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What Does “A Better Country” Faith Look Like Today? · Daily Bible Refresh

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  22
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  Message
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  each
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  one
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  faith
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  hand
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  believing.
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  it?
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  They
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  saw
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  it
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  way
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  off
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  in
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  the
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  distance
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  and
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  waved
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  their
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  greetings
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  and
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  accepted
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  the
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  fact
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  that
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  they
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  were
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  transients
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  in
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  this
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  world.
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  People
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  who
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  live
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  this
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  way
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  make
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  it
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  plain
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  that
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  they
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  are
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  looking
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  for
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  their
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  true
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  home.
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  If
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  they
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  were
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  homesick
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  for
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  the
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  old
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  country,
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  they
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  could
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  have
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  gone
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  back
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  anytime
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  they
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  wanted.
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  But
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  they
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  were
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  after
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  a
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  far
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  better
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  country
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  that
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  was
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  Heaven
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  country.
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  You
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  could
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  see
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  why
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  God
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  was
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  so
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  proud
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  of
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  them
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  and
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  has
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  a
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  city
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  waiting
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  for
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  them.
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  By
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  faith,
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  Abraham,
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  at
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  the
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  time
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  of
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  testing,
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  offered
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  Isaac
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  back
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  to
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  God
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  and
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  acting
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  in
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  faith,
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  he
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  was
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  ready
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  to
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  return
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  his
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  promised
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  son,
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  his
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  only
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  son,
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  as
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  he
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  had
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  been
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  to
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  receive
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  him.
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  And
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  this
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  altar
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  had
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  already
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  been
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  told,
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  your
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  descendants
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  shall
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  come
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  from
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  Isaac
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  was
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  the
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  quote.
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  Abraham
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  figured
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  that
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  if
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  God
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  wanted
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  to,
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  he
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  could
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  raise
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  the
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  dead.
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  In
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  a
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  sense,
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  that's
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  what
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  happened
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  when
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  he
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  received
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  Isaac
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  back
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  alive
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  from
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  the
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  altar.
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  By
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  an
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  act
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  of
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  faith,
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  Isaac
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  reached
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  into
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  the
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  future
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  as
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  he
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  blessed
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  Jacob
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  and
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  Esau.
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  And
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  by
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  an
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  act
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  of
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  faith,
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  Jacob,
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  on
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  his
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  deathbed,
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  blessed
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  each
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  of
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  Joseph's
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  son
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  in
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  turn,
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  blessing
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  them
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  with
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  God's
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  blessing,
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  not
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  his
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  own,
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  as
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  he
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  bowed
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  worshipfully
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  upon
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  his
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  staff.
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  By
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  an
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  act
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  of
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  faith,
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  Joseph,
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  while
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  dying,
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  prophesied
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  the
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  exodus
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  of
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  Jerusalem
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  of
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  Israel
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  and
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  made
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  arrangements
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  for
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  his
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  own
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  burial.
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  That
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  concludes
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  the
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  reading.
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  In
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  this
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  reading
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  From
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  a
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  Hebrews
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  11:13
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  through
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  22
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  there's
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  a
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  stretch
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  where
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  faith
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  this
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  is
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  a
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  stretch
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  here.
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  We're
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  talking
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  about
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  faith
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  that
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  moves
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  beyond
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  the
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  horizon
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  to
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  the
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  future
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  and
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  beyond
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  the
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  ancestors
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  who
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  died
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  still
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  believing
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  Abraham
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  and
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  Isaac's
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  testing
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  story.
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  Blessings
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  pass
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  from
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  Isaac
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  to
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  Jacob
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  to
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  Esau
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  and
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  Jacob
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  to
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  Joseph's
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  sons
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  and
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  Joseph's
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  planning
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  Exodus,
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  an
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  exodus
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  he
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  wouldn't
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  live
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  to
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  see.
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  It's
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  kind
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  of
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  like
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  a
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  photo
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  album
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  or
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  a
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  video,
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  the
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  highlights
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  of
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  people
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  who
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  held
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  onto
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  hope
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  they
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  couldn't
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  touch
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  and
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  lived
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  in
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  ways
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  that
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  shaped
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  the
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  future.
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  Let's
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  let's
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  talk
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  about
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  three
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  points
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  to
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  ponder
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  Holy
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  first
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  is
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  holy.
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  Homesickness
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  is
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  about
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  justice,
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  not
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  escape.
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  The
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  text
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  says
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  that
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  they
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  were
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  transients.
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  That
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  means
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  they're
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  immigrants
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  looking
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  into
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  a
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  far
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  better
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  country,
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  looking
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  for
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  a
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  better
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  way
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  of
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  life.
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  And
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  progressive
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  faith
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  hears
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  that
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  is
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  a
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  call
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  to
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  seek
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  God's
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  just
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  community
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  here
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  and
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  now,
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  not
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  a
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  retreat
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  from
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  the
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  world.
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  It's
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  homesickness
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  that
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  turns
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  into
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  hospitality.
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  Make
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  room
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  for
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  migrants,
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  refugees,
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  immigrants,
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  anyone
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  between
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  addresses
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  of
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  the
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  heart.
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  My
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  wife
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  and
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  I
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  like
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  to
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  hike
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  in
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  the
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  woods
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  and
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  trail.
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  Etiquette
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  is
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  all
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  about
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  making
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  space
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  and
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  not
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  harming
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  the
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  environment
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  and
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  to
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  be
• 4:08
  aware
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  of
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  other
• 4:09
  people
• 4:09
  in
• 4:10
  other
• 4:10
  situations
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  as
• 4:12
  a
• 4:12
  picture
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  of
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  a
• 4:13
  better
• 4:14
  country
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  as
• 4:14
  it
• 4:14
  were,
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  a
• 4:15
  better
• 4:15
  way
• 4:16
  of
• 4:16
  living
• 4:16
  where
• 4:16
  ordinary
• 4:17
  kindness
• 4:18
  and
• 4:18
  justice
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  and
• 4:19
  systems
• 4:20
  help
• 4:20
  people
• 4:20
  move
• 4:21
  toward
• 4:21
  wholeness.
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  Another
• 4:24
  point
• 4:24
  to
• 4:24
  ponder
• 4:25
  is
• 4:25
  to
• 4:25
  read
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  hard
• 4:26
  stories.
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  Ethically,
• 4:27
  faith
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  never
• 4:29
  sanctifies
• 4:29
  harm.
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  Abraham's
• 4:31
  testing
• 4:32
  with
• 4:32
  Isaac
• 4:32
  is
• 4:33
  famously
• 4:33
  difficult
• 4:34
  text,
• 4:34
  and
• 4:35
  from
• 4:35
  a
• 4:35
  progressive
• 4:36
  framework
• 4:36
  we
• 4:37
  refuse
• 4:37
  interpretations
• 4:38
  that
• 4:39
  normalize
• 4:39
  religious
• 4:40
  violence
• 4:41
  or
• 4:41
  paternal
• 4:42
  harm.
• 4:43
  The
• 4:43
  story
• 4:43
  ultimately
• 4:44
  delivers
• 4:44
  Isaac
• 4:45
  back
• 4:45
  alive
• 4:45
  and
• 4:46
  the
• 4:46
  ark
• 4:46
  is
• 4:46
  toward
• 4:46
  life.
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  Faith
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  trusts
• 4:48
  God's
• 4:49
  presence
• 4:49
  without
• 4:49
  sacrificing
• 4:50
  the
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  vulnerability.
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  I
• 4:52
  work
• 4:52
  with
• 4:53
  people
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  impacted
• 4:53
  by
• 4:54
  cancer
• 4:54
  and
• 4:54
  I've
• 4:54
  met
• 4:54
  people
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  who
• 4:55
  felt
• 4:56
  spiritual
• 4:56
  pressure
• 4:57
  to
• 4:57
  be
• 4:57
  positive
• 4:58
  or
• 4:58
  prove
• 4:59
  faith
• 4:59
  by
• 4:59
  minimizing
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  pain.
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  And
• 5:00
  that's
• 5:00
  not
• 5:01
  realistic
• 5:01
  either.
• 5:02
  We
• 5:02
  honor
• 5:03
  bodies,
• 5:03
  feelings
• 5:04
  and
• 5:05
  consent,
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  and
• 5:06
  God's
• 5:06
  heart
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  is
• 5:07
  life,
• 5:08
  not
• 5:08
  spectacle,
• 5:09
  love,
• 5:10
  not
• 5:10
  harm.
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  Another
• 5:13
  point
• 5:13
  to
• 5:13
  ponder
• 5:13
  is
• 5:14
  faith
• 5:15
  blesses
• 5:15
  forward
• 5:16
  and
• 5:17
  intergenerational
• 5:18
  hope
• 5:19
  is
• 5:19
  our
• 5:19
  practice.
• 5:21
  Isaac
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  and
• 5:22
  Jacob
• 5:22
  Joseph
• 5:23
  bless
• 5:23
  those
• 5:23
  who
• 5:24
  come
• 5:24
  next
• 5:24
  and
• 5:25
  plan
• 5:25
  for
• 5:26
  a
• 5:26
  liberation
• 5:26
  they
• 5:27
  won't
• 5:27
  personally
• 5:27
  witness.
• 5:28
  And
• 5:29
  progressive
• 5:29
  faith
• 5:30
  invest
• 5:31
  in
• 5:31
  future
• 5:32
  flourishing
• 5:33
  climate
• 5:33
  care,
• 5:33
  healthcare
• 5:34
  access,
• 5:35
  racial
• 5:36
  equity,
• 5:37
  communities
• 5:37
  where
• 5:38
  all
• 5:38
  genders
• 5:38
  and
• 5:38
  families
• 5:39
  thrive.
• 5:40
  I'm
• 5:40
  a
• 5:40
  grandfather
• 5:41
  to
• 5:41
  two
• 5:41
  giggling
• 5:42
  girls
• 5:43
  and
• 5:43
  they
• 5:43
  kind
• 5:43
  of
• 5:43
  tolerate
• 5:44
  me
• 5:44
  and
• 5:44
  my
• 5:44
  dumb
• 5:45
  jokes.
• 5:45
  Sometimes
• 5:46
  I
• 5:46
  think
• 5:46
  about
• 5:46
  what
• 5:47
  kind
• 5:47
  of
• 5:47
  a
• 5:47
  world
• 5:48
  that
• 5:48
  I,
• 5:48
  myself
• 5:48
  and
• 5:49
  my
• 5:49
  generation
• 5:49
  is
• 5:49
  handing
• 5:50
  off
• 5:50
  to
• 5:50
  them.
• 5:52
  Faith
• 5:52
  kind
• 5:52
  of
• 5:53
  writes
• 5:53
  us
• 5:53
  letters.
• 5:54
  It
• 5:54
  plants
• 5:55
  trees,
• 5:55
  it
• 5:55
  shows
• 5:55
  up
• 5:57
  at
• 5:57
  city
• 5:57
  council
• 5:58
  meetings
• 5:59
  and
• 5:59
  cheers
• 6:00
  on
• 6:01
  the
• 6:01
  people
• 6:01
  in
• 6:01
  our
• 6:02
  lives.
• 6:03
  Not
• 6:03
  just
• 6:03
  for
• 6:03
  wins,
• 6:03
  but
• 6:04
  for
• 6:04
  the
• 6:04
  ways
• 6:05
  they
• 6:05
  can
• 6:05
  build
• 6:06
  community.
• 6:08
  Let's
• 6:08
  take
• 6:09
  let's
• 6:09
  talk
• 6:09
  about
• 6:09
  an
• 6:09
  action
• 6:09
  step
• 6:10
  for
• 6:10
  this
• 6:10
  week.
• 6:10
  We
• 6:11
  might
• 6:11
  call
• 6:11
  it
• 6:11
  Bless
• 6:12
  Forward.
• 6:13
  In
• 6:13
  this
• 6:14
  process,
• 6:14
  write
• 6:15
  a
• 6:15
  short
• 6:15
  paragraph
• 6:16
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• 6:16
  two
• 6:17
  to
• 6:18
  someone
• 6:18
  younger
• 6:19
  than
• 6:19
  you,
• 6:19
  perhaps
• 6:19
  your
• 6:20
  grandchildren,
• 6:21
  or
• 6:22
  maybe
• 6:22
  someone
• 6:22
  you
• 6:22
  mentor,
• 6:23
  a
• 6:23
  student,
• 6:23
  or
• 6:24
  somebody
• 6:24
  in
• 6:24
  your
• 6:24
  life,
• 6:25
  or
• 6:26
  maybe
• 6:26
  to
• 6:26
  our
• 6:26
  future
• 6:27
  self
• 6:27
  five
• 6:27
  years
• 6:28
  from
• 6:28
  now.
• 6:28
  Name
• 6:30
  and
• 6:31
  focus
• 6:32
  on
• 6:32
  dignity
• 6:32
  and
• 6:33
  courage
• 6:33
  and
• 6:33
  joy
• 6:33
  and
• 6:34
  just
• 6:34
  what
• 6:34
  you
• 6:35
  would
• 6:35
  share
• 6:35
  with
• 6:35
  that
• 6:35
  person.
• 6:37
  Then
• 6:37
  take
• 6:37
  one
• 6:38
  concrete
• 6:38
  step
• 6:38
  towards
• 6:39
  a
• 6:40
  better
• 6:40
  country.
• 6:42
  Sign
• 6:42
  up
• 6:42
  to
• 6:42
  bring
• 6:42
  a
• 6:42
  meal
• 6:43
  to
• 6:43
  a
• 6:43
  family
• 6:43
  in
• 6:44
  need,
• 6:44
  or
• 6:45
  email
• 6:45
  your
• 6:45
  representative
• 6:46
  about
• 6:46
  justice
• 6:47
  issues
• 6:47
  or
• 6:47
  about
• 6:48
  the
• 6:48
  environment,
• 6:49
  or
• 6:49
  donate
• 6:51
  to
• 6:51
  refugee
• 6:52
  organizations
• 6:54
  or
• 6:54
  join
• 6:54
  a
• 6:54
  park
• 6:55
  cleanup.
• 6:55
  Keep
• 6:56
  it
• 6:56
  small
• 6:56
  but
• 6:56
  real.
• 6:57
  A
• 6:58
  Visible
• 6:58
  Love
• 6:58
  from
• 6:58
  an
• 6:59
  Unseen
• 6:59
  Hope
• 7:02
  we're
• 7:02
  going
• 7:02
  to
• 7:02
  come
• 7:03
  back
• 7:03
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• 7:03
  pray
• 7:03
  here
• 7:03
  in
• 7:03
  just
• 7:04
  a
• 7:04
  minute,
• 7:04
  but
• 7:04
  I
• 7:04
  want
• 7:04
  you
• 7:04
  to
• 7:05
  know
• 7:05
  we've
• 7:05
  got
• 7:05
  a
• 7:05
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• 7:06
  for
• 7:06
  you.
• 7:06
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• 7:06
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• 7:06
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• 7:07
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• 7:09
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• 7:09
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• 7:09
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• 7:10
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• 7:10
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• 7:10
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• 7:10
  for
• 7:11
  you
• 7:11
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• 7:11
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• 7:11
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• 7:11
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• 7:11
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• 7:12
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• 7:13
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• 7:14
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• 7:14
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• 7:14
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• 7:14
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• 7:15
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• 7:15
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• 7:16
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• 7:17
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• 7:17
  God
• 7:17
  of
• 7:18
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• 7:18
  better
• 7:18
  of
• 7:18
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• 7:18
  better
• 7:19
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• 7:19
  Meet
• 7:19
  us
• 7:20
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• 7:20
  our
• 7:20
  radical
• 7:21
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• 7:22
  homesickness
• 7:23
  and
• 7:23
  turn
• 7:23
  it
• 7:24
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• 7:24
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• 7:25
  when
• 7:26
  stories
• 7:26
  are
• 7:26
  hard.
• 7:27
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• 7:27
  the
• 7:27
  vulnerable
• 7:28
  and
• 7:28
  teach
• 7:28
  us
• 7:28
  to
• 7:29
  read
• 7:29
  with
• 7:29
  compassion.
• 7:31
  Bless
• 7:31
  our
• 7:32
  bodies,
• 7:32
  our
• 7:33
  names,
• 7:33
  our
• 7:33
  families,
• 7:34
  and
• 7:34
  the
• 7:34
  communities
• 7:34
  we're
• 7:35
  building.
• 7:36
  Give
• 7:36
  us
• 7:36
  courage
• 7:37
  to
• 7:37
  bless
• 7:37
  forward
• 7:38
  toward
• 7:38
  justice,
• 7:39
  care
• 7:40
  and
• 7:40
  joy
• 7:40
  we
• 7:41
  may
• 7:41
  never
• 7:41
  fully
• 7:41
  see.
• 7:42
  Be
• 7:42
  close
• 7:43
  to
• 7:43
  those
• 7:43
  navigating
• 7:44
  illness
• 7:45
  for
• 7:45
  treatments
• 7:46
  and
• 7:46
  for
• 7:46
  long
• 7:46
  nights.
• 7:47
  And
• 7:47
  let
• 7:47
  hope
• 7:48
  arrive
• 7:48
  in
• 7:48
  the
• 7:48
  form
• 7:48
  of
• 7:49
  meals
• 7:49
  or
• 7:49
  encouraging
• 7:50
  word
• 7:50
  in
• 7:50
  general
• 7:50
  humor.
• 7:52
  And
• 7:52
  when
• 7:52
  laughter
• 7:53
  bubbles
• 7:53
  up,
• 7:54
  let
• 7:54
  us
• 7:54
  remind
• 7:54
  us
• 7:55
  that
• 7:55
  our
• 7:55
  future
• 7:55
  is
• 7:55
  already
• 7:57
  breaking
• 7:57
  in.
• 7:59
  Amen.
• 8:12
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• 8:12
  friend,
• 8:12
  I
• 8:13
  am
• 8:13
  delighted
• 8:14
  you
• 8:14
  chose
• 8:14
  to
• 8:15
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• 8:15
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• 8:15
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• 8:15
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• 8:16
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• 8:24
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• 8:24
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• 8:24
  the
• 8:25
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• 8:25
  word
• 8:25
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• 8:26
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• 8:26
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• 8:27
  a
• 8:27
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• 8:27
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• 8:28
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• 8:29
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• 8:42
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• 8:43
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• 8:43
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• 8:53
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• 8:53
  doesn't
• 8:54
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• 8:54
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• 8:55
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• 8:55
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• 8:56
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• 8:56
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• 8:57
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• 8:57
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• 8:58
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• 8:59
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• 9:00
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• 9:00
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