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Well, in order to live this kingdom, there's two very important questions that have to

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be addressed.

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It's the basic life questions that many of us have to deal with.

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Who am I?

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Who am I?

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And second, that goes right next to it, why am I here?

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What is my purpose to be on this planet here and now?

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Who am I and why am I here?

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These are our identity.

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Who am I as our identity?

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There's a couple things that will be attempted to be taken from you if you're not aware and

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one of them is your identity.

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We lose sight of that.

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We get it confused.

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We think who I am is what I do.

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Who are you?

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I'm a realtor.

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Who are you?

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I'm a mother.

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Who are you?

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I'm a wife.

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Who are you?

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I'm a teacher.

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Who are you?

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I'm a coach.

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No.

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Those are roles that you play.

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They're not who you are.

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So if the kingdom of God is within, we must begin to discover who am I and what is my

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purpose?

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What am I here for?

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Well, what begins to happen, because we're prospering as our soul prospers, what begins

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to happen is that these things can get lost.

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We hurry and we scurry.

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Any of you understand about hurrying and scurrying and we're busy and we've got to get ready.

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We've got to grab something to eat as we jump in the car, as we've got to get to work, as

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we've got to go to work, as we've got to get home, as we've got to pick up the kids, as

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we've got to get something on the dinner table, as we've got to get to the meeting, as we've

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got to get everything put away in order to get up in the morning and maybe we can catch

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the news to do it all over again tomorrow morning.

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Anybody relate?

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Well, in that kind of frenzy, those deep questions, who am I and what's my purpose, can kind of

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get overshadowed.

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And fear, doubt, worry, anxiety, can not only overshadow that we aren't thinking about that,

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but it can go so much further that it begins to lead to health challenges, mental anxiety,

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emotional pain, sickness, disease that comes from not addressing this.

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There's a beautiful verse, Matthew, that says, don't worry.

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Don't fret.

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Some of the translations say, don't fret.

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Don't be uneasy, perpetually uneasy, perpetually distracted.

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Can any of you relate?

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Perpetually distracted.

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Don't worry about, what are we going to eat?

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Oh my goodness, where's the money going to come from?

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How are we going to pay for this?

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How are we ever going to do this?

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What we're going to wear?

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Your heavenly father, the king of the kingdom, already knows that you need these things.

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It's not your job.

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Your job is your focus.

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Take first the kingdom of God and all of these things, all of these things, all, did I say

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all?

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All of these things will be added.