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Podcast: Acts 29 Vancouver
Episode: Valley Ready
Publishing Date: 2023-03-12T06:00:44-07:00
Podcast URL: https://acts29.ca
Episode URL: https://acts29.ca/valley-ready/

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We will sing These Are The Days Of Elijah.

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These are the days of Elijah,

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Bearing the word of the Lord.

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And these are the days of your servants,

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Moses, righteousness being restored.

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And these are the days of your servants,

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Moses, righteousness being restored.

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And these are the days of your servants,

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And these are the days of your servants,

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Of famine and darkness and sores,

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Still with voice in the desert,

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Crying, prepare ye the way of the Lord.

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Behold he comes,

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Riding on clouds, shining like the sun,

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At the trump record,

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To lift your voice to hear of him lead,

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Out of Zion's hill salvation comes.

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These are the days,

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These are the days of Ezekiel,

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The dry bones becoming a splash.

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And these are the days of your servant,

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Rebuilding the temple of praise.

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Oh these are the days of the harvest,

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Of fields that are white in the world,

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And we are the neighbors

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In your dominion,

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Declaring the word of the Lord.

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Behold he comes,

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Riding on clouds, shining like the sun,

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At the trump record,

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To lift your voice to hear of him lead,

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Out of Zion's hill salvation comes.

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Behold he comes,

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Riding on clouds, shining like the sun,

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At the trump record,

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To lift your voice to hear of him lead,

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Out of Zion's hill salvation comes.

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Out of Zion's hill salvation comes.

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Alright, we have a few guests.

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Tuni, you want to introduce your friends?

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So we have Ken, we have Karen,

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They're from Singapore, and they have a friend,

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Ruth, right? Yes.

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From China, that's right.

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Welcome.

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Jeremy, you want to introduce your friend?

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Hi Mika.

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Today, as you can see, I'm very well behaved, very well dressed.

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That's because my mother-in-law is here.

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And her name is Salome.

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Oh, welcome.

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Alright, let's pray.

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Abba,

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What you've given me today is

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not a teaching or preaching, it is

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for us to prepare ourselves for the work in hand.

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What we've been talking about, Abba, over the last few weeks is

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you directing us to Victoria

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and Nanaimo, and you building

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churches there.

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And so we come tonight, or this afternoon,

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with hearts willing to learn,

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with ears that are attentive,

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with a vision of the future,

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with ears that are attentive to prepare ourselves for the work

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at hand. That's what we're doing today. So the

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next 30 minutes, 45 minutes is meant to prepare

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ourselves. Because we have heard enough,

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the time is nearing, and we need to be ready for the work at hand.

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So Holy Spirit, I pray that you put the right words on my tongue,

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that you give us ears to

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listen and hearts to receive. In Jesus' name,

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Amen.

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So, if you have missed out the last two or three weeks of teaching,

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Jacob has been talking about us going to Victoria

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Nanaimo

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with the intent of making the Father known,

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making disciples, multiplying churches.

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That's what we've been talking about. And what I have

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for us today is really prepping us for that work.

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So there are a few things I want to talk about. But it's very important

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for us to not look at Victoria and Nanaimo as

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wow, we're going to Victoria and Nanaimo. And Jacob said

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this is about training us and preparing us for the life ahead.

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And it's easy to just look at these two places and

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think about Acts 29, think about all of the desires of your

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hearts and be zoomed in on that.

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But it is a danger if we go that way. So I want us to

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first step out of it, because we need to

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go back to Matthew 28

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19. And we need to start reading

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Matthew 28 19 a certain way. Now when we read over

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the next few weeks, we have to read it as, what did Jesus say?

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Go therefore and make disciples of all nations

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in Victoria and Nanaimo.

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Go therefore and make disciples of all nations in

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Victoria and Nanaimo, baptizing them.

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In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.

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And teaching them to observe everything that commanded you.

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It is very important for all of us to go back to this

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before we delve into this. We have to know why

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we're doing it. We're doing it because we're following the commission

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of Christ that is for us. And right now, over the next

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little while when you read these verses, you have to put Victoria and Nanaimo

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into it. Because we are following a direct

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command from our King

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to go into these cities. So when you do that, it helps

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because now we remove from it anything else, because there is something

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that's been taught here, which is a purity of purpose. Before

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anything, this is the reason why we are doing it. Because we have a Savior

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who died for us. We have a King who has commissioned us for a work.

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And we now follow Him into what He is doing. And then

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comes everything with respect to what's happening at Acts 29.

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And with respect to the leading into

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these cities to do specific work there. But we cannot take

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this out of the equation. It's very important.

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Now, I want us to read

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Psalm 126, verse 1.

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It says, When the Lord

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brought back the captives out of Zion,

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we were as those who were dreaming.

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And it says, their mouths were filled with laughter

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in the tongues, songs of joy.

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So it's very important for us also then

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to look at what will happen in Victoria and Nanaimo.

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And look at that and go, that is exactly what God is doing.

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He is restoring the fortunes of a people in Victoria

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and Nanaimo through us. And

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it is incredibly important to know what the end result is.

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Before we proceed into the work, before we jump into the work at hand,

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we already know the end picture. Because He is in the business

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of rebuilding cities. And He is using us then

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to follow Him into these two cities.

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So the large canvas is important

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before the specifics of Nanaimo and Victoria.

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And I can't tell you how important it is. Because the reason I'm saying

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this is because we can be very quickly going and doing

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things without this. We cannot

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afford to.

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Yeah? Jeremy's friend,

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what's your name? Mika? One of the things that

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Mika, you're someone that

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doesn't matter where you sit, doesn't matter where you are,

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God will always call you out.

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And it's like the story of Siqueus.

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Siqueus was in a certain place. He just wanted to see what was happening. But Jesus

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came calling. Like with Peter, like with

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Andrew, like with the disciples, He'll come calling.

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And you're called out, man. You're called out by Him.

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So it is very difficult. It will be very difficult for you

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to be

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in the fringes. You will always be

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in front. Meaning with respect to what God is doing,

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there are things that have been called and named

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and spoken upon in your life that you have to walk into.

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And I'm just speaking out loud today.

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Yeah? Because you are someone who He calls out

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always. He will not allow you

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at all to be anywhere else. You will be called out until

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you're like, oh, this is who I am. Until you wake up one day

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and recognize that it doesn't matter where I go, what I do, I'm always

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called out by Him for His things. Until

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the day you wear that cap, He'll keep on doing it.

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So we bless you.

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Where were we?

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Yeah, we talked about Psalm 126.1.

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So let's go. What I want to do today is really not a teaching.

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It's really prepping us for the work.

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And why don't we start with a few things.

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So I have probably ten different things.

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The first three things, we'll go into a little more detail. And then once those

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three things are done, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, and then

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it's up to us to practice it, live it, walk in it, and

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God is readying us for the work. So number one.

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Count the cost. Before we step out and do

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anything, we have to sit and count the

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cost. Because following Jesus comes with a price,

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we have to pay a price. And before we pay a price,

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you've always got to count it. Jesus said it this way

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in Luke chapter 14. Because this is not something we are

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dreaming up. This is His command or His commission for us

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to follow Him. And so Jesus said it this way in Luke chapter 14.

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If you are building a house,

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you have to count the cost of what it will take you before you build it.

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Lest the building will be incomplete and

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you're like, oops, wasn't planning.

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Wasn't counting. You have to build it that way.

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And then He proceeds. I want to say if a king is going to battle

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with 10,000 troops and the other

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king he's battling has 20,000 troops, he's got to think

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about how this battle is going to be. He's got to have planning,

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strategies. He's got to count the cost. And then

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for us then to go into Nanaimo and Victoria,

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we have to count the cost. We have to, guys, spend

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time to think about the cost

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that we are willing to pay. It's very important.

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And I can tell you, there will be a difference between those who

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count the cost and those who do not. There will be a

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difference. Iris and I were

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shopping yesterday, a few things for the baby.

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And so we are at the store and we buy quite a few things

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including the stroller and the, now I know the car seat and all of that.

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So we bought all of these things.

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We need to pay now. And I take my debit card

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out and I'm like, okay. And I find out I have

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got a thousand dollar limit on my debit card. So whenever

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I took the debit card ten years ago, eleven years ago, I had

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said my limit for a daily transaction is a thousand bucks.

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I didn't think then that it will come a day when a baby is going to

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come and I have to buy a stroller

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and the stroller itself is eight hundred bucks or whatever. I didn't know.

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So, oh! And the

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lady goes, oh, it's not working. And I'm like, okay. I got it covered

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so I take my credit card out and realize that, oh, I don't have my credit

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card but I have my Apple Pay. So I go Apple Pay and there is a limit on the

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Apple Pay. You can only do a hundred at a time.

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So to pay the whole thing you have to do a few rounds of Apple Pay

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and now there's a third problem. The machine

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will only accept Apple Pay from one mobile once.

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So you can't do it again. So now I ask Iris

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and finally we even had to get a gift

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card from Baby Zara's because I can purchase it online and then

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use that and that took about forty minutes. So we're waiting there for forty minutes to make a transaction

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happen. Why? Because we did not count

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the cost. It's a funny story. Oh my

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goodness. When it comes to Nanaimo and Victoria,

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we have to count the cost.

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It can be different things for different people.

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It can be, see the thing is, for us

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it's not the money that's the cost because often times when we think about it

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money comes to the forefront but money is not the thing.

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Because going to Victoria, coming back for a trip like this,

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multiple times as we go, money will come. But it is all of the other

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things that you have to lay down. It can be, and we'll touch on those

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things. I want to be very practical about what we are to do.

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So we have to count the cost.

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If we don't count the cost, we will find ourselves in

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places where we are not ready.

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So the purpose of me sharing, going through these points

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today, the purpose is that we'll take time offline

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to sit down, think, ready ourselves.

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Because if I am following the words of Jesus,

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Jesus said, you've got to count it before you say yes.

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Saying yes because others are saying yes, or saying

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yes because Jacob is saying, hey let's go, it's good

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but it's not good enough. Good enough would be yes, receiving it

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and then saying, I have to pay a cost. And I'm

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willing to pay this cost no matter what.

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And therefore I am ready.

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When it comes to big decisions in our life, we do it.

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There is nothing more important than this.

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And I say that because Matthew 28, 19,

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that there is nothing more important than that in any believer's life.

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That is the most important thing. That is the overarching call

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of God over all of our heads. There is nothing

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more important than that. So if I'm just remembering what

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we were taught way back, remember this?

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So at the center we have

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there is a right way to do it and a wrong way to do it. The right way to do it is

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Christ and his church is at the center. And then my family,

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my work, my positions, my wealth, all of those things go into

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that. So those things that we talked about, that we learned,

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now we have a new opportunity to practice it. Because at the center

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of everything that we are doing is Christ and his bride.

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And all of these things fall in place

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for us to live our lives in alignment

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with what God is asking us to do. So we have to count the cost.

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Go to

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Haggai chapter 1. You know what? Don't read it. We don't have much time. In Haggai

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chapter 1, it talks about this

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one of the fascinating things there is God is saying

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you're living in houses that are fully roofed. It's perfect. But you haven't

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built anything for me. I need you to build me a temple.

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And before he says that, he says consider your ways. It's so

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important for us to sit down and when we sit down and not just

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think of the cost or count the cost, but also consider

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our ways. Again, I'm telling you,

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there will be a difference between those who consider their ways

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and those who do not. Some things are some things as

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he established. We can't change it. It's

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up to us then to take time and do this. So consider

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your ways, he said. And I want to add

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two things to that. Number one, it is dangerous for me

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to rank or esteem myself higher

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than where I'm rightfully at. So one thing that I need to and you need

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to be careful about is do not esteem yourself

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higher than where you're at in life.

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And it is foolish to

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overlook everything that God has been doing in your life and what he has

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been doing to prepare you. Two things. One, I

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cannot esteem myself higher than where I'm at in life.

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So I'm able to do everything through Christ, but Christ

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has also been training me up, has also been prepping me

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up for the things of life. And if I go and

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try to lift, okay, we don't need to go into that story, but if you go to the gym and try to

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if I try to go with Powen and there is a, I don't know,

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100 kilo stuff and Powen is going there and lifting it up and I try to do

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that, I'll be pretty, I'll be dangerous.

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On the other hand, if I've been prepped

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and if God has been doing things, there is a tendency

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that I can overlook everything that he has been doing.

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And you shouldn't do that either. It's important for you

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to also take into account what he has been doing in you.

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So when it says consider your ways, consider what he has

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been doing. Think about the last three months, the last six months,

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the last year. What has he been doing? It is

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important to find a relationship between everything that he has been doing

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and the work at hand. Yeah? You're tracking me?

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Yeah? Yeah?

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Good. So it's important. Once we do

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that, then we know where we stand and

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we know the task at hand and there will also come a very quick

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understanding of, aha, I need to dive right into

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everything that God is using to prepare me for my life.

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If you don't do it, you don't see what is happening, you have not thought

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about where you're at and there is a gap

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that you're completely ignoring. We don't want to do that.

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We want to count our costs, but we also need to consider

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our ways. So a few questions. What are some

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changes required of me to ready

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myself for the full work? What are some

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changes required of me to ready myself for the work

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at hand? And by that I mean the work in Victoria and Nanaimo.

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And you need to answer these questions.

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Not now, but because we're going to count the costs

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and because we're going to consider our ways, we have to do it

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in a different setting. Think, ponder with God,

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answer these things.

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Second question,

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what are some things in terms of my thinking that needs to change

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in terms of my thinking that needs to change?

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What are some things

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in terms of my thinking that has to change?

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God can reveal it to you,

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people around you can reveal it to you.

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Number two, what are some changes with respect to my relationships

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within the body where I need to change? Don't think about

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family right now, think of this family here.

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What are some things that I need to change with respect to my

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relationships with this family right here?

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As I prepare.

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And you have to have answers for these things, guys. If we try

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to answer them and you go, oh, I can't really think of anything, everything is so beautifully perfect.

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It's not the case. Then you're

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probably blinded to it. There are things

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that I have to know. Because when I think about it, there are two or three things that

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at least two things that

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come right at me. So I have to then

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sit down and think about, okay, Abba, you're bringing these things

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to mind. I need to change in these things. And I'm

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willing, I need help.

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Now when I do it, I'm becoming ready for the work at hand.

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I'm not interested today in

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speaking something that's not going to be helpful for us, guys.

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I know for a fact that if we go down this path, it will be so

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helpful for us when we are in those cities. So helpful.

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So it's relationships inside the body

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is important. My thinking is important. Those are two things

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as we go out that we cannot take lightly.

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And then third question or fourth

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question. You need to also look at what

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the devil has been doing over the last little while

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with your life to trip you up.

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Are there things that are recurring? And I'm not talking about

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habitual sins.

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I'm talking about think. Be aware. Look

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back at your life in the last three months, six months. See what are the

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things that are tripping you. They keep coming up.

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What are the things that keep tripping you?

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What are the things that keep pulling you back? It's almost

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like you hit your stride and then you keep walking and then all of a sudden

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you're back. What are those things?

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This is where the body can be so helpful. Because if you take

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the time to think, to count the costs, to consider

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your ways, as God reveals these things, as others who are with you

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that you walk with, as they help you, you'll see a big

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change happening. Big change happening. This is

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life on life. This is living out everything we've been hearing.

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Number two.

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And maybe here I'll answer

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Sade's question.

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We need to prepare in abundance

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and give in plenty. Prepare

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in abundance and give in plenty.

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I want to take us to 1 Chronicles 22. You don't have to read it.

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No, you can read it later. But the picture is

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David wants to build this temple. And he knows that. God has told

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him he's not going to be the one building it. His son is going to be the one building it. So he knows

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that already. But you find David still

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preparing in abundance. And I'm using those words straight out of

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1 Chronicles 22. Preparing in abundance

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for the building of the temple that was to come. You see him

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thinking about the gates, the doors of the gates.

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You see him thinking about the nails. And him knowing that these

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nails are going to be needed by Solomon later, he

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puts them together. He brings them. He gathers them. He knows that

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iron and bronze are needed. So he gathers them in plenty.

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He knows that cedars are going to be needed. Timbers are going to be

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needed. So he brings them. He prepares in abundance

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for the work in hand.

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When we think of Nanaimo and Victoria,

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I pray that as a family we look at this as

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not a side thing we're doing

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along with everything else we're doing. But I wish I had

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the drawing here before. This is central to what God is doing in our

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lives. And if, and I know that

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in a church like this, we all know each other, but we're also

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in different stages of our lives. So it is possible

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because I was reminded as I was writing this of someone here who asked me, hey,

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I want to find out my purpose. I want to find out what my

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life is about. I want to find out my purpose. And let me answer you

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with this. If you are able to look at what God is doing

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and delve right into it and say, I'm going to

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obey you Jesus into these things, then

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your purpose will follow you. You don't wait

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for your purpose. As God opens up things

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and He says, here is the path, walk in it. You jump

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right into it and you walk. Your purpose will follow you.

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The specifics of it will be opened up to you.

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The gift will be unwrapped. But you've got to do it.

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Because sometimes we look at our

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life and we go, okay, I really need to know the purpose.

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What am I really supposed to do in life?

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I know I'm going to Acts 29. I know I'm doing this

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and I know I'm doing that. But what's the real purpose? So the specifics

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regarding your purpose will unravel as you obey Him

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fully and you're fully committed to it.

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Watch my words. It will happen to you. Because He's a good Father.

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And when you say, it doesn't matter where, it doesn't

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matter how, it doesn't matter what, I am in it.

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If you say, go, I will go fully. I'll give

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prepare in abundance and give in plenty. That's where you start.

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Leave the rest to Him. He'll take care of it.

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So I want to... Yes, Diana.

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So you already said that the work in Victoria will be central

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to our lives as a body. But the work that He gives us, there

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might be something personal for us as well. So how do we balance that

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out? Or could there be two completely separate things

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that we're doing? Everything comes under

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Matthew 28-19. Everything that we do comes under

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Matthew 28-19. And then under this are specifics.

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So God may ask you very specifically to do something in

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Burnaby that none of us here are being invited into

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or called into. And so this is part of counting the cost

00:31:36.000 --> 00:31:40.000
and considering the waste. Because the answer for you may not be

00:31:40.000 --> 00:31:44.000
the answer for me. It could be different. But because God is

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doing this with Acts 29, we cannot

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as... We should not as individuals, because we can't.

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We should not as individuals take a step back and say, well, it's for the rest

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of those guys. They'll do it. Because one of the things that Jacob kept hammering

00:32:00.000 --> 00:32:04.000
initially was this idea that this is not for house church

00:32:04.000 --> 00:32:08.000
leaders or a few people. This is for all of us. My

00:32:08.000 --> 00:32:12.000
goodness, man. Matthew 28-19 is for all of us.

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All of us.

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And we should be so excited about

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living the word. Living the word.

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So, yeah.

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There are different things that we may be doing.

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But we have to sit down and weigh things and then decide.

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So,

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we talked about conspiring with the Holy Spirit earlier on. Not today, but

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in one of the sessions before.

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We need to conspire with the Holy Spirit also as we do

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this exercise to reorganize our schedules

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and our time commitments. We need to sit down

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to conspire with the Holy Spirit. So, if I need to

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do these things, I need to sit down with the Holy Spirit

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and say, Holy Spirit, this will demand

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of me to spend time outside of work,

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outside of this thing and that thing and this thing.

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And you know what? I really need your help.

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So, between you and I, I'm committing to this.

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And I'm prepared to pay this price.

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And I'm also prepared to re-prioritize the things

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in my life to make it happen. Conspiring

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with the Holy Spirit is also useful in your

00:33:44.000 --> 00:33:48.000
preparation for the work at hand. So, you sit

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down and conspire with Him. As a family, sit down and conspire with

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Him. It's going to be so good. Because even

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before you're there, you have sat down with Him and you've talked

00:34:00.000 --> 00:34:04.000
to Him. You've let Him know already, hey, here's what this looks like.

00:34:04.000 --> 00:34:08.000
You know my heart. I want to give it all. Because, guys, there are going to be days when

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it's not easy. And when you do this, you're prepared.

00:34:12.000 --> 00:34:16.000
So, a few things we need to do.

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We need to already start thinking about what we're

00:34:30.000 --> 00:34:34.000
going to be doing. Plan your time, your schedule.

00:34:34.000 --> 00:34:38.000
Because this is a real place

00:34:38.000 --> 00:34:42.000
that real people need to go to using the 24 hours that we

00:34:42.000 --> 00:34:46.000
have every day. So, we need to plan.

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Prepare. So, start looking at your summer holiday

00:34:50.000 --> 00:34:54.000
plans and start looking at when your days are off. And

00:34:54.000 --> 00:34:58.000
in all honesty, we have to now think of our days

00:34:58.000 --> 00:35:02.000
off this year. I'm going to say even to that extent. When we take time off

00:35:02.000 --> 00:35:06.000
this year at work, think about how that's going to align

00:35:06.000 --> 00:35:10.000
with this.

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Think about how that will align with this. Super important.

00:35:14.000 --> 00:35:18.000
Number two, organize your finances.

00:35:18.000 --> 00:35:22.000
What do I mean by that?

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Father, counting the cost, even the dollars are not

00:35:26.000 --> 00:35:30.000
the most important thing when it comes to counting cost.

00:35:30.000 --> 00:35:34.000
I am also prepared to spend. Because this money

00:35:34.000 --> 00:35:38.000
you gave me. This money I want to give for you.

00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:42.000
Three.

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Trade everything that he has given you.

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Be a good steward. Trade everything that he has given you.

00:35:50.000 --> 00:35:54.000
Don't put it under your bed.

00:35:54.000 --> 00:35:58.000
It's the story of the

00:35:58.000 --> 00:36:02.000
guy who was given talents that he traded.

00:36:02.000 --> 00:36:06.000
He made a lot of money.

00:36:06.000 --> 00:36:10.000
He made a lot of money.

00:36:10.000 --> 00:36:14.000
He made a lot of money with these talents that he traded.

00:36:14.000 --> 00:36:18.000
He multiplied it. So you have to look at your life

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and go, when it comes to these things, what are the things that are

00:36:22.000 --> 00:36:26.000
so innate to me, so me. Because you've built

00:36:26.000 --> 00:36:30.000
me that way that I need to trade, use.

00:36:30.000 --> 00:36:34.000
Because we're a body. Diana is good at certain things

00:36:34.000 --> 00:36:38.000
that I'm not good at. And she's good at

00:36:38.000 --> 00:36:45.640
us and therefore she has to trade it use it for the benefit of all of us and for

00:36:45.640 --> 00:36:52.080
the benefit of those in Nanaimo and Victoria we have to trade the talents

00:36:52.080 --> 00:37:03.460
trade the gifts that have been given to us and this goes without saying but when

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I look at my life I find a gap that I need to fill prepare by feeding on the

00:37:16.120 --> 00:37:31.780
word this is very important prepare by feeding on the word like never before may

00:37:31.780 --> 00:37:38.100
this church now as we prepare may there be such a wind of the Holy Spirit

00:37:38.100 --> 00:37:44.620
amongst us that all of us are spending way more time here than ever before so

00:37:44.620 --> 00:37:47.020
important

00:37:48.020 --> 00:37:52.460
prepare by feeding on the word

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next prepare by setting up

00:38:04.420 --> 00:38:22.580
godly disciplines it's part of considering your ways what are the

00:38:22.580 --> 00:38:29.580
things that I need to change habits that are not fruitful what are the habits

00:38:29.580 --> 00:38:35.900
that I really need to have in my life to be able to accomplish what God is saying

00:38:35.900 --> 00:38:46.820
set up godly disciplines I was talking with Emily K a few weeks ago and Emily

00:38:46.820 --> 00:38:52.500
was saying how she's been waking up at a particular time and she's sitting down

00:38:52.500 --> 00:38:58.860
in this one area in our house where she spends time with God no one else just

00:38:59.140 --> 00:39:11.500
herself and God and that's a place that she has to encounter him every day so

00:39:11.500 --> 00:39:16.060
what are other disciplines other godly disciplines that you need to cultivate

00:39:16.060 --> 00:39:21.060
that you need to set up as you prepare

00:39:21.060 --> 00:39:29.300
another thing I would add and this is really when it comes to give in plenty

00:39:29.300 --> 00:39:41.460
be prepared to give all of yourself to this work what does that really mean

00:39:41.460 --> 00:39:49.380
don't be tight-fisted give all of yourself for this don't be tight-fisted

00:39:49.860 --> 00:39:59.180
don't jump into this with we'll see how it goes give it all give it everything

00:39:59.180 --> 00:40:12.180
and I'm not talking about money because when we talk about being tight-fisted it's very easy

00:40:12.180 --> 00:40:17.660
to think about money I'm not talking about money is one thing but don't be

00:40:17.660 --> 00:40:23.980
tight-fisted when it comes to how much of yourself you give to others don't be

00:40:23.980 --> 00:40:33.620
tight-fisted with your time with your words with your attitude don't be

00:40:33.620 --> 00:40:44.860
tight-fisted give all of yourself to others so the thing is guys what Jesus

00:40:44.860 --> 00:40:51.260
accomplishes on earth is not done by superstars it is done by a people by a

00:40:51.260 --> 00:40:56.340
community of ordinary people what Jesus accomplishes on earth is done by a

00:40:56.340 --> 00:41:01.780
community of ordinary people it happened 2,000 years ago it started 2,000 years

00:41:01.780 --> 00:41:11.140
ago with a group of 12 it continues today with ordinary people living a

00:41:11.140 --> 00:41:17.380
certain way weighing everything that he has said and placing it over our heads

00:41:17.380 --> 00:41:23.140
and saying I bow down to no one else but him and his words it will dictate how I

00:41:23.140 --> 00:41:29.580
live it will dictate everything that I do my words my passions my my my my

00:41:29.580 --> 00:41:35.400
disciplines my life my work everything will bow down to how the king wants me

00:41:35.400 --> 00:41:46.800
to live and maybe we need to talk about it because none of us are pastors like

00:41:46.800 --> 00:41:55.120
Jacob we're all regular people Jacob is a pastor sorry Jacob if you're watching

00:41:55.120 --> 00:42:03.840
hello and he has trained us up well to know that the royal priesthood belongs

00:42:03.900 --> 00:42:12.300
to all of us if you if you've been here long enough you know that you belong to

00:42:12.300 --> 00:42:21.060
the royal priesthood so how how dare we step into something without recognizing

00:42:21.060 --> 00:42:27.380
who we are we are a royal priesthood

00:42:33.840 --> 00:42:48.680
one more thing I want to take a little bit more time on and then we'll go

00:42:48.680 --> 00:43:16.520
through it real fast number three repair rebuild restore as per I say 58 6 to 12

00:43:16.520 --> 00:43:22.760
that turn I know it's quite long well let me tell you tell you this way over

00:43:22.760 --> 00:43:30.000
the next little while one of the passages that we should go to read again

00:43:30.000 --> 00:43:38.180
and again and again understand with the Holy Spirit I say a 58 6 to 12 58 6 to

00:43:38.180 --> 00:43:43.480
12 yeah one of the passages where we need that we need to give our time to

00:43:43.480 --> 00:43:51.200
and learn with the Holy Spirit is this I had great plans to hooking up my iPad

00:43:51.200 --> 00:43:54.720
with this thing to to point out a few things but I'll try to do it without it

00:43:54.720 --> 00:44:03.520
because it ain't working good do I say 58 6 to 12 we'll spend a few minutes there

00:44:03.520 --> 00:44:15.520
rebuild repair restore after I say a 58 pattern so the first verse that I want

00:44:15.520 --> 00:44:23.280
us to read is I say a 58 verse 12 here is how it says and your ancient ruins

00:44:23.280 --> 00:44:29.320
shall be rebuilt you shall raise up the foundations of many generations you

00:44:29.320 --> 00:44:34.320
shall be called the repairer of the breach the restorer of streets to dwell

00:44:34.320 --> 00:44:42.440
in read that again it's about us I say a 58 verse 12 and your ancient ruins shall

00:44:42.440 --> 00:44:52.840
be rebuilt X 29 you will raise up the foundations of many generations X 29 you

00:44:52.840 --> 00:45:00.400
shall be called the repairer of the breach in Victoria and Nanaimo and you

00:45:00.400 --> 00:45:08.760
acts 29 you are the restorer of streets to dwell in that is them that is how

00:45:08.760 --> 00:45:12.800
God sees us already okay so we we're starting from the very bottom and then

00:45:12.800 --> 00:45:18.520
we'll make work our way up so I say a 58 12 spend time over it go over this

00:45:18.520 --> 00:45:24.120
again and again and again until this is so inside you that even at night you'll

00:45:24.120 --> 00:45:29.760
wake up I'll be like you'll say just like that it's important we need to we

00:45:29.760 --> 00:45:34.960
need to see ourselves how God sees us before we go right into it and start

00:45:34.960 --> 00:45:43.000
doing stuff so let's read that again X 29 you shall raise up the foundations of

00:45:43.000 --> 00:45:47.080
many generations so what does that mean see one of the things even as Jacob

00:45:47.080 --> 00:45:52.560
mentioned remember you talked about the the women the Salvation Army women in

00:45:52.560 --> 00:46:00.720
Victoria the work that they did there have been others too after the fact who

00:46:00.720 --> 00:46:05.800
worked there and there are things that he started in one generation that in

00:46:05.800 --> 00:46:13.600
his timing he has already placed it for others to finish okay so there are

00:46:13.600 --> 00:46:20.160
things that he started in Victoria Nanaimo he started it he did it things

00:46:20.160 --> 00:46:27.320
happened and then he sometimes keeps certain things for the next generation

00:46:27.320 --> 00:46:34.800
or the generation after to come and complete it's so scriptural Abraham

00:46:34.800 --> 00:46:40.440
this is what is going to happen to you by the way it's going to take 400 years

00:46:41.320 --> 00:46:46.640
there is something that I this is amazing there is something that the

00:46:46.640 --> 00:46:52.280
father really loves when he looks at us and he sees the generations like it's a

00:46:52.280 --> 00:46:59.120
view that we don't have but he enjoys that view he loves it that he starts

00:46:59.120 --> 00:47:03.080
something and then he leaves something and same with us there will be things

00:47:03.080 --> 00:47:10.080
that we start that Phoebe and others will continue and finish it's the way he

00:47:10.080 --> 00:47:17.520
works he's a god of generations and so x29 you shall raise up the foundations

00:47:17.520 --> 00:47:22.600
of many generations you shall be called the repairer of the breach the

00:47:22.600 --> 00:47:28.600
restorer of streets to dwell in so we'll do we we have to do these things as we

00:47:28.600 --> 00:47:35.320
follow him in the cities but if you look at Isaiah 58 6 to 12 I want to divide

00:47:35.360 --> 00:47:43.320
that into two sections it's it's like an if-then statement Jeremy will know it

00:47:43.320 --> 00:47:50.280
it's like if you do this then the rest of it I'll do right if you do it then

00:47:50.280 --> 00:47:55.960
the rest of it works yeah if you do it the rest of it I'll do and and for today

00:47:55.960 --> 00:48:02.280
okay just for today let's not even let's read it once we'll read once what he

00:48:02.280 --> 00:48:07.520
says he'll do and the for today just forget it why because what he says he'll

00:48:07.520 --> 00:48:14.800
do he'll do yeah so let's just read it let's read together I say a 58 8 to 12

00:48:14.800 --> 00:48:22.320
so I said we're gonna divide that into two sections let's start with 6 and 7

00:48:22.320 --> 00:48:29.040
this is our part okay this is where we come in as a body is not this the fast

00:48:29.040 --> 00:48:35.440
that I choose to lose the bonds of wickedness to undo the straps of the

00:48:35.440 --> 00:48:48.040
yoke to let the oppressed go free and to break every yoke that's for us we're

00:48:48.040 --> 00:48:54.960
seven again for us is it not to share your bread with the hungry and bring the

00:48:54.960 --> 00:49:00.600
homeless poor into your home when you see the naked to cover him and not to

00:49:00.600 --> 00:49:08.920
hide yourself from your own flesh again for us now he responds then with things

00:49:08.920 --> 00:49:12.160
that he will do which will read once and then we're just gonna put it on the side

00:49:12.160 --> 00:49:17.960
and what I mean by that is things that he says he'll do he'll do it he's so

00:49:17.960 --> 00:49:24.320
good at it then shall you light x29 break forth like the dawn and your

00:49:24.320 --> 00:49:28.840
healing shall spring up speedily x29 your righteousness shall go before you

00:49:28.840 --> 00:49:34.360
the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard remember where we started from

00:49:34.360 --> 00:49:41.000
presence to go before that his presence with us before that she kind of his

00:49:41.000 --> 00:49:49.760
presence is with us the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard then you

00:49:49.760 --> 00:49:55.280
shall call and the Lord will answer you shall cry and he will say here I am

00:49:55.280 --> 00:49:59.080
today we are only reading it once we just gonna put that on the side because

00:49:59.080 --> 00:50:05.680
he'll do what he says next our part if you x29 take away the yoke from your

00:50:05.680 --> 00:50:10.160
midst the pointing of the finger and speaking wickedness if you pour

00:50:10.160 --> 00:50:15.280
yourself out for the hungry and satisfy the desire of the afflicted that's for

00:50:15.280 --> 00:50:23.880
us then his part shall your light rise in the darkness and your gloom be as the

00:50:23.880 --> 00:50:29.000
noonday and the Lord will guide you continually and satisfy your desire in

00:50:29.000 --> 00:50:33.480
scorched places and make your bones strong and you shall be like a watered

00:50:33.480 --> 00:50:39.160
garden like a spring of water whose waters do not fail and your ancient

00:50:39.160 --> 00:50:43.360
ruins shall be rebuilt you shall raise up the foundations of many generations

00:50:43.360 --> 00:50:48.000
you shall be called the repairer of the breach the restorer of streets to dwell

00:50:48.000 --> 00:50:52.960
in so we started from verse 12 because that is the work at hand and we went

00:50:52.960 --> 00:50:58.720
back up and there are two things number one and this is so important for us a

00:50:58.720 --> 00:51:08.200
when we go to Victoria Nanaimo can we do it this way can we be a shepherd king

00:51:08.240 --> 00:51:18.040
can we on one hand recognize the evil at play the bondage that people are in the

00:51:18.040 --> 00:51:25.800
traps that they are in and the need for people to be loosened for captives to be

00:51:25.800 --> 00:51:32.440
set free all of which cannot happen with our power but can absolutely happen

00:51:32.440 --> 00:51:42.360
with his power in us that is essential and then on the same token can we also

00:51:42.360 --> 00:51:48.480
see the homeless and you can you can say well it's the same no it's different can

00:51:48.480 --> 00:51:53.640
you also see the homeless and the poor and the needy and give all of what you

00:51:53.640 --> 00:52:00.440
have so that their things are taken care of there are people who are in verse 7

00:52:00.440 --> 00:52:05.720
go back because this is important go back is is it not to share your bread

00:52:05.720 --> 00:52:11.960
with the hungry so when it comes to seeing a hungry man giving bread just do

00:52:11.960 --> 00:52:14.120
it

00:52:18.760 --> 00:52:24.240
don't discern just do it

00:52:24.240 --> 00:52:35.320
sometimes we can be discerning and I understand the discerning part but when

00:52:35.320 --> 00:52:41.840
you see a hungry man he said give food you're tracking me

00:52:41.840 --> 00:52:55.720
bring the homeless poor into your house when you see the see the naked cover

00:52:55.720 --> 00:53:03.200
him when you see a man or a woman who is naked don't wait for discernment the

00:53:03.200 --> 00:53:12.240
discernment is already given to you to use this word and obey just do it and

00:53:12.240 --> 00:53:17.680
not to hide yourself from your own flesh we can spend more time on it but let's

00:53:17.680 --> 00:53:23.040
just leave it there so there is that that we need to do but we should not be

00:53:23.040 --> 00:53:28.560
we should be careful not to be specialists specialists in one thing now

00:53:28.560 --> 00:53:35.440
what I'm a specialist in feeding the homeless and covering the nakedness of

00:53:35.440 --> 00:53:40.280
people when it comes to loosening bones that's I'm gonna leave that with a

00:53:40.280 --> 00:53:46.400
couple of others or my thing is that I really like loosening the bones and

00:53:46.400 --> 00:53:50.880
setting captives free but I'm not going to really do this part because that's

00:53:50.880 --> 00:54:02.280
really not no do both if all of us start doing both how rich will we be if all of

00:54:02.280 --> 00:54:07.200
us look at this and say Jesus we want to follow you into what you're doing we're

00:54:07.200 --> 00:54:12.440
gonna fulfill all of this I'm not going to say that I am a certain type so I

00:54:12.440 --> 00:54:17.640
can't do certain things I will show the desire to show everything and do

00:54:17.640 --> 00:54:23.360
everything I may not be able to do some stuff as good as person a but that's

00:54:23.360 --> 00:54:31.120
okay I want to do it all and this is important otherwise we will

00:54:31.120 --> 00:54:36.720
compartmentalize and specialize which is not in the kingdom

00:54:47.640 --> 00:55:08.920
so prepare yourself for both were six and were seven train my hands for war my

00:55:08.920 --> 00:55:15.440
fingers for battle and the reason I said shepherd King is because on one hand

00:55:15.440 --> 00:55:20.240
you got to take care of the poor and the hungry and the naked and being a

00:55:20.240 --> 00:55:25.760
shepherd helps but you also got to be a king that he has placed on earth to

00:55:25.760 --> 00:55:41.000
stand in his authority and say come out both both important so when the father

00:55:41.600 --> 00:55:47.600
his children into a city or a nation they are to tear down what needs to be

00:55:47.600 --> 00:55:54.120
torn down and you cannot build in fact what do we read this Jeremiah chapter

00:55:54.120 --> 00:56:01.440
one verse 10 Jeremiah chapter one verse 10 I'll read it see I have set you this

00:56:01.440 --> 00:56:07.000
day over nations and over kingdoms to pluck up and to break down to destroy

00:56:07.000 --> 00:56:17.720
and overthrow to build and plant so we have to do that and then we have to take

00:56:17.720 --> 00:56:24.440
were seven from Isaiah chapter 58 and hold it on the other hand man it'll be

00:56:24.440 --> 00:56:32.320
so fun because I think and not I think all of us has to grow in it and what an

00:56:32.360 --> 00:56:40.280
amazing opportunity to follow Jesus to be obedient to his call and to do exactly

00:56:40.280 --> 00:56:51.040
what he's asking us to do few more things cities and lives will be contested

00:56:51.040 --> 00:56:57.400
by giants and they must be overcome cities and lives will be contested by

00:56:57.400 --> 00:57:08.480
giants and they must be overcome I like this verse Isaiah 49 even the captives

00:57:08.480 --> 00:57:13.000
of the mighty shall be taken away and the prey of the terrible be delivered

00:57:13.000 --> 00:57:20.440
for I will content with him who contends with you and I will save your children

00:57:20.440 --> 00:57:31.040
so I'll just wrap it up by saying rebuilding is not about feeding the poor

00:57:31.040 --> 00:57:36.360
is not just about feeding the poor and clothing the needy it is the progression

00:57:36.360 --> 00:57:45.800
and expansion of an upside down rule the rule of Christ it changes everything and

00:57:45.800 --> 00:57:49.120
one of the things that came up and just I'll just say this and then we'll move

00:57:49.600 --> 00:57:55.320
on one of the things that came up one of the days when we met for an encounter

00:57:55.320 --> 00:58:02.320
metering is we will have to rename people and rename things work with the

00:58:02.320 --> 00:58:07.240
father and prepare yourself above as we go we know there are people who will

00:58:07.240 --> 00:58:11.720
meet who will need to be renamed there are things that will need to be renamed

00:58:11.720 --> 00:58:18.840
because we are digging wells like Isaiah sorry like Isaac we are re digging and so

00:58:18.880 --> 00:58:23.400
there are things that we will rename but that's just on the side will we'll do

00:58:23.400 --> 00:58:29.640
that later and then a few more things we will wrap up in five minutes number four

00:58:29.640 --> 00:58:38.120
shut down the voices of send ballot and Tobiah and others like them comes from

00:58:38.120 --> 00:58:39.120
Nehemiah chapter four

00:58:39.120 --> 00:59:01.080
it's important and for today I'll only talk about one thing if there are voices

00:59:01.080 --> 00:59:07.120
that try to make you feel that you're so inadequate that you can't do this and

00:59:07.160 --> 00:59:11.880
you know look at look at these guys and they maybe they can do it and I don't

00:59:11.880 --> 00:59:17.800
feel like I can do it this is what you're dealing with you read the

00:59:17.800 --> 00:59:23.160
Hama chapter 4 God said rebuild Nehemiah and his people started rebuilding

00:59:23.160 --> 00:59:27.680
there comes and ballot and Tobiah and you know what they're saying you guys are

00:59:27.680 --> 00:59:32.520
building look at this wall all that will take is for a Fox to run across and this

00:59:32.520 --> 00:59:37.440
wall you're building will come down you're so feeble so weak what are you

00:59:37.440 --> 00:59:42.880
building almost sounds like how dawn and Xavier talks to you in here on a soccer

00:59:42.880 --> 00:59:57.320
ground that's how they speak but jokes aside if you if you hear that you've got

00:59:58.320 --> 01:00:04.280
not just now but even as you do things it is because these voices it's a it's an

01:00:04.280 --> 01:00:09.680
old trick played by the devil to make you feel inadequate for the task at hand

01:00:09.680 --> 01:00:18.600
and you've got to as you hear it shut it down shut it down you cannot afford to

01:00:18.600 --> 01:00:21.600
give it room shut it down

01:00:22.600 --> 01:00:27.840
ok now three four points we don't have time to go into the details of I'll just

01:00:27.840 --> 01:00:31.040
read it you write it or think it think about it

01:00:31.040 --> 01:00:37.040
obedience is way more important than perceived results results are important

01:00:37.040 --> 01:00:45.560
but obedience is way more important than perceived results when it comes to some

01:00:45.560 --> 01:00:52.600
of the stuff we're talking about which is an invisible enemy we cannot go by

01:00:52.600 --> 01:01:00.320
perceived results we have to go by obedience and then leave it to him

01:01:00.320 --> 01:01:04.040
because all of the stuff that I said let's just put it on the site what a

01:01:04.040 --> 01:01:09.040
confidence we have to be able to do that that are good good father when he says

01:01:09.040 --> 01:01:12.040
something he'll do it

01:01:13.840 --> 01:01:21.040
next do not forget the significance of one soul because we could be doing

01:01:21.040 --> 01:01:25.200
things and this is important for me but for us because when we do things guys

01:01:25.200 --> 01:01:29.120
there are going to be times when in a few of us are going to be doing stuff

01:01:29.120 --> 01:01:33.760
that's going to involve 10 and 15 people and a few of us are going to be doing

01:01:33.760 --> 01:01:38.880
things one-on-one with someone never forget the significance of one soul

01:01:38.880 --> 01:01:46.840
never forget it

01:01:55.840 --> 01:02:06.040
next I want to spend too much time here expect creative solutions to difficult

01:02:06.120 --> 01:02:14.600
problems expect creative solutions from the Holy Spirit for difficult problems

01:02:14.600 --> 01:02:25.440
reference second Kings to chapter 19 or 21 verse 19 this is when the men of the

01:02:25.440 --> 01:02:29.280
city came to Elisha and said you know what this place is no good the water is

01:02:29.280 --> 01:02:34.640
bad the land is unfruitful what do we do Elisha says this is what you do come

01:02:34.640 --> 01:02:39.360
with a bowl of salt and a creative solution was given to him by the Holy

01:02:39.360 --> 01:02:43.960
Spirit that he did so be attended to the spirit for creative solutions to

01:02:43.960 --> 01:02:49.200
difficult problems and then the last thing I want to say as we as he

01:02:49.200 --> 01:02:56.360
prepares us is go back and read Ephesians chapter 6 Ephesians chapter 6

01:02:56.360 --> 01:03:01.840
that's the whole armor of God the full armor of God we've got to read that and

01:03:02.240 --> 01:03:09.360
I know I'm not saying read it but meditate on it ask the Holy Spirit

01:03:09.360 --> 01:03:16.720
conspire with him conspire with the Holy Spirit as we read it the helmet of

01:03:16.720 --> 01:03:23.360
salvation the breastplate of righteousness readiness for the gospel

01:03:23.400 --> 01:03:31.760
the belt of truth conspire with him sit down with him wear it

01:03:39.280 --> 01:03:44.520
it is important as I said earlier on for us to think about what happened in the

01:03:44.520 --> 01:03:51.520
past and to look at and consider our ways so that mistakes that we made or

01:03:51.640 --> 01:04:01.440
things attempted against us are brought to light it is important it's it's not

01:04:01.440 --> 01:04:07.920
exactly similar but there's a story that comes to mind I think World War two or

01:04:07.920 --> 01:04:12.440
something the Royal Air Force they found out that the planes that were coming

01:04:12.440 --> 01:04:15.680
back after going to Germany and thereabouts the planes that were coming

01:04:15.680 --> 01:04:20.920
back most of them were hit in certain locations bullets fired at them in

01:04:20.920 --> 01:04:26.320
certain locations and so they decided that you know what all of these planes

01:04:26.320 --> 01:04:30.760
they have the same pattern it's the same locations that they get a lot of hit so

01:04:30.760 --> 01:04:36.440
we need to reinforce those areas and make sense yeah but then one guy said

01:04:36.440 --> 01:04:43.320
uh-huh no I don't think you're doing it right because what if the planes that

01:04:43.320 --> 01:04:49.280
are not coming back are getting hit in other spots and we don't even see it and

01:04:50.160 --> 01:05:02.160
that changed the way they build planes so conspire with the Holy Spirit we all

01:05:02.160 --> 01:05:07.400
need to do this a we need to sit down and read through that passage and

01:05:07.400 --> 01:05:17.360
conspire with him prepare okay let's pray in close

01:05:17.360 --> 01:05:41.360
Abba you know our hearts you know our desires you know everything about us you

01:05:41.360 --> 01:05:50.880
know this body this is your people we are your people we come to you today and

01:05:50.880 --> 01:05:55.640
we we've been hearing we've been learning we want to prepare ourselves

01:05:55.640 --> 01:06:02.240
for the work at hand we really want to prepare ourselves about and this

01:06:02.240 --> 01:06:06.560
preparation is not a preparation where we just go and think about a few things on

01:06:07.560 --> 01:06:15.720
no all of this is with your Holy Spirit we don't have to lift weights that we

01:06:15.720 --> 01:06:21.360
aren't supposed to lift because you said I'm gonna give you a helper I'm gonna

01:06:21.360 --> 01:06:28.000
give you a friend I'm gonna give you a comforter so Holy Spirit we come to you

01:06:28.000 --> 01:06:40.280
we want to do this with you and all of us want to take time to count the cost to

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consider our ways we want to take time we're gonna give ourselves to you so use

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us Holy Spirit take all of us take this body and break it so that others can be

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fed take this body like it was done with your son father and break it so others

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can benefit father I pray protection and blessing over everyone here and those

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who can't be here with us and those who are traveling and Jacob and May as well

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in Jesus name amen that's it guys see you later