Mike Novotny - Not So Scarlet Letters: G- Gluttony

September 2, 2025 | S25 E36 | 29:5

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Time Of Grace With Mike Novotny | Mike Novotny - Not So Scarlet Letters: G- Gluttony | September 2, 2025

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>> a long time ago in
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>> a long time ago in puritan, new england
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Puritan, new england a young woman stepped out
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A young woman stepped out of a dark prison cell
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Of a dark prison cell clutching her newborn
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Clutching her newborn baby to her chest.
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The same chest that blazed
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In the hot sun
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In the hot sun with the scarlet letter
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With the scarlet letter that was stuck to her clothing.
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That was stuck to her clothing. about a year earlier
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About a year earlier this young wife
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Was found to be pregnant
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Was found to be pregnant except not by her husband,
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Except not by her husband, who was across
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Who was across the ocean on business.
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The ocean on business. and no one knew
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And no one knew who the baby's father was.
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Who the baby's father was. the woman wasn't saying a word
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The woman wasn't saying a word and the anonymous baby daddy
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And the anonymous baby daddy wasn't raising his hand.
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Wasn't raising his hand. the people in this very,
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The people in this very, very religious village
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Very religious village didn't know who the father was,
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Didn't know who the father was, but they did know this,
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But they did know this, that this sin needed to be
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That this sin needed to be dealt with seriously.
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Dealt with seriously. so they decided in
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So they decided in their puritan ways
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Their puritan ways to toss this woman in prison
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To toss this woman in prison for her adultery
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For her adultery where she gave birth
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Where she gave birth to her first born daughter.
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To her first born daughter. and when she left
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And when she left the prison cell they made
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The prison cell they made her wear, every day
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Her wear, every day for the rest of her life,
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For the rest of her life, a scarlet letter.
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A scarlet letter. a three inch tall golden
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A three inch tall golden and deep red "a"
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And deep red "a" so that everyone
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So that everyone who saw her would know
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Who saw her would know the seriousness of her sin.
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The seriousness of her sin. when she stepped out
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When she stepped out of that prison cell
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Of that prison cell on the very first day
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On the very first day they had constructed a platform
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They had constructed a platform and she was forced to crawl
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And she was forced to crawl upon it and for three hours
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Upon it and for three hours to stand there while
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To stand there while everyone in town saw her.
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Everyone in town saw her. every man, every woman,
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Every man, every woman, every child, could see
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Every child, could see the bright scarlet letter
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The bright scarlet letter and be warned away from the sin
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And be warned away from the sin that she had committed.
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That she had committed. what would happen to this woman
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What would happen to this woman and her little daughter?
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And her little daughter? this is
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This is the interesting plot
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The interesting plot to one of my favorite books
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To one of my favorite books in the world,
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In the world, "the scarlet letter"
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"the scarlet letter" by nathaniel hawthorn.
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By nathaniel hawthorn. have any of you ever
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Have any of you ever read it before?
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Read it before? or were you forced
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Or were you forced to read it back when
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To read it back when you were in high school
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You were in high school and you've forgotten
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And you've forgotten it long ago?
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It long ago? honestly, my favorite book
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Honestly, my favorite book in the world is the bible.
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In the world is the bible. probably, my second favorite
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Probably, my second favorite book in the world is
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Book in the world is "the scarlet letter".
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"the scarlet letter". i've read and re-read it,
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I've read and re-read it, and re-re-read it,
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And re-re-read it, and re-re-re-read it.
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And re-re-re-read it. it's such an interesting
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It's such an interesting take on how churches deal
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Take on how churches deal with sin and secrets and shame
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With sin and secrets and shame about religious communities
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About religious communities deal with the messiness
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Deal with the messiness of real life.
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Of real life. and more than anything for me,
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And more than anything for me, it is a powerful confession
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It is a powerful confession of the power of confession.
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Of the power of confession. that there are
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That there are some bits of shame
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Some bits of shame we will never escape
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We will never escape as long as we keep
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As long as we keep them a secret.
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Them a secret. i love this book
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I love this book for that reason.
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For that reason. well, one of the main themes,
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Well, one of the main themes, though, if you've never
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Though, if you've never read, "the scarlet letter",
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Read, "the scarlet letter", is what happens when a group
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Is what happens when a group of church people take
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Of church people take a certain sin too seriously.
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A certain sin too seriously. when they act like
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When they act like certain commandments,
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Certain commandments, once they're broken,
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Once they're broken, are so shameful that
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Are so shameful that they can never be forgiven,
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They can never be forgiven, that people who commit them
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That people who commit them can never really be accepted
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Can never really be accepted and belong in a community
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And belong in a community after having done that.
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After having done that. that's the same sin
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That's the same sin the pharisees committed
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The pharisees committed 2,000 years ago,
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2,000 years ago, in the days of jesus.
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In the days of jesus. it's really good for us
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It's really good for us to be aware of today
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To be aware of today that when we come back
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That when we come back to jesus with sorrowful
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To jesus with sorrowful and repentant hearts
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And repentant hearts there's nothing
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There's nothing that he can't cleanse.
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That he can't cleanse. there's no sin that
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There's no sin that you could ever commit
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You could ever commit that he can't redeem you from.
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That he can't redeem you from. there's nothing in your past
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There's nothing in your past that would keep you from
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That would keep you from belonging in a place like this.
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Belonging in a place like this. it is so important
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It is so important that we not have,
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That we not have, in our day, scarlet letters
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In our day, scarlet letters that people walk around for,
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That people walk around for, but instead let jesus
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But instead let jesus take our sin and our shame.
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Take our sin and our shame. but i don't have time to talk
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But i don't have time to talk to you about that today
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To you about that today because, actually,
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Because, actually, i want to talk to you about
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I want to talk to you about just the opposite problem.
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Just the opposite problem. not when a group of christians
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Not when a group of christians takes a certain sin
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Takes a certain sin too seriously,
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Too seriously, but when they take certain
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But when they take certain sins not seriously enough.
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Sins not seriously enough. when instead of being
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When instead of being so ashamed for things
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So ashamed for things that they've done,
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That they've done, we've never really felt shame
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We've never really felt shame in the first place.
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In the first place. they're the sins
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They're the sins we don't repent of
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We don't repent of and don't resist because
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And don't resist because maybe we don't even realize
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Maybe we don't even realize we're committing them.
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We're committing them. they're the sins we don't
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They're the sins we don't ask for prayers for or confess
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Ask for prayers for or confess in our small group communities,
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In our small group communities, they just become so normal,
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They just become so normal, we're so used to it.
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We're so used to it. maybe it doesn't even feel
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Maybe it doesn't even feel all that sinful
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All that sinful or wrong anymore.
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Or wrong anymore. i want to talk to you today,
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I want to talk to you today, and for the next few sundays,
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And for the next few sundays, about our not so
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About our not so scarlet letters.
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Scarlet letters. which might sound like
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Which might sound like the most depressing
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The most depressing sermon series ever.
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Sermon series ever. "thanks, pastor, turns out
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"thanks, pastor, turns out i'm worse than i thought i was.
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I'm worse than i thought i was. i'm glad.
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I'm glad. thanks for welcoming me here."
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Thanks for welcoming me here." but i actually see it
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But i actually see it a different way.
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A different way. if you believe, like i do,
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If you believe, like i do, that god is good,
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That god is good, he's a good father
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He's a good father who wants what's
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Who wants what's best for his kids.
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Best for his kids. and if you believe that
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And if you believe that god is word is always
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God is word is always written for our eternal good
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Written for our eternal good then discovering, maybe,
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Then discovering, maybe, some sins that we've gotten
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Some sins that we've gotten too used to isn't bad,
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Too used to isn't bad, it actually leads us
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It actually leads us to a better blessing.
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To a better blessing. if there's some commandment
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If there's some commandment that somehow we've skipped over
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That somehow we've skipped over in the pages of our bible,
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In the pages of our bible, god wants us to get back to it
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God wants us to get back to it not to burden us or curse us
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Not to burden us or curse us but instead to open up, perhaps,
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But instead to open up, perhaps, a better blessing that
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A better blessing that we've been missing
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We've been missing for far too long.
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For far too long. that's what i want
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That's what i want to talk to you about,
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To talk to you about, not so scarlet sins
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Not so scarlet sins like idolatry.
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Like idolatry. when there's a good thing that
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When there's a good thing that we love just a bit too much.
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We love just a bit too much. when family, or relaxation,
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When family, or relaxation, or pleasure, or work can go
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Or pleasure, or work can go a bit too far
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A bit too far and get in the way of
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And get in the way of our relationship with god.
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Our relationship with god. i want to talk to you about
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I want to talk to you about the way you use your words
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The way you use your words and the sin of slander.
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And the sin of slander. how exaggerations
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How exaggerations and assumptions
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And assumptions can get in the way of
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Can get in the way of the kind of relationships
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The kind of relationships god wants us to have.
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God wants us to have. i want to talk to you
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I want to talk to you about the sin of laziness,
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About the sin of laziness, that god has a great place
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That god has a great place for sabbath rest
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For sabbath rest and relaxation
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And relaxation but if that goes too far
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But if that goes too far we can lose, like,
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We can lose, like, the grit and the grind of
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The grit and the grind of being able to work hard
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Being able to work hard like jesus worked.
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Like jesus worked. i want to talk to you
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I want to talk to you about all those things
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About all those things but today, today i want
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But today, today i want to start with a sin that
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To start with a sin that i'm not sure i really want
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I'm not sure i really want to talk about,
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To talk about, the sin of gluttony.
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The sin of gluttony. about your personal
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About your personal relationship with food.
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Relationship with food. about how the quantity of
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About how the quantity of your food can actually affect
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Your food can actually affect the quality of your faith.
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The quality of your faith. and recently i was bouncing
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And recently i was bouncing around our church office
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Around our church office and i was pouncing on people
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And i was pouncing on people with this question,
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With this question, "on a scale of 0 - 100,
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"on a scale of 0 - 100, how much of a glutton are you?"
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How much of a glutton are you?" i wish you could've
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I wish you could've seen people's reactions.
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Seen people's reactions. most people grimaced,
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Most people grimaced, they felt uncomfortable.
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They felt uncomfortable. some people had questions like,
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Some people had questions like, "well, what exactly
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"well, what exactly do you mean by gluttony?"
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Do you mean by gluttony?" but almost everyone universally
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But almost everyone universally had this uneasy feeling
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Had this uneasy feeling about their personal
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About their personal relationship with food.
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Relationship with food. i'm curious how you
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I'm curious how you feel about it.
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Feel about it. before i grab my bible though,
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Before i grab my bible though, and dig into this sensitive
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And dig into this sensitive but necessary topic,
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But necessary topic, i need to say something really
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I need to say something really important right from the start.
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Important right from the start. this is not a message
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This is not a message about how much you weigh,
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About how much you weigh, this has little, if anything,
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This has little, if anything, to do with the size,
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To do with the size, the shape of your body
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The shape of your body or those 15 pounds
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Or those 15 pounds you wish you could shed.
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You wish you could shed. and i say that because
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And i say that because even though i've had
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Even though i've had a crazy fast metabolism
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A crazy fast metabolism for my whole life
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For my whole life the more i think about it,
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The more i think about it, the more i realize that
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The more i realize that i have had a long-term
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I have had a long-term dysfunctional relationship
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Dysfunctional relationship with food.
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With food. like when i think about
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Like when i think about my friends and family members
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My friends and family members i think i eat more, eat faster,
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I think i eat more, eat faster, and have more regrets
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And have more regrets when it comes to what
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When it comes to what i eat than anyone else.
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I eat than anyone else. the number on the scale
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The number on the scale might not be shocking
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Might not be shocking for a guy like me,
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For a guy like me, but there's lots for me
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But there's lots for me to think about here today.
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To think about here today. when i took my first
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When i took my first christian mission trip
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Christian mission trip as a high school freshman
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As a high school freshman my host family
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My host family soon gave me a nickname,
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Soon gave me a nickname, they called me,
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They called me, "the tapeworm."
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[laughter]
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My friends from life group
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My friends from life group would tell you that after
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Would tell you that after the bible study's done,
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The bible study's done, and the last prayer
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And the last prayer has been prayed,
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Has been prayed, i'm never more than
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I'm never more than an arm's length
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An arm's length away from the food.
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Away from the food. where normally people
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Where normally people just catch me dancing,
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Just catch me dancing, i'm so excited about eating,
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I'm so excited about eating, just like, two handed i --
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Just like, two handed i -- i recently got back from,
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I recently got back from, you know where?
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You know where? a cruise ship.
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A cruise ship. you ever been on
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You ever been on a cruise ship before?
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A cruise ship before? i remember one dinner
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I remember one dinner when everyone ordered desserts
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When everyone ordered desserts i ordered three, and then four.
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I ordered three, and then four. and then, literally,
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And then, literally, everyone is getting up
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Everyone is getting up from the table
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From the table when i was about to order...
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When i was about to order... five.
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Five. this is how i've eaten for 43
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This is how i've eaten for 43 and three quarters
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And three quarters years straight.
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Years straight. so no, this is not about
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So no, this is not about how much you weigh
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How much you weigh or what you see in the mirror,
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Or what you see in the mirror, it's about the way
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It's about the way that we approach food
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That we approach food and how this affects our faith.
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And how this affects our faith. i think i need this,
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I think i need this, and maybe lots of you do too.
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And maybe lots of you do too. so let's start with
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So let's start with a definition.
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A definition. if you have a pen in your hand.
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If you have a pen in your hand. what exactly are
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What exactly are we talking about today?
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We talking about today? well, gluttony, by its very
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Well, gluttony, by its very dictionary definition,
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Dictionary definition, is habitual excess in eating.
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Is habitual excess in eating. so, we have this habit of
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So, we have this habit of just putting more into
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Just putting more into your body than what god
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Your body than what god designed your body to have.
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Designed your body to have. that's what gluttony is.
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That's what gluttony is. food isn't a bad thing,
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Food isn't a bad thing, just like drinking or alcohol
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Just like drinking or alcohol isn't a bad thing,
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Isn't a bad thing, but it's when you go
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But it's when you go a step or two or ten too far
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A step or two or ten too far that according to god
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That according to god it does become a bad thing.
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It does become a bad thing. gluttony is to food
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Gluttony is to food what drunkenness
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What drunkenness is to drinking.
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Is to drinking. it's a good gift that's
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It's a good gift that's been flipped and turned
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Been flipped and turned from blessing into curse.
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From blessing into curse. so, what does the bible
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So, what does the bible say about gluttony?
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Say about gluttony? i had a chance to search up
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I had a chance to search up a bible search engine
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A bible search engine and i learned that the words
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And i learned that the words glutton or gluttony appear
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Glutton or gluttony appear seven times in the bible,
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Seven times in the bible, four in the old testament
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Four in the old testament and three in the new.
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And three in the new. and that's a lot of the teaching
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And that's a lot of the teaching i would like to share
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I would like to share with you today.
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With you today. the first example of the word
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The first example of the word appears in deuteronomy 21,
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Appears in deuteronomy 21, where apparently some parents
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Where apparently some parents are so frazzled that
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Are so frazzled that they don't know what to do
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They don't know what to do with their wayward child
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With their wayward child that they bring him
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That they bring him to the elders of
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To the elders of their local community,
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Their local community, and here's what happens.
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"they," the parents,
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"they," the parents, "shall say to the elders,
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"shall say to the elders, 'this son of ours is
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'this son of ours is stubborn and rebellious.
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Stubborn and rebellious. he will not obey us.
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He will not obey us. he is a glutton
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He is a glutton and a drunkard.'"
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I've read tens of thousands
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I've read tens of thousands of prayer requests that
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Of prayer requests that you all submit on the back
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You all submit on the back of your communicat --
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Of your communicat -- do you know what
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Do you know what has never come up, ever?
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Has never come up, ever? "pray for my soul, pastor,
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"pray for my soul, pastor, i'm a glutton."
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I'm a glutton." like we didn't
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Like we didn't even think about it,
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Even think about it, but apparently
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But apparently these parents thought about it.
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These parents thought about it. in fact, on their top five
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In fact, on their top five charges and concerns
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Charges and concerns against their son,
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Against their son, he's stubborn, rebellious,
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He's stubborn, rebellious, won't obey us, he is a glutton,
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Won't obey us, he is a glutton, and a drunkard.
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And a drunkard. what was it about
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What was it about gluttony that made these
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Gluttony that made these parents so concerned?
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Parents so concerned? well, the book of proverbs,
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Well, the book of proverbs, i think, provides an answer.
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I think, provides an answer. the other three of the four
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The other three of the four old testament passages
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Old testament passages about gluttony come
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About gluttony come from the book of proverbs,
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From the book of proverbs, which is like a crash course
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Which is like a crash course on how godly, wise people live.
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On how godly, wise people live. and one of those passages
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And one of those passages was super insightful to me.
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Was super insightful to me. proverbs 23 says this,
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"listen, my son, and be wise,
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"listen, my son, and be wise, and set your heart
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And set your heart on the right path.
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On the right path. do not join those
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Do not join those who drink too much wine
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Who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat,
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Or gorge themselves on meat, for drunkards and gluttons
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For drunkards and gluttons become poor, and drowsiness
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Become poor, and drowsiness clothes them in rags."
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Clothes them in rags." i remember back when
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I remember back when i worked my first job,
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I was on a grounds crew
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I was on a grounds crew at a golf course
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At a golf course and condo complex.
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And condo complex. there was this one, like,
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There was this one, like, really memorable day of work
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Really memorable day of work where we had to lay
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Where we had to lay a crazy amount of sod
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A crazy amount of sod at all these new condos.
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At all these new condos. the trucks that morning
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The trucks that morning dropped off pallet,
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Dropped off pallet, after pallet, after pallet
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After pallet, after pallet and we're going to grind
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And we're going to grind out eight, ten, twelve hours
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Out eight, ten, twelve hours of work until the job was done.
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Of work until the job was done. well, one of my co-workers,
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Well, one of my co-workers, unfortunately, the night before
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Unfortunately, the night before had way too much to drink.
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Had way too much to drink. so we start laying sod
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So we start laying sod and guess who's not there?
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And guess who's not there? my co-worker.
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My co-worker. he finally shows up
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He finally shows up late looking terrible,
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Late looking terrible, but of course as the sun
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But of course as the sun is beating down on
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Is beating down on his hungover head
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His hungover head his head starts to pound
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His head starts to pound and his stomach starts to swirl.
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And his stomach starts to swirl. and do you want to guess
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And do you want to guess what he did on the sod?
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What he did on the sod? so, he has to leave work,
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So, he has to leave work, which means he left us with,
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Which means he left us with, with more work.
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With more work. because he wanted to have
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Because he wanted to have a such a good time
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A such a good time the night before,
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The night before, he actually made us
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He actually made us have a worse time
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Have a worse time the morning after.
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The morning after. his excess with alcohol
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His excess with alcohol wasn't just a problem for him,
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Wasn't just a problem for him, it actually affected
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It actually affected all the people around him.
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All the people around him. this is one of the many
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This is one of the many reasons why god,
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Reasons why god, who's a good father,
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Who's a good father, does not want any of his
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Does not want any of his children to ever get drunk.
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Children to ever get drunk. now, think about this,
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Now, think about this, isn't the exact same thing
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Isn't the exact same thing true with food?
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True with food? i don't get to roll up to
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I don't get to roll up to an all you can eat buffet
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An all you can eat buffet and just decide how
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And just decide how my body will process
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My body will process 50,000 calories.
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50,000 calories. now, my body is made
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Now, my body is made in a certain way to process
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In a certain way to process a certain amount of food,
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A certain amount of food, and if i in the moment,
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And if i in the moment, and especially the moment after,
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And especially the moment after, if i'm going to love people well
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If i'm going to love people well i have to be conscious of how
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I have to be conscious of how my creator created my body.
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My creator created my body. if you're taking notes,
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If you're taking notes, maybe we could
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Maybe we could make this point this way,
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Make this point this way, that god made food for our
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That god made food for our pleasure and for his purpose.
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Pleasure and for his purpose. like i'm not trying to make you
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Like i'm not trying to make you less excited about food,
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Less excited about food, god made food for our pleasure.
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God made food for our pleasure. god could have hooked up
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God could have hooked up like some gray paste iv
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Like some gray paste iv to give you the caloric
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To give you the caloric intake you need,
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Intake you need, but he didn't instead
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But he didn't instead he gave you taste buds
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He gave you taste buds and he made things sweet
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And he made things sweet and salty and savory.
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And salty and savory. i'm not trying to make you
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I'm not trying to make you hungry in church,
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Hungry in church, but he made brats
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But he made brats and fresh cilantro
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And fresh cilantro and good tacos mexicanos.
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And good tacos mexicanos. i mean, god gives us
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I mean, god gives us so much good food,
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So much good food, he wants us to
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He wants us to savor it and enjoy it,
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Savor it and enjoy it, to find pleasure in it
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To find pleasure in it and to worship him through it.
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And to worship him through it. but that's not the only
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But that's not the only purpose of food.
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Purpose of food. god made food for our pleasure
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God made food for our pleasure and for his purpose.
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And for his purpose. and what's the purpose?
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And what's the purpose? it's to power up your body
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It's to power up your body to be able to love
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To be able to love the people around you.
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The people around you. let me depict it this way.
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Let me depict it this way. imagine i was just totally
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Imagine i was just totally out of calories and gas
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Out of calories and gas and, like, you needed
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And, like, you needed a hand and my help,
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A hand and my help, but i just didn't
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But i just didn't have it in me.
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Have it in me. i'm like hangry, i'm moody,
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I'm like hangry, i'm moody, i can't listen well,
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I can't listen well, i don't want to get up
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I don't want to get up off the couch.
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Off the couch. and so, here god rolls up
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And so, here god rolls up like a big loaf
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Like a big loaf of daily bread for me to eat.
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Of daily bread for me to eat. when i eat it...
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When i eat it... [powering up]
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[powering up] oh, okay.
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Oh, okay. i'm strong, i'm ready,
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I'm strong, i'm ready, i'm fueled up
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I'm fueled up to live out my purpose.
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To live out my purpose. but what happens if instead of
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But what happens if instead of eating a slice or two
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Eating a slice or two of that daily bread,
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Of that daily bread, i devour the whole loaf?
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I devour the whole loaf? we call this
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We call this thanksgiving, right?
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Thanksgiving, right? [powering up and down]
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[powering up and down] and what was meant to fuel me
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And what was meant to fuel me to love you, i actually
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To love you, i actually have to use all the energy
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Have to use all the energy that was meant for you
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That was meant for you to try to process
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To try to process everything i put into me.
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Everything i put into me. what's god's problem
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What's god's problem with eating too much?
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With eating too much? he's not against food,
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He's not against food, but god is for love.
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But god is for love. why is god against gluttony?
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Why is god against gluttony? because he is for the good works
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Because he is for the good works that you will do
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That you will do for your neighbor.
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For your neighbor. if you're taking notes,
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If you're taking notes, let me stick this idea
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Let me stick this idea in your brain.
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In your brain. according to the bible,
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According to the bible, you can love to eat,
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You can love to eat, just make sure that
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Just make sure that you eat to love.
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You eat to love. you can love to eat,
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You can love to eat, man, i'm not --
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Man, i'm not -- i hope you enjoy your next
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I hope you enjoy your next meal more than ever before.
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Meal more than ever before. i hope you taste every
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I hope you taste every ingredient that god put into it,
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Ingredient that god put into it, but let's just not forget
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But let's just not forget that that's not the only
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That that's not the only moment that matters to god.
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Moment that matters to god. you can love to eat,
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You can love to eat, just make sure you eat to love.
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Just make sure you eat to love. enjoy the moment,
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Enjoy the moment, but also consider
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But also consider the moment after.
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The moment after. a few years ago i realized,
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A few years ago i realized, as a pastor, i was doing
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As a pastor, i was doing something to you, our church,
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Something to you, our church, that i promised
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That i promised i would never do.
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I would never do. i know lots of you have had
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I know lots of you have had kind of rough experiences
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Kind of rough experiences when it comes to
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When it comes to the church and money.
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The church and money. yeah, maybe churches
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Yeah, maybe churches who pushed too hard,
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Who pushed too hard, pastors you couldn't
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Pastors you couldn't trust, people who took money
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Trust, people who took money or just wanted more from you
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Or just wanted more from you than they could give to you.
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Than they could give to you. and so, my whole ministry
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And so, my whole ministry i've been really
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I've been really conscious about, like,
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Conscious about, like, not losing your trust,
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Not losing your trust, when it comes
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When it comes to financial things.
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To financial things. but i realized that
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But i realized that i was doing something
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I was doing something that in this backward way
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That in this backward way was kind of taking
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Was kind of taking the hard earned money
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The hard earned money that you were giving.
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That you were giving. all my life, i've eaten
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All my life, i've eaten way too much food just --
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Way too much food just -- for my brain can process
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For my brain can process how much i've put in my mouth.
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How much i've put in my mouth. i'm eaten and eaten and eaten.
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I'm eaten and eaten and eaten. and i would do that at lunch
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And i would do that at lunch when i was here at church.
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When i was here at church. so yeah, yeah, yeah.
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So yeah, yeah, yeah. good, good, good,
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Good, good, good, good, good, good, good,
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Good, good, good, good, until about 1 o'clock...
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Until about 1 o'clock... [powering down]
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[powering down] and i wasn't, like,
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And i wasn't, like, sleeping in the comfy couches
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Sleeping in the comfy couches in the lobby at church,
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In the lobby at church, but i was kind of sitting
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But i was kind of sitting at my laptop in the office.
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At my laptop in the office. like, i moved from
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Like, i moved from hangry over to glazy.
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Hangry over to glazy. it's like glazed over look,
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It's like glazed over look, not studying to my potential,
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Not studying to my potential, not, i mean, think about that.
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Not, i mean, think about that. some of you work hard
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Some of you work hard at your jobs and out of faith,
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At your jobs and out of faith, you give generously
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You give generously to our church,
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To our church, but i don't think,
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But i don't think, i don't think you were giving
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I don't think you were giving your hard earned money
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Your hard earned money so i could stare
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So i could stare at a computer screen.
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At a computer screen. i think you support our ministry
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I think you support our ministry so that we can help people
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So that we can help people and study the bible
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And study the bible and produce something
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And produce something of substance.
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Of substance. i was -- i was so concerned
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I was -- i was so concerned i never thought about
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I never thought about it this way,
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It this way, so concerned about
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So concerned about the pleasure of the meal
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The pleasure of the meal that i was missing the ministry
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That i was missing the ministry that god had given me to do.
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That god had given me to do. so something had to change.
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So something had to change. now, 99 days out of 100,
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Now, 99 days out of 100, if you catch me at lunch,
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If you catch me at lunch, here at work, i have an apple,
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Here at work, i have an apple, i have a jar of peanut butter,
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I have a jar of peanut butter, i have a thing of granola,
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I have a thing of granola, and if it's been a long day,
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And if it's been a long day, i have a monster
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I have a monster energy drink next to it.
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Energy drink next to it. afternoons are still hard,
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Afternoons are still hard, but i'm trying to recognize,
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But i'm trying to recognize, okay, i can't just do whatever
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Okay, i can't just do whatever i want with my body,
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I want with my body, there is an effect.
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There is an effect. and i can't be so focused
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And i can't be so focused on what i want that
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On what i want that i forget what people need.
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I forget what people need. and obviously that
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And obviously that isn't just a pastor thing.
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Isn't just a pastor thing. god has good work for you
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God has good work for you to do after your next meal.
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To do after your next meal. i don't know your
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I don't know your callings in life,
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Callings in life, i don't know if you're
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I don't know if you're a parent or a grandparent,
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A parent or a grandparent, a spouse or a neighbor,
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A spouse or a neighbor, but i do know the minute after
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But i do know the minute after and the morning after your
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And the morning after your next meal god has something
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Next meal god has something important for you to do.
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Important for you to do. the prayers you pray
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The prayers you pray matter to god.
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Matter to god. the scriptures you study
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The scriptures you study with full attention
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With full attention instead of a weary mind,
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Instead of a weary mind, they matter to god
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They matter to god the way you listen to someone
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The way you listen to someone in your life instead of just,
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In your life instead of just, like, zoning out
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Like, zoning out that matters to god.
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That matters to god. that's what compassion
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That's what compassion and gentleness and kindness
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And gentleness and kindness looks like in practice.
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Looks like in practice. and so, i don't want you not
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And so, i don't want you not to enjoy your next meal,
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To enjoy your next meal, i just want you to enjoy it
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I just want you to enjoy it at the right amount
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At the right amount so that you can enjoy
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So that you can enjoy the good work and purpose
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The good work and purpose that god has given
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That god has given for you to do.
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For you to do. man, isn't it true
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Man, isn't it true that it takes our body
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That it takes our body a little bit to kind of process
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A little bit to kind of process what we put into our mouth?
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What we put into our mouth? and if you eat too fast,
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And if you eat too fast, you end up crossing
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You end up crossing the line without intention.
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The line without intention. it's really important
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It's really important to slow down when we eat.
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To slow down when we eat. i know your doctor
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I know your doctor would tell you that,
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Would tell you that, well your pastor is
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Well your pastor is telling you that too.
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Telling you that too. for spiritual reasons, slow down
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For spiritual reasons, slow down because, number two,
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Because, number two, here's the jesus part,
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Here's the jesus part, i want you to savor it,
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I want you to savor it, like god -- man, god --
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Like god -- man, god -- you ever think how many people
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You ever think how many people on this planet
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On this planet have so little to eat?
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Have so little to eat? and i just open my fridge
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And i just open my fridge and there's so many tastes
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And there's so many tastes and flavors and colors.
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And flavors and colors. there's so many,
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There's so many, like, beautiful.
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Like, beautiful. i was learning back
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I was learning back in biblical days,
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In biblical days, people would rarely eat meat.
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People would rarely eat meat. can you imagine?
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Can you imagine? they get a fish once a month
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They get a fish once a month and the things i get to eat,
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And the things i get to eat, the chicken and the beef,
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The chicken and the beef, and the nuts and the beans,
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And the nuts and the beans, and the eggs
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And the eggs and the sourdough toast,
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And the sourdough toast, like just save -- like,
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Like just save -- like, god has been so generous
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God has been so generous and good to us.
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And good to us. he's given us something
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He's given us something that many people,
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That many people, for generations
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For generations of history never had,
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Of history never had, so slow down and just savor
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So slow down and just savor every ingredient,
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Every ingredient, every bit of good food.
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Every bit of good food. this is what 1 corinthians
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This is what 1 corinthians means when it says
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Means when it says that we should eat
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That we should eat to the glory of god.
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To the glory of god. like, every bite, i'm like,
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Like, every bite, i'm like, "god, you're so good to me.
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"god, you're so good to me. god, you've given me so much.
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God, you've given me so much. i'm going to slow down
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I'm going to slow down so i can actually savor
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So i can actually savor and worship my savior."
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And worship my savior." number three, here's
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Number three, here's the hardest part, stop.
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[laughing]
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I know you could order
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I know you could order your 5th dessert,
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Your 5th dessert, i've been there.
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I've been there. i know you could pound
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I know you could pound that tub of ice cream
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That tub of ice cream when it gets melty
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When it gets melty around the outside,
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Around the outside, isn't that
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Isn't that impossible to resist?
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Impossible to resist? but man, if we're going
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But man, if we're going to love people tomorrow,
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To love people tomorrow, we got to stop today.
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We got to stop today. and so, we pray
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And so, we pray for the self-control
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For the self-control to be able to enjoy it,
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To be able to enjoy it, to worship through it,
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To worship through it, and then to know when
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And then to know when enough is enough
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Enough is enough so that we can love
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So that we can love people as god intends.
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People as god intends. i have a hunch this is going
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I have a hunch this is going to be tough for some of you.
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To be tough for some of you. it's going to be tough for me.
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It's going to be tough for me. bad habits are hard to break,
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Bad habits are hard to break, and i got half a lifetime
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And i got half a lifetime of bad habits.
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Of bad habits. but i also know this,
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But i also know this, as we love to say
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As we love to say around our church,
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Around our church, that roots produce fruit.
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That roots produce fruit. the bible says that
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The bible says that the fruit of the holy spirit
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The fruit of the holy spirit is self-control,
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Is self-control, that the one who is in us
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That the one who is in us is greater than the one
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Is greater than the one who is in the world
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Who is in the world and greater than the temptation
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And greater than the temptation that is on our plate.
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That is on our plate. the holy spirit who dwells
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The holy spirit who dwells inside of every christian
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Inside of every christian is not weak, no,
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Is not weak, no, he's a spirit of power,
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He's a spirit of power, and of love,
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And of love, and of self-control.
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And of self-control. this means that
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This means that we don't have to.
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We don't have to. it might be difficult,
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It might be difficult, you might need a lot of prayers,
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You might need a lot of prayers, community, and confession,
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Community, and confession, but i do know this,
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But i do know this, that we can change,
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That we can change, we can grow.
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We can grow. it won't be a light switch,
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It won't be a light switch, it'll be a dimmer switch
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It'll be a dimmer switch day by day.
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Day by day. but i pray the next time
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But i pray the next time you sit down at a meal,
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You sit down at a meal, you think not just
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You think not just about the taste of it,
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About the taste of it, but the purpose that god
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But the purpose that god gave to it to fuel you up
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Gave to it to fuel you up to love people in jesus' name.
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To love people in jesus' name. now, before i say, "amen"
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Now, before i say, "amen" and let you go practice
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And let you go practice what i just preached
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What i just preached at your next meal,
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At your next meal, i want to tell you
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I want to tell you really quickly
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Really quickly what the new testament
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What the new testament says about gluttony.
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Says about gluttony. there are three passages,
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There are three passages, one of them is just this idea
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One of them is just this idea that the people on the island
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That the people on the island of crete were lazy gluttons.
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Of crete were lazy gluttons. they had a whole culture
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They had a whole culture that didn't care about
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That didn't care about what they ate or drank.
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What they ate or drank. but the last two passages
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But the last two passages in the gospels are
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In the gospels are super, super curious
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Super, super curious and super comforting.
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And super comforting. they're kind of the same,
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They're kind of the same, i want to show you
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I want to show you the one from luke 7,
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The one from luke 7, which says this about jesus,
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"the son of man,"
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"the son of man," that's a nickname for jesus,
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That's a nickname for jesus, "came eating and drinking
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"came eating and drinking and you say, 'here is
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And you say, 'here is a glutton and a drunkard,
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A glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors
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A friend of tax collectors and sinners.'"
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I'm not sure if your struggles
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I'm not sure if your struggles are with food or alcohol,
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Are with food or alcohol, with sex or money.
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With sex or money. i'm not sure what scarlet letter
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I'm not sure what scarlet letter is in your heart today,
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Is in your heart today, but i do know this,
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But i do know this, jesus isn't keeping his distance
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Jesus isn't keeping his distance from someone like you.
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From someone like you. he's not waiting on
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He's not waiting on the outskirts of town until
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The outskirts of town until you fix all your bad habits
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You fix all your bad habits and do everything the way
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And do everything the way that god wants it.
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That god wants it. jesus is so good,
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Jesus is so good, he draws nearest to us
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He draws nearest to us in our brokenness,
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In our brokenness, in our messiness,
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In our messiness, in our drunkenness,
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In our drunkenness, and in our gluttony.
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And in our gluttony. he pulls up to look you
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He pulls up to look you in the eye across the table,
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In the eye across the table, and he calls you
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And he calls you to something so much better.
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To something so much better. turn away from sin
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Turn away from sin and find everything
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And find everything you need in him.
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You need in him. you and i might have
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You and i might have a lot of habits to change
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A lot of habits to change and a lot of sins to fight,
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And a lot of sins to fight, maybe more than
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Maybe more than we ever realized before,
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We ever realized before, but none of you has to
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But none of you has to walk out of church today
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Walk out of church today with some scarlet letter
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With some scarlet letter secretly on your heart.
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Secretly on your heart. and i know that because
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And i know that because of what jesus did,
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Of what jesus did, what the prophet isaiah said
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What the prophet isaiah said about his coming forgiveness.
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Don't you love this verse?
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Don't you love this verse? it's as though your sins
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It's as though your sins are like scarlet,"
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Are like scarlet," deep red stains
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Deep red stains that you can't get
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That you can't get out of your soul.
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Out of your soul. "though they are like scarlet,
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"though they are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow.
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They shall be as white as snow. do you know the old hymn,
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Do you know the old hymn, "jesus paid it all?"
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"all to him i owe.
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"all to him i owe. sin had left its crimson stain,
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Sin had left its crimson stain, but he washed me white as snow."
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But he washed me white as snow." none of you in this church
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None of you in this church will stand up on this stage
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Will stand up on this stage being gawked at for three hours
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Being gawked at for three hours for the sins of your past.
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For the sins of your past. the only one who is exalted
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The only one who is exalted and lifted up in this place
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And lifted up in this place is the savior who took our shame
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And every scarlet letter
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To the cross.
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Whether it's drunkenness
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Or laziness, gluttony
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Or godlessness,
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I want you to know
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There is a jesus
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Who befriended you,
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Loved you, and did
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Everything to forgive you.
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The only letter that god
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Sees in your heart is the "f"
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That says forgiven,
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The "s" that says saved,
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The "b" that says beloved,
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The "d" that's says
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I delight in you.
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All that defines us,
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Our very identity,
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Is not the sins that we commit
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But the love that jesus gives.
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And so, we got things to change,
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And so, we got things to change, we got work to do,
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We got work to do, but i'm so grateful that
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But i'm so grateful that we do that work
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We do that work in the light of a god
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In the light of a god who fought and won
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Who fought and won the battle for us.
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The battle for us. so friends, go today in peace.
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So friends, go today in peace. sit down at your next meal
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Sit down at your next meal with hope and then eat
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With hope and then eat and drink to the glory
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And drink to the glory of the god who took
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Of the god who took all of your scarlet letters.
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All of your scarlet letters. let's pray.
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Let's pray. oh god, i'm so grateful
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Oh god, i'm so grateful for your goodness.
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For your goodness. i'm so grateful for grace,
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I'm so grateful for grace, that there's a kind of love
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That there's a kind of love with no strings attached
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With no strings attached that you offer to us
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That you offer to us and your son.
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And your son. i've got a sin
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I've got a sin that's serious to you.
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That's serious to you. this might be a common struggle,
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This might be a common struggle, but it doesn't mean
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But it doesn't mean it doesn't matter.
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It doesn't matter. gluttony is selfishness
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Gluttony is selfishness at the dinner table.
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At the dinner table. it's thinking so much
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It's thinking so much about my stomach
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About my stomach that i don't think about
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That i don't think about people's needs and wants.
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People's needs and wants. gluttony and drunkenness
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Gluttony and drunkenness gets in the way of love
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Gets in the way of love and strong families
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And strong families and better churches
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And better churches and communities so, god,
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And communities so, god, we repent of it today.
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We repent of it today. we repent that perhaps
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We repent that perhaps we didn't even think about it.
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We didn't even think about it. we repent for pushing
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We repent for pushing our food on other people
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Our food on other people when they had had enough,
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When they had had enough, that we found our identity
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That we found our identity and meaning in just making
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And meaning in just making people gorge themselves on
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People gorge themselves on the things that you had created.
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The things that you had created. god, we repent of
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God, we repent of all these things
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All these things and now we come to you
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And now we come to you and we're so grateful
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And we're so grateful for the cross.
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Thank you, god, that
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The changes we have to make,
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We don't have condemnation
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Or judgement hanging
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Over our head,
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We just look up
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And see the cross above us:
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The cross of our
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Forgiveness and salvation.
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Now, give us your holy spirit,
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Please, to produce the fruit
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Of self-control in us.
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God, we want to enjoy every bite
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That you put on our plate
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And we want to enjoy
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And love every person
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That you put in our life.
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Help us to do it well
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By your power
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And for your glory,
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We ask it all in jesus' name,
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And everyone said, amen.
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>> wow, what a powerful
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>> wow, what a powerful message from pastor mike
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Message from pastor mike challenging us to evaluate
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Challenging us to evaluate our relationship with food
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Our relationship with food to make sure we're not
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To make sure we're not missing out on the important
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Missing out on the important work god has for us to do.
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Work god has for us to do. we want to continue
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>> see you next week
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On time of grace.
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Mike Novotny - Not So Scarlet Letters: G- Gluttony

September 2, 2025 | S25 E36 | 29:5

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