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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.

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<v Speaker 2>The way you live.

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<v Speaker 1>And now the final part of a message called God's

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<v Speaker 1>Mercy and My Failures number four.

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<v Speaker 2>When we failed, he shows us mercy when we're down.

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<v Speaker 2>He shows us his mercy when we're down. He doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>beat us up, he doesn't pile on, he doesn't add

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<v Speaker 2>to our guilt. He doesn't add scorn and shame and

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<v Speaker 2>a scolding. He saves us. And when you have failed,

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<v Speaker 2>he doesn't just come in and go let me tell

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<v Speaker 2>you how bad you've done. No, he shows mercy when

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<v Speaker 2>we're down. And there's a beautiful example of this. It's tender.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a very tender example in John chapter twenty one.

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<v Speaker 2>Here's the story. This is a couple weeks after the resurrection.

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<v Speaker 2>So it's about like now, we're two weeks after Easter,

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<v Speaker 2>So right about now, two weeks after Easter. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>I told you Jesus was around for forty more days,

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<v Speaker 2>it says. Two weeks later, Jesus appeared again to the

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<v Speaker 2>disciples beside the Sea of Galilee. Seven of the disciples

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<v Speaker 2>were there, and Simon Peter said they hadn't seen Jesus yet.

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<v Speaker 2>Simon Peter said, I'm going fishing. Friends, that's a statement

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<v Speaker 2>of depression. I'm going fishing. Okay, Peter's gone. I haven't

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<v Speaker 2>recovered from this trauma. It's only two weeks out since

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<v Speaker 2>my biggest failure in life. All I'm going to do.

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<v Speaker 2>All I need to do is go back and do

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<v Speaker 2>what I used to do before I've started following Jesus

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<v Speaker 2>three and a half years ago. I was a professional fisherman.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to go back all things I know how

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<v Speaker 2>to do, Just go fishing. I'm down, I'm discouraged, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not feeling good. I'm going fishing. Anybody want to go

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<v Speaker 2>with me? And the other guys go, sure, we'll go

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<v Speaker 2>with you. So Peter said, I'm going fishing. We'll come

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<v Speaker 2>to They all said. So. They went out of the boat,

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<v Speaker 2>but even though they fished all night, they caught nothing.

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<v Speaker 2>He ever felt like that. I've been looking for a

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<v Speaker 2>job for how many months? I've fished all night. I've

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<v Speaker 2>caught nothing. I've been looking to get married for so long.

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<v Speaker 2>I've fished all night, I've caught nothing. I've been waiting

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<v Speaker 2>for this ship to come in. I fished all night.

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<v Speaker 2>I've gotten This is called a failure. These are professional fishermen.

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<v Speaker 2>If anybody should catch fish, it's professional fishermen. We fished

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<v Speaker 2>all night, We've caught nothing. This is a failure. They

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<v Speaker 2>got another failure in their life. Now, at dawn, the

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<v Speaker 2>disciples saw a man standing on the shore, but they

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<v Speaker 2>couldn't see that it was Jesus, and he called out.

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus called out, friends, have you caught any fish? Not

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<v Speaker 2>a thing? They replied, At least they're honest about their failure.

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<v Speaker 2>Then Jesus said, throw out your net on the right

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<v Speaker 2>side of the boat and you'll get plenty of fish.

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<v Speaker 2>So they did what Jesus said to do, and they

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<v Speaker 2>instantly caught so many fish they couldn't even draw in

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<v Speaker 2>the net because it was so full of fish. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>you may have fished all night and caught nothing, but

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<v Speaker 2>God can do more in five minutes in your life

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<v Speaker 2>than you can do in fifty years of planning. They

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<v Speaker 2>had fished all night and caught nothing. You've been planning

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<v Speaker 2>this dream of years for so long, and it just

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<v Speaker 2>has gone nowhere. Well, it says, when they did what

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus said to do, they caught more than they could

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<v Speaker 2>possibly handle. God can do more in your life in

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<v Speaker 2>a few seconds. If you'll just obey him, then you

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<v Speaker 2>can do on your own schemes and plants. Caught all

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<v Speaker 2>these fish, and it was just so full a fish.

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<v Speaker 2>Then John, one of the disciples, said to Peter, it's

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<v Speaker 2>the Lord. Well done. Okay, okay. All of a sudden,

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<v Speaker 2>we followed this guy's advice from shore. We don't really know.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe he saw something we saw. So we throw it

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<v Speaker 2>over and we catch all these fish, and John goes,

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<v Speaker 2>it's the Lord. Now. I love what happens next when

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<v Speaker 2>Peter realized that he put on his tunic for he

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<v Speaker 2>had stripped for work. Now get this, Peter is fishing

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<v Speaker 2>butt naked. They've been fishing all night. He's out with

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<v Speaker 2>the guys. He's not showing off or anything. He's not working

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<v Speaker 2>on a tan obviously because they're fishing at night. He

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<v Speaker 2>take it into the laundromat so while they're out fishing,

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<v Speaker 2>he doesn't want to smell. He takes his robe off.

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<v Speaker 2>He's laid it over on the side of the boat.

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<v Speaker 2>They're all standing there. He's fishing naked. John goes, it's

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<v Speaker 2>the lord's as When Peter realized that he put on

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<v Speaker 2>his tunic fridge strip for work, jumped in the water

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<v Speaker 2>and swam ashore, leaving the others in the boat to

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<v Speaker 2>pull the loaded net to shore, for they were only

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<v Speaker 2>out about three hundred feet now. When they got to shore,

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<v Speaker 2>they saw that Jesus was cooking fish and bread over

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<v Speaker 2>a charcoal fire. He's got a barbecue going on here. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>now Jesus can cook. I'd like to see that show

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<v Speaker 2>on the Food channel. Yea chopped Jesus won again. We

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<v Speaker 2>liked this meal better, okay. So Jesus, he's got a

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<v Speaker 2>little barbecue going on here at the side of the

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<v Speaker 2>Lake of Galilee. He's cooking fish and bread over a

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<v Speaker 2>charcoal fire. Now, Jesus says, bring some of the fish

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<v Speaker 2>that you just caught, graciously, not mentioning the fact that

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<v Speaker 2>they would have never caught him without him, that they

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<v Speaker 2>had caught nothing on their own. So Peter goes back

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<v Speaker 2>aboard and dragged the net ashore, and it was filled

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<v Speaker 2>with one hundred and fifty three large fish. And yet

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<v Speaker 2>the net had not torn. Now that's another miracle, because

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<v Speaker 2>if you know anything about the Bible, you know that

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<v Speaker 2>they were constantly mending their nets because they were always breaking. Fact,

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<v Speaker 2>when Jesus met them three and a half years earlier,

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<v Speaker 2>they were out mending their nets. Now, Jesus says, now,

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<v Speaker 2>come and have some breakfast. Jesus said, you deserve a

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<v Speaker 2>break break today. I've got these little fish mcmuffins for

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<v Speaker 2>you for breakfast. Fresh bread, fresh fish, freshman muffins, a

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<v Speaker 2>little special sauce on the side. Here. Okay, come on,

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<v Speaker 2>we're gonna have breakfast, Jesus said. Now they were sure

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<v Speaker 2>it really was the Lord. Then Jesus served them circle

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<v Speaker 2>that phrase. Then Jesus served them he's being kind, he's

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<v Speaker 2>being loving, he's been merciful. He's cooked them breakfast. Then

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus served them the bread and the fish. Now, this

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<v Speaker 2>was the third time that Jesus had appeared to his

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<v Speaker 2>disciples since he had been raised from the dead, and

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<v Speaker 2>there were many other times after this. And now that's

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<v Speaker 2>a beautiful tender story of the mercy of God. Let

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<v Speaker 2>me ask you, let me put it in context. Let's

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<v Speaker 2>talk about you. Let's say you just went through your

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<v Speaker 2>worst day of your life as Jesus is arrested, tortured,

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<v Speaker 2>and murdered. You've gone through the worst day of your life,

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<v Speaker 2>and your best friend deserts you, doesn't show up, and

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<v Speaker 2>more than that, denies you and pretends like they don't

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<v Speaker 2>even know you. Two weeks later, would you cook them

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<v Speaker 2>a nice breakfast? No, you wouldn't. That's mercy. That's mercy.

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<v Speaker 2>He's showing how much he loves him even after their

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<v Speaker 2>betrayal and denial. He cooks some breakfast you wouldn't cook

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<v Speaker 2>somebody who just betrayed you, and you probably spit in

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<v Speaker 2>the food if you did love good back at them.

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<v Speaker 2>That's mercy. You see, God's mercy towards you is not

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<v Speaker 2>dependent upon your performance. The Bible says it like this

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<v Speaker 2>Lamentations three, twenty two and twenty three. The steadfast love

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<v Speaker 2>of the Lord never ceases. In other words, it never stops.

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<v Speaker 2>It never ends. The steadfast love. It's unchanging, it's never exhausted.

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<v Speaker 2>God never gets tired of loving you. The steadfast love

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<v Speaker 2>of the Lord never ceases. His mercy. Mercy's never come

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<v Speaker 2>to an end. God's never gonna say, Okay, I've had

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<v Speaker 2>enough of your farres. That's enough forgiveness nine thousand times,

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<v Speaker 2>not nine thousand and one. Okay, that's just one too many.

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<v Speaker 2>I've had enough. His mercies never come to an end.

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<v Speaker 2>It says his mercies are new every morning. You got

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<v Speaker 2>the same old sins, but He's got new mercy for

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<v Speaker 2>you every single morning. And that says, great is your faithfulness.

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<v Speaker 2>God is faithful to you in his mercy. No matter

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<v Speaker 2>what you do. Do you realize how faithful God's mercy

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<v Speaker 2>is to you, Let me show you one of the

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<v Speaker 2>most amazing verses in the entire Bible. Look up here

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<v Speaker 2>on the screen Tewody two thirteen. If we are unfaithful,

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<v Speaker 2>he God remains faithful, for he cannot deny himself. God

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<v Speaker 2>cannot deny himself. God cannot be unfaithful. And even when

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<v Speaker 2>you're unfaithful, He will be faithful. You may give up

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<v Speaker 2>on God, He's never going to give up on you.

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<v Speaker 2>That's the mercy of God. You may be unfaithful to God,

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<v Speaker 2>He's never going to be unfaithful to you. Now. The

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<v Speaker 2>last point is the greatest miracle of mercy of it all,

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<v Speaker 2>and it is this. He not only believes in us,

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<v Speaker 2>praise for us, shows us mercy when we're down, doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>get upset about it, not shocked. Number five, He uses

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<v Speaker 2>our failures to build his church. God actually uses our

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<v Speaker 2>failures to build his church. Jesus had told Peter, Peter,

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<v Speaker 2>when you have turned back to me, strengthen and build

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<v Speaker 2>up your brothers. He's talking about the brothers and sisters

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<v Speaker 2>in Christ, the family of God, the Church. Use your

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<v Speaker 2>failure to strengthen and build up others. Here's the rest

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<v Speaker 2>of that story. There on the beach at Galilee, Verse

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<v Speaker 2>fifteen John twenty one, after breakfast, Jesus asked. Jesus said

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<v Speaker 2>to Simon, Peter, Simon, son of John, do you love

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<v Speaker 2>me more than these? Now? This is echoing back a

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<v Speaker 2>statement where at the Last Supper Peter said, I love

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<v Speaker 2>you more than all of these, and I would never

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<v Speaker 2>never deny you. Everybody else right, but I would never

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<v Speaker 2>do that. He said, Simon, do you love me more

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<v Speaker 2>than these? Yes? Lord, you know I love you. Peter replied,

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<v Speaker 2>Then feed my lambs, Jesus said, my flock, that's the church,

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<v Speaker 2>the flock of God, the Church. Then feed my lambs,

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus said. Then Jesus repeated the question, Peter, do you

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<v Speaker 2>love me? Do you love me? Peter said, yes, Lord, yes, Lord,

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<v Speaker 2>you know you know I love you. Then take care

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<v Speaker 2>of my sheep. Jesus said, I want you to care

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<v Speaker 2>about my family, the flock, the body of Christ, the Church.

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<v Speaker 2>Take care of my sheep. Then Jesus asked the same

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<v Speaker 2>question one more time, Peter, do you love me? And

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<v Speaker 2>Peter was grieved that Jesus asked the question a third time.

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<v Speaker 2>So he said, and I could hear the exasperation in

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<v Speaker 2>his voice. Lord, Lord, you know I love you. You know everything,

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<v Speaker 2>and you know that I love you. And Jesus replied,

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<v Speaker 2>then feed my sheep. The way you show your love

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<v Speaker 2>for God is by helping other people in the family

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<v Speaker 2>of God. Why did Jesus ask this question three times?

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<v Speaker 2>Do you love me? He was giving Peter the opportunity

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<v Speaker 2>to make up for three denials. I will never deny you.

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<v Speaker 2>I will never deny you. I will never deny you.

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<v Speaker 2>And he did one, two, three times, and so he said,

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<v Speaker 2>do you love me? Do you love me? Do you

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<v Speaker 2>love me. Yes Lord, Yes, Lord, Yes Lord. Then feed

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<v Speaker 2>my sheep, and let's go back to the beginning. Both

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<v Speaker 2>Judas and Peter friends of Jesus. Both of them committed

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<v Speaker 2>the same sin. They both denied Christ, exact same sin,

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<v Speaker 2>just different experiences. They turned their back on him in

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<v Speaker 2>a time of need. Judas became a trader. Peter became

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<v Speaker 2>a teacher. Feed my sheep. Judas became a trader. Peter

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<v Speaker 2>became a teacher. What are you going to become from

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<v Speaker 2>your failure? What are you going to allow the failures

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<v Speaker 2>It's your choice. The fact is God is building his

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<v Speaker 2>church on people who failed. God has only used failed

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<v Speaker 2>people because there aren't any non failures in life. And

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<v Speaker 2>in Matthew sixteen eighteen, Jesus said this, Now, I say

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<v Speaker 2>to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock

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<v Speaker 2>I will build my church and the powers of Hell

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<v Speaker 2>will not conquer it. Now, some of you know this

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<v Speaker 2>because the word Peter is the word petros and the

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<v Speaker 2>word rock is the word petra. They're very different. He

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<v Speaker 2>said you are Peter, Petros. But you're going to be Petra,

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<v Speaker 2>the rock on which I'm in my mercy gonna build

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<v Speaker 2>on the faith, your faith and on your failures. Petros

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<v Speaker 2>Peter literally means a stone. It means a small rock.

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<v Speaker 2>It means a pebble. So so Peter really was a pebble.

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<v Speaker 2>He was a stone. That's his name. Stone rocks in

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<v Speaker 2>a pebble. Petra means a giant rock, a boulder. It

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<v Speaker 2>mountain of granite. It's a rock at Gibraltar. Rock that's

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<v Speaker 2>a Petra. And Jesus is saying to this guy who's

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<v Speaker 2>just had this enormous failure just a few days earlier. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>you've been unstable, you've been foot in mouth, you've been impulsive,

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<v Speaker 2>you've denied me, you've been a little stone. But you're

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<v Speaker 2>gonna be a rock at Gibraltar because of my mercy

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<v Speaker 2>and pasted and we're going to go on and I'm

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<v Speaker 2>going to build my church on your failures. God wants

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<v Speaker 2>to build his church on your your failures. He wants

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<v Speaker 2>to use you the same way he used Peter. So

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<v Speaker 2>let me end with two questions. Number one, what failure

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<v Speaker 2>have you had that God wants to use in this church.

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<v Speaker 2>What failure have you had that God wants to use

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<v Speaker 2>to build his church. If you've had a failed business,

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<v Speaker 2>you should be helping businessmen because you know what it's

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<v Speaker 2>like to have a failed business. If you've had a bankruptcy,

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<v Speaker 2>you should be helping people who are going through bankruptcy.

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<v Speaker 2>If you've had a failed marriage, you should be helping

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<v Speaker 2>people save their marriages. If you've had an abortion, you

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<v Speaker 2>should be helping women who are struggling with that decision

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<v Speaker 2>right now. If you've had a failure in any other

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<v Speaker 2>area of your life, if you've had an addiction, you

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<v Speaker 2>should be helping people who haven't have that addiction. God

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<v Speaker 2>wants to use your failures to build his church. Don't

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<v Speaker 2>waste your failures. Last week we talked about not wasting

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<v Speaker 2>your pain, and I said, you're gonna have pain, don't

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<v Speaker 2>waste it. If you've been abused, use it to help

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<v Speaker 2>people who've been abused. If you've been raped or molested,

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<v Speaker 2>use it to help people who've been raped or molested.

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<v Speaker 2>If you've been abandoned or betrayed, help people who have

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<v Speaker 2>been abandoned or betrayed, and on and on. God wants

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<v Speaker 2>to take your greatest failure and turn it into your

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<v Speaker 2>greatest success. God wants to take your greatest hurt and

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<v Speaker 2>turn it into your greatest ministry. Chuck Colson went to

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<v Speaker 2>prison and then founded Prison Fellowship, an enormous ministry that

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<v Speaker 2>helps prisoners all around the world. What failure, dous God

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<v Speaker 2>want to use in your life? The second question, are

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<v Speaker 2>you going to respond to your failure like Judas or

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<v Speaker 2>like Peter? Now that's your choice. Judas had a break down,

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<v Speaker 2>Peter had to break through. Judas gave up. Peter looked up.

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<v Speaker 2>Judas rejected the mercy of God. Peter accepted the mercy

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<v Speaker 2>of God. Judas lived in condemnation. Peter lived in celebration

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<v Speaker 2>of the mercy of God. Judas ended up taking his

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<v Speaker 2>life in despair. Peter ended up living his life on purpose.

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<v Speaker 2>It's all your choice, And just fifty days after Peter's

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<v Speaker 2>biggest failure, God chose him. Peter, that guy, the screw up,

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<v Speaker 2>the mess up, the guy who denied Jesus in his

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<v Speaker 2>deepest hour of pain. He chose Peter to be the

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<v Speaker 2>guy to preach on the day of Pentecost. On the

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<v Speaker 2>first day of the Christian Church and three thousand people

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<v Speaker 2>were saved in baptized. That is the mercy of God.

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<v Speaker 2>And it wasn't like a year after the failure. It's

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<v Speaker 2>fifty days after he screwed up. He's standing in front

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<v Speaker 2>of everybody preaching on Pentecost at the birth of the

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<v Speaker 2>Christian Church. That is the mercy of God. That's power heads.

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<v Speaker 2>Would you pray this prayer God. I've had a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of failures in my life, and like Peter, I've overestimated

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<v Speaker 2>my strength. And I said I'd never do that, but

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<v Speaker 2>I did, and I feared the disapproved of other people.

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<v Speaker 2>And I've been quiet, and I've been a coward, and

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<v Speaker 2>I've denied you when I could have spoken up for

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<v Speaker 2>you at work, when I could have told other people

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<v Speaker 2>about your love, and I was more worried about their disapproval.

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<v Speaker 2>And I've fallen into that trap. And Lord, of course,

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<v Speaker 2>many many times I've spoken without thinking, and my tongue

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<v Speaker 2>has gotten me in a lot of trouble. I want

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<v Speaker 2>to do the right things that Peter did. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>want to brush it aside and rationalize my failures. I

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<v Speaker 2>want to grieve them. And I'm coming to you saying Lord,

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<v Speaker 2>my heart's broken and I'm sorry, and I have a

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<v Speaker 2>contrite spirit, and I'm a little more humble than I

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<v Speaker 2>used to be. And I'm coming to you with a

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<v Speaker 2>repentant heart saying I'm sorry and forgear me for the

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<v Speaker 2>times that I've isolated myself and tried to handle everything

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<v Speaker 2>on my own and not want people to know about

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<v Speaker 2>my pain. Help me to let my small group support me,

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<v Speaker 2>Help me to build that social that support network. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>to get in a small group now before the next

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<v Speaker 2>crisis comes. And then, most of all, Lord, I cast

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<v Speaker 2>myself on your mercy, and like that giant boulder, I

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<v Speaker 2>just let it go. I just drop it. And today

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<v Speaker 2>I'm dropping my anxiety. I'm dropping my insecurity. I'm dropping

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<v Speaker 2>my fears, the regrets, the shames, all of the things

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<v Speaker 2>that Satan pulls that trigger on and whips me around with.

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<v Speaker 2>I cast myself on your mercy. I don't deserve your

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<v Speaker 2>forgiveness or your grace, but you are a forgiving God

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<v Speaker 2>and you love to show mercy. Thank you that you're

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<v Speaker 2>not shocked by my failures. Thank you that you're praying

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<v Speaker 2>for me right now. Thank you Jesus that you believe

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<v Speaker 2>in me, that you know my name, that you give

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<v Speaker 2>me encouragement, not discouragement. Thank you that you show me

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<v Speaker 2>mercy and you fix me breakfast when I'm down. Thank

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<v Speaker 2>you that your mercy's never come to an end, that

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<v Speaker 2>they're new every morning, not even tomorrow morning. You'll have

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<v Speaker 2>new mercy for me. You are a faithful God. Great

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<v Speaker 2>is your faithfulness. And God wants you to use my

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<v Speaker 2>failures to build your church. I don't want to be

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<v Speaker 2>a trader. I want to be a teacher. And I

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<v Speaker 2>want you to turn this little stone into a rock

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<v Speaker 2>of Gibraltar. And I humbly ask this in Jesus' name.

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

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

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

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<v Speaker 1>the merciful, for they will be shown mercy Matthew five, p.

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<v Speaker 2>Seven.

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