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Franklin Graham - Hope From The Ashes

April 26, 2025 | S25:E105

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BillyGraham.TV | Franklin Graham - Hope From The Ashes | April 26, 2025

(voice-over) welcome to a special presentation
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From southern california,
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With franklin graham.
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(graham) i'm in los angeles
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A city that has
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Had a lot of trauma lately.
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In the middle of this pain,
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Many are asking,
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Can there be hope in the place of ashes?
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Well, i want you to know that there is hope.
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That hope is in jesus christ.
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(voice-over) featuring music
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From michael w. smith,
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And charity gayle.
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(graham) you might be standing in the rubble, and the ashes
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Of your life-- whatever the circumstances,
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I want you to know that god is
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Giving you right now a second chance.
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♪
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Hello, i'm franklin graham.
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I'm in los angeles,
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A city that has had a lot of trauma,
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A lot of difficulty lately.
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Many of you understand scars.
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You feel that your life is in ruins.
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So many have gone through devastating tragedy and loss.
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Hurricane helene hit the southeast
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The end of september.
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And brought devastation that we've never seen
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In that part of the world before.
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(water rushing)
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It's just amazing.
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They called it a "thousand year flood."
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(man) oh, this is scary, guys.
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(water crashing)
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(graham) more than 215 people died,
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That we know of.
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They believe there are still people that are
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Buried underneath some of the silt and trash.
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It will take years to recover.
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Many people lost everything they had worked for
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And they won't live long enough
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To recover what they've lost.
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Their homes,
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And everything they've spent their lives acquiring,
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Are simply gone.
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And as the east coast was still dealing with
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The hurricane and the floods,
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Well, january 7th here in california,
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The eaton and palisades fires started.
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(officer over loudspeaker) the evacuation of this area is required.
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(graham) it was fueled by hurricane-force santa ana wind
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That made the flames unstoppable.
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Everything is catching fire here!
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Trash bins, shrubs, trees, houses.
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(graham) it burned nearly 38,000 acres
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And destroyed more than 16,000 structures
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Like where i am right now.
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Twenty-nine people lost their lives.
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Fireman were fighting the inferno.
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These men and women fought to save every inch,
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Every life that they could.
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They didn't run, they didn't back up.
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They stood there and they fought
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And i'm so grateful for them and
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They really are heroes.
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Almost everyone who went through these fires
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Described it the same way.
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(woman) it is like driving through hell itself down here.
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You can feel the heat from the flames
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Even from inside your car.
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(wind rushing)
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(graham) flames were going hundreds of feet into the air.
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Houses were exploding.
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Cars literally were melting.
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People running for their lives.
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(woman yelling) is that even...ah!
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(man) okay, stop yelling.
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I just gotta get outta here.
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(woman) you've gotta get us outta here.
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(graham) maybe today you feel like
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You're going through some kind of hell
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Here on earth.
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Maybe it's cancer,
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Maybe it's divorce,
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Financial ruin.
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Maybe it's a problem with your children or family.
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Whatever your circumstances, i want you to know this--
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That god loves you.
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He doesn't promise us a rose garden here on earth.
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We're going to have tragedies.
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We're going to have misfortunes.
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We're going to have disappointments.
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But know this--
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God is real and he loves you.
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His son jesus christ is real.
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Hell, and its flames, it's real.
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And in a moment, i want to share with you
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A message about a savior
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Who came to save us from hell.
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But first, i want to introduce you to my friends
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Michael w. smith and charity gayle
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Who are here in california with me to share
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Some special music from pepperdine university.
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(smith) thank you, franklin.
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Charity and i are honored to be with you.
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And, actually, this is our first time singing together
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And it's a blessing for both of us
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To be here.
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That's right.
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And sometimes life hits us incredibly hard.
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But when we go through difficulties
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Our main trust and our hope is jesus.
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♪ there is strength ♪
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♪ within the sorrow ♪
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♪
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♪ there is beauty ♪
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♪ in our tears ♪
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♪
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♪ and you meet us in our mourning ♪
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♪
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♪ with a love that casts out fear ♪
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♪
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♪ you are working in our waiting ♪
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♪
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♪ you're sanctifying us ♪
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♪
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♪ when beyond our understanding ♪
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♪
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♪ you're teaching us to trust ♪
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♪
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♪ oh, your plans are still to prosper ♪
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♪ you have not forgotten us ♪
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♪
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♪ you're with us in the fire and the flood ♪
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♪
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♪ you're faithful forever ♪
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♪ you're perfect in love ♪
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♪
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♪ you are sovereign over us ♪
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♪
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♪ your plans are still to prosper ♪
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♪ you have not forgotten us ♪
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♪
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♪ you're with us in the fire and the flood ♪
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♪
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♪ you're faithful forever ♪
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♪ you're perfect in love ♪
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♪
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♪ you are sovereign over us ♪
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♪
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♪ even what the enemy means for evil ♪
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♪ you turn it for our good ♪
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♪ you turn it for our good and for your glory ♪
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♪
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♪ even in the valley, you are faithful ♪
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♪ you're working for our good ♪
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♪ you're working for our good and for your glory ♪
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♪
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♪ even what the enemy means for evil ♪
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♪ you turn it for our good ♪
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♪ you turn it for our good and for your glory ♪
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♪
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♪ even in the valley, you are faithful ♪
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♪ you're working for our good ♪
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♪ you're working for our good and for your glory ♪
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♪ your plans are still to prosper ♪
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♪ you have not forgotten us ♪
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♪
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♪ you're with us in the fire and the flood ♪
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♪
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♪ you're faithful forever ♪
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♪ you're perfect in love ♪
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♪
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♪ you are sovereign over us ♪
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♪
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♪ you're faithful forever ♪
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♪ perfect in love ♪
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♪
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♪ you are sovereign over us ♪
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♪♪
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(graham) standing here today, it's a wasteland.
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Charred chimneys, gray ash.
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And every now and then you'll see a house
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That somehow made it through this, this fire.
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Think of the hundreds and hundreds of families
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And some of them have no clue what they're going to do.
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You know, you just look around
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And you just feel sorry for every family.
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And most people put so much value
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In what they've accomplished and what they've accumulated
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In life, but in just an instant, it can look like
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Where i'm standing.
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Just a pile of ash and rubble.
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What's important in life?
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It's your soul.
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This makes me think about eternity.
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We all have a soul that will live for eternity
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In one of two places-- heaven or hell.
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Jesus said, "what should it profit a man
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"if he should gain the whole world
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"and lose his own soul?"
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Heaven is real,
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And hell is also real.
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Jesus preached about hell
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And not everyone is going to make it to heaven.
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Only those who have put their faith
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And trust in god's son, jesus christ.
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There's a choice you have to make--
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To accept christ or to reject him.
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The choice is yours.
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The hell that people were describing here
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In california where i stand today,
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Is not even close to the real hell
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Created for the devil and his angels.
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Hell is a place of eternal torment,
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Where there is no end to the flames.
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No end to the stench.
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The bible describes hell as eternal flames.
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A lake of fire.
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A furnace of fire with weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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Hell is god's judgment on people who reject
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His offer of redemption and salvation,
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By sending his son, jesus christ, to take our place.
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Jesus christ told a story of a rich man,
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Who died and went to hell.
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And a poor man by the name of lazarus
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Who sat at his gate, wanting the crumbs
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That fell off his table.
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And he went to heaven.
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And in hell, the rich man looked up
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And he could see lazarus, this poor man,
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Being comforted by abraham.
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And he called to lazarus to dip his finger
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Into some water, come touch his tongue,
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Because of the flames and the torment that he was in.
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But abraham said,
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"there is a gulf between you and us."
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"we cannot go to you and you cannot come to us."
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But i thought about this.
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In hell, you may be able to see.
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You might be able to see your friends and family
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And those that witnessed to you.
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Those that shared the truth with you,
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That warned you.
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You'll see them.
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But it's too late.
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It's too late.
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(siren blaring)
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Here in california, there were sirens
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Warning people to flee.
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And some people quickly began to get out
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And to get to safety.
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How do you make preparations
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To avoid the flames of a very real hell?
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God has given us warnings to prepare us.
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His word, the word of god, spiritual sirens.
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There's a conscience right inside us, warning us.
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Don't ignore them.
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The only way that we can escape
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Is through the blood of jesus christ.
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The bible says
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"but he was wounded
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"for our transgressions
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"and bruised
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"for our iniquities,
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"the chastisement of our peace
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"was upon him,
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"and by his stripes
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"we are healed."
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Because of his great love for us
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Jesus, who was sinless, took our sins to the cross
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And shed his life blood.
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He died on that cross.
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He was buried, and on the third day
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God raised him to life.
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And the bible says that
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"god did not send his son
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"into the world
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"to condemn the world,
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"but that the world
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"through him might be saved."
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Many people think that
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God sent his son
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To point his finger in our face,
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To say, "you're wrong."
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No, god sent his son to save us.
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There are many people wondering,
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In all these ashes out here,
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"is there any hope?
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"is there any hope for me, for my family?"
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Well, i want you to know, yes, there is.
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And that hope can be found in god's son, jesus christ.
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Right now,
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I want you to listen to every word
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Of this powerful song by charity gayle.
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Thank you, jesus, for the blood,
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And consider what jesus christ has done for you.
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♪
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♪ i was a wretch ♪
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♪ i remember who i was ♪
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♪ i was lost, i was blind ♪
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♪ and i was running out of time ♪
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♪ sin separated ♪
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♪ the breach was far too wide ♪
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♪ but from the far side of the chasm ♪
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♪ you had me in your sight ♪
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♪ so you made a way across the great divide ♪
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♪ left behind heaven's throne ♪
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♪ to build it here inside ♪
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♪ and there, at the cross, you paid the debt i owed ♪
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♪ broke my chains, freed my soul ♪
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♪ and for the first time, i had hope ♪
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♪
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♪ thank you, jesus for the blood applied ♪
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♪ thank you, jesus, it has washed me white ♪
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♪ oh, thank you, jesus, you have saved my life ♪
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♪ you brought me from the darkness ♪
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♪ into glorious light ♪
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♪ yes, you did, lord ♪
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♪
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♪ you took my place ♪
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♪ laid inside my tomb of sin ♪
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♪ you were buried for three days ♪
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♪ but then you walked right out again ♪
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♪
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♪ and now death has no sting ♪
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♪ and life has no end ♪
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♪ for i have been transformed ♪
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♪ by the blood of the lamb ♪
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♪
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♪ thank you, jesus for the blood applied ♪
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♪ thank you, jesus! ♪
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♪ thank you, jesus, it has washed me white ♪
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♪ oh, thank you, jesus, you have saved my life ♪
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♪ thank you, jesus! ♪
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♪ you brought me from the darkness ♪
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♪ into glorious light ♪
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♪ oh, yes! ♪
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♪ and there is nothing stronger ♪
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♪ than the wonder working power of the blood ♪
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♪ the blood ♪
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♪ that calls us sons and daughters ♪
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♪ we are ransomed by our father ♪
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♪ through the blood of the lamb ♪
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♪ the blood ♪
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♪ there is nothing ♪
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♪ there is nothing stronger ♪
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♪ than the wonder working power of the blood ♪
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♪ of jesus ♪
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♪ the blood ♪
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♪
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♪ that calls us sons and daughters ♪
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♪ we are ransomed by our father ♪
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♪ through the blood ♪
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♪ the blood ♪
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♪
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♪ thank you, jesus for the blood applied ♪
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♪ thank you, jesus! ♪
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♪ thank you, jesus, it has washed me white ♪
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♪ oh, thank you, jesus, you have saved my life ♪
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♪
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♪ lord, you brought me from the darkness ♪
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♪ into glorious ♪
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♪ light ♪♪
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(graham) it was 2,000 years ago in israel,
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And it's well-documented in history,
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That the religious leaders of the day--
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The scribes and the pharisees--
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Were jealous of jesus and arrested him.
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And they had a mock trial
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Where they conspired to find him guilty
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Even though he was innocent
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So that they could have him crucified like a criminal.
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However, they didn't have the authority
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So they took jesus to the romans
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And the roman governor, pilate,
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Said he could find no fault in him,
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But the religious leaders stirred up the crowd.
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And they demanded that jesus be put to death.
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They shouted, "crucify him!
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"crucify him, crucify him!"
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And the governor washed his hands
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Of his responsibility,
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And turned jesus, an innocent man,
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Over to this mob.
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Jesus was beaten.
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They flogged him with whips imbedded with glass and metal
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That shredded his back.
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Then they crucified him.
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And he died and shed his blood on calvary's cross.
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And while he was on the cross,
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God poured upon his son
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The sins of mankind, of humanity.
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All sins past, present, future.
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Jesus christ took our sins to the grave.
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He shed his blood.
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And because he took the sins of humanity,
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God could not look at his son.
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He turned his back on his son.
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See, god is holy.
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He can't look at sin.
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And jesus said, "my god, my god,
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"why have you forsaken me?"
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And jesus died and shed his blood
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And they buried him in a tomb
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And rolled a big stone over the opening,
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And they sealed it.
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But on the third day,
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Easter morning, there was this mighty earthquake
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That shook the city.
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An angel descended from heaven,
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Rolled away the stone,
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And jesus stepped out of the tomb.
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That tomb of sin, alive forever.
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The grave couldn't hold him.
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The pharisees couldn't stand him,
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But they found no way to stop him.
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(chuckling) death couldn't defeat him.
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The son of god came forth triumphant.
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And today, he's at the right hand
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Of god the father in heaven.
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And the bible says he's coming back.
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And when jesus went to the cross,
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He took your sins and my sins
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And he paid the debt for each and every one of us.
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And the bible tells us
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That "we have all sinned
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"and come short
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"of god's glory."
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And that "the wages
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"of sin is death,
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"but the gift of god
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"is eternal life
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"through jesus christ
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"our lord."
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Jesus said,
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"but god so loved the world
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"that he gave his only
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"begotten son
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"that whosoever
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"believeth in him
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"should not perish
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"but have everlasting life."
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He died in our place.
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He was buried in our place.
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And god raised him to life on the third day.
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And he's alive forevermore.
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If you're willing to repent of your sins--
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That means to turn away from those sins--
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And believe by faith on the name
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Of the lord jesus christ, you'll be saved.
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Not only will he forgive your sins and heal your heart,
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But he will welcome you to be with him
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In heaven for eternity.
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What are the consequences
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If you reject such a great salvation?
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On that day, when you stand before god,
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He's going to ask you:
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"what did you do with my son?
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"did you believe him?
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"did you trust him?
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"did you surrender your life to him?"
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You'll have to say no.
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Oh, you may have lots of excuses like,
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"i didn't think i was good enough."
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"i was going through a divorce."
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"i was so busy, i just didn't have time."
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There's not one excuse that god will accept.
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It will be too late.
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He is giving you an opportunity to change right now.
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And right now, this minute,
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You can accept christ or you can reject him.
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But it's your choice,
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You have to make that decision.
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God is the god of the second chance.
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And you've got an opportunity right now
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To put your faith and trust in christ.
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You don't have to give money.
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You don't have to do some hard work.
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All you have to do is, just by faith, say,
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"god, i believe this.
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"i believe that you sent your son
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"and i believe that he died on the cross.
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"i believe that he died for me,
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"that he shed his blood for me.
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"i believe it, and i'm willing to accept it."
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If you're willing to do this simply by faith,
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Right now god will forgive you, he'll heal you,
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He'll cleanse you,
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He'll give you a new opportunity.
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But you have to do this right now by faith.
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And if you'll pray this prayer with me,
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God will hear you, okay?
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If you'd like to invite christ into your heart,
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Just pray this prayer with me right now.
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Just say, god, i'm a sinner.
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I'm sorry for my sins.
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I believe jesus is your son
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Who took my sins to the cross,
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Who shed his blood and died for me,
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That he was buried and took my sins to the grave,
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And on the third day
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That you raised your son to life,
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And i'd like to invite him to come into my heart
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To take control of my life
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From this day forward, forever.
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And i pray this in jesus' name.
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Amen.
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If you prayed that prayer,
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Know that he has forgiven you.
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And he'll one day invite you to be with him
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In heaven for eternity.
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God bless you.
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(voice-over) if you just prayed with franklin
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Of if you have questions
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About a relationship with jesus christ,
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Call 855-255-pray
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Or go to peacewithgod.tv.
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We want to give you resources
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To help you grow in your relationship
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With jesus christ.
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And you can chat with someone
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Who can help answer your questions.
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Just go to peacewithgod.tv
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Or call 855-255-pray.
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♪
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♪
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♪ i just want to speak the name of jesus ♪
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♪
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♪ over every heart and every mind ♪
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♪
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♪ 'cause i know there is peace within your presence ♪
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♪
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♪ i speak jesus ♪
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♪
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♪ and i just want to speak the name of jesus ♪
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♪
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♪ 'til every dark addiction starts to break ♪
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♪
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♪ declaring there is hope and there is freedom ♪
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♪
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♪ i speak jesus ♪
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♪
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♪ your name is power, your name is healing ♪
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♪ your name is life ♪
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♪
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♪ break every stronghold ♪
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♪ shine through the shadows ♪
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♪ burn like a fire ♪
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♪
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♪ and i just want to speak the name of jesus ♪
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♪
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♪ over fear and all anxiety, ohh ♪
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♪
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♪ to every soul held captive by depression ♪
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♪
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♪ i speak jesus ♪
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♪ 'cause your name ♪
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♪ your name is power, your name is healing ♪
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♪ your name is life ♪
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♪ life more abundantly ♪
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♪ break every stronghold, shine through the shadows ♪
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♪ burn like a fire ♪
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♪
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♪ shout jesus from the mountains ♪
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♪ and jesus in the streets ♪
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♪
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♪ jesus in the darkness ♪
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♪ over every enemy ♪
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♪
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♪ jesus for my family ♪
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♪
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♪ i speak the holy name of jesus ♪
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♪
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(gayle) ohh...
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♪ shout jesus from the mountains ♪
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♪ jesus in the streets ♪
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♪ ohh! ♪
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♪ jesus in the darkness ♪
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♪ over every enemy ♪
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♪
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♪ jesus for my family ♪
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♪ i speak the holy name ♪
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♪ jesus ♪
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♪ your name is power, your name is healing ♪
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♪ your name is life ♪
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♪ we declare it right now! ♪
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♪ break every stronghold, shine through the shadows ♪
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♪ burn like a fire ♪
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Speak your name!
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♪
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♪ your name is power, your name is healing ♪
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♪ your name is life ♪
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♪ yes, it is! ♪
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♪ break every stronghold, shine through the shadows ♪
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♪ burn like a fire ♪
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♪
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♪♪
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(graham) i want to say thank you
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To michael w. smith and to charity gayle
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For this amazing music today.
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And i'm so grateful
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That you could come and be with us here in california.
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Thank you.
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The bible says,
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"therefore if any man be in christ,
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"he is a new creation;
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"old things have passed away;
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"behold, all things
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"have become new."
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Thank you for watching,
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And god bless each and every one of you.
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Franklin Graham - Hope From The Ashes

April 26, 2025 | S25:E105

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