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 Our Father in heaven, we do praise you and thank you again for gathering us together this morning.

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 And we thank you that you speak to us day by day and week by week in your word.

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 We confess that we need your help, that we are finite and faltering people.

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 We're plagued by our own sin, our own imperfections, and we need your help.

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 We ask that you'd send your Holy Spirit in a special way.

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 That you'd be at work speaking clearly to us in your word.

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 You'd help us to understand it, to believe it.

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 Most of all, that you'd set our eyes on Jesus Christ.

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 You'd grow our love and our affection and our obedience to him.

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 And we ask all of these things in his mighty name. Amen.

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 I heard a story years ago about a seminary professor who told his students,

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 when you become a pastor, when you graduate, and you're in a church,

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 and you're preaching your sermon on a Sunday morning,

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 and you look out to the back of the church, I want you to imagine that I am standing there.

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 And as you get near the end of your sermon, my arms are crossed,

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 and you hear me say,

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 so what?

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 So what?

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 Why does any of this matter?

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 You've said all these things, pastor, and why should we care?

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 Paul, the apostle, the preacher, the pastor,

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 at the very end of chapter 8 is asking that exact thing.

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 So what?

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 That's the meaning of the first half of verse 31.

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 What then shall we say to these things?

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 What are we supposed to do?

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 What's our conclusion?

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 What is the point of all of this?

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 What's the takeaway?

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 What's the bottom line of chapter 8?

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 What's the bottom line of verse 1,

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 that there's no condemnation for those who are in Jesus Christ?

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 What are we supposed to make of verse 6,

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 that if we set our minds on the things of the Spirit,

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 we'll have life and peace?

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 What are we supposed to do with verses 9 through 11,

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 that every Christian has the Holy Spirit

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 that gives new heart and new power?

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 So what about verse 23?

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 That you're going to receive a new body full of disease and pain.

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 Or verse 28 from last week,

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 that God works everything for good in the lives of his people.

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 How do we put all of those things together?

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 How do we summarize them?

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 How do we keep them from being all these different facts

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 that just float around in our mind?

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 How do we respond to the great salvation

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 that we have in Jesus Christ?

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 Another way to put it is this.

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 Why does any of this matter

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 on Tuesday morning at King Soopers?

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 So what?

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 Thankfully, Paul doesn't leave us hanging.

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 He tells us right away.

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 That's the second half of verse 31.

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 If God is for us,

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 who can be against us?

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 That's it.

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 It's one sentence.

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 It's a question,

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 although it's not really a question, right?

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 It's a rhetorical question.

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 Paul's actually making a point.

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 He's not looking for us to answer.

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 And the point is this.

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 No matter what happens in this life,

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 if God is for us,

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 and by the way, he is,

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 in the end,

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 we can't not win.

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 No matter what we face or endure or suffer in this life,

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 if God is for us,

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 and by the way, he is,

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 we know that the end of our story

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 is glory with him.

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 No matter what,

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 no matter what,

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 you can't not win.

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 That will be the last word on your life.

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 Now, Paul is not saying,

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 when he says,

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 who can be against us,

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 he's not saying,

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 we'll never have opposition.

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 Of course, there's all sorts of things

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 that can come against us.

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 What he is saying is,

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 none of those things will be successful.

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 So when he says,

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 who can be against us,

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 he's really saying,

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 who can successfully oppose you?

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 Who can conquer you?

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 Is there any force that can come up against you?

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 No.

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 Any force that opposes you is laughable.

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 God is so big,

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 he's so great,

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 that there is no threat

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 that can enter into your life

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 that is actually a credible threat.

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 No, when compared to God and his power,

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 it fades away.

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 And it's not just that God is so big,

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 although he is,

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 but Paul's point here is that

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 this big God is for us.

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 That's the main point, by the way, of chapter eight.

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 Paul's telling us the summary,

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 summing it all up in one sentence.

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 And as we've looked through chapter eight,

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 the point is not that God is so great,

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 although yes, we know that he is.

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 The point is that God is for his people.

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 You already saw one way last week,

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 verse 28.

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 He's for us,

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 and so he's weaving together

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 all the events of our lives

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 so that no matter what happens,

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 ultimately it's for our good.

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 Not just 28, though.

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 It's what the whole chapter's about.

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 Verses 26 and 27.

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 God is for us because he's for us.

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 The Holy Spirit is crying out.

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 He's praying on our behalf

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 with groans too deep for words.

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 Same reason we have the promise of verse 18.

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 We have a glorious future

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 that allows us to persevere

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 with everything that happens in the present.

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 Why do we have that glorious future?

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 Why does God show it to us,

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 remind us of it?

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 Because he is for us.

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 So the point is this.

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 Whatever you face in this life,

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 the world, the flesh, the devil,

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 sickness, disease, slander, pain,

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 poverty, destruction, or war,

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 none of those things get the last word.

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 If God is for us,

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 who can be against us?

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 It doesn't mean you won't suffer in this life.

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 It does mean whatever you face

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 fully, finally, ultimately,

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 will not, cannot win

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 if you are in Christ.

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 God is for us.

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 Who can be against us?

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 This week and the next two weeks,

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 we're going to finish chapter 8

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 and we are going to see

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 three different ways

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 over these three weeks

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 that God is for us.

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 three reasons

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 that we can't not win

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 in the end.

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 This week, we're just going to look

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 at the first of those three reasons,

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 which is the second half

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 of verse 32.

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 He who did not spare his own son,

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 but gave him up for us all,

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 how will he not also with him

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 graciously give us all things?

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 Now, one pastor illustrates

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 verse 32 this way,

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 and I've told you guys this

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 a couple times.

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 Imagine that there's a young man,

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 he's madly in love

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 with a young woman,

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 he decides it's time for them

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 to move forward,

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 and so he goes to the jewelry store

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 and he buys her the best diamond

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 he can afford.

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 And then he gives it to her.

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 She says yes.

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 If he gives her that ring,

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 will he not also give her

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 the box it came in?

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 If he gave her something so great,

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 why would he hesitate

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 to give her something small?

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 That's what Paul's saying here.

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 God gave you his only son.

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 Is there anything

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 he would hold back from you?

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 Another pastor illustrates

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 it a different way.

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 He gives us a scenario.

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 He says,

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 imagine you win

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 a free Rolls Royce.

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 Kids,

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 a Rolls Royce

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 is a very expensive car, okay?

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 Imagine you win

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 a free Rolls Royce,

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 and you go to pick it up,

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 and you're so excited,

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 you get the car,

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 but they refuse

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 to give you the key.

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 They wouldn't do that, right?

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 That's absurd.

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 Of course,

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 that would never happen.

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 You would never gift someone

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 a car and say,

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 you know what?

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 We're so glad

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 you can have the car.

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 We're going to keep the key.

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 No, the car includes

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 the key.

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 In the same way,

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 it would never happen

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 that God would give you

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 his beloved son

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 and then hold back

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 anything else

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 that you need

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 to follow after him.

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 God isn't trying

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 to cut a deal.

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 God is not looking

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 to save 10%

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 on your salvation

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 by buying in bulk.

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 God is not going

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 to Costco

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 to get your redemption.

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 Okay,

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 he's not trying

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 to cut corners.

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 He did not give you

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 his son

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 so that he could

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 then leave you

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 to figure out

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 the rest

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 on your own.

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 No,

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 if he gave you

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 his son,

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 he will give you

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 all things.

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 now in context,

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 I have to clarify

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 what all things

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 means.

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 God is not promising

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 to give you

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 a Rolls Royce.

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 Paul is talking

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 here,

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 remember what we

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 just saw last week,

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 he's talking about

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 your salvation,

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 that what God

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 has determined

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 to start,

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 he will absolutely

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 finish.

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 So God is going

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 to give you

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 all things

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 necessary

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 for your life

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 as a Christian.

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 God is going

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 to give you

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 everything you need

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 to make it

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 to the end.

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 He's not going

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 to hold back

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 what you require

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 to make it

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 to glory.

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 The Apostle Peter

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 in 2 Peter chapter 1

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 says it a different way

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 which helps us

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 understand what Paul

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 means by all things.

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 He says,

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 his divine power

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 has granted

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 to us all things

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 that pertain

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 to life

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 and godliness.

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 Do you need

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 something

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 for life

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 and godliness?

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 God has promised

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 to give that

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 to you.

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 Do you need

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 something

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 to make it

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 to the end

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 still trusting

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 Jesus and following

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 him?

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 God has promised

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 to give

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 that

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 to you.

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 whatever you need.

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 If he gives her

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 the box

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 or the ring

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 will he not

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 also give her

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 the box?

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 If you get

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 given a Rolls Royce

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 of course

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 you're going

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 to receive

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 the key.

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 He who did not

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 spare his own son

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 but gave him

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 up for us all

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 how will he not

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 also with him

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 graciously

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 give us

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 all things.

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 Years ago

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 I read

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 about

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 this concept

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 from the history

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 of the church

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 called

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 arguing

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 in prayer

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 which is that

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 when we pray

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 to God

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 there's a couple

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 things that we do.

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 We remind him

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 of his promises

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 the things that he said

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 he's going to do

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 and we remind him

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 of what he says

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 that he loves.

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 And so when we bring

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 our prayers before

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 and we filter them

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 through that

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 and we say

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 okay am I praying

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 for something

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 that God has said

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 he's going to do

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 for me?

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 Am I praying

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 for something

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 that God says

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 that he desires

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 he delights in?

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 And then we tell him

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 hey I'm praying

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 for this

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 I'm not praying

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 that you know

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 I would just have

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 a comfortable life

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 no I'm aligning

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 myself with the

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 Lord's prayer

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 that your kingdom

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 would come on earth

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 as it is in heaven.

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 And you've said

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 you love this

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 so do it.

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 And so after I read

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 this you know

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 every time

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 that I preach now

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 throughout a number

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 of years

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 I ask that God

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 would send his spirit

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 to be with us

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 as we're here together

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 on Sunday morning

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 in a special way.

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 I ask him

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 that he'd be at work

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 to show us Christ

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 that God would

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 make him more beautiful

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 than he was before.

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 I pray that God

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 would be at work

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 changing our hearts

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 and our minds

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 and our lives

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 that he would honor

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 his promise

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 in Isaiah 55

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 that his word

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 will not return

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 to his void.

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 And then I tell him

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 I remind him

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 that he's made a promise

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 in Romans chapter 8.

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 He gave us his son.

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 Will he not also

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 give us all things?

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 God you promised this.

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 You said it goes along

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 with our salvation.

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 We need it.

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 So do it.

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 We need it for life

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 and godliness.

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 You can do the same thing.

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 Lord we need wisdom.

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 We're trying to raise

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 our kids to love

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 and follow you

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 and you said

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 you would give us

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 all things.

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 Honor the promise.

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 Do what you said

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 you would do.

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 We're not asking

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 for a sports car.

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 We're not asking

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 for a fancy vacation.

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 We're asking for life

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 and godliness.

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 Lord we need your help.

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 We have this impasse.

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 We're both Christians

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 and we cannot figure out

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 how to get along.

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 We need the wisdom

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 and the humility

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 and the repentance

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 that we don't have

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 within ourselves.

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 And you said

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 if you gave us your son

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 you would give us

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 all things.

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 Honor the promise.

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 We need it

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 for life

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 and godliness.

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 Lord we want to grow.

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 We need more

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 of the fruit of the spirit.

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 We need more

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 love, joy, peace,

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 patience, kindness,

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 goodness, faithfulness,

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 gentleness,

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 and self-control.

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 And you know what?

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 All of those things

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 pertain to life

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 and godliness.

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 And you made a promise.

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 You said

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 that because you gave us

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 your son

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 you will give us

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 all things.

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 So do it.

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 Honor the promise.

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 You gave us the ring.

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 Give us the box.

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 You gave us the Rolls Royce.

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 Of course you're going

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 to give us the key.

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 You gave us your son.

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 Will you not also

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 graciously with him

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 give us all things?

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 That's God's promise to you.

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 He said it clearly

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 and explicitly

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 here in his word.

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 So what?

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 Why does it all matter?

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 It matters because

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 if God is for us

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 then nothing

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 can be

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 against us.

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 It raises another question though.

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 Why are we so confident

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 that God is for us?

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 What's the proof?

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 I focused

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 on

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 the last half

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 of verse 32

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 that he would

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 give us all things.

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 Of course there's also

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 the first half.

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 He who did not

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 spare his own son

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 but gave him up

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 for us all.

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 When it says

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 did not spare

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 it is saying

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 that God

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 did not go

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 easy on Jesus

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 when he hung

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 on the cross.

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 God did not say

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 you know

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 I'm going to

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 I'm going to

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 put the weight

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 of sin on you

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 but we're going

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 to make it

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 a little easy.

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 You know

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 we're going to

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 we're going to

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 tilt the scales

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 a little bit.

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 No.

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 When Jesus

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 hung on the cross

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 he bore the full

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 the entire

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 weight

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 of our sin

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 our rebellion

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 against God.

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 And he gave

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 him up for us all.

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 That all is speaking

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 about the audience

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 of the letter.

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 Remember Paul's

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 writing this

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 to the churches

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 in the city

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 of Rome.

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 By extension

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 he's writing it

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 to the entire

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 church

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 throughout history.

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 God gave

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 Jesus up

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 for us all

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 that is Christians

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 throughout all

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 time

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 and space.

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 And he gave up

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 what was

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 most

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 valuable.

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 It says

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 it doesn't say

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 he who did not

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 spare a random

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 person.

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 No.

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 He who did

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 not spare

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 his own

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 son.

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 If you're a

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 parent

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 is there

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 anything

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 in this world

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 that you love

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 more than

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 your children?

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 he who did

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 not spare

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 his own

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 son.

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 The most

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 intimate

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 relationship

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 that is the

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 relationship

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 enjoyed by the

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 persons in the

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 Trinity

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 suffered

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 the most

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 intense

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 separation.

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 The most

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 intimate

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 relationship

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 suffered

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 the most

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 intense

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 separation.

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 If God

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 was willing

00:19:00.179 --> 00:19:00.960
 to do that

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 and he was

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 and if God

00:19:04.919 --> 00:19:05.500
 did that

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 and he did

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 he will

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 do

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 everything

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 else.

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 And he'll

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 do it

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 because of

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 Christ.

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 he who

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 did not

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 spare

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 his own

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 son

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 but gave

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 him up

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 for us

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 all.

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 How will

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 he not

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 also

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 with him

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 graciously

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 give us

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 all

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 things?

00:19:36.419 --> 00:19:37.079
 Let's

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 pray.

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 Our

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 Father in

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 heaven we do

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 praise you

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 and thank you

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 for your

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 love.

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 Love

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 beyond what

00:19:44.980 --> 00:19:45.439
 we can

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 fully

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 comprehend

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 or understand

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 or imagine.

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 We ask that

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 you would

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 remind us

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 of that

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 this morning.

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 That it

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 would give

00:19:53.820 --> 00:19:54.240
 us the

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 deep

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 security

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 confidence

00:19:56.600 --> 00:19:57.420
 joy that

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 Paul talks

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 about here.

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 That we

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 would live

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 life knowing

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 that because

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 you are

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 for us

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 nothing

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 can be

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 against us.

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 We ask

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 all of these

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 things in the

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 mighty name

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 of Jesus

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 Christ.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.