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 following the fire in Notre Dame Cathedral the other week

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 the French Minister for Culture

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 was reported by the BBC

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 for saying that the most precious treasures

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 belonging to the church have been saved

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 the most precious treasures of the church

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 that phrase reminded me of a story that took place approximately

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 1,000 years before Notre Dame Cathedral was built

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 it was the year 258 and the Roman Emperor Valerian was busy persecuting the Christian church

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 he ordered that all clergy be put to death

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 and gave order to the imperial treasury

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 that they had power to confiscate all money and possessions

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 that belonged to the church

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 the Pope Sixtus II

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 had just ordained a young Spanish theologian

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 by the name of Lawrence and he had appointed him Archdeacon of Rome

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 this put Lawrence in charge of the church's property

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 and responsibility for its outreach

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 well it was August the 6th

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 the year 258

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 and Valerian the Emperor

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 captured the Pope

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 during a worship service

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 and had him beheaded

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 then he set his sights on the young Lawrence

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 who had been appointed

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 as the Archdeacon of Rome

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 the Emperor demanded that Lawrence

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 turned over all the treasures

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 of the church

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 and he gave him three days

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 to round all the treasures together

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 Lawrence knew that he had to act swiftly

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 he managed to round up

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 all the chalices and vessels

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 and pieces of silver

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 communion plates

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 all of those sort of things

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 as quickly as he could

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 everything he could lay his hands on

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 he sold the lot

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 and distributed the money

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 among the most vulnerable

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 and the poorest people

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 that he could find

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 that third day came

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 and he approached the Emperor's Palace

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 he walked in through the door

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 completely empty handed

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 the Emperor demanded

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 the treasure of the church

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 at which point

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 Lawrence gestured

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 beyond the door

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 that he had just walked through

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 and pointed outside

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 where he had gathered

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 crowds and crowds

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 of ordinary

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 broken people

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 these

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 he said

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 to the Emperor

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 are the treasures

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 of the church

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 the church

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 is truly rich

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 far richer

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 Emperor

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 than you will ever be

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 the Emperor didn't like that

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 very much

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 and he gave instruction

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 to have him

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 burned alive

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 that same day

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 but it's a story

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 that reminds us

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 very powerfully

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 that the church

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 in the widest

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 broadest sense

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 is unfathomably rich

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 but not in the way

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 that the Emperor

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 and just about

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 everybody outside

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 of the church

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 since the Emperor

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 might think

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 Paul puts it like this

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 we have this treasure

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 in jars of clay

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 we're wasting away

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 we are broken people

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 every single one of us

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 we're dying

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 we're on the course

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 to die

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 we're weak

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 we're frail

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 we're broken

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 but there is something

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 inside

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 that is priceless

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 we are all broken

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 we're wasting away

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 everything

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 is broken

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 that phrase

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 broken home

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 even the phrase

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 broken marriage

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 broken family

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 those

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 those are phrases

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 that ought not to be

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 singled out

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 for a particular

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 situation

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 they apply to everyone

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 every person

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 is broken

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 every marriage

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 is broken

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 every home

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 is broken

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 every family

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 is broken

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 every business

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 is broken

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 every church

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 is broken

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 every society

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 is broken

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 now that's not

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 being bleak

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 it's not being

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 mordered

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 that's reality

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 the wonder of the gospel

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 is that it tells us

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 how in our brokenness

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 in our weakness

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 whatever that looks like

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 the spirit of God

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 who is eternal

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 chooses to live

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 within us

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 very often

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 Christianity

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 is talked about

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 as though it were

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 a belief system

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 you believe

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 this that

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 and the other

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 a set of

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 theological

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 propositions

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 doctrinal claims

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 and that's what

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 makes you a Christian

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 or maybe

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 as a kind of

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 pattern of behaviour

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 the things that you do

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 if you live a morally

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 good life

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 if you're engaged

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 with a church

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 if you're an active

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 member of a church

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 if you live your faith

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 out in those

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 practical ways

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 that's

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 that's Christianity

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 all of those things

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 kind of get

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 sort of close

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 to what being

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 a Christian is

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 but they miss

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 the thing

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 that is at the very heart

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 and it is this

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 that to be a Christian

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 is not so much

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 just what you believe

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 or even what you do

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 it is a state of being

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 a state of being

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 which

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 which means

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 that the spirit

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 of the living God

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 actually lives

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 inside you

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 treasure

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 inside a jar

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 of clay

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 elsewhere

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 Paul says

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 that

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 our bodies

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 are like temples

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 for God's

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 Holy Spirit

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 God

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 himself

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 lives

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 in us

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 John Wesley

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 the founder

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 of the Methodist

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 church

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 was fond

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 of saying

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 that his

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 favourite

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 definition

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 of a Christian

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 was actually

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 the title

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 of a book

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 written by

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 Henry Schuble

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 in 1691

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 the life

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 of God

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 in the soul

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 of man

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 that's a

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 breathtaking thought

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 God

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 the author

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 of the

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 universe

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 actually

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 has

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 a living

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 presence

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 not just

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 around

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 about you

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 but in you

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 I recently

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 re-read

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 what is

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 considered

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 by many

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 to be

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 something

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 of a

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 classic

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 of the

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 20th century

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 a book

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 by Dr

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 Martin Lloyd

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 Jones

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 called

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 Spiritual

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 Depression

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 Martin Lloyd

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 Jones

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 was a

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 medical

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 GP

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 he went

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 on to

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 become

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 a pastor

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 at

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 Westminster

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 Chapel

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 in London

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 for over

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 three

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 decades

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 that book

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 that he

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 wrote

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 Spiritual

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 Depression

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 was written

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 nearly half

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 a century

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 ago

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 now

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 and putting

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 aside some

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 of the

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 language

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 that he

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 uses

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 honestly it

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 could have

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 been written

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 today

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 because it

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 speaks into

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 the realities

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 of life

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 and its

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 struggles

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 and its

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 brokenness

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 and its

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 pains

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 today as

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 much as

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 in any

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 age

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 his key

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 idea

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 was this

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 that no

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 matter how

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 we as

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 human beings

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 might feel

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 in other words

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 whatever our

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 circumstances

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 may be

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 whatever our

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 state of

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 mind

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 our emotional

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 state

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 might be

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 whatever

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 that might

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 be going

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 on inside

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 us

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 whether we're

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 talking

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 depression

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 as the title

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 of his book

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 or anxiety

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 or fear

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 or exhaustion

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 whatever that

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 might be

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 that our

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 feelings would

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 say to us

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 he says that

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 as a

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 Christian

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 you have a

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 different

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 identity

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 because God

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 is in you

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 the spirit

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 you have

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 within you

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 is not a

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 spirit of

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 fear

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 it is

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 something

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 radically

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 different

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 and we

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 need to be

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 reminded of

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 that

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 you are a

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 child of

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 God

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 and God

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 himself

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 lives in

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 you

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 that treasure

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 in a jar

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 of clay

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 and he goes

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 on to say

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 at length

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 if you are

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 a Christian

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 you need to

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 be reminded

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 of this

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 and remind

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 yourself of

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 it time

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 and time

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 again

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 because the

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 reality

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 is very

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 different

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 to what

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 your

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 feelings

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 will tell

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 you

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 and what

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 your

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 culture

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 and what

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 your

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 circumstances

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 will tell

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 you

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 in a sense

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 you are

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 no longer

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 ordinary

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 if you are

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 a Christian

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 believer

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 well you are

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 ordinary

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 but he

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 who lives

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 within you

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 is not

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 now that

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 doesn't always

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 correspond with

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 the way we

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 are feeling

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 emotionally

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 mentally

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 psychologically

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 and that is

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 all the

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 reason

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 said Lloyd

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 Jones why

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 we need

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 to remind

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 ourselves

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 that we

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 have this

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 very peculiar

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 relationship

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 with God

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 that God

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 isn't just

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 believed in

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 God lives

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 within us

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 and so he

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 goes on to

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 say that we

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 spend too

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 much time

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 listening to

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 ourselves

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 instead we

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 need to

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 preach to

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 ourselves

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 ourselves

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 rather than

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 paying too

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 much attention

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 to what our

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 feelings our

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 thoughts our

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 emotions our

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 circumstances are

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 saying to us

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 we need

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 to preach to

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 ourselves he

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 said this

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 we must not

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 think of

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 ourselves as

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 ordinary people

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 we are not

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 natural men

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 and women

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 we are born

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 again

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 God has

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 given his

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 holy spirit

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 and he

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 is the

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 spirit of

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 power and

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 love and

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 of a

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 sound mind

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 therefore to

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 those who are

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 particularly prone

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 to spiritual

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 depression through

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 timorous fear of

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 the future

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 I say in the

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 name of God

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 and in the

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 words of the

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 apostle

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 stir up the

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 gift

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 talk to

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 yourself

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 remind

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 yourself of

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 what is true

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 of you

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 instead of

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 allowing the

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 future and

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 thoughts of

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 it to grip

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 you

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 talk to

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 yourself

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 remind

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 yourself of

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 who you

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 are and

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 what you

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 are and

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 of what

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 spirit is

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 within you

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 and having

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 reminded yourself

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 of the

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 character of

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 the spirit

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 you will be

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 able to go

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 steadily forward

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 fearing

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 nothing

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 living in

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 the present

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 ready for

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 the future

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 with one

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 desire

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 only

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 to glorify

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 him

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 who gave

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 his all

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 for you

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 next week

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 as a church

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 we begin

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 a series

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 that will be

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 running through

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 May June

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 and July

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 called the

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 fruitful life

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 we're going to

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 be looking at

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 discipleship

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 and the

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 fruit of the

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 spirit

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 what it

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 means

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 to pay

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 very careful

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 attention

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 to that

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 treasure

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 that is

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 within us

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 it's not

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 inward looking

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 it's not

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 spiritual

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 navel gazing

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 it's putting

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 at the very

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 centre of

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 our thoughts

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 that which

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 is most

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 precious

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 the fact

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 that the

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 living God

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 chooses to

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 come and

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 live within

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 our brokenness

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 is the

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 very thing

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 that transforms

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 lives and

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 makes mission

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 happen and

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 changes and

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 transforms the

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 world around

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 us

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 and over

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 these coming

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 weeks

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 that's

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 what we're

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 going to

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 be thinking

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 about

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 the treasure

00:12:54.459 --> 00:12:54.959
 of the

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 church

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 this

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 treasure

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 that is in

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 jars of

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 clay

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 we're

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 right

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 we're

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 we're

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 going to

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 get

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 out

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 to

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 us

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 we're

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 we're

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 we're