{"id":350,"date":"2019-12-16T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-16T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/062-james-flint-love-the-lord-your-god\/"},"modified":"2026-08-30T11:24:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T11:24:27","slug":"062-james-flint-love-the-lord-your-god","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/062-james-flint-love-the-lord-your-god\/","title":{"rendered":"062: James Flint – Love the Lord Your God"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week\u2019s talk is from NCEW2018 in Australia by James Flint titled “Love the Lord Your God”.<\/p>\n

Thank you for listening, God bless, and talk to you next week.<\/p>\n

Send talk suggestions or comments to: GoodChristadelphianTalks@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n

For Show Notes, visit our website: Anchor.fm\/GCT<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nWelcome to the good Christian
\ntalks podcast. <\/p>\n

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\nI’m Levi and I’m Chris.
\nThank you so much for joining us<\/p>\n

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\nthis week on this podcast.
\nWe select one taco week to help <\/p>\n

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\neach one of us get the Bible in
\nour daily news feed. <\/p>\n

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\nWe post at the start of each
\nweek for you to listen. <\/p>\n

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\nWith a short intro before hand
\nto kind of set the stage for the<\/p>\n

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\ntalk.
\nYou’re about to hear and now <\/p>\n

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\nlet’s hear more about this
\nweek’s talk. <\/p>\n

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\nSo that’s called love Lord your
\nGod by brother James Flint. <\/p>\n

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\nHe gave it last year at a
\nconference called nce W in <\/p>\n

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\nAustralia.
\nI really enjoyed this class. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s part 3 of I guess the study
\nfor the whole weekend was on the<\/p>\n

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\nShema and it’s a beautiful kind
\nof quick study of the of that <\/p>\n

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\nphrase and then the and then
\nspecifically just how <\/p>\n

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\ntransformative it.
\nWhen you in our life when we <\/p>\n

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\ntruly do love the Lord Our God
\nwith all our heart. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s interesting coming from
\nbrother James. <\/p>\n

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\nHe has a lot of very practical
\nexperience in the mission field.<\/p>\n

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\nHe doesn’t mention it.
\nBut he was involved in with the <\/p>\n

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\negg pay and action Chris Sofia
\nnonprofit in the work that they <\/p>\n

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\ndo so you can he he kind of does
\ndemonstrate also in his actions <\/p>\n

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\nwhat that transformation can be
\nlike I found this class to be <\/p>\n

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\nvery encouraging a very
\nwell-rounded. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I’m excited to share it.
\nPlease continue with your <\/p>\n

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\nsuggestions sending us emails is
\na big help and thank you for <\/p>\n

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\nlistening.
\nHere is love the Lord your God <\/p>\n

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\nby James Flint.
\nSo very good evening everyone. <\/p>\n

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\nWe come to love in the Shema.
\nThis is really a central part of<\/p>\n

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\nthis section of Deuteronomy 6
\nverse 4 and what a great section<\/p>\n

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\nfor us to be considering this
\nweekend it really so aptly Moses<\/p>\n

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\nso aptly and succinctly sums up
\nthe entire. <\/p>\n

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\nSpirit of the law in this one
\nverse the really the whole <\/p>\n

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\nintent to what God intends to
\ndevelop in us his children this <\/p>\n

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\nof course is the greatest
\ncommandment Deuteronomy 6 verse <\/p>\n

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\n4 and Jesus affirms this in the
\nNew Testament and upon this <\/p>\n

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\ncommandment.
\nHe says and the related <\/p>\n

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\ncommandment to love one another
\nlove our neighbor as ourself <\/p>\n

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\nhang all the law and the
\nprophets so it really is a <\/p>\n

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\ncentral tenet of our faith.
\nIt’s the first principle of all <\/p>\n

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\nour first principles and I think
\nit’s something we don’t spend <\/p>\n

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\nenough time considering this
\nverse in Deuteronomy chapter 6. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s so fundamental as the
\npivotal verse for our lives in <\/p>\n

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\nChrist.
\nSo it’s very fitting that we are<\/p>\n

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\nspending some time this weekend
\nlooking at this important verse <\/p>\n

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\nand tonight.
\nWe’re going to look at love and <\/p>\n

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\nconsider the meaning of this
\nword and really try to make it <\/p>\n

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\npractical and and Think through
\nhow we can develop this love in <\/p>\n

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\nour own lives because there’s is
\nabsolutely critical. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s a critical part of what it
\nis to be a follower of the Lord <\/p>\n

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\nJesus today.
\nAnd the reason why this section <\/p>\n

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\nof the scriptures is so exciting
\nis because it has an incredible <\/p>\n

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\npower to transform us.
\nIt has the power to transform <\/p>\n

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\nlife filled with apathy and
\nemptiness to one filled with <\/p>\n

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\npurpose.
\nAnd passion is right here in <\/p>\n

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\nthis fourth verse of Deuteronomy
\nchapter 6 and love the love that<\/p>\n

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\nis mentioned in this verse is
\nreally the secret ingredient <\/p>\n

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\nthat has the power and the
\npotential to catalyze this a <\/p>\n

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\nremarkable transformation that
\nwe read about in Romans chapter <\/p>\n

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\n12, and I don’t know if you’ve
\never met one of those people <\/p>\n

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\nthat is So on fire for God so
\nradiant and so open and <\/p>\n

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\nexpressing their love for God
\nfor him. <\/p>\n

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\nThey are driven and they’re
\nmotivated. <\/p>\n

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\nThey’re committed to service and
\nto sacrifice. <\/p>\n

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\nWell, we don’t have to stand
\nback in or at these people we <\/p>\n

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\ncan be that person.
\nWe can be completely committed <\/p>\n

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\nand we should be completely
\ncommitted and purpose-driven in <\/p>\n

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\nour lives today being passionate
\nabout what we put our hands to <\/p>\n

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\nand being fully committed to God
\nand I remember my first trip <\/p>\n

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\ninto the mission Fields into the
\ncamera and many years ago in <\/p>\n

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\nWest Africa went with an older
\nbrother and sister though in <\/p>\n

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\ntheir late 70s and had been
\ngoing to this part of the world <\/p>\n

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\nfor years and it was a difficult
\nplace to go. <\/p>\n

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\nI remembered couldn’t Wait to
\nget out of there. <\/p>\n

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\nWhen I was there.
\nThe place was really tense. <\/p>\n

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\nThere was on the verge of Civil
\nWar. <\/p>\n

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\nThere are tanks going down the
\nstreets. <\/p>\n

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\nThere was this tension you could
\nfeel in the air. <\/p>\n

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\nIt wasn’t a nice place to be it
\nwasn’t easy and yet so committed<\/p>\n

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\nwith his older brother and
\nsister are still Marvel at their<\/p>\n

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\nlittle love and commitment to
\nthe work of serving our brothers<\/p>\n

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\nand sisters in this part of the
\nworld. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd while we were there they
\nwere that were beaten and robbed<\/p>\n

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\nat gunpoint.
\nPoint and yet they were <\/p>\n

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\nundeterred in their love and
\ncommitment to this work their <\/p>\n

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\nlives really revolved around
\nthis mission that they had taken<\/p>\n

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\non that was their service that
\nthey chose for their heavenly <\/p>\n

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\nfather and it’s only love is
\nonly a deep committed love that <\/p>\n

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\ncan result in this sort of life.
\nThat is completely given over to<\/p>\n

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\nour Heavenly Father.
\nAnd that’s exactly what God <\/p>\n

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\nwants to see in all of us is to
\ndevelop further develop this <\/p>\n

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\nreally committed love for him.
\nI love that is demonstrated in <\/p>\n

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\nin action.
\nAnd we as we know after a <\/p>\n

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\nbaptism, we are a new creation
\nand I think we often settle for <\/p>\n

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\nmaking a few minor behavioral
\nadjustments in our lives, but <\/p>\n

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\nwe’re called to radically
\ntransform Our Lives as Paul says<\/p>\n

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\nin Romans.
\nAs 12 we should be transformed <\/p>\n

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\nby the renewing of our minds.
\nAnd the essential prerequisite <\/p>\n

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\nfor any sort of change any sort
\nof transformation in our lives <\/p>\n

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\nis first we need to develop this
\nlove for God is all-consuming <\/p>\n

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\nlove loving him with all of our
\nheart our soul and our might so <\/p>\n

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\nlet’s take a closer.
\nLook at this word love in this <\/p>\n

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\nsection of the scriptures.
\nIt is the word a hover or have <\/p>\n

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\nand it means to give to desire
\nto breathe after to delight and <\/p>\n

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\nit’s a spontaneous and natural
\nsort of love. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s not one that is forced or
\nobligated. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s a love which originates and
\nemanates from God is part of his<\/p>\n

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\ncharacter and it’s from the root
\nword. <\/p>\n

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\nWhich means I will give And it’s
\nboth a feeling and an action. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s a broad word that captures
\nthe love of a father to his <\/p>\n

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\nchild a husband to his wife a
\nclose between close friends or <\/p>\n

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\ncompanions is the love which has
\nused to describe Abraham’s <\/p>\n

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\nfeelings for Isaac.
\nJonathan’s for David gods for <\/p>\n

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\nhis people.
\nIt’s not a deliberate deliberate<\/p>\n

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\nlove that scare said it’s not a
\nbrotherly love. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s her harm.
\nIt’s not a love of obligation. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s Hova.
\nIt’s a intimate warm deep <\/p>\n

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\nemotional love.
\nIt’s the love that Rachel Jacob <\/p>\n

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\nhad for Rachel.
\nJacob had a hover for Rachel, <\/p>\n

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\nbut for Leah he had Hoover and a
\nlove of obligation or <\/p>\n

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\nresponsibility.
\nIt’s the love which leads a <\/p>\n

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\nperson to give spontaneously and
\nto give more than they expect to<\/p>\n

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\nreceive.
\nIt’s a love that’s holy and <\/p>\n

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\ndeeply from where the end and if
\nyou’re a parent and ever <\/p>\n

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\nwandered into your child’s room
\nat night when they’re sleeping, <\/p>\n

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\nyou know, this love it’s a love
\nthat can’t really be described. <\/p>\n

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\nIt has to be felt.
\nAnd it’s a love which develops <\/p>\n

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\nas can only develop if you truly
\nknow and feel connected to <\/p>\n

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\nsomebody.
\nIt’s not a love that can be <\/p>\n

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\ncommanded.
\nIt’s not a love that you can <\/p>\n

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\nconcoct or through will power
\ncan come up with but it is a <\/p>\n

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\nlove that deepens as the
\nrelationship becomes closer and <\/p>\n

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\nmore intimate. and Moses tells
\nus to use this laughs however to<\/p>\n

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\nlove our God with all of our
\nheart soul and might So brothers<\/p>\n

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\nand sisters, there’s got to be
\nfeeling in our love for God. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s got to be rooted in
\nEmotion. <\/p>\n

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\nGod doesn’t want a
\ntransactional. <\/p>\n

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\nObligated intellectual love he
\nwants an emotional passionate <\/p>\n

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\nlove that is expressed in
\naction. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd we have to ask yourself.
\nHow much emotion how much <\/p>\n

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\nfeeling is there in our hearts
\nwhen it comes to our God? <\/p>\n

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\nLast week I was in Mozambique.
\nI was in a refugee camp there. <\/p>\n

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\nWe have a little work Leisure is
\nabout 20 brothers and sisters <\/p>\n

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\nand about 20 young people and
\nchildren in this Ecclesia. <\/p>\n

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\nThey’re being in this Camp many
\nof them for over 15 years. <\/p>\n

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\nThey’ll fled from conflict zones
\nin the Congo in Rwanda and in <\/p>\n

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\nBurundi that been really kind of
\nshuttled from one place to <\/p>\n

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\nanother they’ve traveled
\nthousands of miles to get to <\/p>\n

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\nthis camp in.
\nAnd really they’re in a very <\/p>\n

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\nhopeless situation there less
\nthan 2% of people get <\/p>\n

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\nrepatriated or migrate through
\nthe unhcr most of them are stuck<\/p>\n

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\nthere for life and it’s not an
\neasy place to live. <\/p>\n

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\nThey can’t work.
\nThey can’t practice their <\/p>\n

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\nprofessions that extremely
\nrestricted in what they can do <\/p>\n

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\nin this camp that completely
\ndependent on handouts from the <\/p>\n

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\nworld food programme and
\nsometimes seems there’s an <\/p>\n

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\ninterruption in the food supply
\nand they just don’t get food. <\/p>\n

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\nBut when I was there sitting in
\nthere a little occlusal whole <\/p>\n

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\nand listening to them sing.
\nI’ve never experienced such <\/p>\n

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\nemotion expressed in song.
\nIt was absolutely beautiful. <\/p>\n

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\nThey sang from deep within their
\nsouls and it really choked me <\/p>\n

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\nup.
\nIt brought tears to my eyes as <\/p>\n

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\nbeing with these humble brothers
\nand sisters and just listening <\/p>\n

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\nand watching them praise their
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\nSo in a completely hopeless
\nsituation, they were so filled <\/p>\n

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\nwith hope they were so thankful
\nfor their lives. <\/p>\n

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\nSo appreciative that God had
\nrescued them from even War <\/p>\n

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\nsituation and provided them in a
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\nThat was a hover that was his
\nemotion is love which just <\/p>\n

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\npoured out of them.
\nThat’s a love of Deuteronomy 6 <\/p>\n

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\nverse 4 and we may not all be
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\nemotion.
\nWe’re not all wide in that way, <\/p>\n

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\nbut we can also Express.
\nWe should all Express feeling <\/p>\n

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\ntowards our heavenly father in
\none way or another Even in our <\/p>\n

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\nconversation.
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\nprayers.
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\nAnd we need to try to develop
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\nrelationship with our heavenly
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\nSo the question for us to
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\nlove him with this intimate this
\nemotional love do we feel that <\/p>\n

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\nconnection with our heavenly
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\nDo we breathe after him?
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\nmore and more deeply to please
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\nIs he on our minds constantly
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\nI know for myself.
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\nbased more out of a love of
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\nI don’t know if you are similar.
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\nenergies to God out of however
\nor Hova? <\/p>\n

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\nIs it a feeling and a response a
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\nsense of Duty and obligation?
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\nwhat sort of Love do we 10 Bible
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\nDo we read our Bibles?
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\nDo we visit the sick?
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\na half-hour or out of an
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\nKnow when we think of loving
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\nWe often think of the all their
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\nthat all is a quantitative
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\ngive to him but there’s also a
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\nall as well and we can recall in
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\nIsrael.
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\noffering the Blind and the lame
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\nCan we giving it to God so from
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\nthey were giving everything that
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\n10% however They weren’t giving
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\nto give all of the tithe to God.
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\nthat there were failing in and
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\nquality things to God.
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\ngiving their all to God.
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\nof what we give not just the
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\ninterpreted their offering is
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\nevil those offerings is evil.
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\nall of the tithes to him to give
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\ntheir very best out of
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\nhas done for them.
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\npromises that in turn he would
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\nHe said he would give so much he
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\nthey wouldn’t have enough room
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\npour out on them So when we hold
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\nour best.
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\nwhat this word a hover means
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\nLove love have a means to give
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\nthe opposite of what God wants.
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\nor how much we give but it’s
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\nattitude why we give why we
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\nactions that we know is so
\nimportant and that is what this <\/p>\n

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\nword love is all about.
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\nHowever, if it’s given
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\nobligation.
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\nwe’re serving in the Ecclesia,
\nbut wishing we were somewhere <\/p>\n

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\nelse if we’re giving but
\nreluctantly doing so if we’re <\/p>\n

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\nrushing through our readings or
\nprayers, so what we give to God.<\/p>\n

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\nThen it’s evil.
\nThat’s how God sees it and and <\/p>\n

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\nwhen you think about it, it’s
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\nIt’s outrageous that we can be
\nso selfish when it comes to <\/p>\n

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\ngiving to God that we can hold
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\nof time and energy resources
\nafter everything. <\/p>\n

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\nHe has given to us the Abundant
\nlove he’s shown to us and yet we<\/p>\n

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\nrespond at times holding back
\nthe best for ourselves. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd justifiably is offensive to
\nGod and he is the kicker if we <\/p>\n

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\ndo respond with generosity with
\nthis a hovel of if we Delight to<\/p>\n

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\ngive our very best to God he
\npromises to throw open the <\/p>\n

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\nfloodgates of heaven and bless
\nus more than we can handle. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I think at times at least
\nfor myself is embarrassing to <\/p>\n

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\nthink that in response to what
\nGod has done for us. <\/p>\n

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\nWe respond with mediocrity with
\nhalf hearted commitment and <\/p>\n

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\ntight-fisted stinginess ahava is
\nthe opposite of this is a type <\/p>\n

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\nof Love which doesn’t give to
\nthe minimum. <\/p>\n

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\nIt gives regardless of the
\nbounce so deep meaningful love, <\/p>\n

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\nwhich is a response to
\neverything God has done for us. <\/p>\n

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\nSo what can we do to develop
\nthis sort of love it? <\/p>\n

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\nWe know it’s important and we
\nknow we struggle with showing <\/p>\n

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\nthis sort of love in our lives.
\nHow can we develop and work on <\/p>\n

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\nit?
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\ngo through that process of
\ntransformation. <\/p>\n

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\nWell, I want to consider just
\nfor areas for Focus areas and <\/p>\n

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\ntry to make them a little bit
\npractical for us. <\/p>\n

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\nSo we can go away from here if
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\ncommitted and work on developing
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\nabsolutely critical.
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\nto develop this love and it is
\nfor our own good at the end of <\/p>\n

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\nthe day as well.
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\nto take a look at the first one
\ndestroying the competition now <\/p>\n

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\nin the shammai in Deuteronomy 6
\nverse 4 loving God wholly and <\/p>\n

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\nsolely is directly linked to God
\nbeing one. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd because God is one there’s
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\nof Israel to divide their
\nloyalty and affection. <\/p>\n

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\nThey don’t need to share it
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\nIt’s only one God in everything
\nevery part of us. <\/p>\n

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\nCan be channeled and committed
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\nand in cultures where there is
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\nthey’re interested in they pick
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\ngoing to serve and worship they
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\none true God and because he’s
\nprovided absolutely everything <\/p>\n

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\nall of our love can be and must
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\nhates competition And when it
\ncomes to giving our love our <\/p>\n

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\naffections our energy to another
\nguy’s it demonstrates. <\/p>\n

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\nWe have a divided loyalty and
\nGod hates. <\/p>\n

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\nverse 14 that God is a jealous <\/p>\n

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\nGod for Thou shalt worship.
\nNo other God for the Lord whose <\/p>\n

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\nname is jealous is a jealous God
\nand that were jealous meet <\/p>\n

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\nexactly what we think it would
\nmean someone who cannot bear. <\/p>\n

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\nthe arrival and while it’s very
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\nWell images that are carved we <\/p>\n

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\nstood we do still battle with
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\nthese false gods.
\nThey’re all around us. <\/p>\n

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\nThey’re vying for our Attention
\nour buying for a piece of us how<\/p>\n

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\npiece of our hearts that
\ncompeting with the one true God.<\/p>\n

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\nAnd we need to identify and
\nDestroy these things which <\/p>\n

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\ncompete and an idol today is
\nanything that diverts our time <\/p>\n

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\nour money our energy our
\naffections away from God to <\/p>\n

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\nsomething else.
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\nsome of that we’re committed to
\nsomething of the world <\/p>\n

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\nColossians 3 verse 5 says don’t
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\nan idolater worshipping the
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\nAnd God has purchased us.
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\nowned.
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\ngods lay claim to a piece of us
\nGod objects to that. <\/p>\n

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\nHe’s already purchased us.
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\nand we owe him our very lives
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\nWe can’t serve two masters.
\nWe can’t divide our loyalty. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s got to be directed to one
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\nSo who A lotta we really devoted
\nto who’s getting a piece of Al <\/p>\n

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\nHaas.
\nWho do we really love? <\/p>\n

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\nAnd the choices we make well
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\nand read how we spend our time
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\nour time.
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\nof what we’re really devoted to
\nor committed to what we’re <\/p>\n

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\nreally serving and we know our
\nLord’s word in Matthew 6:21 <\/p>\n

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\nwhere your treasure is there.
\nYour heart will be also So <\/p>\n

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\nhere’s a quick activity the
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\nthird one you can do for
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\nand think just for a couple of
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\nwe’re spending our time how much
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\nHow much time?
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\nWhat are we really passionate
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\nAnd is it or cannot be dedicated
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\nhome where all we need to do is
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\nstatement and see.
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\nfollow the money follow the
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\nWhat do we value in this life?
\nWhat are we really value? <\/p>\n

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\nDiaries.
\nThey want we need to sometimes <\/p>\n

332
\n00:23:00,300 –> 00:23:02,400
\ntake a step back and have an
\nobjective. <\/p>\n

333
\n00:23:02,400 –> 00:23:06,900
\nLook at really what we’re
\nspending our energy our time our<\/p>\n

334
\n00:23:07,200 –> 00:23:09,700
\nresources on what really are we
\ndevoted to? <\/p>\n

335
\n00:23:12,200 –> 00:23:19,900
\nWe cannot love God with all of
\nour heart our soul and our might<\/p>\n

336
\n00:23:20,900 –> 00:23:23,500
\nand also be committed and
\ndedicated to the things of this <\/p>\n

337
\n00:23:23,500 –> 00:23:25,800
\nworld.
\nIt’s really not possible and <\/p>\n

338
\n00:23:25,800 –> 00:23:29,300
\nit’s a challenge for us.
\nAbsolutely and the challenge is <\/p>\n

339
\n00:23:29,300 –> 00:23:32,300
\nnot loving God.
\nI think we all love God. <\/p>\n

340
\n00:23:33,600 –> 00:23:38,600
\nIs loving God with all of our
\nbeing that’s the difficult part <\/p>\n

341
\n00:23:39,200 –> 00:23:44,900
\nfor anything like me We love
\nGod, and we love a little bit of<\/p>\n

342
\n00:23:44,900 –> 00:23:50,000
\nthe world as well and what it
\nhas to offer and we’re so quick <\/p>\n

343
\n00:23:50,000 –> 00:23:54,100
\nto settle for a compromise when
\nit comes to loving and serving <\/p>\n

344
\n00:23:54,100 –> 00:23:58,200
\nGod and loving and serving
\nsomething else some other God <\/p>\n

345
\n00:23:58,200 –> 00:24:02,900
\nsome other interest.
\nWe’re pretty good at giving some<\/p>\n

346
\n00:24:02,900 –> 00:24:07,400
\nof our heart or even most of our
\nheart to God, but giving all of <\/p>\n

347
\n00:24:07,400 –> 00:24:14,200
\nit given everything not holding
\nanything back that is very <\/p>\n

348
\n00:24:14,200 –> 00:24:18,000
\ndifficult.
\nWe always like to keep something<\/p>\n

349
\n00:24:18,000 –> 00:24:23,500
\nback something.
\nWe are addicted to We crave. <\/p>\n

350
\n00:24:24,700 –> 00:24:29,700
\nWe like just to keep that alive,
\nbut we should be striving to <\/p>\n

351
\n00:24:29,700 –> 00:24:33,500
\ngive all to a heavenly father
\nand it’s about Owen the bars <\/p>\n

352
\n00:24:33,500 –> 00:24:35,900
\nhigh and we never going to
\nperfectly reach it. <\/p>\n

353
\n00:24:35,900 –> 00:24:39,900
\nAnd I think that’s why it set so
\nhigh is so we continually strive<\/p>\n

354
\n00:24:40,200 –> 00:24:43,200
\nand we don’t sit back and settle
\nthinking we’ve done enough. <\/p>\n

355
\n00:24:44,100 –> 00:24:47,900
\nIt’s there is a battle for
\nhearts and Minds all around us <\/p>\n

356
\n00:24:48,200 –> 00:24:52,000
\nand it’s being aware of this and
\nmaking an effort and showing a <\/p>\n

357
\n00:24:52,000 –> 00:24:56,400
\nwillingness to engage in this
\nbattle. and to try to destroy <\/p>\n

358
\n00:24:56,400 –> 00:25:01,400
\nthe competition so we can
\ncompletely commit and love God <\/p>\n

359
\n00:25:01,400 –> 00:25:07,800
\nwith all of our being now the
\nhistory of Israel just shows how<\/p>\n

360
\n00:25:08,200 –> 00:25:11,100
\nInsidious how powerful how a
\ndangerous. <\/p>\n

361
\n00:25:12,400 –> 00:25:17,000
\nIdols are these things that we
\nnaturally are inclined to go <\/p>\n

362
\n00:25:17,000 –> 00:25:20,600
\nafter I mean how difficult was
\nit for Israel to get rid of <\/p>\n

363
\n00:25:20,600 –> 00:25:25,100
\nidols and especially the high
\nplaces God commanded them when <\/p>\n

364
\n00:25:25,100 –> 00:25:28,700
\nthey went into the land to
\ndestroy all the high places and <\/p>\n

365
\n00:25:28,700 –> 00:25:31,900
\nthere were forbidden to have
\nidols and was actually Solomon <\/p>\n

366
\n00:25:31,900 –> 00:25:35,900
\nwho introduced idol worship and
\nintroduced the high places in <\/p>\n

367
\n00:25:35,900 –> 00:25:39,900
\nFirst Kings XI and and we read
\nin in this event that Solomon’s <\/p>\n

368
\n00:25:39,900 –> 00:25:44,500
\nheart was not whole It wasn’t
\nwhole like his father. <\/p>\n

369
\n00:25:44,500 –> 00:25:51,200
\nDavid’s was he wasn’t completely
\nhe didn’t give all he provided a<\/p>\n

370
\n00:25:51,200 –> 00:25:56,400
\nspace for these idols and man.
\nWere they a snare to Israel for <\/p>\n

371
\n00:25:56,400 –> 00:25:59,800
\nGenerations?
\nThey battled with these Idols in<\/p>\n

372
\n00:25:59,800 –> 00:26:02,800
\nthese high places.
\nMost of the Kings failed to do <\/p>\n

373
\n00:26:02,800 –> 00:26:05,100
\nanything about them.
\nSome of the Kings got rid of the<\/p>\n

374
\n00:26:05,100 –> 00:26:10,500
\nidols that very very few
\ncompletely dealt with the <\/p>\n

375
\n00:26:10,500 –> 00:26:15,300
\nproblem and it seems That these
\nhigh places were the most <\/p>\n

376
\n00:26:15,300 –> 00:26:19,600
\ndifficult to get rid of Asa was
\na good King. <\/p>\n

377
\n00:26:19,700 –> 00:26:22,200
\nHis heart was loyal to God we
\nread. <\/p>\n

378
\n00:26:23,300 –> 00:26:28,000
\nHe removed the idols yet be
\nreading First Kings 15 verse 14,<\/p>\n

379
\n00:26:28,600 –> 00:26:31,700
\nbut the high places were not
\nremoved. <\/p>\n

380
\n00:26:32,000 –> 00:26:34,400
\nJehoshaphat was another good
\nKing. <\/p>\n

381
\n00:26:35,500 –> 00:26:40,800
\nAnd he too was unable to root
\nout these high places the high <\/p>\n

382
\n00:26:40,800 –> 00:26:45,300
\nplaces were not taken away and
\nit’s a recurrent theme if you <\/p>\n

383
\n00:26:45,300 –> 00:26:47,800
\nread through the king’s the high
\nplaces the high place. <\/p>\n

384
\n00:26:47,800 –> 00:26:54,000
\nThey couldn’t get rid of them.
\nOnce they were established. <\/p>\n

385
\n00:26:54,000 –> 00:26:59,000
\nThey were a nearly impossible to
\nget rid of And on personal <\/p>\n

386
\n00:26:59,000 –> 00:27:03,400
\nreflection we need to think are
\nthere any high places in our <\/p>\n

387
\n00:27:03,400 –> 00:27:06,900
\nlives?
\nThings that prevent us from <\/p>\n

388
\n00:27:06,900 –> 00:27:11,100
\nfully giving ourselves over to a
\ncommitted love of our heavenly <\/p>\n

389
\n00:27:11,100 –> 00:27:15,600
\nfather giving him all of us all
\nof our hearts their habits are <\/p>\n

390
\n00:27:15,600 –> 00:27:20,300
\ntheir Pleasures are their vices
\ntheir behaviors or attitudes. <\/p>\n

391
\n00:27:21,500 –> 00:27:27,000
\nThat we find painfully difficult
\nto get rid of. really really <\/p>\n

392
\n00:27:27,000 –> 00:27:33,300
\nhard Well, this my is clear
\nstrudel me six is clearly. <\/p>\n

393
\n00:27:33,300 –> 00:27:37,200
\nWe really do need to battle and
\nDestroy anything that is in <\/p>\n

394
\n00:27:37,200 –> 00:27:40,000
\ncompetition with God.
\nHe wants all of us not the <\/p>\n

395
\n00:27:40,000 –> 00:27:42,000
\nmajority of us.
\nNot 95% of us. <\/p>\n

396
\n00:27:42,000 –> 00:27:46,100
\nHe wants us all he wants to see
\nus making an effort to commit <\/p>\n

397
\n00:27:46,100 –> 00:27:50,100
\nall to him.
\nIt’s a high high standard and <\/p>\n

398
\n00:27:50,100 –> 00:27:53,100
\nthere were a couple of kings
\nthat did succeed in removing the<\/p>\n

399
\n00:27:53,100 –> 00:27:58,000
\nhigh places Hezekiah was one of
\nthem he cut down the Groves he <\/p>\n

400
\n00:27:58,000 –> 00:28:00,500
\nbreak him.
\nPieces of brazen servant that <\/p>\n

401
\n00:28:00,500 –> 00:28:04,700
\nMoses had made and he was able
\nto remove the high places in <\/p>\n

402
\n00:28:04,708 –> 00:28:08,300
\nSecond Kings 18 verse 4 and
\nwhat’s interesting about <\/p>\n

403
\n00:28:08,300 –> 00:28:10,800
\nHezekiah didn’t just get rid of
\nthe high places. <\/p>\n

404
\n00:28:11,000 –> 00:28:15,600
\nHe also restored true worship in
\nthe temple. <\/p>\n

405
\n00:28:15,600 –> 00:28:19,700
\nSo he didn’t just leave a void.
\nHe replaced it with god-centered<\/p>\n

406
\n00:28:19,700 –> 00:28:22,700
\nactivity.
\nHe didn’t just depart from Evil.<\/p>\n

407
\n00:28:22,800 –> 00:28:26,600
\nHe pursued that which was good
\nas we read in the Psalms depart <\/p>\n

408
\n00:28:26,600 –> 00:28:29,600
\nfrom Evil and do good.
\nGood and there’s a really <\/p>\n

409
\n00:28:29,600 –> 00:28:31,600
\npowerful lesson.
\nOf course, we know it is <\/p>\n

410
\n00:28:31,600 –> 00:28:34,900
\nreplacing things.
\nIt’s replacing our Idols is <\/p>\n

411
\n00:28:34,900 –> 00:28:39,200
\ndisplacing things.
\nIt’s replacing Idols those <\/p>\n

412
\n00:28:39,200 –> 00:28:42,400
\nthings which take her heart away
\nfrom God with something good and<\/p>\n

413
\n00:28:42,400 –> 00:28:46,900
\nwholesome that will take us
\ncloser to God Josiah was another<\/p>\n

414
\n00:28:46,900 –> 00:28:52,100
\nking who managed to get rid of
\nthe high places completely <\/p>\n

415
\n00:28:52,100 –> 00:28:57,000
\ndestroying the competition and
\ngoes into great detail in second<\/p>\n

416
\n00:28:57,000 –> 00:29:01,700
\nof Kings 23 how he About doing
\nthis everything that he did to <\/p>\n

417
\n00:29:01,700 –> 00:29:05,500
\nroot out these idolatrous
\npractices and what I find <\/p>\n

418
\n00:29:05,500 –> 00:29:11,300
\nstriking was he was absolutely
\nbrutal in his demolition of the <\/p>\n

419
\n00:29:11,300 –> 00:29:14,900
\ncompetition.
\nHe slew all the priests on the <\/p>\n

420
\n00:29:14,900 –> 00:29:18,000
\nhigh places and burnt their
\nbones on the altars. <\/p>\n

421
\n00:29:19,800 –> 00:29:25,500
\nAnd I think his response kind of
\nreminds us of our Lord’s words <\/p>\n

422
\n00:29:25,500 –> 00:29:29,100
\nwhen he’s talking about the same
\nsubject and he says he we need <\/p>\n

423
\n00:29:29,100 –> 00:29:32,200
\nto cut out.
\nWe need to pluck off those <\/p>\n

424
\n00:29:32,200 –> 00:29:36,700
\nthings which cause us to sin or
\nPaul when he uses the was <\/p>\n

425
\n00:29:36,700 –> 00:29:41,200
\ncrucified and mortify when he’s
\ndescribing what we need to do <\/p>\n

426
\n00:29:41,200 –> 00:29:44,500
\nwith the flesh with these things
\nthat are opposed to God <\/p>\n

427
\n00:29:45,700 –> 00:29:49,400
\ndestroying the competition
\ncutting off those fleshly. <\/p>\n

428
\n00:29:49,600 –> 00:29:55,400
\nLots of us at last after these
\nthings won’t happen without a <\/p>\n

429
\n00:29:55,400 –> 00:29:57,700
\nconscious effort to make it
\nhappen. <\/p>\n

430
\n00:29:58,500 –> 00:30:04,900
\nAnd here’s some actions we can
\ntake we need to identify what <\/p>\n

431
\n00:30:04,900 –> 00:30:07,300
\nthe competition is for us.
\nIt’s going to be different for <\/p>\n

432
\n00:30:07,300 –> 00:30:11,400
\nevery one of us.
\nWhat is really taking our heart <\/p>\n

433
\n00:30:11,400 –> 00:30:13,000
\naway from God.
\nWhat is it? <\/p>\n

434
\n00:30:13,000 –> 00:30:17,100
\nWhat is the competition and we
\nneed to destroy any of that <\/p>\n

435
\n00:30:17,100 –> 00:30:21,300
\ntakes means taking extreme.
\nIns and we need to do something.<\/p>\n

436
\n00:30:21,700 –> 00:30:26,100
\nWe need to stand strong against
\nTemptation and we won’t always <\/p>\n

437
\n00:30:26,100 –> 00:30:29,200
\nsucceed.
\nBut if we’re battling that is <\/p>\n

438
\n00:30:29,200 –> 00:30:35,200
\nwhat counts And we can replace
\nwe can replace these things. <\/p>\n

439
\n00:30:35,200 –> 00:30:38,800
\nWe love to do which have fleshed
\nLee and sinful with something <\/p>\n

440
\n00:30:38,800 –> 00:30:42,300
\nhealthy find something.
\nWe’re passionate about and make <\/p>\n

441
\n00:30:42,300 –> 00:30:46,500
\nthat the focus where we put our
\nenergy and time into it’s not <\/p>\n

442
\n00:30:46,500 –> 00:30:49,000
\ncomplex or difficult, but it
\ndoes take discipline and it <\/p>\n

443
\n00:30:49,000 –> 00:30:54,300
\nwon’t be easy.
\nThe second thing that we can <\/p>\n

444
\n00:30:54,300 –> 00:30:57,300
\nfocus on when it comes to
\ndeveloping this sort of love <\/p>\n

445
\n00:30:57,300 –> 00:31:00,100
\nthat we worry about in
\nDeuteronomy 6 verse 4 is we need<\/p>\n

446
\n00:31:00,100 –> 00:31:03,900
\nto develop a committed
\nrelationship with God and this <\/p>\n

447
\n00:31:03,900 –> 00:31:06,400
\nis not brain science a rocket
\nscientist. <\/p>\n

448
\n00:31:06,400 –> 00:31:08,300
\nIt’s nothing new that you’re
\nhearing. <\/p>\n

449
\n00:31:08,400 –> 00:31:12,900
\nWe’ve heard this a lot but is
\nagain it’s not something natural<\/p>\n

450
\n00:31:12,900 –> 00:31:17,200
\nand we need to be reminded of
\nhow important this is having an <\/p>\n

451
\n00:31:17,200 –> 00:31:22,400
\nactual relationship with God is
\nabsolutely essential. if we are <\/p>\n

452
\n00:31:22,400 –> 00:31:27,700
\never to develop this a hover
\nlove this emotional love it goes<\/p>\n

453
\n00:31:27,700 –> 00:31:32,100
\nwithout saying we need to spend
\nmore time with him. <\/p>\n

454
\n00:31:32,200 –> 00:31:35,300
\nThat’s how a relationship
\ndevelops and grows its through <\/p>\n

455
\n00:31:35,300 –> 00:31:41,000
\ninvesting time in understanding
\nand knowing god and we will draw<\/p>\n

456
\n00:31:41,000 –> 00:31:43,000
\ncloser to him.
\nHe will see him working in our <\/p>\n

457
\n00:31:43,008 –> 00:31:45,400
\nlives and this will draw us even
\ncloser. <\/p>\n

458
\n00:31:45,400 –> 00:31:48,900
\nWe’ll get to know him more
\nintimately and then an emotional<\/p>\n

459
\n00:31:48,900 –> 00:31:52,600
\nconnection will be established
\nand that will provide an Avenue <\/p>\n

460
\n00:31:52,600 –> 00:31:57,300
\nand opportunity for a hover.
\nLove to develop in our lives. <\/p>\n

461
\n00:31:58,000 –> 00:32:04,200
\nLater, persistently pursue him
\nbe fully committed to him and we<\/p>\n

462
\n00:32:04,200 –> 00:32:08,100
\ndo this, of course by reading
\nthe Bible learning and <\/p>\n

463
\n00:32:08,100 –> 00:32:12,600
\nunderstanding getting to know
\nhim thinking meditating on on <\/p>\n

464
\n00:32:12,600 –> 00:32:15,000
\nwhat we’re reading.
\nTry to really understand his <\/p>\n

465
\n00:32:15,000 –> 00:32:19,800
\ncharacter this concept of listen
\nwith intent to get to know God. <\/p>\n

466
\n00:32:20,100 –> 00:32:23,400
\nIt’s one thing to read.
\nIt’s another thing to to listen <\/p>\n

467
\n00:32:23,400 –> 00:32:27,900
\nwith intent to understand.
\nAnd of course prayer is <\/p>\n

468
\n00:32:27,900 –> 00:32:32,200
\nabsolutely essential it is
\nsimple things but we get so busy<\/p>\n

469
\n00:32:32,800 –> 00:32:37,400
\nin life that we find it hard to
\nspend time doing the things that<\/p>\n

470
\n00:32:37,400 –> 00:32:42,900
\nare most important.
\nI mean we can’t so busy in life <\/p>\n

471
\n00:32:43,800 –> 00:32:49,100
\nthat the most important
\nrelationship of all is harmed. <\/p>\n

472
\n00:32:49,600 –> 00:32:53,500
\nWe don’t have time for it and it
\nreally does come back to <\/p>\n

473
\n00:32:53,500 –> 00:32:55,700
\nprioritization As a matter of
\npriorities. <\/p>\n

474
\n00:32:56,800 –> 00:33:02,200
\nIt’s so easy for us to go after
\nthose things which the flesh <\/p>\n

475
\n00:33:02,200 –> 00:33:06,200
\nappeals to all that easy that
\nPleasant rather than pursuing <\/p>\n

476
\n00:33:06,200 –> 00:33:08,400
\nthings that are deep and
\nmeaningful and important. <\/p>\n

477
\n00:33:10,000 –> 00:33:15,900
\nThere are many gods after our
\nAttention our love and it’s easy<\/p>\n

478
\n00:33:15,900 –> 00:33:19,600
\nto give in and serve these
\nthings serve what our flesh <\/p>\n

479
\n00:33:19,600 –> 00:33:23,900
\nreally wants what we’re really
\nnaturally attracted to. <\/p>\n

480
\n00:33:25,800 –> 00:33:29,500
\nSo having a little exercise for
\nyou to do and if you have a pen <\/p>\n

481
\n00:33:29,500 –> 00:33:34,200
\nand paper grab it out and let’s
\njust do a quick assessment of <\/p>\n

482
\n00:33:34,200 –> 00:33:40,000
\nhow we have prioritized our time
\nin this past week. <\/p>\n

483
\n00:33:40,100 –> 00:33:46,700
\nJust guesstimate.
\nHow much time this past week you<\/p>\n

484
\n00:33:46,700 –> 00:33:49,100
\nare sleeping and this will be
\nshocking for some of us. <\/p>\n

485
\n00:33:50,700 –> 00:33:54,200
\nHow much time you’re eating just
\nquickly guesstimate how much <\/p>\n

486
\n00:33:54,200 –> 00:33:58,300
\ntime you’re at work how much
\ntime you’re playing things that <\/p>\n

487
\n00:33:58,300 –> 00:34:01,300
\nare not particularly spiritually
\nhealthy how much time was <\/p>\n

488
\n00:34:01,300 –> 00:34:06,200
\ncommitted to movies Internet TV
\nreading books? <\/p>\n

489
\n00:34:07,700 –> 00:34:12,300
\nWhat about exercise and fitness
\nhow much time shopping prayer <\/p>\n

490
\n00:34:12,600 –> 00:34:15,900
\nBible reading Bible study
\nlistening to Bible talks family <\/p>\n

491
\n00:34:15,900 –> 00:34:18,900
\nand friends including time with
\nour brothers and sisters and <\/p>\n

492
\n00:34:18,900 –> 00:34:21,600
\ncaring for people in need.
\nI’ll give you a few minutes <\/p>\n

493
\n00:34:21,600 –> 00:34:25,000
\nbecause I think it’s good for us
\nto go through this exercise. <\/p>\n

494
\n00:34:25,000 –> 00:34:26,900
\nIf you don’t do it now, let’s
\nface it. <\/p>\n

495
\n00:34:26,900 –> 00:34:29,500
\nWe won’t have time to do it
\nafter this talk. <\/p>\n

496
\n00:34:29,500 –> 00:34:33,600
\nSo let’s spend two minutes right
\nnow estimating guesstimating. <\/p>\n

497
\n00:34:34,500 –> 00:34:36,800
\nHow we spend our time just this
\nlast week? <\/p>\n

498
\n00:34:38,500 –> 00:34:40,800
\nOkay, that’s enough time.
\nWe don’t have time to spend any <\/p>\n

499
\n00:34:40,800 –> 00:34:44,699
\nmore time on this but we all
\nknow the story of putting the <\/p>\n

500
\n00:34:44,699 –> 00:34:46,400
\nbig things first into the jar.
\nRight? <\/p>\n

501
\n00:34:46,400 –> 00:34:50,800
\nIt’s if we don’t do that if we
\ndon’t put the big things in <\/p>\n

502
\n00:34:50,800 –> 00:34:54,900
\nfirst, they won’t end up in the
\njar and we know this the problem<\/p>\n

503
\n00:34:54,900 –> 00:34:58,700
\nis we don’t do it.
\nWe leave the most important <\/p>\n

504
\n00:34:58,700 –> 00:35:03,100
\nthings to last.
\nAnd when we don’t have time <\/p>\n

505
\n00:35:03,100 –> 00:35:05,700
\nwhere either skip them always
\nthrough rush through them and <\/p>\n

506
\n00:35:05,700 –> 00:35:07,300
\nthis includes Bible reading and
\nprayer. <\/p>\n

507
\n00:35:07,300 –> 00:35:10,300
\nThese are important things these
\nthings which develop our <\/p>\n

508
\n00:35:10,300 –> 00:35:14,700
\nrelationship with God we often
\nleave out and leave to the end <\/p>\n

509
\n00:35:15,100 –> 00:35:19,300
\nand we rush through but we
\nreally need to put first things <\/p>\n

510
\n00:35:19,300 –> 00:35:22,900
\nfirst and it’s a good reminder
\nof this we know it, but we need <\/p>\n

511
\n00:35:22,900 –> 00:35:26,400
\nperhaps to think about a little
\nbit more and apply a bit more <\/p>\n

512
\n00:35:26,400 –> 00:35:28,800
\ninto our lives if we want to
\nbuild a relationship with God <\/p>\n

513
\n00:35:28,800 –> 00:35:31,200
\nand develop the love we read
\nabout intruder. <\/p>\n

514
\n00:35:31,400 –> 00:35:36,300
\nWe 6 verse 4 we cannot love
\nsomeone that we don’t know. <\/p>\n

515
\n00:35:36,300 –> 00:35:38,200
\nWe have a close relationship
\nwith someone. <\/p>\n

516
\n00:35:38,200 –> 00:35:41,800
\nWe don’t understand.
\nSo we really do need to spend <\/p>\n

517
\n00:35:41,800 –> 00:35:45,900
\ntime and be serious about our
\nreading and thinking meditation <\/p>\n

518
\n00:35:45,900 –> 00:35:49,100
\nand our prayer and if it means
\ngetting out of bed an hour <\/p>\n

519
\n00:35:49,100 –> 00:35:53,500
\nearly, then maybe that’s what we
\nneed to do or shutting the door <\/p>\n

520
\n00:35:53,500 –> 00:35:56,900
\nat lunchtime and and just
\nspending time with God. <\/p>\n

521
\n00:35:57,400 –> 00:36:00,700
\nIt may even mean fewer social
\nactivities. <\/p>\n

522
\n00:36:01,300 –> 00:36:06,600
\nSo we have more time to focus on
\nthis most important relationship<\/p>\n

523
\n00:36:06,600 –> 00:36:10,000
\nof all.
\nWe need to take control of our <\/p>\n

524
\n00:36:10,000 –> 00:36:13,600
\ntime and also be smarter how we
\nuse it. <\/p>\n

525
\n00:36:14,900 –> 00:36:17,000
\nI know many of you have the
\nBible app on your phone is <\/p>\n

526
\n00:36:17,000 –> 00:36:20,000
\nfantastic.
\nI commute to work is 15 20 <\/p>\n

527
\n00:36:20,000 –> 00:36:23,600
\nminutes half an hour in the car
\nevery day and you just plug it <\/p>\n

528
\n00:36:23,600 –> 00:36:27,200
\nin and listen to the Bible pick
\na an easy to listen to <\/p>\n

529
\n00:36:27,200 –> 00:36:29,400
\ntranslation.
\nThe New Living Translation is <\/p>\n

530
\n00:36:29,400 –> 00:36:34,400
\ngreat and just listen to the
\nBible as you’re driving make <\/p>\n

531
\n00:36:34,400 –> 00:36:38,600
\nsmart use of your time.
\nAnother thing I do in this one <\/p>\n

532
\n00:36:38,600 –> 00:36:41,000
\nwho killed everyone but when I
\nexercise I used to love <\/p>\n

533
\n00:36:41,000 –> 00:36:45,600
\nlistening to audiobooks and
\nrecently I discovered Used to be<\/p>\n

534
\n00:36:45,600 –> 00:36:49,200
\ncalled Livonia tapes, but it’s
\nnow called christadelphians <\/p>\n

535
\n00:36:49,200 –> 00:36:53,400
\nBible talks.com.
\nThere are thousands of Christian<\/p>\n

536
\n00:36:53,400 –> 00:36:56,100
\nBible talks on here download
\nthem and listen to them some <\/p>\n

537
\n00:36:56,100 –> 00:37:00,600
\ngreat Bible studies Bible
\nschools and when I’m running I <\/p>\n

538
\n00:37:00,600 –> 00:37:04,600
\nlisten to these things now, It’s
\nhelpful. <\/p>\n

539
\n00:37:04,900 –> 00:37:09,300
\nIt’s helpful just to have the
\nBible and godly thoughts flowing<\/p>\n

540
\n00:37:09,300 –> 00:37:12,000
\nthrough your mind.
\nEven if you can’t make note of <\/p>\n

541
\n00:37:12,000 –> 00:37:14,300
\nevery Point that’s being made at
\nstill useful. <\/p>\n

542
\n00:37:14,300 –> 00:37:17,100
\nWe can do it while we’re doing
\nhousework while walking or <\/p>\n

543
\n00:37:17,100 –> 00:37:21,600
\nbiking whatever it’s making
\nsmart use of those fourteen <\/p>\n

544
\n00:37:21,600 –> 00:37:24,000
\nhundred and forty minutes.
\nWe all have every day. <\/p>\n

545
\n00:37:25,500 –> 00:37:27,800
\nAnd it’s certainly true the more
\nwe let God’s word and his <\/p>\n

546
\n00:37:27,800 –> 00:37:31,500
\nthinking his thoughts flow
\nthrough our minds more in tune <\/p>\n

547
\n00:37:31,500 –> 00:37:35,100
\nwill be with him the more we’ll
\nget to love and know him. <\/p>\n

548
\n00:37:36,500 –> 00:37:39,600
\nAnd of course prayer is another
\nkey element of developing this <\/p>\n

549
\n00:37:39,600 –> 00:37:42,100
\nlove and it’s something a lot of
\npeople struggle with I remember <\/p>\n

550
\n00:37:42,100 –> 00:37:45,300
\nbeing at a bible school where
\nthey did a survey of everyone <\/p>\n

551
\n00:37:45,600 –> 00:37:48,100
\nand everyone.
\nIt seems a struggling and a lot <\/p>\n

552
\n00:37:48,100 –> 00:37:52,100
\nof people in the week before had
\nnot prayed at all. <\/p>\n

553
\n00:37:53,300 –> 00:37:56,400
\nSo it’s something we perhaps
\ndon’t spend enough attention on <\/p>\n

554
\n00:37:56,400 –> 00:38:04,300
\nprayer and something we can all
\ndo better at And of course, it <\/p>\n

555
\n00:38:04,300 –> 00:38:07,500
\nis absolutely important if we
\nwant to have a relationship with<\/p>\n

556
\n00:38:07,500 –> 00:38:11,100
\nGod we communicate with him and
\nI really find it useful to have <\/p>\n

557
\n00:38:11,100 –> 00:38:13,900
\nan ongoing conversation and
\npeople may think that’s <\/p>\n

558
\n00:38:13,900 –> 00:38:17,200
\nextremely weird.
\nBut we have formal prayers that <\/p>\n

559
\n00:38:17,200 –> 00:38:20,600
\nwere used to but why can’t we
\njust communicate throughout the <\/p>\n

560
\n00:38:20,600 –> 00:38:23,200
\nday with god with our lord
\nJesus? <\/p>\n

561
\n00:38:23,600 –> 00:38:27,700
\nWhy can’t we bounce ideas off of
\nhim seek his input and advice on<\/p>\n

562
\n00:38:27,700 –> 00:38:31,200
\neverything doesn’t have to be
\nyour formal time of prayer. <\/p>\n

563
\n00:38:31,700 –> 00:38:35,600
\nWe can have this spontaneous
\ntalk this ongoing conversation <\/p>\n

564
\n00:38:35,900 –> 00:38:39,100
\nand I find that more effective
\nthan formal prayer. <\/p>\n

565
\n00:38:39,100 –> 00:38:43,800
\nHowever, it’s also important I
\nbelieve to set aside time for <\/p>\n

566
\n00:38:43,800 –> 00:38:48,000
\nformal prayer personal prayer
\nand to really think through what<\/p>\n

567
\n00:38:48,000 –> 00:38:50,500
\nwe are going to say.
\nI don’t know if you’re anything <\/p>\n

568
\n00:38:50,500 –> 00:38:54,200
\nlike me perhaps I’m got some
\nattention deficit disorder as <\/p>\n

569
\n00:38:54,200 –> 00:38:56,600
\nwell.
\nBut you start a prayer and <\/p>\n

570
\n00:38:56,600 –> 00:38:59,500
\nbefore you know, it your mind is
\noff and you’re thinking about <\/p>\n

571
\n00:38:59,500 –> 00:39:01,500
\nsomething completely different
\nyou pull it back. <\/p>\n

572
\n00:39:01,600 –> 00:39:03,600
\nA few more minutes and then
\nyou’re gone again. <\/p>\n

573
\n00:39:04,200 –> 00:39:08,700
\nI really struggle with this
\nkeeping focused and if you like <\/p>\n

574
\n00:39:08,700 –> 00:39:12,600
\nme one thing that does help is
\nactually writing out your prayer<\/p>\n

575
\n00:39:12,600 –> 00:39:16,100
\nsit behind a computer or get a
\npen out and just write it down. <\/p>\n

576
\n00:39:16,600 –> 00:39:20,100
\nIt’s extremely powerful and
\nextremely useful thing to do not<\/p>\n

577
\n00:39:20,100 –> 00:39:22,700
\nall the time.
\nBut every now and again give it <\/p>\n

578
\n00:39:22,700 –> 00:39:24,900
\na shot.
\nIt really helps you structure. <\/p>\n

579
\n00:39:25,200 –> 00:39:28,100
\nYour thoughts.
\nAnother group practice is <\/p>\n

580
\n00:39:28,100 –> 00:39:32,400
\nputting down prayer Points each
\nweek to pray for And then coming<\/p>\n

581
\n00:39:32,400 –> 00:39:35,900
\nback and reviewing them to see
\nhow God has worked to answer <\/p>\n

582
\n00:39:35,900 –> 00:39:39,800
\nthose prayers.
\nSo some actions here download <\/p>\n

583
\n00:39:39,800 –> 00:39:42,300
\nthe app.
\nIf you don’t have a listen to <\/p>\n

584
\n00:39:42,300 –> 00:39:47,400
\nThe Bible and talks read think
\npray more pray with purpose and <\/p>\n

585
\n00:39:47,400 –> 00:39:51,400
\nintent and feeling if we can
\nwrite out a prayer write out a <\/p>\n

586
\n00:39:51,400 –> 00:39:54,100
\nweekly prayer list and
\ncommunicate often and openly <\/p>\n

587
\n00:39:54,400 –> 00:39:57,700
\nwith God.
\nSo the third thing which will <\/p>\n

588
\n00:39:57,700 –> 00:40:01,400
\nhelp us develop this a hover
\nlove for God is too. <\/p>\n

589
\n00:40:01,600 –> 00:40:07,600
\nTo celebrate Every Day gifts and
\nthis is so powerful is the <\/p>\n

590
\n00:40:07,600 –> 00:40:12,200
\nconcept of appreciation and it’s
\nreally an important part of <\/p>\n

591
\n00:40:12,200 –> 00:40:15,500
\ndeveloping this love when you
\nthink about everything God has <\/p>\n

592
\n00:40:15,500 –> 00:40:19,100
\ndone for us.
\nIt is a reasonable expectation <\/p>\n

593
\n00:40:19,100 –> 00:40:23,400
\nthat we will genuinely respond
\nwith genuine love. <\/p>\n

594
\n00:40:25,300 –> 00:40:29,800
\nAnd first John 4 verse 19 really
\nsums it up nicely in one simple <\/p>\n

595
\n00:40:29,800 –> 00:40:34,300
\nshort sentence.
\nWe love because he first loved <\/p>\n

596
\n00:40:34,300 –> 00:40:38,300
\nus.
\nAnd now love our Harbour is a <\/p>\n

597
\n00:40:38,300 –> 00:40:41,800
\nresponse.
\nIt’s a response to God’s <\/p>\n

598
\n00:40:41,800 –> 00:40:44,800
\nabundant overflowing love and
\nblessings for us. <\/p>\n

599
\n00:40:45,700 –> 00:40:50,000
\nAnd if we more deeply appreciate
\nthis, then this love in return <\/p>\n

600
\n00:40:50,000 –> 00:40:52,800
\nwill become much easier and much
\nmore natural and it will just <\/p>\n

601
\n00:40:52,800 –> 00:40:58,000
\ndevelop God’s given us so much
\nreally when we think about it so<\/p>\n

602
\n00:40:58,000 –> 00:41:01,000
\nmuch far beyond we can ever
\nexperience. <\/p>\n

603
\n00:41:01,000 –> 00:41:03,600
\nHe’s blessed us.
\nHe’s given us life and giving it<\/p>\n

604
\n00:41:03,600 –> 00:41:06,100
\nto us more abundantly through
\ngiving us his son. <\/p>\n

605
\n00:41:06,600 –> 00:41:10,100
\nHe gives generously reading
\nJames without finding fault. <\/p>\n

606
\n00:41:10,400 –> 00:41:12,300
\nHis good.
\nGod is good. <\/p>\n

607
\n00:41:12,300 –> 00:41:17,100
\nHis love is everywhere.
\nHowever, we still need to spend <\/p>\n

608
\n00:41:17,100 –> 00:41:20,900
\ntime to acknowledge it and
\nidentify and appreciate it. <\/p>\n

609
\n00:41:21,700 –> 00:41:23,800
\nAnd Moses when he was speaking
\nto the Israelites made a <\/p>\n

610
\n00:41:23,800 –> 00:41:28,100
\nconstant point about remembering
\nremembering what God has done <\/p>\n

611
\n00:41:28,100 –> 00:41:32,000
\nrecalling the blessings that God
\nhas given them a not forgetting <\/p>\n

612
\n00:41:32,400 –> 00:41:37,300
\ndirt on me 8 Deuteronomy 8 verse
\n2 8 verse 89 verse to remember <\/p>\n

613
\n00:41:37,300 –> 00:41:39,600
\nand don’t forget remember and
\nnever forget. <\/p>\n

614
\n00:41:39,600 –> 00:41:43,300
\nRemember the Lord your God and
\nif we do this it’s a <\/p>\n

615
\n00:41:43,300 –> 00:41:49,300
\nlife-changing practice to really
\nidentify a recall and <\/p>\n

616
\n00:41:50,200 –> 00:41:53,500
\nacknowledge the blessings.
\nWhich God gives us every day of <\/p>\n

617
\n00:41:53,500 –> 00:41:57,200
\nOur Lives to see his hand at
\nwork in our in our lives <\/p>\n

618
\n00:41:57,200 –> 00:41:59,600
\nanswering our prayers and the
\nmore we acknowledge and <\/p>\n

619
\n00:41:59,600 –> 00:42:04,200
\nappreciate these little gifts
\nand blessings the more we will <\/p>\n

620
\n00:42:04,200 –> 00:42:08,200
\nlove him with that true deep
\nemotional love. <\/p>\n

621
\n00:42:09,600 –> 00:42:14,000
\nSome of you may read this book
\nmaybe not it’s called 1,000 <\/p>\n

622
\n00:42:14,000 –> 00:42:21,500
\ngifts and the author and Vos
\nCamp was went through a very <\/p>\n

623
\n00:42:22,000 –> 00:42:26,200
\ntroubled childhood.
\nShe was with her mother when she<\/p>\n

624
\n00:42:26,200 –> 00:42:29,300
\nwatched helplessly as a little
\nsister was run over by a truck <\/p>\n

625
\n00:42:29,300 –> 00:42:34,200
\nand crushed in her driveway and
\nher mother consequently checked <\/p>\n

626
\n00:42:34,200 –> 00:42:37,300
\ninto a psychiatric hospital and
\nshe really lost her mother as <\/p>\n

627
\n00:42:37,300 –> 00:42:42,300
\nwell and then later on in life.
\nShe faced the tragedy of her two<\/p>\n

628
\n00:42:42,300 –> 00:42:47,000
\nnephews being killed and she
\nwrites this book and its really <\/p>\n

629
\n00:42:47,200 –> 00:42:51,400
\na description of the process.
\nShe went through to kind of come<\/p>\n

630
\n00:42:51,400 –> 00:42:55,800
\nout of this Brokenness and
\nreconnect with God and it was <\/p>\n

631
\n00:42:55,800 –> 00:43:00,800
\nall hinged it all hinged on a
\nsimple activity of journaling <\/p>\n

632
\n00:43:00,800 –> 00:43:04,400
\nher blessings every day.
\nAnd in the description of the <\/p>\n

633
\n00:43:04,400 –> 00:43:08,900
\nbook, it says this it says in
\n1000 gifts and invites you to <\/p>\n

634
\n00:43:08,900 –> 00:43:11,600
\nembrace.
\nRace everyday blessings and <\/p>\n

635
\n00:43:11,600 –> 00:43:14,500
\nembark on a transformative
\nspiritual discipline of <\/p>\n

636
\n00:43:14,500 –> 00:43:19,700
\nchronicling God’s gifts is only
\nin this expressing of gratitude <\/p>\n

637
\n00:43:19,900 –> 00:43:23,200
\nfor the life.
\nWe already have we discover the <\/p>\n

638
\n00:43:23,200 –> 00:43:25,700
\nlife.
\nWe’re always wanted a life. <\/p>\n

639
\n00:43:25,700 –> 00:43:29,500
\nWe can take give thanks for and
\nbreak for others. <\/p>\n

640
\n00:43:30,400 –> 00:43:34,300
\nWe come to feel and know the
\nimpossible right down in our <\/p>\n

641
\n00:43:34,300 –> 00:43:38,000
\nbones.
\nWe are wildly loved by God. <\/p>\n

642
\n00:43:39,100 –> 00:43:43,200
\nLet ends beautiful heart aching
\nstories of each of the everyday <\/p>\n

643
\n00:43:43,400 –> 00:43:46,800
\ngive you a way of seeing that
\nopens your eyes to the ordinary <\/p>\n

644
\n00:43:46,800 –> 00:43:50,700
\nAmazing Grace a way of being
\npresent to God that makes you <\/p>\n

645
\n00:43:50,700 –> 00:43:56,400
\ndeeply happy and a way of living
\nthat is finally Fully Alive. <\/p>\n

646
\n00:43:57,600 –> 00:44:02,400
\nSo this pork is based on this
\nsimple practice of counting your<\/p>\n

647
\n00:44:02,400 –> 00:44:06,000
\na daily blessings the little
\ngifts of everyday life <\/p>\n

648
\n00:44:06,500 –> 00:44:09,600
\njournaling these blessings
\nidentifying them writing them <\/p>\n

649
\n00:44:09,600 –> 00:44:14,900
\ndown and for her this process
\ntransformed her life and her <\/p>\n

650
\n00:44:14,900 –> 00:44:18,100
\nrelationship with her with her
\nGod in heaven. <\/p>\n

651
\n00:44:19,700 –> 00:44:23,100
\nWe can all do this.
\nWe can all start by simply <\/p>\n

652
\n00:44:23,100 –> 00:44:28,400
\nwriting down things we’re
\nthankful for And we don’t have <\/p>\n

653
\n00:44:28,400 –> 00:44:36,100
\ntime of course to do this, but
\ndo it make a list of the little <\/p>\n

654
\n00:44:36,100 –> 00:44:41,300
\ngifts the daily blessings the
\ndaily Gifts of life, and I’ve <\/p>\n

655
\n00:44:41,300 –> 00:44:43,700
\ntried to do this on a Monday
\nmorning when I come to work and <\/p>\n

656
\n00:44:43,700 –> 00:44:45,800
\nopen my diary and plan out the
\nweek. <\/p>\n

657
\n00:44:46,000 –> 00:44:51,300
\nI now have a section on gifts to
\nbe thankful for and I try to <\/p>\n

658
\n00:44:51,300 –> 00:44:53,900
\ncome back to that throughout the
\nweek and just identify small <\/p>\n

659
\n00:44:53,900 –> 00:44:57,300
\nthings.
\nCould be a beautiful sunset you <\/p>\n

660
\n00:44:57,308 –> 00:45:01,600
\nsaw in the morning or a message
\nthat you received from someone <\/p>\n

661
\n00:45:01,600 –> 00:45:07,000
\nyou care about Every Day gifts
\nand it can be transformative in <\/p>\n

662
\n00:45:07,000 –> 00:45:10,700
\nthe book daring to Hope which I
\nknow some of you are red Katie <\/p>\n

663
\n00:45:10,700 –> 00:45:13,900
\nDavis describes putting these
\nPost-it notes all over her <\/p>\n

664
\n00:45:13,900 –> 00:45:18,600
\nkitchen wall each one a blessing
\na gift that she’s thankful for. <\/p>\n

665
\n00:45:20,000 –> 00:45:23,900
\nAnd in her trying circumstances
\ndealing with pain and grief and <\/p>\n

666
\n00:45:23,900 –> 00:45:28,200
\nloss and Injustice and death and
\nsuffering on a daily basis. <\/p>\n

667
\n00:45:28,200 –> 00:45:35,300
\nShe had this surrounding her
\nthese gifts of everyday life. <\/p>\n

668
\n00:45:36,700 –> 00:45:38,900
\nIt’s a powerful thing that we
\ncan all do. <\/p>\n

669
\n00:45:39,400 –> 00:45:43,900
\nIt can be transformative if we
\nspend the time to do it and <\/p>\n

670
\n00:45:43,900 –> 00:45:46,600
\nsomeone in seven was a sound we
\nhad read for us this morning and<\/p>\n

671
\n00:45:46,600 –> 00:45:51,100
\nit really is this overflowing
\nthankfulness and gratitude that <\/p>\n

672
\n00:45:51,100 –> 00:45:55,100
\nthe psalmist has pointing to the
\nprovincial care of God in the <\/p>\n

673
\n00:45:55,100 –> 00:46:00,000
\nlife of the children of Israel
\nand some 107 verse 8 to 9 there.<\/p>\n

674
\n00:46:00,000 –> 00:46:04,000
\nOh that men might praise the
\nLord for his goodness for all <\/p>\n

675
\n00:46:04,000 –> 00:46:06,400
\nhis wonderful Works to the
\nChildren of Men. <\/p>\n

676
\n00:46:06,700 –> 00:46:10,700
\nHe satisfies the longing soul
\nand fill out the hungry soul <\/p>\n

677
\n00:46:10,700 –> 00:46:14,300
\nwith goodness.
\nAnd it’s easy for us to think of<\/p>\n

678
\n00:46:14,300 –> 00:46:18,700
\nGod is distant and impersonal
\nbut he’s not he is active in at <\/p>\n

679
\n00:46:18,700 –> 00:46:20,400
\nwork in our lives.
\nWe know it. <\/p>\n

680
\n00:46:20,400 –> 00:46:26,100
\nWe have Angels which are sent to
\nserve those who will inherit <\/p>\n

681
\n00:46:26,100 –> 00:46:28,600
\nsalvation.
\nThere are angels working in our <\/p>\n

682
\n00:46:28,600 –> 00:46:32,700
\nlives engaged in our lives.
\nWe pray we expect a response <\/p>\n

683
\n00:46:32,700 –> 00:46:35,100
\nfrom prayer.
\nWe know that and look back and <\/p>\n

684
\n00:46:35,100 –> 00:46:39,900
\nsee God at work.
\nIt really helps us to appreciate<\/p>\n

685
\n00:46:39,900 –> 00:46:42,900
\nGod and to love him with this
\ndeep emotional love. <\/p>\n

686
\n00:46:45,000 –> 00:46:49,100
\nWith so much to be thankful for
\nand we can easily just rush <\/p>\n

687
\n00:46:49,100 –> 00:46:54,500
\nthrough life without stopping
\nfor a moment to appreciate God’s<\/p>\n

688
\n00:46:54,600 –> 00:46:58,300
\neveryday gifts and acknowledge
\nhis providential care in our <\/p>\n

689
\n00:46:58,300 –> 00:47:01,800
\nlives.
\nI don’t have time to read <\/p>\n

690
\n00:47:01,800 –> 00:47:04,400
\nthrough this section.
\nBut as I was reading listening <\/p>\n

691
\n00:47:04,400 –> 00:47:08,400
\nto the Bible and the way to
\nwork, I was listening to Ezekiel<\/p>\n

692
\n00:47:08,400 –> 00:47:12,500
\nchapter 16, and it just
\nabsolutely struck me. <\/p>\n

693
\n00:47:12,500 –> 00:47:15,000
\nIt was probably because it was
\nwritten it was being read out of<\/p>\n

694
\n00:47:15,000 –> 00:47:18,800
\nthe New Living Translation,
\nwhich is quite easy to read but <\/p>\n

695
\n00:47:18,900 –> 00:47:22,900
\nI’d read this chapter over and
\nover but on this particular <\/p>\n

696
\n00:47:22,900 –> 00:47:25,800
\nmorning, I just hit me like a
\nton of bricks and I had to re <\/p>\n

697
\n00:47:25,800 –> 00:47:31,500
\nlisten to it and I encourage you
\nto do likewise it is so The <\/p>\n

698
\n00:47:31,500 –> 00:47:37,000
\npicture is so vivid is talking
\nabout a baby with this umbilical<\/p>\n

699
\n00:47:37,000 –> 00:47:40,400
\ncord not being cut been thrown
\nby the side of the road like <\/p>\n

700
\n00:47:40,400 –> 00:47:45,500
\nlaying in his blood left to die.
\nNo one caring and God coming <\/p>\n

701
\n00:47:45,500 –> 00:47:50,300
\nalong and picking up this
\nhelpless baby and completely <\/p>\n

702
\n00:47:50,300 –> 00:47:55,000
\nproviding everything for this
\nbaby making it grow and Thrive <\/p>\n

703
\n00:47:55,000 –> 00:47:58,900
\nand providing it with fine linen
\nand silk and embroidered <\/p>\n

704
\n00:47:59,400 –> 00:48:03,000
\nclothing.
\nAnd when this baby gets older <\/p>\n

705
\n00:48:03,800 –> 00:48:06,800
\nshe turns around and takes all
\nthese beautiful things God’s <\/p>\n

706
\n00:48:06,800 –> 00:48:10,800
\ngiven and makes Idols with it
\nand worship the idols and <\/p>\n

707
\n00:48:10,800 –> 00:48:14,900
\nignores God and prostitutes
\nherself for the other nations <\/p>\n

708
\n00:48:15,400 –> 00:48:21,200
\nand he kept his sense of God’s
\nfeeling and emotion in how that <\/p>\n

709
\n00:48:21,200 –> 00:48:25,500
\nmakes him feel when we don’t
\nrespond in appreciation and <\/p>\n

710
\n00:48:25,500 –> 00:48:27,900
\ngratitude for everything.
\nGod has done for us. <\/p>\n

711
\n00:48:28,600 –> 00:48:30,500
\nIt’s a really powerful and
\nmoving. <\/p>\n

712
\n00:48:30,600 –> 00:48:36,000
\nMoving section of scripture zq
\nchapter 16 and you can just feel<\/p>\n

713
\n00:48:36,000 –> 00:48:40,700
\nGod absolute bewilderment and
\ndismay at how the children of <\/p>\n

714
\n00:48:40,700 –> 00:48:45,900
\nIsrael his special chose and
\npeople had responded to his love<\/p>\n

715
\n00:48:46,200 –> 00:48:50,400
\nand care and he’s absolutely
\nheartbroken and infuriated and <\/p>\n

716
\n00:48:50,400 –> 00:48:56,400
\nshamed by how they responded.
\nSo God does care how we respond.<\/p>\n

717
\n00:48:56,400 –> 00:49:00,300
\nHe wants us to show this
\nappreciation and love. <\/p>\n

718
\n00:49:01,400 –> 00:49:04,900
\nSo simple actions for this one
\nright down your daily gifts and <\/p>\n

719
\n00:49:04,900 –> 00:49:06,700
\nlist your prayers and review
\nthem. <\/p>\n

720
\n00:49:07,200 –> 00:49:09,400
\nSo we’re out of time.
\nBut the fourth one I was going <\/p>\n

721
\n00:49:09,400 –> 00:49:11,900
\nto look at is is loving others
\nand this is going to be a <\/p>\n

722
\n00:49:11,908 –> 00:49:15,000
\nnatural response.
\nOnce we develop this love for <\/p>\n

723
\n00:49:15,000 –> 00:49:17,600
\nGod.
\nIt will naturally flow out to <\/p>\n

724
\n00:49:17,600 –> 00:49:21,900
\nhow we interact with people
\naround us ahava is both a <\/p>\n

725
\n00:49:21,900 –> 00:49:27,100
\nfeeling and an action and it’s
\ngot to be practical and <\/p>\n

726
\n00:49:27,100 –> 00:49:32,300
\nDeuteronomy 10 for a 16 to 19
\nyears is a Fantastic verse it <\/p>\n

727
\n00:49:32,300 –> 00:49:36,500
\nstarts off circumcised therefore
\nthe foreskin of your heart and <\/p>\n

728
\n00:49:36,500 –> 00:49:40,100
\nbe no more stiff-necked says for
\nthe Lord. <\/p>\n

729
\n00:49:40,100 –> 00:49:43,200
\nYour God is a god of gods the
\nLord of lords our great God <\/p>\n

730
\n00:49:43,200 –> 00:49:45,900
\nMighty and terrible regardeth
\nnot persons not take you through<\/p>\n

731
\n00:49:45,900 –> 00:49:48,400
\nward.
\nHe executed judgment for the <\/p>\n

732
\n00:49:48,400 –> 00:49:51,700
\nfatherless and the Widow.
\nHe loveth The Stranger and <\/p>\n

733
\n00:49:51,700 –> 00:49:54,900
\ngiving food and raiment
\ntherefore love. <\/p>\n

734
\n00:49:54,900 –> 00:49:58,700
\nYe The Stranger For You Were
\nStrangers in the land of Egypt <\/p>\n

735
\n00:49:58,700 –> 00:50:01,000
\nThou shalt fear the lord.
\nThy God Thou shalt serve. <\/p>\n

736
\n00:50:01,100 –> 00:50:04,200
\nHim and now shall cleave unto
\nhim and swear by his name. <\/p>\n

737
\n00:50:04,800 –> 00:50:08,400
\nSo again, it’s this idea of
\nreciprocating God’s love in our <\/p>\n

738
\n00:50:08,400 –> 00:50:14,200
\neveryday lives and loving like
\nhe loves and in this example is <\/p>\n

739
\n00:50:14,200 –> 00:50:18,400
\nloving the needy the vulnerable
\nthe stranger the migrant the <\/p>\n

740
\n00:50:18,400 –> 00:50:22,600
\npoor that’s who God loves and he
\ncalls us to love in the same <\/p>\n

741
\n00:50:22,600 –> 00:50:24,900
\nway.
\nAnd of course this is picked up <\/p>\n

742
\n00:50:24,900 –> 00:50:29,200
\nin Luke chapter 10 when the
\nlawyers talking about what’s the<\/p>\n

743
\n00:50:29,200 –> 00:50:32,800
\ngreatest commandment and and
\nJesus Is on to talk about the <\/p>\n

744
\n00:50:32,800 –> 00:50:36,600
\nparable of the Good Samaritan
\nand says go and do likewise. <\/p>\n

745
\n00:50:37,000 –> 00:50:39,900
\nSo a legalistic love looks to
\nkind of Define. <\/p>\n

746
\n00:50:39,900 –> 00:50:43,000
\nWell, who is my neighbor?
\nSo as to limit one’s <\/p>\n

747
\n00:50:43,000 –> 00:50:47,300
\nobligations, but however or
\nagape love is it’s picked up in <\/p>\n

748
\n00:50:47,300 –> 00:50:51,700
\nthe New Testament is based on
\nneed and it’s not restricted by <\/p>\n

749
\n00:50:51,700 –> 00:51:00,300
\nbounds. and finally It’s not all
\nabout what we do in Deuteronomy <\/p>\n

750
\n00:51:00,300 –> 00:51:02,900
\n10.
\nIt says circumcise your hearts <\/p>\n

751
\n00:51:03,400 –> 00:51:07,300
\nin Deuteronomy 30.
\nIt says the Lord will circumcise<\/p>\n

752
\n00:51:07,300 –> 00:51:10,900
\nyour heart.
\nSo it’s not all about us. <\/p>\n

753
\n00:51:10,900 –> 00:51:13,300
\nYes.
\nWe need to initiate the process.<\/p>\n

754
\n00:51:13,900 –> 00:51:16,600
\nWe need to show the commitment.
\nWe did develop the relationship.<\/p>\n

755
\n00:51:16,600 –> 00:51:20,800
\nWe need to destroy those things
\nwhich compete by cutting off the<\/p>\n

756
\n00:51:20,800 –> 00:51:24,800
\nfleshly parts of our heart.
\nWe need to make an effort, but <\/p>\n

757
\n00:51:24,800 –> 00:51:29,200
\nwe cannot do it alone.
\nGod will come in and work with <\/p>\n

758
\n00:51:29,200 –> 00:51:34,000
\nus to fulfill and to complete
\nthis process of transformation. <\/p>\n

759
\n00:51:35,000 –> 00:51:37,700
\nAnd we just start the process
\nGod works with us. <\/p>\n

760
\n00:51:37,700 –> 00:51:41,500
\nIt’s a joint effort is God who
\nis working in us? <\/p>\n

761
\n00:51:41,500 –> 00:51:45,400
\nIt’s God who is working in us to
\nfulfill his good pleasure <\/p>\n

762
\n00:51:45,400 –> 00:51:50,100
\nreading in Philippians 2 and we
\nare his workmanship if we allow <\/p>\n

763
\n00:51:50,100 –> 00:51:55,900
\nhim in a few in Ephesians 2
\nverse 10 So the more we willing <\/p>\n

764
\n00:51:55,900 –> 00:51:59,800
\nto take those first steps, the
\nmore God will be able to step in<\/p>\n

765
\n00:51:59,800 –> 00:52:02,900
\nand work with us to complete
\nthat journey of transformation. <\/p>\n

766
\n00:52:03,600 –> 00:52:08,300
\nAnd finally when Jesus returns,
\nwe will be completely <\/p>\n

767
\n00:52:08,300 –> 00:52:12,400
\ntransformed will finish that
\nprocess when this corruptible <\/p>\n

768
\n00:52:12,400 –> 00:52:15,500
\nthis week this nature we
\nstruggle with or can be <\/p>\n

769
\n00:52:15,500 –> 00:52:19,900
\ncompletely changed the crop will
\nput on incorruption and the <\/p>\n

770
\n00:52:19,900 –> 00:52:24,300
\nMortal will pick it up put on
\nimmortality and We can say <\/p>\n

771
\n00:52:24,300 –> 00:52:27,500
\nthanks be to God who gives us
\nthe victory through our Lord <\/p>\n

772
\n00:52:27,500 –> 00:52:38,100
\nJesus Christ.
\nThank you for listening to the <\/p>\n

773
\n00:52:38,100 –> 00:52:41,200
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774
\n00:52:41,200 –> 00:52:44,300
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775
\n00:52:44,300 –> 00:52:47,100
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776
\n00:52:47,100 –> 00:52:50,500
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\nIf you enjoyed this talk share <\/p>\n

777
\n00:52:50,500 –> 00:52:52,700
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778
\n00:52:53,100 –> 00:52:55,600
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\ntalk that you just listen to <\/p>\n

779
\n00:52:55,900 –> 00:53:00,400
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780
\n00:53:00,400 –> 00:53:02,200
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781
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782
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783
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784
\n00:53:13,600 –> 00:53:16,600
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786
\n00:53:20,000 –> 00:53:23,000
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787
\n00:53:23,200 –> 00:53:25,200
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