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Christmas Eve 2017

Hope Generation with Ben Courson

February 18, 2018

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Hope Generation with Ben Courson

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Christmas Eve 2017

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- BEN COURSON: MAYBE YOU'RE IN A DARK SPACE
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TODAY, A DARK PLACE. [ ECHOES ]
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BROKENNESS LEADS TO BLESSING.
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DARK PLOTS DO HAPPEN, BUT HAPPILY-EVER-AFTERS OCCUR
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WHEN YOU WALK WITH THE GOD OF HOPE.
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[ MUSIC ]
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MAYBE YOU'RE LIKE BEN, I GOT STRAPPED FROM MY CASH.
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I GOT SACKED FROM MY JOB.
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EYE BEREFT OF HOPE.
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I DON'T KNOW WHAT CROSS YOU'RE CARRYING TODAY,
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BUT RESURRECTION IS COMING.
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IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOUR BROKEN TODAY, YOUR
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BREAKDOWN IS ACTUALLY GOD'S BREAKTHROUGH!
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LIFE IS TOUGH, BUT GOD IS TOUGHER.
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LIFE IS A BATTLE, BUT THE BATTLE IS THE LORD'S.
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YOU SAY BUT BEN, #THESTRUGGLEISREAL.
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#THESTRUGGLEISREAL, BUT SO IS GOD.
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GOD DOESN'T DO ANYTHING TO ME.
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HE ONLY DOES THINGS FOR ME, AND IF GOD'S GOING TO
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DO SOMETHING FOR ME, HE'S FIRST GOT TO DO
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SOMETHING IN ME.
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OUR FAITH WILL NOT BE DICTATED BY OUR
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CIRCUMSTANCES BUT RATHER OUR CIRCUMSTANCES WILL
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ALWAYS BE DICTATED BY OUR FAITH.
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THERE IS MORE IN STORE.
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THE MORE DESPERATE THE CASE, THE MORE DESPERATE
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THE CASE, THE MORE SPACE FOR GOD'S 'S GRACE, THE
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MORE SPACE FOR GOD'S GRACE, THE MORE ROOM
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FOR GOD'S GRACE.
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WE MIGHT BE STRUCK DOWN, BUT WE ARE
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NOT DESTROYED.
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WE WALK WITH THE GOD OF HOPE, AND WE WILL LIVE
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HAPPILY EVER AFTER BECAUSE THE GOD WHO
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BEGINS A GOOD WORK IN YOU WILL BE FAITHFUL TO
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COMPLETE IT UNTIL THE DAY OF CHRIST.
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SO WE'RE GOING TO HOPE AND COPE.
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WE'RE GOING TO BE STRONG WHEN EVERYTHING'S GOING
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WRONG, AND JESUS SHOWS THE ULTIMATE HAPPY ENDING.
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THE BIBLE SAYS HE'S THE KING OF KINGS, THE LORD
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OF LORDS, AND THE ANCHOR OF HOPE.
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COME ON!
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[ APPLAUSE ]
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YOUR BREAKDOWN IS ACTUALLY GOD'S
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BREAKTHROUGH, SO DON'T LOOK DOWN AND
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GET DISTRESSED.
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DON'T LOOK WITHIN AND GET DEPRESSED.
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DON'T LOOK AROUND AND GET STRESSED, BUT LOOK UP AND
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GET BLESSED.
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BECAUSE LIFE IS LIKE A GLOW STICK.
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LIFE IS LIKE A GLOW STICK.
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LIFE IS LIKE A GLOW STICK.
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SOMETIMES YOU GOT TO BREAK, YOU GOTTA BREAK,
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YOU GOTTA BREAK, YOU GOTTA BREAK [ BUBBLING ]
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BEFORE YOU SHINE.
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[ MUSIC ]
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- THE VISION FOR HOPE GENERATION IS TO SPREAD
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THE MESSAGE THAT WHEN YOU WALK WITH THE GOD OF
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HOPE, HE WILL HEAL YOUR BROKEN HEART.
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I STRUGGLED WITH CHRONIC DEPRESSION FOR TEN YEARS,
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SO WHEN GOD HEALED MY BROKEN HEART, I JUST
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FELTED COMPELLED TO SHOUT IT FROM THE ROOF TOPS.
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THAT'S WHY WORDS CAN'T EXPRESS OR ARTICULATE HOW
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GRATEFUL I AM THAT YOU HAVE JOINED THIS HOPE
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GENERATION MOVEMENT.
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SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE MY LIFE IS BROKEN DOWN AND
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RUSTED OUT, BUT THE PROMISES OF THE BIBLE ARE
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THE BRIDGE FROM DESPAIR TO HOPE.
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YOU GO FROM GLORY TO GLORY, GRACE TO GRACE,
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STRENGTH TO STRENGTH.
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AS YOUR DAYS ARE SO SHALL YOUR STRENGTH BE.
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HE TURNS YOUR SORROW INTO JOY, YOUR MOURNING INTO
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DANCING, PUTS OFF YOUR SACK CLOTH AND GIRDS YOU
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WITH GLADNESS, GIVES YOU THE GARMENTS OF PRAISE IN
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EXCHANGE FOR THE SPIRIT OF HEAVINESS, GIVES YOU
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BEAUTY FOR ASHES AND THE OIL OF JOY FOR MOURNING.
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WEEPING MAY ENDURE FOR THE NIGHT, BUT JOY COMES
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IN THE MOURNING.
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IF YOU SOW IN TEARS, THEN YOU'LL REAP IN JOY.
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THEN WITH OUR MOUTH FILLED WITH LAUGHTER FOR
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THEY SAID AMONG THE NATIONS, THE LORD HAS
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DONE GREAT THINGS FOR THEM!
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WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, BUT OUR EYES ARE ON YOU
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FOR THE LORD CAN SAVE BY MANY OR BY FEW.
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IS HIS ARM TOO SHORT THAT CAN CANNOT SAVE?
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IS HIS EAR TOO DULL THAT IT CANNOT HEAR?
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THOU SHALL BE THE HEAD AND NOT THE TAIL.
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THOU SHALL BE ABOVE AND NOT BENEATH.
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BE STILL AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD, FOR I WILL BE
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EXALTED AMONG THE NATIONS.
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AS YOU MEDITATE DAY AND NIGHT ON THE LAW OF GOD,
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YOU'LL BE LIKE A TREE PLANTED BY THE RIVERS OF
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WATER BRINGING FORTH FRUIT IN YOUR SEASON SO
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THAT YOUR LEAVE WILL NOT WITHER, AND WHATEVER YOU
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DO WILL PROSPER.
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PSALM 20, MAY THE LORD GRANT YOUR HEART'S DESIRES.
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PSALM 21: 2, THE LORD HAS GRANTED ME MY
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HEART'S DESIRES.
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PSALM 37: 4, AS YOU DELIGHT YOURSELF IN THE
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LORD, HE WILL GIVE YOU THE DESIRES OF YOUR HEART.
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PSALM 145: 19, HE WILL FULFILL THE DESIRES OF
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THOSE WHO FEAR HIM.
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HE WILL ALSO HEAR THEIR CRY AND SAVE THEM.
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PROVERBS 10:24, THE DESIRE OF THE RIGHTEOUS
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WILL BE GRANTED.
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PROVERBS 10:22, THE BLESSING OF THE LORD
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MAKES ONE RICH AND HE ADDS NO SORROW WITH IT.
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I WILL NOT BE AFRAID OF TEN THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
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WHO HAVE SET THEMSELVES AGAINST ME ALL AROUND,
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FOR THE LORD IS MY LIGHT AND MY SALVATION.
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WHOM SHALL I FEAR?
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THE LORD IS THE STRENGTH OF MY LIFE.
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OF WHOM SHALL I BE AFRAID?
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EVEN IF MY FATHER AND MOTHER FORSAKE ME, THEN
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THE LORD WILL TAKE CARE OF ME, FOR MANY ARE THE
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AFFLICTIONS OF THE RIGHTEOUS, BUT THE LORD
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DELIVERS THEM OUT OF THEM ALL.
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THE LORD IS NIGH UNTO THE BROKEN HEARTED AND SAFE
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IS SUCH AS BE OF A CONTRITE SPIRIT.
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HE HEALETH THE BROKEN HEARTED AND BINDETH UP
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THEIR WOUNDS.
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YOUR LORD YOUR GOD IS A SUN AND SHIELD, HE WILL
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GIVE GRACE AND GLORY.
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NO GOOD THING WILL HE WITHHOLD FROM THOSE WHO
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WALK UPRIGHTLY.
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HAPPY ARE THOSE PEOPLE WHOSE GO IS THE LORD,
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WHOSE HOPE IS IN THE GOD OF JACOB, WHOSE HELP
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COMES FROM THE LORD WHO MADE HEAVEN.
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THE EARTH, THE SEA AND ALL THAT IS IN THEM.
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TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL OF YOUR HEART.
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LEAN NOT ON YOUR OWN UNDERSTANDING.
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IN ALL YOUR WAYS ACKNOWLEDGE HIM, AND HE
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WILL DIRECT YOUR PATH.
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FOR THE PATH OF THE JUST IS LIKE THE SHINING SUN
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SHINING EVER BRIGHTER UNTO THE PERFECT DAY.
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EVEN IF I SIT IN DARKNESS, THEN THE LORD
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WILL BE A LIGHT UNTO ME.
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COMMIT YOUR WORK TO THE LORD, AND YOUR THOUGHTS
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WILL BE ESTABLISHED.
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YOU WILL KEEP HIM IN PERFECT PEACE WHOSE MIND
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IS STAYED ON YOU.
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IF HE PASS THROUGH THE WATERS, I WILL BE WITH YOU.
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WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THE RIVERS, THEY WILL NOT
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OVERFLOW YOU.
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WHEN THOU WALKEST THROUGH THE FIRE, THOU SHALL NOT
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BE BURNED.
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NO WEAPON FORMED AGAINST YOU SHALL PROSPER, FOR
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THE WEAPONS OF OUR WARFARE ARE NOT CARNAL
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BUT SPIRITUAL, MIGHTY IN GOD TO THE PULLING
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DOWN OF STRONGHOLDS.
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HE TAKETH UP THE IDOLS AS A VERY LITTLE THING.
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THE EYES OF THE LORD RUN TO AND FRO THROUGHOUT THE
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EARTH LOOKING FOR THOSE WHOSE HEARTS ARE LOYAL TO
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HIM THAT HE MIGHT SHOW HIMSELF STRONG
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ON THEIR BEHALF.
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THE LORD, YOUR GOD, IS A WARRIOR.
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SO ENDURE HARDSHIP AS A GOOD SOLDIER OF JESUS
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CHRIST, FOR THE BATTLE IS NOT YOURS.
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THE BATTLE BELONGS TO THE LORD.
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THE LORD YOUR GOD IN THE MIDST OF YOU.
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HE IS MIGHTY.
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HE WILL SAVE.
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HE WILL REST IN HIS LOVE.
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HE WILL REJOICE OVER THEE WITH JOY.
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HE WILL REJOICE OVER THEE WITH SINGING.
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HE WILL RESTORE THE YEARS THE LOCUST IS HAVE EATEN.
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LO, I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS EVEN TO THE ENDING OF THE AGE.
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I WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU NOR FORSAKE YOU.
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BLESSED ARE THE POOR IN SPIRIT FOR THEIRS IS THE
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KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.
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BLESSED THOSE WHO MOURN FOR THEY
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SHALL BE COMFORTED.
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BLESSED ARE THE MEEK FOR THEY SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH.
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BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO HUNGER AND THIRST FOR
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RIGHTEOUSNESS, FOR THEY SHALL BE FILLED.
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BLESSED ARE THE MERCIFUL, FOR THEY SHALL RECEIVE MERCY.
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BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART, FOR THEY SHALL SEE GOD.
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BLESSED ARE THE PEACE MAKERS, FOR THEY SHALL BE
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CALLED SONS OF GOD.
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BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO ARE PERSECUTED FOR
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RIGHTEOUSNESS SAKE, FOR THEIRS IS THE
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KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.
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BLESSED ARE YOU WHEN MEN PERSECUTE YOU AND REVILE
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YOU AND SAY ALL MANNER OF EVIL AGAINST YOU FALSELY
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FOR MY SAKE.
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REJOICE AND BE EXCEEDINGLY GLAD, FOR
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GREAT IS YOUR REWARD IN HEAVEN FOR SO THEY
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PERSECUTED THE PROPHETS WHO CAME BEFORE YOU.
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ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR THE GOOD TO THOSE WHO
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LOVE GOD AND ARE THE CALLED ACCORDING
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TO HIS PURPOSE.
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NOW, THESE THINGS THAT WERE WRITTEN WERE WRITTEN
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FOR OUR LEARNING, THAT THROUGH THE PATIENCE AND
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COMFORT OF THE SCRIPTURES WE MIGHT HAVE HOPE.
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NOW, MAY THE GOD OF HOPE FILL YOU WITH ALL JOY AND
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PEACE IN BELIEVING THAT YOU MAY ABOUND IN HOPE BY
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THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
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BRETHREN, WHATEVER THINGS ARE TRUE, NOBLE, LOVELY,
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JUST, PURE, VIRTUOUS AND PRAISE WORTHY, MEDITATE
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ON THESE THINGS, AND THE GOD OF PEACE
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WILL BE WITH YOU.
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LET PATIENCE HAVE ITS PERFECT WORK THAT YOU
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MIGHT BE PERFECT AND COMPLETE LACKING NOTHING.
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I WAITED PATIENTLY FOR THE LORD.
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HE INCLINED AND HEARD MY CRY.
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HE BROUGHT MY FEET OUT OF THE PIT, OUT OF
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THE MIRY CLAY.
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THIS IS THE CONFIDENCE THAT WE HAVE IN HIM, THAT
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IF WE ASK ANYTHING ACCORDING TO HIS WILL HE
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HEARS US, AND IF WE KNOW THAT HE HEARS US WE KNOW
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THAT WE HAVE THE PETITIONS THAT WE HAVE
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ASKED OF HIM.
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BEHOLD, WHAT MANNER OF LOVE THE FATHER HAS GIVEN
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UNTO US THAT WE SHOULD BE CALLED SONS OF GOD.
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JESUS SAID MY WORDS ARE SPIRIT AND LIFE.
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AFTER ABRAHAM PATIENTLY ENDURED, HE OBTAINED
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THE PROMISE.
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IS ANYTHING TOO HARD FOR THE LORD?
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WE HAVE THIS TREASURE IN EARTHEN VESSELS THAT THE
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EXCELLENCE OF THE POWER MAY BE OF GOD AND NOT OF US.
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WE MIGHT BE HARD PRESSED ON EVERY SIDE, BUT WE ARE
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NOT CRUSHED.
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WE MIGHT BE PERPLEXED, BUT WE ARE NOT IN DESPAIR.
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WE MIGHT BE PERSECUTED, BUT WE ARE NOT FORSAKEN.
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WE MIGHT BE STRUCK DOWN, BUT WE ARE NOT DESTROYED
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BECAUSE GOD WHO BEGINS A GOOD WORK IN YOU WILL BE
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FAITHFUL TO COMPLETE IT UNTIL THE DAY OF CHRIST.
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NO EYE HAS SEEN, NO EAR HAS HEARD, NO MIND HAS
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CONCEIVED WHAT THE LORD HAS IN STORE FOR THOSE
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WHO LOVE HIM.
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NOW UNTO HIM WHO IS ABLE TO DO EXCEEDING
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ABUNDANTLY ABOVE ALL WE COULD ASK OR THINK
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ACCORDING TO THE POWER THAT IS AT WORK WITHIN
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US, GOD HAS GIVEN US EXCEEDING, GREAT AND
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PRECIOUS PROMISES GOD CAN CANNOT LIE, AND ALL THE
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PROMISES OF GOD IN HIM ARE YES AND AMEN!
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[ TRIUMPHANT MUSIC ]
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- WE HAVE NOW BRIDGED THE GAP FROM DESPAIR TO HOPE
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WITH THE PROMISES OF GOD.
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[ MUSIC ]
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- I'M BEN COURSON, AND YOU'RE WATCHING
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HOPE GENERATION.
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FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, CHRISTMASTIME AND THE
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HOLIDAYS ARE HEARTBREAKING.
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DID YOU KNOW THAT DEPRESSION ACTUALLY
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AUGMENTS AND INCREASES DURING CHRISTMASTIME?
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FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, IT BRINGS UP NOSTALGIC
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MEMORIES AND LOVED ONES WHO ARE NO LONGER THERE
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AND MEMORIES THEY CAN NO LONGER ENJOY, BUT JESUS
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HAD A HARD TIME DURING CHRISTMAS, TOO.
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THERE WAS NO ROOM FOR HIM IN THE INN WHEN HE WAS BORN.
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HE WASN'T EVEN INVITED TO HIS OWN BIRTHDAY PARTY.
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WHAT'S MORE, IN THAT CULTURE IN THE FIRST
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CENTURY IN JEWISH HISTORY WHENEVER A BABY BOY WAS
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BORN, THE LOCAL MUSICIANS, THE LOCAL BAND WOULD
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COME INTO THE HOUSE AND PLAY A TUNE IN HONOR OF
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THE BOY THAT WAS JUST BORN.
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BUT IN JESUS' CASE NO EARTHLY MUSICIANS DID
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THAT EVEN THOUGH THAT WAS A CULTURAL CUSTOM YOU
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WERE NOT TO OMIT.
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BUT WHERE THE EARTHLY MUSICIANS FAILED, THE
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HEAVENLY ANGELS TOOK UP HARPS IN THEIR STEAD AND
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BROKE OUT INTO AN AMAZING CONCERT SINGING PEACE ON
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EARTH, GOOD WILL TOWARD MEN.
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IN THE SAME WAY, IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE THE
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FROWN OF MEN, YOU HAVE THE SMILE OF HEAVEN.
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WHEN PEOPLE FORGET ABOUT YOU DURING THE HOLIDAYS,
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THE LORD NEVER WILL, SO LET'S TAKE IN THIS
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MESSAGE FOR CHRISTMAS EVE 2017.
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[ MUSIC ]
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MERRY CHRISTMAS, EVERYBODY!
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I'M EXCITED TO READ TO YOU FROM LUKE CHAPTER 2,
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VERSE 8 THROUGH 10.
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FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE WHEN THEY HEAR THE SONG
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CHESTNUTS ROASTING ON AN OPEN FIRE, IT WARMS THE HEART,
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BUT FOR OTHER PEOPLE THAT'S A FIERY
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TRIBULATION THAT CAUSES THEM DEPRESSION.
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SCIENCE IS SHOWING US THAT DEPRESSION ACTUALLY
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SKYROCKETS DURING CHRISTMASTIME BECAUSE IT
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BRINGS UP NOSTALGIC MEMORIES PERHAPS OF LOVED
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ONES WHO ARE NO LONGER WITH US.
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IN FACT, THERE WAS A STUDY THAT CAME OUT
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RECENTLY THAT SHOWED US THAT 8 OUT OF 10 PEOPLE
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ARE STRESSED.
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SO FAR FROM THE HOLIDAYS BRINGING PEOPLE HOPE,
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SOMETIMES IT CAN BRING PEOPLE HEARTACHE,
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HEART BREAK AND ANXIETY.
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BUT WE SURVIVE BECAUSE THE FIRE INSIDE US BURNS
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BRIGHTER THAN THE FIRE AROUND US.
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GOD IS A CONSUMING FIRE, AND BECAUSE HE IS IN ME,
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THE STORM CANNOT TAKE ME WHERE GOD CANNOT KEEP ME.
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WRONG WILL BE WORSTED.
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RIGHT WILL TRIUMPH.
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WE ARE BAFFLED TO FIGHT BETTER.
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WE ARE SLEEP TO WAKE.
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WE FALL TO RISE.
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WE MIGHT HAVE HELL AROUND US, BUT WE HAVE
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HEAVEN INSIDE US.
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WE MIGHT BEAR A CROSS TODAY, BUT WE ARE GOING
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TO WEAR A CROWN TOMORROW BECAUSE WHEN CHESTNUTS
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ARE ROASTING ON AN OPEN FIRE, WE KNOW THAT GOD IS
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A CONSUMING FIRE, AND THIS FIRE NEVER BURNS ME.
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IT ONLY BURNS WHAT I AM NOT.
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COME ON, MAN!
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[ CHEERS ] WE HAVE GOOD NEWS, GREAT TIDINGS
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OF GLAD JOY.
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NOW HERE'S THE THING, KNOWING THE GOOD NEWS OF
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GOD'S LOVE THAT JESUS WAS BORN INTO THIS WORLD TO
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PROCLAIM, THE BIBLE SAYS THIS CASTS OUT ALL OUR FEAR.
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THE GOOD NEWS OF GOD'S LOVE CASTS OUT ALL OUR FEAR.
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GOD'S LOVE IS THE COAL THAT MAKES THE TRAIN ROLL.
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STAR WARS IS REALLY BIG RIGHT NOW AGAIN DURING
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THIS CHRISTMAS SEASON, AND LET ME TELL YOU
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GOD'S LOVE IS THE MOST POWERFUL FORCE IN
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THE UNIVERSE.
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MAY THAT FORCE BE WITH YOU.
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CAN I GET AN AMEN?
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[ CHEERS ] LISTEN, IF OUR GREATEST NEED HAD BEEN
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INFORMATION, GOD WOULD HAVE SENT US AN EDUCATOR.
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IF OUR GREATEST NEED HAD BEEN TECHNOLOGY, GOD
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WOULD HAVE SENT US A SCIENTIST.
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IF OUR GREATEST NEED HAD BEEN PLEASURE, GOD WOULD
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HAVE SENT US AN ENTERTAINER.
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IF OUR GREATEST NEED HAD BEEN MONEY, GOD WOULD
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HAVE SENT US AN ECONOMIST.
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BUT OUR GREATEST NEED WAS LOVE, SO GOD SENT US A SAVIOR.
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[ APPLAUSE ]
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AND THIS CHRISTMAS SEASON IS CELEBRATING THE GOOD
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NEWS OF GOD'S LOVE WHICH IS WHAT THE ANGELS
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PROCLAIMED, LUKE 2: 10 AND 11.
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WATCH THIS.
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THEN THE ANGELS SAID TO THE SHEPHERDS,
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DO NOT BE AFRAID!
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FOR BEHOLD, I BRING YOU GOOD TIDINGS OF GREAT JOY
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WHICH WILL BE NO ALL PEOPLE FOR THERE IS BORN
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TO YOU THIS DAY IN THE CITY OF DAVID A SAVIOR
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WHO IS CHRIST THE LORD.
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NOW, NOTICE WHAT THE ANGELS SAY, THE FIRST
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THING THEY PROCLAIM IS, DO NOT BE AFRAID, FOR WE
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BRING GOOD TIDINGS OF GREAT JOY THAT A SAVIOR
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IS BORN TO PROCLAIM THE LOVE OF HIS FATHER.
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NOW, WATCH THIS.
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THIS IS GOOD NEWS.
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AS AMERICANS, THE IDEA OF GOOD NEWS IS RATHER
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FOREIGN TO US.
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HERE'S WHAT I MEAN.
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NO MATTER WHAT SIDE OF THE BIRD YOU'RE ON,
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RIGHT WING OR LEFT WING, MAYBE YOU'RE AN OBAMA
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SUPPORTER AND YOU SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT?
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OBAMA CHANGED CULTURE BY BEING THE FIRST
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BLACK PRESIDENT.
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OR MAYBE YOU'RE CONSERVATIVE, AND YOU SAY
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TRUMP CHANGED CULTURE BY BEING THE FIRST
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NON-POLITICIAN ELECTED PRESIDENT, THE FIRST
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BILLIONAIRE TOP ONE PERCENTER TO PRESIDE OVER
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THE 99%.
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WHATEVER SIDE OF THE BIRD YOU'RE ON WHETHER YOU
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WATCH CNN OR FOX NEWS, WHAT THE NEWS MEDIA DOES
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AS A WHOLE IS THEY CONSTANTLY PROCLAIM BAD
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NEWS, AND THEY REPEAT THEIR OWN NEWS FEED EVERY
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30 MINUTES, SO THE QUICKEST WAY TO BE
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DEPRESSED DURING THIS CHRISTMAS SEASON IS TO
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WATCH THE NEWS 24/7 ARE.
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AND HERE'S THE THING, NEWS MEDIA PUNDITS AND
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CORPORATE PROFITEERS UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN THEY
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HAWK BAD NEWS, THAT STICKS TO THE BRAIN
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LIKE VELCRO.
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HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED WHEN YOU'RE ON INSTAGRAM
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IF TEN PEOPLE COMMENT ON YOUR POST, AND NINE
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PEOPLE SAY SOMETHING NICE BUT ONE PERSON SAYS
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SOMETHING MEAN, WHAT ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT?
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WHAT ARE YOU MEDITATING ON?
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WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER?
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THE ONE NEGATIVE COMMENT.
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THAT'S BECAUSE NEURO SCIENTISTS TELL US THAT
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NEGATIVITY AND BAD NEWS STICKS TO THE BRAIN LIKE
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VELCRO AND GOOD NEWS FALLS OFF OUR BRAIN LIKE
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WATER OFF A DUCK'S BACK, SO NEURO SCIENTISTS TELL
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US THAT YOU HAVE TO TAKE 15 SECONDS TO MEDITATE ON
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GOOD NEWS EVERY TIME IT HAPPENS IN ORDER FOR IT
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TO ASSIMILATE INTO YOUR CRANIAL PACKAGE.
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WHAT I'M SAYING IS BAD NEWS SELLS, BUT THIS
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MESSAGE OF CHRISTMAS IS GOOD TIDINGS OF GREAT JOY.
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I'M SO GLAD I DIDN'T HAVE TO TELL YOU PLEASE TURN
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ME TONIGHT WITH THE BAD NEWS ACCORDING TO SAINT LUKE.
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IT'S TURN TO THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO LUKE.
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THE WORD GOSPEL MEANS GOOD NEWS.
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AND FRIENDS, IF YOU'RE DEPRESSED, IF YOU'RE
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LONELY, IF YOU'RE BURNING IN FIERY TRIBULATIONS
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RATHER THAN BEING WARMED BY AN OPEN FIRE, LET ME
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TELL YOU THE GOOD NEWS OF GOD'S LOVE IS SO AMAZING
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THAT HE WILL EVEN TAKE SITUATIONS IN YOUR LIFE
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THAT ARE PAINFUL, AND HE WILL CONVERT THEM INTO
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PAIN FUEL THAT DRIVES YOU ONTO YOUR DESTINY.
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PAIN EITHER HAS THE POWER TO BREAK YOU, OR IT IS
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THE POWER THAT MAKES YOU UNBREAKABLE.
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WHAT IT IS DEVELOPS ON WHO YOU ARE, AND WHEN WE
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WALK WITH THE GOD OF LOVE, THE GOOD NEWS IS
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PAIN MAKES US STRONGER.
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TEARS MAKE US BRAVER.
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HEARTBREAK MAKES US WISER, SO WE THANK OUR
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PAST FOR A BETTER FUTURE.
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PAUL THE APOSTLE SAID IN ROMANS 5 WE GLORY IN
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TRIBULATION BECAUSE TRIBULATION PRODUCES
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PATIENCE, PATIENCE EXPERIENCE, EXPERIENCE
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HOPE, AND HOPE NEVER MAKES US ASHAMED BECAUSE
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OF THE LOVE OF GOD SPREAD ABROAD IN OUR HEARTS BY
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THE HOLY GHOST WHICH IS GIVEN UNTO US.
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FRIENDS, THE LOVE OF GOD WORKS ALL THINGS TOGETHER
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FOR THE GOOD, SO JOHN THE APOSTLE SAID HERE IN HIS
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LOVE, NOT THAT WE LOVED GOD BUT THAT HE LOVED US,
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THAT A SAVIOR HAS BEEN BORN INTO THE WORLD.
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NOW, NOTICE WHO WROTE THAT TEXT.
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JOHN THE APOSTLE SAID NOT THAT WE LOVE GOD BUT THAT
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HE LOVES US.
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NOTICE, JOHN THE APOSTLE WAS THE ONE DISCIPLE WHO
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DID NOT FORSAKE JESUS AT THE CROSS.
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PETER ON THE OTHER HAND WAS THE DISCIPLE WHO
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DENIED JESUS THREE TIMES.
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WHY?
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BECAUSE PETER DEFINED HIMSELF AS THE DISCIPLE
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WHO LOVED JESUS, BUT JOHN DEFINED HIMSELF AS THE
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DISCIPLE WHOM JESUS LOVED.
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PETER SAID I WILL GO TO THE CROSS WITH YOU EVEN
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TO THE DEATH, AND JESUS SAID NO, YOU'RE NOT.
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YOU'RE GOING TO DENY ME THREE TIMES BEFORE THE
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ROOSTER CROWS.
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BUT JOHN THE APOSTLE DEFINED HIMSELF AS THE
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DISCIPLE WHOM JESUS LOVED, HERE IN HIS LOVE,
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NOT THAT WE LOVE BUT THAT HE LOVED US AND HE LEANED
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ON THE BREAST OF JESUS, AND ACTUALLY STAYED TRUE
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TO JESUS EVEN WHEN HE WAS AT THE CROSS WHEN YOU
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KNOW NOT HOW MUCH YOU LOVE GOD BUT HOW MUCH HE
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LOVES YOU, THAT A SAVIOR IS BORN.
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THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT KEEPS US CLOSE
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TO HIS HEART.
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AND IT'S FUNNY, JOHN THE APOSTLE PROVED WHAT SONG
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OF SOLOMON SAYS, THAT MANY WATERS CANNOT
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DROWN LOVE.
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THERE IS NO SOCIAL UTILITY OR DARWINIAN
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EXPLANATION OR EVOLUTIONARY PRINCIPLE
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THAT EXPLAINS WHY WE HAVE PRESENT TENSE LOVE FOR
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THOSE WHO HAVE ALREADY DIED BECAUSE THE BIBLE
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TEACHES MANY WATERS CANNOT DROWN LOVE.
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LOVE NEVER FAILS.
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LOVE IS IMMORTAL, SO JOHN THE APOSTLE, THE DISCIPLE
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WHOM JESUS LOVED, THE APOSTLE OF LOVE, NO
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MATTER HOW MUCH THEY TRIED TO KILL HIM, HE
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JUST WOULDN'T DIE.
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THEY TRIED TO PUT HIM IN A CULTURE OF BOILING OIL
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AND HE SURVIVED.
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THEN THEY TRIED TO POISON HIS CUP.
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A KING ACTUALLY PUT POISON IN HIS DRINK, AND
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HE DIDN'T PERISH, SO THEN THEY SEQUESTERED HIM TO A
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DESERT ISLAND, AND HE STILL WOULDN'T DIE.
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IN FACT, HE CAME BACK FROM THE DESERT ISLAND
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WITH A BEST SELLER BECAUSE HE WAS THE
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DISCIPLE WHOM JESUS LOVED.
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NOTHING COULD KILL HIM.
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AND I WANT TO TELL YOU AS I DRAW TO A CLOSE THAT
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THE LORD LOVES YOU SO MUCH WHEN YOU'RE IN A
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FIERY TRIBULATION.
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HE DID NOT COME TO TORCH YOU.
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HE CAME TO TOUCH YOU.
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FEAR NOT.
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THERE ARE GOOD TIDINGS OF GREAT JOY KNOWING THAT
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JESUS DID NOT DIE ON A CROSS SO WE COULD LIVE
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LIKE HELL ON EARTH.
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JESUS DIDN'T ON A CROSS JUST TO GET US OFF THIS
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ROCK INTO HEAVEN BUT TO GET THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN
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INTO US WHILE WE'RE ON THIS ROCK.
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JESUS DIDN'T JUST TEAR THE TEMPLE VEIL TO GET US
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INTO THE PRESENCE.
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HE TORE THE TEMPLE VEIL TO GET THE PRESENCE INTO US.
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AND OUR MESSAGE IS NOT SO MUCH THAT WE ACCEPT THE
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LORD INTO OUR HEART AS MUCH AS HE ACCEPTS US
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INTO HIS HEART.
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THE OLD TESTAMENT IS THE SHEEP DIED FOR THE SINS
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OF THE SHEPHERD.
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BUT THE NEW TESTAMENT IS THE GOOD SHEPHERD LAYS
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DOWN HIS LIFE FOR THE SINS OF THE SHEEP.
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THE OLD TESTAMENT IS TAKE OFF YOUR SHOES.
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THIS IS HOLY GROUND.
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THE NEW TESTAMENT IS THE FATHER GIVES THE PRODIGAL
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SON SHOES FOR HIS FEET BECAUSE HE IS NOW WORTHY
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TO STAND IN HIS PRESENCE.
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THE OLD TESTAMENT IS MY THOUGHTS ARE HIGHER THAN
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YOUR THOUGHTS.
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THE NEW TESTAMENT IS YOU HAVE THE MIND OF CHRIST.
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THE OLD TESTAMENT LAW IS GOD SAYING DON'T MAKE ANY
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GRAVEN IMAGES OF ME, BUT THE GARDEN OF EDEN IS GOD
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SAYS I'VE ALREADY MADE IMAGES OF MYSELF,
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HUMAN BEINGS.
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SO WHEN YOU SEE A HUMAN WALKING A DOG, YOU'RE
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LIKE OH, A PUPPY!
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GOD SEES A HUMAN WALKING A DOG, AND HE'S LIKE
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OH, A HUMAN!
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THEY'RE MADE IN MY IMAGE.
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I LOVE THEM SO MUCH.
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FRIENDS, GOOD TIDINGS OF GREAT JOY IS THE
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DECLARATION THAT GOD LOVES YOU TO DEATH AS
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JESUS SHOWS ON THE CROSS, WHEN HE SAYS EAT OF MY
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BODY, BORN IN THE FEEDING TROUGH AS THE BREAD OF
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LIFE SO WE CAN FEAST ON ENCOURAGEMENT NOURISHMENT.
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THERE ARE 1.189 CHAPTERS IN THE BIBLE,
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66 BOOKS WRITTEN BY 40 DIFFERENT AUTHORS, AND 14
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OF THOSE BOOKS WERE WRITTEN BY PAUL THE APOSTLE.
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AND PAUL THE APOSTLE TOLD US IN ROMANS 15: 4 THE
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REASON WE WROTE THE SCRIPTURES WAS FOR THE
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EXPRESS PURPORT AND TELEOLOGIC DESIGN OF GIVING
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YOU HOPE.
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FRIENDS, WE HAVE ENOUGH BAD NEWS IN THE MEDIA.
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WE NEED SOME MORE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO DECLARE
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THE GOOD NEWS.
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WE HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE WHO MOPE AROUND.
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WE NEED SOME MORE PEOPLE WHO SPREAD HOPE AROUND.
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WE HAVE ENOUGH EEYORES IN THE WORLD.
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WE NEED SOME MORE AT TIGGERS.
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WE HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE WHO TELL IT LIKE IT IS.
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WE NEED SOME MORE PEOPLE WHO TELL IT LIKE IT CAN BE.
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WE HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE WHO SAY YOU'RE GOING TO DIE SOON.
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WE NEED SOME MORE PEOPLE WHO TELL US YOU AIN'T DEAD YET.
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WE NEED TO HAVE A CHECKUP FROM THE NECK UP.
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GET RID OF STINKING THINKING.
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HAVE AN ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE, AND WHEN WE
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GET GOD'S LOVE WE ARE GOING TO LIVE OUR LIFE
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WITH NO FEAR.
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WHEN WE GET THE GOOD TIDINGS OF GREAT JOY, WE
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WILL LIVE WITH ZERO FEAR, ZERO ANXIETY,
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ZERO DEPRESSION.
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WE'RE GOING TO BE LIKE JONATHAN AND HIS ARMOR
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BEARER FIGHTING 20 PHILISTINES WITH ONLY TWO
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MEN ON OUR SIDE.
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WE'RE GOING TO BE LIKE DAVID KILLING 200
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PHILISTINES AND BRINGING BACK THEIR FORESKINS WHEN
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KILLING 100 WAS SUPPOSED TO WIPE THEM OUT.
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WE'RE GOING TO BE LIKE ABISHAI WHO TOOK UP HIS
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SPEAR AND KILLED 300 ENEMY WARRIORS IN A
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SINGLE BATTLE, LIKE JONATHAN, DAVID'S NEPHEW,
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WHO 40 YEARS AFTER DAVID KILLED GOLIATH, FOUGHT A
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GIANT WITH SIX FINGERS ON EACH HAND AND SIX TOES ON
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EACH FOOT AND HE KILLED HIM.
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WE'RE GOING TO BE LIKE SHAMGAR WHO TOOK UP AN OX
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GOAD AND KILLED 600 PHILISTINES IN ONE BATTLE.
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WE'RE GOING TO BE LIKE BENAIAH NIGH A CHASING THE LION
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DOWN INTO THE SNOWY PIT AND KILLING IT WITH
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OUR BEAR HANDS.
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WE'RE GOING TO BENAHIAH ON ANOTHER OCCASION
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WHO FOUGHT A MIGHTY EGYPTIAN WARRIOR WHO WAS
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ARMED WITH A SPEAR.
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BENAIAH ONLY HAD A CLUB.
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HE WRENCHED THE SPEAR OUT OF THE EGYPTIAN'S HAND
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AND KILLED HIM WITH HIS OWN WEAPON.
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WE'RE GOING TO BE LIKE ELEAZAR FIGHTING AN
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ENTIRE PHILISTINE ARMY BY OURSELVES.
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WE'RE GOING TO BE LIKE JASHOBEAM WHO LIFTED UP
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HIS SPEAR AND KILLED 800 ENEMY WARRIORS IN A
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SINGLE BATTLE, LIKE SAMSON WHO TOOK UP THE
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JAWBONE OF A DONKEY AND KILLED A THOUSAND
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PHILISTINES WITH IT, LIKE GIDEON WHO TOOK 300 MEN
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AND PUT TO FLIGHT 135.000 MIDIANITES WITH SOME
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CRACK POTS, SOME TORCHES AND SOME PEOPLE WHO
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SHOUTED A LOT.
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WE'RE GOING TO BE LIKE JESUS WHO AT THE
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CROSSROADS TOOK THE ROAD TO THE CROSS.
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THROUGH GOD WE SHALL DO VALIANTLY, SO WE'RE GOING
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TO THROW WATER ON THE FIRE OF OUR FEARS AND
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THROW GASOLINE ON THE PASSIONS OF OUR DREAMS.
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WE'RE GOING TO FAITH OUR FEARS BECAUSE AS PERFECT
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LOVE CASTS OUT FEAR, WE HEAR THE MESSAGE OF THE
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ANGELS, DO NOT BE AFRAID!
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I GIVE YOU GOOD TIDINGS, GOOD NEWS OF GREAT JOY
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THAT A SAVIOR IS BORN.
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GOD LOVES YOU AND HIS PERFECT LOVE CASTS OUT FEAR.
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WOULD SOMEBODY SAY AMEN?
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[ CHEERS ]
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THIS IS GOOD NEWS.
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THIS IS GOOD NEWS.
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[ MUSIC ]
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- GOD'S PERFECT LOVE CASTS OUT ALL YOUR FEAR.
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FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE DURING CHRISTMAS, THEY'RE
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FEARFUL THAT THEY'RE ALWAYS GOING TO BE ALONE,
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THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE AN OUTSIDER TO THE HOLIDAYS.
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BUT REMEMBER THE MESSAGE OF CHRISTMAS FIRST CAME
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TO THOSE WHO WERE ALONE, TO THOSE WHO
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WERE OUTSIDERS.
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THE BIRTH OF JESUS WAS FIRST HERALDED TO SHEPHERDS.
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IN THE FIRST CENTURY IN JEWISH CULTURE, SHEPHERDS
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WERE OUTLAWS, OUTCASTS, ODD BALLS, AND THE
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ODD MAN OUT.
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IF YOU HAD BROKEN A LAW OR GONE AGAINST A TABOO
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IN THE VILLAGE, YOU WERE THEN SEQUESTERED OUT TO
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THE FIELDS TO HANG OUT WITH SHEEP ALL DAY.
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BY THE TIME YOU CAME BACK INTO THE VILLAGE, THE
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SMELL OF SHEEP WOULD PROCEED YOU, AND IT WOULD
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ACT LIKE A BELL AROUND YOUR NECK REMINDING
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EVERYBODY AS THEY SMELLED SHEEP ON YOU THAT
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YOU ARE AN OUTLAW, THAT YOU WERE AN OUTCAST, THAT
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AN ODD BALL HAD COME INTO TOWN.
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AND YET THE SHEPHERDS WERE THE FIRST RECIPIENTS
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OF THE GOOD NEWS OF JESUS' BIRTH.
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IN THE SAME WAY, IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE AN
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OUTCAST OR AN OUTSIDER TO THE HOLIDAYS, THE GOOD
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SHEPHERD HAS A ROD AND A STAFF TO COMFORT YOU.
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THE GOOD SHEPHERD IS GOING TO BRING YOU
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THROUGH THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH TO GREEN
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PASTURES AND STILL WATERS, AND THE GOOD
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SHEPHERD IS GOING TO LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS SHEEP.
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THE LAMB OF GOD WHO TAKES AWAY THE SINS OF THE
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WORLD IS ON YOUR SIDE.
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SO MAY GOD KEEP YOU, BE WITH YOU, MAKE HIS FACE
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TO SHINE UPON YOU AS GOODNESS AND MERCY
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FOLLOWS YOU ALL THE DAYS OF YOUR LIFE.
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[ MUSIC ]
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- WORDS FAIL ME WHEN I TRY TO ARTICULATE HOW
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GRATEFUL I AM TO YOU, HOPE GENERATORS, WHO HAVE
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GIVEN FINANCIALLY TO THIS SHOW.
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KNOW THAT ANY OF YOUR DONATIONS DON'T GO TO MY POCKET.
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IT GOES DIRECTLY INTO THIS SHOW TO CONTINUE TO
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AIR THE MESSAGE OF THE GOD OF HOPE ACROSS THE GLOBE.
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IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GIVE, YOU CAN VISIT
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BENCOURSON.COM AND DONATE ON THE INTERNET.
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YOU CAN TEXT AN AMOUNT TO THE NUMBER YOU SEE ON THE
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SCREEN OR YOU CAN SIMPLY MAIL A CHECK TO THIS ADDRESS.
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THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING HOPE GEN POSSIBLE.
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