This is the Chip Ingram Sermon Podcast, brought
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you'll hear Chip's teaching unedited and from
beginning to end. Here's Chip Ingram with how
to overcome boredom and the blues. Webster says
boredom is the condition of becoming weary by
dull, uninteresting, or monotonous activity or
focus. It's trying to get satisfied with something,
and then after you try it for a while, it doesn't
satisfy, so you try something else, and then
things just get dull. If you don't think we're
a culture that struggles with boredom, consider
the word amusement and the multi -billion dollar
industry. You know what the word muse means?
It means to think. You know what amusement means?
Not to think. We have amusement parks, video,
TV, vacations, bungee jumping, thrill seeking,
adrenaline riding. We have people that the highlight,
the highlight of their week is when one of their
favorite authors writes a new fictional novel.
We're a culture that lives vicariously. We are
so bored. We are so empty when it gets down to
what matters. We vicariously live through rock
stars and sports figures and romance novels and
the latest movie. We have to line up and we have
to get there first because in the office or we
want to talk about what? Fictitious people in
made up stories who live in Southern California,
whose lives don't work, who they paint up after
surgery to put on pretend lives that we pay seven
bucks a ticket to watch. You tell me we're not
bored. We're bored. Why are we bored? I'd like
to suggest something. I like to suggest that
boredom is the inevitable result of seeking an
infinite reference point in a finite object.
It's a matter of trying to find significance
in things and in people that can only offer success.
Boredom is what happens when the new wears off.
You're in a new relationship. Oh, this is so
exciting. And then what? You get a new car. Wow.
And then what? Get a new house. It's your dream.
And then what? Then it's repairs, fixing it up,
working through dysfunctional backgrounds. And
what I've observed is that the boredom and the
blues go hand in hand. The blues, kind of that
low feeling of life doesn't really matter, is
the emotional baggage of boredom. The blues comes
when that inner voice in your heart and mind
says, this is the next hill to take. This is
what you're going to do with your life. And this
inner voice says, been there, done that. And
then you awaken to the reality. that the next
venture will only yield more of the same. You
see, there's a vicious cycle. It's new venture,
excitement, challenge, growth, plateau, boredom,
then the blues. And so you say, well, that must
not be it. New venture, excitement, growth, challenge,
plateau, boredom, and the blues. Well, that must
not be the right person. I'll try someone else.
Excitement, growth, challenge, venture. It's
a vicious cycle. It's a vicious, vicious cycle.
You know, some people spend 70, 80 years and
never figure this out. Like little hamsters in
big cages running faster and faster, changing
colors, never going anywhere. Could boredom,
in fact, be a gift in disguise? I'd like to suggest
that boredom, this sense of not being able to
get satisfied in this life, is God's gentle reminder
that we are spiritual beings made for not only
time, but eternity. That's why we're bored. Boredom
is the natural result of seeking to scratch an
eternal itch with temporal things. They just
can't do it. In fact, boredom tells us that the
object of our worship isn't big enough or great
enough to be worshipped. You can worship success,
and once you get it, it gets small. You can worship
a person, you get it. It's not what you expected.
You can think if you raise this family this way,
then it happens. If you can get this job, if
you can drive this car, if you can score on this
test, if you can get into this college. And then
once you get it, if you happen to. See, I think
those of you that happen to be successful are
really fortunate. See, if you're successful,
then you actually learn it doesn't come through.
Some of us that fail a lot in a lot of those
areas are still believing that we can. God's
answer to boredom, interesting, is authentic
worship. The great theologian Augustine wrote,
This was after he sought meaning in a wild, wild
life, seeking pleasure in everything imaginable.
Augustine wrote, God has placed a God -shaped
vacuum in every heart, and we will not be satisfied
until we find him. He went on to say, and our
hearts will never be at rest until. They find
their rest in Christ. So what's authentic worship?
One writer says, worship is pulling our affections
off our idols and putting them on God. Definition
of worship is, worship is our response to God
for who he is and what he's done. That's a good
working definition. It's the key. It is the key
to overcoming a life of meaninglessness or boredom.
Followed by the blues. Real worship is our response
to God for who he is and what he's done. So the
$64 question is, what does he want? Right? What
should your response be? What does God want?
Can you imagine if Jesus would come in the flesh
and stand before us and we could get in microphones
and line up and say, excuse me, sir, what would
you like from my life? I mean, since I'm going
to... I'm made for eternity, and I only live
here for a little while. I'd like to use it well,
and I don't want to be bored, and then I don't
want to get the blues. So, excuse me, Lord Jesus,
what do you want from me? I'm going to tell you
exactly what he'd say. He wrote it through the
Apostle Paul, Romans chapter 12, verse 1. He
would say to you, do I want a little song? No.
Songs are okay. Do I want you to come to a worship
service? Is that what worship is? He'd say, no.
They're good. Do I want you to have a special
feeling inside? If you have the special close
feeling, is that worship? He said, oh, that's
important, but no, that's not it. He would say,
I urge you, therefore, my brothers and sisters,
in light of God's mercy, in light of all that
I've done for you, to present your bodies, your
life, as a living and holy sacrifice. Accept
the will of God. The word means well -pleasing.
It's what he wants. which is your reasonable
service of worship. And that last little phrase,
reasonable service of worship, very interesting
word in the New Testament. It's a technical term.
In fact, if you look at different translations,
some will talk about reasonable service and other
translations will say spiritual service. It's
because the translators don't know how to handle
the word. What it is is that it became a technical
term for worship, but the word logitsima, I mean,
we get our word logic. In other words, it's the
most logical thing to do. He's the creator. You're
the creature. What is logical? What's wisest?
What's the emotionally most healthy, positive
response for you in your life is to present your
life on the altar. And by the word, that word
present, it's in a tense of the verb that means
in a point in time. It's not some vague, some
way, somehow, yeah, I believe in God or even
I go to church. This is presenting yourself on
a specific day, on a specific day of the week,
at a specific time where you say, you may already
be a believer even, and you say, I don't want
to worship anything less than you. It's when
you do a little gut check and you look at your
boredom account and you say, In my heart of hearts,
I think I'm worshiping my girlfriend. In my heart
of hearts, I think I'm worshiping my boyfriend
or my job or my mate or my kids or money or success
because that's where all my energy and my time
and my dreams gravitate to. And you call a time
out in life and you say, you know, God, I'm going
to make a willful decision, point in time to
present myself on the altar as a living and notice,
holy. Holy means I'm going to do it your way.
I'll be set apart. My speech, my life, my words,
my sexuality will be holy. And that's what you
want. In fact, notice the summary. It says worship
is the complete and total giving of ourselves
for that which we believe has ultimate purpose
and will provide the greatest reward. I like
that definition. See, real worship. Is the complete
and total giving of who you are. For what you
honestly believe is the ultimate purpose in life.
And this is important. What you believe will
bring the greatest reward. And that's why when
you want to know what you're going to worship.
If you really want to know what you worship.
It has little to do with what your mouth says.
Does it? What you worship has very little. Oh
I worship God. Well maybe. If you want to know
what you worship. I'll give you three litmus
tests. Number one. Go track your money. Number
two, go track your time. And number three, ask
where does your mind drift to when you're dreaming
about what could be? Where does your mind gravitate?
If it gravitates to the things of God, if it
gravitates toward intimacy with Christ, if it
gravitates toward seeing people come to know
Christ, if it gravitates toward your heart breaking
for the things that God hearts break over, then
you worship Christ. If it just unconsciously
gravitates to the next deal, the next novel someone's
going to bring out, which team won, whether you
can get home in time to check the scores on ESPN,
whether so -and -so is going to go with you or
go with someone else, whether you're going to
get this job or get into that school. If your
time and your money and your dreams revolve around
anything other than Christ, that's what you worship.
Now, here's the deal. That can sound very threatening.
Understand God's heart. Understand God's heart.
We all do that at times. I certainly do. But
the heart of God is not. If you heard and if
you felt emotionally a little bit of a shame
on you. Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah. That's a bad
boy. That's a bad girl. Then you missed the point.
This is a God who wants to give you authentic.
pearls, and you're holding on to these little
plastic things that you think will deliver for
you, and he's holding authentic pearls, and he's
saying, you know, if you could let go of that
junk, I could give you something real. That's
what the lordship of Christ is. That's what worship
is. You know, you can spend your life chasing
that girl, chasing that guy, or the ideal marriage,
or being successful, or getting rich, or building
a big house, or remodeling this, or doing that,
or driving that. You can do that. And when you
get done, Your plastic beads will be plastic
and you will be bored and it won't deliver. And
then you'll get blue or all those things have
their place. You could allow Jesus to be the
center focus of your life and he would dictate
your time, your energy, your dreams. And since
he's all knowing and since he loves you and since
he died for you, maybe his plans even better
than yours for you. Just a thought. Well, let's
ask the one question. Heart of hearts, don't
raise your hand. If someone asks you, who are
you worshiping? In your honest heart of hearts,
who are you worshiping? Is it Christ? Or is it
an idol? Person, job, success? Could I suggest
that as I keep talking, You start having a little
wrestling match with God about what has your
best interest in mind and what would be the wisest
thing for you to do. And I want to challenge
you before you walk out of here at some point
tonight. Decide whether you're going to offer
your body as a living sacrifice or keep worshiping
something else. It's important. In fact, your
whole future depends on it. We find in John chapter
4, verses 21 to 24, Jesus ends up talking with
a lady, a Samaritan. She was a despised woman.
Jews didn't talk to Samaritans, so it's an unusual
conversation. And the historical history is Samaritans
are kind of like Jewish half -breeds. They had
about half -Jewish blood and half -Samaritan
blood, and they had a real tussle between the
Jews and the Samaritans. And so Jesus is tired.
The fellows go in to grab lunch, bring it back.
He's sitting by a well, and this lady, we find
out later, has a pretty checkered past. Jesus
looks beyond all that, and they strike up a conversation.
Jesus declared, believe me, woman, a time is
coming when you will worship the Father neither
on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. They got talking
about worship, and she said, well, you know,
our fathers do it here, and you Jews do it over
there. You Samaritans worship what you do not
know. We worship what we know for salvation is
from the Jews. Yet a time is coming and has now
come when true worshipers, that's what we want
to be, right? I do. True worshipers will worship
the Father in spirit and truth. Now notice this
line. For they are the kind of worshipers the
Father seeks. You want to be close to God? You
want to experience God? You want to see God do
things in your life about people that you read
about and in the New Testament, in the Old Testament?
He is seeking. I mean, he's got the spiritual
x -rays out, probing, looking for men, looking
for women, looking for students who would worship
him in spirit and in truth. He's the hound of
heaven. He longs to have a relationship with
you. You are special. But he won't interfere.
You know, it's like people dancing, you know.
It's rude to rip someone else and say, I want
to dance. See, when you're polite, what do you
do? You tap them on the shoulder. And then the
other person steps back. And then you step in.
This is what God does. Day by day, moments like
this, he comes to you. And he taps you on the
shoulder. He says, excuse me, can I cut in? And
you say, well, I'm worshiping this house right
now. He says, I know. He said, not a good dance.
And he taps you on the shoulder and he says,
can I cut in? Oh, I'm worshiping my career and
I have to go to school and I go to grad school
and then I have to do this and I have to do that.
He says, I know. Can I cut in? See, he seeks
after people who worship him in spirit and in
truth. Why? God is spirit. And his worshipers
must worship in spirit and in truth. Now, the
question is what, right? What in the world does
it look like? If the Holy Spirit will illuminate
our minds, do you realize that the Father will
be seeking you? We find in John chapter 4, verses
21 to 24, Jesus ends up talking with a lady,
a Samaritan. It's very interesting. In verses
21 and 22, they're talking about geography and
location. Authentic worship can happen anywhere.
Now, we're more open to that. But in that culture,
that society, hey, God is going to show up at
the synagogue. Jesus said a time's coming when
location means nothing. See, worship is not about
form. It's about function. It's not about location.
It's about purpose. Worship can happen in a church
building, nature, quiet moments, a human heart.
First Corinthians 6, 19 and 20 says, know you
not that your bodies are the temple of God and
the spirit of God dwells in you. God, we are
told in scripture, doesn't take up residence
in. Things made by human hands, but what in human
hearts? If you know Christ as your savior, if
you've turned from your sin, believed on his
death on the cross and his resurrection and invited
Christ to forgive you of your sin, you've trusted
in him and he's entered your life. You've been
adopted into his family. The Holy Spirit lives
within you. You are his sanctuary. It can happen
anywhere. It can happen as you walk. It can happen
as you talk. It can happen as you think. Every
single moment of every day, anywhere, worship
can take place. But it begins at a point in time
when you say, I want to worship you as a living
sacrifice. This is me. Second, authentic worship
flows from the heart. Did you notice that phrase
happened two times? Worship in spirit. Everyone
wants to know, should there be a big S there
or a little S? You know, like in spirit as a
big S, the Holy Spirit, or in spirit out of the
human heart. From the context, it seems clear
that it's a small S. It's from the heart because
the Holy Spirit hasn't even been given yet. But
as we read our New Testament, what we know is
both are true. It's the Holy Spirit who teaches
us how to pray. It's the Holy Spirit that leads
and guides us into all truth. So both are accurate.
But the idea here, Jesus is saying he's living
in a world with religious ritual. Jesus is saying
true worshipers have to be people from the heart.
Anytime you get honest, anytime you're broken,
anytime you say, oh, God, I need you. And you
come just as you are. God says, and I'm there.
I'll meet you. He's just looking for people who
come honestly from the heart. God has room for
people that have blown it deeply, who have absolutely
messed up morally, and they repent and they come
back broken. And God has a place to forgive.
Are there consequences? Sure. But he meets them
where they're at. You want a father who's seeking
and pursuing you? First of all, realize worship
happens anywhere. Take advantage of it. Second,
authentic worship flows from the heart. Third,
Authentic worship is rooted in an accurate view
of God and of ourselves. Notice, in truth. It's
in spirit from the heart. In truth. Scripture
is the standard for our worship. John 17, 17.
Jesus is in the garden. He's praying. He's ready
to check out of the planet. Remember? Sanctify
them, he prays to the Father. Sanctify them by
thy truth. Thy word is thy truth. When we wanted
to know what the object of our worship should
be, what did Jesus say? I am the way, the truth,
and the life. If you're going to have authentic
worship, Jesus needs to be the center of it.
What did Jesus say? If I be lifted up, what?
I will draw all men to myself. You see, worship
has got to be much more than an experience, an
emotional experience, even a religious experience.
All kind of religions have all kind of religious
experiences. It must be in spirit and in truth,
the truth of Christ, the truth of scripture,
the truth of the resurrection, the truth of the
character of God. What has reduced our worship
in our day is God has gotten so small because
we don't think about God as he is. God used to
be so far away that people couldn't get close
to him. And then this whole evangelical Christianity
came in and we've swung the pendulum in our day
where God's everybody's buddy. Hey, Lord. Hey,
man upstairs. Give me five, man. I got news for
you. I got news for you. He's a holy God. And
when the people of the Bible see a holy God,
they fall on their face. And every time we open
a curtain and you look at heaven, Isaiah 6, Revelation
5, anytime you get a peek at heaven, you know
what you see? You see worship and you see exalted,
angelic beings flying and they cover their eyes
and they cover their feet because they are in
awe. They are in awe of the holiness and the
otherness and the sheer power of the holy God
who created all that there is. We are so glib
with the God of the universe. And we don't think
he can do much because we have shrunk him down
to our little size and made him our little best
friend genie who will work out our life. And
we pray about parking spaces. I'm for that. And
relationships and money and this and that. And
you know what? When's the last time you thought,
who is God? And you worshipped him for who he
is. And then to think that he would grant a parking
space or a life mate or a financial need is humbling.
That one so transcendent, so powerful, even knows
you want a parking space. Let alone answers that.
But you know what he is? He's intimate and he's
caring. And he's compassionate. And so he'll
just take me and he'll take you where you are.
He'll meet you where you are. Not where you ought
to be. Right view of God and a right view of
ourselves. That's what truth does. When you look
at yourself, you're full of dignity because you're
made in the image of God. But you are fallen
and I am fallen. And we are sinful. And the heart
is desperately wicked above all else. And when
you worship, you will find something happening.
The closer and the closer and the closer you
get to God, you will not have any problem with
humility. Because God's holiness expands. You
know what happens? Your sinfulness expands. See,
most of us, we think God grades on the curve.
He doesn't. He's 100 % pure. 100 % of the time.
All the time. He doesn't grade on the curve.
So you know what I do? In my weaker moments,
and I have many of them, I find someone who's
a little less holy than me and I compare myself
to them. And I think, you know what? I'm doing
pretty good, you know? You know, I don't swear
anymore. I'm doing this a little better. You
know what? Then I get before God. And then he
lets me see some of my motives in ministry. And
then he lets me see little things that come out
of my mouth that reveal a heart that is so selfish.
And then he lets me see some just junk. And there's
times when I have a great time praying. I just
think, God, how do you even put up with me? He
says, Jesus, that's how I put up with everybody.
He loves you. He died for you. He paid for that
sin that I just pointed out. And you're in a
lifelong process of him renewing and transforming
you. Well, are you a worshiper that the Father's
seeking? Do you worship anywhere? Does your worship
come from the heart? Is your worship revealed
an accurate view of God, an accurate view of
yourself? Well, let's move on. How can you experience
greater? Intimacy in your worship. Let's get
real practical. Let me give you some tips, if
you will, from people who've walked with God
a lot longer than me and a lot longer than most
here. I think one of the greatest problems in
our worship is lack of balance. We tend to get
into ruts very quickly. Certain forms, whatever
form we grow up with, we think that's the way.
It's amazing. People, if you grew up with hymns
and God spoke to you through hymns, do you think
hymns are what we ought to sing? Some of us that
came to Christ through choruses, you know, choruses
is where it's at. Some of you that came to Christ
with electric guitars, you know, God couldn't
even be in the building if there's not electric
guitar and drums. Because that's how you came
to Christ. There's some of you that think that
you're not really worshiping unless you raise
your hands. And there's some of you that think
if you do raise your hands, please don't worship
next to me. There's some people that unless the
organ is playing and the stained glass, and there's
that sense of absolute silence when you walk
in. then that's the way to worship. And there's
others that feel unless there's the joy of the
Lord, unless there's celebration happening in
the room, then there's not worship. And you know
what? You're all right. You're all right. But
so easily what we do is we get in a rut and we
think it's form instead of function. And then
we slide into very gradually making our needs,
our lives, our agendas instead of God, the focus
of our time of worship. Private worship, I believe,
is our, declaration, our declaration of driving
a stake to refuse to become little gods. To the
extent that you worship privately, you are driving
a stake and saying, I'm going to have something
in my life on a daily or at least almost daily
basis that forces me to stop and let go of all
the plastic, all those beads, and remember who
is. Lord, king, sovereign, boss. And private
worship is a declaration of my refusal to be
God. And when I don't have time to worship, when
I'm too busy to worship, you make the parallel.
How could we not have time for him who made us?
It's an oxymoron, isn't it? Unless we really
believe we're God or... We're worshiping something
else. In your private worship, so that you don't
get in a rut, this was taught me early on, but
it's been very effective. In fact, when I do,
sometimes I have a hard time concentrating, and
I have a really hard time praying, and I feel
like my prayers aren't getting anywhere. The
other big problem I have in worship and time
with the Lord is I lie a lot. I lie to myself.
I pray prayers I don't mean. I say things that
sound good, and then I hear them and I think.
And so I write them down. I don't know why, but
when I see it in print, I'm thinking, oh, Ingram,
who are you fooling? That's not true. Then I
write down what's really true. And often in my
journal, I'll write down the letters A, C, T,
and S. Because if I'm under a lot of pressure,
all I do is S, supplication, supplication, supplication.
The A stands for adoration. In your private time
with God, read some passages about who he is.
Or think thoughts about his character. Second
is confession. This is an easy part to skip in
a hurry. And every time I skip it, my spiritual
skin gets thicker and then it's harder to hear
God's voice. But I'll write C on my paper and
then I'll sit quietly and I'll say, God, will
you bring anything to my mind that I need to
confess? Anything that's produced a barrier between
me and you or me and another person. And I sit
quietly. And I assume that what God brings to
my mind, not vague. Now, if you get a vague feeling
like you are a jerk, that is not God. No, it's
true. Because the scripture is very clear. The
Holy Spirit's job is to what? He illuminates
in order to draw you near. That's what conviction
is. Conviction is the opposite of condemnation.
Condemnation makes you feel bad and makes you
want to go away from God. Conviction is, hey,
I really love you, and there's this little problem
between us. Why don't we get this taken care
of so we can get closer? And you sit quietly,
and he'll show you. Third is T for Thanksgiving.
I find that multiple mornings, I don't feel like
being chipped. I don't feel like being a pastor.
I don't feel like doing anything. And maybe you
can agree. And, you know, then you think, well,
it's a cup of coffee. And then after my second
cup of coffee and I still feel the same way,
I realize maybe I have an attitude problem. And
it's amazing to sit down and fill half of a page.
God, I'm thankful today for. And then I start
with my wife and I start with my kids. And I
begin to list things that I'm thankful for. And
in about five minutes, my attitude changes. And
I offer them up to Him. This little acronym,
ACTS, A -C -T -S, I think it's a great way to
learn to worship. The final one is S, supplication.
And what I do is I just take my concerns. I write,
I'm concerned about, and then I list them. And
then at the end of them, I turn them into prayers.
God, would you take this one? Would you take
this one? Would you take that one? Now, you don't
need to write all that out. I'm just a slow learner,
and it helps me. Because the other thing I've
done is life gets complicated, and it is a joy.
Sometimes I'm feeling really even less motivated
than when I talked before. then what I do is
I just flip back in my journal three days ago,
and I see the check marks, the dates, the answers
to prayer. Then I flip back a week. Check mark,
check mark, check mark, check mark. Dates, answers
to prayer. And you know what it reminds me? God
is still on the throne. Ingram, you're not the
center of the universe. Lighten up, buddy. I
got it all under control. I had it controlled
last week, got it now, got it next week. If you
get hit by a milk truck, life will go right on.
And you know what? That's a healthy thing to
remember. In public worship, let me give you
three Ps by way of practical experience. The
first one, and take this from a winsome heart,
okay? Take this from, because we don't practice
this well, I'll kind of warn you, is preparation.
If you come to Saturday night, slow down earlier
in the afternoon. If you come on Sunday, the
night before. You can't stay out until 2 o 'clock
in the morning and have effective worship at
9 or 11. See, what you got to ask is, this is
the most important thing you get to do all week.
You know, this is it. I mean, it's like the NBA
championship game, the NFL Super Bowl game. Those
guys are not running around the hallways at 3
in the morning, you know, playing cards. Man,
they're on a special diet, and they're thinking,
they're focused, because that day's the big day.
You know why? Because that's what they worship.
Now, what we worship, man, we ought to prepare.
You ought to come emotionally low -keyed and
focused in. You ought to come rested. You ought
to have prayed for the service, the people involved
in it. You ought to realize that the first 15
minutes is not fluff time. It's when we sing
in adoration to God. So coming here not on time,
but five to 10 minutes early to interact and
maybe share what's going on and encourage someone
and actually being here when it starts. And see,
you're going to come with an attitude to hear
from him. He's going to meet you. Second, P is
for purpose. The purpose of worship is not to
evaluate if Chip had a good night, if you like
the music, and if so -and -so is here that you
hope would be here. The purpose is to not get
anything. It's to come to give. It's your opportunity
in community to focus on. The sovereign living
source of all life and tell him how you feel
about him, how much you love him, how much you
thank him. And so your purpose is to come to
give, to offer yourself and your praise to him.
That would change then how you listen. That would
change how you sing. Third P is participation.
Church is not a spectator sport, nor is it a
spectacle to come and observe. Now, we know that
many people that don't yet know the Lord and
God is bringing, they can spectate and that's
fine. But if you're a part of the family, it
may be hard to sing at first. Singing out loud
was like weird. I never did that in my life.
And then I became a Christian. I found out all
these Christians sing. And I used to go. And
little by little, I warmed up. And I realized
the Spirit of God works as we sing. It's a place
to pray for, reach up, reach out. And listen
with an ear to say truth. I must obey the truth.
See, real worship always ends in participation.
Once you see who he is, you're changed. Now you've
looked into the mirror, the perfect law of liberty.
What specifically are you going to do and am
I going to do to put into practice the truth
God's revealed to us? Until we've done that,
we have not worshipped. Jot down for your own.
Luke chapter 5, 1 to 11. Read that through with
eyes of worship and see how Peter worships and
how he ends up following Christ. Conclusion,
worship is not a service you come to or an activity
you practice. Worship is a life focus, an expression
of your deepest longings, passions, and devotion
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