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If you’ve been following along,
when this sitting in suffering

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series, you already know that I
did not intend for it to go this

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long.
And while I’ve had the finale

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episode recorded since November,
I had this feeling that there

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needed to be one more guest and
I wasn’t sure who that guest was

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I had ideas.
In fact I had several thoughts

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of who it could be and several
of them.

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I got really excited about.
But when I proposed the idea,

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how is met with a know every
single time.

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So Here I was feeling like God
was saying that there was one

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more guest before the finale and
not knowing who it was and

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striking out every time I tried
and then on the morning of the

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self-imposed deadline for
finding that guests, I woke up

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and felt like the first thing I
needed to do was to read the

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verse of the day.
And as I read it, I immediately

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knew who the penultimate guest
needed to be because this is the

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perfect guest to have on a
series focused on sitting in

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suffering.
And that guest is the Kings

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servant himself Jesus.
Now obviously this episode is

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going to be a little different.
I didn’t get Jesus in the

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studio, we’re not cracking jokes
and telling stories but

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fortunately his story is already
available to us and what we will

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find is that his life and
message perfectly bring together

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the past 50 episodes and reveal
to us.

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Not only how we can sit in
suffering but how we can step in

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the midst, you’re listening to
episode 163 of the, where did

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you see God?
Outkast.

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Father, God, I want to thank you
that you were God.

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And you were good and I thank
you for this unconventional

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episode.
I thank you for bringing to mind

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that.
Jesus would be the perfect guest

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to start the process of closing
out this season focused on

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sitting and suffering.
So Jesus, I thank you for who

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you are for the life, you lived
for the wisdom, you gave to us

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and I want to ask for
forgiveness for the ways that we

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haven’t understood you.
I haven’t understood what your

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life demonstrate and yet you
love us.

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Nonetheless.
So Holy Spirit.

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I welcome you to guide this
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I pray that you would guide
every word so that it could

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bring honor and glory to God and
help us to know how we can seek

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first the kingdom of God and his
righteousness.

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All this, I pray in a holy and
precious name.

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Amen.
Since then we have a great high

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priest who has passed through
the heavens.

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Jesus, the son of God let us
hold fast.

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Our confession for real Do not
have a high priest who is unable

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to sympathize with our
weaknesses, but one who in every

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respect has been tempted, as we
are yet without sin.

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Let us then with confidence draw
near to the throne of grace that

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we may receive mercy and find
Grace to help in time of need.

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When I first heard that Jesus
was tempted as we are and

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Hebrews 4:14 through 15, I
picture the moments of

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Temptation.
I’ve faced that led to sin and

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Jesus having the capacity to be
in the same space without

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problem.
My thoughts went to traditional

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displays of temptation, but I
believe this passage hits at

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something deeper.
After all, temptation isn’t

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simply the Edging to do bad
things, but anything that

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entices us away from God, as
all, we need even good things.

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We see this during Jesus 40 days
in the wilderness where his

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Temptations were seemingly
legitimate, to address his

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hunger.
Prove his divinity and reach the

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world.
But in their legitimacy sought

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to pull him from his father.
Yes, he needed food but God’s

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word was enough.
Yes, he wanted others to know

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the power of God but he didn’t
need to.

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To prove it.
Yes, he wanted the whole world

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to be saved but not at the
expense of worshipping.

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The enemy the enemy posed
logical solutions to immense

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challenges.
Jesus faced yet.

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Jesus though physically weak
from fasting was spiritually.

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Strong enough to essentially
say, God is enough.

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This is why he can sympathize
with our weaknesses.

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He knows what it is to suffer
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Temptation can be the most
deceptive we long to escape our

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struggles and regardless of how
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God, the idea of a life without
hardship is alluring and the

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existence of pain leads us to
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If God really cares, we become
tempted to long for something

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outside of what God is
permitting and to seek freedom

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from whatever Source offers it
yet Jesus.

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More than we’ll ever grasp Jesus
experienced hardship, at the

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start of his life, he was born
to stigmatized, parents became a

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refugee, when a king sought to
kill him, by murdering all boys,

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his age at the end of his life,
he was wrongly arrested

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insulted, brutally beaten and
crucified.

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Jesus experienced loss
Philippians 2 indicates.

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He was equal with God, but
emptied himself to the form of a

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servant a loss.
We can’t comprehend.

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He said the son of man has
nowhere to lay his head because

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in doing his ministry, Jesus
gave up home income stability

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and so much more.
And he lost loved ones.

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Like his father, Joseph and
cousin, John the Baptist Jesus,

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endured broken relationships, he
was frequently misperceived, or

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diminished his hometown.
And others assumed he couldn’t.

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Do much Pharisees called him
demon possessed or drunkard and

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even his disciples questioned
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People frequently didn’t believe
his words, regardless of the

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Miracles, he performed in
wisdom, and what he spoke.

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And in John 6:66, we learned
that many who had followed him

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turned away.
Even those close to him, severed

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ties, as Judas betrayed, and
Peter denied.

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And Jesus had a hard call.
He grew up knowing god was

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calling him in ways those around
him even He loved wouldn’t

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understand.
And into his ministry, people

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rejected his calling, including
those in Spiritual Authority,

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his father frequently, invited
him into confusing, difficult

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and dangerous spaces.
And as the crucifixion, awaited

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him the weight of his call was
so oppressive that blood dripped

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from his pores as he wept and
cried.

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Take this cup.
Jesus knows what it is to

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suffer.
This is how Isaiah 53, captures

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the suffering servant.
Who has believed our message and

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to whom has the arm of the Lord
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He grew up before him like a
tender shoot and like a root out

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of dry ground.
He had no beauty or Majesty to

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retract us to him.
Nothing in his appearance that

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we should desire him.
He was despised and rejected by

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mankind.
A man of suffering and familiar

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with pain.
Like one from whom people hide

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their faces.
He was despised and we held him

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and low esteem.
Surely he took up our pain and

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Or are suffering yet.
We considered him punished by

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God, stricken by him and
Afflicted, but he was pierced

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for our transgressions, he was
crushed for our iniquities, the

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punishment that brought us,
peace was upon him and by his

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wounds, we are healed.
We all, like sheep have gone

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astray.
Each of us has turned to our own

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way and the lord has laid on
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The iniquity of us all He was
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He did not open his mouth.
He was led like a lamb to the

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slaughter and as a sheep before,
it’s Shearer’s is silent.

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So he did not open his mouth by
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He was taken away yet who of his
generation protested for, he was

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cut off from the land of the
living, for the transgression of

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my people.
He was punished, he was

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assigned.
A grave with the wicked and with

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the rich in his death though.
He had done no violence.

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Nor was any deceit in his mouth.
Yet, it was the Lord’s will to

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crush him and cause him to
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And though, the Lord makes his
life an offering for sin, he

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will see his offspring and
prolong his days and the will of

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the Lord will prosper in his
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After he has suffered, he will
see the light of life and be

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satisfied by his knowledge.
My righteous servant will

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justify many and he will bear
their iniquities.

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Therefore, I will give him a
portion among the great and he

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will divide the spoil.
He’s with the strong because he

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poured out his life unto death
and was numbered with the

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transgressors for he bore the
sin of many and made

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intercession for the
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Jesus knows what it is to suffer
but it didn’t have to be that

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way.
Jesus could have avoided the

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call of his father.
God, become a successful

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Carpenter.
He could have circumvented the

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challenges of his father’s call
by accepting the offers of the

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enemy in the wilderness.
He could have done his ministry

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in a safe way.
Not healing the wrong people or

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angering the religious
authorities In The Garden of

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Gethsemane.
He could have said I tried, but

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I’m done.
Why didn’t he?

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We have to remember that he took
on a human form like ours.

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So he Not only was physically
human but knew what it meant to

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think.
Like a human be raised as and by

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humans have a life of Joys and
sorrows and have hopes and

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dreams for the future.
Every moment we read about of

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his interactions on Earth.
Wasn’t done solely by a Divine

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Christ, but by the man, Jesus,
he had to make conscious choices

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that would cost him.
When his friend Lazarus was

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suffering from a deadly illness
and his friends, Mary, and

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Martha from the impending loss
of their brother, Jesus, who had

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proven, he could heal from afar
made the conscious choice to let

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him die.
In fact, he made the choice to

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delay being with them.
We can concoct all manner of

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theological responses to this,
but ultimately I’m By the

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shortest verse in Scripture.
That rests in this story, Jesus

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wept.
Why did Jesus weep when he knew

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full?
Well, he was about to raise

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Lazarus from the dead.
I’d submit that.

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It’s because no matter how
strong our theology on suffering

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is and how robust are Faith and
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God suffering still Cuts deep.
Perhaps it was seeing the sorrow

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of his friends.
Perhaps it was knowing that in a

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way he was responsible for their
sorrow.

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Perhaps he wanted to heal
Lazarus the moment, he heard the

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news, but the spirit said, no,
and his heart broke, as he

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thought, not my will, but yours
be done.

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We don’t know why he wept, but
we do know that he did, and in

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the midst of weeping, he
continued to love God, and love

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others.
Jesus knew what it was to

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suffer, and he became an example
of how to love God and love

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others in the midst of sitting
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Yes, he remains a comforter to
us a sec.

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Corinthians 15 puts it for as
the sufferings of Christ abound

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in us.
So our consolation also

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aboundeth through Christ.
We would love to take the

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consolation and call it a day to
be freed from our suffering but

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Christ came for abundantly more
part of that abundantly more, is

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that his suffering led to our
Salvation, Hebrews 2:17. 3:18

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says this, for this reason, he
had to be made like them fully

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human in every way, in order
that he might become a merciful

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and faithful.
Faithful high priest in service

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to God and that he might make
atonement for the sins of the

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people because he himself
suffered when he was tempted, he

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is able to help those who are
being tempted.

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Jesus helps us navigate the
present suffering and the

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Eternal suffering we’d face
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There is still abundantly more
first Peter 4 1 through 2 makes

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it clear therefore since Christ
suffered for us in the flesh arm

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yourselves, also with the same
mind for he who has Ford in the

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flesh has ceased from sin that
he no longer should live the

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rest of his time in the flesh
for the lusts of men.

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But for the will of God, this is
what Jesus conveyed over and

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over to those with ears to hear.
It’s not just about being

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comforted and not just about
being saved.

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But about discovering that full
life comes, when we are no

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longer enticed away from God as
all, we need Jesus life, became

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an ongoing example of what it
means to make God.

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All no matter What Temptations
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stand in the way.
He in every respect has been

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tempted, as we are and still
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He faced hardship loss, broken
relationships and a difficult

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calling and still consistently
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done as if his life of examples
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the table during Holy Week, his
hardships losses, broken

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relationships and Uncle calling
were on full display and ramped

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up as he was abandoned rebuked
betrayed unjustly treated and

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brutally murdered and knowing
what was to come a fate worse

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than any experienced before and
after and wholly undeserved by

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the Son of God.
He said this with tears and

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blood pooling at his knees.
Father, if you are willing, take

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this cup from me.
Yet not my will but yours be

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done.
Imagine your most crippling

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moment of suffering where you
knew full, well, what shouldn’t

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be happening, what you longed to
happen and the God who could do

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it?
Jesus has resolved with sound

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like this.
God, I want you to fix this and

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I know you can, but if you
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want your will more Yet not my
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Jesus, the suffering servant
does bring Salvation and he does

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bring Comfort but he brings
something vital for the

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remaining moments of Our Lives.
An example of what it looks like

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to seek.
First, the kingdom of God and

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his righteousness, no matter the
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Therefore since we are
surrounded by such a great,

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cloud of witnesses, let us throw
off everything that hinders and

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the sin that so easily entangles
and let us run with.

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Perseverance, the race marked
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Fixing our eyes on Jesus, the
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for the joy set before him, he
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Scorning its shame and sat down
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of God, consider him who endured
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that you will not grow weary and
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That Jesus is Not just offering
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fool life.
Now, in the midst of our

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suffering, he lived it.
And now he invites us to do as

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he did and like Jesus in the
garden, you may not have the

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strength, but even at your
weakest you can still muster the

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willingness even if everything
in you feel spent and hopeless.

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It is a resolve to step when you
don’t know how and you don’t

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know where your foot will.
And and just as an angel

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appeared to Jesus and strengthen
him, you will be strengthened

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even as the pain remains, your
foot will land and then you’ll

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find the opportunity to take
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Jesus knew what it was to suffer
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father’s will in the midst.
And yet Jesus said, Abba Father,

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everything is possible for you.
Take this cup from me.

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It is okay.
If your cry right now is take

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this cup, you are in good
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As Jesus knows exactly how you
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He sits with you in this pit of
suffering, grabs your hand and

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invites, you to have the faith,
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then say yet not my will but
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The suffering servant knows your
pain but he also knows your

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life’s potential as he says in
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I have come that they may have
life and have it to the full.

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The cup may be too much for you
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Even more he is able to do far
more abundantly than all that we

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ask or think, according to the
power at work within us, we ask

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that the cup be taken Think I’ll
life without our suffering would

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be better.
Jesus says my child, I

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understand.
Now will you choose to trust me

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let us then with confidence draw
near to the throne of grace that

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we may receive mercy and find
Grace to help in time of need.

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What is this burden?
You’ve given me, I said, leave

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me and I’ll follow you.
But But this time it too much.

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God I’m we we need more.
Don’t d-pod from I don’t know

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what more I can bear.
So I asked this, take this, take

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this I’m better than week.
Let me go.

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You said you’d sustain me, but
if possible, take this class

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said you sustain me.
So take is booting from

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Jesus with his face to the
ground and he cried take this

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from me.
Silly stay in your

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Lead and I’ll go do my soul
mate, because if it gets too

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much to bear still, I’ll stay.
The Beautiful song you just

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heard is by my friend Makita
Mccreary and my first hearing

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was timely and Powerful the way
she captured this.

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Difficult space of sitting in
suffering and what we can learn.

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From the example of Christ is
worth listening to on repeat in

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part because it is a difficult
truth to internalize.

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After all for over a year, we
have sat in the suffering of

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others together, hearing 50
stories of hardship, betrayal

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pain and sickness lost jobs.
Lost loved ones, Lost Dreams,

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confusion unknowns,
misperceptions and Jesus is

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familiar with all of it.
Jesus knows the pain, you feel

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because he’s experienced,
hardship loss, broken

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relationships, and difficult
callings.

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He walked the road, you walk and
through the guidance of his

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father and help of the spirit.
He kept walking today, he

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invites you to follow him.
I really want you to understand

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that Jesus grasps and can
connect with all 50 of these

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stories and uniquely.
So, with the upcoming finale,

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and if he can connect with
those, he can meet you in yours.

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He understands your suffering,
Jesus, sat and suffering In The

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Garden of Gethsemane.
He didn’t just sit, but

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collapsed on his knees and wept,
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Not because everything was
solved, not because he felt

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better.
Better.

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He got up because he resolved to
ask God to take the cup and if

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he didn’t to step in his will to
step like Shadrach Meshach and

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Abednego did towards the furnace
knowing that God could protect

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them but didn’t have to.
And Jesus knows that it may feel

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too difficult to hopeless to
step on your own.

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This was true for him as well,
which is why the spirits

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strengthened him and his
disciples were close by Jesus

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knew that he was not alone and
as long as he had the In spirit,

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he could step towards anything,
you have access to the Father,

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the Son, and the Holy Spirit
right now, you don’t have to

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know how to step where to step
or even have the strength to

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step.
Merely the willingness to step

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towards them.
You will find as the amazing

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people in these 50
conversations, who know, that

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hard hopeless moment.
Well, that your foot will land

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on Solid Ground.
And you will have the

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opportunity to step again.
So feel freed to cry out, take

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this cup God and then resolve to
step towards him no matter.

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What comes next step step again
and then ask yourself where did

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you see God?
Have you ever wanted to read

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Revelation?
But haven’t known where to

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start, or have you been afraid
to read Revelation because of

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all the ways you’ve seen it
misused or maybe you haven’t

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even wanted to touch Revelation
but feel like maybe you should

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since it’s part of the Bible.
Well, if you’re in any of these

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positions or any other ones,
I’ve got a resource for you,

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it’s called a journey through
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doesn’t want to read Revelation.
And here’s the thing, no, hope

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for this resource is that it
makes the expiration of who God

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Is and what Revelation?

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whatever you believe and this

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It’s not going to dive into the
historic representations of the

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imagery or expertly decipher the
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The goal of this is not to tell
you what Revelation means, it’s

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to explore.
What it can mean for you.

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Now, this thing is available for
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In a few forms, one, you could
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because I really do believe that
God wants to speak to you,

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through Revelation, whatever you
feel about Revelation, whatever

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but about us together exploring,
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of such a difficult and
controversial book.

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And as always as you go through
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did you see God?