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 Let me add my hello to everyone else who said hello.

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 It is really great to see some parents of campers

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 and also our regular 5pm family

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 and of course all of the slightly weary and smelly summer campers.

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 We have had a fantastic week soaking in God's Word

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 and we are not done yet.

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 So I'm going to pray and ask that the tiredness

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 and the stickiness and anything else that might distract us

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 would be taken away so that we can hear what God has to say.

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 So let's pray.

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 Father God, we want to thank you for your Word

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 and we want to thank you for this time right now

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 where we get to sit and reflect on the hope that is held out in the Gospel

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 and the joy that you have designed for us in this life

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 and we pray that you would give us alertness and eagerness

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 and that we would hear you speak and that our hearts would be captured.

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 Amen.

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 So as we've kind of hinted over this week since Wednesday,

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 we've been walking through Romans 1 to 4.

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 So it's a bit hard for you if you've just walked in

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 to kind of catch this series.

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 But the good news is,

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 and this might disappoint all the people who are on summer camp,

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 Romans 1 to 4 can pretty much be summarised in chapter 5 verse 1.

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 So we might have been able to be a little more economical

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 if I'd planned to head further,

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 but that's good news for everyone else

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 and a refresher for those of us who are feeling tired.

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 So let's have a look at chapter 5 verse 1.

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 Therefore, since we have been justified through faith,

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 we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 So far, this letter to the Romans has been all about the Gospel.

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 Paul's just been teaching what the Gospel is,

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 how the Gospel works,

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 why the Gospel matters,

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 and then he sums it up in this incredibly action-packed sentence.

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 We have been justified through faith.

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 We have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 The message of the Gospel

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 is not simply a message

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 that God will not punish us if we trust Jesus.

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 It's actually more than that.

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 The message of the Gospel

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 that comes out in Romans 1 to 4

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 and that comes out in all of Scripture

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 is God's message to say,

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 you don't deserve to be in heaven.

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 You don't deserve to know me,

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 a God who is righteous and perfect and holy,

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 but I choose to justify you.

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 I choose to declare you innocent,

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 not just so that you can avoid punishment,

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 but I choose to justify you.

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 I choose to declare you innocent

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 so that you might know me.

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 One of the verses that we have bounced around a lot this week

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 is back in chapter 1.

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 If you want to turn there really quickly,

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 chapter 1, verse 16,

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 says,

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 I am not ashamed of the Gospel

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 because it is the power of God

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 for the salvation of everyone who believes,

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 first for the Jew,

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 then for the Gentile.

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 For in the Gospel,

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 a righteousness from God is revealed.

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 The Gospel message is not just a way

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 to get out of the discipline

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 or the punishment that you deserve.

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 The Gospel message is God revealing who he is

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 so that we can know him,

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 so that we can actually have a relationship with him.

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 Back in chapter 5,

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 he continues on having explained

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 that we have peace with God,

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 and he says,

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 we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

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 through whom we have gained access by faith

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 into the grace in which we now stand.

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 The message of the Gospel in Romans 1 to 4

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 is that God gives us something that we do not deserve,

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 and that if we place our faith in Jesus,

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 if we accept the forgiveness that God offers,

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 having sent his Son to die in our place,

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 that we now stand in grace,

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 that we now stand confident

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 that we will be able to continue to stand,

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 that we now stand confident

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 that one day we will stand for all eternity

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 at peace with God,

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 because it's by grace,

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 and it has nothing to do with what we have done,

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 or haven't done,

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 or will do,

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 or won't do.

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 It has everything to do with what God did

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 in sending Jesus to die in our place.

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 The peace with God might be a little bit bigger

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 than we first grab when we read a verse like this.

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 Yes, God deals with the fact

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 that we've been rejecting him,

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 and he brings peace there.

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 But he also deals with the fact

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 that God, who is perfect and righteous and holy,

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 and has to punish those who reject him,

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 so instead of standing under judgment,

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 we have peace.

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 Romans 1-4 makes it really clear

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 that although God loves us,

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 although God is gracious,

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 he will not tolerate sin.

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 He will not tolerate people

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 who treat him like he's not important,

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 and so this first verse of chapter 5

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 holds a lot of incredible encouragement.

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 It says,

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 we have been declared innocent,

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 and we have peace with a God

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 who should actually punish us

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 because that same God

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 provided his son

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 to take our punishment on the cross.

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 It's an action-packed four chapters.

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 And we are encouraged

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 since we have been justified,

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 because we are justified,

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 because we have peace with God,

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 because we now stand in grace.

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 In Acts 2-2,

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 we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.

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 Because of what God has done in Jesus,

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 we are joyful people.

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 The Christian faith is not a stoic

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 and sad and serious faith.

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 It is a joyful faith.

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 Because we no longer have to fear

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 any possibility of judgment,

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 because God has welcomed us back

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 into his family

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 and has restored us

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 so that we might have a relationship with him,

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 we are now people who rejoice

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 in the hope of the glory of God.

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 The hope of the glory of God

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 is the hope of his glory

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 and his character being fully revealed.

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 It's another way of saying

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 we rejoice in the hope of heaven.

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 We rejoice in the hope

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 that one day God will come back to the earth

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 and he will bring justice

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 where there is injustice.

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 He will remove pain and suffering.

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 He will deal out the punishment

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 that he's rightly deserved.

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 We rejoice in that hope

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 because we know that we stand

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 on the right side of the ledger.

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 We rejoice in that hope

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 because we have peace with the one

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 who will come back

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 and establish his rule and authority

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 finally and completely.

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 We have an anchor

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 that is bigger and greater

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 than the circumstances

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 that we face

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 in our day-to-day life.

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 With the hope of the glory of God

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 as an inevitable destination,

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 if we believe in the hope of the gospel,

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 if we believe we are forgiven,

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 if we believe we have peace with God,

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 it is inevitable

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 and immovable

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 and unchangeable

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 that our final destination

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 is heaven with God.

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 And because of that,

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 because we know how the story ends,

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 because we know

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 where we're going to end up,

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 because we know

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 what the finish line is,

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 verse 3,

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 we also rejoice

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 in our sufferings

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 because we know

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 that suffering

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 produces perseverance.

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 Perseverance, character,

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 and character, hope.

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 And hope does not disappoint us

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 because God has poured out

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 his love into our hearts

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 by the Holy Spirit

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 whom he has given us.

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 Hope is our anchor.

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 Hope means that

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 as you deal with pain

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 in your life now,

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 you know that it's temporary.

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 Hope means that

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 as you miss out on things

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 that you deeply desire

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 and maybe even as you wonder

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 whether or not

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 God is withholding things from you,

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 you know that one day,

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 completely and finally,

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 he will pour out

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 every blessing

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 that you have asked for

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 and more.

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 Hope is our anchor

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 because hope

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 gives us confidence

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 that God loves us

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 even when the world

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 around us says

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 that can't be true.

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 As we deal with

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 sickness and death

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 and the world says

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 just give up on the God

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 who's clearly not

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 looking after you,

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 our hope for the future

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 enables us to trust

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 that God is loving

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 and good

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 in the present.

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 our faith

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 that he has done

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 what needs to be done

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 to guarantee

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 our eternal inheritance

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 means that we can trust

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 that even right now

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 he is doing

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 what is good

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 and beneficial

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 for us

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 even when it's painful.

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 We are confident

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 in the love of God

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 in verse 5

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 because he has poured out

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 his love

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 into our hearts

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 by the Holy Spirit

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 whom he has given us.

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 We're confident

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 because his spirit

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 reminds us

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 of God's love.

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 In those moments

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 of darkness

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 when we pray

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 and we cry out

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 he reminds us

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 that he is with us

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 but not just

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 by his Holy Spirit.

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 We are confident

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 of God's love

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 because of verse 6.

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 You see

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 at just the right time

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 when we were still powerless

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 Christ died

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 for the ungodly.

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 Very rarely

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 will anyone die

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 for a righteous man

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 though for a good man

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 someone might possibly

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 dare to die

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 but God demonstrates

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 his own love

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 for us in this.

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 While we were still

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 sinners

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 Christ died

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 for us.

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 When we were

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 rebelling against God

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 when we were there

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 cheering

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 that God

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 would be crucified

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 when we were

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 choosing that

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 he is not important

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 when we were

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 making the decision

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 that he has no claim

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 on our life

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 that we can live

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 however we want

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 at that moment

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 he sent Jesus

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 to die

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 so that you would

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 know that he loved you.

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 not just

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 so that you would

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 know

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 but so that it

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 would be possible

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 for you to be

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 forgiven

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 and have the

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 hope of heaven

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 if he did that

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 when you were

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 still a sinner

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 if he did that

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 when you were

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 still rejecting him

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 if he did that

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 while we were

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 still the ungodly

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 you can be sure

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 that as one

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 who is trusting

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 in his love

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 as one

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 who is calling

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 him king

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 as one

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 who is

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 leaning on

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 the hope

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 that he has

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 provided

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 that he still

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 loves you

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 and that he's

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 still working

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 for your good

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 if he gave you

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 Jesus

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 what would he

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 possibly withhold

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 from you?

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 Paul says

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 effectively that

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 in Romans 8

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 how could he

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 who did not

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 spare his own

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 son but gave

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 him up for us

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 all not

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 eagerly along

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 with him

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 also give us

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 all things?

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 If God has

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 delivered his

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 son

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 while we were

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 rejecting him

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 now that we

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 call him our

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 heavenly father

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 now that we

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 call Jesus

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 our savior

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 how much more

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 confident we are

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 even in the

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 depths of despair

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 and pain and

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 suffering

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 that God

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 is good

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 and loving

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 and that he

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 is using our

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 circumstance for

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 his glory

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 and our

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 benefit and

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 so we

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 rejoice

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 in our

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 sufferings

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 we are

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 anchored to

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 the goodness

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 of God

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 because of

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 the hope

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 of a savior

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 who died

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 in our

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 place and

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 who is

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 now risen

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 he spells

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 it out in

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 verse 9

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 since we

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 have now

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 been justified

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 by his

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 blood

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 how much

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 more shall

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 we be saved

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 from God's

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 wrath through

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 him

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 for if when

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 we were

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 God's enemies

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 we were

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 reconciled to

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 him through

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 the death

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 of his

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 son

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 how much

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 more having

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 been reconciled

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 shall we be

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 saved through

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 his life

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 the gospel

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 gives us the

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 benefit right

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 now of knowing

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 for certain

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 that we are

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 forgiven

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 knowing for

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 certain that the

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 slate has been

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 wiped clean

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 we are justified

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 we are declared

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 innocent

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 our punishment

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 has already been

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 absorbed and

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 exhausted in the

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 person of Jesus

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 when he went to

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 the cross

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 because we know

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 that and we have

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 future hope

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 we rejoice in our

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 sufferings because

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 we know that

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 even as beneficial

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 as that certain

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 hope is that

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 there is more to

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 come

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 having been

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 forgiven that

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 there is even

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 more as we

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 approach the day

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 when God returns

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 or calls us home

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 to be in heaven

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 having been

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 justified by

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 his blood

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 we will now

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 be saved

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 through his

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 life

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 not the life

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 he had before

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 the cross

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 but the life

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 he lives now

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 and for all

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 eternity

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 having been

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 raised

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 having defeated

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 death

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 Jesus life

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 now

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 sitting on the

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 throne in

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 heaven

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 is the life

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 that guarantees

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 our future

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 salvation

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 so we rejoice

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 in suffering

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 because even

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 as we hurt

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 we stand

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 and we say

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 with confidence

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 I'm loved

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 by God

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 I'm forgiven

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 by God

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 and I know

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 where I am

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 going

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 we rejoice

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 in the hope

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 of the glory

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 of God

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 in the future

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 that is to

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 come

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 we rejoice

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 even in

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 our sufferings

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 but there is

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 something even

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 better

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 have a look

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 at verse 5

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 let's read

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 from verse

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 verse 3

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 we also rejoice

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 in our sufferings

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 because we know

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 that suffering

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 produces perseverance

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 perseverance

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 character

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 and character

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 hope

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 and hope

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 does not

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 disappoint us

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 I remember

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 when it was

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 almost time

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 for Bailey

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 to be born

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 I'm sure

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 that some of you

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 would remember

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 it as well

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 because I was

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 fairly annoying

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 around this

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 particular point

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 I was busting

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 to become a dad

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 I was counting

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 down the days

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 I had decided

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 very early

00:14:02.740 --> 00:14:03.460
 in the pregnancy

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 that Bailey

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 was going to be

00:14:04.480 --> 00:14:05.419
 born at least

00:14:05.419 --> 00:14:06.259
 two weeks early

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 I had no basis

00:14:08.279 --> 00:14:09.179
 for that hope

00:14:09.179 --> 00:14:10.100
 but I was

00:14:10.100 --> 00:14:11.039
 absolutely committed

00:14:11.039 --> 00:14:11.460
 to it

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 and convinced

00:14:12.059 --> 00:14:12.539
 of it

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 and so I was

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 telling everyone

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 I was in

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 preparation

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 I even took

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 holidays from

00:14:16.500 --> 00:14:17.360
 work two weeks

00:14:17.360 --> 00:14:17.960
 before the due

00:14:17.960 --> 00:14:18.580
 date because I

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 was sure that

00:14:19.580 --> 00:14:19.980
 he was going

00:14:19.980 --> 00:14:20.519
 to be born

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 the result was

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 he managed to

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 come ten days

00:14:24.259 --> 00:14:24.580
 late

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 so not only

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 did hope

00:14:27.639 --> 00:14:28.159
 disappoint

00:14:28.159 --> 00:14:29.000
 but it also

00:14:29.000 --> 00:14:30.000
 probably seriously

00:14:30.000 --> 00:14:30.700
 annoyed poor

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 Sal as I was

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 wandering around

00:14:31.899 --> 00:14:32.319
 the house

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 and you know

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 hurry up

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 come on

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 what's going

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 on

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 I was

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 absolutely

00:14:36.459 --> 00:14:36.959
 convinced

00:14:36.959 --> 00:14:37.279
 it was

00:14:37.279 --> 00:14:37.480
 going to

00:14:37.480 --> 00:14:37.819
 work out

00:14:37.819 --> 00:14:38.120
 this way

00:14:38.120 --> 00:14:38.379
 that I was

00:14:38.379 --> 00:14:38.539
 going to

00:14:38.539 --> 00:14:39.079
 become a dad

00:14:39.079 --> 00:14:39.539
 on this day

00:14:39.539 --> 00:14:40.079
 that my life

00:14:40.079 --> 00:14:40.360
 was going to

00:14:40.360 --> 00:14:40.860
 be changed

00:14:40.860 --> 00:14:41.360
 and that hope

00:14:41.360 --> 00:14:41.839
 was absolutely

00:14:41.839 --> 00:14:42.199
 shattered

00:14:42.199 --> 00:14:42.779
 because by the

00:14:42.779 --> 00:14:43.240
 time he was

00:14:43.240 --> 00:14:44.019
 born I was

00:14:44.019 --> 00:14:44.759
 so exhausted

00:14:44.759 --> 00:14:45.579
 from disappointment

00:14:45.579 --> 00:14:46.740
 that I could

00:14:46.740 --> 00:14:47.620
 barely enjoy the

00:14:47.620 --> 00:14:48.339
 moment until

00:14:48.339 --> 00:14:49.019
 about two weeks

00:14:49.019 --> 00:14:49.819
 afterwards when I

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 somehow found

00:14:50.639 --> 00:14:52.059
 what normal was

00:14:52.059 --> 00:14:52.399
 again

00:14:52.399 --> 00:14:55.139
 hope is dangerous

00:14:55.139 --> 00:14:57.439
 if it's not

00:14:57.439 --> 00:14:57.779
 sure

00:14:57.779 --> 00:15:00.220
 hope creates

00:15:00.220 --> 00:15:01.059
 the possibility

00:15:01.059 --> 00:15:02.059
 of disappointment

00:15:02.059 --> 00:15:05.639
 hope that is

00:15:05.639 --> 00:15:06.319
 not met

00:15:06.319 --> 00:15:08.259
 breeds sadness

00:15:08.259 --> 00:15:09.319
 and grief

00:15:09.319 --> 00:15:11.779
 but that is

00:15:11.779 --> 00:15:12.719
 not a possibility

00:15:12.719 --> 00:15:14.159
 for our hope

00:15:14.159 --> 00:15:14.619
 in God

00:15:14.619 --> 00:15:17.759
 we can rejoice

00:15:17.759 --> 00:15:18.519
 in suffering

00:15:18.519 --> 00:15:19.099
 because it is

00:15:19.099 --> 00:15:19.679
 feeding our

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 perseverance

00:15:20.239 --> 00:15:20.679
 and our

00:15:20.679 --> 00:15:21.079
 character

00:15:21.079 --> 00:15:21.500
 and our

00:15:21.500 --> 00:15:21.819
 hope

00:15:21.819 --> 00:15:22.399
 and our

00:15:22.399 --> 00:15:22.899
 hope is

00:15:22.899 --> 00:15:23.339
 sure

00:15:23.339 --> 00:15:25.139
 our hope

00:15:25.139 --> 00:15:25.399
 is not

00:15:25.399 --> 00:15:25.919
 something that

00:15:25.919 --> 00:15:26.279
 we have

00:15:26.279 --> 00:15:26.739
 invented

00:15:26.739 --> 00:15:27.659
 it's not

00:15:27.659 --> 00:15:28.419
 some desire

00:15:28.419 --> 00:15:29.139
 that we have

00:15:29.139 --> 00:15:29.579
 that we have

00:15:29.579 --> 00:15:30.459
 elevated to the

00:15:30.460 --> 00:15:31.100
 position of our

00:15:31.100 --> 00:15:31.940
 eternal destiny

00:15:31.940 --> 00:15:32.920
 our hope is

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 specific

00:15:33.620 --> 00:15:35.379
 our hope is

00:15:35.379 --> 00:15:36.120
 that having

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 been justified

00:15:37.220 --> 00:15:38.019
 by the blood

00:15:38.019 --> 00:15:38.540
 of Jesus

00:15:38.540 --> 00:15:39.420
 having been

00:15:39.420 --> 00:15:40.300
 forgiven by the

00:15:40.300 --> 00:15:40.960
 blood of Jesus

00:15:40.960 --> 00:15:42.280
 we will one day

00:15:42.280 --> 00:15:43.280
 spend eternity

00:15:43.280 --> 00:15:44.080
 in God's

00:15:44.080 --> 00:15:45.060
 perfect new

00:15:45.060 --> 00:15:45.620
 creation

00:15:45.620 --> 00:15:47.740
 completely

00:15:47.740 --> 00:15:48.379
 restored

00:15:48.379 --> 00:15:49.360
 free from

00:15:49.360 --> 00:15:50.259
 pain and

00:15:50.259 --> 00:15:51.300
 sickness and

00:15:51.300 --> 00:15:52.300
 death and

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 most importantly

00:15:53.160 --> 00:15:54.480
 in the presence

00:15:54.480 --> 00:15:55.480
 of God

00:15:55.480 --> 00:15:56.100
 himself

00:15:56.100 --> 00:15:58.379
 we rejoice

00:15:58.379 --> 00:15:59.080
 in the hope

00:15:59.080 --> 00:16:00.120
 that one day

00:16:00.120 --> 00:16:00.799
 God's name

00:16:00.799 --> 00:16:01.080
 will be

00:16:01.080 --> 00:16:01.700
 vindicated

00:16:01.700 --> 00:16:02.179
 he will be

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 known as

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 glorious

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 throughout all

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 of his

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 creation

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 we rejoice

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 in our

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 sufferings

00:16:07.960 --> 00:16:08.500
 because we

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 know that

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 they are

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 merely part

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 of our

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 journey

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 towards that

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 hope

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 but we

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 rejoice

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 in verse

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 11

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 in God

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 we rejoice

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 in him

00:16:20.659 --> 00:16:21.560
 through Jesus

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 that's why

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 our joy

00:16:23.779 --> 00:16:24.360
 as Christians

00:16:24.360 --> 00:16:24.940
 is both

00:16:24.940 --> 00:16:25.539
 something that

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 is overwhelming

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 in our

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 circumstance

00:16:27.120 --> 00:16:27.740
 now but

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 also something

00:16:28.659 --> 00:16:29.139
 that we

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 anticipate

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 something that

00:16:31.419 --> 00:16:32.539
 that spurs us

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 forward in our

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 life

00:16:33.799 --> 00:16:35.759
 because we do

00:16:35.759 --> 00:16:36.639
 know our

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 heavenly father

00:16:37.340 --> 00:16:38.019
 now having

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 been justified

00:16:38.799 --> 00:16:39.539
 and having been

00:16:39.539 --> 00:16:40.720
 drawn into a

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 relationship with

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 him but we

00:16:43.000 --> 00:16:43.820
 know that now

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 we know

00:16:44.360 --> 00:16:45.960
 only partially

00:16:45.960 --> 00:16:49.080
 all we know

00:16:49.080 --> 00:16:49.720
 of God is

00:16:49.720 --> 00:16:50.539
 amazing and

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 glorious and

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 joy giving

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 but imagine

00:16:54.860 --> 00:16:55.519
 what it will

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 be like

00:16:56.159 --> 00:16:57.519
 when you get

00:16:57.519 --> 00:16:58.139
 to know him

00:16:58.139 --> 00:16:59.059
 face to face

00:16:59.059 --> 00:17:01.360
 imagine what

00:17:01.360 --> 00:17:01.799
 it will be

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 like when

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 you come

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 face to face

00:17:04.400 --> 00:17:04.759
 with the

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 one who

00:17:05.920 --> 00:17:06.279
 when you

00:17:06.279 --> 00:17:06.819
 were still

00:17:06.819 --> 00:17:07.640
 his enemy

00:17:07.640 --> 00:17:09.359
 gave his

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 son so

00:17:10.480 --> 00:17:10.720
 that you

00:17:10.720 --> 00:17:11.059
 could be

00:17:11.059 --> 00:17:11.400
 forgiven

00:17:11.400 --> 00:17:16.619
 we rejoice

00:17:16.619 --> 00:17:18.279
 because that

00:17:18.279 --> 00:17:18.920
 is the only

00:17:18.920 --> 00:17:19.660
 response

00:17:19.660 --> 00:17:20.860
 to the

00:17:20.860 --> 00:17:21.779
 glorious God

00:17:21.779 --> 00:17:22.160
 who has

00:17:22.160 --> 00:17:22.940
 revealed himself

00:17:22.940 --> 00:17:23.720
 to us in

00:17:23.720 --> 00:17:24.200
 the gospel

00:17:24.200 --> 00:17:24.720
 of Jesus

00:17:24.720 --> 00:17:27.140
 we rejoice

00:17:27.140 --> 00:17:27.700
 and we look

00:17:27.700 --> 00:17:28.160
 forward to

00:17:28.160 --> 00:17:28.640
 the day

00:17:28.640 --> 00:17:30.519
 we rejoice

00:17:30.519 --> 00:17:30.940
 in our

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 circumstance

00:17:31.460 --> 00:17:32.100
 now

00:17:32.100 --> 00:17:33.880
 we rejoice

00:17:33.880 --> 00:17:35.800
 in anticipation

00:17:35.800 --> 00:17:37.700
 of that

00:17:37.700 --> 00:17:38.660
 unhindered

00:17:38.660 --> 00:17:39.460
 relationship

00:17:39.460 --> 00:17:42.360
 Christians should

00:17:42.360 --> 00:17:42.960
 be the most

00:17:42.960 --> 00:17:43.900
 joyful people

00:17:43.900 --> 00:17:44.460
 there are

00:17:44.460 --> 00:17:45.440
 I always

00:17:45.440 --> 00:17:45.779
 find it

00:17:45.779 --> 00:17:46.079
 slightly

00:17:46.079 --> 00:17:46.559
 amusing

00:17:46.559 --> 00:17:47.039
 when people

00:17:47.039 --> 00:17:47.500
 talk about

00:17:47.500 --> 00:17:48.259
 how serious

00:17:48.259 --> 00:17:48.819
 we are

00:17:48.819 --> 00:17:49.920
 or how

00:17:49.920 --> 00:17:50.799
 focused

00:17:50.799 --> 00:17:51.519
 or stoic

00:17:51.519 --> 00:17:51.900
 we are

00:17:51.900 --> 00:17:52.240
 when we

00:17:52.240 --> 00:17:52.480
 gather

00:17:52.480 --> 00:17:52.880
 together

00:17:52.880 --> 00:17:53.480
 for church

00:17:53.480 --> 00:17:54.220
 sometimes

00:17:54.220 --> 00:17:54.559
 they're

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 right

00:17:54.779 --> 00:17:55.160
 sadly

00:17:55.160 --> 00:17:55.779
 but really

00:17:55.779 --> 00:17:57.500
 we should

00:17:57.500 --> 00:17:58.279
 be overflowing

00:17:58.279 --> 00:17:58.819
 with joy

00:17:58.819 --> 00:18:00.000
 we should

00:18:00.000 --> 00:18:00.880
 be exploding

00:18:00.880 --> 00:18:01.380
 with joy

00:18:01.380 --> 00:18:01.759
 we had a

00:18:01.759 --> 00:18:02.220
 conversation

00:18:02.220 --> 00:18:02.539
 with the

00:18:02.539 --> 00:18:02.940
 kids this

00:18:02.940 --> 00:18:03.400
 morning on

00:18:03.400 --> 00:18:03.720
 camp

00:18:03.720 --> 00:18:04.319
 and we

00:18:04.319 --> 00:18:04.559
 said

00:18:04.559 --> 00:18:05.220
 don't let

00:18:05.220 --> 00:18:05.740
 this joy

00:18:05.740 --> 00:18:06.279
 stay on

00:18:06.279 --> 00:18:06.660
 camp

00:18:06.660 --> 00:18:07.440
 bottle it

00:18:07.440 --> 00:18:07.819
 up as a

00:18:07.819 --> 00:18:08.059
 grenade

00:18:08.059 --> 00:18:08.620
 and release

00:18:08.620 --> 00:18:08.960
 it when we

00:18:08.960 --> 00:18:09.240
 get to

00:18:09.240 --> 00:18:09.579
 church

00:18:09.579 --> 00:18:09.920
 and I

00:18:09.920 --> 00:18:10.180
 think they

00:18:10.180 --> 00:18:10.400
 did a

00:18:10.400 --> 00:18:10.840
 good job

00:18:10.840 --> 00:18:11.759
 if you're

00:18:11.759 --> 00:18:12.120
 a parent

00:18:12.120 --> 00:18:12.360
 they're

00:18:12.360 --> 00:18:12.799
 saving a

00:18:12.799 --> 00:18:13.059
 second

00:18:13.059 --> 00:18:13.559
 grenade of

00:18:13.559 --> 00:18:13.840
 joy

00:18:13.839 --> 00:18:14.379
 for the

00:18:14.379 --> 00:18:14.819
 trip home

00:18:14.819 --> 00:18:15.220
 to share

00:18:15.220 --> 00:18:15.480
 with you

00:18:15.480 --> 00:18:16.000
 how amazing

00:18:16.000 --> 00:18:16.339
 the week

00:18:16.339 --> 00:18:16.720
 was

00:18:16.720 --> 00:18:18.539
 but really

00:18:18.539 --> 00:18:19.139
 as Christians

00:18:19.139 --> 00:18:19.579
 we should

00:18:19.579 --> 00:18:19.980
 have more

00:18:19.980 --> 00:18:20.419
 joy than

00:18:20.419 --> 00:18:21.159
 anyone else

00:18:21.159 --> 00:18:21.899
 because we

00:18:21.899 --> 00:18:22.599
 have nothing

00:18:22.599 --> 00:18:23.139
 to fear

00:18:23.139 --> 00:18:24.319
 because our

00:18:24.319 --> 00:18:25.199
 eternal destiny

00:18:25.199 --> 00:18:25.839
 is guaranteed

00:18:25.839 --> 00:18:26.980
 because we

00:18:26.980 --> 00:18:27.899
 live in

00:18:27.899 --> 00:18:28.500
 absolute

00:18:28.500 --> 00:18:29.119
 certainty

00:18:29.119 --> 00:18:29.720
 that God

00:18:29.720 --> 00:18:30.319
 loves us

00:18:30.319 --> 00:18:30.859
 and is

00:18:30.859 --> 00:18:31.500
 working for

00:18:31.500 --> 00:18:31.879
 our good

00:18:31.879 --> 00:18:32.599
 and expressing

00:18:32.599 --> 00:18:33.139
 his love

00:18:33.139 --> 00:18:33.539
 for us

00:18:33.539 --> 00:18:34.259
 in any

00:18:34.259 --> 00:18:34.759
 and every

00:18:34.759 --> 00:18:35.419
 circumstance

00:18:35.419 --> 00:18:36.179
 and situation

00:18:36.179 --> 00:18:37.619
 what else

00:18:37.619 --> 00:18:38.139
 could give you

00:18:38.139 --> 00:18:38.579
 more joy

00:18:38.579 --> 00:18:39.019
 than that

00:18:39.019 --> 00:18:43.059
 but what

00:18:43.059 --> 00:18:43.440
 if you're

00:18:43.440 --> 00:18:44.059
 sitting here

00:18:44.059 --> 00:18:44.420
 now

00:18:44.420 --> 00:18:45.319
 or what

00:18:45.319 --> 00:18:45.619
 if you're

00:18:45.619 --> 00:18:46.119
 sitting here

00:18:46.119 --> 00:18:46.319
 in a

00:18:46.319 --> 00:18:46.639
 week's

00:18:46.639 --> 00:18:46.879
 time

00:18:46.879 --> 00:18:47.139
 or a

00:18:47.139 --> 00:18:47.440
 month's

00:18:47.440 --> 00:18:47.599
 time

00:18:47.599 --> 00:18:47.859
 or a

00:18:47.859 --> 00:18:48.119
 year's

00:18:48.119 --> 00:18:48.319
 time

00:18:48.319 --> 00:18:48.579
 and you

00:18:48.579 --> 00:18:48.799
 don't

00:18:48.799 --> 00:18:48.980
 feel

00:18:48.980 --> 00:18:49.400
 joyful

00:18:49.400 --> 00:18:50.980
 it's

00:18:50.980 --> 00:18:51.359
 great for

00:18:51.359 --> 00:18:51.559
 me to

00:18:51.559 --> 00:18:51.879
 say we

00:18:51.879 --> 00:18:52.299
 should be

00:18:52.299 --> 00:18:52.680
 joyful

00:18:52.680 --> 00:18:53.519
 but what

00:18:53.519 --> 00:18:53.900
 about when

00:18:53.900 --> 00:18:54.059
 we're

00:18:54.059 --> 00:18:54.319
 not

00:18:54.319 --> 00:18:57.039
 then we

00:18:57.039 --> 00:18:57.319
 need to

00:18:57.319 --> 00:18:57.639
 go back

00:18:57.639 --> 00:18:57.879
 to the

00:18:57.879 --> 00:18:58.200
 beginning

00:18:58.200 --> 00:19:00.099
 we need

00:19:00.099 --> 00:19:00.500
 to go back

00:19:00.500 --> 00:19:00.900
 to verse

00:19:00.900 --> 00:19:01.220
 one

00:19:01.220 --> 00:19:03.740
 since we

00:19:03.740 --> 00:19:04.220
 have been

00:19:04.220 --> 00:19:04.880
 justified

00:19:04.880 --> 00:19:05.860
 through faith

00:19:05.860 --> 00:19:06.720
 we have

00:19:06.720 --> 00:19:07.339
 peace with

00:19:07.339 --> 00:19:07.740
 God

00:19:07.740 --> 00:19:08.640
 through our

00:19:08.640 --> 00:19:09.200
 Lord Jesus

00:19:09.200 --> 00:19:09.779
 Christ

00:19:09.779 --> 00:19:10.819
 through whom

00:19:10.819 --> 00:19:11.160
 we have

00:19:11.160 --> 00:19:11.880
 gained access

00:19:11.880 --> 00:19:12.740
 by faith

00:19:12.740 --> 00:19:13.180
 into the

00:19:13.180 --> 00:19:13.579
 grace

00:19:13.579 --> 00:19:14.259
 in which

00:19:14.259 --> 00:19:14.700
 we now

00:19:14.700 --> 00:19:15.160
 stand

00:19:15.160 --> 00:19:16.400
 we have

00:19:16.400 --> 00:19:16.740
 to go

00:19:16.740 --> 00:19:17.160
 back

00:19:17.160 --> 00:19:18.400
 and remember

00:19:18.400 --> 00:19:20.339
 that we're

00:19:20.339 --> 00:19:20.759
 innocent

00:19:20.759 --> 00:19:21.819
 before God

00:19:21.819 --> 00:19:23.819
 that we're

00:19:23.819 --> 00:19:24.240
 forgiven

00:19:24.240 --> 00:19:25.579
 that our

00:19:25.579 --> 00:19:26.039
 debt has

00:19:26.039 --> 00:19:26.740
 been paid

00:19:26.740 --> 00:19:28.039
 that there

00:19:28.039 --> 00:19:28.360
 is no

00:19:28.360 --> 00:19:29.079
 possibility

00:19:29.079 --> 00:19:29.680
 of God's

00:19:29.680 --> 00:19:30.140
 wrath for

00:19:30.140 --> 00:19:30.360
 us

00:19:30.360 --> 00:19:30.600
 because

00:19:30.599 --> 00:19:31.259
 Jesus has

00:19:31.259 --> 00:19:31.839
 taken it

00:19:31.839 --> 00:19:33.339
 we have

00:19:33.339 --> 00:19:33.679
 to look

00:19:33.679 --> 00:19:34.079
 back and

00:19:34.079 --> 00:19:34.439
 understand

00:19:34.439 --> 00:19:34.879
 that we

00:19:34.879 --> 00:19:35.439
 have peace

00:19:35.439 --> 00:19:36.079
 with God

00:19:36.079 --> 00:19:37.000
 which doesn't

00:19:37.000 --> 00:19:37.359
 just mean

00:19:37.359 --> 00:19:38.000
 the absence

00:19:38.000 --> 00:19:39.000
 of fighting

00:19:39.000 --> 00:19:40.859
 peace means

00:19:40.859 --> 00:19:41.259
 that we have

00:19:41.259 --> 00:19:41.799
 been drawn

00:19:41.799 --> 00:19:42.480
 into an

00:19:42.480 --> 00:19:42.899
 intimate

00:19:42.899 --> 00:19:43.779
 and loving

00:19:43.779 --> 00:19:44.539
 relationship

00:19:44.539 --> 00:19:44.980
 with a

00:19:44.980 --> 00:19:45.319
 heavenly

00:19:45.319 --> 00:19:45.859
 father

00:19:45.859 --> 00:19:47.959
 when we

00:19:47.959 --> 00:19:48.599
 struggle for

00:19:48.599 --> 00:19:49.059
 joy we

00:19:49.059 --> 00:19:49.319
 need to

00:19:49.319 --> 00:19:49.799
 come back

00:19:49.799 --> 00:19:50.119
 to the

00:19:50.119 --> 00:19:50.839
 hope of

00:19:50.839 --> 00:19:51.459
 that final

00:19:51.459 --> 00:19:51.959
 day when

00:19:51.959 --> 00:19:52.399
 the pain

00:19:52.399 --> 00:19:52.719
 that you're

00:19:52.719 --> 00:19:53.299
 experiencing

00:19:53.299 --> 00:19:53.799
 now will

00:19:53.799 --> 00:19:54.059
 be a

00:19:54.059 --> 00:19:54.379
 distant

00:19:54.379 --> 00:19:54.819
 memory

00:19:54.819 --> 00:19:56.980
 when we

00:19:56.980 --> 00:19:57.619
 struggle for

00:19:57.619 --> 00:19:58.480
 joy we

00:19:58.480 --> 00:19:58.759
 need to

00:19:58.759 --> 00:19:59.480
 reflect on

00:19:59.480 --> 00:20:00.240
 the limitless

00:20:00.240 --> 00:20:01.140
 love of

00:20:01.140 --> 00:20:02.059
 God shown

00:20:02.059 --> 00:20:02.460
 in the

00:20:02.460 --> 00:20:03.299
 sacrifice of

00:20:03.299 --> 00:20:03.799
 his son

00:20:03.799 --> 00:20:07.740
 when you

00:20:07.740 --> 00:20:08.359
 struggle for

00:20:08.359 --> 00:20:09.940
 joy you

00:20:09.940 --> 00:20:10.299
 need to

00:20:10.299 --> 00:20:11.539
 bask in

00:20:11.539 --> 00:20:12.259
 the encouragement

00:20:12.259 --> 00:20:13.180
 you need to

00:20:13.180 --> 00:20:14.960
 soak in the

00:20:14.960 --> 00:20:15.920
 adrenaline that

00:20:15.920 --> 00:20:17.680
 comes from

00:20:17.680 --> 00:20:18.200
 the hope of

00:20:18.200 --> 00:20:18.680
 the gospel

00:20:18.680 --> 00:20:21.599
 doesn't mean

00:20:21.599 --> 00:20:22.140
 that we'll walk

00:20:22.140 --> 00:20:22.640
 around with

00:20:22.640 --> 00:20:23.620
 goofy smiles all

00:20:23.620 --> 00:20:24.259
 the time and

00:20:24.259 --> 00:20:24.839
 we'll never get

00:20:24.839 --> 00:20:25.500
 sad and we'll

00:20:25.500 --> 00:20:26.120
 never cry

00:20:26.119 --> 00:20:27.219
 I'm sure

00:20:27.219 --> 00:20:27.659
 there's a lot

00:20:27.659 --> 00:20:27.919
 of people

00:20:27.919 --> 00:20:28.359
 from camp

00:20:28.359 --> 00:20:28.659
 that can

00:20:28.659 --> 00:20:29.279
 testify that

00:20:29.279 --> 00:20:29.739
 tears are

00:20:29.739 --> 00:20:30.039
 part of

00:20:30.039 --> 00:20:30.419
 the joy

00:20:30.419 --> 00:20:34.679
 but what

00:20:34.679 --> 00:20:35.439
 it means is

00:20:35.439 --> 00:20:36.159
 you have an

00:20:36.159 --> 00:20:36.879
 anchor and a

00:20:36.879 --> 00:20:37.439
 foundation

00:20:37.439 --> 00:20:39.239
 you have a

00:20:39.239 --> 00:20:39.759
 joy that's

00:20:39.759 --> 00:20:40.159
 bigger than

00:20:40.159 --> 00:20:40.519
 how you're

00:20:40.519 --> 00:20:41.199
 feeling today

00:20:41.199 --> 00:20:42.619
 that's bigger

00:20:42.619 --> 00:20:43.179
 than how you're

00:20:43.179 --> 00:20:43.699
 going this

00:20:43.699 --> 00:20:44.739
 year that's

00:20:44.739 --> 00:20:45.119
 bigger than

00:20:45.119 --> 00:20:45.459
 how much

00:20:45.459 --> 00:20:46.059
 energy you

00:20:46.059 --> 00:20:46.419
 have

00:20:46.419 --> 00:20:48.819
 you have a

00:20:48.819 --> 00:20:49.500
 joy because

00:20:49.500 --> 00:20:50.219
 your eternity

00:20:50.219 --> 00:20:50.839
 is certain

00:20:50.839 --> 00:20:52.240
 because your

00:20:52.240 --> 00:20:52.879
 God loves

00:20:52.879 --> 00:20:53.599
 you and

00:20:53.599 --> 00:20:54.179
 because no

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 one and

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 nothing can

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 take that

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 away since

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 we have been

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 justified through

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 faith we have

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 peace with God

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 and we have

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 joy let's

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 pray

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 father God

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 we want to

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 we want to

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 thank you for

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 Jesus we

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 want to admit

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 that often we

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 let our

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 circumstance and

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 our situation

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 and our

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 relationships and

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 our anxieties and

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 whatever else

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 speak louder than

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 the gospel we

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 want to admit

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 that we get

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 distracted by

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 right here and

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 right now and

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 we forget what

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 you have done to

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 prove to us that

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 you love us

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 that we forget

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 about the

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 amazing eternal

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 home that you

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 are preparing for

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 us that we

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 forget that you

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 have promised

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 that even right

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 now in the midst

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 of our pain you

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 are working for

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 our good you

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 are expressing

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 your love for

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 us but father

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 we ask that you

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 would open our

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 eyes to the hope

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 of the gospel

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 that we would

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 wake every morning

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 with a new sense

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 of awe that

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 when we were

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 enemies Christ

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 died and brought

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 us back in a

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 relationship with

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 you I pray that

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 we would know the

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 joy of a

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 relationship with

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 you today and

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 the anticipation of

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 the joy that will

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 come when we get

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 to see you face

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 face to face I

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 pray that the

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 world around us

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 will see us and

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 want the joy that

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 we have I pray

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 that you would use

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 us to represent

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 you and to draw

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 other people into

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 the hope of the

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 gospel the hope of

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 Jesus amen

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 amen

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 for

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 us and

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 let's

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 we feed on

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 life