NEVER SAY NEVER

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NEVER SAY NEVER
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• Even if all fall away on account of you -- I
  never will, (Matthew 2633) Peter declares to
  Jesus. Even if I have to die with you -- I will
  never disown you. (Matthew 2635).

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• In Mathew 2669ff Peter not only betrays Jesus
  once, Peter betrays Jesus three times, in the
  most adamant way. Calling down curses on
  himself Peter swears to those around him. I
  dont know the man! (Matthew 2674). And then a
  rooster crows and Peter wakes up, done-in by his
  cockiness, weeping bitterly.

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• The Savior, Jesushas given us everything we
  need for lifethrough our knowledge of HimFor
  Jesus has given us His very great and precious
  promises, so thatwe mayescape the corruption
  of this world.the bitterness of life.
• (2 Peter 13-4)

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Acknowledge We All Have A Dark, Sour Side
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• I do not understand what I do. For what I
  want to do, I do not do -- but what I hate, I
  doWhat a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me
  from this body of death? (Romans 715 24).

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• "Max what you did was wrong. But what you are
  doing tonight is right. For God's love is
  greater than your sin. Max trust his grace."

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• There is an eagle in me that wants to soar,
  and there is a hippopotamus in me that wants to
  wallow in the mud. Carl Sandburg.

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Let God Grip You, Giving All, Not Just Some,
To The Savior.
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• Not once, but three times in John 21, Jesus
  asks Peter do you love me (John 2115 John
  2116 John 2117).
• And Peter is incredulous Lord, you know all
  things you know that I love you (John 2117).
  Well then Peter -- Jesus infers sell-out
  give up -- give all. Totally, fully,
  unconditionally follow me (John 2119).

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• I have been crucified with Christit is no
  longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me
  -- and the life I now live in the body I live by
  faith in (by adherence to and reliance on and
  complete trust in) the Son of God, Who loved me
  and gave Himself up for me (Galatians 220,
  The Amplified Bible).

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Anticipate Marvelous Outcomes, As Life And
Light Overflow, From Full Devotion To Jesus
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• God opposes the proud, but gives grace to
  the humble. And so humble yourselves,
  therefore under Gods mighty hand, that he may
  lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety
  on him, because he cares for youAnd the God of
  all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in
  Christwillrestore you and make you strong, firm
  and steadfast. (1 Peter 55-7 10-11)

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When he came there was no light. When he left,
there was no darkness.
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• Jesushas given us everything we need for
  lifethrough our knowledge of HimFor Jesus has
  given us His very great and precious promises, so
  thatwe mayescape the corruption of this
  world.the bitterness of life. (2 Peter 13-4)

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• Jesus did not die to keep us safe, Jesus
  died to make us dangerous faithfulness is not
  holding the fort its storming the very gates of
  hell. (adapted, Mark Batterson)

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