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Welcome to this week's
Crowd Church service.

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We are a digital church on a
quest to discover how Jesus helps

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us live a more meaningful life.

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We are a community, a space to explore
the Christian faith and a place

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where you can contribute and grow.

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Our service, uh, will last about
an hour and in a few seconds you'll

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meet our hosts, uh, for our service,
who will introduce today's talk.

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After the talk, we will have a time of
worship and reflection, after which we

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head into Conversation Street, where
we look at your stories and questions

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that you've posted in the comments.

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Now, we want to invite you to connect with
us here at Crowd Church, and we've got a

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few ways in which you can do just that.

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Firstly, you can engage with
Crowd from any device during our

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livestream, and if you're up for it.

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Why not invite a few friends over
and experience the service together?

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You see, church is all about connecting
with God and connecting with others.

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And one of the easiest ways for
you to do that is join one of our

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midweek groups where we meet online
together to catch up and discover

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more about the amazingness of Christ.

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You can also subscribe to our fairly
new podcast called What's the Story,

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uh, where we deep dive into stories of
faith and courage from everyday people.

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More information about all of these
things can be found on our website,

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www.crowd.church, or you can reach out
to us on social media at Crowd Church.

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If you are new to Crowd or new to the
Christian faith and would like to know

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what your next steps to take are well,
why not head over to our website,

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www.crowd.church/next for more details.

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And now the moment you've
been waiting for is here.

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Our Online Church
Service starts right now.

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Good evening and welcome
to Crowd Online Church.

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I am hosting this evening.

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My name is Matt Edmundson and beside me is

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Sadaf Beynon.

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Absolutely.

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So what a legend Sadaf Beynon is.

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It's great that you are here, miss
Sadaf, and thank you for joining me.

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Thanks for hosting.

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This is your annual trip
into hosting, right?

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Yeah.

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You seem to like do it once a
year and and that's about it.

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Yeah, this is my annual appearance.

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Yeah, you don't want too
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So once a year's, fine.

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You gotta, you gotta pace, pace, pace.

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So welcome to Crowd Online Church.

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Great that you are here
with Sadaf and myself.

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Great that you've joined us.

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Uh, we are streaming live
on Facebook and YouTube.

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Uh, and if this, uh, is the first time
you've heard this notice, then, uh,

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please forgive me, but we are encouraging.

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If you're on Facebook, there
is a link to watch on YouTube.

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Um, come join us on
YouTube in the comments.

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Uh, people will still be in the
comments and stuff on Facebook, but,

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um, but yeah, come join us on YouTube.

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The reason is we are gonna at some point.

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I dunno when, there's no fixed
date yet, is there Sadaf?

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Uh, we are at some point gonna close
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focus solely on the YouTube stream.

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I could bore you as to the reasons why we
are doing this, uh, but it is very boring.

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But trust me, it's a good thing to do.

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So if you're on Facebook,
come join us on YouTube.

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It would be great to see
you in the comments there.

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Matt Crew has actually made his way
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me given his comments last week.

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Um, he's Facebook's biggest fan.

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Uh, he's, he's the last one already.

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Uh, YouTube is boring
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So.

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, oh, well, Matt, it just, it is what it is.

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What can I say?

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What can I say?

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You'll get over it.

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Uh, no doubt.

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So, yes, Sadaf.

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How are we?

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We are good.

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Yeah, we are good.

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Yeah.

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Now, you told me, uh, before we
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house is in a bit of a state, right?

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So your DIY DIY day, is
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It's more like a DIY month.

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Is it one of those things?

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You say this

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it's DIY month?

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Uh, yes, absolutely.

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So, DIY month, um, trying to
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This is just, um, you know,
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We've got a banister to put back up.

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We've got a room to decorate.

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Um, yeah, but you know,
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We're all good.

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Everyone's still, we're still good.

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So, uh, it's one of those, isn't it?

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Where, um, It is, we are
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We are in that Christmas rush
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Uh, the house is, uh, all a bit chaotic.

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I've been busy building advent calendars.

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Uh, Zoe and I, uh, have been busy
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getting ready for Christmas.

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We are, of course, doing some good stuff,
uh, over Christmas at Crowd Church.

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Sadaf you wanna tell the
good folks what we're doing?

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I'm gonna give it a stab.

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I, I, I totally strung you up.

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I appreciate, I'm sorry to do that, but I.

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I know what's happening next week.

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No, I totally stitched that up.

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That's fine.

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Uh, yes.

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Over Christmas, we are gonna
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stream on the 18th of December.

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Uh, just so you know,
that's gonna be coming out.

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Talking about finding
peace and difficult times.

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That's the topic of this Christmas's
talk, which uh, kind of tells you

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the times that we're living in.

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If that's the talk we're doing
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We've actually got a Christmas
Day non-live livestream happening

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as well, as well as a New
Year's Day non-live livestream.

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Um, uh, and so yeah, we got lots
of stuff coming up over Christmas.

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So do come and join in what's, have
you had work done on your face?

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Uh, I assume you're talking to me, uh,
and not to Sadaf, cuz that would be rude.

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Uh, no I haven't.

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Uh, but thanks for asking.

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So, question, uh, do come
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Uh, make sure you know, uh,
Matt's not alone in his comments.

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Uh uh, so yes, welcome.

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So today coming up, what
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Sadaf you do know the
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Yes I do.

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So Sherlon is gonna be sharing with us
from John chapter 16 versus 17 to 18.

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End of 17, sorry.

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Mm-hmm..

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Um, and there's gonna be a
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gonna be Conversation Street, which
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And I think I've covered it.

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Yeah, it's good.

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Very good.

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Well done.

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Um, for those of you who are unfamiliar
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a year, why don't you tell the good folks
a few things about yourself, miss Sadaf?

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Okay, well you see me on screen
once a year, but I'm usually

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behind the scenes the rest of
the week, the rest of the time.

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So, yeah, I, I work with Matt, um,
and I help out with Crowd in the

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background and whatever else Matt's
got going on, I'm, uh, I'm there.

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You are, uh, amazing.

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And, um, a lot of the stuff that happens
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So thank you.

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You're an awesome person.

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Uh, and it's great to be, it's great to
get you this side of the camera, uh, which

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is, it is an unusual feat to accomplish.

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I don't quite know how we did
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Uh, and we are here.

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So let's get into Sherlon's, uh, talk.

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But before we do, let me read
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on my little, my little screen.

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Um, so we are in a series called
Origin and we are looking at the

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start of the Christian faith.

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And, uh, we, we've done kind of a
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of John, and we are in that process.

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We're gonna start deep diving
in the book of Acts next year.

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Uh, but we are going through the
gospel of John, and we as Sadaf

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said, we're on chapter 16 and,
Halfway through it, and Sherlon's

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gonna be talking about scriptures
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That's a lot of scriptures.

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I'm not gonna read them all out, but
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where we're up to, in case this is your
first time with us, Jesus is in this,

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in this sort of long conversation with
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kinds of various things so far, uh, which
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he is gonna carry on that conversation.

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He's been talking about the Holy
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This section, uh, that we're
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disciples grief will turn to joy.

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That's the heading in my bible.

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Uh, so Jesus has told them that, uh,
or he's about to tell them, Jesus

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goes on the same verse 16, in a
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And then after a little
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And this is an intriguing statement.

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Sherlon's gonna pick up on it a
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been with Jesus for like three years
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One might add.

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They've grown quite close, I'm sure.

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And so, uh, and they've given their
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And here he is saying, in a little
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And it's all a bit, it's all a
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And so this, some of this
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one another, What does he mean?

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In a little while you'll see me no more.

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And then after a little
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Uh, um, and they kept asking,
what does he mean by this?

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Cuz they didn't understand what he
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that right, with the sort of
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So with that backdrop, let's bring
Sherlon onto the screen, uh, and

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uh, and we'll start the talk.

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And then like Sadaf said, after
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be back for Conversation Street.

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Join in the comments.

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We'll see you in a few minutes.

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Hi, um, my name's Sherlon and today
I wanna talk a bit about Prayer

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and what Jesus says about Prayer.

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Now, um, I'm a secondary school
RE teacher and in last term

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we've been looking at Abraham.

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Abraham was a founder of the Jewish
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in the Christian faith as well.

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And he's seen as a man of, of faith.

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Father of faith even.

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Now I asked my students, were looking
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looking at, the key word was trust.

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I asked the students, you know, when
someone says to you about trust, what

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do you think about, you know, what type
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What does trust actually mean?

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What's the definition?

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And they come out with stuff like,
um, you trust someone you can

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rely on, you trust someone who
maybe known that family, friends,

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someone who wants to snitch on you.

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Someone who won't tell you secrets,
someone who speak and tell you

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the truth and be honest with you,
someone you can be open with.

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And I, I think today as we look at, um,
the Bible, Jesus is a trustworthy person.

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What he says is important.

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And if we allow Jesus' words in the
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And transform us.

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Now, when I was looking at, um, John
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me was see, um, today's Bible passage
starts out with, in a little while, uh,

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you will see me and then you'll see me
no more, and then you'll see me again.

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Now, in the context for this was basically
that Jesus was about to die on the cross.

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He was talking to his, his followers,
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he'd have to go where he would die,
but then he'd rise from the dead.

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He'd be resurrected, and then
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He'd, he'd ascend into heaven and
God will send his Holy Spirit to

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help them to live their lives.

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Now, seeing is, is very important.

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think really important in life.

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eyes, but with the eyes of faith.

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Now, I wear glasses cuz the eyesight's
not that great to be honest.

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God sees beyond circumstances
he sees with faith.

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The Bible says that the
righteous shall live by faith.

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We live by faith and not
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So in spite of our circumstances, if we
learn to see as Jesus see, we can try

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and in the midst of our circumstances,
uh, the end of John 16:33 is one of my

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favorite passages in the whole of Bible.

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And Jesus is speaking and in my Bible,
his words are always in red always stand

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that cuz you know they're important.

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I've told you these things
that in me, you may have peace.

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In this world, you will have trouble.

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But take heart, I've overcome the world.

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So Jesus is saying here that peace is
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Peace is knowing that God is in control.

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Peace is knowing that no matter what
happens in our lives, God is a certainty.

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He's, he's at solid rock.

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Now we look around as that
society, everything's changing.

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Whether it be inflation rates,
prime ministers, cost of

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living, food prices, gas prices,
whatever, constant uncertainty.

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He he brings peace because
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Trouble is inevitable,
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It's, it's part of life.

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But the good news is that in the midst
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He's, he's in that boat.

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He wants us to, to know that
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everything else is being shaken.

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If we stand on Jesus, if we stand on what
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he says about us, then the circumstance
of life don't have to ruin us.

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They can strengthen us rather
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We can have hope in the midst
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You know, John 17 is all about
Prayer, and I have to be honest.

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I love it.

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I love Prayer.

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I love praying for people.

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It's called Intercession.

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I love praying to God.

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I love when God talks back to me because
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And John 17, it, it's titled that,
Jesus prays for his disciples.

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He prays for his followers.

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He prays for the, um, disciples
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The 12 disciples, 12 followers.

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He prays for the disciples
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People like you, people like me.

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Now, I think it's amazing
when people pray for you.

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I am, when I was growing up, I read
this book on Prayer and it said

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this, in its introduction, this, this
book is a, is a unique resource for

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people who believe that God can use
their prayers to change the world.

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When you're 18 and you read
that, you think, wow, I'm gonna,

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I'm gonna grab hold of that.

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I'm gonna allow God to use my
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It's a pretty amazing thing.

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I have two wonderful daughters and I
pray for them every day, and I pray

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for them because I love them both.

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I pray for them because I want
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resilient, successful women.

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I want 'em to him to
achieve something in life.

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I want them to have a
happy and a healthy life.

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So, so I pray.

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That's part of my job
is being their father.

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You know?

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Cause I love them.

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But when John 17 talks about Jesus
is praying for his disciples, he's

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praying for his followers, he's
praying for you, he's praying for me.

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That speaks to me about how much God
loves us, how special, how important

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we are that the God who flung the stars
into the sky, the God who spoke the very

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universe into being, thinks that you and
me are special enough to pray for us.

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I want to know what, what is he praying?

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What is he praying for you?

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What, what is he praying for
me in this, in this Bible?

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Well, when I look at 17 John 17,
he prays three or four things.

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He prays, um, for protection.

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He prays that even though we're in
the world and there will be trouble

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in the world, he prays that we will
be protected from all that's going on.

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In the midst of suffering,
we'll know his protection.

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In the midst of suffering,
we'll know his peace.

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In the midst of suffering
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We will know that we are not
alone, that we are not forgotten.

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So he prays for protection.

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He also says here that he prays.

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Um, for glory.

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Now, he prays that our lives
would bring glory to him.

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He prays that we would reflect his glory.

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That when people see us, they see
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think they've got something, I want that.

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He prays for power.

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And uh, when I was, um, reading
a couple of books a couple weeks

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ago about power, I read one book
and it's called Power for Living.

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Jesus promises us power.

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He prays that we would have
his power at work in us.

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Now, in John 16, when Jesus left
the world and he ascended, he went

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back up into heaven, the ascension,
40 days after he was rose from

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the dead on, um, Easter Sunday.

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He left us his Holy Spirit, God the
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Spirit trinity the three in one God.

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He left us His Holy Spirit.

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That Holy Spirit is the power that
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we can't do it in ourselves.

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You know, we need God's power to live
this life in the way that God wants us to.

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So that in the midst of whatever we face,
whatever circumstance it be, unemployment,

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be it sickness or bereavement, be it
uncertainty, be it poor mental health,

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whatever negative circumstance we face, we
need God's power to help us to live right.

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So when God prays for us in John 17,
he prays that we would have power.

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He prays for protection.

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He says he doesn't ask that
we be taken out of the world.

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But he asks that we will be
protected from the evil one in it.

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And he says here in verse 20, in
John 17, I pray not only for them,

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but also for those who believe
in me because of their message.

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I pray that they may all be one.

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Father they may be in us as
you are in me and I am in you.

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May they be one.

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So the world believe that you sent me.

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What does that mean?

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What was Jesus praying, praying for you?

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What is Jesus praying for me?

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Well, he's praying that
we would know who we are.

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My children know that I am their
father and they have a mother, and

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that they come from us, that they
belong to us, that we are family.

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God wants us to know that we are family.

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We belong to God, he belongs to us.

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And if we live and act as family,
and we will be successful in

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this life, irrespective of what
circumstances, um, may throw us.

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He prays for unity that we may
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our lives will glorify him.

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So when I read today's word in the
Bible, and I read that Jesus is

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speaking about you and me, he, when
he prays, he speaks life over us.

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His prayers speak life.

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They speak hope, they speak
peace, they speak certainty.

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So today I want to encourage you
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see what Jesus is saying about you.

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See what Jesus is speaking over you and
realize that Jesus is praying for you

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because you matter and you are special.

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But here's the good thing.

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We get to talk back to God too.

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We get to pray to him.

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So why, why don't you
start a conversation.

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Start a new conversation with
God today and let's see where

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that will take you and take me.

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Thank you.

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Well, there you go.

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Welcome back.

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Thanks Sherlon for the talk.

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Quite a short talk
today, uh, from Sherlon.

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So, uh, but still plenty to talk about.

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Uh, we are gonna dig
into that whole thing.

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Uh, I especially Sadaf want
dig into this, the prayers

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that Jesus prayed for me thing.

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Mm-hmm.

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Um, and go through those and
let's chat about what they mean.

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Sherlon touched on that a little
bit, so I think it'd be good to

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go through them a little bit.

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Is that alright with you?

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Does that work?

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Does that sound Yeah, that's a
good way to spend a Sunday evening.

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So, uh, the, the first, uh, part of the
scripture that I want to sort of dig

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into is not actually, um, at the start.

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So Jesus starts praying for his
disciples at the start of verse.

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Uh, sort of chapter 17.

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I wanna dig straight into verse 20
where it says, uh, where Jesus says,

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my Prayer is not for them alone.

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I pray also for those who will
believe in me through their message.

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Right?

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Uh, just highlighting the point that Jesus
is not just talking about his disciples,

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but anyone who believes through his, their
message, which basically is, is all of us.

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Cause indirectly, one way
or another, we are all here

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because of their message, right?

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Mm-hmm.

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Um, so, uh, the first Prayer is
that all of them may be one father.

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Just as you are in me and I am in you,
may they also be in us so that the

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world may believe that you have sent me.

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Uh, that's a really
interesting thing to pray.

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And I'm kind of curious Sadaf.

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What do you think he means
when, uh, Jesus says it?

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Um, I think for me it, um, I think
Jesus prays for unity in the church.

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I think that's, um, I think that's
big for, for him, that we're not

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fractured, that the church is not
divided, but that we are all one.

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Mm-hmm.

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um, yeah, I see in verse 21,
especially that all of them maybe

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one that he's talking about unity.

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Yep.

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So you see that as, so I'm, I'm, I'm,
uh, what's the word I'm looking for?

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Ambidextrous is the wrong phrase.

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Uh, multitasking.

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That's the right phrase.

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I'm trying to post the scriptures in
the comments at the same time, uh, as

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we're, you want me to keep talking?

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Yeah.

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Do That's

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Uh, yeah.

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I just think that it, you know, when,
when we as Christians, or even them

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like the, the disciples that when they
are a good witness to for the Lord,

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then they create that unity where
there's poor witness in the world.

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That's when the church is divided.

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Yeah.

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And becomes fractured.

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So, um, knowing, knowing the scriptures,
knowing the Bible, and, um, knowing Jesus

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helps us to be a good witness for him.

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And that's how we create unity
amongst our, our own circles

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and, you know, in our evangelism.

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So what does, um, you,
you say unity or unity?

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Uh, you know, if you were,
if you were Canadian.

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Um, so you say Unity.

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Um, what does that mean to you though,
because it's one of those, um, I think

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unity is one of those things that we
talk a lot about in church and a lot of

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people have come away with the impression
because it's, let's be real, right?

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It's usually pastors who talk about unity
and they can often talk, and I don't think

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it's done deliberately or maliciously,
but it can often come across as the people

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in leadership are talking about unity
in a way which says, you need to agree

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with us, otherwise you're not unified.

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And I don't think that's what Unity is.

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Um, just to clarify that, so what is
unity in your mind, in your opinion?

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So here Jesus is praying that we would
be one, that we would be unified.

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What does that look like?

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Um, I mean, we're all different,
so I don't think we're all

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supposed to be the same.

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Mm-hmm.

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that's not what I mean by unity.

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00:30:34,515 --> 00:30:42,745
I mean that, um, that the message that
we believe in, um, the gospel message

465
00:30:43,215 --> 00:30:50,355
that we all, if we can all hang our
hats on that, then we are unified in

466
00:30:50,355 --> 00:30:53,775
our, in what we believe about Jesus.

467
00:30:53,985 --> 00:30:54,345
Yeah.

468
00:30:55,215 --> 00:30:59,475
So, um, it's not about different
denominations, like how, how different

469
00:30:59,475 --> 00:31:00,915
churches do different things.

470
00:31:00,945 --> 00:31:01,035
Mm-hmm.

471
00:31:01,605 --> 00:31:06,255
that's quite peripheral, but
the essence of what we, what we

472
00:31:06,255 --> 00:31:08,325
believe needs to be the same.

473
00:31:08,595 --> 00:31:08,955
Yeah.

474
00:31:08,955 --> 00:31:10,245
Which is the gospel message.

475
00:31:10,875 --> 00:31:12,015
Yeah, absolutely.

476
00:31:12,345 --> 00:31:15,345
And he, well, I mean, Jesus kind of
defines it a little bit, doesn't he?

477
00:31:15,345 --> 00:31:18,975
Because he says, I pray that they would
be one, just as you and I father are one.

478
00:31:20,235 --> 00:31:25,350
I mean, that's a I read that and
go, man alive, is that a tall order?

479
00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:27,630
Do you know what I mean?

480
00:31:27,990 --> 00:31:30,210
That's, um, that's a tall order.

481
00:31:30,210 --> 00:31:33,750
And then you, you get into this
whole conversation then, which talks

482
00:31:33,750 --> 00:31:36,300
about well submit one to another.

483
00:31:36,630 --> 00:31:36,930
Right?

484
00:31:36,930 --> 00:31:40,440
You, you, you know, you, you
kind of think, this is just

485
00:31:40,440 --> 00:31:41,850
where my brain goes, right?

486
00:31:41,850 --> 00:31:46,950
So if there is unity in the Godhead
between God the Son, God the Father, God,

487
00:31:46,950 --> 00:31:48,450
the Holy Spirit, there's no competition.

488
00:31:48,450 --> 00:31:49,890
There's no ego between them.

489
00:31:49,890 --> 00:31:51,840
They're all kind of in this together.

490
00:31:52,170 --> 00:31:53,750
They all have a clear plan and purpose.

491
00:31:55,740 --> 00:32:03,750
And so if you, if you are that
unified it, then it, it strips

492
00:32:03,750 --> 00:32:04,800
out that ego, doesn't it.

493
00:32:04,800 --> 00:32:08,250
And it strips out that, that
desire to be right all the time.

494
00:32:08,250 --> 00:32:10,620
And so then you have to
submit one to another.

495
00:32:10,620 --> 00:32:17,190
And I think it's a really, it's, it's
some really icky topic here, isn't it?

496
00:32:17,190 --> 00:32:18,870
Because it's not.

497
00:32:20,310 --> 00:32:22,590
It's not what people wanna talk
about these days, I don't think.

498
00:32:22,980 --> 00:32:25,110
No, no, no.

499
00:32:27,450 --> 00:32:30,390
Um, I think, yeah, you're right.

500
00:32:30,390 --> 00:32:35,070
I think submission is, is a scary
word for a lot of people, isn't it?

501
00:32:35,700 --> 00:32:43,320
Um, but I think like the Lord also talked
about, um, love for each other and like

502
00:32:43,320 --> 00:32:45,060
there's so much that goes with that.

503
00:32:45,420 --> 00:32:51,870
And loving the Lord, loving each other
also can result in unity as well, because

504
00:32:52,140 --> 00:32:53,730
you are putting others before yourself.

505
00:32:53,730 --> 00:32:56,190
Just as you know, the
Lord's asked us to do.

506
00:32:56,190 --> 00:32:57,540
He's commanded us to do that.

507
00:32:57,540 --> 00:32:59,220
To be servants to one another.

508
00:32:59,400 --> 00:32:59,490
Mm-hmm.

509
00:33:00,150 --> 00:33:06,570
. Um, yeah, and I think there's so many,
there's so many parameters, that, that we

510
00:33:06,570 --> 00:33:12,720
can, um, exist within and still fulfill
that, those, those commandments to love

511
00:33:12,720 --> 00:33:16,650
to, um, to be unified as a body of Christ.

512
00:33:17,415 --> 00:33:22,695
Um, without having to feel threatened,
without having to feel that we are losing

513
00:33:22,754 --> 00:33:27,195
our, um, you know, um, what's the word?

514
00:33:27,195 --> 00:33:33,825
Like our right to be a certain way
or to be able to do certain things.

515
00:33:34,784 --> 00:33:35,145
Yeah.

516
00:33:35,385 --> 00:33:36,465
No, I, I agree.

517
00:33:36,915 --> 00:33:41,115
Uh, Dionne's put here, I think that
unity is a choice we all make, or don't,

518
00:33:41,115 --> 00:33:42,735
which I think is probably a fair comment.

519
00:33:42,735 --> 00:33:46,425
Really, it is a decision that we all make.

520
00:33:46,635 --> 00:33:50,055
It's interesting when you, when you do
look at the, the Godhead, then if you

521
00:33:50,060 --> 00:33:54,615
go, well, if Jesus is praying that we
would be one as, or they, you know,

522
00:33:54,615 --> 00:33:57,855
that we would be one as the father
and Christ is one then you kind of

523
00:33:57,855 --> 00:33:59,325
go, well, what does that look like?

524
00:33:59,925 --> 00:34:03,345
Um, and so you go, well, there,
there are some things which

525
00:34:03,350 --> 00:34:04,575
immediately stand out to me.

526
00:34:04,580 --> 00:34:07,784
As in Jesus had a clear sense of identity.

527
00:34:07,784 --> 00:34:09,614
He understood his purpose.

528
00:34:10,005 --> 00:34:15,764
Um, the Holy Spirit understood or
understands his purpose and his role.

529
00:34:16,155 --> 00:34:20,235
And everybody, everybody knows
this and there's no competition.

530
00:34:20,235 --> 00:34:27,074
And I think often in church, I suppose in
a way, if we just understood what our role

531
00:34:27,074 --> 00:34:32,625
was and what our purpose was, and just was
content with that and focused on that and

532
00:34:32,625 --> 00:34:37,005
did that to the best of our ability whilst
preferring one another at the same time.

533
00:34:37,335 --> 00:34:37,545
Yeah.

534
00:34:37,545 --> 00:34:40,574
And then I wonder if that gets
rid of competition, and I wonder

535
00:34:40,580 --> 00:34:43,485
if that gets rid of, uh, the ego.

536
00:34:43,844 --> 00:34:46,630
Um, it's a really interesting one.

537
00:34:46,660 --> 00:34:48,915
I, I'm not really pondered it
until Sherlon talked about it.

538
00:34:48,920 --> 00:34:53,775
I'm, I'm really, so hence the reason
my, my ponderings are coming out now.

539
00:34:54,554 --> 00:34:59,115
Uh, Dionne, we can disagree without making
it a war and understand and accept that we

540
00:34:59,115 --> 00:35:03,315
all have slightly different perspectives,
uh, much like our very different trinity

541
00:35:03,315 --> 00:35:04,875
at working together for the same purpose.

542
00:35:04,880 --> 00:35:05,895
And I think that's very true.

543
00:35:06,165 --> 00:35:07,425
Have you ever done that?

544
00:35:07,545 --> 00:35:12,225
Um, I haven't got one to hand,
but that quiz where they, there's

545
00:35:12,225 --> 00:35:15,045
a drawing on a piece of paper and
they ask you, what do you see?

546
00:35:15,045 --> 00:35:19,065
And some people see a young lady and some
people see an old lady, or some people see

547
00:35:19,065 --> 00:35:21,475
a bunny rabbit or some people see a lion.

548
00:35:22,005 --> 00:35:23,985
It's one of these images
that could be two things.

549
00:35:24,705 --> 00:35:26,445
Um, and both are true and both are right.

550
00:35:26,450 --> 00:35:27,975
It all depends on the perspective.

551
00:35:28,165 --> 00:35:28,715
Uh mm-hmm.

552
00:35:28,715 --> 00:35:31,575
You know, the lens of life, which you
are looking through as to how you see it.

553
00:35:32,235 --> 00:35:37,695
And, um, I like what, uh, Dionne's
put here actually that, um, we do have

554
00:35:37,695 --> 00:35:41,715
this slightly different perspective and
actually that we can be unified in that.

555
00:35:41,805 --> 00:35:44,955
Because when we come together, we get
the whole picture rather than telling

556
00:35:44,955 --> 00:35:46,875
everybody else that they're wrong.

557
00:35:47,275 --> 00:35:47,515
. Mm-hmm.

558
00:35:49,245 --> 00:35:49,725
Yeah.

559
00:35:50,175 --> 00:35:51,745
Which is a big deal right?

560
00:35:52,475 --> 00:35:53,005
Hmm.

561
00:35:53,545 --> 00:35:53,975
Yes.

562
00:35:56,780 --> 00:35:59,070
So let me just have a look
down the comments here.

563
00:35:59,070 --> 00:36:02,400
So let's look down at
these, um, prayers then.

564
00:36:03,270 --> 00:36:04,860
Uh, the prayers of Jesus.

565
00:36:04,860 --> 00:36:08,820
So I love the fact he prays for
unity, because let's be real, right?

566
00:36:08,820 --> 00:36:11,880
If I'm praying for people,
unity is not top of my list.

567
00:36:12,450 --> 00:36:14,130
It just isn't right.

568
00:36:14,490 --> 00:36:15,480
I'm, I'm sort of praying.

569
00:36:15,480 --> 00:36:16,230
God bless them.

570
00:36:16,230 --> 00:36:17,100
God help them.

571
00:36:17,100 --> 00:36:18,180
God make them better.

572
00:36:18,180 --> 00:36:20,195
God help them fulfill their purpose.

573
00:36:20,195 --> 00:36:22,170
God may they experience and encounter you.

574
00:36:22,740 --> 00:36:23,790
And here Jesus, to say, no.

575
00:36:23,795 --> 00:36:24,660
I pray that they're one.

576
00:36:25,610 --> 00:36:25,890
Mm-hmm.

577
00:36:26,430 --> 00:36:27,600
, maybe I should learn from this.

578
00:36:28,050 --> 00:36:31,860
Uh, so let me get out of, I
tell you what I'm gonna do.

579
00:36:31,860 --> 00:36:34,470
I'm gonna get outta the Amplified
Bible because that is some

580
00:36:34,470 --> 00:36:35,820
serious reading right there.

581
00:36:36,300 --> 00:36:39,430
And I'm gonna go back to
the good old fashioned NIV.

582
00:36:40,725 --> 00:36:41,654
And we're gonna pick it up.

583
00:36:41,654 --> 00:36:43,245
So glorify your son.

584
00:36:43,305 --> 00:36:44,654
The son may now glorify you.

585
00:36:44,955 --> 00:36:46,275
So he's praying for himself.

586
00:36:46,694 --> 00:36:48,825
Uh, and so now he prays for the disciples.

587
00:36:48,825 --> 00:36:52,154
Verse six, I revealed you, I
have revealed you to those whom

588
00:36:52,154 --> 00:36:53,475
you gave me outta this world.

589
00:36:54,045 --> 00:36:57,285
Um, and he goes on, I pray for them.

590
00:36:57,285 --> 00:36:57,884
Verse nine.

591
00:36:57,890 --> 00:37:00,615
I'm not praying for the world,
but for those that you have

592
00:37:00,615 --> 00:37:02,234
given me for, they are yours.

593
00:37:02,234 --> 00:37:06,435
All I have is yours and
all you have is mine.

594
00:37:06,435 --> 00:37:08,895
That's an exceptional
statement of unity right there.

595
00:37:08,895 --> 00:37:09,225
Right.

596
00:37:09,765 --> 00:37:14,145
And, uh, I can I just touch on this
point just because I feel like I need to.

597
00:37:14,835 --> 00:37:14,895
Okay.

598
00:37:14,895 --> 00:37:18,495
When, and I'm, and this is not directed
to you, Sadaf, although, you know, we

599
00:37:18,495 --> 00:37:19,484
are talking to each other right now.

600
00:37:19,545 --> 00:37:19,665
Yeah..

601
00:37:20,174 --> 00:37:26,444
Um, all I have is yours and all you
have is mine is a statement of covenant.

602
00:37:26,865 --> 00:37:31,904
And covenant is something that
happens when you get married.

603
00:37:32,755 --> 00:37:38,715
And I have yet to find, there are
exceptions to the rule, and please

604
00:37:38,715 --> 00:37:41,924
don't write into me to tell me the
exceptions to I know what they are.

605
00:37:42,615 --> 00:37:45,825
There are exceptions to the rule that
I'm about to give you, but successful

606
00:37:45,830 --> 00:37:51,945
marriages don't operate out of two
bank accounts and it just doesn't.

607
00:37:51,945 --> 00:37:55,154
Now I know that there are
exceptions to this rule, right?

608
00:37:55,154 --> 00:37:57,884
And that there are sensible
safeguards where two accounts

609
00:37:57,884 --> 00:37:59,355
do work and do make sense.

610
00:37:59,355 --> 00:38:03,465
So I'm not saying it's not true for
everybody, but on the whole, all I have

611
00:38:03,465 --> 00:38:06,345
is yours and all you have is mine, right?

612
00:38:07,005 --> 00:38:08,535
That is a covenant statement.

613
00:38:08,535 --> 00:38:15,355
And when we can live in a marriage, in
a state of covenant like that, marriages

614
00:38:15,360 --> 00:38:21,975
work, when we try and keep back some of
that, while this bits yours and the rest

615
00:38:21,975 --> 00:38:27,345
of its mind, then we run into problems.

616
00:38:27,464 --> 00:38:27,555
Mm-hmm.

617
00:38:27,555 --> 00:38:28,754
That's just my little soapbox.

618
00:38:28,754 --> 00:38:30,375
I dunno if you've got
any thoughts about this.

619
00:38:30,734 --> 00:38:31,335
Uh, Mrs.

620
00:38:31,335 --> 00:38:31,715
Beynon.

621
00:38:31,915 --> 00:38:34,185
No, I, I agree with you 100%.

622
00:38:34,365 --> 00:38:36,085
Oh, phew.

623
00:38:38,835 --> 00:38:40,575
I thought you were gonna tell
me off for a little minute then.

624
00:38:43,035 --> 00:38:43,384
Oh.

625
00:38:44,085 --> 00:38:45,424
So yes, verse 10.

626
00:38:45,424 --> 00:38:46,464
All I have is yours.

627
00:38:46,464 --> 00:38:47,145
All you have is mine.

628
00:38:47,835 --> 00:38:50,234
Uh, and glory will come
to me through them.

629
00:38:50,325 --> 00:38:51,674
That's quite a strong statement, isn't it?

630
00:38:51,795 --> 00:38:53,835
Uh, do we bring glory to Christ?

631
00:38:54,105 --> 00:38:56,325
I will remain in the world no longer,
but they are still in the world.

632
00:38:56,330 --> 00:38:57,015
And I'm coming to you.

633
00:38:57,015 --> 00:39:01,754
Holy Father, protect them by the power
of your name, the name you gave me so

634
00:39:01,754 --> 00:39:04,095
that they may be one as we are one.

635
00:39:04,095 --> 00:39:05,234
Here's that statement again, right?

636
00:39:05,234 --> 00:39:05,325
Mm-hmm.

637
00:39:05,565 --> 00:39:09,495
So this whole protecting them
and Sherlon hit on this point.

638
00:39:09,765 --> 00:39:18,615
Um, that, uh, Jesus doesn't pray that
God will take them out of the world,

639
00:39:18,615 --> 00:39:22,944
but that he would keep them in the
midst of it, that he would protect them.

640
00:39:24,435 --> 00:39:30,825
Which I think is a really interesting
Prayer given the fact that quite

641
00:39:30,825 --> 00:39:34,845
often a lot of our personal prayers
are, God, get me out of this

642
00:39:35,615 --> 00:39:37,965
whatever situation I am in, right?

643
00:39:38,785 --> 00:39:39,285
Mm-hmm.

644
00:39:39,285 --> 00:39:45,535
rather than God protect me in
this situation, Do you know,

645
00:39:45,535 --> 00:39:49,815
what I mean and keep me unified
with my fellow believer, right?

646
00:39:49,815 --> 00:39:51,435
My, my brothers and my sisters.

647
00:39:51,915 --> 00:39:53,775
It's a really interesting Prayer.

648
00:39:54,075 --> 00:39:55,455
Have you got any thoughts on this?

649
00:39:55,905 --> 00:40:01,855
Yeah, I think, um, I think the
key is, um, remaining in him.

650
00:40:02,565 --> 00:40:04,485
I'm not sure, I just, what was that verse?

651
00:40:04,485 --> 00:40:05,145
Um, 11?

652
00:40:05,145 --> 00:40:06,225
Was it remain?

653
00:40:06,405 --> 00:40:09,255
No, there's another one that Sherlon,

654
00:40:09,425 --> 00:40:15,555
uh, verse 12, uh, and then
it goes on, um, to verse 15.

655
00:40:15,555 --> 00:40:17,625
My Prayer is not that you take
them out the world, but you

656
00:40:17,625 --> 00:40:19,305
protect them from the evil one.

657
00:40:20,715 --> 00:40:21,405
Yes.

658
00:40:21,425 --> 00:40:30,210
Um, so, was it 33?

659
00:40:30,210 --> 00:40:30,420
Yeah.

660
00:40:30,420 --> 00:40:30,899
Sorry.

661
00:40:30,899 --> 00:40:33,520
Going back to chapter 16 verse Oh, okay.

662
00:40:33,549 --> 00:40:34,500
Thirty Three.

663
00:40:35,130 --> 00:40:38,670
Um, it, it rings true here too.

664
00:40:38,670 --> 00:40:39,000
I think.

665
00:40:39,000 --> 00:40:42,660
It's like, um, it talks about so that
in me, you may have peace in this

666
00:40:42,660 --> 00:40:45,660
world, you will have trouble, but
take heart, I overcome the world.

667
00:40:45,660 --> 00:40:45,960
Mm-hmm.

668
00:40:46,649 --> 00:40:50,670
And I think the key is that
remaining in him that if you're in

669
00:40:50,670 --> 00:40:53,339
me, that's when you have the peace.

670
00:40:53,345 --> 00:40:56,790
So even if you are in difficult
times or you're facing, um, different

671
00:40:56,795 --> 00:41:02,670
trials, tribulations, whatever, um,
your, the word your Bible uses, um, I

672
00:41:02,670 --> 00:41:06,120
think if you're remaining in the Lord,
that's where you have the protection.

673
00:41:06,120 --> 00:41:07,319
You have the wisdom.

674
00:41:07,319 --> 00:41:07,379
Yeah.

675
00:41:07,410 --> 00:41:09,299
The strength to walk that.

676
00:41:09,960 --> 00:41:11,790
Um, yeah.

677
00:41:12,990 --> 00:41:13,290
Yeah.

678
00:41:13,589 --> 00:41:14,490
No, it's very good.

679
00:41:14,490 --> 00:41:17,069
So have, how's this work for you then?

680
00:41:17,100 --> 00:41:19,620
This, um, or have you
seen it work for you?

681
00:41:19,950 --> 00:41:23,850
Uh, this whole idea of being
in the world, not of it.

682
00:41:23,940 --> 00:41:28,380
Um, verse 16, they are not of the
world even as I am, not of it, but,

683
00:41:28,530 --> 00:41:34,020
uh, remaining in him, you know, this
whole idea of, uh, being protected and

684
00:41:34,020 --> 00:41:35,820
kept when it's all going a bit wrong.

685
00:41:38,100 --> 00:41:38,730
Yeah.

686
00:41:38,730 --> 00:41:45,600
Um, I think, I think that is a reality
all the time though, even when things

687
00:41:45,600 --> 00:41:48,120
are okay, even when things are great.

688
00:41:48,150 --> 00:41:53,250
I think as believers, that is our
reality, that we are in the world

689
00:41:53,759 --> 00:41:55,470
because that's where we've been placed.

690
00:41:55,470 --> 00:42:03,780
But this is not our home and we are not,
we are not to, um, become of the world.

691
00:42:03,780 --> 00:42:05,460
So we should never let our guards down.

692
00:42:05,790 --> 00:42:09,899
And I think it's easiest to do when
things are going great because you

693
00:42:09,899 --> 00:42:11,580
kind of like start coasting, right?

694
00:42:14,279 --> 00:42:15,990
Um, I dunno what you mean.

695
00:42:17,520 --> 00:42:21,960
I think, yeah, I think it's, um, I
think it's especially true when, when

696
00:42:21,960 --> 00:42:23,819
things aren't, aren't going well.

697
00:42:24,779 --> 00:42:29,430
Um, because then suddenly you're seeking
and you're wanting answers and seeking

698
00:42:29,430 --> 00:42:32,350
the Lord in those times is, is the best.

699
00:42:32,710 --> 00:42:33,149
, yeah.

700
00:42:33,149 --> 00:42:34,379
Is the best place to be.

701
00:42:34,440 --> 00:42:36,450
Um, and waiting on him.

702
00:42:36,450 --> 00:42:40,109
But I think the rest of the
time it's, it's just as true.

703
00:42:40,410 --> 00:42:40,710
Mm-hmm.

704
00:42:41,490 --> 00:42:41,700
Yeah.

705
00:42:41,879 --> 00:42:43,109
No, that's fair comment actually.

706
00:42:43,589 --> 00:42:45,839
It's not just when times are
tough, its when times are easy.

707
00:42:47,310 --> 00:42:48,870
Uh, Dionne's put here in the comments.

708
00:42:48,870 --> 00:42:49,750
I like this Dionne.

709
00:42:49,770 --> 00:42:52,350
This is, I'm gonna use this,
I'm gonna steal this quote.

710
00:42:52,740 --> 00:42:53,640
I stopped praying.

711
00:42:53,640 --> 00:42:54,419
I'm a believer.

712
00:42:54,419 --> 00:42:55,470
Get me out of here.

713
00:42:55,500 --> 00:42:58,350
This is a very topical statement
because in the UK at the moment,

714
00:42:58,350 --> 00:43:00,779
we have a TV show called I'm a
Celebrity, get Me Out of Here.

715
00:43:01,980 --> 00:43:03,000
And so I've stopped praying.

716
00:43:03,000 --> 00:43:06,240
I'm a believer, get me out of here because
my prayers weren't answered in that way.

717
00:43:07,845 --> 00:43:09,585
The journey is always through.

718
00:43:10,065 --> 00:43:11,205
Yeah, it's interesting, isn't it?

719
00:43:11,210 --> 00:43:16,305
I, I heard TD Jakes, uh, I think
it was TD Jakes, I'm gonna give him

720
00:43:16,305 --> 00:43:20,745
the credit for a statement, which I
heard, and TD, if this is not you,

721
00:43:20,750 --> 00:43:22,305
please credit the right person.

722
00:43:22,905 --> 00:43:27,735
Um, and he said quite often that God
doesn't deliver us out of a situation.

723
00:43:27,735 --> 00:43:29,895
He delivers us through a situation.

724
00:43:29,955 --> 00:43:30,075
Mm-hmm.

725
00:43:30,645 --> 00:43:36,915
uh, and I, that's always stuck with
me that actually, um, sometimes we

726
00:43:36,915 --> 00:43:40,605
just have to go through and quite
often actually, we just have to

727
00:43:40,605 --> 00:43:43,395
go through, uh, rather than out.

728
00:43:43,634 --> 00:43:46,755
And this is where the
protection is concerned.

729
00:43:46,755 --> 00:43:48,075
That's where the peace comes in.

730
00:43:48,075 --> 00:43:49,755
That's where the power of God comes in.

731
00:43:49,755 --> 00:43:51,525
That's where the power of
the name of Jesus comes in.

732
00:43:51,585 --> 00:43:55,335
And so often we, we think we can use
all of those things as Christians

733
00:43:55,335 --> 00:43:58,634
to make our life easier, to get
us out of those tricky situations.

734
00:44:00,555 --> 00:44:02,025
I thought, I hear your dog's agreeing.

735
00:44:02,085 --> 00:44:02,605
Sorry.

736
00:44:03,905 --> 00:44:06,255
Nayla saying amen.

737
00:44:09,465 --> 00:44:13,185
I think, um, I think, sorry, were
you done talking or can I just

738
00:44:13,245 --> 00:44:15,105
Yeah, no, you, I'm definitely done now.

739
00:44:19,125 --> 00:44:22,065
I love how you ask, uh, I
love how you make statements,

740
00:44:22,065 --> 00:44:23,175
but phrase 'em as questions.

741
00:44:26,205 --> 00:44:27,925
It's a fine art.

742
00:44:27,945 --> 00:44:32,235
Um, um, what was I gonna say?

743
00:44:32,265 --> 00:44:32,595
Oh, yeah.

744
00:44:32,595 --> 00:44:38,085
So, yeah, I totally, I agree that going
through it is definitely, it's, it's hard.

745
00:44:38,715 --> 00:44:43,335
It's hard and, um, but
it's so much sweeter.

746
00:44:43,335 --> 00:44:48,015
The end is so much sweeter because you
come out, um, having learned so much

747
00:44:48,015 --> 00:44:53,055
more about the Lord and so much, you
know, you just got so much more to

748
00:44:53,060 --> 00:44:56,625
give to others because of what you've
received from the Lord in that time.

749
00:44:57,495 --> 00:44:59,285
Um, and it's just, it's.

750
00:45:00,330 --> 00:45:02,549
So much more a better place to be.

751
00:45:02,549 --> 00:45:05,520
I, I think, rather than trying
to get plucked out of something.

752
00:45:06,120 --> 00:45:06,479
Yeah.

753
00:45:06,779 --> 00:45:07,109
Yeah.

754
00:45:07,109 --> 00:45:11,759
It's interesting what intrigues me,
um, on the podcast we've been doing the

755
00:45:11,759 --> 00:45:16,799
story, the What's Story podcast, and we
did one a couple of weeks ago with Brett

756
00:45:16,799 --> 00:45:20,370
Curry, whose mum died of, uh, lung cancer.

757
00:45:21,209 --> 00:45:23,729
And this happened when he was a teenager.

758
00:45:24,089 --> 00:45:29,879
And his, his story was basically when
that happened, it caused me to, uh,

759
00:45:29,910 --> 00:45:33,359
in effect find God or to strengthen
his relationship, draw near to God, I

760
00:45:33,359 --> 00:45:34,709
think is the expression that we used.

761
00:45:34,859 --> 00:45:39,450
Um, uh, we've had Mark Mitchell,
uh, last week who was talking

762
00:45:39,450 --> 00:45:41,310
about his brain hemorrhage.

763
00:45:41,819 --> 00:45:46,200
Um, and how when he had this problem,
uh, and almost died with his brain

764
00:45:46,200 --> 00:45:50,520
hemorrhage, it caused him to press
into God and get closer to God.

765
00:45:50,520 --> 00:45:51,960
I mean the sweet, sweet man.

766
00:45:52,589 --> 00:45:56,819
Um, and it seems to be one of the common
stories that comes out through, what's

767
00:45:56,819 --> 00:46:01,049
the story the podcast that we're on
is people had a problem, to be fair is

768
00:46:01,049 --> 00:46:02,430
how we phrase the questions as well.

769
00:46:02,430 --> 00:46:03,930
I do go fishing, digging for this.

770
00:46:04,420 --> 00:46:08,609
Um, they've had a problem or a challenge
that they've had to come through,

771
00:46:08,940 --> 00:46:13,410
and as a result, their walk with God
seems to be sweeter, stronger, better.

772
00:46:13,410 --> 00:46:15,310
You know, I could cite
lots of people Anni Uddin.

773
00:46:15,330 --> 00:46:20,339
She had breast cancer and went
through the whole nightmare.

774
00:46:20,640 --> 00:46:22,350
Uh, an ordeal of that.

775
00:46:22,650 --> 00:46:27,000
And I remember it very well, um, because
she's a very good friend of mine.

776
00:46:27,000 --> 00:46:30,615
And so, but came out of it.

777
00:46:30,735 --> 00:46:35,745
Her and Tony her husband, just so much
sweeter, nicer, lovely, but stronger

778
00:46:35,745 --> 00:46:37,365
in the faith kind of people as well.

779
00:46:37,965 --> 00:46:43,005
And it's interesting, isn't it, when you
are in these situations, if you go through

780
00:46:43,005 --> 00:46:50,145
it, um, with an eye on God, I don't
understand it, but somehow in the midst of

781
00:46:50,150 --> 00:46:54,615
all of this, if somehow you can get glory,
then let's do it in the, in your name.

782
00:46:54,615 --> 00:46:57,105
Let's go through this and we'll win.

783
00:46:57,525 --> 00:47:02,295
Um, and people will see that you
are glorified in this somehow.

784
00:47:02,865 --> 00:47:07,695
And I think it's a really interesting,
it's a really interesting thing,

785
00:47:07,695 --> 00:47:13,395
isn't it, that, um, that you can
do that as Christians or what I've

786
00:47:13,395 --> 00:47:17,265
also seen is people go the opposite
way where things have got tricky and

787
00:47:17,265 --> 00:47:18,795
hard and so they're like, I'm out.

788
00:47:18,855 --> 00:47:20,805
I am, uh, I'm, I'm a believer.

789
00:47:20,805 --> 00:47:21,645
Get me out of here.

790
00:47:22,155 --> 00:47:29,234
Uh, and their faith is, is deconstructed,
their faith is rejected, whatever it is.

791
00:47:29,234 --> 00:47:29,654
Do you know what I mean?

792
00:47:29,654 --> 00:47:31,455
There's something that's not
happened according to how

793
00:47:31,455 --> 00:47:32,504
they thought it should happen.

794
00:47:32,504 --> 00:47:33,654
And so Yeah.

795
00:47:33,705 --> 00:47:34,875
Yeah, they're out, right?

796
00:47:36,375 --> 00:47:36,794
Yeah.

797
00:47:36,794 --> 00:47:38,504
I think, um, you're right.

798
00:47:38,509 --> 00:47:43,995
Like, you know, for the glory to go to the
Lord and he, he wants that He, you know,

799
00:47:43,995 --> 00:47:45,794
that's, he wants us to be able to do that.

800
00:47:45,794 --> 00:47:50,325
And when our heart, our heart is in the
right place, even if we are in a hard time

801
00:47:51,104 --> 00:47:54,555
and we are just taking those small steps
of obedience as hard and heavy as those

802
00:47:54,555 --> 00:47:59,865
footsteps might be in the right direction,
um, I think the Lord, the Lord does that.

803
00:47:59,865 --> 00:48:03,975
I've, I've been in a time in my life
where that's happened and so many

804
00:48:03,975 --> 00:48:08,444
people were encouraged by, um, you
know, the circum, like the circumstances

805
00:48:08,444 --> 00:48:09,854
were what they were, but the way.

806
00:48:10,560 --> 00:48:12,810
The Lord was carrying us through it.

807
00:48:13,919 --> 00:48:16,980
They were looking in and
though we didn't feel like, you

808
00:48:16,980 --> 00:48:18,540
know, everything was amazing.

809
00:48:18,540 --> 00:48:19,830
And isn't this journey great?

810
00:48:19,830 --> 00:48:22,980
Like, you know, trials, tribulations,
but isn't no, isn't this great?

811
00:48:23,399 --> 00:48:25,830
There were so many people looking
in saying, you know, we are

812
00:48:25,830 --> 00:48:27,330
so encouraged by your faith.

813
00:48:27,930 --> 00:48:29,100
And that wasn't us.

814
00:48:29,189 --> 00:48:29,910
That wasn't us.

815
00:48:29,910 --> 00:48:31,379
That was all the Lord.

816
00:48:31,500 --> 00:48:36,390
Um, but it's that, you know, those
simple, small steps of obedience

817
00:48:37,140 --> 00:48:39,029
in every area of our lives.

818
00:48:39,029 --> 00:48:40,589
And the Lord gets the glory for it.

819
00:48:42,480 --> 00:48:42,839
That's true.

820
00:48:43,140 --> 00:48:43,680
It is.

821
00:48:43,980 --> 00:48:44,700
And it's interesting.

822
00:48:44,700 --> 00:48:47,910
So if you are watching this and
you are going through something,

823
00:48:48,230 --> 00:48:51,029
um, I think it's, it's a really.

824
00:48:51,720 --> 00:48:56,460
Know that as you are going through it,
Jesus prayed for you as you go through

825
00:48:56,460 --> 00:49:00,390
that, that you would be protected,
um, that he would be glorified

826
00:49:00,390 --> 00:49:02,100
and that you would stay unified.

827
00:49:02,549 --> 00:49:04,174
And I think one of the things that.

828
00:49:04,174 --> 00:49:08,339
One of the, the lessons that we learned
from this actually is when you are

829
00:49:08,339 --> 00:49:11,279
going through difficult times, is
don't get disconnected from the body

830
00:49:11,279 --> 00:49:14,040
of Christ, uh, and stay unified, right?

831
00:49:14,970 --> 00:49:17,009
Uh, and just trust in him.

832
00:49:17,009 --> 00:49:19,500
Trust in the power of his
name, because the name of Jesus

833
00:49:19,500 --> 00:49:22,110
changes literally everything.

834
00:49:23,610 --> 00:49:25,590
Uh, we're gonna get into,
there's a whole great deal as

835
00:49:25,590 --> 00:49:26,820
we go through the book of Acts.

836
00:49:26,880 --> 00:49:31,470
Uh, it is just insane, uh,
the power in that one name.

837
00:49:31,950 --> 00:49:35,790
Um, but yeah, we're gonna, we're
gonna deep dive into that coming soon.

838
00:49:35,820 --> 00:49:39,270
Uh, we know this because Sadaf and I have
been busy writing the notes, and so we

839
00:49:39,270 --> 00:49:42,360
know what's we, we know what's coming up.

840
00:49:43,210 --> 00:49:43,710
Yeah, yeah.

841
00:49:43,710 --> 00:49:44,460
It's gonna be great.

842
00:49:44,790 --> 00:49:48,480
But I, I think that it's, it's actually
really encouraging to know that when you

843
00:49:48,480 --> 00:49:52,080
are going through a difficult time, and
I know for many of us right now, we are

844
00:49:52,080 --> 00:49:53,790
going through difficult times, right?

845
00:49:53,880 --> 00:49:59,250
There's all kinds of stuff to cause us
all kinds of, uh, problems and anxiety.

846
00:49:59,610 --> 00:50:02,610
But as you are going through them,
we as Christians can stand there

847
00:50:02,610 --> 00:50:06,210
and we can look at that and we
know that Jesus prayed for us.

848
00:50:06,510 --> 00:50:09,990
So we can go through it with strength
and with courage and conviction, right?

849
00:50:09,995 --> 00:50:14,310
We just can, uh, and we can do that with
the strength of, uh, other believers

850
00:50:14,315 --> 00:50:16,020
praying for us and standing with us.

851
00:50:16,020 --> 00:50:19,900
We can be unified, uh, and as we're
gonna talk about in Christmas, we can do

852
00:50:19,900 --> 00:50:24,855
this peacefully, uh, and in the complete
opposite spirit to what is happening.

853
00:50:24,855 --> 00:50:29,564
So, um, be encouraged as,
as odd as that sounds.

854
00:50:29,564 --> 00:50:33,134
I, I, I dunno, I, I, when stuff's
not going well, when stuff's

855
00:50:33,140 --> 00:50:36,615
not going right, I'm like, this
is the moment Jesus prayed for.

856
00:50:38,384 --> 00:50:43,095
And I figure if anyone is gonna get their
prayers answered, it's going to be Jesus.

857
00:50:45,154 --> 00:50:46,444
You're on the right side.

858
00:50:47,924 --> 00:50:52,725
Yes, I am on the right side as Dionne's
put here in the comments fought by fire.

859
00:50:53,145 --> 00:50:54,044
Yes, absolutely.

860
00:50:54,375 --> 00:50:58,785
Uh, and just to bring it right back
down to Earth, uh, Matt, what color hair

861
00:50:58,785 --> 00:51:01,665
should I have for the Christmas service?

862
00:51:01,995 --> 00:51:02,835
Bizarre question.

863
00:51:03,345 --> 00:51:04,814
Let us know what you
think the options are.

864
00:51:04,814 --> 00:51:06,225
Gold or red or green?

865
00:51:06,225 --> 00:51:07,214
Vote in the comments.

866
00:51:07,214 --> 00:51:11,595
Well, green, given that I have the casting
vote, I'm going with, what would you say?

867
00:51:11,595 --> 00:51:13,634
Is this Massey Brown, kind of reddish?

868
00:51:13,845 --> 00:51:14,504
I don't know.

869
00:51:14,895 --> 00:51:15,765
I'm going with this color.

870
00:51:16,725 --> 00:51:20,145
Uh, it takes a lot of work to get
the gray out and keep this color.

871
00:51:20,205 --> 00:51:20,835
No, I'm just joking.

872
00:51:24,795 --> 00:51:26,024
So that's what we're gonna do.

873
00:51:26,415 --> 00:51:30,255
Um, so yes, there you have it.

874
00:51:30,255 --> 00:51:32,625
Being a Christian, I think it's
really one of the things I'm gonna

875
00:51:32,625 --> 00:51:35,295
suggest you do dear, uh, dear viewer.

876
00:51:35,295 --> 00:51:38,174
Dear listener, um, if you're listening
to this on the audio podcast,

877
00:51:38,234 --> 00:51:39,194
it's great that you are with us.

878
00:51:39,375 --> 00:51:42,015
If you're watching it on YouTube
or on Facebook, it's great that

879
00:51:42,015 --> 00:51:44,395
you are here if you are involved.

880
00:51:44,399 --> 00:51:48,585
One of the things I would love for
you to do this week is read through

881
00:51:49,004 --> 00:51:51,495
the prayers that Jesus prays for you.

882
00:51:51,855 --> 00:51:58,154
Um, and just think about the words
that Jesus is saying and go, is

883
00:51:58,154 --> 00:51:59,955
this coming to pass in my life?

884
00:51:59,955 --> 00:52:06,705
Because if it isn't, something's wrong
somewhere and I'm fairly sure, cuz I'm

885
00:52:06,705 --> 00:52:11,924
not a rocket scientist, I'm fairly sure
the problem is not going to be with Jesus.

886
00:52:12,705 --> 00:52:13,904
Just putting that out there.

887
00:52:14,895 --> 00:52:15,975
Into the ether.

888
00:52:16,605 --> 00:52:19,545
Uh, I'm fairly sure that's not
where the problem's gonna lie,

889
00:52:19,815 --> 00:52:22,935
but I mean, in all seriousness, I
think do check out those prayers.

890
00:52:22,964 --> 00:52:25,065
And Lord, what are you saying to me?

891
00:52:25,065 --> 00:52:27,944
God, how can I, how can
I have this come to pass?

892
00:52:28,185 --> 00:52:30,915
Am I unified to my fellow Christians?

893
00:52:31,365 --> 00:52:32,924
Is there something I need
to think about there?

894
00:52:32,924 --> 00:52:34,694
Is there something you, you
want to challenge me on?

895
00:52:35,205 --> 00:52:39,015
Um, you know, the stuff that I'm going
through, God, can you protect me?

896
00:52:39,105 --> 00:52:43,665
Uh, can you show me what it means
to be in the world, but not of it?

897
00:52:43,694 --> 00:52:44,355
What does that mean?

898
00:52:44,355 --> 00:52:45,615
I live here, but I'm not of it.

899
00:52:45,615 --> 00:52:46,964
I'm of a different kingdom.

900
00:52:47,265 --> 00:52:50,685
Uh, we are gonna get into all of
this, trust me, in the Book of Acts.

901
00:52:50,685 --> 00:52:52,125
The book of Acts just amazing.

902
00:52:52,634 --> 00:52:53,984
Uh, we live in a different kingdom.

903
00:52:53,984 --> 00:52:54,915
We have a different ruler.

904
00:52:55,980 --> 00:52:59,100
And you know, as crazy as our world
leaders are at the moment, and some of

905
00:52:59,240 --> 00:53:01,920
them are, you know, not so crazy, but
some of 'em are a little bit nuts, right?

906
00:53:01,920 --> 00:53:07,230
Let's, um, we live in a different
kingdom, so we have a different set of

907
00:53:07,230 --> 00:53:08,940
rules that we follow, which is amazing.

908
00:53:09,390 --> 00:53:15,600
Uh, and so , we can do all this
with peace and all that sort of

909
00:53:15,600 --> 00:53:17,850
stuff, but do read through those
prayers that Jesus prayed for you

910
00:53:18,120 --> 00:53:19,260
and just pray them out for yourself.

911
00:53:19,710 --> 00:53:22,830
Just like Sherlon said, they
speak life to your very soul.

912
00:53:23,250 --> 00:53:24,960
And just as I read them,
I'm just like, okay.

913
00:53:25,620 --> 00:53:28,450
And notice, sorry, I'm gonna say
this one last thing, then I'll stop.

914
00:53:28,680 --> 00:53:32,940
But notice how unusual the prayers are.

915
00:53:32,940 --> 00:53:35,040
They're not what you
would expect them to be.

916
00:53:36,120 --> 00:53:37,020
Just wanna put that out there.

917
00:53:37,950 --> 00:53:40,380
At least in my head, they're
not what I pray for my kids.

918
00:53:40,380 --> 00:53:42,780
When I think about what do I
pray for my kids, maybe I should

919
00:53:42,780 --> 00:53:44,790
start praying the prayers that
Jesus pray for my kids though.

920
00:53:45,390 --> 00:53:49,710
Anyway, anything else
from you, uh, on this?

921
00:53:51,360 --> 00:53:55,050
No, no, it's, there's so much there,
but you know, we don't have time.

922
00:53:56,930 --> 00:54:00,390
We'll, just getting warm,
just getting warmed up.

923
00:54:00,390 --> 00:54:01,710
Let's keep it coming.

924
00:54:02,330 --> 00:54:04,470
So what's happening next week?

925
00:54:04,530 --> 00:54:05,850
Matt's put in the comments here.

926
00:54:05,855 --> 00:54:06,810
What's happening next week?

927
00:54:09,180 --> 00:54:11,400
We've got Pete yeah, yeah, yeah.

928
00:54:11,490 --> 00:54:18,570
We've got Pete Farrington and he's gonna
be speaking on um, chapters 18 and 19.

929
00:54:19,080 --> 00:54:20,330
Yeah, 18 and 19.

930
00:54:22,290 --> 00:54:24,270
I genuinely dunno what
Pete's speaking on next week.

931
00:54:24,630 --> 00:54:27,720
I just know that Pete is speaking and I
know this cuz we have the video already.

932
00:54:27,720 --> 00:54:28,440
I've not heard it yet.

933
00:54:28,940 --> 00:54:32,670
Um, but yeah, we've got Pete
Farrington speaking to us next

934
00:54:32,670 --> 00:54:33,810
week, which will be great.

935
00:54:33,810 --> 00:54:37,920
Love Pete Farrington, the man
is an absolute legend, uh, very

936
00:54:37,920 --> 00:54:39,360
jealous of his, of his hair.

937
00:54:39,420 --> 00:54:43,305
I'm not gonna lie, but
is an absolute legend.

938
00:54:43,305 --> 00:54:44,625
So yeah, we got Pete next week.

939
00:54:44,625 --> 00:54:48,975
I think Dan and I are hosting, don't
forget to play the Midweek Prayers.

940
00:54:49,515 --> 00:54:54,225
So, um, Matt takes his role very seriously
of reminding me every live stream.

941
00:54:55,665 --> 00:54:56,625
this is awesome.

942
00:54:56,924 --> 00:54:58,575
I never have to think about anything.

943
00:54:58,575 --> 00:55:01,444
I, because Matt normally tells
me everything that I need to.

944
00:55:01,995 --> 00:55:04,815
Uh, so yes, we do have
a midweek Zoom group.

945
00:55:04,815 --> 00:55:05,285
Zoom.

946
00:55:05,285 --> 00:55:08,384
Uh, if you'd like to come join us, feel
the freedom, uh, we'd love to meet you.

947
00:55:08,444 --> 00:55:13,065
We meet 8:00 PM uh, on
Wednesday evenings on Zoom.

948
00:55:13,335 --> 00:55:16,415
Uh, and so if you'd like to come join
in, uh, then feel the freedoms to do so,

949
00:55:16,905 --> 00:55:20,145
uh, we're gonna be talking more about
the Zoom groups actually in the new year.

950
00:55:20,715 --> 00:55:22,545
Uh, got some thoughts and ideas on this.

951
00:55:22,545 --> 00:55:25,424
So yes, uh, we're gonna
be plugging those a lot.

952
00:55:25,424 --> 00:55:29,175
But in the meantime if you'd like to
know more about that, do connect with me.

953
00:55:29,565 --> 00:55:30,615
Uh, do connect with me.

954
00:55:30,615 --> 00:55:31,755
Do connect with Crowd Church.

955
00:55:32,055 --> 00:55:36,175
You can find the information on
our website at www.crowd.church.

956
00:55:36,195 --> 00:55:39,525
You can reach us on social media
at Crowd Church and also on our

957
00:55:39,525 --> 00:55:45,255
website you'll find a link to be
able to WhatsApp, uh, us directly.

958
00:55:45,315 --> 00:55:47,805
Um, so that just comes
through the system here.

959
00:55:47,805 --> 00:55:49,855
And, uh, we can WhatsApp.

960
00:55:49,860 --> 00:55:52,845
We know that we, uh, we get emails,
we get WhatsApp messages usually

961
00:55:52,845 --> 00:55:56,505
every week with Prayer requests
from people, uh, which is great.

962
00:55:56,505 --> 00:56:00,045
So if you'd like us to pray for you over
anything, whether you are a believer in

963
00:56:00,045 --> 00:56:01,665
Christ or not, we love to pray for people.

964
00:56:01,905 --> 00:56:04,095
So again, you can reach us through
the website, through social

965
00:56:04,095 --> 00:56:05,265
media, and through WhatsApp.

966
00:56:05,625 --> 00:56:08,055
Um, and to be fair, that's normally
one of the things that we do

967
00:56:08,055 --> 00:56:11,445
pray for every Wednesday night,
uh, in our little Zoom group.

968
00:56:11,655 --> 00:56:15,015
Uh, so yes, uh, Matt C is a champ.

969
00:56:15,045 --> 00:56:17,205
Oh, the Matt C Love is in the comments.

970
00:56:17,205 --> 00:56:18,015
Loving that.

971
00:56:18,075 --> 00:56:19,935
Uh, so yes, brilliant.

972
00:56:20,535 --> 00:56:23,460
Uh, Sadaf, thank you for joining me.

973
00:56:23,460 --> 00:56:24,810
It's been an absolute pleasure.

974
00:56:24,810 --> 00:56:26,129
Again, fun.

975
00:56:26,490 --> 00:56:29,190
So does that mean this time next
year you'll be on the live stream?

976
00:56:30,850 --> 00:56:31,339
Yeah.

977
00:56:31,950 --> 00:56:33,990
Do you need to put yourself
on the schedule like in 12

978
00:56:33,990 --> 00:56:36,210
months time And confirm?

979
00:56:36,450 --> 00:56:39,330
So you, cuz you've never seen the
schedule, the way it works is we have

980
00:56:39,330 --> 00:56:42,240
like a spreadsheet with a list of names
and next to each name is a box where

981
00:56:42,245 --> 00:56:44,129
you can check and it says confirmed.

982
00:56:44,460 --> 00:56:44,790
Yes.

983
00:56:44,790 --> 00:56:45,240
Confirm.

984
00:56:45,240 --> 00:56:46,109
Are they confirmed?

985
00:56:46,109 --> 00:56:46,350
Yes.

986
00:56:47,009 --> 00:56:50,460
And we're not talking about England,
uh, the Church of England confirmation.

987
00:56:50,460 --> 00:56:50,819
No, no, no.

988
00:56:50,980 --> 00:56:54,569
We're talking about have they agreed
to actually do this, yes or no?

989
00:56:55,410 --> 00:56:59,040
Uh, have they confirmed that they
are available to host or to speak

990
00:56:59,040 --> 00:57:01,740
or you know, whatever the production
or whatever they're down to do.

991
00:57:02,339 --> 00:57:06,369
And so, yes, this is, you should
just go put your name a little tick.

992
00:57:06,369 --> 00:57:06,519
I will.

993
00:57:06,779 --> 00:57:09,540
November, November,
whatever it's gonna be 28th.

994
00:57:10,410 --> 00:57:11,009
Just pick a date.

995
00:57:11,220 --> 00:57:15,270
If you want why not?

996
00:57:15,600 --> 00:57:18,060
Pick a December date cuz then you
get to wear Christmas jumpers.

997
00:57:20,384 --> 00:57:23,355
Oh, I'll need to get one first,
but that's a whole other story.

998
00:57:23,495 --> 00:57:25,615
You don't have a Christmas jumper.

999
00:57:26,895 --> 00:57:28,395
You don't have a Christmas.

1000
00:57:29,444 --> 00:57:30,634
No, I, wow.

1001
00:57:30,634 --> 00:57:33,044
Ladies, gentlemen, this is
what Incredulity looks like.

1002
00:57:33,435 --> 00:57:35,535
You don't have a Christmas jumper.

1003
00:57:36,225 --> 00:57:37,964
How did I not know this about you?

1004
00:57:39,495 --> 00:57:41,325
Is this a, is this a personal thing?

1005
00:57:41,325 --> 00:57:43,125
Is this something that
you've been avoiding?

1006
00:57:43,814 --> 00:57:45,585
No, I just never got around to it.

1007
00:57:47,024 --> 00:57:47,895
Wow.

1008
00:57:49,035 --> 00:57:49,634
Wow.

1009
00:57:49,665 --> 00:57:50,805
I'll lend you one this year.

1010
00:57:50,805 --> 00:57:52,365
I've got lots of Christmas jumpers.

1011
00:57:52,785 --> 00:57:53,024
Yeah.

1012
00:57:53,024 --> 00:57:57,855
My, my daughter wears, uh, my Christmas
jumpers and so I, yeah, I'm a big

1013
00:57:57,855 --> 00:58:01,095
fan of the Christmas jumpers uh,
we should definitely, we should get

1014
00:58:01,154 --> 00:58:02,985
a Crowd Christmas jumper designed.

1015
00:58:03,194 --> 00:58:06,225
Get, let's get Josh Catchpole on
designing a Crowd Christmas jumper

1016
00:58:06,564 --> 00:58:08,314
and see what that comes out like.

1017
00:58:10,275 --> 00:58:11,475
We could sell it on the site.

1018
00:58:11,505 --> 00:58:12,615
Crowd Church merch.

1019
00:58:14,355 --> 00:58:16,355
We're not, sorry, I'm
just being flippant now.

1020
00:58:16,355 --> 00:58:17,655
We're not gonna do this,
ladies and gentlemen.

1021
00:58:20,985 --> 00:58:24,195
Although we do have Crowd
Church merch as I, as I.

1022
00:58:26,355 --> 00:58:27,075
And the hoodie.

1023
00:58:27,135 --> 00:58:27,555
Nice.

1024
00:58:27,735 --> 00:58:28,125
The hoodie.

1025
00:58:28,185 --> 00:58:28,395
Oh yeah.

1026
00:58:28,395 --> 00:58:29,445
Have not got the hoodie on today.

1027
00:58:29,535 --> 00:58:32,445
So, um, I have got a
hat that doesn't fit me.

1028
00:58:33,315 --> 00:58:34,845
Jeff's just thrown this at me.

1029
00:58:35,055 --> 00:58:35,865
Oh, look at that.

1030
00:58:36,255 --> 00:58:37,635
Oh, the Batman Christmas jumper.

1031
00:58:37,635 --> 00:58:38,475
That's awesome.

1032
00:58:38,625 --> 00:58:40,005
Is that Jeff's Christmas jumper?

1033
00:58:40,665 --> 00:58:41,715
Yeah, I just thrown that in.

1034
00:58:42,105 --> 00:58:42,405
Okay.

1035
00:58:42,405 --> 00:58:44,955
You should totally wear that on
the church livestream next year.

1036
00:58:45,765 --> 00:58:45,915
Okay.

1037
00:58:48,375 --> 00:58:49,875
Uh, Dionne says, no more caps.

1038
00:58:49,875 --> 00:58:50,865
We want beanies.

1039
00:58:52,785 --> 00:58:53,085
Yeah.

1040
00:58:54,375 --> 00:58:57,945
Just put in your comments, the
request for the church merch you would

1041
00:58:57,945 --> 00:59:01,425
like, and we'll do our level best
to create some said church merch.

1042
00:59:01,915 --> 00:59:02,405
Nice.

1043
00:59:06,045 --> 00:59:07,035
Matt wants a hoodie.

1044
00:59:07,455 --> 00:59:07,845
Oh, man.

1045
00:59:07,845 --> 00:59:10,575
We've, we've, we should talk
about church merch more often.

1046
00:59:10,575 --> 00:59:11,295
We get more comments.

1047
00:59:14,025 --> 00:59:15,755
excuse me, while I just cough my guts out.

1048
00:59:16,125 --> 00:59:20,305
Right on that bombshell uh of Sadaf
not owning a Christmas jumper.

1049
00:59:21,195 --> 00:59:24,915
Uh, if you are watching this and feel like
this is a tra travesty of justice, which

1050
00:59:24,915 --> 00:59:30,525
I feel like it is, uh, then you can sense
what size are you Sadaf, medium, small.

1051
00:59:31,690 --> 00:59:34,650
I'm, I'm, uh, um, let's go with medium.

1052
00:59:34,740 --> 00:59:37,050
I'm a small, but let's go with
Medium cuz it's Christmas,

1053
00:59:37,050 --> 00:59:38,370
you know, got room to grow.

1054
00:59:38,610 --> 00:59:38,970
Okay.

1055
00:59:39,330 --> 00:59:43,400
So if any of you would like to send
in, uh, Christmas jumper for Sadaf,

1056
00:59:43,650 --> 00:59:45,390
you can send that to Crowd Church.

1057
00:59:45,395 --> 00:59:46,560
The address is on the website.

1058
00:59:47,280 --> 00:59:48,660
uh, I will make sure she gets it.

1059
00:59:48,660 --> 00:59:51,750
We'll take a photo and put it on
social media because we just feel

1060
00:59:51,750 --> 00:59:53,310
like this is wrong on so many levels.

1061
00:59:53,350 --> 00:59:53,750
Thank you.

1062
00:59:53,980 --> 00:59:56,070
Yeah, I feel like I need to say thank you.

1063
00:59:56,900 --> 00:59:59,670
Yeah, I feel like obviously
Jeff is listening.

1064
00:59:59,700 --> 01:00:02,520
Uh, your husband cause he's just thrown
his Batman Christmas jumper on you.

1065
01:00:02,940 --> 01:00:06,330
I think as the head of the household,
Jeff, and I appreciate, I've just

1066
01:00:06,330 --> 01:00:07,980
been controversial by using that term.

1067
01:00:08,480 --> 01:00:12,930
Uh, I, I feel like you need to allocate
some budget to go get a Christmas

1068
01:00:12,930 --> 01:00:19,640
jumper this year, but that's just me.

1069
01:00:19,640 --> 01:00:21,290
Oh, brilliant.

1070
01:00:21,674 --> 01:00:24,524
So thank you so much ladies
and gentlemen, for joining us.

1071
01:00:24,555 --> 01:00:27,194
Uh, it's been an absolute treat,
believe it or not this, if you just

1072
01:00:27,200 --> 01:00:30,674
joined us, this is an online church
broadcast, not a plug for Christmas

1073
01:00:30,674 --> 01:00:32,115
jumpers, the Christmas, Christmas.

1074
01:00:32,365 --> 01:00:34,734
Jumper Organization,
association, or whatever it is.

1075
01:00:35,365 --> 01:00:37,225
Um, it's been great to be with you.

1076
01:00:37,225 --> 01:00:38,004
Thank you so much.

1077
01:00:38,004 --> 01:00:40,404
It's been fascinating talking
about the prayers Jesus prayed for

1078
01:00:40,404 --> 01:00:44,004
us with Sherlon and uh, obviously
Sadaf, who is an absolute legend

1079
01:00:44,095 --> 01:00:46,015
making her annual appearance.

1080
01:00:46,555 --> 01:00:47,904
Uh, that's gonna be it from us.

1081
01:00:47,904 --> 01:00:51,774
The livestream is gonna end, but if
you are not yet subscribed to anything

1082
01:00:51,774 --> 01:00:56,095
to do with Crowd Church, then you
can on YouTube, just tip the follow

1083
01:00:56,095 --> 01:00:57,685
link, hit the bell notification thing.

1084
01:00:57,685 --> 01:00:58,674
The whole thing will come on.

1085
01:00:58,680 --> 01:01:02,154
If audio's your thing or if you
prefer to read stuff or you wanna

1086
01:01:02,154 --> 01:01:05,334
send your emails, just go to the
website with the addresses down there.

1087
01:01:05,634 --> 01:01:09,625
Uh, fill out the little form, putting
your name, and we'll email you once

1088
01:01:09,625 --> 01:01:12,415
a week, all this amazing information.

1089
01:01:12,685 --> 01:01:17,395
And if you haven't seen it yet, do check
out the Crowd Church, uh, what's the

1090
01:01:17,395 --> 01:01:20,845
Story podcast, which I mentioned where
we just deep dive into people's stories.

1091
01:01:20,845 --> 01:01:23,625
So, um, yeah, are you
coming on that Sadaf?

1092
01:01:24,924 --> 01:01:25,404
Yep.

1093
01:01:27,474 --> 01:01:32,634
Put my name in on the spreadsheet.

1094
01:01:32,705 --> 01:01:33,194
Yeah.

1095
01:01:33,944 --> 01:01:34,964
In three years' time.

1096
01:01:35,355 --> 01:01:37,424
Just, I'm not gonna tick
the confirmed thing.

1097
01:01:40,154 --> 01:01:40,494
Right.

1098
01:01:40,494 --> 01:01:40,984
Bless you.

1099
01:01:41,254 --> 01:01:42,464
Have a great evening everybody.

1100
01:01:42,464 --> 01:01:43,785
Thank you so much for joining us.

1101
01:01:43,845 --> 01:01:44,924
Uh, peace be the journey.

1102
01:01:45,255 --> 01:01:46,275
Uh, that's it from us.

1103
01:01:46,935 --> 01:01:47,235
Bye for now.