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Jim Scudder, Jr.: InGrace

January 5, 2021

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Fly through the clouds with Jim Scudder, Jr. in this special aviation episode of InGrace.

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We're gonna teachyou how to fly,
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and we want you to knowhow to soar for the Lord.
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Jim: Ever since I was a boy,
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I've been fascinatedwith God's creation.
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I'm traveling the planet totell his story about his world.
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I'm Jim Scudder Jr., comewith me on another exciting
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adventure in grace.
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Jim: Today, we needto go to Springfield,
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Illinois, to meet with somelawmakers and also open the
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senate in prayer.
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We'll fly out of ChicagoExecutive Airport and cut
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the travel time ofdriving by two-thirds.
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Along the way, let me teach youa little bit about aviation and
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how to soar for the Lord.
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The first thing you dowhen you get to an airplane
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is you do a pre-flight.
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You walk around the airplaneand you check things,
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you make sure it has fuel,you make sure it has oil,
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you make sure all theparts are intact,
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the tires have air,there's no cracks,
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there's nothing fallingoff the airplane.
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You wanna do a thoroughpre-check because you'd
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rather be on the ground wishingyou were up there than up there
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wishing you were on the ground.
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So, that's the firstthing you need to do.
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And what's the corollaryto the Christian life?
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It's simple: Startyour day with the Lord.
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Spend some time in the Word,spend some time in prayer.
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It's so important that wetake the time to do a pre-flight
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every day in our lives so thatwe can have the day that God
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wants us to have.
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We've been prepared, we study.
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Another thing that pilots dobefore they even get to the
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airport is take timethe night before,
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two or three days before,looking at weather patterns,
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weather systems, makingsure all the stuff is ready.
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And so many times in life, wedon't take the time to prepare,
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and we need to do thatin our Christian life.
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♪♪♪
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male: Tower, turnright to northwest,
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turn right 1-6, clear fortakeoff, winds 2-1-0-9er.
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male: Okay, clearleft, clear right.
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Mixture is rich, boostis on, fuel is on hold.
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Jim: Today on the program,
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we're gonna teachyou how to fly.
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No, not just airplanes, butwe're gonna teach you how
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to soar in your Christian life.
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Anytime that you look atanything in this world,
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we can see parallelswith spiritual things.
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So, when we fly airplanes,there are life lessons that
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we're gonna exploretoday on our program.
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Just gonna show you someof the basics about aviation.
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All airplanes have somesort of control, like a yoke.
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This one has a sideyoke, it's called,
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and it kind of leaves thewhole rest of the cockpit open.
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This is a Cirrus SR22,a very nice airplane.
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We learn how to fly inthese types of airplanes.
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The one feature that thisairplane has that very few
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have is an onboardparachute system.
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So, if we had an engine failureand I didn't have a runway I
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could land on, we have aparachute system that you
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deploy by pulling this handle.
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I'm not gonna do it,but we pull that handle.
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And out of the backof the airplane,
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it fires off with a rocket,a parachute that deploys,
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and the whole airplane willfloat down under a parachute.
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It's happened many times, andmany people have been saved
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by a system like this, so it'sa really, really nice backup.
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Anytime you fly, airplanescan be dangerous,
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and you have tomitigate that danger,
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make them as safe as possible.
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Flying an airplane'spretty simple.
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You have a controller thatwill help you pitch up or down.
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And there's an elevator onthe back of the airplane
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that pitches up and down.
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And if it pitches up, thenose is gonna go up.
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If it pitches down, thenose is gonna go down.
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So, that's how youcontrol your altitude.
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It's really the attitudeof the airplane determines
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the altitude of the airplane.
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The other axis isyour left and right,
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so you're turning to the right.
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You have ailerons on the wingsthat will deflect one one way or
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the other way, and thatwill help bank into a turn.
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And that'll help youcontrol that axis.
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So, you have up anddown, left and right,
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and then you also have yourrudder pedals that controls
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the nose of the airplaneso that the nose is pointing
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the direction theairplane is traveling.
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Really, all of that'spretty simple.
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The complicated stuffwith flying is learning
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the emergencies, learningcertain air speeds and all
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of that, obviouslyit's complicated.
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But the actual stick-and-rudderflying isn't that complicated.
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For many years, mendreamed of flying.
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They would look at the birdsand they would just imagine
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what would it be like.
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And within the lifetimeof our grandparents,
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airplanes were invented.
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And a lot of the earlyaviation inventors died,
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but they brought us a prettycool technology that has been
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able to take us to new heightsand bring us places that we
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never imagined wecould get so quickly.
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I had the aviationbug when I was a kid,
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and I just dreamed of flying.
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I would always look up in thesky and every airplane that
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went over, I was fascinatedand mesmerized by it.
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I would always goup into the cockpit,
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that was back in the day,the security wasn't as bad,
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and I would be able to sitin there and just see all
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the different buttonsand dials and knobs
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and just imagine whatit would be like to fly.
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Well, my life didn't turnout to be a commercial pilot
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or even a missionary pilot.
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I thought maybe I could be likeNate Saint and those that used
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airplanes to bring the gospelinto the jungle regions.
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But that wasn't whatGod wanted for me,
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and I decided to become a pastorand give up a dream of flying.
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And so, I did that, I wentto Bible college and became
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a pastor, and I was content.
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I said, "Lord, this is what youwant from me, and I'm happy.
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I wanna do whatyou want me to do."
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And then maybe 20 years, 30years after I became a pastor,
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it became apparent that weneeded to use aviation for
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the ministry, and so Igot my pilot's license,
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and I was so happyto be able to fly.
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And now we use the airplane toget places to minister and to
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promote what we're doingin our Bible college
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and to film these TV shows.
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Jim: These are verycomplicated machines.
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This airplane hasa piston engine,
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so you have a lotof moving parts,
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a lot of design, a lot ofpeople over time to develop
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an engine like this.
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It takes a lot of manpower,
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brainpower to createjust the engine.
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Then you have systemslike the fuel.
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This airplane hasfuel on both sides,
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and you switch back andforth from the tanks.
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And it has a fuel pump,a boost, it has backups.
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It has all sorts of reallygreat avionics on this airplane.
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There's so much technology andwork and engineering that has
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gone into just the avionics,the communication, radio,
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also using independentlittle tablets, the iPads.
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And this airplane tookyears and years to develop,
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a lot of engineers todevelop the carbon fiber
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of the airplane, the shapeof the wing, you know,
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how it's manufactured.
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So, it's very complicated,and this is a small airplane.
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Can you imagine how complicatedthese commercial airplanes are,
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and all the systems and all thebackups that they have to have?
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What's the point?
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Well, the point is that welive in a world that is far
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more complicatedthan this airplane.
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One cell in your human body,there's billions of cells,
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one cell is more complicatedthan this airplane by far.
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And we say that humans andanimals in this world came
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about by random chance.
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It would be laughable if I wereto tell you that this amazing
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machine came about by randomprocesses and just by chance,
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just over millions of years,this thing just kind of evolved.
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See, it can't happen.
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And I think the complexityof an aircraft is a beautiful
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illustration of taking a mind,or many minds, to create this.
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And we do disservice toGod when we say that we
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came about by randomprocesses and accidents.
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No, God is a far greaterdesigner that we could ever be.
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And he spoke thisworld into existence.
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Remember that as you lookaround and you see the world,
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we did not get here byaccident and by chance.
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And I love that, because thatalso means that he cares about
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me, he has a purpose and adesign for me and my life.
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And that is very fulfilling.
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male: Tower, on a straightin for runway 2-2--
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clear to land.
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And clear to landfor runway 2-2.
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Jim: It's starting to getbumpy 'cause it's windy,
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so we'll slow usdown a little bit.
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And we need to get theairplane below 120 knots
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to deploy some flaps.
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capitol and also openingthe senate in prayer,
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now it's time to fly back toChicago and learn a little bit
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more about flying andapplying those lessons
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to the Christian life.
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Jim: So, we've got ourpre-flights out of the way,
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we've done our checklist, andso what we're gonna do now
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is call the tower andtell them we're ready,
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holding at runway 3-1.
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Then they'll give usinstructions on whether
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we can take the runwayand takeoff or not.
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So, let's listenand see what happens.
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male: Springfield tower,ready to go on runway 3-1.
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male: Roger, turnright on course,
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runway 3-1 clear for takeoff.
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male: Runway 3-1clear for takeoff.
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Jim: Okay, boost ison, mixture's rich,
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clear left, clear right.
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We're advancing the throttleslowly so we can get all the
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way up to the full power.
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The airplane's accelerating,we're looking for 80 knots,
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and then we rotate by pullingthe stick back a little bit.
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And there's rotationspeed, rudder,
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and we get going up about90, 85 knots, 100 knots.
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We get away from the ground asquick as you can so we can get
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up to the altitude that you candeploy the parachute safely at.
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And a right turn.
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Then we'll put our flaps up, andthe parachute is now an option.
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When you're flying, you'regonna discover that we know
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where we're gonna go, thelanding is secure,
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but the route isall over the place.
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There could be an emergency,there could be the president,
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there could beweather in your way.
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And so, you just have to beready for a different route.
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And in the Christian life,if you know Christ the Savior,
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your destination is secure, youknow for sure you're on your way
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to heaven, but the routecould be interesting.
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Don't ever get so stuck on,"This is what I'm gonna do
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with my life," because Godmight have a totally different
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plan, and it's so that you canavoid some problems and so that
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you can have some opportunities
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that you wouldn't havehad any other way.
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male: Main door--
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We'll do one of thepattern and full stop?
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male: AndSpringfield tower--
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Can we do one of thepatterns with full stop?
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male: Sure, make aright, close traffic,
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runway 3-1, clear to land.
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male: Right, close traffic,again runway 3-1, clear to land.
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Jim: So, what we have isa little bit of a whistling.
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And we think one of thedoors isn't closed all
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the way latched, so it'salways safer just to,
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you know, stop, takeyour time, go check it out.
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We're gonna go ahead and landon the same runway we took off
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of and make sureeverything's good.
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Jim: Nothing inthe door, right?
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Okay.
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male: Everything's good,we're gonna touch back
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and depart again.
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male: [Inaudible]turn right on course,
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runway 3-1, clear for takeoff.
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male: Right on course, andclear for takeoff on runway 3-1.
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Jim: So, always beflexible as a Christian.
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Your destination is secure,but your route will vary.
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It's really notthat complicated,
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and neither isthe Christian life.
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Love God, serve him,spend time with him,
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walk with him, andyou'll be successful
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in your Christian life.
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Another important part offlying an airplane is you
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have to continueto move forward.
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There's no stoppingwhile you're flying,
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there's no reversewhile you're flying.
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You're either going forwardor you're going down.
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And my friends, that's thesame in the Christian life.
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You need to moveforward for the Lord.
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Don't ever become stagnant,don't ever think, "Well, I can
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just coast, or I can justput on the parking brake."
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No, you need to move forward,you need to stay excited,
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you need to stay engaged andinvolved in other people's
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lives, in the lifeof your local church.
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Don't ever let your Christianlife become stagnant.
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Jim: Okay, so we're inthe phase of flight that
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is really critical.
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It's important that weunderstand what's happening
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with the airplane, we'rewatching all the numbers,
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but we're on autopilot now.
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We set it at aaltitude of 5500 feet.
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And once the planegets up to 5500 feet,
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it'll level off.
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And again, we're just kindof monitoring everything.
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We have a destination ofChicago Executive Airport,
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so once we get close to Chicago,we're gonna have to get down
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below what's called thebravo shelf or the B shelf.
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And that just keeps us out ofthe airspace for Chicago O'Hare
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or Chicago Midway arrivals.
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Jim: You know,airplanes do crash.
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There's fewer and fewercommercial airplanes that crash,
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and that's good.
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We have a lot of good trainingand a lot of good maintenance
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now, but airplanes still crash.
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The number one thingthat we do wrong as pilots
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is we commit errors.
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And it could be allsorts of errors.
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It could be a misjudgingof the calculation of fuel
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or not planning properly or notmaintaining something properly.
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Even new pilots will show off,
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they'll go fly overtheir house and stall.
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And it's amazing howmany pilots have crashed
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because of pilot error.
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And I believe in the Christianlife that is inexcusable for
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us to have pilot error.
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Now, I'm not saying we'llnever make mistakes,
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but I'm saying the Bible is fullof people making mistakes that
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we can learn from.
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Then let's learn from them,and let's not commit those same
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errors and makethose same mistakes.
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And you have God that will helpyou avoid those pilot errors
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in your life.
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Another thing that gets pilotsin trouble, flying into storms.
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Now, sometimes stormsare unavoidable in life.
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There are things thatare going to come,
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but there's a lot of things thatwe do that are just foolishness.
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We could've seen it coming,we could've planned,
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we could've asked forwisdom, but we didn't.
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And we find ourselves instorms that we could've avoided.
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The pilot has a lot oftools to avoid storms.
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We have pre-flight weather.
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We can look at that,we can call people
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and ask for their opinion.
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And then while we're flying, weactually have the weather now in
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the cockpit that's downloadedfrom radar and other sources.
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And it's so helpful for us toavoid these storms because a
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storm will destroy a planelike this and a big Boeing
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or a big Airbus just the same.
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Storms will do a lot of damage.
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If you ever get into the storm,they tell the pilot just keep
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going straight andlevel as best you can,
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slow down, and just keep going,
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and eventually you'llget through it.
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And I think God, whenyou're in a storm,
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will help you get through it.
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He has promised that,
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and he will help youin your times of need.
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Sometimes we needto fly in the cloud.
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And once you're in the cloud,you don't have any reference
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to the horizon anymore,and it can be so deceiving.
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I remember taking off once, wetook off right into some clouds.
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And as soon as wegot into the cloud,
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the controller said,"Turn right, heading 1-8-0."
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So, I turned right,heading 1-8=0.
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And I was turning, and myinstruments were telling me
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I was turning, but I didn't feellike we were turning anymore.
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The plane was still turning,but it felt like we had stopped
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turning, so my reactionwas to turn more,
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and that would've put meinto a graveyard spiral,
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and it would've crashed us.
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You cannot dependon your feelings.
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You have to depend onwhat you know is true.
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And the Bible gives us truth.
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Also, the Bible tells usto keep our eyes on Christ.
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When we're coming into a landingand we're in bad weather,
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we can't see outside,
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we use what's calledInstrument Landing System.
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And on the gauges infront of us is a cross.
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And if you'll keepthat cross centered,
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you'll come all the way down toa safe landing on the runway.
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Keep your eyes on the crossof Christ, and you will make
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a perfect landing every time.
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Jim: One thing I love aboutaviation is you get to gain
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the perspective of a large area.
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In other words, you getto see the big picture.
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I think so often, we're sofocused on our problems and
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our little world, which I mean,we all do that and it is
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important to focus on thosethings, but we lose perspective,
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we lose the gloryand majesty of God.
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When you're up in an airplane,you get to have these clouds.
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And right now, we have thisreal thin layer behind us,
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the sun is setting, and it'sjust a beautiful scene.
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And the more I fly, the more Irealize how beautiful creation
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is, how amazing God is.
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He can paint a brand-newsunset every night
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and a brand-newsunrise every day.
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God's mercies are new every day,
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and you need to glorifyhim and praise him.
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♪♪♪
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Jim: Well, I hope you enjoyedour program today about flying.
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And I want you to flyand soar like an eagle.
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That's what God wants for you.
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Don't be a buzzard.
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Don't be content to be on theground eating dead, rotted meat.
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Soar for God.Do great things for the Lord.
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Stay excited for him,
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and it'll be worth itall when we see Jesus.
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When you fly an airplane,
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you have to be really,really careful.
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You wanna makesure you're prepared,
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you wanna make surethat you have practiced,
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you wanna make sure you knowall the emergency procedures.
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But if you do crashand you do die,
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I am not afraid of that.
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Now, I'm not sayingI wanna die,
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but I'm not afraid of death,because I have put my trust
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in Jesus Christ.
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I wanna serve theLord while I have breath,
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and I don't wanna do anythingstupid that will end my life,
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but I know one dayall of us will die,
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whether it be in a caraccident or a plane accident
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or just cancer or old age.
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So, how do weavoid eternal hell?
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How do we avoid eternalseparation from God?
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I think everyone knowsthat that is a real thing.
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Let me share something with youthat will help you understand
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how you can get to heaven.
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The Bible says thatwe all have sin.
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This is you, this isme, and this is sin.
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We all have sin.
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This is God, and our sinseparates us from God.
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He is righteous, he isholy, he's perfect.
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We don't deserveto go to heaven.
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We deserve to go to hell.
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And we can't get ridof the sin ourself.
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The wages of sin isdeath, the Bible says,
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and all have sinned and comeshort of the glory of God.
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So, what are we gonna do?
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Well, God loves you, God soloved the world that he gave
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his only begotten Son, thatwhosoever believeth him should
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not perish but haveeverlasting life.
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You see what happened?
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Jesus came, he died,he rose again,
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he's the Son of God,he takes our sin.
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And when we trust in him,when we believe in him,
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we will not perish buthave everlasting life.
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You can know for sureyour destination is heaven,
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and you can never lose whatyou have that is eternal.
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Put your trust in Jesus Christ,
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and you will haveeverlasting life.
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