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<v Speaker 1>Hey, everyone, Welcome to Pastor Rick's Daily Hope, the Bible teaching.

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<v Speaker 2>Ministry of Rick Warren.

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<v Speaker 1>And today we're continuing with this powerful series called the

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<v Speaker 1>Jesus Model. In this series, Rick will walk you step

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<v Speaker 1>by step through the process of true biblical discipleship. Rick's

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<v Speaker 1>giving you practical tools to grow spiritually, experience God's peace,

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<v Speaker 1>live with greater purpose, and become more like Jesus in

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<v Speaker 1>every area of your life. And now here's part two

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<v Speaker 1>of a message called How Jesus Handled Stress.

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<v Speaker 2>Now notice, Jesus knew his calling and he knew exactly

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<v Speaker 2>what it's called to do. He says in John eight fourteen,

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<v Speaker 2>I know where I came from, and I know where

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going. In other words, he lived a purpose driven life.

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<v Speaker 2>If you were to look up the word drive in

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<v Speaker 2>a dictionary, you would find that the word drive means

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<v Speaker 2>to guide or to control, or to direct. If you

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<v Speaker 2>drive a nail into wood, you guide control direct and

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<v Speaker 2>nail into wood. If you drive a car, you guide

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<v Speaker 2>control directed down the street. If you drive a golf ball,

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<v Speaker 2>hopefully you guide control directed down the fairway. Everybody's life

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<v Speaker 2>is driven by something. Some lives are driven by fear.

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<v Speaker 2>Some lives are driven by guilt. They can't let go

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<v Speaker 2>of the shame and the hurt and the regret. Some

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<v Speaker 2>lives are driven by regret and they hold on to

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<v Speaker 2>their anger and it kills them. Some are driven by

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<v Speaker 2>money and I want to Some are driven by fame.

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<v Speaker 2>Some are driven by sex. Some lives are driven by

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<v Speaker 2>the approval of other people. God says, that's not what

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<v Speaker 2>I want your life driven by. I want your life

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<v Speaker 2>driven by your calling, by your purpose. I want you

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<v Speaker 2>to know who you are, who you're trying to please,

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<v Speaker 2>and what a what you on earth to do. Look

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<v Speaker 2>at your shape and do that and you will be

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<v Speaker 2>guided either in life by pressure or by purpose. And

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<v Speaker 2>if you don't know your purpose, then you're going to

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<v Speaker 2>be susceptible to pressure, and you're going to be stressed

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<v Speaker 2>out because God loves you and everybody else has a

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<v Speaker 2>wonderful plan for your life and they want to get

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<v Speaker 2>you all over in a corner. Now, the direction of

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<v Speaker 2>your life again is your choice. And by clarifying your calling,

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<v Speaker 2>you avoid the tyranny of the urgent. Have you learned

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<v Speaker 2>that not everything important in life is urgent, and not

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<v Speaker 2>everything that's urgent in life is important. When Dwight Eisenhower

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<v Speaker 2>ran and for president and became President of the United States,

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<v Speaker 2>he used to have two baskets in baskets on his

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<v Speaker 2>desk in the oval office. One of them said urgent

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<v Speaker 2>and the other said important. And they said, well, what

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<v Speaker 2>do you do with the important? He said, I do them.

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<v Speaker 2>He said what do you do with the urgent? He said,

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<v Speaker 2>ignore them. Just because something's urgent doesn't mean you should

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<v Speaker 2>do it. You just need to do the life. There's

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<v Speaker 2>not enough time in life to do everything that's urgent.

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<v Speaker 2>You have just enough time to do God's will. You

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<v Speaker 2>have just enough time to do your calling. And if

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<v Speaker 2>you're feeling like I don't have enough time, it means

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<v Speaker 2>you're doing something in your life that God didn't call

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<v Speaker 2>you to do. Hmm, think about that one. Until you

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<v Speaker 2>clarify your calling, you're gonna be double minded. You're gonna

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<v Speaker 2>go back and forth between all kinds of things. In fact,

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<v Speaker 2>the Bible says this in James one to eight. A

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<v Speaker 2>person who has doubts about what they're supposed to be

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<v Speaker 2>doing in life is thinking about two different things at

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<v Speaker 2>the same time and can't make up his mind about anything.

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<v Speaker 2>You're gonna be double minded. You're gonna be wishy washy,

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<v Speaker 2>You're gonna be pushed around. And so Paul tells us

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<v Speaker 2>in Ephesians four one, I urge you to live a

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<v Speaker 2>life worthy of the calling you have received. So what

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<v Speaker 2>do you do? It means you each day ask yourself

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<v Speaker 2>while you're starting to do stuff, is this what I'm

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<v Speaker 2>called to do? Is what I'm doing right now moving

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<v Speaker 2>me toward my purpose? And if it is, you do it.

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<v Speaker 2>If it's not moving your towards your purpose, don't do it.

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<v Speaker 2>Dan Rather, when he was head of CBS News, used

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<v Speaker 2>to have a little sign on his desk that said,

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<v Speaker 2>is what I'm doing right now, contributing to the evening broadcast.

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<v Speaker 2>That's purpose driven. That's focus, and that leads me to

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<v Speaker 2>the fourth key in Jesus's life. The fourth antidote to

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<v Speaker 2>stress is the principle of concentration, and that means just

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<v Speaker 2>focus on what matters most. Focus on what matters most.

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<v Speaker 2>Know who you are, identification, know who you're living for.

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<v Speaker 2>That's motivation, and know your calling, that's your vocation. And

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<v Speaker 2>once you know those three, focus, focus on what matters most.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't get distracted by trivia. Now, let me tell you

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<v Speaker 2>something little secret I've learned as a pastor. If Satan

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<v Speaker 2>can't get you to be bad, he'll just get you

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<v Speaker 2>to be busy. He doesn't care whether it's bad things

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<v Speaker 2>right thing, as long as you're not doing your calling,

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<v Speaker 2>your purpose, what God has called you to do. And

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<v Speaker 2>He was very happy for you to fill your life

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<v Speaker 2>up with good things that keep you from the better

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<v Speaker 2>things or the best things, so you can waste your

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<v Speaker 2>life on good things. They're not bad, they're good. It's

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<v Speaker 2>not a matter of right or wrong, good and evil.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a matter of better and best. If Satan can't

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<v Speaker 2>do you do bad, you're busy, he'll wear you out

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<v Speaker 2>with good things. And there's plenty of good things in

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<v Speaker 2>life to wear you out. Everybody agree with that. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>there's plenty of things to wear you out around it now.

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus is a master of concentration. He knew how to focus,

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<v Speaker 2>and he focused his life like a laser. And that's

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<v Speaker 2>the key to a successful life. Focus. Know what God

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<v Speaker 2>has called you do, and then focus on it and

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<v Speaker 2>don't do anything else. That's what we talk about being

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<v Speaker 2>purpose driven. You see light diffused has no power at all.

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<v Speaker 2>Light focused. Light focused has enormous power. You can take

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<v Speaker 2>the focus of the sun. It didn't do any problem

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<v Speaker 2>to grass. But if you focus it with a magnifying glass,

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<v Speaker 2>you can burn grass. You can also burn little bugs,

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<v Speaker 2>which I love to do when I was a kid.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, just how cool is that burn army men

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<v Speaker 2>and all kinds of things. Never mind, If you focus

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<v Speaker 2>light even more, it becomes a laser. And a laser

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<v Speaker 2>can cut through steel, and a laser can kill a cancer,

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<v Speaker 2>and a laser can do all the other things in life.

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<v Speaker 2>If you want your life to matter, focus it. Paul says,

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<v Speaker 2>this one thing I do, that's focus. He doesn't say

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<v Speaker 2>these forty things I dabble in. And what we do

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<v Speaker 2>in life is we dabble in this and that, and

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<v Speaker 2>this and that and a little bit of everything, and

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<v Speaker 2>you know, master of nothing. The Bible says this about

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus in Luke chapter nine. As the time drew near

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<v Speaker 2>for Jesus return to Heaven, he moved steadily onward toward Jerusalem.

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<v Speaker 2>That's where the cross is going to happen, with an

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<v Speaker 2>iron will. In other words, he was persistent, he was determined.

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<v Speaker 2>He was focused. He was concentrated, he knew what mattered most. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>let me tell you why. This is some point. You

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<v Speaker 2>have enormous spiritual potential that is locked. You're living a

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<v Speaker 2>fraction of your spiritual potential right now, just a fraction

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<v Speaker 2>of it. It's like you being a twelve cylinder car

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<v Speaker 2>and you're running on two cylinders. You have far more

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<v Speaker 2>spiritual potential than you have ever imagined. You go me,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not a spiritual person. Yeah, that's why, because you

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<v Speaker 2>don't see it. You have enormous spiritual power and potential

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<v Speaker 2>in your life, but there's a barrier that's keeping it

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<v Speaker 2>from coming out. What is it? You haven't really decided

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<v Speaker 2>yet what matters most in life. You're still just going

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<v Speaker 2>around treating everything like it's all equally important. It's not.

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<v Speaker 2>There are some things that are gonna last for eternity.

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<v Speaker 2>There's some things that are gonna last for ten years.

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<v Speaker 2>There's some things that are gonna ask for ten minutes,

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<v Speaker 2>and there's some things that aren't gonna be worth while

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<v Speaker 2>ten seconds from now. And when you give equal importance

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<v Speaker 2>to something that's going to last ten minutes and ten

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<v Speaker 2>years and ten trillion years, that's a poor choice. That

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<v Speaker 2>is a very poor choice. A lot of times people say, well,

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<v Speaker 2>I just don't have time to do the important things.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't have time to fulfill my calling, to do

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<v Speaker 2>my vocation. I don't have time to fulfill my ministry. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>well that's an old excuse. People gave that excuse to

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus years ago. Jesus said, hey, come follow me. And

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<v Speaker 2>one guy said, I gotta go sell some land. And

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<v Speaker 2>another guy said I gotta go close the deal. And

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<v Speaker 2>another guy said, I gotta go get married. Guy said

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<v Speaker 2>I got to go. I gotta go bury my dad.

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus said this there on your outline, Luke nine sixty two.

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<v Speaker 2>Anybody who lets himself be distracted from the work that's

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<v Speaker 2>the vocation, the calling that I planned for him, is

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<v Speaker 2>not fit for the Kingdom of God. He said, don't

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<v Speaker 2>get distracted. Know who you are, know what you're living for,

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<v Speaker 2>know your calling. Focus on what matters most. Look at

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<v Speaker 2>the verse on the back of your outline one Corinthians

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<v Speaker 2>ten twenty three. I love this and amplified because it

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<v Speaker 2>gainst the full meaning of the Greek. Let's read it aloud.

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<v Speaker 2>We are free to do anything, but not all things

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<v Speaker 2>are helpful or profitable, or wholesome or constructive to your

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<v Speaker 2>character and spiritual life. I love this, he says here.

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<v Speaker 2>Not everything he said. Everything's possible. Everything he said, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>you're free to do anything you want. See, God's given

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<v Speaker 2>you a free will. You can totally waste your life

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<v Speaker 2>if you want to, and God won't stop you. You

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<v Speaker 2>can waste your life, you can you can spend your life,

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<v Speaker 2>or you can invest your life. And the greatest use

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<v Speaker 2>of your life is to invest it in that which

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<v Speaker 2>will outlast it. Living for here and now is a terrible,

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<v Speaker 2>stupid mistake. It's short term thinking. You need to invest

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<v Speaker 2>your life in something that's going to outlast your life,

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<v Speaker 2>because you're going to spend more time on the other

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<v Speaker 2>side of death than on this side. Now, he says here,

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<v Speaker 2>we are free to do anything. God will give you

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<v Speaker 2>the freem to do anything you want. But he said,

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<v Speaker 2>not everything is helpful or profitable, or wholesome or constructive

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<v Speaker 2>to your character and spiritual life. In other words, some

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<v Speaker 2>things aren't necessarily wrong. They're just not necessary. They're not

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<v Speaker 2>necessarily bad, they're not necessary. There's a lot of things

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<v Speaker 2>you can do with your life that's not necessarily evil,

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<v Speaker 2>It's just not necessary. He says, you need to concentrate

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<v Speaker 2>your life because if you don't, stress is going to

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<v Speaker 2>stress you out all the time. And if you want

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<v Speaker 2>out an effective life, selection is the name of the game.

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<v Speaker 2>Know what matters most. Principal number five. The principal number

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<v Speaker 2>five is the principle of meditation, that is, listen to God.

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<v Speaker 2>This is one of the key sources of stress reduction.

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<v Speaker 2>Learning to listen to God. Don't just talk to him,

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<v Speaker 2>listen to God. He said, Wait a minute, Wait a minute.

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<v Speaker 2>I never hear God speak. God never talks to me.

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<v Speaker 2>How can I listen to him? I'll tell you why

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<v Speaker 2>you never. God never talks to you because you don't

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<v Speaker 2>be quiet long enough. Here's your prayer, God, I need

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<v Speaker 2>these five things. God. I want these five things. God.

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<v Speaker 2>I need help in these five areas. God, I'm thankful

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<v Speaker 2>for these five things. Over and now ten four? Good buddy,

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<v Speaker 2>Salanara and God? Was oh time out? You never listen

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<v Speaker 2>to me. Isn't this thing supposed to be a conversation? Yes?

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<v Speaker 2>Why don't I hear from God? Because you're not quiet?

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<v Speaker 2>You won't sit still long enough for God to speak

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<v Speaker 2>speak audibly to me like a voice out of heaven,

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<v Speaker 2>like you know, you know, some deep dark voice. But

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<v Speaker 2>to do that. He can put impressions right into my mind.

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<v Speaker 2>The same God who invented radio waves, which means there's

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<v Speaker 2>sound floating through this room right now. In fact, those

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<v Speaker 2>air right now. And the same God who created television,

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<v Speaker 2>where there are actually pictures floating through this air right now,

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<v Speaker 2>and they're floating through your body. Television waves are going

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<v Speaker 2>but if we had a receiver and tuned it in,

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<v Speaker 2>If God created all of that kind of stuff, He

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't need to speak to me audibly. He can put

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<v Speaker 2>an idea directly into my mind. He made my brain,

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<v Speaker 2>He can put thoughts in my mind. Now, when you

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<v Speaker 2>get a thought from God, that's called inspiration. When you

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<v Speaker 2>you get a thought from yourself, that's called stupidity. Just

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<v Speaker 2>kidding you, yeah, yeah, jazz kidding Okay. Now, Granted, when

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<v Speaker 2>to God, sometimes you can't figure out is it me,

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<v Speaker 2>the devil or God or the bad pizza eight last night?

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<v Speaker 2>And but you can get good at this, you really can.

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<v Speaker 2>I talk to God all the time. God talks to

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<v Speaker 2>me all the time. And I know now because I've

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<v Speaker 2>been walking the Lord long enough when it's me thinking

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<v Speaker 2>my own thoughts. And I know now when it's the

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<v Speaker 2>devil trying to just tempt me, and I know when

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<v Speaker 2>it's the bad pizza from the night before. But you

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<v Speaker 2>can get good at this now. If you get an

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<v Speaker 2>idea and it is a bad idea, it isn't from God.

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<v Speaker 2>If you get an idea and it's an evil idea,

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<v Speaker 2>it's from the devil. If you get an idea that

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<v Speaker 2>contradicts what's in this book what God has already said

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<v Speaker 2>in his truth. It's not from God. God will never

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<v Speaker 2>contradict his truth. But here's what you need to do.

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<v Speaker 2>You need to be quiet for an extended period of time. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>God speaks in many different ways. Sometimes God speaks through

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<v Speaker 2>reading the Bible, and so you want to read the

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<v Speaker 2>Bible on a regular basis, on a daily basis, and

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<v Speaker 2>sometimes the verse pops out. You go, wow, that's exactly

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<v Speaker 2>what I needed to work with that person today. And

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<v Speaker 2>I go, whoa man, I needed that. And sometimes it

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<v Speaker 2>speaks to the Bible. Sometimes God speaks to a Christian

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<v Speaker 2>and they give you a word of insight that go, oh, man,

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<v Speaker 2>that really helps. But sometimes God speaks directly through impressions

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<v Speaker 2>into your mind. And here's what I would challenge you

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<v Speaker 2>to do tomorrow or even this afternoon. Get off by yourself,

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<v Speaker 2>like sunrise or sunset. Sit in the back of your

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<v Speaker 2>yard by yourself, nice quiet place, get a glass a

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<v Speaker 2>cold iced tea, and sit there and say God, is

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<v Speaker 2>there anything you want to say to me? And then

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<v Speaker 2>just sit there for a long time, not like, man,

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<v Speaker 2>that was like two hours. Man, you see. Most of

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<v Speaker 2>you have never sat still in total silence for fifteen minutes,

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<v Speaker 2>much less thirty minutes or an hour. You, in your

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<v Speaker 2>entire life have never sat still just for fifteen minutes

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<v Speaker 2>ago God, anything you want to say to me. And

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<v Speaker 2>that's why God does never talk to you, because you're

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<v Speaker 2>not listening, You're not tuned in, You're on some other channel.

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<v Speaker 2>You're always busy, listen to the radio or iPod or TV.

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<v Speaker 2>You're talking. The channels are busy and the lines are

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<v Speaker 2>all busy. So what you do? One of the things

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<v Speaker 2>I like this, I like to ask God a question.

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<v Speaker 2>I say God, what do you want me to do

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<v Speaker 2>about this? And I'll just sit there and listen and

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<v Speaker 2>be quiet. Sometimes it comes, and sometimes it comes a

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<v Speaker 2>day later. I can't tell you the number of times

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<v Speaker 2>that when I've gone to bed at night, I would say, Lord,

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<v Speaker 2>I've really got this problem. I need a solution to

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<v Speaker 2>this problem, and I don't know what you want me

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<v Speaker 2>to do here, and I'll ask God that question. Is

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<v Speaker 2>I go to bed and when I wake up in

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<v Speaker 2>the morning, when I get out of bed, I can't

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<v Speaker 2>tell you the number of times the answer has been there,

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<v Speaker 2>or I get in the shower and I get the

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<v Speaker 2>answer there. Somebody's got to invent a waterproof note taking

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<v Speaker 2>thing for the shower so you can write down. Oh,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't want to forget that, because a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>times you get an idea from God and if you

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<v Speaker 2>don't write it down, you forget it. You know, everybody

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<v Speaker 2>agree with this, You know what I'm talking about, And

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<v Speaker 2>you go, oh, man, I forgot it. What was that

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<v Speaker 2>I was in the shower? You try to recreate the moment. Ah.

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<v Speaker 2>So God speaks to the person who wants to listen,

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<v Speaker 2>listen to God. Don't just talk to him, listen to God.

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<v Speaker 2>Prayer is an enormous stress reliever. And in your life,

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<v Speaker 2>you're either gonna worry or you're gonna worship. And if

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<v Speaker 2>you worry, then you're not gonna worship. But if you worship,

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<v Speaker 2>then you won't worry. Now you already know how to

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<v Speaker 2>do meditation. How many of you know how to worry?

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<v Speaker 2>Raise your end? If you know how to worry, okay,

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<v Speaker 2>then you already know how to meditate. People think meditation

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<v Speaker 2>means like put your mind in neutral, get in a

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<v Speaker 2>load of his position, and contemplate the lent in your navel. No,

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<v Speaker 2>that is not meditation. Meditation literally means to think seriously

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<v Speaker 2>about something over and over and over. When you take

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<v Speaker 2>a bad idea and you meditate over it over and

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<v Speaker 2>over over on a bad idea, there's a word for that, worry.

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<v Speaker 2>When you take a good idea, you take a versus

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<v Speaker 2>scripture and you think on it over and over and over,

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<v Speaker 2>there's a word for that meditation. Worry is just negative meditation.

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<v Speaker 2>If you know how to worry, you already know how

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<v Speaker 2>to meditate. You just keep going over and over and

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<v Speaker 2>over in your mind. Now, listen to God. Prayer is cathartic.

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<v Speaker 2>It you unload your burdens. It's a decompression chamber. And

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<v Speaker 2>if you study the life of Jesus, you discover how

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<v Speaker 2>many times Jesus took time to go pray, to get alone.

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<v Speaker 2>In fact, look at some of these verses. Mark chapter one,

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<v Speaker 2>verse thirty five. Here's another secret of stress relief. Very

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<v Speaker 2>early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus

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<v Speaker 2>solitary place where he prayed. What's he doing, He's having

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<v Speaker 2>a quiet time. Now. All of the characteristics say get alone,

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<v Speaker 2>get by yourself. When you're rested now today, Why don't

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<v Speaker 2>we hear God? Because for us, the verse would read

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<v Speaker 2>along about mid morning, in the middle of the day,

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<v Speaker 2>at the traffic light stop light, we gave God five

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<v Speaker 2>solitary place where he prayed. Just get by yourself and

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<v Speaker 2>be quiet. Look at the next verse. News about Jesus

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<v Speaker 2>spread even more, and crowds came to hear him and

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<v Speaker 2>to be healed. In other words, he had no privacy.

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<v Speaker 2>Crowds were around him all the time, but Jesus often

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<v Speaker 2>the word often. It was his habit. You need to

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<v Speaker 2>have a quiet time. I'm every day to reflect, to renew,

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<v Speaker 2>to recharge. It was his often habit. He did it regularly. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>if Jesus felt the need to pray and be with God,

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<v Speaker 2>how much more do we you know? Personally, I have

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<v Speaker 2>discovered that the larger saddleback church becomes, the more I

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<v Speaker 2>crave solitude. Why because I'm with people all the time.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm always with people, and the person the pastor, who

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<v Speaker 2>is available all the time isn't worth much. When he's available,

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<v Speaker 2>and Jesus did this, he would retreat to privacy for

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<v Speaker 2>life where you get alone on a regular daily basis

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<v Speaker 2>and spend some time with God to get recharged, renewed,

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<v Speaker 2>and restored. Pascal, the famous philosopher, once said, most of

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<v Speaker 2>all have spiritual add attention deficit disorder, and we don't

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