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All right, my Bible in 365, 
Brothers and sisters, we have 

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made it to the Gospel according 
to Mark, otherwise known as the 

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Gospel according to Peter. 
Now, I believe that young Mark 

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was discipled by Peter, and of 
course, so much of the gospel 

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account is from the perspective 
of Peter himself. 

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Now, why do I bring that up? 
Because the story I'm about to 

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read to you is so redeeming. 
Now, why is it redeeming? 

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Because I'm going to tell you a 
story of one of Peter's greatest

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failures. 
And why is that redeeming? 

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Because God is a God of 
redemption. 

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And why did I choose to share 
this particular account? 

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Well, it's really important to 
talk about this now. 

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Let me just simply start off by 
saying that by no stretch of the

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imagination is it ever OK to 
cover up for sinful behavior. 

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I think of people that are doing
the amazing work of calling out 

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what is happening in cover up 
culture, especially in the 

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charismatic movement. 
I think it is great work and I 

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think it needs to be done. 
I have a dear friend who's doing

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a good job at doing this. 
He's also associated with 

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Turning Point faith and I'm 
pretty proud of him. 

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But with that said, I also think
that the enemy loves to accuse 

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us in our shortcomings. 
I think he's very good at it. 

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I think he's good at causing 
people to look down upon you 

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based on the things that you 
have done in the past, 

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especially those things before 
you knew the Lord. 

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We're seeing it happening all 
over the place and it is 

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absolutely satanic. 
There are even people taking the

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social media that are choosing 
to put down individuals who are 

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highly effective for the gospel 
of Jesus Christ, who are living 

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God honoring and God fearing 
lives, who are being condemned 

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for things they did before they 
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Terrible. 
Nothing about it is right, but 

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that should be a point of 
encouragement for us, and we're 

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going to learn why right now as 
we read this story. 

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And I'm going to explain where 
I'm going with this. 

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Now with all that said, let me 
just simply say if you want to 

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know more about the Gospel 
according to Mark, go to my 

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website jamescadiz.com. 
I've got lots of Bible studies 

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on this. 
As a matter of fact, if you are 

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following with us here at Bible 
in 365, you will know that in my

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midweek teach study, I almost 
said in my midweek teaching, I 

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am going to, I almost said in my
midweek teaching, I'm going to 

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study through sleep deprivation.
Anyway, in my midweek study, I 

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am teaching through the book of 
Mark right now. 

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And that's why I'm so like, Oh 
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There's so much good stuff. 
So let me give you a little bit 

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of background. 
They're at the Last Supper. 

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Jesus tells his disciples that 
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who's going to betray him. 
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Judas. 
Judas is about to get dismissed 

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to go do the betrayal that he's 
going to do. 

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And Peter says I'll never betray
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And Jesus looks at him and he 
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couple times, you're going to 
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Peter's like, no way. 
And actually things were looking

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pretty good for Peter. 
As a matter of fact, when they 

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go to take Jesus while he is in 
the garden, Peter pulls out his 

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sword and tries to take the head
off of 1 of the guards, only 

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manages to take out his ear, and
God goes and heals. 

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And we know the story about that
in one of the other Gospel 

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accounts. 
And so Peter's looking pretty 

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strong. 
He's looking like he's a tough 

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guy. 
He's going to make it through. 

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And then we read this account. 
You see he's on trial. 

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They're getting ready to push 
him through the process by which

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he will end up under Roman 
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torture, totally terrible. 
And Peter gets confronted by it 

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by a few people. 
And that confrontation is not a 

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pretty 1. 
So let's talk about this for 

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just a second. 
Let's go over this. 

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And then I'm going to go 
somewhere else. 

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And I think it's really, really 
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OK. 
It says this in verse 66. 

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And as Peter was beneath in the 
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maids of the high priest. 
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himself, she looked upon him and
said, And thou also was with 

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Jesus of Nazareth. 
You were with him. 

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I saw that Peter. 
I know you're with him. 

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You know you would expect Peter 
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So what? 
None of your business, but he 

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denied saying I know not neither
understand I what thou sayest. 

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And he went out into the porch 
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So the roaster, I said the 
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noise it makes. 
I'm not pretty good at sound 

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effects there. 
And then the maid saw him again.

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By the way, did you notice he 
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the first time. 
I don't even know what you're 

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talking about. 
I don't even know what you're 

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saying. 
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again and began to say to them 
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them. 
He denied it again. 

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And a little after, they that 
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Peter, Surely thou art one of 
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and thy speech agreed thereto. 
Do you got the Galilean accent? 

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We know you're from there. 
But he began to curse and to 

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swear, saying, I know not this 
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By the way, the cursing and the 
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him from the identity of being a
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believed of Galileans at that 
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So he did this sort of in an 
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Jesus. 
He behaved uncharacteristically 

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of himself. 
Look what happens next, verse 72

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and the second time the KOK crew
and Peter called, yeah, Peter 

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called to mind the word that 
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cock crow twice, thou shalt deny
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And notice this. 
And when he thought therein what

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happened, the Bible says he 
wept. 

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He didn't just weep, folks, he 
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He recognized that he fell 
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He recognized that even the very
thing he believed he could never

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do, he forsook the Lord that 
poured into him for three years.

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Terrible situation. 
Now, I read this to you because 

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if it just ended there, then you
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It would be a tragic story, but 
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You see, Jesus is crucified. 
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We know the story there. 
And he has an encounter. 

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I think it's strategically set 
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And Peter goes to the shore to 
meet Jesus, very similar to the 

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time when they first had met. 
And Jesus goes to Peter and he 

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says, Peter, do you love me? 
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And Jesus says, feed my sheep. 
Peter, do you love me, Lord? 

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Yes, feed my sheep. 
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Lord? 
You know I do. 

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And he goes on saying the same 
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Now this is interesting because 
a lot of people will just 

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completely RIP this passage 
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And they'll talk about the 
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word, which is the first two 
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and then the last time he says 
agape, which of course the Greek

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word agape, so many people will 
contend is the only form of love

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that can come from God himself. 
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Because having love to this 
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falling back, backsliding, 
having loved agape, this present

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world could not be God's love. 
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I don't want to minimize the 
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It was a literary flow. 
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emphasizing it as a literary 
flow is because you have to see 

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the real message here. 
The real message is redemption. 

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The real message is, yeah, 
Peter, you failed me. 

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Well, now I'm coming to confront
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Do you love me? 
Yes. 

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Do you love me? 
Yes. 

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Do you love me? 
Yes. 

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For every single time he denied 
the Lord, he was given an 

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opportunity by the Lord to 
acknowledge him again and to 

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declare his love. 
Then, of course, we know what 

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happened in the book of Acts. 
On that beautiful day with the 

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Spirit of God came upon all of 
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Peter was baptized with the Holy
Spirit and he preached a 

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powerful message explaining that
Bible prophecy was being 

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fulfilled in that very moment. 
He even quotes the book of Joel 

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and he speaks the truth of the 
gospel and thousands of people 

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get saved that very day. 
This is the story of redemption.

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This is the story of the 
goodness of God and the 

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faithfulness of God in bringing 
in to fruition function of 

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reconciliation that cannot be 
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So are you here getting beat up 
by somebody, somebody saying, 

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look, look, look, look what they
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Look at the pictures of them 
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Look at this. 
Look at that. 

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Look at here. 
Look at there. 

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OK. 
Yeah, it was that person. 

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Yeah, I messed up. 
Sure. 

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You want to look at some of the 
mistakes I made as a Christian. 

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My salvation, my ministry, my 
call is not predicated upon my 

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shortcomings. 
It's predicated upon the very 

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function of redemption made 
available to me through the 

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precious blood of the Lamb. 
If you're being discouraged 

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right now about mistakes you've 
made, things that have happened,

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don't let those discouragements 
RIP you off. 

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God is good. 
He's bigger than all of it, and 

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He's here to give you another 
chance. 

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There's no greater way to live. 
With that said, I want to tell 

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you I'm excited. 
We have AQ and A coming up at 

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the end of this week and I 
cannot wait to be available to 

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you to answer some Bible 
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I love you guys. 
Look, keep looking to the Lord. 

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He's faithful, He knows what 
he's doing, He understands you. 

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He recognizes that you are going
to fall short. 

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He knew that that was going to 
happen and he's here to build 

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you up. 
Don't quit reading the word. 

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Continue on with it. 
You are all doing an amazing 

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job. 
I am very proud of you. 

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And on behalf of Erica Kirk, let
me just tell you something. 

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She's incredibly proud of you. 
She is blessed that you continue

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to stand for the things that are
right. 

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And my understanding is we are 
rapidly approaching 3 quarter of

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a million people that are 
reading together in this group. 

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That's an amazing number. 
It's an amazing number. 

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But God is faithful, He's good, 
He knows exactly what he's doing

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and he wants to bless you. 
So keep on reading. 

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I'm proud of you and I'll see 
you at the Q&A. 

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God bless you.