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John Hagee - The Ark of the Covenant: The Mercy Seat

January 25, 2026 | 27:29

John Hagee - The Ark of the Covenant: The Mercy Seat
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Hagee Ministries | John Hagee - The Ark of the Covenant: The Mercy Seat | January 25, 2026
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  • Pastor john hagee: we all
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  • Pastor john hagee: we all love mercy,
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  • Love mercy, especially when we
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  • Especially when we are receiving it.
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  • Are receiving it. a highway patrolman
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  • A highway patrolman flashed his red lights
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  • Flashed his red lights for the car in front of him
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  • For the car in front of him to pull over and the car
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  • To pull over and the car drove on faster.
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  • Drove on faster. he flashed his lights again
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  • He flashed his lights again and the car sped even faster.
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  • And the car sped even faster. after a high speed chase
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  • After a high speed chase lasted for miles,
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  • Lasted for miles, the highway patrolman
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  • The highway patrolman finally pulled the car over
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  • Finally pulled the car over and as the driver rolled
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  • And as the driver rolled down the window,
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  • Down the window, he said, "i need mercy.
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  • He said, "i need mercy. i need mercy."
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  • I need mercy." the patrolman said,
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  • The patrolman said, "why do you need mercy?"
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  • "why do you need mercy?" and the driver said,
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  • And the driver said, "last week my wife ran off
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  • "last week my wife ran off with a highway patrolman
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  • With a highway patrolman and i thought you were
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  • And i thought you were trying bring her back."
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  • [laughter]
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  • [laughing]
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  • Don't raise your hand.
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  • Don't raise your hand. listen to the story
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  • Listen to the story of mercy in psalms 57.
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  • Of mercy in psalms 57. david is fleeing
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  • David is fleeing for his life from king saul.
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  • For his life from king saul. recognize the fact
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  • Recognize the fact that king saul hated
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  • That king saul hated david even though
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  • David even though he was anointed by samuel,
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  • He was anointed by samuel, the prophet,
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  • The prophet, because he knew david would
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  • Because he knew david would be the next king,
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  • Be the next king, but yet he wanted
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  • But yet he wanted to kill him to keep him
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  • To kill him to keep him from being that king.
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  • From being that king. he was hiding in a cave
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  • He was hiding in a cave in ein gedi on the western
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  • In ein gedi on the western shores of the dead sea.
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  • Shores of the dead sea. i have been there.
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  • I have been there. it's rugged country.
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  • It's rugged country. king saul was sure he
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  • King saul was sure he had david trapped because
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  • Had david trapped because he was surrounded by 3,000 men.
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  • He was surrounded by 3,000 men. in the morning,
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  • In the morning, david would be captured
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  • David would be captured and executed and the demons
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  • And executed and the demons of jealousy that drove
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  • Of jealousy that drove king saul would
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  • King saul would celebrate victory.
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  • Celebrate victory. saul and his royal guard
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  • Saul and his royal guard selected the cave in which
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  • Selected the cave in which to spend the night.
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  • To spend the night. what saul did not know
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  • What saul did not know is that david and his men
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  • Is that david and his men were asleep in that same cave
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  • Were asleep in that same cave in the darkest corner
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  • In the darkest corner of that cave hardly
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  • Of that cave hardly daring to breathe.
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  • Daring to breathe. finally, the campfire died
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  • Finally, the campfire died down and saul
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  • Down and saul and the royal guard
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  • And the royal guard went to sleep.
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  • Went to sleep. david's men whispered,
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  • David's men whispered, "now's your chance, david.
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  • "now's your chance, david. this man has been trying
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  • This man has been trying to kill you for years.
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  • To kill you for years. kill him and kill him now."
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  • Kill him and kill him now." not david.
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  • Not david. beckoning his men,
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  • Beckoning his men, they tiptoed out of the cave,
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  • They tiptoed out of the cave, and on the way past saul,
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  • And on the way past saul, david took saul's razor sharp
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  • David took saul's razor sharp spear and cut off
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  • Spear and cut off the skirt of saul's robe.
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  • The skirt of saul's robe. it was an act of absolute mercy.
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  • It was an act of absolute mercy. he could've cut his
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  • He could've cut his throat just as easy.
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  • Throat just as easy. what would you have done
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  • What would you have done to the man that,
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  • To the man that, for years,
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  • For years, had been trying to kill you?
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  • Had been trying to kill you? hmm.
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  • Hmm. i assure you,
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  • I assure you, i would not have been
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  • I would not have been trimming his skirt.
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  • [laughter]
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  • Point, the god of abraham,
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  • Point, the god of abraham, isaac, and jacob is
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  • Isaac, and jacob is a god of tender mercy.
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  • A god of tender mercy. our god is a god
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  • Our god is a god of tender mercy.
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  • [applause]
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  • The bible says
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  • The bible says in lamentations 3:22,
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  • In lamentations 3:22, "it is the lord's mercies
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  • "it is the lord's mercies that we are not consumed
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  • That we are not consumed because his compassions
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  • Because his compassions fail not."
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  • Fail not." listen, they are renewed
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  • Listen, they are renewed every morning.
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  • Every morning. every morning,
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  • Every morning, god gives you a clean
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  • God gives you a clean sheet and says, "here."
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  • [applause]
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  • And sometimes by noon,
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  • And sometimes by noon, you need another sheet.
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  • [laughter]
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  • Psalms 23:6,
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  • Psalms 23:6, david said, "surely,
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  • David said, "surely, surely goodness and mercy
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  • Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all
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  • Shall follow me all the days of my life."
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  • The days of my life." you can't escape god's goodness.
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  • You can't escape god's goodness. you cannot escape god's mercy.
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  • You cannot escape god's mercy. they follow you every
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  • They follow you every step that you take.
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  • [applause]
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  • James 5:11 says,
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  • James 5:11 says, "the lord is full
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  • "the lord is full of compassion and mercy."
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  • Of compassion and mercy." his mercy forgave you last week
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  • His mercy forgave you last week when you took his name in vain.
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  • When you took his name in vain. justice would have been
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  • Justice would have been for your heart to stop,
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  • For your heart to stop, and your tongue
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  • And your tongue to cleave to the roof
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  • To cleave to the roof of your mouth,
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  • Of your mouth, and your corpse drop dead
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  • And your corpse drop dead on the floor,
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  • On the floor, and your soul plunged
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  • And your soul plunged into the fires of hell.
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  • Into the fires of hell. "preacher, where do
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  • "preacher, where do you get that?"
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  • You get that?" the bible says,
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  • The bible says, "thou shall not use the name
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  • "thou shall not use the name of the lord thy god in vain."
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  • Of the lord thy god in vain." this is not a suggestion,
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  • This is not a suggestion, it's a command
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  • It's a command by god almighty.
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  • [applause]
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  • Mercy is given to you when
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  • Mercy is given to you when you met your lover
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  • You met your lover at a special rendezvous
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  • At a special rendezvous and broke your wedding vows.
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  • And broke your wedding vows. his mercies are renewed
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  • His mercies are renewed every morning.
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  • Every morning. if they weren't,
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  • If they weren't, humanity wouldn't last a week.
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  • Humanity wouldn't last a week. early in the scripture,
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  • Early in the scripture, god wanted a man
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  • God wanted a man to know of his mercy.
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  • To know of his mercy. he instructed moses
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  • He instructed moses in exodus 25:21, quote,
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  • In exodus 25:21, quote, "and you shall put
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  • "and you shall put the mercy seat on top
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  • The mercy seat on top of the ark,
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  • Of the ark, and in the ark,
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  • And in the ark, you shall put
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  • You shall put the ten commandments
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  • The ten commandments that i gave you."
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  • That i gave you." the mercy seat is a picture
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  • The mercy seat is a picture of christ's mercy in coming
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  • Of christ's mercy in coming to the earth and dying
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  • To the earth and dying at the cross.
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  • At the cross. it was the mercy of god that
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  • It was the mercy of god that jesus christ came to this earth
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  • Jesus christ came to this earth to redeem every person that's in
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  • To redeem every person that's in this room and every person
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  • This room and every person under the sound of my voice.
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  • Under the sound of my voice. when we all get to heaven,
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  • When we all get to heaven, it will not be because
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  • It will not be because of our merit,
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  • Of our merit, it will be because
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  • It will be because of the mercy of god himself.
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  • [applause]
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  • The mercy seat is a picture
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  • The mercy seat is a picture of christ's mercy coming
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  • Of christ's mercy coming to earth and dying on the cross.
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  • To earth and dying on the cross. the mercy seat was
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  • The mercy seat was made of pure gold.
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  • Made of pure gold. it was beaten.
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  • It was beaten. at his birth,
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  • At his birth, wise men brought gold
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  • Wise men brought gold to jesus in the manger.
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  • To jesus in the manger. gold is a symbol of royalty.
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  • Gold is a symbol of royalty. the message is the baby wrapped
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  • The message is the baby wrapped in swaddling
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  • In swaddling clothes was royalty.
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  • Clothes was royalty. he was already king of kings
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  • He was already king of kings and lord of lords.
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  • And lord of lords. he was then the prince of glory.
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  • He was then the prince of glory. he was then the king
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  • He was then the king of the universe.
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  • Of the universe. he was the virgin
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  • He was the virgin born son of god.
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  • Born son of god. he is now the fairest
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  • He is now the fairest of ten thousand.
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  • Of ten thousand. he is the rose of sharon.
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  • He is the rose of sharon. he is the lily of the valley.
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  • He is the lily of the valley. he is the bright
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  • He is the bright and the morning star.
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  • And the morning star. he is the alpha and the omega,
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  • He is the alpha and the omega, the first and the last.
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  • The first and the last. he is heaven's hope
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  • He is heaven's hope and hell's dread.
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  • And hell's dread. he is the lion
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  • He is the lion of the tribe of judah.
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  • Of the tribe of judah. he is the light of the world.
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  • He is the light of the world. he is the lamb of god.
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  • He is the lamb of god. he is the king of kings
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  • He is the king of kings and lord of lords.
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  • And lord of lords. our god is an awesome god.
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  • Our god is an awesome god. give him praise in the house.
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  • [applause]
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  • The mercy seat covered
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  • The mercy seat covered with beaten gold was sprinkled
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  • With beaten gold was sprinkled with the blood
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  • With the blood of the sacrificial lamb for sin.
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  • Of the sacrificial lamb for sin. his judgment is bathed in mercy.
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  • His judgment is bathed in mercy. the blood of the sacrifice was
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  • The blood of the sacrifice was sprinkled by the high priest
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  • Sprinkled by the high priest on the gold of the mercy seat.
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  • On the gold of the mercy seat. paul wrote,
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  • Paul wrote, "without the shedding of blood
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  • "without the shedding of blood there is no remission
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  • There is no remission of sin."
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  • Of sin." the bible begins with
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  • The bible begins with genesis as the trail
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  • Genesis as the trail of blood that never ends
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  • Of blood that never ends throughout the book
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  • Throughout the book of revelation.
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  • Of revelation. the crimson stream of blood that
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  • The crimson stream of blood that flows from calvary is
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  • Flows from calvary is the secret of our salvation.
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  • The secret of our salvation. we sing that song,
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  • We sing that song, "what can wash away my sin?
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  • "what can wash away my sin? nothing but the blood of jesus.
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  • Nothing but the blood of jesus. what can make me whole again?
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  • What can make me whole again? nothing but the blood of jesus."
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  • Nothing but the blood of jesus." there is the other song,
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  • There is the other song, "there is power,
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  • "there is power, wonder working power
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  • Wonder working power in the blood of the lamb."
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  • In the blood of the lamb." the blood will never
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  • The blood will never lose its power.
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  • Lose its power. it reaches to the lowest hell
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  • It reaches to the lowest hell and it reaches
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  • And it reaches to the highest heaven.
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  • To the highest heaven. it washes whiter than snow.
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  • It washes whiter than snow. it makes the sinner
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  • It makes the sinner forsake his way.
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  • Forsake his way. it removes the guilt of the past
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  • It removes the guilt of the past and the fear of tomorrow.
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  • And the fear of tomorrow. it breaks the chains of misery
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  • It breaks the chains of misery and habit that enslave you.
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  • And habit that enslave you. one drop makes every demon
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  • One drop makes every demon in hell tremble in fear.
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  • In hell tremble in fear. it conquers the power
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  • It conquers the power and principalities of darkness.
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  • And principalities of darkness. thank you, jesus christ,
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  • Thank you, jesus christ, for the power of the blood
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  • For the power of the blood of the lamb of god.
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  • Of the lamb of god. give him praise in the house.
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  • [applause]
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  • Only the precious blood
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  • Only the precious blood of jesus christ could
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  • Of jesus christ could save your soul.
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  • Save your soul. not the blood of goats
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  • Not the blood of goats and bullocks.
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  • And bullocks. not the blood in the nile river
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  • Not the blood in the nile river when moses placed his rod in it
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  • When moses placed his rod in it and it turned to crimson blood.
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  • And it turned to crimson blood. not the blood of 22,000 oxen,
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  • Not the blood of 22,000 oxen, when solomon dedicated
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  • When solomon dedicated the temple and blood flowed
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  • The temple and blood flowed out of the temple
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  • Out of the temple by the trench they dug
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  • By the trench they dug in a stream of blood.
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  • In a stream of blood. not the blood of the innocent
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  • Not the blood of the innocent shed by herod when he tried
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  • Shed by herod when he tried to kill all of the infants
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  • To kill all of the infants to stop jesus christ.
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  • To stop jesus christ. not the blood of our precious
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  • Not the blood of our precious sons and daughters slain
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  • Sons and daughters slain on the battlefield
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  • On the battlefield to preserve life, liberty,
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  • To preserve life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
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  • And the pursuit of happiness. as precious as that blood is,
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  • As precious as that blood is, that blood does not redeem.
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  • That blood does not redeem. what blood?
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  • What blood? the blood that flows
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  • The blood that flows from emmanuel's veins,
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  • From emmanuel's veins, that blood.
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  • That blood. the blood of calvary's
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  • The blood of calvary's spotless lamb, that blood.
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  • Spotless lamb, that blood. the precious blood that saves.
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  • The precious blood that saves. the precious blood that heals,
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  • The precious blood that heals, the precious blood
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  • The precious blood that delivers.
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  • That delivers. the blood of the conqueror
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  • The blood of the conqueror from calvary, jesus christ,
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  • From calvary, jesus christ, the lamb of god
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  • The lamb of god victorious over death,
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  • Victorious over death, hell, and the grave.
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  • Hell, and the grave. that blood.
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  • That blood. give the lord praise
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  • Give the lord praise in the house.
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  • [applause]
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  • The words of jesus still
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  • Echo today.
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  • You shall receive power
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  • When the holy spirit
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  • Has come upon you.
  • 00:09:53.954 --> 00:09:55.022
  • That same power is alive
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  • In you.
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  • The power to overcome
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  • Fear, to walk in purpose
  • 00:09:59.226 --> 00:10:00.794
  • And to see miracles
  • 00:10:00.794 --> 00:10:01.995
  • Unfold in your life.
  • 00:10:01.995 --> 00:10:03.163
  • The holy spirit is
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  • Your comforter,
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  • Your helper,
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  • And your source
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  • Of divine strength.
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  • As our
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  • Of the holy spirit.
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  • [applause]
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  • David asked for mercy
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  • David asked for mercy three times in psalms 57,
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  • Three times in psalms 57, and he needed it.
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  • And he needed it. his great grandson,
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  • His great grandson, jesus christ,
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  • Jesus christ, in his first sermon said,
  • 00:10:55.248 --> 00:10:57.117
  • In his first sermon said, "blessed are the merciful."
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  • "blessed are the merciful." that's how he opened.
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  • That's how he opened. "blessed are the merciful."
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  • "blessed are the merciful." say that with me,
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  • Say that with me, "blessed are the merciful."
  • 00:11:05.625 --> 00:11:08.462
  • "blessed are the merciful." mercy is most appealing,
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  • Mercy is most appealing, most important,
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  • Most important, and sometimes
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  • And sometimes the most difficult.
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  • The most difficult. mercy is most appealing
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  • Mercy is most appealing because we all love mercy.
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  • Because we all love mercy. mercy is most important because
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  • Mercy is most important because it is the prima facie evidence
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  • It is the prima facie evidence that we are becoming like god.
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  • That we are becoming like god. get it straight,
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  • Get it straight, if you're not merciful,
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  • If you're not merciful, you're not a christian.
  • 00:11:31.184 --> 00:11:33.787
  • You're not a christian. your john wayne attitude is not
  • 00:11:33.854 --> 00:11:35.856
  • Your john wayne attitude is not necessarily a bible attitude.
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  • Necessarily a bible attitude. satan could care less how much
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  • Satan could care less how much you sing "amazing grace,"
  • 00:11:41.428 --> 00:11:43.296
  • You sing "amazing grace," just as long as you
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  • Just as long as you can sing it with a snarl
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  • Can sing it with a snarl on your face
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  • On your face and a merciless heart.
  • 00:11:46.733 --> 00:11:48.535
  • And a merciless heart. a sinner beside you
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  • A sinner beside you in the pew and the neighbor
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  • In the pew and the neighbor who lives next door to you,
  • 00:11:52.873 --> 00:11:54.775
  • Who lives next door to you, they know you're a hypocrite
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  • They know you're a hypocrite of the highest order.
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  • Of the highest order. merciless church members are
  • 00:11:58.912 --> 00:12:00.514
  • Merciless church members are the pharisees
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  • The pharisees of the 21st century.
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  • Of the 21st century. you do damage every time
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  • You do damage every time you open your mouth.
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  • You open your mouth. if satan can take the mercy
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  • If satan can take the mercy out of christianity,
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  • Out of christianity, he can kill the church
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  • He can kill the church and christianity.
  • 00:12:15.428 --> 00:12:17.030
  • And christianity. if the church becomes obsessed
  • 00:12:17.097 --> 00:12:19.166
  • If the church becomes obsessed with the trinity of budgets,
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  • With the trinity of budgets, buildings, and banquets,
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  • Buildings, and banquets, and lose compassion
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  • And lose compassion for the lost and the dying,
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  • For the lost and the dying, it should --
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  • It should -- it should close the doors
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  • It should close the doors and write "ichabod"
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  • And write "ichabod" over the door post
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  • Over the door post of that church.
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  • Of that church. what does ichabod mean?
  • 00:12:35.982 --> 00:12:37.083
  • What does ichabod mean? ichabod is a bible phrase
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  • Ichabod is a bible phrase that means,
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  • That means, "the glory of the lord
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  • "the glory of the lord has departed.
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  • Has departed. the glory of the lord
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  • The glory of the lord has departed."
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  • Has departed." it's a tree without fruit.
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  • It's a tree without fruit. it's a well without water.
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  • It's a well without water. it's a cloud without rain.
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  • It's a cloud without rain. it's --
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  • It's -- christianity without mercy
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  • Christianity without mercy is just another cult.
  • 00:12:57.504 --> 00:13:01.374
  • Is just another cult. think about that,
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  • Think about that, because that's true.
  • 00:13:02.242 --> 00:13:04.177
  • Because that's true. the church without mercy
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  • The church without mercy is a fraud.
  • 00:13:05.612 --> 00:13:07.581
  • Is a fraud. the synagogue of satan,
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  • The synagogue of satan, the house of legalism
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  • The house of legalism driven by the spirit
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  • Driven by the spirit of witchcraft.
  • 00:13:12.719 --> 00:13:13.854
  • Of witchcraft. the greek word for merciful
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  • The greek word for merciful is eleemosynary.
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  • Is eleemosynary. eleemosynary is a legal term.
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  • Eleemosynary is a legal term. eleemosynary means
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  • Eleemosynary means to be beneficial.
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  • To be beneficial. it's god's will,
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  • It's god's will, and the legal obligation
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  • And the legal obligation of every church to be a healing
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  • Of every church to be a healing force in a hurting world.
  • 00:13:29.135 --> 00:13:32.472
  • Force in a hurting world. the church is a hospital
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  • The church is a hospital for the wounded.
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  • For the wounded. we're not trying to find
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  • We're not trying to find who we can put down,
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  • Who we can put down, we're trying to find
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  • We're trying to find who we can pick up.
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  • Who we can pick up. not cast out but bring in.
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  • [applause]
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  • We're trying to heal,
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  • We're trying to heal, not hurt.
  • 00:13:49.489 --> 00:13:50.657
  • Not hurt. we're trying to comfort,
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  • We're trying to comfort, not crucify.
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  • Not crucify. we're trying to bless,
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  • We're trying to bless, not condemn.
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  • Not condemn. we're trying to embrace
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  • We're trying to embrace not run off.
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  • Not run off. yes, i know there are
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  • Yes, i know there are some of us that
  • 00:14:01.701 --> 00:14:02.302
  • Some of us that are kind of weird,
  • 00:14:02.369 --> 00:14:02.936
  • Are kind of weird, but give us a chance.
  • 00:14:03.003 --> 00:14:06.706
  • But give us a chance. mercy is most difficult
  • 00:14:06.773 --> 00:14:08.441
  • Mercy is most difficult to demonstrate because man
  • 00:14:08.508 --> 00:14:09.843
  • To demonstrate because man is inherently self-centered.
  • 00:14:09.910 --> 00:14:12.913
  • Is inherently self-centered. a person wrapped up in himself
  • 00:14:12.979 --> 00:14:15.148
  • A person wrapped up in himself or herself is overdressed.
  • 00:14:15.215 --> 00:14:19.286
  • Or herself is overdressed. selfishness short circuits
  • 00:14:19.352 --> 00:14:21.755
  • Selfishness short circuits every prayer and tarnishes
  • 00:14:21.821 --> 00:14:25.025
  • Every prayer and tarnishes your every touch.
  • 00:14:25.091 --> 00:14:26.860
  • Your every touch. selfishness in your marriage,
  • 00:14:26.927 --> 00:14:28.995
  • Selfishness in your marriage, in the church,
  • 00:14:29.062 --> 00:14:30.196
  • In the church, in your business is a cancer.
  • 00:14:30.263 --> 00:14:32.766
  • In your business is a cancer. the person who lives
  • 00:14:32.832 --> 00:14:34.167
  • The person who lives for self alone will
  • 00:14:34.234 --> 00:14:35.568
  • For self alone will die the same way, alone.
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  • Die the same way, alone. it is easy to be selfish if you
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  • It is easy to be selfish if you can get along without
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  • Can get along without a family and friends.
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  • A family and friends. you're near --
  • 00:14:44.210 --> 00:14:45.211
  • You're near -- your self-centeredness
  • 00:14:45.278 --> 00:14:46.513
  • Your self-centeredness in your speech.
  • 00:14:46.579 --> 00:14:47.881
  • In your speech. "my house, my feelings,
  • 00:14:47.948 --> 00:14:49.950
  • "my house, my feelings, my desires, my future,
  • 00:14:50.016 --> 00:14:51.985
  • My desires, my future, my goals."
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  • My goals." if this is you,
  • 00:14:54.254 --> 00:14:57.057
  • If this is you, your life is
  • 00:14:57.123 --> 00:14:57.557
  • Your life is gonna be filled
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  • Gonna be filled with total sorrow.
  • 00:14:59.159 --> 00:15:01.294
  • With total sorrow. in israel, there is a dead sea.
  • 00:15:01.361 --> 00:15:05.065
  • In israel, there is a dead sea. i've been there many times.
  • 00:15:05.131 --> 00:15:07.968
  • I've been there many times. the dead sea has
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  • The dead sea has nothing that lives in it.
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  • Nothing that lives in it. all it does is take
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  • All it does is take in the fresh,
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  • In the fresh, clean water of the jordan river.
  • 00:15:14.240 --> 00:15:17.243
  • Clean water of the jordan river. because it never gives out,
  • 00:15:17.310 --> 00:15:19.079
  • Because it never gives out, the dead sea is stagnant,
  • 00:15:19.145 --> 00:15:21.047
  • The dead sea is stagnant, it's lifeless.
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  • It's lifeless. it's a useless body of stinky,
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  • It's a useless body of stinky, oily water.
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  • Oily water. and would you believe it,
  • 00:15:27.887 --> 00:15:28.888
  • And would you believe it, tourists go out there
  • 00:15:28.955 --> 00:15:29.789
  • Tourists go out there and swim in it.
  • 00:15:29.856 --> 00:15:33.326
  • And swim in it. far too many christians
  • 00:15:33.393 --> 00:15:34.427
  • Far too many christians are like the dead sea.
  • 00:15:34.494 --> 00:15:36.629
  • Are like the dead sea. they absorb,
  • 00:15:36.696 --> 00:15:38.965
  • They absorb, but they never give out.
  • 00:15:39.032 --> 00:15:42.135
  • But they never give out. ask yourself,
  • 00:15:42.202 --> 00:15:42.736
  • Ask yourself, "if everyone gave like i give,
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  • "if everyone gave like i give, what would this church be like?"
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  • What would this church be like?" answer for some of you,
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  • Answer for some of you, we would be pup tent
  • 00:15:49.776 --> 00:15:51.077
  • We would be pup tent in a cactus patch.
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  • In a cactus patch. you take in
  • 00:15:55.782 --> 00:15:57.150
  • You take in but you don't give out.
  • 00:15:57.217 --> 00:15:59.819
  • But you don't give out. if everyone prayed
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  • If everyone prayed like you prayed,
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  • Like you prayed, if everyone attended
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  • If everyone attended like you attend,
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  • Like you attend, if everyone served
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  • If everyone served like you served,
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  • Like you served, what would this church be?
  • 00:16:07.727 --> 00:16:10.597
  • What would this church be? what could america be like if
  • 00:16:10.663 --> 00:16:12.699
  • What could america be like if every church in america would
  • 00:16:12.766 --> 00:16:14.968
  • Every church in america would practice the power of god's love
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  • Practice the power of god's love and tender mercy?
  • 00:16:18.138 --> 00:16:19.706
  • And tender mercy? think about that.
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  • [applause]
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  • The dead sea is a stagnant,
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  • The dead sea is a stagnant, lifeless, loveless,
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  • Lifeless, loveless, producing nothing.
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  • Producing nothing. mercy will be made manifested.
  • 00:16:33.219 --> 00:16:36.756
  • Mercy will be made manifested. mercy will be manifested.
  • 00:16:36.823 --> 00:16:39.559
  • Mercy will be manifested. a man or a woman may have
  • 00:16:39.626 --> 00:16:42.062
  • A man or a woman may have the money of rockefeller
  • 00:16:42.128 --> 00:16:43.963
  • The money of rockefeller in their pocket
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  • In their pocket and not show it.
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  • And not show it. you may have the musical skill
  • 00:16:46.666 --> 00:16:48.868
  • You may have the musical skill of beethoven and not show it.
  • 00:16:48.935 --> 00:16:51.204
  • Of beethoven and not show it. you may have the knowledge
  • 00:16:51.271 --> 00:16:52.439
  • You may have the knowledge of albert einstein
  • 00:16:52.505 --> 00:16:54.207
  • Of albert einstein and never expose it.
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  • And never expose it. but if a man has the mercy
  • 00:16:55.675 --> 00:16:57.310
  • But if a man has the mercy of god in his soul,
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  • Of god in his soul, it will be manifested.
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  • It will be manifested. you will -- you cannot hide it.
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  • You will -- you cannot hide it. when we see a brother
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  • When we see a brother or sister in distress,
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  • Or sister in distress, you cannot close the bowels
  • 00:17:07.954 --> 00:17:10.023
  • You cannot close the bowels of your compassion and walk
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  • Of your compassion and walk away no more than the sun
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  • Away no more than the sun can reuse to shine at noon day
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  • Can reuse to shine at noon day in the summertime.
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  • In the summertime. it's impossible.
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  • It's impossible. mercy will be manifested
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  • Mercy will be manifested by serving.
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  • By serving. the measure of a man's greatness
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  • The measure of a man's greatness is not in the servants
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  • Is not in the servants he has but the number
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  • He has but the number of people he serves.
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  • [applause]
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  • Jesus said it this way,
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  • Jesus said it this way, "he or she who is greatest
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  • "he or she who is greatest among you is the servant
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  • Among you is the servant of all."
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  • Of all." listen to that.
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  • Listen to that. paul served god
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  • Paul served god and nero served rome.
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  • And nero served rome. paul lived most of his adult
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  • Paul lived most of his adult life in jail,
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  • Life in jail, was beaten for preaching
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  • Was beaten for preaching the gospel and died in poverty.
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  • The gospel and died in poverty. nero spent most of his life
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  • Nero spent most of his life in the palace, rich, powerful,
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  • In the palace, rich, powerful, self-centered.
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  • Self-centered. but listen, we name our sons
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  • But listen, we name our sons paul and our dogs nero.
  • 00:18:12.519 --> 00:18:20.560
  • Paul and our dogs nero. when the prodigal came home,
  • 00:18:20.627 --> 00:18:22.762
  • When the prodigal came home, the father didn't say,
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  • The father didn't say, "you long haired hippie,
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  • "you long haired hippie, you spent all of my money.
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  • You spent all of my money. you disgraced me.
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  • You disgraced me. you've come into my kosher house
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  • You've come into my kosher house smelling like a hog.
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  • Smelling like a hog. get lost, you miserable wretch."
  • 00:18:35.241 --> 00:18:41.014
  • Get lost, you miserable wretch." what did he say?
  • 00:18:41.080 --> 00:18:43.483
  • What did he say? "all that i have is yours.
  • 00:18:43.550 --> 00:18:47.253
  • "all that i have is yours. my son was dead, now he's alive.
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  • My son was dead, now he's alive. kill the fattened calf.
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  • Kill the fattened calf. call the mariachis.
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  • Call the mariachis. we're going
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  • We're going to have a celebration."
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  • [applause]
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  • Are you that merciful?
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  • Are you that merciful? mercy looks
  • 00:19:05.305 --> 00:19:05.972
  • Mercy looks for a way to forgive.
  • 00:19:06.039 --> 00:19:07.907
  • For a way to forgive. can you forgive your spouse?
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  • Can you forgive your spouse? can you forgive
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  • Can you forgive your adult children?
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  • Your adult children? can you forgive
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  • Can you forgive fellow believers?
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  • Fellow believers? can you forgive a friend
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  • Can you forgive a friend that has offended you
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  • That has offended you or betrayed you?
  • 00:19:17.417 --> 00:19:19.152
  • Or betrayed you? jesus said, "if you forgive men
  • 00:19:19.219 --> 00:19:20.520
  • Jesus said, "if you forgive men their trespasses,
  • 00:19:20.587 --> 00:19:21.688
  • Their trespasses, your father will forgive
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  • Your father will forgive you of your trespasses."
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  • You of your trespasses." but if you don't,
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  • But if you don't, you're in serious trouble.
  • 00:19:27.527 --> 00:19:29.229
  • You're in serious trouble. without forgiving others,
  • 00:19:29.295 --> 00:19:30.463
  • Without forgiving others, there's no forgiveness for you.
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  • There's no forgiveness for you. think about that.
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  • Think about that. the lord's prayer,
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  • The lord's prayer, "forgive us
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  • "forgive us as we forgive those."
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  • As we forgive those." you pray that all the time,
  • 00:19:38.471 --> 00:19:40.873
  • You pray that all the time, but it's more than a prayer.
  • 00:19:40.940 --> 00:19:41.941
  • But it's more than a prayer. it better be a practice.
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  • It better be a practice. forgive us as we forgive those.
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  • Forgive us as we forgive those. mercy looks for a way
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  • Mercy looks for a way to forgive.
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  • To forgive. mercy will be manifested
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  • Mercy will be manifested in restoring those
  • 00:19:50.250 --> 00:19:51.618
  • In restoring those who have fallen into sin.
  • 00:19:51.684 --> 00:19:53.653
  • Who have fallen into sin. paul said,
  • 00:19:53.720 --> 00:19:54.354
  • Paul said, "brethren if a man/woman
  • 00:19:54.420 --> 00:19:57.023
  • "brethren if a man/woman be overtaken in a fault,
  • 00:19:57.090 --> 00:19:59.125
  • Be overtaken in a fault, you who are spiritual restore
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  • You who are spiritual restore such a one in the spirit
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  • Such a one in the spirit of meekness
  • 00:20:03.663 --> 00:20:04.397
  • Of meekness considering yourself.
  • 00:20:04.464 --> 00:20:08.735
  • Considering yourself. mercy searches for a way
  • 00:20:08.801 --> 00:20:11.170
  • Mercy searches for a way to restore a fallen brother
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  • To restore a fallen brother or sister.
  • 00:20:13.306 --> 00:20:14.874
  • Or sister. the religious will say,
  • 00:20:14.941 --> 00:20:15.842
  • The religious will say, "he got what he had coming.
  • 00:20:15.908 --> 00:20:17.877
  • "he got what he had coming. kick him out of the church.
  • 00:20:17.944 --> 00:20:18.678
  • Kick him out of the church. hang him."
  • 00:20:18.745 --> 00:20:20.747
  • Hang him." god says,
  • 00:20:20.813 --> 00:20:21.681
  • God says, "you who are spiritual,
  • 00:20:21.748 --> 00:20:23.449
  • "you who are spiritual, restore him."
  • 00:20:23.516 --> 00:20:25.485
  • Restore him." mercy said, "that's my brother.
  • 00:20:25.551 --> 00:20:27.253
  • Mercy said, "that's my brother. she's my sister.
  • 00:20:27.320 --> 00:20:28.454
  • She's my sister. they are hurting."
  • 00:20:28.521 --> 00:20:29.622
  • They are hurting." one good hug can make
  • 00:20:29.689 --> 00:20:30.923
  • One good hug can make the difference.
  • 00:20:30.990 --> 00:20:31.624
  • The difference. when you meet,
  • 00:20:31.691 --> 00:20:32.659
  • When you meet, extend your arms,
  • 00:20:32.725 --> 00:20:34.494
  • Extend your arms, hug them,
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  • Hug them, restore them,
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  • Restore them, forgive them.
  • 00:20:36.796 --> 00:20:37.864
  • Forgive them. that's what jesus would do.
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  • That's what jesus would do. i say this in closing,
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  • I say this in closing, mercy --
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  • Mercy -- the price of mercy
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  • The price of mercy is mercy.
  • 00:20:44.203 --> 00:20:45.772
  • Is mercy. the true story of a teenager
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  • The true story of a teenager who was raised in a good home
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  • Who was raised in a good home by a loving father.
  • 00:20:49.776 --> 00:20:51.311
  • By a loving father. in his rebellion against
  • 00:20:51.377 --> 00:20:52.312
  • In his rebellion against his father,
  • 00:20:52.378 --> 00:20:53.179
  • His father, he broke the law and was
  • 00:20:53.246 --> 00:20:54.981
  • He broke the law and was sent to prison for 10 years.
  • 00:20:55.048 --> 00:20:57.083
  • Sent to prison for 10 years. his father was bitter
  • 00:20:57.150 --> 00:20:59.819
  • His father was bitter for the shame his boy
  • 00:20:59.886 --> 00:21:01.387
  • For the shame his boy brought to his name.
  • 00:21:01.454 --> 00:21:03.523
  • Brought to his name. the boy wrote letters
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  • The boy wrote letters to the father saying
  • 00:21:04.791 --> 00:21:05.425
  • To the father saying "i'm sorry.
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  • "i'm sorry. forgive me.
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  • Forgive me. the father refused to read
  • 00:21:08.094 --> 00:21:09.562
  • The father refused to read the letters and sent
  • 00:21:09.629 --> 00:21:11.597
  • The letters and sent the letters back to the son
  • 00:21:11.664 --> 00:21:12.632
  • The letters back to the son with "return to sender."
  • 00:21:12.699 --> 00:21:14.701
  • With "return to sender." at the end of 10 years,
  • 00:21:14.767 --> 00:21:16.169
  • At the end of 10 years, the son sent his
  • 00:21:16.235 --> 00:21:17.403
  • The son sent his last letter home saying,
  • 00:21:17.470 --> 00:21:19.005
  • Last letter home saying, "i will be getting out next week
  • 00:21:19.072 --> 00:21:20.873
  • "i will be getting out next week and i'm going
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  • And i'm going to take the train
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  • To take the train that goes by the family farm.
  • 00:21:22.875 --> 00:21:24.944
  • That goes by the family farm. and if you will allow me
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  • And if you will allow me to come home,
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  • To come home, tie a ribbon in the tree
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  • Tie a ribbon in the tree beside the tracks
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  • Beside the tracks and i'll know i'm forgiven.
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  • And i'll know i'm forgiven. if there's no ribbon
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  • If there's no ribbon in the tree,
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  • In the tree, i will go on and i will
  • 00:21:35.521 --> 00:21:37.190
  • I will go on and i will never come home again."
  • 00:21:37.256 --> 00:21:39.359
  • Never come home again." he was released.
  • 00:21:39.425 --> 00:21:40.727
  • He was released. he bought a ticket
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  • He bought a ticket and got on the train,
  • 00:21:41.627 --> 00:21:43.196
  • And got on the train, and with every turn
  • 00:21:43.262 --> 00:21:44.097
  • And with every turn of the wheel,
  • 00:21:44.163 --> 00:21:45.298
  • Of the wheel, the tension grew more.
  • 00:21:45.365 --> 00:21:47.433
  • The tension grew more. his mind wondered if mercy would
  • 00:21:47.500 --> 00:21:49.268
  • His mind wondered if mercy would be shown by his father or if he
  • 00:21:49.335 --> 00:21:51.904
  • Be shown by his father or if he would never see his face again.
  • 00:21:51.971 --> 00:21:54.173
  • Would never see his face again. at last,
  • 00:21:54.240 --> 00:21:55.341
  • At last, the train rounded the bend
  • 00:21:55.408 --> 00:21:56.943
  • The train rounded the bend and started climbing
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  • And started climbing the steep grade that led
  • 00:21:58.478 --> 00:21:59.779
  • The steep grade that led to the family farm.
  • 00:21:59.846 --> 00:22:01.347
  • To the family farm. he was beside himself.
  • 00:22:01.414 --> 00:22:03.349
  • He was beside himself. he could no longer
  • 00:22:03.416 --> 00:22:05.051
  • He could no longer hold the curiosity.
  • 00:22:05.118 --> 00:22:07.720
  • Hold the curiosity. he told the man
  • 00:22:07.787 --> 00:22:08.521
  • He told the man across the aisle the story,
  • 00:22:08.588 --> 00:22:10.390
  • Across the aisle the story, and asked him if he could see
  • 00:22:10.456 --> 00:22:12.158
  • And asked him if he could see a yellow ribbon in that tree.
  • 00:22:12.225 --> 00:22:15.328
  • A yellow ribbon in that tree. he said, "do you see a ribbon
  • 00:22:15.395 --> 00:22:16.596
  • He said, "do you see a ribbon in that tree by the track?"
  • 00:22:16.662 --> 00:22:19.298
  • In that tree by the track?" and the man looked and said,
  • 00:22:19.365 --> 00:22:20.733
  • And the man looked and said, "no, there's not
  • 00:22:20.800 --> 00:22:23.102
  • "no, there's not a ribbon in a tree.
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  • A ribbon in a tree. there are hundreds of ribbons
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  • There are hundreds of ribbons hanging from that tree.
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  • Hanging from that tree. there are ribbons on the fence.
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  • There are ribbons on the fence. there are ribbons on every bush.
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  • There are ribbons on every bush. there are ribbons on the porch.
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  • There are ribbons on the porch. what does it mean?"
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  • What does it mean?" the boy leaped off the train
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  • The boy leaped off the train and said,
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  • And said, "it means i'm forgiven.
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  • "it means i'm forgiven. i'm going home."
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  • I'm going home." happy are the merciful.
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  • Happy are the merciful. david said,
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  • David said, "show me thy mercy, o god."
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  • "show me thy mercy, o god." and by showing mercy,
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  • And by showing mercy, he obtained mercy.
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  • He obtained mercy. the bible said,
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  • The bible said, "blessed are the merciful."
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  • "blessed are the merciful." say that with me.
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  • Say that with me. "blessed are the merciful,
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  • "blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy."
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  • For they shall obtain mercy." let the miracle of mercy
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  • Let the miracle of mercy explode in your life,
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  • Explode in your life, and your life will become
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  • And your life will become a thing of continuous joy
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  • A thing of continuous joy and total happiness
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  • And total happiness and prosperity,
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  • And prosperity, because god will bless you
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  • Because god will bless you for being a christian who
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  • For being a christian who has a loving heart,
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  • Has a loving heart, sufficient to practice
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  • Sufficient to practice the principles of righteousness.
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  • The principles of righteousness. can we stand to our feet?
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  • Can we stand to our feet? how many of you are
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  • How many of you are in this room, say,
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  • In this room, say, "pastor, i have bitterness
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  • "pastor, i have bitterness in my heart and ill will toward
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  • In my heart and ill will toward a member of my family,
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  • A member of my family, my wife,
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  • My wife, my husband,
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  • My husband, my children,
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  • My children, someone in the body of christ,
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  • Someone in the body of christ, and i know that bitterness
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  • And i know that bitterness needs to go so that
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  • Needs to go so that i can have
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  • I can have a perfect relationship
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  • A perfect relationship with jesus christ."
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  • With jesus christ." if that describes you,
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  • If that describes you, will you slip your hand up
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  • Will you slip your hand up right where you are right now?
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  • Right where you are right now? slip it up.
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  • Slip it up. be honest enough
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  • Be honest enough to be willing to change.
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  • To be willing to change. god bless you,
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  • God bless you, god bless you,
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  • God bless you, god bless you.
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  • God bless you. be honest.
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  • Be honest. don't continue
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  • Don't continue to lie about it.
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  • To lie about it. god detests that.
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  • God detests that. lift your hand and say "yes"
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  • Lift your hand and say "yes" to that.
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  • To that. yes, yes to that.
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  • Yes, yes to that. i see the hands now going up.
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  • I see the hands now going up. an honest confession.
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  • I ask god's mercy to forgive
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  • I ask god's mercy to forgive me for sin in my life.
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  • Me for sin in my life. does that describe you?
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  • Does that describe you? i want us first just to pray
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  • I want us first just to pray a prayer of forgiveness.
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  • A prayer of forgiveness. heavenly father,
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  • Heavenly father, i ask you to forgive me
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  • I ask you to forgive me for not obeying the law
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  • For not obeying the law of god in the act
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  • Of god in the act of forgiveness.
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  • Of forgiveness. give me the strength,
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  • Give me the strength, to practice
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  • To practice the principles of righteousness.
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  • The principles of righteousness. in jesus' name, amen.
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  • And now your blessing with pastor john hagee.
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  • Pastor john hagee: and now may the lord bless you
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  • May the lord bless you and may the lord keep you,
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  • And may the lord keep you, and may the lord
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  • And may the lord make his face to shine
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  • Make his face to shine upon you,
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  • Upon you, and may the lord
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  • And may the lord be gracious unto you.
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  • Be gracious unto you. may the mercy of god flow
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  • May the mercy of god flow from your soul to the hurting
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  • From your soul to the hurting hearts that you know.
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  • Hearts that you know. may god restore,
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  • May god restore, refresh and renew
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  • Refresh and renew that we may be an example
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  • That we may be an example to the world of what
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  • To the world of what christianity totally is.
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  • Christianity totally is. it is the love of christ
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  • It is the love of christ that's given without measure.
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  • That's given without measure. in jesus' name.
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  • In jesus' name. thank you for this day.
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  • Thank you for this day. thank you for a lord
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  • Thank you for a lord that loved us enough
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  • That loved us enough to give his very best
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  • To give his very best to give us mercy when we
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  • To give us mercy when we did not deserve it.
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  • Did not deserve it. in jesus' name
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  • In jesus' name we say amen, amen.
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  • We say amen, amen. god bless you all.
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