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Podcast: Acts 29 Vancouver
Episode: Core Strength Workout - Joy Pt. 4
Publishing Date: 2024-09-29T06:04:44-07:00
Podcast URL: https://acts29.ca
Episode URL: https://acts29.ca/core-strength-workout-joy-pt-4/

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Let's go.

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I was talking to Wayne this week and so we were talking about the series we are doing

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right now and how enjoying God is so critical to our existence and how it's impossible to

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enjoy God without intimacy with him and so Wayne mentioned the name of someone in the

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Bible who was pretty intimate with God so my question to you is if you could throw out

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three or four names of people that were intimate with God who would come to mind?

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David Abraham?

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Who else?

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Enoch?

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Jonathan?

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Jonathan?

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See, I would never have come up with Enoch because he was there for two lines and then

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he disappears and so I'd have never thought of him but Wayne mentioned Enoch.

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Nice job on your husband's hair though, Karen.

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I didn't think it was redeemable but it looks pretty okay.

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So Enoch is a guy who was just ridiculously intimate with God so much so that he would

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walk with God to the point where he disappeared and he's not a name we often think of.

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We think of David, we think of Abraham, we think of people like that or Paul if you think

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of the New Testament.

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So you don't normally think of Enoch and in Jude 1.14, you find that Enoch really knew

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God, eh?

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Brandon?

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Is Evan here?

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Evan, what's the name of your company?

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Connor Stone.

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Evan's got a new company, eh?

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Maybe we should hire his company to do this.

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Call his name.

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Anthony, we are usually highly organized and skilled.

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You just sat here on the wrong day, man.

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And so are you, Auxilia.

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We might get through this message.

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No, the title for today is Co-strength.

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How do you enjoy God and what do you need faith?

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I mean enjoying God and faith, that's what it's called.

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Okay, so if you go to Jude 1.14, you'll find that this was a guy who actually knew God.

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He knew God well enough to even at that time in his life prophesy.

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He was the seventh from Adam.

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So it wasn't like Yahweh had really revealed himself.

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It wasn't like he met him like he did Moses.

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It wasn't like he met him as he did Abraham.

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And yet, in Jude 1.14, we find that Enoch, who was seventh from Adam, actually knew God.

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He prophesied in Jude 1.14 saying, look, the Lord comes with thousands of holy angels to

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judge.

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And here was a guy who lived in his times, knew what God was up to, and had the ability

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to prophesy.

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If you go to Jude 1.14, it says there, Enoch the seventh from Adam prophesied about these

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men.

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See the Lord is coming with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones or his holy angels

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to judge everyone and to convict all the ungodly of all the ungodly acts they have done in

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the ungodly way and of all the harsh words ungodly sinners have spoken against him.

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And it gives you just a quick clip of what life was pre-flood.

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And then, strangely enough, he names his son Methuselah, and the word Methuselah basically

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means at his death, it will come.

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At his death, it will come, or at his death, it will be released, or at his death, it will

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erupt.

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That's what it means, the word Methuselah.

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And he names his son Methuselah, almost predicting the flood that is to come that will fulfill

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this prophecy.

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So for a guy who was seventh from Adam, it's fascinating that he knew God the way he did.

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And then if you go to Genesis 5.24, Genesis 5.24, you'll find that it says there that

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Enoch lived 365 years and he walked in close fellowship with God.

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Enoch lived 365 years and he walked in close fellowship with God.

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Depends on the version you're reading.

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And then it says, and then one day, he was simply gone, God took him.

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And then one day, he was simply gone, God took him.

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So he lives for 365 years, he walked in close fellowship with God.

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How?

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How did this guy have the ability to?

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When there was not yet a revelation of who Yahweh was or who God was, how did he know?

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At least Abraham had an advantage.

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Jacob had an advantage.

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God would turn up in some form or the other.

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And so Enoch lived 365 years, walking in close fellowship with God.

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And then one day, he was simply gone, God took him.

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Here's the crazy thing though, guys.

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To answer the question how, Enoch was a great, great, great grandson of Seth.

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the boy born to Adam and Eve after Cain murders Abel and Cain is thrown out into the wilderness.

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And when Enoch was born, Adam was still alive.

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When Enoch died, his great, great, great, great grandfather Seth was still alive.

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Not Enoch died, when Enoch was taken.

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God got his revelation of who God was from Adam.

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It's fascinating that this man who walked with God got his revelation of who God was

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from the first man who walked with God, pre-fall.

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What were the stories like?

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When you actually look at how long Adam lived, you suddenly find out that Enoch was alive

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when Adam was alive.

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Adam dies before Enoch is taken.

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Enoch was around when Seth was alive.

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Seth was the first son after Cain and Abel of Adam.

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Seth must have told him what it was like.

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But he gets a straight download from the man who walked with God pre-fall in perfect Eden.

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And then it is said of him in Genesis 5, 24, that he walked with God too, till he was

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not.

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Any questions before we go on?

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Genesis 5, 24, these are the scriptures we just called out.

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When Enoch is taken, his great, great, great, great grandfather Seth is alive.

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Enoch surely would have had conversations with Adam on pre-fall accounts of God walking

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with them in Eden.

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I mean, wouldn't you?

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If you met someone who was perhaps one of the guys who went to the moon, just so happens

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that Neil Armstrong is your great grandfather, or some famous guy, wouldn't you sit and talk

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to him?

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It would be so many conversations about seeing God real.

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He would walk with them.

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What was it like?

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So on one hand, there's that, and then on the other hand, we've got to think of it this

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way, guys.

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What is it like if someone sits with you?

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To hear your stories about the God who is as alive in you as he was then, what is it

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like?

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One of the things God's really interested in is representation.

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That's what he's really interested in.

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Why does he tell us not to sin?

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He tells us not to sin because he wants to be represented well, and he wants you to represent

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him as he is.

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And what is he?

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He is holy.

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So represent me well because I live in you and you are holy.

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His mind is not on sin.

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His mind is on representation.

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Can you represent me?

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Will it be said of you and I that some people, when they come and sit with us, they leave

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saying, man, that was like sitting with God?

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How crazy would that be the day that happens?

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So representation is precious to God, eh?

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What is it like when people come and sit with you?

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What stories do you tell them?

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And then we go to Hebrews 11, and that's where we'll start what we want to talk about today.

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It says, it was by faith, it was by faith that Enoch was taken up to heaven without

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dying.

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It was by faith that Enoch was taken up to heaven without dying.

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He disappeared because God took him.

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He disappeared because God took him.

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He disappeared because God took him.

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We know on the basis, we know on the basis, I'm just quoting scripture, we know on the

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basis of reliable testimony, we know on the basis of reliable testimony that before he

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was translated, before he was translated to the heavenly realms, I'm just putting different

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versions together, heavenly realm, his life had become, I love this next line, had become

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a pleasure to God.

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So it was by faith that Enoch was taken up to heaven without dying.

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He disappeared because God took him.

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We know on the basis of reliable testimony that before he was translated to the heavenly

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realm, his life had become a pleasure to God.

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And it's from this place that now the writer of Hebrew makes the Hebrews 11, 6 statement

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that we are so aware of, that without faith it is impossible to please God.

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Hebrews 6 comes out of the context of verse 5.

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Now listen, there was a man called Enoch.

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He by faith lived a certain way that brought pleasure to God and then one day he was not.

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And so Hebrews 11, 6 draws out of the context of Hebrews 11, 5 where it says without faith

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it is impossible to please God.

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And that's what we'll be looking at.

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How do you enjoy God and what does faith have to do with it?

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We've been talking about this for the last four weeks, eh?

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If you listened last week, we were talking about how it is impossible to long for someone

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unless you are loved.

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It is impossible to long for someone unless you are loved.

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It is impossible to say what David said.

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That oh Lord, you are my God, early will I seek you, my soul thirsts for you, my body

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longs for you like a man who's caught in a dry and weary land where there is no water.

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That kind of longing cannot happen unless one is loved.

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You can only long for something when you're loved by someone.

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You can only long for someone when you're loved by someone.

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Longing is a result of being loved.

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If longing is a result of being loved, then it is critical that I learn how to actually

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taste what it is to be loved by God.

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Because if I don't know what it is to be loved by God, and it can't be a spiritual thing,

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because David can't say what he said if it was a spiritual thing.

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And so it's important that I know what it is to be loved by God.

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And when I begin to be loved by God, I begin to long for him.

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That's what we were talking about last week.

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It's the same with your spouse.

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It's the same with your child.

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Any child that is loved by his parents, longs for his parents.

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Any spouse that is loved by a husband or wife will long for the spouse.

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Because when you are loved, you long.

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One of the things that is so sad about us as Christians is we do not know what it is

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to be tangibly loved by God.

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Spiritually, yes.

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What about emotionally?

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What about mentally?

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What about the longing of the heart?

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Body, soul, spirit.

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How does it react?

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How does it leap up?

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We don't know.

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And so the best we can do is 30 minutes of worship.

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And yet we know it in every other human relationship.

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We know it with dogs.

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Cats, no.

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We need to have a talker file.

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So Hebrews 11 6 says it's impossible to please God without faith.

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That's what Hebrews 11 6 says.

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And based on what we've been doing over the last three weeks, I want to add it and put

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it this way.

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It's impossible to please God without faith and without enjoying him.

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And that I suggest is the definition of intimacy.

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It is impossible to please God without faith and without enjoying him.

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It's impossible.

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How can I please God without these two things?

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It's impossible to please him without faith.

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And we'll talk about that.

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And without enjoying him.

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How can you please him without enjoying him?

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You must enjoy him.

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But how do you join someone if you don't long for the person?

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How do you long for the person if you don't know that they love you?

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How do you receive their love if I don't have the time to sit and receive their love?

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Let me say that again.

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It's a simple equation, but we find it so hard to practice this.

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How do I enjoy someone?

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How do I long for someone if I'm not loved?

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How do I enjoy someone if I'm not loved?

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But if the person loves me, how do I receive their love if I don't spend time?

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And at the end of the day, this idea of waiting on God, this idea of lingering,

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this idea of David saying, I'd rather be here as a sentinel than anywhere else in the world,

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these are thoughts that will not happen in my life unless there is time.

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And I know we go over this every week for the last four weeks,

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but it doesn't make much of a difference, guys.

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Because we still don't have time.

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And someone asked a question, I don't know who it was, they asked a question,

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so how do you create this time?

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Simple, you create time through prioritizing.

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Anything you prioritize, you have time for.

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But, pardon?

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Yeah, anything you value or you prioritize, you have time for.

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And if that's the case, how do I prioritize God?

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It comes back to the same thing.

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Can you begin to taste him?

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When you taste him, you find that you will prioritize him.

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Without tasting, there is no prioritizing.

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This is why David and others in this, Paul in Ephesians 1.18,

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David many times in the Psalms keeps saying,

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guys, taste and see, taste and see, taste and see, taste and see.

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Sometimes taste and see in a corporate setting,

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sometimes taste and see in your personal setting,

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sometimes taste and see, but being childlike.

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And we can talk about that.

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One of the things that's so critical to our existence is awe and wonder.

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When I look at Judah, when I look at Joey,

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sometimes when I look at Vibi, where's Vibi?

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He's down there?

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He's outside.

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Vibi is another guy.

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He's grown up, but he's got awe and wonder.

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He's got such curiosity.

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It's a precious quality, guys.

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If I want anything from Vibi, it's definitely not his looks or his height.

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I have that.

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There he comes.

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But there's awe and wonder.

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It's precious.

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And without that, this thing is very hard to get to.

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And so how do you create time?

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You create time by prioritizing.

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How do you prioritize?

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By tasting.

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And God spreads out banquets, taste, what do you call those things

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when you go taste a whole...

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tasting menus.

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Yeah, all those things.

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Basically, a table full of nice little coffee mugs and wine glasses

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that you can taste from and you say, oh, this is good.

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God does this every day.

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Every day, he gives us an opportunity to sit at his banqueting table

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and say, hey, do you want to taste and see how good I am?

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Who is interested in doing this?

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He.

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There's nobody else who wants this so badly like him.

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Every morning, Psalm 23, you prepare a table for me.

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Every morning.

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Every morning.

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And if I taste and see, if I have time to taste and see,

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this is not a cereal breakfast.

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They quickly throw something.

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No.

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The only thing I spend time on every morning is cleaning my coffee machine.

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Because that is important.

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You clean it, you get amazing coffee.

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You should taste and see.

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You taste my coffee, you'll get hair on your chest.

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The point being, it is...

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Tony's been trying this, but nothing's happened here.

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So the point being, guys, taste and see.

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Taste and see.

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When you taste and see, you can prioritize.

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When you prioritize, you create time.

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When you create time, you are loved.

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When you are loved, you can long for.

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Once you start longing for, you run towards it.

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Once you run towards it, you begin to enjoy it.

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And you do all this by faith because you're dealing with an invisible God

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who can absolutely, absolutely be tangibly loving.

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To say that it's not possible, why is it that you miss your wife

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when she goes away?

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Why does your dog miss you when you are away?

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Who do you think created those happenings, those feelings?

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He's a God who can do this.

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We must explore this.

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Because these are the stories we get to tell.

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This kid thinks the church is his.

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No, Remy, don't worry about it.

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I was just kidding.

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Guys, what story can we tell others than this?

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They should envy us, man.

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We are supposed to show the world what it is for man to be in relationship with God.

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Not how you get into heaven.

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What it is for man to be in relationship with God.

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Okay.

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One of the problems with faith and trust is that when it comes to God,

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and even when it comes to your spouse or someone that you want to marry,

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to trust or to have faith requires abandon.

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And without this, neither is really complete.

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And this is the same with God and with people.

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To trust with abandon is scary.

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To trust with abandon is scary because it's actually fearful,

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a fearful, scary thing to do.

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But it's vital for intimacy.

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It requires completing other serenities.

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It requires you letting go.

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I love the word abandon.

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Because it's even more real.

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So abandon is vital for intimacy.

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It's not a requisite for functionality.

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And so I say to couples here that perhaps need to look at things again.

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I don't have any of you in mind.

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But think of it this way.

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But think of it this way.

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You can be a highly functional spouse without being intimate,

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but you cannot be an intimate spouse without abandon.

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The scary thing about abandoning yourself is that it requires trust,

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and there is the likelihood that you may be let down,

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that you may be hurt again.

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But it is impossible to step into any kind of intimacy

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with any human relationship without abandon.

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I was watching a guy on TV talk about how when he walks down the street,

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he always carries seven or eight one dollar bills in his pocket.

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Because he says his attitude to life is give.

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And so as he walks to his office, he carries these dollars in his wallet

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and when he meets people, he starts handing them out.

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He says he doesn't care whether he's going to be exploited or not.

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He doesn't look at someone and say,

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are you going to use this money for good or are you going to use it for bad?

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Are you going to get drunk? Are you going to buy drugs?

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He says it is well possible that a guy may exploit him.

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It is well possible that the guy may take his whole wallet.

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But he says when you get to heaven,

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God is not going to say to you,

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well done good and faithful servant,

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you were shrewd most of the time and you didn't get dipped.

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He's going to say, well done good and faithful servant,

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you were exploited 50 to 60% of the time,

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but the 40% of the time that you weren't exploited,

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their lives changed.

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He said your attitude should be one of give.

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And so he takes these dollar notes and then he gives it to someone

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and after giving it, he says, can I have three minutes of your time?

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And I thought, yeah, of course.

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And then you'll tell him about Jesus.

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No, he doesn't tell them about Jesus.

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He gives them the money and says, can I have three minutes of your time?

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And he knows the names and the stories of everyone

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who sits down that road over a period of weeks

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because he wants to know them before he tells them about Christ.

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These are attitudes to life,

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where when it comes to relationships,

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can I get to a place where there's a degree of abandon?

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You can't do it with everybody.

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But with the ones that matter and with ones like your spouse,

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this is critical even if

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you've had bad experiences in the past.

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Jacob, that's too extreme a demand.

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Hey, Christ placed it on you, not me.

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You should have chosen to be single and happy, otherwise.

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Which is possible too.

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Moving on.

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Otherwise, our relationships will be functional.

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They will not be intimate.

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And people can thrive on functional relationships

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because everything is working.

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But it's not how God wants it.

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Faith is critical to enjoying God.

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Faith is critical to enjoying God.

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Faith is critical to enjoying God.

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And it often...

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Why do we say that?

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Why is faith critical to enjoying God?

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Because in difficult circumstances,

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in difficult circumstances,

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can you still...

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know his presence?

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Can you still know his presence?

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Can you still trust him through the day?

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Can you still look for him and find him?

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This is why we go back to being children.

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What do children do in difficult circumstances?

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They immediately look for the presence of their parents.

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They immediately start looking to find.

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They immediately start trusting.

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Faith is critical to enjoying God.

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Because circumstances will challenge you

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to abandon enjoying God.

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And the moment I stop enjoying God,

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I'm on my own and I would not know what to do.

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To relish God in trouble

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is the greatest sacrifice you can give him.

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To relish God in the middle of trouble,

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things are breaking down.

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Money is low.

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Body is not working well.

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Friends are abandoning you.

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Tomorrow looks bleak.

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And in the middle of that,

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you begin to enjoy the only one

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who has the ability and the answer

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to everything for tomorrow.

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To enjoy him.

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You're not even enjoying him for an answer.

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You're enjoying him simply because of who he is.

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Because you have so thoroughly begun to taste him

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that you can't imagine life without him.

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This is how children are.

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Children require practice.

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Children practice, you know.

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And then they fall out of practice.

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Oh, what a shame that our children grow up into people.

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Children practice this.

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These are the stories then we can tell

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of what it is to walk with God every day in Eden.

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One of the tricks that I use every morning

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I start with me hearing God say,

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I am right here, son.

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I have not gone anywhere.

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It makes it so easy to find him if you believe this.

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This is why we require faith to find God and to enjoy him.

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Every day I start with,

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not, oh God, I come to you.

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It's from the place that I'm right here, son.

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I have not gone anywhere.

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And then why go through a song and a dance

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to get connected to him?

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He's right there.

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I haven't gone anywhere.

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Well then if you're here,

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surely I can start speaking immediately.

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And start speaking genuinely.

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And start speaking without praise and worship.

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It's not even our father who art in heaven.

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I'm right here, son.

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Christ brought God down.

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All brought us up.

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Whichever you want to choose.

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Both are true.

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When you don't feel like you can connect,

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when the heart is struggling and striving

00:30:17.580 --> 00:30:19.580
to make a connection with him,

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because of sin or because of just sleep

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or because of lack of sleep,

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it doesn't matter what.

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I am right here, son.

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I haven't gone anywhere.

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You saved so much time, eh?

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Any questions before we move on?

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Any questions?

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I'm not sure if you're listening.

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You might want to...

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I feel like you often like to speak

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in short, like a kind of simple way.

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But what if you have like a complicated problem?

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Like how do you know how to address that?

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Yeah, so Mark's question is,

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God speaks in simple ways,

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but if you have a complicated problem,

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how do you address that?

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I'm saying that there is a teaching

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in complicated problems.

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But I'm saying, what if your primary concern

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is not the complicated problem,

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but the amazingly simple God

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that you want to completely disappear into?

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That's the best way to put it.

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Enoch disappeared, right?

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Before I deal with the problem,

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can I disappear into him?

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And once I disappear into him,

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it's like a child who's disappeared

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into the embrace of his dad or mom.

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That place is a place of great safety.

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And out of that place of peace,

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you look at your problem

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and suddenly it's not as complicated anymore.

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Because which one do you want to choose today?

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God will ask you.

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Do you want me to be Nisi, Rafa, Yaira or Shama?

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Or Shalom?

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Which one do you want?

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Because now you're sitting in the embrace of Islam.

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This is real, we should try it.

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I'm sure Mark has tried it.

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I'm sure you've tried it.

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But it's just that we don't practice it every day.

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Because our usual approach,

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and I absolutely agree with Mark,

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you get up in the morning

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and the first thing you think is of the two problems

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that you have to solve that day,

00:32:30.780 --> 00:32:32.780
which are critical because if you don't,

00:32:32.780 --> 00:32:36.780
you are khalas day after tomorrow.

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Khalas is Greek for kaput.

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Kaput is German for broken down.

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So that's kaput, right?

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So what happens then is

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what if I don't confront the problem first?

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I've said this before,

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2 Corinthians 3.18,

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whatever you behold, you become like.

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Whatever you behold, you become like.

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That's a principle you can draw out of 2 Corinthians 3.18.

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Whatever you behold, you become like.

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Either to your restoration or to your shame.

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And so when I wake up in the morning,

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what I first behold is critical to the rest of the day.

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And when I wake up thinking of the things that I have to do,

00:33:30.060 --> 00:33:32.060
the problems that might go worse,

00:33:32.060 --> 00:33:34.060
the predicaments that are hanging over my head

00:33:34.060 --> 00:33:36.060
like a sword that's going to really perhaps shatter my day.

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The more I look at that, the more I become like it.

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What if I don't confront the problem first?

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What if I don't confront the problem first?

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What if I don't confront the problem first?

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What if I become like it?

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What if I can instead go into the arms of this one

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What if I can instead go into the arms of this one

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who has the ability to take me in?

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Once I do that, everything else becomes simple.

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But do we have the time for that?

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Problem solving is easy,

00:34:00.700 --> 00:34:02.700
falling in love is difficult.

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Problem solving is easy,

00:34:08.700 --> 00:34:10.700
falling in love is difficult.

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One requires methods,

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the other requires time.

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I have time for methods,

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but I don't have a method

00:34:19.340 --> 00:34:21.340
to find time for this thing of being intimate.

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to find time for this thing of being intimate.

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Please change, if not for yourself,

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for the ones that are going to come

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who will ask, what was it to walk with God in the garden?

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who will ask, what was it to walk with God in the garden?

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We all have enough faith to locate God, guys.

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We all have enough faith to locate God, guys.

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All you need is a simple statement like this

00:34:49.340 --> 00:34:51.340
or any statement you can write down

00:34:51.340 --> 00:34:53.340
or any statement you can write down

00:34:53.340 --> 00:34:55.340
based on the promises of God.

00:34:55.340 --> 00:34:57.340
What promise is this based on?

00:34:57.340 --> 00:34:59.340
You want to take Matthew 28.20?

00:34:59.340 --> 00:35:01.340
You want to take Matthew 28.20?

00:35:01.340 --> 00:35:03.340
Lo, I'm behold, I'm with you till the end of the ages.

00:35:03.340 --> 00:35:05.340
You want to take Isaiah 40?

00:35:05.340 --> 00:35:07.340
I will carry you like a shepherd carries his lamb in his arms.

00:35:07.340 --> 00:35:09.340
I will carry you like a shepherd carries his lamb in his arms.

00:35:09.340 --> 00:35:11.340
There are 100 promises that are in the Bible.

00:35:11.980 --> 00:35:13.980
There are 100 promises

00:35:13.980 --> 00:35:15.980
and a thousand hallelujahs for this one.

00:35:15.980 --> 00:35:17.980
I'm right here, son.

00:35:17.980 --> 00:35:19.980
But put it in your own words.

00:35:19.980 --> 00:35:21.980
Be, be Davidic.

00:35:21.980 --> 00:35:23.980
Be, be a psalmist.

00:35:23.980 --> 00:35:25.980
Put it in your own words.

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Start with that.

00:35:27.980 --> 00:35:29.980
Because all of us have faith to locate him.

00:35:29.980 --> 00:35:31.980
Because all of us have faith to locate him.

00:35:31.980 --> 00:35:33.980
If you're a believer

00:35:33.980 --> 00:35:35.980
you have enough faith

00:35:35.980 --> 00:35:37.980
to locate God

00:35:37.980 --> 00:35:39.980
every morning.

00:35:40.620 --> 00:35:42.620
Every morning.

00:35:54.620 --> 00:35:56.620
Believe he is present.

00:35:56.620 --> 00:35:58.620
Believe he is present

00:35:58.620 --> 00:36:00.620
based on the statement that you come up with.

00:36:00.620 --> 00:36:02.620
These are very simple ways.

00:36:02.620 --> 00:36:04.620
Believe he is present

00:36:04.620 --> 00:36:06.620
and your mind

00:36:06.620 --> 00:36:08.620
will open up

00:36:09.260 --> 00:36:11.260
to him

00:36:11.260 --> 00:36:13.260
and what he wants to do.

00:36:19.260 --> 00:36:21.260
Try it, guys. It works.

00:36:23.260 --> 00:36:25.260
At any hint of trouble

00:36:25.260 --> 00:36:27.260
to answer Mark's question

00:36:27.260 --> 00:36:29.260
at any hint of trouble

00:36:29.260 --> 00:36:31.260
burrow a seed.

00:36:31.260 --> 00:36:33.260
Burrow a seed.

00:36:33.260 --> 00:36:35.260
Burrow a seed.

00:36:35.260 --> 00:36:37.260
Burrow a seed.

00:36:37.900 --> 00:36:39.900
Burrow, I know I spelled trouble wrong.

00:36:39.900 --> 00:36:41.900
Burrow, but it's too much work

00:36:41.900 --> 00:36:43.900
to correct it.

00:36:43.900 --> 00:36:45.900
Burrow deeper

00:36:45.900 --> 00:36:47.900
into the nature

00:36:47.900 --> 00:36:49.900
of God.

00:36:49.900 --> 00:36:51.900
Like, you know, kids do this, eh?

00:36:51.900 --> 00:36:55.900
You'll ask the kid to come and

00:36:55.900 --> 00:36:57.900
lie down with you in bed

00:36:57.900 --> 00:36:59.900
as a mom and dad

00:36:59.900 --> 00:37:01.900
and the kid will just crawl in.

00:37:01.900 --> 00:37:03.900
Like, there's enough space. It's a big bed.

00:37:03.900 --> 00:37:05.900
But if someone wants to crawl into that

00:37:06.540 --> 00:37:08.540
tiny little space, they burrow in.

00:37:08.540 --> 00:37:10.540
Learn how to burrow into God.

00:37:10.540 --> 00:37:12.540
It's called another word for burrow.

00:37:12.540 --> 00:37:14.540
A Christian word for burrow is abiding.

00:37:14.540 --> 00:37:16.540
But burrowing sounds so much more real.

00:37:16.540 --> 00:37:18.540
Burrow into God.

00:37:18.540 --> 00:37:20.540
As soon as trouble comes, burrow into God.

00:37:20.540 --> 00:37:22.540
These are the things that are habits.

00:37:22.540 --> 00:37:24.540
These are the things that are habits.

00:37:24.540 --> 00:37:26.540
Because one of the things Satan always does

00:37:26.540 --> 00:37:28.540
is can I remove him from the rest

00:37:28.540 --> 00:37:30.540
of his father's embrace

00:37:30.540 --> 00:37:32.540
by creating situations

00:37:32.540 --> 00:37:34.540
that will cause him to flail

00:37:34.540 --> 00:37:36.540
and not rest.

00:37:40.540 --> 00:37:42.540
And from that place,

00:37:42.540 --> 00:37:44.540
you look at solutions. You don't look at solutions from outside.

00:37:44.540 --> 00:37:46.540
Enjoy him

00:37:46.540 --> 00:37:48.540
and then look at solutions.

00:37:48.540 --> 00:37:50.540
It takes time.

00:37:52.540 --> 00:37:54.540
We are instant cravers with God.

00:37:54.540 --> 00:37:56.540
One of the things God often does

00:37:56.540 --> 00:37:58.540
is that he commits you to a process.

00:38:00.540 --> 00:38:02.540
In the

00:38:02.540 --> 00:38:04.540
in the

00:38:04.540 --> 00:38:06.540
in the sequence of how he'll rescue you,

00:38:06.540 --> 00:38:08.540
he'll commit you to a process.

00:38:08.540 --> 00:38:10.540
He'll say, listen, I can rescue you in an instant

00:38:10.540 --> 00:38:12.540
and I know I've done that before

00:38:12.540 --> 00:38:14.540
and that's what you want now.

00:38:14.540 --> 00:38:16.540
But I'm saying to you, I'm committing you to a process.

00:38:16.540 --> 00:38:18.540
During that process, I'll keep you.

00:38:18.540 --> 00:38:20.540
But during that process, you will learn what it is

00:38:20.540 --> 00:38:22.540
to be in relationship with me.

00:38:24.540 --> 00:38:26.540
Again and again and again,

00:38:26.540 --> 00:38:28.540
you take Israel,

00:38:28.540 --> 00:38:30.540
you take Moses, you take David,

00:38:30.540 --> 00:38:32.540
you take Noah, you take any of those guys.

00:38:32.540 --> 00:38:34.540
God could have done what he did in a second

00:38:34.540 --> 00:38:36.540
but he chooses not to because he commits you

00:38:36.540 --> 00:38:38.540
to a process and in committing you to

00:38:38.540 --> 00:38:40.540
the process, now he says,

00:38:40.540 --> 00:38:42.540
I will keep you. I am Israel's

00:38:42.540 --> 00:38:44.540
keeper. I know how to keep you.

00:38:44.540 --> 00:38:46.540
While you're being kept, I

00:38:46.540 --> 00:38:48.540
will show you who I am

00:38:48.540 --> 00:38:50.540
and who you can be simply through

00:38:50.540 --> 00:38:52.540
relationship. So son, please walk with me.

00:38:52.540 --> 00:38:54.540
I desperately want to teach you because I

00:38:54.540 --> 00:38:56.540
got only one aim in your life and that aim

00:38:56.540 --> 00:38:58.540
is, can I make you like

00:38:58.540 --> 00:39:00.540
Jesus? It's his only aim.

00:39:02.540 --> 00:39:04.540
Can I make you like

00:39:04.540 --> 00:39:06.540
Jesus?

00:39:06.540 --> 00:39:08.540
Even Jesus was committed to

00:39:08.540 --> 00:39:10.540
process. God will do

00:39:10.540 --> 00:39:12.540
this again and again and every so often,

00:39:12.540 --> 00:39:14.540
for the fun of it, he'll say,

00:39:14.540 --> 00:39:16.540
no process this time.

00:39:16.540 --> 00:39:18.540
Do something instantly.

00:39:20.540 --> 00:39:22.540
You do that with your children.

00:39:22.540 --> 00:39:24.540
You commit them to process. My dad

00:39:24.540 --> 00:39:26.540
would commit me to process every time I had

00:39:26.540 --> 00:39:28.540
an algebra problem.

00:39:28.540 --> 00:39:30.540
Just drive me nuts. Just give me the answer.

00:39:32.540 --> 00:39:34.540
And algebra never helps

00:39:34.540 --> 00:39:36.540
you in life, just so you know.

00:39:40.540 --> 00:39:42.540
These are facts of life.

00:39:50.540 --> 00:39:52.540
When he commits you to process,

00:39:52.540 --> 00:39:54.540
when he commits you to process,

00:39:56.540 --> 00:39:58.540
and

00:40:02.540 --> 00:40:04.540
two things happen.

00:40:06.540 --> 00:40:08.540
One, you see

00:40:08.540 --> 00:40:10.540
what his life is like.

00:40:14.540 --> 00:40:16.540
And two,

00:40:16.540 --> 00:40:18.540
your confidence begins to

00:40:18.540 --> 00:40:20.540
surge.

00:40:26.540 --> 00:40:28.540
Your confidence begins to surge.

00:40:28.540 --> 00:40:30.540
And three,

00:40:30.540 --> 00:40:32.540
you end up standing

00:40:36.540 --> 00:40:38.540
in the place

00:40:38.540 --> 00:40:40.540
God wants you to.

00:40:46.540 --> 00:40:48.540
And four,

00:40:48.540 --> 00:40:50.540
you will not

00:40:52.540 --> 00:40:54.540
bend till

00:40:54.540 --> 00:40:56.540
he releases you.

00:41:02.540 --> 00:41:04.540
That's the kind of guys God wants.

00:41:08.540 --> 00:41:10.540
Sorry?

00:41:12.540 --> 00:41:14.540
Are you asking me?

00:41:14.540 --> 00:41:16.540
No.

00:41:16.540 --> 00:41:18.540
Go ahead.

00:41:20.540 --> 00:41:22.540
Sorry?

00:41:24.540 --> 00:41:26.540
I was talking about

00:41:26.540 --> 00:41:28.540
algebra.

00:41:38.540 --> 00:41:40.540
I didn't say answers don't help us

00:41:40.540 --> 00:41:42.540
in life, so I'm contradicting

00:41:42.540 --> 00:41:44.540
you on that one. I was saying

00:41:44.540 --> 00:41:46.540
I wish he would just give me answers in algebra.

00:41:46.540 --> 00:41:48.540
It would have been much easier.

00:41:48.540 --> 00:41:50.540
My life would have been far more pleasant as a child

00:41:50.540 --> 00:41:52.540
if I had answers in math.

00:41:52.540 --> 00:41:54.540
But otherwise, my dad did a great job

00:41:54.540 --> 00:41:56.540
sometimes giving me answers,

00:41:56.540 --> 00:41:58.540
and sometimes not giving me answers because he would commit me to

00:41:58.540 --> 00:42:00.540
process.

00:42:00.540 --> 00:42:02.540
Sometimes when I teach, it will be

00:42:02.540 --> 00:42:04.540
hard sometimes for me to cover everything,

00:42:04.540 --> 00:42:06.540
so there will be sentences like this,

00:42:06.540 --> 00:42:08.540
which you will have to parse and say,

00:42:08.540 --> 00:42:10.540
I know Jacob, I know what he really means.

00:42:10.540 --> 00:42:12.540
That simplifies everything. Cool?

00:42:12.540 --> 00:42:14.540
I will never touch algebra in a message again.

00:42:14.540 --> 00:42:16.540
When he commits you to process, you see what his life is like.

00:42:16.540 --> 00:42:18.540
Your confidence begins to surge.

00:42:18.540 --> 00:42:20.540
You end up standing in the place God wants you to.

00:42:20.540 --> 00:42:22.540
You will not bend till he releases you.

00:42:22.540 --> 00:42:24.540
Guys, next year,

00:42:24.540 --> 00:42:26.540
Feb, will be 20 years of Acts 29.

00:42:30.540 --> 00:42:32.540
I can't believe

00:42:32.540 --> 00:42:34.540
we've been around for 20 years and yet

00:42:34.540 --> 00:42:36.540
we are less than 100 people.

00:42:36.540 --> 00:42:38.540
This is our first time in the world.

00:42:38.540 --> 00:42:40.540
We are the first

00:42:40.540 --> 00:42:42.540
people to be in the world.

00:42:42.540 --> 00:42:44.540
This is our first time in the world.

00:42:44.540 --> 00:42:46.540
We exemplo,

00:42:46.540 --> 00:42:48.540
we have been around for 20 years and yet we are less than 100 people.

00:42:48.540 --> 00:42:50.540
This is a highly unsuccessful church

00:42:50.540 --> 00:42:52.540
and a terribly unsuccessful pastor.

00:42:52.540 --> 00:42:54.540
20 years and you've got 100 people.

00:42:54.540 --> 00:42:56.540
Sorry?

00:42:56.540 --> 00:42:58.540
Not even 100, thank you.

00:42:58.540 --> 00:43:00.540
I mean,

00:43:00.540 --> 00:43:02.540
thanks.

00:43:02.540 --> 00:43:04.540
If I needed confidence

00:43:04.540 --> 00:43:06.540
and a morale boost,

00:43:06.540 --> 00:43:08.540
I will turn to you, Mae, every time.

00:43:08.540 --> 00:43:10.540
Not even 100 people after.

00:43:10.540 --> 00:43:12.540
Sorry, go ahead, Marie.

00:43:12.540 --> 00:43:14.540
We should add online.

00:43:14.540 --> 00:43:16.540
Yeah, we should add online.

00:43:16.540 --> 00:43:18.540
Thank you, Marie. You are welcome in this church.

00:43:18.540 --> 00:43:20.540
So,

00:43:20.540 --> 00:43:22.540
sorry, Brandon,

00:43:22.540 --> 00:43:24.540
you were saying something?

00:43:24.540 --> 00:43:26.540
Did anyone ask you?

00:43:26.540 --> 00:43:28.540
Did anyone ask you?

00:43:28.540 --> 00:43:30.540
Did anyone ask you?

00:43:30.540 --> 00:43:32.540
My God.

00:43:34.540 --> 00:43:36.540
Tough crowd.

00:43:36.540 --> 00:43:38.540
Yeah, so,

00:43:38.540 --> 00:43:40.540
thank you. No, Vignesh, I'm not letting you speak.

00:43:44.540 --> 00:43:46.540
Yeah, but the thing is,

00:43:46.540 --> 00:43:48.540
over 20 years,

00:43:48.540 --> 00:43:50.540
God has committed us to

00:43:50.540 --> 00:43:52.540
a process where anybody here

00:43:52.540 --> 00:43:54.540
has the ability

00:43:54.540 --> 00:43:56.540
to go and stand and start things.

00:43:56.540 --> 00:43:58.540
Anyone who's been here

00:43:58.540 --> 00:44:00.540
for a sufficient amount of time

00:44:00.540 --> 00:44:02.540
can go stand and start things.

00:44:02.540 --> 00:44:04.540
It's slow building, but you perpetuate

00:44:04.540 --> 00:44:06.540
what you learn, eh?

00:44:06.540 --> 00:44:08.540
You perpetuate what you learn. Really.

00:44:08.540 --> 00:44:10.540
If 98 of us disappeared

00:44:10.540 --> 00:44:12.540
and were raptured, and you two were the only ones left,

00:44:12.540 --> 00:44:14.540
you could go and start this again.

00:44:14.540 --> 00:44:16.540
There would be questions as to why you were not

00:44:16.540 --> 00:44:18.540
raptured. That's different.

00:44:18.540 --> 00:44:20.540
But,

00:44:20.540 --> 00:44:22.540
it would still hold

00:44:22.540 --> 00:44:24.540
that you could start this again.

00:44:24.540 --> 00:44:26.540
Yeah, and that's what happens

00:44:26.540 --> 00:44:28.540
during process. What happens during process

00:44:28.540 --> 00:44:30.540
is you see what his life is like.

00:44:30.540 --> 00:44:32.540
Your confidence begins to surge.

00:44:32.540 --> 00:44:34.540
You end up standing in a place where God

00:44:34.540 --> 00:44:36.540
wants you to. You will not bend till he

00:44:36.540 --> 00:44:38.540
releases you. You're able to perpetuate it.

00:44:38.540 --> 00:44:40.540
That's something

00:44:40.540 --> 00:44:42.540
that happens.

00:44:42.540 --> 00:44:44.540
As in, just

00:44:44.540 --> 00:44:46.540
because opposition comes, you won't

00:44:46.540 --> 00:44:48.540
chicken out.

00:44:48.540 --> 00:44:50.540
Yeah. You can stand for long.

00:44:50.540 --> 00:44:52.540
Endurance is a quality that God

00:44:52.540 --> 00:44:54.540
builds into you when he commits you

00:44:54.540 --> 00:44:56.540
to process and you don't

00:44:56.540 --> 00:44:58.540
walk off.

00:44:58.540 --> 00:45:00.540
Next,

00:45:00.540 --> 00:45:02.540
you need faith

00:45:02.540 --> 00:45:04.540
to savor.

00:45:04.540 --> 00:45:06.540
You need faith

00:45:06.540 --> 00:45:08.540
to savor

00:45:08.540 --> 00:45:10.540
and be filled

00:45:10.540 --> 00:45:12.540
with

00:45:12.540 --> 00:45:14.540
awestruck wonder.

00:45:14.540 --> 00:45:16.540
Oi, Joey!

00:45:20.540 --> 00:45:22.540
What did you do to him, Aaron?

00:45:22.540 --> 00:45:24.540
You don't want to know?

00:45:26.540 --> 00:45:28.540
Faith to savor

00:45:28.540 --> 00:45:30.540
and be filled with awestruck wonder.

00:45:30.540 --> 00:45:32.540
Yeah?

00:45:32.540 --> 00:45:34.540
This needs faith too.

00:45:34.540 --> 00:45:36.540
If

00:45:36.540 --> 00:45:38.540
you don't taste God with the same

00:45:38.540 --> 00:45:40.540
awe and wonder that comes

00:45:40.540 --> 00:45:42.540
with childlikeness,

00:45:42.540 --> 00:45:44.540
it is not

00:45:44.540 --> 00:45:46.540
possible to enjoy God.

00:45:46.540 --> 00:45:48.540
Ask God,

00:45:48.540 --> 00:45:50.540
Father, could you give me childlike

00:45:50.540 --> 00:45:52.540
simplicity? Ask God.

00:45:52.540 --> 00:45:54.540
Can you give me childlike

00:45:54.540 --> 00:45:56.540
simplicity again?

00:45:56.540 --> 00:45:58.540
It's one of the things

00:45:58.540 --> 00:46:00.540
that gets lost

00:46:00.540 --> 00:46:02.540
as we get older as Christians.

00:46:04.540 --> 00:46:06.540
Childlike simplicity.

00:46:06.540 --> 00:46:08.540
The awe and wonder.

00:46:10.540 --> 00:46:12.540
I love that song.

00:46:12.540 --> 00:46:14.540
Worthy is the lamb that

00:46:14.540 --> 00:46:16.540
was slain. There's a verse that says

00:46:16.540 --> 00:46:18.540
filled with wonder.

00:46:18.540 --> 00:46:20.540
Yeah, filled with wonder.

00:46:20.540 --> 00:46:22.540
Ostruck wonder at the

00:46:22.540 --> 00:46:24.540
mention of your name.

00:46:24.540 --> 00:46:26.540
Of your name.

00:46:32.540 --> 00:46:34.540
Worthy is the

00:46:34.540 --> 00:46:36.540
lamb who was

00:46:36.540 --> 00:46:38.540
slain.

00:46:38.540 --> 00:46:40.540
Holy, holy

00:46:40.540 --> 00:46:42.540
is he.

00:46:42.540 --> 00:46:44.540
Sing a new song

00:46:44.540 --> 00:46:46.540
to him

00:46:46.540 --> 00:46:48.540
who sits on

00:46:48.540 --> 00:46:50.540
heaven's

00:46:50.540 --> 00:46:52.540
mercy seat.

00:46:52.540 --> 00:46:54.540
Lamb who was slain.

00:46:54.540 --> 00:46:56.540
Him who sits on

00:46:56.540 --> 00:46:58.540
heaven's mercy seat.

00:46:58.540 --> 00:47:00.540
Do you remember the Ark of the Covenant

00:47:00.540 --> 00:47:02.540
and the two angels and there was a thing

00:47:02.540 --> 00:47:04.540
called the mercy seat?

00:47:04.540 --> 00:47:06.540
Awe and wonder.

00:47:06.540 --> 00:47:08.540
Where we don't skip over things.

00:47:10.540 --> 00:47:12.540
You pause, you look.

00:47:12.540 --> 00:47:14.540
Holy, holy,

00:47:14.540 --> 00:47:16.540
holy

00:47:16.540 --> 00:47:18.540
is the Lord God Almighty

00:47:18.540 --> 00:47:20.540
who was

00:47:20.540 --> 00:47:22.540
who was and is

00:47:22.540 --> 00:47:24.540
and is to come.

00:47:24.540 --> 00:47:26.540
With all

00:47:26.540 --> 00:47:28.540
creation I sing

00:47:28.540 --> 00:47:30.540
praise to

00:47:30.540 --> 00:47:32.540
the King of Kings.

00:47:32.540 --> 00:47:34.540
You are my

00:47:34.540 --> 00:47:36.540
everything and I

00:47:36.540 --> 00:47:38.540
will adore

00:47:38.540 --> 00:47:40.540
you.

00:47:40.540 --> 00:47:42.540
Adoration needs childlike simplicity, man.

00:47:44.540 --> 00:47:46.540
Filled with wonder.

00:47:46.540 --> 00:47:48.540
Ostruck wonder

00:47:48.540 --> 00:47:50.540
had the mention

00:47:50.540 --> 00:47:52.540
of your name.

00:47:52.540 --> 00:47:54.540
Jesus, your

00:47:54.540 --> 00:47:56.540
mispower.

00:47:56.540 --> 00:47:58.540
Breath and living

00:47:58.540 --> 00:48:00.540
water.

00:48:00.540 --> 00:48:02.540
Such a marvelous

00:48:02.540 --> 00:48:04.540
mystery.

00:48:04.540 --> 00:48:06.540
Holy,

00:48:06.540 --> 00:48:08.540
holy, holy

00:48:08.540 --> 00:48:10.540
is the Lord God

00:48:10.540 --> 00:48:12.540
Almighty

00:48:12.540 --> 00:48:14.540
who was and is

00:48:14.540 --> 00:48:16.540
and is to come.

00:48:16.540 --> 00:48:18.540
With all creation

00:48:18.540 --> 00:48:20.540
I sing

00:48:20.540 --> 00:48:22.540
praise to

00:48:22.540 --> 00:48:24.540
the King of Kings.

00:48:24.540 --> 00:48:26.540
You are my

00:48:26.540 --> 00:48:28.540
everything and I

00:48:28.540 --> 00:48:30.540
will adore

00:48:30.540 --> 00:48:32.540
you.

00:48:34.540 --> 00:48:36.540
You know the strange thing is

00:48:36.540 --> 00:48:38.540
because of our busyness

00:48:38.540 --> 00:48:40.540
we rush our

00:48:40.540 --> 00:48:42.540
children to

00:48:42.540 --> 00:48:44.540
the church.

00:48:44.540 --> 00:48:46.540
We rush our children to

00:48:46.540 --> 00:48:48.540
from times of awe

00:48:48.540 --> 00:48:50.540
and wonder.

00:48:50.540 --> 00:48:52.540
Gotta go, gotta go.

00:48:56.540 --> 00:48:58.540
There was a time when life wasn't

00:48:58.540 --> 00:49:00.540
busy. When there were no

00:49:00.540 --> 00:49:02.540
microwaves, no cell phones.

00:49:02.540 --> 00:49:04.540
Things that are supposed to make it easier.

00:49:04.540 --> 00:49:06.540
And there was time

00:49:06.540 --> 00:49:08.540
for your child to play with mud.

00:49:10.540 --> 00:49:12.540
Make a paper boat.

00:49:12.540 --> 00:49:14.540
And now we rush them.

00:49:18.540 --> 00:49:20.540
You lose

00:49:20.540 --> 00:49:22.540
childlikeness when you don't have time.

00:49:22.540 --> 00:49:24.540
There's one thing that we can draw

00:49:24.540 --> 00:49:26.540
out of all these teachings

00:49:26.540 --> 00:49:28.540
we've done over four weeks. It's

00:49:28.540 --> 00:49:30.540
can I create time?

00:49:30.540 --> 00:49:32.540
We'll go back to that diagram one

00:49:32.540 --> 00:49:34.540
last time before we finish.

00:49:34.540 --> 00:49:36.540
If I create time

00:49:36.540 --> 00:49:38.540
there's awestruck wonder.

00:49:42.540 --> 00:49:44.540
I find it fascinating when I meet couples

00:49:44.540 --> 00:49:46.540
that have been together for 20 years

00:49:46.540 --> 00:49:48.540
and they're still quite fascinated

00:49:48.540 --> 00:49:50.540
at discovering something about the other

00:49:50.540 --> 00:49:52.540
person. Oh I found a mole

00:49:52.540 --> 00:49:54.540
on your left wrist.

00:49:54.540 --> 00:49:56.540
Didn't know that for the last 20 years.

00:49:58.540 --> 00:50:00.540
I get very excited

00:50:00.540 --> 00:50:02.540
about it too.

00:50:08.540 --> 00:50:10.540
Faith to savor and be

00:50:10.540 --> 00:50:12.540
filled with awestruck wonder.

00:50:14.540 --> 00:50:16.540
Don't you find Vibi like this?

00:50:18.540 --> 00:50:20.540
I find him quite simple, quite intrigued

00:50:20.540 --> 00:50:22.540
by little things.

00:50:30.540 --> 00:50:32.540
Yeah, Zia and Vibi live together.

00:50:34.540 --> 00:50:36.540
Yeah.

00:50:36.540 --> 00:50:38.540
Or Judah.

00:50:40.540 --> 00:50:42.540
It's a beautiful thing guys.

00:50:42.540 --> 00:50:44.540
Cry for it eh?

00:50:44.540 --> 00:50:46.540
He is like this.

00:50:46.540 --> 00:50:48.540
God is like this.

00:50:48.540 --> 00:50:50.540
We're not asking to be childish.

00:50:50.540 --> 00:50:52.540
We're not asking to be babies. We're asking to be

00:50:52.540 --> 00:50:54.540
like Christ.

00:50:54.540 --> 00:50:56.540
Oh and wonder.

00:50:56.540 --> 00:50:58.540
Childlikeness.

00:50:58.540 --> 00:51:00.540
Do you see why he says stuff

00:51:00.540 --> 00:51:02.540
like unless you become like a

00:51:02.540 --> 00:51:04.540
child you cannot enter into

00:51:04.540 --> 00:51:06.540
the kingdom of God.

00:51:06.540 --> 00:51:08.540
He doesn't want intimacy. He doesn't want

00:51:08.540 --> 00:51:10.540
functionality first. He wants intimacy

00:51:10.540 --> 00:51:12.540
first then functionality.

00:51:12.540 --> 00:51:14.540
Like I said last time,

00:51:14.540 --> 00:51:16.540
what would you prefer? A spouse

00:51:16.540 --> 00:51:18.540
who is highly functional first

00:51:18.540 --> 00:51:20.540
and not intimate or a spouse

00:51:20.540 --> 00:51:22.540
who is intimate first and then

00:51:22.540 --> 00:51:24.540
functional.

00:51:24.540 --> 00:51:26.540
Duh.

00:51:30.540 --> 00:51:32.540
What do you think Christ wants?

00:51:32.540 --> 00:51:34.540
A bride who is highly functional?

00:51:34.540 --> 00:51:36.540
Or a bride who is intimate first

00:51:36.540 --> 00:51:38.540
and then functional?

00:51:40.540 --> 00:51:42.540
And if we don't craft that here on earth

00:51:42.540 --> 00:51:44.540
what are we building? What are we drawing

00:51:44.540 --> 00:51:46.540
people into? Into a well functioning,

00:51:46.540 --> 00:51:48.540
smooth functioning church?

00:51:48.540 --> 00:51:50.540
What does that do to your heart?

00:51:52.540 --> 00:51:54.540
It makes it beat well but it doesn't

00:51:54.540 --> 00:51:56.540
go boom boom boom.

00:52:02.540 --> 00:52:04.540
It should be. Your heart should

00:52:04.540 --> 00:52:06.540
do that every time you're intimate.

00:52:08.540 --> 00:52:10.540
It used to happen to you when you used to

00:52:10.540 --> 00:52:12.540
sit on your bike.

00:52:12.540 --> 00:52:14.540
Same thing.

00:52:16.540 --> 00:52:18.540
It's called atrial

00:52:18.540 --> 00:52:20.540
tachycardial fibrillation.

00:52:20.540 --> 00:52:22.540
You wouldn't understand that.

00:52:26.540 --> 00:52:28.540
Often what happens is

00:52:28.540 --> 00:52:30.540
we get

00:52:30.540 --> 00:52:32.540
jaded.

00:52:34.540 --> 00:52:36.540
Intrude.

00:52:38.540 --> 00:52:40.540
Self protective.

00:52:42.540 --> 00:52:44.540
Afraid.

00:52:46.540 --> 00:52:48.540
Over analytical.

00:52:50.540 --> 00:52:52.540
And in the process

00:52:52.540 --> 00:52:54.540
we lose out

00:52:56.540 --> 00:52:58.540
on childlikeness.

00:53:00.540 --> 00:53:02.540
Childlikeness, another word for childlikeness

00:53:02.540 --> 00:53:04.540
is transparency.

00:53:10.540 --> 00:53:12.540
How do we fix this?

00:53:12.540 --> 00:53:14.540
Learn to translate

00:53:16.540 --> 00:53:18.540
your insecurity

00:53:22.540 --> 00:53:24.540
into

00:53:24.540 --> 00:53:26.540
vulnerability towards

00:53:26.540 --> 00:53:28.540
God.

00:53:32.540 --> 00:53:34.540
Learn to translate your insecurity

00:53:34.540 --> 00:53:36.540
into vulnerability

00:53:36.540 --> 00:53:38.540
towards God.

00:53:38.540 --> 00:53:40.540
That's what kids do.

00:53:40.540 --> 00:53:42.540
That's what kids do.

00:53:42.540 --> 00:53:44.540
Every time they're insecure,

00:53:44.540 --> 00:53:46.540
as they grow up they begin to pretend

00:53:46.540 --> 00:53:48.540
but every time a kid is insecure,

00:53:48.540 --> 00:53:50.540
what do they do? They immediately take

00:53:50.540 --> 00:53:52.540
that insecurity, translate it

00:53:52.540 --> 00:53:54.540
into vulnerability and run

00:53:54.540 --> 00:53:56.540
to their parents.

00:53:58.540 --> 00:54:00.540
How cool would it be if we did that?

00:54:00.540 --> 00:54:02.540
How cool would it be if spouses did that?

00:54:10.540 --> 00:54:12.540
Learn to translate your insecurity

00:54:12.540 --> 00:54:14.540
into vulnerability towards

00:54:14.540 --> 00:54:16.540
God. Father, I'm really

00:54:16.540 --> 00:54:18.540
scared about.

00:54:20.540 --> 00:54:22.540
Let's end.

00:54:30.540 --> 00:54:32.540
If you want to enjoy God

00:54:38.540 --> 00:54:40.540
you can't enjoy God

00:54:46.540 --> 00:54:48.540
if you don't

00:54:50.540 --> 00:54:52.540
rest from your works.

00:54:52.540 --> 00:54:54.540
You can't

00:54:58.540 --> 00:55:00.540
and you can't please God

00:55:06.540 --> 00:55:08.540
without resting

00:55:10.540 --> 00:55:12.540
in his works.

00:55:14.540 --> 00:55:16.540
The day I actually get the hang

00:55:16.540 --> 00:55:18.540
of this will be a great day.

00:55:18.540 --> 00:55:20.540
You can't enjoy God

00:55:20.540 --> 00:55:22.540
if you don't rest from your works.

00:55:26.540 --> 00:55:28.540
The moment you rest from striving,

00:55:28.540 --> 00:55:30.540
the moment you rest from trying

00:55:30.540 --> 00:55:32.540
to make it happen, the moment you rest

00:55:32.540 --> 00:55:34.540
from the machinations and the conflicts

00:55:34.540 --> 00:55:36.540
in your head, the moment you rest

00:55:36.540 --> 00:55:38.540
from that, that is when you get

00:55:38.540 --> 00:55:40.540
to the beginning of

00:55:40.540 --> 00:55:42.540
enjoying God.

00:55:42.540 --> 00:55:44.540
You can't enjoy God

00:55:44.540 --> 00:55:46.540
till you rest from your works.

00:55:46.540 --> 00:55:48.540
Yeah, yeah, totally.

00:55:48.540 --> 00:55:50.540
But I'm a more half

00:55:50.540 --> 00:55:52.540
empty, negative kind of guy

00:55:52.540 --> 00:55:54.540
so I thought I'll go with this.

00:55:54.540 --> 00:55:56.540
I'm kidding. You can't

00:55:56.540 --> 00:55:58.540
enjoy God

00:55:58.540 --> 00:56:00.540
if you don't rest from your works.

00:56:00.540 --> 00:56:02.540
If you don't rest from

00:56:02.540 --> 00:56:04.540
your works, you can't.

00:56:04.540 --> 00:56:06.540
It's a curse of mankind.

00:56:06.540 --> 00:56:08.540
We still try to

00:56:08.540 --> 00:56:10.540
try to enjoy God

00:56:10.540 --> 00:56:12.540
but we can't

00:56:12.540 --> 00:56:14.540
enjoy God

00:56:14.540 --> 00:56:16.540
because of mankind. We still try to

00:56:16.540 --> 00:56:18.540
earn a living

00:56:18.540 --> 00:56:20.540
by the sweat of our brow.

00:56:20.540 --> 00:56:22.540
It was a curse.

00:56:22.540 --> 00:56:24.540
And so in everything, in relationships,

00:56:24.540 --> 00:56:26.540
in everything we do, we are still doing that.

00:56:26.540 --> 00:56:28.540
Some of you guys who are students here,

00:56:28.540 --> 00:56:30.540
I mean, this is

00:56:30.540 --> 00:56:32.540
the definition of your life.

00:56:34.540 --> 00:56:36.540
Thank God that

00:56:36.540 --> 00:56:38.540
you've arrived here. Now, take on a different

00:56:38.540 --> 00:56:40.540
focus, man.

00:56:40.540 --> 00:56:42.540
There are so many expectations

00:56:42.540 --> 00:56:44.540
placed on you.

00:56:44.540 --> 00:56:46.540
There are so many obligations that you've taken on.

00:56:46.540 --> 00:56:48.540
There are so many responsibilities

00:56:48.540 --> 00:56:50.540
that you feel you can't

00:56:50.540 --> 00:56:52.540
back off from.

00:56:52.540 --> 00:56:54.540
There are so many people who are looking forward

00:56:54.540 --> 00:56:56.540
to what will happen. There's so much

00:56:56.540 --> 00:56:58.540
money invested in you and now you're

00:56:58.540 --> 00:57:00.540
crushed under its weight.

00:57:00.540 --> 00:57:02.540
Now all you do is strive, strive, strive,

00:57:02.540 --> 00:57:04.540
work, work, work, work, and you

00:57:04.540 --> 00:57:06.540
cannot enjoy God except when

00:57:06.540 --> 00:57:08.540
he does a miracle.

00:57:08.540 --> 00:57:10.540
Where some of the fees paid or

00:57:10.540 --> 00:57:12.540
somehow you get good marks or somehow

00:57:12.540 --> 00:57:14.540
nah.

00:57:14.540 --> 00:57:16.540
You, forget

00:57:16.540 --> 00:57:18.540
students, take

00:57:18.540 --> 00:57:20.540
grown-ups like me.

00:57:22.540 --> 00:57:24.540
You can't enjoy God if you don't rest from

00:57:24.540 --> 00:57:26.540
your works. From your own

00:57:26.540 --> 00:57:28.540
striving, unlimited

00:57:28.540 --> 00:57:30.540
self-effort,

00:57:30.540 --> 00:57:32.540
sweat, machinations,

00:57:32.540 --> 00:57:34.540
conflict of mind,

00:57:34.540 --> 00:57:36.540
till I withdraw from that.

00:57:36.540 --> 00:57:38.540
Psalm 131

00:57:38.540 --> 00:57:40.540
verse 2. Beautiful words.

00:57:40.540 --> 00:57:42.540
Read it from different versions.

00:57:42.540 --> 00:57:44.540
It says, I am like a child

00:57:44.540 --> 00:57:46.540
that is weaned at his mother's breast

00:57:46.540 --> 00:57:48.540
and now that I have been weaned

00:57:48.540 --> 00:57:50.540
my soul is content.

00:57:50.540 --> 00:57:52.540
That's what

00:57:52.540 --> 00:57:54.540
it says.

00:57:54.540 --> 00:57:56.540
Psalm 131

00:57:56.540 --> 00:57:58.540
Psalm

00:57:58.540 --> 00:58:00.540
131 verse 2.

00:58:00.540 --> 00:58:02.540
Yeah. Psalm 131

00:58:02.540 --> 00:58:04.540
verse 2.

00:58:08.540 --> 00:58:10.540
Can someone read it?

00:58:14.540 --> 00:58:16.540
Here's what it says.

00:58:24.540 --> 00:58:26.540
I'm humbled

00:58:26.540 --> 00:58:28.540
and quieted in your

00:58:28.540 --> 00:58:30.540
presence like a

00:58:30.540 --> 00:58:32.540
contented child who rests

00:58:32.540 --> 00:58:34.540
on its mother's lap.

00:58:34.540 --> 00:58:36.540
I am like a child

00:58:36.540 --> 00:58:38.540
who rests on its mother's lap.

00:58:38.540 --> 00:58:40.540
I'm your resting child

00:58:40.540 --> 00:58:42.540
and my soul is content

00:58:42.540 --> 00:58:44.540
in you.

00:58:44.540 --> 00:58:46.540
I have calmed and

00:58:46.540 --> 00:58:48.540
quieted my soul like a

00:58:48.540 --> 00:58:50.540
weaned child with its mother.

00:58:50.540 --> 00:58:52.540
Like a weaned child is my soul

00:58:52.540 --> 00:58:54.540
within me. This is what I mean by those

00:58:54.540 --> 00:58:56.540
two sentences. Say, if you want to enjoy God,

00:58:56.540 --> 00:58:58.540
you can't enjoy God if you don't rest

00:58:58.540 --> 00:59:00.540
from your works.

00:59:00.540 --> 00:59:02.540
Second, you can't please God

00:59:02.540 --> 00:59:04.540
without resting in his works.

00:59:04.540 --> 00:59:06.540
You can't please God.

00:59:06.540 --> 00:59:08.540
As in, you can't bring in pleasure

00:59:08.540 --> 00:59:10.540
unless you begin to say,

00:59:10.540 --> 00:59:12.540
Oh God, I'll do what you

00:59:12.540 --> 00:59:14.540
want me to do and nothing else.

00:59:16.540 --> 00:59:18.540
Enjoying and pleasing

00:59:18.540 --> 00:59:20.540
both require faith.

00:59:24.540 --> 00:59:26.540
The second part is you can't

00:59:26.540 --> 00:59:28.540
please God without resting

00:59:28.540 --> 00:59:30.540
in his works.

00:59:30.540 --> 00:59:32.540
Without resting in his works.

00:59:32.540 --> 00:59:34.540
You can't please God without resting

00:59:34.540 --> 00:59:36.540
in his works. What is faith at the end

00:59:36.540 --> 00:59:38.540
of the day? Faith is finding out what God

00:59:38.540 --> 00:59:40.540
wants to do and then doing it.

00:59:40.540 --> 00:59:42.540
It's his works. How do you want

00:59:42.540 --> 00:59:44.540
me to take down Jericho? Watch around it

00:59:44.540 --> 00:59:46.540
seven days.

00:59:46.540 --> 00:59:48.540
How do you want me to retrieve

00:59:48.540 --> 00:59:50.540
the axe head? Throw a stick

00:59:50.540 --> 00:59:52.540
where the axe had sunk.

00:59:52.540 --> 00:59:54.540
How do you want it to

00:59:54.540 --> 00:59:56.540
deal with this snake that's around

00:59:56.540 --> 00:59:58.540
my arm? Shake it off.

01:00:02.540 --> 01:00:04.540
How do you want me to feed

01:00:04.540 --> 01:00:06.540
five thousand? Bring the bread,

01:00:06.540 --> 01:00:08.540
lift it up to God, pray,

01:00:08.540 --> 01:00:10.540
watch it multiply.

01:00:12.540 --> 01:00:14.540
How do you want me to open the Red Sea? Stretch out

01:00:14.540 --> 01:00:16.540
your stuff. It's absurd.

01:00:16.540 --> 01:00:18.540
It's absurd. It goes against

01:00:18.540 --> 01:00:20.540
all grain of thinking, which is why

01:00:20.540 --> 01:00:22.540
he says, you cannot please me

01:00:22.540 --> 01:00:24.540
if you

01:00:24.540 --> 01:00:26.540
do not rest in my

01:00:26.540 --> 01:00:28.540
works and do it my way

01:00:28.540 --> 01:00:30.540
as I tell you to. In that,

01:00:30.540 --> 01:00:32.540
I'm highly pleased and without faith,

01:00:32.540 --> 01:00:34.540
it is impossible to please me

01:00:34.540 --> 01:00:36.540
and faith is just doing what he wants

01:00:36.540 --> 01:00:38.540
you to do. It is partnering him

01:00:38.540 --> 01:00:40.540
in his action.

01:00:40.540 --> 01:00:42.540
And I've said this before, we are

01:00:42.540 --> 01:00:44.540
taught right from when we were kids that

01:00:44.540 --> 01:00:46.540
you do your best, God will do the rest.

01:00:46.540 --> 01:00:48.540
That is a lie from the pit of hell.

01:00:48.540 --> 01:00:50.540
And the reason I say lie from the pit

01:00:50.540 --> 01:00:52.540
of hell, because it has been

01:00:52.540 --> 01:00:54.540
so ingrained in us and we teach that

01:00:54.540 --> 01:00:56.540
to our children. You do your rest, God

01:00:56.540 --> 01:00:58.540
will do the best. It's a lie.

01:00:58.540 --> 01:01:00.540
What God says is,

01:01:00.540 --> 01:01:02.540
I'll do my best, you just

01:01:02.540 --> 01:01:04.540
go into rest and wake up when I tell

01:01:04.540 --> 01:01:06.540
you to wake up and do exactly what I tell you to do

01:01:06.540 --> 01:01:08.540
and not an iota more.

01:01:08.540 --> 01:01:10.540
How crazy is that?

01:01:12.540 --> 01:01:14.540
You want to see rest?

01:01:14.540 --> 01:01:16.540
Watch Joshua.

01:01:20.540 --> 01:01:22.540
What kind of strategy is that for war?

01:01:28.540 --> 01:01:30.540
You enjoy God and you please God.

01:01:30.540 --> 01:01:32.540
It's a habit, we are creating

01:01:32.540 --> 01:01:34.540
habits.

01:01:44.540 --> 01:01:46.540
Yeah, why do we gravitate towards

01:01:46.540 --> 01:01:48.540
when the

01:01:48.540 --> 01:01:50.540
words are so simple, be still and know that

01:01:50.540 --> 01:01:52.540
I am God, why do we gravitate towards other

01:01:52.540 --> 01:01:54.540
things? The three main

01:01:54.540 --> 01:01:56.540
reasons would be, be still and know that

01:01:56.540 --> 01:01:58.540
I am God requires

01:01:58.540 --> 01:02:00.540
not doing anything.

01:02:00.540 --> 01:02:02.540
And that is difficult. Second,

01:02:02.540 --> 01:02:04.540
be still and know that I am God

01:02:04.540 --> 01:02:06.540
requires knowing what he wants you to do.

01:02:06.540 --> 01:02:08.540
And sometimes we can't hear.

01:02:08.540 --> 01:02:10.540
And third, be still

01:02:10.540 --> 01:02:12.540
and know that I am God requires

01:02:12.540 --> 01:02:14.540
that you do not listen to

01:02:14.540 --> 01:02:16.540
the people around you who

01:02:16.540 --> 01:02:18.540
are begging you to be more responsible.

01:02:18.540 --> 01:02:20.540
Classic example,

01:02:20.540 --> 01:02:22.540
Mark chapter 6, there's a boat,

01:02:22.540 --> 01:02:24.540
the boat is filling up with water.

01:02:24.540 --> 01:02:26.540
There are 12 fishermen and one carpenter.

01:02:30.540 --> 01:02:32.540
The carpenter is asleep.

01:02:32.540 --> 01:02:34.540
They don't want to disturb him because they know

01:02:34.540 --> 01:02:36.540
this guy is highly capable and could be the messiah.

01:02:36.540 --> 01:02:38.540
At some point

01:02:38.540 --> 01:02:40.540
as the boat begins to sink, they wake him

01:02:40.540 --> 01:02:42.540
up. And what is their cry to him?

01:02:42.540 --> 01:02:44.540
It's a very polite cry.

01:02:44.540 --> 01:02:46.540
But it is, carest thou not

01:02:46.540 --> 01:02:48.540
that we are about

01:02:48.540 --> 01:02:50.540
to die?

01:02:50.540 --> 01:02:52.540
That's what they say

01:02:52.540 --> 01:02:54.540
because at some point it gets to you.

01:02:54.540 --> 01:02:56.540
And then Jesus has to wake up

01:02:56.540 --> 01:02:58.540
and has to do what he did.

01:02:58.540 --> 01:03:00.540
He didn't need to do it.

01:03:00.540 --> 01:03:02.540
That boat would have reached the shore

01:03:02.540 --> 01:03:04.540
because Jesus said

01:03:04.540 --> 01:03:06.540
we will go there. It would have.

01:03:06.540 --> 01:03:08.540
But it scares the heck out of you, man.

01:03:08.540 --> 01:03:10.540
And then people begin to put pressure.

01:03:10.540 --> 01:03:12.540
These are the three reasons

01:03:12.540 --> 01:03:14.540
why I panic.

01:03:14.540 --> 01:03:16.540
I wish we could get to a place where we

01:03:16.540 --> 01:03:18.540
feel the fear come.

01:03:18.540 --> 01:03:20.540
I feel the fear come, but

01:03:20.540 --> 01:03:22.540
I'm not afraid.

01:03:26.540 --> 01:03:28.540
These are the three main reasons I fail.

01:03:28.540 --> 01:03:30.540
One, be still and know that I am God.

01:03:30.540 --> 01:03:32.540
What?

01:03:32.540 --> 01:03:34.540
You have no idea how deadlines here on Earth

01:03:34.540 --> 01:03:36.540
work.

01:03:38.540 --> 01:03:40.540
Two,

01:03:40.540 --> 01:03:42.540
be still and know that I am God. What do you want me to do?

01:03:42.540 --> 01:03:44.540
I sometimes can't hear.

01:03:44.540 --> 01:03:46.540
I sometimes read the scriptures

01:03:46.540 --> 01:03:48.540
and there's nothing that's coming out of me saying do this.

01:03:48.540 --> 01:03:50.540
And it is required.

01:03:50.540 --> 01:03:52.540
Remember what it says

01:03:52.540 --> 01:03:54.540
in Hebrews chapter 4.

01:03:54.540 --> 01:03:56.540
If you don't mix hearing

01:03:56.540 --> 01:03:58.540
with believing,

01:03:58.540 --> 01:04:00.540
you will not enter into rest.

01:04:00.540 --> 01:04:02.540
Hearing, believing

01:04:02.540 --> 01:04:04.540
and obedience is critical to enter into rest.

01:04:04.540 --> 01:04:06.540
So I can't hear.

01:04:06.540 --> 01:04:08.540
And the third one is when you begin to put pressure

01:04:08.540 --> 01:04:10.540
on me saying Jacob, you've got to be

01:04:10.540 --> 01:04:12.540
responsible. You've got to do this. You've got to do that.

01:04:12.540 --> 01:04:14.540
How are you going to do this? This is terrible.

01:04:14.540 --> 01:04:16.540
And then it's like

01:04:18.540 --> 01:04:20.540
And then you lose some hair here

01:04:20.540 --> 01:04:22.540
and some hair here.

01:04:22.540 --> 01:04:24.540
And that's why

01:04:24.540 --> 01:04:26.540
we panic. What if we didn't?

01:04:28.540 --> 01:04:30.540
This is why it says of David,

01:04:30.540 --> 01:04:32.540
David entered into his stronghold.

01:04:32.540 --> 01:04:34.540
It's a very

01:04:34.540 --> 01:04:36.540
cool place to go to. Not too many

01:04:36.540 --> 01:04:38.540
people who don't, not too many people

01:04:38.540 --> 01:04:40.540
then get to say things

01:04:40.540 --> 01:04:42.540
that will panic you.

01:04:44.540 --> 01:04:46.540
You know who Enoch's

01:04:46.540 --> 01:04:48.540
great grandson was?

01:04:50.540 --> 01:04:52.540
Yep.

01:04:52.540 --> 01:04:54.540
Enoch's great grandson was Noah.

01:04:54.540 --> 01:04:56.540
You know what Noah means?

01:05:00.540 --> 01:05:02.540
Crazy, eh?

01:05:02.540 --> 01:05:04.540
Enoch's son's name was Methuselah

01:05:04.540 --> 01:05:06.540
which means at his death

01:05:06.540 --> 01:05:08.540
it will come.

01:05:08.540 --> 01:05:10.540
Methuselah lived the longest.

01:05:10.540 --> 01:05:12.540
If you want to, yeah,

01:05:12.540 --> 01:05:14.540
yeah, it's not a good name for your child.

01:05:14.540 --> 01:05:16.540
Methuselah lived the longest.

01:05:16.540 --> 01:05:18.540
But

01:05:18.540 --> 01:05:20.540
Methuselah had a son and his son's name

01:05:20.540 --> 01:05:22.540
was Noah. And Noah then brings

01:05:22.540 --> 01:05:24.540
rest after the flood.

01:05:32.540 --> 01:05:34.540
Off?

01:05:34.540 --> 01:05:36.540
What does Enoch mean?

01:05:36.540 --> 01:05:38.540
Let's ask Nellie.

01:05:38.540 --> 01:05:40.540
Nellie, you've been doing

01:05:40.540 --> 01:05:42.540
Hebrew at Regent. What does the word Enoch mean?

01:05:42.540 --> 01:05:44.540
Maria, I don't know.

01:05:44.540 --> 01:05:46.540
Yeah.

01:05:46.540 --> 01:05:48.540
I can find out but I don't know.

01:05:54.540 --> 01:05:56.540
But I could

01:05:56.540 --> 01:05:58.540
share a knock-knock joke with you.

01:05:58.540 --> 01:06:00.540
Knock-knock, who's there?

01:06:00.540 --> 01:06:02.540
E. E who? Enoch.

01:06:02.540 --> 01:06:04.540
No, okay.

01:06:04.540 --> 01:06:06.540
Okay.

01:06:06.540 --> 01:06:08.540
Okay.

01:06:08.540 --> 01:06:10.540
No, okay.

01:06:12.540 --> 01:06:14.540
Sorry, as I get older these

01:06:14.540 --> 01:06:16.540
dad jokes begin to come up.

01:06:20.540 --> 01:06:22.540
Let's stop.

01:06:22.540 --> 01:06:24.540
What does rest do?

01:06:24.540 --> 01:06:26.540
It

01:06:26.540 --> 01:06:28.540
moves

01:06:28.540 --> 01:06:30.540
from striving

01:06:32.540 --> 01:06:34.540
and

01:06:34.540 --> 01:06:36.540
it moves from

01:06:36.540 --> 01:06:38.540
striving to

01:06:38.540 --> 01:06:40.540
letting

01:06:40.540 --> 01:06:42.540
the promises of God,

01:06:44.540 --> 01:06:46.540
the covenants of God,

01:06:48.540 --> 01:06:50.540
the word of God,

01:06:52.540 --> 01:06:54.540
the rama of God,

01:06:56.540 --> 01:06:58.540
the nature of God

01:07:02.540 --> 01:07:04.540
to go to work

01:07:04.540 --> 01:07:06.540
for me

01:07:10.540 --> 01:07:12.540
while I rest

01:07:14.540 --> 01:07:16.540
and do

01:07:16.540 --> 01:07:18.540
only

01:07:18.540 --> 01:07:20.540
what

01:07:20.540 --> 01:07:22.540
he asks.

01:07:22.540 --> 01:07:24.540
This is a

01:07:24.540 --> 01:07:26.540
hard

01:07:26.540 --> 01:07:28.540
discipline to learn.

01:07:28.540 --> 01:07:30.540
It's a hard

01:07:30.540 --> 01:07:32.540
discipline to learn.

01:07:32.540 --> 01:07:34.540
Can I move from striving

01:07:36.540 --> 01:07:38.540
to letting the promises he's given me,

01:07:38.540 --> 01:07:40.540
letting the covenant that he's established

01:07:40.540 --> 01:07:42.540
with me and with the earth

01:07:42.540 --> 01:07:44.540
and with the church,

01:07:44.540 --> 01:07:46.540
with people, with people groups,

01:07:46.540 --> 01:07:48.540
can I let his word

01:07:48.540 --> 01:07:50.540
and the

01:07:50.540 --> 01:07:52.540
just the simple faithfulness to the

01:07:52.540 --> 01:07:54.540
word that he has, can I let

01:07:54.540 --> 01:07:56.540
the rama that he gives,

01:07:56.540 --> 01:07:58.540
where it's specific to you,

01:07:58.540 --> 01:08:00.540
can I let the nature

01:08:00.540 --> 01:08:02.540
of God, kind,

01:08:02.540 --> 01:08:04.540
gentle, loving, loyal,

01:08:04.540 --> 01:08:06.540
intentional, can I let his

01:08:06.540 --> 01:08:08.540
nature, can I let all this go

01:08:08.540 --> 01:08:10.540
to work for me while I

01:08:10.540 --> 01:08:12.540
lean back and rest

01:08:12.540 --> 01:08:14.540
and do only

01:08:14.540 --> 01:08:16.540
what he asks me to

01:08:16.540 --> 01:08:18.540
in every area

01:08:18.540 --> 01:08:20.540
of life. Can I do this?

01:08:20.540 --> 01:08:22.540
When I do this,

01:08:22.540 --> 01:08:24.540
then we

01:08:24.540 --> 01:08:26.540
end up here.

01:08:26.540 --> 01:08:28.540
Here.

01:08:28.540 --> 01:08:30.540
You can't

01:08:30.540 --> 01:08:32.540
enjoy God. You begin to enjoy

01:08:32.540 --> 01:08:34.540
God. You

01:08:34.540 --> 01:08:36.540
begin to enjoy

01:08:36.540 --> 01:08:38.540
God, cause

01:08:38.540 --> 01:08:40.540
you rest

01:08:40.540 --> 01:08:42.540
from your works

01:08:42.540 --> 01:08:44.540
and you begin

01:08:44.540 --> 01:08:46.540
to please God,

01:08:46.540 --> 01:08:48.540
cause

01:08:48.540 --> 01:08:50.540
you are

01:08:50.540 --> 01:08:52.540
resting in his works.

01:08:52.540 --> 01:08:54.540
And what do you need for this?

01:08:54.540 --> 01:08:56.540
Faith.

01:08:56.540 --> 01:08:58.540
And so then we have faith,

01:08:58.540 --> 01:09:00.540
pleasing God,

01:09:00.540 --> 01:09:02.540
and enjoying

01:09:02.540 --> 01:09:04.540
God come together.

01:09:04.540 --> 01:09:06.540
And that

01:09:06.540 --> 01:09:08.540
is what intimacy

01:09:08.540 --> 01:09:10.540
looks like. When a couple

01:09:10.540 --> 01:09:12.540
can please each other.

01:09:12.540 --> 01:09:14.540
Just imagine me

01:09:14.540 --> 01:09:16.540
let's take Sheldon

01:09:16.540 --> 01:09:18.540
and Jane. What if Sheldon

01:09:18.540 --> 01:09:20.540
decides that he'll do

01:09:20.540 --> 01:09:22.540
everything in his power to please Jane?

01:09:22.540 --> 01:09:24.540
What if Sheldon also decides

01:09:24.540 --> 01:09:26.540
that he

01:09:26.540 --> 01:09:28.540
will learn to enjoy

01:09:28.540 --> 01:09:30.540
Jane?

01:09:30.540 --> 01:09:32.540
And what if he decides that

01:09:32.540 --> 01:09:34.540
doesn't matter whether she's having a good day or a bad day,

01:09:34.540 --> 01:09:36.540
doesn't matter whether we're both having a good day

01:09:36.540 --> 01:09:38.540
or a bad day, doesn't matter whether it's rain or shine,

01:09:38.540 --> 01:09:40.540
that I have enough

01:09:40.540 --> 01:09:42.540
trust in her

01:09:42.540 --> 01:09:44.540
to abandon myself in a way

01:09:44.540 --> 01:09:46.540
to her, where I have faith

01:09:46.540 --> 01:09:48.540
that even if things go wrong, they'll be

01:09:48.540 --> 01:09:50.540
sorted out. Now you have

01:09:50.540 --> 01:09:52.540
a couple that know how to walk together.

01:10:02.540 --> 01:10:04.540
I feel like I'm in a marriage seminar right now.

01:10:06.540 --> 01:10:08.540
Let's visit that

01:10:08.540 --> 01:10:10.540
last one.

01:10:16.540 --> 01:10:18.540
Yeah.

01:10:20.540 --> 01:10:22.540
This week,

01:10:22.540 --> 01:10:24.540
like last week, taste and see.

01:10:26.540 --> 01:10:28.540
How do you start?

01:10:28.540 --> 01:10:30.540
Don't go looking for him. Start with the

01:10:30.540 --> 01:10:32.540
line where he says to you,

01:10:32.540 --> 01:10:34.540
I'm right here.

01:10:36.540 --> 01:10:38.540
I haven't gone anywhere. Start there.

01:10:42.540 --> 01:10:44.540
Once you do,

01:10:44.540 --> 01:10:46.540
taste and see.

01:10:46.540 --> 01:10:48.540
To taste and see, you'll need

01:10:48.540 --> 01:10:50.540
time. Create time. Please, please, please.

01:10:50.540 --> 01:10:52.540
Taste and see.

01:10:52.540 --> 01:10:54.540
When you taste and see, you will prioritize.

01:10:54.540 --> 01:10:56.540
When you prioritize, you'll create time.

01:10:56.540 --> 01:10:58.540
When you create time, you

01:10:58.540 --> 01:11:00.540
will learn to be loved by him. When you

01:11:00.540 --> 01:11:02.540
are loved by him, you will long

01:11:02.540 --> 01:11:04.540
for him. When you long for him, you will

01:11:04.540 --> 01:11:06.540
run towards him. When you run towards him,

01:11:06.540 --> 01:11:08.540
you'll begin to enjoy him. Once you begin

01:11:08.540 --> 01:11:10.540
to enjoy him, you mix it with faith.

01:11:10.540 --> 01:11:12.540
And then you begin to walk with him

01:11:12.540 --> 01:11:14.540
like Adam did.

01:11:18.540 --> 01:11:20.540
Any questions, guys?

01:11:24.540 --> 01:11:26.540
Okay. My question

01:11:26.540 --> 01:11:28.540
to you. Is there anything impractical in this?

01:11:36.540 --> 01:11:38.540
Anything impractical?

01:11:38.540 --> 01:11:40.540
Anything that is

01:11:40.540 --> 01:11:42.540
just fantasy and is not real?

01:11:44.540 --> 01:11:46.540
Yep.

01:11:48.540 --> 01:11:50.540
What is the best way to

01:11:50.540 --> 01:11:52.540
let's say,

01:11:52.540 --> 01:11:54.540
to really learn from the

01:11:54.540 --> 01:11:56.540
A-con and spend a lot of time

01:11:56.540 --> 01:11:58.540
learning from the A-con

01:11:58.540 --> 01:12:00.540
and spend a lot of time

01:12:00.540 --> 01:12:02.540
in every area of your life?

01:12:02.540 --> 01:12:04.540
Yeah. 24 hours, don't even try.

01:12:04.540 --> 01:12:06.540
Try 24 minutes.

01:12:06.540 --> 01:12:08.540
Really.

01:12:08.540 --> 01:12:10.540
I don't

01:12:10.540 --> 01:12:12.540
think if you aim at

01:12:12.540 --> 01:12:14.540
24 hours, this will work. Take 24 minutes.

01:12:14.540 --> 01:12:16.540
And start with 24 minutes.

01:12:16.540 --> 01:12:18.540
And say, Father,

01:12:18.540 --> 01:12:20.540
I just want to start

01:12:20.540 --> 01:12:22.540
with 24 minutes.

01:12:22.540 --> 01:12:24.540
What does it look like? Taste and see. Taste and see

01:12:24.540 --> 01:12:26.540
what, God? I don't even know what that means.

01:12:30.540 --> 01:12:32.540
Yeah. It's not doing

01:12:32.540 --> 01:12:34.540
nothing. It's doing what he asks you to.

01:12:34.540 --> 01:12:36.540
And if he doesn't ask you to do anything,

01:12:36.540 --> 01:12:38.540
be still. It's a

01:12:38.540 --> 01:12:40.540
crazy way of living.

01:12:40.540 --> 01:12:42.540
Jesus does nothing in the boat.

01:12:42.540 --> 01:12:44.540
Jesus does nothing

01:12:44.540 --> 01:12:46.540
when Lazarus is dead.

01:12:46.540 --> 01:12:48.540
He just waits for orders.

01:12:48.540 --> 01:12:50.540
So in a sense, we are doing

01:12:50.540 --> 01:12:52.540
nothing. But we are so ingrained

01:12:52.540 --> 01:12:54.540
that we got to do something. We got to do something.

01:12:54.540 --> 01:12:56.540
That silence kills you.

01:12:58.540 --> 01:13:00.540
So it's not doing nothing.

01:13:00.540 --> 01:13:02.540
This is the meaning of the word waiting.

01:13:02.540 --> 01:13:04.540
When your wife is arriving at

01:13:04.540 --> 01:13:06.540
YVR, and you

01:13:06.540 --> 01:13:08.540
haven't seen her for four months,

01:13:08.540 --> 01:13:10.540
like Tuni,

01:13:10.540 --> 01:13:12.540
and you're wasting away

01:13:12.540 --> 01:13:14.540
because you haven't eaten.

01:13:16.540 --> 01:13:18.540
And so Anilay has now arrived at the airport,

01:13:18.540 --> 01:13:20.540
and Tuni is waiting there.

01:13:20.540 --> 01:13:22.540
And like

01:13:22.540 --> 01:13:24.540
he's not very tall, and there are tall

01:13:24.540 --> 01:13:26.540
people in front of him, and he's craning.

01:13:26.540 --> 01:13:28.540
He's looking.

01:13:30.540 --> 01:13:32.540
That's what waiting is like.

01:13:32.540 --> 01:13:34.540
It's not inactive, it's not passive.

01:13:34.540 --> 01:13:36.540
It is so active.

01:13:36.540 --> 01:13:38.540
It is so active. It's the same thing that

01:13:38.540 --> 01:13:40.540
one does when one is looking for

01:13:40.540 --> 01:13:42.540
pleasure, or looking for someone that's lost,

01:13:42.540 --> 01:13:44.540
or kids looking for each other when they play hide and seek.

01:13:44.540 --> 01:13:46.540
It's that kind of waiting.

01:13:46.540 --> 01:13:48.540
If you ask, what are you doing? I'm running around

01:13:48.540 --> 01:13:50.540
looking for something.

01:13:50.540 --> 01:13:52.540
It doesn't seem like much.

01:13:52.540 --> 01:13:54.540
But my God, if you were in Tuni's heart

01:13:54.540 --> 01:13:56.540
that day,

01:13:56.540 --> 01:13:58.540
you would hear

01:13:58.540 --> 01:14:00.540
atrial tachycardial fibrillation.

01:14:02.540 --> 01:14:04.540
You would hear it.

01:14:04.540 --> 01:14:06.540
So when we think of nothing,

01:14:06.540 --> 01:14:08.540
it's a whole different nothing. We think it's like

01:14:08.540 --> 01:14:10.540
this. No, it's full of anticipation.

01:14:10.540 --> 01:14:12.540
Full of anticipation.

01:14:12.540 --> 01:14:14.540
You should watch eagles.

01:14:14.540 --> 01:14:16.540
They seem to be doing nothing.

01:14:16.540 --> 01:14:18.540
A couple of crows

01:14:18.540 --> 01:14:20.540
running after them, trying to bite them, and they're just

01:14:20.540 --> 01:14:22.540
circling. And you think to yourself,

01:14:22.540 --> 01:14:24.540
these guys are doing nothing. They're not doing nothing,

01:14:24.540 --> 01:14:26.540
man. They're looking for a thermal

01:14:26.540 --> 01:14:28.540
current.

01:14:28.540 --> 01:14:30.540
And they just know how to feel

01:14:30.540 --> 01:14:32.540
it with their wings. And they're suddenly

01:14:32.540 --> 01:14:34.540
located. And the moment they're located,

01:14:34.540 --> 01:14:36.540
these crows are like

01:14:36.540 --> 01:14:38.540
eh.

01:14:38.540 --> 01:14:40.540
Because these things enter the thermal current, and within

01:14:40.540 --> 01:14:42.540
seconds they're high up.

01:14:42.540 --> 01:14:44.540
We are not

01:14:44.540 --> 01:14:46.540
talking about waiting by doing nothing.

01:14:46.540 --> 01:14:48.540
It's looking for God, man.

01:14:48.540 --> 01:14:50.540
It's Bartimaeus

01:14:50.540 --> 01:14:52.540
waiting, saying,

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Son of David, have mercy on me. They try to quiet him.

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He will not quiet down.

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Because he is looking for something.

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There's so much

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anticipation in this.

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I love it when sometimes

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I'm in a situation and there's no way

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out. And I've

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gone to every post and pillar and I can't

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find help. And now you're in

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Peniel.

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And in Peniel, you may be wrestled

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to the ground, but you will not let go. Because

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without a name change, God ain't going nowhere.

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So I will look for you, and I will stay

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through the night. Because come morning,

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even if I have a limp, I will go with

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a new name and what I want.

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So put up your fists, Nick.

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That's what God is saying to Jacob

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at Peniel. Hey,

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put your fists up. I'm not here to give you

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an answer. I'm here to fight you.

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I'm here to change you.

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That's what we are

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talking about.

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Guys put themselves through this every day.

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I mean, you should go to one of these football fields.

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They've got these big bags

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that you throw yourself against.

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Fifty times a day.

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You ask me, they're doing nothing.

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They're just trying to pulverize a pillow

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that won't be pulverized. But out of that

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comes strength.

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That's what we are talking about. So to answer

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your question, Nick,

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it is not nothing.

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It is so filled with anticipation.

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You would think before Derek got married to Iris

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that he was doing nothing when he would flip through

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the website.

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He was going through one name after the other

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on Shadi.com.

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It seemed like he was just flipping.

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He wasn't.

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That wasn't doing nothing.

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Because he knew that when he sees her,

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he will know.

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And once he knows, he was out of here.

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Like I asked him,

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Derek, are you still in Vancouver?

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He says, up here?

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I'm already there.

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It's active in here, man.

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Let's pray.

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Sorry Derek, Iris was out so I thought

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I could take the shot at you.

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Jesus,

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please help us create habits.

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This is the fourth week

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we are talking about it.

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So many things come to mind immediately.

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Longing for you.

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Enjoying you.

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Like friends enjoy friends.

01:17:34.540 --> 01:17:36.540
Like lovers enjoy lovers.

01:17:36.540 --> 01:17:38.540
Like children enjoy their parents.

01:17:44.540 --> 01:17:46.540
Walking intimately with you.

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Walking with you.

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Walking intimately with you.

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Being let into things that

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the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit

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converse about.

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Sometimes things of a global nature.

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Sometimes things that are small.

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To have an abandon

01:18:12.540 --> 01:18:14.540
when it comes to you.

01:18:14.540 --> 01:18:16.540
To trust you.

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To rest from

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just natural self-striving.

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Hebrews 4, 10 puts it this way.

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Labor

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to enter into rest.

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You'll have to work at it, Jacob.

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So that you don't keep striving

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that you'll enter into rest

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just as God has entered into rest.

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To jump into what you're doing.

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Just like the eagle does

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with the thermal currents.

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Gosh, Lord, there are so many of these

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connections.

01:18:48.540 --> 01:18:50.540
Perhaps this is why

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you endorsed algebra.

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Makes all these connections

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possible.

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I plead

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for us, O God.

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Not for myself. I don't want to

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walk this alone. I want to walk it with

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everybody here. I plead for myself

01:19:08.540 --> 01:19:10.540
that you would help us to enter

01:19:10.540 --> 01:19:12.540
into this virtuous cycle.

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That this week

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we somehow have the ability

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to taste and see.

01:19:20.540 --> 01:19:22.540
And when we find it is good

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to be able to prioritize

01:19:24.540 --> 01:19:26.540
and create time.

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Create time for what? To serve you?

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No! To be loved, Father!

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By who? By you

01:19:32.540 --> 01:19:34.540
and the Son and the Spirit.

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You said this in the book of Revelation.

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We stand at the door and knock.

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You open the door and the Father

01:19:40.540 --> 01:19:42.540
and Son will come and sup with you.

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Jesus, there's nobody

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who doesn't want it.

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But we don't know it so we don't

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crave after it.

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This week, can you cause a

01:19:52.540 --> 01:19:54.540
craving to begin to arise?

01:19:54.540 --> 01:19:56.540
So that at least eight or nine of us

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begin to break out and run after this.

01:19:58.540 --> 01:20:00.540
And then the rest will follow.

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To long after you.

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To run towards you.

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To enjoy you.

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And then tell others

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hey, this is what it is

01:20:16.540 --> 01:20:18.540
to walk with God.

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Gosh, Lord! It's a dream, Father.

01:20:20.540 --> 01:20:22.540
Perhaps this is what

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revival looks like for some.

01:20:26.540 --> 01:20:28.540
Granted, Abba.

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In Jesus' name I ask for all of us, yeah?

01:20:30.540 --> 01:20:32.540
Amen.

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Cool, guys.

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If you need prayer, there'll be people here to play with you.

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You