Don't Go Chasin' Sacrifices? | The Book Of Psalms Week 5

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- There is a sacrifice that everyone can make,

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but too many people miss it.

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Today, we're exploring the sacrifice of gratitude

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and how it stops us from chasing things

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and instead gives us the ability to reflect,

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come to a new realization and rely on God.

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Hey, I'm Hannah and welcome to Crossroads.

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Today we're exploring what is perhaps

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one of the angriest songs ever written, maybe, probably.

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Man, the writer had all of the feels,

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and there's a song that gives me all the feels

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no matter when I listen to it.

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And it's a song from the '90s all about chasing.

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[singing] Don't go chasing waterfalls

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Just stick to the rivers and the lakes

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that you're used to

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I know that you're gonna have your way

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or nothing at all, but I think you're moving too fast.

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[paste in from last week♪♪]

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- Believe in yourself, the rest is up to you.

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Oh, sorry. Sorry, y'all.

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Anyway, there's a reason that universally

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everyone understands Don't Go Chasing Waterfalls;

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it turns out that they might not be what they seem.

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And today, as we explore Psalm 50 together,

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we're going to see that

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it's not all it's cracked up to be either.

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All this talk about waterfalls has me remembering

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the time that I got to stand on

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one of the natural wonders of the world: Victoria Falls.

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This waterfall isn't a hidden gem. It's mainstream.

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See what I did there?

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Come on, you can laugh. It was funny.

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See, around here,

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we talk about guiding people spiritually.

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We talk about leading them on their spiritual adventure.

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And I will tell you,

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this was an adventure that was unmatched.

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I fell in love with this waterfall pretty rapidly.

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And as you can see, I was just gushing with joy.

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Okay. Okay. I'm done with the waterfall humor.

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But, hey, sometimes you've just got to go with the flow.

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Okay, now I'm done with the waterfall humor.

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Today we're talking about Psalms 50,

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and among all the other Psalms

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that we've talked about to date

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that have a very heavy emotion

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and almost lyrically lament and praise God,

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sometimes in the same Psalms even,

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this Psalm really helps us see why

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this series is called All the Feels,

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because the writer is angry,

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like the little red character from inside out.

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Oh, and by the way, if a moment ago,

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when I said all the Series of Psalms,

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if you got kind of freaked out,

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there are more episodes of Psalms, actually,

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and we'd love for you to see them.

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You can go to Crossroads.net to find out more.

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But today we're talking about Psalm 150,

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and the writer is just straight up mad.

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And he's angrily talking about a subject

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that most of us avoid like the plague: sacrifice.

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No, seriously, it's a sucky idea to sacrifice anything.

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And just like the writer, many of us

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probably identify with what he's doing,

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which is being angry.

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And I know I do.

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I don't want to speak for you,

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but they say it's a secondary emotion.

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But I will tell you, I'll be honest,

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it's my first response.

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Like, anytime I see anything I don't like

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or somebody does something, I just responded in anger.

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It is not secondary for me

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But there's a difference between my kind of anger

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and the anger that's in this Psalm.

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See the writer, his name is Assaf,

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and Assaf was a chosen worship leader

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for the people of Israel.

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See his anger in this moment, it's righteous.

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What? What does that mean?

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Well, Assaf was a chosen worship leader, like I said,

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appointed by King David over ancient Israel.

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And what's so cool about him is not only was he a leader,

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but he was actually by his bloodline,

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considered to be a priest.

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Now, all that means is that King David saw him,

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saw that he would have some potential.

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And it means that him and God, they were tight.

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They were like this.

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And so when he's writing this Psalm,

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you can see that he's addressing the people of Israel.

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But quickly, it goes from third person to first person

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because he starts to write down

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what God is saying to him and he starts to say stuff

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to the children of Israel.

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Now, I've been doing all talking.

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I'm sure you're really rushing and wanting to know

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what that Scripture said, so I'll hush

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and read from the Scripture. The writer says:

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Insert dramatic music, I mean, for real,

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it feels like the big monster is just coming

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to get us and eat us alive because we failed.

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Now, there's a lot to unpack

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in the beginning of this Scripture,

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and even more so as we'll see a little bit later on.

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But what we can clearly see is

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that Assaf is just setting the stage.

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He's letting us know that God,

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even though it sounds a little bit scary,

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He's not coming as the big bad wolf,

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He's coming as the Almighty God, the one who judged.

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Not for fun, but because His judgment is righteous,

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His judgment is perfect,

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and He does it in a way that's full of mercy

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and full of second, third and fourth chances.

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And that's good news for us.

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The scripture goes on and says:

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Now, there it is, the word that we've been waiting for,

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the one that's reserved for special people,

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the ones that are disciplined: sacrifice.

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It's a word that, if we're honest,

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makes most of us shudder

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because it's actually not easy to do.

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If it was easy, everyone would do it.

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If we're honest, I'm not going to speak for ya'll,

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I'm gonna speak for me,

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I don't like sacrificing all the time because it's hard.

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I don't like the idea of giving up something

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in the short term just to have long term gain.

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And don't even get me started on sacrificing

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for other people because I really don't want to do that

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because it's actually an inconvenience to myself.

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Now, maybe I'm not alone.

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Maybe you're out there and you're like,

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"Yeah, Hannah, I'm like you.

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I'm like you, I want to have cake now.

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I don't want to be on a diet.

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I don't want to have a healthy heart later on.

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I want to do it right now."

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Now, listen, truthfully, we're on the same page now

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because even sometimes I don't struggle

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with just worldly sacrifice,

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I struggle with spiritual sacrifice.

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God calls us to give 10% of our income,

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which is our tithe.

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And I don't always want to do that,

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because even though it's good for me,

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I just hate the idea of giving away my money sometimes.

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It just sucks.

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Sacrifice feels out of reach

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and it really makes me shift in my seat.

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And I don't always like that. It doesn't feel good.

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"What?

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Hannah, I thought you said Jesus wants us to feel great."

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Okay, I didn't say that,

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but why would He call us to something that hurts?

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Well, it's because sacrifice is a sign of surrender.

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See, in ancient Israel, when Assaf wrote this Psalm,

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it was customary for religious leaders

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and religious people to often give sacrifices.

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And not just in the Hebrew culture, either.

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Other religions are doing this.

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They would give sacrifices for the atonement of sin,

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for thanksgiving, even in request, and for supplication.

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And in verse eight, God has to clearly say that

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"I'm not displeased with your burnt offerings

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and sacrifices," just because He doesn't want them.

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He's saying them because those things are common

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and the heart behind why they're doing it, it's off.

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See, sacrifices were common because they brought results.

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So if they brought results, why is God so freaking angry?

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Well, I'll tell you. Let's get to the point.

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Hannah, you've talked enough.

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He's angry because the heart behind the sacrifice,

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it's unacceptable.

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It's what I call a little waterfall-ish.

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It just means that what it seems to be on the surface,

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like a waterfall, beautiful, glorious, all worthy.

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It's actually not all it's cracked up to be.

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See, before you get too confused, let me explain.

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Waterfalls are made by soft rock under hard rock.

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Which just means that underneath all that water

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is actually a really not a full rock,

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it's actually not what it seems to be.

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And that's what the children of Israel were doing.

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They were giving their sacrifices.

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They were doing the thing, being traditional,

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being faithful, doing all the things that their preacher

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or priest told them to do.

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But underneath it, it was empty.

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Their hearts were empty.

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I can relate to the children of Israel in that moment.

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I can relate because I know that sometimes

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I give my tithe just because I'm supposed to do it.

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Sometimes I go to church or watch online

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because I'm supposed to do it.

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Sometimes I volunteer in student ministry because

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I feel like I'm supposed to do it.

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But God's asking the children of Israel

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something very important in this Psalm.

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He's saying, "Are you going to give Me

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waterfall sacrifices, or are you going to give Me

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what I actually want, which is real sacrifice?"

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So God goes into another spiel in this Psalm

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about how He owns everything.

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And I always thought growing up that that just meant,

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Oh, he owns the cattle on a thousand hills.

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He must be rich.

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And well, I think if you think about it

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in natural terms, we would define that as being rich.

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But excuse my grammar, that just ain't what He meant

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when He was talking about that.

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What He meant was, "When I ask you for something,

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when I ask you to sacrifice your money or your time,

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it's not because I need it.

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It's not because I don't have enough volunteers.

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It's not because I don't have enough money

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and the lights are about to go off in heaven.

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I'm actually asking you to sacrifice

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because it invites surrender into your life,

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and it's for you."

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"What? That sounds challenging.

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Hannah, you're challenging me right now?"

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I'm glad. If you're sitting at the seat of challenge,

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you're actually right where you probably need to be.

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I'm a touch uncomfortable if I'm being honest,

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because sacrifice makes me shift in my seat

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because God is asking us all the question:

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is your heart in it?

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So the sacrifice isn't the problem.

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He loves giving us His time.

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He wants us to give our money, all the things.

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But He wants to know, is it a waterfall sacrifice?

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Is it just cute on the outside or is it in your heart?

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"So what kind of sacrifice is God looking for then?

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Hannah, tell me the answer,

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since it's not the ones I'm giving,

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the ones that seem empty.

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What should I be doing?"

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Now all the churchy people think they know the answer.

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They think it's Jesus. That's the perfect sacrifice.

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You're wrong.

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But I'm going to tell you the real answer,

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so stay with me, I promise.

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- Hey, guys, I'm Kyle. - And I'm Andy.

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- Hope you're enjoying this message.

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Around here at Crossroads, we believe that

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meaning that it's not something God wants from us,

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but for us.

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Let's get back to the message.

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- So it turns out God wants a sacrifice,

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and not just any sacrifice,

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but a sacrifice of thanksgiving.

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Hey, growing up I always thought that

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I needed some very grand and elaborate testimony

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that was going to make me more interesting,

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not just to people, but shockingly, to God.

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I thought that I really didn't have a story to tell

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because for the most part, I feel a little textbook

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and what I call like a pew baby,

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which just means that I was raised in church,

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I was always at church.

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And somewhere along the line, maybe about 13,

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thankfully, church actually got in me.

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And so I started to follow Jesus.

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I started to walk with Him, learn His ways.

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And I really even used to study the Bible

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on my lunch breaks in high school,

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not because I was trying to be this, like,

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holier than thou person,

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but truly the food was disgusting.

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I needed something to do. No, I'm just kidding.

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But seriously, I did have some hard days,

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but I don't ever feel like

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I had this grand story of rescue, you know?

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Like, it wasn't like my dad, who literally

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had a spiritual encounter with God

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that was like Paul in the Bible.

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Not me, I was pretty boring and lame even.

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I never even had, like, a backsliding moment in college

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where I just turned my back on God

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and decided He wasn't for me. Nope.

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Crazy enough though, this all pretty much bummed me out,

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so I started to shy away and not really tell anybody

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about what God was doing in my life

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because I thought it was too small.

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I thought that it did not measure up

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to all the things He's miraculously done

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for other people and how they have

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awesome testimonies of rescue.

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And so when I would be in church

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and worship God through music,

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or even through giving or even through volunteering,

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I really was only doing it because I thought

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it's what you were supposed to do.

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See, I had a lot of waterfall sacrifices

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because I thought that if I just keep doing the thing,

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keep doing the thing that looks good on the outside,

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God's just going to be pleased with that.

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It's going to be fine.

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But, you know, they looked good on the outside,

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but they were really horrible on the inside.

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They were empty because I missed

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what God was trying to say, what He actually wants.

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Of all the sacrifices that I could give,

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He says in verse 14:

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Offer God a sacrifice of thanksgiving,

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and fulfill the promises that you made to the Most High.

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"Now wait a second.

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I thought we were supposed to serve in Kids' Club.

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You mean to tell me that my tithe

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is not an acceptable sacrifice?

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What are you talking about, Hannah?

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God, what are you saying?

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Why are you so angry in this Psalm?"

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See what I missed in my story

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and what I'm sort of missing now is

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if I don't have thankfulness,

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not just for the things that He hasn't done,

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but for the things that He is doing.

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If that's not -- if my sacrifices aren't flowing

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out of that gratitude, then they're empty.

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See, the only way to cure those waterfall sacrifices,

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the ones that just look good on the outside,

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is to really be thankful

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and offer those as a sacrifice of gratitude,

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doing those things out of thankfulness to God.

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That is what I was missing.

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See, thankfulness does something for us;

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it forces us to do three things:

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to reflect, to realize, and to rely.

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For most of my life,

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I never shared my story of God's redemption

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because I just thought it was too small, too textbook.

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See, but really, once I started to get thankful,

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once I take a second and actually say,

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"Man, God, I'm going to be grateful for just a moment,"

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my story starts to shape up,

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starts to look a little bit different.

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And I can squint my eyes and I can see and realize

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that actually God has been up to some pretty amazing things.

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See what He's done for me physically, for example,

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I'll just count all the times I was probably supposed to die.

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Not even going to talk about birth.

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I'll talk about the time that I got hit by SUV head on.

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I mean head on, smacked.

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And I walked away with nothing but a broken toe.

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I'll tell you about the time that I fell asleep

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with a gas valve on and the air was full of gas,

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and I did not die.

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You guys, I'm not joking, it's not a joke.

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I think about the time I was held at gunpoint.

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And I would think about the time

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I was just recently in two car accidents

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that probably should have killed me.

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See, it's this reflection when I get thankful,

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when I say, "Thank you, God, for doing those things for me,"

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that it makes me realize, it realizes in that moment,

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see that realization, what it brings me to

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is the next R reliance.

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It makes me realize that actually, no matter what I do,

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I can't do anything for myself.

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It makes me realize that God has more for me.

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See, I just told you about the physical times

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I wanted -- I possibly could have died.

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I didn't tell you about the times that

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God has actually protecting me

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from spiritual and emotional death.

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Because there have been times, y'all,

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and still times where I just believe I'm worthless

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or I just believe I am worth nothing.

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That this life right here is actually not worth living.

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And God has saved me from that.

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There's been times when my pride and my anger

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probably should have destroyed

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my relationships that I'm closest to.

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But God didn't allow that.

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Let me tell you how I got to that conclusion.

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It's when I realized what He was doing.

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It's when I stopped focusing on all the things

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that my story didn't have, when I stopped focusing

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on all the grandiose that I was looking for

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in my testimony and started to realize, "Wait a second.

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God actually has done some amazing things."

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See, but here's the promise:

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Thankfulness doesn't just get us to a place

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where we're like, "Oh, God, You're so good. Oh, my gosh."

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Thankfulness has something for us.

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It actually is a sacrifice, y'all,

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because some days we have to push

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and we have to press to be thankful.

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Because if you're anything like me,

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there are moments when you just get so much bad news

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in one week you're like,

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"God, how can I possibly be thankful for this?"

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It's so easy to chase after the things

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that I don't have, to go after waterfalls

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like the song says, it's so much easier.

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But God invites us into gratitude

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because it makes us rely on Him.

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I'm not crazy.

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I know that life actually just sucks sometimes.

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See, I know from experience that there are weeks

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where you lose your only grandparent, your cousin,

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you have friends lose two babies,

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you feel like you get eaten alive by inflation

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because three of your siblings just lost their job,

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You've got two siblings with high risk pregnancy,

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oh, and by the way,

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your mom is in and out of the hospital.

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See, it's in those weeks where it gets

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really, really hard to say, "Thank you, Jesus,"

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because there's too much going on.

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And if you have that question, if you say,

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"Hannah, how can I be grateful?"

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I'm right there with you.

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I'm standing right there with you

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because it's a valid question.

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Why does it actually hurt to be thankful?

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And that's why God says it's an acceptable sacrifice,

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because that gratitude makes us reflect on what He's done.

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It makes us stop chasing for all the things He hasn't,

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all the things that we wish we had.

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It makes us stop trying to be like the Joneses

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and keep up with the Joneses.

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Gratitude makes us thankful.

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It makes us thankful for the place

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where He's going to take us, the place that we are.

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And it makes us rely on Him to take us there,

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not our own selves.

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See, we serve a big God who loves us so much,

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so unconditionally that he sent His son, Jesus,

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not just to be down here and walk among us,

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but He sent Him so that we could have life

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and life to the full.

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And that means life that's full of ups and downs,

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life that's full of crazy weeks.

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And yes, life that's full of good and wonderful things.

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See, and maybe I just gave you one reason

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right there to be grateful,

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because Jesus is a good reason to be grateful,

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because when we get that life, we have something

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that the rest of the world only wishes they had;

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we have hope.

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So whether you have been following Jesus, awesome,

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or this is your first time here today

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and this is the first time you're hearing

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Jesus spoken to you in a language that you understand.

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Welcome, and I'm so glad you're here.

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And I'm glad you're here

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because we all have a chance at hope.

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And the way that we get there is through realizing that

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what Jesus did for us allows us to be grateful,

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allows us to be thankful.

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And when we are, when we say, "You know what?

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I'm going to have a sacrifice of thanksgiving,"

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it pushes us to a new place.

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And not only does it push us to a new place,

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but we honor God.

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See, at the very end of that long rant of Psalm 150

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and God describing all the ways

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that waterfall sacrifices are empty

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and how they make us empty.

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In the last verse, He says this:

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See, our sacrifices need to flow

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from a heart of thanksgiving.

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They can't just come out of formality

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or they can't even not happen at all.

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Maybe you've never been thankful.

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God is saying that He wants us

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to forget about sacrifices in the form of worship

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and tithing and volunteering if they don't actually

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flow out of a heart of gratitude.

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He's saying, "Forget about it."

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See, we aren't giving anything to God

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because He needs it.

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I was reading an article about

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the making of Waterfalls by TLC.

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And the ladies, they say that the song,

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it sounds like an encouragement to run from your dreams,

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just stay to what you're used to.

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But what it really is they're saying, be careful.

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The song is a warning against

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self-destructive behavior and chasing.

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See, our tendency is to just do whatever it takes

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to look normal, to feel normal.

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But when we sacrifice in thanksgiving,

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when we do things out of a heart of gratitude,

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that's the best way not to self-destruct,

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because it keeps us from chasing things

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that God never had for us.

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It makes us realize that we actually have

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a story so powerful that somebody needs to hear

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and we need to tell it,

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and it makes us rely on God.

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So now is the time that we're going to get

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to hear some music and actually worship,

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which is just prayers set to music.

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And thankfully, this song that we're about to hear,

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you probably won't know it because

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it's the exact Psalm that we've been studying.

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But during this time, now is the time for action.

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Maybe I've said something that stuck with you.

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Maybe you have more questions.

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Whatever it is, actually, here's the main point, y'all:

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we have to be grateful.

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So some of us need to write a list, like me.

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I write a list of what I'm thankful for.

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Some of us need to stop complaining long enough

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so that we can realize what God has done

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and reflect on His goodness.

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Some of us just need to take a pause and take a moment

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and realize what God has done in our life.

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Hey, if that's you now,

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this song is the perfect time to do that.

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It's the perfect time to soak up the words

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and let the words soak in and to decide what it is that

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you're going to do to offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving.

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- We hope you enjoyed the message today

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and you were able to get something out of

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going deeper in the Book of Psalms.

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- It doesn't have to stop here, by the way,

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because this series is connected with the thing

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we've been doing all year long called the Bible Challenge.

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- Yeah, we as a community are in the Crossroads App

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all through the week, reading

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and diving deeper into Scripture.

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I'm in there. Kyle's in there.

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Brian is in there. You're in there.

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- We're in there because it's making our lives better

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and it's helping us connect to God.

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If you want to dive in, all you have to do

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is download the app and you're all set.

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- Hey, that's all we've got today.

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We'll see you next time on Crossroads.

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- [singing] I'm living my best life

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Wake up with the sunrise

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Does not look a thing

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How many people do you know would say that

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they're living their best life? Really?

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And what about you?

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I'm going to show you how to live your best life

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through an ancient way of living

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that you can rediscover today.

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