>> Welcome to It Is Written
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Canada.
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Thank you for joining us.
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>> A Bible story that I can
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identify with is found in Luke
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10, verses 38 to 42.
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>> It is the story of Mary and
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Martha, two sisters who were
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very close to Jesus and He loved
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spending time with their family
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in Bethany.
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>> Martha is the sister with
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whom I can relate.
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I need things to be organized,
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planned, and perfect.
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[MIKE] It's true.
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You are a doer.
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Just like Martha, you like to
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organize things and get
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everything ready.
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>> And like Martha, I tend to
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become distracted with much
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serving, trying to do everything
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alone and it overwhelms me and
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sometimes makes me feel
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inadequate.
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Mary, on the other hand, is my
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role model because I really do
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admire how she chose to sit at
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Jesus's feet.
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[MIKE] And Jesus spoke
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encouraging words about Mary.
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He said...
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Mary's relationship with the
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Saviour was so pure and so deep.
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>> I have realized that I need
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to first sit at Jesus's feet
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just like Mary.
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His mercy is not linked to a
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measuring stick, and His love is
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not based on my performance.
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When I slow down to sit at His
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feet, I know that I'm not
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serving alone and that He will
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help me.
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Although some days I still
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struggle with being a Martha,
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I'm looking forward to that day
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when I can sit at Jesus's feet
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and have eternity to share my
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heart with Him.
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>> Today, our special guest on
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It Is Written Canada is Paulie
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Rogers and she invites us to
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make ourselves at home in her
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cozy old Victorian farmhouse.
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She reveals how the living room
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is a place where we can take
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time to sit at the feet
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of Jesus.
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[gentle guitar music playing]
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>> Welcome to my old Victorian
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farmhouse.
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It had been a bit of a hectic
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day, even for our usually busy
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farm life, and I was looking
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forward to a much needed rest
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for a few minutes before heading
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back out to the barn to do
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chores.
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It was late afternoon when I
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plopped myself down in my
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favourite chair in the
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living room.
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And then the phone rang.
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[sighs]
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It was my neighbour, Glen.
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"Hello. Paulie?
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Your sheep are here in my
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corrals."
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"What?
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Oh, good grief.
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Okay.
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I'll be right up."
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Glen and Sheila live a mile up
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the hill from us and are our
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closest neighbours.
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Glen has owned sheep his whole
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life, and had encouraged me to
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start a small flock of my own.
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I relied heavily on him for help
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when needed,
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but this wasn't the
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kind of thing he needed from me,
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wandering sheep.
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I pushed myself out of my chair
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and got in my truck and headed
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up there.
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As I pulled into their yard,
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sure enough, there were my ewes,
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all 16 of them, mingling amongst
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his 50.
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How in the world was I going to
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get them separated out of there?
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Glen just chuckled at me and
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handed me a pail of oats and
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said, "Call them, they'll come."
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So I shook my pail, calling,
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"Here, girly girls."
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That's how I would call them at
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home at feeding time.
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And to my amazement, every one
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of my 16 ewes came running
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to me.
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Gen's sheep slowly lifted their
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heads in curiosity, but didn't
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bother moving.
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Some lazily went back to their
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grazing, giving me no thought
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at all.
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I couldn't believe it.
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As Glen opened the gate to let
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them out, he told me, "Walk
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home, they'll follow."
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And that's exactly what
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they did.
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I walked gently calling to them
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as they followed me down through
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the bush, across a hay field and
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over the road, all the way home
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and into the safety
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of their own pen.
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You know, it's fearful to have
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your sheep out wandering about
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the countryside.
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We have a lot of wolves and
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coyotes that prey on them,
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especially the lambs.
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Jesus says in John 10:27 that...
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The living room of our spiritual
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house is where we sit at Jesus's
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feet and listen to all He tells
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us through His Word.
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We spend time with Him getting
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to know Him.
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Now, picture with me for just a
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moment what it must have been
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like to live in the time of my
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old Victorian farmhouse.
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It is still a fairly new house.
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The great World War has just
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ended.
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It is 1918.
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A brother, cousin, father has
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just arrived home safe from the
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battlefields.
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There is so much rejoicing and
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celebrating together.
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Then, without warning, another
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battle quickly ensues.
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It is the battle of the deadly
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virus, influenza.
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Approximately 50 million people
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of every age and race lost their
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lives as this horrific disease
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spread like wildfire around
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the world.
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One fifth of the world's
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population was gone in the
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immediate wake after a war that
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claimed only 16 million lives in
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comparison.
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In this room, the parlour, that
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once was a place to welcome
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guests in for a visit over tea
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became known as the
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"Death Room."
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Bodies of the dead were laid out
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here as family, friends, and
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neighbours came to mourn.
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Following such a grievous time
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in history, it is suggested in
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such readings as the Ladies Home
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Journal that this room no longer
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be called the "Death Room,"
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but rather let's call it the
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"Living Room."
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When we open our heart's door
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and invite Christ in and spend
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time with Him learning,
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listening, and talking together,
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something begins to happen
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deep within.
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The Holy Spirit moves through
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these words, bringing to life
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its definition to our personal
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lives.
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It becomes meaningful and real.
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We gain insight to spiritual
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things and understanding and how
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to apply it to ourselves.
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The Bible that was once just a
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book of stories to us, it now
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becomes the living Word of God
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to our very souls.
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Where once we were dead, we are
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now alive and it is so exciting!
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And this living room is our
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place of prayer as well.
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Prayer is vital to our
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relationship with Jesus because
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the Devil is a sly one, always
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preying on God's children.
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And if he can lure one of His
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small lambs unaware of any
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danger out of the Shepherd's
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fold into what appears to be a
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greener pasture, will find
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themselves in a pen of another
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flock, a flock that is not
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God's flock.
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How many of us have loved ones,
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children who have wandered off,
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left the fold to go out into the
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world's pasture, much like my
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own wandering sheep who got
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themselves into Glen's corrals.
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It's fearful to have our little
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lambs out wandering about the
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countryside.
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Where we live, we have a lot of
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wolves and coyotes and bears
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that prey on them.
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Death is a real threat and we
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know it.
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But we have a Saviour.
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The Good Shepherd is here, ready
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to go in search of those lost
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little lambs.
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Isaiah 43 says...
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Do I know the voice of Jesus?
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This room that once was a room
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of death is now known as the
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living room.
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Because of Christ's death on the
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cross, we get to experience
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life!
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When He says...
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“Friends.”
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I like that.
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Jesus is our best friend and we
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are going to head into the
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kitchen now and enjoy what He
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has prepared for us there.
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[gentle guitar music playing]
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The kitchen is the place of
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character development where
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lessons learned is a saving
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grace.
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Let's take the ingredients of a
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cake for illustration.
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Flour.
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Now, flour is dry, and to eat it
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all on its own, we would choke.
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It reminds me that without
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daily, purposeful time with God
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in the living room, my spiritual
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life can be quite dry.
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Baking powder.
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A cake needs baking powder
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to grow.
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As Christians, we need to grow,
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mature by the Holy Spirit's
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leading.
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If we don't allow this vital
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ingredient, we won't become all
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that we can be by God's
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work in us.
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Salt.
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Salt is important to bring the
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flavours alive in most
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everything that we eat.
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Jesus says we are to be the salt
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of the earth.
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That means to bring a good taste
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of spiritual things to others.
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But too much salt and we can
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ruin everything, too.
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When I was nine years old and
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made a batch of cookies for the
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first time, I grabbed the
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canister of salt instead of
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sugar.
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My cookies for un-eatable.
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It takes balance at just the
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right amounts when we are ready.
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Oil.
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Oil is a slippery, slimy
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ingredient, nasty all on
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its own.
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But without it, our cake would
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be as hard as rock.
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Oil represents the Holy Spirit.
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Like an oil in a lamp, our
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hearts need to be softened so
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that it can shine strong and
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bright with kindness and
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compassion for others.
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Milk.
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Milk is wholesome element.
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God's design for us is to be
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healthy and vibrant, wholesome.
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But in a world of sin, we have a
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lot of health issues and we can
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often find ourselves quite ill,
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in need of God's comforting
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guidance.
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Without this grace, we can
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become like sour milk,
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untasteful for others.
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Eggs.
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Eggs are the binding source
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so we don't fall apart.
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But to get to the useful part of
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the egg, we must first
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crack it open.
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[egg shells crackling]
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We can be broken people with a
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lot of hurt, anger, and
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resentment.
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Cracked.
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But unlike Humpty Dumpty, who
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took a great fall and was not
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able to be put back together...
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...Jesus is our healer, our
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restorer, and takes all of these
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ingredients of our lives and
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begins to do a work within.
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If we invite Him in and ask Him
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to change me and make me a
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reflection of who He is.
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You know, one of the coolest
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things about God's creation of
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His people, His children, is the
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variety of personalities and
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talents that He gives us.
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Like vanilla or lemon, maple,
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almond, or coconut.
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All the flavours...
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...of all the different people
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in the world.
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And sugar.
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He has blessed us with a lot of
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sweetness, the good things that
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we can be so thankful for.
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What are you thankful for?
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Family, children, a good job,
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protection.
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Or maybe these are the things
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that you're in need of and
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praying for.
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The point is, God is good and
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when we are living in Him and He
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in us, He takes us and creates
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us into this beautiful thing.
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But on our own, we are really
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aren't too much to look at.
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We are just a gooey mess
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going nowhere.
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[gentle music continues]
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¤¤
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But you know what?
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He has a plan for us...
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...and it's a beautiful plan.
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[dishes clanking]
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What a gooey mess!
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Who wants to eat that?
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Character development
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is not easy.
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It can be quite painful at times
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because, let's face it, it's
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hard to change, to put aside our
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self-will for God's will.
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It takes heat.
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It's our nature to be
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self-centred.
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Let's put this in the oven.
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This is a ceramic cookie jar
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that I made years ago in art
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class when I was in the
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11th grade.
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At first it was just a soft
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clay, fresh out of its mould.
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I had to work at it gently,
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scraping the seams down and
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giving it a soft sanding.
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Once this was done, we needed to
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carve our names into the bottom
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before placing it in the special
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oven to harden it so we would
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know which item belonged to
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which student.
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Once this process was done, we
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got to enjoy the fun part,
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painting it.
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The next step was to dab on this
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thick, ugly, grey goop all over
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it, making it quite ugly.
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But without it this cookie jar
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would not be safe to eat out of.
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It was sealing it from the
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toxins of the clay.
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Now, when I had gotten to this
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step with this cookie jar, the
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grey gunk I had put all over it
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was not dry enough for me to
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turn it over to write my name on
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the bottom.
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Yes, I had forgotten to carve it
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in when the clay was still soft.
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And I had to run off to another
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class so I asked my girlfriend
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if she would put my name on the
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bottom before it went
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into the kiln.
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"Oh yeah, no problem," she said.
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She would do that for me.
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That evening, our teacher placed
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our precious projects into the
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kiln and shut the lid.
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The kiln bakes the pottery at a
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very high temperature that takes
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hours to reach its hottest.
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Then when it is done baking, it
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can take a couple of days for it
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to cool down enough to open the
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lid and take the items out.
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It's exciting to see how it
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turned out because that grey
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goop is a glaze.
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So when my cookie jar came out,
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it is a shiny glassy product.
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And as I turned it over...
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..to see my name on the bottom,
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my girlfriend, my best friend,
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wrote to this...
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"Paulie and Kenny."
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I was so mad at her.
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I just started dating Kenny.
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How did I know if he was going
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to be in my life for very long?
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We often joke that I had to
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marry Kenny because, well,
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his name is forever on my
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cookie jar.
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God writes our names on the
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palms of His hand...
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...to forever be His.
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Isaiah 49:16, says...
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Oh! I think our cake is done.
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When we allow God to take us
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through the fiery furnace of
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character development, He will
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take all the elements of who we
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are, unique in every way,
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the good and the bad, and makes
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us beautiful.
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[knocking]
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Oh, look!
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Mike and René are here.
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Come on in, guys!
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[gentle music playing]
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>> Paulie!
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It's so lovely you!
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>> Hello, René!
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I'm so glad that you are here.
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Please come on in.
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Hi, Mike!
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>> Hi, Paulie.
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It's so nice to be in your house
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finally after reading your
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wonderful, inspirational book.
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[PAULIE] Yes, thank you.
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And I am so thrilled
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to have you here.
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Please, sit down.
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[MIKE] We are thrilled
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to be here.
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[RENÉ] Paulie, this is such a
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lovely set.
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>> Oh, thank you.
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>> Surely there must be a story
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behind it.
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Can you share it with us?
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>> I would love to share
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with you.
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My grandmother collected these
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dishes right after World War II,
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when my grandpa and her were
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able to finally set up their
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first home together.
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They did not have very much
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money, so my grandma, she saved
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every little penny that she
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could find, she was a hard
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worker, and...
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...every month
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she would walk down to the
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Franciscan dinnerware factory
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and she would look through the
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shelves and she would pick out a
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piece or two.
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And over the years, in the
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1950s, she collected a huge set
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of these Desert Rose dishes.
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Now to back up just a little
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bit, she grew up working in her
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Aunt Glenys' hotel,
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setting banquet tables.
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So she knew the etiquette of
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setting the proper table.
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So when she was married, it was
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very important to her to have a
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beautiful Sabbath-set table.
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So this is why it was so
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important for her to be
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collecting these dishes.
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When my mother was growing up
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and setting the table, my
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grandma was-- made sure that she
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knew how to set the table
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proper.
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When my mother got married, she
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inherited all of these dishes,
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they were her wedding present.
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And that's one reason why my
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grandma kept collecting them was
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that someday she would give them
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to her daughter.
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So I grew up setting our Sabbath
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table with the same dishes.
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>> And so, Paulie, how did this
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beautiful set end up in your
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home?
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>> Well, about ten years ago, my
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parents downsized, so I drove
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all the way out to Washington
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and packed up a few of the
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family heirlooms to bring home
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to my home and, of course, the
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dishes were one of them.
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And as my mother and I were
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unpacking her hutch and
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carefully, you know, putting the
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tissue paper all around them,
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she told me the story of how my
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grandma had collected them.
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And part of the story-- I had
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heard the story before, but as
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she was telling me, there was a
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very special element to the
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story that I had never heard
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before.
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My grandma, because she did not
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have very much money and she
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would be saving it and
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everything and she'd walk down
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to that Franciscan factory and
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carefully look over the dishes,
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what she was buying were the
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flawed pieces, the seconds.
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So if you were to look very
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closely to these dishes, you
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will find a flaw somewhere.
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Now, most people would not
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buy flawed pieces.
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It-- they wouldn't mean a thing
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to them.
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But because it was so important
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that my grandma have a special
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table and she did what she
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could, they were very valuable
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to her.
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>> So these have flaws.
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The kitchen is the place, I know
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in your book you say that the
00:24:02.94\00:24:04.54
kitchen is a place of character
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development.
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[PAULIE] Yes.
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>> And so we see our flaws.
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We kind of want to hide them.
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But these are important to you,
00:24:11.95\00:24:13.62
even though they're 70 years old
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and they've got flaws and you
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know about the flaws now.
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[PAULIE] Yes.
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>> Why are they so valuable
00:24:18.12\00:24:18.95
to you?
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>> Because they were so valuable
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to my grandmother and she worked
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so hard to collect them and keep
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them in the family.
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And so, you know, when we
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remodelled this kitchen, I made
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sure that the cupboards that I
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chose had glass doors on the
00:24:34.80\00:24:36.97
fronts so that I could
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display them.
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I have a special place for them
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because, you know, they're kind
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of fragile, I don't use them as
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every day or every weekend like
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my grandmother did and
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my mother did.
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But I love them.
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>> Mmm, I love that.
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There's so many, I guess,
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spiritual connections that
00:24:54.96\00:24:56.46
you're drawing out and you draw
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out throughout the book.
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They're fragile, so they're kind
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of like us, right?
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[PAULIE] Yes.
00:25:02.93\00:25:03.83
[MIKE] You gotta be careful.
00:25:03.83\00:25:04.77
[PAULIE] And imperfect.
00:25:04.77\00:25:05.47
[MIKE] And imperfect, you know,
00:25:05.47\00:25:06.80
and--
00:25:06.80\00:25:07.54
but you treat them with care
00:25:07.54\00:25:09.14
because of who they belong to.
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Do you think you'd ever
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sell them?
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>> Absolutely not.
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>> Why not?
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>> Because they're priceless.
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[MIKE] They're valuable to you.
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>> They're valuable to me.
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Yep.
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Just like my grandma's china,
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God sees, our beauty...
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...and we're worth something.
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[gentle piano music playing]
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¤¤
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>> Paulie, we've come to the end
00:25:47.74\00:25:49.34
of our time together, but we are
00:25:49.34\00:25:51.91
really looking forward to coming
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here next week again so we can
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go through some other rooms in
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your beautiful Victorian house.
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>> Oh, I can't wait.
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>> But before we let you go, I
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wonder if you could pray for our
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viewers.
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>> Yes, I would love to.
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Dear Heavenly Father, what a
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privilege it is to share my
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house and the lessons that You
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have given to me through these
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renovation experiences and
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experiences through our lives.
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And Father, today we talked
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about my sheep who got lost...
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...and how the ones who knew my
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voice came home, they followed
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me home.
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Lord, I know that there are
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people who are searching for
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You, who need You, who are
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looking for a better way.
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Give them the courage and the
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strength to open their doors and
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invite You in.
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Where You can give them comfort
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and healing and peace.
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In Jesus' name, I pray, amen.
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>> Friends, Jesus is Your
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Saviour and He longs to have a
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special relationship with you.
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He wants you to spend time with
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Him by experiencing His Word and
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connecting to Him daily so that
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you can really get to know Him.
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the biblical steps to a saving
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relationship with Jesus.
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And on it is the text,
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Proverbs 24, verse 3 and 4.
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>> Before you go, we would also
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you can see our latest programs.
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>> You, too, can experience the
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fullness of life that is found
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in the words of Jesus
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when He said...
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