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<table style="font-size:13px;min-width:100%;border-collapse:initial" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" border="0"><tbody><tr id="gmail-m_-8338075832697912709layout-row20858" class="gmail-m_-8338075832697912709layout gmail-m_-8338075832697912709layout-row gmail-m_-8338075832697912709widget gmail-m_-8338075832697912709_widget_text gmail-m_-8338075832697912709style20858" style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><td id="gmail-m_-8338075832697912709layout-row-padding20858" style="padding:10px 30px 30px" valign="top"><table style="font-size:13px;min-width:100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" border="0"><tbody><tr><td id="gmail-m_-8338075832697912709text_div20417" class="gmail-m_-8338075832697912709td_text gmail-m_-8338075832697912709td_block" style="color:inherit;font-size:12px;font-weight:inherit;line-height:1.5;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:Arial" align="left" valign="top"> <div style="margin:0px;outline:medium none currentcolor;padding:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:1.5"> <div style="margin:0px;outline:medium none currentcolor;padding:0px"><b style="margin:0px;outline:medium none currentcolor;padding:0px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:medium none currentcolor;padding:0px;font-size:18px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:medium none currentcolor;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal">Friends, <span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b>in today’s Gospel Jesus identifies us as his disciples.</b></span> So what do we discover about ourselves?
First, that<span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b> we are a </b></span></span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:italic">chosen</span></b></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>
race. </b></span></span></b></span></b></b><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="margin:0px;outline:medium none currentcolor;padding:0px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:medium none currentcolor;padding:0px;font-size:18px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:medium none currentcolor;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal">A</span></span></span></span></span></span><b style="margin:0px;outline:medium none currentcolor;padding:0px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:medium none currentcolor;padding:0px;font-size:18px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:medium none currentcolor;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal">s I’ve said many times, <span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)"><b>our culture puts a huge premium on
choice, our choice, personal choice. We care, above all, about freedom,
self-direction, and autonomy. </b></span></span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"> </span><br></b></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>But
the Bible is eminently clear that what
matters above all is not</b></span><span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)"><b> our choice </b></span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>but God’s choice. </b></span>We Christians, <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>we
followers of Jesus, have been chosen by God for God’s purposes. </b></span>And this
choice is not a matter of reward, as though we are being singled out
because of our gifts. Just the contrary.</span><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"> </span><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>Your
life is not <span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)">about you.</span></b></span><span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)"> </span>Your will nestles in an infinitely higher will.
Your mind is an ingredient in an infinitely more capacious mind. And <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>so
the primary question of your life is not</b></span>, <span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)"><b>"What do I want?"</b></span> <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>but rather,
"What does God want?"</b></span></span></b></span></b></b></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><div id="DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br> <table style="border-top:1px solid #d3d4de">
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