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Excess baggage in life can keep us from experiencing the\njoy and peace that we were intended to have as\nChristians. This sermon will seek to name those things in\nlife that are burdens on our souls. It seems\ncounterintuitive to not want to rid ourselves of what\nweighs us down - but letting go is not easy.

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