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[1077.10 --> 1077.70] there are several people
[1077.70 --> 1078.98] even here today
[1078.98 --> 1080.46] who have grown up
[1080.46 --> 1081.50] in charismatic traditions
[1081.50 --> 1082.28] who have said to me
[1082.28 --> 1083.04] and other people
[1083.04 --> 1083.68] who preach at Hope,
[1083.74 --> 1083.94] they're like,
[1083.98 --> 1084.72] you guys don't preach
[1084.72 --> 1085.84] on the Spirit very much.
[1086.36 --> 1087.22] And ouch,
[1087.92 --> 1088.72] we're going to preach
[1088.72 --> 1089.68] on that after Easter,
[1090.02 --> 1090.82] message received.
[1090.94 --> 1091.32] Don't worry,
[1091.36 --> 1091.78] we're going to talk
[1091.78 --> 1092.60] about spiritual gifts,
[1093.02 --> 1093.80] spiritual power,
[1093.90 --> 1094.60] a lot of different things
[1094.60 --> 1095.22] around the Spirit.
[1095.36 --> 1095.92] That's coming.
[1096.34 --> 1096.80] But today,
[1096.86 --> 1097.40] we get to talk
[1097.40 --> 1098.46] about the Spirit as well.
[1099.42 --> 1100.68] It's not common for me
[1100.68 --> 1101.46] to use language
[1101.46 --> 1102.64] of walking in the Spirit,
[1103.34 --> 1104.20] keeping in step
[1104.20 --> 1104.80] with the Spirit,
[1105.02 --> 1105.54] and that's part
[1105.54 --> 1106.02] of my upbringing,
[1106.14 --> 1106.58] maybe it's part
[1106.58 --> 1107.40] of yours as well.
[1107.56 --> 1108.56] So we want to unpack
[1108.56 --> 1109.76] what in the world
[1109.76 --> 1110.54] it means
[1110.54 --> 1112.50] to walk in step
[1112.50 --> 1113.76] with the Spirit.
[1115.22 --> 1115.48] Now,
[1115.48 --> 1116.26] I first want to share
[1116.26 --> 1116.72] a story.
[1117.32 --> 1118.18] This comes from a book
[1118.18 --> 1118.68] I was reading
[1118.68 --> 1119.16] in preparation
[1119.16 --> 1119.90] for this sermon.
[1120.60 --> 1121.36] I think it'll be helpful
[1121.36 --> 1122.42] to discern this together.
[1123.32 --> 1124.56] The writer tells the story
[1124.56 --> 1125.60] of going whale watching
[1125.60 --> 1126.62] and then relates
[1126.62 --> 1127.74] this story of whale watching
[1127.74 --> 1128.72] to our relationship
[1128.72 --> 1129.54] to the Holy Spirit.
[1129.64 --> 1130.40] So let me explain.
[1131.24 --> 1131.94] He tells the story
[1131.94 --> 1133.16] of going off the coast
[1133.16 --> 1133.88] of Newfoundland
[1133.88 --> 1135.72] on this giant vessel
[1135.72 --> 1136.56] and then they go out
[1136.56 --> 1137.12] into the ocean
[1137.12 --> 1137.74] to whale watch.
[1137.80 --> 1138.04] I'm curious,
[1138.10 --> 1138.58] how many of us
[1138.58 --> 1139.44] have gone whale watching?
[1140.08 --> 1140.54] Oh man,
[1140.56 --> 1141.58] I'm so jealous.
[1142.06 --> 1142.86] I'm hoping that day
[1142.86 --> 1143.22] will come.
[1143.30 --> 1144.06] I'm actually secretly
[1144.06 --> 1144.84] waiting for my parents
[1144.84 --> 1145.54] to come into town
[1145.54 --> 1146.64] and offer to pay for it.
[1146.82 --> 1147.70] That's a different story.
[1149.70 --> 1151.02] So they get on this vessel
[1151.02 --> 1152.32] and they're driving out
[1152.32 --> 1152.76] to the ocean.
[1152.86 --> 1153.76] It's a fairly large group
[1153.76 --> 1154.26] and the guy's
[1154.26 --> 1154.90] with his family.
[1155.26 --> 1155.98] He's feeling like
[1155.98 --> 1156.96] it's the trip of his lifetime
[1156.96 --> 1158.56] and it takes a long time
[1158.56 --> 1159.28] to get out there.
[1159.52 --> 1160.46] There's a lot of waiting
[1160.46 --> 1161.54] and looking in the ocean
[1161.54 --> 1162.54] trying to find whales
[1162.54 --> 1163.32] or if it's a wave
[1163.32 --> 1163.94] and not a whale.
[1164.36 --> 1165.44] And after a while,
[1165.92 --> 1166.90] some people go down
[1166.90 --> 1167.58] below deck,
[1167.72 --> 1168.76] including his kids.
[1168.98 --> 1169.58] And one of them,
[1169.66 --> 1170.38] I won't say which,
[1170.46 --> 1171.64] was on a screen
[1171.64 --> 1173.12] scrolling through their phone.
[1173.60 --> 1174.68] I'm not jealous, you know.
[1175.26 --> 1176.16] And then, you know,
[1176.22 --> 1177.14] more time passes,
[1177.24 --> 1178.16] they go out into the ocean