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Rejection - Getting Past the Past - 226 · Marriage Life and More and Bible Study

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  Daniel Moore: In the past, my perception of God was characterized by caution and skepticism.
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  Daniel Moore: It was easy to be consumed by doubt and disbelief when faced with constant streams of chaos, tragedy and suffering depicted in the news.
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  Daniel Moore: Questions about how a loving God could allow such widespread pain and turmoil often plagued my thoughts.
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  Daniel Moore: For years, my understanding of God was clouded by uncertainty and fear.
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  Daniel Moore: When asked what I believe about God, my response would have been marked by skepticism and unease.
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  Daniel Moore: I viewed him as a mysterious and intimidating figure, prone to unpredictable actions.
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  Daniel Moore: That left me feeling unsure and apprehensive.
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  Daniel Moore: This week, on Connecting the Gap, we continue our mini-series on rejection.
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  Daniel Moore: This is Rejection Part 2, getting Past the Past.
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  Daniel Moore: We'll be back in a moment to continue that, right after this.
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  Daniel Moore: Welcome to Connecting the Gap.
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  Daniel Moore: I'm Daniel Moore, your host.
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  Daniel Moore: Thank you, guys for joining us once again this week for another episode of our podcast here at Connecting the Gap and, as I stated here in the beginning, we are in a mini-series on rejection.
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  Daniel Moore: We started that last week with episode one of that series.
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  Daniel Moore: It's a three-part series and this week we're going to be doing part two.
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  Daniel Moore: This week's episode Getting Past the Past episode Getting Past the Past.
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  Daniel Moore: When we moved into our current neighborhood, we thought we had hit the jackpot.
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  Daniel Moore: It was a beautiful, completely remodeled home with very little projects to worry about.
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  Daniel Moore: That was big in my book because if you know my wife and I personally and have visited our previous home of over 21 years, it was nothing but an ongoing project, nothing but a money pit.
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  Daniel Moore: It was built in the late 1800s initially and if you've ever seen the 1986 movie with Tom Hanks and Shelley Long Money Pit, well, that's the way I felt.
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  Daniel Moore: Every time we would start a new project.
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  Daniel Moore: It spawned about three more, it seemed.
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  Daniel Moore: So I was super excited with this house purchase, that is until we found out we had no internet options in our neighborhood.
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  Daniel Moore: I have a computer business on the side and that was a huge problem.
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  Daniel Moore: We spent the next several months trying different services until we finally found one that would slide us by.
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  Daniel Moore: Three years later we got the awesome news that our town was getting fiber.
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  Daniel Moore: It was like Christmas to me.
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  Daniel Moore: All I could do was sit and chew my fingernails and wait impatiently for them to get it buried so we could hook it up.
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  Daniel Moore: Then the day came, and then I found out they would have to install it on the south end of the house.
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  Daniel Moore: I needed it on the north end, in the loft above the garage.
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  Daniel Moore: So I started my game plan of how I would resolve this problem.
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  Daniel Moore: I decided to run a cable up my wall through my attic and then put in a plug in the loft.
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  Daniel Moore: Upon examination of the room it was installed in, I realized that the cable TV had been run through the wall already and it was in a wall box behind a plastic wall plate.
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  Daniel Moore: This is going to be easy.
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  Daniel Moore: I thought I can fasten my cable to the cable in the wall, have my wife feed it to me as I stand in the attic sweating, and pull it up.
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  Daniel Moore: I prepared all the cable and it's ready to go.
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  Daniel Moore: I go into my attic and dig around the insulation until I find the cable.
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  Daniel Moore: Are you ready?
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  Daniel Moore: I called out to my wife.
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  Daniel Moore: She was ready.
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  Daniel Moore: I grabbed the cable in my hands, leveraged myself on the rafters and pulled, strained, pulled and I strained and I pulled some more.
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  Daniel Moore: That cable didn't budge.
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  Daniel Moore: I'm like what in the world?
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  Daniel Moore: I grabbed the cable and started following it into the middle of the attic when I realized the cable was stapled down to all the rafters.
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  Daniel Moore: Then it dawned on me.
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  Daniel Moore: They installed this cable when they built the house.
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  Daniel Moore: I bet they stapled that cable all the way down that stud.
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  Daniel Moore: I go back downstairs to the bedroom to check it out.
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  Daniel Moore: I ended up cutting out the box and looked into the cutout on the wall.
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  Daniel Moore: Ended up cutting out the box and looked into the cutout on the wall.
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  Daniel Moore: My heart sank.
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  Daniel Moore: They had run the cable down the opposite side of the stud than the box was installed on and then drilled a hole through the stud, pulled the cable through and that cable wasn't going anywhere.
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  Daniel Moore: Man, how frustrating.
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  Daniel Moore: I really had wished it was an easy way, but there wasn't.
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  Daniel Moore: I was going to have to fish the cable down the wall and do it the hard way.
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  Daniel Moore: As I thought about it, though, I realized why they had done it that way.
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  Daniel Moore: The cable had to have some stability to it.
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  Daniel Moore: That way no one could accidentally pull it out of the wall and render it useless.
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  Daniel Moore: The cable wouldn't be very stable just hanging there unattached.
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  Daniel Moore: There was nothing astounding about that fact from a construction standpoint.
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  Daniel Moore: I mean, if you think about it, you can't expect too much stability from a cable that is hanging loose.
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  Daniel Moore: And that was kind of like looking into myself.
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  Daniel Moore: For many of my teenage years, I'd been expecting stability from an identity that could have been broken at any moment and left to hang there like a loose cable.
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  Daniel Moore: What a lot of you may not know is that when I was 11 years old, I was ran over by a 1970s model Lincoln Continental.
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  Daniel Moore: If you've been with me from the very beginning of this journey with my podcast, you would have heard me share that story in episode one entitled why I Do what I Do.
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  Daniel Moore: The part I didn't share in that story was all the pain, confusion and the many questions I asked myself and God throughout all my younger years.
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  Daniel Moore: The most influential portion of our lives is during our teenage years.
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  Daniel Moore: That's when we struggle the most to figure out where we belong, how do we become accepted and we attempt to make lifelong, lasting friendships.
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  Daniel Moore: That's also when we try to find a boyfriend or a girlfriend.
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  Daniel Moore: When I was hit by that car, it changed my whole life trajectory.
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  Daniel Moore: I quickly became an 11-year-old boy that was shy and didn't want to be seen by strangers.
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  Daniel Moore: I had scars on my face, hand and my shoulder.
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  Daniel Moore: The handsome profile I once had was seemingly altered for a lifetime and it made me very self-conscious about myself as I started my journey of having countless surgeries to fix the issues.
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  Daniel Moore: Some of the procedures that had to be done were even more embarrassing than my injuries.
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  Daniel Moore: I had a balloon on the side of my lower jaw and neck that was filled with two liters of saline every two weeks, which was to expand and cause skin to grow to fix the scars on my face.
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  Daniel Moore: I had that for close to a year.
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  Daniel Moore: I found myself trying to be funny in the crowd, cracking jokes and pulling pranks to try to draw attention away from the elephant in the room.
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  Daniel Moore: I constantly worried about what people would think of me with my disfiguration, and I knew it was going to be an issue when I would try to get a girl, and eventually it happened.
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  Daniel Moore: I liked a girl in school and we became pretty close friends.
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  Daniel Moore: I finally got the courage one day to ask her to be my girlfriend.
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  Daniel Moore: Keep in mind I was still too young to really go on dates.
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  Daniel Moore: I wasn't even old enough to drive.
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  Daniel Moore: I had worked my way up to being one of the most popular guys in our class and I had it going on, and my confidence was as high as it had ever been since that fateful day when I was run over and then it came crashing down.
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  Daniel Moore: She turned me down Not once, but several times over my high school years, and you know how it is when you think that you want something so badly but you can't get it, it just makes you want it even more.
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  Daniel Moore: You go to any lengths to get it.
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  Daniel Moore: During this time of the obvious rejection, I discovered two core fears that feed a person's vulnerability while being rejected.
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  Daniel Moore: Number one, the fear of being abandoned, and the second, the fear of losing one's identity.
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  Daniel Moore: As a teenage boy, I never expected to experience being abandoned or losing my sense of self.
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  Daniel Moore: However, I was starting to understand the pain of rejection all too well.
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  Daniel Moore: When someone you care about is there physically but emotionally distant, it can leave your heart feeling empty and powerless.
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  Daniel Moore: This holds true whether it's a spouse, a friend or any important figure in your life.
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  Daniel Moore: Rejection was starting to settle deep within my heart.
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  Daniel Moore: I felt myself coming to an earth-shattering conclusion I don't matter, I am worth nothing.
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  Daniel Moore: Why did this have to happen to me?
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  Daniel Moore: There were so many more people in the world that this could have happened to.
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  Daniel Moore: Why me?
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  Daniel Moore: What was more disturbing is I was starting to be angry with God.
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  Daniel Moore: My self-worth to Him was starting to be very shaky.
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  Daniel Moore: For years I had always been taught to put my identity in Christ.
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  Daniel Moore: I always heard and understood what they said and agreed with Colossians 3.12, as they would make us memorize it God's chosen people, holy and dearly beloved.
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  Daniel Moore: But when life would get hard and threatening, I'd revert right back to the pity party and the old thought patterns of feeling unwanted and rejected.
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  Daniel Moore: As I was standing there in the attic holding that cable in my hand that was stapled tight to the rafters, it reminded me of how it can't just halfway be done.
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  Daniel Moore: You can't take all the old thoughts and patterns and nail a little bit of Jesus' truth to it and expect it to have the stability it needed to stay where they installed it.
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  Daniel Moore: I have come to realize that I need to stop measuring God's goodness based on my feelings.
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  Daniel Moore: In the moment, emotions are unreliable and fleeting like a loose flapping cord, but the truth is constant, steadfast and unwavering.
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  Daniel Moore: To change my old ways of thinking, I must replace them with a new perspective based on God's truth.
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  Daniel Moore: Regarding my core identity, I need to firmly establish my sense of self and the reality of God's nature and His relationship to me.
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  Daniel Moore: This foundation will provide stability, untouched by shifting emotions and by aligning my understanding with God's truth, I can draw closer to Him and fully embrace my identity in Him.
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  Daniel Moore: Embrace my identity in Him.
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  Daniel Moore: When our sense of self is intertwined with external circumstances, we become vulnerable to insecurity.
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  Daniel Moore: The unpredictability and fluctuating nature of these circumstances can lead us to feel a major sense of unease.
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  Daniel Moore: We may find ourselves highly responsive to external validation, feeling cherished when complimented but devastated when criticized.
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  Daniel Moore: Our self-worth becomes tied to external affirmations, leaving us desperate to maintain relationships that validate our value.
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  Daniel Moore: The fear of losing these relationships becomes palpable as we perceive their departure not just as a loss of a person, but also as a loss of a piece of our own identity.
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  Daniel Moore: The mantra is I must keep things good so I can be good.
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  Daniel Moore: Constantly trying to manipulate and control situations to maintain an identity rooted in circumstances can be draining and overwhelming.
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  Daniel Moore: The effort to protect this fragile identity can take a toll on us emotionally, leaving us feeling trapped and insecure.
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  Daniel Moore: This ongoing struggle can overshadow the true essence of who we are, burying our authentic selves behind a facade of insecurity and self-doubt.
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  Daniel Moore: It is imperative to put an end to the deceit and immense pain that arises from aligning our identity with ever-changing circumstances.
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  Daniel Moore: Rather than being swayed by the unpredictable nature of external factors, we should anchor our sense of self to the steadfast, unwavering and unquestionably good nature of God.
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  Daniel Moore: By forging a connection with Him and acknowledging our true identity in Him, we can escape the turmoil perpetuated by a circumstantial sense of self.
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  Daniel Moore: This realization unravels in the quiet moments when we wholeheartedly surrender ourselves to God, declaring I belong to you, god.
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  Daniel Moore: I am not who people say that I am.
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  Daniel Moore: I am not defined by likes on social media or the comments that try to tell me who I am.
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  Daniel Moore: I am not who the mess-ups and screw-ups say that I am.
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  Daniel Moore: I am not what all my flaws and my shortcomings say that I am.
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  Daniel Moore: I'm going to quit teasing myself with the unstable things of this world and everything it throws at me and become totally sold out and in love with you.
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  Daniel Moore: I am loved, I am special, I am yours, god.
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  Daniel Moore: I am God's forever.
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  Daniel Moore: It is in these moments of surrender that we find our authentic selves and establish an unbreakable bond with our Creator.
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  Daniel Moore: The more emotionally and intimately intertwined with God we are, the more stable we become and the more secure we are in our identity.
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  Daniel Moore: But that brings up a very difficult question.
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  Daniel Moore: It's easy to say it, but how do we live this?
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  Daniel Moore: It's easy to say it, but how do we live this, how do we really live this out in the midst of all the chaos, the ups and downs and the messes?
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  Daniel Moore: How do we live this when one day we are accepted but then the next rejected, the days of the positive and the days of the unpredictable?
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  Daniel Moore: We need to develop an intimacy-based identity, and this starts with sincerely answering these three questions.
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  Daniel Moore: Number one is God good?
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  Daniel Moore: Number two is God good to me?
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  Daniel Moore: And thirdly, do I trust God to be God?
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  Daniel Moore: If you can win a wrestling match with these questions, you will start to feel the stability and your life start to build up.
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  Daniel Moore: The first question is God good?
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  Daniel Moore: Well, in my past, my perception of God was characterized by caution and skepticism.
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  Daniel Moore: It was easy to be consumed by doubt and disbelief when faced with the constant stream of chaos, tragedy and suffering depicted in the news.
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  Daniel Moore: When faced with the constant stream of chaos, tragedy and suffering depicted in the news, questions about how a loving God could allow such widespread pain and turmoil often plagued my thoughts.
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  Daniel Moore: For years, my understanding of God was clouded by uncertainty and fear.
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  Daniel Moore: When asked what I believed about God, my response would have been marked by skepticism and unease.
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  Daniel Moore: I viewed Him as a mysterious and intimidating figure prone to unpredictable actions.
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  Daniel Moore: That left me feeling unsure and apprehensive.
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  Daniel Moore: While I never questioned God's power or authority, there were moments when I grappled with doubts about His goodness.
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  Daniel Moore: There were moments when I grappled with doubts about His goodness.
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  Daniel Moore: The presence of suffering and injustice in the world often led me to question how a loving God could allow such pain to exist.
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  Daniel Moore: However, by shifting my focus from my fleeting emotions to the unchanging truth of God's character, I began to see His goodness in a different perspective.
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  Daniel Moore: By seeking clarity in the eternal truth of His nature, I discovered an awesome understanding of God's goodness that transcended my limited human perspective.
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  Daniel Moore: This shift in perspective allowed me to perceive God's goodness in a new and enlightening way, deepening my faith and trust in His divine plan.
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  Daniel Moore: In Genesis 1.31, it is written.
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  Daniel Moore: This verse encapsulates the inherent goodness of God that has been evident since the creation of the world.
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  Daniel Moore: As God formed, shaped, painted and sculpted the earth and all living creatures, his goodness permeated every aspect of His creation.
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  Daniel Moore: His divine touch infused every detail with love and care, reflecting His perfect nature in the beauty and intricacy of the world around us, from the majestic mountains to the delicate petals of a flower.
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  Daniel Moore: God's goodness is manifested in the harmonious balance and diverse beauty of His creation.
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  Daniel Moore: Each creature and each element of the natural world is a testament of His love and goodness, a reflection of the Creator's infinite wisdom and grace.
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  Daniel Moore: As we marvel at the wonders of creation, we witness the absolute goodness of God that has been present since the beginning of time, when Adam and Eve made the choice to disobey God and sin.
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  Daniel Moore: Their actions had far-reaching consequences that impacted all of creation.
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  Daniel Moore: The consequences of their sin tainted the harmony and perfection of God's creation, causing a disruption in the inherent goodness of the world.
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  Daniel Moore: The ripple effects of their disobedience penetrated the fabric of creation, tarnishing the purity and perfection that God had originally intended.
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  Daniel Moore: While there are still elements of beauty and goodness in the world, the presence of sin has distorted the full reflection of God's perfection.
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  Daniel Moore: The consequences of Adam and Eve's sin introduce suffering, brokenness and imperfection into the world, creating a stark contrast to the original goodness of creation.
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  Daniel Moore: Romans 8.21 states that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God.
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  Daniel Moore: This verse displays the concept that creation is currently in a state of bondage and decay, a result of the brokenness and imperfection introduced by sin into the world.
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  Daniel Moore: The presence of deadly weather events, car accidents, illnesses such as cancer, sickness and famines are not reflective of God's original design for creation.
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  Daniel Moore: These hardships and sufferings are consequences of the fallen state of the world due to sin.
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  Daniel Moore: The bondage and decay in the world testify to the brokenness and corruption that permeate the creation as a result of humanity's disobedience and separation from God.
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  Daniel Moore: The promise conveyed in Romans 8.21 offers hope and redemption for creation, asserting that one day the world will be liberated from its current state of decay and brought into a new state of freedom and glory through the work of God.
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  Daniel Moore: This verse illuminates the ultimate plan of restoration and renewal that God has in store for creation, where suffering and pain will be replaced by freedom and glory, in alignment with His perfect design.
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  Daniel Moore: The brokenness of the world serves as a poignant reminder of the need for redemption and the promise of a future where creation will be restored to its intended state of perfection and harmony with God.
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  Daniel Moore: In no way did sin affect the goodness of God.
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  Daniel Moore: Psalm 96, 13 states Let all creation rejoice before the Lord, for he comes.
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  Daniel Moore: He comes to judge the earth.
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  Daniel Moore: He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in His faithfulness.
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  Daniel Moore: This verse reveals that God has a good plan to ultimately rid the world of every effect of sin through His righteous judgment.
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  Daniel Moore: God's judgment will bring justice and righteousness to all peoples, eradicating the sin and its consequences that plague the world.
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  Daniel Moore: In light of this truth, I believe that God is good.
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  Daniel Moore: His plan to judge the world in righteousness and faithfulness demonstrates His love and desire for restoration and redemption, the fact that God is just and merciful and that he works towards the ultimate elimination of sin reassures me of His goodness and His grace.
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  Daniel Moore: The second question is God good to me?
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  Daniel Moore: Well, based on some of the experiences I've had in my life, it is easy for me to want to be mad at God and say that he isn't good to me.
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  Daniel Moore: You know, I'm always getting the short end of the stick.
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  Daniel Moore: Even as long as I've been a Christian in my life which is most of it I have always known that God loved me.
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  Daniel Moore: But I always still wondered why that, even as a Christian, some things still had to be so painful.
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  Daniel Moore: Cs Lewis says it best we are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us.
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  Daniel Moore: We are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be.
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  Daniel Moore: And at this point someone in Bible study whips out Romans 8, 28 and reassures us of God's goodness by stating this verse emphasizes that God works for our ultimate good, even in the midst of difficult circumstances and trials.
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  Daniel Moore: It reminds us that God's plans for us are always good and that he is actively working for our benefit.
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  Daniel Moore: Verses 5 and 6 of the same chapter.
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  Daniel Moore: They further solidify this assurance by stating those who live in according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires, but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.
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  Daniel Moore: The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace.
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  Daniel Moore: These verses explain the importance of aligning our thoughts and desires with the Spirit of God, which leads to life and peace.
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  Daniel Moore: Therefore, when we trust in God's goodness and seek to live in accordance with His Spirit, we can have confidence that he is working all things for our good.
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  Daniel Moore: By focusing our minds on the things of God and walking in obedience to His will, we can experience the life and peace that come from being in alignment with His purposes for us.
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  Daniel Moore: This additional layer of assurance reinforces the belief that God is indeed good and that His plans for us are ultimately for our benefit and flourishing In my spirit, I believe.
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  Daniel Moore: Trust God to be God.
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  Daniel Moore: Well, in Isaiah, chapter 26, verses 3 and 4, it says you will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast because they trust in you, trust in the Lord forever, that God is good and that he is good to us.
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  Daniel Moore: We must now trust in Him completely to be God in our lives?
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  Daniel Moore: This final question is crucial for stabilizing our identities and fully anchoring us in God's peace.
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  Daniel Moore: Trusting in the Lord means surrendering control and relying on His wisdom and guidance.
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  Daniel Moore: It means acknowledging His sovereignty and believing that he will work all things together for our good.
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  Daniel Moore: When we fully trust in God to be God, we can experience perfect peace and security, knowing that he is our eternal rock and foundation.
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  Daniel Moore: By trusting in God's goodness and His sovereignty, we can find stability and security in our identities and anchor ourselves firmly in His love and grace.
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  Daniel Moore: Trusting in God allows us to fully lean on Him in times of trial and uncertainty, knowing that he will never fail us.
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  Daniel Moore: The Hebrew word for steadfast used in Isaiah 26, 3, is samak S-A-M-A-K.
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  Daniel Moore: It carries a powerful meaning to brace, uphold.
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  Daniel Moore: It carries a powerful meaning to brace, uphold, support.
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  Daniel Moore: In essence, it says those whose mind or purpose is sustained.
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  Daniel Moore: The word paints a vivid picture of firmness and strength, indicating that those whose minds are fully braced, upheld and supported by the truth and trust in God will be kept in perfect peace.
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  Daniel Moore: Our mind feasts on what it focuses on.
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  Daniel Moore: What consumes our thoughts will shape our beliefs, attitudes and, ultimately, our identities.
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  Daniel Moore: This expresses the importance of filling our mind with the truth of God's goodness and His faithfulness.
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  Daniel Moore: Trusting God in all circumstances is a choice that we must make daily.
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  Daniel Moore: Will we trust that God sees and knows things we don't?
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  Daniel Moore: Will we trust Him even when we don't understand why certain things are happening?
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  Daniel Moore: Will we trust Him when life gets tough, when relationships fail, when our hearts ache with pain?
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  Daniel Moore: Trusting God to the point where we fully surrender control of our lives and those we love to Him requires a deep level of faith and reliance on His promises.
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  Daniel Moore: It means acknowledging that His ways are higher than ours and His plans are always for our good, even when we can't see it in the moment.
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  Daniel Moore: When we choose to trust God wholeheartedly, we can experience a peace that surpasses all understanding.
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  Daniel Moore: We can find stability and security in His unchanging nature, knowing that he is always with us, upholding and supporting us through every trial and triumph.
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  Daniel Moore: Trusting God in this way can truly anchor our identities in His love and grace, allowing us to live with confidence and assurance in His perfect will for our lives.
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  Daniel Moore: When we affirm that God is good and that he is good to us, it becomes essential to trust Him completely in all areas of our lives.
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  Daniel Moore: This means filling in the gaps of uncertainty with a resounding declaration of trust.
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  Daniel Moore: God is good at being God.
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  Daniel Moore: We don't have to try to figure out every detail of our circumstances, fill the void left by someone's absence or unravel all the mysteries of life.
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  Daniel Moore: Instead, we can simply choose to trust.
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  Daniel Moore: Trusting in God involves letting go of our need for control and understanding and surrendering to His divine plan.
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  Daniel Moore: It means acknowledging His wisdom and sovereignty and allowing Him to work things out in His perfect timing and way.
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  Daniel Moore: By trusting in His goodness and faithfulness, we can find peace and rest in the midst of life's unknowns and uncertainties.
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  Daniel Moore: When we come before God in quiet humility, without our own personal agenda, and simply say God, I want your truth to be the loudest voice in my life.
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  Daniel Moore: Correct me, comfort me, come closer still.
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  Daniel Moore: When we can say that we are demonstrating our willingness to trust Him completely, we are choosing to let God take the lead in sorting out the complexities of our life and aligning ourselves with His perfect will.
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  Daniel Moore: In this place of trust and surrender, we can experience the presence and power of God in an awesome way.
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  Daniel Moore: We can rest assured that he is working all things together for our good, even when we can't see the bigger picture, assured that he is working all things together for our good, even when we can't see the bigger picture.
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  Daniel Moore: By affirming that God is good at being God, we affirm our faith in His character and His ability to guide, provide and protect us through every season of life, and in this trust-filled surrender we can find peace, hope and strength to face whatever comes our way.
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  Daniel Moore: We can find peace, hope and strength to face whatever comes our way, knowing that God is indeed good at being God.
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  Daniel Moore: Although our experiences may differ, it is likely that you, like me, have faced past rejections that led you to seek stability in unhealthy ways.
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  Daniel Moore: The pain of rejection can linger and hold us back unless we actively work to move past it.
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  Daniel Moore: This is why we have been replacing negative thoughts with a new understanding of God and how that shapes our identities.
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  Daniel Moore: As I mentioned before, what we focus on becomes what we feast on.
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  Daniel Moore: You can understand a person's focus by listening to the words they speak.
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  Daniel Moore: We exist in a world that is marred by brokenness, making rejection a constant possibility, even from those who share our faith.
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  Daniel Moore: However, despite this looming threat, we can take peace in the anticipation of God's final redemption, can take peace in the anticipation of God's final redemption.
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  Daniel Moore: This hope is encapsulated in Jesus, who introduced us to a love that endures, remains steadfast and never wavers.
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  Daniel Moore: No matter who rejects us, their actions cannot negate the unwavering love that God has for us.
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  Daniel Moore: This fact is irrefutable and absolute.
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  Daniel Moore: The most exquisite love story we can engage in is the one we were designed to experience with God.
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  Daniel Moore: We can leap into each new day a little differently just by saying God is good, god is good to me, god is good at being God, and today is yet another chapter in our love story.
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  Daniel Moore: So, no matter what you may face today, it will not impact or modify this reality in any manner.
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  Daniel Moore: Raise your hands, open your heart and embrace this undeniable truth.
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  Daniel Moore: That's going to end this week's episode.
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  Daniel Moore: Next week, we're going to conclude our mini-series on rejection, as we'll release episode three of that series.
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  Daniel Moore: And as we go, don't forget that God's Word never fails us.
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