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[1341.74 --> 1342.82] anywhere else in the world
[1342.82 --> 1343.94] and not normal
[1343.94 --> 1344.50] for other people
[1344.50 --> 1344.98] in our city.
[1345.64 --> 1346.44] But it's when you get
[1346.44 --> 1347.28] close to where
[1347.28 --> 1348.44] the needs are
[1348.44 --> 1349.76] that you start
[1349.76 --> 1350.44] to think differently.
[1351.10 --> 1351.96] It's when you really
[1351.96 --> 1352.80] get to know people
[1352.80 --> 1353.32] who are struggling
[1353.32 --> 1353.80] that you start
[1353.80 --> 1354.46] thinking differently
[1354.46 --> 1355.16] about your finances,
[1355.32 --> 1355.78] your resources,
[1355.92 --> 1356.30] your home,
[1356.40 --> 1357.18] all the rest.
[1357.60 --> 1358.48] It's getting close
[1358.48 --> 1359.08] to those places
[1359.08 --> 1359.64] of brokenness
[1359.64 --> 1360.44] where God's Spirit
[1360.44 --> 1361.62] seems to move in us
[1361.62 --> 1363.02] this desire to use
[1363.02 --> 1363.68] what we've been given
[1363.68 --> 1364.42] to bless.
[1364.42 --> 1366.00] And you know this,
[1366.06 --> 1366.62] whenever a team
[1366.62 --> 1367.92] comes back from a serve trip,
[1368.14 --> 1369.18] that's what they talk about.
[1369.68 --> 1370.18] Whenever people
[1370.18 --> 1371.10] come back from serving
[1371.10 --> 1371.64] at the Clovedo
[1371.64 --> 1372.20] Community Kitchen,
[1372.28 --> 1373.22] it just reframes
[1373.22 --> 1373.90] the way you see
[1373.90 --> 1374.48] your stuff,
[1374.82 --> 1375.38] your home,
[1375.50 --> 1376.12] your lifestyle,
[1376.30 --> 1377.12] because you know
[1377.12 --> 1378.14] how it could be used
[1378.14 --> 1379.12] to serve.
[1380.04 --> 1381.60] And God wants us
[1381.60 --> 1382.86] to kindle
[1382.86 --> 1384.12] that imagination
[1384.12 --> 1385.40] of our resources
[1385.40 --> 1386.40] being used to bless,
[1386.94 --> 1387.98] cultivating relationships
[1387.98 --> 1389.16] that get us close
[1389.16 --> 1390.04] to where the needs are.
[1390.30 --> 1391.52] That's our calling
[1391.52 --> 1392.78] as the church.
[1394.42 --> 1396.36] Now finally,
[1396.48 --> 1397.42] I want to just get right
[1397.42 --> 1398.50] into everybody's business
[1398.50 --> 1400.54] because I felt compelled
[1400.54 --> 1401.16] to include this
[1401.16 --> 1401.62] in my sermon
[1401.62 --> 1402.56] at the last second
[1402.56 --> 1403.80] and it's challenging to me.
[1404.24 --> 1405.06] If you live in
[1405.06 --> 1405.64] British Columbia,
[1406.08 --> 1406.60] you're probably thinking
[1406.60 --> 1408.18] as you listen to the sermon
[1408.18 --> 1408.56] you're going to be like,
[1409.12 --> 1410.90] how do we do this
[1410.90 --> 1411.74] in like one of the most
[1411.74 --> 1412.40] expensive cities
[1412.40 --> 1412.84] in the world?
[1413.46 --> 1414.08] And I'm thinking
[1414.08 --> 1415.44] especially of young people
[1415.44 --> 1415.90] right now.
[1416.00 --> 1416.76] It's like buying a house
[1416.76 --> 1417.44] feels impossible,
[1417.66 --> 1418.26] paying off a car
[1418.26 --> 1418.80] feels impossible,
[1418.98 --> 1419.92] education is expensive,
[1420.24 --> 1421.14] everything's expensive.
[1421.14 --> 1422.56] And what you'll think
[1422.56 --> 1423.34] in the back of your mind
[1423.34 --> 1423.80] is this,
[1423.88 --> 1424.62] because I've thought it,
[1425.20 --> 1425.98] if I just made
[1425.98 --> 1427.08] a little bit more money,
[1427.94 --> 1429.86] then I'll be generous.
[1430.04 --> 1430.88] Have you thought that before?
[1431.82 --> 1433.46] If I got that raise,
[1433.74 --> 1434.42] oh man,
[1434.52 --> 1435.36] then I would give money.
[1435.56 --> 1437.02] If I paid off my mortgage
[1437.02 --> 1438.26] or paid off that car loan
[1438.26 --> 1439.68] or got rid of that student debt,
[1439.96 --> 1440.64] whatever it is,
[1440.70 --> 1441.24] fill in the blank,
[1441.52 --> 1442.76] then I'll be generous,
[1443.00 --> 1443.24] right?
[1443.90 --> 1444.74] And that is just
[1444.74 --> 1445.98] such a dangerous lie.
[1445.98 --> 1449.10] A year ago or so,
[1449.32 --> 1450.22] we did a podcast