{"id":529,"date":"2022-09-12T00:00:09","date_gmt":"2022-09-12T00:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/208-andy-bilello-the-weary-ecclesia\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:34:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:34:09","slug":"208-andy-bilello-the-weary-ecclesia","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/208-andy-bilello-the-weary-ecclesia\/","title":{"rendered":"208: Andy Bilello – Exhortation: The Weary Ecclesia"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week we are listening to an exhortation titled “The Weary Ecclesia” that was givenby Brother Andy Bilello (Baltimore, Maryland) on July 3rd, 2022.<\/p>\n

We hope this strengthens your Faith and brightens your day!<\/p>\n

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

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\nWelcome to good for selfie and
\ntalks. <\/p>\n

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\nI’m Levi and I’m Chris and I’m
\nBrian, thank you for joining us <\/p>\n

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\nthis week.
\nOn this podcast, we select one <\/p>\n

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\ntaco week to help us get the
\nBible in our daily news feed. <\/p>\n

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\nWe post a new episode of the
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\nintro.
\nHand to kind of set the stage <\/p>\n

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\nfor the talk.
\nYou’re about to listen to and <\/p>\n

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\nnow let’s talk more about this
\nweek’s talk. <\/p>\n

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\nThis week’s talk is an
\nexcitation by Brother Andy below<\/p>\n

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\nfrom the Baltimore kaliesha and
\nMaryland that he presented on <\/p>\n

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\nthe 3rd of July in 2022.
\nIt’s a Excellent, exhortation. <\/p>\n

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\nI kind of made up the title of
\nthe weary Ecclesia. <\/p>\n

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\nHe is pulling that kind of as an
\nidea from, from the early <\/p>\n

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\nchapters of Revelation in the
\nseven inclusions. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd what he’s talking about is I
\nthink the struggle that <\/p>\n

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\nBaltimore is having but really a
\nmini occlusions in North America<\/p>\n

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\nand around the world are having,
\nis kind of redefining what <\/p>\n

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\nocclusal life is after the
\npandemic, we posted a lot of <\/p>\n

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\naccusations that have related to
\nthe pandemic. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s obviously been a Historic
\ntime, with all sorts of, you <\/p>\n

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\nknow, different things and ways,
\nand things that ways that it’s <\/p>\n

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\ntouched our lives and in ways
\nthat it’s affected our occlusal <\/p>\n

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\nlives.
\nAnd I found, this are to be <\/p>\n

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\nreally excellent, definitely.
\nSome emotions came through in <\/p>\n

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\nhis talk that that I could
\nrelate with, and I found it to <\/p>\n

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\nbe very encouraging and
\nexcellent education. <\/p>\n

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\nSo I was excited to share it
\nafter our break. <\/p>\n

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\nI wanted to thank the brothers
\nJustin Henry Sacramento and <\/p>\n

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\nbrother Mike Livermore from
\nLivonia, Michigan for sharing <\/p>\n

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\nthe talks that they found and
\ngiving giving us a break this <\/p>\n

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\nsummer.
\nThis is our I guess, third or <\/p>\n

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\nfourth summer.
\nNow where we take a break and <\/p>\n

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\nhave a guest host on, and I want
\nto thank those Brothers again, <\/p>\n

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\nfor their work.
\nI thought they made some <\/p>\n

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\nexcellent choices and it’s
\ndefinitely fun in the summer to <\/p>\n

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\nturn into a listener of the
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\nit.
\nSo, thanks again to them. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd this talk, Was also a
\nsuggestion from a sister in the <\/p>\n

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\nMaryland Ecclesia and I really
\nappreciate that suggestion. <\/p>\n

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\nDo please think about us when
\nyou hear a good talk and send <\/p>\n

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\none in, we so appreciate it.
\nSo here is the weary Ecclesia by<\/p>\n

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\nAndy below.
\nMorning brothers and sisters and<\/p>\n

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\nfriends.
\nEach Sunday when We Gather here <\/p>\n

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\nin Arc lygia, we have a purpose
\nof examining, ourselves fact, <\/p>\n

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\nit’s very common for presiding
\nbrother to quote from First <\/p>\n

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\nCorinthians 11, prior to sharing
\nthe symbols of bread and wine. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd which the Apostle Paul
\ninstructs us to look inward to <\/p>\n

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\nconsider our lives as disciples
\nand measure ourselves against <\/p>\n

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\nthe standard of character.
\nLord, Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd that is certainly something
\nthat we should reflect upon <\/p>\n

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\ntoday.
\nBut I suggest that is also <\/p>\n

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\nappropriate times to extend that
\nself-examination from a cells <\/p>\n

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\nindividually to do it.
\nCollectively, I think it’s <\/p>\n

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\nappropriate that we take a few
\nmoments this morning to consider<\/p>\n

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\nwhere we are as a group as in a
\ncollision. <\/p>\n

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\nWhile the Bible emphasizes
\npersonal responsibility and <\/p>\n

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\nthere’s no escaping that the
\nLord will look at each of us <\/p>\n

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\nindividually that individual
\ncharacter is only influenced and<\/p>\n

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\nthen reflected in our
\nrelationships, how we work <\/p>\n

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\ntogether.
\nThis is something that I’ve been<\/p>\n

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\nthinking about for some months
\nas we consider how we organize <\/p>\n

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\nourselves, how we share our
\nresponsibilities as an <\/p>\n

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\nocclusion, and it’s only natural
\nto look at these introductory <\/p>\n

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\nchapters of the Book of
\nRevelation in, which were given <\/p>\n

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\nseven, pictures of a collisions
\nthat are meant to give a sense <\/p>\n

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\nof the characteristics that an
\nEcclesia can predominantly show <\/p>\n

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\nto others.
\nAny point in time. <\/p>\n

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\nA brother read the second, the
\nthird chapter. <\/p>\n

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\nBut beginning in the second
\nchapter of revelation, we have <\/p>\n

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\nthe following descriptions.
\nThere is first, the Loveless <\/p>\n

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\nChurch.
\nI don’t think we’re a Loveless <\/p>\n

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\nChurch.
\nReally don’t Is the persecuted <\/p>\n

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\nchurch.
\nI don’t know that we are <\/p>\n

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\npersecuted systematically or an
\norganized manner, but certainly,<\/p>\n

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\nthere’s the general oppression
\nof society and its influences <\/p>\n

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\nupon us and the individual
\nchallenges that we faced in our <\/p>\n

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\nown families who are in our own
\nlives. <\/p>\n

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\nThere’s the compromising Church
\nNo, you could probably make an <\/p>\n

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\nargument that there’s a thing or
\ntwo that we’ve compromised on in<\/p>\n

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\nrecent times that we should
\nthink twice about. <\/p>\n

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\nThere’s the corrupt church.
\nI don’t think we’re corrupt. <\/p>\n

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\nI don’t think we’ve gotten to
\nthat point that personal agendas<\/p>\n

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\ntake over.
\nThere’s the dead Church. <\/p>\n

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\nThere are times that I feel like
\nwe need to be more active or <\/p>\n

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\nengaged in what we’re doing.
\nIs the faithful Church, which I <\/p>\n

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\nthink we would all hope someone
\nwould portray us as verse 10 of <\/p>\n

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\nRevelation chapter 3, speaks of
\nthe faithful Church saying <\/p>\n

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\nbecause you have kept my command
\nto persevere. <\/p>\n

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\nI also will keep you from the
\nhour of trial, which shall come <\/p>\n

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\nupon the whole world to test
\nthose who dwell on the earth. <\/p>\n

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\nCertainly that is applicable in
\nthis era, it’s applicable to our<\/p>\n

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\nexperience here in the Baltimore
\nEcclesia and we all To be <\/p>\n

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\ncognizant of perseverance, of
\nenduring of getting past <\/p>\n

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\nwhatever challenges we faced
\nagain, whether they be personal <\/p>\n

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\nor shared, and then there’s the
\nlukewarm Church where you’re <\/p>\n

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\nnot.
\nYou’re going about the Motions, <\/p>\n

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\nyou’re neither fully invested
\nemotionally and doing the <\/p>\n

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\npositive things.
\nBut you also continue that <\/p>\n

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\nroutine and that veneer and that
\nsurface level. <\/p>\n

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\nOf activity.
\nI mean, perhaps that is <\/p>\n

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\nsomething that we’ve reflected
\nat time from time to time. <\/p>\n

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\nI asked you to give some thought
\nthis morning. <\/p>\n

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\nHow would you characterize our
\nequation? <\/p>\n

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\nNot all of these descriptions
\nare 100% good, nor 100% bad and <\/p>\n

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\nthey are all included.
\nTowards the conclusion of that <\/p>\n

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\nparticular churches description
\nwith. <\/p>\n

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\nThey need to overcome whatever
\nsituation they find themselves <\/p>\n

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\nin, they need to improve.
\nI don’t believe that these <\/p>\n

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\ndescriptions in Revelation, 2
\nand 3 of these churches are <\/p>\n

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\nfinal judgments.
\nThey are snapshot of what that <\/p>\n

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\ngroup of people were at that
\nmoment and an assessment from <\/p>\n

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\nthe Divine of how they needed to
\nchange for the better. <\/p>\n

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\nI’ve thought about this quite a
\nbit, and while you can each have<\/p>\n

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\nyour own way of portraying our
\nEcclesia, I would suggest that <\/p>\n

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\nright now.
\nWe’re certainly in recent <\/p>\n

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\nmonths, perhaps we could be
\ntermed as a tired Church. <\/p>\n

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\nanother word that comes up in
\nScripture that I think also <\/p>\n

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\nspeaks to our situation is weary
\nWeary is a term that’s more <\/p>\n

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\ncommonly used in many
\ntranslations of scripture, and <\/p>\n

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\nit speaks to an emotional
\nexhaustion, as well as physical <\/p>\n

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\nfatigue.
\nCan also speak sometimes to a <\/p>\n

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\nlack of patience or
\ndissatisfaction with your <\/p>\n

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\nsituation.
\nNow admittedly, I might be <\/p>\n

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\nprojecting some of my own
\npersonal feelings. <\/p>\n

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\nInto what I perceive is as our
\nEcclesia as a whole, but I don’t<\/p>\n

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\nthink that that’s necessarily
\nthe case and I think and I <\/p>\n

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\nbelieve that this is also a
\nfeeling that is shared <\/p>\n

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\nthroughout our community.
\nLet’s, let’s be honest, we’ve <\/p>\n

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\nhad so much change in the last
\ntwo years. <\/p>\n

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\nWe had routines that sometimes
\nwe could take for granted that <\/p>\n

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\nwere disrupted as a result of
\nthe pandemic. <\/p>\n

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\nOur relationships in some
\ninstance, many instances have <\/p>\n

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\nbeen frayed.
\nThey haven’t had, there’s no <\/p>\n

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\nsubstitute for seeing each other
\non a regular basis to understand<\/p>\n

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\nwhat we’re going through in
\nlife, how we can help it, just <\/p>\n

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\nshare simple courtesies.
\nAnd as we resumed activity over <\/p>\n

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\nthe last it’s almost 18 months.
\nNow we’ve had to do things <\/p>\n

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\ndifferently.
\nThat’s not a good or a bad. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s just the reality that
\ncircumstances have changed. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd that’s put a stress on.
\nHow do we do schedules? <\/p>\n

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\nHow do we set up technology?
\nWho’s doing that work? <\/p>\n

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\nWho’s going to really be here?
\nBecause we’ve had different <\/p>\n

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\nlevels of support as some people
\nweren’t comfortable in being <\/p>\n

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\nwith public groups because of
\nthe health concerns. <\/p>\n

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\nI also think as that is extended
\non, sometimes that’s become an, <\/p>\n

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\nexcuse become complacent, and
\nit’s easier to stay home. <\/p>\n

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\nNot travel on Sunday, mornings,
\nnot travel on a Friday evening. <\/p>\n

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\nIn this is not something again.
\nThat is been experienced only by<\/p>\n

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\nour closure.
\nOne of the reasons I’ve been <\/p>\n

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\nthinking about this for a while.
\nLast fall we resumed activities.<\/p>\n

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\nAlso, I know with the Washington
\ninclusion. <\/p>\n

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\nWe had the Gathering in October,
\nwe had weddings in October and <\/p>\n

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\nin New Year’s and it gave me an
\nopportunity to speak with <\/p>\n

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\nbrothers and sisters from other
\nocclusions that I had not been <\/p>\n

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\nin contact, with, for several
\nyears and in those Relations, as<\/p>\n

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\nwell as talking to my own family
\nthat lives in the midwest. <\/p>\n

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\nTalking to a brother who lives
\nin California, all ackley’s are <\/p>\n

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\nfacing some level of these
\nchallenges. <\/p>\n

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\nMany Achilles has not been able
\nto resume some of their <\/p>\n

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\nactivities at all because their
\nmembers just won’t support them <\/p>\n

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\nand people feel the strain that
\nbecause we already were a <\/p>\n

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\ncommunity of not great size and
\nour talent pool has been <\/p>\n

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\nstrained.
\nEven more for who can lead <\/p>\n

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\nclasses, who can give
\nexhortations, who is going to <\/p>\n

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\njust simply be here to set up
\nthe bread and the wine to open <\/p>\n

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\nthe door to mow.
\nThe lawn to do, simple <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:03,700 –> 00:11:09,500
\nlogistical activities that are
\npart of our shared purpose. <\/p>\n

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\nThis is not meant to point
\nfigures. <\/p>\n

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\nAs nearly as much as just, to be
\nhonest and thinking about where <\/p>\n

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\nwe are right now as a group of
\npeople who care about the Bible.<\/p>\n

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\n00:11:25,700 –> 00:11:28,900
\nWho believe that God will change
\nthis world and we have to <\/p>\n

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\nremember how to change
\nourselves. <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:31,900 –> 00:11:39,300
\nIn the process.
\nAnd I also think, Well, we Face <\/p>\n

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\nthese issues and they’ve created
\nnew challenges for us. <\/p>\n

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\nWe also have to remember our own
\nEcclesia has changed ways that <\/p>\n

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\nwe could not have anticipated
\nover the last few years. <\/p>\n

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\nIn fact, the summer of 2019 and
\ngoing into the fall, we suffered<\/p>\n

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\nsome profound losses of our
\nmembers and we had during the <\/p>\n

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\npandemic period, we’re family
\nmembers long time standing <\/p>\n

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\npillars of faith have fallen
\nasleep. <\/p>\n

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\nIf you can is just change the
\ncomposition of our occlusion <\/p>\n

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\nagain, I don’t believe you know,
\nsome of this is natural but it’s<\/p>\n

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\nall happened together over a
\nrelatively short period of time <\/p>\n

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\nand we have been adjusting and
\nwe need to continue to adjust. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:30,200 –> 00:12:34,600
\nTo taking.
\nThis into account. <\/p>\n

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\nI ask you again, if we are
\ntired, we are bit weary. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:41,000 –> 00:12:43,800
\nHow do we combat, how do we
\nchange? <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:44,800 –> 00:12:47,600
\nAppreciate skip read Revelation
\n3. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:47,600 –> 00:12:50,000
\nAnd in the new King James
\nversion that I use. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:50,000 –> 00:12:53,700
\nIt talks about in the early
\nversus of the Dead church about <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:53,700 –> 00:12:56,000
\nwatching.
\nBut in his translation said wake<\/p>\n

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\nup And I think it’s relevant for
\nus to honestly, confront these <\/p>\n

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\nissues and commit ourselves to
\ndealing with them changing and <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:10,700 –> 00:13:14,300
\nputting in the time, and the
\neffort to help each other and <\/p>\n

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\nbuild this Ecclesia up.
\nI thought what is an example of <\/p>\n

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\nin scripture of someone who is
\nweary who is tired, who is <\/p>\n

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\ndrained?
\nAnd how did they deal with it? <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:25,700 –> 00:13:29,900
\nAnd how did God work with them?
\nAnd it’s for that reason that we<\/p>\n

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\nalso read First Kings chapter 19
\nand I hope you were attentive as<\/p>\n

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\nbrother.
\nDan was reading that chapter. <\/p>\n

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\nLet’s go to the Old Testament
\nand look at First Kings 19 for a<\/p>\n

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\nlittle context.
\nRemember the the Prophet Elijah?<\/p>\n

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\nServed as God’s voice in the
\nnorthern kingdom. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd the Northern Kingdom of
\nIsrael, this time was was <\/p>\n

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\ncontrolled by Queen Jezebel and
\nKing Ahab and they were they <\/p>\n

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\nwere not only Pagan but they
\nwere extremely selfish. <\/p>\n

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\nIndividuals and in the 18th
\nchapter of First Kings. <\/p>\n

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\nWe would have read and probably
\nfamiliar to many of us. <\/p>\n

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\nBut dramatic confrontation that
\nElijah had with the prophets of <\/p>\n

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\nBaal.
\nIn which God through Elijah <\/p>\n

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\nbrought a dramatic turn of
\nevents in which fire came down <\/p>\n

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\nfrom heaven, and consume those
\nprofits. <\/p>\n

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\nHopefully, proving to those who
\nwere witnesses. <\/p>\n

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\nThat there was only one true
\nGod. <\/p>\n

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\nBut the response of the king and
\nthe queen was to seek Elijah’s <\/p>\n

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\nlife. so rather than getting a
\nreward or some type of due <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:47,000 –> 00:14:52,200
\nrespect, Elijah goes from this
\ngreat moment of Triumph to <\/p>\n

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\nliterally running for his life.
\nLet’s just review a few of these<\/p>\n

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\nverses here in First Kings 19,
\nSo, a pickup at the first verse <\/p>\n

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\nand Ahab told Jezebel all that
\nElijah had done also, how he had<\/p>\n

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\nexecuted all the prophets with
\nthe sword, then Jezebel sent a <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:09,708 –> 00:15:13,700
\nmessenger to Elijah saying, so
\nlet the gods do to me and more. <\/p>\n

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\nAlso, if I do not make your life
\nas the life of one of them. <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:16,600 –> 00:15:21,200
\nBy tomorrow, about this time to
\nget, he gets word that he is now<\/p>\n

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\nessentially Public Enemy.
\nNumber One, In Israel and that <\/p>\n

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\nthe authorities will be seeking
\nhim and to execute him verse 3. <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:32,300 –> 00:15:37,000
\nAnd when he saw that, when he
\nlearned this information, he <\/p>\n

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\narose and ran for his life and
\nwent to Beersheba, which belongs<\/p>\n

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\nto Judah and left.
\nHis servant. <\/p>\n

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\nThere, this is not an
\nexaggeration that he ran for his<\/p>\n

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\nlife.
\nHe moved with haste to the South<\/p>\n

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\nEven left the northern kingdom,
\nwent to, the southern Kingdom. <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:55,400 –> 00:15:58,800
\nAnd as we read and the Chat, 19
\nchapter, he continued further <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:58,800 –> 00:16:02,900
\nsouth verse 4, but he himself
\nwent to Day’s Journey Into the <\/p>\n

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\nWilderness and came and sat down
\nunder a broom tree or a juniper <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:06,900 –> 00:16:10,300
\ntree.
\nHe pray that he might die and <\/p>\n

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\nsaid it is enough now O Lord
\ntake my life for. <\/p>\n

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\nI am no better than my father’s.
\nSo, Elijah’s mental state was <\/p>\n

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\nsuch, it was just he’s running
\nfor his life. <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:25,300 –> 00:16:28,800
\nHe had, you know, he must have
\ninvested a great deal of emotion<\/p>\n

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\n00:16:28,800 –> 00:16:31,500
\nand effort into this
\nconfrontation at Mount Carmel. <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:31,600 –> 00:16:34,800
\nAnd now he is also physically
\nmoving as quickly as he possibly<\/p>\n

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\n00:16:34,800 –> 00:16:39,200
\ncan to stay ahead of those who
\nwere seeking his life and he <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:39,300 –> 00:16:43,000
\nessentially and burns himself to
\nthe Lord saying just end this <\/p>\n

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\nright now.
\nI feel as though I have given <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:46,400 –> 00:16:52,000
\neverything that I can give.
\nThose sweet continue reading and<\/p>\n

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\nsee the picture of what happens
\nhere. <\/p>\n

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\nThen as he lay and slept under a
\nbroom tree, suddenly an angel <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:57,700 –> 00:16:59,900
\ntouched him and said to him,
\narise and eat. <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:00,600 –> 00:17:03,900
\nThen he looked and thereby his
\nhead was a cake baked on coals <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:03,900 –> 00:17:08,400
\nin a jar of water so he ate and
\ndrank and laid down again and <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:08,400 –> 00:17:11,400
\nthe angel of the Lord came back
\nthe second time and touched him <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:11,400 –> 00:17:14,599
\nand said, arise and eat, because
\nthe journey is too great for <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:14,599 –> 00:17:18,800
\nyou.
\nElijah literally needs to <\/p>\n

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\nrecharge he rests and I think
\nthings to note here one. <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:26,500 –> 00:17:28,800
\nThere’s nothing in the record
\nhere that says it was <\/p>\n

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\ninappropriate to do.
\nSome fact Angel comes to help <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:31,600 –> 00:17:36,700
\nhim and feed him twice it’s as
\nif the Lord recognizes that <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:36,700 –> 00:17:38,700
\nElijah was at his breaking
\npoint. <\/p>\n

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\nSo as you need to take this
\ntime, you need to rest and I <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:43,800 –> 00:17:48,300
\nneed to support you.
\nNow, a logic continues his <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:48,300 –> 00:17:51,300
\njourney and he says that he
\ntraveled for 40 days and 40 <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:51,300 –> 00:17:53,700
\nnights to Horeb the Mountain of
\nGod likely. <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:53,700 –> 00:17:58,000
\nMany many commentators believe
\nmay have had it to Mount Sinai <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:58,100 –> 00:18:00,400
\ndown the southern Sinai
\nPeninsula. <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:00,500 –> 00:18:06,000
\nSo probably he journeyed.
\nI think it’s roughly 250 to 300 <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:06,000 –> 00:18:12,700
\nmiles over that month or so on
\nhis own especially those first <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:12,700 –> 00:18:17,900
\nfew days can moving as quickly
\nas he could perhaps. <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:17,900 –> 00:18:20,200
\nTrying to not leave a trail
\nbehind him. <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:20,200 –> 00:18:24,300
\nThat could be followed.
\nBut yet he still had to lie down<\/p>\n

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\nand rest.
\nAnd once again, I think is <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:29,000 –> 00:18:33,500
\nnotable for our lesson today.
\nLooking at ourselves how we <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:33,500 –> 00:18:37,300
\nmight feel emotionally and
\nphysically, drained, God said <\/p>\n

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\nthat taking the time to rest is
\nreasonable. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s appropriate.
\nBut also what we can note is the<\/p>\n

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\ntime of rest isn’t forever. it’s
\none thing to pause, it’s another<\/p>\n

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\nthing to stop, it’s another
\nthing to give up, And we as we <\/p>\n

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\nread again, I think Elijah’s
\nfatigue was more than just <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:03,600 –> 00:19:08,600
\nphysical will read verse 10 is
\nElijah speaks to the Lord. <\/p>\n

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\nIf you’re in response to the
\nLord saying what are you doing <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:11,500 –> 00:19:13,700
\nhere Elijah?
\nSo in essence, the Lord is <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:13,700 –> 00:19:17,800
\nsaying to Elijah says it twice
\nlike what do you want Elijah <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:18,000 –> 00:19:20,200
\nwhat do you what are you doing
\nwith your life? <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:20,200 –> 00:19:23,300
\nAt this time?
\nA logical response with really <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:23,300 –> 00:19:29,600
\nmore of a exasperation He says
\nverse 10, I have been very <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:29,600 –> 00:19:32,000
\nzealous for the Lord.
\nGod of hosts for the children of<\/p>\n

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\n00:19:32,000 –> 00:19:35,300
\nIsrael, forsaken, your Covenant
\ntorn down your altars and killed<\/p>\n

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\n00:19:35,300 –> 00:19:39,800
\nyour prophets with the sword.
\nI alone am left and they seek to<\/p>\n

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\n00:19:39,800 –> 00:19:45,900
\ntake my life.
\nSay, do I have to do everything?<\/p>\n

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\n00:19:49,600 –> 00:19:53,600
\nI actually I killed all the
\npriests of Baal. <\/p>\n

291
\n00:19:54,600 –> 00:19:57,500
\nWe did it in a way that everyone
\nshould know about it and yet <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:57,500 –> 00:20:00,500
\nthey’re trying to kill me.
\nNow, we’re doing the right <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:00,500 –> 00:20:03,300
\nthing.
\nI’m the only one here. <\/p>\n

294
\n00:20:06,100 –> 00:20:09,900
\nAnd that frustration comes out
\nthe Lord tells him to continue <\/p>\n

295
\n00:20:09,900 –> 00:20:12,400
\ndown south continue to the
\nMountain of God. <\/p>\n

296
\n00:20:15,800 –> 00:20:19,500
\nAnd will read again, picking up
\nhere in verse 11. <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:20,300 –> 00:20:25,500
\nThen he said this is the Lord
\nspeaking go out and and first <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:25,500 –> 00:20:28,800
\ngame perhaps communicated by one
\nof these angels that were <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:28,800 –> 00:20:32,200
\nhelping him.
\nBut he is instructed to go out <\/p>\n

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\nand stand on the mountain before
\nthe Lord and behold the Lord <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:35,700 –> 00:20:38,700
\npassed by, and a great and
\nstrong wind tore into the <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:38,700 –> 00:20:42,900
\nmountains and broke the rocks
\nand pieces before the Lord, but <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:42,900 –> 00:20:47,400
\nthe Lord was not in the Wind.
\nAnd after the wind an earthquake<\/p>\n

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\n00:20:48,000 –> 00:20:51,300
\nbut the Lord was not in the
\nearthquake and after the <\/p>\n

305
\n00:20:51,300 –> 00:20:54,600
\nearthquake, a fire, but the Lord
\nwas not in the fire. <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:55,500 –> 00:21:03,100
\nAnd after the fire, a still
\nsmall voice, This is again a <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:03,400 –> 00:21:06,300
\nvery dramatic description of
\nsomething that may be familiar <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:06,300 –> 00:21:10,800
\nto most of us.
\nThe Lord presents himself to <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:10,800 –> 00:21:13,800
\nElijah.
\nHe does it through the power of <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:14,500 –> 00:21:16,400
\nnature.
\nSomething that is very common <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:16,400 –> 00:21:19,300
\nthrough scriptures, very common
\nin the prophets. <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:20,700 –> 00:21:23,500
\nThe Lord does not convey his
\nmessage. <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:25,100 –> 00:21:28,000
\nThrough a storm.
\nHe does not convey it through an<\/p>\n

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\n00:21:28,000 –> 00:21:32,700
\nearthquake.
\nIn the common English <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:32,700 –> 00:21:34,800
\ntranslations are still Small
\nVoice, it means. <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:36,900 –> 00:21:41,500
\nAfter this drama, he’s going to
\ntalk to Elijah in a whisper. <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:42,500 –> 00:21:48,000
\nAnd it in a very soft tone.
\nBut just tell him the truth. <\/p>\n

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\nVerse 13.
\nSo it was when Elijah heard. <\/p>\n

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\nHe wrapped his face in the
\nmantle and went out and stood in<\/p>\n

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\n00:21:57,500 –> 00:22:00,600
\nthe entrance of the cave and
\nsuddenly a voice came to him and<\/p>\n

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\n00:22:00,600 –> 00:22:05,300
\nsaid, what are you doing here?
\nA large again the Lord speaks to<\/p>\n

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\n00:22:05,300 –> 00:22:10,800
\nhim as in understanding tone.
\nAsk him. <\/p>\n

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\nLook at your life.
\nWhat are you doing with it? <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:13,900 –> 00:22:17,600
\nWhat is it that you need?
\nWhat is it that you want next? <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:18,700 –> 00:22:23,400
\nElijah again, expresses his
\nfrustrations in the 14th verse. <\/p>\n

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\nI have been very zealous for the
\nLord, God of hosts because the <\/p>\n

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\nchildren of Israel have
\nforsaken, your Covenant torn <\/p>\n

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\ndown your altars and killed your
\nprophets with the sword. <\/p>\n

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\nI alone and left they seek to
\ntake my life. <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:37,400 –> 00:22:40,000
\nThis time the Lord speaks to him
\nin more detail. <\/p>\n

331
\n00:22:40,100 –> 00:22:44,800
\nAnd essentially what the Lord
\nsays to him is Elijah, You know <\/p>\n

332
\n00:22:44,800 –> 00:22:46,400
\nwhat?
\nYou need to go back to being a <\/p>\n

333
\n00:22:46,400 –> 00:22:49,400
\nprophet.
\nYou need to go back to the <\/p>\n

334
\n00:22:49,400 –> 00:22:52,300
\nmission that I have given you.
\nSince you were a young man, <\/p>\n

335
\n00:22:52,600 –> 00:22:54,900
\nyou’re going to go back and
\nyou’re going to anoint the next <\/p>\n

336
\n00:22:54,900 –> 00:22:58,200
\nking of Syria, you’re going to
\nanoint the next king of Israel. <\/p>\n

337
\n00:22:58,800 –> 00:23:00,700
\nThey’re going to fulfill my
\npurpose. <\/p>\n

338
\n00:23:01,000 –> 00:23:06,300
\nYou’re going to find a man named
\nElijah, who you will Mentor, who<\/p>\n

339
\n00:23:06,300 –> 00:23:09,600
\nwill take up your role and you
\nknow what? <\/p>\n

340
\n00:23:09,600 –> 00:23:13,200
\nElijah, there are people who
\nstill care about me? <\/p>\n

341
\n00:23:14,000 –> 00:23:17,500
\nthere are 7,000 people in the
\nnorthern kingdom that have not <\/p>\n

342
\n00:23:18,000 –> 00:23:21,700
\nbowed down to Baal who have not
\ncorrupted their own lives and <\/p>\n

343
\n00:23:21,700 –> 00:23:26,900
\nbeliefs He says, I understand
\nthat you were tired, but now <\/p>\n

344
\n00:23:26,900 –> 00:23:32,000
\nit’s time to go back to work.
\nBrothers and sisters and <\/p>\n

345
\n00:23:32,000 –> 00:23:36,000
\nfriends.
\nI suggest to you that for our <\/p>\n

346
\n00:23:36,000 –> 00:23:40,000
\nEcclesia is been appropriate to
\ngo through this this period of <\/p>\n

347
\n00:23:40,400 –> 00:23:46,400
\nof changes and uncertainty.
\nBut it’s time to start doing <\/p>\n

348
\n00:23:46,400 –> 00:23:51,600
\nmore.
\nThis is the still Small Voice <\/p>\n

349
\n00:23:51,700 –> 00:23:54,600
\nthat not my voice but the word
\nof God. <\/p>\n

350
\n00:23:55,500 –> 00:23:59,800
\nSo if you’re home and you’re
\nlistening, if you’re here and <\/p>\n

351
\n00:23:59,800 –> 00:24:04,200
\nyou haven’t been here
\nconsistently We need you. <\/p>\n

352
\n00:24:06,500 –> 00:24:13,600
\nAnd I suggest that you need us.
\nThis is something that we all <\/p>\n

353
\n00:24:13,600 –> 00:24:19,200
\nneed to wake up to.
\nWe all need to be emotionally, <\/p>\n

354
\n00:24:19,200 –> 00:24:22,900
\nas well, as physically invested
\nin our activities and in our <\/p>\n

355
\n00:24:22,900 –> 00:24:27,100
\nsupport of one another, in the
\nexamples that we can share with <\/p>\n

356
\n00:24:27,100 –> 00:24:33,100
\neach other.
\nThis is the time that we had a <\/p>\n

357
\n00:24:33,108 –> 00:24:37,300
\npause We’ll continue to learn
\nand grow, not, everything’s <\/p>\n

358
\n00:24:37,300 –> 00:24:42,300
\ngoing to be perfect.
\nBut I ask you to think about. <\/p>\n

359
\n00:24:42,400 –> 00:24:45,700
\nCan we move past that a year
\nfrom now we’re no longer tired. <\/p>\n

360
\n00:24:46,200 –> 00:24:47,500
\nMaybe we have a different
\nproblem. <\/p>\n

361
\n00:24:51,100 –> 00:24:55,900
\nBut hopefully we’ve evidenced
\nour faith and we persevered and <\/p>\n

362
\n00:24:55,900 –> 00:24:59,000
\nwe’re working through whatever
\nchallenges that we can <\/p>\n

363
\n00:24:59,000 –> 00:25:05,000
\nanticipate right now but it’s no
\nlonger a matter of being worn <\/p>\n

364
\n00:25:05,000 –> 00:25:08,500
\nout.
\nAnd frayed emotionally or <\/p>\n

365
\n00:25:08,500 –> 00:25:11,500
\nphysically because we’ve been
\nworking together to become <\/p>\n

366
\n00:25:11,500 –> 00:25:16,400
\nstronger.
\nAnd if there are someone who <\/p>\n

367
\n00:25:16,400 –> 00:25:20,700
\nisn’t here a brother or sister
\nthat you communicate with <\/p>\n

368
\n00:25:20,700 –> 00:25:25,400
\nregularly someone in your family
\nwho we know is not been <\/p>\n

369
\n00:25:25,400 –> 00:25:30,800
\nconsistent in their activity and
\ntheir support let them know that<\/p>\n

370
\n00:25:30,800 –> 00:25:35,000
\nyou asked them to change.
\nOkay. <\/p>\n

371
\n00:25:35,200 –> 00:25:37,900
\nIt’s not a matter of being
\njudgmental. <\/p>\n

372
\n00:25:38,300 –> 00:25:40,700
\nIt’s a matter of appealing that
\nwe need them. <\/p>\n

373
\n00:25:42,200 –> 00:25:44,100
\nHave the right attitude about
\nit. <\/p>\n

374
\n00:25:44,400 –> 00:25:48,800
\nIt’s not a matter of pointing
\nfingers blaming someone but the <\/p>\n

375
\n00:25:48,800 –> 00:25:52,200
\nfact is we’re too small
\ncommunity were too small group <\/p>\n

376
\n00:25:52,200 –> 00:25:56,100
\nof Believers not to have
\neveryone contributing and <\/p>\n

377
\n00:25:56,100 –> 00:25:59,900
\nsometimes your contribution is
\nas simple as being in a seat. <\/p>\n

378
\n00:26:01,200 –> 00:26:04,600
\nAnd feeling that like the person
\nwho is organizing the activity <\/p>\n

379
\n00:26:04,600 –> 00:26:08,300
\nhas support or talking to them
\nafter the activities over and <\/p>\n

380
\n00:26:08,300 –> 00:26:10,800
\ntalking to one another, just
\nhaving those personal <\/p>\n

381
\n00:26:10,800 –> 00:26:14,700
\nrelationships that we need to
\nbolster our faith. <\/p>\n

382
\n00:26:18,300 –> 00:26:21,400
\nFor sometimes we we can find
\nourselves. <\/p>\n

383
\n00:26:23,100 –> 00:26:26,900
\nBeing undisciplined and how we
\nlead our lives and make our <\/p>\n

384
\n00:26:26,900 –> 00:26:30,300
\ncommitments, and the New
\nTestament, the Apostle Paul <\/p>\n

385
\n00:26:30,300 –> 00:26:34,200
\nspeaks to the first century
\nBelievers about these issues <\/p>\n

386
\n00:26:34,200 –> 00:26:36,400
\nbecause they had the same
\nchallenges. <\/p>\n

387
\n00:26:37,000 –> 00:26:39,200
\nIf you would, we’ll look at a
\nfew more passages in the New <\/p>\n

388
\n00:26:39,200 –> 00:26:43,500
\nTestament.
\nLook at second Thessalonians, <\/p>\n

389
\n00:26:43,500 –> 00:26:52,100
\nthe third chapter Towards the
\nend of Paul’s letter to the <\/p>\n

390
\n00:26:52,900 –> 00:26:56,800
\nchurch in thessalonica speaks
\nabout some warnings about <\/p>\n

391
\n00:26:56,800 –> 00:27:00,300
\nessentially pulling your own
\nweight being responsible for <\/p>\n

392
\n00:27:00,300 –> 00:27:02,200
\nyourself.
\nBut he also does it in a way <\/p>\n

393
\n00:27:02,400 –> 00:27:04,400
\nthat puts it in the context.
\nThis right? <\/p>\n

394
\n00:27:04,400 –> 00:27:10,200
\nSpirit of how we help each other
\nsecond Thessalonians success <\/p>\n

395
\n00:27:10,200 –> 00:27:12,900
\nalone.
\nIan’s pick up reading at the <\/p>\n

396
\n00:27:12,900 –> 00:27:19,700
\n11th verse of chapter 3, But we
\nhear that there are some who <\/p>\n

397
\n00:27:19,700 –> 00:27:24,000
\nwalk among you in a disorderly.
\nManner, disorderly is New, King <\/p>\n

398
\n00:27:24,000 –> 00:27:27,000
\nJames, some other to Modern
\ntranslations, that use the where<\/p>\n

399
\n00:27:27,000 –> 00:27:31,900
\nundisciplined, which I actually
\nlike better discipline is about <\/p>\n

400
\n00:27:32,300 –> 00:27:36,600
\nconsistency.
\nIt’s about commitment. <\/p>\n

401
\n00:27:37,500 –> 00:27:41,200
\nSo some are undisciplined not
\nworking at all but are <\/p>\n

402
\n00:27:41,200 –> 00:27:43,600
\nbusybodies.
\nSo they in other words, they’re <\/p>\n

403
\n00:27:43,600 –> 00:27:45,500
\nnot contributing the way they
\ncould. <\/p>\n

404
\n00:27:45,500 –> 00:27:48,000
\nAnd instead, though they point
\nfingers and they have their own <\/p>\n

405
\n00:27:48,000 –> 00:27:54,400
\nopinions, Now those were such we
\ncommand and exhort, we encourage<\/p>\n

406
\n00:27:55,100 –> 00:27:58,200
\nthrough our Lord, Jesus Christ
\nthat they work in quietness and <\/p>\n

407
\n00:27:58,200 –> 00:28:01,500
\neat their own bread.
\nBut as for you Brethren, do not <\/p>\n

408
\n00:28:01,500 –> 00:28:05,600
\ngrow weary in doing good.
\nAnd if anyone does not obey our <\/p>\n

409
\n00:28:05,600 –> 00:28:09,200
\nwords in this epistle, note that
\nperson and do not keep company <\/p>\n

410
\n00:28:09,200 –> 00:28:12,500
\nwith him, that he may be ashamed
\nyet, do not count them as an <\/p>\n

411
\n00:28:12,500 –> 00:28:15,900
\nenemy.
\nBut admonish him as a brother <\/p>\n

412
\n00:28:18,100 –> 00:28:22,200
\nPaul sensually say for those who
\nare not pulling their own weight<\/p>\n

413
\n00:28:22,200 –> 00:28:26,700
\nwho are not controlling the way,
\nthey should recognize it but <\/p>\n

414
\n00:28:26,700 –> 00:28:28,700
\ndon’t treat them like as an
\noutsider. <\/p>\n

415
\n00:28:30,300 –> 00:28:35,900
\nWork with them, encourage them,
\nask them to, to help. <\/p>\n

416
\n00:28:38,900 –> 00:28:42,900
\nI mean it’s really important
\nthat that attitude is conveyed. <\/p>\n

417
\n00:28:43,700 –> 00:28:47,000
\nIt’s it’s not enough to point
\nout the problem. <\/p>\n

418
\n00:28:47,600 –> 00:28:52,400
\nIt’s to work in the right Spirit
\nto help improve the situation. <\/p>\n

419
\n00:28:56,800 –> 00:29:00,300
\nAgain, we have this balance that
\nwe must strive for in our <\/p>\n

420
\n00:29:00,300 –> 00:29:04,700
\nEcclesia between individual
\neffort and shared purpose. <\/p>\n

421
\n00:29:05,200 –> 00:29:12,900
\nGo to Galatians, the sixth
\nchapter Galatians chapter 6 is <\/p>\n

422
\n00:29:13,200 –> 00:29:18,200
\nvery good chapter that addresses
\nthis topic and sometimes it can <\/p>\n

423
\n00:29:18,200 –> 00:29:21,600
\nbe confusing if you read it.
\nJust casually talks about <\/p>\n

424
\n00:29:21,600 –> 00:29:25,500
\nbearing and sharing a burden.
\nEssentially it says that each <\/p>\n

425
\n00:29:25,500 –> 00:29:27,700
\nperson is responsible for
\nthemselves, but at the same <\/p>\n

426
\n00:29:27,700 –> 00:29:32,400
\ntime, when you recognize someone
\nneeds help be ready to act to <\/p>\n

427
\n00:29:32,400 –> 00:29:37,400
\nhelp them.
\nAnd as the Apostle continues to <\/p>\n

428
\n00:29:37,400 –> 00:29:41,000
\nwrite in Galatians, the sick
\nchapter will pick up reading At <\/p>\n

429
\n00:29:41,000 –> 00:29:44,700
\nthe 7th verse.
\nDo not be deceived. <\/p>\n

430
\n00:29:44,700 –> 00:29:47,100
\nGod is Not mocked for whatever a
\nman sows. <\/p>\n

431
\n00:29:47,100 –> 00:29:49,500
\nHe will also reap.
\nSo again this is part of that <\/p>\n

432
\n00:29:49,500 –> 00:29:53,500
\nthat bounce were the individual.
\nSo for those of you who need to <\/p>\n

433
\n00:29:53,500 –> 00:29:59,100
\nwake up and do more, what you’re
\ngoing to get from your activity,<\/p>\n

434
\n00:29:59,600 –> 00:30:04,200
\ngreat benefit.
\nDon’t always ask what is the <\/p>\n

435
\n00:30:04,200 –> 00:30:06,600
\nAchilles are going to do for me?
\nBut ask what you can do for the <\/p>\n

436
\n00:30:06,600 –> 00:30:09,300
\nEcclesia.
\nWhat can you do to help other <\/p>\n

437
\n00:30:09,300 –> 00:30:13,800
\npeople?
\nFor He Who sows to his flesh, <\/p>\n

438
\n00:30:14,700 –> 00:30:17,900
\nthe will of Flesh reap
\ncorruption, but he who sows to <\/p>\n

439
\n00:30:17,900 –> 00:30:21,100
\nthe spirit will, the of the
\nspirit reap everlasting life, <\/p>\n

440
\n00:30:21,900 –> 00:30:24,600
\nkid, don’t don’t lose sight of
\nwhy we’re here. <\/p>\n

441
\n00:30:24,700 –> 00:30:27,900
\nAnd what we’re trying to trying
\nto support each other is on <\/p>\n

442
\n00:30:27,900 –> 00:30:30,600
\nthat.
\nRoad towards being part of God’s<\/p>\n

443
\n00:30:31,100 –> 00:30:36,800
\npurpose towards eternal life.
\nAnd let us not grow weary while <\/p>\n

444
\n00:30:36,800 –> 00:30:39,600
\ndoing good for in due season, we
\nshall reap. <\/p>\n

445
\n00:30:39,600 –> 00:30:46,200
\nIf we do not lose heart, okay,
\njust Don’t give up today. <\/p>\n

446
\n00:30:47,600 –> 00:30:51,600
\nNow, I heard, I heard a speaker,
\nhe was actually speaking from <\/p>\n

447
\n00:30:51,600 –> 00:30:55,700
\nexperience in the military but
\nhe talks about don’t give up <\/p>\n

448
\n00:30:55,700 –> 00:30:56,700
\ntoday.
\nGive up tomorrow. <\/p>\n

449
\n00:30:57,300 –> 00:31:01,000
\nIt just always delaying like
\nkind of like the that that <\/p>\n

450
\n00:31:01,000 –> 00:31:04,400
\nmental you know you know,
\nchallenge that you have a <\/p>\n

451
\n00:31:04,600 –> 00:31:09,200
\nfeeling the intensity of the
\nmoment push through it now and <\/p>\n

452
\n00:31:09,200 –> 00:31:12,600
\nyou almost always find
\nopportunity to regroup and then <\/p>\n

453
\n00:31:12,700 –> 00:31:16,600
\ndo the same thing tomorrow.
\nDon’t give up. <\/p>\n

454
\n00:31:17,500 –> 00:31:23,600
\nDon’t get in to that fatigue.
\nWork hard. <\/p>\n

455
\n00:31:24,800 –> 00:31:30,600
\nGod will bless us, therefore
\nverse 10 as we have opportunity,<\/p>\n

456
\n00:31:30,600 –> 00:31:33,300
\nlet us do good to all especially
\nto those who are of the <\/p>\n

457
\n00:31:33,300 –> 00:31:37,600
\nhousehold of faith.
\nIn our responsibilities, don’t <\/p>\n

458
\n00:31:37,600 –> 00:31:40,800
\nend, close the door here on a
\nSunday. <\/p>\n

459
\n00:31:41,800 –> 00:31:45,400
\nWe’re trying to have a
\nconsistent character that <\/p>\n

460
\n00:31:45,400 –> 00:31:48,300
\neveryone around us whether we
\nwhere we work, where we live, <\/p>\n

461
\n00:31:49,000 –> 00:31:53,400
\nwe’ll see that.
\nBut the occlusal family is a <\/p>\n

462
\n00:31:53,400 –> 00:31:58,700
\npoint of emphasis because we are
\nhere because due to this shared <\/p>\n

463
\n00:31:58,700 –> 00:32:03,500
\nbelief and this purpose, it is a
\nmotivation that we don’t share <\/p>\n

464
\n00:32:03,500 –> 00:32:05,500
\nwith everyone that we come in
\ncontact with. <\/p>\n

465
\n00:32:06,300 –> 00:32:11,400
\nSo all the more reason to
\ncontribute here to support one <\/p>\n

466
\n00:32:11,400 –> 00:32:18,000
\nanother here.
\nSo we begin to draw our thoughts<\/p>\n

467
\n00:32:18,000 –> 00:32:22,600
\ntowards a conclusion like to
\nshare the passage in Hebrews. <\/p>\n

468
\n00:32:22,600 –> 00:32:27,600
\nThe 12th chapter that also
\nconnects these ideas with the <\/p>\n

469
\n00:32:27,608 –> 00:32:31,900
\nexample of Jesus Christ.
\nIf you would turn to Hebrews <\/p>\n

470
\n00:32:31,900 –> 00:32:44,300
\nchapter 12, Hebrews 12.
\nContacts continues. <\/p>\n

471
\n00:32:45,700 –> 00:32:50,500
\nThe authors discussion of how we
\nuse our faith in the eleventh <\/p>\n

472
\n00:32:50,500 –> 00:32:58,200
\nchapter has This list of
\nexamples, men and women who in <\/p>\n

473
\n00:32:58,200 –> 00:33:02,400
\nsome instances did extraordinary
\nthings because they had this <\/p>\n

474
\n00:33:02,900 –> 00:33:10,900
\nbelief that God would help them.
\nTherefore first one, we also <\/p>\n

475
\n00:33:10,900 –> 00:33:12,800
\nsince we are surrounded by so
\ngreat. <\/p>\n

476
\n00:33:12,800 –> 00:33:15,400
\nA cloud of witnesses in other
\nwords because we have these <\/p>\n

477
\n00:33:15,400 –> 00:33:22,200
\nexamples to draw from them, Use
\nthem to inform the decisions <\/p>\n

478
\n00:33:22,200 –> 00:33:26,500
\nthat you make let us lay aside
\nevery weight and the sin, which <\/p>\n

479
\n00:33:26,500 –> 00:33:30,100
\nso easily ensnares us.
\nLet us run with endurance, the <\/p>\n

480
\n00:33:30,100 –> 00:33:35,600
\nrace that is set before us.
\nSo let don’t let this challenge <\/p>\n

481
\n00:33:35,600 –> 00:33:38,500
\nthis problem.
\nHold you back. <\/p>\n

482
\n00:33:40,300 –> 00:33:43,300
\nHey, is it the words of
\nscripture and talk? <\/p>\n

483
\n00:33:43,300 –> 00:33:45,100
\nSometimes about burdens and
\nwaits? <\/p>\n

484
\n00:33:45,300 –> 00:33:49,100
\nIt’s meant to have this physical
\ndescription, take it off your <\/p>\n

485
\n00:33:49,100 –> 00:33:52,700
\nshoulder and put it to the side
\nso that you can more freely be <\/p>\n

486
\n00:33:52,700 –> 00:33:57,200
\nactive.
\nAnd doing the Lord’s work and <\/p>\n

487
\n00:33:57,200 –> 00:34:00,700
\nwith endurance with perseverance
\nwith an attitude that I am going<\/p>\n

488
\n00:34:00,700 –> 00:34:05,000
\nto continue.
\nNo matter what live your life <\/p>\n

489
\n00:34:05,500 –> 00:34:08,600
\nlooking in verse 2 unto Jesus,
\nthe author and finisher of our <\/p>\n

490
\n00:34:08,600 –> 00:34:10,699
\nfaith.
\nWho for the joy that was set <\/p>\n

491
\n00:34:10,699 –> 00:34:13,400
\nbefore him.
\nEndured the cross despising, the<\/p>\n

492
\n00:34:13,400 –> 00:34:16,500
\nshame and has sat down at the
\nright hand of the Throne of God,<\/p>\n

493
\n00:34:17,000 –> 00:34:21,300
\nfor the sake of time, I did not
\nI was looking the gospel record <\/p>\n

494
\n00:34:21,300 –> 00:34:26,699
\nat the times of Jesus was weary
\nand tired, but he continued to <\/p>\n

495
\n00:34:26,699 –> 00:34:29,000
\nteach.
\nHe continued to help <\/p>\n

496
\n00:34:29,900 –> 00:34:34,699
\nparticularly in his last hours
\nwhen he felt that his closest <\/p>\n

497
\n00:34:34,699 –> 00:34:37,199
\nfriends were giving in to their
\nphysical. <\/p>\n

498
\n00:34:38,400 –> 00:34:41,600
\nFatigue and not being there to
\nsupport him. <\/p>\n

499
\n00:34:43,100 –> 00:34:49,199
\nVerse 3 of Hebrews 12 for
\nconsider him meaning Jesus, who <\/p>\n

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\nendured such hostility from
\nSinners against himself, lest <\/p>\n

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\n00:34:53,100 –> 00:34:56,000
\nyou become weary and discouraged
\nin your souls. <\/p>\n

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\n00:34:58,900 –> 00:35:01,100
\nThe ultimate example is Jesus
\nChrist. <\/p>\n

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\n00:35:04,500 –> 00:35:09,800
\nConsider how we can work past,
\nwhatever sense of being <\/p>\n

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\n00:35:10,300 –> 00:35:14,700
\nexhausted, that we are the
\nphysical, the emotional, <\/p>\n

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\n00:35:16,200 –> 00:35:19,400
\naccumulation of the little
\nthings that seem to wear us down<\/p>\n

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\n00:35:19,400 –> 00:35:22,800
\nin there.
\nAs I referenced earlier with the<\/p>\n

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\n00:35:22,808 –> 00:35:26,200
\nexample of Elijah, this is our
\nwake-up call. <\/p>\n

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\n00:35:28,600 –> 00:35:31,900
\nSo seldom in life.
\nIs there one dramatic moment? <\/p>\n

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\n00:35:32,900 –> 00:35:35,500
\nThere’s not the bolt of
\nlightning that is going to hit <\/p>\n

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\n00:35:35,500 –> 00:35:37,300
\nyou to say, you need to do this
\nnow. <\/p>\n

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\n00:35:38,800 –> 00:35:43,500
\nIt’s almost always.
\nInformation that you already are<\/p>\n

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\naware of and you just need to
\nmake the choice to do more. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd if we do that, God will
\nsupport us. <\/p>\n

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\n00:35:53,400 –> 00:35:55,200
\nYou will support us
\nindividually. <\/p>\n

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\n00:35:56,100 –> 00:36:02,000
\nYou will support us as an
\nEcclesia conclusion like to read<\/p>\n

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\n00:36:02,800 –> 00:36:05,400
\ninspirational passage from the
\nbook of Isaiah. <\/p>\n

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\n00:36:06,500 –> 00:36:10,100
\nAnother portion of the Old
\nTestament that I would hope is <\/p>\n

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\n00:36:10,100 –> 00:36:13,200
\nfamiliar to many of us, Isaiah
\n40. <\/p>\n

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\n00:36:15,600 –> 00:36:23,200
\nReading from the 28th first.
\nThe prophet, extols the power of<\/p>\n

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\nthe Lord by saying, have you not
\nknown, have you not heard the <\/p>\n

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\nEverlasting?
\nGod, the Lord, the creator of <\/p>\n

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\n00:36:30,400 –> 00:36:32,700
\nthe earth.
\nNeither faint, snores. <\/p>\n

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\nWeary, there is no searching of
\nhis understanding, he gives <\/p>\n

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\npower to the weak and to those
\nwho have no might he increases <\/p>\n

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\nstrength, even the youth shall
\nfail, shall faint and be weary <\/p>\n

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\nand the young men shall utterly
\nfall. <\/p>\n

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\n00:36:47,300 –> 00:36:49,700
\nBut those who wait on the Lord
\nshall renew their strength. <\/p>\n

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\n00:36:50,100 –> 00:36:51,900
\nThey shall Mount up with wings
\nlike eagles. <\/p>\n

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\nThey shall run and not be weary.
\nThey shall walk and not faint. <\/p>\n

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