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Sunday, July 5, 2020

But we have this treasure in\\xa0jars of clay,\\xa0to show that the surpassing power belongs to God\\xa0and not to us. We are\\xa0afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to\\xa0despair; persecuted, but\\xa0not forsaken;\\xa0struck down, but not destroyed;\\xa0always carrying in the body the death of Jesus,\\xa0so that the life of Jesus may also be\\xa0manifested in our bodies. For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus';\\xa0sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh. So\\xa0death is at\\xa0work in us, but life in you.\\xa0So we do not lose heart.\\xa0Though our outer self\\xa0is wasting away, our inner self\\xa0is being\\xa0renewed day by day. For\\xa0this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all\\xa0comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen.\\xa0For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.
2\\xa0Corinthians 4:16-18\\xa0(ESV)

1. The mystery of the unseen

2. Our personal faith journey

3. Our spiritual community

4. The pain of the world

5. Our practice of lamenting and longing

For we know that if\\xa0the tent that is\\xa0our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from\\xa0God,\\xa0a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For in this tent\\xa0we groan,\\xa0longing to\\xa0put on our heavenly dwelling, if indeed by putting it on\\xa0we may not be found\\xa0naked. \\xa0For while we are still in this tent, we groan, being burdened\\u2014not that we would be\\xa0unclothed, but that we would be further clothed, so that what is mortal\\xa0may be swallowed up\\xa0by life. \\xa0He who has prepared us for this very thing is God,\\xa0who has given us the Spirit as a\\xa0guarantee. So we are always of good courage\\u2026
2 Corinthians 5:1-6 (ESV)

6. The coming of the King and His Kingdom

7. God's love for you

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution,\\xa0or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? As it is written, \\u201cFor your sake\\xa0we are being\\xa0killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.\\u201d\\xa0No, in all these things we are more than\\xa0conquerors through\\xa0him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor\\xa0things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be\\xa0able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 8:37-39 (ESV)