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Matthew chapter 11.

I've got some stuff that's been stirring up in my heart for quite a while,

actually, and just really finally felt delivery this morning to talk with you about it. We're going to look at a very tender place in Jesus's life and ministry.

Jesus administered people differently. There was no cookie-coder approach to people.

For one person, sell everything, give to the poor, follow me. To another person, they just leave their

nets. To another person, he responded completely different and was just the woman caught in

adultery, go on sin no more. So it's different. It's not that

the requirements are different for every person. Jesus had the ability to go right to the core

of who a person was and speak to the supreme heart issue. So he's always targeting the center

of who we are and what's valuable and important to us.

So this is a passage that is known for one of those extreme tender moments and has been a real

standard for us. I want you to read with me, Matthew chapter 11. I'm going to start in verse 25.

At that time, Jesus answered and said,

I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise

and prudent and have revealed them to babes. Let me talk to you just a minute about this verse.

It's not our subject today, but I would like for you to get a bonus

on this passage because of its importance. Let's look at it again.

Jesus said, I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things

from the wise and prudent and have revealed them to babes. Oftentimes people ask, how can I increase in

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