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our</c><00:14:06.419><c> kids</c><00:14:06.580><c> are</c><00:14:06.860><c> baptized,</c><00:14:07.379><c> it's</c><00:14:07.659><c> not</c><00:14:07.919><c> finished.</c><00:14:09.779><c> When</c> 00:14:09.779 --> 00:14:13.399 x our<00:14:10.539><c> Sunday</c><00:14:10.820><c> school</c><00:14:11.320><c> students</c><00:14:11.799><c> are</c><00:14:12.179><c> baptized,</c> 00:14:16.900 --> 00:14:19.480 x it's<00:14:17.460><c> not</c><00:14:17.620><c> like</c><00:14:17.860><c> a</c><00:14:18.000><c> building</c><00:14:18.220><c> when</c><00:14:18.399><c> you</c><00:14:18.539><c> put</c><00:14:18.659><c> the</c><00:14:18.879><c> two</c><00:14:19.000><c> by</c><00:14:19.259><c> four</c> 00:14:19.480 --> 00:14:22.740 x there.<00:14:20.259><c> I</c><00:14:20.340><c> go</c><00:14:20.460><c> to</c><00:14:20.620><c> Manitoulin.</c><00:14:21.379><c> I</c><00:14:21.820><c> remember</c><00:14:22.299><c> one</c><00:14:22.639><c> of</c> 00:14:22.740 --> 00:14:25.080 x the<00:14:22.740><c> last</c><00:14:23.080><c> pieces</c><00:14:23.399><c> of</c><00:14:23.620><c> wood</c><00:14:23.700><c> that</c><00:14:23.899><c> I</c><00:14:24.100><c> nailed</c><00:14:24.279><c> in</c><00:14:24.580><c> place</c><00:14:24.779><c> and</c><00:14:24.940><c> I</c> 00:14:25.080 --> 00:14:27.879 x look<00:14:25.179><c> up</c><00:14:25.419><c> there</c><00:14:26.220><c> whenever</c><00:14:26.639><c> I</c><00:14:26.940><c> go</c><00:14:27.080><c> into</c><00:14:27.279><c> that</c><00:14:27.519><c> building</c> 00:14:27.879 --> 00:14:33.899 x and<00:14:28.120><c> I</c><00:14:28.759><c> have</c><00:14:28.960><c> to</c><00:14:29.179><c> say</c><00:14:29.299><c> I'm</c><00:14:29.500><c> a</c><00:14:29.600><c> little</c><00:14:29.740><c> bit</c><00:14:29.960><c> proud.</c><00:14:32.820><c> I</c><00:14:33.299><c> don't</c><00:14:33.480><c> know</c><00:14:33.600><c> how</c> 00:14:33.899 --> 00:14:35.759 x square<00:14:34.139><c> it</c><00:14:34.259><c> is.</c><00:14:34.379><c> 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to</c><00:15:08.159><c> crave</c><00:15:08.659><c> spiritual</c><00:15:09.620><c> milk.</c><00:15:10.259><c> And</c> 00:15:10.820 --> 00:15:16.340 x why?<00:15:11.299><c> So</c><00:15:11.580><c> that</c><00:15:11.740><c> we're</c><00:15:11.980><c> growing.</c><00:15:15.019><c> And</c><00:15:15.360><c> then</c><00:15:15.539><c> we</c><00:15:15.799><c> think,</c><00:15:16.059><c> well,</c> 00:15:16.340 --> 00:15:20.080 x how<00:15:16.539><c> did</c><00:15:16.759><c> Jesus</c><00:15:17.179><c> grow</c><00:15:18.120><c> spiritually</c><00:15:18.860><c> himself?</c> 00:15:20.620 --> 00:15:25.759 x What<00:15:20.899><c> does</c><00:15:21.059><c> he</c><00:15:21.279><c> say?</c><00:15:23.240><c> He</c><00:15:23.600><c> doesn't</c><00:15:23.899><c> use</c><00:15:24.240><c> the</c><00:15:24.860><c> metaphor</c><00:15:25.220><c> of</c><00:15:25.460><c> milk.</c><00:15:25.639><c> He</c> 00:15:25.759 --> 00:15:28.519 x uses<00:15:26.240><c> the</c><00:15:26.539><c> metaphor</c><00:15:26.899><c> of</c><00:15:27.559><c> food.</c> 00:15:29.039 --> 00:15:33.059 x From<00:15:29.279><c> John</c><00:15:30.000><c> chapter</c><00:15:30.820><c> four,</c><00:15:31.220><c> my</c><00:15:31.480><c> food</c><00:15:31.779><c> said</c><00:15:31.980><c> Jesus</c><00:15:32.460><c> is</c><00:15:32.740><c> to</c><00:15:32.919><c> do</c> 00:15:33.059 --> 00:15:37.659 x the<00:15:33.259><c> will</c><00:15:33.440><c> of</c><00:15:33.600><c> him</c><00:15:33.860><c> who</c><00:15:34.120><c> sent</c><00:15:34.320><c> me</c><00:15:35.220><c> and</c><00:15:35.559><c> to</c><00:15:35.840><c> finish</c><00:15:36.259><c> his</c><00:15:36.740><c> work.</c> 00:15:40.899 --> 00:15:45.440 x I<00:15:41.419><c> don't</c><00:15:41.580><c> know</c><00:15:41.700><c> if</c><00:15:41.879><c> I</c><00:15:42.799><c> put</c><00:15:42.980><c> this</c><00:15:43.200><c> somewhere</c><00:15:43.440><c> in</c><00:15:43.620><c> my</c><00:15:43.840><c> exhort,</c><00:15:44.360><c> but</c><00:15:44.879><c> I'm</c><00:15:45.059><c> thinking</c><00:15:45.279><c> of</c> 00:15:45.440 --> 00:15:46.960 x it<00:15:45.580><c> now</c><00:15:45.720><c> so</c><00:15:45.840><c> I'm</c><00:15:45.960><c> going</c><00:15:46.019><c> to</c><00:15:46.159><c> mention.</c> 00:15:48.039 --> 00:15:51.100 x I<00:15:48.559><c> have</c><00:15:48.759><c> to</c><00:15:48.940><c> mention</c><00:15:49.120><c> the</c><00:15:49.379><c> Chosen</c><00:15:49.639><c> again.</c><00:15:49.980><c> Maybe</c><00:15:50.220><c> you're</c><00:15:50.379><c> getting</c><00:15:50.620><c> tired</c><00:15:50.960><c> of</c> 00:15:51.100 --> 00:15:52.299 x me<00:15:51.360><c> mentioning</c><00:15:51.659><c> the</c><00:15:51.960><c> Chosen,</c> 00:15:52.480 --> 00:15:57.340 x but<00:15:52.539><c> in</c><00:15:52.740><c> one</c><00:15:52.919><c> of</c><00:15:53.059><c> the</c><00:15:53.159><c> most</c><00:15:54.179><c> recent</c><00:15:54.519><c> episodes,</c><00:15:55.120><c> Thomas</c><00:15:55.720><c> is</c><00:15:57.039><c> in</c> 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are</c><00:16:13.659><c> or</c> 00:16:13.799 --> 00:16:15.259 x followers<00:16:14.120><c> there</c><00:16:14.419><c> are</c><00:16:14.539><c> in</c><00:16:14.700><c> the</c><00:16:14.860><c> camp</c><00:16:15.039><c> at</c> 00:16:15.259 --> 00:16:17.899 x the<00:16:15.360><c> same</c><00:16:15.620><c> time.</c><00:16:16.179><c> I</c><00:16:16.320><c> think</c><00:16:16.480><c> there's</c><00:16:16.740><c> three</c><00:16:17.240><c> women</c><00:16:17.539><c> that</c><00:16:17.740><c> are</c> 00:16:17.899 --> 00:16:21.980 x there,<00:16:18.980><c> Mary</c><00:16:19.279><c> and</c><00:16:19.519><c> Mary</c><00:16:20.100><c> and</c><00:16:20.960><c> Thomas's</c> 00:16:23.840 --> 00:16:27.279 x fiance,<00:16:24.620><c> I</c><00:16:24.679><c> guess</c><00:16:24.980><c> you</c><00:16:25.139><c> would</c><00:16:25.340><c> call</c><00:16:25.519><c> her.</c><00:16:26.659><c> And</c><00:16:26.980><c> then</c><00:16:27.100><c> there's</c> 00:16:27.279 --> 00:16:29.720 x maybe<00:16:27.539><c> 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about</c><00:16:43.519><c> what</c> 00:16:43.720 --> 00:16:46.419 x happened<00:16:43.960><c> to</c><00:16:44.220><c> Philip?</c><00:16:44.740><c> We're</c><00:16:45.039><c> hungry.</c><00:16:45.919><c> Something</c><00:16:46.179><c> happened</c> 00:16:46.419 --> 00:16:48.320 x to<00:16:46.600><c> Philip.</c><00:16:46.860><c> I</c><00:16:46.860><c> can't</c><00:16:47.100><c> remember</c><00:16:47.259><c> what</c><00:16:47.399><c> it</c><00:16:47.519><c> was,</c> 00:16:48.639 --> 00:16:53.159 x but<00:16:49.159><c> Thomas</c><00:16:49.539><c> is</c><00:16:49.820><c> beside</c><00:16:50.179><c> himself.</c><00:16:51.840><c> And</c><00:16:51.980><c> so</c><00:16:52.240><c> Andrew's</c><00:16:52.840><c> calmly</c> 00:16:53.159 --> 00:16:56.000 x talking<00:16:53.860><c> to</c><00:16:54.740><c> Thomas,</c><00:16:55.120><c> trying</c><00:16:55.419><c> to</c><00:16:55.580><c> get</c><00:16:55.659><c> him</c><00:16:55.799><c> off</c> 00:16:56.000 --> 00:17:00.659 x the<00:16:56.419><c> ledge.</c><00:16:57.220><c> He</c><00:16:57.320><c> said</c><00:16:57.960><c> something</c><00:16:58.379><c> like,</c><00:16:59.960><c> when</c><00:17:00.039><c> we</c><00:17:00.279><c> were</c><00:17:00.419><c> with</c> 00:17:00.659 --> 00:17:05.000 x John,<00:17:02.440><c> sometimes</c><00:17:02.960><c> we</c><00:17:03.159><c> didn't</c><00:17:03.440><c> eat</c><00:17:03.600><c> for</c><00:17:03.860><c> days.</c> 00:17:06.600 --> 00:17:08.839 x We<00:17:07.200><c> didn't</c><00:17:07.359><c> even</c><00:17:07.579><c> think</c><00:17:07.759><c> about</c><00:17:08.039><c> it.</c> 00:17:12.380 --> 00:17:18.920 x And<00:17:12.700><c> Jesus</c><00:17:13.119><c> was</c><00:17:13.440><c> the</c><00:17:13.660><c> same</c><00:17:13.880><c> way.</c><00:17:14.220><c> He</c><00:17:14.559><c> had</c><00:17:15.339><c> food</c><00:17:15.920><c> that</c><00:17:17.059><c> other</c><00:17:17.259><c> people</c><00:17:17.500><c> didn't</c><00:17:17.720><c> know</c><00:17:17.960><c> about.</c><00:17:18.740><c> He</c> 00:17:18.920 --> 00:17:19.420 x was<00:17:19.220><c> feeding</c> 00:17:19.420 --> 00:17:24.759 x on<00:17:19.619><c> his</c><00:17:19.859><c> father's</c><00:17:20.319><c> word.</c><00:17:23.200><c> Another</c><00:17:23.539><c> implication</c><00:17:24.140><c> of</c><00:17:24.359><c> Peter's</c> 00:17:24.759 --> 00:17:26.619 x claim<00:17:24.960><c> that</c><00:17:25.259><c> we're</c><00:17:25.740><c> living</c><00:17:26.019><c> stones</c> 00:17:26.619 --> 00:17:31.259 x just<00:17:27.240><c> like</c><00:17:27.480><c> Jesus</c><00:17:28.059><c> is</c><00:17:29.200><c> that</c><00:17:29.440><c> we</c><00:17:30.079><c> look</c><00:17:30.319><c> like</c><00:17:30.579><c> him,</c><00:17:30.839><c> that</c><00:17:30.920><c> we</c><00:17:31.119><c> fit</c> 00:17:31.259 --> 00:17:32.659 x together<00:17:31.619><c> with</c><00:17:31.819><c> him.</c> 00:17:34.279 --> 00:17:38.740 x And<00:17:34.519><c> bound</c><00:17:34.700><c> up</c><00:17:34.920><c> in</c><00:17:35.140><c> this</c><00:17:35.400><c> similarity</c><00:17:36.099><c> is</c><00:17:37.299><c> a</c><00:17:37.559><c> difference</c><00:17:37.900><c> between</c><00:17:38.480><c> the</c> 00:17:38.740 --> 00:17:40.500 x followers<00:17:39.079><c> of</c><00:17:39.319><c> Jesus</c> 00:17:40.700 --> 00:17:44.920 x and<00:17:41.380><c> the</c><00:17:41.640><c> followers</c><00:17:42.019><c> of</c><00:17:42.759><c> anything</c><00:17:43.839><c> else.</c> 00:17:46.240 --> 00:17:53.740 x Peter<00:17:46.880><c> highlights</c><00:17:47.400><c> this</c><00:17:47.779><c> by</c><00:17:48.079><c> quoting</c><00:17:48.599><c> from</c><00:17:49.680><c> Psalm</c><00:17:49.960><c> 118</c><00:17:50.599><c> and</c><00:17:50.740><c> verse</c><00:17:50.920><c> 22.</c><00:17:51.619><c> This</c><00:17:51.619><c> is</c><00:17:52.359><c> in</c><00:17:52.880><c> 1</c> 00:17:53.740 --> 00:17:55.180 x Peter<00:17:53.940><c> 2.</c><00:17:54.460><c> The</c><00:17:54.460><c> stone</c> 00:17:55.180 --> 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Jesus</c><00:18:33.480><c> was</c><00:18:33.720><c> shining</c><00:18:34.059><c> his</c><00:18:34.400><c> light</c><00:18:35.119><c> always,</c><00:18:36.420><c> and</c><00:18:37.000><c> he</c><00:18:37.200><c> calls</c><00:18:37.400><c> us</c> 00:18:37.640 --> 00:18:39.619 x to<00:18:37.799><c> do</c><00:18:37.920><c> the</c><00:18:38.140><c> same.</c><00:18:38.779><c> Brother</c><00:18:39.019><c> Rich,</c><00:18:39.180><c> you</c><00:18:39.420><c> say</c> 00:18:39.619 --> 00:18:41.660 x this<00:18:39.799><c> all</c><00:18:40.039><c> the</c><00:18:40.180><c> time</c><00:18:40.319><c> in</c><00:18:40.440><c> your</c><00:18:40.619><c> prayers.</c><00:18:40.980><c> I</c><00:18:41.099><c> don't</c><00:18:41.200><c> know</c><00:18:41.259><c> if</c><00:18:41.299><c> it's</c><00:18:41.500><c> in</c> 00:18:41.660 --> 00:18:43.680 x every<00:18:41.839><c> prayer,</c><00:18:42.039><c> but</c><00:18:42.200><c> it's</c><00:18:42.539><c> in</c><00:18:42.740><c> a</c><00:18:42.980><c> lot</c><00:18:43.200><c> of</c><00:18:43.339><c> them,</c> 00:18:43.980 --> 00:18:48.579 x right?<00:18:44.980><c> We</c><00:18:45.279><c> need</c><00:18:45.579><c> to</c><00:18:46.039><c> shine</c><00:18:46.500><c> our</c><00:18:47.079><c> light</c><00:18:47.299><c> like</c><00:18:47.539><c> a</c><00:18:47.779><c> city</c><00:18:48.059><c> set</c><00:18:48.319><c> on</c> 00:18:48.579 --> 00:18:49.619 x a<00:18:48.700><c> hill.</c> 00:18:51.299 --> 00:18:56.460 x Verse<00:18:51.460><c> chapter</c><00:18:52.119><c> 5</c><00:18:52.579><c> of</c><00:18:52.920><c> Matthew</c><00:18:53.380><c> verse</c><00:18:53.680><c> 14.</c><00:18:54.299><c> You</c><00:18:54.559><c> are</c><00:18:54.839><c> the</c><00:18:55.039><c> light</c><00:18:55.140><c> of</c><00:18:55.299><c> the</c><00:18:55.460><c> world.</c><00:18:56.220><c> A</c> 00:18:56.460 --> 00:18:58.140 x city<00:18:56.680><c> located</c><00:18:57.220><c> on</c><00:18:57.519><c> a</c><00:18:57.619><c> hill</c><00:18:57.799><c> cannot</c> 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priorities</c><00:19:39.410><c> that</c><00:19:39.789><c> differentiated</c><00:19:40.569><c> him</c> 00:19:40.849 --> 00:19:44.769 x from<00:19:41.710><c> others.</c><00:19:42.990><c> His</c><00:19:43.329><c> prioritization</c><00:19:44.130><c> of</c><00:19:44.289><c> the</c><00:19:44.490><c> kingdom</c> 00:19:45.269 --> 00:19:49.230 x of<00:19:45.609><c> God,</c><00:19:46.109><c> rejected,</c><00:19:46.730><c> causes</c><00:19:47.029><c> him</c><00:19:47.309><c> to</c><00:19:47.529><c> be</c><00:19:47.769><c> rejected</c><00:19:48.109><c> by</c><00:19:48.390><c> men.</c> 00:19:49.509 --> 00:19:51.950 x He<00:19:49.650><c> says,</c><00:19:49.849><c> seek</c><00:19:50.130><c> ye</c><00:19:50.450><c> first</c><00:19:50.750><c> the</c><00:19:50.970><c> kingdom.</c> 00:19:53.410 --> 00:19:56.569 x Therefore,<00:19:53.750><c> I</c><00:19:53.970><c> tell</c><00:19:54.150><c> you,</c><00:19:54.329><c> do</c><00:19:54.529><c> not</c><00:19:54.750><c> worry</c><00:19:55.029><c> about</c><00:19:55.349><c> your</c><00:19:55.670><c> life,</c> 00:19:56.910 --> 00:19:58.950 x what<00:19:57.089><c> you</c><00:19:57.269><c> will</c><00:19:57.450><c> eat</c><00:19:57.589><c> or</c><00:19:57.750><c> drink,</c><00:19:58.029><c> or</c><00:19:58.150><c> about</c><00:19:58.289><c> your</c><00:19:58.549><c> body,</c><00:19:58.829><c> what</c> 00:19:58.950 --> 00:20:00.150 x you'll<00:19:59.289><c> wear.</c> 00:20:03.549 --> 00:20:06.089 x So<00:20:04.109><c> this</c><00:20:04.369><c> is</c><00:20:04.569><c> confession</c><00:20:04.910><c> time.</c><00:20:05.150><c> I</c><00:20:05.190><c> know</c><00:20:05.329><c> it's</c><00:20:05.470><c> not</c><00:20:05.670><c> really</c><00:20:05.890><c> a</c> 00:20:06.089 --> 00:20:07.670 x confession<00:20:06.329><c> because</c><00:20:06.569><c> you</c><00:20:06.829><c> already</c><00:20:07.009><c> know</c><00:20:07.230><c> all</c><00:20:07.470><c> this</c> 00:20:07.670 --> 00:20:13.150 x about<00:20:07.890><c> me,</c><00:20:08.410><c> but</c><00:20:09.730><c> obviously</c><00:20:10.329><c> food</c><00:20:10.609><c> is</c><00:20:10.849><c> a</c><00:20:11.009><c> challenge</c><00:20:11.390><c> for</c><00:20:11.670><c> me.</c><00:20:12.670><c> I</c> 00:20:13.150 --> 00:20:16.450 x spend<00:20:13.349><c> way</c><00:20:13.650><c> too</c><00:20:13.930><c> much</c><00:20:14.150><c> time</c><00:20:14.990><c> thinking</c><00:20:15.589><c> about</c><00:20:15.930><c> food,</c> 00:20:16.769 --> 00:20:20.490 x preparing<00:20:17.109><c> for</c><00:20:17.470><c> food,</c><00:20:18.329><c> shopping</c><00:20:18.670><c> for</c><00:20:18.990><c> food.</c><00:20:19.710><c> I</c><00:20:19.990><c> even</c><00:20:20.309><c> write</c> 00:20:20.490 --> 00:20:30.130 x about<00:20:20.750><c> food.</c><00:20:24.430><c> And</c><00:20:24.990><c> it's</c><00:20:25.210><c> kind</c><00:20:25.430><c> of</c><00:20:25.670><c> comical,</c><00:20:26.029><c> but</c> 00:20:31.150 --> 00:20:35.450 x I<00:20:31.670><c> don't</c><00:20:31.990><c> know.</c><00:20:32.650><c> Yeah,</c><00:20:33.410><c> here's</c><00:20:33.630><c> the</c><00:20:34.069><c> comment.</c><00:20:34.710><c> I</c><00:20:34.890><c> did</c><00:20:35.130><c> put</c><00:20:35.309><c> it</c> 00:20:35.450 --> 00:20:39.970 x in<00:20:35.630><c> here.</c><00:20:38.609><c> Yeah,</c><00:20:38.890><c> Andrew</c><00:20:39.190><c> says</c><00:20:39.410><c> something</c><00:20:39.690><c> like,</c> 00:20:40.109 --> 00:20:42.549 x when<00:20:40.150><c> I</c><00:20:40.369><c> was</c><00:20:40.509><c> with</c><00:20:40.710><c> John,</c><00:20:41.009><c> we</c><00:20:41.009><c> would</c><00:20:41.150><c> go</c><00:20:41.329><c> for</c><00:20:41.549><c> days</c><00:20:41.769><c> without</c><00:20:42.089><c> food.</c><00:20:42.390><c> We</c> 00:20:42.549 --> 00:20:44.130 x never<00:20:42.789><c> thought</c><00:20:43.049><c> about</c><00:20:43.289><c> it.</c> 00:20:44.230 --> 00:20:47.569 x I<00:20:44.450><c> just</c><00:20:44.589><c> 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