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 Oh, me.

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 If you have sent or received a Christmas card this year,

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 you most likely have found at least one

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 that had this phrase,

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 peace on earth, goodwill to men.

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 We sing that too, don't we, in a carol.

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 That is a paraphrase from Luke chapter 2, verse 14,

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 from the King James translation of the Bible.

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 It says, glory to God in the highest and on earth,

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 peace, goodwill toward men.

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 Those words were spoken by angels to shepherds

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 right after Jesus was born.

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 Now, ever since those words were said or recorded,

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 a lot of things have been written,

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 written questions asked about that phrase, peace on earth.

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 And one of the questions is, why?

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 Why would they say that?

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 There's never been peace on earth.

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 You know, the United States has the largest number

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 of professing Christians of any country in the world.

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 But if you just look around at what has been

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 and is happening in our country right now,

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 peace is the last word anyone would use

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 to describe the attitude or the mood

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 in our country right now.

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 You just think about it.

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 The coronavirus pandemic has, for now over nine months,

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 produced one of the most stressful environments

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 that most of us have ever experienced in our lives.

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 Throughout this past summer and fall,

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 almost every day,

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 a riot took place somewhere in this country.

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 We've just gotten through with an election,

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 and almost every emotion except peace

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 has come out all along the campaign trail.

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 So when you see that phrase,

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 peace on earth,

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 in a Christmas card,

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 or in a Christmas carol,

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 the question in our minds,

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 at least sometimes,

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 were the angels wrong?

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 Now,

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 if you really believe the Bible

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 is God's inerrant word,

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 you know the angels were not wrong.

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 You know that the message that they proclaimed

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 would not have been an erroneous message.

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 So I think a better question is,

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 what kind of peace were the angels singing about?

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 What kind of peace were they proclaiming that night?

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 Well, that's the question I want us to answer this morning.

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 And the fact is,

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 the angels were not announcing

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 the end of all hostility kind of peace

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 that we might wish for.

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 They were not saying

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 that peace and goodwill

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 would be experienced

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 between all people

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 at all times on the earth.

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 The angels were really praising God

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 for what he was going to do

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 through Jesus

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 to bring peace

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 between himself

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 and sinful people.

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 That message is clearer

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 in other translations.

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 For an example,

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 the English Standard says,

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 Glory to God in the highest

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 and on earth peace among those

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 with whom he is pleased.

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 The NIV says it this way,

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 Glory to God in the highest,

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 or glory to God in the highest heaven

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 and on earth peace to those

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 on whom his favor rests.

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 The angels were saying

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 that God will bring peace

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 to the life

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 of a specific group of people.

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 Look at it.

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 Those with whom he is pleased.

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 Those on whom God's favor rests.

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 On that first Christmas,

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 the angels were announcing

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 truly good news of salvation

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 that would come through that baby

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 born in Bethlehem.

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 The message of peace

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 was about peace with God

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 and the peace of God.

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 That's what I want us to look at

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 and think about this morning.

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 That's the kind of peace

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 that Jesus came to provide

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 in this world.

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 Look, number one.

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 Jesus came to provide peace with God.

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 A good example of just a clear statement

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 of that is Romans 5.1.

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 Look at it.

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 Therefore, since we have been justified

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 by faith,

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 declared right with God

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 by faith in Christ,

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 we have peace with God

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 through our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 You know, the Bible describes

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 a universal human problem.

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 We're sinners by nature

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 and by choice.

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 You know, the Apostle Paul

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 goes to great lengths

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 to describe how all people,

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 people who've never even heard

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 of Jesus,

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 as well as people who have His word,

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 how all people have really

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 ignored God

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 or rebelled against God

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 and are rightfully declared

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 sinners in His sight.

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 Romans 1,

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 beginning in verse 18,

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 all the way through chapter 3,

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 verse 20,

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 describes that.

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 I want to do a little plug

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 for my Wednesday night Bible study here.

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 We're doing a study

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 in the book of Romans.

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 We started it a little while ago.

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 And we're just getting started

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 in the study.

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 And we've looked at,

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 you know,

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 what all the Bible says

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 about why all people

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 reject what God does reveal Himself,

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 how God does reveal Himself to them.

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 We're going to really start moving

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 in the book of Romans,

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 which is the greatest explanation

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 of the good news of Jesus

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 found in the Bible.

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 I mean, just a comprehensive study

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 of what God has done

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 for us in Christ.

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 We're going to start back

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 on Wednesday night,

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 the first Wednesday night

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 in January,

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 in here at 630.

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 And I want to encourage you

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 to come and be a part of that

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 just in a couple more weeks

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 on Wednesday nights,

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 about 30 minutes worth of study.

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 I hope you'll come

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 and be a part of what

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 all the riches of Romans

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 that we're going to find

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 from the pen of the Apostle Paul.

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 But the Bible describes

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 sin as a universal problem.

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 And I've said on many occasions,

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 because I think it's the best example,

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 children illustrate that.

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 Your children, my children,

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 our grandchildren,

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 your nieces and nephews,

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 especially when they're real small

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 in the nursery,

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 and as they get a little bit older,

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 children just break the rules.

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 They'll tell you a lie

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 to get out of getting in trouble.

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 They'll jerk something away

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 from another child.

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 It's just a part of their nature.

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 No one has to teach them

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 to be that way.

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 That was our nature

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 when we started out in this world.

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 And you know,

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 we are now sinners by choice.

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 Now I want to make a sort of a point

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 of clarification here.

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 Everybody is not

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 just what we would call wicked

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 and evil.

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 Some children grow up.

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 They're more compliant.

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 Some children you just sort of look at,

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 and they're going to do

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 whatever they think will please you.

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 Some are more defiant.

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 Some are,

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 you know,

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 they're looking for a rule to break.

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 One of my sons,

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 he was a real little fella.

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 I forgot exactly the context,

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 but we asked Michael.

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 Played a little game.

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 Asked Michael.

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 Things would be better if,

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 and he filled in the blank,

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 if there were no rules.

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 Who taught him that?

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 His mama did teach him that

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 by her example.

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 But really and truly,

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 it was just in him.

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 It's in all of us.

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 The more compliant ones,

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 they're not being compliant

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 because of just the goodness

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 in their heart.

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 They just have a gentler way.

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 Some of them learn to manipulate adults.

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 By being more compliant.

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 To get their way like that.

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 We can all look back on our own lives

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 and see that we have never outgrown

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 these tendencies

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 to just be selfish.

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 Do what I want to do.

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 The way that I want to do it.

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 This is a serious problem

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 that the Bible calls sin.

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 We ignore God,

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 or we rebel against God.

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 We just sort of

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 close our eyes to him,

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 or we shake a fist in him,

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 at him,

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 or we're somewhere in between.

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 The Bible talks about this

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 being a problem called sin.

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 It separates us from God.

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 It prevents us from having

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 and enjoying a right relationship with him.

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 That's the bad news of the Bible.

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 But the Bible's main message

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 is good news

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 about how that relationship

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 can be made what it ought to be made.

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 The good news of the Bible

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 is that God sent his son

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 into this world to save us.

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 That message has already been

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 announced

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 in the Christmas story.

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 It was presented last week

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 in the great job the choir did.

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 It's one of my favorite Christmas statements

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 about the gospel,

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 why Jesus came.

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 Look at Matthew 121.

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 The angel told Joseph,

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 She will bear a son,

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 and you shall call his name Jesus,

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 for he will save his people

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 from their sins.

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 Jesus came into this world

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 to save sinful people,

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 people who would trust him.

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 And the way he did that,

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 he came into this world

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 and lived a perfect life.

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 He always obeyed his heavenly father.

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 He always followed the rules.

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 When we trust Jesus,

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 his perfect, righteous life

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 is credited to us.

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 But Jesus was crucified

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 by evil people.

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 But that was a part of God's plan.

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 As he hung on the cross,

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 Jesus became our substitute.

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 He became our sin bearer.

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 And on the cross,

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 God unleashed the fury of his wrath

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 against sin.

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 Look at it.

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 Romans 5, 8 explains this very well.

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 God shows his love for us

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 in that while we're still sinners,

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 Christ died for us.

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 We don't do a thing.

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 We enter the world as sinful people.

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 We live life our way,

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 instead of God's way.

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 At some point,

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 you who are a Christian,

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 somehow or another,

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 God got your attention.

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 He made it clear to you

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 that you are a sinner

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 separated from him.

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 You may have had it explained to you.

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 The penalty for sin is death.

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 God so worked in you

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 to awaken you spiritually

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 to that reality.

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 To cause you to want to

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 change or be changed.

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 God gave you the desire

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 and the ability

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 to turn from the way you were living,

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 your way,

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 the sinful way,

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 and turn to God.

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 God is the one who gave you

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 the thoughts and the desires.

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 I don't want to live this way anymore.

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 I don't want to dishonor God,

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 disrespect him any way anymore.

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 I truly want him to change me.

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 And God opened your eyes

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 to see

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 that when Jesus died on the cross,

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 he was dying for you,

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 paying the penalty for your sins.

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 God so worked in you,

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 if you're a Christian,

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 that you called upon Jesus to save you.

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 You started trusting him

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 as the Lord of your life,

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 whenever that was.

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 And by God's grace

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 and his spirit's working,

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 you're still trusting him that way.

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 If you are not trusting him like that now,

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 I want you to know

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 today can be your day of salvation.

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 If God's opening your eyes,

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 softening your heart,

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 turn from your sin,

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 trust Jesus,

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 call upon him to save you.

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 The Bible promises,

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 look at this,

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 from Romans 10,

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 but whoever calls on the name of the Lord

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 will be saved.

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 Jesus came into this world

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 to give us peace with God.

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 Now if you're a Christian,

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 are you experiencing that peace right now?

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 That peace with God.

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 If you're truly a child of God,

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 trusting Jesus and him alone

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 for your salvation,

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 do you realize that

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 you don't have to perform a certain way

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 for God to accept you?

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 You see, Jesus did all the performing for you.

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 You're accepted in Christ.

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 You don't have to try to undo your past.

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 The penalty for your sin has been paid.

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 You're accepted in Christ.

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 I want you to understand,

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 if you are a Christian,

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 you should not be afraid to go to sleep at night.

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 If you are a Christian,

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 you should have this sense of rightness with God.

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 The Spirit of God should be working you

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 in such a way that you know him

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 as your heavenly Father.

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 You have a true love for him

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 and a desire to please him

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 and do his will.

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 That peace of God,

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 or that peace from God,

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 or with God rather,

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 is something that we all as Christians

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 should experience.

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 And if you're not experiencing it,

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 there's something wrong.

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 It may be that

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 there's some things going on in your life

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 that you know aren't pleasing to God.

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 Sinful, selfish things

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 that you just won't turn loose with.

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 Well, you'll never know

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 peace with God

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 until you confess it

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 and repent of it.

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 Jesus came into this world

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 so that we might experience

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 peace with God.

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 But I want you to see

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 that that's not all.

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 Jesus came to provide also

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 the peace of God.

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 And I think one of the best statements

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 about that

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 is in Philippians chapter 4.

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 We're going to look at verse 7.

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 But I want you to understand

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 verse 6 tells us

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 that instead of worrying,

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 we need to learn to pray.

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 And if we'll substitute prayer,

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 prayerful trust in God

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 in place of our worries,

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 we can experience

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 the peace of God in our lives.

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 Look at this.

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 Paul writes,

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 and the peace of God

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 which surpasses all understanding

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 will guard your hearts

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 and your minds

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 in Christ Jesus.

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 The peace of God

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 refers to some type of

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 unexplainable,

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 supernatural,

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 inner peace

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 that we as children of God

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 can experience.

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 I want you to think

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 for a minute.

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 Who are some of the people

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 in your life

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 that you have a real

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 close relationship with?

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 I mean,

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 everybody in this room.

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 There are people

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 in our lives.

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 For some of you,

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 some of the people

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 you think about

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 that are in the past.

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 But all of us,

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 we have people

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 in our lives.

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 A spouse,

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 child or children,

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 parents,

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 siblings,

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 close friends.

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 We have people

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 in our lives

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 that we have had

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 a real close

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 relationship with

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 for a long time.

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 We've lived life with them.

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 We've enjoyed life with them.

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 We've shared life with them.

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 What does it feel like

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 when you have

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 unresolved conflict

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 with that person

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 or with any of

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 those people?

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 You know what it's like.

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 Don't you tell me

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 you've never had conflict

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 with anybody close to you.

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 Don't ever say,

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 my wife and I

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 have never had a conflict

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 at any point in our lives.

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 People who say that

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 will lie about other things

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 as well.

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 You know that.

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 Think about how it feels.

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 There's conflict

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 between you and your spouse,

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 between you and your child,

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 between you and your parent.

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 You feel stressed,

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 don't you?

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 You feel sort of

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 maybe depressed.

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 Maybe you feel hurt.

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 Maybe you're just angry

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 right now

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 if it's going on right now.

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 If the anger goes on too long,

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 you feel bitter.

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 Well, how do you,

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 how do you talk

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 to a person

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 you're having conflict with

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 like that?

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 Your conversation is

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 sort of strained, isn't it?

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 Sort of cold.

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 Sort of harsh.

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 They ask you,

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 how you doing?

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 Fine.

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 What are we going to eat

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 for supper?

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 Food.

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 I've heard that

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 for 40 something years,

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 you know.

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 Oh, me.

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 Don't you tell them

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 you've heard that

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 for 40 something years now.

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 You know what

00:19:35.360 --> 00:19:36.140
 I'm talking about though.

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 Life is not good

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 good

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 when there is

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 this strain

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 or conflict

00:19:45.480 --> 00:19:47.680
 between someone

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 that we do

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 have a relationship with.

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 We love them.

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 They love us.

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 But we don't

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 experience the peace.

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 Now think about

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 when everything,

00:20:00.200 --> 00:20:00.960
 when the conflict

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 is resolved

00:20:02.060 --> 00:20:03.880
 in a healthy way.

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 When the conflict

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 is resolved,

00:20:06.700 --> 00:20:09.100
 you feel relaxed.

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 The anxiety is gone.

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 You feel just

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 at ease.

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 You smile.

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 How was your day?

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 It was a good day.

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 What would you like

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 for supper?

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 Whatever you would like.

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 It's totally different,

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 isn't it?

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 You let down your guard.

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 You talk freely.

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 You laugh.

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 You just

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 sort of

00:20:35.940 --> 00:20:37.600
 share life together.

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 You go along

00:20:39.379 --> 00:20:40.279
 living life

00:20:40.279 --> 00:20:41.299
 together.

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 Life is good

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 when those

00:20:46.179 --> 00:20:46.699
 who are

00:20:46.699 --> 00:20:48.559
 close to you

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 and you have

00:20:50.679 --> 00:20:51.659
 a real healthy

00:20:51.659 --> 00:20:53.139
 relationship

00:20:53.139 --> 00:20:53.839
 with them.

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 And life is good

00:20:56.779 --> 00:20:57.819
 even in a pandemic,

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 isn't it?

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 You know,

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 no one

00:21:00.639 --> 00:21:02.099
 in their right mind

00:21:02.099 --> 00:21:02.699
 would say,

00:21:02.700 --> 00:21:03.680
 well,

00:21:03.700 --> 00:21:04.180
 I have

00:21:04.180 --> 00:21:04.840
 just thoroughly

00:21:04.840 --> 00:21:05.700
 enjoyed this

00:21:05.700 --> 00:21:06.319
 past year

00:21:06.319 --> 00:21:06.620
 with the

00:21:06.620 --> 00:21:07.720
 coronavirus pandemic.

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 No.

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 But I have

00:21:09.980 --> 00:21:10.480
 heard

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 and I have

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 said,

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 you know,

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 there are some

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 positive things

00:21:14.420 --> 00:21:14.900
 that have happened

00:21:14.900 --> 00:21:15.420
 as a result

00:21:15.420 --> 00:21:16.279
 of this pandemic.

00:21:17.200 --> 00:21:17.740
 Lisa and I

00:21:17.740 --> 00:21:18.000
 have spent

00:21:18.000 --> 00:21:18.980
 more time together,

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 especially back

00:21:19.920 --> 00:21:20.539
 in, you know,

00:21:20.680 --> 00:21:21.360
 March, April,

00:21:21.420 --> 00:21:22.000
 and May.

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 We ate more

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 meals at home

00:21:25.700 --> 00:21:26.400
 together.

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 And some of you

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 have a,

00:21:29.420 --> 00:21:29.980
 this might tear

00:21:29.980 --> 00:21:30.620
 some of you up,

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 but I don't

00:21:30.980 --> 00:21:31.559
 really care.

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 My boys

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 and I,

00:21:35.019 --> 00:21:35.660
 we played

00:21:35.660 --> 00:21:36.559
 more golf

00:21:36.559 --> 00:21:37.759
 during the spring

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 than we have

00:21:38.299 --> 00:21:39.140
 in a long time

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 together.

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 There was just

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 some positive

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 things

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 relationally

00:21:46.660 --> 00:21:48.799
 that happened

00:21:48.799 --> 00:21:49.279
 in a lot

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 of our lives

00:21:50.460 --> 00:21:52.420
 during the

00:21:52.420 --> 00:21:52.839
 worst

00:21:52.839 --> 00:21:54.319
 pandemic

00:21:54.319 --> 00:21:55.860
 or the only

00:21:55.860 --> 00:21:56.400
 pandemic

00:21:56.400 --> 00:21:57.880
 we've ever

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 experienced.

00:22:00.099 --> 00:22:00.620
 Well,

00:22:00.619 --> 00:22:01.099
 experiencing

00:22:01.099 --> 00:22:01.719
 the peace

00:22:01.719 --> 00:22:02.659
 of God

00:22:02.659 --> 00:22:04.859
 means

00:22:04.859 --> 00:22:05.539
 that we

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 know

00:22:06.319 --> 00:22:07.599
 that all

00:22:07.599 --> 00:22:08.559
 is well

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 deep

00:22:09.199 --> 00:22:10.379
 within us

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 even

00:22:12.299 --> 00:22:12.699
 when

00:22:12.699 --> 00:22:13.559
 everything

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 is not

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 well

00:22:15.139 --> 00:22:16.779
 all around

00:22:16.779 --> 00:22:17.359
 us.

00:22:18.639 --> 00:22:19.019
 The peace

00:22:19.019 --> 00:22:19.379
 of God

00:22:19.379 --> 00:22:19.919
 described in

00:22:19.919 --> 00:22:20.479
 verse 7

00:22:20.479 --> 00:22:20.779
 there,

00:22:21.659 --> 00:22:22.259
 as I said,

00:22:22.579 --> 00:22:23.479
 is actually

00:22:23.479 --> 00:22:24.599
 the result

00:22:24.599 --> 00:22:25.299
 of praying

00:22:25.299 --> 00:22:26.079
 instead of

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 worrying.

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 Look at it

00:22:26.959 --> 00:22:27.699
 in verse 6.

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 Do not

00:22:29.340 --> 00:22:29.860
 be anxious

00:22:29.860 --> 00:22:30.519
 about anything

00:22:30.519 --> 00:22:30.940
 but in

00:22:30.940 --> 00:22:31.259
 everything

00:22:31.259 --> 00:22:32.059
 by prayer

00:22:32.059 --> 00:22:33.120
 and supplication

00:22:33.120 --> 00:22:34.500
 with thanksgiving

00:22:34.500 --> 00:22:35.259
 let your

00:22:35.259 --> 00:22:36.120
 requests be

00:22:36.120 --> 00:22:36.779
 made known

00:22:36.779 --> 00:22:37.360
 to God.

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 That was

00:22:38.200 --> 00:22:39.160
 the first

00:22:39.160 --> 00:22:40.279
 message I

00:22:40.279 --> 00:22:40.819
 preached

00:22:40.819 --> 00:22:42.240
 back in

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 March,

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 March the

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 22nd

00:22:43.960 --> 00:22:46.840
 when we

00:22:46.840 --> 00:22:47.440
 shut things

00:22:47.440 --> 00:22:47.940
 down for

00:22:47.940 --> 00:22:48.440
 the pandemic.

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 In fact,

00:22:49.940 --> 00:22:50.279
 March the

00:22:50.279 --> 00:22:50.740
 22nd was

00:22:50.740 --> 00:22:51.319
 on a Sunday.

00:22:52.000 --> 00:22:52.480
 I preached

00:22:52.480 --> 00:22:53.480
 that standing

00:22:53.480 --> 00:22:54.580
 here to an

00:22:54.580 --> 00:22:55.440
 empty sanctuary

00:22:55.440 --> 00:22:56.100
 except for

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 Michael and

00:22:56.799 --> 00:22:57.340
 Colton

00:22:57.340 --> 00:22:58.519
 on Thursday.

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 We don't

00:23:03.039 --> 00:23:03.400
 need to be

00:23:03.400 --> 00:23:04.039
 anxious about

00:23:04.039 --> 00:23:04.360
 this.

00:23:05.160 --> 00:23:05.700
 We don't

00:23:05.700 --> 00:23:06.559
 need to worry

00:23:06.559 --> 00:23:07.340
 ourselves sick

00:23:07.340 --> 00:23:07.940
 about this.

00:23:08.720 --> 00:23:09.380
 We need to

00:23:09.380 --> 00:23:09.740
 pray,

00:23:09.920 --> 00:23:10.259
 we need to

00:23:10.259 --> 00:23:11.180
 trust God

00:23:11.180 --> 00:23:14.279
 and we

00:23:14.279 --> 00:23:15.000
 can experience

00:23:15.000 --> 00:23:15.940
 peace,

00:23:16.360 --> 00:23:16.860
 the peace

00:23:16.860 --> 00:23:18.019
 of God

00:23:18.019 --> 00:23:19.000
 within our

00:23:19.000 --> 00:23:19.820
 souls

00:23:19.820 --> 00:23:21.660
 as we face

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 who knows

00:23:22.180 --> 00:23:22.799
 what

00:23:22.799 --> 00:23:24.779
 in the days

00:23:24.779 --> 00:23:25.139
 to come.

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 That was

00:23:26.000 --> 00:23:26.799
 the message.

00:23:28.539 --> 00:23:28.879
 Praying

00:23:28.879 --> 00:23:29.299
 instead of

00:23:29.299 --> 00:23:29.759
 worrying is

00:23:29.759 --> 00:23:30.160
 the key to

00:23:30.160 --> 00:23:30.579
 experiencing

00:23:30.579 --> 00:23:30.920
 what we're

00:23:30.920 --> 00:23:31.359
 talking about

00:23:31.359 --> 00:23:31.759
 this morning.

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 But there

00:23:33.460 --> 00:23:34.099
 is no

00:23:34.099 --> 00:23:34.799
 prayer,

00:23:34.879 --> 00:23:35.019
 I want to

00:23:35.019 --> 00:23:35.339
 make this

00:23:35.339 --> 00:23:35.680
 clear,

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 there is

00:23:37.220 --> 00:23:38.339
 no promise

00:23:38.339 --> 00:23:39.180
 anywhere in

00:23:39.180 --> 00:23:39.480
 scripture

00:23:39.480 --> 00:23:40.899
 that our

00:23:40.899 --> 00:23:41.700
 prayers will

00:23:41.700 --> 00:23:43.519
 make all

00:23:43.519 --> 00:23:43.859
 of our

00:23:43.859 --> 00:23:44.839
 sources of

00:23:44.839 --> 00:23:45.299
 worry

00:23:45.299 --> 00:23:46.759
 disappear.

00:23:47.980 --> 00:23:48.440
 Paul's

00:23:48.440 --> 00:23:48.819
 point is

00:23:48.819 --> 00:23:49.139
 that we can

00:23:49.139 --> 00:23:49.660
 experience the

00:23:49.660 --> 00:23:50.379
 peace of

00:23:50.379 --> 00:23:51.119
 God in

00:23:51.119 --> 00:23:51.720
 the midst

00:23:51.720 --> 00:23:52.220
 of our

00:23:52.220 --> 00:23:52.839
 problems.

00:23:52.839 --> 00:23:54.339
 Joe Thorne

00:23:54.339 --> 00:23:54.579
 is a

00:23:54.579 --> 00:23:54.939
 pastor.

00:23:55.339 --> 00:23:55.839
 He describes

00:23:55.839 --> 00:23:56.299
 how God

00:23:56.299 --> 00:23:56.720
 provides

00:23:56.720 --> 00:23:57.720
 peace in

00:23:57.720 --> 00:23:58.319
 the midst

00:23:58.319 --> 00:23:58.799
 of life

00:23:58.799 --> 00:23:59.240
 storms.

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 I think

00:23:59.720 --> 00:24:00.079
 this is a

00:24:00.079 --> 00:24:00.679
 good reminder.

00:24:01.319 --> 00:24:01.579
 This is

00:24:01.579 --> 00:24:02.000
 sort of the

00:24:02.000 --> 00:24:03.579
 most un-Joel

00:24:03.579 --> 00:24:04.480
 Osteen-ish

00:24:04.480 --> 00:24:05.220
 thing you'll

00:24:05.220 --> 00:24:06.779
 see today.

00:24:07.359 --> 00:24:07.799
 Look at

00:24:07.799 --> 00:24:08.099
 it.

00:24:09.319 --> 00:24:09.579
 And by

00:24:09.579 --> 00:24:09.879
 the way,

00:24:09.939 --> 00:24:10.159
 for those

00:24:10.159 --> 00:24:10.359
 of you who

00:24:10.359 --> 00:24:10.819
 don't know,

00:24:12.159 --> 00:24:12.639
 one of my

00:24:12.639 --> 00:24:13.359
 goals every

00:24:13.359 --> 00:24:14.199
 Sunday is to

00:24:14.199 --> 00:24:16.299
 be non-Joel

00:24:16.299 --> 00:24:16.839
 Osteen.

00:24:18.839 --> 00:24:19.759
 Because Joel

00:24:19.759 --> 00:24:20.539
 Osteen is

00:24:20.539 --> 00:24:22.019
 non-biblical.

00:24:22.839 --> 00:24:23.659
 or theological.

00:24:26.139 --> 00:24:26.779
 Joe Thorne

00:24:26.779 --> 00:24:27.179
 says,

00:24:27.879 --> 00:24:28.419
 God does

00:24:28.419 --> 00:24:29.339
 not promise

00:24:29.339 --> 00:24:30.220
 to rid

00:24:30.220 --> 00:24:30.980
 your life

00:24:30.980 --> 00:24:32.159
 of affliction

00:24:32.159 --> 00:24:33.679
 and difficulty.

00:24:34.259 --> 00:24:34.879
 He does,

00:24:35.039 --> 00:24:35.279
 however,

00:24:35.559 --> 00:24:36.000
 offer to

00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:36.339
 give you

00:24:36.339 --> 00:24:36.980
 the grace

00:24:36.980 --> 00:24:37.779
 needed to

00:24:37.779 --> 00:24:39.819
 suffer well.

00:24:40.819 --> 00:24:41.240
 It isn't

00:24:41.240 --> 00:24:41.679
 wrong to

00:24:41.679 --> 00:24:42.220
 ask God

00:24:42.220 --> 00:24:42.619
 to relieve

00:24:42.619 --> 00:24:42.980
 you of

00:24:42.980 --> 00:24:43.579
 your pain,

00:24:44.039 --> 00:24:44.539
 but it is

00:24:44.539 --> 00:24:45.139
 more important

00:24:45.139 --> 00:24:45.539
 that in

00:24:45.539 --> 00:24:46.159
 the midst

00:24:46.159 --> 00:24:46.679
 of the

00:24:46.679 --> 00:24:47.159
 pain,

00:24:47.559 --> 00:24:48.039
 you rely

00:24:48.039 --> 00:24:48.379
 on the

00:24:48.379 --> 00:24:49.000
 promise of

00:24:49.000 --> 00:24:49.759
 God to

00:24:49.759 --> 00:24:50.740
 work such

00:24:50.740 --> 00:24:51.539
 experiences

00:24:51.539 --> 00:24:52.639
 for His

00:24:52.639 --> 00:24:53.779
 glory and

00:24:53.779 --> 00:24:54.740
 your good.

00:24:55.220 --> 00:24:55.779
 To use

00:24:55.779 --> 00:24:56.420
 these times

00:24:56.420 --> 00:24:57.079
 as a means

00:24:57.079 --> 00:24:58.139
 of perfecting

00:24:58.139 --> 00:24:58.799
 your faith,

00:24:59.319 --> 00:24:59.819
 strengthening

00:24:59.819 --> 00:25:00.779
 your spirit,

00:25:01.259 --> 00:25:02.000
 and transforming

00:25:02.000 --> 00:25:02.680
 your life

00:25:02.680 --> 00:25:03.359
 in such a way

00:25:03.359 --> 00:25:04.119
 that you are

00:25:04.119 --> 00:25:05.220
 becoming more

00:25:05.220 --> 00:25:05.859
 like Jesus.

00:25:06.399 --> 00:25:06.920
 As we've

00:25:06.920 --> 00:25:07.319
 looked down

00:25:07.319 --> 00:25:08.079
 many times,

00:25:08.420 --> 00:25:09.119
 that's God's

00:25:09.119 --> 00:25:09.399
 goal,

00:25:10.519 --> 00:25:10.960
 to make us

00:25:10.960 --> 00:25:11.359
 more like

00:25:11.359 --> 00:25:11.659
 Jesus.

00:25:11.659 --> 00:25:13.839
 God does

00:25:13.839 --> 00:25:15.159
 not promise

00:25:15.159 --> 00:25:17.319
 to always,

00:25:17.440 --> 00:25:17.759
 or even

00:25:17.759 --> 00:25:18.299
 most of the

00:25:18.299 --> 00:25:18.539
 time,

00:25:18.700 --> 00:25:19.599
 rescue us

00:25:19.599 --> 00:25:20.919
 from our

00:25:20.919 --> 00:25:21.319
 troubles,

00:25:22.279 --> 00:25:22.899
 but He

00:25:22.899 --> 00:25:23.579
 does promise

00:25:23.579 --> 00:25:24.119
 to replace

00:25:24.119 --> 00:25:25.059
 our anxiety

00:25:25.059 --> 00:25:25.779
 in the midst

00:25:25.779 --> 00:25:26.399
 of troubles

00:25:26.399 --> 00:25:28.879
 with His

00:25:28.879 --> 00:25:29.379
 peace.

00:25:30.179 --> 00:25:30.639
 And note,

00:25:31.079 --> 00:25:31.899
 Paul describes

00:25:31.899 --> 00:25:32.359
 this as

00:25:32.359 --> 00:25:32.959
 something that

00:25:32.959 --> 00:25:33.619
 cannot be

00:25:33.619 --> 00:25:34.240
 explained,

00:25:35.139 --> 00:25:35.879
 a peace that

00:25:35.879 --> 00:25:36.919
 surpasses

00:25:36.919 --> 00:25:38.259
 all understanding.

00:25:38.419 --> 00:25:38.719
 It's a

00:25:38.719 --> 00:25:39.279
 supernatural

00:25:39.279 --> 00:25:40.779
 experience

00:25:40.779 --> 00:25:42.679
 that we

00:25:42.679 --> 00:25:43.459
 cannot explain,

00:25:44.899 --> 00:25:46.219
 but it is

00:25:46.219 --> 00:25:47.359
 something we

00:25:47.359 --> 00:25:48.980
 can experience.

00:25:49.599 --> 00:25:51.599
 some of us

00:25:51.599 --> 00:25:52.199
 in this room,

00:25:52.859 --> 00:25:53.699
 you know

00:25:53.699 --> 00:25:54.339
 exactly what

00:25:54.339 --> 00:25:54.719
 I'm talking

00:25:54.719 --> 00:25:55.000
 about.

00:25:56.619 --> 00:25:57.419
 Some of you

00:25:57.419 --> 00:25:58.039
 in this room

00:25:58.039 --> 00:25:59.579
 have gone

00:25:59.579 --> 00:26:00.719
 through a

00:26:00.719 --> 00:26:01.259
 job,

00:26:01.379 --> 00:26:02.119
 a family,

00:26:02.319 --> 00:26:02.819
 a health

00:26:02.819 --> 00:26:03.519
 crisis.

00:26:04.579 --> 00:26:04.959
 You didn't

00:26:04.959 --> 00:26:05.339
 know what

00:26:05.339 --> 00:26:06.379
 the next day

00:26:06.379 --> 00:26:07.000
 would hold,

00:26:07.119 --> 00:26:07.519
 none of us

00:26:07.519 --> 00:26:07.959
 ever do.

00:26:09.339 --> 00:26:09.879
 But God

00:26:09.879 --> 00:26:10.359
 gave you

00:26:10.359 --> 00:26:10.859
 what you

00:26:10.859 --> 00:26:11.319
 needed.

00:26:13.259 --> 00:26:13.619
 He didn't

00:26:13.619 --> 00:26:15.019
 take all

00:26:15.019 --> 00:26:16.219
 the stress

00:26:16.219 --> 00:26:17.019
 of the unknown

00:26:17.019 --> 00:26:17.579
 away,

00:26:17.679 --> 00:26:18.039
 or what

00:26:18.039 --> 00:26:18.879
 should I do,

00:26:18.880 --> 00:26:19.540
 but He

00:26:19.540 --> 00:26:19.920
 gave you

00:26:19.920 --> 00:26:20.300
 what you

00:26:20.300 --> 00:26:21.880
 needed to

00:26:22.440 --> 00:26:23.180
 be calm,

00:26:24.180 --> 00:26:25.060
 to be

00:26:25.060 --> 00:26:25.740
 wise,

00:26:26.520 --> 00:26:27.880
 to think,

00:26:29.220 --> 00:26:29.940
 to make

00:26:29.940 --> 00:26:30.920
 good decisions.

00:26:32.340 --> 00:26:33.140
 I've heard

00:26:33.140 --> 00:26:33.700
 some of you

00:26:33.700 --> 00:26:35.160
 talk about

00:26:35.160 --> 00:26:35.400
 that.

00:26:36.520 --> 00:26:37.120
 Explain

00:26:37.120 --> 00:26:39.380
 the experience

00:26:39.380 --> 00:26:41.440
 of having

00:26:41.440 --> 00:26:41.940
 the peace

00:26:41.940 --> 00:26:42.600
 of God,

00:26:43.880 --> 00:26:44.540
 but you

00:26:44.540 --> 00:26:45.000
 couldn't really

00:26:45.000 --> 00:26:45.960
 explain it.

00:26:45.960 --> 00:26:48.319
 I don't

00:26:48.319 --> 00:26:48.779
 know what

00:26:48.779 --> 00:26:49.700
 the new

00:26:49.700 --> 00:26:49.980
 year is

00:26:49.980 --> 00:26:50.220
 going to

00:26:50.220 --> 00:26:50.600
 bring,

00:26:50.720 --> 00:26:51.940
 but there's

00:26:51.940 --> 00:26:52.059
 going to

00:26:52.059 --> 00:26:52.400
 be some

00:26:52.400 --> 00:26:52.720
 kind of

00:26:52.720 --> 00:26:53.120
 hardship.

00:26:54.620 --> 00:26:55.079
 There's

00:26:55.079 --> 00:26:55.259
 going to

00:26:55.259 --> 00:26:55.960
 be times

00:26:55.960 --> 00:26:56.840
 of uncertainty

00:26:56.840 --> 00:26:57.799
 for every

00:26:57.799 --> 00:26:58.799
 one of us,

00:26:58.799 --> 00:27:00.639
 and when

00:27:00.639 --> 00:27:01.659
 those times

00:27:01.659 --> 00:27:02.180
 come,

00:27:03.220 --> 00:27:03.740
 we have

00:27:03.740 --> 00:27:04.339
 two choices.

00:27:05.899 --> 00:27:06.379
 We can

00:27:06.379 --> 00:27:08.220
 just worry,

00:27:08.680 --> 00:27:09.180
 panic,

00:27:10.319 --> 00:27:10.680
 subject

00:27:10.680 --> 00:27:11.460
 ourselves to

00:27:11.460 --> 00:27:12.139
 all kinds

00:27:12.139 --> 00:27:12.859
 of fear

00:27:12.859 --> 00:27:13.819
 and anxiety

00:27:13.819 --> 00:27:14.839
 and misery,

00:27:15.159 --> 00:27:17.379
 or we

00:27:17.379 --> 00:27:18.019
 can pray.

00:27:19.779 --> 00:27:20.319
 We can

00:27:20.319 --> 00:27:21.279
 trust God

00:27:21.279 --> 00:27:21.799
 to do what

00:27:21.799 --> 00:27:22.559
 only He can

00:27:22.559 --> 00:27:23.039
 do.

00:27:24.039 --> 00:27:24.639
 We can

00:27:24.639 --> 00:27:25.099
 seek His

00:27:25.099 --> 00:27:27.339
 wisdom to

00:27:27.339 --> 00:27:27.579
 help us

00:27:27.579 --> 00:27:28.119
 know what

00:27:28.119 --> 00:27:29.519
 we ought

00:27:29.519 --> 00:27:29.899
 to do.

00:27:30.779 --> 00:27:31.319
 And when

00:27:31.319 --> 00:27:31.599
 we do

00:27:31.599 --> 00:27:32.039
 those kind

00:27:32.039 --> 00:27:32.619
 of things,

00:27:33.899 --> 00:27:34.419
 He will

00:27:34.419 --> 00:27:34.939
 give us

00:27:34.939 --> 00:27:36.500
 that supernatural

00:27:36.500 --> 00:27:37.539
 peace that

00:27:37.539 --> 00:27:37.980
 we can't

00:27:37.980 --> 00:27:38.579
 describe,

00:27:39.659 --> 00:27:40.299
 but we can

00:27:40.299 --> 00:27:41.259
 experience,

00:27:42.599 --> 00:27:43.339
 and that

00:27:43.339 --> 00:27:43.720
 will help

00:27:43.720 --> 00:27:44.319
 us to

00:27:44.319 --> 00:27:46.079
 better weather

00:27:46.079 --> 00:27:47.579
 life's

00:27:47.579 --> 00:27:48.019
 storms.

00:27:49.240 --> 00:27:49.399
 Now,

00:27:49.459 --> 00:27:49.759
 what I want

00:27:49.759 --> 00:27:49.899
 us to

00:27:49.899 --> 00:27:50.419
 understand is

00:27:50.419 --> 00:27:51.419
 this choice

00:27:51.419 --> 00:27:51.819
 I'm talking

00:27:51.819 --> 00:27:52.480
 about is

00:27:52.480 --> 00:27:52.899
 something we've

00:27:52.899 --> 00:27:53.399
 got to make

00:27:53.399 --> 00:27:54.500
 in every

00:27:54.500 --> 00:27:55.699
 situation.

00:27:55.879 --> 00:27:56.220
 It's not a

00:27:56.220 --> 00:27:56.759
 once and all

00:27:56.759 --> 00:27:58.700
 decision.

00:27:59.779 --> 00:28:00.180
 You can't

00:28:00.180 --> 00:28:01.019
 pray some

00:28:01.019 --> 00:28:01.339
 kind of

00:28:01.339 --> 00:28:01.859
 prayer this

00:28:01.859 --> 00:28:02.440
 morning or

00:28:02.440 --> 00:28:03.019
 make some

00:28:03.019 --> 00:28:03.379
 kind of

00:28:03.379 --> 00:28:03.819
 commitment.

00:28:04.140 --> 00:28:04.480
 I'm never

00:28:04.480 --> 00:28:04.680
 going to

00:28:04.680 --> 00:28:05.279
 worry again.

00:28:05.519 --> 00:28:05.859
 I'm always

00:28:05.859 --> 00:28:06.079
 going to

00:28:06.079 --> 00:28:06.720
 trust God.

00:28:06.960 --> 00:28:07.240
 I'm always

00:28:07.240 --> 00:28:07.559
 going to

00:28:07.559 --> 00:28:09.400
 seek to

00:28:09.400 --> 00:28:10.359
 experience His

00:28:10.359 --> 00:28:11.839
 peace in

00:28:11.839 --> 00:28:12.440
 every situation.

00:28:13.079 --> 00:28:13.680
 No, what I'm

00:28:13.680 --> 00:28:14.440
 talking about is

00:28:14.440 --> 00:28:15.119
 something that

00:28:15.119 --> 00:28:16.680
 it's just a

00:28:16.680 --> 00:28:17.440
 daily thing.

00:28:19.019 --> 00:28:19.680
 You and

00:28:19.680 --> 00:28:21.220
 I, we've

00:28:21.220 --> 00:28:21.500
 got to learn

00:28:21.500 --> 00:28:22.420
 to trust God,

00:28:23.779 --> 00:28:24.319
 that He really

00:28:24.319 --> 00:28:25.420
 is in control,

00:28:25.579 --> 00:28:25.859
 that He's

00:28:25.859 --> 00:28:26.259
 sovereign.

00:28:27.480 --> 00:28:28.000
 He's working

00:28:28.000 --> 00:28:28.759
 everything according

00:28:28.759 --> 00:28:29.440
 to His good

00:28:29.440 --> 00:28:30.140
 purpose because

00:28:30.140 --> 00:28:31.039
 He is good.

00:28:32.039 --> 00:28:32.900
 He loves us as

00:28:32.900 --> 00:28:33.519
 His children.

00:28:35.099 --> 00:28:35.759
 If we'll learn

00:28:35.759 --> 00:28:36.359
 to do that

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 day by day,

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 situation by

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 situation,

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 sometimes hour

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 by hour,

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 I truly believe

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 we can count on

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 God to replace

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 our fears and

00:28:49.539 --> 00:28:52.759
 worries with His

00:28:52.759 --> 00:28:53.759
 confident peace

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 peace deep

00:28:56.559 --> 00:28:56.960
 within our

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 soul.

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 The Christmas

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 story.

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 Jesus came

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 into this world

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 so that we

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 might know

00:29:04.779 --> 00:29:06.839
 peace with

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 God and

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 the peace

00:29:09.720 --> 00:29:11.119
 of God.

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 That's what the

00:29:13.779 --> 00:29:14.259
 angels were

00:29:14.259 --> 00:29:15.319
 praising God

00:29:15.319 --> 00:29:16.920
 about that

00:29:16.920 --> 00:29:17.579
 first Christmas.

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 and I want

00:29:20.179 --> 00:29:20.519
 you to so

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 respond this

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 morning and

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 every day that

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 we can praise

00:29:26.720 --> 00:29:28.000
 God this

00:29:28.000 --> 00:29:30.899
 Christmas for

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 the peace we

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 have with Him

00:29:32.919 --> 00:29:33.539
 through faith in

00:29:33.539 --> 00:29:35.500
 Jesus and for

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 the peace we

00:29:36.119 --> 00:29:37.240
 have that is

00:29:37.240 --> 00:29:37.839
 His that He

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 gives to us by

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 continuing to

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 trust, to

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 love, to

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 obey Him.

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 Let's bow

00:29:48.440 --> 00:29:48.880
 together in

00:29:48.880 --> 00:29:50.040
 prayer and ask

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 Him to help

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 us that way.

00:29:51.740 --> 00:29:54.480
 Father, show

00:29:54.480 --> 00:29:57.240
 us now what

00:29:57.240 --> 00:29:57.980
 needs to take

00:29:57.980 --> 00:29:58.700
 place in our

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 lives, our

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 thinking, our

00:30:05.120 --> 00:30:08.940
 attitudes, our

00:30:08.940 --> 00:30:09.700
 relationships.

00:30:11.880 --> 00:30:12.540
 that would

00:30:12.540 --> 00:30:13.140
 help us to

00:30:13.140 --> 00:30:13.580
 leave here

00:30:13.580 --> 00:30:15.580
 today truly

00:30:15.580 --> 00:30:16.300
 experiencing

00:30:16.300 --> 00:30:18.300
 peace with

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 you because

00:30:20.140 --> 00:30:20.840
 we're united

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 to you by

00:30:21.360 --> 00:30:23.840
 faith in

00:30:23.840 --> 00:30:24.100
 Jesus.

00:30:25.940 --> 00:30:26.700
 Show us how

00:30:26.700 --> 00:30:27.020
 we should

00:30:27.020 --> 00:30:27.640
 respond so

00:30:27.640 --> 00:30:28.160
 that we can

00:30:28.160 --> 00:30:29.840
 live each

00:30:29.840 --> 00:30:32.600
 day, even

00:30:32.600 --> 00:30:33.080
 in the hard

00:30:33.080 --> 00:30:33.620
 times,

00:30:35.380 --> 00:30:35.900
 experiencing

00:30:35.900 --> 00:30:37.940
 that supernatural

00:30:37.940 --> 00:30:39.080
 peace within

00:30:39.080 --> 00:30:39.700
 us.

00:30:41.880 --> 00:30:42.580
 because we

00:30:42.580 --> 00:30:43.440
 trust you

00:30:43.440 --> 00:30:46.160
 that you're

00:30:46.160 --> 00:30:46.440
 working

00:30:46.440 --> 00:30:48.600
 everything for

00:30:48.600 --> 00:30:50.100
 your glory and

00:30:50.100 --> 00:30:50.840
 for our good.

00:30:52.120 --> 00:30:52.660
 That's just an

00:30:52.660 --> 00:30:53.100
 attitude of

00:30:53.100 --> 00:30:53.380
 prayer.

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 Not just

00:30:55.640 --> 00:30:56.180
 listen to the

00:30:56.180 --> 00:30:56.540
 Lord, but

00:30:56.540 --> 00:30:56.940
 obey the

00:30:56.940 --> 00:30:57.220
 Lord.

00:30:57.780 --> 00:30:58.100
 Let's use

00:30:58.100 --> 00:30:58.840
 these next few

00:30:58.840 --> 00:31:00.400
 minutes to

00:31:00.400 --> 00:31:00.900
 make that kind

00:31:00.900 --> 00:31:01.400
 of commitment.

00:31:02.400 --> 00:31:03.000
 Heads bowed,

00:31:03.020 --> 00:31:03.640
 eyes closed.

00:31:03.640 --> 00:31:03.680
 Jesus.

00:31:03.680 --> 00:31:04.660
 Tie

00:31:04.860 --> 00:31:05.500
 16

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�� análise

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rieben

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受

00:31:22.420 --> 00:31:22.900
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00:31:23.360 --> 00:31:24.160
 Madison

00:31:24.160 --> 00:31:25.180
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 answering

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