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 sometimes when we sin ourselves we would chuck everything into what we physically can

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 to try and redeem ourselves as Christians and so sometimes it might be I know I will sign up to

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 every single church rota possible and just to kind of redeem myself to show that I'm working

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 for God's kingdom is that really what God is calling us into it could be that we would be

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 really kind to lots and lots of people and find ourselves getting really really stuck in

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 conversations and really getting held up in

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 things going on in our lives etc and so we try and redeem ourselves and that's just not possible

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 no payment is ever enough there's nothing that we can do to be completely forgiven and and for us

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 that's a really hard concept especially being British as well even to apologize or even to

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 accept an apology that's even still quite difficult because we don't like to admit that we're wrong

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 and yet we've got this bible we've got this lovely book that has got God's word in

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 and it says that we are wrong and there's nothing we can do about it and when you understand the

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 concept of grace that's that's really difficult but let's go back a minute and let's look at the word

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 sin okay sin is a nasty label it represents everything evil physically possible and so just to

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 understand what sin is sin is an action that we actively decide to partake in that separates us

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 from God okay so that's kind of terminology that a lot of Christians use let's unpack that a bit so

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 God obviously intended to be in communion in relationship and have friendship with us it's actually

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 called kinship which means it's like an adoptive um stance that God has chosen you no matter what

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 even if you don't choose him he has chosen you okay and and so that's what kinship that's what our

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 relationship is like with God and so he has paid the price for us by sending his son it's only him

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 who can pardon us because he can't be with sin

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 in the ancient world especially in the slave trade if a slave was to be set free a ransom would have to

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 be paid and of course as part of this ransom there would be some costs that would need to be covered

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 that happened that the owner would have um occurred and would obviously put some interest on top of that for the trouble

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 of letting this uh slave go

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 and that's exactly

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 what we were we were a slave

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 and our full bodies were completely slaves to sin

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 and that is until God has said enough and he sent his son to die for us on that cross

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 i remember going to um soul survivor who's heard of soul survivor at all a few of you have um so it's a youth

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 festival that was born out of new wine and um and it used to have like 30 000 young people meet a year

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 and i remember um a speaker danielle stripland come and speak and she spoke about an anaconda

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 that was sweeping across the churches and taking them completely whole and she said

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 um when she when God was speaking to her about this she she went on a um

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 uh a trip out into the bush and she was given a little leaflet

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 that told her how to survive a snake attack

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 um if an anaconda comes anywhere near you

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 you are to lay completely dead still on the floor act like you're dead

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 let it consume you

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 all the way up to your waist

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 well i don't like snakes so i'm already not a fan of this

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 um

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 and then when

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 right at the moment and of course when you're doing this

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 it's really important that you have a sharp knife

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 in your pocket

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 okay

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 if you forget if you're listening to this and you forget about the sharp knife

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 god bless you um because i think you're going to be a bit stuck

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 and when the time is right and the snake comes up to your waist

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 she said get the knife out

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 and stab it right in the head

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 and you'll kill the snake

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 um the disclaimer is i've never actually obviously done that so i don't know if it

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 works or not so i don't imagine

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 i would just say run personally um

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 and and she went on to describe the snake

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 that the snake comes over

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 to kill still and destroy

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 and that's exactly what satan is doing

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 sin is something that makes us completely separate

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 it harnesses us

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 it makes us completely

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 um

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 guilty

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 guilty

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 and the fact is is that

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 no matter what we have done

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 as long as we keep coming back to jesus

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 he is the one

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 who has paid the ultimate price

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 not for your past stuff

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 but also

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 for everything

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 in the future

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 that's really difficult to get your head around

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 another way of looking at it is

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 um i went to a christening

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 last weekend

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 and the the vicar was uh

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 explaining

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 to a con a congregation

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 who weren't christians

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 who probably haven't been to church

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 mostly in their life

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 and he was explaining what sin is

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 sin is spelled s-i-n

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 and it can't be spelled

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 especially without the i

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 and the i stands for me

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 as an individual

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 sin cannot be

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 um

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 it it cannot happen without me

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 because i actively take a decision to sin

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 and i felt that was really

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 really good to hear

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 that actually

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 we partake in sin

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 when we choose to sin

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 and so

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 two things that both the poor and the rich have in common

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 does anyone know what that is

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 anyone

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 they both will die

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 and they both stand before god

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 completely naked

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 with none of their riches

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 with none of their possessions

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 with none of their

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 what have you done on earth so to speak

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 there's none of that

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 they stand before god

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 and they are completely blameless

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 they are completely in full of love

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 that god has for them

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 and in forgiveness

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 so there's nothing that we can do here on earth

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 if we have the riches

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 to save our souls from anything

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 other than to believe in jesus

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 so i'm going to land with this

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 because i don't want it to be all doom and gloom

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 imagine this

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 you go out

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 with your family

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 to a restaurant

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 think of your favourite restaurant

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 think of the favourite things

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 that you like to wear

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 you have your favourite dishes

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 a free course meal

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 obviously

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 or more

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 depends if you want more

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 puddings etc

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 your favourite glass of wine

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 as well

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 comes to payment time

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 so you do that very British thing

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 you know

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 you either wave to the waiter

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 or you do that special nod

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 or

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 haven't mastered that yet

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 and you get your card out

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 and you put it in the card machine

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 and then the waiter turns around

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 and says payment is declined

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 we've all been there at some point

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 or at least witnessed someone else

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 be in that situation

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 that's difficult

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 it's embarrassing

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 and it makes you feel like

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 every single person is looking at you

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 and that is exactly what sin is like

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 and then

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 unbeknown to you

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 someone turns around

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 and taps you on the shoulder

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 and

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 you have no idea

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 who they are

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 and

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 they offer to pay for you

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 imagine what kindness

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 that is like

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 that a payment

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 has been made

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 on your behalf

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 by a complete stranger

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 but someone who cares

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 and loves for you

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 Satan is the bartender

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 who has told you

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 that your payment

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 is rejected

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 the stranger is Jesus

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 the one who is

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 who is unknown

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 who is caring

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 and who loves you

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 and so

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 if you go from this

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 church today

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 know this

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 that sin is designed

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 to entrap us

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 to enslave us

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 and it is

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 Jesus

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 who is the one

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 who set us free

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 from that

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 not just from

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 yesterday's sin

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 not just from today's sin

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 but also tomorrow's sin

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 and

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 on

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 and on

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 and on

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 and the only one thing

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 that we could do

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 every single time

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 is just come back to Jesus

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 that's it

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 that is it

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 and so

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 if you feel guilty

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 if you feel shameful

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 or any of them other things

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 that are to do with sin

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 that's not of God

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 because we know a God

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 who is full of love

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 forgiveness

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 and who cares

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 that is Jesus

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 who has paid

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 the ultimate price

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 and there's nothing

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 that we can do

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 to accept that

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 or pay for it

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 other than

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 just to worship him

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 Amen

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 I did say

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 that this would be fun

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 and

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 so

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 I'm going to ask you

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 to stand

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 if that's okay

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 if you're able to

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 if you could just

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 close your eyes

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 and have your hands out

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 in front of you

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 and if there's anything

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 that you are struggling with

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 to do with sin

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 or anything at all

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 in your mind

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 just place that item

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 in your hand

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 in front of you

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 and when you are ready

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 to hand it over to God

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 to say

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 I can't do this anymore

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 turn your hands down

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 to the floor

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 as if it were to fall out

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 of your hand

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 and let him

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 have the control

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 because we're returning

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 back to him

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 in worship

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 so Holy Spirit

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 we give thanks

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 for you

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 being here today

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 give thanks

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 for everyone

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 being here

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 and we pray

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 that you stir

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 our hearts

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 to come

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 to you more

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 and to know you more

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 may you be with us

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 today

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 and forever

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 and in weeks ahead

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 be with us

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 in the storms

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 and in the sunshine

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 be with us

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 in the loud

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 and quiet moments

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 in your precious name

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 Amen

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 Amen

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 Amen