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Let's move on to looking our 
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Then, as I said, we're looking 
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that the subject this week on 
something which is so crucial 

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and Central to our Christian 
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series and loved about reading 
toza, is that there are certain 

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things that are good reminders, 
in other words, truths or the 

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way in which he positions things
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But yet probably, Early 
forgotten or needed, a reminder 

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and then you come up with some 
gems that you go. 

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Wow! 
I've never seen that like that 

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before. 
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one of those chapters I read it.
And I was like, wow, I've never 

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seen it like that before. 
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asking us to imagine what would 
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preconceptions of the Christian 
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Someone that didn't know. 
The Bible was sit down with the 

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Bible and simply do an exercise,
where by they would read 

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through. 
Ooh, that have a piece of paper 

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and they would jot down the 
themes that they would see 

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bubble to the surface. 
A bit like a word cloud to use 

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modern vernacular of course in 
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They didn't have such a thing 
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that, he posits what would 
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Well of course, what would 
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out. 
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the faith are the the tenants of
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aspects of our Christian faith 
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high up on the list of things 
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word, cloud would be this. 
Faith. 

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Faith. 
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Are we high up on the list of 
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Cloud will be faith and it would
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its high importance. 
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exercise as he goes through the 
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without faith. 
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God. 
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faith? 
I can't do much because with 

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faith, I can do anything but can
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And and and he will discover, he
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without faith. 
There can be no approach to God,

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no forgiveness, no Deliverance, 
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spiritual life, at all. 
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the conclusion with which he 
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Hebrews 11, who knows? 
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read the Bible, of course, a 
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of Faith, the heroes of the 
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And he would not be surprised by
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was about faith. 
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the Bible, he go, all this 
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read about church history, he 
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Reformation the Protestant 
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well nurse was land will about 
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Out capturing by faith in Christ
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As Faith. 
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Catholic teaching, those Meritus
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by faith alone. 
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and he would say, right? 
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We all there on the same page. 
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before we continue and I think 
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in our minds, the question, and 
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And so, given the agreement that
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the importance of faith that it 
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In other words, you know, if you
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pursuing God, you must also 
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do. 
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jump to your mind And is this do
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Do I possess this faith and then
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were to ask that question, you 
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question which is this? 
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What a nerve is faith. 
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It's fine. 
You can be still a question. 

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And ask the question. 
What on Earth is fate? 

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Because I'll be honest with you.
I think he's quite confusing and

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complex actually, All, can he 
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When you think about faith is 
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quite a nebulous kind of thing, 
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And I think the, the truth is in
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The reality is, is that no real 
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It rather assumes it that it is 
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Now, of course, you'll be saying
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Well, Mark, of course, a Hebrews
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Gives us a definition of Faith, 
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Not faith is the Assurance of 
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that, that is quite a functional
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what do I mean by that? 
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its operation Faith. 
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assurance of that, which you 
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And belief in something, which 
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But toza color wants to go a bit
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rather pleased, he has done 
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that place, but he asked the 
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But really, what is the essence 
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It's move away from that. 
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And what is the heart of it? 
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And me and you know toes Who 
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heard a preacher talk about 
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very similar model, the preacher
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And then he would go on to give 
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with some testimonies of people 
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isn't there more to that than 
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And he answers this by taking us
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scripture this morning, which is
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we turn to that together 
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the Old Testament is going to be
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If you're in the room and 
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as well. 
We're going to look at numbers 

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21, Verses 4 to 9. 
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to you. 
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They set out, by the way, to the
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This is talking about Israel to 
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the people became impatient on 
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And the people spoke against 
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you brought us our out of Egypt 
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But there is no food, and there 
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worthless food. 
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So that many people of Israel 
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And the people came to Moses and
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We have spoken against Jehovah 
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Lord, that he take away the 
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prayed for the people, and the 
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Serpent and set it on a pole and
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sees it shall live. 
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would look at the bronze Serpent
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You have a restriction that you 
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When you go, I need to find a 
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because that it's need some 
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Glad, I'm not the only one. 
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because Jesus himself explained 
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himself explained what on Earth 
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3 1415 and you see What happens 
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the people around him. 
How they may be saved and he 

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tells them that they may be 
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And then he references, well, 
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as Moses lifted up, the serpent 
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son of man that's him. 
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listen to this Dad. 
Whoever Believes in Him may have

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eternal life. 
Mmm, thank you. 

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Jesus, that makes a little bit 
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You see that serpent on the, or 
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foreshadowing. 
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Christ. 
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for us. 
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do us. 
That's kind of what was going on

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there. 
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in a direction that as I said, 
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before. 
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We would notice that look. 
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terms. 
Same or Mark, I shall look it on

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the Old Testament. 
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believe in on the New Testament 
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Are you following me so far? 
I'm going to unpack this, don't 

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worry. 
That is the looking with your 

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physical eyes and the believe in
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while Israel looked with their 
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are called to believe as we look
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I love this. 
Go toes up. 

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So am I the only one excited? 
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be Pentecostal if you wish I 
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appreciate the amens and preach 
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It's all good. 
I won't get my chose discipline 

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book out if you do that, don't 
worry. 

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And then toes are arrived at a 
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In summary about the nature and 
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This is quite the build-up, 
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My word. 
So when so when you watch those 

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reality shows, they're about to 
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and then they cause and the 
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So team when you need them, pay.
You ready to this? 

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This is where toes arrives at 
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Faith is the Gaze of a soul, 
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It was on the screen already. 
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Face is the Gaze of a sewn Upon 
A saving God. 

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My word I love you see, we walk 
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We walk by fixing our Gaze on 
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eyes, isn't that good? 
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realize it all of a sudden, all 
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hitherto read about looking come
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Let me give you some examples. 
Psalm 34 5, those who look to 

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him already installed and their 
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Psalm 123 122 to you. 
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Oh, you who are enthroned in the
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the servants look. 
The hand of their Master as the 

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eyes of the maid servant to the 
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So our eyes of our hearts, look 
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has Mercy on us 1/2. 
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It means here. 
The person, believe it in faith,

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that God is a merciful god looks
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God for that mercy. 
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Don't you absolutely love this? 
Thank you. 

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Thank you, Richard. 
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Jesus, look at this one. 
Matthew 14:19. 

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Then Jesus ordered the crowd to 
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the Five Loaves and the two 
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What did he do? 
He looked up to heaven. 

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It wasn't some kind of dramatic,
pause. 

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You can just imagine that's not 
what was going on here. 

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Faith is the Gaze of the Soul 
upon a living. 

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Saving God. 
You're there. 

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Faith Comes. 
Oh, come on. 

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And you know what? 
It says in John 5:19 21, Jesus 

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can do nothing by himself. 
He can only do what he sees the 

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father doing. 
Mmm, so good. 

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But in addition to the specific 
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points us to Jesus as the 
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of our faith. 
Who knows Hebrews 12:2 look him 

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unto Jesus. 
The author and Perfecter of our 

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faith, oh my word. 
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What do we learn? 
The faith is not some one-time 

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act. 
It's not like we work. 

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I sometimes look at Faith as 
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I'm about to pray for someone 
Lord, imbue me with faith. 

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I need Faith right now. 
Come bring the faith. 

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Haha. 
Abby, thank you for that cup of 

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coffee. 
That double show was brilliant. 

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But times and makes the point 
faith is not a one-time hit. 

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That's my vernacular. 
It's a continuous gaze of 

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looking into the eyes of Jesus. 
He juice, you know, Most of the 

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time myself and the worship 
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about what I'm speaking on and 
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that didn't happen this week. 
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Jesus. 
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Aah. 
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week, I'm like, oh my word, 
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So, believe in them with our 
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Is directing the heart, 
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It's lifting the mind to Behold 
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ceasing that beholding for the 
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Now, That sounds great when 
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this, in this room, right? 
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have you seen my afternoon? 
I hope you have a good off. 

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You don't know my Monday. 
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my Wednesday and if you saw my 
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Listen. 
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And I want to quote, you what 
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But it becomes easier reference 
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world. 
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steadily at his wondrous person 
quietly and without strain 

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distractions of May hinder, but 
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him, after each a brief 
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The intention attention will 
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him, like a Wandering, bird 
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In spite of the difficulties, he
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direction of our hearts towards 
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And we can do it too. 
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ourselves with the knowledge 
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forming. 
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A sort of spiritual reflex, 
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effort on our part. 
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I've reflected on that quote and
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morning, I've looked at my own 
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of ennui of running the race and
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that when I first became a 
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looked a bit like a formula. 
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realized it was more about 
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that as I spent more time with 
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spend more time with and that 
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more time with him. 
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there without me, consciously 
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Let's go there. 
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you know, I'm grateful to God 
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you click that subscribe button 
so you can get a notification, 

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blah, blah, blah blah. 
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the pursuit of God is there 
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that initial urge in us as so, 
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response to the The urge of God 
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That, if you're washing up at 
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into that place of communion 
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Because you know, it, right? 
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want that will you can how you 
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saying Jesus, I want to be with 
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building your spiritual muscles.
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want to become muscley and 
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vernacular, I'm sure that's the 
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I wouldn't know about any of 
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exercise by seeking his face. 
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So as we Gaze on Jesus as we 
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directing our attention to him, 
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questions. 
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this, we often ask ourselves 
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Do I have faith or how big is my
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their, maybe not the most 
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This is a faith is like our 
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confronted it, but never see 
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Your point faith is like I our 
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front of it but never sees 
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Faith itself is not the object. 
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object upon, which it rests 
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As you see, while we are looking
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that I think is sometimes the 
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I need more faith. 
Give Me Faith In Jesus and just 

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look at me. 
Look at me. 

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Look at me. 
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I need more faith. 
Can you do it? 

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Can you do it? 
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Would he say, look at me? 
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Just look unto Jesus and then 
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whom it is directed. 
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certain streams of Christendom 
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magnifying, this thing of Faith 
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without seeking. 
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us to get everything we want. 
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picture completely, and they're 
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seeking Jesus. 
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have faith to seek me. 
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If? 
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what we actually mean is ID more
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And then Faith builds. 
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earlier as she led us. 
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You see what happened to his 
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wood and made his self regarded.
That was not how it was designed

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to be. 
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of in and the whole one of Life 
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Cultivate a lifestyle, where 
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of all things, and your faith 
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band up as I navigate this plane
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Landing. 
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Toes are asked the question when
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Eyes Upon Jesus, maybe you're 
here this morning and you've 

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never done that for maybe you're
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saying what, who on Earth is 
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You're talking about? 
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is. 
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God and you think God is some 
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stick, waiting to hit you over 
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your own parent, you know the 
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or your life experiences you 
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your eyes up to God, the first 
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of his mouth is Shazam better. 
Maybe your concern is if i gaze 

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My Eyes Upon God, the first 
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your life is a myth. 
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fasting that God's going to say.
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Him is you've had too many 
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figured it that a, the kind of 
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And toes are says this, when we 
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upon God, we assure to meet 
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For it is written that the eyes 
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throughout all the Earth. 
The sweet language of experience

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is God scenes met We can gaze 
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gazing since eternity. 
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looking out, Meet The Eyes Of 
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right here on And the good news 
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No equipment is required. 
No tests. 

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Are required for you to pass. 
No processes required. 

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That you may forget, we simply 
just have to gaze Our Hearts 

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Upon Jesus and say yes. 
And since believe in is looking 

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unto Jesus, it can be done at 
any time. 

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Doesn't just need to be done on 
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Can be done on a Monday, the 
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Friday, Saturday at lastly Place
does not matter either. 

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This place is not more special 
than your kitchen, our home. 

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This place is a more special 
than in your car driving home. 

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This place is a more special 
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workplace. 
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Inn on to Jesus. 
Happens wherever, and whenever 

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you are, isn't that beautiful? 
Let us stand as I pray. 

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Thank you Jesus. 
Happens wherever, and whenever 

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you are, isn't that beautiful? 
Let us stand as I pray. 

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Thank you Jesus.