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

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made it to the book of Second 
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And boy is this a nuanced book. 
There is so much stuff to say 

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about what we see in this book 
and my goodness, I just want to 

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tell you all of it. 
OK, let me let me make myself 

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very clear about this book. 
OK, for 2nd in Samuel, you got 

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to understand that most people 
think of this book as David's 

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victories. 
You see the expansion of the 

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Kingdom and, you know, sort of 
a, a, a, a rise to power. 

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You know, a lot of people look 
at that. 

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That's how they understand the, 
the view of this book. 

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But it means so much more. 
It's not just about his 

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victories, the expansion of the 
Kingdom of Israel. 

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I wouldn't say the Kingdom, the 
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when you say Kingdom, you don't 
really mean the northern 

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Kingdom. 
And the northern and southern 

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Kingdom didn't split until 
Rehoboam, which was David's 

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grandson. 
But nonetheless, I am distracted

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a little bit. 
It really is about the turning 

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point that takes place in the 
entire book. 

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It's in chapters 11 and chapter 
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Look, everything before it is 
ascent. 

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It's David climbing to the top. 
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I'm going to use a very 
important word. 

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It's, it's a calculated word. 
It's consequence. 

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Look, if I could summarize the 
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would say Second Samuel tells 
the story of David's greatest 

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triumphs and his greatest 
failures, proving that even 

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God's chosen king, even his 
chosen king, can't escape the 

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consequences of sin. 
Now that should shock us, that 

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that should convict us. 
That should cause us to really 

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think through the things that 
are happening in our lives and 

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the things that are happening 
around the world. 

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Look, let's just analyze this 
very simply. 

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If you were to go through the 
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Second Samuel, you would see 
David becoming king. 

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You would see Jerusalem becoming
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Yes, yes, of the Jews, 
everybody, OK. 

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You would see the Kingdom being 
completely united. 

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You would see literally Israel 
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ever thought. 
And I'll talk about this in just

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a minute. 
You would also see the Davidic 

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covenant, which is established 
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That's an important covenant. 
We'll talk about that in a 

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minute. 
And you would also see Israel 

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reaching unprecedented strength.
That's what you will see in the 

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1st 10 chapters. 
And you should study that. 

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Everything is moving upward. 
But when you get into chapters 

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11 and 12, you will observe that
the very hinge point of the 

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entire book is clearly obvious. 
David sins against God by doing 

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what he did with Bathsheba. 
He murders Bathsheba's husband 

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in order to cover up a pregnancy
that he brought into play 

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because he did evil. 
You'll see Nathan confronting 

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David, and this is a big one, 
and you'll also see what real 

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repentance looks like. 
You'll actually see David 

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repenting. 
Now, quite frankly, in my 

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opinion, this is the whole 
theological center of the book. 

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But I want you to notice 
Nathan's words here. 

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This is second Samuel chapter 
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And I had this set aside. 
I wanted to read to you. 

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This is verse 10. 
It says now, therefore, this was

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the proclamation because of the 
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It's a consequence. 
Listen, if you sin against God, 

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will God forgive you? 
Absolutely He'll forgive you, 

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but will you have consequence? 
Yes. 

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Look at the declaration that 
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He says this now. 
Therefore the sword shall never 

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depart from thine house, because
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taken the wife of Uriah the 
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What a tragic proclamation of 
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Look, the verse that I just read
to you, and I want you to pay 

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close attention to this, the 
verse that I just read to you 

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becomes the outline for the rest
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I'm not kidding. 
When you go through chapters 13 

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all the way through chapter 24, 
look at the stories of the sword

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and never departing. 
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prophecy that Nathan gave to 
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Shall we go through the list? 
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He rapes Tamar. 
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angry, vengeful, and he murders 
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OK, how about then Absalom 
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David being driven from 
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This massive civil war coming as
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and more bloodshed completely 
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Absalom actually died. 
Even the book ends with judgment

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connected to David's sinful 
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when he wasn't supposed to 
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Guys, David is forgiven here. 
I want to make myself clear. 

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But the consequences continue. 
And that is a powerful lesson 

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for any one of us because it 
highlights a truth that many 

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believers struggle to 
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OK, God Forgives sin 
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But he does not always remove 
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You could go get high on LSD and
have this weird hallucination 

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that your arm is a dragon, and 
then you pick up a a chainsaw 

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and cut your arm off. 
Is God going to forgive you for 

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all of that? 
Sure. 

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But you still don't have an arm.
That's the point. 

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Look, David never lost a 
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David never lost God's love. 
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David never even lost God's 
covenant promises, but he spent 

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the remainder of the book, the 
remainder of his life, in 

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essence, under the painful 
effects of one very catastrophic

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decision. 
And that is something that we 

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cannot ignore. 
And I have to tell you this, if 

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you're looking for a real 
application regarding this book,

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understand this. 
The theme of it all preaches 

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extremely well. 
Lessons to us, OK? 

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It warns against sin while 
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grace of God. 
God's grace is always been 

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there. 
David's life, by the way, 

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demonstrates both of those 
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That's critical. 
That's important. 

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Why is that critical and 
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Why is it something that we 
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Because God is real, His Word is
true. 

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We cannot ignore it as a matter 
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Listen, I am enthralled in a bad
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to observe people, in the name 
of Jesus sitting deeply against 

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God in the public troposphere. 
Look at all of the liars, the 

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commentators, the social media 
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They call themselves Christians,
but even with their own mouths, 

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prove that they're not. 
Do you think for one second God 

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is going to let that just fall 
away? 

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He's not. 
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I would be amiss to not talk 
about Chapter 7 for just a 

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minute. 
Look, God makes a promise to 

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David. 
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David has accomplished so much 
of the conquest that he has put 

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himself in the middle of. 
He realizes as he's standing 

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probably on the balcony of his 
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the City of David up at the 
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is a tent that's up there. 
And he says, I live in a 

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beautiful house and God is there
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We need to build God a house. 
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Nathan, he's like, oh, that's a 
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And God wakes up the prophet and
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David's hands are way too 
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You tell him that he cannot, 
absolutely cannot build the 

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His son will end up doing it. 

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But also tell him this, I'm 
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And look what it says in Second 
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says, and thine house and thy 
Kingdom shall be established 

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forever before thee. 
Thy throne shall be established 

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forever. 
What's he talking about? 

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He's talking about the Messiah. 
You cannot argue that Israel is 

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done with. 
You can't. 

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God says there will be somebody 
from David's bloodline that will

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rule in perpetuity, and that 
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Israel and the rest of the 
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Look, the message becomes a very
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David is Israel's greatest king.
Make no mistake, David falls 

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spectacularly. 
Fail is probably the better 

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term. 
Yet God's promise survives 

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David's failure. 
Can I say that again? 

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God's promise survives David's 
failure. 

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Therefore, the ultimate king 
must be somebody that's greater 

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than David. 
And we know who that is. 

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The book points directly to 
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That's what Second Samuel does. 
Christ will one day rule as 

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king. 
We know that. 

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The Book of Revelation tells us 
that I think more than ever, we 

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have to understand 2 very 
critical things about this book 

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#1 the sword never departed 
because of the consequence of 

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David bought upon himself. 
And that's a heavy lesson. 

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But #2 we've been given a 
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God will not revoke His promise.
And if you are ever in a 

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situation where you find 
yourself wondering whether or 

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not God's promises are real for 
you, if you find yourself 

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wondering whether or not 
salvation is real, you can go 

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back to Second Samuel because 
you will be reminded of the fact

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that when you put your faith and
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You have it. 
It's done. 

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What an amazing thing. 
God is good. 

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He's good all the time. 
He never, never fails His 

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people, even though we fail Him.
And that's a lot that we can 

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take to the bank. 
It's exciting. 

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I'm excited because I know where
my faith comes from. 

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I know where my help comes from.
I know where my hope is, and I 

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know that you do too. 
So put your faith and trust in 

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the Lord. 
Understand that He's faithful 

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and that He's good. 
And then in the midst of all the

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craziness, he always shows up. 
He's never not going to show up 

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because He's the God of heaven, 
loves us with an everlasting 

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love, and He inspires us to do 
what we all are called to do and

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that's fight the good fight. 
I love you guys. 

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Keep looking to the Lord and 
guess what? 

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We got another Q&A coming. 
I'm looking forward to it. 

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Great things are happening. 
God is faithful, He's good, and 

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we can trust in Him. 
I love you guys. 

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God bless you. 
And did I tell you how 

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absolutely proud I am of you 
that you are reading the Word of

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God, you're engaging and you're 
doing something remarkably 

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important? 
I love you guys. 

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Keep fighting the good fight.