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Hi, this is Dave Olson. 
I'm the senior leader. 

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Of Heartland Church located in 
Ankeny, IA. 

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I hope the following message 
challenges, encourages, and 

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ultimately changes you. 
Thanks for joining us. 

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Paul has been a a very close 
friend of this church for many 

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years. 
We, he first came to us in 2009,

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spiritual son of Life hat Linden
came in and when he brought that

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first message, it was, it was 
really a foundational turning 

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point for us as a church. 
And, and so we asked Paul to be 

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one of our external overseers. 
We have three external overseers

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as an independent church. 
We don't want to be completely 

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independent. 
We need some external 

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accountability, external 
counsel. 

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And so Paul sits in one of those
seats and has for a number of 

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years. 
We just appreciate him. 

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You're in for a treat. 
He is a one of my favorite 

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teachers. 
I tell people all the time, Paul

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is a hundredfold teacher. 
He takes that seed of the word 

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and squeezes out every little 
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So it you're in for a treat, I 
want you to give a good 

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heartland Welcome to Paul 
Yiddow. 

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Thank you very much. 
It's always a joy to be here in 

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this house. 
Yeah, I was reminded of that 

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first preaching here in the US 
for for me was in this House 

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2009. 
And that really marked me 

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something special that, you 
know, the things that we are 

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experiencing in our side of the 
world has significance and 

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blessing. 
It could be a blessing in this 

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part of the world. 
And today I just want to share 

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some of the stories of some 
testimonies of what's happening 

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in in Southeast Asia, especially
Cambodia, as part of my message.

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But let's welcome the presence 
of the Lord for the Word. 

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Holy Spirit, you are our guide 
and teacher. 

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You guide us, you know, into all
truth, spirit of wisdom and 

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revelation. 
Speak to us Lord with life 

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giving word we say yes and Amen 
to the invitation of following 

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Jesus all the way be glorified 
today in Jesus name, Amen, Amen.

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And my my topic for today is 
cross shaped life. 

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What what a topic to talk about.
A lot of people will be scared, 

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you know, when we talk about 
cross, I guess it's important 

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that we understand that the 
cross shaped life is the life 

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that we are invited to journey 
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To be a Christian is not just to
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Period. 
The goal of Christianity is not 

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blessing. 
The goal of Christianity is 

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Christlikeness, the work of the 
Holy Spirit in our lives. 

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It's not just to make us 
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The work of the Holy Spirit is 
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that's the original intent of 
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We were created in the image and
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And we know during the fall, 
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disconnected to agape, to God 
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And we, we see all over us the 
humanity of orphan and we have 

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songs prophesying, declaring 
that, you know, we are now sons 

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and daughters of God because 
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Kingdom. 
It's homecoming. 

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It's coming back to love. 
It's going back to that place in

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which we are truly, fully and 
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daughters of God. 
And Jesus came for that purpose,

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to bring back the way he is the 
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6, He is the way, the truth and 
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No one can come to the Father 
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he said. 
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He's not just the way, but he 
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And today I want to submit to 
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the way. 
So I, if I try to finish this, 

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this is going to be, you know, 
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So I cut it into half two parts.
The way of the cross or the way 

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of a cross shaped life is 2 
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One part is devotion, the other 
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And for us to live a Christ like
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So let me just read a little bit
from my notes. 

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You know the meaning of the way 
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way. 
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Christians were not called 
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They were first called 
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But prior to that, they were 
called the followers of the way.

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And Paul testified of that, that
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who followed the way. 
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himself as the follower of the 
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So the way is a term for those. 
First of all, the way is the way

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of Jesus, and Jesus is the way. 
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the life that he lived, follow 
the way of Jesus. 

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And I want to propose to us in 
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chaos, too much disruption, 
there are so many crazy news out

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there, shakings and what what 
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The only way to live is the way 
of Jesus. 

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We have to go back to the cross,
the way of Jesus. 

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And I pray that as I unpack 
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that, you know, it is really 
when we lose our life that we 

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will save it. 
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Him and when we yield to His 
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purposes, when we die for Him, 
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It is impossible to walk in the 
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being willing to die with 
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So the way, the way of the 
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The followers of Jesus were 
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way. 
So it takes in it a very 

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profound biblical or theological
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It's founded in Jesus. 
I am the way, but it's also 

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about a journey. 
It takes on a deeper meaning of 

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just being a member of a church 
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Are you with me? 
It's actually the way to live. 

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It's not just a Sunday thing. 
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To follow Jesus is to walk in 

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the way of Jesus. 
Are you OK? 

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And I'll be sharing some facets 
of this and I'm here to. 

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I'm not trying to sound like I 
got it. 

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You know, I'm 100% I'm in the 
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No, even Paul would say, you 
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totally comprehended all these 
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press in, I continue to to stay 
in my lane, pursue what Jesus 

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asked for me, the very purpose 
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I want that and that's how we 
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It's not about Lord. 
I want my blessing and period. 

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I want a comfortable life. 
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comfortable life. 
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Feels so good to be here again. 
So the people in the way, those 

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who follow the way are rooted 
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love. 
To be followers of the way is to

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live it out with one another. 
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outpouring of the Holy Spirit. 
How did the first believers, 

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Christians, 1st century 
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Acts chapter 2. 
A beautiful family emerge a new 

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humanity. 
You know, they're from different

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different nations speaking 
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In one day, 3000 got saved. 
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decided, OK, let's stay here in 
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How do you manage that? 
You can't, you can have all the 

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all these things, gadgets, and 
you can only facilitate what the

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Holy Spirit is doing in and 
through the hearts of people who

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are filled with love. 
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this followers of the way looks 
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And I believe for the church not
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persecuted church, church here 
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world. 
To be truly salt and light of 

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this world, we have to go back 
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Amen. 
You're good. 

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OK, so the invitation is to live
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lead just like Jesus, and just a
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of Jesus, everything begins in 
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He would go up to the mountain. 
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We can never, never be able to 
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context of love and in the way 
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relationship to one another 
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Christ. 
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you, to connect to you, to be 
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in communion with God, then I 
look for Jesus or I would say I 

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look for a Savior. 
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through an in human level. 
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the vine, instead of being 
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I'm a new creation, therefore I 
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with you, therefore you are 
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will not never destroy me From 
communion. 

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We have community. 
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Don't ever come to a community 
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you have that relationship with 
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And that's how Jesus did it when
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testing all about? 
If you are the Son of God, the 

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enemy wants to cut that 
connection because if he can cut

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that connection, it's impossible
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family, a community that looks 
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That's why our worship comes 
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Fellowship is the overflow of 
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When we're overwhelmed with 
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through us. 
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3000. 
Imagine if you and they're 

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living in tents, you know, 
suddenly there are just tents 

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all over, you know, and your 
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kids, they're eating your, your 
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It's a, it's a glorious chaos. 
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You can just push your heart in 
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And when you begin to see each 
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see the face of God in one 
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This is what God is doing all 
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He's restoring back his sons and
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But it doesn't look like race, 
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It looks like love. 
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This is the Father of Jesus. 
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I'm all about my Father. 
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invited those whom he wanted to 
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He created, raised up a 
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Out of that community there is 
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Don't mix it. 
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the Father to the heart of a son
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overflowing with that love. 
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others with him or with her and 
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and release the beautiful love 
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Ministries are is the overflow 
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Father, our relationship with 
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Then we have a ministry, Amen. 
So this is where we learn how to

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love, Amen. 
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serve. 
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sacrifice, share our resources, 
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wisdom. 
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of God. 
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He never intended to have just 
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Christ, you know, eternal, 
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ministry, forever and ever, 
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He chose 12, three years. 
He poured out his life. 

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My conversation with Pastor Dave
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know, succession, who's next? 
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here for long, the younger 
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just a platform, but they need 
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wisdom, our scars, they have to 
learn from our scars. 

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Now, you don't need to reinvent 
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You just need to learn from the 
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And the only way is to stay in a
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That's why Christians who are 
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deception. 
Jesus, are you OK? 

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I don't know why I started that 
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Pastor David's our conversation 
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The pattern is communion, 
community. 

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Then you will have ministry. 
So go find your community. 

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If you're still alone, go find 
your family. 

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They're here and begin to serve 
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Begin to learn how to love. 
Begin to learn the way of Jesus,

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of humility, of kindness, of 
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Sometimes the healing that we're
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context of serving Wow. 
Don't wait for your 

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breakthrough. 
Be the vessel of breakthrough 

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for others. 
You will see your breakthrough. 

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So to simplify, to follow Jesus,
the pattern of Jesus, this is 

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said, be with Jesus, communion, 
be like Jesus, be transformed, 

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be formed by the Holy Spirit in 
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Who among you here would say I 
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I relate to others? 
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wow, that's wow, that's amazing.
That's what I what I do with 

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Pastor Dave. 
He's got fresh things angles to 

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some of the things that I, you 
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shared about Psalm 63 and he 
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my eyes like, whoa, I can take 
that and I could bring I could 

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bring that to Asia. 
See this what I have received 

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now I can release seeds for 
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So everything happens in be with
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Jesus transformation, spiritual 
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context of covenant 
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The world is not looking for the
next event. 

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They're really great at creating
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I mean, we can you compete with 
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No, and we don't have to compete
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Sometimes. 
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Kingdom works, the small is big.
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greatness is not found in the 
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Greatness is found in the 
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serving. 
Be with Jesus, become like 

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Jesus, do what Jesus did. 
Demonstration, mission. 

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Out of that community there is 
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Do what Jesus did. 
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to his disciples. 
He did not just tell them, just 

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watch me. 
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know, he sent the 72 two by two.
You guys go ahead. 

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I just wait here. 
Are you with me for for some of 

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us, maybe for most of us as 
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and I have to see everything 
working according to my we 

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micromanage. 
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everything from eternity, from 
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You know, when he sent the 72, I
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totally confident about what 
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Maybe 2 by two. 
Hey, I don't know what to do 

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here. 
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And that's where the context of 
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Because we're weak. 
We're just lamb among wolves. 

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That's what Jesus said. 
I send you a lamp among wolves. 

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You don't have to know 
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working in and through you. 
Learn to love, learn to serve, 

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learn to walk with one another. 
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We have a beautiful message of 
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transform lives, and we can 
demonstrate a culture that looks

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like heaven. 
Be with Jesus, become like 

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Jesus, do what Jesus did. 
Just do it. 

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If it's science and wonders. 
Go if it's kindness and 

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goodness. 
Go if it's praying for the sake,

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praying for those who are 
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Just mourn with those who mourn.
Jesus wept for his friend. 

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Do it the Jesus way. 
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do that. 
Last year I was here, I preached

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about harvest time and who were 
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You know, I have my presentation
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used, I used John Ford, the 
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I saw, you know, something 
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Declare this message. 
So last September, I was invited

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to be one of the speakers in a 
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Cambodia. 
You know, 10 or 15 years ago, 

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it's illegal to even gather like
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But that time, last September, 
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These are pastors from, you 
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poor places. 
Some of them are still 

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persecuted. 
Some some of them, they have 

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congregations in in minefields. 
You know, one pastor tells a 

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story that she he lost some 
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Imagine going to church, you 
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These are this is what's 
happening in the world and I'm 

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here to represent that portion 
of the body of Christ of how 

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much hunger, how much 
desperation, how how they carry 

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the cross beautifully, how they 
love in the midst of 

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persecution, in the midst of 
tread. 

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Anyways, I spoke in this 
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they, they were planning this 
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I had I think June, they had a 
gathering with spiritual 

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fathers. 
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fathers are those who've been 
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Pol Pot, if you know, Pol Pot, 
Killing Fields, Cambodia, some 

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of them had to move to Vietnam 
temporarily, stay there for a 

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number of years before they go 
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Some of them lost friends and 
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I was the only foreigner given 
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of that conference. 
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So cut. 
Long story short, they plan for 

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a theme. 
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know the theme is harvest time 
and the text is John chapter 4 

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and I was invited to be the 
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February of last year. 
See how God orders things. 

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The meeting is June, I spoke 
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April, I'm in. 
I don't know we do. 

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I call that divine set up. 
I was set up so I spoke that 

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night, first session. 
It was powerful. 

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I mean, the afternoon, by the 
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during the afternoon session, I 
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pastors weeping and wailing with
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floor. 
And I joined and I wept with 

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them crying out. 
And I was kneeling on one 

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particular town or province. 
You know, I, I, I prayed. 

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And later on I, I, I found out 
that's the best place for white 

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beaches and seafoods. 
You know, I was on the dot. 

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I heard it from the Holy Spirit,
but you know, it was powerful 

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time we were if you could just 
hear their cry for donation. 

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I was just participating in the 
heart of God. 

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You know, their dream, their 
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the 10% of population of 
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You know, during the time of 
ballpark, there were only 300 

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believers. 
Now the government is a little 

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bit nervous. 
They're not saying it, but the 

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Christians are saying from 
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the population. 
There's a revival going on in 

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Cambodia and I'm I'm blessed to 
be, you know, my little thing 

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put on the table my little yes. 
So I spoke that night and I 

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preach on Samaritan woman and at
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God speaking to me and declare 
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And I declared Cambodia is no 
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Cambodia is a harvest field. 
And I declared and the whole 

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place exploded, crying, wailing.
Pastors were jumping up and down

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and it was just something broke 
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Some of those pastors living in 
difficult places suddenly saw 

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the harvest, suddenly saw it can
be done. 

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I had my translator at one point
he paused and he said, this is 

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so heavy. 
Pastor Paul, he didn't know he, 

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I mean, everybody heard him sing
it. 

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I could just feel the atmosphere
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God respond to his heart. 
It's more than just emotional, 

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motivational word. 
It is the call of the father. 

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So that night it was a mark for 
something. 

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The following day, many people 
came to me and they said, 

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please. 
Some of the missionaries, 

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leaders who've worked in the 
fields for like more than 30 

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years, they speak the language. 
Some of them came to me tears 

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with tears in their eyes and 
they said, Pastor Paul, you have

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given us a word that will take 
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don't claim anything. 
My own commune. 

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You will have a community and 
then you will have a ministry. 

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And I'm given an opportunity to 
be part of what God is doing in 

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Cambodia. 
So, but I know I can't go really

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deep here. 
I know I only have until 10:00, 

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Pastor Dave, right? 
I'll be faithful. 

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But I tell you this story, this 
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I mean, but there's a story here
following day after my message 

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the following day, I don't have 
any preaching assignment. 

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I joined the pastors. 
We had lunch and snacks and I 

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was just kind of winding and 
just resting. 

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And this guy came and he is a 
pastor. 

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He speaks English fluently. 
And he came to us and the first 

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thing he asked me, he was there 
the night before, so he heard me

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preach. 
He experienced the glory of God,

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all of that. 
And then he asked me this 

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question, Do you know of 
Filipino missionaries here in 

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Cambodia? 
And I said, yes, I know some of 

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them. 
And then he said, I hate them. 

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So how do you respond in love 
with that? 

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I hate them and his eyes like, 
and I said, I'm really sorry if 

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Filipino missionaries hurt you. 
He said you don't understand. 

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I thought he will, you know, 
calm down now. 

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He went to the next level, next 
level of glory, not glory. 

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He was mad. 
He was in pain. 

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And he tells this story how 
Filipino missionaries belittled 

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him when he was just, I think, 
13 years old, or he was studying

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English, and he heard these 
words. 

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You don't use your brain, 
meaning you're stupid. 

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So he left that school. 
And The thing is, the pastor who

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sitted beside me is one of the 
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Cambodia. 
I spoke in his church. 

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He knows the Filipino pastor Now
I'm I'm in being the painter. 

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I know that pastor. 
And Oh my God, how do you honor 

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this, this, this How do you 
represent love? 

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And I spoke a message the night 
before. 

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Now Jesus, Hallelujah, Take Me 
Home. 

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He stared at me with tears and 
pain coming out. 

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And again I said please forgive,
Please forgive us. 

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And then he went to the highest 
level of glory. 

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I hate all of them. 
He was screaming on me and he 

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tells another story. 
Not that Filipino missionary, 

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another missionary using words 
that hurt him like big time. 

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He was in pain, but I'm 
ambassador of love. 

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I'm not about my preaching last 
night. 

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It's not about my platform. 
It's not about how good I unpack

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something. 
It is about a moment where love 

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will be demonstrated and quickly
I turn my heart to the Lord. 

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I just felt in in a vision, I 
saw Jesus washing the feet of 

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these disciples and I drop on my
knees, dirty ground, muddy 

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ground. 
I got my mind and I touch his 

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toes, his feet and I said please
forgive, please. 

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And something happened in the 
spirit. 

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He touched me and he started to 
tremble. 

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He said don't, don't do that. 
Don't do that. 

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And then things shift that I 
just said please forgive. 

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Please forgive us. 
And he said because you did 

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this, I forgive all Filipinos. 
And that's him. 

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Look at his face, transformed by
love. 

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We are given opportunities to 
represent love, not fear, not 

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anger, not retaliation, not, you
know, not my agenda, not my 

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church. 
We are called to represent the 

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heart of God. 
You know what happened next. 

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The pastor who saw it, he said, 
Pastor Paul, in your next visit 

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here in Cambodia, I will gather 
the Korean missionaries and the 

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Cambodian pastors. 
Would it be good to see this 

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reconciliation happen? 
And American missionaries and 

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those who have wounded us to see
this? 

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And later on, I saw this pastor 
the night during the session and

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the news is spread out. 
He was asked to share his 

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testimony and the whole place 
exploded to a whole new level of

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glory. 
Everybody screaming like oh, 

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this is the family of God. 
Amen. 

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Wow. 
Well, I, I think just quickly 

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only have many minutes, 4 
minutes. 

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Are you OK? 
So I have the whole nation open 

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up, I have pastors inviting me 
in borders of Cambodia and 

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Thailand just all over. 
I didn't ask for it. 

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And I'm not about platforms. 
And by the way, don't be busy 

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building platforms. 
Be a pillar of faith for others.

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You will live the next 
generation. 

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Abraham is not a platform. 
Abraham is a pillar of faith. 

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Paul never built his platform. 
He built his faith in the Lord. 

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And so we are able to stand on 
that. 

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Be a pillar to the next 
generation. 

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Amen. 
So the invitation of Jesus is 

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follow me and I will make you 
fishers of men. 

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That's the invitation, by the 
way, to follow Jesus. 

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I think he wants to be there. 
This is what love looks like. 

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I tell you that the night 
session he was wearing pink, 

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pink shirt, long sleeve. 
I did not recognize him. 

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He passed by me and I couldn't 
recognize him. 

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00:37:47,880 --> 00:37:50,720
He grabbed me. 
He said I'm the man you talk, 

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you talk, talk with what 
happened to you. 

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00:37:55,800 --> 00:38:01,560
He was transformed by love. 
Jesus invites us. 

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Follow me and I will make you 
fishers of men. 

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It is His job. 
He will lead us where the 

458
00:38:12,040 --> 00:38:15,600
harvest is. 
He will use us mightily. 

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00:38:15,840 --> 00:38:20,800
But in that invitation we also 
see this invitation. 

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He said if anyone would come 
after me, let him deny himself 

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00:38:27,680 --> 00:38:32,640
and take up his cross daily and 
follow me, for whoever would 

462
00:38:32,640 --> 00:38:36,840
save his life will lose it, but 
whoever loses his life for my 

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00:38:36,840 --> 00:38:42,920
sake will save it. 
We can never graduate from this.

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It's a daily thing. 
To be a Christian is not just a 

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response to an altar call and a 
Baptist and and that's it. 

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00:38:52,640 --> 00:38:55,280
I I've got the ticket. 
I've got the shirt. 

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00:38:58,000 --> 00:39:00,400
It's a daily carrying of the 
cross. 

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One part of that is devotion. 
The other side of that is 

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sacrifice. 
One side, it's all about love. 

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I am love. 
My father loves me and becoming 

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00:39:20,400 --> 00:39:22,480
a person of love. 
That's that's it. 

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Rooted, grounded in love. 
Amen. 

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00:39:29,280 --> 00:39:31,760
That's that's the goal. 
That's our place. 

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We be love. 
That's Our Calling. 

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That's our first calling. 
A cross shaped love life is a 

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devoted life. 
I know I won't be able to fully 

477
00:39:45,520 --> 00:39:49,080
unpack this, but let me just go 
through this. 

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Just be a person of the one 
thing. 

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That's it. 
How it is to be devoted one 

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thing, live for the one thing. 
And in the last remaining 

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minutes here, I just unpacked 
quickly. 

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Jesus highlighted that there was
something that Mary chose that 

483
00:40:11,120 --> 00:40:16,840
Martha missed. 
You know they are Jesus friends.

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Martha was the one who invited 
Jesus and in the context of Luke

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chapter 10, Jesus was like who 
full of joy, 72 cents they sent 

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out, they came back telling 
their stories. 

487
00:40:31,800 --> 00:40:35,080
All spirits are under us and all
sicknesses. 

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00:40:35,080 --> 00:40:40,760
I mean the I don't know if I can
do that to everything. 

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Who wants that? 
I mean, that's transformation, 

490
00:40:46,120 --> 00:40:48,480
you know, transformation does 
not happen. 

491
00:40:48,520 --> 00:40:51,560
Just being here and sit down. 
Oh, that's amazing preaching. 

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00:40:51,640 --> 00:41:01,360
Oh wow, Lord, now go, go in your
weakness, go, in your 

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00:41:01,360 --> 00:41:06,760
tentativeness, go. 
They went. 

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00:41:08,000 --> 00:41:13,280
And Jesus now full of joy, He 
was telling the story, the one 

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who is, He's who. 
I saw Satan falling like 

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00:41:19,720 --> 00:41:23,160
lightning. 
Let me tell you this, Jesus 

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00:41:23,160 --> 00:41:26,720
never looked for demons to cast 
out. 

498
00:41:27,880 --> 00:41:33,320
He never made it a ministry. 
Just a thought. 

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00:41:35,800 --> 00:41:44,520
Demons showed up. 
I don't know why I said that, 

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00:41:44,520 --> 00:41:53,920
but I just feel good. 
And he said to them, Don't 

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00:41:53,920 --> 00:41:56,720
rejoice because all spirits are 
under you. 

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00:41:57,640 --> 00:42:00,600
This is the greatest source of 
rejoicing. 

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00:42:01,360 --> 00:42:04,840
Rejoice because your names are 
written in heaven. 

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00:42:08,560 --> 00:42:14,400
Your confidence, the surety 
assurance, the sure foundation 

505
00:42:14,560 --> 00:42:18,240
is that you are rooted and 
grounded in love. 

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00:42:18,240 --> 00:42:21,080
Heaven knows you. 
Your name is written in heaven. 

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00:42:21,360 --> 00:42:26,320
The rest is just an overflow. 
Signs and Wonders and Miracles 

508
00:42:26,440 --> 00:42:30,040
is an overflow of communion, 
community. 

509
00:42:30,040 --> 00:42:39,160
Therefore you have a ministry, 
and so on. 2 minutes, 3 minutes.

510
00:42:39,160 --> 00:42:43,280
Pastor Dave Finish. 
So Jesus went to his friends. 

511
00:42:43,280 --> 00:42:51,400
Martha was busy preparing 
things, but Mary chose to sit at

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00:42:51,400 --> 00:42:58,400
the feet of Jesus and to listen 
because it's the greatest thing,

513
00:42:58,400 --> 00:43:04,800
the greatest gift we can give to
him in moments when his presence

514
00:43:06,200 --> 00:43:11,920
is so tangible is our undivided 
attention. 

515
00:43:13,200 --> 00:43:16,200
You know, there's nothing wrong 
with Martha serving. 

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00:43:16,480 --> 00:43:21,680
Jesus loves servants. 
He calls us to serve. 

517
00:43:21,680 --> 00:43:24,480
And he even said, I came not to 
be served, but to serve. 

518
00:43:24,720 --> 00:43:26,680
Amen. 
What's wrong with Martha? 

519
00:43:26,880 --> 00:43:30,120
What did Martha miss? 
This is what Jesus said. 

520
00:43:30,360 --> 00:43:34,520
Martha. 
Martha, why are you so 

521
00:43:34,760 --> 00:43:36,920
distracted? 
That's it. 

522
00:43:40,600 --> 00:43:46,800
Her heart is in so many places. 
The word distracted in Greek 

523
00:43:46,800 --> 00:43:54,040
means why is your heart dragged 
around and pulled apart? 

524
00:43:56,400 --> 00:44:01,760
How many of us serving with drug
around pulled apart heart? 

525
00:44:06,560 --> 00:44:13,200
If we don't start in devotion, 
it will be like Martha trying to

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00:44:13,200 --> 00:44:19,520
serve. 
Mary chose the best part and it 

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00:44:19,520 --> 00:44:26,320
can ever be taken away from her.
It remains because anything 

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00:44:26,320 --> 00:44:34,680
rooted and grounded in love will
remain because it is from 

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00:44:34,680 --> 00:44:39,480
eternity. 
Our serving here on earth should

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00:44:39,480 --> 00:44:44,280
be coming from that heart. 
That transformation in that 

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00:44:44,320 --> 00:44:48,960
person's life in that moment is 
a test for me. 

532
00:44:49,440 --> 00:44:55,280
Will I posture in love or defend
myself and tell him? 

533
00:44:55,280 --> 00:44:59,520
How dare you correct me? 
I was the preacher, remember? 

534
00:45:01,360 --> 00:45:04,480
Or in humility, I say, this is 
not about my platform. 

535
00:45:04,480 --> 00:45:06,760
This is about the name of my 
father. 

536
00:45:07,720 --> 00:45:11,320
This is about his body. 
I'm not done. 

537
00:45:12,360 --> 00:45:16,480
I wept. 
Everything changed when I stood 

538
00:45:16,480 --> 00:45:18,600
up. 
I looked to his eyes, embraced 

539
00:45:18,600 --> 00:45:22,320
him and prophesied to him. 
I said you will speak with 

540
00:45:22,320 --> 00:45:26,080
boldness. 
Wisdom will flow upon you like 

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00:45:26,080 --> 00:45:28,640
rivers. 
I'm here and I'm I'm 

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00:45:28,720 --> 00:45:30,720
representing the heart of the 
Father. 

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00:45:30,720 --> 00:45:34,680
I bless you. 
His face was changed and loved 

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00:45:34,680 --> 00:45:37,400
one that day. 
That's all. 

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00:45:37,400 --> 00:45:40,560
Rise up, Torphy. 
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548
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