Greg Laurie - Just a Moment

August 22, 2025 | S25 E201 | 27:40

Join Pastor Greg Laurie for a time of encouragement, worship, and Bible study.

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  • Greg laurie: so, here's what you need to do.
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  • You need to come to the lord say, "all right, lord, here's
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  • The life you have given me.
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  • Here are my plans, here are my aspirations, here are my dreams
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  • Along with my weaknesses and shortcomings and sins.
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  • I offer it all to you because i believe your plans
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  • Are better than mine."
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • ♪ this is the day, ♪
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  • ♪ the day when life begins ♪
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  • ♪ this is the day, ♪
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  • ♪ the day when life begins ♪♪
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  • Greg: you know, one of the things that strikes me about
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  • Life is how quickly it passes.
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  • You know, when you're young, doesn't it seem as though life
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  • Moves at a snail's pace?
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  • I vividly remember being in elementary school bored
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  • Beyond comprehension.
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  • We're just waiting, waiting for the clock to strike the right
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  • Number and we got up for recess or we got out of school.
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  • It seemed like i was in elementary school
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  • For 30 years, right.
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  • Every day seemed to take forever.
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  • Now, time goes by so quickly.
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  • Weeks go by.
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  • What? it's sunday already?
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  • What? it's the month is over already?
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  • What? it's a new year already?
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  • Billy graham was once asked what the greatest surprise
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  • Of his life was and he said, "the brevity of it."
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  • And i think that's true.
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  • And so as life goes by so quickly, it just seems as though
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  • It's speeding up.
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  • But it really isn't.
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  • Scientists tell us the reason life seems to go faster when
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  • You're older is because you're not having new experiences.
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  • You know, you get into a routine and you go to the same
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  • Restaurant and you sit in the same table and you order the
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  • Same thing off the menu and you come to church and you sit
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  • In the same seats and i know where you all sit, by the way.
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  • I know when you're not here.
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  • Oh, well, so-and-so is not here today.
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  • Where are they?
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  • Someone is in their seat.
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  • We like routine.
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  • But when you're young you're more open to change
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  • And new opportunities.
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  • I read an article yesterday in the paper about signs
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  • You're getting old.
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  • Two thousand adults were polled.
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  • One of them was, you forget people's names.
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  • Oh, that's so true, isn't it?
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  • That even happens when you're young, right?
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  • You're talking to someone.
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  • "how are you?
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  • Hey, good to see you."
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  • I don't remember their name and you're hoping they'll use
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  • Their name in the sentence.
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  • You're just waiting, just waiting, just say your name in
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  • Some way and they don't say it.
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  • "good to see you.
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  • See you, next time."
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  • You start forgetting things like that.
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  • Here's another sign of aging. you groan when you bend down.
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  • It's just automatic.
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  • You sit down, "agh." you get up, "ahh."
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  • Another sign your getting old is, when you're bending down
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  • You wonder what else you can do while you're down there, like,
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  • "i don't want to come down here again.
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  • So, let's get it over with now.
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  • Here's another sign of getting old.
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  • You don't know any songs in the top 10.
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  • I have to admit, that may be true of me right now.
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  • Another sign of getting old is,
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  • You avoid lifting things because of back concerns.
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  • By the way, this is a great way to get out of lifting things,
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  • Too.
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  • "i can't, my back, you know."
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  • But seriously, i think, if i take the other end of that sofa,
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  • Am i going to pay for this later?
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  • 'cause you threw your back out.
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  • It's a situation, right?
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  • Another sign of getting old, you fall asleep in front
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  • Of the tv every night.
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  • Just last night, i was watching something.
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  • I fell asleep.
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  • Cathe says to me, "greg, are you sleeping?"
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  • I'm like, "no," i was.
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  • Why do we deny it?
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  • It's not a sin to sleep unless you sleep all day, but,
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  • And here's another sign of getting old, complaining
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  • About things more, complaining.
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  • Another sign, taking a nap every day.
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  • I actually kinda like to do that, but that's a sign
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  • Of getting older.
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  • Here's one final one, you start driving very slowly.
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  • I mean, really slow.
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  • Like way too slow.
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  • Like just stop, hurry.
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  • And you're always in a prius.
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  • You know, it's true.
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  • It's true.
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  • I'm telling you, this is totally true.
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  • There's something wrong with prius drivers.
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  • How many of you drive a prius?
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  • Jersey, get out.
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  • No, don't.
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  • You probably get much better mileage than the rest of us.
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  • So, congratulations on that wise car choice.
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  • And let me just say to you in closing, drive faster.
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  • No, don't.
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  • No do.
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  • Especially if you're in the fast lane.
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  • But life passes so quickly.
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  • Job 14:1 says, "how short is life!
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  • How full of trouble!
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  • We blossom like a flower and then we wither
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  • Like a passing shadow.
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  • We quickly disappear."
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  • Now, i know some of you who are young and thinking,
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  • "oh, greg, come on.
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  • This is a message for old people.
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  • I've got my whole life in front of me."
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  • Yes, you probably do.
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  • And i hope you do and i hope you live that life well,
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  • But you never know, right.
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  • I read a true story, a tragic story about a singer,
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  • Richard versalle, aged 63,
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  • Singing at the metropolitan opera.
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  • He climbed up on a ladder for a scene and he was singing
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  • These lyrics.
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  • "too bad you can only live so long."
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  • Then he had a heart attack and died on the stage
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  • In front of everybody.
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  • How sad though.
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  • Too bad you can live for only so long.
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  • And that's so true.
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  • Too bad.
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  • But the brevity of life is what james is addressing now.
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  • And the importance of living your life in the will of god.
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  • James 4, let's read a few verses.
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  • I'm reading 13 to 17 from the new living translation.
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  • James says, "look here you who say today or tomorrow,
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  • We're gonna go to a certain town and stay there a year.
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  • We'll do business there and make a profit.
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  • How do you know what your life is gonna be like tomorrow?"
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  • Asks james.
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  • "your life is like the morning fog.
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  • It's here for a little while, then it's gone.
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  • What you ought to say is, 'if the lord wants us to, we will
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  • Live and do this or that.'
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  • Otherwise you're boasting about your own pretentious plans
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  • And all such boasting is evil.
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  • Remember," james says, "it is a sin to know what you ought
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  • To do and not do it."
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  • We'll stop there.
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  • Point number one, if you're taking notes, life is short live
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  • It well.
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  • Life is short, live it well.
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  • James asked in verse 14, "how do you know what your life will be
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  • Like tomorrow?"
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  • Really what james is asking is, what kind of life
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  • Are you living?
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  • What are you doing with this precious gift called life
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  • Right now?
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  • It's an important question to answer because life
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  • Goes by so quickly.
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  • Job 9 says, "my life passes more swiftly than a runner.
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  • It flees away filled with tragedy.
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  • It disappears like a swift boat."
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  • David says the same thing in psalm 39.
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  • He says, "my life is no longer than the width of my hand.
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  • An entire lifetime is just a moment to you.
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  • Human existence is but a breath, we're merely moving shadows.
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  • We're busy and our busy rushing ends in nothing.
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  • We heap up wealth for someone else to spend.
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  • And so lord, where do i put my hope?
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  • My only hope is in you."
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  • Wow!
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  • So now james is addressing christian business people,
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  • People who are out there working hard to make a living.
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  • In this particular instance, he's talking to successful
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  • Christian business people, those who had done quite well.
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  • He's commending them for it, but he's also reminding them to keep
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  • God at the forefront of their lives and remember that
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  • Everything they've accomplished has come from the lord
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  • Because sometimes people forget about the lord.
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  • Bringing me to point number two, we should plan for the future,
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  • But put god's will first.
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  • Yes, plan for the future, but put god's will first.
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  • Sometimes people may think it's unspiritual to plan and actually
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  • It's very spiritual to plan.
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  • Proverbs 66 says, "take a lesson from the ants, you sluggard.
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  • Learn from their ways and become wise.
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  • They labor hard all summer, gathering food for the winter."
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  • And check out the ants before you step on them.
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  • They work hard.
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  • They're always busy.
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  • Little ants moving big stuff around.
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  • Ants getting ready for the future.
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  • Take a lesson from the ants.
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  • You know, it seems right now that in our nation there's
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  • A trend toward laziness.
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  • I think it was always there, but certainly covid accelerated it,
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  • Add a bunch of government money given to people and a lot
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  • Of people are not returning back to the workforce today.
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  • I don't know if you've noticed, but there's a lot of employment
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  • Opportunities out there.
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  • It's getting hard for a lot of folks out there to find people
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  • To come and work.
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  • And we're losing that very principle our nation
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  • Was built on.
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  • Our nation was built on the importance of personal
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  • Responsibility, innovation, and working hard.
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  • It's called the protestant work ethic.
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  • It's a good thing.
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  • This is why we live in a strong and prosperous nation.
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  • If we lose it, we have problems.
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  • And the bible tells us in romans 12:11 "never be lazy but work
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  • Hard and serve the lord enthusiastically.
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  • So i don't know what you do for a living, but you should be the
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  • Best at what you do.
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  • You should work harder than anybody else.
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  • You should get in early, you should leave a little bit later.
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  • You should work cheerfully and you should do everything you do
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  • For the glory of god wherever it is.
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  • God has not called everyone into so called ministry.
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  • He hasn't called everyone to be a preacher, but he has called us
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  • All to minister and serve the lord and give honor to god
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  • Whatever our profession is.
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  • If you're a doctor, do it for the glory of god.
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  • I'll tell you what, if i need surgery, i don't need
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  • A preacher, i need a godly surgeon who knows
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  • What he's doing, right?
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  • I may need a christian attorney.
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  • I may need someone else in another field.
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  • In building and in music and in art and in politics.
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  • We need strong believers out there to represent us well.
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  • And so this is what we all are called to do, to work hard
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  • And to honor god.
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  • But the problem with these folks, james is addressing is,
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  • They're believers, but they're living like practical atheists.
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  • And by that i mean, they're not factoring god into anything,
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  • They're just making their plans and forgetting about god.
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  • So james is reminding them, "hey, keep god's will
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  • At the forefront of your life."
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  • Greg: you know, the book of jonah is
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  • A story of a man who was called by god
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  • To do something and did not want to do it.
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  • Of course, if we think about the whale in the story
  • 00:11:36.095 --> 00:11:38.431
  • Of the book of jonah and he has like three verses.
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  • But the rest of the book is about a man who was called
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  • To go to people he did not wanna go to with a message
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  • He did not wanna bring.
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  • Here's my question for you.
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  • Is there someone in your life that it's really hard for you
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  • To talk to?
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  • It might your parents, it might be your children,
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  • Your teenage children.
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  • It might be your siblings, it might be your spouse
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  • And it just tense kind of a thing.
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  • I'm encouraging you to pray first and engage people you love
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  • And you know in a conversation about the lord because, listen,
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  • There is power in the gospel.
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  • Try to engage someone in a conversation
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  • About jesus today.
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  • Greg: it should be the joy,
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  • It should be the delight,
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  • It should be the desire of every christian to do god's will.
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  • When a person is truly converted.
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  • And by that, i mean, when a person is truly come
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  • Into a relationship with christ, it will be reflected in the way
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  • That they live.
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  • Starting with the repentance from sin, there'll be
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  • A humility there.
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  • A desire to pray.
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  • You'll have a new love for others that wasn't there before
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  • And you will want to do god's will.
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  • And so this is the point that james is making is remember
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  • To factor the lord in everything that you do.
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  • By the way, when we talk about the will of god, there are
  • 00:13:02.214 --> 00:13:05.518
  • Certain things in the bible that are clearly god's will
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  • For everyone.
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  • This doesn't vary from person to person.
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  • You might wanna write these verses down.
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  • Number one, it is the will of god that you are filled
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  • With the holy spirit each and every day.
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  • Did you know that?
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  • That's god's will for you.
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  • Ephesians 5:17 says, "don't act thoughtlessly, understand what
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  • The will of the lord is.
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  • Don't be drunk with wine because that will ruin your life.
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  • Instead be filled with the holy spirit."
  • 00:13:32.845 --> 00:13:36.816
  • And by the way, in the original language, that's a command.
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  • So god is saying, "i command you to be filled with
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  • The holy spirit."
  • 00:13:43.122 --> 00:13:44.523
  • And then also in the greek, it speaks of something
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  • That's continuous meaning, do it over and over again.
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  • So god is saying, i command you to be filled with
  • 00:13:50.763 --> 00:13:54.433
  • The holy spirit again and again and again.
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  • So a great way to start your day, maybe when you're still
  • 00:13:56.802 --> 00:14:00.506
  • Laying in bed, you just say, "lord fill me with
  • 00:14:00.506 --> 00:14:02.441
  • The holy spirit today."
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  • Give me all the power that i need.
  • 00:14:04.310 --> 00:14:06.312
  • Number two, god wants you to be holy and as a result,
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  • Sexually pure.
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  • 1 thessalonians 4:3 says, "god's will for you is to be holy,
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  • So stay away from all sexual sin.
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  • Then each of you would control his own body and live
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  • In holiness and honor, not in lustful passions
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  • Like the nonbelievers who do not know god."
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  • Okay, what does this mean?
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  • Pretty clear, no premarital sex, no extramarital sex.
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  • The only sex god will bless is the union of a man and a woman
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  • In marriage.
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  • End of story, that's it.
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  • Not a man and a man, not a woman and a woman.
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  • Not a man who wants to become a woman or a woman who wants
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  • To become a man.
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  • No, god's order is a man and a woman in marriage faithful
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  • To each other for life.
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  • Anything outside of that is not god's will.
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  • Here's another one.
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  • God calls each and every one of us to pray and give thanks.
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  • 1 thessalonians 5:17 says, "pray without ceasing.
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  • In everything give thanks for this is the will of god
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  • In christ jesus concerning you.
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  • So put god's will first in your life."
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  • Listen to this, to know god's will point number three,
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  • You need to present yourself to god each and every day.
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  • This is based on romans 12:1 and 2 where paul says,
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  • "i urge you therefore brothers by the mercies of god
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  • That you present your bodies."
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  • And that means your total being your personality, your will,
  • 00:15:46.078 --> 00:15:49.848
  • Your future.
  • 00:15:49.848 --> 00:15:51.183
  • "present your bodies to god as a living sacrifice wholly
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  • And acceptable, which is your reasonable service," which means
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  • It's the logical thing to do.
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  • Then he says, "don't be conformed to this world, but be
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  • Transformed by the renewing of your mind that you may know
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  • What is the good and acceptable and perfect will of god."
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  • You wanna know god's will?
  • 00:16:13.739 --> 00:16:15.207
  • Present yourself to him and don't be conformed to
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  • This world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.
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  • How do you do that?
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  • Fill it with scripture and then you'll know god's will.
  • 00:16:25.351 --> 00:16:29.154
  • And what does he say about god's will?
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  • The good and acceptable will of god.
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  • God's will is good.
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  • God's will is perfect.
  • 00:16:35.127 --> 00:16:38.197
  • Now, sometimes the lord says no to us.
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  • When we want to do something, he says, no.
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  • Oh god's out to ruin my fun.
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  • No, no.
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  • The bible says, "no good thing will he withhold from those
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  • That walk uprightly."
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  • So if god says no, it's for your own good.
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  • Now you're gonna have to live a few years to figure that out
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  • Maybe because you say, "oh no, i know better than god."
  • 00:16:58.083 --> 00:17:00.986
  • Well, you'll see, don't learn the hard way.
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  • Maybe learn from the experience of others.
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  • No plan of ours can improve on the will of god.
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  • We only see bits and pieces.
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  • He sees the whole, he sees the past, the present,
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  • And the future in its total context as related to eternity.
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  • So don't be afraid to say not my will but yours be done.
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  • So here's what you need to do.
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  • You need to come to the lord say, "all right, lord,
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  • Here's the life you have given me.
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  • Here are my plans.
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  • Here are my aspirations.
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  • Here are my dreams along with my weaknesses
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  • And shortcomings and sins.
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  • I offer it all to you because i believe your plans
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  • Are better than mine."
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  • That's really what this is all about.
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  • Number five, we need to give god the glory for our life
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  • And health.
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  • So whatever you've accomplished in life or whatever you're about
  • 00:17:54.306 --> 00:17:58.110
  • To accomplish in life, just remember god gave it to you.
  • 00:17:58.110 --> 00:18:01.213
  • There are some people that have done very well.
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  • They might say, "i've done well.
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  • I've been shrewd, i've invested well, i've saved,
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  • I pivoted at the right moment and done great in life."
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  • Okay, fantastic.
  • 00:18:12.991 --> 00:18:15.060
  • But remember deuteronomy 8:18 says, "remember the lord
  • 00:18:15.060 --> 00:18:18.330
  • Your god gave you the ability to produce wealth."
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  • Okay, so whatever you've done, that's still a gift of god.
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  • "you know, but i worked hard."
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  • God gave you the ability to work hard.
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  • God gave you the breath in your lungs.
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  • God is giving you the beat of your heart.
  • 00:18:31.176 --> 00:18:35.013
  • The bible tells the story of king nebuchadnezzar ruling
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  • Babylon, which at that moment historically, was the most
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  • Powerful kingdom on the face of the earth and it was
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  • A magnificent kingdom for sure.
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  • There before nebuchadnezzar was all the glory of this community
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  • And city he had built.
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  • One day he went out to his royal balcony and he surveyed
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  • His mighty kingdom.
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  • Before him rose the hanging gardens of babylon.
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  • One of the ancient world's seven wonders stretched around babylon
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  • Where these huge walls that were 360ft high, 87ft thick
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  • Wide enough for six chariots to ride abreast.
  • 00:19:15.821 --> 00:19:19.124
  • He's checking it all out and he says, "check out this great city
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  • That i've built."
  • 00:19:23.362 --> 00:19:25.164
  • And the bible says before he could finish the sentence,
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  • God brought his judgment on nebuchadnezzar.
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  • He entered into a form of mental illness for a period of time
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  • Where he literally thought he was an animal.
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  • He was on all fours.
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  • God restored his sanity and nebuchadnezzar turned to
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  • The lord and believed in him.
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  • Remember, give god the glory for all that you have.
  • 00:19:45.784 --> 00:19:48.353
  • One final point.
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  • We need to do what god has called us to do.
  • 00:19:49.988 --> 00:19:55.794
  • Look at verse 17, "remember it's sin to know what you ought to do
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  • And not do it."
  • 00:20:01.266 --> 00:20:03.902
  • This is speaking of the sin of omission.
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  • In the bible, there is a sin of commission and omission.
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  • Do you know the difference?
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  • The sin of commission is what you do when you do what
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  • You shouldn't do, when you cross the line, when you break
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  • The commandment, when you fall short of the standard,
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  • Which is god's glory.
  • 00:20:22.521 --> 00:20:24.256
  • The sin of omission is when you know to do right
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  • And you don't do it.
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  • And i think christians are more guilty of the sin of omission
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  • Than they realize.
  • 00:20:34.666 --> 00:20:36.335
  • "to him that knows to do good," verse 17, "and yet does not do
  • 00:20:36.335 --> 00:20:41.340
  • It, to him it is sin."
  • 00:20:41.340 --> 00:20:43.275
  • Let's take the gospel as an example.
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  • We have been commanded by jesus
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  • To go into all the world and preach the gospel.
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  • That's what he says.
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  • "go into all this world, preach the gospel and make disciples
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  • Of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the father,
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  • Son and the holy spirit."
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  • We say, "amen," great.
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  • When's the last time you did it?
  • 00:21:01.793 --> 00:21:03.829
  • When's the last time you engage someone
  • 00:21:03.829 --> 00:21:06.798
  • In a gospel conversation?
  • 00:21:06.798 --> 00:21:09.234
  • Stats tell us that 95% of christians have never led
  • 00:21:09.234 --> 00:21:12.738
  • Another person to christ.
  • 00:21:12.738 --> 00:21:17.276
  • Two percent of churchgoers invited an unchurched person
  • 00:21:17.276 --> 00:21:20.912
  • To church in the last year.
  • 00:21:20.912 --> 00:21:22.514
  • Two percent.
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  • See, the problem for many of us is the great commission
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  • Has become the great omission.
  • 00:21:26.952 --> 00:21:28.587
  • Let me say something that might sound controversial,
  • 00:21:28.587 --> 00:21:32.090
  • But i think it's biblical and true.
  • 00:21:32.090 --> 00:21:34.226
  • It can be a sin to not share your faith with someone.
  • 00:21:34.226 --> 00:21:39.331
  • "well, you're wrong greg, you know we should, we should.
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  • But it's not a sin."
  • 00:21:41.566 --> 00:21:42.901
  • Hold on.
  • 00:21:42.901 --> 00:21:44.236
  • "to him that knows to do good and does not do it,
  • 00:21:44.236 --> 00:21:47.239
  • To him it is sin."
  • 00:21:47.239 --> 00:21:48.940
  • Let me illustrate.
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  • Let's say you're walking on the street and there's a house
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  • On fire and someone says, "there's a child in there."
  • 00:21:52.544 --> 00:21:55.814
  • Now, i hope at the very least you will call 911.
  • 00:21:55.814 --> 00:21:58.984
  • Maybe you'll be a hero and try to run in the burning house
  • 00:21:58.984 --> 00:22:02.154
  • And save the child.
  • 00:22:02.154 --> 00:22:03.522
  • But if you just kept walking, oh, first you take a picture,
  • 00:22:03.522 --> 00:22:06.525
  • Gotta post that on social and you keep walking,
  • 00:22:06.525 --> 00:22:12.264
  • That's irresponsible.
  • 00:22:12.264 --> 00:22:13.699
  • That's almost criminal.
  • 00:22:13.699 --> 00:22:15.801
  • Now, we have a whole culture that needs to know god.
  • 00:22:15.801 --> 00:22:19.338
  • And let me take a quick poll.
  • 00:22:19.338 --> 00:22:20.972
  • How many of you believe the bible is true?
  • 00:22:20.972 --> 00:22:23.108
  • Raise your hand up, okay.
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  • How many of you believe what the bible teaches about
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  • The afterlife and that there really is a heaven?
  • 00:22:27.412 --> 00:22:29.948
  • Raise your hand up.
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  • How many of you believe that in this afterlife there is also
  • 00:22:31.316 --> 00:22:34.186
  • A hell and a future judgment?
  • 00:22:34.186 --> 00:22:36.054
  • Raise your hand up.
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  • Okay, most of you raised your hand.
  • 00:22:37.389 --> 00:22:38.890
  • Here's my question now.
  • 00:22:38.890 --> 00:22:41.927
  • Why are we not doing more people to keep them from going to hell?
  • 00:22:41.927 --> 00:22:46.331
  • Because the bible actually tells us that we should seek
  • 00:22:46.331 --> 00:22:51.136
  • To snatch people from the flames of judgment.
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  • You say, "oh gosh, greg, you know, i don't know, i'm afraid
  • 00:22:54.639 --> 00:22:58.377
  • I'll say the wrong thing or i won't have an answer
  • 00:22:58.377 --> 00:23:01.580
  • To their question or yeah, okay."
  • 00:23:01.580 --> 00:23:04.316
  • So?
  • 00:23:04.316 --> 00:23:05.917
  • I think you know more than you think you know, and i think you
  • 00:23:05.917 --> 00:23:10.088
  • Might be surprised at what will pop into your mind and out
  • 00:23:10.088 --> 00:23:13.458
  • Of your mouth when you take a step of faith and say,
  • 00:23:13.458 --> 00:23:16.762
  • "lord, use me."
  • 00:23:16.762 --> 00:23:18.997
  • In fact, you might be so good, you'll want to take notes
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  • On yourself.
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  • Well, where did that come from?
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  • Well, you'd never know where it came from if you don't take
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  • The step of faith.
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  • And i suggest to you that there are times the lord
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  • Has nudged you to engage that person.
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  • You're walking along or some person sitting there on a bench,
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  • All alone.
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  • They look sad and dejected and maybe the lord said,
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  • Just go over there and tell them that they're loved by god.
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  • I wanna do that.
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  • Why not?
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  • Well, what if they laugh at me?
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  • Yeah.
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  • Well, what if they take an interest in what you're saying?
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  • Let me take it a step further.
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  • What if they wanna hear what you have to say?
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  • What if they come to jesus christ?
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  • How about that?
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  • I'd rather take the risk and not have a go so well.
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  • But many times it goes better than you may think it will.
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  • And speaking of serving the lord, i believe the lord
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  • Leads us all the time to serve him.
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  • You know, it's interesting.
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  • The bible uses different kinds of phrases over 58 times like
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  • Love one another, care for one another, pray for one another,
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  • Encourage one another, support one another, one another.
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  • That's what it's all about.
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  • Here's how you know you're maturing spiritually when
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  • It stops being about you and it starts being about others.
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  • Well, instead of coming to church, you don't say
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  • What about my needs.
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  • But instead you say, "i've been so blessed by god,
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  • How can i serve the lord?"
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  • And how do i serve god?
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  • I serve god by serving other people.
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  • Serving the lord by serving them.
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  • How can i help?
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  • So when we get up here and say, you know, we could use some help
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  • In sunday school or well, we could use some folks helping us
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  • In new convert counseling or helping people find their seats
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  • Or park their cars or but we could use some help over here
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  • Or there.
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  • And you say, "well, you know, here they are lord, send them."
  • 00:25:12.978 --> 00:25:17.516
  • And instead i should be saying, "here i am lord, send me."
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  • Greg: hi, my name is greg laurie.
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  • I started searching for god at a very young age, and my search
  • 00:25:31.129 --> 00:25:36.301
  • Led me into a lot of wrong directions including drug use
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  • That i almost destroyed my life completely.
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  • But someone told me about jesus christ and it changed
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  • My life forever.
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  • And i want you to know that whatever course your life is on
  • 00:25:48.580 --> 00:25:51.316
  • Right now, it can change if you realize there's a god in heaven
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  • Who loves you and he has a plan for your life.
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  • I prayed this prayer to ask jesus into my life
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  • At the age of 17, but here i am at the age of 70,
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  • And i can tell you i made the best choice i ever could make.
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  • You can make that same choice yourself.
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  • You could just say, "jesus help me.
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  • Forgive me of my sin.
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  • I wanna go to heaven when i die.
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  • I want a relationship with you."
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  • If you would pray a prayer like that, god will hear you
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  • And answer you.
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • Greg: you know, the bible says: "a good person
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  • Leaves an inheritance for their children's children."
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  • God encourages all of us as christians to manage
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  • Our money well so we can be a blessing to our families
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  • And to others.
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  • Harvest has a special gift for you today, an opportunity
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  • To set up a will or a living trust completely free of charge.
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  • Here's how you can learn more.
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  • Greg: i'm excited to announce that here at harvest
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  • We partnered with our friends at freewill.
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  • Freewill is an easy to use estate planning tool
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  • Of your choice.
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  • It's a creative opportunity to support the work we're doing
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  • Here at harvest ministries.
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  • So as you make your plans, i hope you'll consider
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  • Investing in this ministry so we can continue
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  • To preach the gospel and teach the word of god
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  • For years to come.
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  • You can learn more at freewill.com/harvest.
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