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Well, thank you Mel, you know 
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Alpha. 
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done Alpha before. 
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It's just a fantastic place to 
explore faith in such a 

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fantastically safe environment. 
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privileged to be able to speak 
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meeting so many people. 
It was just so wonderful. 

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So if that's you anything, I 
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to explore or faith or maybe 
maybe you've never even said yes

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to Jesus. 
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do alpha. 
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again. 
Last week. 

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I had mentioned, I was reminded 
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I think laughs is very 
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We've been doing some practice 
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I gave him some, my bad jokes, 
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didn't have to resort to those 
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that I had found. 
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Steph called children's letters 
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Out of the mouths of babes. 
Say some rather funny things. 

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So given the support that I had 
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I checked the comments 
afterwards. 

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I thought, that, by the way, you
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to tell some jokes, but I'm 
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these that, alright, with you. 
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right? 
This is from a little book boy 

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called Wally. 
We what a great name. 

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He says, Dear God. 
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we wouldn't have to wear 
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Did you ever think of that? 
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That's really very good. 
What else do we got here? 

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Dear God. 
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I love that one. 
Very good. 

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One more because I just 
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This is from a little boy called
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This is this. 
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I know you are supposed to love 
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But if Mark keeps taking my 
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I love that one. 
That is fantastic. 

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Yes, it's good to laugh. 
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We got to continue to laugh. 
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Well, let's move on. 
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You know, we are in this season 
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challenged us all last week to 
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Are we seeking Jesus first? 
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of Charles Montgomery, our guest
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of the year around first things 
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each day as it comes and each 
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know, I'm going to use that line
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don't get you. 
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the morning. 
Get your face in his book. 

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First thing in the morning. 
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don't look how many likes, 
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Why didn't you read the love 
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Bible? 
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doing that as Christians. 
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doing is seeking Jesus and not 
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throughout the day. 
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about the first one of our areas
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first. 
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Because, you know if we seek the
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world's peace? 
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That is based on circumstances. 
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something that is unstable. 
Isn't it? 

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It's not always there. 
When the kids are screaming, 

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you're trying to do, you know 
homeschooling and the 

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technology, you know, the zoom 
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Doesn't work, etc. 
Spectra. 

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Well, you know, you're not able 
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things. 
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If we base our piece on the 
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never be stable as we looked at 
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If we, if we seek the gift of 
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which is stable a piece, which 
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UK forward slash talks, or on 

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You can catch up. 

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So, which P are we up to this 
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This week? 
We are looking at protection 

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protection. 
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all on our lips at the moment, 
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It's a word which has come to 
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probably hasn't done. 
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know, we, we see it on posters 
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We hear it every time we turn on
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When we go online and we check 
the news and it instructs, our 

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every action, doesn't it? 
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Hasn't it to protect ourselves 
from the virus, protect others 

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and protect the NHS. 
Save lives, you know, I don't 

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know about you, but I find 
myself now automatically knowing

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what 2 m is. 
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isn't it? 
That we put our masks on its 

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become automatic, you know, this
sense of protection is something

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which is something which is top 
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but I want to ask you guys a 
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for a bit. 
Have you ever asked yourself? 

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What does this all show us? 
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Why do we need protecting? 
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question. 
But have you ever asked yourself

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why? 
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You see? 
It shows that we are in need of 

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protection. 
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That's a bit obvious, isn't it? 
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That we are not God. 
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the created. 
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It reminds us that we are not in
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were. 
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In spite of our scientific 
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increasing knowledge, in spite 
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all good. 
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things, the illusion that we are
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We are not in control and you 
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us realize, is that we are in 
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are not God. 
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is oh such a humbling thing. 
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at this last year, you know, the
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Kingdom that utopian existence 
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And yet we get to a season like 
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humility. 
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that God opposes the proud, but 
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How you respond to this is 
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How we should respond to. 
This is Lord, God. 

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I need you. 
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I am not God with a small G. 
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life. 
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series, to say, we need to get 
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Place of humility. 
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I'm a terrible person, and I'm 
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Humility is recognizing that we 
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He is and he is for us that he 
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this question City though, it 
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where if we grasp here we get to
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need you God and it is in that 
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grace. 
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Grace is great is how he 
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which he has for us? 
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want to do just that I want to 
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onto our knees and we cry out to
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It's not to say that all those 
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about how we protect Act 
ourselves and protect others and

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protect the NHS sarong. 
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We should do those. 
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don't call out to God, then 
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And so in this series of first, 
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you know, protection as focused 
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physical, hasn't it as I've 
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ourselves from the virus. 
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physical beings, are we know? 
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got a heart, you got a mind? 
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We have emotions. 
We have a will You have a mental

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state to use that phrase. 
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What's happening? 
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and their emotions are also. 
In need of protection, aren't 

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they? 
In need of a protection from the

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impact of isolation and the 
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mental state. 
In need of protection from fear.

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That sets in, And I said in the 
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us a spirit of fear, but of 
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Can we walk through this time 
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Yes, because God's promises are.
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We sang that earlier, didn't we?
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weariness and the strain, you 
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So on the physical, but I want 
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will protect us from fear, from 
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need protecting their. 
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So what does God say about this?
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Listen, I'm not going to 
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going to use quite a bit of 
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I've got some nodding heads in 
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Maybe you're not in at home as 
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You know, if you go to the 
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prescription, he will he or she 
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Correct? 
And you will take that 

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prescription with you to the 
pharmacy and they will give you 

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the recommended medication. 
Correct with me so far. 

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Well, let me tell you God's word
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Did you know that? 
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You know, it says in Romans 12 

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do not be conformed to the 
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mean, the things of this world 
thinking about things in the 

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wrong way, about being caught up
in fear, all this stuff, but be 

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transformed by the renewing of 
your mind, then you can test and

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walk in that, which God has for 
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How do we do that? 
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so I want you to be taking notes
and take note of these 

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scriptures and I want you to 
Read these and meditate them on 

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them. 
Your medication every day this 

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week because you will see fruit 
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And so that's why I'm not going 
to apologize for the scriptures.

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All the scriptures that I'm 
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So let's look at our first piece
of medication to use that 

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phrase. 
It's from Deuteronomy which in 

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the Old Testament chapter 31 6 
and Moses is saying goodbye to 

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the Israelites because he's not 
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promised land with them. 
He's handing over to Joshua and 

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he says this is a reminder. 
Listen be Strong and courageous.

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Listen to this, do not be afraid
or terrified because of them who

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are them. 
That was that were the people on

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the other side. 
What's your them in your world? 

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What's your them in the all 
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What's your fears? 
Lord says, be strong and 

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courageous. 
Do not be afraid because of 

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their more. 
It for the Lord, your God goes 

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with you. 
All your promises are yes, and 

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amen. 
He will never leave you nor 

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forsake. 
You. 

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Are we getting this. 
Let's look at the next scripture

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that I want to share. 
Isaiah. 41:10, very similar. 

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God is saying this through his 
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So do not fear, you see, God 
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That's why God talks about it so
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For I am with, you do not be 
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You here is suffering with 
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I do sometimes. 
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strengthen you and I will help 
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I will uphold you with my 
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This is the medication that we 
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day and then turning it into 
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Thank you, God that your word 
says that you are with me. 

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Thank you Lord that your word 
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afraid. 
Thank you, Lord. 

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That your promises. 
Yes, and amen. 

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Lord. 
I want to experience that today.

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Lord. 
Would you come and strengthen 

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me? 
That's what it means to get into

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his word. 
That's what it means to take his

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promises and claim them and say 
Yes, Lord, your word says you 

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will never forsake me or leave 
me. 

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I claim that promise for me 
today, Lord. 

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That's what it means to seek. 
Jesus first. 

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You know, I said this last week 
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saying it, but I meet so many 
malnutrition Christians. 

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What do I mean by that? 
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strength to respond. 
Listen, you wouldn't have a diet

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devoid of nutrients, and 
minerals, and food, would you? 

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Because if you did, you would be
in a weakened state? 

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What God has given us. 
His words. 

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I want to encourage you to get 
into his word. 

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We need to understand. 
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See, the God is with us. 
There is a lovely and I don't 

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have it with on the screen. 
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It says, for the eyes of the 
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throughout the Earth. 
To strengthen you. 

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Did you just hear what I said. 
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ranging throughout the Earth. 
To strengthen you. 

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I sometimes listen to the radio 
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for that, Nestor Bell and it's 
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of a CCTV on it and you can be 
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I'm sure. 
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do this kind of CCTV for your 
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happening. 
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that's pretty impressive, but 
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CCTV camera because his eyes are
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You. 
Did you know that his eyes are 

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on you in those of Number of 
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That's the God, we worship. 
That's the god, that loves you. 

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His eyes are on you. 
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with these scriptures though is 
this, he promises that he will 

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strengthen us through the 
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Not that he will always take us 
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Let me say that again. 
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will strengthen us through the 
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will take us from the 
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43:2 and other great scripture. 
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When you go through deep Waters.
I will be with you when you go 

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through rivers of difficulty. 
You will not drown. 

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When you walk through. 
The fire of Oppression. 

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You will not be burned up. 
The Flames, will not consume 

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you. 
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friends, we need to realize that
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But it's as we go through God's 
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Let me give you another one for 
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Psalm 46. 
This is 1, 2 3 and this is a 

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very famous song. 
God is our refuge and strength. 

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A very present help in trouble 
who feels like they might be in 

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trouble. 
Therefore, we will not fear 

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though. 
The Earth gives way or the Earth

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hasn't given way yet though, the
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heart of the sea. 
Though its Waters Roar and foam 

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through the mountains tremble, 
at its swelling. 

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God is our refuge. 
And our strength. 

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Now, there are times where God 
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from a situation to protect us 
and I suspect some of you think 

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about your life, might remember 
some of those times. 

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I mean, I remember a particular 
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this. 
Probably about 20, something 

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years ago. 
I was crossing the road in 

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London. 
It was really busy and I was 

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walking in and you shouldn't do 
this. 

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Of course. 
I was walking in between traffic

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and I and I was weaving a bit to
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and I couldn't see. 
Found it. 

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And I went to step out and 
literally something forced me to

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not move was almost like a Buy 
price my brain and this 

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motorbike was young right past 
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there and I bet there are so 
many more times where God has 

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protected us, and we haven't 
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So there are times where God 
just take you out, but there are

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also times where you don't do go
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You know, we have just done and 
we've got a couple of new olive 

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trees, in our garden, a 
beautiful olive trees. 

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Hopefully, I'll be able to start
making some olive oil. 

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I fancy making some olive oil, 
why not? 

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Hey, and they are beautiful 
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They've got this light silvery 
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And anyway, we've got those, but
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It's - what? 
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And so because then you what 
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The Oddities of that these Fleet
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Some of you gardeners will 
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over. 
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Here's the thing about this 
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It's not that the Olive Tree 
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It might even get a touch of 
frost, but it will protect it 

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from dying. 
Now, I could have taken that 

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Olive Tree away from outside out
of its pot and put it in my 

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house. 
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to grow at all. 
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this, you know, Charles 
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weeks ago to quote him again, 
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with our growth, then our 
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And you see that Olive Tree 
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place of maturity, so that it 
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future. 
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covering and you see that is how
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troubles in trials and troubles 
in order that we can grow. 

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that protection. 
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is not a promise of removal. 
I'm going to say that again. 

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A promise of protection is not 
necessarily a promise of 

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removal. 
In fact, protection is not 

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required. 
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Is it, you see? 
If you think about it, the frost

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and the bad weather around that 
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that covering is the world that 
we are in, we are in a fallen 

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World. 
There is sin around us. 

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There is evil around us and so 
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We are therefore in need of 
protection, but we can rely upon

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God as we look to him to protect
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fear, that might set in. 
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allow us to go through these 
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I mentioned that it's often 
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It's in that place that we grow 
to maturity. 

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James one versus two to force. 
Is this consider it pure joy. 

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My brothers and sisters whenever
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because, you know, That the 
testing of your faith produces 

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perseverance. 
Let perseverance finish its work

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so that you may be mature and 
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Can anyone genuinely say they're
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And yet, I rather think if we 
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talking about here recognizing 
Romans 8:28 that he works. 

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All things for good. 
All things for good for those 

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that trust him and according to 
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that God is working in us and 
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And that there is an outworking 
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In our lives. 
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Thank you. 
You know, many people have asked

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me, Mark. 
How have you found this time? 

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What's it been like? 
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normal. 
It's been tough. 

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It's been hard. 
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family life, whether it be 
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But, you know, as I've reflected
on this time, you know, I can 

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see the grace of the Lord 
working in me and through me 

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more than that. 
I can recognize that God has 

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done a work. 
In me that he could have done on

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the Mountaintop, you know, 
Mountaintop experiences, when 

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everything's going great and 
wonderful. 

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But you know, the greenest grass
grows in the valleys. 

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And actually, I am thankful to 
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Because it's been in this place 
that he has done, the deepest 

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work in me. 
Where he is building maturity 

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and me building resilience in 
the building character in me. 

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You know, Jesus said when he was
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the father. 
I'm going to prepare a place for

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you. 
You know, we looked at that in 

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the his story series. 
Didn't we about what is to come 

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and if you miss that, you can 
catch up all about end times. 

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What is to come and do this is 
I'm going to prepare a place for

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you, but did you know that God 
is preparing you for that place 

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as well, you know, he is 
conforming us to the likeness of

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his son. 
And he's also building rewards 

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up for us. 
Did, you know, there are eternal

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Ward's. 
I think I'm going to preach on 

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this sometime. 
If you're up for it, the 

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doctrine of Eternal rewards, we 
often don't look at that. 

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It's not about salvation. 
Salvation is not by works. 

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Novation is by faith alone in 
Christ alone, but there are 

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rewards, awaiting us. 
You know, God is more concerned 

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about your growth than his 
comfort and I this is I say that

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not to minimize what you might 
be going through. 

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Not trying to minimize the 
difficulty in the hardship. 

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Recognize that God is working in
you and through you. 

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And that his eyes are always on 
you, you know, it says in 

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Zephaniah that he rejoices in 
you and you know what? 

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He dances over you. 
What say, what God dance is over

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me, yet. 
He Delights in you. 

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That's why we can seek him 
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As we talk about protection, 
that we does protect our hearts 

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and our minds as we go through 
these trials, but, you know, at 

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its core it at its Essence. 
God's protection is the Eternal 

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indwelling of his holy spirit in
US. 

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At its Essence out of school is 
the all those that believe in 

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the name of Jesus are sealed for
the day of redemption. 

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What does that mean that we are 
with him for eternity. 

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You want to talk about 
protection? 

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What is a seal? 
Well, you know when they used to

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send those letters in the olden 
days and the king would get a 

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bit of wax and over the envelope
and then get his Signet ring. 

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And that was the Seal of the 
king. 

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What did it show? 
Go. 

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Well, it showed ownership. 
Didn't it? 

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This was this is mine that I'm 
given to you. 

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But you know what? 
It was like a tamper protection 

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because you knew that if you 
receive that and the seal was 

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broken. 
Well something so amok. 

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It's like modern-day password 
protection. 

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You see our protection is for 
eternity. 

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And what are we protected from? 
We're protected from the wrath 

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of God upon sin. 
Because you are sealed with the 

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Holy Spirit purchased by the 
precious blood of Jesus. 

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If you remember the story of the
Israelites in Egypt and Moses 

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said, let God's people go and 
Pharaoh said, no and they 

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experienced the plague and they 
came to a point where God said 

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this and I'm going to wipe out 
their firstborn. 

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But listen, I want you 
Israelites to take a lamb and 

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get the blood and put it on the 
doorposts. 

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And the window frames. 
You hear this? 

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Remember this story and as I 
pass out, So I come with the 

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Roth, my wrath comes upon, I 
will pass over. 

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I will protect you from that. 
Well, you see that event of 

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Passover, was a foreshadow of 
the perfect spotless lamb of 

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Jesus, who shed his blood for 
you in order that the wrath of 

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God will pass over you. 
Why? 

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Because Jesus Paid for our sins,
when God looks at us. 

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He looks as us as holy and 
righteous. 

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So, do you know what we're 
protected from you're protected 

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from the wrath of God in order 
that we can be with him for 

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eternity. 
The good news of the Gospel is 

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that we are eternally. 
Here's because we have been 

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sealed by his Spirit. 
Yes, he protects us at this 

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time. 
He is with us, he will 

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strengthen us through these 
trials and these tribulations 

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and I encourage you to get on 
your knees and cry out to him 

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and say, yes, you're my God. 
Would you protect me? 

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Lord as your word says, let us 
be encouraged and remember that.

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We are sealed for eternity. 
His you see the promise of 

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protection? 
Is the message of the Gospel. 

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It is the good news. 
And I want to say this this 

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morning. 
If you are a Christian and 

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you're hearing these, it should 
lead you to worship and to your 

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knees. 
Thank you Lord. 

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Thank you that I am yours. 
Thank you Lord, that you've 

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protected me. 
Thank you. 

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Lord, that I am yours. 
But if you are not a Christian, 

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if you have yet to say yes, to 
Jesus is invitation, then it 

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should cause you to be convicted
and say I need you. 

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I need you to protect me. 
And God is there he is calling 

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you. 
John 3:16 for God. 

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So loved the world that He Sent 
His only begotten son. 

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That whosoever believeth in him 
will not perish but will have 

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eternal life. 
Listen, friends. 

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If you're listening and you say,
yeah, I want to say yes to 

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Jesus. 
And I would encourage you to do 

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that this morning. 
How do you do that? 

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First of all, you just admit 
that you're a sinner, you know, 

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it says in the scriptures were 
all a sinner I am. 

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We all, are we saved by grace 
and say, Lord. 

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Would you forgive me of my sin? 
I Repent? 

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What does repentance mean? 
It means turning away from that 

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Old life. 
From walking in that sin and 

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saying I turn towards you. 
Jesus. 

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I'm saying you are my Lord and 
my savior, you know, if you've 

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just done that this morning then
I just want to say 

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congratulations, you are now 
sealed the day of redemption. 

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You are his. 
Now, lastly, I just want to end 

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on this as way of a mini 
application. 

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So what does it mean for us? 
Now? 

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How do we respond to God's 
promise of protection? 

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I'm going to give you four very 
quick ones that you can apply 

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with your medication this week. 
Number one, recognize that he is

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God. 
I don't just mean mentally. 

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Say God, is God. 
I mean, in your worship toward 

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him. 
I mean in your posture, I mean, 

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your first thing in the morning 
or do you are my Lord and I need

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you. 
Thank you that you are with me. 

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That's what it means to 
recognize that. 

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He is. 
God. 

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It means to make your decisions 
based on his lordship in your 

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life, to seek him. 
And that's the number to, to 

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seek Jesus first before anyone 
else. 

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I hope you're diligent with all 
the with all the measures to 

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protect yourself and others. 
But how diligent are we in? 

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Protecting our hearts and Minds 
by seeking Jesus? 

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Let's be diligent in that. 
Number three, seek out his 

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promises. 
We can't claim his promises and 

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walking them. 
If we do not know what they are.

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And that's why I've been giving 
you that prescription this 

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morning of those verses. 
Take those verses that I given 

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you and speak and meditate them 
on them daily because it's going

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to Renew your mind and turn them
into a prayer as I as I showed 

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you last earlier and then number
four, as I end trust in him. 

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Not just now, but for all 
eternity. 

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Trust in him and we looked at 
trust in a bit more detail. 

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Last week that we that the peace
that comes with that. 

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So there you go. 
Those are the four things 

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recognize that he is God. 
Seek Jesus first before anyone 

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else, number three, seek out his
promises and number for trust in

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him.