Mike Novotny - Resetting Your Digital Life

January 6, 2026 | 29:5

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Time Of Grace With Mike Novotny | Mike Novotny - Resetting Your Digital Life | January 6, 2026

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>> a few months ago,
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I was hanging out
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I was hanging out at a coffee shop with
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At a coffee shop with a high school student that
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A high school student that i mentor and he mentioned to me
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I mentor and he mentioned to me in passing that he was super
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In passing that he was super proud of himself for the fact
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Proud of himself for the fact that he had, quote,
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That he had, quote, "barely been on his phone."
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As a middle aged man
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As a middle aged man i was curious what
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I was curious what he meant by the phrase
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He meant by the phrase "barely been on his phone,"
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"barely been on his phone," so i asked him to pull out
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So i asked him to pull out his phone and look at
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His phone and look at his screen time.
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His screen time. and when i saw the number,
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And when i saw the number, i thought...
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I thought... "wow."
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"wow." so i gave him
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So i gave him some homework, i told him
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Some homework, i told him to find three of his friends,
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To find three of his friends, three of his peers,
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Three of his peers, take screenshots
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Take screenshots of their screen time,
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Of their screen time, and he did.
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And he did. and he came back, and i want
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And he came back, and i want to show you a picture today
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To show you a picture today of what he showed me.
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Of what he showed me. they look like this.
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They look like this. one of his friends had,
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One of his friends had, each day, 13 hours
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Each day, 13 hours and 12 minutes of screen time.
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And 12 minutes of screen time. the next 12, 37,
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The next 12, 37, the third friend
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The third friend 9 hours and 2 minutes,
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9 hours and 2 minutes, and my friend, who had barely
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And my friend, who had barely been on his phone, was 15 hours
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Been on his phone, was 15 hours and 38 minutes a day.
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And 38 minutes a day. notice tiktok is almost
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Notice tiktok is almost a full time job
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A full time job for my good friend.
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For my good friend. so, he's got a lot of time on
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So, he's got a lot of time on his hands these days, i guess.
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His hands these days, i guess. it's super interesting
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It's super interesting thinking about the next
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Thinking about the next generation and screen time,
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Generation and screen time, so i decided to conduct
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So i decided to conduct an experiment on the pastors
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An experiment on the pastors of our church and a bunch
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Of our church and a bunch of staff members.
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Of staff members. i asked them that question,
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I asked them that question, "hey, pull out your phone,
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"hey, pull out your phone, what does your screen time say?"
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What does your screen time say?" and the numbers came back
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And the numbers came back and it was more like 5 hours
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And it was more like 5 hours a day or three hours a day,
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A day or three hours a day, or four hours a day,
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Or four hours a day, or two and a half hours a day.
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Or two and a half hours a day. but then i followed up
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But then i followed up with a question,
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With a question, and how do you
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And how do you feel about that?
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Feel about that? and the vibe in the room
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And the vibe in the room was really interesting.
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Was really interesting. just people's own
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Just people's own self-reflection of,
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Self-reflection of, "do i like my relationship
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"do i like my relationship with my phone?
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With my phone? am i uncomfortable with it?
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Am i uncomfortable with it? am i addicted to it.
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Am i addicted to it. is it, like, imprisoning me?
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Is it, like, imprisoning me? is it a tool that i use
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Is it a tool that i use to connect with the people
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To connect with the people i love the most?"
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I love the most?" i can tell you this,
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I can tell you this, there were very rarely a person
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There were very rarely a person who didn't have
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Who didn't have an emotional reaction
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An emotional reaction to their relationship
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To their relationship with technology.
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With technology. i mean, some of you watching
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I mean, some of you watching at home have been connected
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At home have been connected to jesus through a screen.
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To jesus through a screen. some of you have been better
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Some of you have been better discipled with jesus through --
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Discipled with jesus through -- some of you have been
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Some of you have been delivered from your sins
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Delivered from your sins and you've discovered
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And you've discovered the treasures of heaven
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The treasures of heaven through the screens.
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Through the screens. so, we're not knocking
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So, we're not knocking any devices today
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Any devices today but we are asking ourselves
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But we are asking ourselves a really good question,
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A really good question, what is a wise use
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What is a wise use of screen time for someone
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Of screen time for someone who's been saved by jesus?
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Who's been saved by jesus? how can these powerful machines
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How can these powerful machines that god has put into
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That god has put into our hands become a blessing
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Our hands become a blessing and not a curse,
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And not a curse, and i would say this,
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And i would say this, lead us to the best thing
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Lead us to the best thing instead of just giving us
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Instead of just giving us a good thing?
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A good thing? i want to warn you,
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I want to warn you, today is kind of a tricky
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Today is kind of a tricky message because unlike some
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Message because unlike some of those sermons where, like,
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Of those sermons where, like, "here's the good thing
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"here's the good thing and here's the bad thing,
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And here's the bad thing, so jesus wants you to do
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So jesus wants you to do the good thing and not
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The good thing and not the bad thing."
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The bad thing." today we're talking about
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Today we're talking about a think that's kind
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A think that's kind of in the middle.
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Of in the middle. not a black and white
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Not a black and white do or don't,
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Do or don't, but just one of those
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But just one of those tools that's not moral
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Tools that's not moral or immoral, it's amoral,
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Or immoral, it's amoral, meaning not inherently
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Meaning not inherently good or bad.
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Good or bad. it's a tool that
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It's a tool that we're going to have
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We're going to have to hold this tension with.
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To hold this tension with. how do we use it in the right
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How do we use it in the right way but not in an extreme way?
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Way but not in an extreme way? but that's why i'm excited
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But that's why i'm excited to share one of the teachings
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Of jesus with you today.
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Of jesus with you today. "a certain man was
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"a certain man was preparing a great banquet
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Preparing a great banquet and invited many guests.
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And invited many guests. at the time of the banquet
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At the time of the banquet he sent his servant to tell
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He sent his servant to tell those who have been invited,
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Those who have been invited, 'come for everything
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'come for everything is now ready.'"
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Is now ready.'" so, kick off a jesus story.
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There's a really generous,
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There's a really generous, really hospitable guy
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Really hospitable guy he's throwing this big party
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He's throwing this big party and he wants everyone to come.
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And he wants everyone to come. but before we read
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But before we read on to the story,
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On to the story, you should know this,
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You should know this, that back in jesus' day,
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That back in jesus' day, have you ever heard this,
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Have you ever heard this, that most people
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That most people would eat meat between
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Would eat meat between one and two times a year?
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One and two times a year? if you love food like i do,
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If you love food like i do, aren't you so glad you live
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Aren't you so glad you live in the 21st century and not
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In the 21st century and not the 1st century?
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The 1st century? one to three times a year.
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One to three times a year. most people were so poor that
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Most people were so poor that they needed the wool or the milk
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They needed the wool or the milk from their animals.
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From their animals. so, sacrificing an animal
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So, sacrificing an animal and eating meat was
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And eating meat was a rare treat.
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A rare treat. that's why the parable
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That's why the parable the prodigal son
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The prodigal son is so significant.
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Is so significant. to slaughter the fattened calf
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To slaughter the fattened calf for a kid who had dishonored
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For a kid who had dishonored his father was insane because
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His father was insane because this is something that
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This is something that didn't often happen.
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Didn't often happen. and so, when jesus said
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And so, when jesus said there was a certain man who
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There was a certain man who prepared a great banquet...
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Prepared a great banquet... don't picture this like your
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Don't picture this like your second cousin is getting married
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Second cousin is getting married for the second time and he books
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For the second time and he books a second rate venue where they
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A second rate venue where they serve second rate fried chicken.
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Serve second rate fried chicken. this invitation to come
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This invitation to come to the banquet is like
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To the banquet is like the best meal of the year,
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The best meal of the year, if not possibly
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If not possibly the best meal of your life.
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The best meal of your life. and apparently, the master
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And apparently, the master of this banquet is so generous
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Of this banquet is so generous that there is no charge.
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That there is no charge. he sends out a servant
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He sends out a servant to simply say, "come.
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To simply say, "come. the food's hot.
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The food's hot. i got a seat at my table
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I got a seat at my table with your name on it.
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With your name on it. come," he says, "for everything
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Come," he says, "for everything is now ready."
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"but," jesus says in verse 18.
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"but," jesus says in verse 18. "but they all alike began
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"but they all alike began to make excuses.
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To make excuses. the first said,
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The first said, 'i've just bought a field
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'i've just bought a field and i must go and see it,
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And i must go and see it, please excuse me.'
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Please excuse me.' another said, 'i've just bought
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Another said, 'i've just bought five yoke of oxen and i'm on
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Five yoke of oxen and i'm on my way to try them out,
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My way to try them out, please excuse me.'
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Please excuse me.' still another said,
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Still another said, 'i just got married,
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'i just got married, so i can't come.'"
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So i can't come.'" this is so brilliant,
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This is so brilliant, the way jesus sets up
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This story.
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This story. notice first of all,
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Notice first of all, all the excuses that
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All the excuses that these people make are not
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These people make are not to do bad things.
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To do bad things. there's no one who says,
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There's no one who says, "great banquet.
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"great banquet. sorry, i'm like taking candy
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Sorry, i'm like taking candy from babies tonight
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From babies tonight so i can't come.
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So i can't come. i'm robbing banks,
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I'm robbing banks, i'm murdering and pillaging.
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I'm murdering and pillaging. no, actually the things
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No, actually the things that they want to do,
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That they want to do, i've just bought a field."
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I've just bought a field." so, a home,
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So, a home, personal project,
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Personal project, a financial investment.
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A financial investment. i just got a five yoke of oxen.
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I just got a five yoke of oxen. it's farming, it's work,
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It's farming, it's work, it's career.
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It's career. i just got married.
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I just got married. it's relationships and fam --
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It's relationships and fam -- all these things are some
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All these things are some of the really good blessings
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Of the really good blessings that god often gives to us
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That god often gives to us as his children.
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As his children. these people are not
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These people are not neglecting the invitation
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Neglecting the invitation to do a sinful thing,
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To do a sinful thing, they're just
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They're just apologetically saying,
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Apologetically saying, "sorry, i can't make it,
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"sorry, i can't make it, i have a good thing."
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I have a good thing." notice also that they're
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Notice also that they're very kind in declining
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Very kind in declining the invitation.
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The invitation. "please, excuse me," the first
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"please, excuse me," the first and the second man say.
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And the second man say. and finally, don't miss
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And finally, don't miss the emotional reaction of this,
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The emotional reaction of this, "i've just bought a field,"
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"i've just bought a field," the first man said,
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The first man said, "and i must go and see it.
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"and i must go and see it. i just got married,
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I just got married, so i can't come."
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So i can't come." it's curious to me.
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It's curious to me. you can't come.
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You can't come. wait, would your wife die if you
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Wait, would your wife die if you went to the banquet first?
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Went to the banquet first? well, if you didn't see
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Well, if you didn't see the field like right now
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The field like right now would the field just, like,
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Would the field just, like, explode and you could
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Explode and you could never enjoy it?
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Never enjoy it? but they'd convinced themselves
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But they'd convinced themselves in their hearts that,
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In their hearts that, "i have to do this.
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"i have to do this. i can't not do this.
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I can't not do this. i'm so sorry.
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I'm so sorry. please excuse me.
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Please excuse me. i'd love to, but i can't because
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I'd love to, but i can't because i must do this other thing."
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I must do this other thing." here's a once in a year,
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Here's a once in a year, if not a once in
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If not a once in a lifetime opportunity
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A lifetime opportunity to attend a great feast,
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To attend a great feast, and all three people miss it
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And all three people miss it not for something bad,
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Not for something bad, but just for something
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But just for something that's not quite as good.
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That's not quite as good. let's pause the story there,
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Let's pause the story there, pull out your pens
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Pull out your pens and write this down.
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And write this down. i think the point
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I think the point of jesus' story
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Of jesus' story it's not that some things
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It's not that some things are sinful or inherently evil.
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Are sinful or inherently evil. i think the point of the story
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I think the point of the story is that some things matter more.
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Is that some things matter more. buying a field isn't bad,
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Buying a field isn't bad, but some things matter
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But some things matter even more than property.
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Even more than property. splurging on five yoke of oxen
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Splurging on five yoke of oxen to expand your farming business,
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To expand your farming business, work's not bad, career isn't bad
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Work's not bad, career isn't bad but some things matter
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But some things matter even more than work.
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Even more than work. getting married,
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Getting married, starting a family,
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Starting a family, raising kids,
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Raising kids, falling in love,
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Falling in love, pursuing your husband or wife,
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Pursuing your husband or wife, obviously from a biblical
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Obviously from a biblical perspective this isn't bad,
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Perspective this isn't bad, but some things,
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But some things, do you believe this,
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Do you believe this, matter even more than
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Matter even more than your family here on earth.
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Your family here on earth. now, before i get
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Now, before i get to the second-half
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To the second-half of jesus' story,
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Of jesus' story, let's pause and kind of apply
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Let's pause and kind of apply that principle to your
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That principle to your relationship with technology.
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Relationship with technology. i have a hunch
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I have a hunch you'd agree with me that
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You'd agree with me that as compelling and magnetic
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As compelling and magnetic as our devices are,
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As our devices are, that there are some things
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That there are some things when we get to the end
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When we get to the end of our life that simply
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Of our life that simply will matter so much more.
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Will matter so much more. after church, i have
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After church, i have plans to watch a lot
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Plans to watch a lot of soccer highlights.
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Of soccer highlights. did you know
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Did you know the great sacrifices
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The great sacrifices i make for this church?
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I make for this church? i don't get to watch
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I don't get to watch english premier league
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English premier league soccer every sunday.
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Soccer every sunday. i think though,
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I think though, at the end of my life,
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At the end of my life, i'm not going to say,
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I'm not going to say, "man, i wish i would have
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"man, i wish i would have watched more soccer,"
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Watched more soccer," because i'll know that some
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Because i'll know that some things matter so much more.
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Things matter so much more. streaming the latest series,
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Streaming the latest series, catching season two
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Catching season two and then three and then four
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And then three and then four and then five,
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And then five, watching the news, you know,
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Watching the news, you know, whatever you do with
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Whatever you do with your screens.
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Your screens. these things aren't wrong,
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These things aren't wrong, but i have a hunch if i just
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But i have a hunch if i just pressed you on it and said,
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Pressed you on it and said, "but what matters more?"
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"but what matters more?" you see, i think of what has
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You see, i think of what has happened in our culture is that
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Happened in our culture is that these devices just happened.
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These devices just happened. the technology evolved
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The technology evolved so quickly and few,
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So quickly and few, if any of us sat down
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If any of us sat down and really thought it through.
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And really thought it through. like, "okay, what matters most
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Like, "okay, what matters most in my life?
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In my life? what's second place?
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What's second place? what's third?"
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What's third?" and we put technology --
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And we put technology -- i think it just kind
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I think it just kind of happened that a screen
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Of happened that a screen turned into a check,
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Turned into a check, which turned into a scroll,
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Which turned into a scroll, which turned into an hour,
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Which turned into an hour, which turned into so much more.
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Which turned into so much more. i wonder if god,
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I wonder if god, through this parable,
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Through this parable, isn't trying to get us just
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Isn't trying to get us just to put down the devices
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To put down the devices to think and simply make
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To think and simply make the decision what matters most.
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The decision what matters most. i can't do everything,
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I can't do everything, i have to pick my priority,
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I have to pick my priority, so what is a priority for
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So what is a priority for my life and especially
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My life and especially for my soul?
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For my soul? let's put it another way,
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Let's put it another way, i think god is trying to save
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I think god is trying to save you from being like the guy
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You from being like the guy i saw almost walk into a car.
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I saw almost walk into a car. i don't mean he almost walked
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I don't mean he almost walked into the side of a car,
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Into the side of a car, i mean he literally almost
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I mean he literally almost walked into someone else's car.
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Walked into someone else's car. i'm not sure if you've ever seen
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I'm not sure if you've ever seen behind our church building here,
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Behind our church building here, there's a row of about
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There's a row of about five houses.
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Five houses. there's a sidewalk
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There's a sidewalk that runs in front of them
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That runs in front of them and the sidewalk ends
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And the sidewalk ends at the last driveway.
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At the last driveway. a few months ago, there was
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A few months ago, there was a car parked in that driveway.
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A car parked in that driveway. i was talking
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I was talking to our newest neighbors,
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To our newest neighbors, a woman from
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A woman from the dominican republic.
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The dominican republic. she's sitting right here
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She's sitting right here on the other side of the car,
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On the other side of the car, i'm here and the back passenger
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I'm here and the back passenger side door is open and her
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Side door is open and her 3 year old daughter
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3 year old daughter is sitting inside the car.
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Is sitting inside the car. and as we're talking,
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And as we're talking, i noticed this guy down
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I noticed this guy down the end of the block walking on
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The end of the block walking on the sidewalk with his phone.
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The sidewalk with his phone. and as we're talking,
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And as we're talking, he's walking,
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He's walking, and we keep talking,
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And we keep talking, and i glance over
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And i glance over and he's still walking
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And he's still walking until he gets one house away
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Until he gets one house away and then in front of this
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And then in front of this woman's house,
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Woman's house, until he almost walks
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Until he almost walks inside the car.
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Inside the car. i'm not making this up.
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I'm not making this up. the door was open like this,
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The door was open like this, i'm standing here,
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I'm standing here, the little girl's there,
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The little girl's there, and this guy passes
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And this guy passes in front of me,
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In front of me, past the open door,
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Past the open door, until he gets right about here,
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Until he gets right about here, almost ready to smash himself
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Almost ready to smash himself inside the car.
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Inside the car. and he just goes like this,
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And he just goes like this, "ah!"
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"ah!" suddenly realizes
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Suddenly realizes where he is,
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Where he is, that there's other humans
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That there's other humans in the world and he almost
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In the world and he almost crashed into a three-year old.
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Crashed into a three-year old. and he looked at me
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And he looked at me kind of sheepish,
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Kind of sheepish, "oh, i'm sorry, i'm sorry,
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"oh, i'm sorry, i'm sorry, i'm sorry.
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I'm sorry. i'm sorry."
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I'm sorry." let me veer around the car.
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[laughter]
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Isn't it true that
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Isn't it true that once you pull out the phone,
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Once you pull out the phone, the world disappears?
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The world disappears? you forget who's in the room.
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You forget who's in the room. you forget what matters more.
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You forget what matters more. there's just something
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There's just something the brain chemistry of it
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The brain chemistry of it is magnetic that
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Is magnetic that it's so easy to like,
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It's so easy to like, not hear words or remember
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Not hear words or remember the precious souls
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The precious souls in the room with us.
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In the room with us. today, i wonder if god
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Today, i wonder if god is trying to remind us,
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Is trying to remind us, like, just put down
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Like, just put down the phone and think
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The phone and think of what matters most.
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Of what matters most. would you agree with me today
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Would you agree with me today that people matter
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That people matter way more than screens?
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Way more than screens? that if screens become the way
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That if screens become the way that we connect with people,
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That we connect with people, establish really deep,
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Establish really deep, beautiful relationships,
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Beautiful relationships, praise god, but if somehow
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Praise god, but if somehow those screens get
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Those screens get in the way of profound
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In the way of profound connections with people,
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Connections with people, they have become a problem
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They have become a problem in our lives.
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In our lives. you know, i thought of that
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You know, i thought of that five to six hours a day
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Five to six hours a day for the average american.
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For the average american. five hours a day times 365,
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Five hours a day times 365, i think is 1,825 hours a year.
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I think is 1,825 hours a year. can you imagine?
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Can you imagine? can you imagine what
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Can you imagine what kind of relationships you
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Kind of relationships you could have with an extra
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Could have with an extra 1,825 hours a year?
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1,825 hours a year? like if your mom
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Like if your mom wishes you called more,
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Wishes you called more, can you imagine with 18 hours
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Can you imagine with 18 hours a year how you could connect
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A year how you could connect with her and fill up her cup?
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With her and fill up her cup? if you're married today,
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If you're married today, can you imagine the kind
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Can you imagine the kind of rock star marriage you
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Of rock star marriage you could have with 1,825 hours?
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Could have with 1,825 hours? my wife's not in the service.
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My wife's not in the service. i would be like the best husband
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I would be like the best husband that has ever ex --
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That has ever ex -- how many things on her list
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How many things on her list would i get done?
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Would i get done? how many heart to heart
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How many heart to heart conversations would we?
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Conversations would we? how many back rubs could
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How many back rubs could i give that woman?
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I give that woman? how many errands could i run?
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How many errands could i run? i mean we could --
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I mean we could -- i could be the best husband
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I could be the best husband in this room right now
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In this room right now with 1,825 hours and my kids
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With 1,825 hours and my kids and my friends like wow.
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And my friends like wow. if i could just use
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If i could just use half of that time,
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Half of that time, a quarter of that time.
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A quarter of that time. i bet if you used a tenth
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I bet if you used a tenth of that time to deepen your most
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Of that time to deepen your most important relationships,
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Important relationships, you would not regret it.
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You would not regret it. today god wants us to think,
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Today god wants us to think, what matters more?
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What matters more? every time
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Every time i think about screens,
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I think about screens, i think about this.
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[marbles rattling]
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Have i ever
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Have i ever showed you this before?
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Showed you this before? so, i have two teenage daughters
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So, i have two teenage daughters and when our daughters brooklyn
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And when our daughters brooklyn and maya were really little
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And maya were really little i bought these two jars
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I bought these two jars and on the inside of the cover,
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And on the inside of the cover, this is my oldest
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This is my oldest daughter's jar,
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Daughter's jar, is a note with the high school
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Is a note with the high school graduation date of my kid.
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Graduation date of my kid. and from the time i got the jar
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And from the time i got the jar i put in one marble for
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I put in one marble for each week until that date.
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Each week until that date. and i promise you it was
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And i promise you it was yesterday when there were this
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Yesterday when there were this many marbles in the jar.
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Many marbles in the jar. i counted yesterday,
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I counted yesterday, 68 sundays left until
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68 sundays left until my first born kid graduates.
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My first born kid graduates. and you parents
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And you parents of college students can
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Of college students can tell me if i'm wrong,
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Tell me if i'm wrong, but i have a hunch when
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But i have a hunch when we drop brooklyn off,
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We drop brooklyn off, say goodbye,
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Say goodbye, give her the biggest hug
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Give her the biggest hug in the world,
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In the world, and get back in the car,
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And get back in the car, kim and i are not
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Kim and i are not going to say,
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Going to say, "i wish we would have
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"i wish we would have watched more soccer.
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Watched more soccer. i wish --
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I wish -- why did we talk
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Why did we talk to that kid so much?
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To that kid so much? we should have just
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We should have just streamed another show."
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Streamed another show." now, i have a hunch
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Now, i have a hunch the principle of jesus
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The principle of jesus is going to punch us
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Is going to punch us in the throat that some things
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In the throat that some things matter so much more.
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Matter so much more. we think we have all the time
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We think we have all the time in the world with our kids,
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In the world with our kids, our parents,
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Our parents, our significant others
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Our significant others but time flies and people die.
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But time flies and people die. and jesus, today,
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And jesus, today, is reminding us
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Is reminding us that there is a banquet,
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That there is a banquet, that there's a better
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That there's a better blessing that --
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Blessing that -- don't be so caught up in
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Don't be so caught up in a lesser thing that a month
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A lesser thing that a month or a year or a decade goes by
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Or a year or a decade goes by when you miss out on
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When you miss out on something that means
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Something that means so much more.
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So much more. there's no long list of do's
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There's no long list of do's and don'ts in the bible
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And don'ts in the bible about technology,
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About technology, but i wonder if you stop
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But i wonder if you stop and think today what kind
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And think today what kind of changes you might be
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Of changes you might be led to make.
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Led to make. i'll share with you mine today.
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I'll share with you mine today. i'm trying to make a commitment,
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I'm trying to make a commitment, and please god help me to do it,
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And please god help me to do it, that in my house,
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That in my house, if i'm not alone,
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If i'm not alone, that screens are plan b.
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That screens are plan b. that's my big take away
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That's my big take away for today.
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For today. i've learned this,
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I've learned this, it's so instinctive.
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It's so instinctive. as soon as i step
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As soon as i step through the door,
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Through the door, as soon as i wake up
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As soon as i wake up to kind of reach for my phone
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To kind of reach for my phone to check this and this and this.
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To check this and this and this. i want screens to be
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I want screens to be the backup plan
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The backup plan and the first choice is
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And the first choice is to engage face to face with
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To engage face to face with the people that i love the most.
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The people that i love the most. i don't want to spend
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I don't want to spend the last years of my girls
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The last years of my girls in high school,
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In high school, all of us pulling out
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All of us pulling out our devices while we
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Our devices while we eat breakfast.
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Eat breakfast. i don't want the instinct
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I don't want the instinct to be after work or school,
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To be after work or school, like, everyone gets on their
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Like, everyone gets on their phones to do whatever.
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Phones to do whatever. that's not bad, it's just,
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That's not bad, it's just, it's not as good.
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It's not as good. no, if everyone's busy,
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No, if everyone's busy, if the kids are doing homework,
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If the kids are doing homework, if kim's gone, then great,
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If kim's gone, then great, pull out the phone,
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Pull out the phone, do whatever you want but
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Do whatever you want but until then i want that to be
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Until then i want that to be the backup plan of what
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The backup plan of what i know is a better option,
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I know is a better option, that a connection with my family
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That a connection with my family matters so much more.
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Matters so much more. how about you?
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How about you? there's no black and white,
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There's no black and white, there's no hard rules that i can
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There's no hard rules that i can put on your conscience today.
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Put on your conscience today. but i just would ask you,
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But i just would ask you, in the rush of the advancement
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In the rush of the advancement of technology step back,
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Of technology step back, take a deep breath, think,
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Take a deep breath, think, and decide to arrange
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And decide to arrange your life around the things
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Your life around the things that matter most at
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That matter most at the end of your life.
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The end of your life. but enough about
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But enough about family and friends,
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Family and friends, if we're going to be faithful
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If we're going to be faithful to the teaching of jesus,
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To the teaching of jesus, we should probably
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We should probably talk about god.
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Talk about god. let's go back to that number,
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Let's go back to that number, 1,825 hours.
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1,825 hours. if what matters most
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If what matters most in this life is not
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In this life is not a marriage or kids,
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A marriage or kids, or your best friend.
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Or your best friend. if what matters most
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If what matters most in this life is god,
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In this life is god, what kind of relationship
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What kind of relationship do you think you could have
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Do you think you could have with god with
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With god with 1,825 extra hours?
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1,825 extra hours? how strong would your faith be
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How strong would your faith be if you took half of that,
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If you took half of that, or quarter of that,
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Or quarter of that, a tenth of that,
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A tenth of that, invested it into your
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Invested it into your spiritual wellbeing?
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Spiritual wellbeing? well, i did some math.
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Well, i did some math. did you know that if you had
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Did you know that if you had 1,825 hours this year you could
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1,825 hours this year you could read this entire book,
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Read this entire book, the holy bible,
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The holy bible, from cover to cover?
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From cover to cover? twenty four times.
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Twenty four times. you could --
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You could -- you could be like --
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You could be like -- man, some of you could
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Man, some of you could be the next pastor
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Be the next pastor of our church in a year.
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Of our church in a year. twenty-four times.
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Twenty-four times. every two and a half weeks.
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Every two and a half weeks. isn't that wild?
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Isn't that wild? you could read this big book
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You could read this big book where god communicates his love
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Where god communicates his love and his promises to you.
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And his promises to you. okay, that's extreme.
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Okay, that's extreme. you're not going
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You're not going to spend every hour,
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To spend every hour, you're not going to read
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You're not going to read this 24 times this year,
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This 24 times this year, but man, what would happen
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But man, what would happen if you just --
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If you just -- if you leaned in to those
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If you leaned in to those spiritual habits we talk about
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Spiritual habits we talk about so much at our church?
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So much at our church? twelve months from now,
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Twelve months from now, if, like, gathering here
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If, like, gathering here with the people of god,
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With the people of god, around the word of god,
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Around the word of god, to sing the praises of god,
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To sing the praises of god, if that wasn't something you,
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If that wasn't something you, like, dipped into every so
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Like, dipped into every so often but sunday after sunday
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Often but sunday after sunday after sunday you invested time.
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After sunday you invested time. you don't need a 25th hour
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You don't need a 25th hour in your day,
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In your day, you just have to redeem the 24
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You just have to redeem the 24 that god has given you.
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That god has given you. now, how sweet and strong
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Now, how sweet and strong would your faith be
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Would your faith be if every single day
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If every single day you were able to engage
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You were able to engage with this book?
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With this book? maybe on a screen,
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Maybe on a screen, maybe an old school paper copy.
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Maybe an old school paper copy. and god could remind you
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And god could remind you of the promises of jesus.
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Of the promises of jesus. you wouldn't have
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You wouldn't have to be afraid to suffer,
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To be afraid to suffer, you wouldn't have
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You wouldn't have to be afraid to die.
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To be afraid to die. you won't have to live in
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You won't have to live in the past in guilt and shame.
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The past in guilt and shame. you could enjoy the joy
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You could enjoy the joy of your salvation in
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Of your salvation in the presence of jesus.
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The presence of jesus. how sweet would it be if we just
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How sweet would it be if we just had ten minutes a day to pray,
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Had ten minutes a day to pray, to praise god for his goodness,
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To praise god for his goodness, to ask him for help in
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To ask him for help in the midst of our troubles.
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The midst of our troubles. how many people could we serve
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How many people could we serve and love, and connect with?
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And love, and connect with? how many volunteer things could
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How many volunteer things could we do with 1,825 hours?
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We do with 1,825 hours? i don't know the answer,
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I don't know the answer, but i'm inspired to pursue it.
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But i'm inspired to pursue it. here's what i've learned
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Here's what i've learned about life and screens,
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About life and screens, in my life screens tend
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In my life screens tend to fill in any time
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To fill in any time that hasn't been
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That hasn't been previously claimed.
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Previously claimed. once the boredom hit
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Once the boredom hit the itch gets in my brain
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The itch gets in my brain and i reach for a device.
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And i reach for a device. so, i've learned that
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So, i've learned that the best way that
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The best way that i can resist the itch
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I can resist the itch is to build in the things that
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Is to build in the things that matter most into my schedule.
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Matter most into my schedule. and i wonder how church or bible
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And i wonder how church or bible or prayer or volunteering
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Or prayer or volunteering could be like the rock that
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Could be like the rock that goes into the jar first.
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Goes into the jar first. that's what --
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That's what -- you can eliminate
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You can eliminate screens once and forever,
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Screens once and forever, but so that they can find their
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But so that they can find their rightful place in your heart.
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Rightful place in your heart. now, as you think about
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Now, as you think about that today what it might
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That today what it might look like for your schedule,
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Look like for your schedule, can i just remind you
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Can i just remind you of this one little line
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Of this one little line from jesus' words?
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From jesus' words? "a great banquet."
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"a great banquet." if anything i've said
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If anything i've said today has felt like
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Today has felt like a pastor smashing you over
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A pastor smashing you over the head with the bible,
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The head with the bible, i didn't say it right
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I didn't say it right because what i'm trying
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Because what i'm trying to invite you to
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To invite you to is a great banquet.
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Is a great banquet. i know those five yoke of oxen
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I know those five yoke of oxen might be pretty fun out there,
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Might be pretty fun out there, but jesus wants to invite you
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But jesus wants to invite you to a once in a lifetime kind
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To a once in a lifetime kind of relationship with god.
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Of relationship with god. we actually come to believe,
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We actually come to believe, maybe for the first time
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Maybe for the first time in your life, that god
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In your life, that god is a really good father.
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Is a really good father. he comes with authority
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He comes with authority as your lord,
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As your lord, but he comes with
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But he comes with unbelievable compassion
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Unbelievable compassion and love.
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And love. and he's a rock and a fortress.
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And he's a rock and a fortress. so, that when everything
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So, that when everything in life seems to be
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In life seems to be shaken and you don't know what's
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Shaken and you don't know what's going to happen tomorrow,
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Going to happen tomorrow, there's something so solid,
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There's something so solid, you end up with this peace that
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You end up with this peace that you can't wrap your mind around.
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You can't wrap your mind around. god wants to speak to you
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God wants to speak to you so clearly that you don't
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So clearly that you don't have to wait for some
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Have to wait for some whisper or dream or feeling
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Whisper or dream or feeling or intuition,
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Or intuition, you will have known
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You will have known the very words where god
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Is speaking to you about
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His love and his plans
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For your future,
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Plans to prosper you
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And give you hope
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In the days to come.
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What i'm inviting you here today
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Is to put down your screen for
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A few seconds so that you can
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Enjoy something so much better,
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The kingdom of god,
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The presence of god,
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The power of god,
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And the forgiveness that
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Comes in the name of god's
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One and only son.
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Friends, you can't
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Do everything,
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So i hope you choose
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What matters most.
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"the servant came back
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"the servant came back and reported this to his master.
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And reported this to his master. then the owner of the house
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Then the owner of the house became angry and ordered
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Became angry and ordered his servants,
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His servants, 'go out quickly
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'go out quickly into the streets
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Into the streets and alleys of the town,
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And alleys of the town, and bring in the poor,
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And bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind,
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The crippled, the blind, and the lame.'
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And the lame.' 'sir,' the servant said,
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'sir,' the servant said, 'what you ordered has been done,
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'what you ordered has been done, but there's still this room.'
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But there's still this room.' and the master told the servant,
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And the master told the servant, 'go out to the roads
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'go out to the roads and country lanes
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And country lanes and compel them to come in,
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And compel them to come in, so that my house will be full.
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So that my house will be full. i tell you, not one of those
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I tell you, not one of those who are invited will get
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Who are invited will get a taste of my banquet.'"
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Have you ever known or believed
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Have you ever known or believed how passionately god wants
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How passionately god wants to save your soul?
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To save your soul? how he is sending out his
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How he is sending out his servants with this invitation
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Servants with this invitation again, and again, and again
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Again, and again, and again so that even if you didn't
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So that even if you didn't take it the first time,
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Take it the first time, like literally,
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Like literally, you're here today,
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You're here today, digitally you're watching
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Digitally you're watching at home because god is like,
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At home because god is like, "i want you in my house.
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"i want you in my house. i don't want the end
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I don't want the end of your life to come
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Of your life to come and all you have is screens
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And all you have is screens and family and work.
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And family and work. i want you to have jesus."
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I want you to have jesus." that's why he told
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That's why he told this amazing story about
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This amazing story about a great banquet.
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A great banquet. it's why god brought you
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It's why god brought you to this moment here today,
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To this moment here today, and even more,
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And even more, it's why god sent his son
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It's why god sent his son to die in a cross for your sins.
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To die in a cross for your sins. so, you would believe that
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So, you would believe that jesus is like this treasure.
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Jesus is like this treasure. and even if you have to give up
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And even if you have to give up everything to be with him,
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Everything to be with him, you do it in joy because
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You do it in joy because he's worth it.
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He's worth it. he's like a fine pearl,
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He's like a fine pearl, and once you get a glimpse
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And once you get a glimpse of the love and the power
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Of the love and the power of jesus, you say whatever,
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Of jesus, you say whatever, whatever i got to change
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Whatever i got to change or repent of or give up,
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Or repent of or give up, it is absolutely worth it
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It is absolutely worth it because he's jesus and it
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Because he's jesus and it gives me eternal happiness.
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Gives me eternal happiness. here is the heart of god,
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Here is the heart of god, not just some strict master
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Not just some strict master punishing us for our sins,
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But one who is pleading,
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But one who is pleading, compelling us to come in
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Compelling us to come in by his grace.
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By his grace. "come in, there's still
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"come in, there's still a seat with your name on it.
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Before time is out, i want you
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Before time is out, i want you to be at my banquet
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To be at my banquet and celebrate with me forever."
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And celebrate with me forever." friends, there's something
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Friends, there's something infinitely better
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Infinitely better than the newest show,
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Than the newest show, the latest stream,
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The latest stream, a funny post,
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A funny post, or a shareable meme,
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Or a shareable meme, and his name is jesus.
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And his name is jesus. man, the things of this earth,
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Man, the things of this earth, the entertainment it gives
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The entertainment it gives are sometimes really good,
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Are sometimes really good, but i swear to you today that
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But i swear to you today that jesus is eternally great.
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Jesus is eternally great. the clock's ticking,
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The clock's ticking, the marbles are coming
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The marbles are coming out of your jar.
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Out of your jar. so, today and tomorrow,
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So, today and tomorrow, until the day you see
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Until the day you see his face, may you always
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His face, may you always choose what matters,
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Choose what matters, and most importantly,
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And most importantly, who matters more.
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Who matters more. let's pray.
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Let's pray. jesus, i love you.
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Jesus, i love you. there's no one else
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There's no one else who loves us like you do.
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Who loves us like you do. there's no one else who is as
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There's no one else who is as patient with us as you are.
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Patient with us as you are. there's no one who has been
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There's no one who has been sinned against as often
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Sinned against as often as we have sinned against you
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As we have sinned against you and yet you turn around
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And yet you turn around with your arms open
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With your arms open in grace and mercy.
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In grace and mercy. forgive us, lord, for every time
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Forgive us, lord, for every time we were deceived into thinking
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We were deceived into thinking that the things of this earth,
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That the things of this earth, the creation, was even
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The creation, was even better than the creator.
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Better than the creator. there's something in this world
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There's something in this world you created is more worthy
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You created is more worthy to be worshipped than you,
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The one who is above all things.
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Jesus, we are trying to remind
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Our own hearts today through
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The power of your truth
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That your name is greater
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And your name is higher and your
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Name stands above it all.
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Thank you for a seat
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At the great banquet.
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Thank you that even if we have
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Sinned a billion times in a row,
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That we can come back to you
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Today and find grace
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And a place in your presence.
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We don't deserve it,
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But we're so grateful
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That you give it.
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And now, god, i pray
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For self-control.
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It is so easy to preach
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A sermon about priorities,
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But when i go home today,
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It will be really hard
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To practice them.
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And so, i'm asking for all
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Of our sake that you would
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Give us the holy spirit
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To produce in us the fruit
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Of self-control.
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To be able to pick up these
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Devices when they are for our
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Benefit and put them down when
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They would be to our detriment.
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God, all of us want to do it,
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But it's really hard,
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So we need your help.
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Please empower us and remind us
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That every day we seek you
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And love other people
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Is a day well spent.
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We pray all these things in
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The beautiful holy saving name
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Of jesus and everyone said amen.
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>> what a message from
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>> what a message from pastor mike guiding us
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Pastor mike guiding us to focus on our relationship
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To focus on our relationship with others and god so
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With others and god so we don't miss out on
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We don't miss out on the good gifts god gives us.
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The good gifts god gives us. this month we are
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This month we are offering beyond burnout,
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To burn you out.
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Always online,
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Always on call,
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Always racing, always working.
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Christians often burn out
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The quickest.
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Always serving,
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Always striving,
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Always saying yes.
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Where's the rest
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Jesus promised?
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God designed you for
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More resilient peace,
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Mike Novotny - Resetting Your Digital Life

January 6, 2026 | 29:5

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