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What Does “God With Us” Look Like in Real Life? (Matthew 1:18–25) · Daily Bible Refresh

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  His
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  married
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  Joseph.
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  night,
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  Joseph
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  she
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  was
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  pregnant.
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  was
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  by
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  the
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  Holy
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  Spirit,
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  but.
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  He
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  that.
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  Joseph,
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  determined
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  son
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  of
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  don't
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  to
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  get
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  married.
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  Mary's
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  birth
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  you,
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  Joseph
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  him
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  Jesus.
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  God
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  saves
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  because
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  will
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  his
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  people
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  a
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  will
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  name
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  Emmanuel.
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  Hebrew
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  4
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  God
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  is
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  us.
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  Mary,
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  she
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  had
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  the
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  the
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  Jesus.
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  Well
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  my
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  friends,
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  this
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  is
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  the
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  story
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  of
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  the
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  birth
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  of
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  Jesus.
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  In
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  our
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  reading
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  here,
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  Joseph
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  learns
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  that
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  Mary
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  is
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  pregnant.
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  He
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  wants
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  to
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  protect
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  her
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  from
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  disgrace.
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  a
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  dream
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  reframes
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  everything.
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  dream
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  was
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  that
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  the
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  child
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  was
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  Spirit
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  conceived
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  and
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  his
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  name
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  will
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  be
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  Jesus,
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  which
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  means
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  God
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  saves
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  ye
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  will
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  be
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  called
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  Emmanuel,
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  which
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  means
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  God
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  with
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  us.
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  And
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  Joseph
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  wakes
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  up
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  and
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  chooses
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  fidelity.
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  He
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  marries
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  Mary,
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  honors
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  her
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  names
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  his
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  child.
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  What
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  a
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  powerful,
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  powerful
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  story
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  from
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  the
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  Gospel.
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  three
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  to
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  ponder.
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  that
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  God
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  shows
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  up
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  in
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  messy,
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  vulnerable
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  places.
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  God
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  with
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  us
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  doesn't
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  arrive
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  in
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  a
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  palace
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  or
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  a
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  polished
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  story.
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  It
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  arrives
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  in
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  a
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  state
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  of
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  social
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  risk,
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  misunderstanding
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  and
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  a
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  quiet
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  act
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  of
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  courage.
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  A
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  progressive
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  reading
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  of
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  this
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  passage
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  of
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  scripture
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  insists
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  God's
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  nearness
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  is
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  clearest
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  among
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  those
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  who
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  the
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  world
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  young
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  unwed
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  mothers,
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  working
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  class
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  families,
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  folks
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  navigating
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  shame
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  and
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  rumor.
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  Incarnation
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  dignifies
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  real
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  life
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  situations.
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  It
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  could
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  be
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  in
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  the
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  hospital
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  corridor
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  where
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  someone
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  is
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  sick
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  with
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  cancer
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  or
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  night
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  shifts
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  that
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  are
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  just
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  endless
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  cramped
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  budgets,
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  complicated
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  family
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  systems.
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  If
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  God
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  is
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  with
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  us
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  there,
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  then
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  our
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  faith
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  belongs
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  there
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  too.
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  A
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  second
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  point
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  to
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  ponder
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  Righteousness
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  protects
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  people,
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  not
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  reputations.
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  Joseph's
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  first
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  instinct
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  is
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  to
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  shield
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  Mary
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  from
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  harm.
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  After
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  the
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  dream,
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  he
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  doubles
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  down
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  on
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  protecting
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  her
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  dignity,
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  honoring
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  consent
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  and
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  refusing
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  to
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  weaponize
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  religious
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  rules.
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  Progressive
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  discipleship
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  measures
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  holiness
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  by
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  how
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  well
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  we
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  safeguard
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  the
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  vulnerable.
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  That
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  means
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  prioritizing
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  survivors
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  safety,
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  practicing
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  consent
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  culture
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  and
• 4:50
  refusing
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  purity.
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  Policing
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  righteousness
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  looks
• 4:55
  like
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  harm
• 4:56
  reduction,
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  not
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  image
• 4:58
  management.
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  A
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  third
• 5:01
  point
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  to
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  ponder
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  God
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  saves
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  is
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  what
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  it
• 5:05
  says
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  here
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  in
• 5:06
  the
• 5:06
  scripture.
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  God
• 5:08
  saves
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  means
• 5:09
  liberation.
• 5:09
  We
• 5:10
  can
• 5:10
  touch
• 5:11
  Jesus
• 5:12
  name
• 5:12
  points
• 5:13
  to
• 5:13
  salvation
• 5:13
  that
• 5:14
  is
• 5:14
  concrete
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  freedom
• 5:15
  from
• 5:15
  cycles
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  of
• 5:16
  shame,
• 5:16
  exclusion
• 5:17
  and
• 5:17
  fear.
• 5:18
  A
• 5:19
  progressive
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  lens
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  refuses
• 5:20
  to
• 5:20
  separate
• 5:21
  spiritual
• 5:22
  hope
• 5:22
  from
• 5:23
  material
• 5:23
  justice.
• 5:25
  Salvation
• 5:25
  shows
• 5:25
  up
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  as
• 5:26
  food
• 5:26
  on
• 5:26
  tables,
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  access
• 5:28
  to
• 5:29
  health
• 5:29
  care,
• 5:30
  stigma
• 5:31
  from
• 5:32
  mental
• 5:32
  disorders
• 5:33
  dismantled
• 5:34
  and
• 5:34
  communities
• 5:35
  where
• 5:35
  all
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  belong.
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  Women
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  in
• 5:38
  leadership,
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  LGBTQ
• 5:42
  siblings
• 5:43
  affirmed
• 5:45
  immigrants
• 5:45
  welcomed
• 5:47
  workers
• 5:48
  protected.
• 5:50
  Emmanuel
• 5:51
  turns
• 5:51
  into
• 5:52
  neighborly
• 5:53
  policies
• 5:54
  and
• 5:54
  everyday
• 5:54
  mercy.
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  Let's
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  talk
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  about
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  an
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  action
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  step
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  that
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  you
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  can
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  take.
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  Practice
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  protective
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  presence.
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  Identify
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  a
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  person
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  in
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  your
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  life
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  or
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  maybe
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  on
• 6:06
  the
• 6:06
  periphery
• 6:06
  of
• 6:06
  your
• 6:07
  life
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  who
• 6:08
  might
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  be
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  vulnerable
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  to
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  shame,
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  silence
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  or
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  systematic
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  red
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  tape.
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  Think
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  about
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  a
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  teen
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  parent.
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  Think
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  about
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  a
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  caregiver
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  who
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  is
• 6:20
  lonely.
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  Think
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  about
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  a
• 6:23
  neighbor
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  in
• 6:24
  need
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  of
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  treatment
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  for
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  a
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