> 00:28:31.780
 talking about

00:28:31.780 --> 00:28:32.800
 all of us

00:28:32.800 --> 00:28:33.300
 as a whole

00:28:33.300 --> 00:28:34.840
 all of us

00:28:34.840 --> 00:28:35.260
 as a whole

00:28:35.260 --> 00:28:36.020
 not just me

00:28:36.020 --> 00:28:36.720
 not just you

00:28:36.720 --> 00:28:37.800
 the churches

00:28:37.800 --> 00:28:38.180
 down the road

00:28:38.180 --> 00:28:38.740
 when we look

00:28:38.740 --> 00:28:39.020
 at our

00:28:39.020 --> 00:28:39.540
 culture

00:28:39.540 --> 00:28:40.900
 is

00:28:40.900 --> 00:28:41.520
 has

00:28:41.520 --> 00:28:42.460
 American

00:28:42.460 --> 00:28:44.040
 Christianity

00:28:44.040 --> 00:28:46.400
 at its

00:28:46.400 --> 00:28:46.780
 core

00:28:46.780 --> 00:28:48.360
 become

00:28:48.360 --> 00:28:48.880
 compromised

00:28:48.880 --> 00:28:51.340
 now before

00:28:51.340 --> 00:28:51.820
 we talk about

00:28:51.820 --> 00:28:52.440
 you and me

00:28:52.440 --> 00:28:53.800
 this is the

00:28:53.800 --> 00:28:54.120
 snapshot

00:28:54.120 --> 00:28:54.780
 I would say

00:28:54.780 --> 00:28:55.180
 yes

00:28:55.180 --> 00:28:57.020
 I would

00:28:57.020 --> 00:28:57.600
 say yes

00:28:57.600 --> 00:28:59.340
 that as a

00:28:59.340 --> 00:28:59.880
 whole

00:28:59.880 --> 00:29:01.480
 American

00:29:01.480 --> 00:29:02.160
 Christians

00:29:02.160 --> 00:29:03.620
 that we

00:29:03.620 --> 00:29:04.340
 are among

00:29:04.340 --> 00:29:05.100
 a compromised

00:29:05.100 --> 00:29:05.760
 people

00:29:05.760 --> 00:29:09.220
 but Daniel

00:29:09.220 --> 00:29:09.880
 decided

00:29:09.880 --> 00:29:12.000
 I came

00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:12.300
 from a

00:29:12.300 --> 00:29:12.920
 disobedient

00:29:12.920 --> 00:29:13.300
 people

00:29:13.300 --> 00:29:15.000
 I'm in

00:29:15.000 --> 00:29:15.780
 a disobedient

00:29:15.780 --> 00:29:16.480
 land with

00:29:16.480 --> 00:29:16.820
 a new

00:29:16.820 --> 00:29:17.480
 disobedient

00:29:17.480 --> 00:29:17.900
 people

00:29:17.900 --> 00:29:19.140
 that I'm

00:29:19.140 --> 00:29:19.360
 going to

00:29:19.360 --> 00:29:20.900
 be a

00:29:20.900 --> 00:29:21.340
 man of

00:29:21.340 --> 00:29:21.920
 God

00:29:21.920 --> 00:29:23.540
 who's

00:29:23.540 --> 00:29:23.680
 going to

00:29:23.680 --> 00:29:23.860
 be

00:29:23.860 --> 00:29:24.880
 uncompromised

00:29:24.880 --> 00:29:25.200
 in who

00:29:25.200 --> 00:29:25.620
 I am

00:29:25.620 --> 00:29:27.720
 and are

00:29:27.720 --> 00:29:28.200
 you and I

00:29:28.200 --> 00:29:28.640
 willing to

00:29:28.640 --> 00:29:29.120
 make that

00:29:29.120 --> 00:29:29.520
 same

00:29:29.520 --> 00:29:30.880
 stand

00:29:30.880 --> 00:29:32.640
 I'm going

00:29:32.640 --> 00:29:32.820
 to share

00:29:32.820 --> 00:29:33.020
 some

00:29:33.020 --> 00:29:33.820
 statistics

00:29:33.820 --> 00:29:35.240
 with you

00:29:35.240 --> 00:29:36.300
 this morning

00:29:36.300 --> 00:29:38.080
 there are

00:29:38.080 --> 00:29:38.660
 some glaring

00:29:38.660 --> 00:29:39.520
 issues that

00:29:39.520 --> 00:29:39.980
 are probably

00:29:39.980 --> 00:29:40.880
 more hot

00:29:40.880 --> 00:29:41.680
 topics than

00:29:41.680 --> 00:29:42.640
 the statistics

00:29:42.640 --> 00:29:43.260
 and the

00:29:43.260 --> 00:29:43.880
 issues that

00:29:43.880 --> 00:29:44.160
 I'm going to

00:29:44.160 --> 00:29:44.480
 look at

00:29:44.480 --> 00:29:45.040
 this morning

00:29:45.040 --> 00:29:46.260
 some of

00:29:46.260 --> 00:29:46.720
 those would

00:29:46.720 --> 00:29:47.320
 be divorce

00:29:47.320 --> 00:29:48.060
 sexuality

00:29:48.060 --> 00:29:48.820
 pornography

00:29:48.820 --> 00:29:49.320
 chemical

00:29:49.320 --> 00:29:49.780
 dependence

00:29:49.780 --> 00:29:50.220
 issues

00:29:50.220 --> 00:29:50.880
 the list

00:29:50.880 --> 00:29:51.320
 goes on

00:29:51.320 --> 00:29:51.700
 and on

00:29:51.700 --> 00:29:52.120
 which by

00:29:52.120 --> 00:29:52.520
 the way

00:29:52.520 --> 00:29:53.360
 in those

00:29:53.360 --> 00:29:54.100
 just quickly

00:29:54.100 --> 00:29:54.380
 again

00:29:54.380 --> 00:29:54.700
 divorce

00:29:54.700 --> 00:29:55.220
 sexuality

00:29:55.220 --> 00:29:56.020
 pornography

00:29:56.020 --> 00:29:56.460
 chemical

00:29:56.460 --> 00:29:56.880
 dependence

00:29:56.880 --> 00:29:57.300
 issues

00:29:57.300 --> 00:29:57.900
 that are

00:29:57.900 --> 00:29:58.320
 rampant

00:29:58.320 --> 00:29:58.620
 in our

00:29:58.620 --> 00:29:58.960
 culture

00:29:58.960 --> 00:29:59.340
 today

00:29:59.340 --> 00:29:59.780
 the

00:29:59.780 --> 00:30:00.320
 percentage

00:30:00.320 --> 00:30:01.240
 of those

00:30:01.240 --> 00:30:02.060
 outside of

00:30:02.060 --> 00:30:02.580
 the church

00:30:02.580 --> 00:30:03.520
 who engage

00:30:03.520 --> 00:30:04.060
 in these

00:30:04.060 --> 00:30:04.660
 activities

00:30:04.660 --> 00:30:05.500
 and many

00:30:05.500 --> 00:30:06.020
 of them

00:30:06.020 --> 00:30:06.900
 those statistics

00:30:06.900 --> 00:30:07.300
 are the

00:30:07.300 --> 00:30:07.620
 same

00:30:07.620 --> 00:30:09.780
 and if

00:30:09.780 --> 00:30:10.180
 they're not

00:30:10.180 --> 00:30:10.640
 the same

00:30:10.640 --> 00:30:11.020
 the number

00:30:11.020 --> 00:30:11.560
 of Christians

00:30:11.560 --> 00:30:12.400
 engaging in

00:30:12.400 --> 00:30:13.120
 those is

00:30:13.120 --> 00:30:14.180
 growing at

00:30:14.180 --> 00:30:14.560
 the same

00:30:14.560 --> 00:30:15.400
 rate and

00:30:15.400 --> 00:30:15.840
 at the same

00:30:15.840 --> 00:30:16.800
 percentage that

00:30:16.800 --> 00:30:17.340
 the world is

00:30:17.340 --> 00:30:17.620
 growing

00:30:17.620 --> 00:30:18.400
 so even in

00:30:18.400 --> 00:30:19.120
 those big

00:30:19.120 --> 00:30:19.900
 hot topic

00:30:19.900 --> 00:30:20.300
 ones that

00:30:20.300 --> 00:30:21.160
 we all want

00:30:21.160 --> 00:30:21.620
 to look at

00:30:21.620 --> 00:30:22.060
 and we all

00:30:22.060 --> 00:30:22.640
 want to talk

00:30:22.640 --> 00:30:22.960
 about

00:30:22.960 --> 00:30:24.660
 we're there

00:30:24.660 --> 00:30:25.520
 we're

00:30:25.520 --> 00:30:26.020
 compromised

00:30:26.020 --> 00:30:28.060
 but Daniel

00:30:28.060 --> 00:30:28.680
 his

00:30:28.680 --> 00:30:29.940
 the opportunity

00:30:29.940 --> 00:30:30.560
 for him to

00:30:30.560 --> 00:30:31.120
 give in

00:30:31.120 --> 00:30:32.020
 was on

00:30:32.020 --> 00:30:32.320
 a more

00:30:32.320 --> 00:30:32.900
 everyday

00:30:32.900 --> 00:30:33.840
 subtle

00:30:33.840 --> 00:30:34.360
 stand

00:30:34.360 --> 00:30:34.700
 it was

00:30:34.700 --> 00:30:35.220
 food

00:30:35.220 --> 00:30:36.800
 it was

00:30:36.800 --> 00:30:37.300
 on food

00:30:37.300 --> 00:30:39.100
 it wasn't

00:30:39.100 --> 00:30:39.720
 attendance in

00:30:39.720 --> 00:30:40.120
 the temple

00:30:40.120 --> 00:30:42.160
 it wasn't

00:30:42.160 --> 00:30:43.020
 on sacrifices

00:30:43.020 --> 00:30:43.700
 to idols

00:30:43.700 --> 00:30:45.440
 it was

00:30:45.440 --> 00:30:46.320
 on food

00:30:46.320 --> 00:30:48.040
 and here's

00:30:48.040 --> 00:30:48.540
 what I think

00:30:48.540 --> 00:30:49.060
 is crazy

00:30:49.060 --> 00:30:50.240
 and very

00:30:50.240 --> 00:30:50.940
 interesting

00:30:50.940 --> 00:30:51.740
 about this

00:30:51.740 --> 00:30:51.980
 when it

00:30:51.980 --> 00:30:52.400
 comes to

00:30:52.400 --> 00:30:53.040
 the issue

00:30:53.040 --> 00:30:53.640
 with food

00:30:53.640 --> 00:30:54.440
 is that

00:30:54.440 --> 00:30:55.460
 no one

00:30:55.460 --> 00:30:55.980
 blames

00:30:55.980 --> 00:30:56.580
 a hungry

00:30:56.580 --> 00:30:57.100
 person

00:30:57.100 --> 00:30:59.980
 no one

00:30:59.980 --> 00:31:00.520
 blames

00:31:00.520 --> 00:31:01.060
 someone

00:31:01.060 --> 00:31:01.460
 who can

00:31:01.460 --> 00:31:01.920
 find

00:31:01.920 --> 00:31:02.460
 great

00:31:02.460 --> 00:31:03.160
 justification

00:31:03.160 --> 00:31:04.320
 in their

00:31:04.320 --> 00:31:04.720
 mind

00:31:04.720 --> 00:31:05.300
 that they

00:31:05.300 --> 00:31:06.360
 will partake

00:31:06.360 --> 00:31:07.260
 in this

00:31:07.260 --> 00:31:07.760
 act

00:31:07.760 --> 00:31:08.660
 even though

00:31:08.660 --> 00:31:09.340
 they're not

00:31:09.340 --> 00:31:10.200
 supposed to

00:31:10.200 --> 00:31:11.100
 no one

00:31:11.100 --> 00:31:11.720
 would blame

00:31:11.720 --> 00:31:12.060
 them

00:31:12.060 --> 00:31:12.820
 how do I

00:31:12.820 --> 00:31:13.380
 know that

00:31:13.380 --> 00:31:14.140
 because if I

00:31:14.140 --> 00:31:14.840
 asked in here

00:31:14.840 --> 00:31:15.600
 how many of

00:31:15.600 --> 00:31:16.020
 you have

00:31:16.020 --> 00:31:16.500
 ever been

00:31:16.500 --> 00:31:17.020
 on a diet

00:31:17.020 --> 00:31:17.680
 I would

00:31:17.680 --> 00:31:18.000
 be willing

00:31:18.000 --> 00:31:18.340
 to bet

00:31:18.340 --> 00:31:18.700
 if you're

00:31:18.700 --> 00:31:19.220
 over the

00:31:19.220 --> 00:31:19.580
 age of

00:31:19.580 --> 00:31:19.900
 30

00:31:19.900 --> 00:31:20.480
 you'd

00:31:20.480 --> 00:31:20.780
 raise

00:31:20.780 --> 00:31:21.340
 your hand

00:31:21.340 --> 00:31:21.980
 if I

00:31:21.980 --> 00:31:22.680
 then asked

00:31:22.680 --> 00:31:22.860
 you

00:31:22.860 --> 00:31:23.400
 how many

00:31:23.400 --> 00:31:23.600
 of you

00:31:23.600 --> 00:31:23.940
 have ever

00:31:23.940 --> 00:31:24.300
 cheated

00:31:24.300 --> 00:31:24.740
 on that

00:31:24.740 --> 00:31:25.080
 diet

00:31:25.080 --> 00:31:25.740
 the same

00:31:25.740 --> 00:31:26.040
 number

00:31:26.040 --> 00:31:26.500
 of hands

00:31:26.500 --> 00:31:26.820
 would go

00:31:26.820 --> 00:31:27.020
 up

00:31:27.020 --> 00:31:27.300
 right

00:31:27.300 --> 00:31:29.260
 we're

00:31:29.260 --> 00:31:29.740
 we're

00:31:29.740 --> 00:31:30.080
 people

00:31:30.080 --> 00:31:30.480
 who

00:31:30.480 --> 00:31:31.060
 compromise

00:31:31.060 --> 00:31:33.480
 even

00:31:33.480 --> 00:31:33.760
 in the

00:31:33.760 --> 00:31:34.060
 everyday

00:31:34.060 --> 00:31:37.000
 but Daniel

00:31:37.000 --> 00:31:37.400
 stood with

00:31:37.400 --> 00:31:37.900
 the resolve

00:31:37.900 --> 00:31:39.640
 so I'm

00:31:39.640 --> 00:31:39.760
 going to talk

00:31:39.760 --> 00:31:40.200
 about three

00:31:40.200 --> 00:31:40.960
 areas this

00:31:40.960 --> 00:31:41.280
 morning

00:31:41.280 --> 00:31:42.980
 share some

00:31:42.980 --> 00:31:43.480
 statistics

00:31:43.480 --> 00:31:45.460
 and hopefully

00:31:45.460 --> 00:31:46.400
 see that you'll

00:31:46.400 --> 00:31:46.820
 begin to

00:31:46.820 --> 00:31:47.580
 understand that

00:31:47.580 --> 00:31:48.060
 more at the

00:31:48.060 --> 00:31:48.920
 core not

00:31:48.920 --> 00:31:49.540
 even just in

00:31:49.540 --> 00:31:49.900
 the big

00:31:49.900 --> 00:31:50.460
 topics

00:31:50.460 --> 00:31:52.400
 but in

00:31:52.400 --> 00:31:52.880
 the everyday

00:31:52.880 --> 00:31:54.660
 that we're

00:31:54.660 --> 00:31:54.960
 we're part

00:31:54.960 --> 00:31:55.140
 of a

00:31:55.140 --> 00:31:55.480
 compromise

00:31:55.480 --> 00:31:55.920
 people

00:31:55.920 --> 00:31:57.260
 and are

00:31:57.260 --> 00:31:57.420
 you

00:31:57.420 --> 00:31:57.820
 compromised

00:31:57.820 --> 00:31:59.880
 first one

00:31:59.880 --> 00:32:00.460
 is money

00:32:00.460 --> 00:32:02.640
 money

00:32:02.640 --> 00:32:04.800
 we live

00:32:04.800 --> 00:32:05.960
 in a

00:32:05.960 --> 00:32:06.340
 time

00:32:06.340 --> 00:32:07.780
 where great

00:32:07.780 --> 00:32:08.720
 level

00:32:08.720 --> 00:32:09.820
 of importance

00:32:09.820 --> 00:32:10.840
 just as it

00:32:10.840 --> 00:32:11.540
 always been

00:32:11.540 --> 00:32:12.200
 has been

00:32:12.200 --> 00:32:12.640
 placed with

00:32:12.640 --> 00:32:12.940
 money

00:32:12.940 --> 00:32:14.460
 how much

00:32:14.460 --> 00:32:15.060
 money can

00:32:15.060 --> 00:32:15.400
 you get

00:32:15.400 --> 00:32:15.780
 how much

00:32:15.780 --> 00:32:16.360
 money can

00:32:16.360 --> 00:32:16.920
 you obtain

00:32:16.920 --> 00:32:17.540
 what can

00:32:17.540 --> 00:32:17.880
 you do

00:32:17.880 --> 00:32:18.240
 with your

00:32:18.240 --> 00:32:18.480
 money

00:32:18.480 --> 00:32:18.900
 what would

00:32:18.900 --> 00:32:19.160
 you do

00:32:19.160 --> 00:32:19.580
 to get

00:32:19.580 --> 00:32:19.960
 more

00:32:19.960 --> 00:32:21.000
 money

00:32:21.000 --> 00:32:23.000
 and as

00:32:23.000 --> 00:32:23.600
 Christians

00:32:23.600 --> 00:32:25.140
 speaking as

00:32:25.140 --> 00:32:25.480
 a whole

00:32:25.480 --> 00:32:25.980
 right for

00:32:25.980 --> 00:32:26.260
 these

00:32:26.260 --> 00:32:27.620
 we've

00:32:27.620 --> 00:32:27.840
 become

00:32:27.840 --> 00:32:28.420
 compromised

00:32:28.420 --> 00:32:33.220
 read this

00:32:33.220 --> 00:32:33.620
 statistic

00:32:33.620 --> 00:32:34.120
 this week

00:32:34.120 --> 00:32:35.160
 baffled

00:32:35.160 --> 00:32:35.660
 my mind

00:32:35.660 --> 00:32:36.220
 the statistics

00:32:36.220 --> 00:32:36.680
 came from

00:32:36.680 --> 00:32:37.220
 2024

00:32:37.220 --> 00:32:39.340
 so it's

00:32:39.340 --> 00:32:40.160
 relevant in

00:32:40.160 --> 00:32:40.760
 today's time

00:32:40.760 --> 00:32:43.420
 the average

00:32:43.420 --> 00:32:44.480
 American

00:32:44.480 --> 00:32:45.700
 family

00:32:45.700 --> 00:32:47.440
 I'm

00:32:47.440 --> 00:32:47.680
 sorry

00:32:47.680 --> 00:32:49.900
 the average

00:32:49.900 --> 00:32:51.100
 Christian

00:32:51.100 --> 00:32:52.540
 American

00:32:52.540 --> 00:32:53.900
 family

00:32:53.900 --> 00:32:55.680
 their

00:32:55.680 --> 00:32:56.460
 average

00:32:56.460 --> 00:32:57.560
 weekly

00:32:57.560 --> 00:32:59.140
 offering

00:32:59.140 --> 00:33:03.420
 is

00:33:03.420 --> 00:33:03.860
 seventeen

00:33:03.860 --> 00:33:04.480
 dollars

00:33:04.480 --> 00:33:07.180
 seventeen

00:33:07.180 --> 00:33:08.880
 dollars

00:33:08.880 --> 00:33:10.360
 which

00:33:10.360 --> 00:33:11.140
 means

00:33:11.140 --> 00:33:12.820
 that over

00:33:12.820 --> 00:33:13.460
 the course

00:33:13.460 --> 00:33:13.940
 of the

00:33:13.940 --> 00:33:14.260
 year

00:33:14.260 --> 00:33:15.520
 the average

00:33:15.520 --> 00:33:16.360
 American

00:33:16.360 --> 00:33:17.080
 Christian

00:33:17.080 --> 00:33:18.220
 family

00:33:18.220 --> 00:33:19.760
 gives

00:33:19.760 --> 00:33:20.140
 eight

00:33:20.140 --> 00:33:20.460
 hundred

00:33:20.460 --> 00:33:21.120
 and eighty

00:33:21.120 --> 00:33:21.540
 four

00:33:21.540 --> 00:33:22.480
 dollars

00:33:22.480 --> 00:33:23.740
 to

00:33:23.740 --> 00:33:24.140
 gospel

00:33:24.140 --> 00:33:24.540
 work

00:33:24.540 --> 00:33:28.640
 the

00:33:28.640 --> 00:33:29.040
 average

00:33:29.040 --> 00:33:29.520
 American

00:33:29.520 --> 00:33:30.020
 family

00:33:30.020 --> 00:33:31.880
 spends

00:33:31.880 --> 00:33:32.160
 one

00:33:32.160 --> 00:33:32.880
 thousand

00:33:32.880 --> 00:33:33.480
 five hundred

00:33:33.480 --> 00:33:33.960
 and sixty

00:33:33.960 --> 00:33:34.660
 five dollars

00:33:34.660 --> 00:33:35.320
 per year

00:33:35.320 --> 00:33:36.580
 on streaming

00:33:36.580 --> 00:33:37.280
 and internet

00:33:37.280 --> 00:33:39.140
 the

00:33:39.140 --> 00:33:39.620
 average

00:33:39.620 --> 00:33:40.180
 American

00:33:40.180 --> 00:33:40.800
 family

00:33:40.800 --> 00:33:41.440
 spends

00:33:41.440 --> 00:33:41.720
 one

00:33:41.720 --> 00:33:42.180
 thousand

00:33:42.180 --> 00:33:42.820
 five hundred

00:33:42.820 --> 00:33:43.320
 dollars

00:33:43.320 --> 00:33:43.980
 per

00:33:43.980 --> 00:33:44.580
 child

00:33:44.580 --> 00:33:45.120
 to

00:33:45.120 --> 00:33:45.840
 participate

00:33:45.840 --> 00:33:46.780
 in

00:33:46.780 --> 00:33:47.300
 sports

00:33:47.300 --> 00:33:49.300
 the

00:33:49.300 --> 00:33:49.860
 average

00:33:49.860 --> 00:33:50.800
 American

00:33:50.800 --> 00:33:51.580
 family

00:33:51.580 --> 00:33:52.080
 spends

00:33:52.080 --> 00:33:52.460
 one

00:33:52.460 --> 00:33:52.940
 thousand

00:33:52.940 --> 00:33:53.360
 three

00:33:53.360 --> 00:33:53.680
 hundred

00:33:53.680 --> 00:33:54.320
 and sixty

00:33:54.320 --> 00:33:54.780
 five

00:33:54.780 --> 00:33:55.340
 dollars

00:33:55.340 --> 00:33:56.220
 on their

00:33:56.220 --> 00:33:56.680
 family

00:33:56.680 --> 00:33:57.340
 cell phone

00:33:57.340 --> 00:33:57.840
 plan

00:33:57.840 --> 00:33:58.720
 I would

00:33:58.720 --> 00:33:59.180
 like to

00:33:59.180 --> 00:33:59.640
 switch to

00:33:59.640 --> 00:33:59.860
 that

00:33:59.860 --> 00:34:00.300
 provider

00:34:00.300 --> 00:34:03.120
 the

00:34:03.120 --> 00:34:03.680
 average

00:34:03.680 --> 00:34:04.260
 American

00:34:04.260 --> 00:34:04.820
 family

00:34:04.820 --> 00:34:05.260
 spends

00:34:05.260 --> 00:34:05.540
 two

00:34:05.540 --> 00:34:06.020
 thousand

00:34:06.020 --> 00:34:06.340
 eight

00:34:06.340 --> 00:34:06.620
 hundred

00:34:06.620 --> 00:34:07.220
 and forty

00:34:07.220 --> 00:34:07.620
 three

00:34:07.620 --> 00:34:08.180
 dollars

00:34:08.180 --> 00:34:09.500
 on their

00:34:09.500 --> 00:34:10.060
 summer

00:34:10.060 --> 00:34:11.400
 vacation

00:34:11.400 --> 00:34:13.700
 here's

00:34:13.700 --> 00:34:14.060
 what that

00:34:14.060 --> 00:34:14.380
 means

00:34:14.380 --> 00:34:17.140
 if we

00:34:17.140 --> 00:34:18.180
 and we

00:34:18.180 --> 00:34:19.200
 are a

00:34:19.200 --> 00:34:19.640
 part of

00:34:19.640 --> 00:34:20.360
 the culture

00:34:20.360 --> 00:34:20.960
 as a

00:34:20.960 --> 00:34:21.300
 whole

00:34:21.300 --> 00:34:21.860
 which we

00:34:21.860 --> 00:34:22.220
 are

00:34:22.220 --> 00:34:23.060
 these numbers

00:34:23.060 --> 00:34:23.540
 apply to

00:34:23.540 --> 00:34:23.800
 us

00:34:23.800 --> 00:34:24.240
 which means

00:34:24.240 --> 00:34:24.580
 this

00:34:24.580 --> 00:34:27.060
 the average

00:34:27.060 --> 00:34:27.680
 American

00:34:27.680 --> 00:34:28.220
 Christian

00:34:28.220 --> 00:34:28.780
 family

00:34:28.780 --> 00:34:30.320
 spends

00:34:30.320 --> 00:34:30.820
 eight

00:34:30.820 --> 00:34:31.780
 times

00:34:31.780 --> 00:34:32.600
 the amount

00:34:32.600 --> 00:34:33.220
 of money

00:34:33.220 --> 00:34:33.500
 on

00:34:33.500 --> 00:34:34.180
 entertainment

00:34:34.180 --> 00:34:34.840
 than they do

00:34:34.840 --> 00:34:35.320
 the gospel

00:34:35.320 --> 00:34:40.580
 we might

00:34:40.580 --> 00:34:40.880
 not

00:34:40.880 --> 00:34:41.960
 say it

00:34:41.960 --> 00:34:44.740
 but we

00:34:44.740 --> 00:34:45.380
 care more

00:34:45.380 --> 00:34:46.100
 about Netflix

00:34:46.100 --> 00:34:46.580
 than the

00:34:46.580 --> 00:34:46.920
 gospel

00:34:46.920 --> 00:34:50.200
 we might

00:34:50.200 --> 00:34:50.760
 not say

00:34:50.760 --> 00:34:51.040
 it

00:34:51.040 --> 00:34:52.580
 but we

00:34:52.580 --> 00:34:53.520
 care more

00:34:53.520 --> 00:34:55.040
 about sports

00:34:55.040 --> 00:34:55.760
 than the

00:34:55.760 --> 00:34:56.120
 gospel

00:34:56.120 --> 00:34:58.240
 we might

00:34:58.240 --> 00:34:58.780
 not say

00:34:58.780 --> 00:34:59.060
 it

00:34:59.060 --> 00:35:00.020
 but we

00:35:00.020 --> 00:35:00.900
 care more

00:35:00.900 --> 00:35:01.720
 about

00:35:01.720 --> 00:35:02.160
 dipping

00:35:02.160 --> 00:35:03.120
 our toes

00:35:03.120 --> 00:35:03.640
 in the

00:35:03.640 --> 00:35:04.140
 sand

00:35:04.140 --> 00:35:04.900
 than we

00:35:04.900 --> 00:35:05.500
 do

00:35:05.500 --> 00:35:06.060
 about

00:35:06.060 --> 00:35:06.660
 eternity

00:35:06.660 --> 00:35:09.940
 as a

00:35:09.940 --> 00:35:10.380
 culture

00:35:10.380 --> 00:35:13.020
 we become

00:35:13.020 --> 00:35:13.780
 compromised

00:35:13.780 --> 00:35:16.040
 are you

00:35:16.040 --> 00:35:18.400
 are you

00:35:18.400 --> 00:35:20.600
 I don't

00:35:20.600 --> 00:35:20.760
 know

00:35:20.760 --> 00:35:21.540
 I've not

00:35:21.540 --> 00:35:22.160
 seen anyone's

00:35:22.160 --> 00:35:22.660
 bank account

00:35:22.660 --> 00:35:24.600
 I don't

00:35:24.600 --> 00:35:25.080
 know what

00:35:25.080 --> 00:35:25.440
 you do

00:35:25.440 --> 00:35:25.860
 give and

00:35:25.860 --> 00:35:26.160
 what you

00:35:26.160 --> 00:35:26.420
 don't

00:35:26.420 --> 00:35:26.660
 give

00:35:26.660 --> 00:35:26.980
 I don't

00:35:26.980 --> 00:35:27.380
 know what

00:35:27.380 --> 00:35:27.700
 you do

00:35:27.700 --> 00:35:28.000
 pay

00:35:28.000 --> 00:35:28.680
 and what

00:35:28.680 --> 00:35:29.100
 you don't

00:35:29.100 --> 00:35:29.380
 pay

00:35:29.380 --> 00:35:30.100
 but I

00:35:30.100 --> 00:35:30.420
 know what

00:35:30.420 --> 00:35:30.900
 these numbers

00:35:30.900 --> 00:35:31.460
 tell me

00:35:31.460 --> 00:35:33.420
 is that

00:35:33.420 --> 00:35:33.980
 we live

00:35:33.980 --> 00:35:34.480
 in a

00:35:34.480 --> 00:35:34.880
 compromised

00:35:34.880 --> 00:35:36.180
 culture

00:35:36.180 --> 00:35:38.040
 are you

00:35:38.040 --> 00:35:38.500
 part of

00:35:38.500 --> 00:35:38.620
 the

00:35:38.620 --> 00:35:39.220
 compromise

00:35:39.220 --> 00:35:41.620
 the second

00:35:41.620 --> 00:35:42.040
 area

00:35:42.040 --> 00:35:44.180
 is time

00:35:44.180 --> 00:35:46.900
 time

00:35:46.900 --> 00:35:49.760
 again

00:35:49.760 --> 00:35:50.420
 one third

00:35:50.420 --> 00:35:52.260
 one third

00:35:52.260 --> 00:35:52.760
 of the

00:35:52.760 --> 00:35:53.060
 U.S.

00:35:53.160 --> 00:35:53.720
 population

00:35:53.720 --> 00:35:55.160
 says they're

00:35:55.160 --> 00:35:55.600
 Christians

00:35:55.600 --> 00:35:57.520
 a poll

00:35:57.520 --> 00:35:58.020
 was done

00:35:58.020 --> 00:35:59.860
 and if

00:35:59.860 --> 00:36:00.520
 you in

00:36:00.520 --> 00:36:01.120
 that poll

00:36:01.120 --> 00:36:01.660
 identified

00:36:01.660 --> 00:36:02.340
 yourself

00:36:02.340 --> 00:36:03.320
 as a

00:36:03.320 --> 00:36:03.800
 Christian

00:36:03.800 --> 00:36:04.660
 specifically

00:36:04.660 --> 00:36:04.980
 an

00:36:04.980 --> 00:36:05.600
 evangelical

00:36:05.600 --> 00:36:06.220
 Christian

00:36:06.220 --> 00:36:07.080
 follower

00:36:07.080 --> 00:36:07.480
 of Jesus

00:36:07.480 --> 00:36:08.040
 Christ

00:36:08.040 --> 00:36:10.660
 and the

00:36:10.660 --> 00:36:11.220
 question was

00:36:11.220 --> 00:36:11.860
 about church

00:36:11.860 --> 00:36:12.460
 attendance

00:36:12.460 --> 00:36:16.320
 30%

00:36:16.320 --> 00:36:19.760
 say that

00:36:19.760 --> 00:36:20.680
 I attend

00:36:20.680 --> 00:36:21.420
 church

00:36:21.420 --> 00:36:22.840
 almost

00:36:22.840 --> 00:36:23.680
 every week

00:36:23.680 --> 00:36:24.680
 almost

00:36:24.680 --> 00:36:25.240
 every week

00:36:25.240 --> 00:36:25.480
 so

00:36:25.480 --> 00:36:26.900
 they're

00:36:26.900 --> 00:36:27.160
 there

00:36:27.160 --> 00:36:30.120
 14%

00:36:30.120 --> 00:36:31.940
 twice

00:36:31.940 --> 00:36:32.440
 a month

00:36:32.440 --> 00:36:35.880
 these are

00:36:35.880 --> 00:36:36.200
 people who

00:36:36.200 --> 00:36:36.480
 are curious

00:36:36.480 --> 00:36:36.760
 these people

00:36:36.760 --> 00:36:37.200
 I'm a

00:36:37.200 --> 00:36:37.560
 follower of

00:36:37.560 --> 00:36:37.920
 Jesus

00:36:37.920 --> 00:36:40.320
 13%

00:36:40.320 --> 00:36:40.880
 once a

00:36:40.880 --> 00:36:41.180
 month

00:36:41.180 --> 00:36:44.540
 27%

00:36:44.540 --> 00:36:45.480
 seldom

00:36:45.480 --> 00:36:49.700
 16%

00:36:49.700 --> 00:36:51.300
 blows my

00:36:51.300 --> 00:36:51.700
 mind

00:36:51.700 --> 00:36:52.980
 never

00:36:52.980 --> 00:36:54.980
 never

00:36:54.980 --> 00:36:57.180
 so here's

00:36:57.180 --> 00:36:57.420
 what that

00:36:57.420 --> 00:36:57.740
 means

00:36:57.740 --> 00:37:02.460
 56%

00:37:02.460 --> 00:37:04.800
 of

00:37:04.800 --> 00:37:05.660
 American

00:37:05.660 --> 00:37:06.880
 Christians

00:37:06.880 --> 00:37:09.060
 will

00:37:09.060 --> 00:37:10.280
 56%

00:37:10.280 --> 00:37:12.120
 will

00:37:12.120 --> 00:37:12.500
 spend

00:37:12.500 --> 00:37:13.160
 one

00:37:13.160 --> 00:37:13.980
 hour

00:37:13.980 --> 00:37:15.260
 a month

00:37:15.260 --> 00:37:17.080
 or less

00:37:17.080 --> 00:37:18.860
 in worship

00:37:18.860 --> 00:37:24.900
 56%

00:37:24.900 --> 00:37:25.500
 of

00:37:25.500 --> 00:37:26.000
 people

00:37:26.000 --> 00:37:26.720
 who say

00:37:26.720 --> 00:37:27.240
 Jesus

00:37:27.240 --> 00:37:27.860
 died on

00:37:27.860 --> 00:37:28.420
 the cross

00:37:28.420 --> 00:37:30.700
 and rose

00:37:30.700 --> 00:37:31.040
 from the

00:37:31.040 --> 00:37:31.480
 grave

00:37:31.480 --> 00:37:34.040
 and created

00:37:34.040 --> 00:37:34.800
 the church

00:37:34.800 --> 00:37:36.300
 and

00:37:36.300 --> 00:37:36.820
 call us

00:37:36.820 --> 00:37:37.080
 to be

00:37:37.080 --> 00:37:37.440
 a part

00:37:37.440 --> 00:37:37.720
 of it

00:37:37.720 --> 00:37:40.140
 56%

00:37:40.140 --> 00:37:40.700
 spend

00:37:40.700 --> 00:37:41.180
 one

00:37:41.180 --> 00:37:41.740
 hour

00:37:41.740 --> 00:37:42.320
 a month

00:37:42.320 --> 00:37:43.160
 or less

00:37:43.160 --> 00:37:44.140
 worshiping

00:37:44.140 --> 00:37:44.660
 him

00:37:44.660 --> 00:37:45.220
 with their

00:37:45.220 --> 00:37:45.540
 brothers

00:37:45.540 --> 00:37:46.080
 and sisters

00:37:46.080 --> 00:37:46.780
 in Christ

00:37:46.780 --> 00:37:53.720
 back to

00:37:53.720 --> 00:37:53.960
 our

00:37:53.960 --> 00:37:54.640
 American

00:37:54.640 --> 00:37:55.100
 culture

00:37:55.100 --> 00:37:57.640
 but yet

00:37:57.640 --> 00:37:58.200
 the average

00:37:58.200 --> 00:37:58.740
 American

00:37:58.740 --> 00:37:59.160
 spends

00:37:59.160 --> 00:37:59.740
 72

00:37:59.740 --> 00:38:00.260
 hours

00:38:00.260 --> 00:38:00.660
 a month

00:38:00.660 --> 00:38:01.100
 on social

00:38:01.100 --> 00:38:01.460
 media

00:38:01.460 --> 00:38:06.840
 the average

00:38:06.840 --> 00:38:07.300
 American

00:38:07.300 --> 00:38:07.700
 will spend

00:38:07.700 --> 00:38:08.820
 105 hours

00:38:08.820 --> 00:38:09.340
 a month

00:38:09.340 --> 00:38:10.960
 on a

00:38:10.960 --> 00:38:11.220
 streaming

00:38:11.220 --> 00:38:11.760
 service

00:38:11.760 --> 00:38:15.580
 so Lord

00:38:15.580 --> 00:38:15.900
 we're going

00:38:15.900 --> 00:38:16.120
 to give

00:38:16.120 --> 00:38:16.420
 you an

00:38:16.420 --> 00:38:16.700
 hour

00:38:16.700 --> 00:38:17.160
 but we're

00:38:17.160 --> 00:38:17.340
 going to

00:38:17.340 --> 00:38:17.500
 give

00:38:17.500 --> 00:38:17.940
 Instagram

00:38:17.940 --> 00:38:18.640
 72

00:38:18.640 --> 00:38:22.340
 Lord

00:38:22.340 --> 00:38:22.600
 we're going

00:38:22.600 --> 00:38:22.840
 to give

00:38:22.840 --> 00:38:23.120
 you an

00:38:23.120 --> 00:38:23.380
 hour

00:38:23.380 --> 00:38:23.740
 but we're

00:38:23.740 --> 00:38:23.940
 going to

00:38:23.940 --> 00:38:24.080
 give

00:38:24.080 --> 00:38:24.400
 Apple

00:38:24.400 --> 00:38:24.720
 TV

00:38:24.720 --> 00:38:25.380
 105

00:38:25.380 --> 00:38:31.500
 our

00:38:31.500 --> 00:38:31.880
 culture

00:38:31.880 --> 00:38:32.080
 is

00:38:32.080 --> 00:38:32.720
 compromised

00:38:32.720 --> 00:38:35.040
 are you

00:38:35.040 --> 00:38:39.460
 lastly

00:38:39.460 --> 00:38:42.600
 vulnerability

00:38:42.600 --> 00:38:44.820
 vulnerability

00:38:44.820 --> 00:38:46.160
 here's

00:38:46.160 --> 00:38:46.300
 what I mean

00:38:46.300 --> 00:38:47.260
 by vulnerability

00:38:47.260 --> 00:38:49.100
 making

00:38:49.100 --> 00:38:49.820
 transparent

00:38:49.820 --> 00:38:50.300
 who you

00:38:50.300 --> 00:38:50.720
 actually

00:38:50.720 --> 00:38:51.060
 are

00:38:51.060 --> 00:38:53.000
 I believe

00:38:53.000 --> 00:38:53.380
 that

00:38:53.380 --> 00:38:54.900
 as God

00:38:54.900 --> 00:38:55.440
 saves us

00:38:55.440 --> 00:38:55.860
 and we see

00:38:55.860 --> 00:38:56.540
 this especially

00:38:56.540 --> 00:38:57.140
 in our

00:38:57.140 --> 00:38:57.620
 New Testament

00:38:57.620 --> 00:38:58.020
 writings

00:38:58.020 --> 00:38:58.540
 we see it

00:38:58.540 --> 00:38:59.000
 in David

00:38:59.000 --> 00:38:59.340
 in the

00:38:59.340 --> 00:38:59.700
 Psalms

00:38:59.700 --> 00:39:00.760
 we see it

00:39:00.760 --> 00:39:01.060
 throughout

00:39:01.060 --> 00:39:01.520
 the scripture

00:39:01.520 --> 00:39:02.040
 that men

00:39:02.040 --> 00:39:02.380
 and women

00:39:02.380 --> 00:39:02.760
 of faith

00:39:02.760 --> 00:39:03.140
 are very

00:39:03.140 --> 00:39:03.600
 vulnerable

00:39:03.600 --> 00:39:04.000
 open

00:39:04.000 --> 00:39:04.480
 and honest

00:39:04.480 --> 00:39:04.840
 about who

00:39:04.840 --> 00:39:05.240
 they are

00:39:05.240 --> 00:39:05.960
 and their

00:39:05.960 --> 00:39:06.580
 shortcomings

00:39:06.580 --> 00:39:07.740
 and their

00:39:07.740 --> 00:39:08.180
 failures

00:39:08.180 --> 00:39:08.540
 and their

00:39:08.540 --> 00:39:09.060
 sins

00:39:09.060 --> 00:39:11.280
 and God's

00:39:11.280 --> 00:39:11.760
 glorious

00:39:11.760 --> 00:39:12.360
 plan in

00:39:12.360 --> 00:39:12.880
 their life

00:39:12.880 --> 00:39:13.680
 they're

00:39:13.680 --> 00:39:14.100
 vulnerable

00:39:14.100 --> 00:39:15.600
 and the

00:39:15.600 --> 00:39:16.040
 reason why

00:39:16.040 --> 00:39:16.580
 I include

00:39:16.580 --> 00:39:17.160
 vulnerability

00:39:17.160 --> 00:39:17.860
 is

00:39:17.860 --> 00:39:19.500
 I believe

00:39:19.500 --> 00:39:20.020
 in order

00:39:20.020 --> 00:39:21.080
 for discipleship

00:39:21.080 --> 00:39:21.920
 and evangelism

00:39:21.920 --> 00:39:22.420
 to happen

00:39:22.420 --> 00:39:24.040
 not just

00:39:24.040 --> 00:39:24.780
 check boxes

00:39:24.780 --> 00:39:25.960
 not just

00:39:25.960 --> 00:39:26.540
 attend something

00:39:26.540 --> 00:39:27.080
 because it's

00:39:27.080 --> 00:39:27.320
 there

00:39:27.320 --> 00:39:27.900
 that for

00:39:27.900 --> 00:39:28.540
 discipleship

00:39:28.540 --> 00:39:29.320
 and evangelism

00:39:29.320 --> 00:39:29.680
 to happen

00:39:29.680 --> 00:39:30.140
 that you've

00:39:30.140 --> 00:39:30.360
 got to

00:39:30.360 --> 00:39:30.720
 open up

00:39:30.720 --> 00:39:31.000
 yourself

00:39:31.000 --> 00:39:31.300
 of who

00:39:31.300 --> 00:39:31.720
 you are

00:39:31.720 --> 00:39:32.880
 not just

00:39:32.880 --> 00:39:33.500
 in leading

00:39:33.500 --> 00:39:34.000
 but in

00:39:34.000 --> 00:39:34.580
 being a

00:39:34.580 --> 00:39:34.940
 part of

00:39:34.940 --> 00:39:35.560
 the process

00:39:35.560 --> 00:39:38.380
 in discipleship

00:39:38.380 --> 00:39:38.740
 meaning you

00:39:38.740 --> 00:39:39.020
 have to be

00:39:39.020 --> 00:39:39.380
 willing to

00:39:39.380 --> 00:39:40.060
 say I'm

00:39:40.060 --> 00:39:40.380
 busted

00:39:40.380 --> 00:39:40.800
 and I'm

00:39:40.800 --> 00:39:41.260
 not okay

00:39:41.260 --> 00:39:41.740
 and I need

00:39:41.740 --> 00:39:42.080
 you to

00:39:42.080 --> 00:39:42.520
 pour into

00:39:42.520 --> 00:39:42.700
 me

00:39:42.700 --> 00:39:43.180
 so that the

00:39:43.180 --> 00:39:43.560
 Holy Spirit

00:39:43.560 --> 00:39:43.940
 can do

00:39:43.940 --> 00:39:44.540
 work in my

00:39:44.540 --> 00:39:44.780
 life

00:39:44.780 --> 00:39:45.180
 because I'm

00:39:45.180 --> 00:39:45.660
 not okay

00:39:45.660 --> 00:39:46.300
 and I need

00:39:46.300 --> 00:39:46.480
 to be

00:39:46.480 --> 00:39:46.840
 more like

00:39:46.840 --> 00:39:47.200
 Christ

00:39:47.200 --> 00:39:50.500
 in evangelism

00:39:50.500 --> 00:39:51.880
 you and I

00:39:51.880 --> 00:39:52.200
 have to

00:39:52.200 --> 00:39:52.660
 acknowledge

00:39:52.660 --> 00:39:53.140
 that we

00:39:53.140 --> 00:39:53.600
 were not

00:39:53.600 --> 00:39:53.940
 okay

00:39:53.940 --> 00:39:54.480
 we're still

00:39:54.480 --> 00:39:55.020
 not okay

00:39:55.020 --> 00:39:55.380
 but the

00:39:55.380 --> 00:39:55.800
 beauty of

00:39:55.800 --> 00:39:56.120
 that is

00:39:56.120 --> 00:39:56.780
 God doesn't

00:39:56.780 --> 00:39:57.180
 say to me

00:39:57.180 --> 00:39:57.600
 come to me

00:39:57.600 --> 00:39:57.980
 when you're

00:39:57.980 --> 00:39:58.340
 okay

00:39:58.340 --> 00:39:58.960
 but God

00:39:58.960 --> 00:39:59.340
 says come

00:39:59.340 --> 00:39:59.520
 to me

00:39:59.520 --> 00:39:59.800
 with all

00:39:59.800 --> 00:40:00.220
 your filth

00:40:00.220 --> 00:40:00.580
 all your

00:40:00.580 --> 00:40:00.920
 nasty

00:40:00.920 --> 00:40:01.280
 all your

00:40:01.280 --> 00:40:01.540
 whatever

00:40:01.540 --> 00:40:02.080
 and I'm

00:40:02.080 --> 00:40:02.380
 not just

00:40:02.380 --> 00:40:02.520
 going to

00:40:02.520 --> 00:40:02.820
 make you

00:40:02.820 --> 00:40:03.060
 okay

00:40:03.060 --> 00:40:03.260
 I'm

00:40:03.260 --> 00:40:03.340
 going to

00:40:03.340 --> 00:40:03.600
 make you

00:40:03.600 --> 00:40:03.880
 righteous

00:40:03.880 --> 00:40:04.500
 before me

00:40:04.500 --> 00:40:07.680
 vulnerability

00:40:07.680 --> 00:40:09.820
 discipleship

00:40:09.820 --> 00:40:11.220
 in evangelism

00:40:11.220 --> 00:40:13.360
 of the

00:40:13.360 --> 00:40:14.020
 third of

00:40:14.020 --> 00:40:14.820
 americans

00:40:14.820 --> 00:40:16.860
 that

00:40:16.860 --> 00:40:17.540
 attend

00:40:17.540 --> 00:40:20.780
 protestant

00:40:20.780 --> 00:40:21.440
 evangelical

00:40:21.440 --> 00:40:22.040
 church

00:40:22.040 --> 00:40:24.420
 28%

00:40:24.420 --> 00:40:24.860
 higher than

00:40:24.860 --> 00:40:25.140
 I thought

00:40:25.140 --> 00:40:25.340
 it would

00:40:25.340 --> 00:40:26.180
 be

00:40:26.180 --> 00:40:27.940
 28%

00:40:27.940 --> 00:40:28.500
 are engaged

00:40:28.500 --> 00:40:28.660
 in

00:40:28.660 --> 00:40:29.280
 discipleship

00:40:29.280 --> 00:40:31.020
 28%

00:40:31.020 --> 00:40:35.080
 however

00:40:35.080 --> 00:40:37.440
 50%

00:40:37.440 --> 00:40:40.060
 50%

00:40:40.060 --> 00:40:41.420
 of

00:40:41.420 --> 00:40:41.900
 american

00:40:41.900 --> 00:40:42.420
 culture

00:40:42.420 --> 00:40:44.100
 is a

00:40:44.100 --> 00:40:44.400
 part of

00:40:44.400 --> 00:40:44.580
 some

00:40:44.580 --> 00:40:44.880
 social

00:40:44.880 --> 00:40:45.200
 club

00:40:45.200 --> 00:40:48.320
 means

00:40:48.320 --> 00:40:49.700
 that

00:40:49.700 --> 00:40:50.680
 as we've

00:40:50.680 --> 00:40:51.660
 assimilated

00:40:51.660 --> 00:40:52.820
 into

00:40:52.820 --> 00:40:53.380
 culture

00:40:53.380 --> 00:40:56.120
 22%

00:40:56.120 --> 00:40:56.660
 more

00:40:56.660 --> 00:40:57.500
 are engaged

00:40:57.500 --> 00:40:57.820
 in a

00:40:57.820 --> 00:40:58.100
 social

00:40:58.100 --> 00:40:58.500
 club

00:40:58.500 --> 00:40:58.760
 on

00:40:58.760 --> 00:40:59.260
 average

00:40:59.260 --> 00:40:59.820
 than

00:40:59.820 --> 00:41:00.020
 they

00:41:00.020 --> 00:41:00.380
 are

00:41:00.380 --> 00:41:00.620
 in

00:41:00.620 --> 00:41:00.960
 growing

00:41:00.960 --> 00:41:01.300
 in

00:41:01.300 --> 00:41:01.460
 their

00:41:01.460 --> 00:41:01.860
 walk

00:41:01.860 --> 00:41:03.160
 with

00:41:03.160 --> 00:41:03.440
 other

00:41:03.440 --> 00:41:03.880
 believers

00:41:03.880 --> 00:41:05.640
 and I

00:41:05.640 --> 00:41:05.800
 get

00:41:05.800 --> 00:41:06.080
 you can

00:41:06.080 --> 00:41:06.220
 say

00:41:06.220 --> 00:41:06.480
 but you

00:41:06.480 --> 00:41:06.660
 don't

00:41:06.660 --> 00:41:06.900
 know

00:41:06.900 --> 00:41:07.060
 what

00:41:07.060 --> 00:41:07.280
 people

00:41:07.280 --> 00:41:07.780
 do

00:41:07.780 --> 00:41:08.740
 when

00:41:08.740 --> 00:41:08.940
 they're

00:41:08.940 --> 00:41:09.280
 alone

00:41:09.280 --> 00:41:10.480
 I

00:41:10.480 --> 00:41:10.920
 agree

00:41:10.920 --> 00:41:12.240
 I

00:41:12.240 --> 00:41:12.540
 agree

00:41:12.540 --> 00:41:12.740
 and if

00:41:12.740 --> 00:41:12.960
 I felt

00:41:12.960 --> 00:41:13.100
 like

00:41:13.100 --> 00:41:13.260
 they'd

00:41:13.260 --> 00:41:13.380
 be

00:41:13.380 --> 00:41:13.680
 honest

00:41:13.680 --> 00:41:13.860
 about

00:41:13.860 --> 00:41:14.000
 their

00:41:14.000 --> 00:41:14.320
 quiet

00:41:14.320 --> 00:41:14.600
 times

00:41:14.600 --> 00:41:14.840
 we'd

00:41:14.840 --> 00:41:15.000
 share

00:41:15.000 --> 00:41:15.200
 those

00:41:15.200 --> 00:41:15.620
 statistics

00:41:15.620 --> 00:41:15.900
 too

00:41:15.900 --> 00:41:18.160
 but what

00:41:18.160 --> 00:41:18.300
 I

00:41:18.300 --> 00:41:18.740
 believe

00:41:18.740 --> 00:41:19.100
 is that

00:41:19.100 --> 00:41:19.480
 God

00:41:19.480 --> 00:41:19.780
 has

00:41:19.780 --> 00:41:20.280
 called

00:41:20.280 --> 00:41:20.620
 us

00:41:20.620 --> 00:41:20.800
 to

00:41:20.800 --> 00:41:21.080
 not

00:41:21.080 --> 00:41:21.500
 forsake

00:41:21.500 --> 00:41:21.700
 the

00:41:21.700 --> 00:41:22.120
 gathering

00:41:22.120 --> 00:41:23.440
 that

00:41:23.440 --> 00:41:23.700
 God

00:41:23.700 --> 00:41:23.860
 has

00:41:23.860 --> 00:41:24.200
 created

00:41:24.200 --> 00:41:24.400
 the

00:41:24.400 --> 00:41:24.640
 church

00:41:24.640 --> 00:41:24.780
 and

00:41:24.780 --> 00:41:24.980
 called

00:41:24.980 --> 00:41:25.100
 us

00:41:25.100 --> 00:41:25.200
 to

00:41:25.200 --> 00:41:25.320
 be

00:41:25.320 --> 00:41:25.700
 together

00:41:25.700 --> 00:41:26.480
 that

00:41:26.480 --> 00:41:26.820
 God

00:41:26.820 --> 00:41:27.020
 has

00:41:27.020 --> 00:41:27.380
 taught

00:41:27.380 --> 00:41:27.560
 us

00:41:27.560 --> 00:41:27.680
 to

00:41:27.680 --> 00:41:29.040
 bear

00:41:29.040 --> 00:41:29.600
 with

00:41:29.600 --> 00:41:29.940
 bear

00:41:29.940 --> 00:41:30.320
 up

00:41:30.320 --> 00:41:30.700
 work

00:41:30.700 --> 00:41:31.220
 through

00:41:31.220 --> 00:41:31.820
 one

00:41:31.820 --> 00:41:32.180
 another

00:41:32.180 --> 00:41:33.380
 to teach

00:41:33.380 --> 00:41:34.420
 to challenge

00:41:34.420 --> 00:41:37.220
 and that

00:41:37.220 --> 00:41:37.560
 I need

00:41:37.560 --> 00:41:37.880
 you and

00:41:37.880 --> 00:41:38.160
 that you

00:41:38.160 --> 00:41:38.640
 need me

00:41:38.640 --> 00:41:39.740
 and that

00:41:39.740 --> 00:41:40.180
 we need

00:41:40.180 --> 00:41:40.360
 each

00:41:40.360 --> 00:41:40.660
 other

00:41:40.660 --> 00:41:42.480
 28%

00:41:42.480 --> 00:41:43.600
 50%

00:41:43.600 --> 00:41:46.280
 last

00:41:46.280 --> 00:41:46.660
 statistic

00:41:46.660 --> 00:41:46.980
 of the

00:41:46.980 --> 00:41:47.280
 morning

00:41:47.280 --> 00:41:49.540
 evangelism

00:41:49.540 --> 00:41:51.860
 evangelism

00:41:51.860 --> 00:41:56.040
 90%

00:41:56.040 --> 00:41:57.700
 of

00:41:57.700 --> 00:41:58.400
 Christians

00:41:58.400 --> 00:41:59.160
 American

00:41:59.160 --> 00:41:59.680
 Christians

00:41:59.680 --> 00:42:00.140
 polled

00:42:00.140 --> 00:42:01.400
 90%

00:42:01.400 --> 00:42:03.400
 believe

00:42:03.400 --> 00:42:04.580
 that

00:42:04.580 --> 00:42:05.100
 sharing

00:42:05.100 --> 00:42:05.400
 your

00:42:05.400 --> 00:42:06.000
 faith

00:42:06.000 --> 00:42:07.240
 is an

00:42:07.240 --> 00:42:07.640
 important

00:42:07.640 --> 00:42:08.040
 thing

00:42:08.040 --> 00:42:09.220
 now

00:42:09.220 --> 00:42:09.500
 I'm

00:42:09.500 --> 00:42:09.680
 going to

00:42:09.680 --> 00:42:09.860
 seek

00:42:09.860 --> 00:42:10.100
 to be

00:42:10.100 --> 00:42:10.280
 the

00:42:10.280 --> 00:42:10.800
 optimist

00:42:10.800 --> 00:42:11.020
 on

00:42:11.020 --> 00:42:11.260
 that

00:42:11.260 --> 00:42:11.440
 and

00:42:11.440 --> 00:42:11.640
 not

00:42:11.640 --> 00:42:12.160
 question

00:42:12.160 --> 00:42:12.960
 what

00:42:12.960 --> 00:42:13.160
 the

00:42:13.160 --> 00:42:13.400
 other

00:42:13.400 --> 00:42:13.900
 10%

00:42:13.900 --> 00:42:14.300
 think

00:42:14.300 --> 00:42:15.720
 but

00:42:15.720 --> 00:42:15.920
 say

00:42:15.920 --> 00:42:16.240
 that's

00:42:16.240 --> 00:42:16.580
 great

00:42:16.580 --> 00:42:18.660
 90%

00:42:18.660 --> 00:42:19.080
 of

00:42:19.080 --> 00:42:19.620
 American

00:42:19.620 --> 00:42:20.200
 Christians

00:42:20.200 --> 00:42:21.100
 believe

00:42:21.100 --> 00:42:22.100
 that it

00:42:22.100 --> 00:42:22.260
 is

00:42:22.260 --> 00:42:22.860
 important

00:42:22.860 --> 00:42:23.740
 to

00:42:23.740 --> 00:42:24.080
 share

00:42:24.080 --> 00:42:24.340
 your

00:42:24.340 --> 00:42:24.720
 faith

00:42:24.720 --> 00:42:27.580
 however

00:42:27.580 --> 00:42:33.520
 5%

00:42:33.520 --> 00:42:36.480
 of

00:42:36.480 --> 00:42:37.340
 American

00:42:37.340 --> 00:42:38.500
 Christians

00:42:38.500 --> 00:42:40.080
 1

00:42:40.080 --> 00:42:40.580
 2

00:42:40.580 --> 00:42:41.040
 3

00:42:41.040 --> 00:42:41.440
 4

00:42:41.440 --> 00:42:42.040
 5

00:42:42.040 --> 00:42:44.100
 5%

00:42:44.100 --> 00:42:46.340
 say

00:42:46.340 --> 00:42:46.560
 that

00:42:46.560 --> 00:42:46.840
 they've

00:42:46.840 --> 00:42:47.340
 actually

00:42:47.340 --> 00:42:47.820
 ever

00:42:47.820 --> 00:42:48.500
 talked

00:42:48.500 --> 00:42:49.060
 to

00:42:49.060 --> 00:42:49.600
 someone

00:42:49.600 --> 00:42:50.680
 about

00:42:50.680 --> 00:42:51.820
 Jesus

00:42:51.820 --> 00:42:56.200
 5%

00:42:56.200 --> 00:43:02.720
 5

00:43:02.720 --> 00:43:06.280
 5%

00:43:06.280 --> 00:43:06.860
 of

00:43:06.860 --> 00:43:06.860
 a

00:43:06.860 --> 00:43:07.040
 sit

00:43:07.040 --> 00:43:07.240
 down

00:43:07.240 --> 00:43:07.440
 over

00:43:07.440 --> 00:43:07.580
 a

00:43:07.580 --> 00:43:07.700
 cup

00:43:07.700 --> 00:43:07.820
 of

00:43:07.820 --> 00:43:08.280
 coffee

00:43:08.280 --> 00:43:11.760
 a

00:43:11.760 --> 00:43:12.380
 conversation

00:43:12.380 --> 00:43:12.640
 at

00:43:12.640 --> 00:43:12.780
 the

00:43:12.780 --> 00:43:12.980
 dinner

00:43:12.980 --> 00:43:13.400
 table

00:43:13.400 --> 00:43:16.720
 a

00:43:16.720 --> 00:43:16.960
 point

00:43:16.960 --> 00:43:17.120
 of

00:43:17.120 --> 00:43:17.760
 brokenness

00:43:17.760 --> 00:43:17.940
 where

00:43:17.940 --> 00:43:18.380
 someone's

00:43:18.380 --> 00:43:18.600
 at the

00:43:18.600 --> 00:43:18.940
 bottom

00:43:18.940 --> 00:43:19.220
 and

00:43:19.220 --> 00:43:21.060
 they need

00:43:21.060 --> 00:43:21.380
 to know

00:43:21.380 --> 00:43:21.980
 which way's

00:43:21.980 --> 00:43:22.360
 up

00:43:22.360 --> 00:43:25.200
 and

00:43:25.200 --> 00:43:26.460
 5%

00:43:26.460 --> 00:43:28.660
 of

00:43:28.660 --> 00:43:29.240
 American

00:43:29.240 --> 00:43:29.860
 Christians

00:43:29.860 --> 00:43:31.900
 in the

00:43:31.900 --> 00:43:32.400
 culture

00:43:32.400 --> 00:43:32.960
 we

00:43:32.960 --> 00:43:33.880
 live

00:43:33.880 --> 00:43:34.780
 in

00:43:34.780 --> 00:43:36.480
 have

00:43:36.480 --> 00:43:37.000
 ever

00:43:37.000 --> 00:43:38.780
 and are

00:43:38.780 --> 00:43:39.740
 looking to

00:43:39.740 --> 00:43:42.020
 talk to

00:43:42.020 --> 00:43:42.620
 someone

00:43:42.620 --> 00:43:44.060
 about

00:43:44.060 --> 00:43:44.420
 Jesus

00:43:44.420 --> 00:43:52.760
 but

00:43:52.760 --> 00:43:55.300
 42%

00:43:55.300 --> 00:43:57.480
 of

00:43:57.480 --> 00:43:58.220
 Americans

00:43:58.220 --> 00:44:00.960
 will get

00:44:00.960 --> 00:44:01.160
 on

00:44:01.160 --> 00:44:01.800
 Facebook

00:44:01.800 --> 00:44:04.540
 Twitter

00:44:04.540 --> 00:44:05.220
 X

00:44:05.220 --> 00:44:05.920
 whatever it's

00:44:05.920 --> 00:44:06.340
 called this

00:44:06.340 --> 00:44:06.620
 week

00:44:06.620 --> 00:44:08.980
 Instagram

00:44:08.980 --> 00:44:10.880
 Snapchat

00:44:10.880 --> 00:44:14.300
 and make

00:44:14.300 --> 00:44:14.900
 a post

00:44:14.900 --> 00:44:18.620
 42%

00:44:18.620 --> 00:44:20.600
 but

00:44:20.600 --> 00:44:21.620
 5%

00:44:21.620 --> 00:44:23.460
 5%

00:44:23.460 --> 00:44:25.660
 are

00:44:25.660 --> 00:44:26.040
 willing to

00:44:26.040 --> 00:44:26.380
 talk to

00:44:26.380 --> 00:44:26.600
 someone

00:44:26.600 --> 00:44:26.840
 about

00:44:26.840 --> 00:44:27.280
 Jesus

00:44:27.280 --> 00:44:36.000
 we

00:44:36.000 --> 00:44:36.560
 live

00:44:36.560 --> 00:44:39.480
 in a

00:44:39.480 --> 00:44:40.200
 compromised

00:44:40.200 --> 00:44:41.880
 culture

00:44:41.880 --> 00:44:44.320
 are

00:44:44.320 --> 00:44:44.780
 you

00:44:44.780 --> 00:44:46.040
 willing

00:44:46.040 --> 00:44:47.240
 today

00:44:47.240 --> 00:44:51.580
 Daniel

00:44:51.580 --> 00:44:51.920
 1

00:44:51.920 --> 00:44:52.280
 8

00:44:52.280 --> 00:44:55.840
 but

00:44:55.840 --> 00:44:56.140
 today

00:44:56.140 --> 00:44:56.500
 Bo

00:44:56.500 --> 00:45:00.040
 and

00:45:00.040 --> 00:45:00.240
 today

00:45:00.240 --> 00:45:00.620
 Rick

00:45:00.620 --> 00:45:03.080
 and

00:45:03.080 --> 00:45:03.340
 today

00:45:03.340 --> 00:45:03.720
 Heather

00:45:03.720 --> 00:45:06.540
 and

00:45:06.540 --> 00:45:06.800
 today

00:45:06.800 --> 00:45:07.280
 Michelle

00:45:07.280 --> 00:45:09.640
 and

00:45:09.640 --> 00:45:09.880
 today

00:45:09.880 --> 00:45:10.320
 Joel

00:45:10.320 --> 00:45:12.640
 and

00:45:12.640 --> 00:45:12.880
 today

00:45:12.880 --> 00:45:13.280
 Emma

00:45:13.280 --> 00:45:15.540
 and

00:45:15.540 --> 00:45:15.800
 today

00:45:15.800 --> 00:45:16.380
 Chris

00:45:16.380 --> 00:45:19.800
 resolved

00:45:19.800 --> 00:45:22.760
 in

00:45:22.760 --> 00:45:23.260
 who

00:45:23.260 --> 00:45:24.140
 we

00:45:24.140 --> 00:45:25.300
 are

00:45:25.300 --> 00:45:27.080
 in

00:45:27.080 --> 00:45:27.640
 mind

00:45:27.640 --> 00:45:29.440
 in

00:45:29.440 --> 00:45:30.000
 will

00:45:30.000 --> 00:45:32.760
 and in

00:45:32.760 --> 00:45:33.260
 feeling

00:45:33.260 --> 00:45:35.420
 that

00:45:35.420 --> 00:45:36.000
 I

00:45:36.000 --> 00:45:37.040
 will

00:45:37.040 --> 00:45:37.700
 not

00:45:37.700 --> 00:45:39.420
 defile

00:45:39.420 --> 00:45:40.860
 myself

00:45:40.860 --> 00:45:43.120
 for

00:45:43.120 --> 00:45:43.440
 his

00:45:43.440 --> 00:45:43.840
 name

00:45:43.840 --> 00:45:45.200
 and

00:45:45.200 --> 00:45:45.440
 his

00:45:45.440 --> 00:45:45.840
 glory

00:45:45.840 --> 00:45:47.580
 would

00:45:47.580 --> 00:45:47.780
 you pray

00:45:47.780 --> 00:45:48.520
 with me

00:45:48.520 --> 00:45:55.460
 God I

00:45:55.460 --> 00:45:55.740
 thank you

00:45:55.740 --> 00:45:56.060
 for the

00:45:56.060 --> 00:45:56.300
 goodness

00:45:56.300 --> 00:45:56.740
 of your

00:45:56.740 --> 00:45:57.100
 word

00:45:57.100 --> 00:45:59.920
 God I

00:45:59.920 --> 00:46:00.240
 thank you

00:46:00.240 --> 00:46:00.600
 for the

00:46:00.600 --> 00:46:01.120
 conviction

00:46:01.120 --> 00:46:02.500
 of your

00:46:02.500 --> 00:46:02.780
 Holy

00:46:02.780 --> 00:46:03.200
 Spirit

00:46:03.200 --> 00:46:06.000
 God the

00:46:06.000 --> 00:46:06.780
 list of

00:46:06.780 --> 00:46:07.320
 proving

00:46:07.320 --> 00:46:08.540
 that we

00:46:08.540 --> 00:46:09.480
 live in a

00:46:09.480 --> 00:46:10.360
 compromised

00:46:10.360 --> 00:46:11.220
 American

00:46:11.220 --> 00:46:11.920
 culture

00:46:11.920 --> 00:46:14.680
 could go

00:46:14.680 --> 00:46:15.220
 on

00:46:15.220 --> 00:46:16.400
 and on

00:46:16.400 --> 00:46:17.140
 and on

00:46:17.140 --> 00:46:18.800
 the

00:46:18.800 --> 00:46:19.480
 evidence

00:46:19.480 --> 00:46:22.440
 largely

00:46:22.440 --> 00:46:23.220
 speaking

00:46:23.220 --> 00:46:25.400
 that

00:46:25.400 --> 00:46:25.700
 people

00:46:25.700 --> 00:46:25.880
 who

00:46:25.880 --> 00:46:26.220
 call

00:46:26.220 --> 00:46:26.740
 themselves

00:46:26.740 --> 00:46:27.300
 Christians

00:46:27.300 --> 00:46:27.900
 have

00:46:27.900 --> 00:46:28.300
 also

00:46:28.300 --> 00:46:28.900
 compromised

00:46:28.900 --> 00:46:30.560
 could go

00:46:30.560 --> 00:46:31.060
 on

00:46:31.060 --> 00:46:31.940
 and on

00:46:31.940 --> 00:46:32.740
 and on

00:46:32.740 --> 00:46:36.540
 God we

00:46:36.540 --> 00:46:37.020
 can leave

00:46:37.020 --> 00:46:37.460
 here this

00:46:37.460 --> 00:46:37.920
 morning

00:46:37.920 --> 00:46:40.840
 defeated

00:46:40.840 --> 00:46:42.340
 and

00:46:42.340 --> 00:46:42.960
 deflated

00:46:42.960 --> 00:46:47.220
 but the

00:46:47.220 --> 00:46:47.780
 good news

00:46:47.780 --> 00:46:48.180
 Lord

00:46:48.180 --> 00:46:51.020
 is that

00:46:51.020 --> 00:46:51.380
 in your

00:46:51.380 --> 00:46:51.920
 kindness

00:46:51.920 --> 00:46:52.560
 and in

00:46:52.560 --> 00:46:53.220
 your love

00:46:53.220 --> 00:46:54.420
 as you

00:46:54.420 --> 00:46:55.140
 called

00:46:55.140 --> 00:46:55.740
 your

00:46:55.740 --> 00:46:56.300
 people

00:46:56.300 --> 00:46:57.220
 as you

00:46:57.220 --> 00:46:57.940
 called

00:46:57.940 --> 00:46:58.760
 Judah

00:46:58.760 --> 00:46:59.520
 back to

00:46:59.520 --> 00:46:59.880
 you

00:46:59.880 --> 00:47:00.520
 God you

00:47:00.520 --> 00:47:01.520
 call us

00:47:01.520 --> 00:47:02.300
 to you

00:47:02.300 --> 00:47:04.580
 and Lord

00:47:04.580 --> 00:47:05.180
 right now

00:47:05.180 --> 00:47:06.300
 we are

00:47:06.300 --> 00:47:06.820
 found

00:47:06.820 --> 00:47:08.020
 in a

00:47:08.020 --> 00:47:08.480
 time

00:47:08.480 --> 00:47:09.340
 where as

00:47:09.340 --> 00:47:09.860
 you call

00:47:09.860 --> 00:47:10.240
 us

00:47:10.240 --> 00:47:11.160
 and we're

00:47:11.160 --> 00:47:12.000
 made aware

00:47:12.000 --> 00:47:12.920
 of our

00:47:12.920 --> 00:47:13.600
 sin in

00:47:13.600 --> 00:47:14.300
 our life

00:47:14.300 --> 00:47:16.000
 God what

00:47:16.000 --> 00:47:16.520
 you give

00:47:16.520 --> 00:47:16.920
 us what

00:47:16.920 --> 00:47:17.480
 you grant

00:47:17.480 --> 00:47:17.820
 us what

00:47:17.820 --> 00:47:18.900
 you overflow

00:47:18.900 --> 00:47:19.740
 to us

00:47:19.740 --> 00:47:20.680
 God is

00:47:20.680 --> 00:47:21.540
 not your

00:47:21.540 --> 00:47:22.120
 wrath is

00:47:22.120 --> 00:47:22.560
 not your

00:47:22.560 --> 00:47:23.320
 judgment but

00:47:23.320 --> 00:47:23.920
 God it is

00:47:23.920 --> 00:47:24.560
 your grace

00:47:24.560 --> 00:47:25.300
 it is your

00:47:25.300 --> 00:47:26.440
 kindness it is

00:47:26.440 --> 00:47:27.220
 your compassion

00:47:27.220 --> 00:47:29.360
 that God we

00:47:29.360 --> 00:47:30.080
 can go from

00:47:30.080 --> 00:47:31.480
 those who

00:47:31.480 --> 00:47:31.860
 have compromised

00:47:31.860 --> 00:47:32.460
 compromised

00:47:32.460 --> 00:47:33.240
 ourselves

00:47:33.240 --> 00:47:36.140
 to coming

00:47:36.140 --> 00:47:36.520
 to an

00:47:36.520 --> 00:47:37.600
 uncompromised

00:47:37.600 --> 00:47:38.060
 God

00:47:38.060 --> 00:47:40.600
 who offers

00:47:40.600 --> 00:47:41.240
 his love

00:47:41.240 --> 00:47:41.900
 to us

00:47:41.900 --> 00:47:44.700
 so God

00:47:44.700 --> 00:47:45.360
 as we read

00:47:45.360 --> 00:47:45.960
 through these

00:47:45.960 --> 00:47:46.280
 as we

00:47:46.280 --> 00:47:47.220
 as we think

00:47:47.220 --> 00:47:47.780
 through these

00:47:47.780 --> 00:47:48.100
 Lord as

00:47:48.100 --> 00:47:48.900
 your spirit

00:47:48.900 --> 00:47:51.080
 as your spirit

00:47:51.080 --> 00:47:51.940
 leads us

00:47:51.940 --> 00:47:52.920
 may it not

00:47:52.920 --> 00:47:53.660
 bring us

00:47:53.660 --> 00:47:54.240
 to

00:47:54.240 --> 00:47:56.960
 a defeat

00:47:56.960 --> 00:47:57.480
 of I'm not

00:47:57.480 --> 00:47:58.100
 good enough

00:47:58.100 --> 00:48:01.320
 but may it

00:48:01.320 --> 00:48:01.900
 bring us

00:48:01.900 --> 00:48:02.600
 to the

00:48:02.600 --> 00:48:03.040
 victory

00:48:03.040 --> 00:48:04.280
 that I'm

00:48:04.280 --> 00:48:04.660
 not good

00:48:04.660 --> 00:48:04.980
 enough

00:48:04.980 --> 00:48:05.900
 but Jesus

00:48:05.900 --> 00:48:06.440
 is

00:48:06.440 --> 00:48:09.920
 and so

00:48:09.920 --> 00:48:10.420
 God whether

00:48:10.420 --> 00:48:11.680
 it's money

00:48:11.680 --> 00:48:13.400
 whether it's

00:48:13.400 --> 00:48:13.920
 time

00:48:13.920 --> 00:48:15.200
 whether it's

00:48:15.200 --> 00:48:16.120
 discipleship

00:48:16.120 --> 00:48:17.160
 whether it's

00:48:17.160 --> 00:48:18.100
 evangelism

00:48:18.100 --> 00:48:19.140
 whether it's

00:48:19.140 --> 00:48:19.540
 the way that

00:48:19.540 --> 00:48:19.920
 we see

00:48:19.920 --> 00:48:20.320
 people

00:48:20.320 --> 00:48:21.140
 whether it's

00:48:21.140 --> 00:48:21.660
 the words

00:48:21.660 --> 00:48:22.040
 that we

00:48:22.040 --> 00:48:22.480
 say

00:48:22.480 --> 00:48:23.440
 whether it's

00:48:23.440 --> 00:48:23.740
 how we

00:48:23.740 --> 00:48:24.320
 treat one

00:48:24.320 --> 00:48:24.700
 another

00:48:24.700 --> 00:48:25.600
 whether it's

00:48:25.600 --> 00:48:25.900
 how we

00:48:25.900 --> 00:48:26.280
 think of

00:48:26.280 --> 00:48:26.500
 people

00:48:26.500 --> 00:48:26.780
 who are

00:48:26.780 --> 00:48:27.120
 different

00:48:27.120 --> 00:48:27.780
 than us

00:48:27.780 --> 00:48:29.640
 whether it's

00:48:29.640 --> 00:48:29.880
 what we

00:48:29.880 --> 00:48:30.340
 look at

00:48:30.340 --> 00:48:30.580
 on the

00:48:30.580 --> 00:48:31.100
 computer

00:48:31.100 --> 00:48:33.360
 God no

00:48:33.360 --> 00:48:34.080
 matter where

00:48:34.080 --> 00:48:34.440
 we've

00:48:34.440 --> 00:48:34.900
 compromised

00:48:34.900 --> 00:48:36.100
 ourselves

00:48:36.100 --> 00:48:38.540
 may we

00:48:38.540 --> 00:48:39.060
 understand

00:48:39.060 --> 00:48:39.740
 that your

00:48:39.740 --> 00:48:40.480
 grace is

00:48:40.480 --> 00:48:40.920
 enough

00:48:40.920 --> 00:48:42.420
 God in

00:48:42.420 --> 00:48:42.600
 that in

00:48:42.600 --> 00:48:43.060
 the power

00:48:43.060 --> 00:48:43.440
 of your

00:48:43.440 --> 00:48:43.900
 spirit

00:48:43.900 --> 00:48:44.340
 there is

00:48:44.340 --> 00:48:45.140
 victory

00:48:45.140 --> 00:48:48.880
 and it's

00:48:48.880 --> 00:48:49.140
 what you

00:48:49.140 --> 00:48:49.580
 call us

00:48:49.580 --> 00:48:49.780
 to

00:48:49.780 --> 00:48:53.080
 God if

00:48:53.080 --> 00:48:53.240
 there's

00:48:53.240 --> 00:48:53.740
 anyone here

00:48:53.740 --> 00:48:54.200
 today

00:48:54.200 --> 00:48:56.400
 they don't

00:48:56.400 --> 00:48:56.840
 know Jesus

00:48:56.840 --> 00:48:57.460
 Christ is

00:48:57.460 --> 00:48:57.840
 their Lord

00:48:57.840 --> 00:48:58.280
 and Savior

00:48:58.280 --> 00:49:00.040
 and they're

00:49:00.040 --> 00:49:00.420
 here this

00:49:00.420 --> 00:49:00.700
 morning

00:49:00.700 --> 00:49:01.000
 thinking

00:49:01.000 --> 00:49:01.420
 okay well

00:49:01.420 --> 00:49:01.980
 what do I

00:49:01.980 --> 00:49:02.500
 need to do

00:49:02.500 --> 00:49:03.240
 what are the

00:49:03.240 --> 00:49:03.840
 rules that I

00:49:03.840 --> 00:49:04.460
 need to follow

00:49:04.460 --> 00:49:05.560
 what's the

00:49:05.560 --> 00:49:06.240
 process that I

00:49:06.240 --> 00:49:06.580
 need to put

00:49:06.580 --> 00:49:07.180
 in place

00:49:07.180 --> 00:49:10.720
 God if they

00:49:10.720 --> 00:49:11.100
 could bring

00:49:11.100 --> 00:49:11.620
 these three

00:49:11.620 --> 00:49:12.700
 things to

00:49:12.700 --> 00:49:12.980
 you

00:49:12.980 --> 00:49:14.760
 it's not

00:49:14.760 --> 00:49:15.080
 about the

00:49:15.080 --> 00:49:15.540
 rules

00:49:15.540 --> 00:49:16.280
 God

00:49:16.280 --> 00:49:16.580
 because you

00:49:16.580 --> 00:49:17.220
 tell us

00:49:17.220 --> 00:49:18.220
 that we're

00:49:18.220 --> 00:49:18.800
 saved

00:49:18.800 --> 00:49:20.240
 by grace

00:49:20.240 --> 00:49:20.940
 through faith

00:49:20.940 --> 00:49:24.700
 so figuratively

00:49:24.700 --> 00:49:25.260
 Lord we

00:49:25.260 --> 00:49:25.580
 could lay

00:49:25.580 --> 00:49:26.020
 these three

00:49:26.020 --> 00:49:26.580
 things before

00:49:26.580 --> 00:49:26.900
 you

00:49:26.900 --> 00:49:29.800
 and coming

00:49:29.800 --> 00:49:30.280
 to Christ

00:49:30.280 --> 00:49:30.580
 we could

00:49:30.580 --> 00:49:31.220
 lay our

00:49:31.220 --> 00:49:31.700
 past

00:49:31.700 --> 00:49:33.700
 all that

00:49:33.700 --> 00:49:33.920
 we've

00:49:33.920 --> 00:49:34.300
 done

00:49:34.300 --> 00:49:35.740
 all that

00:49:35.740 --> 00:49:35.940
 we've

00:49:35.940 --> 00:49:36.300
 committed

00:49:36.300 --> 00:49:38.400
 every failure

00:49:38.400 --> 00:49:39.200
 every sin

00:49:39.200 --> 00:49:40.120
 every offense

00:49:40.120 --> 00:49:42.720
 lay the past

00:49:42.720 --> 00:49:44.140
 before you

00:49:44.140 --> 00:49:45.660
 God today

00:49:45.660 --> 00:49:46.100
 not only

00:49:46.100 --> 00:49:46.440
 to lay

00:49:46.440 --> 00:49:47.000
 our past

00:49:47.000 --> 00:49:47.360
 but to lay

00:49:47.360 --> 00:49:47.880
 our present

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 of who we

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 are

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 of how we

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 define

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 ourselves

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 with the

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 decisions

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 that we

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 make

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 that I'm

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 no longer

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 who I

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 was

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 but I

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 now

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 who I

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 am in

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 Christ

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 and that

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 we lay

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 our future

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 the next

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 step

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 that we

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 take

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 the next

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 breath

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 that we

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 take

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 the next

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 thought

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 that we

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 think

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 the next

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 action

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 that we

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 have

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 God

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 they're

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 in your

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 hand

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 have them

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 and do

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 with them

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 as you

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 please

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 and so

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 Lord you

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 have our

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 tomorrow

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 but Lord

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 you also

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 have our

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 eternity

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 God thank

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 you

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 thank you

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 Lord

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 that this

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 week

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 you continue

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 to do

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 so

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 you show

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 me in

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 your

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 kindness

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 and goodness

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 where I've

00:50:44.560 --> 00:50:44.960
 wandered

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 God today

00:50:47.340 --> 00:50:47.700
 through the

00:50:47.700 --> 00:50:48.140
 power of

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 your spirit

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 may I

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 resolve

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 may I

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 resolve

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 that I

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 will not

00:50:57.120 --> 00:50:57.540
 defile

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 myself

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 but that

00:51:00.600 --> 00:51:00.860
 in who

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 I am

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 and what

00:51:01.600 --> 00:51:02.020
 I do

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 I bring

00:51:03.580 --> 00:51:04.100
 glory

00:51:04.100 --> 00:51:05.520
 and honor

00:51:05.520 --> 00:51:05.860
 to your

00:51:05.860 --> 00:51:06.160
 name

00:51:06.160 --> 00:51:07.600
 let's

00:51:07.600 --> 00:51:07.700
 send

00:51:07.700 --> 00:51:07.980
 Jesus

00:51:07.980 --> 00:51:08.200
 let me

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 pray

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 that's

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 it for

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 this

00:51:11.580 --> 00:51:11.920
 week's

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 message

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 be sure

00:51:13.140 --> 00:51:13.460
 to check

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 week for

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