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<v Speaker 1>Hello, and thanks for joining us today on Pastor Rick's

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<v Speaker 1>Daily Hope. This is the Bible teaching ministry of Rick Warren,

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<v Speaker 1>and today we are continuing in a series called the

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<v Speaker 1>Miracle of Mercy. Rick will show us how God's mercy

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<v Speaker 1>can lift your guilt, heal your wounds, and transform the

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<v Speaker 1>way you live. And now here's part two of a

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<v Speaker 1>message called how Much You Matter to God.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, there's a third thing that we lose when we

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<v Speaker 2>are spiritually lost, and it's found in the story of

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<v Speaker 2>the Lost Coin. And it is this, I lose my

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<v Speaker 2>potential when I'm disconnected from God. That's what it means

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<v Speaker 2>to be spiritually lost. When I'm disconnected from God, I

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<v Speaker 2>lose my potential. My potential to do great and good

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<v Speaker 2>things in the world are dramatically limited when I'm disconnected

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<v Speaker 2>from God. Now I'm holding right now an American quarter. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>this coin right here, during its lifetime will pass through

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<v Speaker 2>thousands and thousands of hands. In fact, uh, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>scientists tell us the dirtiest thing you own is money

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<v Speaker 2>because no telling how many people have handled it, uh,

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<v Speaker 2>and and all of the places that it's been and

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<v Speaker 2>you know, they've even done some tests and sometimes find

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<v Speaker 2>actually you know, like drug powder on on on on

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<v Speaker 2>coins that have been passed through uh for for you know,

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<v Speaker 2>drug sales and things like that. Now this coin, uh

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<v Speaker 2>as I said, will be passed through thousands of hands,

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<v Speaker 2>and it has great potential for good. Coins put together

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<v Speaker 2>can do a lot of good uh I mean this coin,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, and given enough of them, you could feed

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<v Speaker 2>a family with with these coins, you could you could

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<v Speaker 2>build a business with these coins. You could you could

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<v Speaker 2>save a life, you could create beauty, you could have enjoyed,

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<v Speaker 2>pay for enjoyable experiences. You could leave a leg. There's

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of good things you could do with these coin.

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<v Speaker 2>But it can't do any of those good things if

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<v Speaker 2>it's lost. If it's lost, it can't do anything good

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<v Speaker 2>and make a good impact because it's just lost. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>if I lose this coin, a lost coin isn't worthless.

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<v Speaker 2>It's just wasted. Do you understand the difference. It's still

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<v Speaker 2>worth a quarter is still worth a quarter, okay, twenty

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<v Speaker 2>five cents. It hasn't lost any of its value, but

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<v Speaker 2>it has lost its potential to do good, and it

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<v Speaker 2>has lost its ability to make a difference. Its worth

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<v Speaker 2>is wasted when it is lost now. God made you

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<v Speaker 2>to do great things, far greater than you could ever

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<v Speaker 2>possibly imagine you if God showed you what he could

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<v Speaker 2>do with your life, if you gave him one hundred

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<v Speaker 2>percent of your life and live for him all the time,

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<v Speaker 2>it would blow your mind. Because you have listened to

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<v Speaker 2>so many tapes from your past where people say you

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<v Speaker 2>can't do that, you shouldn't even try that, Who do

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<v Speaker 2>you think you are? What makes you think you could

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<v Speaker 2>do that? And everything in society has told you to

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<v Speaker 2>limit your vision, to limit your dreams, to limit your expectations,

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<v Speaker 2>to not expect so much, and on and on. You

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<v Speaker 2>have no idea what God could do through your life

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<v Speaker 2>if it was completely placed in his hands, and then

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<v Speaker 2>he could do all kinds of things. Only your creator

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<v Speaker 2>knows fully what you're capable of. You don't even know

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<v Speaker 2>fully what you're capable of, because there's parts of you

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<v Speaker 2>you don't even know about that you don't even understand.

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<v Speaker 2>But what I'm saying is that if you're disconnected from God,

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<v Speaker 2>you are spiritually lost, then you lose all that potential.

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<v Speaker 2>You can't be what God wants you to be if

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<v Speaker 2>you're not even connected to God you'll miss what God

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<v Speaker 2>has planned for your life, and that's a wasted life.

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<v Speaker 2>The Bible says it like this in one Corinthians two nine.

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<v Speaker 2>No one has ever seen or heard or even imagined.

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<v Speaker 2>In other words, you can't even think of how great

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<v Speaker 2>this is, even imagine the wonderful things that God has

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<v Speaker 2>prepared and arranged for those who love him. Now he's

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<v Speaker 2>not just talking about an eternity. He's not just talking

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<v Speaker 2>about Heaven. He's talking about here and now. You can't

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<v Speaker 2>even imagine what God could do with your life it

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<v Speaker 2>was if it was totally given to him. Every moment

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<v Speaker 2>of your life. You lose your direction, you lose your protection,

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<v Speaker 2>and you lose your potential. Number four, The fourth thing

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<v Speaker 2>I lose when I'm spiritually lost is I lose my happiness.

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<v Speaker 2>I lose my happiness. Now we find this in the

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<v Speaker 2>story of the Lost Son. These three stories that Jesus told,

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<v Speaker 2>one right after another, bam bam bam. And when the

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<v Speaker 2>younger son chooses to rebel against his father, I'm leaving home.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm striking out on my own. I want half of

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<v Speaker 2>my family inheritance. Now I'm not going to wait. I'm impatient. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>the Bible says that he went out and he wasted it,

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<v Speaker 2>and then he lost all that God wanted to do

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<v Speaker 2>in his life, and he lost his happiness. Luke, fifteen fourteen.

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<v Speaker 2>The younger son wasted all he'd been given, and eventually

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<v Speaker 2>he became miserable and lonely. Circle that word miserable. Eventually

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<v Speaker 2>he loses it all. Now why was he miserable? Well,

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<v Speaker 2>I'll tell you this. Nothing destroys happiness faster than conflict

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<v Speaker 2>and relationships. And he had a conflict with his dad.

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<v Speaker 2>Let me say that again. Nothing will destroy your happiness

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<v Speaker 2>faster than conflict in relationships. It's almost a cliche when

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<v Speaker 2>we talk about Hollywood that you can find all kinds

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<v Speaker 2>of people there who are rich and famous and miserable.

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<v Speaker 2>Why because many of them have not learned how to

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<v Speaker 2>build lasting relationships, and they go through serial marriages, one

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<v Speaker 2>right after another, in relationship one right after another, and

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<v Speaker 2>on and on. They don't know how, and they have

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<v Speaker 2>conflict in their relationships. Because when you're out of fellowship

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<v Speaker 2>with God, you're going to be out of fellowship with

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<v Speaker 2>other people. When you're in harmony with God, it gives

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<v Speaker 2>you the peace to be in harmony with other people.

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<v Speaker 2>And you can't be in harmony with other people long

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<v Speaker 2>term without being in harmony with God. So this creates

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<v Speaker 2>strained relationships. This creates disharmony, It creates tension in our lives,

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<v Speaker 2>It creates some conflict, resentment, guilt, regrets, all these things

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<v Speaker 2>in our relationships. You see, you weren't designed to live

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<v Speaker 2>in conft to God. When God, your creator, made you,

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<v Speaker 2>he wired you to be at peace with God. So

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<v Speaker 2>when I fund my nose to God, said God, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>going to be my own God, I'm going to do

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<v Speaker 2>my own thing. I'm going to go my own way.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to rebel just like the son did against

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<v Speaker 2>his loving Father. And I'm going to go and do

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<v Speaker 2>whatever I want to do and live my way instead

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<v Speaker 2>of living your way. That creates conflict between you and

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<v Speaker 2>your creator, and your body does not handle that very

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<v Speaker 2>well at all. Do you feel close to God? But

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<v Speaker 2>do you feel separated from God? Some of me saying, well, Rick,

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<v Speaker 2>I used to feel close to God, but I don't

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<v Speaker 2>feel close to God like I used to. Well, guess

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<v Speaker 2>who moved? Okay, God didn't move, He's the unmovable. You moved.

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<v Speaker 2>I've said this many times you're as close to God

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<v Speaker 2>as you choose to be. Then if you're far away

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<v Speaker 2>from God, he didn't move, you did, and you chose

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<v Speaker 2>to move away from God. I lose my happiness. Then, finally,

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<v Speaker 2>the fifth thing I lose is I lose my home

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<v Speaker 2>in heaven. When I'm spiritually lost, I lose my home

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<v Speaker 2>in heaven. Now, God allows people to rebel and to

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<v Speaker 2>disobey Him on earth. He gives us a free choice.

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<v Speaker 2>God gives you the freedom to say, I don't want

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<v Speaker 2>to worship God. I don't want to love God. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't want to live for God. You don't have to

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<v Speaker 2>live for God. You live for yourself. You're the entire

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<v Speaker 2>rest of your life. You don't have to love God.

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<v Speaker 2>You can just love yourself or what anything else you

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<v Speaker 2>want to love. You don't have to love God because

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<v Speaker 2>if God forced you to love him, it wouldn't be

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<v Speaker 2>real love. So you were created in God's image and

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<v Speaker 2>you were given the freedom to make choices. The problem is,

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<v Speaker 2>that's our greatest blessing and it's our greatest curse because

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<v Speaker 2>we make bad choices all the time, and we choose

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<v Speaker 2>to love ourselves instead of love God. We choose to

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<v Speaker 2>go our way instead of God's way, and we choose

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<v Speaker 2>to do our thing instead of God's thing, and God says, fine,

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<v Speaker 2>you may do it. You know you may. God is

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<v Speaker 2>like Burger king, Have it your way, have it your way,

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<v Speaker 2>and your entire life, God will say to you, have

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<v Speaker 2>it your way, have it your way. But one day

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<v Speaker 2>you're gonna die and you're gonna stand before God and

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<v Speaker 2>he's gonna say, well, have it your way. You clearly

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<v Speaker 2>didn't want me in your life on earth. Why in

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<v Speaker 2>the world would you want me in your life in eternity.

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<v Speaker 2>You clearly wanted to live separated from me on earth,

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<v Speaker 2>so I guess you can live separated from me for

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<v Speaker 2>the rest of eternity. It makes no sense to reject

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<v Speaker 2>God's will, guidance, power, love, mercy in my life all

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<v Speaker 2>my life and then want to die and go live

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<v Speaker 2>in his house. That's illogical. If you don't like God, now,

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<v Speaker 2>what would make you think you're gonna love him in

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<v Speaker 2>eternity Heaven. God allows people to rebel, just like the

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<v Speaker 2>Son was allowed to rebel against Father. But there are

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<v Speaker 2>no no rebellion. There's no rebel in heaven. There are

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<v Speaker 2>no rebels against God in heaven, and so one of

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<v Speaker 2>the things you lose is you lose your home in heaven.

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<v Speaker 2>Preparing for the next life is the most important thing

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<v Speaker 2>you can do in this life, because you're going to

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<v Speaker 2>spend far more time there than here now, Jesus said

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<v Speaker 2>in Luke, chapter nine, verse twenty five, what good is

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<v Speaker 2>it for a man to gain the whole world if

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<v Speaker 2>he loses his soul? What good is it if you

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<v Speaker 2>get your picture on the cover of Time magazine, or

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<v Speaker 2>or you make a million dollars, or you know, you

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<v Speaker 2>reach every goal on your bucket list, but you lose

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<v Speaker 2>your soul because you're in rebellion against God. Let me

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<v Speaker 2>ask you, what are you acting like? Is more important

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<v Speaker 2>than eternity? What right now is more important to you

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<v Speaker 2>than knowing and loving and please in God? Whatever that

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<v Speaker 2>is is. You're God now. These three stories that I

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<v Speaker 2>just shared with you, that Jesus taught actually tell us

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<v Speaker 2>the reasons are the ways people get spiritually lost. For instance,

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<v Speaker 2>like sheep, we can be lost by nature. It just

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<v Speaker 2>comes naturally. You don't have to do anything. If you're

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<v Speaker 2>a human being, it's naturally to get We naturally go

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<v Speaker 2>our own way. We naturally want to be our own boss.

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<v Speaker 2>We naturally want to ignore God. By human nature, we

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<v Speaker 2>want to be God, and so we wander and we

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<v Speaker 2>drift and we lose our direction. And so, like sheep,

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<v Speaker 2>we can be lost by nature. But like coins in

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<v Speaker 2>the Lost Coin, we can be lost by circumstances too.

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<v Speaker 2>This one comes in too. In other words, here's a

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<v Speaker 2>coin and it inadvertently gets kicked off the table, knocked

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<v Speaker 2>off the table. Nobody meant to it, but it got

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<v Speaker 2>knocked off the table. And of course in those days

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<v Speaker 2>they didn't have tile floors or wooden floors. Often this

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<v Speaker 2>dirt floor with straw on it. And if you not

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<v Speaker 2>a coin off a table, how are you going to

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<v Speaker 2>find it in a floor full of straw? I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>that might take a long time, and so it's difficult

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<v Speaker 2>to find. But circumstances can knock you off the table.

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<v Speaker 2>Has an unfortunate circumstance separated you from God, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>because of what we do through the Peace Plan, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>often on the scene at some of the major disasters

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<v Speaker 2>like Katrina and the earthquakes and fires and floods and

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<v Speaker 2>stuff like that. And what I've noticed is that when

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<v Speaker 2>a disaster hits an area, some people turn to God,

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<v Speaker 2>and some people turn away from God. I don't know why,

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<v Speaker 2>but it just happens. Some people turn to God and

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<v Speaker 2>find comfort, some people turn away from God. Why they

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<v Speaker 2>turn away from God, I don't know, because he's the

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<v Speaker 2>only one who can give them comfort. But the point

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<v Speaker 2>here is that coins can be knocked off and lost

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<v Speaker 2>by circumstance. And you might have had some tough circumstances

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<v Speaker 2>in your life that have caused you to turn your

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<v Speaker 2>Don't do that. There are outside forces around you that

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<v Speaker 2>don't want you to be connected to God, that don't

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<v Speaker 2>want you to know God. There are people, there are things,

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<v Speaker 2>there's satan, there's values, there are events that can pull

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<v Speaker 2>you away from God. Then the third way we can

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<v Speaker 2>be lost is like the son, and I can be

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<v Speaker 2>lost by my own choices. He chose to leave home,

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<v Speaker 2>he chose to turn his back on the loving Father.

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<v Speaker 2>This young kid just goes. I think I know more

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<v Speaker 2>than my dad does. A lot of people think I

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<v Speaker 2>gonna do what I want to. I know what will

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<v Speaker 2>make me happy more than God does. So I'm going

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<v Speaker 2>to do what I say to do rather than what

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<v Speaker 2>God says to do. And we make choices so I

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<v Speaker 2>can lose all of these things. But the one thing

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<v Speaker 2>all three stories point out is this, and write this down.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't lose my value. I may be lost spiritually,

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<v Speaker 2>but I have not lost my value. I may have

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<v Speaker 2>lost my direction. I may have lost my protection, I

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<v Speaker 2>may have lost my potential. Okay, I may have lost

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<v Speaker 2>my happiness. I may have lost my home in heaven,

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<v Speaker 2>but I have not lost my value. And that's why

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus said, I've come to seek and to save that

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<v Speaker 2>which is lost, because you are valuable. You're worth saving.

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<v Speaker 2>You're worth Jesus said, dying on the cross, for I

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<v Speaker 2>came to seek and save those who are lost. As

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<v Speaker 2>I said earlier, in art, when you lose the masterpiece,

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<v Speaker 2>the value actually goes up. So here's the bottom line.

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<v Speaker 2>Let them stand. So far, we're all disconnected from God.

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<v Speaker 2>We're disconnected from God by our nature, by our circumstance,

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<v Speaker 2>and by our choices. And when we're just connected from God,

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<v Speaker 2>we lose those five things that we just went over.

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<v Speaker 2>But the good news is a because of God's mercy

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<v Speaker 2>and That's what we're talking about in this series. Because

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<v Speaker 2>of God's mercy, Jesus came to earth to seek and

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<v Speaker 2>to save that which is lost. He's not waiting on us.

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<v Speaker 2>He takes the initiative to seek and to save the lost.

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<v Speaker 2>So what does God's mercy do when I'm lost? In

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<v Speaker 2>other words, how does his mercy save me? Now you've

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<v Speaker 2>heard this word many many times, salvation, and you'll hear

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<v Speaker 2>people say, well, I'm saved or before I was saved,

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<v Speaker 2>And you hear this phrase all of time. What does

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<v Speaker 2>that mean to be saved? What is salvation? Well, it's

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<v Speaker 2>a big word and it's like a multifaceted diamond. And

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<v Speaker 2>there are many, many, many, many many other words in

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<v Speaker 2>the Bible to describe salvation. Besides the word salvation, the

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<v Speaker 2>Bible uses words like forgiveness, the Bible is where like freedom.

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<v Speaker 2>The Bible uses words like fulfillment, pardon, peace, power, redemption.

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<v Speaker 2>In these three stories we find three additional words, and

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<v Speaker 2>they are the word rescue, recover, and reconnect. And each

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<v Speaker 2>of these stories shows us an aspect of salvation. So

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<v Speaker 2>why don't you write these down? What happens when I

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<v Speaker 2>am saved? How does God's mercy save me, and what

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<v Speaker 2>happens well, Number one, Salvation rescues me from myself. Salvation

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<v Speaker 2>rescues me from myself. And you know what, I need

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<v Speaker 2>to be saved from me more than I need to

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<v Speaker 2>be saved from anything else. I don't know if you've

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<v Speaker 2>realized this, but you are your biggest problem. Not other people.

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<v Speaker 2>You are your biggest problem. I talked to a guy

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<v Speaker 2>the other day and he hid been through like eight

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<v Speaker 2>or nine relationship failures, and he said, I don't understand.

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<v Speaker 2>I said, well, what do you think is the common

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<v Speaker 2>denominator in all those relationships? It's you, buddy, okay, And

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<v Speaker 2>you can go to another nine relationships and it's not

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<v Speaker 2>gonna They're not gonna work out any better until something

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<v Speaker 2>changes in you. You are your own biggest problem. It

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<v Speaker 2>always will be your biggest problem. Your own fears, your

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<v Speaker 2>own anxieties, your own misconceptions, the stuff you believe about God,

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<v Speaker 2>about you, about life, about others. You are your own

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<v Speaker 2>biggest problem. And a lot of times we need a

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<v Speaker 2>savior to save us from ourselves, to rescue us one

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<v Speaker 2>Timathy two five. The Bible says Jesus is the only one,

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<v Speaker 2>the only one who can bring us to God. Nobody

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<v Speaker 2>else can bring you to God. Did you see that

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus is the only one who can bring us to God.

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<v Speaker 2>He became a human being. He was God, came a

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<v Speaker 2>The word rescue. Now, I know some of you may

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<v Speaker 2>be thinking, well, you know, Rick, I don't really need

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<v Speaker 2>to be rescued from anything. Oh. Really, you have no

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<v Speaker 2>pain in your life, zero pain, no pain in your life. Huh. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>you have no problems in your life, right, no problems. No,

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<v Speaker 2>you have no pressure in your life. Your life is

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<v Speaker 2>at total peace. You have no worries, you have no fears,

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<v Speaker 2>you have no anxiety, you have no guilt, you have

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<v Speaker 2>Oh no, No, you don't need any rescuing from anything

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<v Speaker 2>except you're out of touch with reality, and you do

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<v Speaker 2>need help from that, okay, because you have problems that

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<v Speaker 2>you can't solve. If you could have, you would have,

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<v Speaker 2>but you can't, so you don't. And there are things

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<v Speaker 2>in you that you don't like about you and you'd

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<v Speaker 2>like to change, but you can't. You need to be

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<v Speaker 2>rescued and that's one facet of salvation. Jesus came to

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<v Speaker 2>rescue all of us. Now, some of the problems you

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<v Speaker 2>have in your life, you say, Rick, I've tried, and

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<v Speaker 2>I've tried, and I've tried, and I've tried. Some problems

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<v Speaker 2>will never be solved by trying. They're only solved by trusting.

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<v Speaker 2>They're not solved by trying you trying harder. They're solved

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<v Speaker 2>by you trusting God to do what he can do

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<v Speaker 2>that you can't do, in ways that you don't have

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<v Speaker 2>and in manners and methods that you don't even have

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<v Speaker 2>access to. Salvation rescues me from myself. You got to trust,

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<v Speaker 2>not try, Psalm fifty, verse fifteen. Trust me, God says,

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<v Speaker 2>in your times of trouble, and I will rescue you.

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<v Speaker 2>There's that word again. I will rescue you, and you

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<v Speaker 2>will give me glory. He will set you free. So,

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<v Speaker 2>like a shepherd going after the sheep who takes initiative,

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<v Speaker 2>Salvation rescues me for myself. That sheep needs to be

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<v Speaker 2>saved from itself. It just doesn't know enough how to

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<v Speaker 2>get back to the pin on its own. Shepherd's got

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<v Speaker 2>to get out there, said, come on, little lammy, we're

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, did you know that the number one attribute of

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<v Speaker 1>God in scripture is his mercy? It is and he

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<v Speaker 1>wants to be merciful too. Jesus said, blessed are the merciful,

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<v Speaker 1>for they will be shown mercy Matthew five seven. Now

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