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Ministry to Military Communities with David Hutchings & Life-Changing Walk Through the Bible with Lina AbuJamra · Karl and Crew

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  S1: Broadcasting from Chicago, across North America and beyond its curling crew.
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  S1: Come as you are an experienced guide, overcome what seems
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  S1: impossible and live. As you never imagined delivering the truth daily.
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  S2: If it were possible to have every worldly gain available
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  S2: and you're forfeiting your soul, there's no amount of gain
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  S2: that would make it worth it.
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  S3: Our own way never ever works. Because it's apart from
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  S3: the life source, which is God.
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  S4: For me, growing up, love was always conditional and can
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  S4: be taken from you. Christ love can't. And he went
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  S4: to the cross with my mind and my heart that night.
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  S1: Now from the call of Hope Studios, this is Carl
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  S1: and crew.
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  S5: The radical nature of salvation is such that it even
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  S5: takes this desire for revenge, and it peels it from
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  S5: our dead, cold, spiritually unregenerated hands and it now surrenders
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  S5: to God. Are there temptations to take it back? Certainly, man.
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  S5: And why do I go to this Braveheart scene when, uh,
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  S5: William Wallace had been secretly married to this man's daughter, and, uh,
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  S5: she died because she's associated with this guy. And the
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  S5: dad at her funeral reached out with his hand, and
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  S5: William Wallace is hunkered down over her body, and the
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  S5: dad reaches out in his hands, trembling. And everything inside
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  S5: him wanted to put his hands on this guy's throat
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  S5: and choke him out, but he peeled that hand back.
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  S5: And obviously that's that's a great picture of the grace
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  S5: of God that gives us a radically new perspective on
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  S5: who is the judge and jury on everything in this world. Boy,
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  S5: that's freeing, isn't it, Ali?
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  S2: Yeah, totally. Because if it's up to us, I mean,
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  S2: we you can think that you've got things pretty dialed in,
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  S2: that you've got a good sense about things. But really,
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  S2: do you really want yourself to be judge, jury, arbiter,
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  S2: decider of what is right and wrong.
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  S5: And only God can change our heart to give it
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  S5: to God? It's just so true.
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  S3: Because we've all had those moments without without him changing
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  S3: us just yet and trying to do things in our
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  S3: own strength and our own power, we can't get ourselves
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  S3: to God.
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  S5: Vengeance is mine, I will repay. What a great thing.
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  S5: What a great evidence of real salvation that you can
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  S5: release that into the hands of God. It's an awesome thing. Yeah. Uh,
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  S5: we want to make sure that you know about Tasha
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  S5: Layton and a cool little Christmas concert that may be
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  S5: within striking distance of you. We were a little late
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  S5: getting on this thing, and we just want to make
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  S5: sure that you've got a heads up wherever you are.
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  S5: Ali's got the details.
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  S2: Yeah. This is Christmas. An evening with Tasha Layton. It
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  S2: is a six stop tour beginning December 6th in Tampa, Florida,
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  S2: and then going on to Tennessee, Ohio, Michigan. A couple
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  S2: stops wrapping up the 12th and the 13th in the
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  S2: Chicagoland area. So I want to make sure that you
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  S2: know how to get out there with some friends, with
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  S2: a small group, or make some new friends at the concert.
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  S2: Just text Christmas to (800) 555-7898, text Christmas to 805 557898.
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  S5: Yeah, really good stuff man. Be sure to get that link. And, uh,
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  S5: you know, let's, let's do this. Let's partner together. Boom
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  S5: crew on this one. Don't keep it to yourself. If
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  S5: you know someone in your area that's like, man, they,
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  S5: they may not know about this. Tell a friend. It's
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  S5: amazing how many times we find people saying, oh man,
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  S5: I forwarded that on. And sure enough, it hits paydirt
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  S5: and even a Christmas concert. Can this enliven our soul
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  S5: for the season and really get us focused? Come on.
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  S5: The old phrase is Jesus is the reason for the season. Yes.
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  S5: And beyond the, uh, the, the kind of the goofiness
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  S5: of that statement. It's true.
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  S2: It is true. It's true. It's one of those ones
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  S2: that you've heard it a lot. So can sometimes maybe
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  S2: lose its impact a little bit. But when you, when
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  S2: you really just strip it down. No, it's really true.
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  S5: Yeah. It's really true. Yeah. So check it out. Text
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  S5: Christmas to 805 557898. Well, I got up this morning
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  S5: really early and I got some thoughts in my heart
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  S5: about salvation. And I do believe that some of you
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  S5: have come here with a, a real, a real crisis
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  S5: of the soul wondering where you stand with God. Or
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  S5: maybe you're wondering why in the world do the promises
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  S5: of God seem so elusive for me? And there could
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  S5: be a reason for that. We're going to break it
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  S5: down coming up here. But hey, text Christmas to 805 557898.
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  S1: Get to know the team behind the scenes. Follow Carl
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  S5: Well good morning Boone crew. It is Carl and crew
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  S5: and we're here to help you take your next step
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  S5: with Jesus. For some of you, many of you, many
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  S5: of you listening, it could be a first big step,
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  S5: which is the step of faith, a step that turns
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  S5: you away from a broad path that leads to destruction,
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  S5: onto a narrow path that leads to life. I've had
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  S5: some deep thoughts here, so we're just going to converse
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  S5: on this one. I got up early this morning and oh,
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  S5: my heart has been really wrapped around this deepening passion
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  S5: that I have and conviction that the Western church, and
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  S5: we've exported some of this around the globe. Good friend
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  S5: in Burundi, Isaiah said, oh my goodness, we've got a
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  S5: lot of this emotionalism, even in Burundi, poorest nation on
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  S5: the planet. And he said, it's it's so systemic. I mean,
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  S5: people can get caught up in these emotional moments and
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  S5: not be saved at all. And here's a man that
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  S5: where the average wage a day is $0.80 a day.
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  S5: And you might think, oh my goodness, if if poverty
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  S5: can lead people to spiritual riches, it ought to be
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  S5: in Burundi. But even there, people can have this great
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  S5: hallucination of salvation, seeing something in themselves that isn't there.
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  S5: You know, I was up early this morning just in Matthew,
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  S5: and there's a whole set of kingdom teaching here. One
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  S5: is about the rich young man who came and he said, man,
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  S5: I've been keeping the law. I've been doing all this
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  S5: stuff perfectly. And Jesus just put the gauntlet down. He said, hey, go,
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  S5: go sell all that you have and give it to
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  S5: the poor. And he's like, he walked away because he
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  S5: had a lot of wealth and it was a bridge
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  S5: too far for him, right? I mean, it was just
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  S5: too far. He couldn't do it. And the disciples are like,
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  S5: how is this going to happen? How in the world
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  S5: are people going to get saved? Because even in their context,
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  S5: their perception is so many people are clinging to the
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  S5: stuff of this world without even knowing it. So the
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  S5: rich young ruler in modern day, could he been a
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  S5: guy that was faithful, attending church and even in small
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  S5: group and even leading one? Yeah, right. He could have
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  S5: been certainly. I mean, if we contextualize it, he could
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  S5: have been.
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  S3: He obviously cared about following the law. Yeah. Doing religious things.
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  S5: Yeah. Oh yeah. For sure. And then this verse is
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  S5: so beautiful. And Jesus looked at them. He said with man,
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  S5: this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.
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  S5: Isn't that tremendous?
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  S2: Yeah, I love the reassurance because you can almost feel
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  S2: the anxiety in their voice like, oh yes. How then who?
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  S2: How is this? How's this possible? Who can be saved then?
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  S5: Yeah, it's just it's a beautiful story. And then the
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  S5: disciples go on to say, well, what about us? We've
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  S5: been following you here. What about us? And Jesus goes
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  S5: on to say, this is in Matthew 19. He says,
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  S5: everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or
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  S5: father or mother or children or lands for my name's sake,
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  S5: will receive a hundred fold and will inherit eternal life.
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  S5: So Scripture, interpret Scripture here. You see Jesus saying, there's
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  S5: going to be this hundred fold like parable of the soils.
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  S5: There's going to be fruit, imperfect life, but genuine fruit
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  S5: born out of you, and you're going to have eternal life.
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  S5: Meaning this impossibility is made possible with God. You know, guys,
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  S5: I got to tell you something. True faith changes everything.
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  S5: It reorients our mind, our heart, our direction, our allegiance.
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  S5: It shows us that the stuff that we've collected, the
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  S5: reputation that we have and all that is dung compared
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  S5: to knowing Christ really does. So I've had this crazy thought.
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  S5: We've had Greg Dempster on on the horn here before.
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  S5: He's a good man of God. He's brought phenomenal content
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  S5: about healing from the inside out for those that are
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  S5: truly born again. But the thought that I've had is
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  S5: that I was genuinely, radically saved by Jesus. And shortly
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  S5: after I was saved, I was asked to share my testimony.
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  S5: And I felt something that was real. And I would
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  S5: often feel like an almost, uh, quote, bless your heart.
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  S5: End quote. Not said to me, but felt that, oh,
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  S5: bless your heart. And the subtheme of that is, boy,
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  S5: God really needed to break you. Boy, you really needed Jesus.
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  S5: But what goes below that is the potentiality for a
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  S5: great deception. And that is some people thinking. Some people
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  S5: really needed to be brought low. But here's the reality.
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  S5: To be born again, all people need to be brought low.
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  S5: No one can avoid this. Blessed are the poor in spirit.
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  S5: No matter how good you may appear. For theirs is
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  S5: the kingdom of heaven. See only the acknowledgment of spiritual
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  S5: bankruptcy that I have nothing. I bring nothing to the
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  S5: table at all can make us born again. And it's that,
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  S5: that juncture that everything changes. And here's my concern and
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  S5: I'm just going to shoot it to you. Boom crew.
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  S5: I think the reason that I'm not the only voice
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  S5: saying this, R.C. Sproul, before he passed on one of
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  S5: his most salient points is you can profess Christ and
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  S5: not possess Christ. Remember him sitting in that chair, answering
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  S5: in an open mic session. And he said, this is
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  S5: a very real issue today for many people. And I
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  S5: think it's I think it's anchored in the deception that
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  S5: some people almost subconsciously think I bring a little something
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  S5: good to God. I bring a little something. But the
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  S5: nature of salvation is such that now that you love
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  S5: to say it, we're not born children of God. We're
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  S5: born in sin. Right, kiddo?
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  S2: Right. And I think, you know, just as I'm listening
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  S2: to this and kind of hearing it for the first time,
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  S2: I wonder if. it's not the the obvious. I bring
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  S2: something to God. I wonder if we if it's more
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  S2: of a subtle. Like looking around at other people who
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  S2: feel like they need Jesus more.
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  S5: I'm not quite as bad as that.
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  S2: Right. And so kind of implied in that as, as if,
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  S2: you know, you picture like a, like a starting line,
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  S2: like in a, in a, in a race or somehow.
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  S2: And if Jesus is the finish line, it's like, well, yeah,
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  S2: I needed Jesus. But like I started, you know, maybe
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  S2: like closer to the finish line than the guy who
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  S2: started way back.
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  S3: Yeah, 100.
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  S2: Like he had a longer way to go to get
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  S2: to Jesus. My path to get to Jesus was like shorter.
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  S2: I was closer to him. Great observation based on kind
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  S2: of the way I, you know, I grew up in
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  S2: the church. So it's like I was, I was, I
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  S2: was close. That other guy started way back there. So
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  S2: I don't know, I'm just kind of.
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  S5: Thinking you're you're right on. And we know this theologically
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  S5: that you're spot on because although if you think you're,
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  S5: let's say, just two yards closer to Jesus, it's that's
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  S5: a that's a theological heresy, right?
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  S3: I mean, that's, uh, that's built up in Luke 18
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  S3: with the parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector.
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  S3: Jesus says, two went to the temple, one was a Pharisee.
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  S3: And he stopped and prayed and said, God, thank you
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  S3: that I'm not like other people, robbers, evildoers, adulterers, or
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  S3: even like this tax collector next to me. I fast
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  S3: twice a week and give a 10th of all I have.
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  S3: But the tax collector prayed and couldn't even lift his
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  S3: face up to God and beat his chest and said,
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  S3: God have mercy on me, for I am a sinner.
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  S3: And then Jesus says, who do you think left with
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  S3: more righteousness, the Pharisee or the tax collector? It's a
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  S3: tax collector because he recognizes his position before God. The
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  S3: Pharisee should have recognized he has the exact same position
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  S3: before God.
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  S2: Yeah. So you're never closer.
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  S3: You're never.
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  S2: Closer. The kingdom of God than when you acknowledge that
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  S2: you bring nothing to the table.
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  S3: The only place we find God is all at the bottom.
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  S3: Every single one of us finds him at the bottom.
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  S5: Every one finds him there. And you know what's there
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  S5: that we bring when we look around?
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  S3: Nothing, nothing.
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  S5: Nothing. Not family, not land, not riches, not status, not significance.
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  S5: Not security. Nothing. Nothing. You know, boom crew. I do
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  S5: believe because we're called to proclaim the truth, that there's
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  S5: someone listening this morning by the power of the Holy Spirit.
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  S5: Just a smattering of referencing the Word of God, the
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  S5: truth of his word and stories that he tells you are,
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  S5: for the first time ever, acknowledging and seeing. Whoa. I
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  S5: thought I was two yards into the race, and that
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  S5: little false assumption that I was a few yards further
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  S5: down the path is being utterly crushed under the grace
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  S5: and mercy and conviction of the Holy Spirit. You see
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  S5: yourself for what you are, and that is, you are
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  S5: nothing apart from God. And that you need a Savior
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  S5: as much as Carl. As much as Greg Dempster. As
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  S5: much as Ali. As much as young thunder. You need
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  S5: a savior to save you from yourself. It's a beautiful
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  S5: revelation that you're receiving from God right now. Right now. Say, Carl,
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  S5: what do I do? Cry out! Just tell him there's
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  S5: nothing good inside me. I am undone. I am a
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  S5: person of unclean lips. I am a person of unclean heart.
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  S5: I need you to wash me clean by the blood
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  S5: of Jesus Christ and save my soul today. Cry out
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  S5: to God. And the amazing thing is that you will. The.
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  S5: The evidence of full surrender to self is to. Now
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  S5: the God whom you've had your back to through some
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  S5: degree of self righteousness. You repent. And you take hold
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  S5: of the embrace of God who has changed your mind,
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  S5: changed your heart, changed your direction, and today you're giving
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  S5: all that you are to Jesus. All those things that
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  S5: you thought you collected on that two yards closer than
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  S5: the other guy you've let go of. You left him
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  S5: on the broad path, and you're turned. And you're following
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  S5: Jesus today for the very first time. The cry of
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  S5: your soul is Jesus. I give it all to you.
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  S5: I'm no better than anyone, and I need a Savior.
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  S5: And you're stripped down to nothing. And praise be to God,
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  S5: because God's saving your soul right now. So if you're
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  S5: crying out to Jesus, Jesus, save me. Jesus, I give
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  S5: you everything that I am God. I acknowledge that I'm
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  S5: bringing nothing to the table. I'm no better than anyone.
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  S5: Save my soul completely. Praise be to God. Because right
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  S5: now you are feeling that weight of your sin lifted
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  S5: from your shoulders By the grace of God. Lifted from
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  S5: your soul and you are being born again. I want
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  S5: you to know that we're here to help you on
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  S5: your brand new life. This isn't Jesus making you better.
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  S5: This is Jesus making you new. You today are being
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  S5: crucified with Christ. It's no longer you who lives but
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  S5: Christ who lives in you and the life you now
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  S5: live in the in, in the flesh you live by
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  S5: faith in the Son of God. Wow. And if that's you,
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  S5: we want these precious people. I don't know how many
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  S5: of you are listening that God's calling you out of
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  S5: darkness and into the light, but we praise God for
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  S5: every one of you today. Don't let pride hold you back, friend.
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  S5: It ain't worth it. What does it profit you to
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  S5: hold on to your pride and lose your soul? Nothing. So, Ali,
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  S5: how are we going to help them with this link?
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  S5: We're going to send them right now.
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  S2: Yeah. I want you to text new to 800 555 7898.
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  S2: Just that one word new. NEW to 805 557898. You're
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  S2: going to get a link back from us. Want you
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  S2: things to read through, and then there's a form to
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  S2: team across the country can follow up with you, help
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  S2: you get connected to a church, if that's what you need.
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  S2: Just text new to 800 555, 78, 98.
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  S5: Yeah, just a moment. We'll shout out the last four
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  S5: numbers of your telephone number, just so that you know
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  S5: that we know that God now knows you and you
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  S5: know God. So just if this is for real, don't
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  S5: play games on this one. But if this is real
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  S5: to 805 557898.
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  S1: Breaking chains and Running free. You're listening to Carl and crew.
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  S5: Yeah, man. I'm just so grateful for God's mercy in
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  S5: your life. There's a couple of you here this morning. 7205, 26, 25, 82, 46, 96, 93, 86.
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  S5: Welcome to the family. Awesome thing. When, uh, we come
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  S5: to a point of realization that, man, I bring nothing
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  S5: to the table. I'm not two yards into this race.
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  S5: I am, I'm as lost as the next guy. What
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  S5: a freeing thing.
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  S2: It is a freeing thing because it allows you to
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  S2: see when you can see yourself rightly. You can see
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  S2: him rightly.
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  S5: Yeah. Yeah. It's just that simple, man. It's that simple,
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  S5: isn't it, guys?
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  S2: It really is. because you can easily see see yourself
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  S2: with this. You can kind of go the pendulum swing
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  S2: between two different places. You can have this sense of pride,
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  S2: like I got something going on. It can which can
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  S2: be deadly. Or you can have this sort of despair
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  S2: where there's an element of pride there too, where you
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  S2: feel like I'm the I'm the worst of the worst. Uh, there's,
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  S2: there's no hope for me. Everybody else has an opportunity,
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  S2: but not me. But there's also a pride there too,
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  S2: because it's also self-focused. But when we take our when
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  S2: we see that we are born into sin, we can't
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  S2: save ourselves. But there's hope in Jesus Christ. That's that
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  S2: high ridge.
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  S5: Amen. Well, I gotta tell you something. I, I'm going
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  S5: to give you a taste of something I'm dishing up
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  S5: on Saturday. I'm going to give you just a few
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  S5: points that I'm going to be breaking out here. I'm
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  S5: going to kick off Saturday at a. The unstoppable gospel
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  S5: conference with true faith changes everything. I'm going to. I'm
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  S5: going to start not with anything but a big blue
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  S5: sky vision of what God can do in your life.
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  S5: But we're going to explore the fact that true faith
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  S5: is costly. I mean, it's not just add Jesus, it's costly.
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  S5: And how we've screwed up the parable of the four
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  S5: soils and help people understand that true faith is going
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  S5: to cut through the hardness of heart. It's going to
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  S5: sustain you through persecution and hardship. It's going to elevate
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  S5: you beyond the worries of this world, the deceitfulness of wealth,
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  S5: and the desire for other things. And it's going to
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  S5: produce an imperfect but fruitful life. And then I'm going
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  S5: to answer the question, why and how have we lowered
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  S5: the bar of salvation? I'm going to give you two
• 22:22
  S5: primary reasons that are going to peel some paint here, guys.
• 22:27
  S5: And they're hard hitting. They're hard hitting. So I would
• 22:34
  S5: I just it's Saturday morning. 830 central until 1230 central.
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  S5: If you can get to 180 Chicago church campus in
• 22:43
  S5: northwest burbs, fine. But the vast majority of you. We
• 22:46
  S5: got a ton of you that are going to be
• 22:48
  S5: far away from there, but we'll all be together, right, Ali?
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  S2: Yep. Just text intro. You're going to get the intro
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  S2: conference coming up, the Unstoppable Gospel Conference this Saturday. Text
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  S5: I can honestly tell you, Ali, I have never been more. Utterly,
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  S5: humbly dependent on God for this message, and also deeply passionate.
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  S5: Because when I rise early in the morning and I'm
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  S5: not cluttered with things that are going on around me,
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  S5: I can look at the Word of God with clear
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  S5: sobriety and have compassion for those that have never yet
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  S5: known Jesus, and we can cut through this fog together. Guys.
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  S5: I hope you can make some time to be there
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  S5: this Saturday. Text intro to (800) 555-7898 one. Word intro to
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  S3: American, Ukrainian and Russian officials are holding peace talks in
• 24:00
  S3: Abu Dhabi today in an effort to end Russia's invasion
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  S3: of Ukraine. The Trump administration is seeking a breakthrough as
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  S3: the war drags on into its fifth year. The U.S. delegation,
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  S3: led by special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, joined
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  S3: Ukrainian and Russian representatives to discuss security guarantees, territorial disputes
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  S3: and a potential settlement. Major disagreements remain as Russia demands
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  S3: Ukrainian territory and military restrictions, while Kyiv seeks security guarantees. U.S.
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  S3: officials remain cautiously optimistic, but Ukrainian leaders doubt the talks
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  S3: will produce progress. The FBI is looking into security concerns
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  S3: after Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang s affair with an alleged
• 24:39
  S3: Chinese spy. That's according to President Trump. Specifically, the Justice
• 24:43
  S3: Department is probing mega Speed, the Singaporean company accused of
• 24:47
  S3: smuggling Nvidia AI chips into China. It's also the company
• 24:50
  S3: where the alleged spy worked. Speaking to reporters from the
• 24:54
  S3: white House press room Monday, Trump said Huang told him
• 24:57
  S3: he had no idea the woman was a spy. Nvidia's
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  S3: board has launched an independent investigation as well. I'm Jonathan,
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  S3: and that is your quick update.
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  S5: Yeah, man. Uh, we're coming into a season here. Ali,
• 25:08
  S5: I might throw you a curveball here. Are you ready
• 25:11
  S5: to go with Christmas wish? I am. You are. I am. Okay.
• 25:15
  S5: Boom crew. You are here to hear it for the
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  S5: very first time. This is something really cool. And I
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  S5: think the heart behind this guys is to put on
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  S5: display in really practice. This is a discipleship opportunity if
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  S5: done rightly. We are going to be able to put
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  S5: on display the heart of God for people in a
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  S5: unique way. What in the world are we doing now?
• 25:38
  S2: Yeah, this is an exciting thing. This is our opportunity.
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  S2: Moody Radio's opportunity to really help make Christmas a little
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  S2: brighter for some of our listeners and some of the
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  S2: people that you know. So here's what we're asking you
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  S2: to do. We want you to dream up, think up,
• 25:52
  S2: pray about what is a wish that you would love
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  S2: to be able to fulfill for someone else. Maybe you
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  S2: have someone in your life you would love to gift
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  S2: them with a a family portrait because they haven't done
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  S2: one in a little while. Or maybe there's a student
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  S2: in your life and you would love to be able
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  S2: to send them off with all that they need to
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  S2: start college the right way. Maybe you want to help
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  S2: somebody get some continuing education, help a family, take a
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  S2: trip together because they haven't done so in a while.
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  S2: We're asking you to get creative here and come up
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  S2: with a wish that you would love to help us
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  S2: grant for someone that you love valued up to $2,000
• 26:31
  S2: so that there's, there's, there's some room here. You want
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  S2: to help somebody refresh their living room, get a new
• 26:37
  S2: couch and a love seat so that they can have
• 26:39
  S2: a family movie night. Maybe that projector screen that they've
• 26:42
  S2: been wanting to put in their basement. We want you
• 26:45
  S2: to really think about who you would like to bless.
• 26:48
  S2: Then you're going to give us the story and we
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  S2: are going to grant some wishes together. So I want
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  S2: you to text the word wish to 800 555 7898,
• 27:00
  S2: text wish to 805 557898. Read through this carefully, obviously
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  S2: for legal reasons, there's some things that have to be excluded.
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  S2: We can't just give you cash to hand over to somebody.
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  S2: We can't pay off debt. But there are some really
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  S2: creative ways that you can bless the people in your life.
• 27:19
  S2: So text, wish, read it through and send us your
• 27:21
  S2: Christmas wish. 805 557898 text wish to 805 557898.
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  S5: What a cool thing. Ali.
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  S2: Yeah, I'm excited about this. This is going to be
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  S2: a lot of fun. We are going to randomly pick
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  S2: five wishes to Grant, and then we're going to do
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  S2: some of this on air. So we'll get to celebrate
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  S2: and have some fun with it together.
• 27:42
  S5: Yeah, really, really good stuff. So you got what you need.
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  S5: You're the first ones to hear about this boom crew.
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  S5: So Merry Christmas everybody, as you bless someone else. And
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  S5: that's the way to do it.
• 27:55
  S2: Yep. Text wish to 805 557898.
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  S1: Romans eight brought her to Jesus while broadcasting traffic overnight.
• 28:04
  S1: Super Dai is in the crew. It's curl and crew
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  S5: You know, when we think about taking risk and walking
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  S5: by faith, there is a element of people that are
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  S5: taking risk, but they don't have the faith to get
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  S5: them through it. And then comes along this great vision
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  S5: for all those in the armed services, those people that
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  S5: sign up and say, I'm willing to, in many respects
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  S5: put my life on the line, not knowing, even if
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  S5: we're in a time of peace, not knowing if we're
• 28:37
  S5: going to go into a time of war. They're signing
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  S5: up saying, I want to serve my country. And to
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  S5: think that we've got a ministry that is coming alongside
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  S5: and serving them right now. We've got the brand new point, man.
• 28:52
  S2: We've got David Hutchings with us right now. He's the
• 28:54
  S2: president of Cadence International. Now, cadence is an evangelical mission
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  S2: agency that serves all branches of the military stateside and
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  S2: some overseas locations as well.
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  S5: Yeah, David, you're doing a great work. I've known about
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  S5: this ministry for a lot of years. I can't believe
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  S5: we haven't had you guys featured until now. And there's
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  S5: a reason for that. You're going to be speaking at
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  S5: Moody's Missions Conference, and you're an alumni of Moody. But
• 29:20
  S5: more than that, you're doing a great work. Give us
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  S5: some stories from cadence so that people understand the impact
• 29:26
  S5: that you're having.
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  S6: Sure. What a privilege to be here. And, um, like
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  S6: you said, there's, there's a call on the life of
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  S6: a service member that they want to serve, they want
• 29:37
  S6: to protect, and they commit themselves to readiness. And, uh,
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  S6: that that's a very focused effort. And so when we
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  S6: come alongside of them in community and cadence really is
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  S6: a ministry that establishes presence in the community. It's not
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  S6: that we run a program that we hope people will
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  S6: come to. We want to live life alongside those service members. So,
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  S6: for example, a young man, uh, 40 years ago and
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  S6: wrote a Spain, uh, was out partying and he was
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  S6: actually stabbed, uh, off base and went to the emergency room.
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  S6: He had this crisis, this critical moment in his life.
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  S6: And the people who showed up were from the cadence
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  S6: hospitality house. They cared for him. Uh, they, they fed him.
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  S6: They supported him. They were alongside of him in that
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  S6: very critical moment of his life. Well, that led him
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  S6: to Christ and to repentance. And currently he's one of
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  S6: our board members. Uh, he serves the military worldwide and
• 30:30
  S6: his current job, and he gets to serve in the
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  S6: mission now, 40 years later, that God has brought that
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  S6: full circle. But this young man who knew what it
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  S6: meant to live on mission was encountered the love of
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  S6: Jesus through our people and then repented. Changed. But now
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  S6: he lives on mission for the kingdom. And it's a
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  S6: beautiful thing.
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  S2: And I love that story.
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  S5: Beautiful.
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  S2: So 1.3 million active duty personnel. The U.S. military community
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  S2: is one of the largest, most responsive subcultures that we have.
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  S2: What drew you to this particular ministry?
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  S6: Oh, man. So when I graduated Moody 2006, I was
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  S6: really drawn to church ministry, and I wanted to have
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  S6: an impact on a local community. I really what was
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  S6: in my mind was pretty small. Like, how do you
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  S6: impact the people closest to you for the sake of
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  S6: the gospel? And that was early 2000. It was the
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  S6: church planting era and multi-site campuses. People were thinking out
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  S6: in and multiplication and, um, my, I didn't have a
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  S6: piece about any of those opportunities in that season with
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  S6: what God had put in my heart to do. And
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  S6: then I took a trip over to Germany, went to
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  S6: visit Baden. And, uh, I encountered the Ministry of Cadence
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  S6: there and I said, wow, this is amazing. This is
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  S6: small town America planted overseas. I don't need to learn
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  S6: another language. And there is intense focus, discipleship in a
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  S6: people group who desperately need community, absolutely need Jesus. And
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  S6: we can just be committed to, to that community. And
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  S6: it was such a powerful ministry, partnering with local churches,
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  S6: working with chaplains. We have amazing partnership with our chaplains
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  S6: across the globe. And it just really kind of connected
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  S6: those dots of what God had put in my heart.
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  S6: And I felt like I could be fully committed to
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  S6: these people. And then they go around the globe. The
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  S6: multiplying impact of military ministry as people move from installation
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  S6: to Into installation. And they're they're willing to go anywhere.
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  S6: I mean, the, the amount of people we have on
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  S6: the mission field from our ministries is huge. We have
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  S6: a deck of cards that we pray through, uh, every
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  S6: month because we have 54 people from our ministries that
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  S6: are in full time missions now. And that multiplying impact
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  S6: is really part of what hooked me and kept me
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  S6: engaged in military ministry.
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  S5: Yeah. Now you're leading it, my man. Uh, you know,
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  S5: it's it's really cool. I've known about these hospitality houses
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  S5: for a long time, and I know some of the
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  S5: people on your team, they're extraordinary people. What a ministry
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  S5: of hospitality. What a creative way to catch people, some
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  S5: of whom find themselves in military for a lot of
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  S5: different reasons. Some feel like, I got to get there.
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  S5: Some feel like maybe this will sort out where I
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  S5: need to be in life. So you you've got a
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  S5: real attentive, potentially attentive group in these hospitality houses. Tell
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  S5: us how that works from reaching people on base, getting
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  S5: them to a hospitality house, sharing with them the good
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  S5: news of Jesus and then discipling them. It's super intentional,
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  S5: isn't it?
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  S6: It's really intentional. And it's very, um, I mean, the
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  S6: word would be organic. Like there is a natural flow
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  S6: to who our staff are. We have incredible staff around
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  S6: the globe and they take their strengths, their gifts, and
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  S6: we plant them in a home near a military base.
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  S6: And they open it up. They do Bible study, uh,
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  S6: they share meals, they invite people into their lives, and
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  S6: then they go into their lives as well. So whether
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  S6: that's on the barracks in the chapel service, working alongside
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  S6: of chaplains and as they, as we live life among,
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  S6: I think of, uh, Peter's words, his challenge to live
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  S6: such excellent lives among the Gentiles, uh, that it would
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  S6: bring glory to the father. And so that's really what
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  S6: we seek to do is share the gospel and our lives,
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  S6: not not only the gospel we're always wanting to share that,
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  S6: but we're going to share our lives with these people.
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  S6: And so it really becomes a person who loves Jesus
• 34:32
  S6: that is rooted in that community, that is committed to
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  S6: the good of the people around them for the sake
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  S6: of the gospel. It sounds so incredibly simple, and it is.
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  S6: So these hospitality houses are such a beautiful picture of
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  S6: the simplicity of what it means to live out the
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  S6: love of God. And it has power and transformation in
• 34:53
  S6: the lives of the people who encounter it. So we
• 34:54
  S6: have a house in Spangdahlem, Germany right now. They've got
• 34:58
  S6: an attached barn as a gathering center. They've got this
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  S6: big basin on the farm that they do baptisms in,
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  S6: and they gather sometimes 150 people on a Friday night
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  S6: for meal and Bible study. And it's home. And you
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  S6: have these young men and women who are away from home,
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  S6: many for the first time in their lives. And I
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  S6: think we're all looking for family. I mean, that's the gospel.
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  S6: We are adopted, we are grafted in. And that imagery
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  S6: and scripture is so beautiful and so to live life
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  S6: as the family of God and invite people into that
• 35:29
  S6: in a season of their life when they're really longing
• 35:31
  S6: for family, missing family, and they find that in the
• 35:35
  S6: people of God and in Christ. And that's really what
• 35:38
  S6: the hospitality house does.
• 35:39
  S2: Dave Hutchins with us right now, Cadence International, and we
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  S2: have Veterans Day this week. And so obviously, we want
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  S2: to honor the veterans who are listening, families of veterans
• 35:49
  S2: in our listening area. When you look at kind of
• 35:52
  S2: the needs of veterans, because I know that oftentimes veteran
• 35:57
  S2: families or veterans themselves feel overlooked, they feel like people
• 36:00
  S2: have forgotten the sacrifices that they've made. There's lots of
• 36:05
  S2: sometimes mental health challenges in kind of readjusting. What is
• 36:10
  S2: your heart as we commemorate this Veterans Day this week?
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  S6: Oh, man. Uh, you know, for those families, those individuals
• 36:17
  S6: who serve their families make a sacrifice as well. And
• 36:21
  S6: so when we think about Veterans Day, of course, like
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  S6: that first and greatest honor is to those who have
• 36:27
  S6: been willing to lay down their lives in service for
• 36:29
  S6: our country. Um, and they have made sacrifices of time
• 36:33
  S6: and energy. They are incredible men and women that are
• 36:37
  S6: integrated throughout our community and like you said, can be
• 36:40
  S6: so overlooked. But, but their families sacrifice as well. So
• 36:43
  S6: on Veterans Day, if for anyone who's out there listening,
• 36:46
  S6: anyone who is a service member was a service member,
• 36:50
  S6: if you're a family member of them, I just want
• 36:52
  S6: to say thank you. You have made a sacrifice for
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  S6: the good of others around you, and we are so,
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  S6: so grateful for you. And I think that service, that sacrifice,
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  S6: that surrender reflects the life of a believer. And for
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  S6: those of you who follow Jesus and have served in
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  S6: our military, you get how those connect. And if you're
• 37:17
  S6: listening and you've served and you've sacrificed, and you're now
• 37:22
  S6: in that veteran community and we love our veteran community.
• 37:25
  S6: Hayden's actually ministers directly to active duty, and we've stayed
• 37:29
  S6: focused on that. There's so many great ministries connected to
• 37:33
  S6: our veterans that we're grateful for. But I just want
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  S6: to say that if you're struggling on the other side
• 37:41
  S6: of your service to your country, I think there is
• 37:44
  S6: a deeper fulfillment in a service to Christ and a
• 37:48
  S6: service to your community that can continue to be fulfilled.
• 37:51
  S6: And if you find an empty spot in your heart
• 37:54
  S6: this morning as you're hearing this, I pray that you
• 37:58
  S6: would turn and look to Jesus to be the answer
• 38:02
  S6: to fulfill that and that there's actually not just in
• 38:05
  S6: knowing him, but even in the purpose of serving like
• 38:07
  S6: serving our country that we serve in the kingdom of God.
• 38:11
  S6: And he has great plan and purpose and belonging for you.
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  S5: I love your heart. David. David Hutchings, our guest right now,
• 38:18
  S5: president of Cadence International, might be a new ministry to some.
• 38:21
  S5: We'll have a key word here in just a moment. Where?
• 38:25
  S5: Where are people most receptive? You've got you've got a
• 38:29
  S5: finger on the pulse of what's going on around the globe. Different, uh,
• 38:33
  S5: military outposts. Where are you seeing God? Really on the move?
• 38:39
  S5: Holy spirit movement that you can't ascribe to the talent
• 38:42
  S5: or gifting of a particular person. It it exceeds that.
• 38:45
  S5: Where are you seeing that, David?
• 38:47
  S6: I see it anywhere that people are willing to take
• 38:51
  S6: risk because I think the spirit is moving and the
• 38:54
  S6: spirit is calling his people to do hard things. Uh,
• 38:58
  S6: and if I distill that, I would say harder gets
• 39:02
  S6: easier when you're already uncomfortable. So overseas, we see that
• 39:06
  S6: a lot when people leave their first culture and go
• 39:08
  S6: to live in Germany, live in Japan, Korea, or even
• 39:11
  S6: more remote bases, uh, across the US or around the world. Uh,
• 39:16
  S6: there is a sense of isolation and need that's increased.
• 39:21
  S6: There's a sense of discomfort that you're already living in.
• 39:24
  S6: And it actually, I find that it decreases our scramble
• 39:28
  S6: to be comfortable in our current environment and for our staff,
• 39:34
  S6: for service members in that community to be even more
• 39:37
  S6: willing to take bold risks for the sake of Christ.
• 39:41
  S6: And then you see God do powerful things. And so
• 39:44
  S6: I don't know that it's a place or a location,
• 39:46
  S6: but a posture of the heart, and that is cultivated
• 39:49
  S6: so strongly in uncomfortable environments. And, and so I say,
• 39:53
  S6: even in our day to day ministries here stateside, we
• 39:58
  S6: see that too, because we have people who are saying, God,
• 40:01
  S6: I whatever you call, I want to do. And if
• 40:04
  S6: it doesn't make sense, I still want to go. One
• 40:07
  S6: of my favorite stories when I was living in Okinawa,
• 40:11
  S6: a lot of the young Marines there can't drive. They
• 40:13
  S6: don't get licenses. They don't want to risk that responsibility
• 40:16
  S6: in a foreign country of some young marine running into
• 40:20
  S6: a local driver, and so they have to walk everywhere.
• 40:23
  S6: And I was driving across base one day and saw
• 40:26
  S6: this young marine out in the rain carrying his groceries,
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  S6: both hands fully loaded. And it's just downpouring. And you know,
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  S6: he's a marine. He doesn't care. He's just walking through
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  S6: the storm. No big deal. But I pull over and
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  S6: pick him up, um, and say, hey, marine, where are
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  S6: you going? Can I get you back to your barracks?
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  S6: And so we start driving and he, you know, inevitably
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  S6: the question comes up, who the heck are you? What
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  S6: do you do? You don't look like a marine. What
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  S6: are you doing here? And so I share who I am,
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  S6: what I do, and share Christ with him and invite
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  S6: him to Bible study. Well, that small act of love
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  S6: in an uncomfortable environment. I was late, I missed an
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  S6: appointment to pick that guy up, but he came to Christ. Uh.
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  S6: Two months later. Come to Bible study, finding a place
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  S6: of belonging, experiencing the love of Christ. And, um, I absolutely,
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  S6: in choosing my own comfort, would not have not picked
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  S6: that guy up that day. Um, but it means that
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  S6: we get to rejoice with him in heaven one day.
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  S6: And what awesome man. I can't think of anything better
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  S2: Yeah. Dave Hutchings with Cadence International, we've got a link
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  S1: Helping you take the next step in your walk with Jesus.
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  S7: God longs for us today to seek him and ask
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  S7: him to move in ways that we never could.
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  S1: You're listening to Carl and crew.
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  S5: Well, if there's someone in my life that I love
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  S5: to hear from. If there's someone that I can call
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  S5: and in a moment's notice, she's there for me. And
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  S5: I mean this in practical ways, it would be Lina Abujamra.
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  S5: She's a great woman of God. She's a phenomenal author,
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  S5: amazing communicator, and I had the privilege of taking a
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  S5: look at her most recent work. And it is dynamite.
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  S5: It's little sticks of Lina Dynamite Day after day. Ali.
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  S2: That's a great description. Lena Abujamra with us. The resource
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  S2: is called Every Day, a life changing walk through the
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  S2: Bible in one year. I got to be honest, Lena,
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  S2: a lot of times people hear the Bible in a
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  S2: year and they get a little nervous because they've tried
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  S2: it before they started. And January went well, February they
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  S2: fell off and then they started feeling real guilty and
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  S2: trying to catch up. The rest of the way the
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  S2: Bible read through in a year can be can be
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  S2: really challenging for people. Let's just start at that point.
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  S2: You want to you want to reduce some of the
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  S2: stress here, right?
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  S8: I mean, I will start by saying it is hands
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  S8: down the only thing that has worked for me in
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  S8: my Christian walk. I've looked at other ways to read
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  S8: through the Bible, to read bits and pieces, but I
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  S8: find that it just gets you slough off like you
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  S8: start something and then you're like, oh, I'm just going
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  S8: to do the Gospels in three months. And then. And
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  S8: then you quit. I don't know, there is something about
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  S8: the regularity of a discipline. And while I don't think
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  S8: it's the only way, I think it is the best
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  S8: way to get the full scope of God's Word into
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  S8: your life on a regular basis. And so with that
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  S8: in mind, I think we aimed my ministry, myself and
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  S8: my team to create a reading plan that was very
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  S8: doable and very focused, particularly in an era where our
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  S8: minds have a hard time focusing due to just the
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  S8: product of our culture. Now we are not in the
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  S8: same wiring of the brain as we used to be
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  S8: 20 years ago. So this plan is takes that into account.
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  S8: And so we just go through one book of the
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  S8: Bible at a time, which I think is hugely helpful
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  S8: for a person who wants to get through it. And
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  S8: it's free. And this is why I wrote the devotionals
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  S8: to help make it more palatable and more doable.
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  S5: What what I love about this is that it does
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  S5: give you a panorama of the whole of Scripture, and
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  S5: you get to see the red thread of redemption that's
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  S5: woven all the way from Genesis to Revelation. And having
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  S5: read a big chunk of this, Lena, people are in
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  S5: for a real treat here. What was your devotionals? There's
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  S5: great ones all over the place. Morning and evening, Spurgeon.
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  S5: I mean, there's so many good ones out there. What
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  S5: was your angle and take on this that you wanted
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  S5: to address that you think other devotionals maybe don't tackle?
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  S8: Well, first of all, I wouldn't. I mean, I don't
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  S8: think there's anything I've written many, many books so far,
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  S8: and I don't think there's anything that anyone has ever
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  S8: written that's like, wow, no one's ever thought of this before. Yeah. Right.
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  S8: I think it's the way that you process information and
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  S8: the way that you communicate things. That varies from person
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  S8: to person. And I think some of that, I mean,
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  S8: you'll see cultural rhythms, like there's a devotional that like my,
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  S8: My Utmost for his highest. I've been reading that devotional
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  S8: for two, three decades now, and I'll go over it
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  S8: again and again. There are other devotionals I read, and
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  S8: sometimes it's the voice of the era, the culture, how
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  S8: we process information. Again, that changes from time to time,
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  S8: where devotional written in this era might sound different than
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  S8: a Spurgeon, which I love. And the other thing is
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  S8: sometimes you need you don't need variety in God's Word,
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  S8: in the sense that you need God's Word always. But
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  S8: sometimes the devotional helps sort of glean an understanding of
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  S8: how a person thinks through Scripture. So I think my
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  S8: approach to Scripture has always been a very practical breakdown
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  S8: of like, I think my gift in general in teaching
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  S8: the Scripture is to try to take complex ideas and
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  S8: break them down into practical ways, like an ER doctor would, would,
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  S8: which is my background. You come into er, you have
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  S8: a huge diagnosis, you don't know how to wrap your
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  S8: mind around it. My gift in medicine again, and I
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  S8: believe in the church, is that I can process this
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  S8: information and break it down into a sizable chunk. That
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  S8: makes sense. And you can apply for the day and
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  S8: then come back for the next day. And so that
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  S8: it's written really with that in mind, much like my teaching,
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  S8: which is there's a part of it that explains sort
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  S8: of what's going on. Where are we in Scripture as
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  S8: we're reading this, that acknowledges the difficulty of certain texts,
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  S8: but then also, what do I know about God here?
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  S8: And what do I learn about myself, and where do
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  S8: I need to repent? And so, and I do believe
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  S8: that I do this in short, you know, daily Bible,
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  S8: you know, one of our most popular devotionals is online.
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  S8: It's called Power Minute, and I really think people love it.
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  S8: It's hands down the most subscribed thing I do. And
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  S8: very similar actually to the angle of this book. And
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  S8: I think people like it because it's just doable. I
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  S8: think we go back to sort of people are swamped
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  S8: with with stuff and it's like they want to be
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  S8: in the word, but they just got to be able
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  S8: to also do it. And, and so I really understand that.
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  S8: And I think this makes it doable.
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  S2: Lina Abujamra with us right now. And I like, though,
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  S2: that you make clear that the goal is not simply
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  S2: to finish the Bible because you can easily have this
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  S2: plan of I, this is something I want to do
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  S2: this year and still miss the whole point. Because if
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  S2: it's just like the successful completion of reading through the word,
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  S2: we could do that and still miss Jesus, right? I mean,
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  S2: so it's got to be more than the box checking.
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  S8: I mean, I grew up with a very, you know,
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  S8: sort of, ah, I think the 80s were, you know,
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  S8: I was born in the 70s, grew up in the 80s.
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  S8: And I think it was a very legalistic time where
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  S8: we really did take pride in crossing things off. And,
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  S8: you know, and I think there's been a big pendulum
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  S8: swing away from that, although I still think there's something
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  S8: to be said about crossing things off. I mean, people
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  S8: who run marathons and we just, you know, finished the
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  S8: Chicago Marathon recently and I've watched the New York Marathon,
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  S8: and those people crossed off a certain number of miles
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  S8: every day in order to finish the race. And so
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  S8: there is something to be said about that. And I
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  S8: think we can't completely neglect. But you're right. I mean,
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  S8: the goal of reading scripture, I mean, the idea of
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  S8: crossing a box is just did I have that meaning today?
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  S8: You know, we all have stuff to do. And if
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  S8: we don't show up for them, are you showing up
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  S8: for your relationship with the Lord who is waiting for
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  S8: us to show up? But also, I think you're right.
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  S8: I think you can do. Nobody said you got to
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  S8: finish a Bible reading plan in a year. You can
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  S8: spend two years, three years, four years on it. And,
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  S8: and I think the way that the book is, is presented,
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  S8: of course, to accommodate that is that it's not by
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  S8: January 1st as much as by day one, day two.
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  S8: So you can pick it up any time. And I
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  S8: think this is where legalism must let loose its claws.
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  S8: It's like, this is a resource. It's not the word
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  S8: of God. You know, you read whatever, like at the
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  S8: end of the day, read whatever is going to draw
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  S8: you closer to the Lord. But by God's grace and
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  S8: by our prayers, I hope that this is a tool
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  S8: that helps you. Again, there's a devotional idea, but also
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  S8: an application question every day that helps me see, Lord,
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  S8: how am I doing? And, and you know what? I
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  S8: need to reset certain things in my life and I
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  S8: long for more of the Lord. You know, my favorite
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  S8: verse in scripture, one of my top is the verse
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  S8: that Jeremiah talks about how the word of God is like, honey,
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  S8: I found it and I ate it. It became a
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  S8: joy and the delight of my life. And, and I
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  S8: think this is what I would love people who read
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  S8: scripture to come away with.
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  S5: We got a challenge in the church today that you're
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  S5: well aware of biblical illiteracy, but I think the. The
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  S5: jump is sometimes the box that we check is, I'm
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  S5: going to go from 0 to 60 in like two seconds.
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  S5: But what I love about DeVos in yours especially is
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  S5: that this gives us a give us this day our
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  S5: daily bread. It gives us. Men shall not live by
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  S5: bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the
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  S5: mouth of God. This gives us a bite sized morsel
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  S5: that could actually feed the appetite for more and more. Lena,
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  S5: what do you think?
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  S8: Yeah. Yeah. I mean, yeah. Who hasn't, you know, had, like,
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  S8: you know, you remind me of like going to restaurants.
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  S8: You eat something like this is so good. I can't
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  S8: wait to come back. That's so ultimately, that's what I
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  S8: love about the Word of God. And, you know, even
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  S8: reading through like right now, I'm getting through the minor
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  S8: prophets and I say getting through because they're hard. Yeah.
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  S8: You know, I've been in the church and in the
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  S8: Word of God for years. And sometimes I read certain sections.
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  S8: I think people always joke about Leviticus, but I think
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  S8: harder than Leviticus is Ezekiel as an example. You know,
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  S8: there's a couple of chapters that sound familiar, but the
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  S8: rest you're like, what is he saying? But then you
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  S8: land on a Habakkuk, you know, three the last few
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  S8: verses or Hosea chapter two, where God expresses his longing
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  S8: for his people. And it is that exactly what you said?
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  S8: It's like that. Taste and see that the Lord is good.
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  S8: You read a verse and it pops out and you're like,
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  S8: oh my gosh, I didn't see that coming. And it
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  S8: just makes you Every year I'm telling you, when I
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  S8: get to certain sections of Scripture that I don't spend
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  S8: time on. Like there's certain passages that show up in
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  S8: church that show up on other devotionals. But, but there
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  S8: are some that I only see when I get through
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  S8: the Word of God year by year. And when I
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  S8: land in that space, it's like you just took me
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  S8: to my favorite restaurant. I'm like, I can't wait till
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  S8: next year to get back to that place.
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  S9: Love it. So, you know, I mean, I hope this.
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  S8: This thing is contagious because it really I mean, I
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  S8: caught it from others. My mother has been an example
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  S8: of loving the Word of God. And if it's catchy,
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  S8: it's called I caught it and I pray that God would.
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  S8: There's a lot of things I do that I don't
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  S8: want people to catch, but this is one of them,
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  S8: which is I love the Word of God more. And
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  S8: I know Carl, you have. And I know everyone on
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  S8: your team does, but I've seen it up close in
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  S8: your life. You love the Word of God. And I
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  S8: think to me, if that is catchy, then put me
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  S8: in the room, baby.
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  S2: So is that what this process did for you? Help
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  S2: you just reinforce your love for the word and your
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  S2: love for the Lord?
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  S8: You know, um, the Lord is so good. I mean,
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  S8: I've had that question in my mind over the years, like,
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  S8: why do people born in the same family? Some adore
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  S8: the Lord and some don't. You know, you go to
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  S8: the same church, some are on fire for God and
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  S8: some aren't. And you know how much of it is
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  S8: our doing? How much of it is God drawing us?
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  S8: All of it is God drawing us, but also all
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  S8: of it is art. You know? So you get in
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  S8: these mental things. I can tell you this. I don't
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  S8: know what came first, the chicken or the egg. I
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  S8: suggest that God is the one who's ignited something in
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  S8: my life, but I can tell you what fuels it.
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  S8: What is like taking a bucket, you know, of oil
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  S8: and dumping it on a fire, and it is being
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  S8: in the Word of God regularly. So however you do it,
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  S8: by the way, I'd say a second to that. And
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  S8: this I say carefully, because everyone who knows my testimony
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  S8: by now, and I've been on moody enough to know
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  S8: that people who listen hear may be familiar. The second one,
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  S8: I'd say, is being in the word of in the
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  S8: Church of God regularly, in the actual gathering of believers.
• 51:59
  S8: So the Word of God and the people of God
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  S8: are essential to fuel your love for God. And it
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  S8: is no accident that Satan has taken great delight in destroying.
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  S8: For many the desire to be with the people of God.
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  S8: But man, if you're with the Word of God and
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  S8: you find yourself like, man, I'm not even sure, you know,
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  S8: like you don't have anyone to deal with, just you
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  S8: and the Lord. So hopefully that hasn't been touched yet.
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  S8: But yeah, I think that has been the number one
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  S8: habit that has actively fueled, first of all, my love
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  S8: for the Lord, but also secondly, my love for God's
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  S8: people and my ability and willingness to be with people
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  S8: that I maybe years ago thought, I don't want to
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  S8: be around him anymore, but it's because of his word
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  S8: that I continue to show up. It's not my doing,
• 52:37
  S8: but his.
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  S2: It's a new devotional every day, a life changing walk
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  S2: through the Bible in one year and you heard Lena
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  S2: gives you permission. You don't have to start to wait
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  S2: till January 1st. So there's nothing there's no dates in
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  S2: this book. So if you want November 13th to be
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  S2: your day one, you go for it. The sooner the better.
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