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 Hi, my name is George Sinclair. I'm the lead pastor of Church of the Messiah.

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! It is wonderful that you would like to check out some of the sermons done by Church of the Messiah,

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 either by myself or some of the others. Listen, just a couple of things. First of all, would you pray for us

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 that we will open God's Word well to His glory and for the good of people like yourself?

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 The second thing is, if you aren't connected to a church and if you are a Christian,

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 we really, I would really like to encourage you to find a good local church where they believe the

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 Bible, they preach the gospel, and if you have some trouble finding that, send us an email. We will do

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 what we can to help connect you with a good local church wherever you are. And if you're a non-Christian,

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 checking us out, we're really, really, really glad you're doing that. Don't hesitate to send us

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 questions. It helps me actually to know, as I'm preaching, how to deal with the types of things

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 that you're really struggling with. So God bless.

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 And let's pray. Father, thank you for your Word. Thank you for the chance to meditate it on this

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 morning. We ask that you would guide us by your Spirit, that you would illuminate your Word and

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 show us what you would have to say to us today. In Jesus' name, Amen.

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 Well, how many people would you say know you, really know you? Not counting those that know things about

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 you or know your perspectives on things. Those who know you deeply, interpersonally,

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 authentically, authentically, people that know you when you're not in active image management.

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 Those that know your hopes and fears. How many do you think know you like that?

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 One or two people, more, none.

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 One, well, what do you think it is that keeps us from being known in this sort of way?

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 Two or three things came to my mind. One is the societal pressure of fitting in, right? We want to

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 project to others what we think they want to hear from us. There's, of course, the practical

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 give and take of relationships where we want to be known proportional to the other person. We don't

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 want to divulge too much too soon. And perhaps, perhaps strongest of all, is the fear that we might be

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 known and that we might be rejected. The others might know us, our personality, our fears, our hopes,

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 our longings, and that they might reject us once they know these. There's all sorts of reasons for

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 why we are not known to others, why we might hide, why we feel the need to conceal.

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 Now, all of this talk of being known begs the question, well, what does it mean to be known?

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 Who are you truly? What is the innermost part of you that you try to conceal? Are you your darkest

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 thoughts or are you the best version of yourself or a mix of both? Is the authentic you the person who

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 you are when no one's looking or are you most truly you when you're in relationship? If relationship,

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 which relationships? To know thyself, right? The great Greek maxim is easier said than done.

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 And being known is not straightforward. And yet, of course, to be known, to know yourself, to be known

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 by God, that this is our greatest longing and certainly our most fundamental need.

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 Well, the psalm that we read this morning, Psalm 139, is a deep source of wisdom for those of us

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 navigating this question. The psalm presents us with someone living before the face of God, found out by

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 God, searched by God, and opening his life to the gaze of Almighty God. We don't know the context exactly.

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 We're told that David wrote this psalm. We don't know the exact time in his life when it was penned.

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 But the verses and images of the psalm suggest someone who has fled from God, or at least who's

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 tempted to flee from God, who's gone into hiding, who may be questioning God's intentions with his life,

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 questioning God's goodness.

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 But whatever the context the psalmist was writing from, the scripture invites us to be known

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 in the deepest sense that you and I need. As we go through the psalm, we'll see that we're invited to

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 be known by God, our maker. We're invited to be known by God, our knower, and God, our pursuer.

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 God, our maker, our knower, and pursuer. And we'll find that he alone is worthy and capable of knowing

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 us as we were made to be known. So first, our maker.

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 Well, so much of life is a competition. A career, those who get the job, athletics, those who win

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 the games, or who can lift the most. And while much of life is a competition, there's a lot more

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 in life that feels like a competition, although it's not. Maybe our looks or our status. And so it's

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 difficult for us not to be constantly comparing ourselves to others, measuring ourselves up against

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 one another. And unfortunately, in competitions, there generally is one winner and many losers.

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 And so many of us, as we frame life in this way, we get down on ourselves.

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 If only this part of my body looked different. If only I was a bit smarter.

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 If only I were a bit more outgoing.

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 We spend much of our lives feeling

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 stuck in our bodies, stuck in our personalities, held back.

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 Feeling inadequate, perhaps wondering whether we are worthy of love

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 or worthy of the good life.

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 And yet the scriptures that we read this morning in Psalm 139,

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 scriptures, in contrast, tell us,

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 they tell you that you've been fearfully and wonderfully made.

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 That the Lord knit you together while in your mother's womb.

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 We read,

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 your eyes saw my unformed substance.

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 In your book were written,

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 every one of them, the days that were formed for me.

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 When is yet, there were none of them.

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 Well, this is good news for us this morning.

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 We were made to live before God, our maker,

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 who reminds us each time,

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 each day, each moment,

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 that he made us and that he made us well.

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 You don't need to wonder or worry whether you measure up,

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 whether you're worthy of love or the good life,

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 that by function of having been created good by a good God,

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 you are told that you are wonderfully made.

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 Now, perhaps some nuance on this point will help

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 for those of us who struggle so much to receive and believe this truth.

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 On one hand, this is not a fatalistic conclusion

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 to say that however you find yourself,

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 whatever state you're in,

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 this is caused by God

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 and you need to accept it passively as a gift.

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 I don't think that's what the scriptures tell us.

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 There is sin, like a bad temper.

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 There is unexploited potential areas where we need to grow up,

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 areas where we need to mature.

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 And then there are weaknesses or circumstances

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 that God placed us in that his glory might be revealed.

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 Think here of the man born blind,

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 that where God's glory would be revealed in his healing, right?

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 There's all sorts of ways that this truth of us being wonderfully made

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 is more complex than first meets the eye.

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 And you might think,

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 yeah, thank God for my temper, you know,

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 thank God for the way that he made me.

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 Well, perhaps your temper is the downside

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 to a passion that God has given you to use for his good,

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 to stand up for truth,

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 to stand up for on behalf of others.

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 And so while you will need to ask God's help for your temper,

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 it may be the flip side of a God-given gift.

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 The boldness that allows the entrepreneur to succeed

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 also causes him or her to perhaps too quickly say the wrong things

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 and lose friendships.

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 The shyness that keeps someone from career opportunities

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 may also have the introspection to bless the world

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 with writings or sympathize with someone in need.

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 The aspect of you that you may feel holds you back.

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 How might this be recast as a new opportunity,

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 perhaps an advantage,

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 or else like the man born blind,

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 an opportunity for the glory of God to be revealed?

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 So affirming that God made you well

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 does not necessarily mean we sit back passively,

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 helpless to change anything.

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 Instead, we're called to seek out how God truly made us.

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 What are the God-given aspects of myself, of yourself,

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 that I am to accept as a gift?

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 What areas am I called to receive as gifts to be developed?

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 And what aspects of myself am I called to accept

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 that certainly don't feel like a gift,

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 wondering how God might use these for his glory?

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 In all cases, we can know this morning

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 that you were made by a God who doesn't make mistakes,

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 that the raw materials that you are made of,

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 made from,

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 the blueprint of yourself,

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 that this was made by a good God.

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 When you think there's aspects of yourself

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 that you don't like,

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 you can know God made you well.

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 You were fearfully and wonderfully made

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 to bring about the greatest amount of good

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 for the glory of God

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 and for the good of others.

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 Society tells us,

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 be yourself, right?

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 That's,

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 I'm sure you've heard that one before.

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 Be yourself.

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 And of course,

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 there's good truth to this,

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 but the scripture puts it somewhat differently,

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 doesn't it?

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 Be who God created you to be.

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 You don't find this by simply turning inward,

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 but by turning to another,

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 to the one who made you

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 and tells you who you are.

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 And so that's what we see first in this psalm,

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 that God made you

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 and we desperately need to be found by this God.

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 More than having made you,

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 he also knows you.

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 He knows all about who you are today.

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 He knows about your experiences,

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 the things that brought you in,

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 the door today,

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 and the complexity of life.

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 He knows your ways.

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 In the words of the psalm,

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 we read,

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 you discern my thoughts from afar.

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 You are acquainted with all my ways.

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 Even before a word is on my tongue,

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 behold, O Lord,

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 you know it all together.

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 I don't know how it is for you,

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 but I've been in many conversations

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 where I've tried to express my viewpoint,

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 and at the end of it,

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 I think,

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 I don't think this person understands what I'm saying, right?

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 We can go through life often feeling misunderstood,

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 and yet the scriptures talk about a God

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 who knows our thoughts before they hit us,

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 before they can be conceptualized

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 and formalized or formulated by our words.

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 When looking to buy a house many,

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 some years ago,

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 my wife and I,

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 we looked at our budget and thought,

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 well,

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 we can't do as well as we had hoped,

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 and so,

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 why don't we buy a fixer-upper?

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 Now,

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 if you know anything about me

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 and the skill of these hands,

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 you know that that would be a bad,

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 bad idea,

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 and often we look back on that time

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 and think,

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 you know,

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 how silly of us to think

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 that we might be able to do this sort of thing,

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 but is this not what we do all the time, right?

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 How often do we misunderstand our ways

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 and our gifts

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 and how we were made?

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 We are,

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 in many ways,

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 so blind to our ways,

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 and yet,

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 all of our ways we read

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 are known to him.

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 St. Augustine,

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 he knew this well

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 when he wrote famously,

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 in his words,

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 you were more inward to me

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 than the most inward part of me.

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 You get that?

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 You were more inward to me

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 than the most inward part of me.

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 He's saying that

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 better than he can know himself

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 is the God that knows him,

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 that made him and knows him.

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 And there's some days

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 where I'm quite overwhelmed

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 at all I want to be and become,

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 find it extremely comforting

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 to know that the one

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 who knows me better

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 than I know myself

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 is the one who is working on me,

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 the one who's sanctifying me

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 and leading me in this,

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 the way of eternal life.

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 In a culture

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 obsessed with self-exploration,

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 personality tests,

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 DNA tests to figure out,

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 you know,

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 where you're from,

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 psychoanalysis

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 and making sense

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 of childhood experiences,

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 you know,

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 all good things

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 to know ourselves,

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 but the scriptures show us

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 that the deepest way

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 to be known,

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 more existentially important

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 and prior to all these things

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 is to know

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 and to be known

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 by the God

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 who made you

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 and knows you.

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 And so in this sense,

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 all our therapy,

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 all our introspection,

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 all our psychoanalyzing

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 is to be reframed

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 to emphasize

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 that we need

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 to keep in step

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 with the spirit

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 who knows us deeply

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 and personally

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 and that on our own,

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 our efforts will be

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 limited.

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 Now,

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 some of our ways

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 that God knows

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 better than

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 we know ourselves,

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 some of these ways

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 are,

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 in all honesty,

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 deeply troubling.

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 Well,

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 worse than

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 we would be willing

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 to admit

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 on a Sunday morning

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 to one another

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 that the degree

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 of selfishness

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 and pride,

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 our evil desire,

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 we wonder,

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 can we really

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 tell the full truth

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 about these?

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 Can we be known

00:16:12.059 --> 00:16:13.719
 in this way?

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 Are some truths

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 not too difficult

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 to stomach?

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 Can we bear

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 the weight

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 of these?

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 We so desperately

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 want to be thought

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 of well

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 and we so desperately

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 want to think

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 of ourselves well.

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 And so we,

00:16:29.000 --> 00:16:29.319
 of course,

00:16:29.379 --> 00:16:30.159
 have this desire

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 to hide,

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 to not look

00:16:32.339 --> 00:16:33.419
 our sin in the eye,

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 to turn to

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 delusion

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 because we can't

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 entertain the reality

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 of the depths

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 of our sin.

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 Now,

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 all this leads

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 to our third point,

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 that God,

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 he made us,

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 he knows us,

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 and yet,

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 he still chooses

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 to pursue

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 you and I.

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 The psalmist

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 prays,

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 where shall I go

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 from your spirit?

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 Where shall I flee

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 from your presence?

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 And later on,

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 O Lord,

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 you have searched me

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 and known me.

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 Now,

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 transparency

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 and being known

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 has,

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 does it not have

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 the worst

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 wrap

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 in our day?

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 You think about

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 airport security,

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 there's nothing

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 less comfortable

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 than going through

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 that scan

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 and having to

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 return to take

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 off the belt

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 that you forgot.

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 And we think

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 about the internet

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 and how the

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 going wisdom

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 is that the

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 government

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 and service

00:17:37.119 --> 00:17:37.899
 providers should

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 know,

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 you know,

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 absolutely nothing

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 about what

00:17:41.259 --> 00:17:41.619
 we're doing

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 online.

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 When we think

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 about transparency

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 and being known,

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 many of us

00:17:45.839 --> 00:17:46.839
 think back to

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 George Orwell's

00:17:49.440 --> 00:17:51.220
 famous 1984

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 Big Brother

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 sense of transparency,

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 this oppressive,

00:17:57.799 --> 00:17:59.180
 impersonal knowledge

00:17:59.180 --> 00:18:00.340
 that seeks to

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 catch us.

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 Of course,

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 in contrast

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 to that

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 in Psalm 139

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 is

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 that God

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 seeks us out

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 not impersonally,

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 not,

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 yeah,

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 not impersonal

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 omniscience,

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 not uncaring

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 knowledge,

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 but this

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 deep sense

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 of caring

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 and loving

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 to know us,

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 to know us

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 deeply.

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 The scriptures

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 tell us

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 that the

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 God who

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 made us

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 knows us

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 deeply,

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 that this

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 God came

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 down to

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 earth

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 in the

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 person

00:18:35.480 --> 00:18:36.140
 of Jesus

00:18:36.140 --> 00:18:36.620
 Christ

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 and died

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 for each

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 and all

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 of our

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 sins,

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 that our

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 sinful ways,

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 the things

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 that we know

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 about,

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 the things

00:18:44.440 --> 00:18:44.880
 that we don't

00:18:44.880 --> 00:18:45.460
 know about,

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 our sinful

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 choices,

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 even the

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 things that

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 we most

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 seek to

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 conceal from

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 others,

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 that Jesus

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 died for

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 these things

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 that we

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 might be

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 freed from

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 sin and

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 reconciled to

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 God.

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 This

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 relationship

00:19:02.639 --> 00:19:04.039
 of safety

00:19:04.039 --> 00:19:04.699
 and security

00:19:04.699 --> 00:19:05.359
 that God

00:19:05.359 --> 00:19:06.079
 provides to

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 us is the

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 thing that

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 our hearts

00:19:07.699 --> 00:19:08.859
 long for,

00:19:09.399 --> 00:19:10.139
 that outside

00:19:10.139 --> 00:19:10.579
 of this

00:19:10.579 --> 00:19:11.199
 relationship,

00:19:11.699 --> 00:19:12.199
 the stakes

00:19:12.199 --> 00:19:12.759
 are too

00:19:12.759 --> 00:19:13.639
 high for

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 full confession.

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 confession.

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 I don't

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 know how

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 it is,

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 but when

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 we're

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 confessing

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 or you're

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 saying

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 something

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 that you've

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 done wrong

00:19:20.119 --> 00:19:21.299
 to one

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 another,

00:19:22.379 --> 00:19:23.279
 we'll often

00:19:23.279 --> 00:19:23.879
 tell those

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 stories in a

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 way that

00:19:24.839 --> 00:19:25.799
 best reflects

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 us,

00:19:26.680 --> 00:19:26.859
 right?

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 Because we

00:19:27.359 --> 00:19:27.839
 want to

00:19:27.839 --> 00:19:28.599
 manage our

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 image and

00:19:29.079 --> 00:19:29.339
 we don't

00:19:29.339 --> 00:19:30.000
 know what

00:19:30.000 --> 00:19:31.259
 that will

00:19:31.259 --> 00:19:31.680
 do to

00:19:31.680 --> 00:19:32.059
 us if

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 somebody

00:19:32.519 --> 00:19:33.059
 else knows

00:19:33.059 --> 00:19:33.440
 the full

00:19:33.440 --> 00:19:34.339
 weight of

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 what we've

00:19:35.079 --> 00:19:35.599
 done.

00:19:37.940 --> 00:19:38.680
 So we

00:19:38.680 --> 00:19:39.500
 half confess,

00:19:40.379 --> 00:19:41.059
 but when we

00:19:41.059 --> 00:19:41.700
 come before

00:19:41.700 --> 00:19:42.720
 God whom

00:19:42.720 --> 00:19:43.220
 we cannot

00:19:43.220 --> 00:19:44.339
 successfully run

00:19:44.339 --> 00:19:44.759
 and hide

00:19:44.759 --> 00:19:46.059
 from and

00:19:46.059 --> 00:19:46.480
 who loves

00:19:46.480 --> 00:19:46.880
 us the

00:19:46.880 --> 00:19:47.220
 same,

00:19:47.880 --> 00:19:48.420
 we can be

00:19:48.420 --> 00:19:49.360
 fully transparent

00:19:49.360 --> 00:19:49.960
 about our

00:19:49.960 --> 00:19:50.860
 sins and

00:19:50.860 --> 00:19:51.400
 we have the

00:19:51.400 --> 00:19:51.900
 safety of

00:19:51.900 --> 00:19:52.700
 this relationship

00:19:52.700 --> 00:19:53.960
 where as

00:19:53.960 --> 00:19:54.460
 we deeply

00:19:54.460 --> 00:19:55.620
 need and

00:19:55.620 --> 00:19:55.900
 as we

00:19:55.900 --> 00:19:56.559
 deeply long

00:19:56.559 --> 00:19:57.180
 for to be

00:19:57.180 --> 00:19:58.620
 known and

00:19:58.620 --> 00:19:58.880
 to be

00:19:58.880 --> 00:19:59.319
 loved,

00:19:59.720 --> 00:20:00.860
 to allow

00:20:00.860 --> 00:20:01.400
 him to

00:20:01.400 --> 00:20:02.120
 transform our

00:20:02.120 --> 00:20:03.220
 hearts and

00:20:03.220 --> 00:20:03.860
 lead us in

00:20:03.860 --> 00:20:04.440
 the way of

00:20:04.440 --> 00:20:05.220
 eternal life.

00:20:07.339 --> 00:20:07.940
 One

00:20:07.940 --> 00:20:10.000
 pastor and

00:20:10.000 --> 00:20:10.339
 writer,

00:20:10.519 --> 00:20:11.380
 he put it

00:20:11.380 --> 00:20:11.759
 this way,

00:20:11.759 --> 00:20:13.319
 he says,

00:20:13.819 --> 00:20:15.119
 if there

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 was even

00:20:15.599 --> 00:20:16.420
 one thing

00:20:16.420 --> 00:20:17.220
 God did

00:20:17.220 --> 00:20:17.720
 not know

00:20:17.720 --> 00:20:18.299
 about me,

00:20:19.640 --> 00:20:20.379
 that might

00:20:20.379 --> 00:20:20.759
 be the

00:20:20.759 --> 00:20:21.319
 thing that

00:20:21.319 --> 00:20:21.700
 would put

00:20:21.700 --> 00:20:22.339
 me beyond

00:20:22.339 --> 00:20:23.019
 his grace.

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 If I

00:20:24.279 --> 00:20:24.640
 could hold

00:20:24.640 --> 00:20:25.279
 back anything

00:20:25.279 --> 00:20:25.859
 from him,

00:20:25.920 --> 00:20:26.319
 I would.

00:20:27.099 --> 00:20:27.720
 Of course,

00:20:27.879 --> 00:20:28.339
 keep back

00:20:28.339 --> 00:20:29.200
 my darkest

00:20:29.200 --> 00:20:29.720
 deeds,

00:20:29.859 --> 00:20:30.220
 my most

00:20:30.220 --> 00:20:30.519
 shameful

00:20:30.519 --> 00:20:31.099
 secrets.

00:20:31.359 --> 00:20:31.619
 I would

00:20:31.619 --> 00:20:32.259
 display my

00:20:32.259 --> 00:20:33.400
 best and

00:20:33.400 --> 00:20:33.859
 hide my

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 worst.

00:20:35.460 --> 00:20:36.119
 But then

00:20:36.119 --> 00:20:36.559
 when the

00:20:36.559 --> 00:20:37.180
 books were

00:20:37.180 --> 00:20:37.759
 opened in

00:20:37.759 --> 00:20:38.140
 the last

00:20:38.140 --> 00:20:38.440
 day,

00:20:38.799 --> 00:20:39.140
 it might

00:20:39.140 --> 00:20:39.599
 be found

00:20:39.599 --> 00:20:40.039
 that these

00:20:40.039 --> 00:20:41.359
 sins were

00:20:41.359 --> 00:20:41.899
 the ones

00:20:41.899 --> 00:20:42.339
 for which

00:20:42.339 --> 00:20:42.740
 there is

00:20:42.740 --> 00:20:43.459
 no forgiveness,

00:20:44.240 --> 00:20:44.740
 the ones

00:20:44.740 --> 00:20:45.399
 he had not

00:20:45.399 --> 00:20:46.079
 foreseen when

00:20:46.079 --> 00:20:46.719
 he accepted

00:20:46.719 --> 00:20:47.419
 the sacrifice

00:20:47.419 --> 00:20:47.959
 of his

00:20:47.959 --> 00:20:49.119
 son on

00:20:49.119 --> 00:20:49.779
 my behalf.

00:20:50.859 --> 00:20:51.139
 My

00:20:51.139 --> 00:20:51.599
 confidence

00:20:51.599 --> 00:20:52.039
 would be

00:20:52.039 --> 00:20:52.619
 undermined

00:20:52.619 --> 00:20:53.279
 and destroyed.

00:20:54.959 --> 00:20:55.539
 But,

00:20:55.759 --> 00:20:56.119
 no,

00:20:56.339 --> 00:20:57.319
 all of my

00:20:57.319 --> 00:20:57.779
 ways are

00:20:57.779 --> 00:20:58.159
 known to

00:20:58.159 --> 00:20:58.459
 him,

00:20:58.779 --> 00:20:59.279
 and even

00:20:59.279 --> 00:21:00.079
 this complete

00:21:00.079 --> 00:21:01.219
 knowledge does

00:21:01.219 --> 00:21:01.959
 nothing to

00:21:01.959 --> 00:21:03.000
 diminish or

00:21:03.000 --> 00:21:05.079
 destroy his

00:21:05.079 --> 00:21:05.519
 love for

00:21:05.519 --> 00:21:05.699
 me.

00:21:05.700 --> 00:21:10.019
 And so,

00:21:10.160 --> 00:21:10.660
 this morning,

00:21:10.840 --> 00:21:11.019
 if you

00:21:11.019 --> 00:21:11.640
 haven't come

00:21:11.640 --> 00:21:12.319
 before the

00:21:12.319 --> 00:21:12.840
 face of

00:21:12.840 --> 00:21:13.580
 Almighty God

00:21:13.580 --> 00:21:14.120
 who knows

00:21:14.120 --> 00:21:14.460
 you,

00:21:14.620 --> 00:21:15.340
 who loves

00:21:15.340 --> 00:21:15.660
 you,

00:21:15.860 --> 00:21:16.680
 who pursues

00:21:16.680 --> 00:21:17.059
 you in

00:21:17.059 --> 00:21:17.480
 the person

00:21:17.480 --> 00:21:17.880
 of Jesus

00:21:17.880 --> 00:21:18.400
 Christ,

00:21:18.700 --> 00:21:19.559
 he welcomes

00:21:19.559 --> 00:21:20.279
 you to do

00:21:20.279 --> 00:21:20.539
 so.

00:21:21.840 --> 00:21:22.740
 This is the

00:21:22.740 --> 00:21:23.700
 relationship you

00:21:23.700 --> 00:21:24.779
 and I

00:21:24.779 --> 00:21:26.160
 most need.

00:21:27.200 --> 00:21:27.960
 And if you

00:21:27.960 --> 00:21:28.620
 have, he

00:21:28.620 --> 00:21:29.319
 invites you to

00:21:29.319 --> 00:21:30.400
 live more

00:21:30.400 --> 00:21:31.240
 fully before

00:21:31.240 --> 00:21:31.920
 his face,

00:21:32.539 --> 00:21:33.100
 to live

00:21:33.100 --> 00:21:33.700
 knowing and

00:21:33.700 --> 00:21:34.340
 embracing the

00:21:34.340 --> 00:21:34.940
 reality that

00:21:34.940 --> 00:21:35.620
 all aspects

00:21:35.619 --> 00:21:36.000
 of your

00:21:36.000 --> 00:21:36.919
 life are

00:21:36.919 --> 00:21:37.539
 lived before

00:21:37.539 --> 00:21:37.979
 God,

00:21:38.719 --> 00:21:39.239
 and that

00:21:39.239 --> 00:21:39.599
 there's no

00:21:39.599 --> 00:21:40.059
 part of

00:21:40.059 --> 00:21:40.519
 your life

00:21:40.519 --> 00:21:40.859
 that will

00:21:40.859 --> 00:21:41.439
 go well

00:21:41.439 --> 00:21:41.799
 if you

00:21:41.799 --> 00:21:42.359
 try and

00:21:42.359 --> 00:21:43.099
 conceal it

00:21:43.099 --> 00:21:43.759
 or lock

00:21:43.759 --> 00:21:44.199
 it off

00:21:44.199 --> 00:21:46.479
 from God's

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 pursuit.

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 Our longing

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 to be fully

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 known and

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 fully loved

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 is met in

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 the person

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 of Jesus

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 Christ.

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 This is

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 the relationship

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 we most

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 need,

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 and so we

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 can pray

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 with the

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 psalmist,

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 search me,

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 O God,

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 you've

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 searched me

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 before,

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 now search

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 me again,

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 get rid of

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 everything that

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 keeps me from

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 you,

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 that holds

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 me back

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 from the

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 way of

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 life

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 everlasting.

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 Let's pray.

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 Father, we

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 are grateful for

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 this, your

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 word that

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 speaks to

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 us, the

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 ultimate

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 relationship

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 that we

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 need to

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 live lives

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 that are

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 exposed,

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 that where

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 we will find

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 forgiveness,

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 where we can

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 be known and

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 loved and

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 cherished by

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 you as we

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 were created

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 to be.

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 We ask for

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 each of us

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 in this room

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 for the

00:22:55.700 --> 00:22:56.320
 areas that

00:22:56.320 --> 00:22:57.160
 we conceal

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 before you

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 and others

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 that you

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 would help

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 us to

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 come clean

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 before you,

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 that you

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 would shine

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 your light

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 in our

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 lives,

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 that we

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 would say

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 the same

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 thing as

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 you,

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 as you

00:23:09.240 --> 00:23:10.100
 already see

00:23:10.100 --> 00:23:10.380
 in our

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 lives,

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 and that you

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 would do

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 far more

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 than we

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 can possibly

00:23:13.600 --> 00:23:14.380
 ask or

00:23:14.380 --> 00:23:14.860
 imagine,

00:23:15.420 --> 00:23:15.960
 knowing the

00:23:15.960 --> 00:23:16.560
 mess in our

00:23:16.559 --> 00:23:16.899
 lives,

00:23:17.000 --> 00:23:17.460
 knowing the

00:23:17.460 --> 00:23:18.259
 sin and

00:23:18.259 --> 00:23:18.619
 all the

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 things that

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 we wish to

00:23:19.779 --> 00:23:20.279
 be different

00:23:20.279 --> 00:23:20.779
 about our

00:23:20.779 --> 00:23:21.220
 lives,

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 and that you

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 would bring

00:23:22.879 --> 00:23:23.679
 transformation

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 by the power

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 of your

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 spirit,

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 that you

00:23:26.440 --> 00:23:26.960
 would lead

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 us on the

00:23:27.599 --> 00:23:28.779
 way of

00:23:28.779 --> 00:23:29.299
 everlasting

00:23:29.299 --> 00:23:30.399
 life, we

00:23:30.399 --> 00:23:32.159
 pray in

00:23:32.159 --> 00:23:32.779
 Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.