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<v Speaker 1>Thanks for joining us here today on Pastor Rick's Daily Hope,

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<v Speaker 1>the audio broadcast ministry of Pastor Rick Warren. Today we

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<v Speaker 1>continue in a series called the Seven Greatest Words of Love.

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<v Speaker 1>There are seven words in particular that Jesus spoke during

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<v Speaker 1>his final hours on the Cross that hold the keys

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<v Speaker 1>for finding fulfillment in your life, relationships, and even your career.

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<v Speaker 1>Right now, here's Pastor Rick with the final part of

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<v Speaker 1>a message called the Word of Humanity.

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus notices the smallest of services. You know. I read

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<v Speaker 2>this a while back, Doud Nick Nichols. He was an

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<v Speaker 2>American Christian and he was living in India, and he

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<v Speaker 2>was trying to share the Gospel with people. He's trying

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<v Speaker 2>to tell people in India the good news of Jesus Christ.

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<v Speaker 2>He didn't speak a word of any of the Indian dialects,

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<v Speaker 2>and he wrote this dud Nichols. When I got tuberculosis

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<v Speaker 2>in India, I was forced to stay in a sanitarium

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<v Speaker 2>for several months. I didn't speak the language, but I

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<v Speaker 2>tried to give Christian literature in their language to the

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<v Speaker 2>patients and to the doctors and the nurses, and not

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<v Speaker 2>a single person accepted everybody politely refused my Christian literature.

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<v Speaker 2>The first few nights I was there, I woke up

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<v Speaker 2>around two am coughing from my tuberculosis, and during one

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<v Speaker 2>of my coughing spells, I noticed an older, sicker patient

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<v Speaker 2>across the room trying to get out of bed. He'd

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<v Speaker 2>sit up on the edge of the bed. He'd try

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<v Speaker 2>to stand, but in weakness, he'd fall back into the bed.

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't understand what he was trying to do. He

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<v Speaker 2>finally gave up, exhausted, but I could hear him crying

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<v Speaker 2>softly through the night. The next morning I realized that

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<v Speaker 2>he'd been trying to get out of bed to go

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<v Speaker 2>to the bathroom, and the stench in our ward was awful.

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<v Speaker 2>Other patients yelled insults at this man, who soiled himself.

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<v Speaker 2>Angry nurses moved him roughly as they cleaned up the mess.

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<v Speaker 2>One nurse even slapped him. The old man curled up

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<v Speaker 2>into a ball and he wept. The next night, I

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<v Speaker 2>woke up again coughing, and I noticed the same man

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<v Speaker 2>trying to get out of bed, and like the night before,

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<v Speaker 2>he fell back into his bed, whimpering. So I got

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<v Speaker 2>out of my bed and I went over to him.

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<v Speaker 2>When I touched his shoulders, his eyes opened wide with fear,

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<v Speaker 2>but I smiled, put my arms under him and picked

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<v Speaker 2>him up. He was very light due to old age

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<v Speaker 2>and advanced t B and I carried him to the toilet,

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<v Speaker 2>which was just a filthy, small room with a hole

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<v Speaker 2>in the floor. I stood behind him with my arms

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<v Speaker 2>under his armpits as he took care of himself, and

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<v Speaker 2>after he finished, I carried him back to bed. As

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<v Speaker 2>I laid him down, he kissed me on the cheek.

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<v Speaker 2>He smiled and said something an Indian I didn't understand.

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<v Speaker 2>The next morning, another patient woke me up and handed

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<v Speaker 2>me a steaming cup of tea. He motioned with his

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<v Speaker 2>hands that he wanted a gospel tract that I had

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<v Speaker 2>been trying to give out. As the sun rose, other

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<v Speaker 2>patients approached me, and each of them indicated that they

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<v Speaker 2>also wanted the Christian booklets that nobody had been interested

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<v Speaker 2>in before. Throughout the day, nurses and interns and doctors

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<v Speaker 2>asked for my booklet about Jesus. Weeks later, a pastor

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<v Speaker 2>came who spoke the language, and he visited me, and

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<v Speaker 2>he told me that several people in the hospital had

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<v Speaker 2>put their trust in Jesus Christ as a savior as

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<v Speaker 2>a result of reading those booklets. So what does it

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<v Speaker 2>take for me to reach these dear people with the

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<v Speaker 2>good news? Not my ability to speak their language, not

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<v Speaker 2>my ability to give a persuasive presentation. I simply helped

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<v Speaker 2>an old man to the bathroom. What are you willing

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<v Speaker 2>to do to get people into heaven? Let's just pause

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<v Speaker 2>on that for a minute. What are you willing to

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<v Speaker 2>do to get people into heaven? What kind of love

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<v Speaker 2>do you really have for other people who are physically, spiritually,

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<v Speaker 2>and emotionally thirsty? Is anybody going to be in heaven

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<v Speaker 2>because of you? Are you willing to pick up an

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<v Speaker 2>old man and take into the bathroom? What are you

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<v Speaker 2>willing to do? Jesus said inas much. You've done it

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<v Speaker 2>under the least of these my brothers. You did it

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<v Speaker 2>to me, Have you done it to anybody? Will you

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<v Speaker 2>do it to anybody this next week? Will you show

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<v Speaker 2>that kind of love? Are you so insolated in self

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<v Speaker 2>centeredness and my life and my joke goals and my

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<v Speaker 2>problems and my needs and my family that I don't

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<v Speaker 2>have time to notice the people who are saying I'm

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<v Speaker 2>thirsty around me. We learn in the thirst of others

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<v Speaker 2>that I serve Jesus by serving others. And we learn

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<v Speaker 2>that Jesus notices even the smallest service. And the third thing,

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<v Speaker 2>this is the hardest one of all. Write this down.

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<v Speaker 2>The most christ Like service is to enemies. Oh, come on,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, I'm sorry, but this is the Jesus way

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<v Speaker 2>to live. The most christ Like service is to enemies.

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<v Speaker 2>I am most like Jesus. You are most like Jesus

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<v Speaker 2>when when you're helping people you totally disagree with. You

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<v Speaker 2>don't like their lifestyle, you don't like their politics, you

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<v Speaker 2>don't like their breath, you don't like the way they look,

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<v Speaker 2>you don't like their culture, you don't like the way

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<v Speaker 2>they talk, and on and on and on. You are

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<v Speaker 2>most like Jesus when you respond with kindness to the

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<v Speaker 2>people who don't like you, when you're building bridge bridges

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<v Speaker 2>to people like that. Jesus said this. The Bible says

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<v Speaker 2>this in Proverbs twenty five. If your enemies are hungry,

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<v Speaker 2>give them food, and if they're thirsty, give them water

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<v Speaker 2>to drink. You know, during World War Two, the Nazis

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<v Speaker 2>did not just send Jews to the concentration camps. They

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<v Speaker 2>sent six million Jews, but sent Christians, and they sent Gaze,

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<v Speaker 2>and they sent Gypsies, and they sent Communists and anybody

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<v Speaker 2>else they just didn't like. Nicholas Berdyayev was a Communist

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<v Speaker 2>who was sent to one of the death camps because

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<v Speaker 2>of his Communism, and he was converted and became a

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<v Speaker 2>Christian there because of the witness of a single Christian woman.

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<v Speaker 2>He said that one day, the Nazi officer came out

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<v Speaker 2>and began to call off the numbers of the prisoners

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<v Speaker 2>that were to be gassed that day, and one of

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<v Speaker 2>them was a young mother with a child that she'd

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<v Speaker 2>had given birth to in the concentration camp, and she

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<v Speaker 2>was scared to death that she was going to leave

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<v Speaker 2>a baby, little baby, and she was going to die.

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<v Speaker 2>But a Christian woman saw this taking place and realized

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<v Speaker 2>that the Nazi didn't care about who it was, just

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<v Speaker 2>cared about the number. So she walked up to the

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<v Speaker 2>thing and said, I'm that number, and she went to

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<v Speaker 2>her death. And Nicholas, a Communist, came to christ because

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<v Speaker 2>that woman was willing to give her life for the

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<v Speaker 2>Jewish lady. This act is sacrificial love, so impacted him

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<v Speaker 2>he said, I've got to know this, Jesus. Does your

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<v Speaker 2>life make anybody thirsty for Jesus? People say, you can

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<v Speaker 2>lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink,

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<v Speaker 2>But you can salt the oats. And the Bible says

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<v Speaker 2>we are to be salt in the world. We are

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<v Speaker 2>to make people thirsty to know God by our love,

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<v Speaker 2>not by our words, by our kindness, not by our protests,

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<v Speaker 2>by our compassion, not by what we're against, but the

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<v Speaker 2>little acts of service that we do every single day.

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<v Speaker 2>That's the big stuff. The most christ Like service is

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<v Speaker 2>to enemies. Are you willing to suffer for the benefit

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<v Speaker 2>of others knowing Jesus? Now let's go to this third section.

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<v Speaker 2>We looked at jesus thirst, We looked at the thirst

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<v Speaker 2>of others around you. What about your own thirst the

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<v Speaker 2>things that you're just so unsatisfied about, you're not fulfilled about.

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<v Speaker 2>You just have that ache, you just have that scratch,

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<v Speaker 2>you just have that itch. And how do you get

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<v Speaker 2>your own thirst satisfied? So the Bible says you do

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<v Speaker 2>three things. Write these down. Here's the only way you're

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<v Speaker 2>ever gonna get your life satisfied in life. Number one.

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<v Speaker 2>First thing realize what I'm really thirsty for. I need

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<v Speaker 2>to realize what I'm really thirsty for. What I think

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<v Speaker 2>I want is not really gonna make me happy. What

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<v Speaker 2>I think I want is not really gonna fulfill me.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, we live in this world of if I

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<v Speaker 2>could just and then you fill in the blank, if

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<v Speaker 2>I could just get married, then I'd be totally fulfilled.

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<v Speaker 2>Anybody want to give a testimony, Okay, anybody want to

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<v Speaker 2>stand them say that one ain't true. Okay. If I

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<v Speaker 2>could just get a boyfriend, if we could just if

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<v Speaker 2>I could just get a job, if I could just graduate,

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<v Speaker 2>if we could just have a baby. You have all

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<v Speaker 2>of these. They're all good things, but they're not gonna

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<v Speaker 2>bring you ultimate satisfaction. They're not gonna slack your spiritual thirst.

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<v Speaker 2>You gotta realize what you're really thirsty for. You're looking

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<v Speaker 2>in all the wrong places. There is no person, There

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<v Speaker 2>is no job, there is no experience that could possibly

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<v Speaker 2>meet all your needs. None, zero, not a zip, none.

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<v Speaker 2>There's only one person who could meet all your needs.

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<v Speaker 2>It's God. Anytime I look to anything else to provide

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<v Speaker 2>my fulfillment in life, job, golf, for anything else, I've

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<v Speaker 2>turned it into an idol. An idol is expecting something

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<v Speaker 2>to fulfill in my life what only God can fulfill.

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<v Speaker 2>That's an idol. You have idols, You have things in

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<v Speaker 2>your life you expect to be fulfilling to you that

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<v Speaker 2>only God can fulfill. And so I've got to start

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<v Speaker 2>by realizing what I'm really thirsty for. Look at these

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<v Speaker 2>verses Psalm sixty three. Oh God, you are my God,

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<v Speaker 2>and I long for you. My whole being desires you

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<v Speaker 2>like a dry, worn out, waterless land. My soul is

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<v Speaker 2>thirsty for you. You have a God shaped hole in

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<v Speaker 2>your life, and nothing is going to fill that hole

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<v Speaker 2>except God. Jesus said in Matthew five, Blessed are those

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<v Speaker 2>who hunger thirst for righteousness. They will be filled. Only

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<v Speaker 2>God can satisfy your need. And the more you get

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<v Speaker 2>to know Him, the more satisfied, the more fulfilled, the

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<v Speaker 2>more happy you're going to be in life. Realize what

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<v Speaker 2>I'm really thirsty for. You were made for your Creator,

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<v Speaker 2>and when you're separated from him, you're going to be

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<v Speaker 2>restless until you get to know him. Number two, I

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<v Speaker 2>realized that what I'm really thirsty for. Number two, I

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<v Speaker 2>realize that Jesus feels my pain. He understands it, he

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<v Speaker 2>feels it. Jesus understands your needs better than you do,

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<v Speaker 2>and he understands your pain better than you do. The

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<v Speaker 2>pain you're going through right now. Isaiah fifty three, verse

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<v Speaker 2>thirty five says this, he Jesus took our suffering on

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<v Speaker 2>himself and felt our pain for us. He took our

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<v Speaker 2>suffering on himself, felt our pain for us. He was

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<v Speaker 2>wounded for the wrongs he did. He was crushed for

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<v Speaker 2>the evil we did. The punishment which made us well

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<v Speaker 2>was given to him, and we are healed because of

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<v Speaker 2>his wounds. How many wounds did Jesus have on the cross, well,

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<v Speaker 2>we know at least three hundred and sixty five, two

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<v Speaker 2>in his hands, two in his feet, one his side,

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<v Speaker 2>wounds on his head from the thorns, the three hundred

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<v Speaker 2>and sixty lashes on his back. We are healed by

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<v Speaker 2>his wounds. And let me just say this, some of

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<v Speaker 2>you are in are faced chronic pain all the time.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm talking about physical pain. You just don't feel good

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<v Speaker 2>for whatever reason, your back or your body or something.

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<v Speaker 2>And you you, you, you are in constant chronic pain.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sorry. Jesus Christ understands chronic pain. He knows what

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<v Speaker 2>chronic pain feels like. Some of you are in emotional

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<v Speaker 2>pain from a discouragement, from a defeat, from a disappointment,

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<v Speaker 2>from a rejection, from a betrayal, from a broken dream.

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus understands your pain. Some of you are in spiritual pain.

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<v Speaker 2>You're in mental pain. Jesus understands your pain. He understands it.

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<v Speaker 2>The Bible says in Hebrews four fifteen, look at this

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<v Speaker 2>verse on the screen, our High priest. That's Jesus understands

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<v Speaker 2>our weaknesses. For he faced all of the same temptations

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<v Speaker 2>we do. That he didn't sin. He didn't sin. He

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<v Speaker 2>and realize he understands your needs and understands your pain.

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<v Speaker 2>Number three third thing, Stop looking for fulfillment elsewhere. Stop

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<v Speaker 2>looking for fulfillment elsewhere. You know, we're always looking for

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<v Speaker 2>a panacea. If I could just get a different job,

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<v Speaker 2>We're always looking somewhere else, looking for life in all

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<v Speaker 2>the wrong places, looking for love in all the wrong places,

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<v Speaker 2>looking for film fulfillment in all the wrong places, and

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<v Speaker 2>it isn't gonna work. In the Bible, God says this

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<v Speaker 2>Jeremiah chapter two. My people have done two evils. They've

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<v Speaker 2>turned away from me. That's the first thing, the spring

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<v Speaker 2>of living water. And he says, they've dug their own wells,

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<v Speaker 2>which are broken wells and can't hold water. You know

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<v Speaker 2>what the problem with you is? Why you're unfulfilled? Two things.

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<v Speaker 2>One you turned your back on me. The second you're

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<v Speaker 2>digging your own well, thinking, you know, if I just

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<v Speaker 2>do this project, then I'll be fulfilled. If I just

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<v Speaker 2>do this, then I'll be fulfilled. If I just do that,

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<v Speaker 2>then I'll be fulfilled. What wells have you dug in

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<v Speaker 2>your life that ended up dry? And you're out here

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<v Speaker 2>digging away well, digging a well, and Niagara Falls is

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<v Speaker 2>right behind you, and you go, what are we thinking?

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<v Speaker 2>God says, I have all the water in the world.

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<v Speaker 2>I can fulfill every one of your deepest needs. But

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<v Speaker 2>you're over here digging a well, thinking, if I just

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<v Speaker 2>get this job, if I just get this relationship, if

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<v Speaker 2>I just make this much money, if I just if

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<v Speaker 2>I And you're digging a well, and he goes, that's dumb.

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<v Speaker 2>Niagara Falls is right behind you. It's like trying to,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, capture a fire hydrant in the thimble. You

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<v Speaker 2>can't handle all the blessings God's got for you. John

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<v Speaker 2>chapter seven. Jesus said this on the last day, the

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<v Speaker 2>climax of the festival. Jesus stood up and shouted, shouted.

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<v Speaker 2>He didn't just whisper for this, He shouted to the crowd.

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<v Speaker 2>And what did Jesus say to the whole crowd that

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<v Speaker 2>he shouted out in the top voice. If you are thirsty,

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<v Speaker 2>real simple, come to me. That's about as simple as

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<v Speaker 2>can get. You don't go to McDonald's, you don't go

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<v Speaker 2>to Starbucks. You come to me. If you're spiritually, emotionally thirsty,

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<v Speaker 2>if your life is unfulfilled, if you're bored, if you're frustrated,

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<v Speaker 2>if you lack meaning, if you just go there's gotta

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<v Speaker 2>be mortal life than this, come to me. He didn't

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<v Speaker 2>say come to religion. He didn't say come to church.

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<v Speaker 2>He doesn't say come to Bible study. He says, come

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<v Speaker 2>to me. The only thing that's going to fulfill you

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<v Speaker 2>is a intimate relationship with God, because that's what you

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<v Speaker 2>were made for. And most people go through life and

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<v Speaker 2>miss the thing they were made for. What wells have

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<v Speaker 2>you dug? When Niagara Falls is right behind you? He says,

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<v Speaker 2>if you were thirsty, come to me, If you believe

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<v Speaker 2>in me, come and drink. For the scriptures declare that

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<v Speaker 2>rivers of living water will flow out from within. He says,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not gonna give you a glass of water. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not gonna give you a bottle of water. I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>even gonna give you a pool of water. I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 2>put a river through your life. You're never gonna be

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<v Speaker 2>thirsty again. You see, here's the problem. When we're digging wells,

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<v Speaker 2>Sin makes you thirsty. Anytime you try to find your

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<v Speaker 2>thirst mastered by anything else besides God, you get thirst here.

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<v Speaker 2>Sin is addicting. You don't believe it. Try pornography. You

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<v Speaker 2>look one time. You can't just look one time. Every

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<v Speaker 2>sin is addicting, every single saying. If you get angry,

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<v Speaker 2>you don't just get angry one time in your life.

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<v Speaker 2>That's it. You get angry over and over and over

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<v Speaker 2>and over and over. If you get impatient, you don't

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<v Speaker 2>just get impatient once. I have to get impatient over

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<v Speaker 2>and over and over. It is addicting. It doesn't fulfill

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<v Speaker 2>It doesn't slake your thirst, it doesn't quench your thirst.

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<v Speaker 2>But Jesus satisfies. He says, I'll put a spring within you,

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<v Speaker 2>last person, your outline. Jesus said this. People soon become

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<v Speaker 2>thirsty again after drinking this water, the water of the world.

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<v Speaker 2>But the water I give them takes away thirst. That's

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<v Speaker 2>an amazing kind of water, takes away thirst. Altogether, it

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<v Speaker 2>becomes a perpetual spring within them, giving them eternal life.

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<v Speaker 2>So let me reinterpret it. If you feel unsatisfied with

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<v Speaker 2>your life right now, there's a word for that. You're thirsty.

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<v Speaker 2>You're spiritually thirsty. And the only one who can slake

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<v Speaker 2>that thirst, quench that thirst is Jesus Christ. Only the

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<v Speaker 2>one who on the cross said I thirst can take

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<v Speaker 2>away your thirst. And you know what, when Jesus on

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<v Speaker 2>the cross that I'm thirsty, I hate to tell you this,

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<v Speaker 2>but he's still thirsty today. He said, what do you

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<v Speaker 2>mean by that? He's thirsty for you to know him.

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<v Speaker 2>It's the reason he made you. He made you to

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<v Speaker 2>know him, and he's thirsty for you to know him.

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<v Speaker 2>That's power. Heads. Would you pray this prayer, Dear God,

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<v Speaker 2>I have been thirsty for so many different things in

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<v Speaker 2>my life that I thought would satisfy me, but they

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<v Speaker 2>have not. I have looked to relationships and looked to accomplishments,

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<v Speaker 2>and I've looked to hobbies, and I've looked at so

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<v Speaker 2>many everythings to fulfill my life. But I'm still thirsty.

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<v Speaker 2>And Lord, it's like one of those drinks that when

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<v Speaker 2>you drink it, it just makes you more thirsty. Thank

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<v Speaker 2>you Jesus Christ. Thank you that you feel my pain.

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<v Speaker 2>That you know what it's like to go through suffering,

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<v Speaker 2>that you know what it's like to be rejected, to

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<v Speaker 2>be criticized, to be misunderstood, to be betrayed. Lord, you've

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<v Speaker 2>been through everything, and you know the pain in my

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<v Speaker 2>own heart. You know my physical pains because you made

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<v Speaker 2>my body. You know my emotional pains because you made

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<v Speaker 2>my heart. You know my mental pains because you made

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<v Speaker 2>my mind. Thank you that you care about my thirst. Today,

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<v Speaker 2>i want to stop looking forfillment everywhere else. I'm going

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<v Speaker 2>to stop digging my own wells, and I'm going to

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<v Speaker 2>turn around to Niagara. You said, if you're thirsty, come

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<v Speaker 2>to me, So I'm coming to you right now. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't want any idols in my life, things that I've

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<v Speaker 2>tried to find satisfaction in that have just disappointed me.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to tear down the idols in my life,

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<v Speaker 2>and I want you to put a river of living

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<v Speaker 2>water in me. Jesus Christ, I want to know you personally.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to have a relationship with you. Thank you

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<v Speaker 2>that you died on the cross for me. Thank you

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<v Speaker 2>that you were truly human and that you were truly God,

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<v Speaker 2>and that you showed how much you loved me by

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<v Speaker 2>dying for me on the cross. And God, in gratitude,

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<v Speaker 2>I want to give the rest of my life serving you.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to serve you by serving others, even if

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<v Speaker 2>that means given a cup of cold water to a child,

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<v Speaker 2>or changing a diaper, or helping an elderly person across

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<v Speaker 2>the street. I want to do everything in your name.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you that you noticed the smallest service. And God

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<v Speaker 2>even helped me with that one about serving my enemies.

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<v Speaker 2>You said, if my enemies are hungry, I'm to give

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<v Speaker 2>I really don't want to do that. There are people

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<v Speaker 2>I don't like, but you died for them, just like

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<v Speaker 2>you died for me, and I pray that nothing in

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<v Speaker 2>my life would keep them from knowing you. And just

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<v Speaker 2>as the story of the man who took the elderly

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<v Speaker 2>gentlemen to the bathroom caused people to come to know

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<v Speaker 2>your love, I want my life every day to make

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<v Speaker 2>people thirsty for you. And I ask you to use

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<v Speaker 2>me for your sake and your name this next week

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<v Speaker 2>to meet the thirsty needs of people around me. I

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<v Speaker 2>want to do it in gratitude and I pray this

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<v Speaker 2>in your name. Amen.

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<v Speaker 1>Such a great message by Rick today and every day.

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<v Speaker 1>I sure hope you were just as an encouraged us

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