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<v Speaker 1>You know, we really live in a world that's full

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<v Speaker 1>of competing beliefs and values and choices, and what you

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<v Speaker 1>believe shapes how you live and ultimately who you become.

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<v Speaker 1>But the good news is God hasn't left us to

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<v Speaker 1>figure it all out alone.

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<v Speaker 2>No.

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<v Speaker 1>In fact, today, on Pastor Rick's Daily Hope, we're going

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<v Speaker 1>to continue our series Reframing Your Worldview, where Rick Warren

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<v Speaker 1>unpacks powerful truths from God's Word to help you see

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<v Speaker 1>life clearly and live it with confidence and purpose. Let's

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<v Speaker 1>jump right in for part two of a message called

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<v Speaker 1>how did the World get so Messed Up?

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<v Speaker 3>Now?

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<v Speaker 2>This morning, I want to just quickly look at five

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<v Speaker 2>dimensions of the damage that when sin entered the world,

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<v Speaker 2>and when we continue to sin, we continue to blow it.

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<v Speaker 2>It affects five areas. There are natural implications. There are

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<v Speaker 2>physical implications, there are emotional implications, there are relational implications,

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<v Speaker 2>and there are spiritual implications every time we blow it. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>so let's look at them. What are five results of

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<v Speaker 2>living in a fallen world? Number one, there are natural

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<v Speaker 2>disasters and deformities.

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<v Speaker 3>Natural disasters and.

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<v Speaker 2>Deformities nature doesn't always act in a rational way. It

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<v Speaker 2>often acts in an irrational way, and there are national

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<v Speaker 2>natural disasters. And when people ask why are their hurricanes

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<v Speaker 2>and why are their droughts? And why are there earthquakes?

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<v Speaker 2>And why are there tidal ways and all of these

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<v Speaker 2>other different natural disasters, the answer is very simple. The

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<v Speaker 2>planet is broken, it's fallen. This is not a perfect place.

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<v Speaker 2>And the Bible says that very clearly that there are

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<v Speaker 2>It's not perfect anymore. In fact, by tells us in

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<v Speaker 2>Romans eight twenty, creation was condemned to lose its purpose.

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<v Speaker 2>The original purpose of creation was to be in perfect

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<v Speaker 2>harmony with Man and perfect harmony with God. It is not,

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<v Speaker 2>and the elements are rough, and it can be very unkind.

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<v Speaker 2>And so today creation doesn't always work the right way.

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<v Speaker 3>The Bible says that it is.

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<v Speaker 2>Look at the next verse, creation is confused, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>when you look at things like how do animals get

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<v Speaker 2>sometimes deformed or defected? And why sometimes are babies born

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<v Speaker 2>with major defects and are major deformities, Well, it's because

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<v Speaker 2>of sin. Sin in my own personal life could be

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, in other words, if I'm a drug mom

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<v Speaker 2>and I take crack cocaine and then I have a

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<v Speaker 2>deformed baby.

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<v Speaker 3>That's the result of sin. Or if I've got AIDS

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<v Speaker 3>and then.

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<v Speaker 2>I pass it on that baby didn't do anything wrong,

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<v Speaker 2>but somebody did something wrong. Most likely they may, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>somebody gave them the wrong blood transfusion, or they had

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<v Speaker 2>sex with somebody who had AIDS or something. There was

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<v Speaker 2>some somewhere back something went wrong. And even when you

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<v Speaker 2>see things like Siamese twins that are born conjoined at

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<v Speaker 2>the head, where did that come from? It's because we

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<v Speaker 2>live on a broken planet. And the Bible says creation

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<v Speaker 2>is confused. It's not a perfect place, and all of

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<v Speaker 2>the environmental problems that we have in the world are

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<v Speaker 2>a result of sin. There was no pollution in the

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<v Speaker 2>garden of Eden, there was no raping of the landscape.

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<v Speaker 3>There was no you know, not taking care of the planet.

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<v Speaker 3>It was all because of sin.

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<v Speaker 2>The problems of physical problems on this planet are result

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<v Speaker 2>of evil.

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<v Speaker 3>In the world.

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<v Speaker 2>And the Bible tells us all of creation groans with

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<v Speaker 2>pain Romans eight twenty two. Why it groans with pain

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<v Speaker 2>because it knows it's not made for that way. It's

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<v Speaker 2>made to be in harmony. And actually nature is quite

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<v Speaker 2>harsh sometimes, so there are natural disasters and deformities. Second,

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<v Speaker 2>there is physical decay and death in the world because

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<v Speaker 2>we live in a fallen planet, physical decay and death.

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<v Speaker 2>The Bible says this in second Corindians four sixteen. Our

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<v Speaker 2>physical body is becoming older and weaker. Want to look

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<v Speaker 2>at you and I can prove that. Okay, you don't

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<v Speaker 2>have your youthful beauty, and our bodies are getting weaker

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<v Speaker 2>and they're getting older. There are no perfect bodies. You

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<v Speaker 2>can air brush them into perfection, but there are no

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<v Speaker 2>perfect bodies.

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<v Speaker 3>A lot of us have furniture, you know.

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<v Speaker 2>Our chest drops into our drawers and things do. Not

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<v Speaker 2>everything works right in your body.

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<v Speaker 3>Have you figured that out? It just why Because we're

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<v Speaker 3>in a fallen planet. Not everything works right.

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<v Speaker 2>If we're in a perfect planet, there would be no

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<v Speaker 2>need for doctors. But we live in a fallen world.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, I kind of hesitate telling you this. But

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<v Speaker 2>there's this guy who he went over here to the

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<v Speaker 2>claim jumper about a year ago, and his single guy

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<v Speaker 2>and he's sitting in a booth and a woman comes

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<v Speaker 2>in as a single woman, and she sits in the

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<v Speaker 2>booth right next to him, and she starts having a

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<v Speaker 2>sneezing attack and as she's sneezing.

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<v Speaker 3>I hate to tell you this, she's sneezing.

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<v Speaker 2>Real hard and her glass eye popped out and the

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<v Speaker 2>guy reaches over and he catches it before it hits

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<v Speaker 2>the ground. That's a way to start a conversation. So

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<v Speaker 2>he goes over and in that embarrassing moment, they start

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<v Speaker 2>talking to each other and they actually laugh about it,

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<v Speaker 2>and they actually end up going out on a date.

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<v Speaker 3>A year later, they're married.

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<v Speaker 2>They're married, and at the wedding, the pastor asked the

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<v Speaker 2>woman said, well, what was it about this guy that

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<v Speaker 2>really attracted you? And she said, well, you know, he

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<v Speaker 2>just kind of caught my eye.

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<v Speaker 3>Look at this verse up here on the screen.

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<v Speaker 2>Our earthly bodies, which die and decay, are different from

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<v Speaker 2>the bodies we're going to have in heaven, Thank God,

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<v Speaker 2>for they will never die. The bodies we have now

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<v Speaker 2>embarrass us. Anybody wants say amen on that. Okay, The

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<v Speaker 2>bodies we have now embarrass us for they become sick

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<v Speaker 2>and die, but they will be full of glory when

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<v Speaker 2>we come back to life again in heaven. So the

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<v Speaker 2>second problem is not only is the earth damage, but

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<v Speaker 2>we'd damage physically by sin by defects, and that's why

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<v Speaker 2>we have all these medical bills. We live in a

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<v Speaker 2>fallen planet. In physics, they call this the law of entropy.

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<v Speaker 2>And the law of entropy is that everything in the

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<v Speaker 2>universe is continuously, irreversibly decaying.

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<v Speaker 3>That's the law of entropy.

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<v Speaker 2>That all matter is degrading, and that all energy is dispersing.

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<v Speaker 2>They sinus have known this for years. It's dispersing into disorder.

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<v Speaker 2>In other words, this world is winding down, it's decaying, which,

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<v Speaker 2>by the way, totally contradicts the the you know, the

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<v Speaker 2>second law of thermo dynamics, and the law of entropy

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<v Speaker 2>totally discredits the law the theory of evolution, which says

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<v Speaker 2>things are getting better, things are getting more complex, and

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<v Speaker 2>they're getting improved. Well, it denies the second law thermodynamics. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>not only do we have decay, but we have death

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<v Speaker 2>in the world. And the Bible says this, everyone dies

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<v Speaker 2>because all of us are related to Adam, the first man. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>one of the reasons why we die is God doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>want us hanging around on an imperfect planet. To live

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<v Speaker 2>on a fallen planet for eternity, that would be hell.

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<v Speaker 3>And God says, I didn't make.

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<v Speaker 2>You to live in a place of imperfection forever. I

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<v Speaker 2>made you to live in a place of perfection forever.

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<v Speaker 2>So I want you to know me, choose to be

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<v Speaker 2>in my family so you can live in that place forever.

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<v Speaker 2>So one day God's going to shut down this earth

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<v Speaker 2>because he is prepared a place that's perfect in eternity.

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<v Speaker 2>The Bible says this, All creation anticipates the day when

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<v Speaker 2>it will join God children in glorious freedom from death

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<v Speaker 2>and decay.

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<v Speaker 3>Says, even the world.

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<v Speaker 2>Is looking for the Earth is looking. Nature's looking forward

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<v Speaker 2>to that day. So we've got natural disasters, and we

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<v Speaker 2>got physical decay and death. Number three, we have emotional

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<v Speaker 2>distress and disappointment.

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<v Speaker 3>Why do you get stressed out?

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<v Speaker 2>Why do you get disappointed because you live on a

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<v Speaker 2>fallen planet? You live in an imperfect world because evil

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<v Speaker 2>exists and sin exists, and stress is the result of

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<v Speaker 2>living in a damage, sinful world. And I don't know

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<v Speaker 2>if you've noticed this or not, but most things don't

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<v Speaker 2>live up to their hype. Most things are overrated and

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<v Speaker 2>they're told like they're the next thing since slice bread,

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<v Speaker 2>and that you know they're not all they're cracked up

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<v Speaker 2>to beat and you go to an event and you

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<v Speaker 2>go out, you go, is that all there is? Do

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<v Speaker 2>you remember that song is Peggy Lee or Brindley? Anybody

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<v Speaker 2>remember that song? Is that all they're? Those are all

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<v Speaker 2>the old folks in the church.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, But you know it just doesn't it? Why? Because

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<v Speaker 3>it doesn't last? You know.

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<v Speaker 2>As a pastor, of course, I've worked with a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of young couples who spend a year working on their

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<v Speaker 2>wedding and it's like, where are we going to put

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<v Speaker 2>the candies? And what kind of bag are the candies

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<v Speaker 2>going to be in? And what color are the candies?

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<v Speaker 2>And they spend an entire year and then it's over

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<v Speaker 2>in a couple hours. I've always thought if they spent

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<v Speaker 2>that much time in preparing for the marriage instead of

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<v Speaker 2>preparing for the wedding, we'd have stronger marriages and fewer divorces.

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<v Speaker 2>I know, people say, oh, we don't have time for

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<v Speaker 2>premarital counseling because we're too busy planning the wedding. I'll

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<v Speaker 2>tell you, the wedding isn't going to last. The marriage

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<v Speaker 2>is what you want to last. If you spend as

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<v Speaker 2>much time on pre marriage counseling, you but you're married,

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<v Speaker 2>you do far more for your relationship than what color

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<v Speaker 2>are the candies. So in a fallen world, we get

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<v Speaker 2>disappointed by events. They're just not all they're cracked up

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<v Speaker 2>to be we imagined. How many of you, be honest,

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<v Speaker 2>how many of you were ever disappointed by a prom?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah? Yeah, most of the men raise their hands. I

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<v Speaker 3>just saw that, you know.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, how many you have ever gone to a big

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<v Speaker 2>movie and then you walk down going what a waste?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 2>Have any of you ever been distressed or disappointed by

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<v Speaker 2>a vacation?

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<v Speaker 3>You know? I think job was. I found this verse

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<v Speaker 3>in the Bible. Here. It says here in Job six, p.

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<v Speaker 2>Twenty they are distressed because they had been confident. Then

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<v Speaker 2>they arrive only be disappointed. I think he's talking about Vegas. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>distressed because they'd been confident, you know, there's gonna be good, good, Oh,

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<v Speaker 2>we're gonna really have fun.

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<v Speaker 3>Then they arrive only to be disappointed.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, if you are a perfectionist, you're going to live

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<v Speaker 2>constantly with disappointment because there's nothing perfect in this world.

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<v Speaker 2>The Bible says, there is nothing perfect in the world

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<v Speaker 2>except truth.

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<v Speaker 3>God's word is perfect.

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<v Speaker 2>It's the only thing that's going to be perfect, so

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<v Speaker 2>everything else is going.

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<v Speaker 3>To disappoint you constantly. This is not heaven.

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<v Speaker 2>And part of maturity and part of growing up is learning,

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<v Speaker 2>and you have to teach us to your kids how

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<v Speaker 2>to deal with disappointment and learning how to deal with failure,

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<v Speaker 2>because you don't succeed in everything you.

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<v Speaker 3>Do, and if kids don't learn how to.

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<v Speaker 2>Fail, they are going to be warped in life. They

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<v Speaker 2>have to learn how to fail good because nobody succeeds

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<v Speaker 2>at everything, and it's a myth that you're going to

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<v Speaker 2>and how to deal with it, not just with your circumstances,

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<v Speaker 2>but you're gonna have to learn how to deal with

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<v Speaker 2>this appointment in yourself because you let yourself down a lot,

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<v Speaker 2>and you finally come to the point, you know what,

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<v Speaker 2>all of my dreams probably aren't going to be realized,

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm not really as good as I think I am,

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<v Speaker 2>and you start getting disappointed with yourself and a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of guys go through midlife crisis on that. Paul says

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<v Speaker 2>in Romans seven eighteen, I realized I don't have what

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<v Speaker 2>it takes. I can will it, but I can't do it.

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<v Speaker 2>And so we have to stop living in denial. And

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<v Speaker 2>that's why I love the Bible, because the Bible says,

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<v Speaker 2>have the sane estimate of yourself and your gifts. Know

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<v Speaker 2>what you're good at. Your shaped to do some certain

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<v Speaker 2>here's a fourth result of living in a fallen world,

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<v Speaker 2>and it is relational distance and discord. And this is

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<v Speaker 2>the one that really bothers us a lot. Relational distance

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<v Speaker 2>and discord. Every marriage conflict you've had, or conflict with

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<v Speaker 2>every marriage conflict.

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<v Speaker 3>I want what I want, You want what you want.

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<v Speaker 2>And when Adam and Eve sinned, it not only disconnected

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<v Speaker 2>him from God, it disconnected themselves from each other. Before

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<v Speaker 2>sin and evil entered the world, Adam and Eve had

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<v Speaker 2>the only perfect relationship. They're in the Garden of Eden,

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<v Speaker 2>place of perfection, by themselves, no in laws, no clothes,

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<v Speaker 2>no kids, no misunderstanding. Adam looks at or says Eve

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<v Speaker 2>you're the only woman in the world for me.

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<v Speaker 3>And he meant it. He wasn't lying, He meant it.

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<v Speaker 2>And I mean they're having one good time. And Adam

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<v Speaker 2>and Eve had soul and a see heart to heart,

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<v Speaker 2>not just sex, but man, they understood each other. They

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<v Speaker 2>were soulmates. It's like, you know, I just know exactly

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<v Speaker 2>what you're thinking. And today we're going I have no

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<v Speaker 2>idea what she's thinking. What in the world is she thinking,

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<v Speaker 2>What in the world is he thinking? You know, I

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<v Speaker 2>read about it or heard about a psychological study this

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<v Speaker 2>week that they put censors on male human beings and

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<v Speaker 2>they measured what phrases created the greatest stress in their lives.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm not making this up. This is not a joke. No,

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<v Speaker 3>my eye fell out.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah yeah, and uh, this is really true. They studied

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<v Speaker 2>what causes chemical reactions and a male body, and the

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<v Speaker 2>single phrase that creates the greatest source of stress in

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<v Speaker 2>the male anatomy is this phrase, honey, we need to talk.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm not making that up. Honey.

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<v Speaker 2>We need all kinds of physiological things, and it's not

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<v Speaker 2>in doorphins that go off in a male body when honey,

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<v Speaker 2>we need to talk, is said, why because we have

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<v Speaker 2>relational distance and discord, and the intimacy that Adam and

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<v Speaker 2>Eve had when there was no sin was replaced by

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<v Speaker 2>fear and hiding and distrust and shame, and every relationship

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<v Speaker 2>has had to deal with those ever since. In fact,

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<v Speaker 2>the Bible says this in Genesis three. They suddenly felt

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<v Speaker 2>shame at their nakedness, so they strung together fig leaves

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<v Speaker 2>together to cover themselves up. And people, men and women

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<v Speaker 2>have been covering up ever since. And I'm not just

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<v Speaker 2>talking about clothes, but we cover ourselves up emotionally, and

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<v Speaker 2>we don't let people get close to us, so we

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<v Speaker 2>don't let people see the real us, and we hide

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<v Speaker 2>from each other. In fact, Adam did the two things

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<v Speaker 2>that every human being does, every man and every woman

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<v Speaker 2>in relationships. He hid and he blamed when he sinned.

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<v Speaker 2>And God came to him, and God.

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<v Speaker 3>Says, where are you Adam?

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<v Speaker 2>Of course he knew exactly where he was, and Adam goes,

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<v Speaker 2>I was afraid, so I hid, as if you can

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<v Speaker 2>hide from God. I was afraid and I hid. What

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<v Speaker 2>are you hiding in your life? I was afraid and

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<v Speaker 2>I hid. I didn't let you see the real me.

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<v Speaker 2>And then he said, And then not only did he hide,

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<v Speaker 2>he blamed. He said, well, it's the woman that you

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<v Speaker 2>gave me that got me into this mess. And we've

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<v Speaker 2>been blaming each other for our problems ever since, hiding

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<v Speaker 2>and hurling, hiding and hurling, hiding and hurling. We hide

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<v Speaker 2>our own weaknesses and we hurl blame at other people

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<v Speaker 2>all the time, and it creates shame and fear and distrust,

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<v Speaker 2>and then we we cover ourselves up with fig leaves.

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<v Speaker 2>My question you this morning would be what's your fig leaf?

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<v Speaker 2>What's your fig leaf? What do you use to cover

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<v Speaker 2>up the real you? I know some people who use

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<v Speaker 2>humor and they make a joke out of everything because

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<v Speaker 2>they don't want anybody to get close to their real emotions.

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<v Speaker 2>And they're they're the joker. They don't let any everything's

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<v Speaker 2>a joke. And other people they play the martyr role,

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<v Speaker 2>and other people build a wall or a shell around them.

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm not going to ever let anybody hurt me again.

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<v Speaker 3>Where does that come from?

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<v Speaker 2>It comes from sin, which created evil, which created a

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<v Speaker 2>fallen planet.

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<v Speaker 3>We live in a fallen world.

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<v Speaker 2>And sin makes us defensive and distant and demanding, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>And we can joke about well, men are from Mars

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<v Speaker 2>and women are from Venus, and we don't know what

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<v Speaker 2>we're thinking. But the truth is, no doubt some of

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<v Speaker 2>you right now are in major pain right now, and

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sorry you're in major pain relationship. Why because of sin?

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<v Speaker 2>That's why. Because sin damages everything it touches. Now, there's

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<v Speaker 2>a fifth area, and it's spiritual discontent and darkness. Spiritual

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<v Speaker 2>discontent and darkness. Sin leaves a hole in your heart

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<v Speaker 2>that nothing can satisfy. I believe it was Pascal who

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<v Speaker 2>said there's a God shaped hole in our heart. We

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<v Speaker 2>try to fill it with everything else, money, sex, power, popularity,

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<v Speaker 2>but nothing. It's like putting a square in a round hole.

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<v Speaker 2>It doesn't fit. God can only feel that emptiness in

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<v Speaker 2>your heart. Saint Augustine said, thou hast made us for thyself, Lord,

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<v Speaker 2>and our hearts are restless until they find themselves. Indeed,

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<v Speaker 2>and so we go around unsatisfied, searching, unfulfilled, because we

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<v Speaker 2>don't know what we're missing. What we're missing is the

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<v Speaker 2>relationship with God that is broken by sinning.

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<v Speaker 3>We need to get reconnected.

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