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Don't have time for church? 
Find out why making time for 

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God's house is so important on 
this week's episode of Liberty 

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at Home. 
Hello there, residents of 

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Easton, as well as YouTube 
viewers around the world who've 

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stumbled upon yet another 
edition of Liberty at Home. 

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I'm your host, Adam Rivera, and 
I'm the pastor of Liberty 

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Baptist Church here in town over
on Washington Street. 

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Today, as always, we're 
broadcasting from Easton, MA, 

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the town where routes 138, One O
6 and 123 come together. 

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Now today we're going to have a 
very timely conversation about 

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time and how it relates to 
church attendance. 

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So let's read 2 short verses 
today to get us started finding 

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our place in Ephesians chapter 
5, verses 15 and 16 where it 

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says this. 
See, then, that you walk 

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circumspectly, not as fools but 
as wise, redeeming the time 

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because the days are evil. 
Have you ever tried to judge how

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long it will be before a 
sporting event ends by looking 

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at the clock? 
Well, let me tell you, it's 

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pretty much impossible to do 
because the game clock and real 

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time are not the same. 
For instance, have you ever 

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witnessed the final minute of a 
basketball game actually take 

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one minute? 
Probably not. 

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In fact, if it's a close game, 
it's not unusual for the last 

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minute to take over 10 minutes 
to complete. 

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Don't you wish your life worked 
like this? 

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It seems like I never have 
enough hours in the day to 

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complete all the tasks I want to
finish. 

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I wish I could make one minute 
stretch stretch into 10 or one 

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hour into 10 hours. 
Now that's a superpower I'd love

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to have. 
But alas, each of us must 

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navigate the same 24 hour, 7 day
a week period that everyone else

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has to deal with. 
Maybe you've considered going to

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church, but only if you could 
somehow tack an extra day onto 

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the week. 
Getting yourself and your family

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ready for church when there's 
chores to be done and errands to

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be run and extra hours of sleep 
to be enjoyed may feel 

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impossible. 
But could I encourage you that 

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no matter how busy your life is,
it's vital to take time for the 

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Lord and His house? 
We just read it in Ephesians 515

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and 16, where it tells us. 
See them. 

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Yet you walk circumspectly, not 
as fools, but as wise, redeeming

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the time. 
Because the days are evil. 

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Because of the nature of the 
world we live in today, I'd 

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argue that it's more important 
than ever that we make time for 

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the House of God so we can learn
more about His Word. 

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Being part of a vibrant, loving 
church family where a pastor 

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preaches and teaches the Bible 
is not just a nice extra to our 

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schedule, it's a vital piece of 
our lives. 

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Because of this, we shouldn't 
just attend church when time 

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allows. 
We should see its importance and

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make time for ourselves and our 
family to attend. 

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You know another verse, Hebrews 
10. 

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Verse 25 also encourages us to 
take part in church when it 

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says, not forsaking the 
assembling of ourselves together

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as the manner of some is, but 
exhorting one another. 

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And so much the more as you see 
the day approaching. 

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I can't even begin to explain to
you the blessings I've received 

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from being part of Liberty 
Baptist Church. 

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Now, I know it may sound corny, 
but the members of this church 

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truly feel like my family, and 
that's the way God intended it 

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to be. 
So we may not be able to extend 

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time, but we can't make the 
wisest choices with the time we 

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have available. 
Use your time wisely this Sunday

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and be part of a community of 
faith that teaches the death, 

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burial, and resurrection of 
Jesus Christ without apology. 

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I know that Liberty Baptist 
Church warmly welcomes you. 

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And finally, make time for 
church, because after all, there

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will be a time when time's up. 
I've met many people at the end 

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of their life that wish they 
spent more time at church 

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learning about God's Word and 
fellowshipping with lifelong 

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friends. 
Yet I've never met someone at 

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the end of their life who 
lamented that they spent too 

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much time at church. 
It's something worth thinking 

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about when you have the time, of
course. 

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Now, Speaking of time, we're out
of it on this week's episode of 

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Liberty at Home. 
But before I go, I want to 

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remind you that you can learn 
more about Liberty Baptist 

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Church by visiting my 
libertybaptist.org. 

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But the best way to find out 
about what our church is about 

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is to visit this coming Sunday 
or Wednesday. 

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We meet at 800 Washington 
Street, right across from Easton

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Pool and Spa. 
Well, this is Adam Rivero 

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signing off from Liberty at Home
with our weekly reminder that 

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where the Spirit of the Lord is,
there's Liberty. 

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Catch you next time here on Ecat
for Liberty at Home.