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What Does It Really Mean to Be Great? The Uncomfortable Truth Jesus Taught | Matthew 20:17-28 · Daily Bible Refresh

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  there,
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  the
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  leaders
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  mockery
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  and
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  third
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  day,
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  alive.
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  about
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  that
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  the
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  of
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  the
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  Zebedee
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  brothers
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  her
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  two
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  sons
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  knelt
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  with
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  a
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  you
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  want?
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  asked.
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  said,
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  give
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  your
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  word
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  these
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  two
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  sons
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  of
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  mine
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  will
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  be
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  awarded
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  the
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  highest
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  places
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  of
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  honor
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  in
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  your
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  at
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  right
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  hand
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  and
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  one
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  at
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  your
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  left.
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  responded,
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  have
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  no
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  idea
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  what
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  asking.
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  he
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  said
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  to
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  James
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  and
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  John,
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  are
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  you
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  capable
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  of
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  drinking
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  the
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  cup
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  that
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  about
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  to
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  drink?
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  said,
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  sure,
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  why
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  not?
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  said,
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  come
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  to
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  think
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  of
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  it,
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  are
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  going
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  to
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  drink
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  my
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  as
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  to
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  awarding
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  places
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  of
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  honor,
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  that's
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  not
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  my
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  business.
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  My
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  Father
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  is
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  taking
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  care
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  of
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  that.
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  10
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  others
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  heard
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  about
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  this,
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  lost
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  discussed
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  it
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  with
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  the
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  got
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  together
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  to
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  things
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  said,
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  you've
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  observed
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  how
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  godless
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  rulers
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  throw
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  their
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  weight
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  around,
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  how
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  quickly
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  goes
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  to
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  their
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  heads.
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  It's
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  not
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  going
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  to
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  be
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  that
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  way
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  with
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  you.
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  Whoever
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  be
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  the
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  greatest
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  become
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  a
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  servant.
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  Whoever
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  the
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  first
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  your
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  That
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  what
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  the
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  Son
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  of
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  Man
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  done.
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  came
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  Serve
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  not
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  served,
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  and
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  then
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  to
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  give
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  away
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  his
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  life
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  in
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  exchange
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  for
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  the
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  many
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  who
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  are
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  held
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  hostage.
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  Powerful
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  reading
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  of
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  Scripture
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  there,
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  my
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  friends.
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  Let's
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  get
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  into
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  a
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  couple
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  of
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  points
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  to
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  ponder,
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  teaching
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  points
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  about
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  this.
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  Here's
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  the
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  thing
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  that
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  gets
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  me.
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  When
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  I
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  read
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  this
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  passage.
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  Jesus
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  has
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  not
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  only
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  told
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  his
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  disciples
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  plainly
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  and
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  directly,
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  no
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  parables
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  here,
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  no
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  word
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  puzzles.
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  He
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  told
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  them
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  he's
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  going
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  to
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  be
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  handed
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  over,
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  tortured
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  and
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  killed.
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  And
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  what
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  happens
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  next?
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  A
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  mom
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  shows
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  up
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  lobbying
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  for
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  her
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  two
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  sons
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  or
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  boys
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  to
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  get
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  the
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  best
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  seats
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  in
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  the
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  house.
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  Now,
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  it's
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  kind
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  of
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  laughable
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  in
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  a
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  way,
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  isn't
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  it?
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  It's
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  kind
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  of
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  like
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  we
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  may
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  have
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  seen
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  hovering
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  moms,
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  you
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  know,
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  saw
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  in
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  kids
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  soccer
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  and
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  things
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  like
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  this.
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  But
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  really,
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  honestly,
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  it's
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  a
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  human
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  thing,
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  isn't
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  it,
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  for
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  a
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  mom
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  to
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  want
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  the
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  best
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  for
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  her
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  sons,
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  that's
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  really
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  human.
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  That
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  is
• 4:04
  so
• 4:04
  us.
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  So
• 4:05
  here's
• 4:06
  my
• 4:06
  point
• 4:06
  to
• 4:07
  ponder.
• 4:07
  We
• 4:07
  are
• 4:07
  far
• 4:07
  more
• 4:08
  shaped
• 4:08
  by
• 4:09
  systems
• 4:09
  of
• 4:09
  power
• 4:10
  than
• 4:10
  we
• 4:10
  usually
• 4:11
  realize.
• 4:12
  The
• 4:12
  mother
• 4:13
  of
• 4:13
  James
• 4:13
  and
• 4:13
  John
• 4:14
  was
• 4:14
  that
• 4:14
  she
• 4:14
  wasn't
• 4:15
  a
• 4:15
  bad
• 4:15
  person.
• 4:16
  She
• 4:17
  loved
• 4:17
  her
• 4:17
  sons
• 4:17
  and
• 4:18
  she
• 4:18
  wanted
• 4:18
  what
• 4:18
  was
• 4:18
  best
• 4:18
  for
• 4:19
  them.
• 4:19
  She
• 4:19
  wanted
• 4:20
  the
• 4:20
  best.
• 4:20
  But
• 4:20
  her
• 4:21
  entire
• 4:21
  imagination
• 4:22
  of
• 4:23
  what
• 4:23
  the
• 4:23
  best
• 4:25
  looked
• 4:25
  like
• 4:25
  was
• 4:25
  built
• 4:26
  around
• 4:26
  a
• 4:26
  framework
• 4:27
  of
• 4:27
  hierarchy.
• 4:29
  Who's
• 4:29
  on
• 4:29
  top?
• 4:29
  Who's
• 4:30
  got
• 4:30
  the
• 4:30
  most
• 4:30
  influence,
• 4:31
  who
• 4:31
  sits
• 4:31
  closest
• 4:32
  to
• 4:32
  the
• 4:32
  throne?
• 4:33
  And
• 4:33
  Jesus
• 4:33
  says,
• 4:34
  and
• 4:35
  I
• 4:35
  love
• 4:35
  how
• 4:35
  the
• 4:35
  message
• 4:36
  puts
• 4:36
  us.
• 4:36
  You've
• 4:37
  observed
• 4:37
  how
• 4:37
  godless
• 4:38
  rulers
• 4:39
  throw
• 4:39
  their
• 4:39
  weight
• 4:39
  around,
• 4:40
  how
• 4:40
  quickly
• 4:40
  a
• 4:41
  little
• 4:41
  power
• 4:41
  goes
• 4:41
  through
• 4:41
  their
• 4:42
  heads.
• 4:42
  So
• 4:43
  he's
• 4:43
  naming
• 4:43
  something.
• 4:43
  He's
• 4:44
  calling
• 4:44
  it
• 4:44
  out
• 4:44
  here.
• 4:46
  He
• 4:46
  says,
• 4:46
  look,
• 4:47
  I
• 4:48
  kind
• 4:48
  of
• 4:48
  see
• 4:48
  the
• 4:48
  water,
• 4:49
  the
• 4:49
  pool
• 4:50
  that
• 4:50
  you're
• 4:50
  in,
• 4:50
  that
• 4:50
  you're
• 4:50
  swimming
• 4:51
  in.
• 4:51
  I
• 4:51
  understand
• 4:52
  the
• 4:52
  world
• 4:52
  that
• 4:52
  you
• 4:52
  grew
• 4:52
  up
• 4:53
  in,
• 4:53
  but
• 4:54
  that's
• 4:54
  not
• 4:55
  what
• 4:55
  we're
• 4:55
  talking
• 4:55
  about
• 4:56
  here.
• 4:56
  That's
• 4:57
  not
• 4:57
  the
• 4:57
  vision
• 4:58
  I'm
• 4:59
  casting.
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  Now,
• 5:00
  my
• 5:00
  wife
• 5:01
  and
• 5:01
  I
• 5:01
  have
• 5:01
  been
• 5:01
  married
• 5:01
  for
• 5:01
  34
• 5:02
  years.
• 5:02
  We've
• 5:02
  got
• 5:02
  three
• 5:03
  great
• 5:03
  adult
• 5:04
  children
• 5:05
  who
• 5:05
  have
• 5:05
  really
• 5:06
  awesome
• 5:06
  lives.
• 5:07
  And
• 5:08
  I've
• 5:08
  noticed
• 5:08
  this
• 5:08
  in
• 5:08
  our
• 5:09
  family
• 5:09
  and
• 5:09
  our
• 5:09
  faith
• 5:10
  community
• 5:10
  and
• 5:10
  our
• 5:10
  culture.
• 5:11
  It's
• 5:12
  how
• 5:12
  quietly,
• 5:12
  almost
• 5:13
  invisibly,
• 5:13
  we
• 5:13
  absorb
• 5:14
  the
• 5:14
  idea
• 5:14
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• 5:15
  greatness
• 5:16
  looks
• 5:16
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• 5:16
  somehow
• 5:17
  being
• 5:17
  above
• 5:18
  one,
• 5:18
  up
• 5:18
  on
• 5:18
  somebody
• 5:19
  else.
• 5:20
  You
• 5:20
  know,
• 5:20
  get
• 5:20
  in
• 5:20
  the
• 5:20
  corner
• 5:21
  suite,
• 5:21
  office,
• 5:22
  or
• 5:23
  the
• 5:23
  biggest
• 5:23
  platform,
• 5:24
  the
• 5:24
  loudest
• 5:24
  voice
• 5:25
  in
• 5:25
  the
• 5:25
  room.
• 5:25
  But
• 5:25
  a
• 5:26
  progressive
• 5:27
  Christian
• 5:28
  approach
• 5:28
  to
• 5:28
  this
• 5:29
  Scripture
• 5:29
  pushes
• 5:30
  back
• 5:30
  on
• 5:30
  that.
• 5:31
  It
• 5:32
  pushes
• 5:32
  back
• 5:32
  on
• 5:32
  it
• 5:32
  hard,
• 5:34
  invites
• 5:35
  us
• 5:35
  to
• 5:35
  ask,
• 5:35
  whose
• 5:36
  voices
• 5:36
  are
• 5:36
  centered
• 5:37
  in
• 5:37
  our
• 5:37
  churches,
• 5:38
  in
• 5:39
  our
• 5:39
  communities,
• 5:39
  in
• 5:40
  our
• 5:40
  politics,
• 5:41
  and
• 5:42
  more
• 5:42
  importantly,
• 5:43
  who
• 5:44
  gets
• 5:44
  left
• 5:45
  out?
• 5:46
  This
• 5:46
  is
• 5:47
  not
• 5:47
  a
• 5:47
  comfortable
• 5:48
  question,
• 5:48
  but
• 5:49
  Jesus
• 5:50
  isn't
• 5:50
  always
• 5:50
  about
• 5:50
  comfort,
• 5:51
  is
• 5:51
  he
• 5:53
  Teaching
• 5:53
  point
• 5:53
  number
• 5:54
  two.
• 5:55
  Point
• 5:55
  to
• 5:55
  ponder
• 5:56
  number
• 5:56
  two,
• 5:56
  which
• 5:58
  it
• 5:58
  says
• 5:58
  the
• 5:59
  point
• 5:59
  that
• 5:59
  servanthood
• 6:00
  is
• 6:00
  not
• 6:00
  weakness.
• 6:02
  It's
• 6:02
  the
• 6:02
  most
• 6:02
  subversive
• 6:03
  act
• 6:04
  of
• 6:04
  strength
• 6:04
  there
• 6:05
  is.
• 6:05
  And
• 6:05
  when
• 6:05
  Jesus
• 6:06
  says
• 6:07
  whoever
• 6:07
  wants
• 6:07
  to
• 6:07
  be
• 6:08
  great
• 6:08
  must
• 6:08
  become
• 6:08
  a
• 6:09
  servant,
• 6:10
  he's
• 6:10
  not
• 6:10
  calling
• 6:11
  for
• 6:11
  his
• 6:11
  followers
• 6:11
  to
• 6:11
  be
• 6:12
  doormats.
• 6:13
  He's
• 6:14
  not
• 6:14
  saying
• 6:14
  roll
• 6:14
  over,
• 6:15
  let
• 6:15
  people
• 6:15
  walk
• 6:16
  all
• 6:16
  over
• 6:16
  you,
• 6:16
  be
• 6:16
  invisible.
• 6:18
  He's
• 6:18
  flipping
• 6:19
  the
• 6:19
  entire
• 6:19
  power
• 6:19
  structure
• 6:20
  upside
• 6:20
  down.
• 6:21
  He's
• 6:21
  saying
• 6:21
  the
• 6:21
  currency
• 6:22
  of
• 6:22
  my
• 6:22
  kingdom
• 6:23
  is
• 6:24
  completely
• 6:24
  different
• 6:24
  than
• 6:25
  the
• 6:25
  currency
• 6:26
  of
• 6:26
  the
• 6:26
  empire.
• 6:28
  Now
• 6:28
  I
• 6:29
  have
• 6:29
  a
• 6:29
  weekly
• 6:30
  podcast
• 6:30
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• 6:31
  people
• 6:31
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• 6:32
  in
• 6:33
  the
• 6:33
  shadow
• 6:33
  of
• 6:33
  cancer
• 6:34
  and
• 6:34
  folks
• 6:34
  trying
• 6:34
  to
• 6:34
  cope
• 6:35
  with
• 6:35
  some,
• 6:36
  with
• 6:36
  some
• 6:36
  great
• 6:38
  grimness
• 6:39
  in
• 6:39
  their
• 6:39
  life,
• 6:39
  with
• 6:39
  some
• 6:40
  humor
• 6:40
  and
• 6:40
  hope.
• 6:42
  And
• 6:42
  what
• 6:42
  I've
• 6:43
  noticed
• 6:43
  in
• 6:43
  my
• 6:44
  podcast
• 6:44
  and
• 6:44
  dealing
• 6:45
  with
• 6:45
  people
• 6:45
  with
• 6:45
  cancer
• 6:45
  is
• 6:45
  that,
• 6:47
  is
• 6:47
  that
• 6:47
  people
• 6:47
  in
• 6:48
  that
• 6:48
  community
• 6:48
  who
• 6:49
  have
• 6:49
  the
• 6:49
  most
• 6:49
  influence,
• 6:50
  who
• 6:50
  carry
• 6:50
  the
• 6:50
  most
• 6:50
  credibility,
• 6:51
  are
• 6:52
  not
• 6:52
  really
• 6:52
  often
• 6:52
  the
• 6:53
  ones
• 6:53
  with
• 6:53
  most
• 6:53
  credentials.
• 6:54
  Doctors,
• 6:54
  for
• 6:54
  instance,
• 6:55
  things
• 6:55
  like
• 6:55
  that.
• 6:55
  They're
• 6:56
  the
• 6:56
  ones
• 6:56
  who
• 6:56
  have
• 6:57
  sat
• 6:57
  with
• 6:58
  others
• 6:58
  in
• 6:59
  the
• 6:59
  hard
• 6:59
  moments
• 6:59
  and
• 7:00
  still
• 7:00
  chose
• 7:00
  to
• 7:01
  show
• 7:01
  up
• 7:02
  for
• 7:02
  somebody
• 7:02
  else.
• 7:03
  And
• 7:03
  that's
• 7:03
  the
• 7:03
  cup
• 7:03
  that
• 7:04
  Jesus
• 7:04
  is
• 7:04
  talking
• 7:04
  about
• 7:05
  here.
• 7:06
  Drinking
• 7:06
  from
• 7:06
  the
• 7:06
  cup
• 7:07
  doesn't
• 7:07
  mean
• 7:08
  seeking
• 7:09
  suffering.
• 7:10
  It
• 7:10
  means
• 7:10
  being
• 7:11
  willing
• 7:11
  to
• 7:11
  enter
• 7:12
  into
• 7:12
  someone
• 7:13
  else's
• 7:13
  pain,
• 7:14
  to
• 7:14
  trade
• 7:15
  your
• 7:15
  comfort
• 7:15
  for
• 7:15
  their
• 7:15
  dignity,
• 7:16
  to
• 7:16
  choose
• 7:16
  presence
• 7:18
  over
• 7:18
  prestige.
• 7:20
  I
• 7:21
  got
• 7:21
  two
• 7:21
  great
• 7:21
  granddaughters.
• 7:22
  They're
• 7:22
  very
• 7:22
  young
• 7:22
  right
• 7:23
  now,
• 7:23
  and
• 7:23
  I'm
• 7:23
  telling
• 7:23
  you,
• 7:24
  nothing
• 7:24
  on
• 7:25
  my
• 7:25
  weak
• 7:25
  tops
• 7:26
  laughing.
• 7:27
  But
• 7:27
  those
• 7:27
  girls,
• 7:28
  when
• 7:28
  they
• 7:28
  do
• 7:28
  something
• 7:29
  silly
• 7:29
  or
• 7:29
  I
• 7:30
  tell
• 7:30
  a
• 7:30
  dumb
• 7:30
  joke
• 7:31
  and
• 7:31
  you
• 7:31
  know,
• 7:32
  those
• 7:32
  kids
• 7:33
  haven't
• 7:34
  yet
• 7:34
  learned
• 7:35
  to
• 7:36
  this
• 7:36
  kind
• 7:36
  of
• 7:36
  hierarchy
• 7:37
  of
• 7:37
  greatness,
• 7:38
  they
• 7:38
  just
• 7:38
  are.
• 7:39
  They're
• 7:39
  just
• 7:39
  having
• 7:39
  fun.
• 7:39
  They're
• 7:40
  just
• 7:40
  being
• 7:40
  kids
• 7:41
  and
• 7:41
  they're
• 7:42
  fully
• 7:42
  present.
• 7:42
  They're
• 7:43
  fully
• 7:43
  generous
• 7:43
  with
• 7:44
  their
• 7:44
  joy.
• 7:45
  Maybe
• 7:46
  Jesus
• 7:46
  was
• 7:46
  onto
• 7:47
  something
• 7:47
  when
• 7:47
  he
• 7:47
  said
• 7:48
  the
• 7:48
  kingdom
• 7:49
  belongs
• 7:49
  to
• 7:49
  the
• 7:49
  little
• 7:50
  children.
• 7:51
  Okay,
• 7:51
  here's
• 7:51
  your
• 7:51
  action
• 7:52
  step
• 7:52
  for
• 7:52
  today,
• 7:54
  and
• 7:54
  this
• 7:55
  one's
• 7:55
  pretty
• 7:55
  practical.
• 7:55
  This
• 7:56
  week
• 7:56
  I
• 7:56
  want
• 7:56
  you
• 7:56
  to
• 7:56
  find
• 7:57
  an
• 7:57
  opportunity
• 7:57
  to
• 7:58
  trade
• 7:58
  a
• 7:58
  position
• 7:58
  of
• 7:58
  comfort
• 7:59
  for
• 7:59
  a
• 8:00
  position
• 8:00
  of
• 8:00
  service.
• 8:01
  Do
• 8:01
  it
• 8:01
  quietly,
• 8:02
  without
• 8:03
  paying
• 8:03
  attention
• 8:04
  or
• 8:04
  calling
• 8:04
  attention
• 8:04
  to
• 8:04
  yourself.
• 8:05
  No
• 8:05
  big
• 8:06
  announcements
• 8:06
  here,
• 8:07
  no
• 8:07
  social
• 8:07
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• 8:08
  post
• 8:08
  about
• 8:08
  it,
• 8:09
  just
• 8:10
  not
• 8:11
  making
• 8:11
  sure
• 8:11
  other
• 8:11
  people
• 8:11
  know
• 8:12
  you
• 8:12
  do.
• 8:13
  Could
• 8:13
  be
• 8:13
  simple
• 8:14
  as
• 8:14
  setting
• 8:15
  someone
• 8:15
  else
• 8:15
  have
• 8:15
  a
• 8:16
  better
• 8:16
  parking
• 8:16
  spot
• 8:17
  when
• 8:17
  you
• 8:17
  go
• 8:17
  to
• 8:18
  Walmart,
• 8:19
  or
• 8:19
  sitting
• 8:20
  with
• 8:20
  a
• 8:20
  friend
• 8:20
  who's
• 8:20
  struggling
• 8:22
  or
• 8:22
  just
• 8:22
  offering
• 8:23
  some
• 8:23
  helpful
• 8:24
  conversation
• 8:25
  or
• 8:25
  advice
• 8:26
  to
• 8:26
  someone
• 8:27
  or
• 8:27
  advocating
• 8:27
  for
• 8:28
  someone
• 8:28
  in
• 8:28
  a
• 8:28
  meeting
• 8:28
  whose
• 8:29
  voice
• 8:29
  gets
• 8:29
  drowned
• 8:30
  out
• 8:30
  by
• 8:30
  others
• 8:30
  who
• 8:31
  are
• 8:31
  louder
• 8:32
  and
• 8:32
  talk
• 8:32
  more.
• 8:34
  Do
• 8:34
  it
• 8:35
  and
• 8:36
  see
• 8:36
  how
• 8:36
  it
• 8:36
  feels.
• 8:37
  Because
• 8:37
  Jesus
• 8:37
  says
• 8:38
  that's
• 8:38
  where
• 8:38
  greatness
• 8:39
  lies.
• 8:41
  We're
• 8:41
  going
• 8:41
  to
• 8:41
  come
• 8:41
  back
• 8:42
  and
• 8:42
  have
• 8:42
  a
• 8:42
  prayer
• 8:42
  here
• 8:42
  in
• 8:43
  just
• 8:43
  a
• 8:43
  second.
• 8:43
  But
• 8:43
  I
• 8:43
  want
• 8:43
  you
• 8:43
  to
• 8:44
  know
• 8:44
  we've
• 8:44
  got
• 8:44
  a
• 8:46
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• 8:46
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• 8:47
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• 8:49
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• 8:50
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• 8:50
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• 8:50
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• 8:50
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• 8:50
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• 8:51
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• 8:51
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• 8:51
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• 8:51
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• 8:51
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• 8:57
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• 8:57
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• 8:57
  pray
• 8:58
  Voice
• 8:58
  Lord,
• 8:58
  loosen
• 8:59
  our
• 8:59
  grip
• 8:59
  on
• 8:59
  status
• 9:00
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• 9:01
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• 9:01
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• 9:01
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• 9:01
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• 9:01
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• 9:02
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• 9:02
  Teach
• 9:02
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• 9:03
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• 9:03
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• 9:03
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• 9:03
  is
• 9:03
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• 9:04
  be
• 9:04
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• 9:04
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• 9:05
  Amen.
• 9:10
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• 9:10
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• 9:11
  I
• 9:11
  am
• 9:11
  delighted
• 9:12
  you
• 9:13
  chose
• 9:13
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• 9:13
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• 9:13
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• 9:14
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• 9:14
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• 9:22
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• 9:23
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• 9:23
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• 9:24
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• 9:24
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• 9:24
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• 9:25
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• 9:25
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• 9:26
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• 9:27
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• 9:28
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• 9:41
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• 9:41
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• 9:41
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• 9:42
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• 9:54
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