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!

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 Good morning, everybody.

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 Great to see you all.

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 I've been away the last five Sundays.

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 I was on placement

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 in Washington, D.C.

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 for two Sundays and then in

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 Grosvenor Road Baptist for three Sundays.

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 I'm very thankful for the church supporting

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 me to do those placements.

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 It's so good to be back

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 today with you all.

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 Look forward to telling you more about

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 those experiences away in time.

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 But thank God for them.

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 Returning to

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 John chapter 14

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 verses 1 to 14

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 and we're

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 going to read

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 from there. That's on page 1082

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 of the church

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 Bible.

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 John chapter 14

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 and

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 verse 1 to 14.

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 Just

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 before Louise comes up to read that.

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 It's a little bit of context.

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 These

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 are some of the last words that Jesus

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 says to his disciples

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 before he goes to the cross.

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 After three years

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 of life

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 alongside

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 Jesus,

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 he's just told

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 these men that he's about to die.

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 But worse than that,

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 he's just told them that

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 one of them

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 is about to betray him

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 to his death.

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 And

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 Peter

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 is going to disown him

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 three times

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 before the morning.

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 So the disciples

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 are reeling.

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 It's like the rug's

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 been pulled

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 from under their feet.

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 Their hearts

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 are troubled

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 in this moment

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 as Jesus speaks.

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 So Jesus speaks

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 these words

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 into their

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 troubled hearts.

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 Thanks, Louise.

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 Do not let your hearts

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 be troubled.

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 You believe in God,

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 believe also in me.

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 My father's house

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 has many rooms.

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 If that were not so,

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 would I have told you?

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 that I am going there.

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 Sorry,

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 if that was not so,

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 would I have told you

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 that I am going there

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 to prepare a place

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 for you?

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 And if I go

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 and prepare a place

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 for you,

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 I will come back

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 and take you

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 to be with me

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 that you

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 may also

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 be where I am.

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 You know

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 the way

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 to the place

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 where I am going.

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 Thomas said to him,

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 Lord,

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 we do not know

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 where you are going,

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 so how can we

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 know the way?

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 Jesus answered,

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 I am the way,

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 the truth

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 and the life.

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 No one comes

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 to the father

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 except through me.

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 If you really

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 know me,

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 you will know

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 my father as well.

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 From now on,

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 you do know him

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 and you have seen him.

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 Philip said,

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 Lord,

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 show us

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 the father

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 and that

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 will be enough

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 for us.

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 Jesus answered,

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 don't you know me,

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 Philip,

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 even after I have

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 been among you

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 for such a long time?

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 Anyone who has

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 seen me

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 has seen the father.

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 How can you say,

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 show us the father?

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 Don't you believe

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 that I am in the father

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 and that the father

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 is in me?

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 The words I say to you,

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 I do not speak

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 on my own authority.

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 Rather,

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 it is the father

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 living in me

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 who is doing

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 his work.

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 believe me

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 when I say

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 that I am

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 in the father

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 and the father

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 is in me

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 or at least

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 believe on the

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 evidence of

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 the works

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 themselves.

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 Very truly,

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 I tell you,

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 whoever believes

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 in me

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 will do the

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 works I have

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 been doing

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 and they will

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 do even

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 greater things

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 than these

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 because I am

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 going to the

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 father

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 and I will

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 do whatever

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 you ask

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 in my name

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 so that the

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 father may

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 be glorified

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 in the

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 son.

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 You may

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 ask me

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 for anything

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 in my name

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 and I will

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 do it.

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 Well,

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 Jesus just

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 told us

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 in verse 1,

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 he says,

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 don't let

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 your hearts

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 be troubled.

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 Believe in

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 God.

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 Believe

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 also in

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 me.

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 You know,

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 I think we

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 can resonate

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 with the

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 disciples in

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 this situation,

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 can't we?

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 We can

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 resonate with

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 their troubled

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 hearts.

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 We all

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 walked in the

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 door this

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 morning with

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 our own

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 unique set

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 of various

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 troubles and

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 difficulties.

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 For some

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 of us,

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 those troubles,

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 well,

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 they can

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 begin to

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 overwhelm

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 us.

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 we don't

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 know what

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 to even

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 say to

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 God or

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 what to

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 do next.

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 Some

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 days we

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 just feel

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 like curling

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 up in a

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 ball.

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 Maybe it's

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 a relationship

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 that's broken,

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 seems beyond

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 repair.

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 Maybe it's

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 an illness

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 that you

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 never

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 expected.

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 Maybe it's

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 times of

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 change and

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 uncertainty.

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 maybe it's

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 stress at

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 work or

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 at school

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 or college

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 or saying

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 goodbye to

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 somebody that

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 you never

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 wanted to

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 say goodbye

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 to.

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 Our hearts

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 are troubled

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 today.

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 What Jesus

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 is about to

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 say to us

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 is not

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 easy.

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 It's not

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 a trite,

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 quick-fix

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 thing.

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 You know,

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 three steps

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 to not

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 having any

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 troubles

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 anymore.

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 No.

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 But God

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 the Son

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 stands before

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 us today

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 in his

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 word.

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 And he

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 speaks

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 three reasons

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 for real

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 comfort

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 in the

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 middle of

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 our

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 troubles.

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 and

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 God

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 So before

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 we look

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 at those

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 reasons,

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 let's

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 pray and

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 ask for

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 God's

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 help to

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 really hear

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 what he

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 has to

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 say.

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 Our

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 loving

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 Father in

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 heaven,

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 you know

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 our troubled

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 and weary

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 hurts.

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 Meet us

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 here by

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 your Spirit.

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 Help us

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 to hear

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 your Son's

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 words to

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 us.

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 That we

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 would not

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 fear,

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 but that we

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 would feel

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 your profound

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 comfort

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 in the

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 deepest

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 places

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 of our

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 hearts.

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 For your

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 Son's sake,

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 we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Well,

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 here's the

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 first reason

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 for comfort

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 in our

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 text.

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 Jesus

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 says,

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 do not

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 let your

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 hearts

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 be

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 troubled.

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 Your

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 home

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 is with

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 the

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 Father

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 forever

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 through

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 Jesus.

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 Have a

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 look at

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 verse 2.

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 My

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 Father's

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 house

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 has many

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 rooms.

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 If that

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 were not

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 so,

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 would I

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 have told

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 you that

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 I'm going

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 there to

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 prepare a

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 place for

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 you?

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 and if

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 I go

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 and prepare

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 a place

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 for you,

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 I will

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 come back

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 and take

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 you to

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 be with

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 me,

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 that you

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 also may

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 be where

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 I am.

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 You know

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 the way

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 to the

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 place where

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 I am

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 going.

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 What a

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 comfort

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 to our

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 hearts.

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 We've

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 already been

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 thinking about

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 that this

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 morning,

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 haven't we?

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 Jesus

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 has gone

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 to prepare

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 a place

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 for us

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 where we

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 will live

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 with him

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 and the

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 father

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 forever.

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 You know,

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 there was a

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 Jewish custom

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 in the time

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 of Jesus.

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 The groom

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 would leave

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 to prepare

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 a place

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 for his

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 bride in

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 his father's

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 house,

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 usually by

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 building on

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 an addition

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 to the

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 house.

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 And

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 following

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 the wedding,

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 he would

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 take his

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 bride back

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 with him

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 to his

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 father's

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 house

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 where they

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 would live.

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 And that's

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 a picture

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 of Jesus

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 and us.

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 He has

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 committed

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 himself

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 to us

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 in love

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 as our

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 bridegroom.

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 And we,

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 the church,

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 are the

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 bride.

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 He has

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 gone ahead

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 of us

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 to prepare

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 a place

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 to live

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 with his

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 bride

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 forever

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 in his

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 father's

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 house.

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 Revelation

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 speaks of

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 the wedding

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 supper

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 of the

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 lamb,

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 when Jesus

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 will be

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 fully and

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 finally

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 married to

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 his bride.

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 The church

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 and when

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 that time

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 comes,

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 he will

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 return

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 and take

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 us to

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 be with

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 him

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 forever

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 in his

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 father's

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 house.

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 See the

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 double

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 comfort

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 that that

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 is.

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 On the

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 one

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 hand,

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 married

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 to

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 Christ

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 forever.

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 Every

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 good

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 marriage

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 on this

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 earth

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 is just

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 a shadow

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 pointing

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 to that

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 true

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 marriage

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 to come

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 where we

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 will be

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 satisfied

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 and

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 comforted

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 in

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 Christ's

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 perfect

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 love

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 forever.

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 On the

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 other

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 hand,

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 we will

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 be with

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 the

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 father

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 forever.

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 In

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 his

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 union

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 with

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 us,

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 Jesus

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 shares

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 everything

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 he has

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 with

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 us,

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 including

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 his

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 father.

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 We

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 have the

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 right

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 to be

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 sons

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 and

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 daughters

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 of

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 God.

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 What

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 a

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 comfort

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 that the

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 father

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 who has

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 loved

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 and

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 delighted

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 in

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 his

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 son

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 for

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 all

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 eternity

00:10:38.279 --> 00:10:40.960
 calls

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 you

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 his

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 son

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 or

00:10:43.800 --> 00:10:44.259
 daughter

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 in

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 Christ.

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 Can you

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 just imagine

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 that moment

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 when we

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 will reach

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 that eternal

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 home?

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 Can you

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 see

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 the

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 father's

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 open

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 arms?

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 Can you

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 see a

00:11:01.300 --> 00:11:01.820
 smile

00:11:01.820 --> 00:11:02.480
 on his

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 face?

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 he is

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 not

00:11:06.740 --> 00:11:07.159
 reserved

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 in

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 his

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 love

00:11:07.819 --> 00:11:08.840
 for

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 us.

00:11:10.960 --> 00:11:11.259
 Jesus

00:11:11.259 --> 00:11:12.299
 has

00:11:12.299 --> 00:11:12.799
 prepared

00:11:12.799 --> 00:11:13.019
 a

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 place

00:11:13.439 --> 00:11:13.659
 for

00:11:13.659 --> 00:11:13.899
 you

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 to

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 be

00:11:14.179 --> 00:11:14.439
 with

00:11:14.439 --> 00:11:14.759
 him

00:11:14.759 --> 00:11:15.240
 and

00:11:15.240 --> 00:11:15.419
 his

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 father

00:11:15.819 --> 00:11:16.639
 forever.

00:11:17.100 --> 00:11:17.220
 So

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 take

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 heart.

00:11:20.019 --> 00:11:20.460
 Now

00:11:20.460 --> 00:11:20.759
 notice

00:11:20.759 --> 00:11:20.980
 what

00:11:20.980 --> 00:11:21.340
 Thomas

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 asks

00:11:21.860 --> 00:11:22.139
 in

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 verse

00:11:22.340 --> 00:11:22.720
 five.

00:11:24.399 --> 00:11:24.799
 Thomas

00:11:24.799 --> 00:11:25.000
 said

00:11:25.000 --> 00:11:25.100
 to

00:11:25.100 --> 00:11:25.279
 him,

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 Lord,

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 we

00:11:26.759 --> 00:11:27.019
 don't

00:11:27.019 --> 00:11:27.220
 know

00:11:27.220 --> 00:11:27.360
 where

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 you

00:11:27.480 --> 00:11:27.620
 are

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 going.

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 So

00:11:29.100 --> 00:11:29.259
 how

00:11:29.259 --> 00:11:29.399
 can

00:11:29.399 --> 00:11:29.519
 we

00:11:29.519 --> 00:11:29.699
 know

00:11:29.699 --> 00:11:29.860
 the

00:11:29.860 --> 00:11:30.120
 way?

00:11:30.579 --> 00:11:30.759
 Now

00:11:30.759 --> 00:11:30.860
 it's

00:11:30.860 --> 00:11:30.939
 a

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 bit

00:11:31.039 --> 00:11:31.179
 of

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 funny

00:11:31.419 --> 00:11:31.899
 question,

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 isn't

00:11:32.079 --> 00:11:32.259
 it?

00:11:33.019 --> 00:11:33.299
 because

00:11:33.299 --> 00:11:33.579
 Jesus

00:11:33.579 --> 00:11:33.779
 has

00:11:33.779 --> 00:11:34.120
 literally

00:11:34.120 --> 00:11:34.360
 just

00:11:34.360 --> 00:11:34.659
 told

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 them

00:11:34.899 --> 00:11:36.059
 where

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 they're

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 going

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 to

00:11:36.659 --> 00:11:36.899
 heaven

00:11:36.899 --> 00:11:37.139
 and

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 the

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 way

00:11:37.840 --> 00:11:37.980
 to

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 get

00:11:38.139 --> 00:11:38.379
 there.

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 He's

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 going

00:11:39.679 --> 00:11:39.759
 to

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 take

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 them.

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 Jesus

00:11:43.179 --> 00:11:43.379
 is

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 patient

00:11:43.679 --> 00:11:43.860
 with

00:11:43.860 --> 00:11:44.100
 Thomas

00:11:44.100 --> 00:11:44.319
 here

00:11:44.319 --> 00:11:45.399
 and

00:11:45.399 --> 00:11:45.579
 he's

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 patient

00:11:45.840 --> 00:11:46.019
 with

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 us

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 in

00:11:47.019 --> 00:11:47.179
 our

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 doubts

00:11:47.519 --> 00:11:48.860
 and

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 our

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 failure

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 to

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 hear

00:11:50.340 --> 00:11:50.519
 and

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 understand

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 as

00:11:51.939 --> 00:11:52.159
 well.

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 So

00:11:52.439 --> 00:11:52.720
 Jesus

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 says

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 it

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 even

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 clearer

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 and

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 I'm

00:11:54.019 --> 00:11:54.220
 thankful

00:11:54.220 --> 00:11:54.399
 that

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 he

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 does.

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 Verse

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 six.

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 Jesus

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 answered,

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 I

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 am

00:11:57.379 --> 00:11:57.539
 the

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 way

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 and

00:11:58.819 --> 00:11:58.980
 the

00:11:58.980 --> 00:11:59.559
 truth

00:11:59.559 --> 00:12:00.399
 and

00:12:00.399 --> 00:12:30.399
 and

00:12:30.399 --> 00:12:31.620
 Christ.

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 There

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 is

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 no

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 true

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 source

00:12:35.000 --> 00:12:35.179
 of

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 life

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 that

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 lasts

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 forever

00:12:36.419 --> 00:12:37.879
 outside

00:12:37.879 --> 00:12:38.699
 of

00:12:38.699 --> 00:12:39.159
 Christ.

00:12:40.980 --> 00:12:41.179
 You

00:12:41.179 --> 00:12:41.319
 see,

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 you can

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 never

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 know

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 the

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 comfort

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 of

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 being

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 with

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 the

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 Father

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 unless

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 you

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 come

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 through

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 faith

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 in

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 the

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 Son.

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 That

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 means

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 believing

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 what

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 Jesus

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 did

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 for

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 you

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 on

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 the

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 cross

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 to

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 reconcile

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 you

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 to

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 the

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 Father.

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 Because

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 Jesus

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 was

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 the

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 only

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 one

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 who

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 never

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 sinned.

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 He

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 was

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 the

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 only

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 one

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 who

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 could

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 pay

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 the

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 penalty

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 our

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 sins

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 deserved.

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 That

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 is why

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 he

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 says

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 no

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 one

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 comes

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 to

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 the

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 Father

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 except

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 through

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 me.

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 We

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 may

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 be

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 offended

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 by

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 that

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 claim.

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 We

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 might

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 say

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 that's

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 very

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 exclusive

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 Jesus

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 for

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 you

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 to

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 say

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 that.

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 But

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 it

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 is

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 the

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 truth.

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 And

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 Jesus

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 says

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 it

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 for

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 our

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 ultimate

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 comfort.

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 So that

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 in the

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 heartache,

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 in the

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 trouble that

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 we experience

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 in our

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 lives,

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 we would

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 know that

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 Jesus

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 has gone

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 to prepare

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 a place

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 for us

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 with his

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 Father.

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 So he

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 calls out,

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 believe in

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 me.

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 And I

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 will take

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 you there.

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 The bridegroom

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 has promised

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 to return

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 for his

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 bride.

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 Let us

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 take

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 comfort

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 in that

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 in the

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 midst

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 of our

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 trouble

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 today.

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 Here's

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 the next

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 truth

00:14:07.539 --> 00:14:09.139
 of Jesus

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 to comfort

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 our hearts.

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 And it

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 has to

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 do not

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 with

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 something

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 in the

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 future,

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 something

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 right here

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 in the

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 present,

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 our

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 present

00:14:17.339 --> 00:14:17.959
 experience

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 of the

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 Father.

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 Jesus

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 says,

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 don't let

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 your hearts

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 be troubled.

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 You

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 will see

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 and know

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 the

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 Father

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 right now.

00:14:26.799 --> 00:14:27.879
 in Jesus.

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 Now the

00:14:30.359 --> 00:14:30.939
 disciples were

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 devastated that

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 Jesus was

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 going away.

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 In their

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 minds,

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 the future

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 promise of

00:14:35.359 --> 00:14:35.719
 being with

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 the Father

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 just wasn't

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 enough.

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 What about

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 the meantime?

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 Have a look

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 at verse 8.

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 Look what

00:14:42.959 --> 00:14:43.559
 Philip asks.

00:14:45.059 --> 00:14:45.359
 He says,

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 Lord,

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 show us

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 the Father

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 and that

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 will be

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 enough for

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 us.

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 Now I

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 think we've

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 all been

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 there.

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 thinking,

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 you know,

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 if I

00:14:57.419 --> 00:14:57.940
 could just

00:14:57.940 --> 00:14:59.019
 see God

00:14:59.019 --> 00:14:59.399
 now,

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 if I

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 could just

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 sit across

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 the table

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 from him

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 and talk

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 to him

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 and hear

00:15:06.879 --> 00:15:07.460
 him speak

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 to me,

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 and if

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 I could

00:15:09.320 --> 00:15:09.639
 just know

00:15:09.639 --> 00:15:09.899
 what he

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 was like,

00:15:11.700 --> 00:15:12.620
 who he

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 really is.

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 And yet

00:15:17.360 --> 00:15:17.899
 Jesus has

00:15:17.899 --> 00:15:18.840
 actually already

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 answered this

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 question

00:15:20.080 --> 00:15:21.700
 beforehand

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 in verse 7.

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 And his

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 answer is

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 this,

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 we have

00:15:24.960 --> 00:15:25.520
 already

00:15:25.520 --> 00:15:26.320
 known and

00:15:26.320 --> 00:15:27.120
 seen the

00:15:27.120 --> 00:15:28.240
 Father in

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 Jesus.

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 So,

00:15:30.400 --> 00:15:30.960
 Jesus says

00:15:30.960 --> 00:15:31.320
 it again.

00:15:31.840 --> 00:15:32.200
 Have a look

00:15:32.200 --> 00:15:32.860
 in verse 9.

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 He says,

00:15:33.540 --> 00:15:33.960
 don't you

00:15:33.960 --> 00:15:34.460
 know me,

00:15:34.620 --> 00:15:34.800
 Philip?

00:15:36.160 --> 00:15:36.900
 Even after

00:15:36.900 --> 00:15:37.640
 I have been

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 among you

00:15:38.120 --> 00:15:38.620
 such a long

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 time,

00:15:39.800 --> 00:15:40.440
 anyone who

00:15:40.440 --> 00:15:40.920
 has seen

00:15:40.920 --> 00:15:41.720
 me has

00:15:41.720 --> 00:15:42.140
 seen the

00:15:42.140 --> 00:15:42.420
 Father.

00:15:44.100 --> 00:15:44.740
 How can

00:15:44.740 --> 00:15:45.160
 you say,

00:15:45.759 --> 00:15:46.140
 show us

00:15:46.140 --> 00:15:46.580
 the Father?

00:15:47.960 --> 00:15:48.480
 Don't you

00:15:48.480 --> 00:15:49.300
 believe that

00:15:49.300 --> 00:15:50.560
 I am in

00:15:50.560 --> 00:15:51.340
 the Father?

00:15:51.700 --> 00:15:52.240
 and that

00:15:52.240 --> 00:15:52.700
 the Father

00:15:52.700 --> 00:15:53.520
 is in

00:15:53.520 --> 00:15:53.840
 me?

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 The words

00:15:56.560 --> 00:15:57.120
 I say to

00:15:57.120 --> 00:15:57.220
 you,

00:15:57.280 --> 00:15:57.620
 I do not

00:15:57.620 --> 00:15:58.040
 speak on

00:15:58.040 --> 00:15:58.360
 my own

00:15:58.360 --> 00:15:58.840
 authority.

00:15:59.780 --> 00:16:00.080
 Rather,

00:16:00.200 --> 00:16:00.700
 it is the

00:16:00.700 --> 00:16:01.980
 Father living

00:16:01.980 --> 00:16:03.400
 in me who

00:16:03.400 --> 00:16:04.020
 is doing

00:16:04.020 --> 00:16:04.860
 his work.

00:16:05.500 --> 00:16:05.820
 Believe

00:16:05.820 --> 00:16:07.600
 me when

00:16:07.600 --> 00:16:08.200
 I say

00:16:08.200 --> 00:16:08.920
 that I

00:16:08.920 --> 00:16:09.160
 am in

00:16:09.160 --> 00:16:09.620
 the Father

00:16:09.620 --> 00:16:11.000
 and the

00:16:11.000 --> 00:16:11.620
 Father is

00:16:11.620 --> 00:16:12.060
 in me.

00:16:12.440 --> 00:16:12.980
 Or at

00:16:12.980 --> 00:16:13.780
 least believe

00:16:13.780 --> 00:16:14.600
 on the

00:16:14.600 --> 00:16:15.220
 evidence of

00:16:15.220 --> 00:16:15.840
 the works

00:16:15.840 --> 00:16:17.120
 themselves.

00:16:17.120 --> 00:16:19.120
 and the

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 God is

00:16:20.120 --> 00:16:20.320
 now here

00:16:20.320 --> 00:16:20.740
 we see

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 something of

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 the beauty

00:16:21.779 --> 00:16:22.519
 and glory

00:16:22.519 --> 00:16:22.899
 of the

00:16:22.899 --> 00:16:23.279
 Trinity.

00:16:24.740 --> 00:16:25.019
 Our

00:16:25.019 --> 00:16:25.480
 God

00:16:25.480 --> 00:16:27.179
 has revealed

00:16:27.179 --> 00:16:27.779
 himself

00:16:27.779 --> 00:16:28.919
 as being

00:16:28.919 --> 00:16:29.620
 one God

00:16:29.620 --> 00:16:30.879
 with three

00:16:30.879 --> 00:16:31.379
 distinct

00:16:31.379 --> 00:16:31.960
 persons.

00:16:32.259 --> 00:16:32.580
 Father,

00:16:33.000 --> 00:16:33.259
 Son,

00:16:33.860 --> 00:16:34.500
 Holy Spirit.

00:16:35.139 --> 00:16:35.679
 They share

00:16:35.679 --> 00:16:36.039
 the same

00:16:36.039 --> 00:16:36.740
 divine nature.

00:16:37.560 --> 00:16:37.759
 They are

00:16:37.759 --> 00:16:38.480
 totally one

00:16:38.480 --> 00:16:39.399
 in will

00:16:39.399 --> 00:16:40.539
 and purpose.

00:16:40.879 --> 00:16:41.279
 And yet,

00:16:41.379 --> 00:16:41.740
 they have

00:16:41.740 --> 00:16:42.299
 distinct

00:16:42.299 --> 00:16:42.820
 roles

00:16:42.820 --> 00:16:43.960
 in creating

00:16:43.960 --> 00:16:44.340
 us,

00:16:44.860 --> 00:16:45.420
 in saving

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 us.

00:16:46.879 --> 00:16:47.640
 For example,

00:16:47.780 --> 00:16:48.300
 the Father

00:16:48.300 --> 00:16:49.940
 sends the

00:16:49.940 --> 00:16:51.520
 Son to

00:16:51.520 --> 00:16:51.780
 be the

00:16:51.780 --> 00:16:52.160
 sacrifice

00:16:52.160 --> 00:16:52.760
 for our

00:16:52.760 --> 00:16:52.960
 sin.

00:16:54.340 --> 00:16:54.800
 And he

00:16:54.800 --> 00:16:55.100
 sends him

00:16:55.100 --> 00:16:55.340
 in the

00:16:55.340 --> 00:16:57.140
 power of

00:16:57.140 --> 00:16:57.620
 the Spirit.

00:16:59.000 --> 00:16:59.460
 These

00:16:59.460 --> 00:17:00.820
 persons relate

00:17:00.820 --> 00:17:01.220
 to each

00:17:01.220 --> 00:17:01.560
 other in

00:17:01.560 --> 00:17:02.220
 different ways.

00:17:02.660 --> 00:17:03.100
 For example,

00:17:03.160 --> 00:17:03.400
 as a

00:17:03.400 --> 00:17:03.800
 father and

00:17:03.800 --> 00:17:04.140
 a son.

00:17:07.120 --> 00:17:07.740
 This is

00:17:07.740 --> 00:17:08.140
 what Jesus

00:17:08.140 --> 00:17:08.680
 says.

00:17:08.840 --> 00:17:09.340
 He says,

00:17:10.299 --> 00:17:10.860
 the Father

00:17:10.860 --> 00:17:11.900
 is in

00:17:11.900 --> 00:17:12.480
 the Son

00:17:12.480 --> 00:17:14.579
 and the

00:17:14.579 --> 00:17:15.900
 Son is

00:17:15.900 --> 00:17:16.960
 in the

00:17:16.960 --> 00:17:17.339
 Father.

00:17:17.779 --> 00:17:18.360
 Think about

00:17:18.360 --> 00:17:18.740
 this with

00:17:18.740 --> 00:17:19.039
 me for

00:17:19.039 --> 00:17:19.460
 a second.

00:17:22.079 --> 00:17:22.599
 Equally,

00:17:22.660 --> 00:17:22.900
 we could

00:17:22.900 --> 00:17:23.259
 say the

00:17:23.259 --> 00:17:23.720
 same thing

00:17:23.720 --> 00:17:24.079
 about the

00:17:24.079 --> 00:17:24.480
 Spirit

00:17:24.480 --> 00:17:25.940
 being in

00:17:25.940 --> 00:17:26.460
 the Son

00:17:26.460 --> 00:17:28.200
 and in

00:17:28.200 --> 00:17:28.700
 the Father.

00:17:28.960 --> 00:17:29.000
 The

00:17:29.000 --> 00:17:30.420
 persons of

00:17:30.420 --> 00:17:30.940
 the Trinity

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 mutually

00:17:33.259 --> 00:17:33.940
 indwell

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 each other.

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 That means

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 if you

00:17:36.200 --> 00:17:36.839
 see one

00:17:36.839 --> 00:17:37.339
 person of

00:17:37.339 --> 00:17:37.740
 the Trinity,

00:17:38.240 --> 00:17:39.640
 you see

00:17:39.640 --> 00:17:40.019
 all the

00:17:40.019 --> 00:17:40.380
 others

00:17:40.380 --> 00:17:41.500
 also.

00:17:41.500 --> 00:17:42.539
 now,

00:17:42.619 --> 00:17:42.839
 when we

00:17:42.839 --> 00:17:43.079
 hear

00:17:43.079 --> 00:17:43.440
 Jesus

00:17:43.440 --> 00:17:43.960
 say this

00:17:43.960 --> 00:17:44.319
 first,

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 we could

00:17:44.779 --> 00:17:45.160
 think,

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 I don't

00:17:47.119 --> 00:17:47.380
 know if

00:17:47.380 --> 00:17:47.700
 I believe

00:17:47.700 --> 00:17:48.019
 this.

00:17:48.859 --> 00:17:49.259
 I don't

00:17:49.259 --> 00:17:49.859
 understand how

00:17:49.859 --> 00:17:50.259
 it works.

00:17:50.460 --> 00:17:50.740
 Does it

00:17:50.740 --> 00:17:51.880
 matter if

00:17:51.880 --> 00:17:52.359
 I believe

00:17:52.359 --> 00:17:52.599
 it?

00:17:53.019 --> 00:17:53.240
 Well,

00:17:53.299 --> 00:17:53.599
 yes,

00:17:53.720 --> 00:17:54.279
 it does.

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 Even though

00:17:55.480 --> 00:17:55.799
 it's hard

00:17:55.799 --> 00:17:56.500
 to understand,

00:17:58.599 --> 00:17:58.960
 Jesus

00:17:58.960 --> 00:18:00.299
 asks us

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 repeatedly

00:18:01.039 --> 00:18:02.519
 to believe

00:18:02.519 --> 00:18:03.079
 that it

00:18:03.079 --> 00:18:03.599
 is true

00:18:03.599 --> 00:18:05.680
 for our

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 comfort

00:18:06.180 --> 00:18:07.339
 in trouble.

00:18:07.480 --> 00:18:07.859
 And here's

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 why.

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 because if

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 we know

00:18:09.500 --> 00:18:10.240
 what Jesus

00:18:10.240 --> 00:18:11.180
 is like

00:18:11.180 --> 00:18:12.060
 from

00:18:12.060 --> 00:18:12.880
 reading the

00:18:12.880 --> 00:18:13.180
 Word,

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 we can

00:18:15.360 --> 00:18:16.160
 also say

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 we know

00:18:17.360 --> 00:18:17.640
 what the

00:18:17.640 --> 00:18:18.080
 Father is

00:18:18.080 --> 00:18:18.400
 like.

00:18:19.799 --> 00:18:20.220
 We can

00:18:20.220 --> 00:18:20.720
 also say

00:18:20.720 --> 00:18:21.060
 that I

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 have seen

00:18:21.860 --> 00:18:23.920
 his

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 Son and

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 all of

00:18:25.960 --> 00:18:26.460
 the Father

00:18:26.460 --> 00:18:27.140
 is in

00:18:27.140 --> 00:18:27.560
 the Son.

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 I've seen

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 the Father.

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 We are not

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 left guessing

00:18:31.640 --> 00:18:32.620
 about the

00:18:32.620 --> 00:18:33.060
 Father's

00:18:33.060 --> 00:18:33.480
 character.

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 Do you

00:18:34.880 --> 00:18:35.180
 ever think

00:18:35.180 --> 00:18:35.660
 that Jesus

00:18:35.660 --> 00:18:36.220
 is like

00:18:36.220 --> 00:18:36.880
 the warm,

00:18:37.440 --> 00:18:37.900
 welcoming,

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 compassionate

00:18:38.660 --> 00:18:40.060
 member of

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 the Trinity?

00:18:41.539 --> 00:18:42.360
 But the

00:18:42.360 --> 00:18:43.820
 Father seems

00:18:43.820 --> 00:18:44.060
 to be

00:18:44.060 --> 00:18:44.539
 different,

00:18:45.080 --> 00:18:45.860
 more distant

00:18:45.860 --> 00:18:46.480
 or

00:18:46.480 --> 00:18:48.180
 inapproachable?

00:18:49.600 --> 00:18:50.200
 Wrong!

00:18:51.039 --> 00:18:51.880
 That is not

00:18:51.880 --> 00:18:52.200
 true.

00:18:52.539 --> 00:18:52.880
 Jesus

00:18:52.880 --> 00:18:54.420
 reveals

00:18:54.420 --> 00:18:55.620
 the Father.

00:18:56.740 --> 00:18:57.460
 When we

00:18:57.460 --> 00:18:58.279
 see Jesus,

00:18:58.980 --> 00:18:59.480
 we see

00:18:59.480 --> 00:18:59.940
 who the

00:18:59.940 --> 00:19:00.519
 Father is.

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 So when

00:19:01.259 --> 00:19:01.580
 we see

00:19:01.580 --> 00:19:02.400
 Jesus forgiving

00:19:02.400 --> 00:19:02.799
 the woman

00:19:02.799 --> 00:19:03.320
 caught in

00:19:03.320 --> 00:19:03.620
 sin,

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 or having

00:19:05.379 --> 00:19:05.979
 compassion

00:19:05.979 --> 00:19:07.099
 on the

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 crowds,

00:19:08.259 --> 00:19:09.000
 or welcoming

00:19:09.000 --> 00:19:09.719
 the children

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 to him,

00:19:11.399 --> 00:19:11.959
 or being

00:19:11.959 --> 00:19:12.539
 patient with

00:19:12.539 --> 00:19:13.000
 the doubter,

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 or drawing

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 near to

00:19:15.179 --> 00:19:15.879
 the outcast,

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 or weeping

00:19:17.699 --> 00:19:18.479
 with the

00:19:18.479 --> 00:19:19.179
 brokenhearted,

00:19:19.500 --> 00:19:20.500
 we see the

00:19:20.500 --> 00:19:21.119
 Father's

00:19:21.119 --> 00:19:22.319
 heart right

00:19:22.319 --> 00:19:22.719
 there.

00:19:24.439 --> 00:19:24.879
 And he's

00:19:24.879 --> 00:19:25.739
 your Father

00:19:25.739 --> 00:19:27.639
 in Christ.

00:19:28.099 --> 00:19:28.579
 Oh, the

00:19:28.579 --> 00:19:29.219
 wonder of

00:19:29.219 --> 00:19:30.439
 being loved

00:19:30.439 --> 00:19:31.319
 by such

00:19:31.319 --> 00:19:32.459
 a Father.

00:19:33.619 --> 00:19:35.539
 he understands

00:19:35.539 --> 00:19:36.500
 the troubles

00:19:36.500 --> 00:19:37.339
 that you

00:19:37.339 --> 00:19:37.779
 feel.

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 And more

00:19:39.699 --> 00:19:39.939
 than that,

00:19:39.959 --> 00:19:40.439
 he's with

00:19:40.439 --> 00:19:41.899
 you in

00:19:41.899 --> 00:19:42.619
 your troubles.

00:19:43.219 --> 00:19:43.679
 If you

00:19:43.679 --> 00:19:44.159
 look down

00:19:44.159 --> 00:19:44.639
 a few

00:19:44.639 --> 00:19:45.359
 verses in

00:19:45.359 --> 00:19:45.819
 John chapter

00:19:45.819 --> 00:19:46.259
 14,

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 look down

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 to verse

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 23.

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 Jesus says

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 here,

00:19:50.599 --> 00:19:50.839
 he says,

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 anyone who

00:19:51.879 --> 00:19:52.359
 loves me

00:19:52.359 --> 00:19:52.739
 will obey

00:19:52.739 --> 00:19:53.279
 my teaching.

00:19:54.679 --> 00:19:55.799
 My Father

00:19:55.799 --> 00:19:56.479
 will love

00:19:56.479 --> 00:19:56.819
 them,

00:19:57.139 --> 00:19:57.779
 and we

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 will come

00:19:58.379 --> 00:19:58.899
 to them

00:19:58.899 --> 00:20:00.179
 and make

00:20:00.179 --> 00:20:01.039
 our home

00:20:01.039 --> 00:20:01.779
 with them.

00:20:02.680 --> 00:20:03.659
 So don't

00:20:03.659 --> 00:20:04.039
 let your

00:20:04.039 --> 00:20:04.480
 hearts be

00:20:04.480 --> 00:20:04.799
 troubled.

00:20:06.720 --> 00:20:07.359
 The

00:20:07.359 --> 00:20:07.839
 Father

00:20:07.839 --> 00:20:09.519
 is actually

00:20:09.519 --> 00:20:10.220
 closer than

00:20:10.220 --> 00:20:10.680
 your skin.

00:20:11.960 --> 00:20:12.539
 You know

00:20:12.539 --> 00:20:12.920
 what he's

00:20:12.920 --> 00:20:13.299
 like.

00:20:14.359 --> 00:20:15.159
 You've seen

00:20:15.159 --> 00:20:15.500
 him in

00:20:15.500 --> 00:20:15.759
 Jesus.

00:20:16.279 --> 00:20:16.720
 He has

00:20:16.720 --> 00:20:17.379
 made his

00:20:17.379 --> 00:20:18.700
 home in

00:20:18.700 --> 00:20:20.139
 you with

00:20:20.139 --> 00:20:20.659
 the Son,

00:20:21.480 --> 00:20:21.940
 by the

00:20:21.940 --> 00:20:22.200
 Spirit.

00:20:23.279 --> 00:20:23.799
 He cares

00:20:23.799 --> 00:20:24.220
 about your

00:20:24.220 --> 00:20:24.519
 troubled

00:20:24.519 --> 00:20:24.839
 heart,

00:20:25.579 --> 00:20:26.019
 and you

00:20:26.019 --> 00:20:26.579
 can know

00:20:26.579 --> 00:20:27.399
 his heart

00:20:27.399 --> 00:20:28.000
 of love

00:20:28.000 --> 00:20:28.359
 for you

00:20:28.359 --> 00:20:29.000
 despite what

00:20:29.000 --> 00:20:29.140
 you're

00:20:29.140 --> 00:20:29.359
 going

00:20:29.359 --> 00:20:29.640
 through.

00:20:30.640 --> 00:20:31.160
 Believe

00:20:31.160 --> 00:20:31.900
 in

00:20:31.900 --> 00:20:32.440
 Jesus'

00:20:33.019 --> 00:20:33.599
 word to

00:20:33.599 --> 00:20:34.059
 you today.

00:20:34.160 --> 00:20:34.299
 Your

00:20:34.299 --> 00:20:34.700
 home is

00:20:34.700 --> 00:20:34.960
 with the

00:20:34.960 --> 00:20:35.240
 Father,

00:20:36.559 --> 00:20:36.880
 and in

00:20:36.880 --> 00:20:37.420
 the meantime,

00:20:38.220 --> 00:20:38.599
 you can

00:20:38.599 --> 00:20:39.319
 see and

00:20:39.319 --> 00:20:39.960
 know him

00:20:39.960 --> 00:20:42.359
 now in

00:20:42.359 --> 00:20:42.980
 his Son.

00:20:45.319 --> 00:20:45.839
 Take

00:20:45.839 --> 00:20:46.240
 heart.

00:20:46.720 --> 00:20:47.359
 And if

00:20:47.359 --> 00:20:47.960
 that account

00:20:47.960 --> 00:20:48.220
 of the

00:20:48.220 --> 00:20:48.880
 Father sounds

00:20:48.880 --> 00:20:49.480
 foreign to

00:20:49.480 --> 00:20:49.819
 you, may

00:20:49.819 --> 00:20:50.460
 I encourage

00:20:50.460 --> 00:20:50.940
 you to

00:20:50.940 --> 00:20:51.440
 read the

00:20:51.440 --> 00:20:51.940
 Gospels.

00:20:52.680 --> 00:20:52.960
 And as

00:20:52.960 --> 00:20:53.380
 you see

00:20:53.380 --> 00:20:53.700
 Jesus,

00:20:53.819 --> 00:20:54.119
 remember,

00:20:54.240 --> 00:20:54.599
 this is

00:20:54.599 --> 00:20:54.920
 who the

00:20:54.920 --> 00:20:55.160
 Father

00:20:55.160 --> 00:20:55.619
 is.

00:20:56.440 --> 00:20:56.640
 He

00:20:56.640 --> 00:20:57.359
 perfectly

00:20:57.359 --> 00:20:58.440
 reveals

00:20:58.440 --> 00:20:59.640
 the

00:20:59.640 --> 00:21:00.019
 Father.

00:21:02.100 --> 00:21:02.720
 There is

00:21:02.720 --> 00:21:03.160
 one last

00:21:03.160 --> 00:21:04.180
 thing in

00:21:04.180 --> 00:21:04.640
 this text

00:21:04.640 --> 00:21:05.680
 that Jesus

00:21:05.680 --> 00:21:06.299
 wants to

00:21:06.299 --> 00:21:06.740
 say to

00:21:06.740 --> 00:21:07.380
 give us

00:21:07.380 --> 00:21:08.460
 his

00:21:08.460 --> 00:21:08.900
 comfort.

00:21:11.660 --> 00:21:12.340
 And it

00:21:12.340 --> 00:21:13.580
 may be

00:21:13.580 --> 00:21:13.920
 the most

00:21:13.920 --> 00:21:14.380
 surprising

00:21:14.380 --> 00:21:14.779
 in some

00:21:14.779 --> 00:21:15.100
 ways.

00:21:17.220 --> 00:21:17.840
 It is

00:21:17.840 --> 00:21:18.500
 that you

00:21:18.500 --> 00:21:19.620
 and I

00:21:19.620 --> 00:21:20.039
 will do

00:21:20.039 --> 00:21:20.840
 the works

00:21:20.840 --> 00:21:21.340
 of the

00:21:21.340 --> 00:21:21.759
 Father

00:21:21.759 --> 00:21:23.640
 in Jesus.

00:21:26.500 --> 00:21:26.980
 Now,

00:21:27.059 --> 00:21:27.360
 when our

00:21:27.360 --> 00:21:27.759
 hearts are

00:21:27.759 --> 00:21:28.200
 weighed down

00:21:28.200 --> 00:21:28.660
 with trouble,

00:21:29.799 --> 00:21:30.480
 we can

00:21:30.480 --> 00:21:30.880
 feel like

00:21:30.880 --> 00:21:31.200
 we're no

00:21:31.200 --> 00:21:31.500
 good to

00:21:31.500 --> 00:21:31.799
 anyone.

00:21:33.100 --> 00:21:33.460
 And I

00:21:33.460 --> 00:21:33.759
 think we've

00:21:33.759 --> 00:21:34.480
 all experienced

00:21:34.480 --> 00:21:34.880
 that.

00:21:36.539 --> 00:21:37.180
 That feeling

00:21:37.180 --> 00:21:37.420
 of just

00:21:37.420 --> 00:21:37.840
 wanting to

00:21:37.840 --> 00:21:38.220
 curl up

00:21:38.220 --> 00:21:38.400
 in a

00:21:38.400 --> 00:21:38.640
 ball.

00:21:40.460 --> 00:21:40.860
 Feeling

00:21:40.860 --> 00:21:41.259
 paralyzed

00:21:41.259 --> 00:21:42.120
 by pain

00:21:42.120 --> 00:21:42.779
 or sadness

00:21:42.779 --> 00:21:43.740
 or worry.

00:21:44.000 --> 00:21:44.420
 It's like

00:21:44.420 --> 00:21:44.700
 it's all

00:21:44.700 --> 00:21:44.940
 you can

00:21:44.940 --> 00:21:45.420
 think about.

00:21:46.500 --> 00:21:47.120
 You can't

00:21:47.120 --> 00:21:47.460
 even do

00:21:47.460 --> 00:21:48.059
 anything else

00:21:48.059 --> 00:21:48.400
 it feels

00:21:48.400 --> 00:21:48.680
 like.

00:21:49.420 --> 00:21:49.720
 Or at

00:21:49.720 --> 00:21:49.920
 least you

00:21:49.920 --> 00:21:50.100
 don't

00:21:50.100 --> 00:21:50.519
 want to.

00:21:52.580 --> 00:21:52.819
 Well,

00:21:52.860 --> 00:21:53.400
 Jesus says

00:21:53.400 --> 00:21:53.640
 to his

00:21:53.640 --> 00:21:54.019
 disciples

00:21:54.019 --> 00:21:54.319
 and to

00:21:54.319 --> 00:21:54.500
 us,

00:21:54.580 --> 00:21:54.980
 I know

00:21:54.980 --> 00:21:55.240
 your

00:21:55.240 --> 00:21:55.620
 hearts

00:21:55.620 --> 00:21:56.080
 are weighed

00:21:56.079 --> 00:21:56.319
 down

00:21:56.319 --> 00:21:56.500
 with

00:21:56.500 --> 00:21:56.859
 troubles.

00:21:59.240 --> 00:22:00.019
 But the

00:22:00.019 --> 00:22:00.579
 Father has

00:22:00.579 --> 00:22:01.339
 a real

00:22:01.339 --> 00:22:02.399
 purpose for

00:22:02.399 --> 00:22:03.399
 you right

00:22:03.399 --> 00:22:04.299
 here,

00:22:04.740 --> 00:22:05.740
 right now.

00:22:07.720 --> 00:22:08.539
 He wants

00:22:08.539 --> 00:22:08.819
 to do

00:22:08.819 --> 00:22:09.779
 his works

00:22:09.779 --> 00:22:11.319
 in you

00:22:11.319 --> 00:22:13.460
 whenever you

00:22:13.460 --> 00:22:14.079
 feel at your

00:22:14.079 --> 00:22:14.519
 weakest.

00:22:15.799 --> 00:22:16.179
 Now,

00:22:16.220 --> 00:22:16.639
 let's look at

00:22:16.639 --> 00:22:16.960
 what these

00:22:16.960 --> 00:22:17.879
 works are

00:22:17.879 --> 00:22:19.379
 in our

00:22:19.379 --> 00:22:19.619
 reading.

00:22:19.759 --> 00:22:20.740
 Verse 10,

00:22:21.599 --> 00:22:22.240
 Jesus says,

00:22:22.240 --> 00:22:23.740
 the words

00:22:23.740 --> 00:22:24.120
 I say

00:22:24.120 --> 00:22:24.400
 to you,

00:22:24.460 --> 00:22:24.640
 I do

00:22:24.640 --> 00:22:25.039
 not speak

00:22:25.039 --> 00:22:25.319
 on my

00:22:25.319 --> 00:22:25.500
 own

00:22:25.500 --> 00:22:25.980
 authority.

00:22:27.120 --> 00:22:27.579
 Rather,

00:22:27.700 --> 00:22:28.099
 it is the

00:22:28.099 --> 00:22:28.900
 Father living

00:22:28.900 --> 00:22:29.420
 in me

00:22:29.420 --> 00:22:30.579
 who is

00:22:30.579 --> 00:22:30.960
 doing

00:22:30.960 --> 00:22:32.059
 his work.

00:22:32.140 --> 00:22:32.359
 So can

00:22:32.359 --> 00:22:32.620
 you see

00:22:32.620 --> 00:22:33.059
 the link

00:22:33.059 --> 00:22:33.339
 there?

00:22:35.920 --> 00:22:36.380
 The

00:22:36.380 --> 00:22:36.859
 words

00:22:36.859 --> 00:22:37.359
 that Jesus

00:22:37.359 --> 00:22:37.920
 speaks

00:22:37.920 --> 00:22:39.819
 are the

00:22:39.819 --> 00:22:40.220
 works

00:22:40.220 --> 00:22:40.799
 of the

00:22:40.799 --> 00:22:41.099
 Father.

00:22:41.740 --> 00:22:41.900
 That's

00:22:41.900 --> 00:22:42.180
 what Jesus

00:22:42.180 --> 00:22:42.519
 says.

00:22:44.839 --> 00:22:45.359
 Obviously,

00:22:45.539 --> 00:22:46.019
 Jesus did

00:22:46.019 --> 00:22:46.640
 other things

00:22:46.640 --> 00:22:47.319
 than just

00:22:47.319 --> 00:22:48.019
 speak

00:22:48.019 --> 00:22:49.120
 God's

00:22:49.120 --> 00:22:49.559
 words.

00:22:50.500 --> 00:22:51.140
 But in

00:22:51.140 --> 00:22:51.780
 Jesus' mind,

00:22:51.860 --> 00:22:52.880
 the primary

00:22:52.880 --> 00:22:54.180
 work of

00:22:54.180 --> 00:22:54.660
 the Father

00:22:54.660 --> 00:22:57.200
 was speaking

00:22:57.200 --> 00:22:58.340
 his word.

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 Now,

00:23:00.580 --> 00:23:00.860
 keep that

00:23:00.860 --> 00:23:01.240
 in mind

00:23:01.240 --> 00:23:02.200
 as we

00:23:02.200 --> 00:23:02.540
 read

00:23:02.540 --> 00:23:03.420
 verse 12.

00:23:03.580 --> 00:23:03.840
 This is

00:23:03.840 --> 00:23:04.020
 quite

00:23:04.020 --> 00:23:04.400
 something.

00:23:05.860 --> 00:23:06.480
 Verse 12,

00:23:06.600 --> 00:23:07.460
 very truly

00:23:07.460 --> 00:23:08.000
 I tell

00:23:08.000 --> 00:23:08.340
 you,

00:23:09.700 --> 00:23:10.080
 whoever

00:23:10.080 --> 00:23:10.780
 believes

00:23:10.780 --> 00:23:11.460
 in me

00:23:11.460 --> 00:23:12.620
 will do

00:23:12.620 --> 00:23:13.240
 the works

00:23:13.240 --> 00:23:14.000
 I have

00:23:14.000 --> 00:23:14.560
 been doing,

00:23:15.040 --> 00:23:16.180
 and they

00:23:16.180 --> 00:23:16.440
 will do

00:23:16.440 --> 00:23:17.160
 even greater

00:23:17.160 --> 00:23:17.759
 things than

00:23:17.759 --> 00:23:18.120
 these,

00:23:18.500 --> 00:23:19.520
 because I

00:23:19.520 --> 00:23:20.120
 am going

00:23:20.119 --> 00:23:21.239
 to the

00:23:21.239 --> 00:23:21.579
 Father.

00:23:22.979 --> 00:23:23.659
 So you

00:23:23.659 --> 00:23:23.879
 and I

00:23:23.879 --> 00:23:24.819
 are called

00:23:24.819 --> 00:23:25.139
 to do

00:23:25.139 --> 00:23:26.039
 the same

00:23:26.039 --> 00:23:26.959
 works

00:23:26.959 --> 00:23:28.359
 that Jesus

00:23:28.359 --> 00:23:28.939
 did,

00:23:29.019 --> 00:23:29.619
 the works

00:23:29.619 --> 00:23:30.000
 of the

00:23:30.000 --> 00:23:30.419
 Father,

00:23:31.939 --> 00:23:33.579
 speaking

00:23:33.579 --> 00:23:34.839
 his

00:23:34.839 --> 00:23:35.819
 word.

00:23:37.039 --> 00:23:37.719
 What a

00:23:37.719 --> 00:23:38.419
 comfort this

00:23:38.419 --> 00:23:39.819
 is in

00:23:39.819 --> 00:23:40.539
 our trouble.

00:23:40.919 --> 00:23:41.699
 That gives

00:23:41.699 --> 00:23:42.219
 us a

00:23:42.219 --> 00:23:43.339
 surpassing

00:23:43.339 --> 00:23:44.219
 purpose.

00:23:45.500 --> 00:23:46.419
 We are

00:23:46.419 --> 00:23:47.239
 ambassadors

00:23:47.240 --> 00:23:48.700
 of the

00:23:48.700 --> 00:23:49.079
 Father.

00:23:49.380 --> 00:23:49.680
 In our

00:23:49.680 --> 00:23:50.339
 workplaces,

00:23:51.000 --> 00:23:51.539
 schools,

00:23:52.180 --> 00:23:52.440
 housing

00:23:52.440 --> 00:23:53.039
 estates,

00:23:53.539 --> 00:23:54.000
 clubs,

00:23:54.859 --> 00:23:55.339
 in our

00:23:55.339 --> 00:23:55.900
 families,

00:23:56.940 --> 00:23:58.579
 we are

00:23:58.579 --> 00:23:58.740
 the

00:23:58.740 --> 00:23:59.220
 Father's

00:23:59.220 --> 00:24:01.359
 mouthpiece

00:24:01.359 --> 00:24:01.759
 and

00:24:01.759 --> 00:24:02.200
 masterpiece

00:24:02.200 --> 00:24:02.480
 too.

00:24:03.160 --> 00:24:03.980
 We speak

00:24:03.980 --> 00:24:04.579
 the true

00:24:04.579 --> 00:24:05.339
 words about

00:24:05.339 --> 00:24:06.299
 Jesus to

00:24:06.299 --> 00:24:06.720
 others,

00:24:06.720 --> 00:24:08.120
 so they

00:24:08.120 --> 00:24:08.779
 also can

00:24:08.779 --> 00:24:10.240
 hear and

00:24:10.240 --> 00:24:12.000
 believe and

00:24:12.000 --> 00:24:12.859
 be reconciled

00:24:12.859 --> 00:24:13.200
 to the

00:24:13.200 --> 00:24:13.579
 Father

00:24:13.579 --> 00:24:14.420
 forever.

00:24:14.420 --> 00:24:17.340
 and just

00:24:17.340 --> 00:24:17.740
 think about

00:24:17.740 --> 00:24:18.140
 this.

00:24:19.720 --> 00:24:20.300
 Isn't it

00:24:20.300 --> 00:24:21.440
 often through

00:24:21.440 --> 00:24:23.060
 our times

00:24:23.060 --> 00:24:23.940
 of suffering

00:24:23.940 --> 00:24:24.680
 and pain

00:24:24.680 --> 00:24:26.740
 that the

00:24:26.740 --> 00:24:27.060
 best

00:24:27.060 --> 00:24:27.680
 opportunities

00:24:27.680 --> 00:24:28.400
 arise to

00:24:28.400 --> 00:24:28.740
 speak of

00:24:28.740 --> 00:24:28.980
 Christ?

00:24:30.860 --> 00:24:31.140
 You know,

00:24:31.140 --> 00:24:31.560
 as people

00:24:31.560 --> 00:24:32.720
 see us walk

00:24:32.720 --> 00:24:33.340
 through real

00:24:33.340 --> 00:24:33.900
 struggles,

00:24:35.779 --> 00:24:36.279
 they are

00:24:36.279 --> 00:24:36.820
 much more

00:24:36.820 --> 00:24:37.640
 likely to

00:24:37.640 --> 00:24:38.240
 take notice

00:24:38.240 --> 00:24:38.940
 of what

00:24:38.940 --> 00:24:39.380
 makes us

00:24:39.380 --> 00:24:39.640
 tick.

00:24:41.000 --> 00:24:42.680
 They can

00:24:42.680 --> 00:24:43.140
 see a

00:24:43.140 --> 00:24:43.539
 peace

00:24:43.539 --> 00:24:44.940
 beyond

00:24:44.940 --> 00:24:45.799
 our

00:24:45.799 --> 00:24:46.559
 circumstances.

00:24:48.559 --> 00:24:49.319
 They can

00:24:49.319 --> 00:24:49.639
 see a

00:24:49.639 --> 00:24:50.659
 hope beyond

00:24:50.659 --> 00:24:51.240
 the current

00:24:51.240 --> 00:24:51.639
 pain.

00:24:53.460 --> 00:24:53.740
 They can

00:24:53.740 --> 00:24:54.480
 see a

00:24:54.480 --> 00:24:55.059
 faith that's

00:24:55.059 --> 00:24:55.420
 steady

00:24:55.420 --> 00:24:56.420
 through

00:24:56.420 --> 00:24:57.299
 hard times.

00:24:57.399 --> 00:24:57.740
 People

00:24:57.740 --> 00:24:59.139
 begin to

00:24:59.139 --> 00:24:59.539
 ask,

00:25:00.159 --> 00:25:00.559
 how is

00:25:00.559 --> 00:25:01.039
 this so?

00:25:02.539 --> 00:25:03.019
 Why are

00:25:03.019 --> 00:25:03.399
 you like

00:25:03.399 --> 00:25:03.920
 this,

00:25:04.859 --> 00:25:05.500
 given your

00:25:05.500 --> 00:25:06.240
 circumstances?

00:25:08.579 --> 00:25:09.319
 And the

00:25:09.319 --> 00:25:09.680
 door is

00:25:09.680 --> 00:25:10.559
 opened to

00:25:10.559 --> 00:25:11.019
 speak about

00:25:11.019 --> 00:25:11.299
 Jesus.

00:25:12.139 --> 00:25:12.519
 One

00:25:12.519 --> 00:25:13.059
 example of

00:25:13.059 --> 00:25:13.839
 this is a

00:25:13.839 --> 00:25:14.359
 lady named

00:25:14.359 --> 00:25:14.839
 Johnny

00:25:14.839 --> 00:25:15.299
 Erickson

00:25:15.299 --> 00:25:15.679
 Tata.

00:25:16.279 --> 00:25:16.859
 Some of

00:25:16.859 --> 00:25:17.079
 you may

00:25:17.079 --> 00:25:17.399
 know her

00:25:17.399 --> 00:25:17.619
 story.

00:25:17.700 --> 00:25:17.980
 She was

00:25:17.980 --> 00:25:19.759
 paralyzed in

00:25:19.759 --> 00:25:20.440
 all four

00:25:20.440 --> 00:25:21.480
 limbs in

00:25:21.480 --> 00:25:22.419
 a tragic

00:25:22.419 --> 00:25:23.519
 diving accident

00:25:23.519 --> 00:25:24.200
 when she

00:25:24.200 --> 00:25:24.859
 was 17

00:25:24.859 --> 00:25:25.799
 years old.

00:25:26.500 --> 00:25:27.179
 For the

00:25:27.179 --> 00:25:27.960
 last 50

00:25:27.960 --> 00:25:28.379
 years, she

00:25:28.379 --> 00:25:29.279
 has struggled

00:25:29.279 --> 00:25:30.359
 with chronic

00:25:30.359 --> 00:25:30.720
 pain,

00:25:31.019 --> 00:25:31.419
 depression,

00:25:32.799 --> 00:25:33.379
 grief, and

00:25:33.379 --> 00:25:34.220
 questions about

00:25:34.220 --> 00:25:35.159
 why God

00:25:35.159 --> 00:25:36.000
 allowed this

00:25:36.000 --> 00:25:36.759
 to happen

00:25:36.759 --> 00:25:37.200
 in her

00:25:37.200 --> 00:25:37.579
 life.

00:25:37.579 --> 00:25:40.699
 and as

00:25:40.699 --> 00:25:41.159
 more and

00:25:41.159 --> 00:25:41.559
 more people

00:25:41.559 --> 00:25:42.059
 began to

00:25:42.059 --> 00:25:42.819
 hear of

00:25:42.819 --> 00:25:43.559
 her story,

00:25:44.639 --> 00:25:45.119
 she had

00:25:45.119 --> 00:25:45.559
 more and

00:25:45.559 --> 00:25:45.740
 more

00:25:45.740 --> 00:25:46.419
 opportunities

00:25:46.419 --> 00:25:46.939
 to speak

00:25:46.939 --> 00:25:47.480
 of Christ,

00:25:48.599 --> 00:25:49.899
 especially

00:25:49.899 --> 00:25:50.359
 to those

00:25:50.359 --> 00:25:50.619
 who are

00:25:50.619 --> 00:25:51.159
 also going

00:25:51.159 --> 00:25:51.539
 through

00:25:51.539 --> 00:25:52.539
 intense

00:25:52.539 --> 00:25:53.419
 suffering

00:25:53.419 --> 00:25:54.399
 and pain

00:25:54.399 --> 00:25:56.119
 or coping

00:25:56.119 --> 00:25:56.460
 with a

00:25:56.460 --> 00:25:57.039
 disability.

00:25:58.919 --> 00:25:59.059
 Now,

00:25:59.079 --> 00:25:59.240
 Johnny

00:25:59.240 --> 00:26:00.000
 doesn't

00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:01.159
 downplay

00:26:01.159 --> 00:26:01.939
 the reality

00:26:01.940 --> 00:26:03.420
 of pain,

00:26:04.420 --> 00:26:05.120
 of her

00:26:05.120 --> 00:26:05.519
 ongoing

00:26:05.519 --> 00:26:06.240
 disability,

00:26:07.740 --> 00:26:08.059
 but she

00:26:08.059 --> 00:26:08.580
 does speak

00:26:08.580 --> 00:26:08.920
 of how

00:26:08.920 --> 00:26:09.960
 Christ has

00:26:09.960 --> 00:26:10.420
 been enough

00:26:10.420 --> 00:26:10.759
 for her

00:26:10.759 --> 00:26:11.100
 all the

00:26:11.100 --> 00:26:11.539
 way through

00:26:11.539 --> 00:26:11.880
 it.

00:26:12.640 --> 00:26:13.140
 Countless

00:26:13.140 --> 00:26:13.820
 people have

00:26:13.820 --> 00:26:14.559
 come to

00:26:14.559 --> 00:26:15.120
 faith in

00:26:15.120 --> 00:26:15.580
 Christ

00:26:15.580 --> 00:26:17.019
 through

00:26:17.019 --> 00:26:17.700
 listening to

00:26:17.700 --> 00:26:18.360
 her story.

00:26:20.920 --> 00:26:21.840
 She was

00:26:21.840 --> 00:26:22.440
 someone who

00:26:22.440 --> 00:26:23.680
 very easily

00:26:23.680 --> 00:26:24.140
 could have

00:26:24.140 --> 00:26:24.779
 given way

00:26:24.779 --> 00:26:25.559
 to despair

00:26:25.559 --> 00:26:26.100
 and just

00:26:26.100 --> 00:26:27.299
 done

00:26:27.299 --> 00:26:28.539
 nothing,

00:26:28.900 --> 00:26:29.539
 but she

00:26:29.539 --> 00:26:30.460
 believed

00:26:30.460 --> 00:26:31.420
 the word

00:26:31.420 --> 00:26:32.060
 of Christ

00:26:32.060 --> 00:26:32.620
 to her,

00:26:34.840 --> 00:26:35.440
 that despite

00:26:35.440 --> 00:26:36.019
 her troubled

00:26:36.019 --> 00:26:36.480
 heart,

00:26:39.060 --> 00:26:39.680
 the Father

00:26:39.680 --> 00:26:40.660
 had given

00:26:40.660 --> 00:26:41.620
 her his

00:26:41.620 --> 00:26:42.279
 own works

00:26:42.279 --> 00:26:42.740
 to do,

00:26:43.240 --> 00:26:43.779
 even

00:26:43.779 --> 00:26:45.460
 there in

00:26:45.460 --> 00:26:46.300
 that place.

00:26:46.440 --> 00:26:46.920
 She found

00:26:46.920 --> 00:26:47.759
 immense

00:26:47.759 --> 00:26:50.060
 comfort in

00:26:50.060 --> 00:26:50.360
 the fact

00:26:50.360 --> 00:26:50.740
 that God

00:26:50.740 --> 00:26:51.019
 has given

00:26:51.019 --> 00:26:51.860
 her purpose

00:26:51.860 --> 00:26:52.980
 in her

00:26:52.980 --> 00:26:53.360
 struggle.

00:26:54.680 --> 00:26:54.940
 And for

00:26:54.940 --> 00:26:55.279
 you and

00:26:55.279 --> 00:26:55.800
 I today,

00:26:55.980 --> 00:26:56.759
 Jesus says,

00:26:57.279 --> 00:26:58.800
 don't let

00:26:58.800 --> 00:26:59.220
 your hearts

00:26:59.220 --> 00:26:59.820
 be troubled,

00:27:00.759 --> 00:27:01.360
 I've got

00:27:01.359 --> 00:27:02.019
 to work

00:27:02.019 --> 00:27:02.839
 for you

00:27:02.839 --> 00:27:04.500
 right here,

00:27:05.059 --> 00:27:06.259
 the Father's

00:27:06.259 --> 00:27:07.259
 work.

00:27:10.000 --> 00:27:10.859
 The Father

00:27:10.859 --> 00:27:11.659
 is sending

00:27:11.659 --> 00:27:12.859
 you to

00:27:12.859 --> 00:27:13.299
 the people

00:27:13.299 --> 00:27:13.859
 around you

00:27:13.859 --> 00:27:14.479
 who are also

00:27:14.479 --> 00:27:15.559
 suffering and

00:27:15.559 --> 00:27:15.959
 struggling.

00:27:16.779 --> 00:27:17.500
 What an amazing

00:27:17.500 --> 00:27:18.399
 comfort that is.

00:27:18.740 --> 00:27:19.279
 It doesn't

00:27:19.279 --> 00:27:19.979
 erase the

00:27:19.979 --> 00:27:20.279
 pain,

00:27:21.339 --> 00:27:21.699
 it doesn't

00:27:21.699 --> 00:27:22.639
 fix all

00:27:22.639 --> 00:27:23.339
 our problems,

00:27:23.339 --> 00:27:25.819
 it doesn't

00:27:25.819 --> 00:27:26.519
 just magic

00:27:26.519 --> 00:27:27.240
 our troubles

00:27:27.240 --> 00:27:27.839
 away,

00:27:28.559 --> 00:27:29.680
 but it's

00:27:29.680 --> 00:27:30.240
 a real

00:27:30.240 --> 00:27:30.839
 comfort as

00:27:30.839 --> 00:27:31.240
 we walk

00:27:31.240 --> 00:27:31.720
 through it.

00:27:32.819 --> 00:27:33.559
 We have

00:27:33.559 --> 00:27:34.240
 a purpose

00:27:34.240 --> 00:27:35.460
 right here

00:27:35.460 --> 00:27:37.079
 as an

00:27:37.079 --> 00:27:37.579
 ambassador

00:27:37.579 --> 00:27:38.140
 of the

00:27:38.140 --> 00:27:38.460
 Father,

00:27:38.620 --> 00:27:39.799
 and Jesus

00:27:39.799 --> 00:27:40.660
 empowers us

00:27:40.660 --> 00:27:41.220
 for this

00:27:41.220 --> 00:27:41.559
 task.

00:27:41.640 --> 00:27:41.920
 Just look

00:27:41.920 --> 00:27:42.099
 what he

00:27:42.099 --> 00:27:42.680
 says next,

00:27:42.819 --> 00:27:43.420
 verse 13.

00:27:43.420 --> 00:27:46.039
 and I

00:27:46.039 --> 00:27:46.340
 will do

00:27:46.340 --> 00:27:46.960
 whatever you

00:27:46.960 --> 00:27:47.360
 ask in

00:27:47.360 --> 00:27:47.840
 my name

00:27:47.840 --> 00:27:49.060
 so that

00:27:49.060 --> 00:27:49.660
 the Father

00:27:49.660 --> 00:27:50.600
 may be

00:27:50.600 --> 00:27:51.400
 glorified in

00:27:51.400 --> 00:27:51.779
 the Son.

00:27:52.019 --> 00:27:52.279
 You may

00:27:52.279 --> 00:27:52.800
 ask me for

00:27:52.800 --> 00:27:54.019
 anything in

00:27:54.019 --> 00:27:54.620
 my name

00:27:54.620 --> 00:27:55.980
 and I

00:27:55.980 --> 00:27:56.360
 will do

00:27:56.360 --> 00:27:56.620
 it.

00:27:59.279 --> 00:27:59.940
 Now we do

00:27:59.940 --> 00:28:00.220
 need to be

00:28:00.220 --> 00:28:00.680
 careful here.

00:28:01.880 --> 00:28:02.420
 We could

00:28:02.420 --> 00:28:02.800
 really run

00:28:02.800 --> 00:28:03.100
 with those

00:28:03.100 --> 00:28:03.940
 words and

00:28:03.940 --> 00:28:04.200
 do a lot

00:28:04.200 --> 00:28:04.460
 of damage

00:28:04.460 --> 00:28:04.800
 with that.

00:28:07.000 --> 00:28:07.779
 What is it

00:28:07.779 --> 00:28:09.039
 exactly that

00:28:09.039 --> 00:28:09.480
 we are to

00:28:09.480 --> 00:28:10.160
 ask Jesus

00:28:10.160 --> 00:28:10.960
 for and

00:28:10.960 --> 00:28:11.180
 that he

00:28:11.180 --> 00:28:11.480
 will give

00:28:11.480 --> 00:28:11.799
 us?

00:28:13.799 --> 00:28:14.339
 Well,

00:28:14.799 --> 00:28:15.740
 Jesus said,

00:28:16.400 --> 00:28:17.079
 it's whatever

00:28:17.079 --> 00:28:18.079
 we ask

00:28:18.079 --> 00:28:19.400
 in Jesus'

00:28:19.640 --> 00:28:19.900
 name.

00:28:21.259 --> 00:28:21.740
 Here's what

00:28:21.740 --> 00:28:22.140
 one author

00:28:22.140 --> 00:28:22.500
 said.

00:28:23.259 --> 00:28:23.839
 A request

00:28:23.839 --> 00:28:25.120
 in the name

00:28:25.120 --> 00:28:25.759
 of Jesus

00:28:25.759 --> 00:28:27.539
 is a

00:28:27.539 --> 00:28:28.099
 request

00:28:28.099 --> 00:28:28.839
 in keeping

00:28:28.839 --> 00:28:29.319
 with the

00:28:29.319 --> 00:28:29.860
 character

00:28:29.860 --> 00:28:31.180
 and mission

00:28:31.180 --> 00:28:32.200
 of Jesus.

00:28:33.120 --> 00:28:33.740
 I'll say

00:28:33.740 --> 00:28:33.980
 that once

00:28:33.980 --> 00:28:34.140
 more.

00:28:34.200 --> 00:28:34.700
 A request

00:28:34.700 --> 00:28:35.099
 in the name

00:28:35.099 --> 00:28:35.640
 of Jesus

00:28:35.640 --> 00:28:36.559
 is a

00:28:36.559 --> 00:28:36.980
 request

00:28:36.980 --> 00:28:37.720
 in keeping

00:28:37.720 --> 00:28:38.200
 with the

00:28:38.200 --> 00:28:38.640
 character

00:28:38.640 --> 00:28:40.319
 and mission

00:28:40.319 --> 00:28:42.059
 of Jesus.

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 So we

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 don't ask

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 for something

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 that Jesus

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 wouldn't want,

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 clearly,

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 and expect

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 him to give

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 that to us.

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 No.

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 But he

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 wants us

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 to ask

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 him for

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 things that

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 align with

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 his will.

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 What is

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 his will?

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 Well,

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 actually,

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 Jesus said

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 that in

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 verse 14,

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 13.

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 It's that

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 the Father's

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 name will

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 be glorified

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 more

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 and more.

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 So,

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 do we

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 ask in

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 our

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 struggles

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 for

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 opportunities

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 to share

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 Jesus?

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 That's a

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 good question.

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 Do we

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 persist

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 in praying

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 for friends,

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 family,

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 co-workers

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 to have

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 open hearts

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 to listen

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 to the

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 word of

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 Christ?

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 Jesus

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 loves

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 to answer

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 such

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 prayers.

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 He loves

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 to show

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 his mighty

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 power

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 in us.

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 Ask

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 in his

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 name

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 and watch

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 him work.

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 Just

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 try him.

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 We all

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 have our

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 own unique

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 set of

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 troubles.

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 Jesus,

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 you'll be

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 glad to

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 know,

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 does not

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 downplay

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 them.

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 He does

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 not brush

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 them under

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 the carpet

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 or give

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 us a

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 pat

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 answer.

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 He says,

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 don't let

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 your hearts

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 be troubled.

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 Believe

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 in me.

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 And he

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 gives us

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 real

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 reasons

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 for comfort.

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 Number

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 one,

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 we have

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 a home

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 with the

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 Father to

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 look forward

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 to in

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 heaven.

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 number

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 two,

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 right now,

00:30:36.259 --> 00:30:36.740
 right here,

00:30:36.839 --> 00:30:37.159
 we will

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 see and

00:30:38.279 --> 00:30:38.779
 know the

00:30:38.779 --> 00:30:40.039
 Father in

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 Jesus.

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 And

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 lastly,

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 we'll

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 even do

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 the

00:30:44.220 --> 00:30:44.599
 Father's

00:30:44.599 --> 00:30:44.960
 works.

00:30:46.539 --> 00:30:47.159
 In the

00:30:47.159 --> 00:30:47.579
 meantime,

00:30:48.500 --> 00:30:49.439
 in our

00:30:49.439 --> 00:30:50.779
 struggle and

00:30:50.779 --> 00:30:51.099
 pain,

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 what an

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 amazing

00:30:54.220 --> 00:30:54.779
 comfort

00:30:54.779 --> 00:30:55.319
 Jesus

00:30:55.319 --> 00:30:56.460
 brings to

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 us today.

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 and it's

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 all

00:31:00.959 --> 00:31:01.839
 through

00:31:01.839 --> 00:31:02.859
 him.

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 Jesus

00:31:04.779 --> 00:31:05.419
 has brought

00:31:05.419 --> 00:31:06.079
 us into

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 this position

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 as sons

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 and

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 daughters

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 of this

00:31:10.779 --> 00:31:11.379
 Father.

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 Let's

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 take comfort

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 today

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 in who we

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 are as

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 sons and

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 daughters

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 of him.

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 Let's

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 pray.

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谢谢大家