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April 10 - John 14 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's Sean here. It's Thursday.
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  It's the 10th of April and the 10th of April.
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  Did you know is National Hug your Dog Day?
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  That's right, it's, it's a day about our furry friends.
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  If you've got a dog and you sometimes hug it, today is
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  definitely a day that you need to give your dog a hug.
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  And if you are a dog hugger, usually, well, extra cuddles for
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  you, for your furry mate. Today, if you don't have a dog,
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  please don't go up to some rando dog on the street and give it a
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  hug because that could end very badly and I would not want to be
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  responsible for anyone's ear getting lopped off.
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  Ah yes, even when their breath isn't amazing.
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  Yeah, we do love them. We do love them.
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  Thank you Lord, for our dogs. They are beautiful things who
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  give us just a taste of that unconditional love that you give
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  us. But today, today's all about
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  unconditional love. Today we are going back up into
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  that upper room to hear more of what Jesus is going to share
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  with his disciples as He tells them all about this coming
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  Helper who is going to come to be with them and to be with you
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  and me, friends. So let's read together John
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  chapter 14. Don't let your hearts be
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  troubled. Trust in God and trust also in
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  me. There is more than enough room
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  in my Father's home. If this were not so, would I've
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  told you that I'm going to prepare a place for you.
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  When everything is ready, I will come and get you so that you
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  will always be with me where I am and you know the way to where
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  I'm going. No, we don't know, Lord, Thomas
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  said. We have no idea where you are
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  going. So how can we know the way Jesus
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  told him I am, the way, the truth and the life.
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  No one can come to the Father except through me.
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  If you had really known me, you would know who my Father is from
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  now on. You do know him and have seen
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  him, Philip said. Lord, show us the Father and we
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  will be satisfied. Jesus replied.
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  Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and yet you still
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  don't know who I am. Anyone who has seen me has seen
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  the Father, so why are you asking me to show him to you?
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  Don't you believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in
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  me? The words I speak are not my
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  own, but my Father who lives in me, does his work through me.
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  Just believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me,
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  or at least believe because of the work you have seen me do.
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  I tell you the truth. Anyone who believes in me will
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  do the same works I have done and even greater works because
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  I'm going to be with the Father. You can ask for anything in my
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  name, and I will do it so that the Son can bring glory to the
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  Father. Yes, ask me for anything in my
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  name and I will do it. If you love me, obey my
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  commandments and I will ask the Father and He will give you
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  another advocate who will never leave you.
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  He is the Holy Spirit who leads into all truth.
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  The world cannot receive him because it isn't looking for Him
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  and doesn't recognise him. But you know him because He
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  lives with you now and later will be in you.
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  No, I will not abandon you as orphans.
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  I will come to you soon. The world will no longer see me,
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  but you will see me. Since I live, You also will
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  live. When I am raised to life again,
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  you will know that I am in my Father and You are in me, and I
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  am in You. Those who accept my commandments
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  and obey them are the ones who love me, and because they love
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  me, my Father will love them and I will love them and reveal
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  myself to each of them. Judas.
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  Not Judas Iscariot, but the other disciple with that name
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  said to him. Lord, why are you going to
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  reveal yourself only to us and not to the world at large?
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  Jesus replied. All who love me will do what I
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  say, My Father will love them, and we will come and make our
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  home in each of them. Anyone who doesn't love me will
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  not obey me. And remember, my words are not
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  my own. What I'm telling you is from the
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  Father who sent me. I'm telling you these things now
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  while I'm still with you, but when the Father sends the
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  Advocate as my representative, that is the Holy Spirit.
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  He will teach you everything and will remind you of everything I
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  have told you. I'm leaving you with a gift,
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  Peace of Mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift
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  the world cannot give. So don't be troubled or afraid.
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  Remember what I told you. I'm going away, but I will come
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  back to you again. If you really loved me, you
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  would be happy that I'm going to the Father who is greater than I
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  am. I've told you these things
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  before they happen so that when they do happen, you will
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  believe. I don't have much more time to
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  talk to you because the ruler of this world approaches.
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  He has no power over me, but I will do what the Father requires
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  of me so that the world will know that I love the Father.
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  Come, let's be going. Oh Jesus, what a gracious and
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  generous God you are. Thank you for giving us your
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  spirit. Thank you that in this real way,
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  you live here within us. And right now, as we pray this
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  prayer, you are resident right here in our hearts, and you hear
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  us and you respond to us. And Lord, thank you for this
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  beautiful picture that you paint as you speak about your Father's
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  house, and that you have gone there to make a place specially
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  for each one of us, so that we will be able to be with you
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  where you are, not just for a chapter for a time, but for
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  eternity. Ah, that special grace and
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  lavish love that you just so freely give us truly is a game
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  changer. Thank you Jesus, thank you for
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  calling us to be your disciples, for giving us faith in our
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  hearts and hope always in you. May we always cling tightly to
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  that as our firm foundation and our glorious hope.
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  And we pray all of this in your saving name, Jesus, Amen.