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Night Prayer for Deep Rest Abide Meditation & Bible Sleep - Abide Meditation App · Abide Meditation App

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  Speaker 1: Abide Meditation has everything you need for a peaceful night's sleep.
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  Speaker 1: Download Abide from the app Store today. Hello and welcome
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  Speaker 1: to this sleep story from Abide. I'm James. Thanks for
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  Speaker 1: joining me for tonight's story, the Prayers of Paul. As
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  Speaker 1: you fall asleep, you'll rest in the prayers of the
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  Speaker 1: apostle who encountered Christ, who surrendered to Christ, and who
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  Speaker 1: lived out the remainder of his days spreading the Gospel
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  Speaker 1: of Christ. Paul's life was never the same, and he
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  Speaker 1: wanted the world to know it. He wrote in Romans eleven,
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  Speaker 1: verse thirty three, Oh the depth of the riches and
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  Speaker 1: wisdom and knowledge of God. How insearchable are his judgments
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  Speaker 1: and how inscrutable his ways. Paul's life story is an
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  Speaker 1: inspiration to all of us. It's one of humility, grace,
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  Speaker 1: and mercy and redemption. It's one of second chances and
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  Speaker 1: new beginnings. Paul's life reminds us that it's never too
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  Speaker 1: late to turn your life around. Paul's life reminds us
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  Speaker 1: that no one is beyond God's redeeming power. In his
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  Speaker 1: former life, Paul persecuted the Church, but in his new
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  Speaker 1: life in Christ, he was a truth teller and a
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  Speaker 1: spirit filled evangelist. He began his life as a hater
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  Speaker 1: of God's son and ended it as the most significant
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  Speaker 1: missionary and theologian in Christian history. Paul had seen Jesus
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  Speaker 1: face to face. He had experienced Christ's radical love. He
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  Speaker 1: wanted the world to know. Tonight you'll experience that same love. Tonight.
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  Speaker 1: You'll rest in the promises of the God who rescued Paul,
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  Speaker 1: who saved him and turned his life around. You'll rest
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  Speaker 1: in the promises of the God who gave Paul indescribable
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  Speaker 1: peace and joy. The same God who rescued Paul is
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  Speaker 1: reaching out to you right now, offering you his love,
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  Speaker 1: his grace, and mercy his peace. Rest in God's promises.
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  Speaker 1: Before we begin tonight's story, let's take a moment to
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  Speaker 1: ensure everything around you is perfect for a peaceful night's sleep.
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  Speaker 1: If you need to pause the app during this time,
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  Speaker 1: that's okay. You can come right back. Take a moment
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  Speaker 1: to check on your lights, your windows, perhaps even the thermostat.
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  Speaker 1: Fluff your pillow, check on your sheet and your blanket.
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  Speaker 1: Your body needs a good night's sleep, your mind does two.
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  Speaker 1: Prepare to nestle in God's goodness. Stretch out your arms
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  Speaker 1: and your legs, wiggle your fingers and your toes. Let
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  Speaker 1: your head and neck sink into the pillow. Take a deep,
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  Speaker 1: relaxing breath, inhaling through your nose and exhaling through your mouth.
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  Speaker 1: Take another deep breath. Hold it there for a moment. One, two, three,
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  Speaker 1: Now slowly, as you continue this calming exercise, hand all
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  Speaker 1: of your burdens to God. Hand him your burdens from work,
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  Speaker 1: from school, from home, whatever it is. Let him carry
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  Speaker 1: it tonight. Let him fix whatever is broken in your life.
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  Speaker 1: He's the creator of heaven and earth. He's the maker
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  Speaker 1: of the highest mountains and the deepest seas. He's all powerful,
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  Speaker 1: all knowing. He's got this. As you hand your problems
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  Speaker 1: to God, receive his love, his peace. Trade to your
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  Speaker 1: trials and life for God's calming presence, his warm embrace.
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  Speaker 1: Invite God to be with you. There is nothing you
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  Speaker 1: can do to escape his love. He's like a giant eagle,
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  Speaker 1: caring for its young, its massive wings encircling the nest,
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  Speaker 1: covering and comforting its tiny eaglets. He's always by your side,
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  Speaker 1: always cheering you on. At His name. You have victory
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  Speaker 1: rest in God's love, God's peace, God's presence. Let me
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  Speaker 1: pray for you, Father, God, thank you for this child
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  Speaker 1: of yours. Thank you for creating them, for loving them,
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  Speaker 1: for showing them your grace and mercy each and every day. Father,
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  Speaker 1: you have walked beside this child of yours to day.
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  Speaker 1: You have carried them when they could go no further.
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  Speaker 1: You have protected them, you have guided them. Now God,
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  Speaker 1: I ask that you will hold them safely in your arms,
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  Speaker 1: give them sweet dreams, bless them with peaceful thoughts. Father,
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  Speaker 1: I ask that you will carry their burdens. I ask
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  Speaker 1: that you will repair what is broken in their lives.
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  Speaker 1: Surround them with your presence, fill them with your supernatural peace,
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  Speaker 1: just as you did with the Apostle Paul, calm their
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  Speaker 1: heart their mind. Like a shepherd watching over and protecting
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  Speaker 1: his sheep. I ask that you will watch over and
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  Speaker 1: protect this child of yours. Bless them tonight, Father, and
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  Speaker 1: grant them sweet dreams. Help them to wake up, refreshed
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  Speaker 1: and full of energy, ready to serve you another day.
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  Speaker 1: It's in Jesus' name that I amen. As you fall
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  Speaker 1: asleep tonight, we'll journey back in time. Some two thousand
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  Speaker 1: years to the Holy Land, to the time of ancient
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  Speaker 1: Jerusalem and Judaea. It's the soil where Jesus walked. It's
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  Speaker 1: where he healed the sick and gave sight to the blind.
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  Speaker 1: It's a land along a deep blue sea. It's filled
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  Speaker 1: with rolling hills and fertile valleys. It's where he called
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  Speaker 1: out Peter, James, and John. It's where he was crucified,
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  Speaker 1: was buried, and rose again. Just a couple of decades ago.
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  Speaker 1: He ascended into the sky above us, telling his disciples
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  Speaker 1: before he departed, you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem
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  Speaker 1: and in all Judaea and Samaria, and to the end
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  Speaker 1: of the earth. For the longest time, the apostle Paul
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  Speaker 1: hated Christ's message. He hated Christ's followers too, persecuting them.
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  Speaker 1: But then Jesus met Paul face to face on the
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  Speaker 1: dusty road to Damascus. Jesus turned his life around. He
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  Speaker 1: filled Paul with the Holy Spirit and told him to
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  Speaker 1: proclaim his name to the Gentiles and their kings and
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  Speaker 1: to the people of Israel. Jesus transformed Paul from a
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  Speaker 1: mocker into a missionary. Paul experienced God's grace and mercy,
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  Speaker 1: and he was never the same. He dedicated the rest
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  Speaker 1: of his life to spreading God's love. Paul's words and
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  Speaker 1: Ephesians one include some of the most comforting themes in
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  Speaker 1: scripture about God and his love for us. If Esians
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  Speaker 1: one also includes one of Paul's most famous prayers. As
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  Speaker 1: I read this chapter, now rest in God's promises. These
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  Speaker 1: words were written for all God's people throughout the centuries,
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  Speaker 1: including you, Paul an apostle of Christ Jesus by the
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  Speaker 1: will of God to God's Holy people and of Jesus
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  Speaker 1: the faithful in Christ. Jesus, Grace and peace to you
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  Speaker 1: from God, our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Praise
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  Speaker 1: be to God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
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  Speaker 1: who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every
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  Speaker 1: spiritual blessing in Christ, for He chose us in Him
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  Speaker 1: before the creation of the world, to be holy and
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  Speaker 1: blameless in his sight. In love, He predestined us for
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  Speaker 1: adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his
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  Speaker 1: pleasure and will, to the praise of His glorious grace,
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  Speaker 1: which He has freely given us in the one he loves.
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  Speaker 1: In Him, we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness
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  Speaker 1: of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace
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  Speaker 1: that he lavished on us. With all wisdom and understanding,
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  Speaker 1: he made known to us the mystery of His will
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  Speaker 1: according to his good pleasure, which He purposed in Christ
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  Speaker 1: to be put into effect when the times reach their fulfillment,
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  Speaker 1: to bring unity to all things in heaven and on
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  Speaker 1: earth under Christ. In Him, we were also chosen, having
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  Speaker 1: been predestined according to the plan of Him who works
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  Speaker 1: out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will,
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  Speaker 1: in order that we who were the first to put
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  Speaker 1: our hope in Christ, might be for the praise of
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  Speaker 1: His glory. And you also were included in Christ when
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  Speaker 1: you heard the message of truth, the Gospel of your salvation,
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  Speaker 1: when you believed you were marked in Him with the
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  Speaker 1: seal the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing
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  Speaker 1: our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God's
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  Speaker 1: possession to the praise of His glory. For this reason,
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  Speaker 1: ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord
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  Speaker 1: Jesus and your love for all God's people, I have
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  Speaker 1: not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you In my prayers,
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  Speaker 1: I keep asking that the God of our Lord, Jesus Christ,
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  Speaker 1: the Glorious Father, may give you the spirit of wisdom
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  Speaker 1: and revelation, so that you may know him better. I
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  Speaker 1: pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened
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  Speaker 1: in order that you may know the hope to which
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  Speaker 1: He has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance
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  Speaker 1: in his Holy people, and his incomparably great power for
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  Speaker 1: us who believe that power is the same as the
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  Speaker 1: mighty strength He exerted when He raised Christ from the
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  Speaker 1: dead and seated him at his right hand in the
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  Speaker 1: heavenly realms, far above all rule and authority, power and dominion,
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  Speaker 1: and every name that is invoked, not only in the
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  Speaker 1: present age, but also in the one to come. And
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  Speaker 1: God placed all things under his feet and appointed him
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  Speaker 1: to be head over everything for the Church, which is
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  Speaker 1: His body, the fullness of Him who fills everything. In
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  Speaker 1: every way. Rest in God God's promises. The apostle Paul says,
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  Speaker 1: you were chosen in Christ before the creation of the world.
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  Speaker 1: He says you were marked with the seal the Holy Spirit.
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  Speaker 1: He says, you have an inheritance waiting for you in Heaven.
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  Speaker 1: Nothing in this world can compare to the blessings of
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  Speaker 1: God and his Kingdom. His kingdom never rusts it ever tarnishes.
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  Speaker 1: His kingdom is forever rest in God's truth. As we
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  Speaker 1: continue exploring the prayers and words of Paul, they were
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  Speaker 1: written for you, Embrace them. Tewond Corinthians one three through seven.
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  Speaker 1: Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord,
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  Speaker 1: Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of
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  Speaker 1: all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so
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  Speaker 1: that we can comfort those in any trouble with the
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  Speaker 1: comfort we ourselves receive from God. For just as we
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  Speaker 1: share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ, so also our
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  Speaker 1: comfort abounds through Christ. If we are distressed, it is
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  Speaker 1: for your comfort and salvation. If we are comforted, it
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  Speaker 1: is for your comfort, which produces in you patient endurance
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  Speaker 1: of the same sufferings we suffer. And our hope for
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  Speaker 1: you is firm because we know that just as you
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  Speaker 1: share in our sufferings, so also you share in our comfort.
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  Speaker 1: Second Corinthians two, fourteen through sixteen. But thanks be to
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  Speaker 1: God who always leads us as captives in Christ's triumphal
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  Speaker 1: procession and uses us to spread the aroma of the
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  Speaker 1: knowledge of Him everywhere we are to God, the pleasing
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  Speaker 1: aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and
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  Speaker 1: those who are perishing. To the one, we are in
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  Speaker 1: aroma that brings death, to the other, an aroma that
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  Speaker 1: brings life. And who is equal to such a task.
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  Speaker 1: Philippians one three through eleven. I thank my God every
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  Speaker 1: time I remember you and all my prayers for all
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  Speaker 1: of you. I always pray with joy because of your
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  Speaker 1: partnership in the Gospel, from the first day until now,
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  Speaker 1: being confident of this, that he who began a good
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  Speaker 1: work in you will carry it on to completion until
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  Speaker 1: the day of Christ Jesus. And this is my prayer,
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  Speaker 1: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge
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  Speaker 1: and depth of insight, so that you may be able
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  Speaker 1: to discern what is best and may be pure and
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  Speaker 1: blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit
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  Speaker 1: of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory
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  Speaker 1: and praise of God. That's God's promise for you, that
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  Speaker 1: he who began a good work in you will carry
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  Speaker 1: it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
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  Speaker 1: I will read that again he who began a good
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  Speaker 1: work in you, will carry it on to completion until
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  Speaker 1: the day of Christ Jesus. God will never leave you.
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  Speaker 1: He will always be by your side. That's a comforting
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  Speaker 1: truth that Paul discovered. God will race after you if
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  Speaker 1: you run away. He will pick you up if you
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  Speaker 1: stumble and fall. He is like a loving shepherd chasing
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  Speaker 1: after a lost sheep. He never gives up on you.
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  Speaker 1: His love has no beginning and no end. Even now,
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  Speaker 1: he's holding you in his arms, protecting you, guiding you.
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  Speaker 1: He's filling you with his peace Romans one eight through ten. First,
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  Speaker 1: I thank my God through Christ Jesus, for all of you,
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  Speaker 1: because your faith is being reported all over the world. God,
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  Speaker 1: whom I serve in my spirit in preaching the gospel
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  Speaker 1: of His Son, is my witness. How constantly I remember
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  Speaker 1: you in my prayers at all times, and I pray
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  Speaker 1: that now, at last, by God's will, the way may
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  Speaker 1: be opened for me to come to you. Romans fifteen
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  Speaker 1: five through thirteen. May the God who gives endurance and
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  Speaker 1: encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each
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  Speaker 1: other that Christ Jesus had, so that with one mind
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  Speaker 1: and one voice, you may glorify the God and Father
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  Speaker 1: of our Lord, Jesus Christ. May the God of Hope
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  Speaker 1: fill you with all joy and peace as you trust
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  Speaker 1: in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by
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  Speaker 1: the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans eleven thirty three
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  Speaker 1: through thirty six. Oe, the depth of the riches of
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  Speaker 1: the wisdom and knowledge of God, how unsearchable his judgments
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  Speaker 1: and his paths, beyond tracing out who has known the
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  Speaker 1: mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor
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  Speaker 1: who has ever given to God God, that God should
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  Speaker 1: repay them, for from Him and through Him, and for
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  Speaker 1: Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever. Amen.
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  Speaker 1: This is my prayer for you tonight. May the God
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  Speaker 1: of Hope fill you with all joy and peace as
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  Speaker 1: you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with
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  Speaker 1: hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Let me
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  Speaker 1: repeat that, may the God of Hope fill you with
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  Speaker 1: all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so
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  Speaker 1: that you may overflow with hope by the power of
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  Speaker 1: the Holy Spirit. Let's continue our journey through Paul's prayers
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  Speaker 1: First Corinthians one five through nine. I always thank my
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  Speaker 1: God for you because of his grace given you in
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  Speaker 1: Christ Jesus, for in Him you have been enriched in
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  Speaker 1: every way, with all kinds of speech and with all
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  Speaker 1: knowledge God, thus confirming our testimony about Christ among you.
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  Speaker 1: Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift. As you
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  Speaker 1: eagerly wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed.
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  Speaker 1: He will also keep you firm to the end, so
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  Speaker 1: that you will be blameless on the day of our
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  Speaker 1: Lord Jesus Christ. God is faithful who has called you
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  Speaker 1: into fellowship with his son Jesus Christ, our Lord, Colossians
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  Speaker 1: one nine through fourteen. For this reason, since the day
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  Speaker 1: we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you.
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  Speaker 1: We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge
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  Speaker 1: of His will through all the wisdom and understanding that
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  Speaker 1: the Spirit gives, so that you may live a life
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  Speaker 1: worthy of the Lord and please Him in every way,
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  Speaker 1: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge
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  Speaker 1: of God, being strengthened with all power according to His
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  Speaker 1: glorious might, so that you may have great endurance and patience,
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  Speaker 1: and giving joyful thanks to the Father who has qualified
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  Speaker 1: you to share in the inheritance of His Holy people
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  Speaker 1: in the Kingdom of light, for He has rescued us
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  Speaker 1: from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the
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  Speaker 1: kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption,
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  Speaker 1: the forgiveness of sins. First to Thessalonians three eleven through thirteen.
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  Speaker 1: May our God and Father himself and our our Lord
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  Speaker 1: Jesus clear the way for us to come to you.
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  Speaker 1: May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for
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  Speaker 1: each other and for everyone else, just as ours does
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  Speaker 1: for you. May He strengthen your hearts so that you
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  Speaker 1: will be blameless and holy in the presence of our
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  Speaker 1: God and Father when our Lord Jesus comes with all
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  Speaker 1: his holy ones. First Thessalonians five, twenty three and twenty four.
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  Speaker 1: May God himself, the God of Peace, sanctify you through
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  Speaker 1: and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be
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  Speaker 1: kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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  Speaker 1: The one who calls you is faithful and he will
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  Speaker 1: do it. Let's read that prayer one more time. May
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  Speaker 1: God himself, the God of Peace, sanctify you through and through.
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  Speaker 1: May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless
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  Speaker 1: at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, the one
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  Speaker 1: who calls you is faithful, and he will do it.
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  Speaker 1: The God of Peace is watching over you. He's protecting you.
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  Speaker 1: The one who called you is faithful. Second Thessalonians one
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  Speaker 1: eleven and twelve. With this in mind, we constantly pray
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  Speaker 1: for you, that our God may make you worthy of
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  Speaker 1: his calling, and that by his power he may bring
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  Speaker 1: to fruition your every desire for goodness and your every
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  Speaker 1: deed prompted by faith. We pray this so that the
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  Speaker 1: name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you,
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  Speaker 1: and you and him, according to the grace of our
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  Speaker 1: God and the Lord Jesus Christ Ephesians three fourteen through
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  Speaker 1: twenty one. For this reason, I kneel before the Father,
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  Speaker 1: from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives
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  Speaker 1: its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches,
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  Speaker 1: Ye may strengthen you with power through His spirit and
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  Speaker 1: your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your
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  Speaker 1: hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted
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  Speaker 1: and established in love, may have power, together with all
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  Speaker 1: the Lord's Holy people, to grasp how wide and long
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  Speaker 1: and high and deep is the love of Christ, and
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  Speaker 1: to know this love that surpasses knowledge, that you may
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  Speaker 1: be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
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  Speaker 1: Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more
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  Speaker 1: than all we ask or imagine, according to his power
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  Speaker 1: that is at work within us. To him be glory
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  Speaker 1: in the Church and in Christ Jesus, through all generations,
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  Speaker 1: forever and ever. Amen. As we conclude tonight's story, let
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  Speaker 1: me pray Paul's words over you. I pray that you,
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  Speaker 1: being rooted and established in love, may have power, together
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  Speaker 1: with all the Lord's Holy people, to grasp how wide
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  Speaker 1: and long, and high and deep is the love of Christ,
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  Speaker 1: and to know this love that surpasses knowledge, that you
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  Speaker 1: may be filled to the measure of all the fullness
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  Speaker 1: of God. Now to him who is able to do
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  Speaker 1: immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to
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  Speaker 1: his power that is at work within us. To him
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  Speaker 1: be glory in the Church and in Christ Jesus, throughout
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  Speaker 1: all generations, forever and ever. Amen. Father God, thank you
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  Speaker 1: for your word. Thank you for showing grace and mercy
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  Speaker 1: to the apostle Paul, and grace and mercy to this
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  Speaker 1: child of yours. Father, I ask that you will Surround
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  Speaker 1: this child of yours with your presence. Fill them with
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  Speaker 1: your love, your peace. Hold them tightly, give them sweet
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  Speaker 1: dreams about you and your kingdom. Heal their body, restore
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  Speaker 1: their mind. Help them to know that you have a
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  Speaker 1: perfect plan for their life. Help them trust you. It's
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  Speaker 1: in Jesus' name that I pray. Amen. God is watching
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  Speaker 1: over you. He's protecting you. He's the God of Abraham,
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  Speaker 1: Isaac and Jacob, of Ruth and Naomi, of Peter, James
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  Speaker 1: and John. He's the God of Mary Magdalen, of the
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  Speaker 1: Apostle Paul. The same God who gave them supernatural peace
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  Speaker 1: is giving you supernatural peace too. As David wrote in
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  Speaker 1: Psalm four, verse eight, in peace, I will both lie
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  Speaker 1: down and sleep for you alone. O Lord, make me
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  Speaker 1: dwell in safety, Rest in God's promises, take solace in
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  Speaker 1: his care. Let him carry you. Tonite, Let's listen again
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  Speaker 1: to this sleep story filled with the prayers of the
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  Speaker 1: Apostle Paul. As you fall asleep tonight, we'll journey back
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  Speaker 1: in time, some two thousand years to the Holy Land,
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  Speaker 1: to the time of ancient Jerusalem and Judea. It's the
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  Speaker 1: soil where Jesus walked It's where he healed the sick
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  Speaker 1: and gave sight to the blinds to land along a
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  Speaker 1: deep blue sea. It's filled with rolling hills and fertile valleys.
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  Speaker 1: It's where he called out Peter, James, and John. It's
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  Speaker 1: where he was crucified, was buried, and rose again. Just
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  Speaker 1: a couple of decades ago, he ascended into the sky
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  Speaker 1: above us, telling his disciples before he departed, you will
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  Speaker 1: be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria,
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  Speaker 1: and to the end of the earth. For the longest time,
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  Speaker 1: the apostle Paul hated Christ's message. He hated Christ's followers too,
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  Speaker 1: persecuting them. But then Jesus met Paul face to face
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  Speaker 1: on the dusty road to Damascus. Jesus turned his life around.
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  Speaker 1: He filled Paul with the Holy Spirit and told him
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  Speaker 1: to proclaim his name to the Jentile and their kings,
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  Speaker 1: and to the people of Israel. Jesus transformed Paul from
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  Speaker 1: a mocker into a missionary. Paul experienced God's grace and mercy,
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  Speaker 1: and he was never the same. He dedicated the rest
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  Speaker 1: of his life to spreading God's love. Paul's words and
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  Speaker 1: Ephesians one include some of the most comforting themes in
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  Speaker 1: scripture about God and his love for us. Ephesians one
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  Speaker 1: also includes one of Paul's most famous prayers. As I
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  Speaker 1: read this chapter, now rest in God's promises. These words
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  Speaker 1: were written for all God's people throughout the centuries, including you, Paul.
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  Speaker 1: An apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God
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  Speaker 1: to God's Holy people in Ephesus, the faith ful in
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  Speaker 1: Christ Jesus, Grace and peace to you from God, our
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  Speaker 1: Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Praise be to God
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  Speaker 1: and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed
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  Speaker 1: us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ,
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  Speaker 1: for He chose us in him before the creation of
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  Speaker 1: the world, to be holy and blameless in his sight.
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  Speaker 1: In love, he predestined us for adoption to sonship through
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  Speaker 1: Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will, to
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  Speaker 1: the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely
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  Speaker 1: given us in the one he loves. In Him, we
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  Speaker 1: have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in
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  Speaker 1: accordance with the riches of God's grace that he lavished
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  Speaker 1: on us with all wisdom and understanding. He made known
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  Speaker 1: to us the mystery of His will according to his
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  Speaker 1: good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ to be put
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  Speaker 1: into effect when the times reached their fulfillment, to bring
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  Speaker 1: unity to all things in heaven and on earth under Christ.
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  Speaker 1: In Him, we were also chosen, having been predestined according
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  Speaker 1: to the plan of Him who works out everything in
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  Speaker 1: conformity with the purpose of his will, in order that we,
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  Speaker 1: who were the first to put our hope in Christ,
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  Speaker 1: might be for the praise of His glory. And you
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  Speaker 1: also were included in Christ when you heard the message
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  Speaker 1: of truth, the Gospel of your salvation, when you believed
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  Speaker 1: you were marked in Him with the seal the promised
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  Speaker 1: Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until
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  Speaker 1: the redemption of those who are God's possession, to the
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  Speaker 1: praise of His glory. For this reason, ever since I
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  Speaker 1: heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your
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  Speaker 1: love for all God's people, I have not stopped giving
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  Speaker 1: thanks for you. Remembering you in my prayers. I keep
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  Speaker 1: asking that the God of our Lord, Jesus Christ, the
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  Speaker 1: Glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation,
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  Speaker 1: so that you may know him better. I pray that
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  Speaker 1: the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, in order
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  Speaker 1: that you may know the hope to which He has
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  Speaker 1: called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance, and his
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  Speaker 1: holy people, and his incomparably great power. For us who
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  Speaker 1: believe that power is the same as the mighty strength
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  Speaker 1: He exerted when He raised Christ from the dead. And
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  Speaker 1: see him at his right hand in the heavenly realms,
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  Speaker 1: far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and
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  Speaker 1: every name that is invoked, not only in the present age,
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  Speaker 1: but also in the one to come. And God placed
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  Speaker 1: all things under his feet and appointed him to be
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  Speaker 1: head over everything. For the Church, which is His body,
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  Speaker 1: the fullness of Him who fills everything. In every way.
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  Speaker 1: Rest in God's promises. The apostle Paul says, you were
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  Speaker 1: chosen in Christ before the creation of the world. He
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  Speaker 1: says you were marked with the seal the Holy Spirit.
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  Speaker 1: He says, you have an inheritance waiting for you in heaven.
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  Speaker 1: Nothing in this world can compare to the blessings of
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  Speaker 1: God and his kingdom. His kingdom never rusts it, never tarnishes,
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  Speaker 1: His kingdom is forever rest in God's truth. As we
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  Speaker 1: continue exploring the prayers and words of Paul, they were
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  Speaker 1: written for you, embrace them. Second Corinthians one three through seven.
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  Speaker 1: Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord,
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  Speaker 1: Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of
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  Speaker 1: all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so
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  Speaker 1: that we can comfort those in any trouble with the
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  Speaker 1: comfort we ourselves receive from God. For just as we
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  Speaker 1: share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ, so also our
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  Speaker 1: comfort abounds through Christ. If we are distressed, it is
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  Speaker 1: for your comfort and salvation. If we are comforted, it
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  Speaker 1: is for your comfort, which produces in you patient endurance
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  Speaker 1: of the same sufferings we suffer. And our hope for
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  Speaker 1: you is firm because we know that just as you
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  Speaker 1: share in our sufferings, so also you share in our comfort.
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  Speaker 1: Tewod Corinthians two fourteen through sixteen. But thanks be to
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  Speaker 1: God who always leads us as captives in Christ's triumphal
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  Speaker 1: procession and uses us to spread the aroma of the
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  Speaker 1: knowledge of Him everywhere. For we are to God the
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  Speaker 1: pleasing aroma of Christ among those who are being saved
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  Speaker 1: and those who are perishing. To the one, we are
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  Speaker 1: an aroma that brings death, to the other an aroma
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  Speaker 1: that brings life. And who is equal to such a
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  Speaker 1: task Philippians one three through eleven. I thank my God
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  Speaker 1: every time I remember you and all my prayers for
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  Speaker 1: all of you. I always pray with joy because of
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  Speaker 1: your partnership in the Gospel, from the first day until now,
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  Speaker 1: being confident of this, that he who began a good
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  Speaker 1: work in you will carry it on to completion until
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  Speaker 1: the day of Christ Jesus. And this is my prayer
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  Speaker 1: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge
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  Speaker 1: and depth of insight, so that you may be able
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  Speaker 1: to discern what is best and may be pure and
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  Speaker 1: blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit
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  Speaker 1: of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory
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  Speaker 1: and praise of God. That's God's promise for you, that
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  Speaker 1: he who began a good work in you will carry
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  Speaker 1: it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
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  Speaker 1: I will read that again, he who began a good
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  Speaker 1: work in you will carry it on to completion until
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  Speaker 1: the day of Christ Jesus. God will never leave you.
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  Speaker 1: He will always be by your side. That's a comforting
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  Speaker 1: truth that Paul discovered. God will race after you if
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  Speaker 1: you run away, He will pick you up if you
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  Speaker 1: stumble and fall. He is like a loving shepherd chasing
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  Speaker 1: after a lost sheep. He never gives up on you.
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  Speaker 1: His love has no beginning and no end. Even now,
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  Speaker 1: he's holding you in his arms, protecting you, guiding you.
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  Speaker 1: He's filling you with his peace Romans one eight through ten. First,
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  Speaker 1: I thank my God through Christ Jesus, for all of you,
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  Speaker 1: because your faith is being reported all over the world. God,
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  Speaker 1: whom I serve in my spirit in preaching the gospel
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  Speaker 1: of His Son, is my witness. How constantly I remember
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  Speaker 1: you in my prayers at all times, and I pray
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  Speaker 1: that now, at last, by God's will, the way may
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  Speaker 1: be open for me to come to you. Romans fifteen
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  Speaker 1: five through thirteen. May the God who gives endurance and
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  Speaker 1: encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each
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  Speaker 1: other that Christ Jesus had, so that with one mind
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  Speaker 1: and one voice, you may glorify the God and Father
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  Speaker 1: of our Lord, Jesus Christ. May the God of Hope
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  Speaker 1: fill you with all joy and peace as you trust
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  Speaker 1: in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by
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  Speaker 1: the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans eleven thirty three
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  Speaker 1: through thirty six. Oh, the depth of the riches of
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  Speaker 1: the wisdom and knowledge of God, how unsearchable his judgments
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  Speaker 1: and his paths, beyond tracing out Who has known the
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  Speaker 1: mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor
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  Speaker 1: who has ever given to God that God should repay them?
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  Speaker 1: For from Him and through Him, and for Him are
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  Speaker 1: all things. To Him be the glory forever. Amen. This
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  Speaker 1: is my prayer for you tonight. May the God of
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  Speaker 1: Hope fill you with all joy and peace as you
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  Speaker 1: trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope
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  Speaker 1: by the power of the Holy Spirit. Let me repeat that,
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  Speaker 1: may the God of Hope fill you with all joy
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  Speaker 1: and peace as you trust in Him, so that you
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  Speaker 1: may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
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  Speaker 1: Let's continue our journey through Paul's prayers. First Corinthians one
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  Speaker 1: five through nine. I always thank my God for you
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  Speaker 1: because of his grace given you in Christ Jesus, For
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  Speaker 1: in Him you have been enriched in every way with
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  Speaker 1: all kinds of speech and with all knowledge God, thus
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  Speaker 1: confirming our testimony about Christ among you. Therefore you do
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  Speaker 1: not lack any spiritual gift. As you eagerly wait for
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  Speaker 1: our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed. He will also
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  Speaker 1: keep you firm to the end, so that you will
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  Speaker 1: be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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  Speaker 1: God is faithful who has called you into fellowship with
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  Speaker 1: His son Jesus Christ, our Lord, Colossians one nine through fourteen.
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  Speaker 1: For this reason, since the day we heard about you,
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  Speaker 1: we have not stopped praying for you. We continually ask
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  Speaker 1: God to fill you with the knowledge of His will
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  Speaker 1: through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives,
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  Speaker 1: so that you may live a life worthy of the
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  Speaker 1: Lord and please Him in every way, bearing fruit in
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  Speaker 1: every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, being
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  Speaker 1: strengthened with all power according to His glorious might, so
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  Speaker 1: that you may have great endurance and patience, and giving
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  Speaker 1: joyful thanks to the Father who has qualified you to
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  Speaker 1: share in the inheritance of His Holy people in the
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  Speaker 1: Kingdom of Light. For He has rescued us from the
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  Speaker 1: dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of
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  Speaker 1: the Son He loves in whom we have redemption the
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  Speaker 1: forgiveness of sins. First to Thessalonians three eleven through thirteen.
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  Speaker 1: May Our God and Father himself and our Lord Jesus
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  Speaker 1: clear the way for us to come to you. May
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  Speaker 1: the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each
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  Speaker 1: other and for every one else, just as ours does
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  Speaker 1: for you. May He strengthen your hearts so that you
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  Speaker 1: will be blameless and holy in the presence of Our
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  Speaker 1: God and Father when our Lord Jesus comes with all
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  Speaker 1: his holy ones. First Thessalonians five, twenty three and twenty four,
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  Speaker 1: May God himself, the God of Peace, sanctify you throu
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  Speaker 1: and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be
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  Speaker 1: kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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  Speaker 1: The one who calls you is faithful and he will
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  Speaker 1: do it. Let's read that prayer one more time. May
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  Speaker 1: God himself, the God of Peace, sanctify you through and through.
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  Speaker 1: May your whole spirit, soul, and body be kept blameless
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  Speaker 1: at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. The one
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  Speaker 1: who calls you is faithful and he will do it.
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  Speaker 1: The God of Peace is watching over you. He's protecting you.
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  Speaker 1: The one who called you is faithful second Thessalonians one
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  Speaker 1: eleven and twelve. With this in mind, we constantly pray
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  Speaker 1: for you, that Our God may make you worthy of
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  Speaker 1: his calling, and that by his power he may bring
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  Speaker 1: to fruition your every desire for goodness, and you're every
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  Speaker 1: deed prompted by faith. We pray this so that the
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  Speaker 1: name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you,
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  Speaker 1: and you and Him, according to the grace of our
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  Speaker 1: God and the Lord Jesus Christ Ephesians three fourteen through
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  Speaker 1: twenty one. For this reason, I kneel before the Father,
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  Speaker 1: from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives
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  Speaker 1: its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches,
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  Speaker 1: he may strengthen you with power through His spirit and
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  Speaker 1: your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your
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  Speaker 1: hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted
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  Speaker 1: and established in love, may have power, together with all
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  Speaker 1: the Lord's Holy people, to grasp how wide and long,
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  Speaker 1: and high and deep is the love of Christ, and
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  Speaker 1: to know this love that surpasses knowledge, that you may
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  Speaker 1: be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
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  Speaker 1: Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more
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  Speaker 1: than all we ask or imagine, according to His power
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  Speaker 1: that is at work within us. To him be glory
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  Speaker 1: in the Church and in Christ Jesus through all generations,
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  Speaker 1: forever and ever. Amen. As we conclude tonight's story, let
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  Speaker 1: me pray Paul's words over you. I pray that you,
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  Speaker 1: being rooted and established in love, may have power, together
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  Speaker 1: with all the Lord's Holy people, to grasp how wide
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  Speaker 1: and long and high and deep is the love of Christ,
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  Speaker 1: and to know this love that surpasses knowledge, that you
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  Speaker 1: may be filled to the measure of all the fullness
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  Speaker 1: of God. Now to him who is able to do
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  Speaker 1: immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to
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  Speaker 1: his power that is at work within us. To him
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  Speaker 1: be glory in the Church and in Christ Jesus throughout
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  Speaker 1: all generations, forever and ever. Amen. Father God, thank you
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  Speaker 1: for your word. Thank you for showing grace and mercy
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  Speaker 1: to the apostle Paul, and grace and mercy to this
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  Speaker 1: child of yours. Father, I ask that you will surround
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  Speaker 1: this child of yours with your presence, fill them with
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  Speaker 1: your love, your peace, hold them tightly, give them sweet dreams.
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  Speaker 1: About you and your kingdom. Heal their body, restore their mind,
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  Speaker 1: Help them to know that you have a perfect plan
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  Speaker 1: for their life. Help them trust you. It's in Jesus'
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  Speaker 1: name that I pray. Amen. God is watching over you.
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  Speaker 1: He's protecting you. He's the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob,
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  Speaker 1: of Ruth and Naomi, of Peter, James and John. He's
• 47:30
  Speaker 1: the God of Mary Magdalen, of the Apostle Paul. The
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  Speaker 1: same God who gave them supernatural peace is giving you
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  Speaker 1: supernatural peace too. As David wrote in Psalm four, verse eight,
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  Speaker 1: in peace, I will both lie down and sleep for
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  Speaker 1: you alone. O Lord, make me dwell in safety, Rest
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  Speaker 1: in God's promises, take solace in his care. Let him
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  Speaker 1: carry you. Tonight, Let's listen again to this sleep story
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  Speaker 1: filled with the prayers of the Apostle Paul. As you
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  Speaker 1: fall asleep tonight, we'll journey back in time, some two
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  Speaker 1: thousand years to the Holy Land, to the time of
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  Speaker 1: ancient Jerusalem and Judea. It's the soil where Jesus walked.
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  Speaker 1: It's where he healed the sick and gave sight to
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  Speaker 1: the blind. It's a land along a deep blue sea.
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  Speaker 1: It's filled with rolling hills and fertile valleys. It's where
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  Speaker 1: he called out Peter, James, and John. It's where he
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  Speaker 1: was crucified, was buried, and rose again. Just a couple
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  Speaker 1: of decades ago, he ascended into the sky above us,
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  Speaker 1: telling his disciples before he departed, you will be my
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  Speaker 1: witness in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and
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  Speaker 1: to the end of the earth. For the longest time,
• 49:10
  Speaker 1: the apostle Paul hated Christ's message. He hated Christ's followers too,
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  Speaker 1: persecuting them. But then Jesus met Paul face to face
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  Speaker 1: on the dusty road to Damascus. Jesus turned his life around.
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  Speaker 1: He filled Paul with the Holy Spirit and told him
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  Speaker 1: to proclaim his name to the gentiles and their kings
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  Speaker 1: and to the people of Israel. Jesus transformed Paul from
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  Speaker 1: a mocker into a missionary. Paul experienced God's grace and mercy,
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  Speaker 1: and he was never the same. He dedicated the rest
• 49:53
  Speaker 1: of his life to spreading God's love. Paul's words and
• 49:59
  Speaker 1: Ephesians include some of the most comforting themes in scripture
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  Speaker 1: about God and his love for us. Ephesians one also
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  Speaker 1: includes one of Paul's most famous prayers. As I read
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  Speaker 1: this chapter, now rest in God's promises. These words were
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  Speaker 1: written for all God's people throughout the centuries, including you, Paul,
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  Speaker 1: an Apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God
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  Speaker 1: to God's Holy people in Ephesus, the faithful in Christ Jesus.
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  Speaker 1: Grace and peace to you from God, our Father and
• 50:40
  Speaker 1: the Lord Jesus Christ. Praise be to God and Father
• 50:45
  Speaker 1: of our Lord, Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in
• 50:49
  Speaker 1: the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. For
• 50:54
  Speaker 1: He chose us in him before the creation of the world,
• 50:58
  Speaker 1: to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love,
• 51:03
  Speaker 1: he predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ,
• 51:09
  Speaker 1: in accordance with his pleasure and will, to the praise
• 51:13
  Speaker 1: of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us
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  Speaker 1: in the one he loves. In Him, we have redemption
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  Speaker 1: through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with
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  Speaker 1: the riches of God's grace that he lavished on us.
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  Speaker 1: With all wisdom and understanding, he made known to us
• 51:36
  Speaker 1: the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure
• 51:40
  Speaker 1: which He purposed in Christ to be put into effect
• 51:44
  Speaker 1: when the times reached their fulfillment, to bring unity to
• 51:48
  Speaker 1: all things in heaven and on earth under Christ. In Him,
• 51:54
  Speaker 1: we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the
• 51:59
  Speaker 1: plan of Him who works out everything in conformity with
• 52:03
  Speaker 1: the purpose of his will, in order that we, who
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  Speaker 1: were the first to put our hope in Christ, might
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  Speaker 1: be for the praise of His glory. And you also
• 52:16
  Speaker 1: were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth,
• 52:20
  Speaker 1: the Gospel of your salvation, when you believed you were
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  Speaker 1: marked in Him with the seal the promised Holy Spirit,
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  Speaker 1: who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption
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  Speaker 1: of those who are God's possession, to the praise of
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  Speaker 1: His glory. For this reason, ever since I heard about
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  Speaker 1: your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for
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  Speaker 1: all God's people, I have not stopped giving thanks for you.
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  Speaker 1: Remembering you in my prayers. I keep asking that the
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  Speaker 1: God of our Lord, Jesus Christ, the Glory Father, may
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  Speaker 1: give you the spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that
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  Speaker 1: you may know Him better. I pray that the eyes
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  Speaker 1: of your heart may be enlightened in order that you
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  Speaker 1: may know the hope to which He has called you,
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  Speaker 1: the riches of his glorious inheritance in his Holy people,
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  Speaker 1: and his incomparably great power for us who believe that
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  Speaker 1: power is the same as the mighty strength He exerted
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  Speaker 1: when He raised Christ from the dead and seated him
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  Speaker 1: at his right hand in the heavenly realms, far above
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  Speaker 1: all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name
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  Speaker 1: that is invoked, not only in the present age, but
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  Speaker 1: also in the one to come. And God placed all
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  Speaker 1: things under his feet and appointed him to be head
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  Speaker 1: over everything for the Church, which is His body, the
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  Speaker 1: fullness of Him who fills everything in every way. Rest
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  Speaker 1: in God's promises. The apostle Paul says, you were chosen
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  Speaker 1: in Christ before the creation of the world. He says
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  Speaker 1: you were marked with the seal the Holy Spirit. He says,
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  Speaker 1: you have an inheritance waiting for you in heaven. Nothing
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  Speaker 1: in this world can compare to the blessings of God
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  Speaker 1: and his kingdom. His kingdom never rusts, it never tarnishes.
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  Speaker 1: His kingdom is forever. Rest in God's truth. As we
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  Speaker 1: continue exploring the prayers and words of Paul, they were
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  Speaker 1: written for you, embrace them. Tewond Corinthians one three through seven.
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  Speaker 1: Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord,
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  Speaker 1: Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of
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  Speaker 1: all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so
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  Speaker 1: that we can comfort those in any trouble with the
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  Speaker 1: comfort we ourselves receive from God. For just as we
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  Speaker 1: share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ, so also our
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  Speaker 1: comfort abounds through Christ. If we are distressed, it is
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  Speaker 1: for your comfort and salvation. If we are comforted, it
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  Speaker 1: is for your comfort, which produces in you patient endurance
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  Speaker 1: of the same sufferings we suffer. And our hope for
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  Speaker 1: you is firm because we know that just as you
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  Speaker 1: share in our sufferings, so also you share in our
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  Speaker 1: comfort Tewod Corinthians two, fourteen through sixteen. But thanks be
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  Speaker 1: to God who always leads us as captives and Christ's
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  Speaker 1: triumphal procession, and uses us to spread the aroma of
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  Speaker 1: the knowledge of Him everywhere. For we are to God,
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  Speaker 1: the pleasing aroma of Christ among those who are being
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  Speaker 1: saved and those who are perishing. To the one, we
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  Speaker 1: are an aroma that brings death to the other an
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  Speaker 1: aroma that brings life, and who is equal to such
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  Speaker 1: a task. Philippians one three through eleven. I thank my
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  Speaker 1: God every time I remember you and all my prayers
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  Speaker 1: for all of you. I always pray with joy because
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  Speaker 1: of your partnership in the Gospel, from the first day
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  Speaker 1: until now, being confident of this, that he who began
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  Speaker 1: a good work in you will carry it on to
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  Speaker 1: completion until the day of Christ Jesus. And this is
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  Speaker 1: my prayer, that your love may abound more and more
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  Speaker 1: in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may
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  Speaker 1: be able to discern what is best and may be
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  Speaker 1: pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with
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  Speaker 1: the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to
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  Speaker 1: the glory and praise of God. That's God's promise for you,
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  Speaker 1: that he who began a good work in you will
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  Speaker 1: carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
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  Speaker 1: I will read that again, he who began a good
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  Speaker 1: work in you will carry it on to completion until
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  Speaker 1: the day of Christ Jesus. God will never leave you.
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  Speaker 1: He will always be by your side. That's the comforting
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  Speaker 1: truth that Paul discovered. God will race after you. If
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  Speaker 1: you run away, he will pick you up if you
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  Speaker 1: stumble and fall. He is like a loving shepherd chasing
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  Speaker 1: after a lost sheep. He never gives up on you.
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  Speaker 1: His love has no beginning and no end. Even now,
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  Speaker 1: he's holding you in his arms, protecting you, guiding you.
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  Speaker 1: He's filling you with his peace. Romans one eight through ten. First,
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  Speaker 1: I thank my God through Christ Jesus for all of you,
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  Speaker 1: because your faith is being reported all over the world. God,
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  Speaker 1: whom I serve in my spirit and preaching the gospel
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  Speaker 1: of His Son, is my witness. How constantly I remember
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  Speaker 1: you in my prayers at all times, and I pray
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  Speaker 1: that now, at last, by God's will, the way may
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  Speaker 1: be opened for me to come to you. Romans fifteen
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  Speaker 1: five through thirteen. May the God who gives endurance and
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  Speaker 1: encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each
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  Speaker 1: other that Christ Jesus had, so that with one mind
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  Speaker 1: and one voice, you may glorify the God and Father
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  Speaker 1: of our Lord, Jesus Christ. May the God of Hope
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  Speaker 1: fill you with all joy and peace as you trust
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  Speaker 1: in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by
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  Speaker 1: the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans eleven thirty three
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  Speaker 1: through thirty six. Oh, the depth of the riches of
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  Speaker 1: the wisdom and knowledge of God, how unsearchable his judgments
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  Speaker 1: and his paths, beyond tracing out who has known the
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  Speaker 1: mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor
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  Speaker 1: who has ever given to God that God should repay them?
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  Speaker 1: For from Him and through Him, and for Him are
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  Speaker 1: all things. To Him be the glory forever. Amen. This
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  Speaker 1: is my prayer for you to night. May the God
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  Speaker 1: of Hope fill you with all joy and peace as
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  Speaker 1: you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with
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  Speaker 1: hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Let me
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  Speaker 1: repeat that, may the God of Hope fill you with
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  Speaker 1: all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so
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  Speaker 1: that you may overflow with hope by the power of
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  Speaker 1: the Holy Spirit. Let's continue our journey through Paul's prayers.
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  Speaker 1: First Corinthians one five through nine. I always thank my
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  Speaker 1: God for you because of His grace given you in
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  Speaker 1: Christ Jesus, For in Him you have been enriched in
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  Speaker 1: every way with all kinds of speech and with all
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  Speaker 1: knowledge God, thus confirming our testimony about Christ among you.
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  Speaker 1: Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift. As you
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  Speaker 1: eagerly wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed.
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  Speaker 1: He will also keep you firm to the end, so
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  Speaker 1: that you will be blameless on the day of our
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  Speaker 1: Lord Jesus Christ. God is faithful who has called you
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  Speaker 1: into fellowship with His son Jesus Christ, our Lord Colossians
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  Speaker 1: one nine through fourteen. For this reason says, it's the
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  Speaker 1: day we heard about you. We have not stopped praying
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  Speaker 1: for you. We continually ask God to fill you with
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  Speaker 1: the knowledge of his will through all the wisdom and
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  Speaker 1: understanding that the Spirit gives, so that you may live
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  Speaker 1: a life worthy of the Lord and please Him in
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  Speaker 1: every way, bearing fruit in every good work, growing in
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  Speaker 1: the knowledge of God, being strengthened with all power according
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  Speaker 1: to His glorious might, so that you may have great
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  Speaker 1: endurance and patience, and giving joyful thanks to the Father
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  Speaker 1: who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of
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  Speaker 1: His holy people in the Kingdom of Light, for He
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  Speaker 1: has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought
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  Speaker 1: us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in
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  Speaker 1: whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. First mas
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  Speaker 1: Selonians three eleven through thirteen. May our God and Father
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  Speaker 1: himself and our Lord Jesus clear the way for us
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  Speaker 1: to come to you. May the Lord make your love
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  Speaker 1: increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else,
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  Speaker 1: just as ours does for you. May He strengthen your
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  Speaker 1: hearts so that you will be blameless and holy in
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  Speaker 1: the presence of our God and Father when our Lord
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  Speaker 1: Jesus comes with all his holy ones. First Thessalonians five,
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  Speaker 1: twenty three and twenty four. May God himself, the God
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  Speaker 1: of Peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul,
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  Speaker 1: and body be kept blameless at the coming of our
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  Speaker 1: Lord Jesus Christ. The one who calls you is faithful
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  Speaker 1: and he will do it. Let's read that prayer one
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  Speaker 1: more time. May God himself, the God of Peace, sanctify
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  Speaker 1: you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and
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  Speaker 1: body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord
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  Speaker 1: Jesus Christ. The one who calls you is faithful and
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  Speaker 1: he will do it. The God of Peace is watching
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  Speaker 1: over you. He's protecting you. The one who called you
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  Speaker 1: is faithful. Second Thessalonians one eleven and twelve. With this
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  Speaker 1: in mind, we constantly pray for you, that Our God
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  Speaker 1: may make you worthy of his calling, and that by
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  Speaker 1: his power he may bring to fruition your every desire
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  Speaker 1: for goodness and your every deed prompted by faith. We
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  Speaker 1: pray this so that the name of our Lord Jesus
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  Speaker 1: may be glorified in you, and you and Him, according
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  Speaker 1: to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus
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  Speaker 1: Christ Ephesians three fourteen through twenty one. For this reason,
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  Speaker 1: I kneel before the Father, from whom every family in
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  Speaker 1: heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that
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  Speaker 1: out of His glorious riches, Ye may strengthen you with
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  Speaker 1: power through His spirit and your inner being, so that
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  Speaker 1: Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I
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  Speaker 1: pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may
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  Speaker 1: have power, together with all the Lord's Holy people, to
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  Speaker 1: grasp how wide and long, and high and deep is
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  Speaker 1: the love of Christ, and to know this love that
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  Speaker 1: surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled to the measure
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  Speaker 1: of all the fullness of God. Now to him who
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  Speaker 1: is able to do it measurably more than all we
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  Speaker 1: ask or imagine, according to His power that is at
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  Speaker 1: work within us. To Him be glory in the Church
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  Speaker 1: and in Christ Jesus, through all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
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  Speaker 1: As we conclude tonight's story, let me pray Paul's words
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  Speaker 1: over you. I pray that you, being rooted and established
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  Speaker 1: in love, may have power, together with all the Lord's
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  Speaker 1: Holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high
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  Speaker 1: and deep is the love of Christ, and to know
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  Speaker 1: this love that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled
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  Speaker 1: to the measure of all the fullness of God. Now
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  Speaker 1: to him who is able to do immeasurably more than
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  Speaker 1: all we ask or imagine, according to His power that
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  Speaker 1: is at work within us, to Him be glory in
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  Speaker 1: the Church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever
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  Speaker 1: and ever. Amen. Father God, thank you for your word.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you for showing grace and mercy to the Apostle Paul,
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  Speaker 1: and grace and mercy to this child of yours. Father,
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  Speaker 1: I ask that you will surround this child of yours
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  Speaker 1: with your presence, fill them with your love, your peace,
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  Speaker 1: Hold them tightly, give them sweet dreams about You and
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  Speaker 1: your kingdom. Heal their body, restore their mind, help them
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  Speaker 1: to know that you have a perfect plan for their life.
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  Speaker 1: Help them trust you. It's in Jesus' name that I pray. Amen.
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  Speaker 1: God is watching over you. He's protecting you. He's the
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  Speaker 1: God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, of Ruth in Naomi,
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  Speaker 1: of Peter, James and John. He's the God of Mary Magdalen,
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  Speaker 1: of the Apostle Paul. The same God who gave them
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  Speaker 1: supernatural peace is giving you supernatural peace too. As David
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  Speaker 1: wrote in Psalm four, verse eight, in peace, I will
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  Speaker 1: both lie down in sleep for you alone, O Lord,
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  Speaker 1: make me dwell in safety. Rest in God's promises, take
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  Speaker 1: solace in his care. Let him carry you. Tonight, let's
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  Speaker 1: listen again to the sleep story, filled with the prayers
• 1:08:43
  Speaker 1: of the Apostle Paul. As you fall asleep tonight, will
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  Speaker 1: journey back in time, some two thousand years to the
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  Speaker 1: Holy Land, to the time of ancient Jerusalem and Judea.
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  Speaker 1: It's the soul where Jesus walked. It's where he healed
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  Speaker 1: the sick and gave sight to the blind. It's a
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  Speaker 1: land along a deep blue sea. It's filled with rolling
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  Speaker 1: hills and fertile valleys. It's where he called out Peter,
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  Speaker 1: James and John it's where he was crucified, was buried,
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  Speaker 1: and rose again. Just a couple of decades ago, he
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  Speaker 1: ascended into the sky above us, telling his disciples before
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  Speaker 1: he departed, you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and
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  Speaker 1: in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of
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  Speaker 1: the earth. For the longest time, the apostle Paul hated
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  Speaker 1: Christ's message. He hated Christ's followers too, persecuting them. But
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  Speaker 1: then Jesus met Paul face to face on the dusty
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  Speaker 1: road to Damascus. Jesus turned his life around. He filled
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  Speaker 1: Paul with the Holy Spirit and told him to proclaim
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  Speaker 1: his name to the Gentiles and their kings and to
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  Speaker 1: the people of Israel. Jesus transformed Paul from a mocker
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  Speaker 1: into a missionary. Paul experienced God's grace and mercy, and
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  Speaker 1: he was never the same. He dedicated the rest of
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  Speaker 1: his life to spreading God's love. Paul's words and Ephesians
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  Speaker 1: one include some of the most comforting themes in scripture
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  Speaker 1: about God and his love for us. Ephesians one also
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  Speaker 1: includes one of Paul's most famous prayers. As I read
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  Speaker 1: this chapter, now rest in God's promises. These words were
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  Speaker 1: written for all God's people throughout the centuries, including you,
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  Speaker 1: Paul An Apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of
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  Speaker 1: God to God's Holy people and of Jesus the faithful
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  Speaker 1: in Christ Jesus, Grace and peace to you from God
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  Speaker 1: our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Praise be to
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  Speaker 1: God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has
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  Speaker 1: blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing
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  Speaker 1: in Christ, for He chose us in him before the
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  Speaker 1: creation of the world, to be holy and blameless in
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  Speaker 1: his sight. In love, he predestined us for adoption to
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  Speaker 1: sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will,
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  Speaker 1: to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has
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  Speaker 1: freely given us in the one He loves. In Him,
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  Speaker 1: we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins,
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  Speaker 1: in accordance with the riches of God's grace that he
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  Speaker 1: lavished on us. With all wisdom and understanding, he made
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  Speaker 1: known to us the mystery of his will according to
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  Speaker 1: his good pleasure, which He purposed in Christ to be
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  Speaker 1: put into effect when the times reached their fulfillment to
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  Speaker 1: bring unity to all things in heaven and on earth
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  Speaker 1: under Christ. In Him, we were also chosen, having been
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  Speaker 1: predestined according to the plan of Him who works out
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  Speaker 1: everything in conformity with the purpose of His will, in
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  Speaker 1: order that we who were the first to put our
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  Speaker 1: hope in Christ, might be for the praise of His glory.
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  Speaker 1: And you also were included in Christ when you heard
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  Speaker 1: the message of truth, the Gospel of your salvation, when
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  Speaker 1: you believed you were mar in Him with the seal,
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  Speaker 1: the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our
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  Speaker 1: inheritance until the redemption of those who are God's possession,
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  Speaker 1: to the praise of His glory. For this reason, ever
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  Speaker 1: since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus
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  Speaker 1: and your love for all God's people, I have not
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  Speaker 1: stopped giving thanks for you. Remembering you in my prayers.
• 1:13:30
  Speaker 1: I keep asking that the God of our Lord, Jesus Christ,
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  Speaker 1: the Glorious Father, may give you the spirit of wisdom
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  Speaker 1: and revelation, so that you may know Him better. I
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  Speaker 1: pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened
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  Speaker 1: in order that you may know the hope to which
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  Speaker 1: He has called you. The riches of His glorious inheritance
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  Speaker 1: and his Holy people, and his incomparably great power. For
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  Speaker 1: us believe that power is the same as the mighty
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  Speaker 1: strength He exerted when He raised Christ from the dead
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  Speaker 1: and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms,
• 1:14:12
  Speaker 1: far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and
• 1:14:17
  Speaker 1: every name that is invoked, not only in the present age,
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  Speaker 1: but also in the one to come. And God placed
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  Speaker 1: all things under his feet and appointed him to be
• 1:14:30
  Speaker 1: head over everything for the Church, which is his body,
• 1:14:35
  Speaker 1: the fullness of Him who fills everything in every way.
• 1:14:42
  Speaker 1: Rest in God's promises. The apostle Paul says, you were
• 1:14:46
  Speaker 1: chosen in Christ before the creation of the world. He
• 1:14:51
  Speaker 1: says you were marked with the seal the Holy Spirit.
• 1:14:55
  Speaker 1: He says, you have an inheritance waiting for you in heaven.
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  Speaker 1: Nothing in this world can compare to the blessings of
• 1:15:05
  Speaker 1: God and his kingdom. His kingdom never rusts, it never tarnishes.
• 1:15:11
  Speaker 1: His kingdom is forever. Rest in God's truth. As we
• 1:15:17
  Speaker 1: continue exploring the prayers and words of Paul, they were
• 1:15:21
  Speaker 1: written four you embrace them Second Corinthians one three through seven.
• 1:15:32
  Speaker 1: Praise be to the God and father of our Lord,
• 1:15:35
  Speaker 1: Jesus Christ, the father of compassion and the God of
• 1:15:38
  Speaker 1: all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so
• 1:15:43
  Speaker 1: that we can comfort those in any trouble with the
• 1:15:46
  Speaker 1: comfort we ourselves receive from God. For just as we
• 1:15:52
  Speaker 1: share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ, so also our
• 1:15:56
  Speaker 1: comfort abounds through Christ. If we are distressed, it is
• 1:16:01
  Speaker 1: for your comfort and salvation. If we are comforted, it
• 1:16:06
  Speaker 1: is for your comfort, which produces in you patient endurance
• 1:16:10
  Speaker 1: of the same sufferings we suffer. And our hope for
• 1:16:14
  Speaker 1: you is firm because we know that just as you
• 1:16:17
  Speaker 1: share in our sufferings, so also you share in our
• 1:16:21
  Speaker 1: comfort tewod Corinthians two fourteen through sixteen. But thanks be
• 1:16:31
  Speaker 1: to God, who always leads us as captives in Christ's
• 1:16:35
  Speaker 1: triumphal procession and uses us to spread the aroma of
• 1:16:40
  Speaker 1: the knowledge of Him everywhere. For we are to God
• 1:16:43
  Speaker 1: the pleasing aroma of Christ among those who are being
• 1:16:47
  Speaker 1: saved and those who are perishing. To the one, we
• 1:16:51
  Speaker 1: are an aroma that brings death to the other, an
• 1:16:55
  Speaker 1: aroma that brings life, And who is equal to such task.
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  Speaker 1: Philippians one three through eleven. I thank my God. Every
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  Speaker 1: time I remember you and all my prayers for all
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  Speaker 1: of you, I always pray with joy because of your
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  Speaker 1: partnership in the Gospel from the first day until now,
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  Speaker 1: being confident of this, that he who began a good
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  Speaker 1: work in you will carry it on to completion until
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  Speaker 1: the day of Christ Jesus. And this is my prayer,
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  Speaker 1: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge
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  Speaker 1: and depth of insight, so that you may be able
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  Speaker 1: to discern what is best and may be pure and
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  Speaker 1: blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit
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  Speaker 1: of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory
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  Speaker 1: and praise of God. That's God's promise for you, that
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  Speaker 1: he who began a good work in you will carry
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  Speaker 1: it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
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  Speaker 1: I will read that again, he who began a good
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  Speaker 1: work in you will carry it on to completion until
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  Speaker 1: the day of Christ Jesus. God will never leave you.
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  Speaker 1: He will always be by your side. That's a comforting
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  Speaker 1: truth that Paul discovered. God will race after you if
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  Speaker 1: you run away, He will pick you up if you
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  Speaker 1: stumble and fall. He is like a loving shepherd chasing
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  Speaker 1: after a lost sheep. He never gives up on you.
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  Speaker 1: His love has no beginning and no end. Even now,
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  Speaker 1: he's holding you in his arms, protecting you, guiding you.
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  Speaker 1: He's filling you with his peace. Romans one eight through ten. First,
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  Speaker 1: I thank my God through Christ Jesus for all of you,
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  Speaker 1: because your faith is being reported all over the world. God,
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  Speaker 1: whom I serve in my spirit in preaching the gospel
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  Speaker 1: of His Son, is my witness. How constantly I remember
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  Speaker 1: you in my prayers at all times, and I pray
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  Speaker 1: that now, at last, by God's will, the way may
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  Speaker 1: be opened for me to come to you. Romans fifteen
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  Speaker 1: five through thirteen. May the God who gives endurance and
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  Speaker 1: encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each
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  Speaker 1: other that Christ Jesus had, so that with one mind
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  Speaker 1: and one voice, you may glorify the God and Father
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  Speaker 1: of our Lord, Jesus Christ. May the God of Hope
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  Speaker 1: fill you with all joy and peace as you trust
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  Speaker 1: in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by
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  Speaker 1: the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans eleven thirty three
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  Speaker 1: through thirty six. Ohe the depth of the riches of
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  Speaker 1: the wisdom and knowledge of God. How unsearchable his judgments
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  Speaker 1: and his paths, beyond tracing out who has known the
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  Speaker 1: mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor
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  Speaker 1: who has ever given to God that God should repay them.
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  Speaker 1: For from Him and through Him and for Him are
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  Speaker 1: all things. To Him be the glory forever. Amen. This
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  Speaker 1: is my prayer for you today. May the God of
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  Speaker 1: Hope fill you with all joy and peace as you
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  Speaker 1: trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope
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  Speaker 1: by the power of the Holy Spirit. Let me repeat that,
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  Speaker 1: May the God of Hope fill you with all joy
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  Speaker 1: and peace as you trust in Him, so that you
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  Speaker 1: may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
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  Speaker 1: Let's continue our journey through Paul's prayers. First Corinthians one
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  Speaker 1: five through nine. I always thank my God for you
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  Speaker 1: because of his grace given you in Christ Jesus. For
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  Speaker 1: in Him you have been enriched in every way with
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  Speaker 1: all kinds of speech and with all knowledge. God, thus
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  Speaker 1: confirming our testimony about Christ among you. Therefore you do
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  Speaker 1: not lack any spiritual gift. As you eagerly wait for
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  Speaker 1: our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed. He will also
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  Speaker 1: keep you firm to the end, so that you will
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  Speaker 1: be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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  Speaker 1: God is faithful who has called you into fellowship with
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  Speaker 1: His son, Jesus Christ, our Lord, Colossians one nine through fourteen.
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  Speaker 1: For this reason, since the day we heard about you,
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  Speaker 1: we have not stopped praying for you. We continually ask
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  Speaker 1: God to fill you with the knowledge of his will
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  Speaker 1: through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives,
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  Speaker 1: so that you may live a life worthy of the
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  Speaker 1: Lord and please Him in every way, bearing fruit in
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  Speaker 1: every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, being
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  Speaker 1: strengthened with all power according to His glorious might, so
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  Speaker 1: that you may have great endurance and patience, and giving
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  Speaker 1: joyful thanks to the Father who has qualified you to
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  Speaker 1: share in the inheritance of His holy people in the
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  Speaker 1: Kingdom of Light, for He has rescued us from the
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  Speaker 1: dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of
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  Speaker 1: the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption the
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  Speaker 1: forgiveness of sins. First to Thessalonians three eleven through thirteen.
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  Speaker 1: May our God and Father himself and our Lord Jesus
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  Speaker 1: clear the way for us to come to you. May
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  Speaker 1: the Lord, make your love increase and overflow for each
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  Speaker 1: other and for every one else, just as ours does
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  Speaker 1: for you. May He strengthen your hearts so that you
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  Speaker 1: will be blamely and holy in the presence of our
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  Speaker 1: God and Father when our Lord Jesus comes with all
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  Speaker 1: his holy ones. First Thessalonians five, twenty three and twenty four.
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  Speaker 1: May God himself, the God of Peace, sanctify you thru
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  Speaker 1: and through. May your whole spirit, soul, and body be
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  Speaker 1: kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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  Speaker 1: The one who calls you is faithful and he will
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  Speaker 1: do it. Let's read that prayer one more time. May
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  Speaker 1: God himself, the God of Peace, sanctify you thru and through.
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  Speaker 1: May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless
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  Speaker 1: at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. The one
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  Speaker 1: who calls you is faithful and he will do it.
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  Speaker 1: The God of Peace is watching over you. He's protecting you.
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  Speaker 1: The one who called you is faithful. Second Thessalonians one
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  Speaker 1: eleven and twelve. With this in mind, we constantly pray
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  Speaker 1: for you that our God may make you worthy of
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  Speaker 1: his calling, and that by his power he may bring
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  Speaker 1: to fruition your every desire for goodness, and you're every
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  Speaker 1: deed prompted by faith. We pray this so that the
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  Speaker 1: name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you,
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  Speaker 1: and you and Him, according to the grace of our
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  Speaker 1: God and the Lord Jesus Christ Ephesians three fourteen through
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  Speaker 1: twenty one. For this reason, I kneel before the Father,
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  Speaker 1: from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives
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  Speaker 1: its name. I pray that out of His glorious riches
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  Speaker 1: you may strengthen you with power through His spirit and
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  Speaker 1: your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your
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  Speaker 1: hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted
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  Speaker 1: and established in love, may have power, together with all
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  Speaker 1: the Lord's Holy people, to grasp how wide and long,
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  Speaker 1: and high and deep is the love of Christ, and
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  Speaker 1: to know this love that surpasses knowledge, that you may
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  Speaker 1: be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
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  Speaker 1: Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more
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  Speaker 1: than all we ask or imagine, according to his power
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  Speaker 1: that is at work within us. To him be glory
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  Speaker 1: in the Church and in Christ Jesus, through all generations,
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  Speaker 1: forever and ever, Amen. As we conclude tonight's story, let
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  Speaker 1: me pray Paul's words over you. I pray that you,
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  Speaker 1: being rooted and established in love, may have power, together
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  Speaker 1: with all the Lord's Holy people, to grasp