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Good morning. 
Everyone is a wonderful day, a 

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wonderful New Year. 
We have the start and a no, not 

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a better way to do it, and what 
we have this morning to start 

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our new year and praise to God, 
and learning from hills, will I 

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pray and from doing those self 
evaluation today. 

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So everyone was supposed to get 
one of these little papers. 

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If you do not get one, I will 
try to get 10 after services, so

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please just come see me. 
I don't like giving homework in 

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my classroom, but I think 
homework is very important for 

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Christian because we have to be 
doing this stuff all the time. 

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So I beg you. 
Please do this. 

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Please take this 
self-assessment. 

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I've given at some point. 
If you're like me, I wouldn't 

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benefit the most from, doing it 
during the service. 

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Although I went, I think we 
should all be doing that during 

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a study, please. 
If you will take this home and 

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do it yourself and keep it for 
you, it's not to turn into 

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anything this. 
Is for you. 

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This is for us to do 
individually today and this is 

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what our whole study is about. 
Our whole study. 

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This morning is a where I am. 
And I appreciated, Salas prayer 

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this morning. 
He asked for us to have clear 

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minds and Open Hearts. 
And that's a perfect. 

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Perfect request for a study like
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And my little introduction versa
have on the board is Psalm 119 

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verse 59, kind of the driver of 
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When I think on my on my, on my 
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my feet to your testimonies when
I think on my ways that causes 

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me to turn my feet to your 
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And so this morning, my goal is 
for us as we start this New Year

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to evaluate ourselves where are 
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And specifically I'd like us to 
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where have you come in the past 
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the past? 
Past year, where has your 

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progress been made? 
Where's your development come in

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the past year? 
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from a where you're at, in 
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Those will both be very 
productive Endeavors. 

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Now, I'm trying to find a ways 
and I've been trying to look for

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different ways. 
I can work it. 

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When I've learned as a teacher 
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took and all the things we have 
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leverage that to better my 
teaching and here and this is 

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something we do in the 
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self-assessment, and we'll talk 
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The reasons for that, but it's a
great indicator of your maturity

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level. 
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are self aware enough to look at
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and say, how can I be better? 
Higher level of growth and 

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development. 
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classroom and I'll start out by 
giving so much I think 

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justification why I think it's 
important that we do this just 

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real quick. 
I will have this QR code on the 

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board after Services. 
I'm not going to leave it up so 

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if you're familiar with this you
just scan this with your camera 

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and it takes you to a digital 
version of the survey, please do

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both. 
So this one that I've handed out

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is for you. 
The what I'm going to put on the

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screen for after services on 
your Our own time is it's going 

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to be anonymous, so I'm not 
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but if I figure out some 50, 60 
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I in? 
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I can help serve the church. 
How strong have I how strong 

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have I been in this area? 
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That's an honest and say okay we
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good in this area that's going 
to be very helpful for us as 

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teachers and teaching we try to 
use data driven practices to 

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really get to the The heart of 
what are our congregations needs

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or what is our group's needs? 
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It will really help you for this
one and us as teachers for this 

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one after Services. 
Okay, those are your only two 

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So here's our outline for this 
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Number one, we're going to look 
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self-assessment second. 
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barriers to self-assessment 
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We're going to actually do the 
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We're going to walk through each
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about them. 
And number 4, we're going to ask

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ourselves the question. 
Hopefully get an answer to the 

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question. 
What is one thing I should do 

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going forward? 
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self-assessment, I do in my 
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the point is, how do you move 
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What is our best? 
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That's the whole point of this. 
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Do I want anyone to get locked 
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year, about moving forward. 
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So what is our, what is the 
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it's to combat stagnant faith. 
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will just lead us off. 
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Now life can be challenging and 
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But it doesn't always mean we're
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have grown as a person, but are 
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And another important caveat is,
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not about numerical growth. 
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blinders in some sense. 
I have to talk to everyone, so I

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don't have the same blinders on,
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gonna do the same thing. 
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because we're not worried about 
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What's going on around us? 
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person sitting next to us or 
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This is about our own individual
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How can we ever expect to grow 
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Lamentation, Lamentations, ver 
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examine our ways and return to 
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Psalm, 139:16 23 through 24. 
Several of these verses are from

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the ESV Search me, o God and 
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My heart. 
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see if there be any Grievous way
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Everlasting. 
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That's our ultimate goal and we 
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But we have to turn our own our 
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part in this process Joba 1323. 
How many are my iniquities in my

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sins? 
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How many are they? 
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Job was a blameless, man. 
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This question make me to know my
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that is our prayer this morning,
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realize we're only hurting 
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God make me to know our 
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First Corinthians, chapter 11 
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then and so eat of the bread and
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regarding communion. 
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ourselves in every area of our 
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First Corinthians 10 verse 12. 
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he deceives himself. 
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work. 
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deceiving ourselves and if we 
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ourselves, that's that's a big 
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This is the set of pattern of 
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So we get the value of that and 
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our own pattern of 
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Second Corinthians 13, verse 44 
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weakness. 
Speaking of Jesus yet he lives 

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by the power of God for. 
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shall live with him by the power
of God towards you examine 

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yourselves as to whether you are
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James chapter 14, if anyone is a
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doer, he is like a man who looks
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the mirror for. 
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away at once and forgets what he
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into the perfect law, the law of
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Being a here being no here who 
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will be blessed in his doing. 
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This is some emphasis on the 
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look around at other people or 
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in 2nd Corinthians chapter 10. 
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classify or compare ourselves 
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committing themselves. 
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by one, another, and compare 
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they are without understanding 
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He says when we look around and 
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with others, the only people we 
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with is the Lord Jesus Christ, 
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past self for betterment. 
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comparison, Philippians 2:12. 
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down to the end to work out our 
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trembling Psalm 19 says, who can
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God declare me. 
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keep back your servant from 
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It's a prayer for God to help us
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that we don't look past our own 
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So we are going to need God's 
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talk about that that prayer and 
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For God's help is a vital part 
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So and kind of summary the big 
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self-assessment is so important 
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It is a great indicator of 
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In anything you do, whether it's
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family. 
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own life and say, how can where 
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And how can I be better? 
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area, that's an experienced 
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great skill of Taking stock 
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awareness understanding the 
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self-assessment. 
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standard. 
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very intertwined in this study 
identifying ways to move 

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forward. 
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of self-assessment as I've got 
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And one last emphasis Jesus is 
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criticisms of people or based on
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He says you're like whitewashed 
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other day. 
They weren't aware of what they 

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truly were on the inside where 
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verse 29. 
You do not understand the 

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scriptures or the power of God. 
So I want to help us avoid these

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issues. 
Some to start off this 

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self-assessment. 
We're now looking at the very 

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top. 
I'm going to work our way down 

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this paper. 
If you want to read that. 

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In front of you, I'll have the 
questions up here. 

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Our first category, I I put on 
there is prayer. 

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Question number one, and we're 
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I have at the top, a scale of 
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Number one will be week, number 
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So anywhere in between there, 
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write that number. 
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weak to strong, where are you? 
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pray God's word, back to him 
regarding his plans and his will

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Do you do that in the question? 
It the way? 

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It's phrase. 
I hope it's not confusing but 

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the question is, do I pray? 
God's will back to him regarding

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his plans and his will. 
When I've done Bible studies 

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with people when they're ones. 
We have going on right now with 

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with Jose and Eric over Zoom 
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One of the best things that you 
start to see happen is when, you

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know, you're starting out do an 
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prayer and they're praying about
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talked about last study or that 
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Praying God's word. 
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communicating about God's will 
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understanding connection to it. 
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God's will back to him saying 
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helped me to have an open heart,
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whatever that teaching is. 
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through 8, I think it captures 
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It says do not fret because of 
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workers of iniquity for. 
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the grass and wither as the 
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do good dwell in the land and 
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about the evil doers but here is
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yourself also in the Lord and 
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give you the desires of your 
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things later, like Jesus says, 
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to be the what the things that 
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says, you don't receive you. 
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on your pleasures and so you 
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what we want. 
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him. 
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yourself in the Lord set up, 
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motivations toward him, and that
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desire. 
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right response and prayer and 
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lives. 
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back to him? 
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intention to fill God's purposes
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sale to finish out the rest. 
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Psalm. 
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Lord trust in him and he shall 
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He will bring forth your 
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Not your evil selfish desires, 
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justice as the noon day. 
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we're going to get to some other
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talk about this but I love this,
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This is continuing on the same 
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patiently for him, do not fret 
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cease from anger, and forsake 
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The only causes call. 
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rejoicing later in this study. 
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in fretting and worrying and 
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the wicked because that can 
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people who are trying. 
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of how to rest in the Lord. 
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Troubles of the world, not a 
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This is a place where we should 
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the Lord young and especially 
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Show us how to find rest in 
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Because fretting often only 
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prayer with peace. 
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with peace and a week in this 
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him because he cares for you, 
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I like how it says it do not 
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Gentiles do when I get it mental
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I don't this is super accurate 
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trash bags and was throwing them
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up empty phrases as the Gentiles
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heard for their many words, he 
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father in the secret place. 
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mean. 
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prayer is the essence of what he
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indicator for me, personally of,
whether my prayer life is being 

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effective, is because when I 
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peace, it's often because I'm 
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just throw it all on there. 
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not really We are taking 
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him. 
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Are we trusting in God enough to
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Are you an M? 

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I constantly in prayer. 
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says to pray without ceasing it 
just means prayed non-stop 

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praying without stopping. 
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You could say that in a bunch of
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behind that is that we should 
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the Lord of our life. 
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literally have a distracted 
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I'm talking to God right now all
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It means you have a running 
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in your day. 
What's happening in your day and

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what happened in your day? 
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your day? 
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God? 
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Do I carry responsibility in the
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congregation? 
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I'm not going to go through all 
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outlined from scripture, what 
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And a parent, many of the things
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Christian habits. 
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and doing them. 
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see because I had to zoom in 
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words. 
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this image is lifting others up.
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you the one getting pulled up? 
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still pulling on others. 
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maybe are you the one who's 
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energy to help others? 
zup that can be a good 

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indication of where we're at 
because we might be doing good 

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Christian habits, but it often a
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where is your responsibility In 
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member or we are a congregation.
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places don't have the kind of 
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we have here but individually, 
when is your responsibility an 

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infant? 
It says, here they are the Lord 

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of their life. 
They're beginning to learn 

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truth. 
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growing in their relationship 
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Plugging into relational 
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it's interesting they include 
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but if that's all you're doing 
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responsibilities of maybe young 
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self-centered and more 
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to see themselves as servants. 
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others into the church comes 
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love and their understanding of 
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of going out and serving other 
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Some phrases. 
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this. 
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child, they say some phrases a 
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Chris you might say, is I love 
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belong. 
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make me feel welcome and there's
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young adult Christian here, it 
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to visit so-and-so in the 
hospital tonight rather than 

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going to the movies. 
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so that it can benefit someone 
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parent Christian, they might say
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how to serve So there's various 
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and this is not straight from 
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principles but I'm not going to 
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because that they further on to 
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spiritual child. 
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growing in their relationship 
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to grow and their relationship 
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They are applying God's word, 
however it's still mostly about 

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them their needs their A 
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self-centered. 
They're serving others being 

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doers of the word. 
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understanding of God's word and 
a deep abiding relationship with

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the father. 
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other sent others centered, and 
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They are able to reproduce 
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inviting others to follow. 
Okay. 

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I think that's enough time. 
I've spent on that. 

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So, the question was, where is 
your responsibility level in the

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congregation? 
Number 5, do you share or how 

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much do you share accountability
with someone in the 

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congregation? 
Where are you with sharing 

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accountability with someone in 
the congregation and anything? 

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You you go in the world. 
If anyone is struggling with 

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someone, something you have to 
attach an accountability partner

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to get out of a cycle of not 
succeeding, whatever you're 

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doing, attaching accountability,
partner, and I, and my personal 

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experience, and from advice from
others, having an accountability

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partner. 
That's other someone other than 

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your spouse or a close family 
member, it can become an echo 

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chamber. 
The same things are being said, 

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the same things are being 
thought and maybe even you need 

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to get outside that to confess 
some things that might help you 

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aside. 
From that relationship in my 

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experience, having someone who 
is separate from your normal 

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every single day around 
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So, do you share accountability 
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For example, I'm going to work 
on this. 

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Can you hold me to that next, by
next week? 

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I just did this with my, one of 
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She's trying out to be a liar 
and she said, okay, we're going 

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to start tomorrow, come back, 
tell me. 

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If you've lied in 24 hours, 
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She didn't do that. 
So in three days, and three days

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you're gonna come back. 
You're going to we're going to 

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celebrate the fact that you 
didn't Terrell tell a lie in 

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three days and in a week and she
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He was a compulsive liar. 
We have to have accountability. 

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Do you have someone that you are
accountable with? 

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Number 6. 
Do you study and discuss the 

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Bible with someone else in the 
congregation as we were to tie 

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it back to maybe what an infant 
a child or young adult? 

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Might do I thought maybe an 
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others and study? 
Maybe a child will be studying 

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hand-in-hand with another 
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Maybe a young adult would be 
leading a study. 

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And I have said here, don't over
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Getting started is the hardest 
part, because we often feel like

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we have to have something 
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Is he? 
I'm not saying I'm the model at 

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all. 
But, but in my studies, I read 

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with them. 
And we talked about what they 

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think. 
It means that what from my 

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understanding, what it's what I 
understand. 

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And if I don't get it, I say 
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Don't overcomplicate it. 
Read it together. 

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00:25:57,800 --> 00:25:59,300
And let that just be that 
simple. 

453
00:26:00,300 --> 00:26:04,200
Are you leading a study? 
Even if you don't feel like, you

454
00:26:04,208 --> 00:26:07,300
know, everything I do not know 
everything by any means. 

455
00:26:08,300 --> 00:26:11,800
But you can lead a study, maybe 
if you're an adult Christian 

456
00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:13,700
maybe this is a strong level of 
maturity. 

457
00:26:13,700 --> 00:26:15,700
You lead, other leaders and 
study. 

458
00:26:16,700 --> 00:26:19,500
So maybe a little perspective 
shift to where we think I'm 

459
00:26:19,500 --> 00:26:21,200
studying God's word that's 
enough. 

460
00:26:21,200 --> 00:26:26,400
Well we still might be not 
taking enough responsibility of 

461
00:26:26,400 --> 00:26:30,300
study with others. 
Okay, our next category, I've 

462
00:26:30,300 --> 00:26:34,300
labeled it service number 7 in 
service to others. 

463
00:26:35,500 --> 00:26:40,600
And scale of one to five. 
How much have I identified ways?

464
00:26:40,600 --> 00:26:46,400
I can help and actively seeking 
opportunities to use those 

465
00:26:46,400 --> 00:26:48,400
skills, or those ways I can 
help. 

466
00:26:50,500 --> 00:26:52,700
So I have identified ways, I can
help. 

467
00:26:52,800 --> 00:26:55,700
Have you done that on a scale of
1 to 5 and how much are you 

468
00:26:55,700 --> 00:26:58,800
actively seeking opportunities 
to use them? 

469
00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:03,900
And maybe a few helpful steps. 
You know people talk about. 

470
00:27:03,900 --> 00:27:05,400
I just you know I need a little 
more. 

471
00:27:05,700 --> 00:27:09,500
How exactly do we do that? 
I put maybe I put together a 

472
00:27:09,508 --> 00:27:12,700
little list so make a list of 
something of some things that 

473
00:27:12,700 --> 00:27:17,400
you are able to do, make a list 
and right ways that you could 

474
00:27:17,400 --> 00:27:19,600
hypothetically see yourself 
using those. 

475
00:27:21,300 --> 00:27:25,500
And then pray with a sincere 
heart for opportunity to do to 

476
00:27:25,500 --> 00:27:28,600
see opportunity to be aware of 
your talents and to build those 

477
00:27:28,600 --> 00:27:31,900
Talent. 
I think that would get us pretty

478
00:27:31,900 --> 00:27:35,600
far if we would do those things,
that's just what I came up with.

479
00:27:35,600 --> 00:27:38,900
Maybe you have a better strategy
for finding ways and seeking 

480
00:27:38,900 --> 00:27:42,100
opportunities to use them. 
Matthew 25. 

481
00:27:42,100 --> 00:27:44,800
There's a parable there of the 
talents where Jesus talking 

482
00:27:44,800 --> 00:27:47,300
about using intelligence in that
context was money. 

483
00:27:47,300 --> 00:27:49,700
But the idea is, do you use what
you have for God? 

484
00:27:50,400 --> 00:27:52,900
And he's, he doesn't say, you 
know, the people who buried and 

485
00:27:52,900 --> 00:27:57,000
didn't use their abilities, or 
what they had or fine, he called

486
00:27:57,000 --> 00:28:01,600
them Wicked. 
Are you actively seeking to use 

487
00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:05,800
the abilities that you have? 
And it's not an excuse to just 

488
00:28:05,800 --> 00:28:11,200
not know, we have to figure it 
out and sometimes we may need to

489
00:28:11,200 --> 00:28:15,000
ask others for help but don't 
rely on asking other people. 

490
00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:19,500
To tell you what to do all the 
time because as a worker, you 

491
00:28:19,500 --> 00:28:22,600
know, when you're if you have an
employee's under your and and 

492
00:28:22,600 --> 00:28:24,600
that employees always have to 
say, okay, what do I do now? 

493
00:28:24,600 --> 00:28:26,100
What do I do now? 
How do I move my hand? 

494
00:28:26,100 --> 00:28:29,800
Now, I'm here, now in here. 
Now maturity says, I'm going to 

495
00:28:29,808 --> 00:28:31,600
help you for a little while but 
you're going to start figuring 

496
00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:33,600
out on your own, what you can 
do. 

497
00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:37,800
So it's a process, it's all 
processed, but ways to make it 

498
00:28:37,800 --> 00:28:43,100
grow in these areas. 
Okay, the next question, I'm 

499
00:28:43,100 --> 00:28:44,900
going to start moving faster 
through these. 

500
00:28:46,100 --> 00:28:48,400
We're going to we're going to 
make pretty good time. 

501
00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:53,000
Number 8. in the regard to 
benevolence or giving in the 

502
00:28:53,000 --> 00:29:00,600
contribution, how much do I give
Cheerfully and generously. 

503
00:29:01,200 --> 00:29:04,300
So on a scale of 1 to 5. 
Am I weak or my strong? 

504
00:29:05,300 --> 00:29:09,800
In the area of giving cheerfully
and generously to the 

505
00:29:09,800 --> 00:29:14,600
contribution. 
An approval Asterix here next to

506
00:29:14,700 --> 00:29:17,700
being mindful of the works and 
the needs involved with because 

507
00:29:17,700 --> 00:29:21,000
those should motivate are giving
even further and I think that's 

508
00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:23,900
an area that we as the male 
members have been talking about 

509
00:29:23,900 --> 00:29:27,500
being better, we want to talk 
more about, where's the money 

510
00:29:27,500 --> 00:29:29,800
being used? 
How can we make it more 

511
00:29:29,800 --> 00:29:32,700
transparent to our people see? 
Hey, this is was well, I was 

512
00:29:32,700 --> 00:29:35,700
able to support whether it's the
Filipino Brethren, the eight 

513
00:29:35,700 --> 00:29:39,200
preachers or so that we're 
supporting to spread the gospel 

514
00:29:39,400 --> 00:29:41,600
or we want to keep it, you know,
discreet. 

515
00:29:41,800 --> 00:29:45,500
I don't want to make people feel
bad if their members getting the

516
00:29:45,500 --> 00:29:48,900
support, but just to know, we've
supported members who are in 

517
00:29:48,900 --> 00:29:51,900
need in this congregation who 
have needed the help. 

518
00:29:52,400 --> 00:29:55,600
That's a huge blessing to them 
and it's a blessing to give to 

519
00:29:55,600 --> 00:29:57,400
them. 
So we're going to I think we're 

520
00:29:57,400 --> 00:29:58,900
going to work on doing that 
more. 

521
00:30:00,200 --> 00:30:03,700
How much a scale 1 to 5? 
Are you benevolent in the 

522
00:30:03,700 --> 00:30:06,200
contribution? 
Second Corinthians 8, verse 2, 

523
00:30:07,000 --> 00:30:09,100
Chris shared this in one of our 
meetings, the other day, the 

524
00:30:09,100 --> 00:30:12,500
scripture and it's it's a 
beautiful passage. 

525
00:30:12,600 --> 00:30:14,700
It says they're in a great trial
of Affliction. 

526
00:30:14,700 --> 00:30:19,700
The abundance of their joy and 
the Deep poverty abounded in the

527
00:30:19,700 --> 00:30:23,700
riches of their liberality. 
So out of a trial of Affliction,

528
00:30:23,900 --> 00:30:25,600
not a typical place, we might 
think. 

529
00:30:25,600 --> 00:30:29,100
Oh that's where good things are 
going to come from the abundance

530
00:30:29,100 --> 00:30:33,400
of their Joy. 
In their deep poverty, actually 

531
00:30:33,400 --> 00:30:35,400
abounded in the riches of their 
liberality. 

532
00:30:35,600 --> 00:30:39,200
That's the Christ effect. 
That's the Christ effect for I 

533
00:30:39,200 --> 00:30:42,200
bear witness that according to 
their ability, what they could 

534
00:30:42,200 --> 00:30:44,800
do. 
Yes and beyond their Ability 

535
00:30:44,800 --> 00:30:47,900
Beyond what they could do. 
They were freely willing 

536
00:30:48,200 --> 00:30:52,000
imploring us with much urgency 
that we would receive the gift 

537
00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:55,200
and The Fellowship of the 
ministering to the Saints and 

538
00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:58,400
not only as we had hoped. 
I love this part. 

539
00:30:58,400 --> 00:30:59,800
This is a key. 
I think to everything we're 

540
00:30:59,800 --> 00:31:02,800
talking about but they first 
gave themselves to the Lord, 

541
00:31:03,600 --> 00:31:07,400
that's how all this happened. 
The reason they're able to give 

542
00:31:07,400 --> 00:31:10,100
with joy and liberality eight of
them, out of their poverty. 

543
00:31:10,100 --> 00:31:14,100
Was they first gave themselves 
to the Lord and then To Us by 

544
00:31:14,100 --> 00:31:17,300
the will of God. 
Giving ourselves to the Lord 

545
00:31:17,300 --> 00:31:21,100
will produce fruit beyond what 
we expect to be normal. 

546
00:31:22,300 --> 00:31:25,100
Now here I want to pause for a 
careful caution as you're going 

547
00:31:25,100 --> 00:31:28,400
through the survey as I did, it 
became easy to think. 

548
00:31:29,200 --> 00:31:32,000
Well, I mean, what does it 
really mean to do that in this 

549
00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:33,300
list? 
Like I think I'm doing it. 

550
00:31:34,800 --> 00:31:37,600
And I don't mean to be overly 
self-critical but I want to be 

551
00:31:37,600 --> 00:31:42,300
careful that we don't start to 
classify our way out of growing 

552
00:31:42,800 --> 00:31:44,900
because that's what happened 
with Jesus. 

553
00:31:45,200 --> 00:31:48,900
And the Pharisees verse Luke, 10
verse 25, it says there and 

554
00:31:48,900 --> 00:31:51,300
behold a certain lawyer stood up
and tested him. 

555
00:31:51,300 --> 00:31:56,100
Jesus saying teacher, what shall
I do to inherit eternal life. 

556
00:31:57,300 --> 00:31:59,800
And he said to him what is 
written in the law? 

557
00:31:59,800 --> 00:32:02,900
What is your reading of it? 
So he answered and said, You 

558
00:32:02,900 --> 00:32:05,900
shall love the Lord, your God 
with all your heart, your soul 

559
00:32:05,900 --> 00:32:08,400
with your strength and all your 
mind, and your neighbor as 

560
00:32:08,400 --> 00:32:10,800
yourself. 
And he said to him, Jesus said 

561
00:32:10,800 --> 00:32:13,300
to him, you have answered 
rightly do this and you will 

562
00:32:13,300 --> 00:32:20,500
live, but he wanting to justify 
himself said to Jesus. 

563
00:32:22,600 --> 00:32:27,500
And he was my neighbor. 
We can easily ask questions that

564
00:32:27,500 --> 00:32:31,700
kind of scorm ourselves out of 
responsibility out of growth. 

565
00:32:32,500 --> 00:32:35,100
We can classify wolf. 
Well, who really is my neighbor?

566
00:32:35,100 --> 00:32:38,900
I me, I'm giving to this and 
that and, you know, I'm serving 

567
00:32:38,900 --> 00:32:40,900
this way. 
But who do I really need to 

568
00:32:40,900 --> 00:32:46,800
serve let's be careful that we 
answer these questions honestly 

569
00:32:46,800 --> 00:32:52,800
for ourselves because it can be 
easy to classify our way out of 

570
00:32:52,800 --> 00:32:55,700
doing something. 
Myself included. 

571
00:32:56,600 --> 00:32:59,000
Number nine, benevolence in our 
personal lives. 

572
00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:01,100
So we've talked about 
benevolence in the congregation.

573
00:33:01,300 --> 00:33:04,400
What about benevolence in our 
personal lives toward Brethren. 

574
00:33:04,400 --> 00:33:07,500
First of all, we can be good to 
our Brethren. 

575
00:33:07,600 --> 00:33:11,000
And it says in Matthew 10 verse 
42, that you give even a cup of 

576
00:33:11,000 --> 00:33:15,000
cold water basically God sees 
that as the idea of you can give

577
00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:17,900
a something simple to the 
Brethren God appreciates that 

578
00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:22,100
but also in general, And what I 
mean by that is is it your 

579
00:33:22,100 --> 00:33:25,800
life's Habit to be generous 
person on a scale of one to 

580
00:33:25,800 --> 00:33:28,400
five? 
How generous are you in general?

581
00:33:29,200 --> 00:33:31,200
The parable of the Good 
Samaritan. 

582
00:33:31,200 --> 00:33:33,000
We call them in the parable of 
that good man. 

583
00:33:35,100 --> 00:33:38,600
The whole point of the parable, 
I think is it wasn't specific. 

584
00:33:39,800 --> 00:33:42,600
The good man who gave you wasn't
giving specifically to who the 

585
00:33:42,600 --> 00:33:44,500
victim was. 
We didn't really know much about

586
00:33:44,500 --> 00:33:47,800
the victim who was hurt in that 
parable of the Good Samaritan. 

587
00:33:49,000 --> 00:33:53,500
We know about the perspective of
The Giver, the perspective of a 

588
00:33:53,508 --> 00:33:57,100
givers, I guess I don't have the
verse there but he basically 

589
00:33:57,100 --> 00:33:59,900
says, Frank mentioned this in 
his lesson the other day, 

590
00:34:00,200 --> 00:34:02,900
whatever he needs. 
When I come back I'll give it to

591
00:34:02,900 --> 00:34:04,700
him. 
I'll pay for whatever he needs. 

592
00:34:05,300 --> 00:34:07,800
He came along saw a man that was
hurt on the road. 

593
00:34:07,900 --> 00:34:09,699
He took him to an end paid for 
Sighs. 

594
00:34:09,699 --> 00:34:13,199
I'll take care of the needs. 
When I come back, do you stop 

595
00:34:13,199 --> 00:34:16,300
and say, well, do I need to help
this guy's it really within my 

596
00:34:16,300 --> 00:34:19,199
jurisdiction of money, to help? 
It was just a spirit. 

597
00:34:19,199 --> 00:34:21,300
Let me help. 
This guy who's in need, whatever

598
00:34:21,300 --> 00:34:23,500
he needs out, pay for it. 
I will take care of it. 

599
00:34:24,900 --> 00:34:27,100
That's the perspective on a 
scale of 1 to 5. 

600
00:34:27,699 --> 00:34:32,600
How much do we have that? 
Yeah, I'm doing this for myself 

601
00:34:32,600 --> 00:34:36,900
to I'm not not a standing above 
anyone even though I'm up on the

602
00:34:36,908 --> 00:34:41,300
stage number 10. 
How much do I step out of my 

603
00:34:41,300 --> 00:34:47,400
comfort zone regularly for God's
work in, whatever form it takes 

604
00:34:48,800 --> 00:34:52,800
A scale of 1 to 5. 
Do I find myself stepping out of

605
00:34:52,800 --> 00:34:59,200
my comfort zone regularly for 
God's work in whatever form. 

606
00:34:59,400 --> 00:35:09,000
It may take The next category of
Outreach, number 11, do I 

607
00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:12,500
actively befriend people who are
lost. 

608
00:35:15,100 --> 00:35:18,700
In regard to outreach how much 
of scale 125, Dwight, actively 

609
00:35:18,700 --> 00:35:24,500
befriend people who are lost. 
And I think this is important 

610
00:35:24,500 --> 00:35:27,700
for outreach and evangelism 
because consider how we would 

611
00:35:27,700 --> 00:35:30,100
respond to someone who is trying
to teach us about religion. 

612
00:35:31,700 --> 00:35:33,800
We have to be we have to be 
honest, our beliefs are pretty 

613
00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:37,200
guarded. 
Now for Goodwill we need to have

614
00:35:37,500 --> 00:35:39,800
a strength about our 
convictions. 

615
00:35:39,800 --> 00:35:43,600
That's not just going around 
with every foot in the fleet. 

616
00:35:43,800 --> 00:35:48,200
We have to be strong, but we do 
have pretty guarded beliefs. 

617
00:35:48,300 --> 00:35:51,800
It is hard to penetrate to our 
faith to make us change. 

618
00:35:52,600 --> 00:35:55,500
So why would we expect others to
change? 

619
00:35:55,600 --> 00:35:59,700
If we don't befriend them first 
and tear down. 

620
00:35:59,700 --> 00:36:02,500
Those barriers with Art of 
Christ plan. 

621
00:36:02,500 --> 00:36:06,800
Part of his work Christ, love 
that will help us get past. 

622
00:36:06,800 --> 00:36:09,600
Those barriers through 
befriending people. 

623
00:36:10,900 --> 00:36:13,800
Who are lost? 
Number 12. 

624
00:36:14,800 --> 00:36:18,900
How much do I work? 
Spiritual matters into 

625
00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:24,500
conversation as I was thinking 
about this, you know, especially

626
00:36:25,400 --> 00:36:30,000
growing up, thinking that I had 
to have a certain way of talking

627
00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:33,600
to people about God. 
Now, maybe I will grow in these 

628
00:36:33,600 --> 00:36:36,700
different ways that I'm not 
there yet, but I have a hard 

629
00:36:36,700 --> 00:36:39,000
time walking up and saying 
something like, have I told you 

630
00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:40,400
about my Lord and Savior, Jesus 
Christ. 

631
00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:43,800
That's not how I talk and work 
it into conversation. 

632
00:36:44,100 --> 00:36:46,200
I don't Don't communicate like 
that. 

633
00:36:46,200 --> 00:36:49,800
That's not what I do. 
And so it might look different 

634
00:36:49,800 --> 00:36:52,600
for everyone for how you work in
those spiritual matters in the 

635
00:36:52,607 --> 00:36:55,500
conversation. 
Again, I'm not the standard, but

636
00:36:55,500 --> 00:36:58,700
just tell you my for my 
experience, just having a casual

637
00:36:58,700 --> 00:37:02,000
conversation, it's going to come
up if it's a pattern in your 

638
00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:05,700
life. 
So you don't have to do 

639
00:37:05,700 --> 00:37:09,100
something. 
Extravagant here to be working, 

640
00:37:09,100 --> 00:37:10,400
spiritual matters in the 
conversation. 

641
00:37:10,400 --> 00:37:16,100
But are you doing it regularly? 
The next category, we're moving 

642
00:37:16,100 --> 00:37:20,300
quickly through no disposition. 
So in the category of Christian 

643
00:37:20,300 --> 00:37:23,400
disposition, your attitude and 
perspective. 

644
00:37:23,500 --> 00:37:28,500
Number 13 scale of one to five. 
How is your patience with 

645
00:37:28,500 --> 00:37:33,600
others? 
Are you weak in this area? 

646
00:37:33,700 --> 00:37:36,200
Are you strong your patients 
with others? 

647
00:37:37,100 --> 00:37:40,400
Number 14? 
How is your patience with 

648
00:37:40,400 --> 00:37:46,000
yourself now? 
I've gotten parentheses here 

649
00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:50,500
perseverance because I think / 
patience with yourself. 

650
00:37:51,500 --> 00:37:54,000
Is part of just having a 
patient. 

651
00:37:56,000 --> 00:37:59,500
Christians are to be patient, 
and I think it permeates into 

652
00:37:59,500 --> 00:38:02,300
your patience with others. 
Your patience with yourself, as 

653
00:38:02,300 --> 00:38:06,300
you seek to grow, and it applies
heavily to perseverance. 

654
00:38:06,400 --> 00:38:09,300
If I am patient enough with 
myself, I say, okay, I didn't do

655
00:38:09,300 --> 00:38:11,600
well there, but I can't 
overreact and just get too 

656
00:38:11,600 --> 00:38:14,100
discouraged because then you 
don't persevere, you have to 

657
00:38:14,100 --> 00:38:16,400
have enough patience with 
yourself to say, okay, I'm going

658
00:38:16,400 --> 00:38:18,500
to lay on my side. 
Those things are behind and move

659
00:38:18,500 --> 00:38:22,300
on to things that are ahead. 
And I'm going to persevere. 

660
00:38:23,500 --> 00:38:25,600
How much do you have patience 
with yourself? 

661
00:38:26,600 --> 00:38:29,900
As you grow as a Christian. 
What a joy seeing. 

662
00:38:30,600 --> 00:38:32,400
So we talked a little bit 
earlier, we're going to get back

663
00:38:32,400 --> 00:38:35,500
to it, on a scale of one to 
five. 

664
00:38:35,500 --> 00:38:39,600
How do you feel like you are? 
Are you weak? 

665
00:38:39,700 --> 00:38:42,800
Are you strong about rejoicing? 
I'm gonna break it into two 

666
00:38:42,800 --> 00:38:45,200
separate ones. 
I didn't have enough space in 

667
00:38:45,207 --> 00:38:48,200
the paper on one side to do two 
separate questions, but it could

668
00:38:48,200 --> 00:38:51,100
definitely get its own 
questions. 

669
00:38:52,200 --> 00:38:54,500
How are you about rejoicing 
publicly? 

670
00:38:55,200 --> 00:38:57,000
I don't mean standing on the 
street corner, like the 

671
00:38:57,000 --> 00:39:00,100
Pharisees. 
I mean, there's a way about 

672
00:39:00,100 --> 00:39:03,500
having that excited disposition 
and Joy about your faith. 

673
00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:06,300
That doesn't have to be fake and
self-promoting. 

674
00:39:07,100 --> 00:39:09,400
Like the Jews. 
Did the Pharisees did. 

675
00:39:10,900 --> 00:39:15,600
Are you weak in the area of 
rejoicing or you should strong? 

676
00:39:17,700 --> 00:39:20,100
Specifically, I think it's 
important to look at how we 

677
00:39:20,100 --> 00:39:24,900
rejoice when we're alone. 
Do you find yourself rejoicing 

678
00:39:24,900 --> 00:39:27,800
in God alone? 
So I think that will spill over 

679
00:39:27,800 --> 00:39:31,000
into the public part. 
Once you start rejoicing more on

680
00:39:31,000 --> 00:39:35,300
your own time, Philippians 4, 
verse 4. 

681
00:39:35,300 --> 00:39:39,600
Gives us a command to rejoice in
the lord always whether it's in 

682
00:39:39,600 --> 00:39:42,200
public, whether it's alone. 
You rejoice in the Lord. 

683
00:39:42,200 --> 00:39:46,700
Again, I will say rejoice, God, 
repeated himself for a reason. 

684
00:39:47,700 --> 00:39:55,700
Do we rejoice? 
And where the tough thing is. 

685
00:39:55,700 --> 00:39:59,400
I've there have been quite a few
Christians, I've known who I've 

686
00:39:59,400 --> 00:40:02,500
had 40 or 50 conversations with 
about how bad the world is. 

687
00:40:03,700 --> 00:40:07,000
But maybe one conversation of 
rejoicing in the Lord. 

688
00:40:08,800 --> 00:40:13,300
Think about your ratio of 
rejoicing to criticism. 

689
00:40:14,900 --> 00:40:17,800
You're rich, you're a ratio of 
rejoicing to criticism has 

690
00:40:17,800 --> 00:40:22,000
effect on people. 
You talk to Do you rejoice in 

691
00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:24,200
conversation when you come 
together with the brethren? 

692
00:40:25,400 --> 00:40:27,900
You rejoice in the assembly, 
when you're sitting in your seat

693
00:40:27,900 --> 00:40:30,000
praising from your heart when 
you're sitting your car. 

694
00:40:30,000 --> 00:40:33,000
Driving down the road talking to
the Lord. 

695
00:40:35,600 --> 00:40:39,600
On a scale of one to five. 
How much do you rejoice, 16? 

696
00:40:39,900 --> 00:40:42,300
Am I open to finding new ways to
grow? 

697
00:40:42,400 --> 00:40:48,700
Even if it doesn't come from a 
source, I want to hear from We 

698
00:40:48,700 --> 00:40:52,100
can often learn and find ways to
grow the most from people. 

699
00:40:52,100 --> 00:40:58,400
We do not want to hear it from. 
When I I find the areas I need 

700
00:40:58,400 --> 00:41:00,300
to grow the most when it's 
somebody I don't really like 

701
00:41:01,100 --> 00:41:03,900
Jesus said what credit is that 
to you? 

702
00:41:04,500 --> 00:41:07,100
When you do good to those who 
are good to you, even the even 

703
00:41:07,100 --> 00:41:10,500
the Sinners do that. 
It's a given. 

704
00:41:10,700 --> 00:41:13,900
So are we open to growth even 
when it doesn't come from a 

705
00:41:13,908 --> 00:41:15,300
source? 
You want to hear it from 

706
00:41:15,300 --> 00:41:19,400
oftentimes? 
We just would, well, we'll take,

707
00:41:19,500 --> 00:41:22,400
we'll take criticism, will take 
ways to grow from people that we

708
00:41:22,400 --> 00:41:25,000
like anybody else. 
We'll find a way to criticize 

709
00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:27,100
them and push your way their 
feedback. 

710
00:41:27,100 --> 00:41:31,600
Even if it might be valid. 
Okay, next category, purity. 

711
00:41:32,800 --> 00:41:38,100
Number 17, I welcome God's word 
to expose my sins instead of 

712
00:41:38,100 --> 00:41:42,100
hiding them. 
Scale of 1 to 5, do you? 

713
00:41:42,100 --> 00:41:46,500
Welcome God's word exposed sins,
instead of wanting to hide them,

714
00:41:47,300 --> 00:41:50,100
18? 
How much do I seek 

715
00:41:50,100 --> 00:41:54,700
accountability for both? 
Identifying and fleeing sin in 

716
00:41:54,700 --> 00:41:57,000
my life. 
So identifying sins. 

717
00:41:57,000 --> 00:41:58,300
Sometimes we need somebody else 
to help us. 

718
00:41:58,300 --> 00:42:03,100
See it, we have blind spots. 
We don't see our own self. 

719
00:42:03,100 --> 00:42:05,900
That's why I'm so thankful to be
married because I find a lot of 

720
00:42:05,908 --> 00:42:08,900
my blind spots with the woman 
standing at the back. 

721
00:42:10,100 --> 00:42:14,300
Identifying and fleeing sin in 
my life so someone can help you 

722
00:42:14,300 --> 00:42:17,900
see your sin. 
And as we talked earlier getting

723
00:42:17,900 --> 00:42:20,700
away from that involves 
accountability, and I put 

724
00:42:20,700 --> 00:42:23,900
specifically seeking 
accountability, not open to 

725
00:42:23,900 --> 00:42:26,000
accountability. 
Because as we mentioned last 

726
00:42:26,000 --> 00:42:29,700
question, we often reject 
people's attempts to help us and

727
00:42:29,700 --> 00:42:33,000
get keep us accountable. 
So if we're not actively seeking

728
00:42:33,000 --> 00:42:36,800
accountability, there's a good 
chance we're not getting 

729
00:42:36,800 --> 00:42:39,400
accountability and we're not 
really open to it. 

730
00:42:40,300 --> 00:42:42,800
Because people who have tried to
give us accountability, have 

731
00:42:42,800 --> 00:42:47,800
long probably been dismissed. 
Am I after we seeking 

732
00:42:47,800 --> 00:42:50,500
accountability. 
Hey, so and so would you, you 

733
00:42:50,508 --> 00:42:53,200
know, maybe somebody you trust? 
I'm not saying grab anybody, but

734
00:42:54,400 --> 00:42:56,600
Will you help me in this area? 
I'm going to check back with you

735
00:42:56,600 --> 00:42:59,400
next week. 
Once you to ask me how this went

736
00:42:59,400 --> 00:43:05,100
for me this week. 
Now, as Jonathan mentioned, 

737
00:43:05,100 --> 00:43:07,600
count, abilities Partners might 
not be totally reciprocal, and 

738
00:43:07,600 --> 00:43:09,800
you might have a different 
accountability partner for 

739
00:43:09,800 --> 00:43:11,800
different struggle. 
Maybe somebody else can relate 

740
00:43:11,800 --> 00:43:13,900
to you and you trust them 
because they've been through 

741
00:43:13,900 --> 00:43:18,900
that totally understandable. 
Okay, we're coming close to the 

742
00:43:18,900 --> 00:43:22,000
end. 
No, and habits number 19, how 

743
00:43:22,000 --> 00:43:24,300
much did your knowledge grow 
this year? 

744
00:43:25,200 --> 00:43:28,200
And how much did you set aside 
time for daily reading? 

745
00:43:28,300 --> 00:43:31,100
Okay, so I put grow here, 
especially for this question 

746
00:43:31,100 --> 00:43:34,300
because your knowledge might not
be what you want it to be ever, 

747
00:43:35,000 --> 00:43:36,300
but how much did it grow this 
year? 

748
00:43:37,100 --> 00:43:40,800
How much did improve? 
And that's a related question 

749
00:43:40,800 --> 00:43:43,100
that we set aside time for daily
reading. 

750
00:43:43,800 --> 00:43:50,400
This year, verse 20 or number 
20, when I find a weakness, do I

751
00:43:50,400 --> 00:43:53,200
take daily? 
Measures of maybe meditation, 

752
00:43:53,200 --> 00:43:58,600
prayer and scripture reading in 
that specific area, So, like a 

753
00:43:58,607 --> 00:44:01,400
localized treatment for that 
area of weakness. 

754
00:44:01,800 --> 00:44:07,900
Do I do a spiritual rehab or 
therapy for that muscle? 

755
00:44:07,900 --> 00:44:09,600
That's weak and my spiritual 
life. 

756
00:44:09,600 --> 00:44:14,100
That will cause growth. 
Do I do that with a focus and 

757
00:44:14,100 --> 00:44:20,400
intent? 
To cause growth final category 

758
00:44:20,700 --> 00:44:22,600
is the heart. 
We're going to look at and we're

759
00:44:22,600 --> 00:44:24,000
going to move through pretty 
quick. 

760
00:44:25,200 --> 00:44:33,000
Where is your love for truth? 
Second Thessalonians 2:10, says,

761
00:44:33,000 --> 00:44:35,700
withhold Wicked deception for 
those who are perishing because 

762
00:44:35,700 --> 00:44:39,100
they refused to love the truth 
and so be saved. 

763
00:44:39,100 --> 00:44:42,000
Therefore God sends them a 
strong delusion that they may 

764
00:44:42,000 --> 00:44:49,800
believe a lie or what is false. 
He doesn't just say that they he

765
00:44:49,800 --> 00:44:52,800
didn't talk about how they 
didn't believe the truth. 

766
00:44:52,800 --> 00:44:56,000
He said they didn't love it. 
And the reality is, we don't 

767
00:44:56,000 --> 00:45:00,200
love truth or more than likely. 
Not going to hold on to it. 

768
00:45:00,200 --> 00:45:06,400
The way God wants us to There is
a relationship between belief 

769
00:45:06,400 --> 00:45:08,200
and love. 
I don't believe you can love 

770
00:45:08,200 --> 00:45:12,100
something unless you believe it.
But just because you believe, it

771
00:45:12,100 --> 00:45:15,800
doesn't mean you love it. 
Do you love truth? 

772
00:45:18,100 --> 00:45:21,900
Do you take pleasure and joy as 
we mentioned earlier, delighting

773
00:45:21,900 --> 00:45:26,600
in the Lord and his ways. 
Number 22, a mic. 

774
00:45:28,200 --> 00:45:33,800
My confident and assured, that I
am going to heaven. 

775
00:45:35,500 --> 00:45:41,600
Am I confident and assured that 
I'm going to have on a scale of 

776
00:45:41,600 --> 00:45:47,900
1 to 5 number 23? 
On a scale of 1 to 5. 

777
00:45:47,900 --> 00:45:50,800
Where is my passion to share 
Jesus with others? 

778
00:45:51,800 --> 00:45:53,800
That can be in word or an 
action. 

779
00:45:54,700 --> 00:46:00,300
What is my passion level? 
To share Jesus with others. 

780
00:46:02,200 --> 00:46:05,200
Number 24. 
Are you available to God? 

781
00:46:06,900 --> 00:46:08,600
Throughout the scriptures where 
you learn, this is not about 

782
00:46:08,600 --> 00:46:12,600
your ability. 
Jesus chose the lowest class 

783
00:46:12,600 --> 00:46:16,800
people to do is work the lowest,
maybe educated people to do his 

784
00:46:16,800 --> 00:46:20,800
work. 
It's not about our ability. 

785
00:46:20,800 --> 00:46:22,700
It's about our availability to 
God. 

786
00:46:22,700 --> 00:46:26,200
Are you available a scale of one
to five to God? 

787
00:46:27,100 --> 00:46:30,200
25. 
Where is your reverence for God,

788
00:46:30,200 --> 00:46:36,100
on a scale of 1 to 5. 
Where is your deep and residing 

789
00:46:36,300 --> 00:46:39,900
reverence for the creator of 
this world that is in this room 

790
00:46:39,900 --> 00:46:41,600
with us today? 
Even though we can't see him? 

791
00:46:44,400 --> 00:46:49,300
And the final question. 
Where is your desire to make God

792
00:46:49,300 --> 00:46:52,900
proud? 
You have a weak desire to make 

793
00:46:52,900 --> 00:46:55,400
God. 
Proud to make him happy and 

794
00:46:55,400 --> 00:47:01,000
pleased in your life or is a 
strong you wake up, wanting to 

795
00:47:01,300 --> 00:47:04,800
make, put a smile on the face of
the father because we can do 

796
00:47:04,800 --> 00:47:06,100
that. 
We learned that in scriptures, 

797
00:47:06,100 --> 00:47:10,400
he exalts and excites and shouts
over his children with joy. 

798
00:47:11,500 --> 00:47:15,200
How much do you want to put a 
smile on God's face? 

799
00:47:15,600 --> 00:47:18,600
We're going to close up today. 
Thank you for your patience with

800
00:47:18,600 --> 00:47:21,500
a couple last thoughts. 
Someone asked his eye Was 

801
00:47:21,500 --> 00:47:23,600
talking to them about the study,
they thought, what do you think?

802
00:47:23,600 --> 00:47:27,300
Is that one thing? 
That if our congregation would 

803
00:47:27,300 --> 00:47:30,700
do this one thing, what would it
be? 

804
00:47:30,800 --> 00:47:32,700
That would make everything 
change. 

805
00:47:34,400 --> 00:47:36,000
And you know what? 
I think. 

806
00:47:36,600 --> 00:47:38,300
I think it's the one on this 
list. 

807
00:47:38,400 --> 00:47:41,700
Maybe not that you're the worst 
at could be. 

808
00:47:42,400 --> 00:47:46,300
But the one that you kind of 
cringe at, when you read it, the

809
00:47:46,300 --> 00:47:48,900
one that you least want to do 
when you go home, because you're

810
00:47:48,900 --> 00:47:50,800
going to want to, if you go 
home, look at this, you're going

811
00:47:50,800 --> 00:47:51,800
to think. 
Ok, I'm going to start with 

812
00:47:51,800 --> 00:47:53,600
this. 
We're probably not going to 

813
00:47:53,600 --> 00:47:57,300
gravitate toward the one. 
That's the one we need the most.

814
00:47:58,300 --> 00:48:01,200
But I think if every single one 
of us finds the one we least 

815
00:48:01,200 --> 00:48:04,700
want to do or maybe the one 
where the weakest F and we work 

816
00:48:04,700 --> 00:48:07,700
on that. 
Everything will change. 

817
00:48:09,500 --> 00:48:13,900
When Jesus was asked just what 
one thing do, I need to do to be

818
00:48:13,900 --> 00:48:15,500
saved? 
He said, all these, the Rich 

819
00:48:15,500 --> 00:48:17,700
Young Ruler said, all these 
things I've done for my youth 

820
00:48:17,700 --> 00:48:20,900
just said, one thing you need to
do is give what you have to the 

821
00:48:20,900 --> 00:48:25,000
poor. 
And Jesus said that because it 

822
00:48:25,008 --> 00:48:28,400
was the one thing he didn't want
to give up, just didn't really 

823
00:48:28,700 --> 00:48:31,300
require all of his servants to 
be poor living on the streets 

824
00:48:31,300 --> 00:48:33,600
with nothing. 
He knew that this man had 

825
00:48:33,600 --> 00:48:35,400
something in his heart. 
He did not want to give up. 

826
00:48:35,500 --> 00:48:38,900
So if we want to really grow we 
have to gravitate toward that 

827
00:48:38,900 --> 00:48:42,700
thing that we do not want to or 
have not grown in the most and 

828
00:48:42,700 --> 00:48:44,300
it's true. 
There are physical development 

829
00:48:45,200 --> 00:48:48,300
working out in the gym, a bunch 
of my buddies, you know, we 

830
00:48:48,300 --> 00:48:51,000
always get together and whether 
it's football, players and stuff

831
00:48:51,000 --> 00:48:53,500
and football players and 
tutorials for bench press. 

832
00:48:53,700 --> 00:48:57,400
Is squatting, the weight and 
doing a clean and pray clean and

833
00:48:57,408 --> 00:48:59,500
jerk. 
So they do basically just a 

834
00:48:59,508 --> 00:49:01,300
couple lifts the really strong 
on. 

835
00:49:01,300 --> 00:49:03,200
You see these guys walking 
through the gym, you think 

836
00:49:03,200 --> 00:49:07,600
that's a strong person but they 
have really serious areas of 

837
00:49:07,600 --> 00:49:10,100
weaknesses because that's all 
that they do. 

838
00:49:10,200 --> 00:49:14,000
They do those three main things.
And one day I was warming up and

839
00:49:14,000 --> 00:49:17,000
I was doing a hip workout in the
gym, okay? 

840
00:49:17,000 --> 00:49:20,700
It was just a warm-up exercise 
to get my hip flexors going. 

841
00:49:21,600 --> 00:49:23,400
And one of them was like 
laughing, he's like what are you

842
00:49:23,400 --> 00:49:27,200
doing that for? 
What's that about? 

843
00:49:27,400 --> 00:49:28,600
Get over there in the squat 
machine. 

844
00:49:28,600 --> 00:49:32,500
I said I'm going there but I 
found that my hips are the 

845
00:49:32,500 --> 00:49:38,400
weakest muscle in my body and 
when I worked on those, my whole

846
00:49:38,400 --> 00:49:41,200
body got stronger and everything
felt better. 

847
00:49:41,600 --> 00:49:43,700
My legs felt connected to my 
back. 

848
00:49:43,700 --> 00:49:47,600
Everything start feeling good, 
when I worked on my weakest 

849
00:49:47,600 --> 00:49:50,000
muscle. 
And that dude was playing 

850
00:49:50,000 --> 00:49:53,000
linebacker in college football 
and he's like, oh yeah whatever.

851
00:49:53,000 --> 00:49:56,900
And he tried it with me, he came
back to me a month later and he 

852
00:49:56,900 --> 00:49:59,700
said I do that before every 
single workout now. 

853
00:50:00,500 --> 00:50:02,200
He's like, I love it, I feel so 
much better. 

854
00:50:02,200 --> 00:50:05,600
I'm stronger, my lips have all 
gone up, I'm better in every 

855
00:50:05,600 --> 00:50:08,200
area because I worked on my 
weakest muscle that I thought 

856
00:50:08,200 --> 00:50:09,900
was Dumb and I didn't need to 
mess with it. 

857
00:50:12,200 --> 00:50:13,700
And I think it's true 
spiritually as well. 

858
00:50:13,700 --> 00:50:16,500
What is that one area? 
Number one today? 

859
00:50:16,500 --> 00:50:19,600
Please be honest with yourself, 
take this self-assessment. 

860
00:50:19,600 --> 00:50:22,400
Pray about what exactly on your 
mind. 

861
00:50:23,400 --> 00:50:26,100
The exact thoughts that you want
to talk to God about pray, those

862
00:50:26,100 --> 00:50:29,000
thoughts because God cannot work
with insincerity. 

863
00:50:29,000 --> 00:50:32,500
No matter how moral we are. 
God cannot work with 

864
00:50:32,500 --> 00:50:36,100
insincerity, no matter how, no 
matter how moral we are. 

865
00:50:36,400 --> 00:50:42,200
But God can work with honest. 
Sincere, efforts, and honesty 

866
00:50:42,200 --> 00:50:45,100
with ourselves. 
No matter how Tangled in sin. 

867
00:50:46,200 --> 00:50:50,000
We might be, that's the lesson 
this morning again, I'll put 

868
00:50:50,000 --> 00:50:52,800
that QR code. 
Backup on afterwards. 

869
00:50:52,800 --> 00:50:55,800
If you please, take that survey,
so we can figure out as 

870
00:50:55,808 --> 00:50:58,300
teachers. 
Where's our congregation? 

871
00:50:58,300 --> 00:51:01,000
Now, what ways can we grow? 
What ways can we help? 

872
00:51:02,500 --> 00:51:06,700
So that we can be more effective
public teaching and hopefully, 

873
00:51:06,700 --> 00:51:10,700
our goal to be more effective as
a congregation individually and 

874
00:51:10,700 --> 00:51:13,900
collectively wear you out today.
We've asked a lot of questions, 

875
00:51:14,000 --> 00:51:18,100
are you saying have you heard 
the word believed repented of 

876
00:51:18,100 --> 00:51:20,700
your past life, then willing to 
change and turn around 

877
00:51:20,800 --> 00:51:22,800
confessing? 
That Jesus Christ is the Son of 

878
00:51:22,800 --> 00:51:24,600
God. 
I mean, baptized for the 

879
00:51:24,600 --> 00:51:26,200
remission of your sins, have you
done that? 

880
00:51:27,500 --> 00:51:31,300
If you have, it's a joyful thing
to be a member of the body, and 

881
00:51:31,300 --> 00:51:33,500
maybe you need support today, 
maybe you need to ask 

882
00:51:33,500 --> 00:51:36,000
forgiveness of sins. 
You need support of this body, 

883
00:51:36,200 --> 00:51:37,900
maybe you want Collective 
accountability. 

884
00:51:38,000 --> 00:51:40,800
We were talking about individual
accountability one-on-one, you 

885
00:51:40,800 --> 00:51:43,000
can do that. 
But if you want Collective 

886
00:51:43,000 --> 00:51:45,600
accountability this morning, 
we're happy to do that. 

887
00:51:45,900 --> 00:51:48,300
We're here for each other and 
there's one of either class, 

888
00:51:48,300 --> 00:51:50,200
please come when we stand and 
sing. 

889
00:51:51,400 --> 00:51:54,000
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890
00:51:54,000 --> 00:51:59,000
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891
00:51:59,500 --> 00:52:03,000
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892
00:52:03,000 --> 00:52:06,000
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893
00:52:06,700 --> 00:52:10,500
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894
00:52:10,500 --> 00:52:14,500
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895
00:52:14,500 --> 00:52:21,000
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896
00:52:21,000 --> 00:52:24,200
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