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#25 - Secrets of the Harvest: What Jesus’ Parables Teach About Rescuing Souls · Gospel Talks Podcast

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  and
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  basically
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  asking
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  you
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  guys
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  at
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  the
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  end
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  of
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  every
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  episode,
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  say,
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  hey,
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  you
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  know,
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  you're
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  praying
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  to
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  the
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  Lord
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  of
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  the
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  harvest
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  that
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  he
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  send
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  forth
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  laborers.
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  What
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  on
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  earth
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  does
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  that
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  mean?
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  And
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  we're
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  going
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  to
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  be
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  kind
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  of
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  picking
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  up
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  here
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  in
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  Mark
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  4,
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  and
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  you
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  know,
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  the
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  exchange,
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  and
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  I
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  know,
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  Jeff,
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  you're
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  very
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  big
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  on
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  this
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  for
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  as
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  long
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  as
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  I've
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  known
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  you,
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  and
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  that's
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  now
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  12
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  years.
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  When
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  I
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  was
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  18
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  is
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  when
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  I
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  first
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  met
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  Jeff
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  and
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  Anna
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  and
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  never
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  been
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  shy
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  about
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  God's
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  promise
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  in
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  this
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  regard,
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  and
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  maybe
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  you
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  can
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  talk
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  about
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  it
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  a
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  little
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  bit
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  that
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  the
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  harvest
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  is
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  truly
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  plentiful.
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  Whatever
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  the
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  naysayers
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  might
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  state
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  about
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  the
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  condition
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  of
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  evangelism
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  and
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  the
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  opportunities
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  and
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  the
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  context,
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  especially
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  especially
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  here
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  in
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  the
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  United
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  States,
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  being
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  colder,
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  whatever
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  that
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  is,
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  as
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  hard
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  as
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  it
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  may
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  get,
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  the
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  promise
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  still
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  stands
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  true
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  and
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  God
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  will
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  raise
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  up
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  the
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  laborers.
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  I
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  mean,
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  that
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  is
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  the
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  primary
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  issue.
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  It's
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  not
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  a
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  harvest
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  problem,
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  It's
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  a
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  labor
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  issue.
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  Yeah.
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  In
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  fact,
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  I
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  think
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  when
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  we
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  say
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  things
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  like,
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  you
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  know,
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  people
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  are
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  just
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  hard
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  these
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  days,
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  they're
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  not
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  interested.
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  We
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  actually
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  are
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  impugning
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  the
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  power
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  of
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  the
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  gospel
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  and
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  impugning
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  the
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  work
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  of
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  the
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  Lord.
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  We
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  believe
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  that
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  God
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  is
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  on
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  the
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  move
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  that
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  Right
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  there
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  he
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  is
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  actively
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  working
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  in
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  the
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  hearts
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  of
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  people,
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  wooing
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  them
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  to
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  Himself,
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  and
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  inviting
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  laborers
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  to
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  join
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  him.
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  And
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  that's
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  why
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  we
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  are
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  so
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  motivated
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  to
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  pray
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  the
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  Lord
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  of
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  Harvest,
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  because
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  the
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  harvest
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  is
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  plenteous.
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  It's
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  the
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  laborers
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  that
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  are
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  the
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  problem.
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  And
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  God's
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  solution
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  is
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  to
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  pray.
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  That's
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  why
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  the
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  exchange
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  is
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  so
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  passionate
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  about
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  laborers,
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  about
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  training
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  laborers
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  and
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  equipping
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  laborers.
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  And
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  that's
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  really
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  the
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  whole
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  thrust
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  and
• 2:57
  motive
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  behind
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  Gospel
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  Talks
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  itself.
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  Yeah.
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  Well,
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  what
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  do
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  you
• 3:01
  see
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  here
• 3:02
  in
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  Mark
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  chapter
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  four
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  as
• 3:03
  it
• 3:03
  applies
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  to
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  that
• 3:04
  particular
• 3:05
  topic?
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  Well,
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  it's
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  interesting.
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  You
• 3:07
  know,
• 3:08
  the
• 3:08
  whole
• 3:09
  promise
• 3:09
  of
• 3:10
  Jesus
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  in
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  Matthew
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  9
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  is
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  about
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  a
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  harvest.
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  And
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  then
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  he
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  uses
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  several
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  farming
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  parables
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  in
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  the
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  Bible
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  as
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  he
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  teaches
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  through
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  life.
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  Of
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  course,
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  we
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  know
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  that
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  probably
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  one
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  of
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  the
• 3:24
  reasons
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  he
• 3:25
  was
• 3:25
  using
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  harvest
• 3:26
  parables
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  is
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  because
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  it
• 3:28
  was
• 3:28
  all
• 3:29
  around
• 3:29
  him.
• 3:29
  I
• 3:29
  mean,
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  he
• 3:30
  was
• 3:30
  teaching
• 3:30
  in
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  a
• 3:31
  rural
• 3:32
  area.
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  And
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  so
• 3:33
  the
• 3:33
  harvest
• 3:34
  and
• 3:34
  farmers
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  were
• 3:35
  all
• 3:36
  part
• 3:36
  of
• 3:36
  daily
• 3:37
  life
• 3:37
  there.
• 3:38
  Some
• 3:38
  of
• 3:38
  that
• 3:38
  we
• 3:39
  have
• 3:39
  to
• 3:40
  kind
• 3:40
  of
• 3:40
  think
• 3:40
  through
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  a
• 3:41
  little
• 3:41
  differently
• 3:41
  because
• 3:42
  it's
• 3:42
  not
• 3:43
  so
• 3:43
  much
• 3:43
  a
• 3:43
  part
• 3:43
  of
• 3:43
  our
• 3:44
  daily
• 3:44
  life.
• 3:44
  And
• 3:44
  so
• 3:45
  I
• 3:45
  think
• 3:45
  extracting
• 3:46
  principles
• 3:47
  out
• 3:47
  of
• 3:47
  these
• 3:47
  harvest
• 3:48
  parables
• 3:49
  are
• 3:49
  quite
• 3:50
  important.
• 3:50
  But
• 3:50
  I
• 3:50
  also
• 3:50
  think
• 3:51
  they're
• 3:51
  kind
• 3:51
  of
• 3:51
  fun.
• 3:52
  I
• 3:52
  enjoy
• 3:52
  it.
• 3:53
  So
• 3:54
  I'm
• 3:54
  actually
• 3:55
  starting
• 3:55
  today
• 3:56
  if
• 3:56
  anyone
• 3:57
  is
• 3:57
  wanting
• 3:57
  to
• 3:57
  look
• 3:58
  along
• 3:58
  on
• 3:59
  their
• 3:59
  Bible.
• 4:00
  In
• 4:00
  Mark,
• 4:00
  chapter
• 4:01
  four.
• 4:01
  Mark,
• 4:02
  chapter
• 4:02
  four,
• 4:03
  Jesus
• 4:03
  tells
• 4:04
  this
• 4:04
  parable
• 4:04
  that
• 4:04
  we
• 4:05
  looked
• 4:05
  at
• 4:05
  a
• 4:05
  couple
• 4:05
  of
• 4:05
  weeks
• 4:06
  ago
• 4:06
  in
• 4:07
  Matthew
• 4:07
  13,
• 4:09
  where
• 4:09
  he
• 4:09
  says,
• 4:10
  you
• 4:10
  know,
• 4:11
  they
• 4:11
  got
• 4:11
  these
• 4:11
  different
• 4:12
  kinds
• 4:12
  of
• 4:12
  soils.
• 4:13
  And
• 4:14
  the
• 4:14
  disciples
• 4:15
  are
• 4:15
  saying,
• 4:16
  jesus,
• 4:16
  why
• 4:17
  are
• 4:17
  you
• 4:17
  doing
• 4:17
  this?
• 4:18
  We
• 4:18
  don't
• 4:19
  understand.
• 4:19
  And
• 4:20
  so
• 4:20
  Jesus
• 4:21
  makes
• 4:21
  a
• 4:21
  promise
• 4:22
  in
• 4:22
  between
• 4:23
  both
• 4:24
  the
• 4:24
  parable
• 4:24
  and
• 4:25
  then
• 4:25
  the
• 4:25
  explanation
• 4:25
  of
• 4:26
  the
• 4:26
  parable.
• 4:26
  And
• 4:27
  this
• 4:27
  is
• 4:27
  in
• 4:27
  verse
• 4:27
  11
• 4:28
  of
• 4:28
  Mark
• 4:29
  4,
• 4:29
  where
• 4:29
  he
• 4:30
  says
• 4:30
  unto
• 4:31
  you,
• 4:32
  speaking
• 4:32
  of
• 4:32
  his
• 4:32
  disciples,
• 4:33
  it
• 4:34
  is
• 4:34
  given
• 4:35
  to
• 4:35
  know
• 4:35
  the
• 4:35
  mystery
• 4:36
  of
• 4:36
  the
• 4:36
  kingdom
• 4:37
  of
• 4:37
  God.
• 4:38
  And
• 4:38
  I
• 4:38
  love
• 4:39
  that
• 4:39
  promise,
• 4:39
  George,
• 4:40
  because
• 4:40
  it
• 4:41
  helps
• 4:41
  me
• 4:41
  to
• 4:41
  recognize
• 4:42
  that
• 4:42
  this
• 4:42
  is
• 4:42
  not
• 4:43
  something
• 4:44
  difficult
• 4:45
  to
• 4:45
  understand,
• 4:45
  that
• 4:46
  God's
• 4:46
  not
• 4:46
  making
• 4:46
  it
• 4:47
  hard.
• 4:47
  It
• 4:48
  does
• 4:48
  seem
• 4:48
  hard
• 4:49
  sometimes,
• 4:49
  but
• 4:50
  he's
• 4:51
  actually
• 4:51
  wanting
• 4:52
  us,
• 4:52
  his
• 4:53
  disciples,
• 4:54
  to
• 4:54
  see
• 4:54
  it
• 4:54
  and
• 4:55
  to
• 4:55
  understand
• 4:55
  it.
• 4:55
  So
• 4:56
  that
• 4:56
  means
• 4:56
  when
• 4:56
  I
• 4:56
  look
• 4:57
  at
• 4:57
  these
• 4:57
  passages,
• 4:58
  I'm
• 4:58
  a
• 4:58
  little
• 4:58
  more
• 4:58
  motivated
• 4:59
  because
• 5:00
  of
• 5:00
  this
• 5:00
  confidence
• 5:00
  that
• 5:00
  he
• 5:01
  wants
• 5:01
  me
• 5:01
  to
• 5:01
  know,
• 5:02
  to
• 5:02
  find
• 5:02
  what
• 5:02
  he
• 5:03
  wants
• 5:03
  me
• 5:03
  to
• 5:03
  see
• 5:03
  there.
• 5:05
  It's
• 5:05
  a
• 5:05
  tremendous
• 5:06
  promise
• 5:06
  from
• 5:07
  Jesus
• 5:07
  that
• 5:08
  He's
• 5:08
  the
• 5:08
  one
• 5:09
  that
• 5:09
  opens
• 5:09
  our
• 5:09
  minds
• 5:09
  so
• 5:10
  that
• 5:10
  we
• 5:10
  can
• 5:10
  understand.
• 5:11
  That's
• 5:11
  pretty
• 5:12
  incredible.
• 5:12
  So
• 5:12
  it's
• 5:13
  pretty
• 5:13
  exciting
• 5:13
  to
• 5:13
  me
• 5:14
  that
• 5:15
  when
• 5:15
  we
• 5:16
  read
• 5:16
  our
• 5:16
  Bible,
• 5:17
  we
• 5:17
  can
• 5:17
  expect
• 5:18
  the
• 5:18
  Holy
• 5:18
  Spirit
• 5:19
  to
• 5:19
  show
• 5:19
  us.
• 5:19
  So
• 5:19
  it
• 5:19
  gives
• 5:20
  me
• 5:20
  kind
• 5:20
  of
• 5:20
  motivation
• 5:21
  to
• 5:21
  look
• 5:21
  into
• 5:22
  here
• 5:22
  and
• 5:22
  see,
• 5:22
  okay,
• 5:23
  what
• 5:23
  is
• 5:23
  it
• 5:23
  that
• 5:23
  God
• 5:24
  wants
• 5:24
  me
• 5:24
  to
• 5:24
  find
• 5:25
  in
• 5:25
  these
• 5:25
  parables
• 5:25
  that
• 5:26
  he's
• 5:26
  teaching
• 5:26
  us
• 5:27
  in
• 5:27
  verses
• 5:28
  14
• 5:28
  to
• 5:29
  20?
• 5:29
  We
• 5:30
  actually
• 5:30
  looked
• 5:30
  at
• 5:30
  this
• 5:31
  in
• 5:31
  Matthew.
• 5:32
  Now
• 5:32
  we'll
• 5:32
  look
• 5:33
  at
• 5:33
  it
• 5:33
  again
• 5:33
  in
• 5:35
  Mark.
• 5:36
  He
• 5:37
  gives
• 5:37
  us
• 5:38
  keys,
• 5:38
  and
• 5:39
  these
• 5:39
  keys
• 5:40
  actually
• 5:40
  help
• 5:41
  me.
• 5:41
  They
• 5:41
  instruct
• 5:42
  me
• 5:42
  how
• 5:43
  to
• 5:43
  be
• 5:43
  strategic
• 5:44
  in
• 5:45
  regards
• 5:46
  to
• 5:46
  evangelism
• 5:47
  and
• 5:47
  discipleship.
• 5:48
  What
• 5:48
  specifically
• 5:49
  is
• 5:49
  important
• 5:49
  and
• 5:50
  what
• 5:50
  we
• 5:50
  should
• 5:50
  focus
• 5:51
  on.
• 5:51
  And
• 5:52
  I
• 5:52
  think
• 5:52
  the
• 5:52
  first
• 5:53
  key
• 5:53
  is
• 5:53
  right
• 5:54
  there
• 5:54
  in
• 5:54
  verse
• 5:54
  14,
• 5:55
  where
• 5:55
  he
• 5:56
  literally
• 5:56
  says
• 5:57
  that
• 5:57
  the
• 5:58
  word
• 5:58
  or
• 5:59
  the
• 5:59
  seed
• 6:00
  is
• 6:00
  the
• 6:00
  word.
• 6:01
  And
• 6:01
  he's
• 6:01
  just
• 6:02
  making
• 6:02
  it
• 6:02
  very
• 6:02
  clear
• 6:03
  that
• 6:04
  when
• 6:04
  he's
• 6:05
  talking
• 6:05
  about
• 6:05
  planting
• 6:06
  seed
• 6:06
  and
• 6:06
  watching
• 6:07
  it
• 6:07
  grow
• 6:07
  and
• 6:07
  producing
• 6:08
  fruit,
• 6:09
  that
• 6:10
  what
• 6:10
  makes
• 6:11
  it
• 6:11
  happen
• 6:12
  is
• 6:12
  the
• 6:12
  word
• 6:13
  of
• 6:13
  God.
• 6:13
  The
• 6:13
  word
• 6:13
  of
• 6:13
  God
• 6:14
  is
• 6:14
  the
• 6:14
  seed.
• 6:15
  And
• 6:15
  then
• 6:16
  secondly,
• 6:16
  he
• 6:17
  tells
• 6:17
  us
• 6:17
  that
• 6:17
  these
• 6:18
  birds
• 6:18
  that
• 6:18
  come
• 6:19
  and
• 6:19
  pluck
• 6:19
  away,
• 6:21
  and
• 6:21
  then
• 6:21
  later
• 6:22
  the
• 6:22
  persecution
• 6:23
  that
• 6:23
  comes,
• 6:24
  and
• 6:24
  then
• 6:25
  later
• 6:25
  the
• 6:26
  weeds
• 6:26
  that
• 6:26
  come,
• 6:27
  all
• 6:27
  of
• 6:27
  those
• 6:28
  come
• 6:29
  as
• 6:29
  a
• 6:29
  result
• 6:30
  of
• 6:30
  the
• 6:31
  work
• 6:31
  of
• 6:31
  Satan
• 6:31
  in
• 6:32
  our
• 6:32
  lives.
• 6:32
  So
• 6:33
  these
• 6:33
  are
• 6:33
  two
• 6:34
  keys
• 6:34
  for
• 6:35
  us
• 6:35
  to
• 6:35
  be
• 6:35
  able
• 6:35
  to
• 6:35
  look
• 6:35
  at
• 6:36
  and
• 6:36
  say,
• 6:36
  so
• 6:37
  we
• 6:37
  know
• 6:37
  that
• 6:37
  Satan
• 6:38
  is
• 6:38
  attacking
• 6:40
  the
• 6:40
  word
• 6:41
  and
• 6:41
  trying
• 6:42
  to
• 6:42
  keep
• 6:42
  us
• 6:42
  from
• 6:43
  using.
• 6:43
  Utilizing
• 6:44
  the
• 6:45
  word
• 6:46
  in
• 6:46
  seeing
• 6:47
  fruit.
• 6:47
  And
• 6:47
  so
• 6:48
  those
• 6:48
  things
• 6:48
  are
• 6:48
  all
• 6:48
  very,
• 6:49
  very
• 6:49
  helpful
• 6:49
  to
• 6:50
  me.
• 6:50
  I
• 6:51
  do
• 6:51
  think
• 6:51
  it's
• 6:51
  important
• 6:51
  for
• 6:52
  us
• 6:52
  to
• 6:52
  rem.
• 6:52
  Satan
• 6:53
  was
• 6:53
  defeated
• 6:53
  at
• 6:54
  the
• 6:54
  cross.
• 6:54
  The
• 6:55
  reality
• 6:56
  is,
• 6:56
  though,
• 6:56
  that
• 6:56
  he
• 6:57
  is
• 6:57
  still
• 6:58
  in
• 6:58
  a
• 6:58
  desperate
• 6:59
  battle
• 7:00
  to
• 7:00
  thwart
• 7:01
  the
• 7:01
  rescue
• 7:02
  mission
• 7:02
  that
• 7:02
  Jesus
• 7:04
  completed
• 7:04
  in
• 7:05
  terms
• 7:05
  of
• 7:06
  being
• 7:07
  able
• 7:07
  to
• 7:08
  provide
• 7:08
  for
• 7:09
  us.
• 7:09
  But
• 7:09
  now
• 7:10
  we're
• 7:10
  in
• 7:10
  the
• 7:10
  process
• 7:11
  of
• 7:11
  seeing
• 7:12
  people
• 7:12
  come
• 7:12
  to
• 7:13
  Christ,
• 7:14
  watching
• 7:14
  Jesus
• 7:14
  rescue
• 7:15
  their
• 7:15
  lives.
• 7:16
  Satan
• 7:16
  is
• 7:16
  still
• 7:17
  doing
• 7:17
  his
• 7:17
  best
• 7:18
  to
• 7:18
  stop
• 7:19
  us
• 7:19
  because
• 7:20
  we
• 7:20
  are
• 7:20
  now
• 7:20
  the
• 7:21
  entrusted
• 7:21
  laborers
• 7:22
  that
• 7:23
  God
• 7:23
  is
• 7:23
  using.
• 7:25
  Several
• 7:25
  things
• 7:26
  we
• 7:26
  see
• 7:26
  Satan
• 7:27
  doing
• 7:27
  in
• 7:27
  this
• 7:27
  passage
• 7:28
  that
• 7:28
  really
• 7:29
  helps
• 7:29
  us.
• 7:29
  The
• 7:30
  first
• 7:30
  is
• 7:30
  we
• 7:31
  see
• 7:31
  him
• 7:31
  taking
• 7:32
  the
• 7:32
  word
• 7:33
  from
• 7:33
  their
• 7:33
  hearts.
• 7:34
  I
• 7:34
  know
• 7:34
  you've
• 7:34
  seen
• 7:34
  this
• 7:35
  before,
• 7:35
  George,
• 7:36
  where
• 7:36
  you
• 7:36
  actually
• 7:36
  talk
• 7:37
  to
• 7:37
  someone,
• 7:37
  you
• 7:37
  feel
• 7:38
  like
• 7:38
  they're
• 7:38
  interested,
• 7:39
  and
• 7:39
  then
• 7:40
  it's
• 7:41
  like
• 7:41
  stuff
• 7:41
  gets
• 7:42
  between
• 7:42
  you
• 7:43
  and
• 7:43
  them
• 7:43
  and
• 7:43
  you
• 7:43
  don't
• 7:43
  get
• 7:44
  to
• 7:44
  see
• 7:44
  them
• 7:44
  for
• 7:44
  a
• 7:44
  while.
• 7:45
  And
• 7:45
  it's
• 7:45
  like
• 7:45
  it
• 7:45
  falls
• 7:46
  through
• 7:46
  the
• 7:46
  cracks.
• 7:47
  Yeah,
• 7:48
  yeah,
• 7:48
  happens
• 7:49
  all
• 7:49
  the
• 7:49
  time.
• 7:50
  It's
• 7:50
  terrible.
• 7:50
  It's
• 7:50
  a
• 7:51
  terrible
• 7:51
  feeling.
• 7:52
  It
• 7:52
  is.
• 7:53
  And
• 7:53
  I
• 7:53
  think
• 7:53
  that
• 7:54
  one
• 7:54
  of
• 7:54
  the
• 7:54
  things
• 7:54
  that
• 7:54
  it
• 7:55
  helps
• 7:55
  me
• 7:55
  to
• 7:56
  do
• 7:56
  is
• 7:56
  to
• 7:56
  say,
• 7:56
  okay,
• 7:57
  when
• 7:58
  that
• 7:58
  starts
• 7:58
  happening,
• 7:59
  rather
• 7:59
  than
• 8:00
  just
• 8:00
  getting
• 8:00
  my
• 8:01
  feelings
• 8:01
  hurt
• 8:01
  that
• 8:01
  that
• 8:02
  person
• 8:02
  doesn't
• 8:02
  want
• 8:02
  to
• 8:03
  see
• 8:03
  me
• 8:03
  anymore.
• 8:04
  They
• 8:04
  just
• 8:04
  must
• 8:05
  not
• 8:05
  like
• 8:05
  this.
• 8:06
  They
• 8:06
  don't
• 8:06
  want
• 8:06
  this
• 8:07
  kind
• 8:07
  of
• 8:07
  conversation.
• 8:08
  But
• 8:08
  to
• 8:08
  recognize,
• 8:09
  no,
• 8:09
  that's
• 8:09
  the
• 8:09
  work
• 8:09
  of
• 8:09
  the
• 8:10
  enemy.
• 8:11
  And
• 8:11
  remember,
• 8:11
  the
• 8:11
  Bible
• 8:12
  gives
• 8:12
  us
• 8:12
  this
• 8:13
  promise.
• 8:13
  Resist
• 8:14
  the
• 8:14
  devil
• 8:15
  and
• 8:15
  he
• 8:15
  will
• 8:16
  flee
• 8:16
  from
• 8:16
  you.
• 8:17
  And
• 8:17
  so
• 8:17
  that's
• 8:18
  the
• 8:18
  time
• 8:18
  to
• 8:18
  really
• 8:19
  pour
• 8:19
  on
• 8:19
  the
• 8:19
  steam.
• 8:21
  And
• 8:21
  by
• 8:21
  the
• 8:22
  way,
• 8:22
  when
• 8:22
  I
• 8:22
  say
• 8:23
  that,
• 8:23
  I
• 8:23
  don't
• 8:24
  necessarily
• 8:24
  mean.
• 8:24
  And
• 8:24
  I
• 8:25
  know
• 8:25
  you
• 8:25
  know
• 8:25
  this.
• 8:26
  It's
• 8:26
  not
• 8:27
  necessarily
• 8:27
  that
• 8:27
  we're
• 8:28
  pouring
• 8:28
  on
• 8:28
  the
• 8:28
  steam
• 8:28
  to
• 8:29
  get
• 8:29
  more
• 8:29
  gospel
• 8:29
  to
• 8:30
  them,
• 8:30
  but
• 8:30
  that's
• 8:31
  where
• 8:31
  the
• 8:31
  relational
• 8:32
  side
• 8:32
  of
• 8:32
  things
• 8:32
  come
• 8:32
  in.
• 8:33
  We
• 8:33
  want
• 8:34
  to
• 8:34
  take
• 8:34
  care
• 8:34
  of
• 8:34
  our
• 8:34
  friend.
• 8:35
  We
• 8:35
  want
• 8:35
  to
• 8:36
  spend
• 8:37
  time
• 8:37
  with
• 8:37
  them,
• 8:37
  get
• 8:38
  close
• 8:38
  to
• 8:38
  them,
• 8:38
  because
• 8:39
  that's
• 8:39
  going
• 8:39
  to
• 8:39
  renew
• 8:40
  the
• 8:40
  opportunity
• 8:41
  to
• 8:41
  put
• 8:41
  the
• 8:42
  seed
• 8:42
  back
• 8:42
  into
• 8:42
  their
• 8:43
  life.
• 8:44
  Absolutely.
• 8:45
  It's.
• 8:46
  There's
• 8:46
  an
• 8:46
  article
• 8:47
  actually
• 8:47
  coming
• 8:47
  out
• 8:47
  Anna
• 8:48
  wrote
• 8:48
  called
• 8:48
  Relentless
• 8:49
  Pursuit.
• 8:50
  And
• 8:51
  those
• 8:51
  are
• 8:51
  words
• 8:51
  I've
• 8:52
  had
• 8:52
  in
• 8:52
  my
• 8:52
  mind
• 8:52
  for
• 8:53
  a
• 8:53
  long,
• 8:53
  long
• 8:53
  time.
• 8:54
  She
• 8:54
  wrote
• 8:54
  this
• 8:54
  beautiful
• 8:55
  two
• 8:55
  part.
• 8:56
  Two
• 8:56
  articles
• 8:57
  actually
• 8:57
  out
• 8:57
  of
• 8:58
  the
• 8:58
  same
• 8:58
  concept.
• 8:58
  But,
• 8:59
  yeah,
• 9:00
  we
• 9:00
  have
• 9:00
  to
• 9:00
  be
• 9:00
  willing
• 9:00
  to
• 9:00
  go
• 9:00
  after
• 9:01
  him.
• 9:01
  But
• 9:01
  you're
• 9:01
  right.
• 9:01
  I
• 9:01
  mean,
• 9:02
  Satan
• 9:02
  hates
• 9:02
  this.
• 9:02
  He's
• 9:03
  gonna
• 9:03
  try
• 9:03
  to.
• 9:04
  He's
• 9:04
  gonna
• 9:04
  try
• 9:04
  to
• 9:05
  destroy
• 9:05
  it
• 9:06
  somehow
• 9:07
  derail
• 9:07
  it.
• 9:08
  It's
• 9:08
  kind
• 9:08
  of
• 9:09
  terrible
• 9:09
  that
• 9:09
  way.
• 9:10
  Absolutely.
• 9:11
  And
• 9:11
  by
• 9:11
  the
• 9:11
  way,
• 9:11
  just
• 9:12
  a
• 9:12
  great
• 9:13
  place
• 9:13
  to
• 9:14
  put
• 9:14
  in
• 9:14
  there
• 9:14
  that
• 9:15
  we
• 9:15
  have
• 9:15
  these
• 9:15
  weekly
• 9:16
  blog
• 9:16
  posts
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• 9:57
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• 9:57
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• 9:58
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• 9:58
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• 9:59
  trainers
• 9:59
  writing
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• 10:00
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• 10:00
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• 10:00
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• 10:00
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• 10:01
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• 10:01
  writers.
• 10:02
  But.
• 10:02
  But
• 10:02
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• 10:02
  you're
• 10:03
  right,
• 10:03
  Pastor
• 10:03
  Jeff.
• 10:04
  This
• 10:04
  is
• 10:04
  a
• 10:05
  struggle.
• 10:05
  You
• 10:05
  know
• 10:05
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• 10:06
  Satan,
• 10:06
  Satan
• 10:07
  trying
• 10:07
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• 10:07
  take
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  away
• 10:07
  the
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  Word,
• 10:08
  the
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  most
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• 10:09
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  know,
• 10:09
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• 10:09
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• 10:10
  given
• 10:10
  us
• 10:10
  for
• 10:10
  evangelism.
• 10:11
  It's
• 10:12
  interesting
• 10:12
  to
• 10:12
  me
• 10:12
  as
• 10:13
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• 10:13
  that
• 10:13
  in
• 10:13
  the
• 10:13
  next
• 10:14
  soil
• 10:15
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• 10:15
  the
• 10:16
  attack
• 10:16
  on
• 10:16
  new
• 10:17
  believers
• 10:18
  is
• 10:19
  from
• 10:19
  Satan
• 10:19
  himself.
• 10:20
  And
• 10:20
  what
• 10:20
  he
• 10:20
  says
• 10:21
  is
• 10:21
  that
• 10:22
  he
• 10:22
  attacks
• 10:23
  the
• 10:23
  Word
• 10:24
  in
• 10:24
  their
• 10:24
  lives.
• 10:24
  And
• 10:24
  so
• 10:25
  again,
• 10:25
  this
• 10:26
  helps
• 10:26
  me
• 10:26
  recognize
• 10:27
  what
• 10:27
  the
• 10:27
  new
• 10:27
  believer
• 10:28
  needs
• 10:29
  is
• 10:29
  the
• 10:29
  Word.
• 10:30
  Sometimes
• 10:30
  we
• 10:30
  get
• 10:30
  it
• 10:31
  in
• 10:31
  our
• 10:31
  brains.
• 10:32
  We've
• 10:32
  given
• 10:32
  them
• 10:33
  the
• 10:33
  Word,
• 10:33
  they
• 10:33
  got
• 10:34
  saved,
• 10:35
  and
• 10:36
  that's
• 10:36
  the
• 10:36
  big
• 10:37
  crisis.
• 10:38
  But
• 10:38
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• 10:38
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• 10:39
  pours
• 10:39
  on
• 10:39
  the
• 10:39
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• 10:40
  He's
• 10:40
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• 10:40
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• 10:41
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• 10:41
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• 10:42
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• 10:43
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• 10:44
  And
• 10:44
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• 10:45
  what
• 10:45
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• 10:45
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• 10:46
  and
• 10:47
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• 10:47
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• 10:47
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• 10:47
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• 10:48
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• 10:48
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• 10:48
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• 10:49
  in
• 10:49
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• 10:49
  lives
• 10:49
  is
• 10:50
  the
• 10:50
  ministry
• 10:50
  of
• 10:50
  the
• 10:50
  Word.
• 10:51
  So
• 10:52
  I
• 10:52
  think
• 10:52
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• 10:53
  weekly
• 10:53
  with
• 10:54
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• 10:54
  people
• 10:54
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• 10:54
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• 10:54
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• 10:55
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• 10:55
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• 10:55
  Lord
• 10:55
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• 10:56
  them
• 10:56
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• 10:57
  that's
• 10:57
  where
• 10:57
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• 10:57
  the
• 10:58
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• 10:58
  comes
• 10:58
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• 10:59
  In
• 10:59
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• 10:59
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• 10:59
  our
• 10:59
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• 11:00
  of
• 11:00
  ministry
• 11:00
  is
• 11:00
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• 11:01
  people
• 11:01
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• 11:02
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• 11:02
  to
• 11:02
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• 11:03
  Christ
• 11:03
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• 11:03
  the
• 11:03
  Exchange
• 11:04
  Bible
• 11:04
  study,
• 11:05
  but
• 11:05
  then
• 11:06
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• 11:06
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• 11:07
  weekly
• 11:07
  meet
• 11:07
  with
• 11:07
  them
• 11:08
  and
• 11:08
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• 11:08
  to
• 11:08
  help
• 11:09
  them
• 11:09
  grow
• 11:09
  in
• 11:09
  the
• 11:10
  Lord,
• 11:10
  see
• 11:10
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• 11:11
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• 11:11
  of
• 11:11
  the
• 11:11
  life
• 11:12
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• 11:12
  God
• 11:12
  has
• 11:12
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• 11:12
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• 11:13
  them
• 11:13
  and
• 11:13
  let
• 11:13
  that
• 11:13
  life
• 11:14
  grow.
• 11:14
  But
• 11:15
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• 11:15
  through
• 11:15
  the
• 11:15
  ministry
• 11:16
  of
• 11:16
  the
• 11:16
  Word.
• 11:17
  Absolutely.
• 11:18
  And
• 11:18
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• 11:19
  it's.
• 11:19
  And
• 11:19
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• 11:19
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• 11:19
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• 11:20
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• 11:20
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• 11:20
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• 11:21
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• 11:21
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• 11:22
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• 11:22
  that's
• 11:22
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• 11:22
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• 11:22
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• 11:23
  trying
• 11:23
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• 11:23
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• 11:23
  away,
• 11:23
  it's
• 11:23
  a
• 11:23
  good
• 11:24
  indication
• 11:24
  to
• 11:24
  us
• 11:24
  as
• 11:24
  Christians
• 11:25
  that
• 11:25
  ought
• 11:25
  to
• 11:25
  be
• 11:25
  the
• 11:26
  thing
• 11:26
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• 11:26
  pouring
• 11:27
  out.
• 11:27
  That's
• 11:27
  what
• 11:27
  I
• 11:27
  love
• 11:27
  about
• 11:27
  the
• 11:28
  Exchange
• 11:28
  bible
• 11:28
  study.
• 11:28
  It's
• 11:29
  150
• 11:30
  verses
• 11:31
  designed
• 11:31
  to
• 11:32
  answer
• 11:32
  the
• 11:32
  questions
• 11:32
  of
• 11:33
  somebody
• 11:33
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• 11:33
  doesn't
• 11:33
  know
• 11:33
  Christ.
• 11:34
  Take
• 11:34
  them
• 11:34
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• 11:34
  the
• 11:34
  way
• 11:34
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• 11:34
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• 11:35
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• 11:35
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• 11:36
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• 11:36
  in
• 11:36
  a
• 11:36
  full
• 11:36
  relationship
• 11:37
  with
• 11:37
  Jesus,
• 11:38
  and
• 11:38
  it's
• 11:39
  Bible
• 11:39
  heavy.
• 11:40
  It
• 11:40
  does
• 11:40
  that
• 11:41
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• 11:41
  for
• 11:41
  you.
• 11:42
  And
• 11:42
  there's
• 11:42
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• 11:42
  about
• 11:43
  you
• 11:43
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• 11:43
  out
• 11:43
  of
• 11:44
  the
• 11:44
  way
• 11:44
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• 11:44
  just
• 11:44
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• 11:44
  them
• 11:45
  go
• 11:45
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• 11:45
  to
• 11:45
  Scripture
• 11:46
  and
• 11:46
  see
• 11:46
  the
• 11:46
  Scripture
• 11:46
  for.
• 11:47
  For
• 11:47
  themselves.
• 11:48
  Absolutely.
• 11:49
  I
• 11:49
  think
• 11:49
  it's
• 11:49
  interesting
• 11:50
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• 11:50
  well.
• 11:50
  And
• 11:50
  that
• 11:50
  next
• 11:51
  one
• 11:51
  where
• 11:51
  the
• 11:51
  weeds
• 11:52
  come
• 11:52
  in
• 11:52
  and
• 11:52
  choke
• 11:53
  again,
• 11:53
  it
• 11:54
  says
• 11:54
  that
• 11:54
  it's
• 11:54
  choking
• 11:55
  the
• 11:55
  Word.
• 11:56
  And
• 11:57
  I
• 11:57
  just
• 11:57
  think
• 11:58
  there
• 11:58
  are
• 11:58
  so
• 11:58
  many
• 11:58
  this
• 11:59
  is
• 11:59
  now
• 11:59
  mature
• 12:00
  Christians
• 12:00
  that
• 12:00
  are
• 12:01
  not
• 12:01
  fruitful.
• 12:02
  And
• 12:02
  I
• 12:02
  think
• 12:02
  that
• 12:03
  really
• 12:03
  is
• 12:03
  all
• 12:03
  of
• 12:03
  us
• 12:04
  from
• 12:04
  time
• 12:04
  to
• 12:04
  time.
• 12:04
  And
• 12:05
  we
• 12:05
  need
• 12:05
  to
• 12:05
  look
• 12:05
  at
• 12:05
  our
• 12:05
  own
• 12:06
  lives
• 12:06
  and
• 12:06
  recognize
• 12:07
  that
• 12:07
  the
• 12:07
  things
• 12:08
  that
• 12:08
  are
• 12:08
  in
• 12:09
  our
• 12:09
  life
• 12:10
  that
• 12:10
  are
• 12:10
  crowding,
• 12:11
  they're
• 12:11
  not
• 12:11
  just
• 12:11
  crowding
• 12:12
  productivity,
• 12:12
  they're
• 12:12
  crowding
• 12:13
  the
• 12:13
  Word.
• 12:14
  It's
• 12:14
  the
• 12:14
  Word,
• 12:15
  the
• 12:15
  ministry
• 12:15
  of
• 12:16
  the
• 12:16
  Word
• 12:16
  in
• 12:16
  our
• 12:16
  life.
• 12:16
  So
• 12:17
  I
• 12:17
  think
• 12:17
  making
• 12:18
  sure
• 12:18
  we're
• 12:18
  making
• 12:19
  time
• 12:19
  for
• 12:19
  church,
• 12:20
  making
• 12:20
  sure
• 12:20
  we're
• 12:21
  making
• 12:21
  time
• 12:22
  and
• 12:22
  energy
• 12:23
  and
• 12:23
  seeing
• 12:24
  Jesus
• 12:24
  in
• 12:24
  the
• 12:24
  Word
• 12:25
  daily,
• 12:25
  spending
• 12:26
  that
• 12:26
  time
• 12:26
  not
• 12:27
  just
• 12:27
  reading
• 12:27
  your
• 12:28
  Bible,
• 12:28
  but
• 12:28
  spending
• 12:28
  time
• 12:29
  with
• 12:29
  him,
• 12:30
  seeing
• 12:31
  him
• 12:31
  as
• 12:32
  we
• 12:32
  spend
• 12:32
  that
• 12:32
  time
• 12:33
  in
• 12:33
  the
• 12:33
  Word.
• 12:33
  The
• 12:33
  Word
• 12:34
  is
• 12:34
  the
• 12:34
  ministry
• 12:34
  that's
• 12:35
  going
• 12:35
  to
• 12:35
  help
• 12:35
  us
• 12:35
  with
• 12:35
  all
• 12:36
  of
• 12:36
  that.
• 12:37
  Yeah,
• 12:37
  it's
• 12:37
  the
• 12:37
  growth
• 12:37
  factor
• 12:38
  in
• 12:38
  a
• 12:38
  Christian's
• 12:39
  life.
• 12:39
  It's
• 12:39
  what
• 12:39
  the
• 12:39
  Holy
• 12:40
  Spirit
• 12:40
  uses
• 12:40
  to
• 12:40
  change
• 12:41
  us
• 12:41
  to
• 12:41
  become
• 12:41
  more
• 12:41
  like
• 12:42
  Jesus.
• 12:42
  Definitely.
• 12:43
  Absolutely.
• 12:43
  So
• 12:44
  then
• 12:44
  it's
• 12:44
  interesting
• 12:45
  that
• 12:45
  he
• 12:45
  moves
• 12:46
  on
• 12:46
  to
• 12:46
  a
• 12:46
  different
• 12:46
  parable
• 12:47
  in
• 12:47
  this
• 12:47
  passage.
• 12:48
  And
• 12:48
  in
• 12:49
  verses
• 12:49
  21,
• 12:50
  22,
• 12:51
  he
• 12:51
  says,
• 12:52
  you
• 12:52
  know,
• 12:52
  no
• 12:52
  one
• 12:52
  lights
• 12:53
  a
• 12:53
  light
• 12:53
  and
• 12:53
  Puts
• 12:53
  it
• 12:53
  under
• 12:54
  a
• 12:55
  bushel,
• 12:55
  he
• 12:56
  takes
• 12:56
  it
• 12:56
  out
• 12:56
  and
• 12:56
  he
• 12:57
  puts
• 12:57
  it
• 12:57
  on
• 12:57
  a
• 12:57
  lampstand
• 12:58
  because
• 12:58
  it's
• 12:58
  going
• 12:58
  to
• 12:59
  have
• 12:59
  better
• 13:00
  priority.
• 13:00
  And
• 13:00
  I
• 13:00
  think
• 13:01
  one
• 13:02
  of
• 13:02
  the
• 13:02
  things
• 13:02
  that
• 13:03
  this
• 13:04
  helps
• 13:04
  me
• 13:04
  see
• 13:05
  is
• 13:05
  that
• 13:05
  in
• 13:05
  terms
• 13:06
  of
• 13:06
  being
• 13:06
  a
• 13:06
  light
• 13:07
  to
• 13:07
  the
• 13:07
  dark
• 13:07
  world,
• 13:08
  not
• 13:08
  only
• 13:09
  do
• 13:09
  I
• 13:09
  have
• 13:09
  to
• 13:09
  be
• 13:09
  strategic,
• 13:10
  but
• 13:10
  I
• 13:10
  also
• 13:10
  have
• 13:10
  to
• 13:10
  be
• 13:10
  intentional.
• 13:11
  I
• 13:11
  think
• 13:11
  those
• 13:12
  two
• 13:12
  words
• 13:12
  in
• 13:12
  my
• 13:13
  mind
• 13:13
  really
• 13:14
  help
• 13:14
  me
• 13:15
  to
• 13:15
  determine
• 13:15
  the
• 13:16
  kind
• 13:16
  of
• 13:16
  life
• 13:16
  I'm
• 13:17
  living.
• 13:17
  So
• 13:17
  I
• 13:18
  need
• 13:18
  to
• 13:18
  be
• 13:18
  intentional
• 13:19
  in
• 13:19
  that
• 13:19
  I
• 13:19
  am
• 13:19
  constantly
• 13:20
  carrying
• 13:20
  the
• 13:21
  light
• 13:21
  to
• 13:21
  people
• 13:22
  and
• 13:22
  I
• 13:22
  need
• 13:22
  to
• 13:22
  be
• 13:23
  strategic
• 13:23
  in
• 13:24
  that
• 13:24
  I
• 13:24
  want
• 13:24
  to
• 13:24
  get
• 13:25
  the
• 13:25
  word
• 13:25
  to
• 13:25
  them.
• 13:26
  That's
• 13:26
  the
• 13:27
  strategy
• 13:27
  that
• 13:27
  we
• 13:27
  use
• 13:28
  over
• 13:28
  and
• 13:28
  over,
• 13:28
  is
• 13:28
  the
• 13:29
  exchange
• 13:29
  Bible
• 13:29
  study,
• 13:30
  because
• 13:30
  it's
• 13:30
  the
• 13:30
  word.
• 13:30
  But
• 13:31
  those
• 13:31
  two
• 13:31
  going
• 13:31
  together
• 13:32
  so
• 13:33
  intentionally
• 13:34
  meeting
• 13:35
  people,
• 13:36
  letting
• 13:36
  them
• 13:37
  see
• 13:37
  Jesus
• 13:38
  in
• 13:38
  us,
• 13:38
  and
• 13:38
  then
• 13:39
  trying
• 13:39
  to
• 13:39
  shine
• 13:40
  that
• 13:40
  word
• 13:41
  into
• 13:41
  their
• 13:41
  lives
• 13:42
  by
• 13:42
  doing
• 13:42
  a
• 13:42
  Bible
• 13:42
  study.
• 13:43
  Absolutely.
• 13:44
  And.
• 13:44
  And
• 13:44
  I
• 13:44
  think
• 13:45
  sometimes
• 13:45
  the
• 13:45
  opposite
• 13:45
  of
• 13:46
  intentional
• 13:46
  is
• 13:46
  not
• 13:46
  just
• 13:46
  being
• 13:47
  haphazard,
• 13:47
  but
• 13:47
  actually
• 13:48
  for
• 13:48
  most
• 13:48
  of
• 13:48
  us,
• 13:48
  we're
• 13:49
  aware
• 13:49
  of
• 13:49
  the
• 13:49
  needs
• 13:49
  around
• 13:50
  us.
• 13:50
  It's
• 13:51
  not
• 13:51
  being
• 13:51
  timid.
• 13:52
  It's
• 13:52
  not
• 13:52
  being
• 13:52
  timid.
• 13:53
  Yeah.
• 13:54
  I
• 13:54
  heard
• 13:54
  John
• 13:55
  Piper
• 13:55
  once
• 13:55
  say
• 13:56
  that
• 13:56
  we
• 13:56
  in
• 13:56
  Christianity
• 13:57
  have
• 13:58
  a
• 13:58
  built
• 13:58
  in
• 13:59
  timidity
• 13:59
  and
• 13:59
  it
• 14:00
  is
• 14:00
  not
• 14:00
  attractive.
• 14:01
  Yeah.
• 14:03
  It's
• 14:03
  just
• 14:03
  not
• 14:04
  a.
• 14:04
  It's
• 14:04
  not
• 14:04
  a
• 14:04
  good
• 14:05
  thing
• 14:05
  for
• 14:05
  believers.
• 14:06
  And
• 14:06
  yet
• 14:07
  we
• 14:07
  do
• 14:07
  have
• 14:07
  to
• 14:08
  struggle
• 14:08
  with
• 14:08
  that
• 14:08
  all
• 14:08
  the
• 14:08
  time.
• 14:09
  Yeah,
• 14:10
  yeah,
• 14:10
  absolutely.
• 14:11
  The
• 14:11
  last
• 14:11
  piece
• 14:11
  that
• 14:12
  I
• 14:12
  wanted
• 14:12
  to
• 14:12
  look
• 14:12
  at
• 14:12
  in
• 14:13
  this
• 14:13
  passage,
• 14:13
  verses
• 14:14
  26
• 14:14
  to
• 14:14
  29,
• 14:15
  I
• 14:16
  call
• 14:16
  this
• 14:16
  the
• 14:17
  Parable
• 14:17
  of
• 14:17
  the
• 14:17
  Soul
• 14:18
  farmer
• 14:19
  because
• 14:19
  it
• 14:19
  shows
• 14:20
  a
• 14:20
  picture
• 14:20
  of
• 14:20
  a
• 14:20
  man.
• 14:21
  And
• 14:21
  of
• 14:21
  course
• 14:21
  you
• 14:22
  probably
• 14:22
  know
• 14:22
  the
• 14:23
  passage.
• 14:23
  I'm
• 14:23
  going
• 14:23
  to
• 14:23
  look
• 14:23
  it
• 14:24
  up
• 14:24
  here
• 14:24
  on
• 14:24
  my
• 14:25
  Bible.
• 14:26
  It
• 14:26
  says,
• 14:27
  and
• 14:27
  the
• 14:27
  kingdom
• 14:28
  of
• 14:29
  God
• 14:29
  is
• 14:29
  like
• 14:29
  a
• 14:30
  man
• 14:30
  that
• 14:30
  would
• 14:30
  scatter
• 14:31
  seed
• 14:31
  on
• 14:31
  the
• 14:32
  ground.
• 14:32
  He
• 14:33
  sleeps
• 14:33
  and
• 14:33
  rises
• 14:34
  night
• 14:34
  and
• 14:34
  day,
• 14:35
  and
• 14:35
  the
• 14:35
  seed
• 14:36
  sprouts
• 14:36
  and
• 14:36
  grows
• 14:37
  and
• 14:37
  he
• 14:37
  knows
• 14:37
  not
• 14:38
  how.
• 14:38
  And
• 14:39
  the
• 14:39
  earth
• 14:39
  produces
• 14:40
  by
• 14:40
  itself,
• 14:41
  first
• 14:41
  the
• 14:41
  blade,
• 14:42
  then
• 14:42
  the
• 14:42
  ear,
• 14:43
  then
• 14:43
  the
• 14:43
  full
• 14:43
  corn
• 14:43
  in
• 14:44
  the
• 14:44
  ear.
• 14:45
  And
• 14:45
  when
• 14:45
  the
• 14:46
  grain
• 14:46
  is
• 14:46
  ripe
• 14:47
  at
• 14:47
  once
• 14:48
  he
• 14:48
  puts
• 14:48
  in
• 14:48
  the
• 14:48
  sickle
• 14:49
  because
• 14:50
  the
• 14:50
  harvest
• 14:51
  has
• 14:51
  come.
• 14:52
  And
• 14:52
  of
• 14:52
  course
• 14:52
  you
• 14:52
  can
• 14:52
  see
• 14:53
  how
• 14:53
  that
• 14:53
  parallels
• 14:54
  what
• 14:54
  we've
• 14:54
  been
• 14:54
  talking
• 14:55
  about,
• 14:55
  that
• 14:55
  the
• 14:56
  harvest
• 14:56
  is
• 14:56
  plenteous.
• 14:57
  But
• 14:57
  this
• 14:57
  kind
• 14:57
  of
• 14:58
  shows
• 14:58
  us
• 14:58
  a
• 14:58
  bit
• 14:58
  of
• 14:58
  a
• 14:59
  process
• 14:59
  that
• 14:59
  goes
• 15:00
  on
• 15:00
  here.
• 15:01
  And
• 15:01
  to
• 15:01
  me,
• 15:02
  this
• 15:02
  parable
• 15:03
  motivates
• 15:04
  me
• 15:04
  to
• 15:05
  be
• 15:05
  diligent
• 15:06
  and
• 15:06
  to
• 15:06
  not
• 15:07
  just
• 15:07
  hit
• 15:08
  and
• 15:08
  run,
• 15:09
  not
• 15:10
  just
• 15:10
  pounce
• 15:10
  on
• 15:10
  people
• 15:10
  and
• 15:10
  give
• 15:11
  them
• 15:11
  the
• 15:11
  truth.
• 15:11
  And
• 15:12
  if
• 15:12
  they
• 15:12
  reject,
• 15:12
  they
• 15:13
  reject,
• 15:13
  but
• 15:13
  to
• 15:14
  be
• 15:14
  a
• 15:14
  soul
• 15:14
  farmer,
• 15:15
  to
• 15:15
  put
• 15:15
  in
• 15:15
  the
• 15:16
  seed,
• 15:16
  to
• 15:16
  be
• 15:17
  patiently
• 15:17
  waiting,
• 15:18
  watching,
• 15:18
  cultivating.
• 15:19
  And
• 15:19
  so
• 15:20
  this
• 15:20
  is
• 15:21
  really,
• 15:21
  really
• 15:21
  helpful
• 15:21
  to
• 15:21
  me
• 15:22
  to
• 15:22
  Be
• 15:22
  able
• 15:22
  to
• 15:22
  see
• 15:22
  this
• 15:23
  process.
• 15:23
  Yeah,
• 15:24
  yeah.
• 15:25
  I
• 15:25
  gotta
• 15:25
  be
• 15:25
  honest,
• 15:25
  I've
• 15:26
  never
• 15:26
  thought
• 15:27
  about
• 15:27
  this
• 15:27
  parable
• 15:28
  as
• 15:28
  an
• 15:29
  instruction
• 15:29
  for
• 15:29
  evangelism.
• 15:31
  I
• 15:31
  probably
• 15:31
  glanced
• 15:32
  right
• 15:32
  over
• 15:32
  it,
• 15:32
  you
• 15:32
  know,
• 15:33
  when
• 15:33
  I
• 15:33
  go
• 15:33
  through
• 15:33
  it
• 15:33
  in
• 15:33
  my
• 15:33
  Bible
• 15:34
  reading.
• 15:34
  And,
• 15:35
  and
• 15:35
  I
• 15:35
  mean,
• 15:36
  we
• 15:36
  were
• 15:36
  talking
• 15:36
  about
• 15:36
  this
• 15:37
  before
• 15:37
  we
• 15:37
  even
• 15:37
  started
• 15:38
  recording,
• 15:38
  but
• 15:40
  this
• 15:40
  is
• 15:41
  packed.
• 15:42
  I
• 15:42
  can't
• 15:43
  wait
• 15:43
  to
• 15:43
  see
• 15:44
  the
• 15:44
  things
• 15:44
  you're
• 15:44
  going
• 15:44
  to
• 15:45
  pull
• 15:45
  out
• 15:45
  of
• 15:45
  this.
• 15:45
  But
• 15:45
  this
• 15:45
  is
• 15:46
  awesome.
• 15:46
  I
• 15:46
  mean,
• 15:47
  right
• 15:48
  there,
• 15:48
  first
• 15:48
  thing,
• 15:48
  right
• 15:48
  off
• 15:48
  the
• 15:49
  bat,
• 15:49
  he's
• 15:49
  a
• 15:49
  hard
• 15:50
  worker,
• 15:51
  and
• 15:51
  that's
• 15:51
  okay.
• 15:51
  We
• 15:52
  should
• 15:52
  relentlessly
• 15:52
  pursue.
• 15:53
  And
• 15:53
  that's
• 15:53
  hard
• 15:53
  work.
• 15:54
  Yeah,
• 15:55
  it
• 15:55
  is
• 15:55
  hard
• 15:55
  work.
• 15:55
  And
• 15:56
  I
• 15:57
  think
• 15:57
  that
• 15:57
  we
• 15:57
  have
• 15:57
  to
• 15:58
  recognize
• 15:59
  that
• 16:00
  though
• 16:00
  God
• 16:01
  is
• 16:01
  the
• 16:01
  one
• 16:01
  that's
• 16:01
  doing
• 16:01
  the
• 16:02
  work,
• 16:02
  we
• 16:03
  have
• 16:03
  to
• 16:03
  work
• 16:04
  hard
• 16:04
  with
• 16:04
  him.
• 16:05
  That's
• 16:05
  what
• 16:05
  God
• 16:05
  called
• 16:06
  us
• 16:06
  to
• 16:06
  do.
• 16:07
  You
• 16:07
  know,
• 16:07
  we've
• 16:08
  talked
• 16:08
  in
• 16:08
  that
• 16:09
  Matthew
• 16:10
  9
• 16:10
  passage
• 16:10
  where
• 16:11
  Jesus
• 16:12
  first
• 16:12
  told
• 16:12
  about
• 16:13
  the
• 16:13
  harvest
• 16:13
  being
• 16:14
  plenteous.
• 16:15
  He
• 16:15
  had
• 16:15
  preached
• 16:15
  the
• 16:16
  gospel
• 16:16
  to
• 16:17
  all
• 16:17
  the
• 16:17
  cities
• 16:18
  and
• 16:18
  villages
• 16:18
  of
• 16:19
  Galilee.
• 16:20
  And
• 16:21
  he
• 16:21
  worked
• 16:22
  hard
• 16:22
  in
• 16:22
  those
• 16:22
  three
• 16:22
  years
• 16:23
  of
• 16:23
  earthly
• 16:23
  ministry.
• 16:24
  Yeah.
• 16:25
  I
• 16:25
  mean,
• 16:25
  there
• 16:25
  were
• 16:25
  times
• 16:25
  he
• 16:25
  was
• 16:25
  so
• 16:26
  exhausted
• 16:26
  he
• 16:26
  could
• 16:26
  fall
• 16:27
  asleep
• 16:27
  in
• 16:27
  the
• 16:27
  middle
• 16:27
  of
• 16:27
  a
• 16:28
  storm
• 16:28
  on
• 16:28
  a
• 16:28
  boat.
• 16:31
  Absolutely.
• 16:32
  Absolutely.
• 16:33
  I
• 16:33
  think
• 16:33
  it's
• 16:33
  interesting
• 16:34
  too,
• 16:34
  though,
• 16:34
  to
• 16:35
  see
• 16:35
  that
• 16:36
  he
• 16:36
  is
• 16:36
  not
• 16:36
  only
• 16:37
  working
• 16:37
  hard,
• 16:38
  but
• 16:38
  he's
• 16:39
  waiting
• 16:39
  purposefully.
• 16:41
  And
• 16:41
  in
• 16:41
  the
• 16:42
  waiting
• 16:42
  process,
• 16:43
  it
• 16:43
  says
• 16:43
  that
• 16:43
  he
• 16:43
  sleeps
• 16:44
  and
• 16:44
  rises.
• 16:47
  And
• 16:47
  literally
• 16:47
  what
• 16:48
  he's
• 16:48
  doing
• 16:48
  is
• 16:48
  he
• 16:49
  is
• 16:49
  watching
• 16:50
  for
• 16:50
  God's
• 16:51
  miraculous
• 16:52
  work.
• 16:52
  I
• 16:53
  think
• 16:53
  sometimes
• 16:53
  we,
• 16:54
  you
• 16:54
  know,
• 16:55
  there's
• 16:55
  two
• 16:55
  extremes
• 16:56
  in
• 16:56
  evangelism.
• 16:57
  We
• 16:57
  just
• 16:57
  leave
• 16:58
  it
• 16:58
  all
• 16:58
  to
• 16:58
  God
• 16:58
  and
• 16:59
  people
• 16:59
  are
• 16:59
  gonna
• 16:59
  get
• 16:59
  saved
• 17:00
  or
• 17:00
  they're.
• 17:01
  Or
• 17:02
  we
• 17:02
  try
• 17:02
  to
• 17:03
  make
• 17:03
  it
• 17:03
  happen.
• 17:04
  And
• 17:05
  even
• 17:05
  though
• 17:06
  God
• 17:06
  calls
• 17:06
  us
• 17:06
  to
• 17:06
  work
• 17:07
  hard,
• 17:07
  we
• 17:08
  can't
• 17:08
  make
• 17:08
  it
• 17:08
  happen.
• 17:09
  God
• 17:09
  is
• 17:09
  the
• 17:09
  one
• 17:10
  who
• 17:10
  makes
• 17:10
  it
• 17:10
  happen.
• 17:11
  He's
• 17:11
  the
• 17:11
  one
• 17:11
  who's
• 17:12
  calling.
• 17:12
  And
• 17:12
  I
• 17:13
  love
• 17:13
  the
• 17:13
  picture
• 17:13
  here
• 17:14
  where
• 17:14
  it
• 17:14
  says
• 17:15
  that
• 17:16
  he
• 17:16
  knows
• 17:16
  not
• 17:17
  how.
• 17:18
  The
• 17:18
  implication
• 17:19
  is
• 17:19
  it's
• 17:20
  miraculous
• 17:21
  every
• 17:21
  single
• 17:21
  time
• 17:21
  to
• 17:21
  this
• 17:22
  farmer.
• 17:22
  I
• 17:22
  mean,
• 17:22
  I
• 17:22
  don't
• 17:23
  even
• 17:23
  know
• 17:23
  how
• 17:23
  this
• 17:23
  happens.
• 17:23
  I
• 17:24
  just
• 17:24
  put
• 17:24
  in
• 17:24
  the
• 17:24
  seed
• 17:25
  and
• 17:25
  out
• 17:25
  comes
• 17:25
  this
• 17:26
  harvest.
• 17:27
  And
• 17:28
  it's
• 17:28
  all
• 17:28
  the
• 17:28
  work
• 17:28
  of
• 17:28
  God.
• 17:29
  God
• 17:29
  built
• 17:30
  it
• 17:30
  into
• 17:30
  the
• 17:31
  system.
• 17:31
  And
• 17:32
  as
• 17:32
  we
• 17:32
  use
• 17:33
  the
• 17:33
  seed,
• 17:33
  the
• 17:33
  word
• 17:33
  of
• 17:34
  God,
• 17:34
  there
• 17:35
  is
• 17:35
  going
• 17:35
  to
• 17:36
  be
• 17:36
  a
• 17:36
  work
• 17:36
  that
• 17:37
  God
• 17:37
  does
• 17:37
  in
• 17:37
  people's
• 17:38
  lives
• 17:38
  through
• 17:38
  a
• 17:38
  harvest.
• 17:39
  Yeah,
• 17:40
  yeah.
• 17:40
  And
• 17:40
  I
• 17:41
  think
• 17:41
  there's
• 17:41
  something
• 17:41
  very
• 17:42
  innocent
• 17:42
  and
• 17:43
  humble
• 17:43
  about
• 17:43
  a
• 17:44
  person
• 17:44
  who
• 17:44
  looks
• 17:44
  at
• 17:44
  that
• 17:44
  seed
• 17:45
  and
• 17:45
  goes,
• 17:45
  well,
• 17:46
  I
• 17:46
  don't
• 17:46
  know
• 17:46
  how
• 17:46
  that
• 17:46
  happens.
• 17:47
  I
• 17:47
  think
• 17:47
  one
• 17:47
  of
• 17:47
  the
• 17:48
  things
• 17:48
  to
• 17:48
  our
• 17:48
  detriment
• 17:48
  is
• 17:49
  sometimes
• 17:49
  when
• 17:49
  we
• 17:50
  are
• 17:50
  so,
• 17:51
  so,
• 17:51
  so
• 17:51
  trained
• 17:52
  in
• 17:52
  some
• 17:52
  of
• 17:52
  these
• 17:52
  things,
• 17:53
  that
• 17:54
  knowledge
• 17:54
  puffs
• 17:54
  up
• 17:55
  and
• 17:55
  then
• 17:55
  we
• 17:55
  get
• 17:55
  a
• 17:55
  little
• 17:55
  arrogant
• 17:56
  about,
• 17:56
  like,
• 17:56
  well,
• 17:56
  I
• 17:56
  can
• 17:57
  make
• 17:57
  it
• 17:57
  happen.
• 17:57
  Because,
• 17:57
  like,
• 17:58
  you
• 17:58
  know,
• 17:58
  I
• 17:58
  took
• 17:58
  the
• 17:58
  exchange
• 17:59
  seminar,
• 17:59
  which.
• 18:00
  The
• 18:00
  exchange
• 18:00
  seminar
• 18:00
  is
• 18:00
  awesome,
• 18:01
  but
• 18:01
  let
• 18:02
  me
• 18:02
  tell
• 18:02
  you,
• 18:02
  you
• 18:02
  still
• 18:02
  need
• 18:03
  God,
• 18:03
  you
• 18:04
  know?
• 18:04
  Yeah.
• 18:05
  In
• 18:05
  fact,
• 18:06
  I
• 18:06
  tell
• 18:06
  people
• 18:06
  all
• 18:06
  the
• 18:06
  time,
• 18:07
  you
• 18:07
  know,
• 18:07
  I
• 18:08
  wish
• 18:08
  I
• 18:08
  had
• 18:08
  a
• 18:08
  silver
• 18:08
  bullet
• 18:09
  and
• 18:09
  said,
• 18:09
  you
• 18:09
  know,
• 18:09
  if
• 18:09
  you
• 18:10
  do
• 18:10
  it
• 18:10
  just
• 18:10
  the
• 18:10
  way
• 18:10
  I
• 18:10
  tell
• 18:11
  you.
• 18:11
  But
• 18:12
  it's
• 18:12
  really
• 18:12
  not
• 18:12
  about
• 18:12
  us.
• 18:13
  It's
• 18:13
  about
• 18:14
  the
• 18:14
  Lord
• 18:14
  and
• 18:15
  how
• 18:15
  God
• 18:16
  does
• 18:16
  it.
• 18:16
  I
• 18:16
  love
• 18:17
  the
• 18:17
  way
• 18:17
  it
• 18:17
  says
• 18:17
  the
• 18:18
  earth
• 18:18
  produces
• 18:19
  by
• 18:20
  itself.
• 18:21
  And
• 18:22
  I
• 18:23
  just
• 18:23
  think
• 18:23
  we
• 18:23
  have
• 18:24
  to
• 18:24
  be
• 18:24
  willing
• 18:25
  to
• 18:25
  trust
• 18:26
  the
• 18:27
  Holy
• 18:27
  Spirit
• 18:28
  to
• 18:28
  use
• 18:29
  the
• 18:29
  word
• 18:29
  of
• 18:29
  God
• 18:30
  in
• 18:30
  the
• 18:31
  hearts
• 18:31
  of
• 18:31
  our
• 18:32
  friends
• 18:32
  and
• 18:33
  be
• 18:33
  patient.
• 18:36
  It's
• 18:37
  a
• 18:37
  powerful
• 18:37
  waiting
• 18:38
  game.
• 18:38
  You
• 18:39
  know,
• 18:40
  we
• 18:40
  have
• 18:40
  to
• 18:40
  be
• 18:41
  patient
• 18:41
  with
• 18:41
  them.
• 18:42
  That
• 18:42
  doesn't
• 18:42
  mean,
• 18:42
  by
• 18:42
  the
• 18:42
  way,
• 18:43
  that
• 18:43
  we
• 18:43
  sit
• 18:43
  back
• 18:43
  and
• 18:43
  do
• 18:43
  nothing.
• 18:44
  But
• 18:45
  it
• 18:45
  does
• 18:45
  mean
• 18:45
  that
• 18:45
  we
• 18:46
  don't
• 18:46
  try
• 18:46
  to
• 18:47
  push
• 18:47
  them.
• 18:47
  We
• 18:47
  don't
• 18:48
  try
• 18:48
  to
• 18:48
  make
• 18:48
  it
• 18:48
  happen.
• 18:49
  But
• 18:49
  we
• 18:49
  are.
• 18:50
  I
• 18:50
  mean,
• 18:51
  looking
• 18:51
  at
• 18:51
  the
• 18:52
  way
• 18:52
  this
• 18:53
  soul
• 18:53
  farmer
• 18:53
  works,
• 18:54
  it
• 18:54
  says
• 18:55
  when
• 18:55
  the
• 18:56
  grain
• 18:56
  is
• 18:56
  ripe
• 18:57
  at
• 18:57
  once,
• 18:58
  he
• 18:58
  puts
• 18:59
  in
• 18:59
  the
• 18:59
  sickle
• 19:00
  because
• 19:00
  the
• 19:00
  harvest
• 19:01
  has
• 19:01
  come.
• 19:02
  And
• 19:02
  it's
• 19:03
  clear
• 19:03
  he
• 19:03
  is
• 19:04
  watching
• 19:04
  for
• 19:04
  that
• 19:04
  to
• 19:05
  happen.
• 19:05
  I
• 19:05
  had
• 19:05
  a
• 19:06
  opportunity
• 19:06
  this
• 19:07
  week,
• 19:07
  George,
• 19:07
  to
• 19:08
  interact
• 19:08
  with
• 19:09
  one
• 19:09
  of
• 19:09
  your
• 19:10
  friends.
• 19:10
  I
• 19:10
  always
• 19:11
  write
• 19:11
  an
• 19:11
  email
• 19:11
  to
• 19:12
  people
• 19:12
  who
• 19:12
  buy
• 19:13
  something
• 19:13
  from
• 19:13
  our
• 19:14
  store.
• 19:14
  And
• 19:14
  I
• 19:14
  wrote
• 19:15
  an
• 19:15
  email
• 19:15
  and
• 19:15
  got
• 19:15
  a
• 19:16
  email
• 19:17
  back
• 19:17
  from
• 19:18
  a
• 19:18
  guy
• 19:18
  that
• 19:18
  you
• 19:18
  had
• 19:19
  led
• 19:19
  to
• 19:19
  the
• 19:19
  Lord,
• 19:20
  and
• 19:20
  he
• 19:21
  was
• 19:21
  talking
• 19:21
  to
• 19:21
  me
• 19:22
  about
• 19:22
  that
• 19:22
  very
• 19:22
  thing,
• 19:22
  that
• 19:23
  he
• 19:23
  was
• 19:24
  just
• 19:24
  impressed
• 19:24
  not
• 19:25
  only
• 19:25
  by
• 19:25
  the
• 19:25
  impact
• 19:26
  that
• 19:26
  the
• 19:26
  exchange
• 19:27
  Bible
• 19:27
  study
• 19:27
  had
• 19:27
  on
• 19:27
  his
• 19:28
  heart,
• 19:28
  but
• 19:29
  your
• 19:29
  wisdom
• 19:30
  in
• 19:31
  letting
• 19:31
  him
• 19:31
  kind
• 19:31
  of
• 19:32
  figure
• 19:32
  it
• 19:32
  out
• 19:32
  and
• 19:33
  grow
• 19:33
  in
• 19:34
  his
• 19:34
  understanding.
• 19:35
  Yeah,
• 19:35
  I
• 19:36
  think
• 19:36
  I
• 19:36
  can
• 19:36
  probably
• 19:36
  guess
• 19:37
  who
• 19:37
  you're
• 19:37
  talking
• 19:37
  about.
• 19:38
  But,
• 19:39
  yeah,
• 19:40
  it's
• 19:40
  funny.
• 19:41
  He's
• 19:41
  in
• 19:41
  love
• 19:41
  with
• 19:41
  the
• 19:41
  exchange.
• 19:42
  I
• 19:42
  mean,
• 19:42
  he's
• 19:42
  buying
• 19:42
  it
• 19:43
  so
• 19:43
  much,
• 19:43
  I'm
• 19:43
  actually
• 19:44
  telling
• 19:44
  him,
• 19:44
  you
• 19:45
  might
• 19:45
  slow
• 19:45
  down.
• 19:46
  I'm
• 19:46
  a
• 19:46
  little
• 19:47
  worried
• 19:47
  about
• 19:47
  you.
• 19:47
  But
• 19:48
  he's
• 19:49
  in
• 19:49
  an
• 19:49
  exchange
• 19:49
  Bible
• 19:50
  study
• 19:50
  with
• 19:50
  a
• 19:50
  Catholic
• 19:51
  guy.
• 19:51
  And
• 19:52
  what's
• 19:52
  amazing
• 19:52
  is
• 19:53
  that
• 19:53
  waiting
• 19:54
  does
• 19:54
  sometimes
• 19:55
  feel
• 19:55
  like
• 19:55
  you're
• 19:55
  doing
• 19:55
  nothing.
• 19:56
  But
• 19:56
  waiting
• 19:57
  is
• 19:57
  a
• 19:57
  very
• 19:57
  active
• 19:58
  thing.
• 19:59
  It
• 19:59
  might
• 19:59
  be
• 19:59
  passive
• 19:59
  aggressive,
• 20:00
  but
• 20:01
  you're
• 20:01
  sitting
• 20:01
  there,
• 20:02
  you're
• 20:02
  waiting.
• 20:03
  That's
• 20:03
  a
• 20:03
  hard
• 20:03
  thing
• 20:04
  sometimes,
• 20:04
  you
• 20:04
  know,
• 20:04
  like,
• 20:05
  think
• 20:05
  of
• 20:05
  a
• 20:05
  soldier
• 20:05
  who
• 20:05
  has
• 20:06
  to
• 20:06
  keep
• 20:06
  watch
• 20:07
  and
• 20:07
  has
• 20:07
  to
• 20:07
  stay
• 20:07
  alert
• 20:08
  and
• 20:08
  active
• 20:08
  in
• 20:09
  his
• 20:09
  mind
• 20:09
  and
• 20:09
  not
• 20:09
  try
• 20:09
  not
• 20:10
  to,
• 20:10
  like,
• 20:10
  lose
• 20:11
  vigilance.
• 20:12
  Waiting
• 20:12
  is
• 20:13
  evangelistic
• 20:14
  vigilance.
• 20:15
  You
• 20:15
  know
• 20:15
  what
• 20:15
  I
• 20:16
  mean?
• 20:17
  And
• 20:18
  so
• 20:19
  you're
• 20:19
  waiting
• 20:19
  on
• 20:20
  God,
• 20:20
  though,
• 20:21
  which
• 20:21
  means
• 20:21
  you're
• 20:21
  in
• 20:21
  prayer
• 20:22
  as
• 20:22
  well.
• 20:22
  And
• 20:22
  it's
• 20:22
  amazing.
• 20:23
  Yeah.
• 20:23
  In
• 20:23
  his
• 20:23
  life.
• 20:24
  I
• 20:24
  saw
• 20:24
  that
• 20:24
  completely.
• 20:25
  Yeah.
• 20:26
  I
• 20:26
  Think
• 20:26
  that
• 20:26
  this
• 20:26
  is.
• 20:27
  You
• 20:27
  used
• 20:28
  a
• 20:28
  word
• 20:28
  passive
• 20:29
  aggressive.
• 20:29
  I
• 20:29
  think
• 20:29
  we
• 20:29
  use
• 20:30
  that
• 20:30
  in
• 20:30
  kind
• 20:30
  of
• 20:31
  a
• 20:31
  bad
• 20:32
  way
• 20:32
  in
• 20:32
  some
• 20:32
  people's
• 20:32
  personalities.
• 20:34
  But
• 20:34
  there.
• 20:34
  There
• 20:34
  is
• 20:35
  a
• 20:35
  time
• 20:36
  in
• 20:36
  which
• 20:36
  we
• 20:36
  are
• 20:37
  waiting,
• 20:37
  but
• 20:38
  we're
• 20:38
  not
• 20:38
  waiting,
• 20:38
  doing
• 20:38
  nothing.
• 20:39
  We're
• 20:39
  waiting,
• 20:39
  watching,
• 20:40
  anticipating.
• 20:41
  And
• 20:42
  this
• 20:42
  is
• 20:42
  literally
• 20:43
  us
• 20:43
  trusting
• 20:44
  that
• 20:44
  the
• 20:44
  Holy
• 20:45
  Spirit
• 20:45
  is
• 20:45
  doing
• 20:46
  what
• 20:46
  he
• 20:46
  promised
• 20:47
  he'd
• 20:47
  do.
• 20:48
  And
• 20:48
  then
• 20:49
  I
• 20:49
  love
• 20:49
  that
• 20:50
  he
• 20:50
  immediately
• 20:51
  put
• 20:52
  in
• 20:52
  the
• 20:52
  sickle.
• 20:52
  He
• 20:53
  was.
• 20:53
  At
• 20:53
  once
• 20:54
  he
• 20:54
  was
• 20:54
  ready.
• 20:55
  He
• 20:55
  was
• 20:55
  excited
• 20:56
  about
• 20:56
  it.
• 20:57
  And
• 20:58
  it
• 20:59
  shows
• 20:59
  that
• 20:59
  he
• 21:00
  was
• 21:00
  not
• 21:01
  just
• 21:01
  planting
• 21:02
  seeds.
• 21:02
  I
• 21:02
  hear
• 21:02
  people
• 21:03
  say
• 21:03
  this
• 21:03
  all
• 21:03
  the
• 21:03
  time.
• 21:03
  You
• 21:03
  know,
• 21:04
  I
• 21:04
  don't.
• 21:04
  I
• 21:04
  don't
• 21:04
  see
• 21:05
  very
• 21:05
  many
• 21:05
  people
• 21:05
  saved,
• 21:05
  but
• 21:06
  I
• 21:06
  plant
• 21:06
  seeds
• 21:06
  all
• 21:06
  the
• 21:06
  time.
• 21:07
  And
• 21:07
  I
• 21:07
  think
• 21:08
  to
• 21:08
  myself,
• 21:08
  you
• 21:09
  wouldn't
• 21:09
  be
• 21:09
  a
• 21:09
  very
• 21:09
  good
• 21:10
  farmer
• 21:10
  if
• 21:10
  all
• 21:10
  you
• 21:11
  do
• 21:11
  is
• 21:11
  plant
• 21:11
  and
• 21:12
  never
• 21:12
  expect
• 21:12
  to
• 21:13
  harvest.
• 21:14
  Yeah,
• 21:14
  yeah.
• 21:15
  I
• 21:15
  think
• 21:15
  we
• 21:15
  actually
• 21:15
  talked
• 21:16
  about
• 21:16
  this
• 21:16
  as
• 21:16
  an
• 21:17
  article
• 21:17
  topic
• 21:17
  one
• 21:18
  time
• 21:18
  for
• 21:18
  the
• 21:18
  exchange
• 21:19
  website.
• 21:19
  We
• 21:19
  said
• 21:20
  was
• 21:20
  it.
• 21:20
  We
• 21:20
  were
• 21:20
  going
• 21:20
  to
• 21:20
  entitle
• 21:21
  the
• 21:21
  article.
• 21:22
  What
• 21:22
  kind
• 21:23
  of
• 21:23
  farmer
• 21:24
  is
• 21:24
  always
• 21:25
  planting
• 21:25
  but
• 21:25
  never
• 21:26
  harvesting?
• 21:26
  Yeah,
• 21:27
  yeah.
• 21:27
  One
• 21:27
  that's
• 21:27
  starving.
• 21:28
  Yeah,
• 21:29
  yeah.
• 21:29
  He's
• 21:30
  not
• 21:30
  living
• 21:31
  long.
• 21:31
  So
• 21:32
  I
• 21:33
  do
• 21:33
  think
• 21:33
  that
• 21:34
  it's
• 21:34
  important
• 21:35
  for
• 21:35
  us
• 21:35
  to
• 21:35
  see
• 21:36
  that.
• 21:36
  And
• 21:36
  these
• 21:36
  are
• 21:37
  just
• 21:37
  a
• 21:37
  couple
• 21:37
  of
• 21:38
  principles
• 21:38
  I'm
• 21:38
  going
• 21:38
  to
• 21:39
  extract
• 21:39
  and
• 21:40
  to
• 21:40
  be
• 21:40
  done
• 21:41
  that
• 21:41
  soul
• 21:42
  farmers
• 21:42
  have
• 21:42
  to
• 21:42
  play
• 21:43
  for
• 21:43
  the
• 21:43
  long
• 21:43
  game.
• 21:44
  Yes.
• 21:44
  So
• 21:45
  our
• 21:45
  connection
• 21:45
  with
• 21:46
  our
• 21:46
  unbelieving
• 21:47
  friends
• 21:48
  is
• 21:49
  working,
• 21:49
  recognizing
• 21:50
  that
• 21:50
  this
• 21:50
  is
• 21:51
  the
• 21:51
  work
• 21:51
  of
• 21:51
  God
• 21:52
  working
• 21:52
  in
• 21:52
  their
• 21:52
  hearts.
• 21:53
  We
• 21:53
  have
• 21:53
  to
• 21:53
  be
• 21:54
  patient
• 21:54
  with
• 21:54
  them.
• 21:55
  I
• 21:55
  have
• 21:55
  a
• 21:55
  friend,
• 21:56
  Michael.
• 21:57
  He's
• 21:57
  on
• 21:57
  our
• 21:57
  board.
• 21:58
  And
• 21:59
  literally
• 22:00
  the
• 22:00
  process
• 22:01
  from
• 22:01
  seeing
• 22:01
  him
• 22:02
  invited
• 22:02
  to
• 22:02
  do
• 22:02
  an
• 22:03
  exchange
• 22:03
  Bible
• 22:03
  study
• 22:04
  to
• 22:04
  when
• 22:05
  he
• 22:05
  got
• 22:05
  saved
• 22:06
  was
• 22:06
  almost
• 22:07
  a
• 22:07
  year.
• 22:08
  He
• 22:08
  actually
• 22:09
  said
• 22:09
  no
• 22:10
  to
• 22:10
  begin
• 22:10
  with.
• 22:11
  But
• 22:11
  then
• 22:11
  eventually
• 22:12
  the
• 22:13
  Lord
• 22:13
  used
• 22:13
  something,
• 22:14
  brought
• 22:14
  him
• 22:14
  back
• 22:15
  to
• 22:15
  an
• 22:15
  understanding.
• 22:15
  I
• 22:16
  really
• 22:16
  want
• 22:16
  to
• 22:16
  look
• 22:16
  into
• 22:17
  this.
• 22:17
  I
• 22:18
  wondered.
• 22:18
  It
• 22:18
  took
• 22:19
  me
• 22:19
  so
• 22:19
  long
• 22:19
  to
• 22:19
  do
• 22:19
  that
• 22:20
  Bible
• 22:20
  study.
• 22:20
  I
• 22:20
  genuinely
• 22:21
  wondered
• 22:22
  if
• 22:22
  the
• 22:22
  guy
• 22:22
  was
• 22:22
  genuinely
• 22:23
  interested.
• 22:24
  But
• 22:25
  it
• 22:25
  was
• 22:25
  playing
• 22:25
  that
• 22:25
  long
• 22:26
  game,
• 22:26
  letting
• 22:26
  the
• 22:26
  Holy
• 22:27
  Spirit
• 22:27
  do
• 22:27
  that
• 22:28
  network.
• 22:28
  You
• 22:28
  know,
• 22:29
  Michael
• 22:29
  is
• 22:30
  on
• 22:30
  the
• 22:30
  board
• 22:30
  of
• 22:30
  the
• 22:30
  exchange.
• 22:31
  I
• 22:31
  think
• 22:31
  I
• 22:31
  said
• 22:31
  that.
• 22:32
  And
• 22:32
  I
• 22:32
  don't
• 22:33
  think
• 22:33
  we
• 22:33
  could
• 22:33
  do
• 22:33
  our
• 22:33
  ministry
• 22:34
  effectively
• 22:34
  without
• 22:35
  him.
• 22:35
  It's
• 22:36
  just
• 22:36
  that
• 22:37
  that's.
• 22:37
  That's.
• 22:38
  That's
• 22:38
  the
• 22:39
  product,
• 22:39
  that's
• 22:39
  the.
• 22:40
  That's
• 22:40
  the
• 22:40
  fruit
• 22:41
  that
• 22:41
  eventually
• 22:41
  came
• 22:42
  out
• 22:42
  of
• 22:42
  that.
• 22:42
  Yeah,
• 22:43
  yeah.
• 22:43
  And
• 22:43
  I've
• 22:43
  spoken
• 22:44
  to
• 22:44
  Michael
• 22:45
  several
• 22:45
  times,
• 22:45
  and
• 22:46
  he's
• 22:46
  just
• 22:46
  a
• 22:46
  joy.
• 22:47
  He's
• 22:47
  growing
• 22:47
  like
• 22:47
  crazy
• 22:48
  still.
• 22:48
  And
• 22:48
  he's
• 22:49
  trying
• 22:49
  to
• 22:49
  lead
• 22:49
  his
• 22:50
  neighbor
• 22:50
  to
• 22:50
  Christ,
• 22:51
  going
• 22:51
  running
• 22:51
  with
• 22:51
  his
• 22:52
  neighbor
• 22:52
  to
• 22:52
  trying
• 22:52
  to,
• 22:53
  you
• 22:53
  know,
• 22:53
  co
• 22:53
  worker.
• 22:54
  I
• 22:54
  can't
• 22:54
  remember
• 22:54
  which
• 22:54
  one
• 22:54
  it
• 22:55
  was,
• 22:55
  but
• 22:55
  anyway,
• 22:55
  he's.
• 22:56
  He's
• 22:56
  always
• 22:56
  asking
• 22:56
  for
• 22:56
  prayers.
• 22:57
  So
• 22:57
  that's
• 22:57
  really
• 22:58
  cool
• 22:58
  to
• 22:58
  see
• 22:58
  the
• 22:58
  fruit
• 22:58
  of
• 22:59
  that
• 22:59
  and
• 22:59
  actually
• 22:59
  meet
• 23:00
  these
• 23:00
  people.
• 23:01
  Yeah,
• 23:01
  it
• 23:02
  is,
• 23:02
  it
• 23:02
  is.
• 23:03
  And
• 23:03
  then
• 23:03
  secondly,
• 23:04
  the
• 23:04
  so
• 23:04
  farmer,
• 23:05
  when
• 23:05
  he
• 23:06
  puts
• 23:06
  that
• 23:06
  seed
• 23:06
  in
• 23:06
  the
• 23:07
  ground,
• 23:07
  he
• 23:07
  doesn't
• 23:08
  necessarily
• 23:09
  expect
• 23:09
  the
• 23:10
  harvest
• 23:10
  from
• 23:10
  the
• 23:10
  first
• 23:11
  contact.
• 23:12
  And
• 23:12
  I
• 23:12
  just
• 23:12
  think
• 23:12
  this
• 23:13
  is
• 23:13
  a
• 23:13
  principle
• 23:13
  now.
• 23:14
  That's
• 23:14
  not
• 23:14
  to
• 23:15
  say
• 23:16
  that
• 23:16
  if
• 23:16
  he
• 23:16
  went
• 23:16
  into
• 23:17
  the
• 23:17
  field
• 23:17
  and
• 23:18
  there
• 23:18
  was
• 23:19
  fruit
• 23:20
  there
• 23:20
  that
• 23:20
  he
• 23:20
  wouldn't
• 23:21
  take
• 23:21
  it
• 23:21
  home
• 23:21
  with
• 23:22
  him.
• 23:22
  I
• 23:22
  mean,
• 23:23
  I
• 23:23
  think
• 23:23
  that
• 23:23
  when
• 23:23
  we
• 23:24
  find
• 23:24
  people
• 23:24
  ready
• 23:25
  to
• 23:25
  be
• 23:25
  saved,
• 23:25
  we
• 23:26
  should
• 23:26
  immediately
• 23:28
  allow
• 23:29
  them
• 23:29
  to
• 23:29
  and
• 23:30
  encourage
• 23:30
  them
• 23:30
  to
• 23:31
  trust
• 23:31
  the
• 23:31
  Lord
• 23:31
  right
• 23:31
  then.
• 23:32
  But
• 23:33
  recognize
• 23:34
  that
• 23:35
  our
• 23:35
  expectation
• 23:36
  is
• 23:37
  we
• 23:37
  gotta
• 23:37
  give
• 23:38
  people
• 23:38
  room
• 23:39
  and
• 23:39
  multiple
• 23:40
  touches
• 23:40
  with
• 23:41
  this
• 23:41
  truth
• 23:41
  before
• 23:42
  we
• 23:42
  can
• 23:42
  expect
• 23:42
  them
• 23:42
  to
• 23:43
  make
• 23:44
  a
• 23:44
  decision
• 23:44
  that's
• 23:44
  gonna
• 23:45
  be
• 23:45
  a
• 23:45
  credible
• 23:46
  decision.
• 23:46
  I
• 23:47
  think
• 23:47
  this
• 23:47
  is
• 23:47
  a
• 23:47
  big
• 23:48
  deal.
• 23:48
  I
• 23:48
  think
• 23:49
  the
• 23:49
  thing
• 23:49
  you're
• 23:49
  talking
• 23:49
  about
• 23:50
  is
• 23:50
  a
• 23:50
  huge,
• 23:50
  huge
• 23:51
  deal.
• 23:51
  And
• 23:53
  when
• 23:53
  we
• 23:53
  don't
• 23:53
  have
• 23:54
  the
• 23:54
  patience
• 23:54
  to
• 23:54
  play
• 23:54
  the
• 23:55
  long
• 23:55
  game,
• 23:55
  I
• 23:55
  think
• 23:55
  we
• 23:55
  can
• 23:55
  really
• 23:56
  burn
• 23:56
  some
• 23:56
  relationships
• 23:58
  because
• 23:59
  you're
• 23:59
  forcing
• 23:59
  something
• 24:00
  and
• 24:00
  God
• 24:01
  hasn't.
• 24:01
  He's
• 24:01
  not
• 24:02
  there
• 24:02
  yet
• 24:02
  with
• 24:02
  them.
• 24:03
  And
• 24:03
  the
• 24:04
  guy,
• 24:04
  the
• 24:04
  guy
• 24:04
  you
• 24:04
  were
• 24:05
  talking
• 24:05
  with,
• 24:06
  emailing
• 24:06
  with
• 24:07
  that
• 24:07
  we
• 24:07
  had
• 24:07
  done
• 24:07
  the
• 24:08
  exchange
• 24:08
  together,
• 24:09
  we're
• 24:09
  right
• 24:09
  now
• 24:10
  we've
• 24:10
  built
• 24:10
  a
• 24:10
  friendship
• 24:10
  with
• 24:11
  some
• 24:11
  of
• 24:11
  his
• 24:11
  friends
• 24:12
  that
• 24:12
  they're
• 24:12
  not
• 24:13
  ready.
• 24:13
  And
• 24:13
  I
• 24:13
  mean,
• 24:14
  six
• 24:14
  months,
• 24:14
  I
• 24:14
  mean
• 24:15
  we.
• 24:15
  That
• 24:15
  guy's
• 24:15
  wife
• 24:16
  that
• 24:16
  we're
• 24:16
  building
• 24:17
  a
• 24:17
  relationship
• 24:17
  with,
• 24:17
  she's
• 24:18
  probably
• 24:18
  here
• 24:18
  in
• 24:18
  my
• 24:19
  house
• 24:19
  three
• 24:19
  times
• 24:19
  a
• 24:19
  week
• 24:20
  with
• 24:20
  Lexi
• 24:21
  sitting
• 24:21
  on
• 24:21
  my
• 24:21
  couch
• 24:22
  just
• 24:22
  talking
• 24:22
  about
• 24:23
  life.
• 24:23
  And
• 24:24
  we're
• 24:24
  just
• 24:24
  sitting
• 24:25
  there
• 24:25
  waiting
• 24:25
  like
• 24:26
  we've
• 24:26
  been
• 24:27
  trained
• 24:27
  in
• 24:27
  the
• 24:27
  exchange
• 24:27
  seminar.
• 24:28
  We're
• 24:28
  waiting
• 24:28
  for
• 24:28
  those
• 24:29
  surface
• 24:29
  conversations
• 24:30
  to
• 24:31
  go
• 24:31
  down
• 24:31
  to
• 24:31
  soul
• 24:32
  level
• 24:32
  conversation.
• 24:32
  We're
• 24:32
  waiting
• 24:33
  for
• 24:33
  her
• 24:33
  to
• 24:33
  bring
• 24:33
  up
• 24:34
  some
• 24:34
  of
• 24:34
  those
• 24:34
  soul
• 24:34
  needs,
• 24:35
  but
• 24:35
  they
• 24:36
  just
• 24:36
  haven't
• 24:36
  done
• 24:36
  it
• 24:36
  yet.
• 24:37
  And
• 24:37
  that's
• 24:37
  okay.
• 24:38
  We
• 24:38
  just
• 24:38
  can
• 24:38
  love
• 24:38
  them
• 24:39
  and
• 24:39
  befriend
• 24:39
  them
• 24:39
  and
• 24:40
  wait
• 24:40
  for
• 24:40
  God
• 24:40
  to
• 24:40
  do
• 24:40
  his
• 24:41
  thing.
• 24:41
  Yeah.
• 24:43
  And
• 24:43
  by
• 24:43
  the
• 24:44
  way,
• 24:44
  I
• 24:44
  think
• 24:44
  all
• 24:44
  of
• 24:44
  you
• 24:45
  know
• 24:45
  by
• 24:45
  now
• 24:45
  George
• 24:45
  and
• 24:45
  Lexi
• 24:46
  are
• 24:47
  constantly
• 24:48
  doing
• 24:48
  the
• 24:48
  Bible
• 24:49
  study
• 24:49
  with
• 24:49
  people.
• 24:49
  So
• 24:49
  they're
• 24:49
  not
• 24:50
  waiting
• 24:50
  because
• 24:51
  they're
• 24:51
  afraid.
• 24:52
  They're
• 24:52
  waiting
• 24:53
  because
• 24:53
  they
• 24:54
  really
• 24:54
  believe
• 24:54
  God
• 24:54
  is
• 24:55
  doing,
• 24:55
  doing
• 24:55
  a
• 24:55
  work.
• 24:55
  And
• 24:56
  I'm
• 24:56
  expecting
• 24:56
  it,
• 24:57
  I'm
• 24:57
  watching
• 24:57
  it,
• 24:57
  and
• 24:58
  I'm
• 24:58
  going
• 24:58
  to
• 24:58
  move
• 24:59
  when
• 24:59
  the
• 24:59
  time
• 24:59
  is
• 24:59
  right.
• 25:00
  So
• 25:00
  that's
• 25:01
  really
• 25:01
  valuable.
• 25:02
  I
• 25:02
  think
• 25:02
  that
• 25:02
  one
• 25:03
  of
• 25:03
  the
• 25:03
  things
• 25:03
  that
• 25:03
  you're
• 25:03
  doing
• 25:04
  there
• 25:04
  is
• 25:04
  that
• 25:04
  you're
• 25:05
  not
• 25:05
  focusing
• 25:05
  on
• 25:06
  yourself
• 25:06
  and
• 25:07
  what
• 25:07
  you
• 25:07
  want.
• 25:08
  You're
• 25:08
  focusing
• 25:09
  on
• 25:09
  your
• 25:09
  friend
• 25:10
  and
• 25:10
  what
• 25:10
  she
• 25:10
  needs.
• 25:11
  And
• 25:11
  I
• 25:11
  just
• 25:12
  think
• 25:12
  that's
• 25:12
  really
• 25:12
  critical.
• 25:13
  And
• 25:13
  then
• 25:13
  the
• 25:14
  last
• 25:14
  thing,
• 25:14
  and
• 25:14
  this
• 25:15
  really
• 25:15
  is
• 25:15
  kind
• 25:15
  of
• 25:15
  the
• 25:15
  last
• 25:16
  one.
• 25:16
  And
• 25:17
  that
• 25:17
  is
• 25:17
  that
• 25:17
  it
• 25:18
  doesn't
• 25:18
  do
• 25:19
  our
• 25:19
  friends
• 25:20
  any
• 25:21
  favors
• 25:22
  to
• 25:22
  try
• 25:23
  to
• 25:23
  push
• 25:23
  them,
• 25:24
  Just
• 25:24
  like
• 25:25
  it
• 25:25
  doesn't
• 25:25
  do
• 25:25
  the
• 25:26
  farmer.
• 25:26
  He
• 25:26
  goes
• 25:26
  out
• 25:27
  and
• 25:27
  sees
• 25:27
  the
• 25:27
  apple
• 25:28
  tree
• 25:28
  and
• 25:29
  all
• 25:29
  the
• 25:29
  apples
• 25:29
  are
• 25:29
  green.
• 25:30
  It's
• 25:31
  not
• 25:31
  going
• 25:31
  to
• 25:31
  do
• 25:32
  himself
• 25:33
  or
• 25:33
  that
• 25:33
  apple
• 25:34
  any
• 25:34
  favor
• 25:35
  by
• 25:35
  pulling
• 25:35
  it
• 25:36
  before
• 25:36
  it's
• 25:36
  ready.
• 25:36
  You
• 25:36
  know,
• 25:37
  he
• 25:37
  just
• 25:37
  ruined
• 25:39
  the
• 25:39
  fruit
• 25:40
  and
• 25:40
  he's
• 25:40
  ruined
• 25:40
  his
• 25:40
  chance
• 25:41
  to
• 25:41
  have
• 25:41
  harvest.
• 25:43
  So
• 25:44
  that's
• 25:44
  sobering.
• 25:45
  That's
• 25:45
  kind
• 25:45
  of
• 25:45
  a
• 25:45
  sobering
• 25:45
  thought.
• 25:46
  I
• 25:46
  mean,
• 25:46
  there
• 25:46
  are
• 25:46
  stakes
• 25:47
  in
• 25:48
  this
• 25:48
  thing,
• 25:48
  and
• 25:49
  doing
• 25:49
  it
• 25:49
  the
• 25:49
  wrong
• 25:49
  way
• 25:49
  could
• 25:50
  have
• 25:50
  harmful
• 25:50
  effects.
• 25:51
  And
• 25:51
  I
• 25:52
  think
• 25:52
  anybody
• 25:52
  either,
• 25:53
  right?
• 25:53
  No.
• 25:54
  I
• 25:54
  think
• 25:54
  that
• 25:54
  when
• 25:55
  we
• 25:55
  try
• 25:55
  to
• 25:55
  push
• 25:56
  it,
• 25:56
  what
• 25:57
  we
• 25:57
  have
• 25:57
  forgotten
• 25:58
  is
• 25:58
  that
• 25:59
  conversion
• 25:59
  is
• 25:59
  a
• 25:59
  miraculous
• 26:00
  work
• 26:00
  of
• 26:00
  God,
• 26:01
  that
• 26:01
  it's
• 26:01
  not
• 26:02
  something
• 26:02
  that
• 26:02
  I
• 26:02
  do,
• 26:03
  it's
• 26:03
  not
• 26:03
  something
• 26:03
  that
• 26:04
  I
• 26:04
  can
• 26:04
  make
• 26:04
  happen.
• 26:05
  It's
• 26:05
  really
• 26:06
  not
• 26:06
  even
• 26:06
  a
• 26:06
  decision
• 26:07
  that
• 26:07
  my
• 26:07
  friend
• 26:08
  makes,
• 26:08
  and
• 26:09
  I
• 26:09
  recognize
• 26:09
  it's
• 26:09
  in
• 26:10
  connection
• 26:10
  with
• 26:10
  the
• 26:10
  decision
• 26:11
  he
• 26:11
  makes.
• 26:11
  But
• 26:12
  the
• 26:12
  actual
• 26:12
  conversion
• 26:13
  of
• 26:13
  a
• 26:13
  soul
• 26:13
  is
• 26:13
  a
• 26:13
  miraculous
• 26:14
  work
• 26:14
  of
• 26:14
  God.
• 26:14
  And
• 26:15
  when
• 26:15
  we're
• 26:15
  trying
• 26:15
  to
• 26:15
  make
• 26:16
  it
• 26:16
  happen,
• 26:17
  we're
• 26:17
  actually
• 26:17
  showing
• 26:18
  that
• 26:18
  we've
• 26:18
  forgotten
• 26:18
  that.
• 26:18
  That.
• 26:19
  And
• 26:20
  there's
• 26:20
  something
• 26:20
  really
• 26:21
  relieving
• 26:21
  about
• 26:21
  all
• 26:22
  of
• 26:22
  this,
• 26:22
  for
• 26:22
  me,
• 26:23
  at
• 26:23
  least,
• 26:23
  Jeff.
• 26:23
  I
• 26:23
  mean,
• 26:24
  there's
• 26:24
  something
• 26:24
  relieving
• 26:25
  about,
• 26:25
  you
• 26:25
  know,
• 26:25
  I
• 26:26
  don't
• 26:26
  have
• 26:26
  to
• 26:26
  feel
• 26:26
  like
• 26:26
  I
• 26:27
  have
• 26:27
  to
• 26:27
  close
• 26:27
  the
• 26:27
  deal
• 26:28
  here.
• 26:28
  I'm
• 26:28
  not
• 26:28
  a
• 26:28
  salesman
• 26:29
  for
• 26:29
  God.
• 26:30
  I.
• 26:30
  I'm
• 26:31
  just
• 26:31
  available.
• 26:32
  I.
• 26:33
  I'm
• 26:33
  ready.
• 26:33
  So
• 26:34
  I
• 26:34
  took
• 26:34
  the
• 26:34
  training
• 26:34
  and,
• 26:35
  and
• 26:35
  I'm.
• 26:35
  And
• 26:35
  I've
• 26:36
  made
• 26:36
  myself
• 26:37
  aware
• 26:38
  of
• 26:38
  the
• 26:38
  resources
• 26:39
  and,
• 26:39
  and.
• 26:39
  And
• 26:39
  I'm
• 26:40
  vigilant,
• 26:41
  but
• 26:41
  I'm
• 26:41
  also
• 26:41
  just
• 26:41
  waiting
• 26:42
  on
• 26:42
  God
• 26:42
  and,
• 26:43
  And
• 26:43
  looking
• 26:43
  to
• 26:43
  him
• 26:44
  and
• 26:44
  so
• 26:46
  relieving
• 26:46
  about
• 26:47
  all
• 26:47
  that.
• 26:48
  It's
• 26:48
  beautiful.
• 26:48
  You
• 26:49
  know,
• 26:50
  the
• 26:50
  older
• 26:51
  I
• 26:51
  get
• 26:51
  in
• 26:51
  the
• 26:51
  Christian
• 26:51
  life,
• 26:51
  the
• 26:52
  more
• 26:52
  I
• 26:52
  realize
• 26:52
  everything
• 26:53
  is
• 26:53
  balance,
• 26:53
  everything.
• 26:57
  The
• 26:58
  balancing
• 26:59
  side
• 26:59
  of
• 26:59
  that
• 27:00
  is
• 27:00
  that
• 27:00
  Paul,
• 27:00
  as
• 27:01
  an
• 27:01
  ambassador,
• 27:02
  says
• 27:02
  that
• 27:03
  I
• 27:03
  am
• 27:03
  pleading
• 27:04
  in
• 27:04
  Christ's
• 27:05
  stead,
• 27:05
  asking
• 27:06
  people,
• 27:06
  please
• 27:06
  come
• 27:07
  back
• 27:07
  to
• 27:07
  God.
• 27:08
  And
• 27:08
  so
• 27:09
  there's
• 27:09
  the
• 27:09
  aspect
• 27:10
  of
• 27:10
  patience,
• 27:10
  and
• 27:10
  then
• 27:11
  there's
• 27:11
  the
• 27:11
  aspect.
• 27:12
  Sorry,
• 27:12
  Pastor
• 27:12
  Jeff,
• 27:13
  hold
• 27:13
  on.
• 27:13
  So
• 27:13
  that
• 27:14
  you
• 27:14
  want
• 27:14
  to
• 27:14
  pick
• 27:14
  up
• 27:14
  with
• 27:14
  the
• 27:15
  aspect
• 27:15
  of
• 27:16
  patience.
• 27:17
  Yeah.
• 27:17
  So
• 27:18
  there's
• 27:18
  the
• 27:18
  aspect
• 27:19
  of
• 27:19
  patience,
• 27:20
  and
• 27:20
  then
• 27:20
  there's
• 27:20
  the
• 27:20
  aspect
• 27:21
  of
• 27:22
  literally
• 27:22
  pleading
• 27:23
  with
• 27:23
  people
• 27:24
  and
• 27:25
  recognizing
• 27:26
  they
• 27:27
  need
• 27:27
  Jesus,
• 27:27
  they
• 27:28
  need
• 27:28
  a
• 27:28
  rescuer.
• 27:29
  Absolutely.
• 27:30
  Yeah.
• 27:30
  So
• 27:30
  it
• 27:31
  doesn't
• 27:32
  tame
• 27:32
  our
• 27:32
  passion
• 27:33
  about
• 27:33
  the
• 27:33
  topic,
• 27:34
  but
• 27:34
  it
• 27:35
  does
• 27:35
  help
• 27:35
  us
• 27:35
  time
• 27:36
  things
• 27:36
  with
• 27:36
  God.
• 27:37
  I
• 27:37
  think
• 27:37
  so,
• 27:37
  yeah.
• 27:38
  And
• 27:38
  I
• 27:38
  think
• 27:39
  sometimes
• 27:39
  it
• 27:39
  does
• 27:40
  tame
• 27:40
  our
• 27:40
  zeal
• 27:41
  a
• 27:41
  little
• 27:41
  bit
• 27:41
  if
• 27:42
  we're
• 27:42
  a
• 27:42
  little
• 27:42
  overzealous.
• 27:43
  Right,
• 27:44
  Right.
• 27:44
  Yeah.
• 27:45
  We
• 27:45
  have
• 27:45
  to
• 27:46
  make
• 27:46
  sure
• 27:46
  we're
• 27:46
  not
• 27:46
  guided
• 27:46
  by
• 27:47
  emotions
• 27:49
  in
• 27:49
  any
• 27:49
  regard.
• 27:49
  In
• 27:50
  the
• 27:50
  Christian
• 27:50
  life,
• 27:50
  we
• 27:50
  shouldn't
• 27:50
  let
• 27:51
  emotions
• 27:51
  control
• 27:51
  us,
• 27:52
  but
• 27:52
  certainly
• 27:52
  we
• 27:53
  should
• 27:53
  be
• 27:54
  emotional
• 27:54
  about
• 27:54
  this,
• 27:55
  right?
• 27:56
  Yeah,
• 27:56
  absolutely.
• 27:57
  Don't
• 27:57
  control
• 27:58
  by
• 27:58
  passion,
• 27:59
  but
• 27:59
  be
• 27:59
  passionate.
• 28:00
  Exactly.
• 28:01
  Exactly.
• 28:02
  Well,
• 28:03
  is
• 28:03
  there
• 28:04
  anything
• 28:04
  else
• 28:04
  there
• 28:05
  that
• 28:05
  we
• 28:05
  haven't
• 28:05
  covered
• 28:05
  yet?
• 28:06
  I'm
• 28:06
  Dawn.
• 28:07
  That
• 28:07
  was
• 28:07
  really
• 28:08
  fun.
• 28:08
  I
• 28:08
  enjoyed
• 28:08
  talking
• 28:09
  about
• 28:09
  that
• 28:09
  with
• 28:09
  you,
• 28:09
  George.
• 28:10
  Oh,
• 28:10
  man.
• 28:10
  That.
• 28:11
  That
• 28:11
  little
• 28:11
  treasure
• 28:12
  there
• 28:12
  in
• 28:12
  Mark,
• 28:12
  chapter
• 28:13
  four,
• 28:13
  that
• 28:13
  little
• 28:13
  parable.
• 28:14
  Boy,
• 28:14
  sometimes
• 28:14
  in
• 28:15
  those
• 28:15
  little
• 28:15
  ones
• 28:15
  is
• 28:15
  where
• 28:16
  you
• 28:16
  get
• 28:16
  this
• 28:16
  big,
• 28:17
  big
• 28:17
  treasure.
• 28:18
  And
• 28:18
  it's.
• 28:18
  It's
• 28:19
  kind
• 28:19
  of.
• 28:19
  It's
• 28:19
  neat.
• 28:20
  That
• 28:20
  was
• 28:20
  encouraging
• 28:20
  to
• 28:20
  me.
• 28:21
  Well,
• 28:21
  that
• 28:21
  brings
• 28:22
  this
• 28:22
  episode
• 28:22
  to
• 28:22
  a
• 28:23
  close,
• 28:23
  and
• 28:23
  we
• 28:23
  thank
• 28:23
  you
• 28:24
  guys
• 28:24
  for
• 28:24
  listening.
• 28:25
  Thank
• 28:25
  you
• 28:25
  for
• 28:25
  subscribing,
• 28:26
  sharing
• 28:26
  this
• 28:27
  with
• 28:27
  people.
• 28:27
  You
• 28:27
  know
• 28:27
  that
• 28:28
  that
• 28:28
  is
• 28:28
  our
• 28:28
  growth
• 28:29
  plan
• 28:29
  and
• 28:29
  really
• 28:30
  appreciate
• 28:30
  the
• 28:30
  support
• 28:31
  out
• 28:31
  there
• 28:31
  for
• 28:31
  this.
• 28:32
  And
• 28:32
  that
• 28:32
  does
• 28:33
  mean
• 28:33
  that
• 28:34
  we
• 28:34
  need
• 28:34
  your
• 28:34
  prayers
• 28:35
  to
• 28:35
  pray
• 28:35
  to
• 28:35
  the
• 28:35
  Lord
• 28:35
  of
• 28:35
  the
• 28:36
  harvest
• 28:36
  that
• 28:36
  he
• 28:36
  would
• 28:37
  send
• 28:37
  forth
• 28:37
  laborers
• 28:38
  and
• 28:39
  that
• 28:39
  he
• 28:39
  would
• 28:39
  help
• 28:40
  us
• 28:40
  at
• 28:40
  this
• 28:41
  time
• 28:41
  reach
• 28:41
  everybody
• 28:42
  with
• 28:42
  the
• 28:43
  gospel
• 28:43
  that
• 28:43
  we
• 28:43
  can,
• 28:43
  everybody
• 28:44
  in
• 28:44
  our
• 28:44
  influence.
• 28:45
  Thank
• 28:45
  you,
• 28:45
  guys.
• 28:45
  We
• 28:45
  love
• 28:46
  you,
• 28:46
  and
• 28:46
  we'll
• 28:46
  see
• 28:47
  you
• 28:47
  next
• 28:47
  week.