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 A young man from Anderson, South Carolina, came home from World War II and realized his dream of playing professional baseball.

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 After a few years in the minor leagues' lower levels, he realized, I'm never going to make it to the major leagues.

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 And so he gave up baseball, settled down in Anderson with his wife and young son, went to work, and became a committed Christian.

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 But not long after he left the baseball world, he found out that his wife was cheating on him.

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 When he confronted her about it, she said she was going to leave him because, in her words, I married a baseball player.

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 He was devastated, as anyone would be, but it hurt even more to be told that working a regular job and living a faithful Christian life

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 was not what this woman wanted in a husband.

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 Well, a few years later, he met a single lady who was looking for someone just like him.

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 Committed Christian, committed to home and family.

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 They were married for 52 years until her death just a few years ago.

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 Now, this man is 96 years old, and he tells everyone who will listen that the Lord blessed him with 52 years of marriage to a perfect wife.

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 He emphasizes 52 years of marriage.

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 He emphasizes 52 years married to a perfect wife.

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 Now, it's obvious to anyone who knows this man's story that God gave him, that God graciously gave him a second chance at marriage.

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 And he made the most of it.

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 Have you ever thought about how God is in the business of giving people second chances?

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 Well, that's going to be the focus of our study in Jonah chapter 3 this morning.

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 If you would turn to the book of Jonah as we continue our study.

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 We're now in chapter 3.

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 And what we're going to see is how God gave Jonah a second chance to do his will.

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 Read with me.

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 Jonah 3, verse 1.

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 Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time, saying,

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 Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it the message that I tell you.

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 So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh according to the word of the Lord.

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 Now, Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, three days' journey in breadth.

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 Jonah began to go into the city, going a day's journey, and he called out,

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 Yet 40 days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.

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 And the people of Nineveh believed God.

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 They called for a fast and put on sackcloth from the greatest of them to the least of them.

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 We're going to stop there this morning.

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 The point that we are going to look at, what I want to really major on this morning,

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 is that we serve a God who has a habit of graciously giving us second chances.

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 And the last word is plural.

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 Because God gives us more than just one second chance, doesn't he?

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 So what I want us to do is to look at this with the idea of,

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 God has graciously given me chance after chance after chance after I've blown it.

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 I need to be thankful, and I need to learn to make the most of the second chances he gives me.

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 Number one, I want us to say that God often gives us second chances.

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 Note in this little chart that will be on the screen,

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 God's call to Jonah is nearly identical from chapter one to chapter three.

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 Note in chapter one,

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 Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah, the son of Amittai, saying,

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 Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it,

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 for their evil has come up before me.

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 Then in chapter three,

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 Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time, saying,

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 Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city,

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 and call out against it the message that I tell you.

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 Jonah heard that call at the beginning,

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 but he rebelled.

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 He tried to get away from God.

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 He didn't want to do it.

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 And then in chapter two, or the end of chapter one and chapter two,

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 God pursued Jonah, broke him, humbled him.

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 And Jonah responded by confessing his sin and coming back to God in a renewed commitment.

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 Well, now in chapter three,

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 he is given for all practical reasons,

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 the same call.

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 That's a sign of God's grace to Jonah.

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 God is giving his rebellious prophet a second chance to be faithful.

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 A commentator by the name of O. Palmer Robertson says,

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 This helps us see some of the qualities of God's grace.

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 I want you to look at some of the qualities of our Heavenly Father's grace

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 that we need to be so thankful for.

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 Look at it.

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 God forgets and never holds the things against you.

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 Think of how wonderful are the implications of that one fact for your life.

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 God simply does not hold grudges against people who humble themselves

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 and ask his forgiveness through Jesus Christ.

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 Some of you may need to let that really sink in.

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 God forgets when he forgives.

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 God doesn't hold grudges against us.

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 He doesn't keep throwing it up to us.

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 There may be someone in your life

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 who refuses to forget your sin or your failures.

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 And they make it their point to not let you forget.

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 Such people, I want you to understand,

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 they are not God's messengers.

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 They're the devils.

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 When God forgives,

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 He cleanses us.

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 He puts it in the past.

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 He will not remember it anymore.

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 And I want you to understand,

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 if there's someone in your life that just won't forgive you,

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 always bringing it back up,

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 always implying something about your past failures,

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 don't listen to them.

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 They're not worthy of your time or your attention.

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 And they are certainly not God's spokesperson.

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 That's just the devil talking through them.

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 They may not be to the core evil,

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 but they're acting in an evil kind of way.

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 And I want to encourage you,

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 don't listen to them.

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 There's some people who like to be that way.

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 Don't listen to them.

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 God gives us second and third and tenth and twentieth

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 and hundreds of chances

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 when we truly humble ourselves,

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 repent of our sin,

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 and come back to Him in obedience.

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 Jonah is a great example

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 that God forgives.

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 And God gives us fresh starts

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 in serving Him.

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 You know,

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 this is really not an unusual thing

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 what we see in Jonah.

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 Jonah, I mean,

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 God has a track record

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 of giving His people second chances,

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 some of the most important people in the Bible.

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 Abraham.

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 Abraham.

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 He was chosen by God

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 to be the father

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 of what would become the nation of Israel.

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 Paul tells us in the New Testament

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 that Abraham is also the father

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 of all people of faith.

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 He's our father as Christians as well.

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 When God first called Abraham,

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 he didn't obey God fully.

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 I want you to look with me.

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 It's going to be from Acts chapter 7.

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 Stephen is sort of giving us

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 an oral history of the people of Israel.

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 He tells us this about Abraham.

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 When he was first called,

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 he was living in a place called Ur,

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 and God said,

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 go out from your land

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 and from your kindred

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 and go into the land

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 that I will show you.

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 That was the promised land,

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 what would be called that later on.

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 But Abraham stopped short of it.

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 Abraham settled hundreds of miles

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 from where God was going to take him

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 in a place called Haran.

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 Look at this from Genesis 11.

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 Talking about Abraham and his family.

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 They went forth together

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 from Ur of the Chaldeans

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 to go into the land of Canaan,

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 but when they came to Haran,

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 they settled there.

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 They shouldn't have.

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 That was not where God was leading him.

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 That's not where God was going to do

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 what he was going to do

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 through Abraham.

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 Now, later on,

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 God called,

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 his name is Abram

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 at this point in time.

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 He called Abram

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 a second time.

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 And look what happens.

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 Genesis 12.

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 Now the Lord said to Abram,

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 go from your country

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 and your kindred

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 and your father's house

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 to the land I will show you

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 and I will make of you

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 a great nation.

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 So Abram went

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 as the Lord had told him.

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 Abraham.

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 He disobeyed at first.

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 He didn't do all

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 that God told him to do,

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 but God gave him

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 a second chance.

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 The Apostle Peter

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 is well known

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 for the way that he failed

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 the Lord Jesus.

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 He denied,

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 not once, not twice,

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 but three times

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 that he even knew Jesus.

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 Well, shortly after that,

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 Peter was broken

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 in his own spirit.

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 He repented

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 of what he had done.

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 And after Jesus

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 arose from the grave,

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 Jesus made it a point

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 to restore Peter.

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 We did a series on that

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 from John chapter 21

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 a few years ago.

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 Peter had denied

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 Jesus three times,

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 so three times

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 Jesus asked Peter,

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 do you love me?

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 And three times

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 Peter said yes.

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 Jesus not only

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 restored him

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 to fellowship with him,

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 but Jesus also

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 commissioned him

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 or recommissioned him

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 to feed his people,

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 feed his sheep.

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 Peter received

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 a second chance

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 to be faithful.

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 And that's what we see

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 in chapter three.

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 Jonah receives

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 a second chance

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 to be faithful,

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 and this time he is.

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 Look again.

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 He obeyed God's call

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 in verse three.

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 So Jonah arose

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 and went to Nineveh

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 according to the word

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 of the Lord.

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 We need to,

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 we need to look carefully

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 at how God gives

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 his people,

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 you and me,

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 second chances.

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 God often

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 gives us second chances

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 when it comes

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 to obeying him,

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 but,

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 and this is

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 an important but,

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 he does it always.

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 One of the most

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 shocking examples

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 of God's

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 ultimate discipline

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 is found in

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 the book of Acts

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 chapter five.

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 I encourage you

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 to read it today

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 when you go home,

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 the first part

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 of Acts chapter five.

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 A husband and wife

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 named Ananias

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 and Sapphira,

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 they were church members.

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 Well, they sold

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 a piece of property,

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 but held back

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 some of the prophets

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 and told the apostles

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 they'd gave it all.

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 They'd given it all.

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 It was their property

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 and they didn't have

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 to sell it.

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 When they did sell it,

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 what they got

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 was their money.

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 They didn't have

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 to give any of it.

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 But they,

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 for whatever reason,

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 maybe to look

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 like someone special

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 in the eyes

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 of other church members,

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 they lied

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 to the apostles

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 about what they had given

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 and as soon as

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 they were confronted

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 about their lie,

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 they fell down dead.

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 God killed them.

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 God did not

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 give them a chance

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 to repent.

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 God did not

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 give them

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 a second chance.

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 I say this

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 to say

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 we need

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 to be careful

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 that we do not

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 presume upon

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 God's grace.

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 Daniel Aiken

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 points this out.

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 He says,

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 we should never dismiss

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 God's call

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 or delay

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 or delay

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 in responding

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 to Him.

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 God does not

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 guarantee

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 a second chance.

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 Sin and disobedience

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 have consequences

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 and it is possible

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 to miss

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 God's best

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 when we refuse

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 His plan

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 or attempt

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 to run

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 from His presence

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 like Jonah.

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 We cannot

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 make too much

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 of God's grace

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 and God's mercy

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 because the Bible

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 from cover to cover,

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 the Bible

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 emphasizes

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 our God

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 is a God

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 of grace

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 and mercy.

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 I am not

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 in any way

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 trying to

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 de-emphasize that

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 but at the same time

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 God does not

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 choose

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 in every instance

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 to show

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 grace

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 but sometimes

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 to give

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 justice

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 just like He did

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 with Ananias

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 and Sapphira

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 and others

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 that you

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 probably can

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 think about

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 as you think

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 about what you

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 know about

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 the Bible.

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 But while God

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 does not guarantee

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 us second chances

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 He does

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 often

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 choose to

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 show us

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 patience

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 and grace

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 just like He did

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 with Jonah.

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 I am so

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 thankful

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 right now

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 that God

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 has been

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 patient with me

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 all my life.

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 I am so

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 thankful

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 that He has

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 shown to

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 show me

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 grace

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 and not

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 justice.

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 I am so

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 thankful

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 for the

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 opportunities

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 He has

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 given me

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 to confess

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 my sin.

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 For the guilt

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 He has

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 inflicted on me

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 to cause me

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 to want to

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 turn from it.

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 I am so

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 thankful

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 that God

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 has allowed

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 me to come

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 back to Him

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 to make

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 new commitments

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 to serve

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 Him

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 afresh.

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 I hope

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 you are

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 because if

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 you're

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 here

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 that means

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 you have

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 experienced

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 God's

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 multiple

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 chances

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 multiple

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 new

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 starts.

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 More often

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 than not

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 God does

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 offer us

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 second

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 chances.

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 You may

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 have never

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 thought about

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 it this way

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 but John

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 is describing

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 God's

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 second chances

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 in one of the

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 most important

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 promises in

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 all the Bible.

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 Look at this

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 in 1 John

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 1.9

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 I've put it

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 on the screen

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 probably a

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 hundred times

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 over the

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 years.

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 If we

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 confess our

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 sins

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 He is

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 faithful

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 and just

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 to forgive

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 us our

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 sins

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 and to

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 cleanse us

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 from all

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 unrighteousness.

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 that's God's

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 promise of a

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 second chance

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 a fresh start

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 if we

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 confess our

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 sin.

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 He is

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 faithful.

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 He is

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 just to

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 forgive us

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 and not

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 just forgive

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 us but

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 to cleanse

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 us

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 and give us

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 that fresh

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 start.

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 God

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 forgave

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 Jonah.

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 God

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 restored him

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 to fellowship

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 with himself

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 and God

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 recommissioned

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 Jonah

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 to useful

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 service.

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 That's what

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 I want us to

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 look at next.

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 God

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 sometimes

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 blesses our

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 second chances

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 with great

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 success.

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 Jonah

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 obeyed God's

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 call to preach

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 to the people

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 of Nineveh

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 and look

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 how God

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 blessed

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 his efforts.

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 Verse 5

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 again

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 and the

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 people of

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 Nineveh

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 believed

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 God.

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 They called

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 for a

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 fast

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 and put

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 on sack

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 cloth.

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 They

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 publicly

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 demonstrated

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 their

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 repentance

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 and this

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 happened

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 from the

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 greatest

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 of them

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 to the

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 least

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 of them.

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 We're

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 going to

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 go into

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 more detail

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 next week

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 about how

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 they responded

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 how God

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 worked

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 and they

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 responded

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 what I

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 want us

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 to see

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 here is

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 God

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 blessed

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 Jonah's

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 second

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 chance

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 in a

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 tremendous

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 way

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 and that's

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 not unusual.

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 The Bible

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 reveals that

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 God greatly

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 blessed some

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 of his

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 greatest

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 leaders

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 when he

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 gave them

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 the second

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 chance.

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 Abraham

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 the father

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 of the

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 nation of

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 Israel.

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 Well

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 Abraham

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 had the

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 promised

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 child

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 Isaac

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 after he

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 got the

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 second

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 chance

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 and went

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 to that

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 place.

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 God

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 did this

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 real work

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 of establishing

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 Abraham

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 in this

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 what would

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 become the

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 promised

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 land

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 after

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 Abraham

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 responded

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 to God's

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 call

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 the second

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 time.

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 Peter

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 his greatest

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 success

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 came after

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 the Lord

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 gave him

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 the second

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 chance

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 and

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 recommissioned

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 him.

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 You can

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 read about

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 it in

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 Acts

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 chapter

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 10

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 God

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 used

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 Peter

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 to

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 preach

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 the

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 gospel

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 in the

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 home

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 of a

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 Gentile

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 named

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 Cornelius

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 which was

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 God's

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 way of

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 just sort

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 of

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 announcing

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 the

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 gospel

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 is for

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 all

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 people

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 not just

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 Jews

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 and he

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 used

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 Peter

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 to do

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 that.

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 Later

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 on

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 God

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 used

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 Peter

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 to write

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 two

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 letters

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 to

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 churches

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 that

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 are now

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 part

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 of our

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 New

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 Testament.

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 Later

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 on

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 God

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 made

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 Mark

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 the

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 traveling

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 companion

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 of

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 Peter

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 and as

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 Mark

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 listened

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 and wrote

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 down

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 what

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 Peter

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 was

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 preaching

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 Mark

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 put

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 that

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 in

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 what we

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 call

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 New

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 Testament

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 today

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 in the

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 form of

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 his

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 gospel

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 of

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 Mark

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 that

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 all

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 happened

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 after

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 Peter's

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 second

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 chance.

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 Here's

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 what I

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 want you

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 to

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 understand

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 God

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 may

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 greatly

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 bless

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 your

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 second

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 chance

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 effort

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 but you

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 won't

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 ever know

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 until you

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 try

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 and you

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 won't

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 ever try

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 unless you

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 trust

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 God.

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 Richard

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 Phillips

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 points this

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 out in

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 terms of

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 our

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 willingness

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 to be

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 the

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 Lord's

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 faithful

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 witness.

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 Look at

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 what he

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 says.

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 Many

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 of us

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 do not

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 expect to

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 see mighty

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 works of

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 God

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 looking at

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 things as

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 we often

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 do from

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 a strictly

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 human

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 perspective.

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 So we

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 do not

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 expect to

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 see our

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 witness

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 blessed

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 with the

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 salvation of

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 a neighbor

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 or a

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 friend.

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 I want you

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 to think

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 about this.

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 Are there

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 people in

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 your life

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 that you

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 really love

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 and care

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 about who

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 are not

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 Christians?

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 And maybe

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 you pray

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 for them.

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 Maybe you

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 pray that

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 God would

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 send

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 someone

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 to share

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 the gospel

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 with them

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 and they

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 would be

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 saved.

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 Maybe you

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 even pray

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 that God

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 would allow

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 you to

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 share the

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 gospel with

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 them and

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 they would

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 be saved.

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 Have you

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 ever attempted

00:21:28.340 --> 00:21:28.780
 to share

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 the gospel

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 with the

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 expectation

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 that God

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 would work

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 through you?

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 That that

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 person would

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 listen and

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 believe and

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 you'd see

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 them change?

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 They'd see

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 their life

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 change?

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 Why is it

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 that we

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 if we're

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 Christians

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 our faith

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 is something

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 supernatural?

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 We're

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 believing in

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 a supernatural

00:21:55.240 --> 00:21:56.099
 God, a

00:21:56.099 --> 00:21:56.579
 supernatural

00:21:56.579 --> 00:21:57.279
 Lord.

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 Why can't

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 we believe

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 that God

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 could use

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 us, would

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 use us

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 in supernatural

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 ways like

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 he did

00:22:06.759 --> 00:22:07.279
 Jonah?

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 Jonah was

00:22:08.740 --> 00:22:09.119
 just being

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 obedient.

00:22:09.839 --> 00:22:10.200
 Jonah was

00:22:10.200 --> 00:22:11.379
 just sharing

00:22:11.379 --> 00:22:12.259
 the good news

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 that God

00:22:12.680 --> 00:22:13.440
 gave him.

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 actually, Jonah

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 preached a

00:22:16.279 --> 00:22:16.860
 message of

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 bad news

00:22:17.620 --> 00:22:17.940
 as we'll

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 look at

00:22:18.220 --> 00:22:19.120
 next week,

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 but God

00:22:19.480 --> 00:22:19.960
 even used

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 that.

00:22:23.279 --> 00:22:24.180
 We are

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 right to

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 think that

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 on our

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 own we

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 are unable

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 to bring

00:22:29.000 --> 00:22:29.860
 meaningful life

00:22:29.860 --> 00:22:30.440
 change to

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 other people.

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 We can't

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 do that on

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 our own.

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 But we're

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 wrong to

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 think that

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 God cannot

00:22:35.580 --> 00:22:36.980
 use us,

00:22:38.279 --> 00:22:38.580
 that God

00:22:38.580 --> 00:22:39.259
 cannot work

00:22:39.259 --> 00:22:40.340
 through us

00:22:40.340 --> 00:22:42.200
 to make

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 life

00:22:44.480 --> 00:22:45.799
 changes

00:22:45.799 --> 00:22:46.860
 in other

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 people.

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 You as

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 a parent,

00:22:51.220 --> 00:22:51.620
 you need

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 to understand

00:22:52.000 --> 00:22:52.480
 that God

00:22:52.480 --> 00:22:53.059
 can use

00:22:53.059 --> 00:22:54.220
 you to

00:22:54.220 --> 00:22:54.960
 powerfully

00:22:54.960 --> 00:22:56.000
 impact your

00:22:56.000 --> 00:22:56.539
 children,

00:22:57.000 --> 00:22:57.180
 your

00:22:57.180 --> 00:22:57.799
 grandchildren,

00:22:58.519 --> 00:22:58.960
 the children

00:22:58.960 --> 00:22:59.259
 that you

00:22:59.259 --> 00:22:59.759
 teach at

00:22:59.759 --> 00:23:00.140
 school.

00:23:01.420 --> 00:23:02.100
 You need

00:23:02.100 --> 00:23:02.440
 to think

00:23:02.440 --> 00:23:03.000
 that God

00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:03.680
 can use

00:23:03.680 --> 00:23:06.259
 you to

00:23:06.259 --> 00:23:06.880
 powerfully

00:23:06.880 --> 00:23:07.480
 influence

00:23:07.480 --> 00:23:07.819
 your

00:23:07.819 --> 00:23:08.559
 friends.

00:23:08.559 --> 00:23:12.079
 I like

00:23:12.079 --> 00:23:12.279
 the way

00:23:12.279 --> 00:23:12.720
 Warren

00:23:12.720 --> 00:23:13.339
 Wiersbe

00:23:13.339 --> 00:23:14.000
 makes this

00:23:14.000 --> 00:23:14.379
 point.

00:23:15.279 --> 00:23:15.599
 He says,

00:23:15.700 --> 00:23:15.940
 the will

00:23:15.940 --> 00:23:16.339
 of God

00:23:16.339 --> 00:23:16.700
 will never

00:23:16.700 --> 00:23:17.240
 lead you

00:23:17.240 --> 00:23:17.700
 where the

00:23:17.700 --> 00:23:18.240
 grace of

00:23:18.240 --> 00:23:18.579
 God

00:23:18.579 --> 00:23:19.039
 can't

00:23:19.039 --> 00:23:19.379
 keep

00:23:19.379 --> 00:23:19.759
 you

00:23:19.759 --> 00:23:20.659
 and the

00:23:20.659 --> 00:23:21.399
 power of

00:23:21.399 --> 00:23:21.819
 God

00:23:21.819 --> 00:23:22.980
 can't

00:23:22.980 --> 00:23:23.519
 use

00:23:23.519 --> 00:23:23.819
 you.

00:23:26.700 --> 00:23:27.339
 God

00:23:27.339 --> 00:23:28.779
 uses

00:23:28.779 --> 00:23:29.200
 people

00:23:29.200 --> 00:23:29.679
 just like

00:23:29.679 --> 00:23:30.119
 us.

00:23:30.659 --> 00:23:31.099
 And He

00:23:31.099 --> 00:23:31.480
 uses

00:23:31.480 --> 00:23:31.899
 people

00:23:31.899 --> 00:23:32.619
 just like

00:23:32.619 --> 00:23:33.179
 us

00:23:33.179 --> 00:23:34.440
 who have

00:23:34.440 --> 00:23:34.940
 failed Him

00:23:34.940 --> 00:23:35.519
 at first,

00:23:36.159 --> 00:23:36.579
 who have

00:23:36.579 --> 00:23:37.460
 failed other

00:23:37.460 --> 00:23:39.400
 people at

00:23:39.400 --> 00:23:39.840
 first.

00:23:41.120 --> 00:23:41.559
 God is

00:23:41.559 --> 00:23:41.819
 the God

00:23:41.819 --> 00:23:42.079
 of the

00:23:42.079 --> 00:23:42.360
 second

00:23:42.360 --> 00:23:43.019
 chance.

00:23:43.759 --> 00:23:44.100
 We see

00:23:44.100 --> 00:23:44.500
 in verse

00:23:44.500 --> 00:23:44.980
 five that

00:23:44.980 --> 00:23:45.440
 Jonah was

00:23:45.440 --> 00:23:46.200
 not responsible

00:23:46.200 --> 00:23:46.740
 for the

00:23:46.740 --> 00:23:47.200
 way people

00:23:47.200 --> 00:23:47.819
 responded to

00:23:47.819 --> 00:23:48.180
 the message

00:23:48.180 --> 00:23:48.779
 he preached.

00:23:49.700 --> 00:23:50.460
 They didn't

00:23:50.460 --> 00:23:51.460
 just believe

00:23:51.460 --> 00:23:52.039
 Him.

00:23:53.120 --> 00:23:53.640
 They heard

00:23:53.640 --> 00:23:54.180
 this as a

00:23:54.180 --> 00:23:54.680
 message from

00:23:54.680 --> 00:23:55.039
 God and

00:23:55.039 --> 00:23:55.680
 they believed

00:23:55.680 --> 00:23:55.960
 God.

00:23:56.059 --> 00:23:56.279
 It says

00:23:56.279 --> 00:23:56.460
 that.

00:23:56.759 --> 00:23:57.000
 And the

00:23:57.000 --> 00:23:57.539
 people of

00:23:57.539 --> 00:23:57.920
 Nineveh

00:23:57.920 --> 00:23:58.779
 believed

00:23:58.779 --> 00:23:59.620
 God.

00:24:00.819 --> 00:24:01.420
 I want

00:24:01.420 --> 00:24:01.740
 to ask

00:24:01.740 --> 00:24:02.120
 you right

00:24:02.120 --> 00:24:02.360
 now,

00:24:02.819 --> 00:24:03.279
 are you

00:24:03.279 --> 00:24:03.819
 willing

00:24:03.819 --> 00:24:05.360
 to be

00:24:05.360 --> 00:24:06.440
 used by

00:24:06.440 --> 00:24:07.039
 God

00:24:07.039 --> 00:24:08.099
 to make

00:24:08.099 --> 00:24:08.839
 the most

00:24:08.839 --> 00:24:10.220
 of your

00:24:10.220 --> 00:24:11.000
 second

00:24:11.000 --> 00:24:12.019
 chance?

00:24:13.099 --> 00:24:13.980
 Will you

00:24:13.980 --> 00:24:14.839
 trust God

00:24:14.839 --> 00:24:16.319
 to use

00:24:16.319 --> 00:24:16.960
 you

00:24:16.960 --> 00:24:18.460
 to make

00:24:18.460 --> 00:24:19.240
 a difference

00:24:19.240 --> 00:24:21.119
 in your

00:24:21.119 --> 00:24:21.579
 home

00:24:21.579 --> 00:24:24.460
 as a

00:24:24.460 --> 00:24:25.319
 husband,

00:24:25.619 --> 00:24:25.940
 as a

00:24:25.940 --> 00:24:26.279
 father,

00:24:27.279 --> 00:24:28.259
 as a

00:24:28.259 --> 00:24:28.659
 wife,

00:24:28.720 --> 00:24:28.980
 as a

00:24:28.980 --> 00:24:29.200
 mother?

00:24:31.059 --> 00:24:31.899
 Will you

00:24:31.899 --> 00:24:32.720
 trust God

00:24:32.720 --> 00:24:33.299
 to use

00:24:33.299 --> 00:24:33.720
 you to

00:24:33.720 --> 00:24:34.139
 make a

00:24:34.139 --> 00:24:34.519
 difference

00:24:34.519 --> 00:24:34.899
 in your

00:24:34.899 --> 00:24:35.279
 home

00:24:35.279 --> 00:24:38.059
 as a

00:24:38.059 --> 00:24:38.579
 child

00:24:38.579 --> 00:24:40.879
 who honors

00:24:40.879 --> 00:24:41.779
 your

00:24:41.779 --> 00:24:42.339
 parents,

00:24:42.960 --> 00:24:43.579
 who

00:24:43.579 --> 00:24:44.160
 obeys

00:24:44.160 --> 00:24:44.379
 your

00:24:44.379 --> 00:24:45.039
 parents?

00:24:46.399 --> 00:24:46.639
 Will you

00:24:46.639 --> 00:24:47.920
 trust God

00:24:47.920 --> 00:24:48.319
 to use

00:24:48.319 --> 00:24:48.579
 you to

00:24:48.579 --> 00:24:48.839
 make a

00:24:48.839 --> 00:24:49.019
 difference

00:24:49.019 --> 00:24:49.480
 among your

00:24:49.480 --> 00:24:50.160
 friends at

00:24:50.160 --> 00:24:50.500
 school,

00:24:50.500 --> 00:24:51.799
 or at

00:24:51.799 --> 00:24:52.399
 work,

00:24:53.399 --> 00:24:54.319
 or wherever

00:24:54.319 --> 00:24:55.000
 else God

00:24:55.000 --> 00:24:55.559
 wants to

00:24:55.559 --> 00:24:56.139
 use you?

00:24:57.740 --> 00:24:58.000
 You know,

00:24:58.059 --> 00:24:58.599
 what we see

00:24:58.599 --> 00:24:58.879
 here,

00:24:59.519 --> 00:25:00.019
 Jonah chapter

00:25:00.019 --> 00:25:00.460
 three,

00:25:00.660 --> 00:25:01.139
 verses one

00:25:01.139 --> 00:25:01.720
 through five,

00:25:01.720 --> 00:25:03.660
 the way

00:25:03.660 --> 00:25:04.640
 God used

00:25:04.640 --> 00:25:06.360
 Jonah is

00:25:06.360 --> 00:25:06.900
 supposed to

00:25:06.900 --> 00:25:07.960
 encourage each

00:25:07.960 --> 00:25:08.880
 one of us,

00:25:09.319 --> 00:25:10.100
 no matter how

00:25:10.100 --> 00:25:11.160
 strongly we

00:25:11.160 --> 00:25:12.039
 have rebelled

00:25:12.039 --> 00:25:13.160
 against God,

00:25:13.779 --> 00:25:14.400
 no matter how

00:25:14.400 --> 00:25:15.240
 far we have

00:25:15.240 --> 00:25:16.579
 run from him

00:25:16.579 --> 00:25:17.380
 and what he

00:25:17.380 --> 00:25:17.839
 wants us to

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 do,

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 no matter how

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 sinful we

00:25:21.940 --> 00:25:22.640
 have acted

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 or have

00:25:24.120 --> 00:25:24.839
 become,

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 if we're

00:25:27.419 --> 00:25:28.399
 still breathing,

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 it's not

00:25:30.779 --> 00:25:31.519
 too late for

00:25:31.519 --> 00:25:31.839
 us to

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 humble

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 ourselves

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 before the

00:25:33.159 --> 00:25:33.419
 Lord,

00:25:34.579 --> 00:25:35.339
 come back

00:25:35.339 --> 00:25:36.019
 to him,

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 confessing

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 our sin,

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 turning from

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 it,

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 and renewing

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 our trust

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 in Jesus

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 and commitment

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 to him.

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 And I want

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 you to

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 understand,

00:25:47.419 --> 00:25:48.720
 when God

00:25:48.720 --> 00:25:49.480
 forgives you,

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 he forgets.

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 He's not

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 going to

00:25:53.339 --> 00:25:53.599
 throw it

00:25:53.599 --> 00:25:53.959
 back up

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 in your

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 face.

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 He's not

00:25:55.099 --> 00:25:55.299
 going to

00:25:55.299 --> 00:25:55.699
 use it

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 against you.

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 And I

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 want you to

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 understand,

00:25:58.579 --> 00:25:59.039
 when God

00:25:59.039 --> 00:25:59.799
 forgives you,

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 he restores

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 you to

00:26:01.220 --> 00:26:02.599
 full fellowship

00:26:02.599 --> 00:26:03.779
 with him

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 as your

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 heavenly

00:26:06.000 --> 00:26:06.359
 father.

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 You don't

00:26:09.859 --> 00:26:10.579
 have to be

00:26:10.579 --> 00:26:11.159
 away from

00:26:11.159 --> 00:26:11.839
 him and

00:26:11.839 --> 00:26:12.619
 stay there.

00:26:14.079 --> 00:26:14.699
 And you

00:26:14.699 --> 00:26:14.959
 need to

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 understand who

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 you are if

00:26:17.819 --> 00:26:18.279
 you are a

00:26:18.279 --> 00:26:18.619
 Christian.

00:26:19.139 --> 00:26:19.519
 If you're

00:26:19.519 --> 00:26:20.259
 truly trusting

00:26:20.259 --> 00:26:21.199
 Jesus Christ,

00:26:21.839 --> 00:26:22.179
 and if you

00:26:22.179 --> 00:26:22.759
 have a real

00:26:22.759 --> 00:26:23.259
 relationship

00:26:23.259 --> 00:26:23.779
 with him,

00:26:24.500 --> 00:26:24.779
 you need to

00:26:24.779 --> 00:26:25.259
 understand your

00:26:25.259 --> 00:26:26.059
 sins are

00:26:26.059 --> 00:26:26.559
 forgiven.

00:26:27.359 --> 00:26:28.079
 He paid the

00:26:28.079 --> 00:26:28.879
 penalty for

00:26:28.879 --> 00:26:29.679
 them when he

00:26:29.679 --> 00:26:30.079
 died on the

00:26:30.079 --> 00:26:30.379
 cross.

00:26:30.619 --> 00:26:31.199
 His blood

00:26:31.199 --> 00:26:32.259
 cleanses us,

00:26:32.559 --> 00:26:33.039
 we can think

00:26:33.039 --> 00:26:33.359
 of.

00:26:33.759 --> 00:26:34.299
 And his

00:26:34.299 --> 00:26:34.959
 righteousness,

00:26:35.119 --> 00:26:35.359
 the perfect

00:26:35.359 --> 00:26:35.759
 life he

00:26:35.759 --> 00:26:36.459
 lived,

00:26:36.779 --> 00:26:37.579
 that is

00:26:37.579 --> 00:26:39.759
 credited to

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 us.

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 It's like

00:26:41.119 --> 00:26:42.139
 we're clothed

00:26:42.139 --> 00:26:42.799
 with his

00:26:42.799 --> 00:26:43.859
 perfect life.

00:26:45.559 --> 00:26:46.220
 Don't you

00:26:46.220 --> 00:26:47.179
 let anyone

00:26:47.179 --> 00:26:48.119
 ever tell you

00:26:48.119 --> 00:26:49.459
 that you are

00:26:49.459 --> 00:26:50.939
 disqualified from

00:26:50.939 --> 00:26:51.819
 serving God.

00:26:51.839 --> 00:26:52.879
 God, because

00:26:52.879 --> 00:26:53.799
 of your past

00:26:53.799 --> 00:26:55.500
 sin or

00:26:55.500 --> 00:26:55.939
 failure.

00:26:57.679 --> 00:26:58.240
 God

00:26:58.240 --> 00:26:59.199
 graciously

00:26:59.199 --> 00:27:00.799
 gives us

00:27:00.799 --> 00:27:01.980
 second chances,

00:27:02.779 --> 00:27:03.359
 just like he

00:27:03.359 --> 00:27:03.939
 did Jonah,

00:27:04.459 --> 00:27:05.139
 just like he

00:27:05.139 --> 00:27:05.939
 did Abraham,

00:27:06.199 --> 00:27:06.619
 just like he

00:27:06.619 --> 00:27:07.240
 did Peter,

00:27:07.480 --> 00:27:07.959
 just like he

00:27:07.959 --> 00:27:08.699
 did David,

00:27:10.039 --> 00:27:10.619
 just like he

00:27:10.619 --> 00:27:11.459
 has me and

00:27:11.459 --> 00:27:12.039
 everyone sitting

00:27:12.039 --> 00:27:12.599
 on the road

00:27:12.599 --> 00:27:13.199
 with you.

00:27:14.779 --> 00:27:15.599
 But like

00:27:15.599 --> 00:27:17.359
 Jonah, we've

00:27:17.359 --> 00:27:17.879
 got to obey

00:27:17.879 --> 00:27:18.339
 God.

00:27:18.339 --> 00:27:19.919
 God, we've

00:27:19.919 --> 00:27:20.539
 got to make

00:27:20.539 --> 00:27:22.500
 the most of

00:27:22.500 --> 00:27:23.199
 his gracious

00:27:23.199 --> 00:27:24.659
 second chance.

00:27:25.659 --> 00:27:26.319
 And that's the

00:27:26.319 --> 00:27:26.919
 question I want

00:27:26.919 --> 00:27:27.419
 you to answer

00:27:27.419 --> 00:27:28.099
 before you leave

00:27:28.099 --> 00:27:28.419
 today.

00:27:29.699 --> 00:27:31.019
 Will you make

00:27:31.019 --> 00:27:33.559
 the most of

00:27:33.559 --> 00:27:34.779
 the grace God

00:27:34.779 --> 00:27:36.099
 is showing you

00:27:36.099 --> 00:27:36.919
 right now?

00:27:36.920 --> 00:27:39.960
 God, we

00:27:39.960 --> 00:27:40.600
 do it in a

00:27:40.600 --> 00:27:41.560
 tangible way

00:27:41.560 --> 00:27:43.060
 where you

00:27:43.060 --> 00:27:44.180
 live, where

00:27:44.180 --> 00:27:46.100
 you work, the

00:27:46.100 --> 00:27:46.600
 people you're

00:27:46.600 --> 00:27:47.460
 already involved

00:27:47.460 --> 00:27:47.740
 in.

00:27:49.080 --> 00:27:50.180
 God is the

00:27:50.180 --> 00:27:51.300
 gracious God of

00:27:51.300 --> 00:27:51.960
 the second

00:27:51.960 --> 00:27:52.860
 chance.

00:27:54.240 --> 00:27:54.980
 And a part of

00:27:54.980 --> 00:27:55.560
 the grace he

00:27:55.560 --> 00:27:56.720
 gives us is the

00:27:56.720 --> 00:27:57.800
 grace to make

00:27:57.800 --> 00:27:59.019
 the most of

00:27:59.019 --> 00:27:59.279
 it.

00:28:00.060 --> 00:28:00.720
 Will you

00:28:00.720 --> 00:28:01.620
 embrace it?

00:28:02.759 --> 00:28:03.900
 Will you act

00:28:03.900 --> 00:28:04.380
 on it?

00:28:04.380 --> 00:28:05.860
 Let's pray

00:28:05.860 --> 00:28:06.240
 together.

00:28:07.100 --> 00:28:07.540
 Dear God,

00:28:08.320 --> 00:28:10.520
 help us to

00:28:10.520 --> 00:28:11.520
 see right now

00:28:11.520 --> 00:28:13.540
 what it means

00:28:13.540 --> 00:28:14.280
 for us to

00:28:14.280 --> 00:28:14.800
 make the

00:28:14.800 --> 00:28:17.160
 most of

00:28:17.160 --> 00:28:17.540
 the second

00:28:17.540 --> 00:28:18.200
 chance you've

00:28:18.200 --> 00:28:18.940
 given us.

00:28:20.380 --> 00:28:21.340
 And help us to

00:28:21.340 --> 00:28:21.760
 make that

00:28:21.760 --> 00:28:22.240
 commitment.

00:28:23.960 --> 00:28:24.660
 Lord, if there

00:28:24.660 --> 00:28:25.020
 are people in

00:28:25.020 --> 00:28:25.500
 this room who

00:28:25.500 --> 00:28:25.960
 are not

00:28:25.960 --> 00:28:26.440
 Christians,

00:28:28.060 --> 00:28:29.220
 help them to

00:28:29.220 --> 00:28:31.340
 understand that

00:28:31.340 --> 00:28:32.840
 it is by your

00:28:32.840 --> 00:28:33.520
 grace,

00:28:34.380 --> 00:28:36.180
 through faith

00:28:36.180 --> 00:28:36.820
 in Jesus,

00:28:37.820 --> 00:28:38.260
 that they can

00:28:38.260 --> 00:28:39.340
 be saved,

00:28:39.620 --> 00:28:40.000
 forgiven,

00:28:40.940 --> 00:28:41.600
 made your

00:28:41.600 --> 00:28:42.180
 child.

00:28:43.140 --> 00:28:43.620
 Help them to

00:28:43.620 --> 00:28:44.280
 do that now.

00:28:46.580 --> 00:28:46.840
 Well, Lord,

00:28:46.900 --> 00:28:47.600
 help us all

00:28:47.600 --> 00:28:51.140
 to identify

00:28:51.140 --> 00:28:54.680
 how we

00:28:54.680 --> 00:28:55.180
 need to make

00:28:55.180 --> 00:28:55.920
 the most

00:28:55.920 --> 00:28:58.960
 of your grace,

00:28:59.720 --> 00:29:00.160
 of your

00:29:00.160 --> 00:29:00.700
 forgiveness,

00:29:01.540 --> 00:29:02.280
 of your second

00:29:02.279 --> 00:29:02.980
 chances.

00:29:03.980 --> 00:29:04.660
 And help us,

00:29:04.859 --> 00:29:06.059
 Lord, to do

00:29:06.059 --> 00:29:06.359
 it.

00:29:07.279 --> 00:29:07.819
 In an attitude

00:29:07.819 --> 00:29:08.259
 of prayer,

00:29:08.359 --> 00:29:09.019
 you just do

00:29:09.019 --> 00:29:09.440
 what God's

00:29:09.440 --> 00:29:09.859
 telling you to

00:29:09.859 --> 00:29:10.039
 do.

00:29:10.839 --> 00:29:11.440
 I'd be happy

00:29:11.440 --> 00:29:12.180
 to pray for you

00:29:12.180 --> 00:29:12.879
 during this time.

00:29:13.420 --> 00:29:13.859
 I'll be here

00:29:13.859 --> 00:29:14.399
 at the front.

00:29:14.859 --> 00:29:15.299
 You just

00:29:15.299 --> 00:29:16.359
 listen to the

00:29:16.359 --> 00:29:16.960
 Lord and obey

00:29:16.960 --> 00:29:17.259
 Him.