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 we're not just physical beings.

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 We have this thing called life in the Spirit.

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 And that, says Paul, is the most important thing.

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 To be in Christ, to be free in Christ,

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 means that our life is essentially life in the Holy Spirit.

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 Paul puts it,

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 you, however, are not in the realm of the flesh,

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 but are in the realm of the Spirit.

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 It is the Holy Spirit that gives us freedom,

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 that gives us identity.

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 In Romans chapter 8,

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 I'm told that there's more references to the Holy Spirit

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 than in any other single chapter in the entire New Testament.

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 And in these few verses alone,

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 the Spirit is mentioned 16 times.

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 It's clearly a preoccupation for Paul.

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 So what does it look like then?

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 What does it mean in real, actual, practical terms

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 to be talking about living out that identity in Christ,

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 life in the Spirit,

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 and to be free therein?

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 Well, there's some things going to come up on the screen.

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 The first thing here is that

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 life in the Spirit gives us

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 a new possession.

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 Now, the Holy Spirit obviously is not a commodity.

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 It's not a thing we own.

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 It's not just a resort.

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 But when Paul says that the Holy Spirit is in us,

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 it means that there is a real sense

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 in which God's Spirit becomes something.

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 We are his possession and he is ours.

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 In verse 9 it says,

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 God's Spirit lives in you.

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 New possession.

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 Last summer was the Queen's Jubilee

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 and there were a lot of stories being put out there

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 from people, anecdotes,

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 people that had met the Queen.

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 You may have heard this particular story,

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 but it was my favourite one.

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 It was told by one of her former security guards

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 who was out walking in the estate,

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 in the Balmoral estate years ago.

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 And it was just him and the Queen

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 and they came across a couple of American walkers

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 who, it would seem, didn't recognise her.

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 But they were very friendly

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 and they struck up a conversation

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 and they said,

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 so do you live near here?

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 She said, apparently no, I live in London,

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 but I've got a little holiday home round the corner.

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 I said, oh, so have you been coming here for long?

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 She said, well yeah, since I was a little girl,

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 so over 80 years now.

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 And apparently,

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 they then said,

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 well if you've been coming here all this time,

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 you must have met the Queen.

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 And she was very fast,

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 she said, oh I haven't,

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 but he has lots of times.

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 Pointing to the security guard

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 who's recounting this story.

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 So they turned to him

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 and they said,

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 so what's she like?

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 And he said he worked with her for long enough

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 to be able to get away with this.

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 He said to them,

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 well she can be quite cantankerous sometimes,

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 but she's got a wonderful sense of humour.

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 And they still didn't cotton on.

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 They said,

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 we could just do anything

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 to have a photo taken

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 with someone who's met the Queen.

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 At which point,

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 one of them passed their phone to the Queen.

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 And said,

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 can you take a photo of us with this guy?

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 So she did,

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 and they kept straight faces

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 right the way through this.

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 But before the conversation ended,

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 they swapped places

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 and the Queen insisted

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 that they also take one

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 with her in it.

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 And then,

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 just as they went,

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 she said to her security guard,

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 I would give anything

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 to be a fly on the wall.

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 When they get home,

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 they're retelling this story,

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 and they're showing these photos

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 to their friends.

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 Being in the presence of royalty

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 and just not recognising it.

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 You can see where this is going.

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 When you become a Christian,

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 you become in Christ.

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 You have a new possession,

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 as I say,

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 not as a resource,

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 not as a commodity,

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 but the Holy Spirit of God,

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 the one who raised Jesus from the dead.

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 The Holy Spirit of the living God

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 is the one who you meet with.

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 And yet,

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 and yet we overlook that significance.

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 We don't recognise it.

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 We don't take it on board.

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 Perhaps it's a lifelong process

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 of coming to terms with that reality,

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 but that is the reality.

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 We meet simply not with royalty.

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 We meet with the living God.

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 And we have the living God

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 communing with us

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 in our everyday lives.

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 And we need to wake up

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 and smell the coffee

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 and recognise that reality.

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 Because when we see

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 that that is our possession,

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 that the Holy Spirit of God

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 is not simply around us

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 and beside us,

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 although he is all those things,

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 but is actually within us,

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 that's the game changer.

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 And Paul says,

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 everything else

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 has got to be worked out from there.

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 God's Spirit lives in you.

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 You have this extraordinary,

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 extraordinary possession

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 that my guess is most of the time

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 we simply don't take on board.

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 We don't recognise.

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 The second thing is

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 that, yes,

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 we have a new possession,

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 but it gives us a new position.

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 Paul says in this passage

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 that we become children of God.

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 Become adopted into God's family.

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 That's what this identity is,

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 to be in Christ.

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 Christ.

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 And you have a new freedom

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 because when you understand

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 your identity in those terms,

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 that you not only just

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 meet this God

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 that we need to recognise,

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 but actually we become

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 God's children,

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 it changes the way

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 we see things,

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 we see ourselves,

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 we see our interactions,

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 the way we see our identity.

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 Several years ago,

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 there was an experiment,

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 a rather unusual one,

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 that was carried out

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 by a psychologist.

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 They had ten people

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 in this sample,

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 in this experiment.

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 And they said,

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 they explained to these volunteers

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 that it was a social experiment

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 and with the help of,

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 the help of make-up,

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 they had some Hollywood

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 sort of make-up artists

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 as part of the experiment,

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 they put the volunteers

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 into ten cubicles

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 and they said,

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 what we're going to do

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 is we're going to paint

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 quite a noticeable scar

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 on your faces.

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 So there were about two hours

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 going through this,

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 putting the make-up on

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 and so each of the volunteers

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 was aware that this was

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 serious business,

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 this was going to look realistic

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 and then they showed them

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 what they looked like

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 in the mirror

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 and they said,

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 what we're going to do

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 is we're going to ask you

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 to go out

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 and just interact

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 with people for several hours,

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 go into as many shops,

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 cafes, restaurants,

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 whatever,

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 talk to as many people

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 and get on public transport

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 and just interact

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 and we just want you

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 to then come back

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 and we're going to interview you

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 because we want to know

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 how people interact with you

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 when they see

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 what you've got

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 on your faces.

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 We said,

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 just before we send you out

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 we just need to send you

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 back into the cubicles

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 and just do a little bit

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 of finishing touches

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 to the make-up.

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 At which point

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 what they didn't realise

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 was that

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 they actually removed

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 the scars from their faces.

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 So these volunteers

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 go out into the public situation

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 thinking that they've been made up

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 when in fact

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 they haven't at all.

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 They look exactly the same

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 as they always have done.

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 Do you know

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 when those ten people

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 came back afterwards

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 and were interviewed

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 without exception

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 they said that people

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 treated them so strangely.

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 People would either

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 look the other way,

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 would ignore them,

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 people cut them short,

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 they said it was just terrible.

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 the worst few hours

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 of their lives.

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 You see,

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 well that simple experiment

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 serves to illustrate

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 is the difference

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 that self-image makes.

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 When you have a picture

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 in your mind's eye

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 as to

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 what you are

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 it shapes

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 the way

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 that you perceive others

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 and you interact

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 with others.

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 in Christ

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 we have this new position

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 and it's a position

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 that defines

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 or should define

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 the way that we see

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 ourselves

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 and our relationships

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 and the way that we interact

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 with others.

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 When we see things

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 through that lens

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 it changes everything.

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 Our new position

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 is that

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 we are God's children

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 in Christ.

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 God's spirit

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 lives in us.

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 We have a new possession,

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 we have a new position.

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 The third thing

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 is we have

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 a new prospect.

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 Usually

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 when

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 you inherit something

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 when somebody else

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 dies

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 in

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 in these verses

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 from

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 Paul

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 Paul

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 we are told

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 that we inherit

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 something

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 when we die.

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 We are heirs

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 of God

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 he says

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 in verse 17

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 co-heirs

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 with Christ.

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 In other words

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 everything

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 that we see

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 in the risen Jesus

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 will be ours.

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 The kingdom

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 of God

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 in all its fullness

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 which is so much

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 bigger

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 and greater

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 than anything

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 else

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 that this world

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 has to offer

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 will be ours.

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 And whilst

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 it will only

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 fully be ours

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 in eternity

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 we get a glimpse

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 now.

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 Because that

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 identity

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 in Christ

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 starts now.

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 The Holy Spirit

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 is in us

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 now.

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 We are God's

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 children

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 now

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 and therefore

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 that prospect

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 of the future

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 begins now.

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 We're not there yet

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 and we won't

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 be there

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 until we get

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 there.

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 But we have

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 that new

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 prospect.

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 We are

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 heirs

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 of God's

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 kingdom.

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 And so

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 the fourth

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 the last one

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 that I want

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 to suggest

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 is that

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 what this

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 gives us

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 is a radically

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 new pursuit.

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 this is what

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 the journey

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 is all about.

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 Now it may

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 well be that

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 we listen to

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 some of these

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 things and we

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 think this

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 sounds great

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 I just long

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 wish I had

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 this sense of

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 the Holy Spirit

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 being in my life

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 as his possession.

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 I wish I had

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 that sense of

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 identity

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 that sense of

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 position

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 that sense of

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 a child of God

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 I wish I really

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 kind of took

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 that on board.

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 That sense of

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 the future

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 promise

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 I'd love all that

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 I'd love to think

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 all that yet I

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 struggle so much

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 I get it wrong

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 in my life

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 I don't sort of

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 live that out

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 I make mistakes

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 it's such a

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 struggle for me

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 to kind of

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 come to terms

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 with all this.

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 If you're feeling

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 any of that

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 then be reassured

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 this is why

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 Paul wrote

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 these words

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 because it's

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 a struggle.

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 That's why

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 these words

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 are here for us

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 in Romans chapter 8

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 to say that

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 life is a struggle

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 there is this

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 thing called

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 the flesh

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 and there's

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 everything that

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 distracts us

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 and pulls us

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 in the direction

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 of all the stuff

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 that is

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 effected

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 eventually

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 will come

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 to nothing

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 everything that

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 will die out

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 there's all of

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 those things

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 going on

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 but

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 but be

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 reassured

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 it's a

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 lifelong

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 pursuit

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 but we are

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 called

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 to make

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 this our

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 focus

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 to cast

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 our eyes

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 onto Jesus

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 to make

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 him the

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 focus

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 and him

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 the focus

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 alone

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 and sometimes

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 we'll get

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 that right

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 and sometimes

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 we'll get

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 that wrong

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 but he's

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 with us

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 he's there

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 for us

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 he's that

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 new possession

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 that's in us

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 he's that one

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 that gives us

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 that radically

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 new position

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 he holds out

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 that prospect

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 before us

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 and so we have

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 this new

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 lifelong pursuit

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 and it's never

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 too late

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 to start it

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 and it's never

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 too late

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 to restart it

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 apparently

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 I'd never come

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 across this

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 before

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 but apparently

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 there is a

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 proverb that

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 comes from

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 France originally

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 that says

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 the best

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 the best

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 starter

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 for any

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 meal

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 is hunger

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 if talking

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 about these

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 things

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 wets your

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 appetite

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 be encouraged

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 because that's

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 where he

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 meets us

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 and as we

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 come to pray

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 now

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 if perhaps

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 that sense

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 of hunger

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 after God's

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 Holy Spirit

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 is something

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 that resonates

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 with you

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 then that's

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 fantastic

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 but don't

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 beat yourself

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 up over it

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 see it as a

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 positive

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 and take

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 that hunger

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 for his

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 Holy Spirit

00:13:29.460 --> 00:13:30.580
 to that sense

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 of renewed

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 identity

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 in him

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 bring it

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 to him

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 and invite

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 his Holy Spirit

00:13:38.820 --> 00:13:39.080
 in

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 let's pray

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 together now

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 let's take a few

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 moments just to

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 be still

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 as we

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 reflect on

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 these things

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 and as we

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 bring our

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 lives before

00:13:52.960 --> 00:13:53.279
 him

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 knowing that

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 we

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 we have

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 a life

00:13:58.480 --> 00:13:59.079
 our

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 flesh

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 our lives

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 in the

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 flesh

00:14:01.120 --> 00:14:02.360
 our lives

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 here and

00:14:02.720 --> 00:14:02.919
 now

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 are mortal

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 lives

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 but knowing

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 that that is

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 not the

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 dominant

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 theme

00:14:09.539 --> 00:14:13.439
 Lord

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 we are

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 human beings

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 and we

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 come to you

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 as we are

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 because we

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 can come no

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 other way

00:14:22.000 --> 00:14:23.320
 and we

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 confess to

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 you all

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 about us

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 that is

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 broken

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 that is

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 distorted

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 that is

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 messed up

00:14:28.759 --> 00:14:30.279
 we bring

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 before you

00:14:30.799 --> 00:14:31.360
 our past

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 and indeed

00:14:31.740 --> 00:14:32.360
 our present

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 and things

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 that perhaps

00:14:33.919 --> 00:14:34.419
 bring us

00:14:34.419 --> 00:14:34.899
 a sense

00:14:34.899 --> 00:14:35.600
 of shame

00:14:35.600 --> 00:14:40.159
 but Lord

00:14:40.159 --> 00:14:40.740
 thank you

00:14:40.740 --> 00:14:41.179
 that your

00:14:41.179 --> 00:14:41.980
 view of us

00:14:41.980 --> 00:14:43.240
 is so much

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 more positive

00:14:44.259 --> 00:14:46.120
 than our

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 view of us

00:14:47.019 --> 00:14:50.899
 so Lord

00:14:50.899 --> 00:14:51.399
 as we say

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 to you

00:14:51.620 --> 00:14:51.860
 that we

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 are sorry

00:14:52.460 --> 00:14:53.000
 and we

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 confess

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 our wrongdoing

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 to you

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 thank you

00:14:56.659 --> 00:14:57.019
 that we

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 may know

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 that our

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 life

00:14:58.179 --> 00:14:58.860
 our identity

00:14:58.860 --> 00:14:59.480
 is life

00:14:59.480 --> 00:14:59.799
 in the

00:14:59.799 --> 00:15:00.259
 spirit

00:15:00.259 --> 00:15:04.159
 Holy Spirit

00:15:04.159 --> 00:15:04.620
 would you

00:15:04.620 --> 00:15:05.139
 breathe

00:15:05.139 --> 00:15:05.559
 would you

00:15:05.559 --> 00:15:06.019
 pour

00:15:06.019 --> 00:15:06.840
 into our

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 hearts

00:15:07.340 --> 00:15:08.720
 that renewed

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 sense

00:15:09.299 --> 00:15:10.080
 of freedom

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 that comes

00:15:11.720 --> 00:15:12.259
 only from

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 you

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 Lord

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 would you

00:15:15.899 --> 00:15:16.479
 shape in

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 us

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 that new

00:15:17.099 --> 00:15:17.419
 sense

00:15:17.419 --> 00:15:18.179
 of identity

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 that position

00:15:20.879 --> 00:15:21.559
 that we

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 are your

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 children

00:15:22.379 --> 00:15:25.259
 Lord

00:15:25.259 --> 00:15:25.779
 would you

00:15:25.779 --> 00:15:26.679
 focus us

00:15:26.679 --> 00:15:27.259
 in on

00:15:27.259 --> 00:15:28.059
 that hope

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 that promise

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 that prospect

00:15:29.579 --> 00:15:30.099
 that is

00:15:30.099 --> 00:15:30.519
 ours for

00:15:30.519 --> 00:15:31.239
 all eternity

00:15:31.239 --> 00:15:33.359
 and Lord

00:15:33.359 --> 00:15:34.019
 would you

00:15:34.019 --> 00:15:34.799
 in your

00:15:34.799 --> 00:15:35.439
 Holy Spirit

00:15:35.439 --> 00:15:36.159
 enable us

00:15:36.159 --> 00:15:36.899
 to pursue

00:15:36.899 --> 00:15:38.859
 these things

00:15:38.859 --> 00:15:39.739
 now and

00:15:39.739 --> 00:15:40.119
 in our

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 daily lives

00:15:40.939 --> 00:15:41.599
 so Lord

00:15:41.599 --> 00:15:42.419
 Holy Spirit

00:15:42.419 --> 00:15:44.719
 pour into

00:15:44.719 --> 00:15:45.439
 us now

00:15:45.439 --> 00:15:51.399
 let's just

00:15:51.399 --> 00:15:51.899
 wait upon

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 God as

00:15:52.379 --> 00:15:52.639
 we

00:15:52.639 --> 00:15:53.979
 wait upon

00:15:53.979 --> 00:15:54.439
 his Holy

00:15:54.439 --> 00:15:54.919
 Spirit

00:15:54.919 --> 00:16:11.439
 Holy Spirit

00:16:11.440 --> 00:16:11.800
 would you

00:16:11.800 --> 00:16:12.540
 pour out

00:16:12.540 --> 00:16:12.980
 yourself

00:16:12.980 --> 00:16:13.880
 upon us

00:16:13.880 --> 00:16:14.340
 and in

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 us

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 renew

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 a sense

00:16:16.300 --> 00:16:16.640
 of your

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 presence

00:16:17.060 --> 00:16:17.380
 now

00:16:17.380 --> 00:16:17.740
 as we

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 worship

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 you

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 thank you

00:16:22.640 --> 00:16:22.960
 Jesus

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 you

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 you

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 God yeah