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>> YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE GETTING
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A CHRISTIAN WHEN IT'S
NOT JUST WHAT YOU'RE DOING,
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IT'S WHY YOU'RE DOING IT.
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ARE YOU DOING IT
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>> THERE IS A GREAT CONTROVERSY
BETWEEN CHRIST AND SATAN.
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JESUS IS LOVE, GOD IS LOVE.
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THE DEVIL IS THE OPPOSITE
OR THE ANTITHESIS OF THAT,
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HE IS SELFISHNESS.
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MAN ORIGINALLY WAS CREATED
BY GOD WITH A NATURAL DESIRE
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TO LOVE.
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ADAM, WHEN HE CAME FROM THE
HANDS OF THE CREATOR, AND EVE,
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THEY FELT THIS NORMAL RESPONSE,
THIS WELLSPRING OF LOVE WITHIN
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THEM, IT WAS NATURAL FOR THEM.
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IT WAS HOW MAN WAS
MOTIVATED BEFORE THE FALL.
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BUT AFTER SIN, IF YOU COULD
SUMMARIZE, WHAT WAS THE DISEASE
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THAT CAME UPON THE
FALLEN NATURE OF MAN?
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YOU COULD SUMMARIZE THAT PRETTY
WELL IN ONE WORD AND IT WOULD
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BE: SELFISHNESS.
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WHERE BEFORE MAN WAS MOTIVATED
BY LOVE, NOW IN HIS FALLEN
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STATE, MAN WAS
ABSORBED WITH HIMSELF.
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MATTER OF FACT, BABIES ARE
NOT BORN LOVING AND CONSIDERATE
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AND KIND, BABIES ARE INITIALLY
THE MOST SELFISH CREATURES
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IN THE WORLD.
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WHEN YOU REALLY THINK ABOUT IT,
MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, THE BABY'S
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CRYING BECAUSE IT'S HUNGRY
OR BORED OR A PLUMBING PROBLEM
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OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
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AND MOMMY COMES AND LEANS
OVER AND SAYS, "COULD THIS WAIT
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UNTIL THE MORNING?
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I'M REALLY TIRED."
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HE COULD CARE
LESS HOW TIRED SHE IS.
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ALL HE CAN THINK
ABOUT IS WHAT HIS NEEDS ARE.
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AND YOU KNOW, SOME OF US NEVER
REALLY OUT GROW THAT, WE JUST
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LEARN TO CONCEAL
IT A LITTLE BETTER.
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IT'S EASY FOR US TO GO
THROUGH OUR LIVES, EVEN DOING
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OUTWARDLY CHRISTIAN
THINGS, FOR SELFISH REASONS.
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WELL, THERE'S A STORY I'D
LIKE TO USE AS A SPRINGBOARD,
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AND THE CHARACTERS I WANT US
TO NOTICE HERE PRINCIPALLY ARE
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MARY AND JUDAS AT THIS FEAST.
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JOHN 12:1, "THEN 6 DAYS BEFORE
THE PASSOVER, JESUS CAME TO
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BETHANY, WHERE LAZARUS WAS,
WHO HAD BEEN DEAD, WHOM HE HAD
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RAISED FROM THE DEAD.
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THERE THEY MADE HIM A SUPPER;
AND MARTHA SERVED: BUT LAZARUS
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WAS ONE OF THOSE WHO
SAT AT THE TABLE WITH HIM."
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THEN MARTHA--I'M SORRY,
"THEN MARY TOOK A POUND OF VERY
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COSTLY OIL OF SPIKENARD
AND ANOINTED THE FEET OF JESUS
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AND WIPED HIS FEET WITH HER HAIR
AND THE HOUSE WAS FILLED WITH
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THE FRAGRANCE OF THE OIL.
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THEN ONE OF THE DISCIPLES,
JUDAS ISCARIOT, SIMON'S SON
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WHO WOULD BETRAY HIM
SAID, 'WHY WAS THIS FRAGRANT OIL
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THE NOT SOLD FOR 300
DENARII--' THAT'S A YEAR'S WAGES
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'AND GIVEN TO THE POOR?'
THIS, JUDAS SAID, NOT THAT HE
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CARED FOR THE POOR, BUT BECAUSE
HE WAS A THIEF AND HE HAD
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THE MONEY BOX AND HE USED
TO TAKE WHAT WAS PUT IN IT."
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NOW, THIS STORY DEMONSTRATES
THAT MAN LOOKS ON THE OUTWARD
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APPEARANCE, BUT
GOD LOOKS ON THE HEART.
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IT'S NOT JUST THE DEED, IT'S
WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE HEART.
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MARY WAS WILLING TO WORSHIP
AND ANOINT CHRIST AT HIS FEET
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FOR LOVE; JUDAS
WANTED THE HIGH POSITION.
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IT'S INTERESTING, THERE'S A
RECORD OF TWO PEOPLE KISSING
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JESUS, TWO PEOPLE.
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MARY KISSED HIS FEET AND SERVED
HIM AND GAVE, JUDAS KISSED HIS
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FACE AND THEN BETRAYED HIM.
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AND I THINK IN CHRISTIANITY,
THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE
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GOING THROUGH THE
MOTIONS OF BEING A CHRISTIAN,
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BUT THE MOTIVE ISN'T RIGHT.
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THIS MESSAGE IS SO IMPORTANT
BECAUSE IT'S SO BASIC, IT NEEDS,
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IT'S SAYING THAT WE NEED TO
HAVE A CHANGE OF HEART AND TO BE
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DOING THE RIGHT
THINGS FOR THE RIGHT REASON.
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WE NEED TO BE SERVING
GOD BECAUSE WE LOVE HIM.
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THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE
THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THEIR
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CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE AND
THEIR MOTIVES ARE NOT RIGHT.
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MARY DID NOT SEEK ANY ATTENTION,
SHE DID NOT SEEK ANY PRAISE,
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MATTER OF FACT, SHE WAS TRYING
TO FIND A WAY TO DO IT WITHOUT
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ATTRACTING ATTENTION.
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WILLING TO SERVE
BECAUSE SHE LOVED.
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CHRIST REGARDED, THIS IS
J.B. PHILLIPS WROTE THIS,
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WHO WROTE THAT
GREAT BOOK ON PRAYER.
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"CHRIST
REGARDED THE SELF-LOVING,
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SELF-REGARDING, SELF-SEEKING
SPIRIT AS THE DIRECT ANTITHESIS
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OF REAL LIVING.
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HIS TWO FUNDAMENTAL RULES
FOR LIFE WERE THAT LOVE ENERGY,
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INSTEAD OF BEING TURNED IN
UPON ITSELF, SHOULD FIRST GO OUT
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TO GOD THEN TO OTHER PEOPLE."
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THE EQUATION OF PRIORITIES,
LOVE THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR
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HEART, LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR
AS YOURSELF, IS THE FOUNDATION.
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FIRST LOVING GOD THEN LOVING
OTHERS THEN LOVING YOURSELF.
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AND GOD DOES NOT SAY THAT YOU
SHOULDN'T THINK ABOUT YOURSELF
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OR YOUR OWN NEEDS, I'M NOT HERE
TO TRY AND MAKE YOU FEEL GUILTY
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ABOUT THAT, BUT WHAT
IS YOUR MOTIVE FOR LIFE?
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IS IT: WHAT'S IN IT FOR ME?
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"A SELFISH HEART LOVES FOR WHAT
IT CAN GET, A CHRIST-LIKE HEART
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LOVES FOR WHAT IT CAN GIVE."
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WE ALL WANT THE HEART OF
CHRIST, ISN'T THAT RIGHT?
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NOW, THERE ARE DIFFERENT KINDS
OF CHRISTIANS, SOME ARE SELFISH
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CHRISTIANS.
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YOU KNOW, REALLY THAT IS
AN OXYMORON, BECAUSE A GENUINE
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CHRISTIAN IS A FOLLOWER
OF CHRIST AND CHRIST IS LOVE.
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SO, A REAL CHRIS@AN
SHOULD BE DRIVEN BY LOVE.
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A SELFISH
CHRISTIAN IS AN OXYMORON.
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LUKE 22:24, WHAT WERE THE
DISCIPLES ARGUING ABOUT JUST
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BEFORE JESUS WENT TO THE
CROSS TO SHOW HIS LOVE FOR THEM?
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THEY WERE ARGUING ABOUT
WHICH OF THEM WAS THE GREATEST.
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NOW, IT'S PRETTY SCARY
WHEN YOU THINK THAT THE CREAM OF
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THE CROP THAT JESUS HAS PICKED
TO BE THE LEADERS OF THIS NEW
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RELIGION STILL DON'T
HAVE THE BASICS RIGHT.
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IT'S SCARY AND IT'S ENCOURAGING.
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IT'S SCARY BECAUSE IT TELLS US
HOW EASY IT IS TO BE DECEIVED.
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JESUS HAD SENT THE DISCIPLES
OUT TEACHING AND PREACHING
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AND HEALING AND DOING ALL
OF THESE RELIGIOUS THINGS,
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AND STILL THEY WERE
DOING IT FOR THE WRONG REASONS.
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I MEAN, I'M SURE THEY LOVED
JESUS, BUT IT SEEMED LIKE THE
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PRIORITY IN THEIR FOLLOWING HIM
WAS, WHAT WILL MY POSITION BE?
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WHICH OF US IS THE GREATEST?
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AND YOU KNOW, IT'S SCARY
'CAUSE THAT STILL HAPPENS IN
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THE CHURCH MORE
THAN WE'D LIKE TO ADMIT.
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IT'S ENCOURAGING BECAUSE IF
THE LORD CAN CHANGE THEIR HEARTS
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SO QUICKLY, HE CAN CHANGE OURS.
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HE TOOK THEM FROM MEN THAT WERE
STILL VERY SELFISH AT THE CORE
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AND HE CHANGED THEM.
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MOST OF US LEARN
HOW TO PRETEND TO LOVE.
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WE OFTEN ARE DOING IT BECAUSE
IT'S EXPECTED THAT WE DO IT
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AND IN THE END IT
WILL BE BETTER FOR ME.
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AND SO SELFISHNESS IS STILL
AT THE CORE OF OUR MOTIVES.
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THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT NEEDS TO CHANGE.
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I HEARD ABOUT THE ILLINOIS
SECRETARY OF STATE, WHEN THEY
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STARTED DOING THESE
PERSONALIZED LICENSE PLATES,
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THEY HAD TO HAVE A PLATE
THAT SAID NUMBER ONE ON IT.
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AND SO THE SECRETARY OF
STATE SAID IT WAS A REAL PROBLEM
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ABOUT WHO TO
ASSIGN THIS PLATE TO.
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'CAUSE I WAS ABOUT TO MAKE
A THOUSAND PEOPLE FEEL HURT.
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SO, YOU KNOW HOW HE SOLVED THAT?
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HE ASSIGNED IT TO HIMSELF.
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UNDER THE PRETENSE OF NOT
WANTING TO HURT EVERYONE ELSE
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IN THE STATE, HE GAVE HIMSELF
THE LICENSE PLATE THAT SAID,
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"NUMERO UNO."
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JESUS SAID, "IF YOU SEEK TO
SAVE YOUR LIFE, YOU LOSE IT."
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YOU NEVER FIND SATISFACTION IN
SAYING, "WHAT'S IN IT FOR ME?"
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THAT'S, OF COURSE, THE
ABBREVIATION OF WHAT IS
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IN IT FOR ME OR "WIIIFM."
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ADMIT IT, WE'RE ALL INFECTED.
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IF SOMEONE GIVES YOU A GROUP
PHOTO AND YOU'RE IN THE GROUP,
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WHO DO YOU FIRST LOOK
FOR WHEN YOU GET THE PICTURE?
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I WONDER HOW I
LOOK IN THIS PICTURE?
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SOMETIMES WE CAN
PRAY EVEN SELFISH PRAYERS.
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LUKE 18:11, "JESUS SAID THE
PHARISEE STOOD AND PRAYED THUS
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WITH HIMSELF, 'GOD, I THANK YOU
THAT I AM NOT AS OTHER PEOPLE,
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EXTORTIONERS, UNJUST ADULTERERS
OR EVEN LIKE THIS PUBLICAN.
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I FAST TWICE A WEEK, I PAY
TITHES ABOVE ALL, I POSSESS.'"
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WHO IS THE
CENTER OF THAT PRAYER?
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"I."
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DO YOU KNOW THE WORD "ME" DOES
NOT APPEAR IN THE LORD'S PRAYER?
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NEITHER DOES THE WORD "I."
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IT'S "OUR."
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"FORGIVE US OUR--"
IT'S ABOUT US TOGETHER.
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JESUS, WHEN HE PRAYED, HE SAID,
"NOT MY WILL, BUT THY WILL BE
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DONE."
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JAMES 4:3, "YOU ASK AND YOU
DO NOT RECEIVE BECAUSE YOU ASK
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AMISS THAT YOU MIGHT
CONSUME IT UPON YOUR PLEASURES."
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MOST PRAYERS SOUND LIKE, "OUR
FATHER, WHICH ART IN HEAVEN,
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GIMME, GIMME, GIMME, GIMME."
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WHAT'S IN IT FOR ME?
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JESUS SAID IN MATTHEW 15:8,
"THESE PEOPLE DRAW NEAR TO ME
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WITH THEIR MOUTHS AND HONOR
ME WITH THEIR LIPS, BUT THEIR
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HEARTS ARE FAR FROM ME."
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HOW LONG WOULD OUR PRAYERS BE
IF WE WERE ONLY ALLOWED TO PRAY
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FOR OTHERS?
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SOME OF OUR PRAYERS ARE PRETTY
SHORT EVEN THOUGH WE DO PRAY
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FOR OURSELVES.
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BUT REALLY, IF YOUR PRAYER
COULD ONLY BE, WHAT WOULD I
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PRAY FOR THAT GOD WOULD WANT?
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PRAY FOR HIS KINGDOM, PRAY
FOR HIS PEOPLE, PRAY FOR OTHERS.
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HOW LONG WOULD OUR PRAYERS
BE IF WE COULD ONLY PRAY FOR
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OUR ENEMIES?
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BUT ONLY A LOVING
HEART CAN DO THAT.
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SOMETIMES OUR
GIVING CAN BE SELFISH.
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OSWALD CHAMBERS SAID,
"MUCH OF PHILANTHROPY IS SIMPLY
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THE IMPULSE TO SAVE OURSELVES
AN UNCOMFORTABLE FEELING."
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A LOT OF PEOPLE GIVE NOT
BECAUSE THEY LOVE, BUT THEY FEEL
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GUILTY.
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I'VE GOT SO MUCH, I'D
BETTER GIVE SOMETHING.
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AND WHO WAS IT?
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MOTHER TERESA THAT SAID,
"HE MERITS NO THANKS WHO DOES
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A KINDNESS FOR HIS OWN ENDS."
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SOMEONE ELSE, MAYBE THIS
WAS MOTHER TERESA, "IF YOU GIVE
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SOMETHING THAT YOU CANNOT LIVE
WITHOUT, IT'S NOT A SACRIFICE."
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SO MUCH OF OUR
GIVING IS TAINTED BY WIIIFM,
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WHAT'S IN IT FOR ME?
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IS THIS AN EXPECTATION?
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WILL GOD OPEN THE
WINDOWS OF HEAVEN?
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WILL I RECEIVE A CURSE?
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AND THE REASON TO DO IT
IS 'CAUSE YOU LOVE THE LORD
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AND TO BE FAITHFUL.
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IT'S POSSIBLE TO
SERVE FOR SELFISH REASONS.
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MOST PEOPLE LIVE
ACCORDING TO THE CAFETERIA PLAN,
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WHICH IS SELF SERVICE.
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OR THE AM-PM PLAN.
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MATTHEW 19:27, "PETER ANSWERED
AND SAID TO JESUS, 'SEE LORD,
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WE'VE LEFT
EVERYTHING TO FOLLOW YOU.
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WHAT WILL WE GET?'"
AND YOU KNOW, DID THE LORD
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ANSWER HIM?
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YEAH, SURE, GOD TELLS US
THAT THERE'S HEAVEN AND THERE'S
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BLESSINGS AND WE WANNA KNOW
WIIIFM, WHAT'S IN IT FOR ME?
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EVEN PETER ASKED THAT,
THE APOSTLES ASKED THAT.
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AND JESUS SAID, "LOOK, ANYONE
WHO'S LEFT ANYTHING, FATHER,
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MOTHER, HOUSES, LANDS, FOR
MY SAKE AND THE GOSPELS, HE'LL
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RECEIVE A HUNDRED FOLD MORE
IN THIS LIFE AND ETERNAL LIFE
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AND LIFE TO COME."
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GOD TELLS US THERE ARE REWARDS,
THERE ARE PRESENT BENEFITS.
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BUT FOR THE MATURE CHRISTIAN,
YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE GETTING
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WHERE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE
AS A CHRISTIAN WHEN IT'S NOT
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JUST WHAT YOU'RE DOING,
IT'S WHY YOU'RE DOING IT.
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ARE YOU DOING IT
FOR THE RIGHT REASON?
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ARE YOU MOTIVATED BY LOVE FOR
GOD, LOVE FOR YOUR FELLOW MAN?
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JESUS SAID, THE LOVING MOTIVE,
AND WHO COMPELS YOU TO GO
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ONE MILE?
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IF YOU WANNA REALLY DEVELOP
YOUR LOVE MUSCLES, DON'T DO
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WHAT YOU'RE FORCED TO
DO, GO THE EXTRA MILE.
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SEE, I KNOW I'M REQUIRED TO
SERVE THIS MUCH, BUT I'M GONNA
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GO BEYOND THAT.
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ONE OF THE WAYS YOU CAN
IDENTIFY A CHRISTIAN, IS THEY'RE
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GOING THE EXTRA MILE.
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SOMETIMES OUR WORDS BETRAY
THE SELFISHNESS IN THE HEART.
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YOU'VE HEARD JESUS
SAY, MATTHEW 12, "OUT OF
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THE ABUNDANCE OF THE
HEART, THE MOUTH SPEAKS."
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AND IF YOU TALK TO SOMEONE LONG
ENOUGH, YOU CAN FIND OUT WHAT'S
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IN THEIR HEART.
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THIS IS THE CANCER IN
THE CHURCH, SELFISHNESS.
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AM I RIGHT?
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YOU NAME A SIN, NAME A
COMMANDMENT YOU CAN BREAK,
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I CAN PUT THIS HANDLE ON
IT, THE HANDLE OF SELFISHNESS.
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AND CONVERSELY IT IS TRUE THAT
WHEN YOU LOVE, PAUL SAYS, "LOVE
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IS THE FULFILLING OF THE LAW."
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IF YOU LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR,
YOU DON'T LIE TO HIM, YOU DON'T
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STEAL FROM HIM, YOU DON'T KILL
HIM, YOU DON'T TAKE HIS SPOUSE.
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IF YOU LOVE GOD, YOU'RE
NOT GONNA WORSHIP OTHER GODS,
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YOU'RE NOT GONNA INSULT HIM
WITH IDOLATRY OR ABUSE HIS NAME,
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YOU'LL CHERISH
YOUR TIME WITH GOD.
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YOU GO THROUGH THE COMMANDMENTS
AND LOVE IS THE FULFILLING OF
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THE LAW AND SELFISHNESS, IF
YOU DON'T HAVE LOVE, YOU WILL BE
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BREAKING EVERY
OTHER COMMANDMENT.
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I WOULD STEAL THAT ITEM FROM THE
STORE, BUT I MIGHT GET CAUGHT
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AND WHAT WOULD THAT DO TO ME?
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WHO ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT?
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YOU'RE NOT THINKING ABOUT
NOT STEALING 'CAUSE STEALING'S
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WRONG AND IT WOULD DISHONOR GOD
AND IT WOULD HURT YOUR NEIGHBOR,
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YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT,
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO ME?
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YOU CAN GO THROUGH THE
COMMANDMENTS AND IT'S REALLY
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NOT POSSIBLE TO KEEP ANY
OF THE COMMANDMENTS RIGHT,
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UNLESS YOU LOVE.
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BUT HAVING SAID THAT,
GOTTA INSERT A DISCLAIMER HERE,
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PLEASE DON'T MISS THIS, IT
IS ALWAYS STILL BETTER TO DO
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THE RIGHT THING EVEN IF YOU'RE
DOING IT FOR THE WRONG REASONS.
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DID YOU HEAR THAT?
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IF YOU'RE SAYING, WELL, LOOK,
I'M NOT DOIN' IT FOR THE RIGHT
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REASONS, I MAY AS WELL THROW
MY HANDS IN THE AIR AND QUIT.
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WRONG.
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IT IS ALWAYS BETTER TO DO THE
RIGHT THING AND YOU OUGHTA BE
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DOIN' THE RIGHT THING, EVEN
IF IT'S FOR THE WRONG MOTIVE,
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UNTIL YOU CAN
GET THE MOTIVE RIGHT.
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YOU MIGHT BE GOING IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION FOR THE WRONG REASON,
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BUT KEEP GOING IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION AND THEN TRY AND GET
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YOUR REASONS RIGHT.
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AND BY WAY, THERE ARE ALWAYS
BENEFITS AND BLESSINGS FOR YOU
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IN OBEYING, EVEN IF
YOUR HEART IS SELFISH.
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YOU'LL ALWAYS BE
BETTER OFF OBEYING.
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THE PROMISES THAT GOD MAKES
FOR TITHE PAYING, HE PROMISES TO
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REMOVE THE CURSE, TO
OPEN THE WINDOWS OF HEAVEN.
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YOU STILL GET THAT, EVEN IF
YOU'RE DOIN' IT FOR THE WRONG
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REASON.
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BUT YOU WANNA LEARN TO
DO IT FOR THE RIGHT REASON.
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THAT'S WHAT THIS
MESSAGE, REALLY, IS ALL ABOUT.
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THERE ARE TWO PRIMARY
PLAYERS THAT ARE AT THE CORE,
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IT'S CHRIST AND SATAN,
IT'S LOVE AND SELFISHNESS.
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AND IN OUR HEARTS,
THEY'RE EITHER RULED BY
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ONE OR THE OTHER.
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AND I'M JUST ENCOURAGING YOU
TO GET IT RIGHT IN THE HEART.
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DO IT FROM LOVE, SO, HOW
DO WE DEVELOP RIGHT MOTIVES?
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LOOK NOT, PHILIPPIANS 2:4, "LOOK
NOT EVERY MAN ON HIS OWN THINGS,
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BUT EVERY MAN ALSO ON
THE THINGS OF OTHERS."
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DEVELOPING RIGHT
MOTIVES INVOLVES A CHOICE.
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1 CORINTHIANS 10, "LET NO
ONE SEEK HIS OWN, BUT EACH
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MAN THE OTHER'S WELL BEING."
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SEE, SELFISHNESS IS AN ANIMAL
THAT WE ALL HAVE INSIDE THAT
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CAN BE STARVED.
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AND YOU MAY NOT FEEL LIKE
IT, BUT YOU'VE GOTTA STARVE IT.
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YOU STARVE IT, WELL, THE WAY
YOU GET LIGHT OUT OF A ROOM IS
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BY INTRODUCING DARKNESS.
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THE WAY YOU GET SELFISHNESS
OUT OF THE HEART IS BY
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CHOOSING LOVE.
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SOME PEOPLE USE THEIR RELIGION
LIKE A BUS, THEY RIDE IT ONLY
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WHEN IT'S GOING THEIR WAY.
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BUT THE REAL MARKETING OF
JESUS, "LET EVERY MAN DENY
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HIMSELF, TAKE UP HIS CROSS,
FOLLOW ME, LIVE FOR OTHERS,
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LIVE FOR GOD," IT'S
HARD TO MARKET THAT.
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YOU'RE PROBABLY NEVER GONNA
SEE A BEST SELLER ON HOW YOU CAN
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JUST LIVE FOR GOD AND LIVE
FOR LOVE, AS OPPOSED TO LIVING
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FOR YOURSELF.
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DEVELOPING RIGHT MOTIVES,
EZEKIEL 18:31, "CAST AWAY FROM
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YOU ALL THE TRANSGRESSIONS
WHICH YOU HAVE COMMITTED AND GET
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YOURSELVES A NEW
HEART AND A NEW SPIRIT."
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NOW, THE HEART IS THE BEING
OF WHO WE ARE, THE SPIRIT IS WHY
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ARE YOU DOING?
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WHAT SPIRIT IS MOTIVATING YOU?
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WHY DOES GOD TELL US,
GET YOURSELF A NEW HEART
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AND A NEW SPIRIT.
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WHERE DO WE GET IT?
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YOU GOTTA KEEP READING.
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EZEKIEL 36:26, "I WILL
GIVE YOU A NEW HEART AND PUT
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A NEW SPIRIT."
00:17:31.26\00:17:32.26
WHERE DO WE GET IT?
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THE LORD GIVES US A NEW
HEART, HE GIVES US NEW MOTIVES.
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"I'LL GIVE YOU A NEW HEART
AND A NEW SPIRIT WITHIN YOU.
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I'LL TAKE THE HEART OF STONE
OUT OF YOUR FLESH AND GIVE YOU
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A HEART OF FLESH.
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I WILL PUT MY SPIRIT
WITHIN YOU AND CAUSE YOU--"
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HERE'S THE MOTIVE,
"TO WALK IN MY STATUTES
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AND TO KEEP MY
JUDGMENTS AND DO THEM.
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THEN YOU'LL DWELL IN THE LAND
THAT I GAVE YOUR FATHERS AND YOU
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WILL BE MY PEOPLE
AND I WILL BE YOUR GOD."
00:17:58.63\00:18:01.50
WHEN GOD SAVED THE CHILDREN OF
ISRAEL FROM EGYPT AND HE BROUGHT
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THEM INTO THE PROMISED LAND,
HE WARNED THEM, THROUGH MOSES,
00:18:05.43\00:18:10.00
AND HE SAYS, "YOU'RE GONNA MOVE
INTO HOUSES THAT THE CANAANITES
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BUILT AND LIVE IN THEIR
HOUSES AND YOU'LL BE EATING FROM
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THE TREES THAT THEY PLANTED
AND YOU'LL BE DRINKING FROM
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THE WELLS THAT THEY DUG."
00:18:15.50\00:18:18.13
AND HE SAID, "BEWARE,"
MOSES WARNED THEM AND HE SAID,
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"BEWARE, BECAUSE WHEN YOU ARE
ABUNDANT AND WHEN YOU ARE FAT
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AND WHEN YOU ARE HAPPY THAT YOU
DON'T FORGET ABOUT ME AND YOU
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START THINKING IT'S ABOUT YOU."
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AND YOU KNOW, PROSPERITY
DESTROYS AS MANY PEOPLE
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AS WANT.
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I THINK PROSPERITY DESTROYS
MORE CHRISTIANS THAN WANT.
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HOW DO WE DEVELOP
THE RIGHT MOTIVES?
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HERE'S THE KEY: 1 JOHN
4:19, "WE LOVE HIM," WHY?
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"BECAUSE HE FIRST LOVED US."
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HOW DO YOU KNOW
HE FIRST LOVED YOU?
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WELL, YOU'VE
GOTTA BEHOLD THAT LOVE.
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WHY DID MARY LOVE JESUS?
00:19:01.23\00:19:04.43
WELL, YOU GOTTA READ THE
BOOK, BUT I THINK THAT MARY WAS
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THAT WOMAN CAUGHT IN
ADULTERY THAT JESUS FORGAVE.
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AND THAT WHEN SHE SAW THE LOVE
OF THE LORD AND SHE EXPERIENCED
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THAT FORGIVENESS, IT
JUST BROKE HER HEART.
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THAT'S WHY YOU ALWAYS SEE
HER SITTING AT JESUS' FEET,
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JUST IN ADORATION
AND LISTENING AND LOVE.
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BECAUSE HE LOVED HER SO MUCH,
HE SAID, BASICALLY I'M GONNA
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TAKE YOUR PLACE, I'M
GONNA DIE ON YOUR BEHALF.
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WHY DO YOU THINK SHE ANOINTED
HIM FOR HIS BURIAL WHILE HE WAS
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STILL ALIVE?
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SHE KNEW THAT THE ONLY WAY THAT
HE COULD SAY, I DO NOT CONDEMN
00:19:32.33\00:19:35.36
YOU, YOU ARE FREE TO GO.
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AND SINCE THE LAW
SAID THE PENALTY WAS DEATH,
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HE WAS GONNA TAKE HER
PENALTY, HE WAS THE LAMB OF GOD.
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SO, SHE SAW HIS LOVE AND IT
BROKE HER HEART AND IT PRODUCED
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LOVE WITHIN HER HEART.
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BY BEHOLDING, WE BECOME CHANGED.
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BY BEHOLDING THE
LOVE OF THE LORD.
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SO, HOW DO WE
GET THIS NEW HEART?
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JEREMIAH 31:3, "THE LORD HAS
APPEARED OF OLD TO ME SAYING,
00:19:56.13\00:20:02.66
'I HAVE LOVED YOU
WITH AN EVERLASTING LOVE.'
00:20:02.66\00:20:05.30
THEREFORE WITH LOVING
KINDNESS, I HAVE DRAWN YOU."
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WHAT IS IT THAT
CHANGES OUR HEART?
00:20:08.83\00:20:10.56
AS WE BEHOLD THE LOVING KINDNESS
OF THE LORD, THERE'S SOMETHING
00:20:10.56\00:20:13.36
IN OUR PRIMAL NATURES THAT GOD
CREATED US WITH, THE ORIGINAL
00:20:13.36\00:20:17.66
PLAN THAT ADAM HAD
THAT WE'RE DRAWN TO THAT.
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SOMETHING INSIDE GOD'S SPIRIT
AND IT RECIPROCATES AND IT
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SAYS, THIS IS REALLY
WHAT'S MISSING, I'VE GOT SELF ON
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THE THRONE, I'M NEVER GONNA
BE SATISFIED UNTIL GOD'S ON
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THE THRONE.
00:20:30.83\00:20:32.20
AND WHEN WE SEE THE LOVE
OF GOD, THERE'S SOMETHING THAT
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RESONATES DEEP WITHIN AND
WE SAY, "THAT'S THE ONLY THING
00:20:35.13\00:20:37.53
THAT'S EVER GONNA SATISFY."
00:20:37.53\00:20:39.06
AS LONG AS YOU'VE GOT YOURSELF
ON THE THRONE, YOU'RE NEVER
00:20:39.06\00:20:41.93
GONNA BE HAPPY.
00:20:41.93\00:20:43.60
JOHN 15:13, "GREATER LOVE HAS
NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT HE WOULD
00:20:43.60\00:20:49.03
LAY DOWN HIS
LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS."
00:20:49.03\00:20:53.36
WHEN WE SEE THE LOVE OF JESUS
THAT HE WOULD LAY DOWN HIS LIFE
00:20:53.36\00:20:56.53
FOR US, THAT WE MIGHT LIVE,
IT BREAKS OUR HEARTS AND IT
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CHANGES US.
00:21:02.10\00:21:02.96
1 JOHN 3:1, "WE'RE
CHANGED BY BEHOLDING.
00:21:02.96\00:21:08.10
BEHOLD WHAT MANNER OF LOVE
THE FATHER HAS BESTOWED ON US,
00:21:08.10\00:21:11.86
THAT WE SHOULD BE
CALLED CHILDREN OF GOD."
00:21:11.86\00:21:14.40
AS WE BEHOLD HIS LOVE IT
TOUCHES OUR HEARTS AND IT DOES
00:21:14.40\00:21:18.23
SOMETHING WITHIN US.
00:21:18.23\00:21:19.93
YOU'VE HEARD ME TELL THE STORY
BEFORE ABOUT HENRY STANLEY,
00:21:19.93\00:21:23.46
HE'S AN INTERESTING STUDY
IN HISTORY, ALL BY OF HIMSELF.
00:21:23.46\00:21:27.03
WE HAD SURVIVED THE
CIVIL WAR AND ENDED UP BECOMING
00:21:27.03\00:21:29.43
A REPORTER, WENT TO AFRICA,
WAS SORT OF GIVEN THE MANDATE
00:21:29.43\00:21:31.76
OF SEEING IF DAVID
LIVINGSTON WAS STILL ALIVE.
00:21:31.76\00:21:34.40
LOOKING ALL OVER A
CONTINENT FOR THIS MAN.
00:21:34.40\00:21:37.06
FINALLY HE FINDS LIVINGSTON
OUT THERE BY LAKE VICTORIA.
00:21:37.06\00:21:40.80
HE WAS A CYNIC WHEN HE BEGAN
THE TRIP, BUT HE KNEW LIVINGSTON
00:21:40.80\00:21:43.13
WAS A MISSIONARY, AND HE WAS
WONDERING WHAT MOTIVATED HIM TO
00:21:43.13\00:21:47.33
DO WHAT HE WAS DOING?
00:21:47.33\00:21:48.46
LISTEN TO WHAT STANLEY WRITES:
"I WENT TO AFRICA AS PREJUDICED
00:21:48.46\00:21:53.16
AS THE BIGGEST
ATHEIST IN LONDON.
00:21:53.16\00:21:56.70
BUT THERE CAME A TIME FOR ME, A
LONG TIME FOR REFLECTION, I SAW
00:21:56.70\00:22:01.83
THIS SOLITARY OLD MAN THERE
AND ASKED MYSELF, HOW ON EARTH
00:22:01.83\00:22:06.00
DOES HE STOP HERE?
00:22:06.00\00:22:08.16
IS HE CRACKED OR WHAT?
00:22:08.16\00:22:10.40
WHAT IS IT THAT INSPIRES HIM?
00:22:10.40\00:22:12.80
FOR MONTHS AFTER WE MET,
I FOUND MYSELF WONDERING AT
00:22:12.80\00:22:15.76
THE OLD MAN CARRYING OUT
ALL THAT WAS SAID IN THE BIBLE,
00:22:15.76\00:22:19.03
LEAVE ALL THINGS AND FOLLOW ME.
00:22:19.03\00:22:20.76
LITTLE BY LITTLE."
00:22:20.76\00:22:23.00
HOW DO WE GET THE NEW HEART?
00:22:23.00\00:22:24.73
DOESN'T NECESSARILY
HAPPEN ON THE ROAD TO DAMASCUS.
00:22:24.73\00:22:28.83
"LITTLE BY LITTLE, HIS SYMPATHY
FOR OTHERS BECAME CONTAGIOUS, MY
00:22:28.83\00:22:34.16
SYMPATHY WAS AROUSED SEEING HIS
PIETY, HIS GENTLENESS, HIS ZEAL,
00:22:34.16\00:22:38.83
HIS EARNESTNESS, AND HOW
HE WENT ABOUT HIS BUSINESS.
00:22:38.83\00:22:41.76
I WAS CONVERTED BY HIM,
ALTHOUGH HE DID NOT TRY TO DO
00:22:41.76\00:22:44.83
IT."
00:22:44.83\00:22:46.13
THROUGH ASSOCIATION, BY
BEHOLDING, BY SPENDING TIME
00:22:46.13\00:22:49.53
WITH LIVINGSTON,
STANLEY WAS CONVERTED.
00:22:49.53\00:22:51.86
THAT SAME PRINCIPLE WORKS WITH
US AS WE SPEND TIME WITH JESUS.
00:22:51.86\00:22:55.96
WE BEHOLD HIM, WE LOOK AT
HIM, AND ULTIMATELY WE HAVE THE
00:22:55.96\00:23:00.53
RIGHT MOTIVES, WE'RE
TRANSFORMED INTO HIS IMAGE.
00:23:00.53\00:23:03.86
WE ARE CHANGED BY BEHOLDING,
UNTIL PRETTY SOON WE LOVE HIM
00:23:03.86\00:23:07.40
BECAUSE HE FIRST LOVED US.
00:23:07.40\00:23:09.36
AND THEN WE CAN HAVE THAT
EXPERIENCE THAT PAUL TALKS
00:23:09.36\00:23:11.20
ABOUT, GALATIANS 2:19, "FOR I,
THROUGH THE LAW, DIED TO THE LAW
00:23:11.20\00:23:18.56
THAT I MIGHT LIVE TO GOD.
00:23:18.56\00:23:20.83
I HAVE BEEN CRUCIFIED WITH
CHRIST, IT IS NO LONGER I WHO
00:23:20.83\00:23:26.00
LIVES, BUT CHRIST LIVES IN ME."
00:23:26.00\00:23:29.46
YOU CAN'T HAVE BOTH, YOU
CAN'T HAVE I ON THE THRONE.
00:23:29.46\00:23:32.66
"AND THE LIFE WHICH I NOW LIVE,
IN THE FLESH, I LIVE BY FAITH
00:23:32.66\00:23:36.60
IN THE SON OF GOD WHO LOVED
ME AND GAVE HIMSELF FOR ME."
00:23:36.60\00:23:41.43
I PRAY THAT I CAN HAVE THE
EXPERIENCE JOHN THE BAPTIST HAD
00:23:41.43\00:23:45.86
WHEN THEY CAME TO HIM AND
SAID, "AREN'T YOU JEALOUS?
00:23:45.86\00:23:48.63
JESUS' MINISTRY'S GROWING
AND YOUR MINISTRY IS SHRINKING."
00:23:48.63\00:23:52.40
AND JOHN THE BAPTIST SAID, "HE
MUST INCREASE, I MUST DECREASE."
00:23:52.40\00:23:57.16
YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING
EVERY ONE OF US COULD PROBABLY
00:23:57.16\00:23:58.96
SAY, THAT'S THE
KEY TO CONVERSION.
00:23:58.96\00:24:03.00
WITHIN OUR HEARTS, WITHIN
OUR MOTIVES, HE INCREASES,
00:24:03.00\00:24:06.50
I DECREASE.
00:24:06.50\00:24:08.46
IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN WITHOUT
THE CHOICE ON YOUR PART TO
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