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Life Today with James Robison | Anne Graham Lotz & Rachel-Ruth Lotz Wright - Legacy | August 28, 2025
- >> just like when you get ready for a wedding,
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- And you're getting ready to get married.
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- You want to look your best
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- And have the dress and hair, all this stuff.
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- And that's just for a wedding here on earth.
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- But to think of getting ready to see jesus face to face!
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- What can we do to get ready for that moment?
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- I mean it's awesome! i cannot wait.
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- I'm so ready for heaven.
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- After suffering two heart attacks,
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- Rachel-ruth lotz wright shares about the importance
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- Of preparing to meet jesus.
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- James: welcome to life today .
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- James: welcome to life today . i'm james robison.
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- James: welcome to life today . i'm james robison. betty and i have part
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- I'm james robison. betty and i have part of our family here.
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- Betty and i have part of our family here. you may not know this,
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- Of our family here. you may not know this, but billy graham,
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- You may not know this, but billy graham, a pretty famous preacher,
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- But billy graham, a pretty famous preacher, adopted me when i was 19,
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- Enveloped me into the family.
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- Enveloped me into the family. now the family is here.
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- Enveloped me into the family. now the family is here. so i've got this daughter,
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- Now the family is here. so i've got this daughter, anne graham lotz
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- So i've got this daughter, anne graham lotz who has been here
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- Anne graham lotz who has been here many, many times.
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- Who has been here many, many times. and we have one
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- Many, many times. and we have one of billy graham's
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- And we have one of billy graham's granddaughters,
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- Of billy graham's granddaughters, we've got rachel-ruth.
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- Granddaughters, we've got rachel-ruth. and your last name now?
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- We've got rachel-ruth. and your last name now? rachel: wright.
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- And your last name now? rachel: wright. it is such a tongue twister,
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- Rachel: wright. it is such a tongue twister, rachel-ruth wright.
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- It is such a tongue twister, rachel-ruth wright. james: there you go.
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- Rachel-ruth wright. james: there you go. well, these two ladies had,
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- James: there you go. well, these two ladies had, in many ways,
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- Well, these two ladies had, in many ways, experienced hell
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- In many ways, experienced hell against their bodies.
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- Experienced hell against their bodies. really, anne had cancer,
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- Against their bodies. really, anne had cancer, and it's a miracle.
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- Really, anne had cancer, and it's a miracle. her daughter had --
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- And it's a miracle. her daughter had -- tell us what --
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- Her daughter had -- tell us what -- because you didn't have
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- Tell us what -- because you didn't have just one thing coming at you.
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- Rachel: i had two
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- Rachel: i had two and it's called scads,
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- And it's called scads, spontaneous coronary
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- Spontaneous coronary artery dissection,
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- Artery dissection, and it's very rare.
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- And it's very rare. it can happen to women
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- Their 30s or 40s
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- Their 30s or 40s under a high-stress event
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- Their 30s or 40s under a high-stress event or like a heart exercise.
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- Under a high-stress event or like a heart exercise. i went in
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- Or like a heart exercise. i went in for a routine stress test
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- I went in for a routine stress test and it was terrible.
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- For a routine stress test and it was terrible. and i walked out
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- And it was terrible. and i walked out with chest pain.
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- And i walked out with chest pain. i thought it was acid reflux.
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- With chest pain. i thought it was acid reflux. and four days later,
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- I thought it was acid reflux. and four days later, i ended up
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- And four days later, i ended up going to the hospital
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- I ended up going to the hospital and having
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- Going to the hospital and having my first heart attack.
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- And having my first heart attack. the next day
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- My first heart attack. the next day i had the second one.
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- The next day i had the second one. the artery on the inside
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- I had the second one. the artery on the inside just shreds.
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- The artery on the inside just shreds. james: now you all
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- Just shreds. james: now you all have written a book together,
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- James: now you all have written a book together, preparing to meet jesus .
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- Have written a book together, preparing to meet jesus . tell me
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- Preparing to meet jesus . tell me how this all came today
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- Tell me how this all came today because this is a call of god
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- How this all came today because this is a call of god on y'all's life.
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- Because this is a call of god on y'all's life. anne: yes, it is.
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- This is the message
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- This is the message of the hour.
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- Of the hour. i believe that i'm living
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- I believe that i'm living in the last generation.
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- In the last generation. i believe jesus
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- I believe jesus is soon to return.
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- Is soon to return. and i believed that
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- He's given me scriptures
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- He's given me scriptures that i believe confirm it.
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- He's given me scriptures that i believe confirm it. and i won't go into all
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- That i believe confirm it. and i won't go into all the details of all that
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- And i won't go into all the details of all that but i base my conviction
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- The details of all that but i base my conviction on what he's told me
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- But i base my conviction on what he's told me in his word.
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- On what he's told me in his word. but we're all
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- In his word. but we're all going to meet jesus
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- But we're all going to meet jesus at some point.
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- Going to meet jesus at some point. he'll either be our bridegroom
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- At some point. he'll either be our bridegroom and our savior
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- He'll either be our bridegroom and our savior or he's going to be our judge.
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- And our savior or he's going to be our judge. you can't avoid that.
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- Or he's going to be our judge. you can't avoid that. so when i look at the church,
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- You can't avoid that. so when i look at the church, generally speaking,
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- So when i look at the church, generally speaking, i see a lot of people asleep.
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- Generally speaking, i see a lot of people asleep. they're not ready
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- I see a lot of people asleep. they're not ready to meet jesus.
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- They're not ready to meet jesus. and they're going to have
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- To meet jesus. and they're going to have many, many regrets
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- And they're going to have many, many regrets at that moment.
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- Many, many regrets at that moment. i'm talking about people who
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- At that moment. i'm talking about people who have put their faith in him
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- I'm talking about people who have put their faith in him and they go to church
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- Have put their faith in him and they go to church but they're just not
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- And they go to church but they're just not ready to meet him.
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- But they're just not ready to meet him. and so we wrote this book
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- Ready to meet him. and so we wrote this book together and he will --
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- And so we wrote this book together and he will -- you brought out this fall
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- Together and he will -- you brought out this fall will be my fifth checkup
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- You brought out this fall will be my fifth checkup for breast cancer,
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- Will be my fifth checkup for breast cancer, so i faced death
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- For breast cancer, so i faced death when i had that diagnosis.
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- So i faced death when i had that diagnosis. rachel-ruth had
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- When i had that diagnosis. rachel-ruth had her two heart attacks
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- Rachel-ruth had her two heart attacks a year and a half ago.
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- Her two heart attacks a year and a half ago. we almost lost her.
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- A year and a half ago. we almost lost her. i watched her
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- We almost lost her. i watched her and i knew she was dying.
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- I watched her and i knew she was dying. and god pulled her back
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- And i knew she was dying. and god pulled her back from that brink.
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- And god pulled her back from that brink. you never know
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- From that brink. you never know when you're going
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- You never know when you're going to step into eternity,
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- When you're going to step into eternity, and we need to be ready
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- To step into eternity, and we need to be ready for that moment.
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- And we need to be ready for that moment. i live my life
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- For that moment. i live my life so that five minutes
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- I live my life so that five minutes before i see jesus
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- So that five minutes before i see jesus i have as few regrets
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- Before i see jesus i have as few regrets as possible.
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- I have as few regrets as possible. and if he doesn't come for me
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- As possible. and if he doesn't come for me in the rapture,
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- And if he doesn't come for me in the rapture, i know one day,
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- In the rapture, i know one day, because of my age
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- I know one day, because of my age one day soon, i'm going
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- Because of my age one day soon, i'm going to step into eternity,
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- One day soon, i'm going to step into eternity, i'm going to see him
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- To step into eternity, i'm going to see him and i don't want
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- I'm going to see him and i don't want to have regrets.
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- And i don't want to have regrets. and the interesting thing is
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- To have regrets. and the interesting thing is in the olden days
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- And the interesting thing is in the olden days of jewish culture,
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- In the olden days of jewish culture, in hebrew culture,
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- Of jewish culture, in hebrew culture, the bridegroom would go
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- In hebrew culture, the bridegroom would go and make an arrangement
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- The bridegroom would go and make an arrangement with the bride's family
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- And make an arrangement with the bride's family and betroth her to him.
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- With the bride's family and betroth her to him. and they would be married
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- And betroth her to him. and they would be married but not living together.
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- And they would be married but not living together. and he would go back
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- But not living together. and he would go back to his job
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- And he would go back to his job during that year's interim
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- To his job during that year's interim to prepare a place for her
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- During that year's interim to prepare a place for her to live in.
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- To prepare a place for her to live in. her job
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- To live in. her job during that year's interim
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- Her job during that year's interim was to get ready
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- During that year's interim was to get ready to go and live with him.
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- Was to get ready to go and live with him. so i feel like
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- To go and live with him. so i feel like we're in that interim.
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- So i feel like we're in that interim. jesus said he's gone
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- We're in that interim. jesus said he's gone to prepare a place for us.
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- Jesus said he's gone to prepare a place for us. he will come again
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- To prepare a place for us. he will come again to receive us to himself
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- He will come again to receive us to himself that where he is
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- To receive us to himself that where he is we may be also.
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- That where he is we may be also. he's getting the house ready.
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- We may be also. he's getting the house ready. we need
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- He's getting the house ready. we need to get ourselves ready.
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- We need to get ourselves ready. whether it's through old age,
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- To get ourselves ready. whether it's through old age, whether it's through
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- Whether it's through old age, whether it's through a horrible accident,
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- Whether it's through a horrible accident, whether it's through disease,
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- A horrible accident, whether it's through disease, whether it's through
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- Whether it's through disease, whether it's through the rapture,
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- Whether it's through the rapture, we need to be ready.
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- The rapture, we need to be ready. so rachel-ruth teaches
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- We need to be ready. so rachel-ruth teaches an incredible
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- Online bible study.
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- Online bible study. you can find it at
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- Online bible study. you can find it at annegrahamlotz.org.
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- Anne: it is just
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- Anne: it is just rachel-ruth --
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- Rachel-ruth bible study.
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- Rachel-ruth bible study. so it is rachel-ruth
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- Rachel-ruth bible study. so it is rachel-ruth genesis bible study.
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- So it is rachel-ruth genesis bible study. now i'm going
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- Genesis bible study. now i'm going to be teaching exodus.
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- Now i'm going to be teaching exodus. but you can find it
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- To be teaching exodus. but you can find it on annegrahamlotz.org.
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- But you can find it on annegrahamlotz.org. anne: and she has
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- 13,000 people
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- 13,000 people from around the world
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- 13,000 people from around the world from russia,
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- From around the world from russia, from lebanon, from africa,
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- From russia, from lebanon, from africa, and from australia.
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- From lebanon, from africa, and from australia. and she was teaching
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- And from australia. and she was teaching through genesis and teaching
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- And she was teaching through genesis and teaching this particular passage
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- Through genesis and teaching this particular passage because the book is based on,
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- This particular passage because the book is based on, you'll have to tell them
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- Because the book is based on, you'll have to tell them but genesis 24,
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- You'll have to tell them but genesis 24, the story of abraham
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- But genesis 24, the story of abraham when he sent his servant
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- The story of abraham when he sent his servant eliezer to look for a bride
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- Rachel-ruth has gone through
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- Rachel-ruth has gone through and taken principles
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- And taken principles or characteristics,
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- Or characteristics, one at a time,
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- One at a time, there are 21 of them
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- And the story,
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- And the story, and then she's applied them.
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- And the story, and then she's applied them. each chapter in this book
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- And then she's applied them. each chapter in this book is based
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- Each chapter in this book is based on one of those principles
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- Is based on one of those principles or one of those
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- On one of those principles or one of those characteristics.
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- Or one of those characteristics. and at the end of the chapter,
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- Characteristics. and at the end of the chapter, we have a challenge,
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- And at the end of the chapter, we have a challenge, which is just an application
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- We have a challenge, which is just an application for us, ourselves.
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- Which is just an application for us, ourselves. and then,
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- For us, ourselves. and then, when i finished working
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- And then, when i finished working on that chapter
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- When i finished working on that chapter and rachel-ruth
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- On that chapter and rachel-ruth wrote the chapters,
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- And rachel-ruth wrote the chapters, i worked on them, worked
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- Wrote the chapters, i worked on them, worked on the little challenge,
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- I worked on them, worked on the little challenge, and the prayer
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- On the little challenge, and the prayer that came to my heart
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- And the prayer that came to my heart and my mind
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- That came to my heart and my mind is what i wrote down
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- And my mind is what i wrote down at the end of that.
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- Is what i wrote down at the end of that. so i have personal prayers
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- At the end of that. so i have personal prayers at the end of each one.
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- So i have personal prayers at the end of each one. but rachel, tell them
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- At the end of each one. but rachel, tell them about isaac and rebekah,
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- But rachel, tell them about isaac and rebekah, and maybe
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- About isaac and rebekah, and maybe some of the chapters.
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- And maybe some of the chapters. james: let me
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- Some of the chapters. james: let me ask you something, anne.
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- James: let me ask you something, anne. were you surprised
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- Ask you something, anne. were you surprised at what you saw coming on her
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- Were you surprised at what you saw coming on her after she went through this
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- At what you saw coming on her after she went through this and then started writing
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- After she went through this and then started writing and teaching in this way?
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- And then started writing and teaching in this way? anne: it did before that.
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- And teaching in this way? anne: it did before that. i remember the first time
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- Anne: it did before that. i remember the first time i heard her teaching
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- I remember the first time i heard her teaching it was at the cove
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- I heard her teaching it was at the cove for a woman's christmas thing.
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- It was at the cove for a woman's christmas thing. it was packed with 450 women,
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- For a woman's christmas thing. it was packed with 450 women, packed in there
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- It was packed with 450 women, packed in there for their christmas luncheon.
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- Packed in there for their christmas luncheon. and i went to support her
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- For their christmas luncheon. and i went to support her and i got blown away.
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- And when she gave the --
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- And when she gave the -- betty: isn't that awesome?
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- And when she gave the -- betty: isn't that awesome? anne: yeah.
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- Betty: isn't that awesome? anne: yeah. when she gave the invitation,
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- Anne: yeah. when she gave the invitation, there were dozens of people,
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- When she gave the invitation, there were dozens of people, women who stood
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- Somehow i had missed that.
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- Somehow i had missed that. i had raised her
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- Somehow i had missed that. i had raised her and somehow i missed it.
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- I had raised her and somehow i missed it. rachel: how did that happen?
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- And somehow i missed it. rachel: how did that happen? anne: how did that happen?
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- Rachel: how did that happen? anne: how did that happen? because she is the one
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- Anne: how did that happen? because she is the one with add,
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- Because she is the one with add, she's the one who has
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- With add, she's the one who has a crazy sense of humor,
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- She's the one who has a crazy sense of humor, and to see her stand up
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- A crazy sense of humor, and to see her stand up and preach with power.
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- And to see her stand up and preach with power. she was not a teacher,
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- And preach with power. she was not a teacher, she was a preacher.
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- She was not a teacher, she was a preacher. so our book, our last book
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- She was a preacher. so our book, our last book had just come out,
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- So our book, our last book had just come out, jesus followers ,
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- Had just come out, jesus followers , which is when
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- Jesus followers , which is when her heart attacks happened.
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- Which is when her heart attacks happened. and then we wrote
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- Her heart attacks happened. and then we wrote this book together.
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- And then we wrote this book together. it's been a journey, james.
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- This book together. it's been a journey, james. i'm amazed at what god
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- It's been a journey, james. i'm amazed at what god has allowed her to do
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- I'm amazed at what god has allowed her to do and her sensitivity
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- Has allowed her to do and her sensitivity to his spirit,
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- And her sensitivity to his spirit, her incredible insights
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- To his spirit, her incredible insights into his word.
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- Her incredible insights into his word. you read through it,
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- Into his word. you read through it, you won't find anything
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- You read through it, you won't find anything like this
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- You won't find anything like this because the insights
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- Like this because the insights are so fresh
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- Because the insights are so fresh and so spirit-inspired
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- Are so fresh and so spirit-inspired that you'll laugh,
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- And so spirit-inspired that you'll laugh, you'll cry,
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- That you'll laugh, you'll cry, and you'll be blessed.
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- You'll cry, and you'll be blessed. it's a fabulous story.
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- James: it looks to me like,
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- James: it looks to me like, by the 21 chapters,
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- James: it looks to me like, by the 21 chapters, it's a three-week,
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- By the 21 chapters, it's a three-week, 21-day journey
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- It's a three-week, 21-day journey into the fullness
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- 21-day journey into the fullness of the presence of god.
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- Into the fullness of the presence of god. are you surprised
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- At what he's doing?
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- At what he's doing? you didn't know
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- At what he's doing? you didn't know you were going to have
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- You didn't know you were going to have a p.r. person that would be
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- You were going to have a p.r. person that would be this excited about it,
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- Rachel: oh no. it's so sweet.
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- Rachel: oh no. it's so sweet. i feel like i am evidence
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- I feel like i am evidence of what the lord can do
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- Of what the lord can do with a very weak vessel.
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- With a very weak vessel. because there is no reason
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- Because there is no reason why i should be able
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- Or write a book.
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- Or write a book. i was the student
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- Or write a book. i was the student every teacher
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- I was the student every teacher just dreaded having
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- Every teacher just dreaded having because i couldn't comprehend,
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- Just dreaded having because i couldn't comprehend, i was raising my hand
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- Because i couldn't comprehend, i was raising my hand all the time,
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- I was raising my hand all the time, i don't understand!
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- All the time, i don't understand! and so i feel like god
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- I don't understand! and so i feel like god took the least of these
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- And so i feel like god took the least of these and is using me,
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- Took the least of these and is using me, and i'm baffled by it.
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- And is using me, and i'm baffled by it. every time i get up to speak
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- And i'm baffled by it. every time i get up to speak or i write a book
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- Every time i get up to speak or i write a book like i've reread it
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- Or i write a book like i've reread it and i had to do it
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- Like i've reread it and i had to do it on the audiobook,
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- And i had to do it on the audiobook, and i'm just like
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- On the audiobook, and i'm just like how did god do that?
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- And i'm just like how did god do that? james: you are a miracle.
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- How did god do that? james: you are a miracle. tell me what you want
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- James: you are a miracle. tell me what you want the book to do,
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- Tell me what you want the book to do, and how you believe
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- The book to do, and how you believe god is going to use it.
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- And how you believe god is going to use it. rachel: just looking around
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- God is going to use it. rachel: just looking around at what's happening
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- Rachel: just looking around at what's happening in our world,
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- At what's happening in our world, it is unreal how everything
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- In our world, it is unreal how everything is melting down,
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- It is unreal how everything is melting down, and all these horrible things
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- Is melting down, and all these horrible things are happening.
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- And all these horrible things are happening. and they're going
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- Are happening. and they're going after our children,
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- And they're going after our children, they're going after truth.
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- After our children, they're going after truth. like truth is --
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- They're going after truth. like truth is -- they don't want it anywhere.
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- Like truth is -- they don't want it anywhere. and christians
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- They don't want it anywhere. and christians are getting persecuted
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- And christians are getting persecuted and you cannot believe
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- Are getting persecuted and you cannot believe the things that are happening.
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- And you cannot believe the things that are happening. and so, we know
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- The things that are happening. and so, we know jesus is getting ready
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- And so, we know jesus is getting ready to come back.
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- Jesus is getting ready to come back. and i feel like
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- To come back. and i feel like a lot of believers
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- And i feel like a lot of believers probably want to tuck away
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- A lot of believers probably want to tuck away and just wait
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- Probably want to tuck away and just wait but we have
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- And just wait but we have to prepare ourselves.
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- But we have to prepare ourselves. james: be a light
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- To prepare ourselves. james: be a light set up on the --
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- James: be a light set up on the -- we've got to be visible.
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- Set up on the -- we've got to be visible. and he's visible in us.
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- We've got to be visible. and he's visible in us. rachel: yes!
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- And he's visible in us. rachel: yes! and so this book hopefully
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- Rachel: yes! and so this book hopefully addresses those things
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- And so this book hopefully addresses those things where we can search our hearts
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- Addresses those things where we can search our hearts if there is kindness,
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- Where we can search our hearts if there is kindness, if there is humility,
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- If there is kindness, if there is humility, if we're even part
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- If there is humility, if we're even part of god's family.
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- If we're even part of god's family. have we ever given --
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- Of god's family. have we ever given -- we may go to church
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- Have we ever given -- we may go to church and go to bible study
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- We may go to church and go to bible study but do we ever remember a time
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- And go to bible study but do we ever remember a time when we've prayed
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- But do we ever remember a time when we've prayed and asked jesus to come
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- When we've prayed and asked jesus to come and live inside?
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- And asked jesus to come and live inside? anne: stop on that one
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- And live inside? anne: stop on that one because that was
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- Anne: stop on that one because that was the first characteristic
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- Because that was the first characteristic that abraham gave the servant.
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- The first characteristic that abraham gave the servant. rachel: yeah!
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- That abraham gave the servant. rachel: yeah! well, it is so sweet.
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- Rachel: yeah! well, it is so sweet. in the story of abraham,
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- Well, it is so sweet. in the story of abraham, when he asked his servant,
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- In the story of abraham, when he asked his servant, "i need you
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- When he asked his servant, "i need you to go find a bride for isaac.
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- "i need you to go find a bride for isaac. don't look
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- To go find a bride for isaac. don't look amongst the canaanites.
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- Don't look amongst the canaanites. i want you to go to my family
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- Amongst the canaanites. i want you to go to my family and find a bride for isaac."
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- I want you to go to my family and find a bride for isaac." and so the servant does that
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- And find a bride for isaac." and so the servant does that because that was important.
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- And so the servant does that because that was important. he didn't want a canaanite
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- Because that was important. he didn't want a canaanite who doesn't care about god
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- He didn't want a canaanite who doesn't care about god or anything like that
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- Who doesn't care about god or anything like that but go back to his family.
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- Or anything like that but go back to his family. and that is such a picture
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- But go back to his family. and that is such a picture that in order to be a bride,
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- And that is such a picture that in order to be a bride, you have to be part
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- That in order to be a bride, you have to be part of god's family.
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- You have to be part of god's family. that's the first
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- Of god's family. that's the first characteristic,
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- That's the first characteristic, is to make sure
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- Characteristic, is to make sure you're part of the family.
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- Is to make sure you're part of the family. so we've got to make sure
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- You're part of the family. so we've got to make sure that we have a time
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- So we've got to make sure that we have a time in our lives
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- That we have a time in our lives where we've asked jesus,
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- In our lives where we've asked jesus, humbled ourselves,
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- Where we've asked jesus, humbled ourselves, and said, i know i'm a sinner
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- Humbled ourselves, and said, i know i'm a sinner and i want you to come
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- And said, i know i'm a sinner and i want you to come into my life
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- And i want you to come into my life and take away these sins
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- Into my life and take away these sins and cover them with your blood
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- And take away these sins and cover them with your blood and have a right relationship
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- And cover them with your blood and have a right relationship with you.
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- And have a right relationship with you. and then the journey begins,
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- With you. and then the journey begins, and then you can do
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- And then the journey begins, and then you can do the rest of the book
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- And then you can do the rest of the book because then we can just
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- The rest of the book because then we can just gently go through
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- Because then we can just gently go through piece by piece,
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- Gently go through piece by piece, do i see this in my life?
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- Piece by piece, do i see this in my life? how can i fix this?
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- Do i see this in my life? how can i fix this? and just like
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- How can i fix this? and just like when you're getting ready
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- And just like when you're getting ready for a wedding.
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- When you're getting ready for a wedding. and you're getting ready
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- For a wedding. and you're getting ready to get married,
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- And you're getting ready to get married, you want to look your best
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- To get married, you want to look your best and have the dress and hair,
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- You want to look your best and have the dress and hair, all this stuff.
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- And have the dress and hair, all this stuff. that's just for a wedding
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- All this stuff. that's just for a wedding here on earth.
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- That's just for a wedding here on earth. but to think of getting ready
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- Here on earth. but to think of getting ready to see jesus face to face,
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- But to think of getting ready to see jesus face to face, what can we do
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- To see jesus face to face, what can we do to get ready for that moment?
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- What can we do to get ready for that moment? i mean it's awesome!
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- To get ready for that moment? i mean it's awesome! i cannot wait!
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- I mean it's awesome! i cannot wait! i'm so ready for heaven.
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- I cannot wait! i'm so ready for heaven. but we can do things
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- I'm so ready for heaven. but we can do things to get ready.
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- It turned out to be
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- It turned out to be rather deliberate
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- Rather deliberate what we could easily
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- What we could easily make a day process,
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- You've seen happen?
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- You've seen happen? rachel: yes, yes!
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- You've seen happen? rachel: yes, yes! anne: they are short chapters
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- Rachel: yes, yes! anne: they are short chapters so we were saying last night,
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- Anne: they are short chapters so we were saying last night, it is so nice,
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- So we were saying last night, it is so nice, especially if you're busy,
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- It is so nice, especially if you're busy, just to have a short chapter
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- Especially if you're busy, just to have a short chapter that touches on one
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- Just to have a short chapter that touches on one primary characteristic
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- That touches on one primary characteristic or principle.
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- That the servant chose,
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- That the servant chose, according to the guidelines
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- According to the guidelines that abraham gave him,
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- But then
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- But then rebekah had to choose,
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- But then rebekah had to choose, we were talking about that
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- Rebekah had to choose, we were talking about that this morning.
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- We were talking about that this morning. rachel: well, it's so sweet
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- Was asking his servant
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- Was asking his servant then the servant said,
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- Then the servant said, "well, that's fine
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- "well, that's fine but when i go
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- But when i go what if she doesn't want
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- What if she doesn't want to come with me?"
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- To come with me?" and he said, "well,
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- It's okay.
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- It's okay. don't force her, in a sense,
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- It's okay. don't force her, in a sense, and don't take isaac.
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- Don't force her, in a sense, and don't take isaac. i want him to stay here."
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- And don't take isaac. i want him to stay here." and so that's a picture
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- I want him to stay here." and so that's a picture that we're all offered
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- And so that's a picture that we're all offered this free gift
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- That we're all offered this free gift but it's up to us to choose,
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- This free gift but it's up to us to choose, do we want to follow?
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- But it's up to us to choose, do we want to follow? do we want to --
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- Do we want to follow? do we want to -- so it is this great
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- Do we want to -- so it is this great beautiful picture of both.
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- So it is this great beautiful picture of both. we're chosen
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- Beautiful picture of both. we're chosen but are we going to choose?
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- We're chosen but are we going to choose? james: and you know,
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- But are we going to choose? james: and you know, you are choosing him,
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- James: and you know, you are choosing him, you're not choosing
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- You are choosing him, you're not choosing a membership.
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- You're not choosing a membership. betty was a church member
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- A membership. betty was a church member but she didn't know jesus.
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- Betty was a church member but she didn't know jesus. betty: that's true.
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- But she didn't know jesus. betty: that's true. james: and she was
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- Betty: that's true. james: and she was the sweetest
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- James: and she was the sweetest little church member
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- The sweetest little church member you ever saw.
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- Like that.
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- Like that. betty: but to know now
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- Betty: but to know now at the age that we are,
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- At the age that we are, we're getting,
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- We're getting, we're considered part
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- We're considered part of the older generation now.
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- Of the older generation now. james and i have said
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- James and i have said over and over again,
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- Over and over again, we want this to be
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- We want to be closer to him
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- We want to be closer to him and walk closer
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- We want to be closer to him and walk closer in his footsteps
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- And walk closer in his footsteps than we ever have before.
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- In his footsteps than we ever have before. we want to have more zeal
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- Than we ever have before. we want to have more zeal and love for what god loves.
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- We want to have more zeal and love for what god loves. he loves all of us.
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- And love for what god loves. he loves all of us. and we want to show that love
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- He loves all of us. and we want to show that love in the greatest way
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- And we want to show that love in the greatest way that we've ever been able
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- In the greatest way that we've ever been able to express it.
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- That we've ever been able to express it. anne: you all do that, betty.
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- To express it. anne: you all do that, betty. can i just tell you?
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- Anne: you all do that, betty. can i just tell you? i want to encourage you,
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- Can i just tell you? i want to encourage you, you're so loving and genuine,
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- I want to encourage you, you're so loving and genuine, and authentic.
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- You're so loving and genuine, and authentic. but i think there are a lot
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- And authentic. but i think there are a lot of people out there today
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- But i think there are a lot of people out there today like you were.
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- Of people out there today like you were. so they go to church,
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- Like you were. so they go to church, they're involved in religion.
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- So they go to church, they're involved in religion. they don't know
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- They're involved in religion. they don't know a personal relationship.
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- They don't know a personal relationship. and the last characteristic
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- A personal relationship. and the last characteristic that rachel-ruth pulled out,
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- And the last characteristic that rachel-ruth pulled out, which is my favorite, i think,
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- That rachel-ruth pulled out, which is my favorite, i think, maybe other than the first one
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- Which is my favorite, i think, maybe other than the first one about being a member
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- Maybe other than the first one about being a member of the father's family,
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- About being a member of the father's family, but the last one is that
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- Of the father's family, but the last one is that when the servant took rebekah
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- But the last one is that when the servant took rebekah and she met isaac
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- When the servant took rebekah and she met isaac he took her
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- And she met isaac he took her into his mother's tent
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- He took her into his mother's tent and he loved her.
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- Into his mother's tent and he loved her. so it wasn't just
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- And he loved her. so it wasn't just an arranged marriage,
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- So it wasn't just an arranged marriage, it wasn't just something
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- An arranged marriage, it wasn't just something that she had to do,
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- It wasn't just something that she had to do, it was a love relationship.
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- That she had to do, it was a love relationship. and the relationship we have
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- It was a love relationship. and the relationship we have with our heavenly bridegroom
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- And the relationship we have with our heavenly bridegroom is a love relationship.
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- With our heavenly bridegroom is a love relationship. it's not just master
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- Is a love relationship. it's not just master and servant,
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- It's not just master and servant, or boss and employer
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- And servant, or boss and employer or employee,
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- Or boss and employer or employee, it's a love relationship.
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- Or employee, it's a love relationship. it is our bridegroom
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- It's a love relationship. it is our bridegroom who is in love with the bride.
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- It is our bridegroom who is in love with the bride. and we need, with hearts
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- Who is in love with the bride. and we need, with hearts overflowing with love for him,
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- And we need, with hearts overflowing with love for him, we want to be ready
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- Overflowing with love for him, we want to be ready for that first look.
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- We want to be ready for that first look. at least i do.
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- For that first look. at least i do. james: see,
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- At least i do. james: see, i'm going to be 80 years old
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- James: see, i'm going to be 80 years old and i have never felt
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- I'm going to be 80 years old and i have never felt more loved.
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- And i have never felt more loved. i mean i feel like
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- More loved. i mean i feel like his love is so unconditional.
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- I mean i feel like his love is so unconditional. it is boundless,
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- His love is so unconditional. it is boundless, it is endless,
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- It is boundless, it is endless, it is not measurable.
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- It is endless, it is not measurable. it is continually expressed.
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- It is not measurable. it is continually expressed. and it is like
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- It is continually expressed. and it is like he lets me know
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- And it is like he lets me know he's excited
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- He lets me know he's excited that i'm so excited
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- He's excited that i'm so excited about experiencing his love
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- That i'm so excited about experiencing his love and then expressing that love.
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- About experiencing his love and then expressing that love. to me,
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- As i look at these steps
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- As i look at these steps and i just read over them,
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- And i just read over them, all the things
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- All the things you're talking about
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- You're talking about are characteristics
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- Are characteristics of somebody
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- Of somebody that's finding their way
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- To be a member
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- To be a member that's rightly connected
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- To be a member that's rightly connected to the other members
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- That's rightly connected to the other members so that you're blessing
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- To the other members so that you're blessing one another.
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- So that you're blessing one another. and then as a body,
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- One another. and then as a body, you're blessing everybody
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- And then as a body, you're blessing everybody on this planet
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- You're blessing everybody on this planet because they can see him.
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- On this planet because they can see him. they can see his body
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- Because they can see him. they can see his body adorned in his glory.
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- They can see his body adorned in his glory. isn't that
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- Adorned in his glory. isn't that basically where you're trying
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- Isn't that basically where you're trying to take everybody?
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- Basically where you're trying to take everybody? rachel: yes!
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- To take everybody? rachel: yes! it is that natural overflow.
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- Rachel: yes! it is that natural overflow. when we have that time
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- And we're honest before him
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- And we're honest before him and we get rid of things
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- And we get rid of things that we see in our own lives
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- That we see in our own lives that we don't need there,
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- That we don't need there, then not only are we blessed
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- Then not only are we blessed but others around us are.
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- The greatest evangelistic tool
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- The greatest evangelistic tool is just to be somebody
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- The greatest evangelistic tool is just to be somebody who represents jesus so well
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- Is just to be somebody who represents jesus so well that other people
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- Who represents jesus so well that other people want to know him because
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- That other people want to know him because of what they see in us.
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- Want to know him because of what they see in us. james: you have to be pleased
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- Of what they see in us. james: you have to be pleased with her countenance.
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- James: you have to be pleased with her countenance. when you live there because
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- With her countenance. when you live there because you know when i met her,
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- When you live there because you know when i met her, i had not met her in person,
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- You know when i met her, i had not met her in person, and i saw her,
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- I had not met her in person, and i saw her, she has a radiance.
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- And i saw her, she has a radiance. and the whole church
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- She has a radiance. and the whole church can have that radiance.
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- And the whole church can have that radiance. you've always had that desire
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- Can have that radiance. you've always had that desire for god to flow, you want it.
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- You've always had that desire for god to flow, you want it. but you've got to admit,
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- For god to flow, you want it. but you've got to admit, you're watching
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- But you've got to admit, you're watching a miracle here.
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- You're watching a miracle here. not only the fact
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- A miracle here. not only the fact that she's alive
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- Not only the fact that she's alive but that jesus is living
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- That she's alive but that jesus is living so visibly in her.
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- But that jesus is living so visibly in her. can't you see that?
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- So visibly in her. can't you see that? i believe we can see it
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- Can't you see that? i believe we can see it in his whole church
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- I believe we can see it in his whole church if we would come
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- In his whole church if we would come just like you're trying
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- If we would come just like you're trying to help us get there.
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- Just like you're trying to help us get there. anne: i think that's right.
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- To help us get there. anne: i think that's right. and i think the things
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- Has been through,
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- Has been through, the pressures,
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- The pressures, the problems, stress, pain,
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- The problems, stress, pain, god has used that to develop
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- God has used that to develop what you've just seen,
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- What you've just seen, what you see.
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- The church right now
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- The church right now is getting ready to go through
- 00:15:33.478 --> 00:15:34.545
- The church right now is getting ready to go through a time of persecution --
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- Is getting ready to go through a time of persecution -- it is going through
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- A time of persecution -- it is going through a time of persecution.
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- It is going through a time of persecution. the things that they are doing
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- A time of persecution. the things that they are doing are just almost
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- The things that they are doing are just almost you can't believe.
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- Are just almost you can't believe. but i think
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- You can't believe. but i think god is going to use that,
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- But i think god is going to use that, just like he did in acts
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- God is going to use that, just like he did in acts to purify the church
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- Just like he did in acts to purify the church so that it becomes
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- To purify the church so that it becomes what you've said
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- So that it becomes what you've said so that we're attractive
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- What you've said so that we're attractive to the world.
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- So that we're attractive to the world. right now, i think the world,
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- To the world. right now, i think the world, so many paint us with the
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- Right now, i think the world, so many paint us with the same brush and they despise us
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- So many paint us with the same brush and they despise us because they think
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- Same brush and they despise us because they think we're self-righteous,
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- Because they think we're self-righteous, judgmental, whatever.
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- We're self-righteous, judgmental, whatever. but you strip
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- Judgmental, whatever. but you strip all of that away,
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- But you strip all of that away, and you see somebody
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- All of that away, and you see somebody who is suffering and still
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- And you see somebody who is suffering and still with joy on their face
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- Who is suffering and still with joy on their face and love in their hearts
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- With joy on their face and love in their hearts and caring
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- And love in their hearts and caring about their neighbor,
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- And caring about their neighbor, that is something that --
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- The new testament church
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- The new testament church in the book of acts,
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- In the book of acts, and it brought down
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- And it brought down the greatest power
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- The greatest power that had ever been established
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- That had ever been established on this earth.
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- On this earth. it came down
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- The power of jesus
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- The power of jesus could go to everyone,
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- The power of jesus could go to everyone, and great births and miracles
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- Could go to everyone, and great births and miracles of things that changed lives
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- And great births and miracles of things that changed lives and reached millions
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- Of things that changed lives and reached millions could happen.
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- And reached millions could happen. i believe right now today,
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- Could happen. i believe right now today, the church dressed up
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- I believe right now today, the church dressed up in jesus,
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- The church dressed up in jesus, prepared to meet jesus,
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- In jesus, prepared to meet jesus, adorned in his glory,
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- Prepared to meet jesus, adorned in his glory, i honestly believe
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- Adorned in his glory, i honestly believe it's possible
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- I honestly believe it's possible that billions of people
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- It's possible that billions of people would come to that jesus.
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- That billions of people would come to that jesus. if they can see that jesus
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- Would come to that jesus. if they can see that jesus because the one
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- If they can see that jesus because the one they think they see
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- Because the one they think they see or they've never seen,
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- They think they see or they've never seen, they're not attracted to.
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- Or they've never seen, they're not attracted to. but i believe,
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- They're not attracted to. but i believe, i see him in you.
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- But i believe, i see him in you. let me just pray for you.
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- I see him in you. let me just pray for you. lord, i love this girl.
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- Let me just pray for you. lord, i love this girl. i've got her on my heart
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- Lord, i love this girl. i've got her on my heart because mom
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- I've got her on my heart because mom put her on our hearts.
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- Because mom put her on our hearts. and she is a miracle
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- Put her on our hearts. and she is a miracle to be alive.
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- And she is a miracle to be alive. and she's got your glory
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- To be alive. and she's got your glory and she's trying to get
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- And she's got your glory and she's trying to get your church adorned
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- And she's trying to get your church adorned in that glory
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- Your church adorned in that glory that she's walking in.
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- In that glory that she's walking in. mom's excited about it,
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- That she's walking in. mom's excited about it, and should be excited
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- Mom's excited about it, and should be excited about it.
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- And should be excited about it. but lord, we want it
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- About it. but lord, we want it to happen to everybody
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- But lord, we want it to happen to everybody that's listening right now
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- To happen to everybody that's listening right now and watching,
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- That's listening right now and watching, to really be prepared
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- And watching, to really be prepared to meet you
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- To really be prepared to meet you and to show people around them
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- To meet you and to show people around them how beautiful you are,
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- And to show people around them how beautiful you are, how magnificent you are.
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- How beautiful you are, how magnificent you are. please, god,
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- How magnificent you are. please, god, let us be an answer
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- Please, god, let us be an answer to jesus' prayer in john 17.
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- Let us be an answer to jesus' prayer in john 17. let us see
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- To jesus' prayer in john 17. let us see that prayer answered;
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- Let us see that prayer answered; in jesus' name, we pray.
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- That prayer answered; in jesus' name, we pray. i want to say to you,
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- In jesus' name, we pray. i want to say to you, every one of you
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- I want to say to you, every one of you who watches this show
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- Every one of you who watches this show knows we're going to ask you
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- Who watches this show knows we're going to ask you to help someone.
- 00:17:25.056 --> 00:17:27.158
- Knows we're going to ask you to help someone. you cannot watch life today
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- To help someone. you cannot watch life today and not know we're going
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- You cannot watch life today and not know we're going to ask you to give life today
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- And not know we're going to ask you to give life today to somebody,
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- To ask you to give life today to somebody, and we point out
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- To somebody, and we point out the overlooked.
- 00:17:34.232 --> 00:17:36.067
- And we point out the overlooked. and for some reason,
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- The overlooked. and for some reason, you see the importance
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- And for some reason, you see the importance of touching the least of these
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- You see the importance of touching the least of these with the love of god.
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- Of touching the least of these with the love of god. we'll send you the book
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- With the love of god. we'll send you the book if you'll do something.
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- We'll send you the book if you'll do something. would you give
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- If you'll do something. would you give a pair of shoes?
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- Would you give a pair of shoes? these are just like
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- A pair of shoes? these are just like the very expensive shoes
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- These are just like the very expensive shoes but they're $3.60.
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- $36 gives ten people shoes,
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- Children.
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- And we want to give them
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- For christmas.
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- And then we want to give
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- Surgeries for cleft palates:
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- Christmas shoes and smiles .
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- Do you remember the little boy
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- That had never seen his face
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- In angola?
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- We took a video,
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- Turned it around,
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- And let him look
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- At the monitor.
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- And when he saw his face,
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- See, he had never
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- Even seen a mirror,
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- He went, "aah!"
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- And he screamed and ran away.
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- It so broke our hearts
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- That he was scared
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- When he saw himself.
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- We came back
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- And talked to you.
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- And betty and i got
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- The money together.
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- We found
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- We would have to take him,
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- Because it is
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- A serious surgery,
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- To johannesburg, quite a trip.
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- And we asked you
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- To pay for it, and you did.
- 00:18:35.459 --> 00:18:36.527
- And we gave that little boy
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- The most beautiful smile.
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- Could you give $500
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- For a surgery?
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- $1,000 for two
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- As christmas gifts?
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- Could you give $36
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- To give ten children
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- A pair of shoes?
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- For christmas, we have
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- To raise the money now, betty.
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- We're several months ahead
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- In order to get the shoes,
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- To get the doctors lined up,
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- And get them
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- To the places of need
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- And deliver the gifts
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- And the surgeries.
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- Would you right now
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- Go online or dial that number
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- And take your bank card
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- And use it like a check?
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- Have you ever made
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- A $1,000 gift
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- Or several thousand
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- To work miracles?
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- Could you give over $100
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- To give shoes?
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- We have gifts to send you
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- To say thank you.
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- And i pray you'll give
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- The greatest gift
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- Because of the great gift
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- God gave us
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- Through his son jesus.
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- Would you go get that card
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- Right now?
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- Use it like a check, please.
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- Give a smile if you can.
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- Give as many shoes as you can.
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- Let's do this for christmas.
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- We have to raise
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- The money now.
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- Thank you for your response.
- 00:19:48.099 --> 00:19:50.001
- Poverty is a killer, and because of it,
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- Children needlessly suffer
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- Not only from lack of food and clean water,
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- But also from a lack of things we take for granted,
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- Such as a healthy smile
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- Or a protective pair of shoes.
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- Far too many children living in extreme poverty
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- Have never owned a pair of shoes.
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- And while that may seem minor,
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- Walking with bare feet puts them at risk
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- Of painful infections, injury, and life-threatening diseases.
- 00:20:14.058 --> 00:20:17.995
- But this christmas, you can bring hope and healing.
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- Your gift today will help provide new shoes
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- For 150,000 children in time for the holidays.
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- And for some children, a beautiful new smile.
- 00:20:26.771 --> 00:20:29.974
- Your gift of $36 will help provide shoes for ten children,
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- $72 will help provide for 20,
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- $180 will help provide shoes for 50,
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- And a gift of $500 will help provide a cleft surgery,
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- Restoring a child's smile forever.
- 00:20:42.853 --> 00:20:45.523
- As a thank you for your gift of support,
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- Be sure to request the beautifully crafted
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- Yellow crystal shoe ornament,
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- A treasure to display each christmas.
- 00:20:51.696 --> 00:20:54.165
- With your gift of $100 or more,
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- You may request this keepsake set featuring
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- Four of life's colorful crystal shoe ornaments.
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- Finally, please consider a gift of $1,000 or more
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- To help provide over 275 pairs of shoes
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- Or two children with corrective smile surgeries,
- 00:21:09.246 --> 00:21:12.016
- And you may request the beautiful bronze sculpture, "lion of judah."
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- Please call, write, or make your gift online today.
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- James: i want to thank
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- James: i want to thank all of you
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- James: i want to thank all of you that have responded.
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- All of you that have responded. and i know
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- That have responded. and i know you're going to be blessed
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- And i know you're going to be blessed if you get the book.
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- You're going to be blessed if you get the book. you've done a bible study.
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- If you get the book. you've done a bible study. your mom is excited about it.
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- You've done a bible study. your mom is excited about it. she knows it's god.
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- Your mom is excited about it. she knows it's god. she knows you
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- She knows it's god. she knows you and she knows
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- She knows you and she knows god is bigger than you
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- And she knows god is bigger than you but he's real big in you
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- God is bigger than you but he's real big in you and she's excited.
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- But he's real big in you and she's excited. tell them how they can
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- And she's excited. tell them how they can find you if they will go
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- Rachel: absolutely.
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- Rachel: absolutely. you can go on our website
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- You can go on our website annegrahamlotz.org
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- Annegrahamlotz.org and on there it will just say
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- And on there it will just say rachel ruth's bible study.
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- Rachel ruth's bible study. and this year
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- And this year we're going to study exodus.
- 00:21:49.653 --> 00:21:50.688
- We're going to study exodus. we just finished genesis
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- We just finished genesis so we'll study exodus.
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- So we'll study exodus. so rachel ruth's
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- So rachel ruth's exodus bible study.
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- Exodus bible study. all you have to do to sign up
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- All you have to do to sign up is put in your email,
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- Is put in your email, and then every week
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- And then every week you'll get an email
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- You'll get an email with the link.
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- With the link. we have a live zoom
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- We have a live zoom on tuesdays
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- On tuesdays where i teach live
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- Where i teach live and we have interaction
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- And we have interaction at the beginning
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- At the beginning where we discuss the passage.
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- Where we discuss the passage. and then i give it a lesson,
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- And then i give it a lesson, i mean a message
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- I mean a message for about 45 minutes
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- For about 45 minutes after that on that passage.
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- After that on that passage. anne: they can get it
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- Rachel: if they can't get it,
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- Rachel: if they can't get it, a lot of people
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- Rachel: if they can't get it, a lot of people are in different time zones,
- 00:22:20.985 --> 00:22:21.919
- On the live one
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- On the live one then they can get it any time.
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- In their email.
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- In their email. james: i think you'll be
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- In their email. james: i think you'll be mightily blessed to do it.
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- James: i think you'll be mightily blessed to do it. thank you for helping us
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- Mightily blessed to do it. thank you for helping us bless so many people including
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- Thank you for helping us bless so many people including this beautiful couple
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- Bless so many people including this beautiful couple you've just seen.
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- This beautiful couple you've just seen. you've been helping anne
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- You've just seen. you've been helping anne for a long time.
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- You've been helping anne for a long time. and thank you for all you do.
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- For a long time. and thank you for all you do. i hope you do get the book.
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- And thank you for all you do. i hope you do get the book. we'll send it to you
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- I hope you do get the book. we'll send it to you if you'll give some shoes
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- We'll send it to you if you'll give some shoes or a smile.
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- If you'll give some shoes or a smile. we want to say thank you.
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- Or a smile. we want to say thank you. god bless you!
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- We want to say thank you. god bless you! thank you for blessing others.
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- Amanda: i think that's
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- Amanda: i think that's the one trick of the enemy
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- The one trick of the enemy is...
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- Is... i was abused and the one
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- I was abused and the one thing that those people said,
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- Thing that those people said, "you better never say a word."
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- To keep quiet --
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- To keep quiet -- to keep quiet --
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- To keep quiet -- to keep quiet -- shove it under the rug --
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- To keep quiet -- shove it under the rug -- shove it back.
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- Shove it under the rug -- shove it back. james: started when
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- Shove it back. james: started when you were how old?
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- James: started when you were how old? amanda: i was five
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- You were how old? amanda: i was five and it went on 'til i was
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- Amanda: i was five and it went on 'til i was about nine.
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- And it went on 'til i was about nine. james: and it went with
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- About nine. james: and it went with several different people?
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- Different people.
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- Different people. so i carried this shame
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- So i carried this shame that i couldn't talk about;
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- That i couldn't talk about; i couldn't tell anyone about.
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- At a very young age
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- At a very young age on the outside when
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- At a very young age on the outside when on the inside i was dying.
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- On the outside when on the inside i was dying. so i never thought that
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- On the inside i was dying. so i never thought that i would have a happy home,
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- So i never thought that i would have a happy home, never thought that i would
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- I would have a happy home, never thought that i would deserve the kind of love
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- Never thought that i would deserve the kind of love that my heart desired.
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- Deserve the kind of love that my heart desired. we always think, once upon
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- That my heart desired. we always think, once upon a time and the happily
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- We always think, once upon a time and the happily ever after, i never dreamed
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- A time and the happily ever after, i never dreamed that that would be mine.
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- Ever after, i never dreamed that that would be mine. so when i met aaron i told him
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- That that would be mine. so when i met aaron i told him enough about my story for me
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- So when i met aaron i told him enough about my story for me to somewhat sleep at night
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- Enough about my story for me to somewhat sleep at night but he knew very little
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- To somewhat sleep at night but he knew very little about where i had been
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- But he knew very little about where i had been and what had happened to me,
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- About where i had been and what had happened to me, and the shame that i carried.
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- And what had happened to me, and the shame that i carried. i was damaged goods,
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- And the shame that i carried. i was damaged goods, and therefore,
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- I was damaged goods, and therefore, my life didn't matter.
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- And therefore, my life didn't matter. so after about two years
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- My life didn't matter. so after about two years of marriage, of just
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- So after about two years of marriage, of just pure torment from the enemy
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- Of marriage, of just pure torment from the enemy taunting me, "look at you
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- Pure torment from the enemy taunting me, "look at you traveling around in this
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- Taunting me, "look at you traveling around in this world-renown ministry
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- Traveling around in this world-renown ministry and your husband doesn't
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- World-renown ministry and your husband doesn't even know who you are."
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- And your husband doesn't even know who you are." on one end he is telling me,
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- Even know who you are." on one end he is telling me, "you can't ever tell him
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- On one end he is telling me, "you can't ever tell him because what will
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- "you can't ever tell him because what will they think of you?"
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- Because what will they think of you?" and on the other end,
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- They think of you?" and on the other end, "look at you!
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- And on the other end, "look at you! because you won't tell them
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- "look at you! because you won't tell them they don't even know
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- Because you won't tell them they don't even know who you are."
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- They don't even know who you are." it was this constant torment.
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- Who you are." it was this constant torment. so i screamed out to god
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- It was this constant torment. so i screamed out to god after about two years
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- So i screamed out to god after about two years of marriage and i said, "god,
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- After about two years of marriage and i said, "god, if you don't do something
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- Of marriage and i said, "god, if you don't do something in my life, i will walk.
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- If you don't do something in my life, i will walk. i will leave because
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- In my life, i will walk. i will leave because abandonment and all
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- I will leave because abandonment and all of this stuff that
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- Abandonment and all of this stuff that i so feared, i told god,
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- Of this stuff that i so feared, i told god, "i'd rather walk, because
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- I so feared, i told god, "i'd rather walk, because when he finds out, he'll walk
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- "i'd rather walk, because when he finds out, he'll walk and i don't want to be
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- When he finds out, he'll walk and i don't want to be the one left standing."
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- And i don't want to be the one left standing." so after screaming
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- The one left standing." so after screaming that out to god, i walked off
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- So after screaming that out to god, i walked off our bus.
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- That out to god, i walked off our bus. my job was to kind of man
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- Our bus. my job was to kind of man the product table at that
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- My job was to kind of man the product table at that point because nobody
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- The product table at that point because nobody knew i sang.
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- Point because nobody knew i sang. [laughter]
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- Knew i sang. [laughter] so this lady came up
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- [laughter] so this lady came up to this product table
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- So this lady came up to this product table in central city, kentucky,
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- To this product table in central city, kentucky, and we had never met her,
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- In central city, kentucky, and we had never met her, didn't know her,
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- And we had never met her, didn't know her, and when she came up she stood
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- Didn't know her, and when she came up she stood in front of me and she gasped.
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- And when she came up she stood in front of me and she gasped. and she put her hand
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- In front of me and she gasped. and she put her hand over her chest and she said,
- 00:25:19.663 --> 00:25:21.265
- And she put her hand over her chest and she said, "can i speak with you?"
- 00:25:21.332 --> 00:25:23.233
- Over her chest and she said, "can i speak with you?" i said, "sure."
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- "can i speak with you?" i said, "sure." she said, "we need to go
- 00:25:24.902 --> 00:25:25.903
- I said, "sure." she said, "we need to go somewhere private."
- 00:25:25.970 --> 00:25:27.137
- She said, "we need to go somewhere private." well, this was
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- Somewhere private." well, this was an outside event.
- 00:25:28.439 --> 00:25:29.573
- Well, this was an outside event. so we found ourselves
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- An outside event. so we found ourselves that night behind a nursing
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- So we found ourselves that night behind a nursing home on an embankment.
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- That night behind a nursing home on an embankment. that woman told me everything
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- Home on an embankment. that woman told me everything about my life that i had
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- That woman told me everything about my life that i had never spoken to another
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- About my life that i had never spoken to another human being.
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- Never spoken to another human being. only the things that
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- Human being. only the things that god and i knew.
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- Only the things that god and i knew. and when she did that
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- God and i knew. and when she did that i laid in that woman's lap
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- And when she did that i laid in that woman's lap and she just stroked my hair
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- I laid in that woman's lap and she just stroked my hair for two hours, and i cried
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- And she just stroked my hair for two hours, and i cried like i don't think
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- For two hours, and i cried like i don't think i will ever cry again
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- Like i don't think i will ever cry again in my life.
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- I will ever cry again in my life. after two hours, she said,
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- In my life. after two hours, she said, "now that you have emptied
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- After two hours, she said, "now that you have emptied yourself of all of that junk,
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- "now that you have emptied yourself of all of that junk, i'm going to pray that
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- Yourself of all of that junk, i'm going to pray that god's presence fills every
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- I'm going to pray that god's presence fills every crevice and every crack."
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- God's presence fills every crevice and every crack." and that day god
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- Crevice and every crack." and that day god supernaturally changed
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- And that day god supernaturally changed my life forever.
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- Supernaturally changed my life forever. that night god saved
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- My life forever. that night god saved my marriage.
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- That night god saved my marriage. that night god saved
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- My marriage. that night god saved the children that i had
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- That night god saved the children that i had not even given birth to yet.
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- ♪ take him to the place ♪
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- ♪ watch dead things live again ♪
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- ♪ with one touch of his grace ♪
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- ♪ and it's all washed away ♪
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- ♪ he's calling out your name ♪
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- ♪ it doesn't matter where you've been ♪
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- ♪ or whatever you have faced ♪
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