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Little children, you are from God and have overcome them.

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For he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.

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First John 4.4.

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Now some translations like the one I just read

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say you are from God,

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and other more literal translations say you are of God,

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and both are saying the same stunning thing.

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You don't just belong to God like a possession on a shelf.

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You are of him.

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His life is now in you.

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His spirit is joined with yours.

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You are one with the God of the universe.

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That oneness is not something that you earn

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or achieve on your best day.

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It's already true in Christ.

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The moment you made Jesus your Lord,

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Christ took up residence in you,

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and because of that union,

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he who is in you is greater

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than anything on the outside of you,

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greater than the diagnosis,

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greater than the uncertainty,

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greater than the fear that tries to wake you up

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at 3 a.m. every night.

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Those things are real, but they're not greater.

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They're not greater than he who is in you,

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and because they do not overpower him,

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they will not overpower you.

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Fear may show up.

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We might feel fear.

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There's no shame in that.

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It just doesn't get to define you.

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It doesn't get to tell you who you are

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and what you're capable of because you are of God.

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You're one with him, and his presence in you

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is the most true thing about your life today.