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Though you have not seen Him, you love Him.

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And even though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and are filled with inexpressible

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and glorious joy.

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For you are receiving the end result of your faith—the salvation of your souls."

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First Peter, verses 8 and 9.

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Peter actually saw Jesus.

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He ate breakfast with Him on the beach after the resurrection.

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And here he is writing to people who never laid eyes on Him, telling them that their

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joy is every bit as real.

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Real and glorious are big words for something that doesn't fit into words at all.

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You probably had a moment of it—a worship song in the car, an answered prayer you stopped

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expecting, a quiet second where you knew you were loved by God and you couldn't explain

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how you knew.

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You know those moments.

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That kind of joy doesn't require seeing.

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It grows out of loving Him and believing Him.

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And both of these things are available to you right now, in your kitchen, in traffic,

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in the middle of just an unremarkable day.

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What your faith is reaching for, you're already receiving.

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Today, here's what I want you to do.

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I want you to journal about a moment when you felt God near without seeing Him.

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Let's see what happens.