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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. All right, we'll pick up where we

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<v Speaker 1>left off with part two of a message called God's

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<v Speaker 1>Mercy and My Failures.

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<v Speaker 2>I just think the crisis that's going on. Jesus Christ

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<v Speaker 2>has been arrested. He's back behind this wall, going through

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<v Speaker 2>mock trials and being tortured. And I, Peter, I'm on

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<v Speaker 2>the other side of the wall, out in the courtyard,

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<v Speaker 2>wondering what's going on. And then all of a sudden,

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<v Speaker 2>stranger comes up and says, hey, you're with that guy.

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<v Speaker 2>And he says, no, no, no, no, I'm not. He's

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<v Speaker 2>worried about what other people think. And now his anger

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<v Speaker 2>comes out, and the Bible says this in verse seventy

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<v Speaker 2>one of Matthew twenty six. Then Peter went out to

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<v Speaker 2>the entrance of the courtyard, and there another woman saw

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<v Speaker 2>him and said to those standing there, this man, this

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<v Speaker 2>guy pointing at Peter. This man was with Jesus of Nazareth.

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<v Speaker 2>Now again Peter denied it, and this time he swore, okay,

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<v Speaker 2>now he's cussing. He swore an oath and said, I

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<v Speaker 2>don't even know the men.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay.

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<v Speaker 2>But after a while, it says the men who had

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<v Speaker 2>been standing there, evidently a bunch of people milling around

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<v Speaker 2>just bystanders. The men who were standing there came over

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<v Speaker 2>to Peter and said, we know that you are one

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<v Speaker 2>of them. Don't you hate being called one of them?

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<v Speaker 2>That's like the kiss of death at the office. You're

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<v Speaker 2>one of them. We all want to be one of us.

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<v Speaker 2>We all want to be one of the in crowd.

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<v Speaker 2>And one of the reasons why you never talk about

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<v Speaker 2>your faith to anybody else is because you don't want

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<v Speaker 2>to be one of them. You want to be one

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<v Speaker 2>of us, one of the guys, one of the boys,

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<v Speaker 2>one of the girls. And he said, hey, we know

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<v Speaker 2>you're one of them. Again, that's the fear of disapproval. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>Peter's getting up tight here. We know that you're one

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<v Speaker 2>of them because your Galilean accent gives you away. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus was from Galilee. The Twelve Disciples in his small group,

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<v Speaker 2>we're all from Galilee. So the accent gave him away.

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<v Speaker 2>Just like in America in the South, people from the

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<v Speaker 2>south have a Southern accent, people from the north have

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<v Speaker 2>a north East have a Northeastern accent. People in Midwest

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<v Speaker 2>have Midwestern accent. Only Californians speak English perfectly, okay, the

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<v Speaker 2>Canadians speak with a Canadian accent.

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<v Speaker 3>And so he said, we understand. We know who you are.

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<v Speaker 2>You're one of them because you have the Galilean accent.

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<v Speaker 2>It gives you way, it says Peter. The Bible says,

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<v Speaker 2>Peter lost his temper. I started cursing and swearing. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know the man, and immediately he heard the rooster crow. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>swearing is always a sign of frustration. Swearing is always

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<v Speaker 2>a sign of fear. When you get afraid, you go emotional,

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<v Speaker 2>and you're not thinking rational, you're not thinking logical, you're

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<v Speaker 2>not thinking reasonable, you're thinking emotional. And when people swear,

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<v Speaker 2>it's because they've they've given up on their logic and

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<v Speaker 2>they have to resort to emotion. He's not thinking, he's

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<v Speaker 2>speaking without thinking. The Bible says this causes so many

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<v Speaker 2>problems in our lives. James Chapter three, Verse five and six.

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<v Speaker 2>The tongue is a small thing, but what enormous damage

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<v Speaker 2>it can do?

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<v Speaker 3>Everybody agree with that? Yeah? Oh yeah?

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<v Speaker 2>And am I want to give an example of today,

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<v Speaker 2>just today driving in the car to church. Okay, you

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<v Speaker 2>said the wrong thing and it lit a fire. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>the tongue is small thing, but what enormous damage it

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<v Speaker 2>can do. Just as a tiny spark can burn up

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<v Speaker 2>a great forest, Your tongue, your tiny.

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<v Speaker 3>Little petite tongue, is a.

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<v Speaker 2>Flame of fire. That part of your body, This is

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<v Speaker 2>God talking. That part of your body is full of wickedness,

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<v Speaker 2>and it can poison everything else in your life.

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<v Speaker 3>And we all know that's true.

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<v Speaker 2>You've seen relationships poisoned, you've seen deals poisoned, you've seen

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<v Speaker 2>future dreams poisoned, all because of a misplaced word. The

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<v Speaker 2>Bible says, it is set on fire. Your tongue is

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<v Speaker 2>set on fire by Hell itself, and it can turn

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<v Speaker 2>our whole lives into a blazing flame of destruction and disaster.

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<v Speaker 2>So we overestimate our strengths, We fear the disapproval of others,

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<v Speaker 2>and we speak without thinking. Peter did all three, and

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<v Speaker 2>he had the biggest failure of his lif and we

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<v Speaker 2>do all three and we have failures in our life. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>that's what Peter did wrong? What did he do right?

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<v Speaker 2>What did he do right? Peter actually did three things right.

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<v Speaker 2>Once he failed, he actually did several things right. And

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<v Speaker 2>these are actually some of the steps to recovering from

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<v Speaker 2>a financial failure, a marriage failure, relational failure, career failure,

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<v Speaker 2>or any other failure in your life.

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<v Speaker 3>What do you do?

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<v Speaker 2>You do these three things? Number one, first thing you

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<v Speaker 2>do grieve. You grieve. You grieve the failure. You don't

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<v Speaker 2>minimize the failure. You don't pretend it didn't happen. You

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<v Speaker 2>don't justify the failure. You don't rationalize the failure. You

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<v Speaker 2>don't make excuses for the failure. You grieve it. You

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<v Speaker 2>feel the pain. You don't brush it off, you don't

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<v Speaker 2>downplay it. You feel the pain, and you don't rush

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<v Speaker 2>to feel better. Now, listen, this is the principle of life.

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<v Speaker 2>About to tell you to get past it, you gotta.

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<v Speaker 3>Go through it.

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<v Speaker 2>That's true in so many areas, but it's particularly true

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<v Speaker 2>with failure. To get past your failure, that failure in

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<v Speaker 2>your eye, you gotta go through it. You can't go

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<v Speaker 2>around your failure. You can't go over your failure. You

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<v Speaker 2>can't go under your failure. You can't ignore your failure.

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<v Speaker 2>You need to grieve the failure. You need to feel

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<v Speaker 2>the pain. Now, we don't like feeling bad, but grief

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<v Speaker 2>is a good thing. Grief is the way we get

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<v Speaker 2>through the failure, and grief is the way we learn

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<v Speaker 2>the lessons. So often we want to just when we fail,

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<v Speaker 2>we want to just forget it, push it aside, stuff

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<v Speaker 2>our emotions, and then immediately go to the next thing.

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<v Speaker 2>When you stuff your emotions, when you swallow your emotions,

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<v Speaker 2>your stomach keeps score. It's kind of like what if

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<v Speaker 2>you took a can of coke and you shook it

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<v Speaker 2>up for a long time and then you put it

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<v Speaker 2>in the freezer. What's going to happen to it. It's

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<v Speaker 2>gonna explode eventually, it's gonna come out sideways. And this

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<v Speaker 2>happens in your life when you don't deal with your

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<v Speaker 2>emotions properly. This is why sometimes six months after failure,

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<v Speaker 2>a marriage falls apart, or six months after somebody gets

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<v Speaker 2>laid off work, there's another problem, and there's a physical

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<v Speaker 2>health problem.

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<v Speaker 3>Things like this.

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<v Speaker 2>Because you've shaken up the can and you've got all

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<v Speaker 2>these emotions feeling inside of shame and regret and fear

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<v Speaker 2>and insecurity and all the things that come with failure,

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<v Speaker 2>and you're not dealing with them. And so you shake

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<v Speaker 2>it up, and you said, we're just gonna put this

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<v Speaker 2>in refrigerator and try to forget about it, and we're

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<v Speaker 2>gonna freeze it, and it's gonna explode, and it's gonna

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<v Speaker 2>come out sideways in an affair or in wrong behavior,

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<v Speaker 2>or in impulsivity or an addiction, or all kinds of

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<v Speaker 2>other things. I have seen this thousands of times in

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<v Speaker 2>people's lives. You don't minimize it. You don't rush to

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<v Speaker 2>feel better to get past your failure. You've got to

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<v Speaker 2>go through the failure, and you got to grieve. In

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<v Speaker 2>Matthew twenty six, seventy five, when Peter heard the rooster crow,

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<v Speaker 2>he remembered that Jesus had said, before the rooster crows,

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<v Speaker 2>you'll deny me three times, then Jesus. Then Peter went

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<v Speaker 2>outside and wept bitterly. Circle the wept bitterly. That's grieving. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>imagine how disappointed Peter must have felt in himself. He

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<v Speaker 2>goes man, I've just lived with the Son of God

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<v Speaker 2>for three and a half years. I watched him do miracles.

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<v Speaker 2>I watched him heal people. I watched him raise the dead.

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<v Speaker 2>I watched him teach like no one has ever taught.

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<v Speaker 2>I watched him offer mercy and forgiveness to me dozens

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<v Speaker 2>and dozens and dozens of times. I watched him never

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<v Speaker 2>do anything wrong. And yet the first time that I'm

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<v Speaker 2>put to test about my commitment, my faithfulness, my trust

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<v Speaker 2>in Jesus, I deny him three times in a row

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<v Speaker 2>because I'm worried about what three strangers think. Are you

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<v Speaker 2>more worried about what strangers think about your faith and God?

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<v Speaker 2>Are you more embarrassed to let people know that you're

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<v Speaker 2>a believer? That's that fear. And he's disappointed. But Peter,

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<v Speaker 2>I love the fact that he owns up to his failure.

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<v Speaker 2>He doesn't go well, I had there was a good

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<v Speaker 2>reason I did this. You know, they might have killed

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<v Speaker 2>me or or you know he didn't do No, he

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<v Speaker 2>just goes out and he grieves, and he's humbled by this,

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<v Speaker 2>and he's regretful of it. Grief, as I said, is

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<v Speaker 2>a good thing. It is the key to healing. A

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<v Speaker 2>lot of people want to take shortcuts when they have

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<v Speaker 2>a failure. They want to bypass a failure. You want

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<v Speaker 2>to just put it out aside, out of mind, and

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<v Speaker 2>go out and say, yeah, I had a failed business here,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna go start another one right now. The next day, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I just had a marriage fail. But I don't turn around.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to find somebody immediately. I gotta find somebody

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<v Speaker 2>else immediately. And they rebound into another relationship and they

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<v Speaker 2>never learned the lesson. The problem is if you don't

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<v Speaker 2>go through the greed, you don't learn what God wants

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<v Speaker 2>you to learn in that failure. And then you take

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<v Speaker 2>the same old you into the new marriage, into the

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<v Speaker 2>new job, into the new goal, into the new dream,

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<v Speaker 2>and nothing's changed because you didn't learn anything, because you

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<v Speaker 2>weren't willing to feel bad for just a little bit,

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<v Speaker 2>and you're afraid of negative feelings.

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<v Speaker 3>You're afraid of feeling bad. It's okay to feel bad.

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<v Speaker 3>Grief is the way we.

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<v Speaker 2>Get through transitions and losses and failures in life. The

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<v Speaker 2>greater the failure in your life, the more time it's

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<v Speaker 2>going to take. The greater the loss in your life,

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<v Speaker 2>the greater it's going to take. You have to let

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<v Speaker 2>God work in your heart, and you have to let

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<v Speaker 2>time work in your heart. You cannot force healing, you

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<v Speaker 2>cannot rush healing. You cannot will it by sheer willpower.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to be different now you can't do it.

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<v Speaker 2>Recovery is an act of God's mercy. Healing is an

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<v Speaker 2>act of mercy, and it comes slowly with time, and

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<v Speaker 2>recovery and growth coming in stages. And all God wants

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<v Speaker 2>you to do is just be honest. I blew it

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<v Speaker 2>to be humble. The Bible says this in Psalm fifty one.

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<v Speaker 2>And by the way, this is a from Psalm fifty

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<v Speaker 2>one as the prayer David wrote after he committed adultery.

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<v Speaker 2>The whole prayer is this prayer confession, and in verse seventeen,

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<v Speaker 2>he says the sacrifice God wants is a broken and

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<v Speaker 2>contrite spirit, and God will not reject a humble and

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<v Speaker 2>repentant heart. Now he's saying, God is looking for humility, contriteness.

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<v Speaker 3>Just you're right, God, I blew it.

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<v Speaker 2>And when you come to God and say God, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>broken hearted over this. I had all my hopes penned

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<v Speaker 2>on this, but it didn't work.

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<v Speaker 3>It failed.

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<v Speaker 2>It failed, the business failed, the dream failed, the relationship failed. God,

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<v Speaker 2>it failed, and I'm broken hearted over it. I'm a

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<v Speaker 2>little bit more humble than I was. I don't think

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<v Speaker 2>spirit and a contrite heart and a repentant attitude. God goes,

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<v Speaker 2>that's the person who's going to recover. So he does

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<v Speaker 2>the first thing right is simply by grieving. Now, the

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<v Speaker 2>Bible says there that when Peter heard the rooster crow,

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<v Speaker 2>he wept bitterly.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, he ate crow.

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<v Speaker 2>He went out and he said, oh, I have really

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<v Speaker 2>messed up, and he felt the pain. And you know what,

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<v Speaker 2>I imagine that every time for the rest of Peter's

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<v Speaker 2>think it reminded him of? Every time he heard a

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<v Speaker 2>rooster crow? Probably reminded me my biggest failure in life.

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<v Speaker 3>It was a trigger.

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<v Speaker 2>It's truer and by the way you have in your life,

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<v Speaker 2>and there's certain things that when you hear them or

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<v Speaker 2>smell them, or think them, or listen to them, or

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<v Speaker 2>whatever you see them. It triggers the memory of your failures.

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<v Speaker 2>I can't even tell you how to even stop those triggers.

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<v Speaker 2>But you can stop what they do to you. And

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<v Speaker 2>you do have a choice. You don't have a choice

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<v Speaker 2>over your triggers. There are some things that are gonna

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<v Speaker 2>happen in your life. When that happens, it reminds you

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<v Speaker 2>of the painful failure in your life. But your choice

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<v Speaker 2>then is will I choose to focus on the mistake,

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<v Speaker 2>the failure, the pain, or am I going to choose

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<v Speaker 2>to focus on God's forgiveness, God's mercy and God's grace.

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<v Speaker 2>That's choice, and that's what you can do. And here's

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<v Speaker 2>what's gonna happen. When you start changing your focus. Satan's

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<v Speaker 2>gonna stop passling you about this Satan your triggers, and

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<v Speaker 2>he wants to condemn you. And here's what happens. You see,

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<v Speaker 2>before you fail in some area or before you commit

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<v Speaker 2>a sin, Satan always minimizes the sin.

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<v Speaker 3>He minimizes it.

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<v Speaker 2>He goes, this is no big deal, go ahead and

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<v Speaker 2>do it. I mean, everybody does this. Times have changed,

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<v Speaker 2>things are different, We're in a different culture. Doesn't matter

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<v Speaker 2>what God has said, this is okay, times have changed.

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<v Speaker 2>Everybody does it. Go ahead, it's no big deal. He

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<v Speaker 2>minimizes the sin. The moment you commit that sin, Satan

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<v Speaker 2>changes his strategy to the exact opposite, and he starts

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<v Speaker 2>maximizing it. And he starts going, are you kidding me?

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<v Speaker 2>That's the biggest sin I've ever heard of. God will

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<v Speaker 2>never use you. You're never gonna be blessed, You're never

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<v Speaker 2>gonna have an answered prayer. Who do you think you are?

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<v Speaker 2>You may as well just chuck it in. You may

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<v Speaker 2>just give up because you are used material. You're wasted,

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<v Speaker 2>you're wrong, You're in the dust. If you're gonna sit

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<v Speaker 2>on the bench the rest of your life, forget it.

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<v Speaker 2>It's over. This is so big God could not possibly

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<v Speaker 3>See how he switched.

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<v Speaker 2>He starts saying it's so big deal before you do it,

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<v Speaker 2>and then afterwards it goes it's the biggest deal in

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<v Speaker 2>your life because He does not want you focused on

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<v Speaker 2>the mercy of God. He wants you focused on your pain.

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<v Speaker 2>See when you don't understand who you are you don't

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<v Speaker 2>have that when he still have that soul pain, You

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<v Speaker 2>don't know your identity. You've give in to these kind

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<v Speaker 2>of fears over and over and over, and Satan and

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<v Speaker 2>other people and just whip you around and manipulate you

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<v Speaker 2>with all kinds of memory triggers. You need to say,

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<v Speaker 2>you know what, every time that trigger brings the thought

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<v Speaker 2>that that memory, that painful mistake, I'm just gonna go, Yep,

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<v Speaker 2>it was wrong. And then I'm gonna go thank God

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<v Speaker 2>for his grace, Thank God for his mercy, thank God

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<v Speaker 2>for his love, thank God for his forgiveness, and I just, oh,

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<v Speaker 2>thank you God. I am a trophy of grace. Now

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<v Speaker 2>here's an interesting thing. If Satan figures out that every

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<v Speaker 2>time he uses that trigger, you're gonna praise God. He's

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<v Speaker 2>going to stop bugging you about it because he certainly

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't want you. All of a sudden, it's not working anymore.

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<v Speaker 2>If he can pull a trigger and you get into depression,

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<v Speaker 2>he's going to keep pulling it. But if he can

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<v Speaker 2>pull a trigger and it causes you to praise God

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<v Speaker 2>for his mercy and forgiveness and greace, focus, he goes, oh,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't want him doing that so he will stop.

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<v Speaker 2>In a couple of weeks ago, we sang that song,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm no longer a slave to fear. I am a

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<v Speaker 2>child of God. This is what we're talking about here,

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<v Speaker 2>Understanding the deeper pain that causes you to give in,

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<v Speaker 2>to overestimate your strength, to speak when you shouldn't, and

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<v Speaker 2>to live for the approval of other people. When you

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<v Speaker 2>know who you are and who you are, you know

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<v Speaker 2>God's mercy and God's grace is going to be there.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm a child of God.

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<v Speaker 2>So even though I've just really messed up, God's gonna

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<v Speaker 2>still love me. He's not gonna change. That's the miracle

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<v Speaker 2>of mercy.

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<v Speaker 3>Now.

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<v Speaker 2>The second thing Peter did right, and this is gonna

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<v Speaker 2>sound funny to you, but it's what it says write

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<v Speaker 2>here in scripture, let my small group support me. And

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<v Speaker 2>that's exactly what Peter did. The very first thing Jesus

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<v Speaker 2>did when he started his ministry is he formed a

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<v Speaker 2>of that small group. This is why we make such

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<v Speaker 2>a big deal about small groups at Saddleback Church because

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus did it, and for three hundred years, all Christianity

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<v Speaker 2>was done in small groups. They didn't have big gatherings

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<v Speaker 2>like this. All Christianity for three hundred years was done.

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<v Speaker 3>In small groups.

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<v Speaker 2>Let me just show you some example of Peter getting

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<v Speaker 2>excuse me, Mark sixteen, verse ten. Easter morning. You know

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<v Speaker 2>that Mary Magdalene and the other Mary had gone up

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<v Speaker 2>to the tomb of Jesus, and the Angel said, he's

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<v Speaker 2>not here, He's gone. Go tell the disciples. And so

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<v Speaker 2>it said.

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<v Speaker 3>Mary Magdalene went and found.

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<v Speaker 2>The disciples together, grieving and weeping, circle the word together.

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<v Speaker 3>I want you to listen very close. When you go.

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<v Speaker 2>Through a major failure in your life, you must resist

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<v Speaker 2>the urge to isolate yourself. When you go through a

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<v Speaker 2>major failure in life, you must resist the urge to

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<v Speaker 2>insulate yourself. When you get laid off from work, you

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<v Speaker 2>don't want anybody to know about it. When you have

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<v Speaker 2>a bankruptcy, you don't want anybody to know about it.

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<v Speaker 2>When you have a failure in your life, you don't

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<v Speaker 2>want you want to keep it a secret. That's the

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<v Speaker 2>worst thing you could do. You need you don't need

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<v Speaker 2>to tell everybody. You need to tell a few people

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<v Speaker 2>who love you, who are going to pray for you,

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<v Speaker 2>and who will support you. Because when you share a

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<v Speaker 2>problem in your life, it's cut in half. The burden

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<v Speaker 2>is cutting out. When you share a joy in your

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<v Speaker 2>small group, it's doubled. You were never meant to go

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<v Speaker 2>through life on your own. You were never meant to

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<v Speaker 2>go through life by yourself. We were better together. We're

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<v Speaker 2>meant for community. And the basic unit of life is

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<v Speaker 2>the small group. Jesus formed a small group. And where

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<v Speaker 2>does Peter go instantly after he's had his biggest failure.

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<v Speaker 2>He didn't go hide in a cave. He goes to

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<v Speaker 2>small group. The disciples were together, grieving and weeping. Now

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<v Speaker 2>you need God to supports.

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<v Speaker 3>More than ever.

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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 p. Seven.

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