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 2. Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness, and let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing, and so on.

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 Now, when you read the introduction to this letter, we see that James is writing to those who are in the dispersion. They are scattered all over the place, and sometimes in life we feel like that ourselves.

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 We feel that we are far from heaven, and sometimes we feel that we are far from God, and the life that we live and the world in which we live sometimes has that effect upon us.

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 We read through the letter, and we see the way in which James understands that. He understands the kind of world his readers are living in.

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 He understands the way in which the world is a temptation to them. He understands the different groups of people in the world.

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 There are those who are rich. There are those who are poor. There are those who are showing their faith. There are those who are not showing their faith.

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 And there is the overall theme of the importance of them living in dependence upon God.

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 And right at the very beginning here, we see the way in which James wants to encourage the people with regard to their faith.

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 And looking at these two verses this evening, we want to think of trusting in our trials and spiritual maturity.

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 Well, first of all, see that there is a prompt in these verses.

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 And sometimes we need a prompt.

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 We need somebody to poke us, to waken us up to what we should be doing.

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 And we rely on good friends to do that for us from time to time.

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 But God is the expert at doing that at the right time.

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 And here, James is prompting those who are going to hear this letter to think of certain things.

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 And he wants them to think especially about the way in which they are going to look at what they are going through in life.

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 And he wants them to count it all joy when you meet various trials.

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 He wants them to go through a kind of thought process.

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 He wants them to think things through.

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 And he wants them to think things through in such a way that they will come at last to find joy.

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 And it's wonderful the way in which he wants them to count it all joy.

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 He wants them to see all of life as a time and experience of joy.

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 And that kind of prompt is really staggering.

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 We think of our own lives and we think of how much time we spend rejoicing

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 and how much time we spend sorrowing.

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 But James wants his hearers, his readers, to be joyous all of the time.

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 And when we think of joy, we want to ask ourselves, what is joy?

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 Is it an emotion?

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 Is it a choice?

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 Is it a feeling?

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 What do you think of when you think of joy?

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 When the Bible thinks of joy, it thinks of joy in God.

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 And it is experiencing God in a particular way.

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 And in order for us to have that kind of joy in God,

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 we have to do the things that lead us to joy.

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 There is an activity.

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 And that activity creates joy in our hearts.

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 And then we have joy in God.

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 And in general terms, when we read the New Testament,

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 we see that joy especially arises out of the resurrection of Jesus.

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 He told the disciples in John 16 that he would see them again

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 and their hearts would rejoice.

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 And your joy no one will take from you.

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 There is a joy that has its source in the resurrection of Jesus.

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 And that joy should filter through the whole of our lives

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 so it becomes part of who we are every day.

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 Perhaps all of us tonight need the kind of prompt

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 that points us to remember that we should be joyful.

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 And we may look at ourselves in the mirror.

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 We may reflect on our own lives.

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 We may look at the lives of others.

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 And we may ask or think, where is the joy?

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 But we do remind ourselves that the joy that we have in the Bible,

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 it's not going around with a smile on your face all of the time.

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 It is something that's deep-seated.

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 It's something that takes place in our hearts.

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 But the prompt is even more staggering

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 when we see the arena in which they are to remain joyful.

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 Count it all joy when you meet trials of various kinds.

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 He's giving us a picture as if we're walking along the road,

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 walking along the street in life,

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 and we encounter somebody.

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 We encounter something.

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 And as we journey on in the life of faith,

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 we will from time to time encounter,

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 not oppression, but we will encounter trials.

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 And in the book of the letter of James,

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 we see that the same word translated trials

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 is used in two ways.

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 We see as we journey on later on,

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 he speaks of being tempted and not being tempted.

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 God does not tempt us with evil in version number 12, number 13.

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 There is a temptation that is to prove the genuineness of something,

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 and there is the temptation to entice us to sin.

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 There is the temptation to bring something to shine forth,

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 and there is a temptation that seeks to destroy.

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 But here we have God working.

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 Here we have God encountering us in life with various trials,

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 the things that cut across our paths.

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 We are familiar with these kinds of things.

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 They come in various shapes and sizes.

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 They come with physical things.

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 They come with providential things.

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 They come with things that happen in our hearts.

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 They are testings.

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 They are trials.

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 We see that God tested Abraham,

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 asked him to go and sacrifice his son.

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 We see at the end of it that God says to him,

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 now I know that you fear God

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 because you did not withhold your son from me.

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 There is the need for us to know joy

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 and to have joy and to have joy in the midst of our trials.

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 And we know that if we're going to do that,

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 there is a lot of thinking

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 because, naturally speaking,

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 our response to trials is not to have joy.

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 It's not to have gladness to sing the song.

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 The natural response is not only to reject and to complain,

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 but sometimes even to question the very goodness of God.

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 The God who is in the trial.

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 The God who is the object of our faith.

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 So often we crumble at the least trial in life

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 and faith seems to disappear

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 because we're not thinking it through.

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 And perhaps tonight that's where we are at.

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 This has happened.

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 This has come into your life.

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 And because this has happened,

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 your whole experience has changed.

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 And by the very thing that you're going through,

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 you're rebelling against it.

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 You're rejecting it.

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 And you're even questioning the very grace of God.

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 And if that is the case,

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 how much tonight you need the prompt from God,

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 his hand upon your shoulder,

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 his alert to you,

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 his waking you up

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 so that your response to your trial

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 will be one of faith

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 and not one of fear or of rejection.

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 The prompt to have joy all of the time.

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 That's what we long for.

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 And the Bible is suggesting to us this evening

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 that that's what we should have.

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 Following on from that,

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 we want to see that there is

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 a particular perception here.

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 How on earth am I going to rejoice

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 in all of my trials?

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 Only from the right perspective.

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 And James says to them in version number three,

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 for you know,

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 you're going to do this

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 based on what you know.

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 And based on what you know,

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 not of your trial,

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 not of life in general,

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 but based on what you know

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 of the God who is your savior,

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 based on what you know

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 from the word of God,

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 which he has breathed out for us

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 to equip us to live for him.

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 It is a perspective

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 that's based on the knowledge of God.

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 And in the very relationship with God,

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 the promise that he gave to Jeremiah

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 through Jeremiah in chapter 31,

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 that when he makes this new covenant

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 with his people,

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 all shall know me.

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 It's a fact of a Christian experience

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 that we know God.

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 If we don't know God,

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 we are not the children of God.

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 But because we are the children of God,

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 we do know God.

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 And it is that knowledge of God

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 that gives us the perspective

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 with which we're going to look down

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 upon the whole of life

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 and look down especially

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 upon our trials.

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 And what does that knowledge

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 of God tell us

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 that enables us to have joy?

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 It is that the testing of your faith

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 produces steadfastness.

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 The testing,

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 the trial,

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 what they're going through.

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 And interestingly,

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 once more to do with the words

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 that James is using,

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 he is using a different word

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 here in verse 3

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 to what he has used in verse 2

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 with regard to trials and testing.

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 The testing here

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 is a process through which

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 the genuineness of something

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 is confirmed.

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 And James is saying to them,

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 this is what you know,

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 that the trial of your faith

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 is actually for your good.

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 it's confirming

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 who you are

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 and it's enabling your faith

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 to shine forth

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 in such a way

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 that it did not before

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 and that it could not

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 up until now.

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 And God appoints the encounter,

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 he appoints the meeting with us

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 along life's way

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 for that very purpose.

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 It produces steadfastness.

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 There's an energy

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 that comes from God

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 that works in the midst

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 of our very testing

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 and that energy

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 is something

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 that produces something

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 in ourselves.

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 And what it produces

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 in ourselves

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 is

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 steadfastness.

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 It's that sense

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 of

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 being constant

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 and being firm

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 and being established.

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 The picture

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 that the word gives us

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 is remaining

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 under

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 bearing circumstances.

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 No matter

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 what the circumstances are,

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 it's

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 continuing

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 under them.

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 And is that not

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 what

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 our trials

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 so often feel like?

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 They feel so much

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 like a weight.

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 And if

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 we don't have

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 the right perspective,

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 the weight is crushing.

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 and it can crush us

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 right down

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 into the ground.

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 It can break us

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 emotionally.

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 It can leave us

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 a crying wreck

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 because of

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 the huge burden

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 of the very

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 testing process

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 through which

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 God is taking us.

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 But despite that,

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 and regardless of that,

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 it does

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 produce

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 the effect

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 of

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 steadfastness.

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 And that's why

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 Job was saying

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 in Job chapter 23,

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 when he has

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 tried me,

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 I will

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 come forth

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 like gold.

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 And the very

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 experience

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 that we think

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 will cause

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 our faith

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 to fail

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 is the very

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 experience

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 through which

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 your faith

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 is refined,

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 through which

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 its impurities

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 are taken away

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 and through which

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 it becomes

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 really strong.

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 Douglas Moon

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 says,

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 like a muscle

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 that becomes strong

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 when it faces

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 resistance.

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 So Christians

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 learn to remain

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 faithful to God

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 over the long

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 haul

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 only when they

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 face difficulty.

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 How have we

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 survived

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 until now

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 in our faith?

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 only because

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 through our

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 difficulties

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 God has

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 strengthened our

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 faith.

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 And had he not

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 done that,

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 we would have

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 failed long ago.

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 We would be like

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 the seed that

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 fell upon the

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 rock in the

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 parable.

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 And when the

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 testing came

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 when the sun

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 rose,

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 the scorching

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 heat,

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 faith vanished

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 that they

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 fell away.

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 The perspective,

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 the wonderful

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 thought,

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 that whatever

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 is happening

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 to you tonight

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 and whatever

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 happened to you

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 yesterday

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 and whatever

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 happens to you

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 tomorrow,

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 God is working

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 for your good

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 to produce

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 your faith,

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 to stretch

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 that muscle

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 of faith.

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 and I'm

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 sure we

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 will all

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 agree that

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 it's a

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 muscle that

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 needs stretching,

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 so weak,

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 sometimes so

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 feeble,

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 that it's

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 hard working

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 and we

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 need the

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 exercise that

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 comes through

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 the testing

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 through which

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 God strengthens

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 and enables

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 and causes

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 us to

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 persevere

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 and to

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 persevere

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 because the

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 knowledge that

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 we have

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 is increased

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 in that

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 process

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 and that

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 increase of

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 knowledge

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 in the time

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 of testing

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 ensures

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 that we do

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 not separate

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 from God

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 but guarantees

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 that we are

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 bound

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 closer together

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 with him

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 than ever

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 before.

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 And then we

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 have joy,

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 then we

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 easily

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 counted all

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 joy

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 because of

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 the knowledge,

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 because of

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 the perspective

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 of God

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 as he looks

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 down

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 upon the

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 furnace

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 watching over

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 your trials

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 and mine

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 and ensuring

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 that the

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 temperature

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 doesn't go

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 beyond what

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 they're able

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 to bear

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 and ensuring

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 that the

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 temperature

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 is such

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 that it

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 will produce

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 the refining

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 to perfection.

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 And so

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 like Job

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 when he

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 has tried

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 you,

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 you will

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 come forth

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 like gold.

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 And thirdly,

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 we want to

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 think of

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 participation.

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 In version

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 number four,

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 and let

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 steadfastness

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 have its

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 full effect.

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 Why is he

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 saying that?

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 He is

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 saying that

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 because they're

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 not letting

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 steadfastness

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 have its

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 full effect.

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 He is

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 saying that

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 because there

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 is resistance

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 in them.

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 There is a

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 lack of

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 submission.

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 And that

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 lack of

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 submission

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 means that

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 they have

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 no joy

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 and that

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 no matter

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 how great

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 the pain,

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 they have

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 lost their

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 joy and

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 they're overcome

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 by sorrow

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 and they're

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 never going

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 to recover.

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 other.

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 And it's

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 thought-provoking

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 for us all

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 tonight that

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 the joy that

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 we crave,

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 it is absent

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 because of

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 what we're

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 not doing

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 as well as

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 what we are

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 doing.

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 and if

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 we're

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 growing as

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 the children

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 of God

00:17:50.659 --> 00:17:51.599
 who have

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 this

00:17:51.799 --> 00:17:52.099
 knowledge

00:17:52.099 --> 00:17:52.579
 of God

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 then we

00:17:54.019 --> 00:17:54.839
 should be

00:17:54.839 --> 00:17:56.799
 developing

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 and growing

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 and we

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 should have

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 this real

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 sense

00:18:00.000 --> 00:18:01.859
 of the

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 joy,

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 the deep

00:18:03.039 --> 00:18:03.319
 seated

00:18:03.319 --> 00:18:04.039
 sense of

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 trusting

00:18:05.220 --> 00:18:05.639
 in the

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 grace of

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 God

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 and that

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 producing

00:18:07.720 --> 00:18:08.759
 its fruit.

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 And we

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 may well

00:18:11.700 --> 00:18:12.339
 ask ourselves

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 and I

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 may well

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 ask myself

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 not only

00:18:15.400 --> 00:18:16.040
 tonight but

00:18:16.040 --> 00:18:17.060
 every step

00:18:17.060 --> 00:18:17.440
 of my

00:18:17.440 --> 00:18:18.080
 journey of

00:18:18.080 --> 00:18:18.380
 faith

00:18:18.380 --> 00:18:19.880
 am I

00:18:19.880 --> 00:18:20.500
 standing

00:18:20.500 --> 00:18:21.460
 in the

00:18:21.460 --> 00:18:21.840
 way of

00:18:21.840 --> 00:18:22.140
 God?

00:18:23.120 --> 00:18:23.800
 Am I

00:18:23.800 --> 00:18:24.480
 resisting

00:18:24.480 --> 00:18:25.000
 what God

00:18:25.000 --> 00:18:25.500
 is doing?

00:18:26.280 --> 00:18:26.900
 Am I

00:18:26.900 --> 00:18:27.400
 rejecting

00:18:27.400 --> 00:18:27.940
 what God

00:18:27.940 --> 00:18:28.500
 is giving

00:18:28.500 --> 00:18:29.040
 to me

00:18:29.040 --> 00:18:29.860
 for my

00:18:29.860 --> 00:18:30.200
 good?

00:18:31.920 --> 00:18:32.160
 And

00:18:32.160 --> 00:18:32.540
 therefore

00:18:32.540 --> 00:18:33.200
 am I

00:18:33.200 --> 00:18:33.380
 going

00:18:33.380 --> 00:18:33.640
 through

00:18:33.640 --> 00:18:33.880
 my

00:18:33.880 --> 00:18:34.259
 life

00:18:34.259 --> 00:18:34.440
 of

00:18:34.440 --> 00:18:34.780
 faith

00:18:34.780 --> 00:18:35.920
 with

00:18:35.920 --> 00:18:36.060
 the

00:18:36.060 --> 00:18:36.380
 absence

00:18:36.380 --> 00:18:36.660
 of

00:18:36.660 --> 00:18:36.840
 the

00:18:36.840 --> 00:18:37.120
 thing

00:18:37.120 --> 00:18:37.300
 I

00:18:37.300 --> 00:18:38.040
 crave

00:18:38.040 --> 00:18:38.259
 to

00:18:38.259 --> 00:18:38.440
 have

00:18:38.440 --> 00:18:39.420
 the

00:18:39.420 --> 00:18:39.860
 joy

00:18:39.860 --> 00:18:40.060
 of

00:18:40.060 --> 00:18:40.220
 the

00:18:40.220 --> 00:18:40.500
 Lord

00:18:40.500 --> 00:18:40.820
 which

00:18:40.820 --> 00:18:40.980
 is

00:18:40.980 --> 00:18:41.180
 the

00:18:41.180 --> 00:18:41.460
 fruit

00:18:41.460 --> 00:18:41.620
 of

00:18:41.620 --> 00:18:41.759
 the

00:18:41.759 --> 00:18:42.040
 spirit

00:18:42.040 --> 00:18:42.460
 love

00:18:42.460 --> 00:18:42.660
 and

00:18:42.660 --> 00:18:42.980
 joy

00:18:42.980 --> 00:18:43.200
 and

00:18:43.200 --> 00:18:43.540
 peace.

00:18:44.259 --> 00:18:44.480
 I

00:18:44.480 --> 00:18:44.800
 long

00:18:44.800 --> 00:18:45.040
 for

00:18:45.040 --> 00:18:45.340
 that

00:18:45.339 --> 00:18:46.439
 and

00:18:46.439 --> 00:18:46.659
 yet

00:18:46.659 --> 00:18:47.139
 soften

00:18:47.139 --> 00:18:48.319
 their

00:18:48.319 --> 00:18:48.659
 opposite

00:18:48.659 --> 00:18:49.439
 and

00:18:49.439 --> 00:18:49.599
 here

00:18:49.599 --> 00:18:49.879
 James

00:18:49.879 --> 00:18:50.000
 is

00:18:50.000 --> 00:18:50.240
 saying

00:18:50.240 --> 00:18:52.119
 let

00:18:52.119 --> 00:18:53.259
 steadfastness

00:18:53.259 --> 00:18:53.959
 have

00:18:53.959 --> 00:18:54.319
 its

00:18:54.319 --> 00:18:55.939
 full

00:18:55.939 --> 00:18:56.359
 effect.

00:18:57.359 --> 00:18:57.980
 Take

00:18:57.980 --> 00:18:58.519
 possession

00:18:58.519 --> 00:18:58.980
 of this

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 whole

00:18:59.220 --> 00:18:59.599
 thing

00:18:59.599 --> 00:19:00.500
 instead

00:19:00.500 --> 00:19:00.659
 of

00:19:00.659 --> 00:19:01.019
 pushing

00:19:01.019 --> 00:19:01.199
 it

00:19:01.199 --> 00:19:01.599
 away

00:19:01.599 --> 00:19:03.279
 embrace

00:19:03.279 --> 00:19:03.579
 it in

00:19:03.579 --> 00:19:03.699
 your

00:19:03.699 --> 00:19:03.980
 heart

00:19:03.980 --> 00:19:04.139
 and

00:19:04.139 --> 00:19:04.599
 make

00:19:04.599 --> 00:19:04.740
 it

00:19:04.740 --> 00:19:04.919
 your

00:19:04.919 --> 00:19:05.299
 own

00:19:05.299 --> 00:19:06.740
 and

00:19:06.740 --> 00:19:07.019
 once

00:19:07.019 --> 00:19:07.339
 you

00:19:07.339 --> 00:19:07.519
 do

00:19:07.519 --> 00:19:07.879
 that

00:19:07.879 --> 00:19:09.399
 you

00:19:09.399 --> 00:19:09.639
 will

00:19:09.639 --> 00:19:10.059
 no

00:19:10.059 --> 00:19:10.399
 longer

00:19:10.399 --> 00:19:10.839
 hinder

00:19:10.839 --> 00:19:11.099
 the

00:19:11.099 --> 00:19:11.339
 work

00:19:11.339 --> 00:19:11.500
 of

00:19:11.500 --> 00:19:11.779
 God

00:19:11.779 --> 00:19:12.599
 but

00:19:12.599 --> 00:19:12.740
 you

00:19:12.740 --> 00:19:12.920
 will

00:19:12.920 --> 00:19:13.359
 allow

00:19:13.359 --> 00:19:13.680
 the

00:19:13.680 --> 00:19:15.259
 steadfastness

00:19:15.259 --> 00:19:15.420
 to

00:19:15.420 --> 00:19:15.700
 have

00:19:15.700 --> 00:19:16.039
 its

00:19:16.039 --> 00:19:18.019
 full

00:19:18.019 --> 00:19:18.480
 effect

00:19:18.480 --> 00:19:20.619
 to

00:19:20.619 --> 00:19:21.039
 reach

00:19:21.039 --> 00:19:21.700
 the

00:19:21.700 --> 00:19:22.859
 pinnacle

00:19:22.859 --> 00:19:25.799
 which is

00:19:25.799 --> 00:19:26.359
 God's

00:19:26.359 --> 00:19:26.960
 design

00:19:26.960 --> 00:19:28.220
 and all

00:19:28.220 --> 00:19:28.539
 that you

00:19:28.539 --> 00:19:28.740
 are

00:19:28.740 --> 00:19:29.420
 going

00:19:29.420 --> 00:19:29.720
 through

00:19:29.720 --> 00:19:31.299
 and

00:19:31.299 --> 00:19:32.519
 what

00:19:32.519 --> 00:19:32.860
 we

00:19:32.860 --> 00:19:33.579
 desire

00:19:33.579 --> 00:19:33.940
 most

00:19:33.940 --> 00:19:34.160
 of

00:19:34.160 --> 00:19:34.460
 all

00:19:34.460 --> 00:19:35.559
 and

00:19:35.559 --> 00:19:35.799
 what

00:19:35.799 --> 00:19:36.019
 we

00:19:36.019 --> 00:19:36.480
 cannot

00:19:36.480 --> 00:19:36.940
 reach

00:19:36.940 --> 00:19:37.220
 so

00:19:37.220 --> 00:19:37.519
 often

00:19:37.519 --> 00:19:37.920
 because

00:19:37.920 --> 00:19:38.079
 of

00:19:38.079 --> 00:19:38.240
 who

00:19:38.240 --> 00:19:38.420
 we

00:19:38.420 --> 00:19:38.680
 are

00:19:38.680 --> 00:19:39.500
 is

00:19:39.500 --> 00:19:40.519
 what

00:19:40.519 --> 00:19:40.839
 God

00:19:40.839 --> 00:19:41.079
 has

00:19:41.079 --> 00:19:41.700
 purposed

00:19:41.700 --> 00:19:42.059
 for

00:19:42.059 --> 00:19:42.380
 us

00:19:42.380 --> 00:19:44.000
 so

00:19:44.000 --> 00:19:44.200
 we

00:19:44.200 --> 00:19:44.440
 cannot

00:19:44.440 --> 00:19:44.700
 say

00:19:44.700 --> 00:19:45.000
 tonight

00:19:45.000 --> 00:19:45.200
 that

00:19:45.200 --> 00:19:45.319
 we

00:19:45.319 --> 00:19:45.559
 don't

00:19:45.559 --> 00:19:45.700
 have

00:19:45.700 --> 00:19:45.940
 joy

00:19:45.940 --> 00:19:46.380
 because

00:19:46.380 --> 00:19:47.140
 God

00:19:47.140 --> 00:19:47.600
 did

00:19:47.600 --> 00:19:47.779
 not

00:19:47.779 --> 00:19:48.100
 purpose

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 that

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 we

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 would

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 have

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 it

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 right

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 now

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 but

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 what

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 we

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 can

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 say

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 is

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 that

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 if

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 we

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 don't

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 have

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 joy

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 in

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 the

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 way

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 that

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 God

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 has

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 purposed

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 to

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 have

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 it

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 in

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 our

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 lives

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 and

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 our

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 hearts

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 then

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 we

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 ask

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 what

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 are

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 we

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 withholding

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 what

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 are

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 we

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 embracing

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 at

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 the

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 expense

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 of

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 embracing

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 his

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 providence

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 and

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 his

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 will

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 and

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 his

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 purpose

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 and

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 how

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 we

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 need

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 to

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 exchange

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 how

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 we

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 need

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 to

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 empty

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 our

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 hearts

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 of

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 the

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 thing

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 that

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 stands

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 in

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 the

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 way

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 of

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 embracing

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 what

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 God

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 is

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 doing

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 and

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 then

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 it

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 will

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 have

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 its

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 full

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 effect

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 it

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 will

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 reach

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 its

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 telos

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 there's

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 the

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 goal

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 there's

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 what

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 God

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 has

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 in

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 view

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 that's

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 what

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 he

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 wants

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 us

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 to

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 be

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 and

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 that's

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 what

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 I

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 want

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 to be

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 ourselves

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 if we're

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 honest

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 but let

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 us

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 tonight

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 think of

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 participating

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 participating

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 in this

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 very

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 thing

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 to

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 ensure

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 that

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 we're

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 not

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 standing

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 in

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 the

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 way

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 of

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 what

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 God

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 wants

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 to

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 do

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 for

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 us

00:20:52.159 --> 00:20:53.059
 and

00:20:53.059 --> 00:20:53.680
 in

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 the

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 participation

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 then

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 that

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 you

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 may be

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 perfect

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 and

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 complete

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 lacking

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 nothing

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 it's

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 an awful

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 thing

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 in any

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 kind

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 of

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 experience

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 any

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 area

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 of

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 life

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 to

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 think

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 that

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 there's

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 a

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 deficit

00:21:14.759 --> 00:21:15.019
 that

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 we

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 cannot

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 do

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 what

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 we

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 want

00:21:17.299 --> 00:21:17.460
 to

00:21:17.460 --> 00:21:17.580
 do

00:21:17.580 --> 00:21:18.019
 because

00:21:18.019 --> 00:21:18.680
 we

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 lack

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 certain

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 things

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 sometimes

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 we

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 can

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 be

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 so

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 conscious

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 of

00:21:22.680 --> 00:21:22.819
 what

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 we

00:21:22.980 --> 00:21:23.299
 lack

00:21:23.299 --> 00:21:23.940
 that

00:21:23.940 --> 00:21:24.159
 we

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 lose

00:21:24.599 --> 00:21:24.919
 sight

00:21:24.919 --> 00:21:25.059
 of

00:21:25.059 --> 00:21:25.200
 the

00:21:25.200 --> 00:21:25.419
 things

00:21:25.419 --> 00:21:25.579
 that

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 God

00:21:25.740 --> 00:21:25.879
 has

00:21:25.879 --> 00:21:26.039
 given

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 to

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 us

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 but

00:21:28.359 --> 00:21:28.599
 here

00:21:28.599 --> 00:21:28.740
 is

00:21:28.740 --> 00:21:28.980
 God

00:21:28.980 --> 00:21:29.319
 working

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 so

00:21:30.180 --> 00:21:30.440
 that

00:21:30.440 --> 00:21:30.680
 we

00:21:30.680 --> 00:21:31.379
 will

00:21:31.379 --> 00:21:31.740
 not

00:21:31.740 --> 00:21:32.139
 lack

00:21:32.139 --> 00:21:32.659
 anything

00:21:32.659 --> 00:21:34.399
 he

00:21:34.399 --> 00:21:34.680
 wants

00:21:34.680 --> 00:21:34.919
 to

00:21:34.919 --> 00:21:35.460
 fill

00:21:35.460 --> 00:21:35.599
 our

00:21:35.599 --> 00:21:36.119
 experience

00:21:36.119 --> 00:21:36.680
 he

00:21:36.680 --> 00:21:36.899
 wants

00:21:36.899 --> 00:21:37.079
 to

00:21:37.079 --> 00:21:37.799
 fill

00:21:37.799 --> 00:21:38.039
 our

00:21:38.039 --> 00:21:38.279
 cup

00:21:38.279 --> 00:21:38.440
 in

00:21:38.440 --> 00:21:38.659
 such

00:21:38.659 --> 00:21:38.799
 a

00:21:38.799 --> 00:21:38.980
 way

00:21:38.980 --> 00:21:40.319
 that

00:21:40.319 --> 00:21:40.480
 we

00:21:40.480 --> 00:21:40.740
 will

00:21:40.740 --> 00:21:41.859
 feel

00:21:41.859 --> 00:21:42.059
 we

00:21:42.059 --> 00:21:42.480
 lack

00:21:42.480 --> 00:21:42.839
 nothing

00:21:42.839 --> 00:21:43.419
 because

00:21:43.419 --> 00:21:44.059
 our

00:21:44.059 --> 00:21:44.440
 joy

00:21:44.440 --> 00:21:44.839
 is

00:21:44.839 --> 00:21:45.720
 complete

00:21:45.720 --> 00:21:46.480
 in

00:21:46.480 --> 00:21:46.859
 God

00:21:46.859 --> 00:21:50.579
 that

00:21:50.579 --> 00:21:50.740
 we

00:21:50.740 --> 00:21:50.939
 may

00:21:50.939 --> 00:21:51.119
 be

00:21:51.119 --> 00:21:51.699
 perfect

00:21:51.699 --> 00:21:52.039
 and

00:21:52.039 --> 00:21:52.619
 complete

00:21:52.619 --> 00:21:54.839
 I

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 said

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 at the

00:21:55.259 --> 00:21:55.539
 beginning

00:21:55.539 --> 00:21:55.779
 that

00:21:55.779 --> 00:21:56.240
 sometimes

00:21:56.240 --> 00:21:56.519
 we

00:21:56.519 --> 00:21:56.779
 feel

00:21:56.779 --> 00:21:57.039
 we're

00:21:57.039 --> 00:21:57.599
 far

00:21:57.599 --> 00:21:57.799
 away

00:21:57.799 --> 00:21:58.000
 from

00:21:58.000 --> 00:21:58.279
 heaven

00:21:58.279 --> 00:21:58.459
 and

00:21:58.459 --> 00:21:58.799
 far

00:21:58.799 --> 00:21:59.019
 away

00:21:59.019 --> 00:21:59.219
 from

00:21:59.219 --> 00:21:59.539
 God

00:21:59.539 --> 00:22:01.379
 and

00:22:01.379 --> 00:22:01.519
 we

00:22:01.519 --> 00:22:01.699
 know

00:22:01.699 --> 00:22:01.939
 that

00:22:01.939 --> 00:22:02.559
 there

00:22:02.559 --> 00:22:02.759
 is

00:22:02.759 --> 00:22:02.939
 a

00:22:02.939 --> 00:22:03.539
 perfection

00:22:03.539 --> 00:22:04.379
 and

00:22:04.379 --> 00:22:04.759
 a

00:22:04.759 --> 00:22:05.319
 completion

00:22:05.319 --> 00:22:06.179
 that

00:22:06.179 --> 00:22:06.319
 will

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 only

00:22:06.500 --> 00:22:06.659
 be

00:22:06.659 --> 00:22:06.899
 ours

00:22:06.899 --> 00:22:07.159
 when

00:22:07.159 --> 00:22:07.399
 we

00:22:07.399 --> 00:22:07.799
 get

00:22:07.799 --> 00:22:07.979
 to

00:22:07.979 --> 00:22:08.240
 heaven

00:22:08.240 --> 00:22:10.579
 but

00:22:10.579 --> 00:22:10.699
 there

00:22:10.699 --> 00:22:10.819
 is

00:22:10.819 --> 00:22:11.099
 another

00:22:11.099 --> 00:22:11.639
 perfection

00:22:11.639 --> 00:22:12.799
 and

00:22:12.799 --> 00:22:12.919
 there

00:22:12.919 --> 00:22:13.039
 is

00:22:13.039 --> 00:22:13.279
 another

00:22:13.279 --> 00:22:13.799
 completion

00:22:13.799 --> 00:22:15.619
 and

00:22:15.619 --> 00:22:15.779
 that

00:22:15.779 --> 00:22:16.000
 is

00:22:16.000 --> 00:22:16.240
 that

00:22:16.240 --> 00:22:16.480
 our

00:22:16.480 --> 00:22:17.220
 development

00:22:17.220 --> 00:22:17.579
 should

00:22:17.579 --> 00:22:18.460
 correspond

00:22:18.460 --> 00:22:19.640
 to

00:22:19.640 --> 00:22:19.880
 where

00:22:19.880 --> 00:22:20.039
 we

00:22:20.039 --> 00:22:20.279
 are

00:22:20.279 --> 00:22:20.480
 on

00:22:20.480 --> 00:22:20.640
 the

00:22:20.640 --> 00:22:20.940
 journey

00:22:20.940 --> 00:22:21.140
 of

00:22:21.140 --> 00:22:21.440
 faith

00:22:21.440 --> 00:22:22.640
 if

00:22:22.640 --> 00:22:22.779
 it

00:22:22.779 --> 00:22:23.000
 does

00:22:23.000 --> 00:22:23.240
 not

00:22:23.240 --> 00:22:23.400
 then

00:22:23.400 --> 00:22:23.660
 there's

00:22:23.660 --> 00:22:24.039
 something

00:22:24.039 --> 00:22:24.700
 seriously

00:22:24.700 --> 00:22:25.140
 wrong

00:22:25.140 --> 00:22:26.480
 and

00:22:26.480 --> 00:22:27.079
 the

00:22:27.079 --> 00:22:27.640
 maturity

00:22:27.640 --> 00:22:27.940
 that

00:22:27.940 --> 00:22:28.079
 the

00:22:28.079 --> 00:22:28.299
 Bible

00:22:28.299 --> 00:22:28.700
 speaks

00:22:28.700 --> 00:22:28.980
 of

00:22:28.980 --> 00:22:29.440
 that

00:22:29.440 --> 00:22:29.759
 Paul

00:22:29.759 --> 00:22:30.160
 speaks

00:22:30.160 --> 00:22:30.400
 of

00:22:30.400 --> 00:22:30.819
 and

00:22:30.819 --> 00:22:31.440
 Jesus

00:22:31.440 --> 00:22:31.799
 himself

00:22:31.799 --> 00:22:32.160
 speaks

00:22:32.160 --> 00:22:32.400
 of

00:22:32.400 --> 00:22:32.960
 that

00:22:32.960 --> 00:22:33.579
 maturity

00:22:33.579 --> 00:22:34.180
 there

00:22:34.180 --> 00:22:34.380
 should

00:22:34.380 --> 00:22:34.539
 be

00:22:34.539 --> 00:22:34.859
 a

00:22:34.859 --> 00:22:35.920
 corresponding

00:22:35.920 --> 00:22:36.620
 level

00:22:36.620 --> 00:22:37.200
 of

00:22:37.200 --> 00:22:37.660
 maturity

00:22:37.660 --> 00:22:37.880
 in

00:22:37.880 --> 00:22:38.019
 our

00:22:38.019 --> 00:22:38.339
 faith

00:22:38.339 --> 00:22:39.140
 to

00:22:39.140 --> 00:22:39.299
 the

00:22:39.299 --> 00:22:39.599
 years

00:22:39.599 --> 00:22:39.740
 that

00:22:39.740 --> 00:22:39.900
 we

00:22:39.900 --> 00:22:40.039
 have

00:22:40.039 --> 00:22:40.440
 travelled

00:22:40.440 --> 00:22:40.720
 with

00:22:40.720 --> 00:22:41.019
 God

00:22:41.019 --> 00:22:41.700
 on

00:22:41.700 --> 00:22:42.000
 this

00:22:42.000 --> 00:22:42.500
 journey

00:22:42.500 --> 00:22:44.440
 and

00:22:44.440 --> 00:22:44.579
 so

00:22:44.579 --> 00:22:44.900
 tonight

00:22:44.900 --> 00:22:45.380
 let's

00:22:45.380 --> 00:22:47.120
 hear

00:22:47.120 --> 00:22:47.300
 the

00:22:47.300 --> 00:22:47.660
 prompt

00:22:47.660 --> 00:22:48.660
 let's

00:22:48.660 --> 00:22:48.820
 be

00:22:48.820 --> 00:22:49.160
 alert

00:22:49.160 --> 00:22:49.760
 what

00:22:49.760 --> 00:22:49.940
 is

00:22:49.940 --> 00:22:50.240
 God

00:22:50.240 --> 00:22:50.500
 saying

00:22:50.500 --> 00:22:50.700
 to

00:22:50.700 --> 00:22:50.940
 us

00:22:50.940 --> 00:22:52.860
 let's

00:22:52.860 --> 00:22:53.480
 ensure

00:22:53.480 --> 00:22:53.900
 we have

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 the

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 right

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 perspective

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 make

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 sure we

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 know the

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 word of

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 God

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 make

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 sure we

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 know more

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 of

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 make

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 sure we

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 know more

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 of God

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 as the

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 object

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 of

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 our

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 faith

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 to

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 give

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 us

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 the

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 perspective

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 that

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 ensures

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 joy

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 and

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 then

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 let's

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 ensure

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 that

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 we

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 are

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 participating

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 in

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 what

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 God

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 is

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 doing

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 not

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 standing

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 in

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 his

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 way

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 but

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 willingly

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 submitting

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 to

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 him

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 and

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 recognising

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 the way

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 in which

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 he

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 blesses

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 and the way

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 in which

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 he fills

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 and the way

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 in which

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 he tops

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 up

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 our

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 experience

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 of his

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 grace

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 and therefore

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 our

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 experience

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 of his

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 joy

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 may God

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 bless

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 these

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 thoughts

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 to us

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 so

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 concluding

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 psalm

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 is

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 psalm

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 number

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 34

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 from

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 St.

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 on page

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