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He<00:11:09.980><c> loves</c><00:11:10.240><c> this</c><00:11:10.539><c> servant</c><00:11:10.779><c> enough</c><00:11:11.100><c> to</c><00:11:11.379><c> seek</c><00:11:11.539><c> out</c><00:11:11.759><c> Jesus,</c>

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enough<00:11:13.080><c> to</c><00:11:13.320><c> humble</c><00:11:13.519><c> himself,</c>

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and<00:11:14.940><c> enough</c><00:11:15.179><c> to</c><00:11:15.580><c> plead</c><00:11:15.740><c> on</c><00:11:15.899><c> his</c><00:11:16.120><c> behalf.</c>

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Ultimately,<00:11:18.840><c> this</c><00:11:19.019><c> should</c><00:11:19.279><c> strike</c><00:11:19.480><c> us</c><00:11:19.679><c> deeply</c>

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because<00:11:21.419><c> it</c><00:11:21.659><c> reminds</c><00:11:21.980><c> us</c><00:11:22.200><c> that</c><00:11:22.419><c> faith</c><00:11:22.679><c> is</c><00:11:22.919><c> not</c><00:11:23.100><c> just</c><00:11:23.419><c> vertical,</c>

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not<00:11:24.539><c> between</c><00:11:24.960><c> just</c><00:11:25.279><c> the</c><00:11:25.500><c> individual</c><00:11:25.919><c> and</c><00:11:26.179><c> God.</c>

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It's<00:11:30.120><c> expressed</c><00:11:30.440><c> in</c><00:11:30.600><c> how</c><00:11:30.799><c> we</c><00:11:31.039><c> care</c><00:11:31.200><c> for</c><00:11:31.399><c> one</c><00:11:31.600><c> another,</c>

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how<00:11:32.639><c> we</c><00:11:32.879><c> pray</c><00:11:33.080><c> for</c><00:11:33.279><c> one</c><00:11:33.519><c> another,</c>

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and<00:11:34.659><c> how</c><00:11:34.840><c> we</c><00:11:35.419><c> carry</c><00:11:35.659><c> each</c><00:11:35.940><c> other's</c><00:11:36.299><c> burdens.</c>

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it<00:11:40.519><c> was</c><00:11:40.740><c> compassion</c><00:11:41.259><c> and</c><00:11:41.480><c> action.</c>

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And<00:11:49.379><c> when</c><00:11:49.519><c> Jesus</c><00:11:49.820><c> hears</c><00:11:50.120><c> this</c><00:11:50.360><c> man's</c><00:11:50.740><c> words,</c>

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he<00:11:52.100><c> turns</c><00:11:52.379><c> to</c><00:11:52.559><c> the</c><00:11:52.720><c> crowd</c><00:11:52.919><c> and</c><00:11:53.139><c> says</c><00:11:53.340><c> something</c><00:11:53.659><c> extraordinary.</c>

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I<00:11:55.860><c> have</c><00:11:56.120><c> not</c><00:11:56.379><c> found</c><00:11:56.659><c> such</c><00:11:56.960><c> great</c><00:11:57.340><c> faith,</c>

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nor<00:11:58.600><c> not</c><00:11:58.899><c> even</c><00:11:59.139><c> in</c><00:11:59.340><c> Israel.</c>

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Can<00:12:00.840><c> you</c><00:12:00.940><c> imagine</c><00:12:01.320><c> being</c><00:12:01.600><c> there?</c>

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Imagine<00:12:03.259><c> hearing</c><00:12:03.919><c> Jesus</c><00:12:04.379><c> say</c><00:12:04.600><c> the</c><00:12:04.879><c> greatest</c><00:12:05.220><c> faith</c>

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he<00:12:06.299><c> has</c><00:12:06.539><c> seen</c><00:12:06.700><c> didn't</c><00:12:06.980><c> come</c><00:12:07.259><c> from</c><00:12:07.419><c> the</c><00:12:07.620><c> people</c>

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who<00:12:07.919><c> grew</c><00:12:08.080><c> up</c><00:12:08.240><c> with</c><00:12:08.440><c> scripture,</c>

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or<00:12:11.519><c> who</c><00:12:12.039><c> knew</c><00:12:12.259><c> the</c><00:12:12.559><c> promises,</c><00:12:13.059><c> or</c><00:12:13.220><c> who</c><00:12:13.519><c> recited</c><00:12:13.860><c> prayers.</c>

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But<00:12:15.840><c> the</c><00:12:16.059><c> greatest</c><00:12:16.340><c> faith</c><00:12:16.639><c> came</c><00:12:16.879><c> from</c><00:12:17.100><c> a</c><00:12:17.259><c> Gentile</c><00:12:17.720><c> soldier</c>

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who<00:12:18.320><c> simply</c><00:12:18.720><c> had</c><00:12:19.000><c> faith</c><00:12:19.240><c> in</c><00:12:19.460><c> him.</c>

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It<00:12:21.940><c> makes</c><00:12:22.139><c> me</c><00:12:22.440><c> wonder</c><00:12:22.600><c> how</c><00:12:22.840><c> often</c><00:12:23.100><c> we</c><00:12:23.379><c> underestimate</c>

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what<00:12:24.340><c> faith</c><00:12:24.600><c> looks</c><00:12:24.840><c> like.</c>

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We<00:12:26.559><c> think,</c><00:12:27.360><c> or</c><00:12:27.399><c> at</c><00:12:27.419><c> least</c><00:12:27.820><c> I</c><00:12:29.039><c> previously</c><00:12:29.440><c> thought</c>

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it<00:12:29.879><c> had</c><00:12:30.039><c> to</c><00:12:30.159><c> be</c><00:12:30.360><c> polished.</c>

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We<00:12:32.179><c> think</c><00:12:32.360><c> it</c><00:12:32.460><c> has</c><00:12:32.639><c> to</c><00:12:32.779><c> be</c><00:12:32.940><c> consistent.</c>

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We<00:12:34.340><c> think</c><00:12:34.500><c> it</c><00:12:34.639><c> has</c><00:12:34.879><c> to</c><00:12:35.039><c> look</c><00:12:35.200><c> like</c><00:12:35.500><c> the</c><00:12:35.740><c> people</c><00:12:35.919><c> we</c><00:12:36.179><c> admire.</c>

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But<00:12:37.960><c> the</c><00:12:38.480><c> centurion</c><00:12:38.940><c> reminds</c><00:12:39.259><c> us</c><00:12:39.480><c> that</c><00:12:39.659><c> faith</c><00:12:39.820><c> can</c><00:12:40.000><c> be</c><00:12:40.220><c> quiet.</c>

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It<00:12:42.600><c> can</c><00:12:42.759><c> be</c><00:12:42.980><c> imperfect.</c>

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It<00:12:45.399><c> can</c><00:12:45.580><c> be</c><00:12:45.759><c> from</c><00:12:46.000><c> someone</c><00:12:46.419><c> who's</c><00:12:47.100><c> still</c><00:12:47.299><c> figuring</c><00:12:47.639><c> things</c><00:12:47.899><c> out.</c>

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Faith<00:12:49.679><c> can</c><00:12:49.940><c> come</c><00:12:50.120><c> from</c><00:12:50.340><c> someone</c>

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who<00:12:50.799><c> doesn't</c><00:12:51.019><c> always</c><00:12:51.379><c> get</c><00:12:51.620><c> their</c><00:12:51.860><c> readings</c><00:12:52.159><c> done,</c>

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who<00:12:53.340><c> struggles</c><00:12:53.679><c> to</c><00:12:53.960><c> stay</c><00:12:54.120><c> focused,</c>

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or<00:12:55.360><c> who</c><00:12:55.519><c> learns</c><00:12:55.940><c> differently</c><00:12:56.379><c> from</c><00:12:56.639><c> others.</c>

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Faith<00:12:58.399><c> is</c><00:12:58.580><c> not</c><00:12:58.759><c> about</c><00:12:59.000><c> how</c><00:12:59.220><c> we</c><00:12:59.399><c> perform,</c>

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faith<00:13:00.639><c> is</c><00:13:00.899><c> about</c><00:13:01.139><c> who</c><00:13:01.320><c> we</c><00:13:01.580><c> trust.</c>

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And<00:13:04.399><c> with</c><00:13:04.659><c> that,</c><00:13:05.519><c> I</c><00:13:05.759><c> bring</c><00:13:05.860><c> us</c><00:13:06.059><c> to</c><00:13:06.220><c> the</c><00:13:06.379><c> table,</c>

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to<00:13:07.600><c> the</c><00:13:07.779><c> bread</c><00:13:07.919><c> and</c><00:13:08.039><c> the</c><00:13:08.220><c> wine.</c>

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Because<00:13:09.960><c> the</c><00:13:10.200><c> centurion</c><00:13:10.559><c> understood</c><00:13:10.960><c> something</c>

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That<00:13:14.840><c> Jesus</c><00:13:15.259><c> has</c><00:13:15.539><c> authority</c><00:13:16.059><c> not</c><00:13:16.759><c> just</c><00:13:17.000><c> over</c><00:13:17.299><c> sickness,</c>

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but<00:13:18.399><c> over</c><00:13:18.679><c> sin.</c>

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Not<00:13:20.059><c> just</c><00:13:20.340><c> over</c><00:13:20.620><c> distance,</c><00:13:21.480><c> but</c><00:13:21.659><c> over</c><00:13:21.919><c> death.</c>

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but<00:13:24.840><c> over</c><00:13:25.059><c> the</c><00:13:25.259><c> future</c><00:13:25.460><c> of</c><00:13:25.679><c> every</c><00:13:25.820><c> person</c>

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who<00:13:26.259><c> comes</c><00:13:26.460><c> to</c><00:13:26.620><c> him</c><00:13:26.779><c> in</c><00:13:26.960><c> humility.</c>

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And<00:13:39.639><c> when</c><00:13:39.740><c> we</c><00:13:39.899><c> do</c><00:13:40.039><c> this</c><00:13:40.279><c> together,</c>

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Lord,<00:13:45.340><c> I</c><00:13:45.480><c> am</c><00:13:45.639><c> not</c><00:13:45.860><c> worthy,</c><00:13:46.840><c> but</c><00:13:47.039><c> I</c><00:13:47.220><c> trust</c><00:13:47.460><c> you.</c>

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I<00:13:48.259><c> believe</c><00:13:48.500><c> in</c><00:13:48.679><c> you.</c>

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Not<00:13:52.919><c> the</c><00:13:53.139><c> faith</c><00:13:53.299><c> that</c><00:13:53.480><c> has</c><00:13:53.820><c> everything</c><00:13:54.120><c> figured</c><00:13:54.460><c> out,</c>

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but<00:13:55.620><c> the</c><00:13:55.840><c> faith</c><00:13:56.000><c> that</c><00:13:56.200><c> comes</c><00:13:56.460><c> honestly,</c><00:13:57.799><c> humbly,</c><00:13:58.120><c> and</c><00:13:58.320><c> wholeheartedly</c>

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for<00:14:04.980><c> polished</c><00:14:05.279><c> disciples.</c>

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He<00:14:07.440><c> never</c><00:14:07.679><c> asked</c><00:14:07.879><c> for</c><00:14:08.080><c> people</c><00:14:08.299><c> who</c><00:14:08.480><c> had</c><00:14:08.639><c> mastered</c><00:14:08.919><c> every</c><00:14:09.220><c> reading,</c>

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or<00:14:10.500><c> who</c><00:14:10.659><c> never</c><00:14:10.940><c> doubted,</c>

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who<00:14:12.100><c> were</c><00:14:12.240><c> always</c><00:14:12.500><c> felt</c><00:14:12.799><c> spiritually</c><00:14:13.220><c> strong.</c>

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What<00:14:15.080><c> he</c><00:14:15.200><c> looks</c><00:14:15.399><c> for</c><00:14:15.679><c> is</c><00:14:15.840><c> something</c><00:14:16.200><c> far</c><00:14:16.519><c> simpler</c>

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and<00:14:17.700><c> far</c><00:14:17.960><c> more</c><00:14:18.220><c> profound.</c>

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A<00:14:20.039><c> heart</c><00:14:20.419><c> that</c><00:14:20.799><c> trusts</c><00:14:21.679><c> him</c><00:14:22.379><c> enough</c><00:14:22.779><c> to</c><00:14:23.100><c> come</c><00:14:23.240><c> as</c><00:14:23.480><c> it</c><00:14:23.600><c> is.</c>

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The<00:14:26.879><c> centurion</c><00:14:27.299><c> didn't</c><00:14:27.500><c> bring</c><00:14:27.659><c> a</c><00:14:27.919><c> perfect</c><00:14:28.120><c> record,</c>

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nor<00:14:28.659><c> do</c><00:14:28.899><c> we.</c>

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He<00:14:30.480><c> didn't</c><00:14:30.679><c> bring</c><00:14:30.899><c> a</c><00:14:31.080><c> lifetime</c><00:14:31.440><c> of</c><00:14:31.720><c> scripture</c><00:14:32.039><c> knowledge.</c>

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He<00:14:33.440><c> didn't</c><00:14:33.639><c> bring</c><00:14:33.820><c> a</c><00:14:34.080><c> spotless</c><00:14:34.620><c> spiritual</c><00:14:35.179><c> resume.</c>

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He<00:14:36.419><c> brought</c><00:14:36.639><c> need.</c>

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He<00:14:38.059><c> brought</c><00:14:38.240><c> love</c><00:14:38.620><c> for</c><00:14:38.899><c> someone</c><00:14:39.139><c> who</c><00:14:39.279><c> was</c><00:14:39.440><c> suffering.</c>

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He<00:14:40.879><c> brought</c><00:14:41.080><c> humility.</c>

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And<00:14:42.659><c> he</c><00:14:42.799><c> brought</c><00:14:42.960><c> a</c><00:14:43.200><c> confidence,</c>

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not<00:14:44.419><c> in</c><00:14:44.559><c> himself,</c><00:14:45.740><c> but</c><00:14:45.899><c> in</c><00:14:46.080><c> Jesus'</c><00:14:46.620><c> authority.</c>

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And<00:14:48.580><c> that</c><00:14:48.659><c> is</c><00:14:48.779><c> the</c><00:14:48.919><c> kind</c><00:14:49.080><c> of</c><00:14:49.279><c> faith</c><00:14:49.500><c> Jesus</c><00:14:49.899><c> lifts</c><00:14:50.159><c> up.</c>

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A<00:14:51.620><c> faith</c><00:14:51.799><c> that</c><00:14:52.080><c> says,</c><00:14:53.059><c> Lord,</c><00:14:53.840><c> I</c><00:14:54.139><c> don't</c><00:14:54.379><c> have</c><00:14:54.620><c> all</c><00:14:54.799><c> the</c><00:14:54.960><c> answers.</c>

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And<00:14:56.120><c> I</c><00:14:56.240><c> don't</c><00:14:56.539><c> always</c><00:14:56.879><c> understand.</c>

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I<00:14:58.240><c> certainly</c><00:14:58.840><c> don't</c><00:14:59.340><c> always</c><00:14:59.679><c> get</c><00:14:59.879><c> it</c><00:15:00.059><c> right.</c>

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But<00:15:01.240><c> I</c><00:15:01.440><c> believe</c><00:15:01.720><c> you</c><00:15:01.960><c> can</c><00:15:02.179><c> do</c><00:15:02.720><c> what</c><00:15:02.980><c> I</c><00:15:03.139><c> cannot.</c>

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I<00:15:04.720><c> believe</c><00:15:04.899><c> that</c><00:15:05.159><c> your</c><00:15:05.399><c> word</c><00:15:05.799><c> is</c><00:15:06.360><c> enough.</c>

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It's<00:15:08.580><c> the</c><00:15:08.759><c> faith</c><00:15:08.919><c> that</c><00:15:09.139><c> shows</c><00:15:09.340><c> up</c><00:15:09.600><c> even</c><00:15:09.820><c> when</c><00:15:10.000><c> we</c><00:15:10.299><c> feel</c><00:15:10.580><c> unworthy.</c>

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The<00:15:12.500><c> faith</c><00:15:12.679><c> that</c><00:15:13.000><c> prays</c><00:15:13.320><c> even</c><00:15:13.519><c> when</c><00:15:13.679><c> we</c><00:15:13.879><c> don't</c><00:15:14.100><c> know</c><00:15:14.220><c> what</c><00:15:14.419><c> to</c><00:15:14.620><c> say.</c>

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The<00:15:16.159><c> faith</c><00:15:16.340><c> that</c><00:15:16.580><c> keeps</c><00:15:16.840><c> turning</c><00:15:17.539><c> toward</c><00:15:18.320><c> Christ.</c>

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Not<00:15:19.659><c> because</c><00:15:19.940><c> we</c><00:15:20.100><c> are</c><00:15:20.220><c> strong,</c><00:15:21.259><c> but</c><00:15:21.440><c> because</c><00:15:21.779><c> we</c><00:15:21.980><c> know</c><00:15:22.120><c> that</c>

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he<00:15:22.440><c> is.</c>

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This<00:15:24.559><c> is</c><00:15:24.720><c> the</c><00:15:24.899><c> faith</c><00:15:25.059><c> that</c><00:15:25.279><c> Jesus</c><00:15:25.580><c> marvels</c><00:15:26.019><c> at.</c>

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Not<00:15:27.620><c> the</c><00:15:27.820><c> faith</c><00:15:28.019><c> that</c><00:15:28.200><c> never</c><00:15:28.460><c> stumbles,</c>

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but<00:15:29.100><c> the</c><00:15:29.259><c> faith</c><00:15:29.480><c> that</c><00:15:29.700><c> keeps</c><00:15:29.840><c> reaching</c><00:15:30.159><c> for</c><00:15:30.379><c> him</c><00:15:30.539><c> when</c><00:15:30.659><c> it</c><00:15:30.860><c> does.</c>

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Not<00:15:32.559><c> the</c><00:15:32.759><c> faith</c><00:15:32.919><c> that</c><00:15:33.139><c> pretends</c><00:15:33.460><c> to</c><00:15:33.620><c> be</c><00:15:33.840><c> confident,</c>

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but<00:15:35.139><c> the</c><00:15:35.360><c> faith</c><00:15:35.519><c> that</c><00:15:35.759><c> admits</c><00:15:35.919><c> its</c><00:15:36.179><c> weakness</c>

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and<00:15:37.159><c> trusts</c><00:15:37.539><c> his</c><00:15:37.899><c> strength.</c>

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Not<00:15:39.379><c> the</c><00:15:39.600><c> faith</c><00:15:39.779><c> that</c><00:15:40.000><c> tries</c><00:15:40.360><c> to</c><00:15:40.659><c> impress</c><00:15:41.039><c> God,</c>

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but<00:15:42.340><c> the</c><00:15:42.580><c> faith</c><00:15:42.740><c> that</c><00:15:43.039><c> simply</c><00:15:43.539><c> believes</c><00:15:44.139><c> him.</c>

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When<00:15:46.179><c> we</c><00:15:46.379><c> come</c><00:15:46.519><c> to</c><00:15:46.659><c> the</c><00:15:46.840><c> table,</c><00:15:47.460><c> to</c><00:15:47.580><c> the</c><00:15:47.740><c> bread</c><00:15:47.879><c> and</c><00:15:47.980><c> the</c><00:15:48.139><c> wine,</c>

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we<00:15:49.220><c> come</c><00:15:49.379><c> with</c><00:15:49.559><c> that</c><00:15:49.820><c> same</c><00:15:50.019><c> spirit.</c>

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Not<00:15:51.399><c> worthy,</c><00:15:52.279><c> but</c><00:15:52.440><c> welcomed.</c>

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Not<00:15:54.220><c> perfect,</c><00:15:54.740><c> but</c><00:15:54.919><c> forgiven.</c>

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Not<00:15:56.399><c> confident</c><00:15:56.840><c> in</c><00:15:57.059><c> ourselves,</c><00:15:57.519><c> but</c><00:15:57.700><c> confident</c><00:15:58.080><c> in</c><00:15:58.320><c> the</c><00:15:58.440><c> one</c>

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who<00:15:58.779><c> speaks</c><00:15:59.019><c> life,</c><00:16:00.100><c> healing,</c><00:16:00.379><c> and</c><00:16:00.580><c> hope</c>

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into<00:16:01.460><c> every</c><00:16:01.799><c> corner</c><00:16:02.080><c> of</c><00:16:02.259><c> our</c><00:16:02.440><c> lives.</c>

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Brothers<00:16:04.879><c> and</c><00:16:05.159><c> sisters,</c><00:16:05.620><c> the</c><00:16:05.700><c> centurion's</c><00:16:06.419><c> faith</c>

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is<00:16:07.320><c> not</c><00:16:07.539><c> an</c><00:16:07.779><c> exotic</c><00:16:08.159><c> exception,</c>

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but<00:16:09.740><c> a</c><00:16:10.000><c> model</c><00:16:10.200><c> for</c><00:16:10.580><c> ordinary</c><00:16:11.100><c> discipleship.</c>

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Trust<00:16:13.559><c> Christ</c><00:16:14.019><c> and</c><00:16:14.620><c> trust</c><00:16:14.860><c> in</c><00:16:15.000><c> his</c><00:16:15.179><c> word,</c>

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even<00:16:16.559><c> when</c><00:16:16.720><c> he</c><00:16:16.879><c> is</c><00:16:17.039><c> not</c><00:16:17.240><c> visibly</c><00:16:17.600><c> present</c><00:16:17.919><c> to</c><00:16:18.120><c> us.</c>

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Remember<00:16:19.480><c> his</c><00:16:19.759><c> sacrifice</c><00:16:20.440><c> by</c><00:16:21.379><c> breaking</c><00:16:21.720><c> of</c><00:16:22.000><c> bread</c>

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and<00:16:22.340><c> drinking</c><00:16:22.639><c> of</c><00:16:22.799><c> the</c><00:16:22.980><c> cup.</c>

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Let<00:16:24.419><c> that</c><00:16:24.700><c> remembrance</c><00:16:25.059><c> shape</c><00:16:25.379><c> our</c><00:16:25.679><c> prayers,</c>

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our<00:16:26.700><c> witness</c><00:16:26.899><c> and</c><00:16:27.120><c> our</c><00:16:27.299><c> deeds,</c>

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and<00:16:28.639><c> humbly</c><00:16:28.960><c> proclaim</c><00:16:29.519><c> that</c><00:16:30.320><c> we</c><00:16:30.500><c> are</c><00:16:30.620><c> not</c><00:16:30.799><c> worthy</c>

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so<00:16:31.879><c> that</c><00:16:32.059><c> one</c><00:16:32.279><c> day</c><00:16:32.740><c> we</c><00:16:33.100><c> may</c><00:16:33.340><c> be</c><00:16:33.480><c> found</c><00:16:33.620><c> worthy</c><00:16:33.919><c> of</c><00:16:34.080><c> his</c><00:16:34.220><c> love.</c>

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Amen.