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Hi everybody. Max Lakato here from my home to yours.

Thanks so much for joining me for today's

encouraging word. God bless you, my friend. God bless you. We're looking at the way John's gospel

shows us that we are never alone, never alone. In John's gospel,

tries to convince us that God's presence is ever near. He's an ever-present source of

encouragement and strength. And no matter what you're struggling with, no matter what you're

facing, Jesus will what you're facing,

Jesus will meet you right where you are. But he doesn't want to leave you there. He doesn't want to

leave you there. He wants to give you life, life. John's gospel tells us that that Jesus came to give

life. He came from the Father, according to John 1 in verse 14, full of grace and

truth. Wouldn't you agree with me that even though we're loved with both grace and truth, we tend to

tilt to one or the other, either to grace or to truth? Some of us get stuck on truth, so much so that we beat ourselves up

for all the times that we have violated God's truth. We just seem to keep a mental list of all

the ways we failed in the past. Are you one of those? Could you do it all over again? You'd do things differently.

You'd be a different person. You'd be more patient. You'd control your tongue.

You'd finish what you started. You'd turn the other cheek rather than slapping his.

You'd get married first.

You wouldn't marry at all.

You'd be honest.

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