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We have been in the series 
entitled The Call, which it's 

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been a real blessing for me 
personally as I've spent time 

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studying the Lord's word and I'm
packing this for us. 

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And we've been, as you know, in 
the section where we've looked 

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at the we've looked at the three
calls in the story of when Jesus

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calls Simon into the boat and 
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And then there's Jesus speaks to
the people and then what 

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happens? 
Jesus says go out into the deep 

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and he says let your Nets down, 
etcetera, etcetera. 

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And we looked at within that 
story, there are three calls of 

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Jesus. 
The first one is the call to be 

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with Jesus. 
Because we're before we call to 

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something, we're called to 
someone that our doing comes out

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of our place of being. 
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the other way around. 
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you meet somebody, what do you 
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Why don't we say, hey what? 
Who are you? 

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What do you be? 
That doesn't really 

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grammatically work, but you get 
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So the first thing is be in the 
boat with Jesus. 

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Second thing is the call to walk
in holiness. 

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What did Jesus say to Simon? 
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What is that? 
A separation? 

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And we looked at what holiness 
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It's been set apart and 
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And then we looked at the fear 
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And now we're on the the doing 
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Great Commission. 
And Anya talked about this 

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earlier as we were worshipping 
the call for each one of us to 

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make disciples. 
And we looked at within this 

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story, there are 10 hallmarks of
the call to fulfil the Great 

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Commission and we are at number 
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It's taken a while, but I've 
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pace. 
As way of a recap, here are the 

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top five. 
Number one, God calls us at the 

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point where we feel weak and 
tired by getting an Amen in the 

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house for that one. 
Number two, it will require us 

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to go deeper than we did before.
#3 it doesn't always seem to 

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make sense to us. 
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ways. #4 It requires obedience 
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moment when Simon said, listen, 
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I mean, we didn't catch anything
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fishermen. 
I clearly added that one bit in,

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but nevertheless, at your word I
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That's the nevertheless moment. 
It is a doorway into walking in 

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what God has for you and #5 last
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call, and we looked at from 
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Bible, at what it means to be 
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And I'd encourage you, if you've
missed that, to catch up on that

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one. 
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Hallmark number six, and we get 
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Well, up until this point it has
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We had the moment where the call
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We've we've then had the 
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And then we see the blessing of 
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But why don't we read the story 
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We're going to look at verses 
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It's going to be on the screen 
if you're in the room, and if 

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you're online, it'll be on your 
device and it says this. 

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And when he had finished 
speaking, this is Jesus, he said

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to Simon. 
Put out into the deep and let 

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your Nets down for a catch. 
And Simon answered, Master, we 

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toiled all night and took 
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But nevertheless, at your word I
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And when they had done this, 
they enclosed a large number of 

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fish, and their Nets were 
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And so they signaled to their 
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come and help them, and they 
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but they began to sink. 
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interesting part of the story 
because what it does for us is 

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it shows us another Kingdom 
principle of the call that God 

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places on us. 
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six, The call comes with others.
The call always comes with 

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others. 
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the privilege of talking to many
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people. 
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although of course it shouldn't,
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We seem to hold on to a truth 
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You know what I mean? 
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one. 
You've. 

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I'm sure you've heard this 
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Well, I know God says I 
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I know it says in the word that.
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it's OK You heard that one. 
It's like, really? 

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Do you think the God does that? 
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No. 
Here's another one you'll like. 

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My faith is personal. 
It's private. 

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You heard that one. 
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unbiblical statements that you 
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how? 
Just have to read the Bible to 

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see that just even read Genesis 
like and to see that's not the 

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case. 
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all been called for the Great 
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And so in that very fact, aside 
from the rest, that I'm going to

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show you, how can you make 
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your faith? 
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your faith is private. 
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don't need church. 
I can do church at home. 

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We got YouTube with such 
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And of course it is. 
But you need to be connected to 

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the body because the enemy wants
to isolate you so he can pick 

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you out and throw arrows at you.
I was reminded of a story as I 

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was preparing this talk and a 
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that one of his congregants 
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while. 
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this gentleman. 
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The gentleman knocks on the door
and the gentleman says, oh, 

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pastor, it's lovely to see, 
please come on into my now and 

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they sit down and there is a 
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The pastor doesn't say anything.
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He gets one of the implements, 
the tongs or whatever, and he 

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gets one of the coals in the 
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separate. 
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he looks at the coal and all of 
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and all of a sudden the coal 
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And the point at which it seemed
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didn't say anything, shook the 
man's hand and left. 

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Next Sunday, the man turns up to
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If you're not here for two 
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Just saying. 
And can you please set it up so 

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there's a coal fire? 
Otherwise it won't work. 

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Just kidding. 
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illustration that if we want to 
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on fire. 
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if you ain't with other people. 
Preach it, Pastor, someone said 

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Amen. 
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I appreciate the encouragement. 
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of the story, which is the call 
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give three points. 
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traditional in my sermon 
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Three FS, function, fellowship, 
friendship and fun. 

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Now, for those observant, you'll
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fourth one for free. 
You're welcome. 

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So let's look at this, shall we?
Let's look at function. 

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We need to recognise that we've 
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God could have made us all the 
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like me, God knew better than 
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But inherent in God's creative 
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unique and different. 
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the story we read of Simon, his 
friends, and they come over to 

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help him. 
He's like Andrew Quick, come and

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help me. 
You're so good at the way you 

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lugged that net out. 
And and Matthew can you? 

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The way you just throw those 
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That's not God's design. 
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unique gifts in order that we 
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Why don't we read together what 
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And some of you I'm sure, will 
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Corinthians 1212 to seven. 
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means to be with others in this 
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It's going to be on the screen 
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It'll be on your device. 
For just as the body is 1 and 

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has many members, and all the 
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are one body, so it is with 
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For in one spirit we were all 
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Jews or Greeks, slaves or free, 
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Spirit. 
For the body does not consist of

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1 member, but of many. 
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I am not a hand, I do not belong
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it any less a part of the body. 
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because I'm not an eye, I do not
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not make it any less a part of 
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If the whole body were an eye, 
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hearing? 
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where would be the sense of 
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But as it is, God arranged the 
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them as He chose. 
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where would the body be? 
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Get one body and we'll leave it 
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You know, we need to celebrate 
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that each one of us has gifts 
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a diverse body of people. 
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that you might feel, maybe you 
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at the eye and think, I wish I 
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It sees great things. 
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If the eye sees something 
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it up. 
Maybe you feel like a big toe. 

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You know what? 
I feel like a big toe. 

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Don't be handed up to that one. 
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Feel like you're at the bottom 
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wow, look at those guys up 
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I wish I could be an ear and 
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Listen, if the body didn't have 
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balance very easily, and in fact
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the push off when you run. 
Some of you big toes are called 

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intercessors, by the way. 
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I just sense that might be the 
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You're hidden in that secret 
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praying, nothing else would 
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And So what we need to recognize
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the Great Commission, he says. 
Right, You've got a fantastic 

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gift of administration, but you 
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on that. 
You're a fantastic pioneer. 

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But you know what? 
If you do it on your own, you're

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not going to get anything done. 
And So what we need to recognise

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is that when we are called to 
walk in the plans that Jesus has

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for us, we cannot do it alone, 
that we are Better Together. 

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That sounds like some ad 
somewhere, doesn't it? 

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I'm sure it probably was the 
British Gas advert. 

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We want to be together. 
Do you remember that one? 

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Sorry. 
Stick to the notes, Mark. 

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Stick to the notes. 
Right. 

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You know, unity doesn't come 
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OK? 
It comes from taking our place 

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in the diversity of gifts and 
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When we talk about unity, we're 
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diversity under Christ and 
celebrating the individual gifts

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that we have. 
It says in one piece of 410 each

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of you should use whatever gift 
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others as faithful stewards of 
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In listen, it's various forms. 
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grace, the Greek word, 
graceless. 

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These are things that we've been
given in order that we can 

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extend Christ's Kingdom. 
And so we need to recognize that

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in order to function as a body, 
we need to be part of the body. 

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And can I just encourage you to,
you know, it says in Hebrews, do

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not give up meeting with each 
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Even more so as you see the day 
approaching, don't be that coal 

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that's at home thinking you can 
do life without the rest of the 

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coals #2 fellowship, you know, 
fellowship. 

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The Greek word that we find in 
in in the old, the New Testament

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is koi annoya. 
And I know I pronounced that not

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correct for those of you who are
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And I'm half Greek, which is why
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But in my defence, I was never 
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Well, actually, Mum and Dad did 
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just found it so boring. 
So indoxy, some of you Greek. 

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Well, thank you. 
That means OK, right. 

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Koya. 
Noah. 

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I've had too much coffee. 
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issue. 
So caffeine is not too good. 

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Joking. 
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fellowship, to the breaking of 
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You know, there isn't really one
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joint partnership. 
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one another. 
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of a choice and servanthood. 
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fellowship, let me just bring 
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The first one is that we had 
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and that's what fellowship is 
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It says in Ecclesiastes 4/9 to 
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one for they can help each other
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If one person falls, the other 
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But someone who falls alone is 
in real trouble. 

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I I want to give you some good 
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The bad news is that when you 
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there may be times, probably 
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and you might even stumble. 
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call comes with others, God will
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fellowship with that are 
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support you in those moments. 
That is why fellowship is just 

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so important. 
This is a place, this church 

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family, where we have fellowship
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This should be the place. 
And I pray it is that you can 

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come and speak to someone and 
say I just need prayer. 

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Right now I am really struggling
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That is what it means to have 
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another. 
It says in John 1334, a new 

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commandment I give to you. 
You know this one, that you love

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one another. 
Just as I have loved you, you 

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also are to love one another. 
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that you are my disciples. 
Listen, Love is an action word. 

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Love requires us to put the 
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is within the the boundaries of 
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another Aright. 
Those times where you need 

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someone to love on you. 
Those times where you need 

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someone to ask you how are you 
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Can I help you? 
Can I pray with you? 

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This place, the church, family, 
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fellowship. 
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Because it's a place of Christ's
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And lastly on this Point C, that
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each other. 
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You can't grow in Christ on your
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It's not biblical. 
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sermons you watch, how many 
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not doing life in fellowship, 
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way he has intended you to. 
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pray for the fruit of the 
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Patience, love, all those 
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asking for a miracle. 
Lord, I pray for a supernatural 

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impartation of patience. 
Well, I'm sorry it doesn't work 

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like that. 
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Because God puts you in a garden
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You won't bear fruit of patience
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one another and having 
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that on your own. 
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Iron sharpens iron and one man 
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Iron sharpens iron. 
All right, let's fellowship. 

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Last one, because we've only got
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Friendship and fun. 
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for free food. 
I mean, come on, that's good 

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value for money right there. 
You know what I love about Jesus

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was he's he's resurrected. 
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account where he has breakfast 
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You remember this story? 
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the story we've read. 
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you as we bring this plane into 
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So put the seats upright, the 
trays in front of all that 

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stuff. 
You got it. 

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Later Jesus appeared again to 
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Galilee. 
Remind you of anything? 

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This is how it happened. 
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there. 
Simon Peter, Thomas Nathaniel, 

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the sons of Zebedee, and two 
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Simon Peter said, I'm going 
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all said. 
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but they caught nothing at 
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Funny that. 
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the beach, but the disciples 
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He called out. 
Fellows, Have you caught any 

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fish? 
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Oh, bless them. 
Another night of fishing without

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any other fish. 
Then he said, throw out your 

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neck on the right hand side of 
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huh? 
Funny that, isn't it. 

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So they did, and they couldn't 
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were so many fish in it. 
Isn't this very cool? 

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Then the disciple Jesus loved? 
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It's the Lord. 
I remember this moment. 

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Do you remember this moment? 
We've only spent ten weeks in 

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it, looking at these hallmarks. 
I mean, look, it's the same 

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thing. 
I added that in myself. 

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Now Simon Peter heard that it 
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off. 
He stripped and he and he jumped

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in the water and he headed to 
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The other stayed with the boat 
and pulled the loaded net to the

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shore, for they were only about 
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When they got there. 
They found breakfast waiting for

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them, fish cooking over a 
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Bring some of the fish you've 
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Simon. 
Peter went aboard and dragged 

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the net to the shore. 
There were 153 large fish, and 

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yet the net hadn't torn. 
Now cut them some breakfast, 

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Jesus said. 
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ask him. 
Who are you? 

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They knew it was the Lord and 
Jesus served them the bread. 

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He served them the bread and the
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How beautiful is that? 
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with his friends, I think. 
Jesus, Jesus loved being with 

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these guys. 
He wanted to be with them and 

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have friendship. 
He wanted to have fun with them.

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I bet he had a twinkle in his 
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you haven't caught any fish. 
Throw the net on the other side.

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I bet he smiled as he saw Peter 
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It's Jesus. 
I bet Jesus had a beaming smile.

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Oh, there's my mates. 
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He's prepared food for them and 
he serves them the food. 

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You see, we're called. 
As a body of of unique gifts, so

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we function as one. 
We're called to have fellowship 

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with one another, so we can grow
in Christ together, that we can 

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burn brightly together and we're
called to have fun and 

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friendship and food with one 
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Jesus modelled all of this. 
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morning is this, Are we living 
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I'd like us to stand as we pray 
church.