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 It's wonderful to be here this morning on this beautiful, hot, and humid Sunday.

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 As one of the interns, I'm so grateful for opportunities to serve and to preach.

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 It really is a privilege to preach here this morning, to preach God's Word.

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 I recently heard John Piper remark that preaching is not just an explanation of biblical texts,

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 but a celebration of biblical realities.

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 And in this Knowing God series, we're attempting to magnify the biblical realities of God's attributes.

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 Knowing God involves knowing what makes Him who He is.

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 And this is important because in essence, or the essence of the Christian life,

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 is to live for God's glory by knowing Him, by treasuring Him,

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 and by pointing people to the risen Messiah.

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 So with that, let's just open in prayer.

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 Our dear, gracious, and heavenly Father,

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 Father, we just thank you, Lord, that in you there is strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow.

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 We pray, Lord, that as we study and see what your Word says about your attributes,

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 that our minds and our hearts would be shaped, our attitudes and actions,

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 that we may be a people who would live for your glory.

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 Pour out your Spirit among us.

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 We thank you, Lord, for your presence here.

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 We pray and ask this in Jesus' name. Amen.

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 In our world today, God is described in various ways.

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 In one religion, there are infinite manifestations of gods and goddesses

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 who become incarnate with idols, temples, rivers, and animals, and so forth.

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 Many have the belief of a superior and transcendent God

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 who is a strict judge and who will be merciful to followers

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 who have done more good deeds than bad deeds.

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 Another popular view promotes the idea that true divinity exists within us,

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 that we ourselves are gods.

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 New Testament scholar D.A. Carson observes that

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 just because somebody uses the word God

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 and then somebody else uses the word God,

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 it does not follow that they mean the same thing.

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 In this Knowing God series,

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 we have been speaking about the triune God of the Bible,

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 the one true God who is creator and sustainer of everything and everyone.

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 We've been looking at some of God's essential characteristics

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 that make him who he is.

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 Two weeks ago, Reverend George preached on

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 how the one true God exists in a loving unity of three persons,

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 Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

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 Last week, you remember, Reverend Daniel showed us from Scripture

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 how God is sovereign,

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 how he is all-knowing and all-powerful.

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 And this morning, we're going to look at

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 God's unchanging and eternal characteristics.

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 Our theme this morning is

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 God is unchanging and eternal.

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 So our faith and hope rests on a solid foundation.

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 God is unchanging and eternal.

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 So our faith and hope rests on a solid foundation.

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 And we're going to look at two passages in Scripture

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 which features God's unchanging and eternal characteristics.

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 The first is found, as we read earlier,

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 in Malachi 3, verse 6,

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 where it describes God is unchanging in his character.

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 We'll just read that again.

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 Malachi 3, verse 6,

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 For I, the Lord, do not change.

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 Therefore you, O children of Jacob, are not consumed.

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 Malachi's ministry took place during a time of spiritual decline

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 among the people of Israel.

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 The temple had finally been rebuilt

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 thanks to the urging of the prophets Zechariah and Haggai.

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 But the promises of the coming Messiah

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 and God's blessings had yet to come.

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 And this resulted, as you can imagine,

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 in Israel's spiritual drift

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 to half-hearted worship and unfaithfulness.

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 But in loving response,

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 God calls his people back

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 to renewed covenant commitment and faithfulness.

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 Now this phrase,

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 I, the Lord, do not change,

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 specifically relates

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 to God's unchanging character.

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 In contrast to Israel's unfaithfulness,

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 Malachi points us to God's faithfulness

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 in his unchanging character.

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 So it's on the basis of God's unchangeableness

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 that his people, the children of Jacob,

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 are not consumed.

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 God's unchangeableness,

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 another way to put it,

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 is his immutability,

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 is a theme all throughout Scripture.

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 In the book of Exodus,

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 God announced himself to Moses

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 as,

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 I am who I am.

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 In other words,

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 I am the one who always is,

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 unchanging in mercy,

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 grace, and faithfulness,

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 unchanging in justice,

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 keeping steadfast love for thousands,

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 forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin,

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 who by no means clear the guilty.

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 Exodus 34, 6-7.

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 In the book of James,

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 God is celebrated

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 as a faithful giver of good gifts

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 from whom there is no variation

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 or shadow of turning.

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 As God was in the beginning,

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 he is now and ever shall be.

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 God cannot be anything other than who he is.

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 And if you know God

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 being united to Christ by faith,

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 you can rejoice

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 knowing that his unchanging character

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 provides you a sure foundation

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 for your faith.

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 To name just a few.

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 Number one,

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 God is unchanging in his love.

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 God is love.

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 And from the beginning

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 has existed a Trinitarian love

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 between the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

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 Love is central to who he is.

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 And creation is an outpouring

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 of his divine love.

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 And in love,

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 the triune God created you

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 and I in his image

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 to be in relationship with him.

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 In the fall,

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 our relationship was broken.

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 But through God's gracious work in Christ,

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 He redeemed us to restore us

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 that we may love him supremely

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 and love others.

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 And because God is unchanging in his love,

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 you have a sure foundation

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 for your faith.

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 God is unchanging in his power.

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 God is all-powerful

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 and by the power of his word,

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 he created the heavens and the earth.

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 Indeed, the heavens declare the glory of God.

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 The skies proclaim the work of his hands.

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 The same God who created the universe

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 is the same God who sustains you

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 by the power of his spirit,

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 by grace,

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 whether in good times or bad times.

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 He sustains us by his power

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 in sickness and in suffering,

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 whether physical or mental.

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 Can you recall

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 all the times that God

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 has sustained you?

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 Because God is unchanging in his power.

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 You have a sure foundation for your faith.

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 God is unchanging in his justice.

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 If there is a God,

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 many people ask,

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 I ask this all the time,

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 and we touched on this last week,

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 if there is a God,

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 how can he allow so much evil,

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 suffering,

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 and injustices in the world?

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 That's a question

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 with a lot of weight.

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 But hear what the Apostle Peter

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 has to say.

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 He reminds us that

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 with the Lord,

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 one day is a thousand years,

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 and a thousand years

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 as one day.

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 The Lord is not slow

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 to fulfill his promises

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 as some count slowness,

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 but is patient towards you,

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 not wishing any should perish,

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 but all to come

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 to repentance.

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 And though God's justice

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 has yet to fully come,

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 there will come a time

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 when God will judge

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 the world in righteousness.

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 And until then,

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 the Lord extends his mercy

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 to those who are lost

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 and broken.

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 God is unchanging

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 in his justice,

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 and at the same time,

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 he's unchanging

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 in his mercy.

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 The Lord is good,

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 and his mercy

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 endures forever.

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 And God's enduring mercy

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 was made visible

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 at the cross.

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 At the cross,

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 Jesus satisfied

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 God's justice

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 justice

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 by paying the full penalty

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 of our sin,

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 making mercy possible

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 for you and I.

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 And if you're here this morning

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 and you don't know Jesus,

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 God's mercy

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 and forgiveness of sin

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 is extended to you

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 this morning.

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 Dear friend,

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 whoever you are,

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 trust in Christ,

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 for he is your only hope

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 both in life

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 and death.

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 And what's so amazing

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 and wonderful

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 is that when you put

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 your faith and trust

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 in Jesus,

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 you have the privilege

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 of being in a personal

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 relationship with God.

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 And in this relationship,

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 you discover,

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 you discover that his mercies

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 are new every morning.

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 They never come to an end.

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 And with confidence,

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 you can come boldly

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 before the throne of grace

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 and receive mercy

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 and find grace

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 to help in time of need.

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 And because God

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 is unchanging

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 in his justice

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 and mercy,

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 once again,

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 you have a sure

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 and solid foundation

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 for your faith.

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 God is unchanging

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 in his character.

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 We've only just begun.

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 Secondly,

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 God is eternal.

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 God is eternal.

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 Please turn with me

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 to Psalm 90,

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 verses 1 to 2.

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 It reads,

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 Lord,

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 you have been

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 our dwelling place

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 in all generations.

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 Before the mountains

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 were brought forth,

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 wherever you have formed

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 the earth and the world,

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 from everlasting

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 to everlasting,

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 you are God.

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 Notice,

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 in verse 1,

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 the psalmist declares

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 that the Lord

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 is a dwelling place.

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 In other words,

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 he's a home,

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 he's a refuge

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 for his people

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 in all generations.

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 God is a home

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 and refuge

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 for his people.

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 Why?

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 Because he's

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 from everlasting

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 to everlasting.

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 He's eternal.

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 God has

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 no beginning

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 or end.

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 And God's eternity

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 answers that age-old question,

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 if everything

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 has a cause,

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 then what caused God?

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 Well,

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 nothing caused God.

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 God doesn't need a cause.

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 As one commentator put it,

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 there's nothing

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 that stands over God

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 or outside of him

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 to cause him

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 to come into being.

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 God is totally

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 independent in himself

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 and he causes

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 all things

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 to depend on him

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 for their existence.

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 Again,

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 Psalm 90,

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 verse 2 reads,

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 Before the mountains

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 were brought forth,

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 wherever you had formed

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 the earth and the world

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 from everlasting

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 to everlasting,

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 you are God.

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 Now,

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 I was saying

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 in the 8 a.m. service,

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 you can't truly experience

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 the beauty of Alberta

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 without visiting

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 the Rocky Mountains.

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 Now,

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 I confess

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 that having grown up

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 in Alberta,

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 being so close

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 to the Rockies,

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 pretty much right

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 in our backyard,

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 I took all of God's

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 good creation

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 for granted.

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 But now that we've been

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 away for several years,

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 I've really come

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 to miss the Rockies.

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 And those of you

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 who have been there

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 will know what I'm

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 talking about.

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 The beauty is breathtaking

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 as you can see

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 in this picture.

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 Now,

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 take a few moments

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 and imagine

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 you're in the Rockies.

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 You might be sitting

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 on that log there.

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 You see the soaring peaks,

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 the towering mountains

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 amid the vast blue skies.

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 Now,

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 just pause for a moment

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 and consider

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 the incomprehensible

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 greatness

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 of the eternal God

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 who created them.

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 That before the mountains

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 were brought forth,

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 before God

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 ever formed

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 the earth

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 and the world,

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 God was

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 and always existed.

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 And in contrast

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 to God's eternity,

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 human life

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 is so brief.

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 And I don't think

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 there has been

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 a day

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 that has gone by

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 where we're not

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 reminded

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 of the brevity

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 of life.

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 Psalm 39.4

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 says,

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 Show me,

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 O Lord,

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 my life's end

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 and the number

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 of my days.

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 Let me know

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 how fleeting

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 is my life.

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 Psalm 102.11

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 My days are like

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 an evening shadow.

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 I wither away

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 like grass.

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 James 4.14

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 reminds us

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 that life

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 is like a vapor,

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 a mist

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 that appears

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 for a little time

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 and then vanishes.

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 On this side

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 of eternity,

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 our days

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 are number

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 from the moment

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 we take

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 our first breath.

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 But the number

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 of God's years

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 are unsearchable,

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 Job tells us

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 in chapter 36.26.

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 Humans are finite

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 and limited,

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 living in fleeting time,

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 but God is eternal,

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 not bound by time,

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 though He works

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 within time.

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 In the words

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 of J.I. Packer,

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 what God does

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 in time,

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 He planned

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 from eternity

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 and all

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 that He planned

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 from eternity,

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 He carries

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 out in time.

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 God

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 is eternal

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 and there is

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 no limits

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 to His greatness.

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 God stands

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 over and above

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 His creation.

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 So,

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 as we have said

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 in the past weeks,

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 it is beyond

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 our ability

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 to fully describe

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 or comprehend God.

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 We've only scratched

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 the surface.

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 But the good news

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 is

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 that

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 God can be

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 truly known

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 personally.

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 Did you know

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 that God

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 is personal?

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 God

00:16:06.060 --> 00:16:06.800
 is personal

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 and it is

00:16:08.000 --> 00:16:08.759
 in the person

00:16:08.759 --> 00:16:09.960
 of Jesus Christ

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 that He is

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 most fully known.

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 when the fullness

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 of time

00:16:16.000 --> 00:16:16.600
 had come,

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 God

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 sent forth

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 His Son.

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 Jesus,

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 the eternal God,

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 became flesh

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 and dwelt

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 among us.

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 He lived

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 the life

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 that you and I

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 should have lived.

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 He died

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 the death

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 that we deserved

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 and was raised

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 on the third day

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 so He can rescue us,

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 free us

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 from the grip

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 of sin

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 and give us

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 a new heart

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 and grant us

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 eternal life.

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 He made a way

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 for us

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 to know God

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 and to enjoy

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 Him forever.

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 No longer

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 under the grip

00:16:49.660 --> 00:16:50.160
 of sin

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 but now gripped

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 by God's

00:16:54.080 --> 00:16:55.100
 eternal love

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 and amazing grace.

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 That's why we sing

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 with John Newton,

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 I was once lost

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 but now I'm found.

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 Was blind

00:17:06.539 --> 00:17:08.539
 but now I see.

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 Dear friends,

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 to trust in Jesus

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 for eternal life

00:17:14.740 --> 00:17:16.059
 is to trust

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 in the unchanging

00:17:17.119 --> 00:17:18.200
 eternal God

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 who is the same

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 yesterday

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 and today

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 and forever.

00:17:23.000 --> 00:17:23.839
 To trust

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 in Jesus

00:17:24.659 --> 00:17:25.319
 is to trust

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 in the one

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 who declared

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 before Abraham

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 was,

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 I am.

00:17:30.139 --> 00:17:30.899
 To trust

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 in Jesus

00:17:31.399 --> 00:17:32.099
 is to trust

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 in the Alpha

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 and the Omega

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 who was

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 and who is

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 and who is

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 to come,

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 the Almighty.

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 The first

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 and the last.

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 The beginning

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 and the end.

00:17:44.740 --> 00:17:45.039
 Jesus

00:17:45.039 --> 00:17:46.640
 is from everlasting

00:17:46.640 --> 00:17:47.900
 to everlasting.

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 And some of you

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 might be going

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 through a difficult

00:17:53.759 --> 00:17:54.279
 season

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 in your life

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 and if this is you

00:17:56.320 --> 00:17:56.900
 this morning,

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 I want to encourage

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 you to talk

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 to somebody.

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 Speak with

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 Reverend George

00:18:03.540 --> 00:18:04.280
 or Daniel

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 or one of the

00:18:04.920 --> 00:18:05.480
 church leaders

00:18:05.480 --> 00:18:07.640
 or a trusted

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 Christian

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 or mature

00:18:08.840 --> 00:18:09.320
 friend

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 who can support

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 you and pray

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 for you.

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 And even if

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 you're not going

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 through hardships

00:18:15.960 --> 00:18:16.620
 now,

00:18:16.780 --> 00:18:17.640
 trust me,

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 be assured

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 they will come.

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 And we may

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 not always

00:18:22.440 --> 00:18:22.900
 know

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 why we go

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 through what

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 we go through.

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 But my point

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 is this,

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 that no matter

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 what you face,

00:18:32.060 --> 00:18:33.560
 always remember

00:18:33.560 --> 00:18:35.759
 and never forget

00:18:35.759 --> 00:18:37.720
 that Jesus,

00:18:38.200 --> 00:18:38.880
 the eternal

00:18:38.880 --> 00:18:39.440
 God

00:18:39.440 --> 00:18:40.460
 in the flesh,

00:18:41.440 --> 00:18:41.880
 Emmanuel,

00:18:42.160 --> 00:18:43.080
 God with us,

00:18:44.220 --> 00:18:45.080
 promises to be

00:18:45.080 --> 00:18:45.640
 with you

00:18:45.640 --> 00:18:46.360
 always,

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 even to the

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 end of the

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 age.

00:18:51.299 --> 00:18:52.539
 Jesus is

00:18:52.539 --> 00:18:53.059
 eternally

00:18:53.059 --> 00:18:53.519
 trustworthy

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 and when you

00:18:55.099 --> 00:18:55.740
 trust in him

00:18:55.740 --> 00:18:56.259
 you can know

00:18:56.259 --> 00:18:57.219
 peace and

00:18:57.219 --> 00:18:57.899
 rest and

00:18:57.899 --> 00:18:58.799
 comfort no

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 matter what

00:18:59.240 --> 00:19:00.079
 you may be

00:19:00.079 --> 00:19:00.459
 facing.

00:19:01.539 --> 00:19:02.479
 And as you

00:19:02.479 --> 00:19:03.119
 trust in him

00:19:03.119 --> 00:19:03.619
 you can be

00:19:03.619 --> 00:19:04.799
 sure that

00:19:04.799 --> 00:19:05.319
 God will

00:19:05.319 --> 00:19:06.039
 accomplish

00:19:06.039 --> 00:19:07.479
 his purposes

00:19:07.479 --> 00:19:08.699
 in your life.

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 Your faith

00:19:10.740 --> 00:19:11.379
 and hope

00:19:11.379 --> 00:19:12.419
 does not

00:19:12.419 --> 00:19:13.859
 rest on

00:19:13.859 --> 00:19:14.899
 sinking sand.

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 but it

00:19:17.160 --> 00:19:18.300
 rests on

00:19:18.300 --> 00:19:18.840
 a sure

00:19:18.840 --> 00:19:19.860
 and solid

00:19:19.860 --> 00:19:20.480
 foundation.

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 So

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 where does

00:19:24.080 --> 00:19:24.500
 this leave

00:19:24.500 --> 00:19:24.740
 us?

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 What is the

00:19:25.340 --> 00:19:25.960
 appropriate

00:19:25.960 --> 00:19:27.560
 response

00:19:27.560 --> 00:19:29.019
 to a God

00:19:29.019 --> 00:19:29.300
 who is

00:19:29.300 --> 00:19:29.920
 unchanging

00:19:29.920 --> 00:19:31.440
 in his

00:19:31.440 --> 00:19:31.860
 character

00:19:31.860 --> 00:19:32.380
 and eternal?

00:19:32.600 --> 00:19:33.259
 Well first,

00:19:34.460 --> 00:19:35.259
 knowing God's

00:19:35.259 --> 00:19:35.680
 character

00:19:35.680 --> 00:19:37.040
 calls us

00:19:37.040 --> 00:19:37.560
 to worship.

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 worship.

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 Are we

00:19:40.759 --> 00:19:41.440
 half-hearted

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 and lukewarm

00:19:43.599 --> 00:19:44.759
 in our

00:19:44.759 --> 00:19:45.339
 worship to

00:19:45.339 --> 00:19:45.659
 God?

00:19:46.799 --> 00:19:47.679
 Do we

00:19:47.679 --> 00:19:48.019
 live our

00:19:48.019 --> 00:19:48.539
 lives in

00:19:48.539 --> 00:19:49.139
 such a way

00:19:49.139 --> 00:19:50.119
 that magnifies

00:19:50.119 --> 00:19:50.539
 Jesus?

00:19:52.859 --> 00:19:53.940
 I want to

00:19:53.940 --> 00:19:54.980
 invite you

00:19:54.980 --> 00:19:55.399
 to take

00:19:55.399 --> 00:19:56.059
 some time

00:19:56.059 --> 00:19:58.539
 to contemplate

00:19:58.539 --> 00:19:59.399
 God's

00:19:59.399 --> 00:19:59.980
 unchanging

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 character

00:20:00.480 --> 00:20:00.940
 and internal

00:20:00.940 --> 00:20:01.339
 nature

00:20:01.339 --> 00:20:03.279
 and let us

00:20:03.279 --> 00:20:04.139
 come before

00:20:04.139 --> 00:20:05.279
 the throne

00:20:05.279 --> 00:20:06.019
 of grace

00:20:06.019 --> 00:20:08.379
 and ask

00:20:08.379 --> 00:20:08.859
 God to

00:20:08.859 --> 00:20:09.759
 revive our

00:20:09.759 --> 00:20:10.399
 hearts with

00:20:10.399 --> 00:20:10.859
 a renewed

00:20:10.859 --> 00:20:11.759
 sense of

00:20:11.759 --> 00:20:12.539
 awe and

00:20:12.539 --> 00:20:13.180
 wonder

00:20:13.180 --> 00:20:15.000
 that we

00:20:15.000 --> 00:20:15.559
 may treasure

00:20:15.559 --> 00:20:16.480
 him above

00:20:16.480 --> 00:20:17.519
 all else

00:20:17.519 --> 00:20:18.559
 that the

00:20:18.559 --> 00:20:19.440
 triune God

00:20:19.440 --> 00:20:19.799
 would be

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 the only

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 object of

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 our worship

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 that whatever

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 we do we

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 would do it

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 all to the

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 glory of

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 God.

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 And secondly

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 and lastly

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 knowing God's

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 character

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 calls us

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 to recognize

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 our daily

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 need of

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 him.

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 In the

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 words of

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 Alec

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 Moyder

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 do we

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 live our

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 lives in

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 such a

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 way

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 that keeps

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 God for

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 Sunday

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 but looks

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 on Monday

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 to Saturday

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 as ours?

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 We may

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 not

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 consciously

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 think that

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 way

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 but our

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 words

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 and our

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 actions

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 may reveal

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 otherwise.

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 See the

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 Lord wants

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 us to

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 depend on

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 him for

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 everything

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 and if

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 you haven't

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 started one

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 I want to

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 encourage

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 you to

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 find a

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 good Bible

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 reading plan.

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 If any

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 of you are

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 interested I

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 have some

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 with me

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 today you

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 can come

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 and see

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 me after

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 the service

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 and as

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 you read

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 through the

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 Bible

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 take

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 special note

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 of God's

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 characteristics

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 and attributes

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 because the

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 more we

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 know God

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 the more

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 we truly

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 understand our

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 need of

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 him every

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 hour

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 the more

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 we know

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 God's

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 attributes

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 the more

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 our faith

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 deepens

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 to whom

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 else

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 shall we

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 go to

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 than to

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 the one

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 who has

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 the words

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 of eternal

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 life

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 to whom

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 else can

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 we daily

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 depend on

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 than a

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 God who

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 is unchanging

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 and is a

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 character

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 and eternal

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 can we

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 find a

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 friend

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 so faithful

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 who will

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 all our

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 sorrows

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 share

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 and as

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 we reflect

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 on God's

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 character

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 in this

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 knowing

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 God series

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 may we

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 respond

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 with the

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 words

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 of that

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 timeless

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 hymn

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 I need

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 thee

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 every

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 hour

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 most

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 gracious

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 Lord

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 no

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 tender

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 voice

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 like

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 thine

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 can

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 peace

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 afford

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 I

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 need

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 thee

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 oh

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 I

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 need

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 thee

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 every

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 hour

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 I

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 need

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 thee

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 oh

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 bless

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 me

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 now

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 my

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 savior

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 I

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 come

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 to

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 thee

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 God

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 is

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 unchanging

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 and

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 eternal

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 so our

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 faith and

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 hope

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 rests

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 on a

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 solid

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 foundation

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 dear

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 gracious

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 and

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 heavenly

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 father

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 um

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 how

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 Lord

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 we

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 we

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 again

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 thank you

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 for

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 who you

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 are

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 and

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 your

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 unchangeableness

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 your

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 your

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 eternity

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 we

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 pray that

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 you would

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 help us

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 to reflect

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 and to

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 meditate

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 on it

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 and that

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 we would

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 be a

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 people who

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 would

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 live to

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 your

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 glory

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 that we

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 would

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 point

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 others

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 to

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 Jesus

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 father

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 I

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 just

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 pray

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 that

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 you

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 would

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 be

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 with

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 those

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 today

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 who

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 are

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 going

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 through

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 a

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 difficult

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 season

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 may

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 they

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 recall

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 and

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 remember

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 your

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 unchangeableness

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 of who

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 you are

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 and may

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 it comfort

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 and strengthen

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 them

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 father

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 we give

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 you thanks

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 again

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 and we

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 ask all

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 of these

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 things

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 in Jesus

00:23:57.880 --> 00:23:58.360
 name

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 amen