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 On Friday evening, we had the youth here, and we had a great discussion with them.

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 We kind of opened it up to them, Ryan and I were there, to ask whatever questions they wanted about God, faith, the Bible.

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 And we talked about all sorts of things, from angels, to whether there's life on other planets, to how God created the world.

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 And one of the things that they had questions about was basically the Bible in general.

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 What exactly is in this book?

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 And as we talked about it, they were quite surprised to hear about the variety of different things in the Bible.

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 And it got me thinking, you know, the Bible is, you know, it's a big book.

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 Of course, I got the extra wide margin, so it's not actually this big, most of yours.

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 But it's a pretty large collection of writings.

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 And summing it all up is not the easiest thing.

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 What would you tell a child who asks you, what's the Bible about?

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 What would you say to them?

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 Well, we might go into some of the details about how God created the world, and then the fall of man, and the flood, and the story of Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and then the story of the people of Israel, and then to Jesus.

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 And before you know it, you realize that this book actually covers a lot.

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 Even just the first five books of the Bible cover several thousand years of world history.

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 But what's this big story that traces all through the ages really all about?

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 I was reminded again this week of just how simple it could be to answer a question like this, as I was reading what Jesus said on one particular occasion.

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 If you have your Bible with you, open it up to the Gospel of Mark, chapter 12.

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 The Gospel of Mark, chapter 12.

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 Jesus is in Jerusalem.

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 It's the week before his death and resurrection.

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 He's been teaching at the temple courts each day.

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 And we pick up the story in verse 28.

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 One of the teachers of the law came and heard Jesus debating with the Sadducees.

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 Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him,

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 Of all the commandments, which is the most important?

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 The most important one, answered Jesus, is this.

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 Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one.

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 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.

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 The second is this.

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 Love your neighbor as yourself.

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 There is no commandment greater than these.

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 Of all the commandments, which is the most important?

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 Good question.

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 We all know that the Bible is not just a story of what has happened,

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 but that all throughout the Bible we're being taught and told about what God really wants from us.

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 And as we think of those first few books of the Bible,

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 Genesis and Exodus and Leviticus and Deuteronomy,

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 this is a big part of the story.

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 What does God really want from us?

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 This is what Adam and Eve began to discover in the garden.

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 It's what Abraham and his children and his grandchildren began to discover as God revealed himself to them.

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 It's what the children of Israel began to discover as God gave them his ten commandments and the law.

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 What does God really want from me?

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 For some people today, when they think of the Bible, the first thing that comes to mind is that it's a big book of rules.

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 A big book of do this and don't do that.

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 And so this question is a great question.

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 Of all the commandments, which is the most important?

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 What is it that God most deeply wants from us?

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 Of all the things that God has commanded people to do over the centuries,

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 over thousands of years of history,

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 what's the one thing that matters most to God?

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 The one thing he wants most from you and from me?

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 Does Jesus' answer to this question surprise you?

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 It surprises me.

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 I've been a Christian since my youth, and again this week it surprised me to read this answer.

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 It's all too easy to fall into a mindset where we think that what God wants most from me is to stop sinning

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 and to live a holy life,

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 or to stop being selfish,

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 or to make progress with my anger issue,

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 or to just stop worrying about things and to trust him more,

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 or to just get better at doing what he says,

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 or we might think that what he wants most of us is simply to serve him

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 and to do the work of his kingdom

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 with diligence and get things done for him.

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 And so we wait with bated breath for Jesus to tell us the answer.

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 Of all the commandments, which is the most important?

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 Which is the one thing that he wants most from you and from me?

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 And what Jesus says is surprisingly sweet.

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 The most important one, answer Jesus, is this.

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 Love the Lord your God with all your heart

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 and with all your soul

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 and with all your mind

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 and with all your strength.

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 Love.

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 Hold on a minute.

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 I mean, I can't have read that right.

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 The most important one is this.

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 Go and make disciples of all nations.

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 No.

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 The most important one must be this.

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 Be holy as I am holy.

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 No.

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 The most important one is this.

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 Fear God.

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 No.

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 The most important one is this.

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 Repent of your sins.

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 No.

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 Now, all these are important.

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 Yes, they're all commands that come from Scripture.

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 But the most important, says Jesus, is simply,

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 love Yahweh, your God,

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 with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength.

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 With everything you've got.

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 Love Him.

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 Isn't that surprisingly sweet?

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 The thing that God wants most from you and me

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 is a relationship characterized by love.

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 This is what the whole Bible is about.

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 From cover to cover.

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 It's why He made us in the beginning.

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 It's why He gave us a beautiful place to live,

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 perfectly suited to our needs and delights.

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 It's what we turned our back on that day in the garden

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 when we broke faith with Him.

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 And it's what God has been working to restore

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 through the ages between Him and us.

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 A love relationship.

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 It's why He sent Jesus, His Son, into the world.

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 It's why Jesus came to suffer and die on the cross.

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 And it's what Jesus has promised to bring about

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 in its fullness when He returns.

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 A love relationship with Him.

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 With God.

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 Forever.

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 Let me read some of the words at the end of the story.

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 Revelation chapter 21.

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 This is John talking about the vision that he had from Jesus.

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 He said,

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 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth.

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 For the first heaven and the first earth had passed away

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 and there was no longer any sea.

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 I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem,

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 coming down out of heaven from God,

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 prepared as a bride,

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 beautifully dressed for her husband.

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 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying,

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 Look!

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 God's dwelling place is now among the people

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 and He will dwell with them.

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 They will be His people

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 and God Himself will be with them

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 and be their God.

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 He will wipe every tear from their eyes.

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 There will be no more death

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 or mourning

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 or crying

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 or pain

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 for the old order of things has passed away.

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 He who was seated on the throne said,

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 I am making everything new.

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 I love those words.

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 A love relationship.

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 And I will wipe every tear from your eyes

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 and fix all the brokenness and suffering

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 and pain in this life kind of relationship.

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 These words describe God's great love for His people.

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 And sometimes we lose sight of this

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 in the busyness of life, don't we?

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 that this is what it's all about.

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 It's all too easy for our relationship with God

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 to become in our minds

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 about what we must do for God.

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 But beneath all that,

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 what God wants most from us

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 is love.

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 Sweet, beautiful relationship.

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 Friendship.

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 Let's talk briefly about the kind of love

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 that God desires from us.

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 Jesus said,

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 Love the Lord your God

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 with all your heart

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 and with all your soul

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 and with all your mind

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 and with all your strength.

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 Those are some powerful descriptions.

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 They speak of a passionate love.

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 You might hear a few of these words

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 spoken between two people in love today.

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 I love you with all my heart.

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 From the depths of my being

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 with my deepest of feelings.

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 But then it goes beyond that

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 and with all your soul.

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 From the very deepest center

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 and essence of who I am.

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 And then it goes one step further.

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 And with all your mind.

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 If the whole heart and soul

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 didn't already capture it all,

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 he includes all the mind

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 where all of my inward thoughts

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 are caught up in loving God.

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 The closest thing that I

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 even can compare this to

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 is that special relationship

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 between a man and a woman.

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 I still remember

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 when I was first dating Jennifer

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 how naturally

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 all my thoughts were about her.

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 Couldn't get her out of my mind.

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 I was just thinking about her

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 all the time.

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 I was thinking about

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 our last conversation.

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 I was thinking about

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 what she enjoyed.

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 I was thinking about

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 what we might do

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 on our next date

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 and when we might be able

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 to do that.

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 I used to tell her

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 I couldn't sleep at night

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 because the reality

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 of our relationship

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 was better than my dreams.

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 I was thinking about her

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 as I lay on my bed.

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 This is the kind of love

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 that God desires from us

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 where we love him

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 with all our thoughts,

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 our thinking,

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 our planning,

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 our intentionality.

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 And finally,

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 God desires for us

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 to love him

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 with all of our strength.

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 So not just a feeling love

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 or a passion love

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 but also a doing love.

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 We misunderstand love

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 if we think of it

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 only as a feeling.

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 It is a feeling

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 but it's also an action.

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 It's something

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 that we do

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 to one another.

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 It is felt

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 but it's also demonstrated.

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 And it's not that we

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 must prove our love

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 through action.

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 It's that the natural fruit

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 of love

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 is action.

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 Just like if you love

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 your son or your daughter

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 and you see them in need.

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 You want to act.

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 You act

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 because you love them.

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 You help them out.

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 Or if you have a friend

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 and you know

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 it's their birthday coming up.

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 You do something special

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 for them.

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 You give of your time

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 and your energy

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 and your strength.

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 You go get a gift for them

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 or a card for them.

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 Action.

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 John in his letter

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 says it so well.

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 1 John 3.18

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 He says

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 Dear children

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 let us not love

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 with words

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 or tongue

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 but with actions

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 and in truth.

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 Action.

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 Loving someone

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 is not just a feeling.

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 It's not just something

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 we say to them.

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 It's something we do

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 to them

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 and for them.

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 And love requires

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 strength.

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 Serving your kids.

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 Serving your spouse.

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 Serving each other

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 in the church.

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 Serving your neighbor

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 requires strength.

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 It requires energy.

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 And so we shouldn't

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 be surprised

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 when Jesus says

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 that God desires

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 for us to love him

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 with all our strength.

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 It's a full

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 expressed kind of

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 love that God

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 desires from us.

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 He is our God

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 and we love him

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 so we obey him.

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 He's our king

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 and we love him

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 so we serve him

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 joyfully

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 from the heart

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 doing the things

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 that please him.

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 all of these

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 things together

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 describe the kind

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 of love

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 that God desires

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 from you and me.

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 A passionate love.

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 A total devotion

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 kind of love.

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 An all of me

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 and all my life

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 is yours

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 kind of love.

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 Not a fake love.

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 Not a

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 well it's my duty

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 to love you

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 kind of love

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 but a sincere

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 and genuine

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 love from the heart.

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 Now we might

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 read these words

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 and tremble.

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 We might think

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 to ourselves

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 well this kind

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 of love

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 is so far

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 beyond

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 what I could

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 possibly give

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 to God.

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 I fail to love

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 him with all my

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 heart and soul

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 and mind

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 and strength

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 all the time.

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 In fact I wonder

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 if I've ever

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 loved anyone

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 but myself

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 in that way.

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 this may feel

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 heavy

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 and burdensome

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 to you.

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 Thou shalt not

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 steal.

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 I can do that

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 but love

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 the Lord

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 your God

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 with all your

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 heart, soul,

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 mind and strength.

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 That's impossible.

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 Maybe hearing

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 Jesus' answer

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 just makes you

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 feel guiltier

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 of sin

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 because you know

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 that God

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 is worthy

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 of this kind

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 of love

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 from you

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 but at the same

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 time you just

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 feel powerless

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 to give it to him.

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 Let me offer you

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 a few words

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 of encouragement

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 this morning.

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 Regardless of

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 whether we can

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 love God

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 like this

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 isn't it sweet

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 and beautiful

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 and wonderful

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 that God

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 the creator

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 desires this

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 kind of relationship

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 with us.

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 That he created

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 us for this

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 kind of a love

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 relationship

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 with him

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 and that out of

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 everything he wants

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 from us

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 this is what

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 he desires most.

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 isn't that sweet?

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 That alone

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 says so much

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 about the kind

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 of God

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 that he is.

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 He is a warm

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 and personal

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 and affectionate

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 God.

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 So even if we

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 fail to love

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 God like this

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 it still describes

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 no less

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 the perfect

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 all-encompassing

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 love relationship

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 that God

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 wants to have

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 with us

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 and that's good

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 news.

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 Here's my second

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 word of encouragement.

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 God knows

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 very well

00:16:09.659 --> 00:16:10.759
 that we have

00:16:10.759 --> 00:16:11.539
 all failed

00:16:11.539 --> 00:16:12.740
 to love him

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 like this.

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 He knows

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 that even now

00:16:15.899 --> 00:16:16.440
 those of us

00:16:16.440 --> 00:16:17.180
 who do love him

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 and believe in him

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 will continue

00:16:18.480 --> 00:16:19.240
 to fall short

00:16:19.240 --> 00:16:20.000
 of his glory

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 and continue

00:16:21.740 --> 00:16:22.480
 to fall short

00:16:22.480 --> 00:16:23.580
 of loving him

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 like this

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 the way that

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 he's worthy of

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 and it's not

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 to say that

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 we shouldn't

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 intentionally

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 make an effort

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 to love him

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 like that

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 we should

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 but God

00:16:33.019 --> 00:16:33.620
 knows that

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 we are all

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 bent

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 and broken

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 and that

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 sin and

00:16:37.340 --> 00:16:38.019
 selfishness

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 continues to

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 be present

00:16:39.139 --> 00:16:39.940
 in all of us

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 and that's

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 the whole

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 reason why

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 God sent

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 Jesus

00:16:45.019 --> 00:16:46.259
 into the

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 world

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 to save

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 us.

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 None of us

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 can come

00:16:50.460 --> 00:16:51.259
 even close

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 to loving

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 God as we

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 should

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 and we

00:16:54.519 --> 00:16:54.920
 could never

00:16:54.920 --> 00:16:55.460
 have this

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 kind of

00:16:55.879 --> 00:16:56.360
 relationship

00:16:56.360 --> 00:16:56.899
 with God

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 unless

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 God did

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 something

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 to fix

00:17:00.019 --> 00:17:01.500
 that brokenness

00:17:01.500 --> 00:17:02.399
 that bentness

00:17:02.399 --> 00:17:03.259
 inside of us

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 I love the way

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 that John

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 says it

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 it's the verse

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 that we have

00:17:07.759 --> 00:17:08.539
 outside on the

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 wall

00:17:08.759 --> 00:17:09.619
 1st John 4

00:17:09.619 --> 00:17:10.200
 verse 10

00:17:10.200 --> 00:17:12.220
 this is love

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 not that we

00:17:13.799 --> 00:17:14.519
 loved God

00:17:14.519 --> 00:17:16.259
 but that he

00:17:16.259 --> 00:17:17.480
 loved us

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 and sent his

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 son

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 as an atoning

00:17:20.740 --> 00:17:21.400
 sacrifice

00:17:21.400 --> 00:17:23.420
 for our sins

00:17:23.420 --> 00:17:25.980
 this is how

00:17:25.980 --> 00:17:26.579
 God showed

00:17:26.579 --> 00:17:26.980
 his love

00:17:26.980 --> 00:17:27.639
 among us

00:17:27.639 --> 00:17:29.039
 he sent his

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 one and only

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 son

00:17:29.960 --> 00:17:30.620
 into the

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 world

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 that we

00:17:32.640 --> 00:17:33.640
 might live

00:17:33.640 --> 00:17:35.000
 through him

00:17:35.000 --> 00:17:37.299
 this is the

00:17:37.299 --> 00:17:37.799
 good news

00:17:37.799 --> 00:17:38.440
 of Jesus

00:17:38.440 --> 00:17:40.539
 not that we

00:17:40.539 --> 00:17:41.279
 loved God

00:17:41.279 --> 00:17:42.840
 not that we

00:17:42.840 --> 00:17:43.360
 must become

00:17:43.360 --> 00:17:43.840
 good enough

00:17:43.840 --> 00:17:44.220
 to have

00:17:44.220 --> 00:17:44.779
 relationship

00:17:44.779 --> 00:17:45.380
 with him

00:17:45.380 --> 00:17:45.980
 but that

00:17:45.980 --> 00:17:46.759
 God loved

00:17:46.759 --> 00:17:47.259
 us

00:17:47.259 --> 00:17:49.299
 even while

00:17:49.299 --> 00:17:49.640
 we were

00:17:49.640 --> 00:17:50.400
 still quite

00:17:50.400 --> 00:17:51.279
 unloving

00:17:51.279 --> 00:17:53.779
 and unlovely

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 Romans 5

00:17:57.220 --> 00:17:59.299
 familiar

00:17:59.299 --> 00:17:59.839
 verse

00:17:59.839 --> 00:17:59.859
 verse

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 at just

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 the right

00:18:02.740 --> 00:18:03.039
 time

00:18:03.039 --> 00:18:03.599
 says Paul

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 when we

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 were still

00:18:04.500 --> 00:18:05.339
 powerless

00:18:05.339 --> 00:18:06.220
 Christ died

00:18:06.220 --> 00:18:06.619
 for the

00:18:06.619 --> 00:18:07.519
 ungodly

00:18:07.519 --> 00:18:09.839
 very rarely

00:18:09.839 --> 00:18:10.859
 will anyone

00:18:10.859 --> 00:18:11.259
 die

00:18:11.259 --> 00:18:12.779
 even for a

00:18:12.779 --> 00:18:13.079
 righteous

00:18:13.079 --> 00:18:13.940
 person

00:18:13.940 --> 00:18:15.019
 though for a

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 good person

00:18:15.539 --> 00:18:16.339
 someone might

00:18:16.339 --> 00:18:17.279
 possibly dare

00:18:17.279 --> 00:18:17.799
 to die

00:18:17.799 --> 00:18:19.419
 but God

00:18:19.419 --> 00:18:20.099
 demonstrates

00:18:20.099 --> 00:18:20.539
 his own

00:18:20.539 --> 00:18:21.039
 love for

00:18:21.039 --> 00:18:21.419
 us

00:18:21.419 --> 00:18:22.119
 in this

00:18:22.119 --> 00:18:22.839
 while we

00:18:22.839 --> 00:18:23.240
 were still

00:18:23.240 --> 00:18:24.019
 sinners

00:18:24.019 --> 00:18:26.059
 Christ died

00:18:26.059 --> 00:18:26.960
 for us

00:18:26.960 --> 00:18:30.920
 even though

00:18:30.920 --> 00:18:31.400
 we've all

00:18:31.400 --> 00:18:32.319
 failed to

00:18:32.319 --> 00:18:32.819
 love God

00:18:32.819 --> 00:18:33.100
 as we

00:18:33.100 --> 00:18:33.420
 should

00:18:33.420 --> 00:18:35.279
 God has

00:18:35.279 --> 00:18:36.059
 loved us

00:18:36.059 --> 00:18:37.059
 so much

00:18:37.059 --> 00:18:38.140
 so deeply

00:18:38.140 --> 00:18:39.220
 he's done

00:18:39.220 --> 00:18:40.299
 something

00:18:40.299 --> 00:18:41.240
 truly amazing

00:18:41.240 --> 00:18:41.900
 to fix the

00:18:41.900 --> 00:18:42.360
 problem

00:18:42.360 --> 00:18:43.779
 to fix

00:18:43.779 --> 00:18:44.420
 what's broken

00:18:44.420 --> 00:18:45.039
 between us

00:18:45.039 --> 00:18:45.460
 and him

00:18:45.460 --> 00:18:46.299
 and to

00:18:46.299 --> 00:18:47.460
 make this

00:18:47.460 --> 00:18:48.120
 relationship

00:18:48.120 --> 00:18:49.039
 that he's

00:18:49.039 --> 00:18:49.519
 describing

00:18:49.519 --> 00:18:50.860
 possible for

00:18:50.860 --> 00:18:51.319
 us

00:18:51.319 --> 00:18:55.139
 loving God

00:18:55.139 --> 00:18:55.639
 like Jesus

00:18:55.639 --> 00:18:56.079
 said

00:18:56.079 --> 00:18:57.019
 that we

00:18:57.019 --> 00:18:57.279
 should

00:18:57.279 --> 00:18:57.899
 really is

00:18:57.899 --> 00:18:58.500
 impossible

00:18:58.500 --> 00:18:59.700
 for sinners

00:18:59.700 --> 00:19:00.500
 like you

00:19:00.500 --> 00:19:00.859
 and me

00:19:00.859 --> 00:19:03.500
 there's truly

00:19:03.500 --> 00:19:04.079
 only one

00:19:04.079 --> 00:19:04.639
 person who

00:19:04.639 --> 00:19:05.279
 ever loved

00:19:05.279 --> 00:19:05.799
 God this

00:19:05.799 --> 00:19:06.099
 way

00:19:06.099 --> 00:19:07.579
 with all

00:19:07.579 --> 00:19:08.099
 his heart

00:19:08.099 --> 00:19:08.619
 and soul

00:19:08.619 --> 00:19:09.099
 and mind

00:19:09.099 --> 00:19:09.700
 and strength

00:19:09.700 --> 00:19:10.119
 all the

00:19:10.119 --> 00:19:10.500
 time

00:19:10.500 --> 00:19:11.359
 and that's

00:19:11.359 --> 00:19:11.740
 Jesus

00:19:11.740 --> 00:19:13.659
 he was not

00:19:13.659 --> 00:19:14.259
 bent like

00:19:14.259 --> 00:19:14.779
 we are

00:19:14.779 --> 00:19:16.019
 he was in

00:19:16.019 --> 00:19:16.419
 a sinner

00:19:16.419 --> 00:19:17.200
 like we

00:19:17.200 --> 00:19:17.500
 are

00:19:17.500 --> 00:19:19.159
 and so if

00:19:19.159 --> 00:19:19.500
 we want to

00:19:19.500 --> 00:19:19.939
 see what it

00:19:19.939 --> 00:19:20.399
 looks like

00:19:20.399 --> 00:19:20.819
 for someone

00:19:20.819 --> 00:19:21.339
 to really

00:19:21.339 --> 00:19:21.939
 live this

00:19:21.939 --> 00:19:22.319
 kind of

00:19:22.319 --> 00:19:22.879
 relationship

00:19:22.879 --> 00:19:24.259
 with God

00:19:24.259 --> 00:19:25.339
 all we need

00:19:25.339 --> 00:19:25.740
 to do is

00:19:25.740 --> 00:19:26.019
 read the

00:19:26.019 --> 00:19:26.559
 gospels

00:19:26.559 --> 00:19:27.039
 Matthew

00:19:27.039 --> 00:19:27.480
 Mark

00:19:27.480 --> 00:19:27.799
 Luke

00:19:27.799 --> 00:19:28.220
 John

00:19:28.220 --> 00:19:32.700
 but what's

00:19:32.700 --> 00:19:33.359
 wonderful is

00:19:33.359 --> 00:19:33.740
 this

00:19:33.740 --> 00:19:35.679
 while we

00:19:35.679 --> 00:19:36.220
 will continue

00:19:36.220 --> 00:19:36.659
 to love

00:19:36.659 --> 00:19:37.179
 God in a

00:19:37.179 --> 00:19:37.480
 way that

00:19:37.480 --> 00:19:38.179
 falls short

00:19:38.179 --> 00:19:38.500
 of what

00:19:38.500 --> 00:19:38.919
 God is

00:19:38.919 --> 00:19:39.639
 worthy of

00:19:39.639 --> 00:19:41.619
 one day

00:19:41.619 --> 00:19:43.200
 God will

00:19:43.200 --> 00:19:44.460
 so transform

00:19:44.460 --> 00:19:45.960
 all of his

00:19:45.960 --> 00:19:46.359
 people

00:19:46.359 --> 00:19:47.619
 that this

00:19:47.619 --> 00:19:48.059
 kind of

00:19:48.059 --> 00:19:48.399
 love

00:19:48.399 --> 00:19:50.240
 that all

00:19:50.240 --> 00:19:50.940
 your heart

00:19:50.940 --> 00:19:51.380
 soul

00:19:51.380 --> 00:19:51.759
 mind

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 and strength

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 love

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 will be

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 the normal

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 and the

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 natural

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 in our

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 relationship

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 with him

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 we'll find

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 ultimate joy

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 we'll find

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 happiness

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 forever

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 loving him

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 like that

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 how do we

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 know that

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 this is

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 true

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 back to

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 John

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 first John

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 three verses

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 one and

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 two

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 see what

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 great love

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 the father

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 has lavished

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 on us

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 that we

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 should be

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 called

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 children

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 of God

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 and that

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 is what

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 we are

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 dear friends

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 he goes

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 on

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 now we

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 are children

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 of God

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 and what

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 we will

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 be has

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 not yet

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 been made

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 known

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 but we

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 know

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 that when

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 Christ

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 appears

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 we shall

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 be like

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 him

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 for we

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 shall see

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 him

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 as he

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 is

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 so there's

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 coming a

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 day when

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 all the

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 children of

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 God will

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 become like

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 Jesus

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 when he

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 appears

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 when he

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 returns

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 there's going

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 to be a

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 great

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 transformation

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 of all

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 of us

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 who are

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 in Christ

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 and we

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 will become

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 like Jesus

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 loving God

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 perfectly

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 the way

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 that we

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 should

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 with all

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 our heart

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 soul

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 mind

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 and strength

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 for the

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 rest of

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 forever

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 Paul spoke

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 about this

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 transformation

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 in his

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 letter to

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 the

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 Corinthians

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 I won't

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 go there

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 but he

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 talked about

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 how there's

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 coming a

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 day when

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 in a

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 flash

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 in the

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 twinkling

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 of an

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 eye

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 at the

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 last

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 trumpet

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 the dead

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 will be

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 raised

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 and we

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 will all

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 be changed

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 those of

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 us who

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 are in

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 Christ

00:21:25.180 --> 00:21:25.440
 will be

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 given a

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 new

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 body

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 will be

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 clothed

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 with

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 immortality

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 and we

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 will come

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 to bear

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 the image

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 the likeness

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 of the

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 heavenly

00:21:32.480 --> 00:21:32.920
 man

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 Jesus

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 well when

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 will this

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 happen

00:21:37.340 --> 00:21:39.180
 when Jesus

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 returns

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 as he

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 promised

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 to

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 so what

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 should our

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 response be

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 to all

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 this

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 we might

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 look at a

00:21:49.280 --> 00:21:50.180
 command like

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 this and

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 say well

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 I guess I

00:21:52.860 --> 00:21:53.260
 need to do

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 better at

00:21:53.860 --> 00:21:54.640
 loving God

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 I guess I

00:21:56.220 --> 00:21:56.740
 need to make a

00:21:56.740 --> 00:21:57.360
 greater effort

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 to love God

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 more fully and

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 deeply

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 it's a command

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 so we just

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 need to obey

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 it

00:22:02.580 --> 00:22:03.420
 we need to

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 do it

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 but I'm

00:22:05.439 --> 00:22:05.839
 not sure

00:22:05.839 --> 00:22:06.240
 that's the

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 way we're

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 meant to

00:22:06.839 --> 00:22:07.399
 respond to

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 this

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 I think if

00:22:10.079 --> 00:22:10.539
 we want to

00:22:10.539 --> 00:22:11.000
 grow in our

00:22:11.000 --> 00:22:11.419
 love for

00:22:11.419 --> 00:22:11.740
 God

00:22:11.740 --> 00:22:13.279
 we need to

00:22:13.279 --> 00:22:14.419
 discover and

00:22:14.419 --> 00:22:15.240
 experience for

00:22:15.240 --> 00:22:16.879
 ourselves more

00:22:16.879 --> 00:22:18.559
 of how glorious

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 and how worthy

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 and how lovely

00:22:21.939 --> 00:22:23.179
 he is

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 and the more we

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 know him and

00:22:26.119 --> 00:22:27.059
 experience his

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 goodness and see

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 his greatness the

00:22:29.700 --> 00:22:30.480
 more deeply and

00:22:30.480 --> 00:22:31.240
 fully we will

00:22:31.240 --> 00:22:32.220
 love him it just

00:22:32.220 --> 00:22:35.059
 follows and so

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 I don't want to

00:22:35.519 --> 00:22:36.620
 end this morning

00:22:36.620 --> 00:22:37.319
 by telling you

00:22:37.319 --> 00:22:38.940
 to just go out

00:22:38.940 --> 00:22:39.620
 and love God

00:22:39.620 --> 00:22:40.680
 more love him

00:22:40.680 --> 00:22:42.640
 better I want to

00:22:42.640 --> 00:22:43.200
 encourage you

00:22:43.200 --> 00:22:44.400
 rather to seek to

00:22:44.400 --> 00:22:45.620
 know God for who

00:22:45.620 --> 00:22:48.799
 he really is and

00:22:48.799 --> 00:22:49.319
 the rest will

00:22:49.319 --> 00:22:51.019
 follow you won't

00:22:51.019 --> 00:22:52.200
 be able but to

00:22:52.200 --> 00:22:53.079
 love him with all

00:22:53.079 --> 00:22:54.700
 your heart soul

00:22:54.700 --> 00:22:55.779
 mind and strength

00:22:55.779 --> 00:22:58.180
 I don't want to

00:22:58.180 --> 00:22:58.860
 encourage you this

00:22:58.860 --> 00:22:59.539
 morning just to

00:22:59.539 --> 00:23:00.339
 love him more and

00:23:00.339 --> 00:23:01.160
 deeper because it's

00:23:01.160 --> 00:23:02.079
 your Christian duty

00:23:02.079 --> 00:23:04.059
 I want to

00:23:04.059 --> 00:23:04.659
 encourage you to

00:23:04.659 --> 00:23:05.519
 long for and

00:23:05.519 --> 00:23:06.500
 seek for the God

00:23:06.500 --> 00:23:07.399
 who desires this

00:23:07.399 --> 00:23:08.299
 kind of relationship

00:23:08.299 --> 00:23:09.000
 with you

00:23:09.000 --> 00:23:13.460
 how is your

00:23:13.460 --> 00:23:14.259
 relationship with

00:23:14.259 --> 00:23:14.859
 God going

00:23:14.859 --> 00:23:19.399
 how is your

00:23:19.399 --> 00:23:20.279
 relationship with

00:23:20.279 --> 00:23:21.699
 Jesus Christ the

00:23:21.699 --> 00:23:23.799
 king going

00:23:23.799 --> 00:23:27.579
 are you enjoying

00:23:27.579 --> 00:23:28.299
 him deeply

00:23:28.299 --> 00:23:31.960
 are you growing in

00:23:31.960 --> 00:23:33.720
 your love for him

00:23:33.720 --> 00:23:34.680
 week after week

00:23:34.680 --> 00:23:37.619
 are you spending

00:23:37.619 --> 00:23:38.720
 time just praying

00:23:38.720 --> 00:23:39.799
 to him each day

00:23:39.799 --> 00:23:41.180
 throughout the day

00:23:41.180 --> 00:23:42.740
 not because it's your

00:23:42.740 --> 00:23:43.579
 Christian duty or

00:23:43.579 --> 00:23:44.240
 because you have to

00:23:44.240 --> 00:23:45.539
 fill a certain number

00:23:45.539 --> 00:23:47.000
 of minutes to feel

00:23:47.000 --> 00:23:47.759
 good but just

00:23:47.759 --> 00:23:48.659
 because you want to

00:23:48.659 --> 00:23:49.440
 be in this love

00:23:49.440 --> 00:23:50.339
 relationship with

00:23:50.339 --> 00:23:50.599
 him

00:23:50.599 --> 00:23:53.859
 same with reading

00:23:53.859 --> 00:23:54.419
 your Bible

00:23:54.420 --> 00:23:55.940
 has it become a

00:23:55.940 --> 00:23:56.920
 religious task

00:23:56.920 --> 00:23:59.320
 that you just

00:23:59.320 --> 00:24:01.140
 I got to do this

00:24:01.140 --> 00:24:02.180
 to be healthy as a

00:24:02.180 --> 00:24:02.539
 Christian

00:24:02.539 --> 00:24:04.960
 just like I got to

00:24:04.960 --> 00:24:05.779
 eat my vegetables

00:24:05.779 --> 00:24:07.060
 and my whole wheat

00:24:07.060 --> 00:24:07.440
 bread

00:24:07.440 --> 00:24:10.120
 or will you open

00:24:10.120 --> 00:24:11.019
 your Bible this week

00:24:11.019 --> 00:24:12.060
 at home on your own

00:24:12.060 --> 00:24:14.180
 just to be in this

00:24:14.180 --> 00:24:15.700
 love relationship with

00:24:15.700 --> 00:24:16.820
 God and hear him

00:24:16.820 --> 00:24:18.340
 speak to you in the

00:24:18.340 --> 00:24:19.120
 way that he's chosen

00:24:19.120 --> 00:24:19.960
 to in our day

00:24:19.960 --> 00:24:22.660
 and so that's what I

00:24:22.660 --> 00:24:23.579
 want to encourage us

00:24:23.579 --> 00:24:24.720
 all with this morning

00:24:24.720 --> 00:24:26.519
 God loves you

00:24:26.519 --> 00:24:29.980
 he desires an all-in

00:24:29.980 --> 00:24:31.600
 love relationship with

00:24:31.600 --> 00:24:33.640
 you so deeply

00:24:33.640 --> 00:24:36.480
 a passionate powerful

00:24:36.480 --> 00:24:38.420
 relationship and he's

00:24:38.420 --> 00:24:39.120
 done everything to

00:24:39.120 --> 00:24:39.880
 make it possible

00:24:39.880 --> 00:24:44.779
 this is what the Bible

00:24:44.779 --> 00:24:45.380
 is all about

00:24:45.380 --> 00:24:47.640
 this is the good news

00:24:47.640 --> 00:24:48.800
 of Jesus

00:24:48.800 --> 00:24:50.660
 are you into that

00:24:50.660 --> 00:24:53.240
 let's pray

00:24:53.240 --> 00:25:00.759
 father in heaven

00:25:00.759 --> 00:25:01.640
 it blows us away

00:25:01.640 --> 00:25:03.080
 that this is what

00:25:03.080 --> 00:25:04.300
 you want with us

00:25:04.300 --> 00:25:06.600
 compared to you

00:25:06.600 --> 00:25:07.220
 we're nothing

00:25:07.220 --> 00:25:09.220
 we're pathetic

00:25:09.220 --> 00:25:11.400
 we're sinners

00:25:11.400 --> 00:25:12.540
 we've blown it

00:25:12.540 --> 00:25:13.460
 we've done things

00:25:13.460 --> 00:25:13.840
 that we

00:25:13.840 --> 00:25:14.820
 we know are

00:25:14.820 --> 00:25:15.560
 evil

00:25:15.560 --> 00:25:16.200
 are wrong

00:25:16.200 --> 00:25:18.160
 and yet you

00:25:18.160 --> 00:25:18.980
 love us

00:25:18.980 --> 00:25:20.240
 and it's amazing

00:25:20.240 --> 00:25:22.880
 God I pray that

00:25:22.880 --> 00:25:23.440
 in each of our

00:25:23.440 --> 00:25:24.080
 hearts you would

00:25:24.080 --> 00:25:24.940
 draw us

00:25:24.940 --> 00:25:26.860
 deeper into

00:25:26.860 --> 00:25:28.340
 friendship with

00:25:28.340 --> 00:25:28.580
 you

00:25:28.580 --> 00:25:31.380
 you know exactly

00:25:31.380 --> 00:25:32.180
 what's going on

00:25:32.180 --> 00:25:32.880
 in each of our

00:25:32.880 --> 00:25:33.299
 lives

00:25:33.299 --> 00:25:34.880
 the struggles

00:25:34.880 --> 00:25:35.640
 that we have

00:25:35.640 --> 00:25:36.279
 the challenges

00:25:36.279 --> 00:25:37.180
 that we're facing

00:25:37.180 --> 00:25:39.279
 the worries

00:25:39.279 --> 00:25:40.000
 the doubts

00:25:40.000 --> 00:25:42.640
 but we pray

00:25:42.640 --> 00:25:43.420
 and ask in these

00:25:43.420 --> 00:25:44.059
 moments Lord

00:25:44.059 --> 00:25:44.680
 that you would

00:25:44.680 --> 00:25:46.019
 pull us close

00:25:46.019 --> 00:25:48.240
 that you would

00:25:48.240 --> 00:25:48.859
 speak of your

00:25:48.859 --> 00:25:49.460
 love to our

00:25:49.460 --> 00:25:49.920
 hearts

00:25:49.920 --> 00:25:51.299
 and that you

00:25:51.299 --> 00:25:52.119
 would bring

00:25:52.119 --> 00:25:52.980
 life

00:25:52.980 --> 00:25:54.579
 and joy

00:25:54.579 --> 00:25:57.579
 reveal yourself

00:25:57.579 --> 00:25:58.180
 to us

00:25:58.180 --> 00:25:59.900
 in the days

00:25:59.900 --> 00:26:00.279
 and weeks

00:26:00.279 --> 00:26:01.119
 ahead we ask

00:26:01.119 --> 00:26:01.980
 in Jesus name

00:26:01.980 --> 00:26:03.700
 amen

00:26:03.700 --> 00:26:05.400
 all