Episode Transcript
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I enjoy playing golf.
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To improve,
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and this is needed,
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I need to dress as a golfer,
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take my clubs
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and go to the golf course or the driving range.
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I can read books and watch videos about playing golf
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but without serious personal involvement
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improvement will not happen.
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So too with increasing my faith.
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I have to think, speak and act
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as a person with faith.
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Saint Paul says as much to his young friend Timothy,
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the leader of a community.
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Fan into a flame, he says, the gift that God gave you.
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Act with power, love, and self-control.
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We, as missionary disciples,
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accept that we have Jesus as the Lord of our life.
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The risen one calls the shots.
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What He says, we do.
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We have a servant mentality.
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The Lord chose us to complete His work on earth,
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so we set out each day
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to do that to the best of our ability.
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We have an open ear
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to His speaking and we don’t harden our hearts
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and say we don’t have to act,
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think or speak like that.
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To have a strong and growing trust in God
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that is exactly what we have to do.
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My day-dreaming about golf is grounded in reality.
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So you substitute the activity you wish to grow and develop
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then apply those same dynamics
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to your faith in God’s abiding love for you
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and the world you live in,
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and see the impact you have.
