James Robison;Betty Robison - Fruitful Garden

January 19, 2025 | S25:E19

James calls out those things that destroy the effectiveness of our lives and urges us to return to God’s provision.

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Life Today with James Robison | James Robison;Betty Robison - Fruitful Garden | January 19, 2025
  • Coming up, james and betty challenge you
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  • To plant seeds in god's fruitful garden.
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  • Betty: you can be a part of bringing hope
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  • To this world
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  • That is in dire need of hope right now.
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  • That hope comes from the truth and love
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  • Of jesus christ.
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  • There is no greater love that he expressed
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  • Than giving his only son
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  • That we might have eternal life,
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  • And have that hope that's in christ 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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  • I'm james robison. betty and i have been
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  • Betty and i have been together for a long time.
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  • Together for a long time. we've been
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  • One that god has led us on.
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  • One that god has led us on. when god called me to preach
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  • One that god has led us on. when god called me to preach more than 60 years ago,
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  • When god called me to preach more than 60 years ago, he told me i was to preach
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  • More than 60 years ago, he told me i was to preach and not use notes;
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  • He told me i was to preach and not use notes; just get up and trust him.
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  • And not use notes; just get up and trust him. well, i've got here a notebook
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  • Just get up and trust him. well, i've got here a notebook filled with thoughts
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  • Well, i've got here a notebook filled with thoughts that i've written
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  • Filled with thoughts that i've written that he has just spoken to me.
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  • That i've written that he has just spoken to me. i'm so excited about
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  • That he has just spoken to me. i'm so excited about what he's been saying to me
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  • I'm so excited about what he's been saying to me that i've actually begun
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  • What he's been saying to me that i've actually begun to put some of them down
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  • That i've actually begun to put some of them down where they just flow.
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  • To put some of them down where they just flow. i feel led to read to you
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  • Where they just flow. i feel led to read to you some of the things
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  • I feel led to read to you some of the things i wrote down
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  • Some of the things i wrote down because most of my time now,
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  • I wrote down because most of my time now, betty, as you know,
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  • Because most of my time now, betty, as you know, is spent in the word
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  • Betty, as you know, is spent in the word and in prayer.
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  • Is spent in the word and in prayer. and then talking one-on-one,
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  • And in prayer. and then talking one-on-one, many times on the telephone,
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  • And then talking one-on-one, many times on the telephone, many times in a zoom call
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  • Many times on the telephone, many times in a zoom call or a small group,
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  • Many times in a zoom call or a small group, and i've had lots
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  • Or a small group, and i've had lots of conference calls
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  • And i've had lots of conference calls with leaders
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  • Of conference calls with leaders from all different areas
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  • With leaders from all different areas of life.
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  • From all different areas of life. i'm just pouring god's word
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  • Of life. i'm just pouring god's word on them when we talk
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  • I founded the stream
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  • I founded the stream to bring together some
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  • To bring together some of the most gifted, anointed,
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  • Of the most gifted, anointed, principle-centered people
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  • Principle-centered people in god's word and god's will,
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  • In god's word and god's will, and trying to get his truth
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  • And trying to get his truth and his wisdom out
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  • And his wisdom out like a river.
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  • As i've been praying
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  • As i've been praying and listening to him
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  • As i've been praying and listening to him and writing things down,
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  • And listening to him and writing things down, i feel like the lord
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  • And writing things down, i feel like the lord has impressed me
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  • I feel like the lord has impressed me to read some of the things
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  • Has impressed me to read some of the things i wrote.
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  • To read some of the things i wrote. i'm going to do that today
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  • I wrote. i'm going to do that today because i feel like
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  • I'm going to do that today because i feel like the same father has told me,
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  • Because i feel like the same father has told me, "when i give you something
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  • The same father has told me, "when i give you something and you write it down
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  • "when i give you something and you write it down and you want to read it,
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  • And you write it down and you want to read it, do it."
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  • And you want to read it, do it." i'm going to do that right now
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  • Do it." i'm going to do that right now because i believe
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  • I shared with you some things
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  • I shared with you some things about joel, and what joel said
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  • About joel, and what joel said in the last program.
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  • In the last program. i'm going to reference
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  • I'm going to reference some of those things even
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  • But i'm actually going to read
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  • But i'm actually going to read what in my times of prayer
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  • But i'm actually going to read what in my times of prayer and you've watched me
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  • What in my times of prayer and you've watched me just write and write.
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  • And you've watched me just write and write. it is not too easy
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  • Just write and write. it is not too easy to read my writing.
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  • It is not too easy to read my writing. so we get it over
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  • To read my writing. so we get it over into type pretty quickly
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  • So we get it over into type pretty quickly because i want to remember it.
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  • Into type pretty quickly because i want to remember it. but that's what
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  • Because i want to remember it. but that's what i'm going to do right now.
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  • But that's what i'm going to do right now. so you just pray
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  • I'm going to do right now. so you just pray god will speak to you.
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  • So you just pray god will speak to you. paradise, this world,
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  • God will speak to you. paradise, this world, god's creation
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  • Paradise, this world, god's creation has been under a fiery assault
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  • God's creation has been under a fiery assault since the creation
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  • Has been under a fiery assault since the creation with the intention
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  • Since the creation with the intention by the destroyer
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  • With the intention by the destroyer to destroy this creation,
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  • By the destroyer to destroy this creation, this paradise.
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  • To destroy this creation, this paradise. it is more than a garden.
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  • This paradise. it is more than a garden. as paul said,
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  • It is more than a garden. as paul said, even of us as individuals,
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  • As paul said, even of us as individuals, we're a cultivated field
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  • Even of us as individuals, we're a cultivated field of god,
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  • We're a cultivated field of god, which is the first part
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  • Of god, which is the first part of our being,
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  • Which is the first part of our being, and that is supposed to be
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  • Of our being, and that is supposed to be purified and fruitful.
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  • And that is supposed to be purified and fruitful. he says we're tried by fire
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  • Purified and fruitful. he says we're tried by fire and the fire tests the works.
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  • He says we're tried by fire and the fire tests the works. if it is wood,
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  • And the fire tests the works. if it is wood, hay, and stubble,
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  • If it is wood, hay, and stubble, it will burn up
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  • Hay, and stubble, it will burn up and it reveals what it is.
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  • It will burn up and it reveals what it is. if it is gold, silver,
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  • And it reveals what it is. if it is gold, silver, or precious stone,
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  • If it is gold, silver, or precious stone, the fire actually refines
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  • Or precious stone, the fire actually refines and purifies it
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  • The fire actually refines and purifies it and makes it more perfect.
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  • And purifies it and makes it more perfect. did you know
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  • And makes it more perfect. did you know that when you put silver
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  • Did you know that when you put silver in the fire
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  • That when you put silver in the fire it reflects the perfect image
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  • In the fire it reflects the perfect image looking at it?
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  • It reflects the perfect image looking at it? it is a beautiful reflection.
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  • Looking at it? it is a beautiful reflection. we're all supposed to be
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  • It is a beautiful reflection. we're all supposed to be reflecting jesus.
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  • We're all supposed to be reflecting jesus. people who see him in us.
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  • Reflecting jesus. people who see him in us. betty, people sure do see him
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  • People who see him in us. betty, people sure do see him in you.
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  • Betty, people sure do see him in you. i'm looking at that smile
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  • In you. i'm looking at that smile right now
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  • I'm looking at that smile right now and i'm telling you,
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  • Right now and i'm telling you, you're radiant.
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  • And i'm telling you, you're radiant. the enemy wants to burn up
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  • You're radiant. the enemy wants to burn up paradise and destroy
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  • The enemy wants to burn up paradise and destroy the radiance of god in us.
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  • Paradise and destroy the radiance of god in us. he begins with the field
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  • The radiance of god in us. he begins with the field and the paradise
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  • He begins with the field and the paradise of our own lives.
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  • And the paradise of our own lives. the garden of god
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  • Of our own lives. the garden of god is supposed to be
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  • The garden of god is supposed to be a well-watered garden.
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  • Is supposed to be a well-watered garden. too often it is not.
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  • A well-watered garden. too often it is not. right now,
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  • Too often it is not. right now, the enemy is trying to burn up
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  • Right now, the enemy is trying to burn up the blessings of freedom
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  • The enemy is trying to burn up the blessings of freedom just like the locusts
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  • The blessings of freedom just like the locusts destroyed the fruitfulness
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  • Just like the locusts destroyed the fruitfulness of the nation
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  • Destroyed the fruitfulness of the nation when they came in.
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  • Of the nation when they came in. lockstep came through
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  • When they came in. lockstep came through the windows like troops;
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  • Lockstep came through the windows like troops; came like charging horses,
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  • The windows like troops; came like charging horses, and burned
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  • Came like charging horses, and burned and destroyed everything.
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  • The other day in joel
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  • The other day in joel and it is so true.
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  • And it is so true. once again, the fiery testing
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  • Once again, the fiery testing is taking place right now.
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  • The will of god,
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  • The will of god, the purpose and beauty of god.
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  • The will of god, the purpose and beauty of god. on fruitfulness,
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  • The purpose and beauty of god. on fruitfulness, which is the first thing
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  • On fruitfulness, which is the first thing he said,
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  • Which is the first thing he said, "be fruitful and multiply,"
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  • He said, "be fruitful and multiply," not just with children,
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  • "be fruitful and multiply," not just with children, but in all areas god said.
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  • Not just with children, but in all areas god said. if you'll come back to me now,
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  • But in all areas god said. if you'll come back to me now, this is when they're going
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  • If you'll come back to me now, this is when they're going through the fiery trial,
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  • This is when they're going through the fiery trial, if you'll put me first,
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  • Through the fiery trial, if you'll put me first, i can restore
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  • If you'll put me first, i can restore the fruitful fields.
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  • I can restore the fruitful fields. i can restore paradise.
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  • The fruitful fields. i can restore paradise. and i will pour out
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  • I can restore paradise. and i will pour out the former and latter rains;
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  • And i will pour out the former and latter rains; make up for the years
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  • The former and latter rains; make up for the years the locusts ate.
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  • Make up for the years the locusts ate. god wants to make up
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  • The locusts ate. god wants to make up for the years that everything
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  • God wants to make up for the years that everything has damaged because
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  • For the years that everything has damaged because we've walked away from god's
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  • Has damaged because we've walked away from god's principled foundational stones
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  • We've walked away from god's principled foundational stones and we've got to turn back
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  • Principled foundational stones and we've got to turn back to it.
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  • And we've got to turn back to it. he is, right now,
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  • To it. he is, right now, as a shepherd leading us,
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  • He is, right now, as a shepherd leading us, seeking us with every fiber
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  • As a shepherd leading us, seeking us with every fiber of who he is to lead us
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  • Seeking us with every fiber of who he is to lead us in green pastures
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  • Of who he is to lead us in green pastures so we can know that anyone
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  • In green pastures so we can know that anyone trying to take us off
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  • So we can know that anyone trying to take us off into greater fruitfulness,
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  • Trying to take us off into greater fruitfulness, blessing, and opportunity,
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  • Into greater fruitfulness, blessing, and opportunity, is the voice of wisdom --
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  • Blessing, and opportunity, is the voice of wisdom -- that's god.
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  • Is the voice of wisdom -- that's god. the enemy tries to get us
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  • That's god. the enemy tries to get us to depend upon something
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  • The enemy tries to get us to depend upon something other than god.
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  • To depend upon something other than god. here's a quote
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  • Other than god. here's a quote from living amazed :
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  • The implication is
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  • The implication is the enemy makes you depend
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  • The implication is the enemy makes you depend upon something or someone
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  • The enemy makes you depend upon something or someone other than god.
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  • Upon something or someone other than god. listen to what i read
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  • Other than god. listen to what i read this morning
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  • Listen to what i read this morning that jumped out at me.
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  • This morning that jumped out at me. i came out of those kingdom
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  • That jumped out at me. i came out of those kingdom monday night meetings knowing
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  • I came out of those kingdom monday night meetings knowing that the world
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  • Monday night meetings knowing that the world is being manipulated,
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  • That the world is being manipulated, or motivated or deceived,
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  • Is being manipulated, or motivated or deceived, or enlightened by two voices
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  • Or motivated or deceived, or enlightened by two voices of two fathers.
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  • Or enlightened by two voices of two fathers. one is the father of lies:
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  • Of two fathers. one is the father of lies: dissension, division,
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  • One is the father of lies: dissension, division, death, and destruction.
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  • Dissension, division, death, and destruction. the other
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  • Death, and destruction. the other is the father of light:
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  • The other is the father of light: truth, life,
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  • Is the father of light: truth, life, blessings, fruitfulness,
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  • Truth, life, blessings, fruitfulness, and anything
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  • Blessings, fruitfulness, and anything the father desires for us,
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  • And anything the father desires for us, and any great parent
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  • The father desires for us, and any great parent would want for their children.
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  • And any great parent would want for their children. those are the two voices.
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  • Would want for their children. those are the two voices. if you can't distinguish
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  • Those are the two voices. if you can't distinguish what is going on,
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  • If you can't distinguish what is going on, and not just categorize people
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  • What is going on, and not just categorize people with an -ism, a secular name,
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  • And not just categorize people with an -ism, a secular name, or some label
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  • With an -ism, a secular name, or some label you can put on them,
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  • Or some label you can put on them, everything is a racist
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  • You can put on them, everything is a racist right now
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  • Everything is a racist right now if you question anything,
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  • Right now if you question anything, somebody does
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  • If you question anything, somebody does outside their race.
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  • Somebody does outside their race. this is ridiculous!
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  • Outside their race. this is ridiculous! the voice of deception
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  • This is ridiculous! the voice of deception has also revealed itself
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  • The voice of deception has also revealed itself to be a voice of insanity.
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  • Has also revealed itself to be a voice of insanity. it has no sound thinking.
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  • To be a voice of insanity. it has no sound thinking. it's romans 1,
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  • It has no sound thinking. it's romans 1, they changed the truth of god
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  • It's romans 1, they changed the truth of god into a lie
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  • They changed the truth of god into a lie and can't determine
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  • Into a lie and can't determine night and day,
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  • And can't determine night and day, light from darkness.
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  • Night and day, light from darkness. i'm telling you,
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  • Light from darkness. i'm telling you, the enemy destroys
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  • I'm telling you, the enemy destroys your ability to think.
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  • The enemy destroys your ability to think. god said in romans 1
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  • Your ability to think. god said in romans 1 that if you change his truth
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  • God said in romans 1 that if you change his truth into a lie you'll have
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  • That if you change his truth into a lie you'll have a twisted reprobate mind.
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  • Into a lie you'll have a twisted reprobate mind. you can't determine
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  • A twisted reprobate mind. you can't determine right or wrong.
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  • You can't determine right or wrong. so you're going to dig
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  • Right or wrong. so you're going to dig a trail and a track
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  • So you're going to dig a trail and a track and a graveyard,
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  • A trail and a track and a graveyard, a grave that you will fall in
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  • And a graveyard, a grave that you will fall in with what you do
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  • A grave that you will fall in with what you do when you change his truth.
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  • With what you do when you change his truth. you do not think straight.
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  • When you change his truth. you do not think straight. you think insanity
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  • You do not think straight. you think insanity and you think suicidally
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  • You think insanity and you think suicidally and destructively.
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  • And you think suicidally and destructively. god, please deliver us
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  • And destructively. god, please deliver us from this.
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  • God, please deliver us from this. that's what god wants to do.
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  • From this. that's what god wants to do. here we are today,
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  • Right now this moment,
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  • Right now this moment, i want you to understand
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  • I want you to understand perfectly with paul,
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  • Perfectly with paul, what peter has said
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  • The things he says
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  • The things he says are kind of complicated
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  • The things he says are kind of complicated and hard to understand.
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  • Are kind of complicated and hard to understand. he is complimenting paul.
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  • And hard to understand. he is complimenting paul. one of the great apostles,
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  • First peter 2:13:
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  • But we will not follow them
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  • But we will not follow them into changing truth
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  • But we will not follow them into changing truth into a lie.
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  • Into changing truth into a lie. you can't do that.
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  • Into a lie. you can't do that. you may know it.
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  • You can't do that. you may know it. you may be submitting
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  • You may know it. you may be submitting to authority.
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  • You may be submitting to authority. here's the thing,
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  • To authority. here's the thing, if you put authority in place
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  • Here's the thing, if you put authority in place that brings judgment on you,
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  • If you put authority in place that brings judgment on you, then it is because
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  • That brings judgment on you, then it is because you put leaders in place
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  • Then it is because you put leaders in place who are unprincipled.
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  • You put leaders in place who are unprincipled. when you are given the choice
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  • Who are unprincipled. when you are given the choice of picking leaders
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  • When you are given the choice of picking leaders then you need
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  • Of picking leaders then you need to choose them wisely,
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  • Then you need to choose them wisely, and responsibly
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  • To choose them wisely, and responsibly and you have got to do it
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  • And responsibly and you have got to do it with a wisdom
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  • And you have got to do it with a wisdom that comes from above.
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  • With a wisdom that comes from above. do not allow them
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  • That comes from above. do not allow them to destroy you.
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  • Do not allow them to destroy you. that means that
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  • To destroy you. that means that you have literally chosen
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  • That means that you have literally chosen the punishment
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  • You have literally chosen the punishment that's coming on you
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  • The punishment that's coming on you because you didn't do
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  • That's coming on you because you didn't do what god told you to do.
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  • Because you didn't do what god told you to do. you didn't choose
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  • What god told you to do. you didn't choose righteousness.
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  • You didn't choose righteousness. you didn't choose
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  • Righteousness. you didn't choose against evil and deception.
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  • You didn't choose against evil and deception. you didn't choose
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  • Against evil and deception. you didn't choose the principles
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  • You didn't choose the principles that are unshakeable.
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  • The principles that are unshakeable. many, many people
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  • That are unshakeable. many, many people are being punished right now
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  • Many, many people are being punished right now because good people
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  • Are being punished right now because good people opted out of participating
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  • Because good people opted out of participating and see to it that we have
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  • Listen to what peter said:
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  • By the way,
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  • By the way, we have in our state
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  • By the way, we have in our state a governor
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  • We have in our state a governor who is questioning evildoers
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  • A governor who is questioning evildoers and he is being called
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  • Who is questioning evildoers and he is being called a racist.
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  • And he is being called a racist. it is going to get worse
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  • A racist. it is going to get worse in every state.
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  • You'll be called names.
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  • That's what god says.
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  • That's what god says. you will see that's really
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  • That's what god says. you will see that's really what god is trying to do.
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  • You will see that's really what god is trying to do. silence their ignorance.
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  • What god is trying to do. silence their ignorance. what you saw many times
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  • Silence their ignorance. what you saw many times in those hearings
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  • What you saw many times in those hearings and with the candidates
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  • In those hearings and with the candidates for the supreme court,
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  • And with the candidates for the supreme court, you saw the ignorance
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  • For the supreme court, you saw the ignorance of foolish men.
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  • You saw the ignorance of foolish men. and you saw how damaging
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  • Of foolish men. and you saw how damaging it would have been.
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  • And you saw how damaging it would have been. thank god wisdom overcame it!
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  • It would have been. thank god wisdom overcame it! and we got a miracle!
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  • In every area of leadership.
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  • In other words,
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  • In other words, your freedom is liberty,
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  • Your freedom is liberty, not license.
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  • Not license. honor all people,
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  • Honor all people, love the brotherhood,
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  • Here's god almighty.
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  • Here's god almighty. where are the emperors,
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  • Here's god almighty. where are the emperors, the kings?
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  • Where are the emperors, the kings? where has his nation made
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  • The kings? where has his nation made the mistake of wanting a king
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  • Where has his nation made the mistake of wanting a king like other nations?
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  • The mistake of wanting a king like other nations? they didn't need one.
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  • Like other nations? they didn't need one. that was a huge mistake.
  • 00:11:48.063 --> 00:11:50.566
  • They didn't need one. that was a huge mistake. you honor him
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  • That was a huge mistake. you honor him because he is here.
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  • You honor him because he is here. this is the deal.
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  • Because he is here. this is the deal. all authority is used by god.
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  • This is the deal. all authority is used by god. what is it used by god for?
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  • All authority is used by god. what is it used by god for? to punish even
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  • What is it used by god for? to punish even if the evildoers are the ones
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  • To punish even if the evildoers are the ones who pick the authority
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  • If the evildoers are the ones who pick the authority and democracy,
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  • Who pick the authority and democracy, in the middle east,
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  • And democracy, in the middle east, wherever you are?
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  • In the middle east, wherever you are? our founders said
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  • Wherever you are? our founders said we're not going to have
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  • Our founders said we're not going to have this authority anymore.
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  • We're not going to have this authority anymore. we're going to have
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  • This authority anymore. we're going to have the right kind of authority.
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  • We're going to have the right kind of authority. those were principled men.
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  • The right kind of authority. those were principled men. and it is going to be
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  • Those were principled men. and it is going to be under god.
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  • And it is going to be under god. even thomas payne,
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  • Under god. even thomas payne, who later became a critic
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  • Even thomas payne, who later became a critic of christianity,
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  • Who later became a critic of christianity, i think got out of sync
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  • Of christianity, i think got out of sync when he got back
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  • I think got out of sync when he got back into the wrong fellowship.
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  • When he got back into the wrong fellowship. they called him a deist then.
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  • Into the wrong fellowship. they called him a deist then. but when he spoke
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  • They called him a deist then. but when he spoke common sense,
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  • But when he spoke common sense, there was no way
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  • Common sense, there was no way he wasn't listening
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  • There was no way he wasn't listening to the voice of wisdom
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  • He wasn't listening to the voice of wisdom because he said
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  • And he talked about
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  • And he talked about the creator.
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  • The creator. "everything stands on that,
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  • "everything stands on that, on the word of god,"
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  • On the word of god," this is thomas payne.
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  • The law of god.
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  • The law of god. as he got down
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  • The law of god. as he got down to the hall of common sense,
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  • As he got down to the hall of common sense, it is common sense he wrote,
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  • To the hall of common sense, it is common sense he wrote, that turned the people loose.
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  • It is common sense he wrote, that turned the people loose. that pamphlet on common sense
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  • That turned the people loose. that pamphlet on common sense had to be one of
  • 00:13:03.372 --> 00:13:04.540
  • That pamphlet on common sense had to be one of the most powerful
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  • Had to be one of the most powerful and most-read things
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  • The most powerful and most-read things ever written.
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  • And most-read things ever written. it would have been like
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  • Ever written. it would have been like a youtube post
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  • It would have been like a youtube post going viral to billions.
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  • A youtube post going viral to billions. that's the impact it had.
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  • First peter 2:18 says:
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  • This is not an endorsement
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  • This is not an endorsement of slavery.
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  • This is not an endorsement of slavery. this is the very thing
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  • Of slavery. this is the very thing that likely helped
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  • This is the very thing that likely helped more than anything
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  • That likely helped more than anything get the slaves free.
  • 00:13:28.530 --> 00:13:29.565
  • More than anything get the slaves free. their attitude
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  • Get the slaves free. their attitude and their prayers
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  • Their attitude and their prayers and their spirit,
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  • And their prayers and their spirit, even when
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  • And their spirit, even when they were being abused,
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  • Even when they were being abused, they held on to god
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  • They were being abused, they held on to god and let god be the one
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  • They held on to god and let god be the one who set them free.
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  • And let god be the one who set them free. right now,
  • 00:13:38.374 --> 00:13:39.508
  • Who set them free. right now, people are being held captive
  • 00:13:39.575 --> 00:13:40.643
  • Right now, people are being held captive by the spirit of slavery
  • 00:13:40.709 --> 00:13:41.844
  • People are being held captive by the spirit of slavery because they don't realize
  • 00:13:41.911 --> 00:13:43.012
  • By the spirit of slavery because they don't realize that the thing
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  • Because they don't realize that the thing that frees us up
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  • That the thing that frees us up is not how much we hate people
  • 00:13:45.547 --> 00:13:46.815
  • That frees us up is not how much we hate people holding us
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  • Is not how much we hate people holding us but how much we pray for them.
  • 00:13:48.183 --> 00:13:50.119
  • Holding us but how much we pray for them. we've got to pray
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  • But how much we pray for them. we've got to pray with all our hearts
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  • We've got to pray with all our hearts that we will hate the one
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  • With all our hearts that we will hate the one who makes the terrible
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  • That we will hate the one who makes the terrible deceptive decision
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  • Who makes the terrible deceptive decision and pray for those
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  • Deceptive decision and pray for those who will heal the wound
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  • And pray for those who will heal the wound by making principled decisions
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  • Who will heal the wound by making principled decisions and putting
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  • By making principled decisions and putting those principled things
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  • We have the ability to be
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  • We have the ability to be the fruitful garden of god
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  • The fruitful garden of god and again, grow grain,
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  • And again, grow grain, grow grapes, grow vines
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  • Betty, i believe
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  • Betty, i believe this is going to happen.
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  • Betty, i believe this is going to happen. betty: i do too.
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  • This is going to happen. betty: i do too. james: i believe
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  • Betty: i do too. james: i believe the stage is set
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  • James: i believe the stage is set for the greatest awakening
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  • The stage is set for the greatest awakening in history.
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  • For the greatest awakening in history. we must not allow hatred
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  • In history. we must not allow hatred to prevail.
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  • We must not allow hatred to prevail. we have to be prayerful.
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  • To prevail. we have to be prayerful. we have to be respectful.
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  • We have to be prayerful. we have to be respectful. it is not only to those
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  • We have to be respectful. it is not only to those who are good but those
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  • It is not only to those who are good but those who may be unreasonable.
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  • Who are good but those who may be unreasonable. because this finds favor
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  • Who may be unreasonable. because this finds favor for the sake of conscience
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  • Because this finds favor for the sake of conscience toward god or man.
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  • For the sake of conscience toward god or man. it bears up under sorrows
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  • Toward god or man. it bears up under sorrows when suffering unjustly.
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  • It bears up under sorrows when suffering unjustly. that's what paul did,
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  • When suffering unjustly. that's what paul did, peter did,
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  • First peter 2:20:
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  • And then it goes on
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  • And then it goes on to talk about
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  • And then it goes on to talk about how we're supposed to live
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  • To talk about how we're supposed to live and not just always go astray
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  • How we're supposed to live and not just always go astray like sheep.
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  • And not just always go astray like sheep. can you hear the fire
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  • Like sheep. can you hear the fire and the concern in my bones
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  • Can you hear the fire and the concern in my bones with what
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  • And the concern in my bones with what i just shared with you?
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  • With what i just shared with you? do you understand
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  • I just shared with you? do you understand that if we will return to god
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  • Do you understand that if we will return to god and return to his principles
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  • That if we will return to god and return to his principles and seek to put
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  • And return to his principles and seek to put those principles
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  • And seek to put those principles back in place
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  • Those principles back in place and put people
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  • Back in place and put people committed to those principles
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  • And put people committed to those principles as the leaders,
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  • Committed to those principles as the leaders, betty, we can have a whole
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  • As the leaders, betty, we can have a whole new day in america?
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  • Betty, we can have a whole new day in america? betty: absolutely!
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  • New day in america? betty: absolutely! as i listen to you, james,
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  • Betty: absolutely! as i listen to you, james, you talked a lot
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  • As i listen to you, james, you talked a lot about hopelessness.
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  • You talked a lot about hopelessness. we look around
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  • About hopelessness. we look around in our world today
  • 00:15:51.340 --> 00:15:52.474
  • We look around in our world today and it looks pretty hopeless,
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  • In our world today and it looks pretty hopeless, doesn't it?
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  • And it looks pretty hopeless, doesn't it? well, let me tell you.
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  • Doesn't it? well, let me tell you. every day you watch this show,
  • 00:15:56.378 --> 00:15:57.579
  • Well, let me tell you. every day you watch this show, we show you hopelessness
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  • Every day you watch this show, we show you hopelessness without food.
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  • We show you hopelessness without food. we show you hopelessness
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  • Without food. we show you hopelessness without water.
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  • We show you hopelessness without water. we show you hopelessness
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  • Without water. we show you hopelessness with the trafficking
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  • We show you hopelessness with the trafficking of children.
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  • With the trafficking of children. but we offer hope.
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  • Of children. but we offer hope. that's what you do
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  • But we offer hope. that's what you do when you give
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  • That's what you do when you give to this ministry.
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  • When you give to this ministry. you offer hope!
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  • To this ministry. you offer hope! so don't give up and say,
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  • You offer hope! so don't give up and say, look around this world
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  • So don't give up and say, look around this world and say it is hopeless, james.
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  • To give a drink of water,
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  • To give a drink of water, every day they give
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  • Every day they give to give a bite of food
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  • To give a bite of food or tell the child
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  • Or tell the child that is in trafficking
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  • Because with god
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  • Because with god there is always a way out.
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  • Because with god there is always a way out. you can be a part
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  • There is always a way out. you can be a part of bringing hope to this world
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  • You can be a part of bringing hope to this world that is in dire need
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  • Of bringing hope to this world that is in dire need of hope right now.
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  • That is in dire need of hope right now. that hope comes through
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  • Of hope right now. that hope comes through the truth and love
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  • That hope comes through the truth and love of jesus christ.
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  • The truth and love of jesus christ. there is no greater love
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  • Of jesus christ. there is no greater love that he expressed
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  • There is no greater love that he expressed than giving his only son
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  • That he expressed than giving his only son that we might have
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  • Than giving his only son that we might have eternal life,
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  • That we might have eternal life, and have that hope
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  • Eternal life, and have that hope that is in christ jesus.
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  • And have that hope that is in christ jesus. so please,
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  • That is in christ jesus. so please, have hope in your heart.
  • 00:16:56.338 --> 00:16:57.840
  • So please, have hope in your heart. god puts it there.
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  • Have hope in your heart. god puts it there. he wants you to act
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  • God puts it there. he wants you to act upon that hope
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  • He wants you to act upon that hope to demonstrate the hope
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  • Upon that hope to demonstrate the hope and truth that he puts in us.
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  • To demonstrate the hope and truth that he puts in us. james: father,
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  • And truth that he puts in us. james: father, i want to thank you
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  • James: father, i want to thank you for this beautiful girl.
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  • I want to thank you for this beautiful girl. for my wife,
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  • For this beautiful girl. for my wife, and mother of our children,
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  • For my wife, and mother of our children, grandchildren,
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  • And mother of our children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren.
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  • Grandchildren, great-grandchildren. what a blessing!
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  • Great-grandchildren. what a blessing! lord, there are
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  • What a blessing! lord, there are so many people watching
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  • Lord, there are so many people watching who want your will to be done
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  • So many people watching who want your will to be done just like betty
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  • Who want your will to be done just like betty expressed the desire for,
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  • Just like betty expressed the desire for, and i've tried to share
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  • Expressed the desire for, and i've tried to share what i shared.
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  • And i've tried to share what i shared. please, dear jesus,
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  • What i shared. please, dear jesus, heal our land.
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  • Please, dear jesus, heal our land. awaken your people
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  • Heal our land. awaken your people and pour out your love
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  • Awaken your people and pour out your love through them;
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  • And pour out your love through them; in jesus' name.
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  • Through them; in jesus' name. betty: amen!
  • 00:17:36.778 --> 00:17:37.946
  • In jesus' name. betty: amen! james: betty talked about
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  • Right now we're in
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  • Right now we're in our water for life.
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  • Our water for life. we found 350 areas where
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  • We found 350 areas where water is a desperate need
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  • Water is a desperate need and there is subsurface water.
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  • And there is subsurface water. we're committed to try
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  • We're committed to try to drill a well there
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  • To drill a well there and do it
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  • And do it but we can't do it
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  • But we can't do it without your help.
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  • Without your help. the wells cost $4800.
  • 00:17:57.099 --> 00:17:58.200
  • The wells cost $4800. many people tell us
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  • Many people tell us they don't have a greater joy
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  • They don't have a greater joy than giving a well
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  • Than giving a well and try to give one
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  • And try to give one every time we ask.
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  • Every time we ask. thank you for that desire.
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  • Thank you for that desire. you can give part of a well.
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  • You can give part of a well. many people give $1200
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  • Many people give $1200 and just pray god,
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  • And just pray god, give me three more to join me!
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  • Give me three more to join me! and we've got a well.
  • 00:18:12.581 --> 00:18:13.615
  • And we've got a well. but there is a level
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  • But there is a level at which you can give.
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  • At which you can give. please, please understand,
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  • Please, please understand, $48 as an example
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  • $48 as an example will give ten people water
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  • Will give ten people water for the rest of their life.
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  • For the rest of their life. thank you for hearing
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  • Thank you for hearing god's heart
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  • God's heart and the heart cry
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  • And the heart cry of the mothers.
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  • Father, touch hearts,
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  • Some that maybe
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  • Have never given.
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  • Maybe say, you know what?
  • 00:18:33.869 --> 00:18:34.970
  • I can give a well
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  • Or part of a well,
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  • But i can give.
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  • Father,
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  • Would you raise up people
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  • To help us?
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  • In jesus' name.
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  • Would you please
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  • Go get your bank card?
  • 00:18:44.746 --> 00:18:47.683
  • Use it like a check.
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  • Call the number on the screen.
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  • Go online.
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  • Make the best gift you can.
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  • If you want to write a check,
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  • Make it to life
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  • Because that is precisely
  • 00:18:56.458 --> 00:18:57.693
  • What you're giving.
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  • Please do it right now.
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  • You be the miracle
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  • That is going
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  • To change everything
  • 00:19:04.933 --> 00:19:06.168
  • For so many in an area.
  • 00:19:06.235 --> 00:19:07.502
  • You will give them
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  • A miracle of life.
  • 00:19:09.204 --> 00:19:11.573
  • And we will point them
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  • To the source of life.
  • 00:19:13.208 --> 00:19:14.710
  • We will point them to jesus.
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  • They will have seen him
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  • Because they've seen
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  • His love in you.
  • 00:19:20.782 --> 00:19:21.984
  • We have some gifts to send you
  • 00:19:22.050 --> 00:19:23.418
  • That will bless you
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  • And inspire you.
  • 00:19:24.953 --> 00:19:26.221
  • Thank you for giving life.
  • 00:19:26.288 --> 00:19:28.557
  • Every day, thousands of lives are lost
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  • To waterborne disease,
  • 00:19:31.893 --> 00:19:33.895
  • And nearly half of those are children
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  • Under the age of five.
  • 00:19:35.897 --> 00:19:37.899
  • Through mission: water for life
  • 00:19:37.899 --> 00:19:39.901
  • You can give mothers hope and children a future
  • 00:19:39.901 --> 00:19:42.604
  • As we provide clean, life-giving water
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  • For thousands of children and their families
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  • Before it's too late.
  • 00:19:47.142 --> 00:19:49.911
  • With your gift today, you can help drill
  • 00:19:49.911 --> 00:19:52.514
  • And establish 350 water wells this year.
  • 00:19:52.514 --> 00:19:55.150
  • Your gift of $24
  • 00:19:55.150 --> 00:19:57.152
  • Will help provide clean water for five children.
  • 00:19:57.152 --> 00:19:59.221
  • A gift of $48 will help provide for ten.
  • 00:19:59.221 --> 00:20:01.823
  • And $144 will help provide
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  • Life-giving water for 30 people
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  • For a lifetime.
  • 00:20:06.361 --> 00:20:08.497
  • With a gift of any amount,
  • 00:20:08.497 --> 00:20:10.499
  • We'll send you dr. don colbert's new book
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  • Spiritual health zone.
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  • Discover the key to living in divine health
  • 00:20:14.503 --> 00:20:16.505
  • As you find a roadmap
  • 00:20:16.505 --> 00:20:18.507
  • To adding joy, peace, and years to your life.
  • 00:20:18.507 --> 00:20:21.810
  • With your gift of $100 or more,
  • 00:20:21.810 --> 00:20:24.379
  • You may request the
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  • "he restores my soul" candle set.
  • 00:20:26.381 --> 00:20:28.517
  • This decorative candle and match set
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  • Will inspire you to remember
  • 00:20:30.519 --> 00:20:32.521
  • The restoring presence of jesus,
  • 00:20:32.521 --> 00:20:34.823
  • The true light of the world.
  • 00:20:34.823 --> 00:20:37.626
  • Finally, please consider a gift of $1200
  • 00:20:37.626 --> 00:20:40.429
  • To help provide water for 250 people
  • 00:20:40.429 --> 00:20:43.265
  • Or a gift of $4800
  • 00:20:43.265 --> 00:20:45.400
  • To help sponsor a complete well,
  • 00:20:45.400 --> 00:20:47.436
  • And request our new bronze sculpture,
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  • "lion of judah"
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  • Inspired by revelation 5:5.
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  • Please call, write, or make your gift online today!
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  • James: father, let it happen.
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  • James: father, let it happen. let every person listening
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  • James: father, let it happen. let every person listening become a light revealing you
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  • Let every person listening become a light revealing you that cannot be hidden;
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  • Become a light revealing you that cannot be hidden; in jesus' name.
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  • That cannot be hidden; in jesus' name. heal our land.
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  • In jesus' name. heal our land. raise up your family
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  • Heal our land. raise up your family to look like you.
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  • Raise up your family to look like you. thank you for doing it.
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  • To look like you. thank you for doing it. thanks for your help.
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  • Kyle: fulfilling purpose
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  • Kyle: fulfilling purpose is a hot topic these days.
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  • Is a hot topic these days. you can find
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  • You can find countless books, sermons,
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  • Countless books, sermons, conferences, and courses
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  • Conferences, and courses that sell the steps to it.
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  • That god has specific plans
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  • That god has specific plans for specific people,
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  • That god has specific plans for specific people, it's also clear
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  • For specific people, it's also clear that god's plans
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  • It's also clear that god's plans are fulfilled naturally
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  • That god's plans are fulfilled naturally as someone remains true
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  • Are fulfilled naturally as someone remains true to themselves.
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  • As someone remains true to themselves. you see, our differences
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  • To themselves. you see, our differences orient us toward our purpose.
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  • You see, our differences orient us toward our purpose. plus, as the bible assures,
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  • Orient us toward our purpose. plus, as the bible assures, god directs our steps.
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  • Plus, as the bible assures, god directs our steps. this means that purpose
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  • God directs our steps. this means that purpose just happens.
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  • This means that purpose just happens. let me show you.
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  • Just happens. let me show you. first, your differences
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  • Let me show you. first, your differences lead you to others like you.
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  • First, your differences lead you to others like you. that's what happened
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  • Lead you to others like you. that's what happened with matthew.
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  • That's what happened with matthew. he was a jewish tax collector.
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  • With matthew. he was a jewish tax collector. and those two identities,
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  • He was a jewish tax collector. and those two identities, jewish and tax collector,
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  • And those two identities, jewish and tax collector, weren't supposed
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  • Jewish and tax collector, weren't supposed to go together.
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  • Weren't supposed to go together. to be one was to be
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  • To go together. to be one was to be a traitor and a cheater,
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  • To be one was to be a traitor and a cheater, a sinner of the highest order.
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  • A traitor and a cheater, a sinner of the highest order. matthew wasn't hiding
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  • A sinner of the highest order. matthew wasn't hiding his profession
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  • Matthew wasn't hiding his profession when jesus recruited him
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  • His profession when jesus recruited him to be one of his disciples.
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  • When jesus recruited him to be one of his disciples. no, he was in
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  • To be one of his disciples. no, he was in the middle of it.
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  • No, he was in the middle of it. but, what the religious saw
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  • The middle of it. but, what the religious saw as a scandal,
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  • But, what the religious saw as a scandal, jesus saw as an opportunity.
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  • As a scandal, jesus saw as an opportunity. now, i don't believe that god
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  • Jesus saw as an opportunity. now, i don't believe that god created matthew as a cheat,
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  • Now, i don't believe that god created matthew as a cheat, in the same way
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  • Created matthew as a cheat, in the same way i don't believe
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  • In the same way i don't believe that god creates anyone
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  • I don't believe that god creates anyone for any sinful profession.
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  • That god creates anyone for any sinful profession. but matthew is a great example
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  • For any sinful profession. but matthew is a great example of how god repurposes
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  • But matthew is a great example of how god repurposes someone's past
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  • Of how god repurposes someone's past to relate his goodness
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  • Someone's past to relate his goodness to others who have
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  • To relate his goodness to others who have a similar story.
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  • To others who have a similar story. that's the first of many ways
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  • A similar story. that's the first of many ways that god used him.
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  • That's the first of many ways that god used him. after being chosen,
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  • That god used him. after being chosen, matthew immediately
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  • After being chosen, matthew immediately invited jesus
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  • Matthew immediately invited jesus to a dinner party
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  • Invited jesus to a dinner party where many tax collectors
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  • To a dinner party where many tax collectors and sinners
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  • Where many tax collectors and sinners were introduced to him.
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  • And sinners were introduced to him. your story has the same power
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  • Were introduced to him. your story has the same power to introduce people
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  • Your story has the same power to introduce people to the loving goodness of god.
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  • To introduce people to the loving goodness of god. that's him working
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  • To the loving goodness of god. that's him working with human nature.
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  • That's him working with human nature. we naturally attract
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  • With human nature. we naturally attract and relate to others like us.
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  • We naturally attract and relate to others like us. your differences also
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  • And relate to others like us. your differences also have a way of taking you
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  • Your differences also have a way of taking you where god wants you.
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  • Have a way of taking you where god wants you. consider the apostle paul.
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  • Where god wants you. consider the apostle paul. zealous is how
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  • Consider the apostle paul. zealous is how he described himself.
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  • Zealous is how he described himself. after his dramatic conversion
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  • He described himself. after his dramatic conversion from persecutor to christian,
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  • After his dramatic conversion from persecutor to christian, his life changed profoundly.
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  • From persecutor to christian, his life changed profoundly. yes!
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  • His life changed profoundly. yes! his thinking changed.
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  • Yes! his thinking changed. his desires changed.
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  • His thinking changed. his desires changed. his attitude changed.
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  • His desires changed. his attitude changed. but his over-the-top
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  • His attitude changed. but his over-the-top personality didn't,
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  • But his over-the-top personality didn't, and for good reason.
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  • Personality didn't, and for good reason. part of it
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  • And for good reason. part of it was paul's stubbornness
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  • Part of it was paul's stubbornness that caused him to focus
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  • Was paul's stubbornness that caused him to focus his efforts on the gentiles
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  • That caused him to focus his efforts on the gentiles rather than the jews.
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  • His efforts on the gentiles rather than the jews. and when he did, he realized
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  • He was to reach them
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  • He was to reach them all along.
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  • All along. you see,
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  • You see, as a mosaic law scholar
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  • As a mosaic law scholar who was classically
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  • Paul was gifted
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  • Paul was gifted to teach scripture in a way
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  • Paul was gifted to teach scripture in a way that greeks could understand.
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  • To teach scripture in a way that greeks could understand. his background also gave him
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  • That greeks could understand. his background also gave him roman citizenship
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  • His background also gave him roman citizenship which opened many doors
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  • Roman citizenship which opened many doors in that world.
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  • Which opened many doors in that world. so, do you see?
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  • In that world. so, do you see? god used every aspect
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  • So, do you see? god used every aspect of paul's life,
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  • God used every aspect of paul's life, even his rough edges,
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  • Of paul's life, even his rough edges, to accomplish
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  • Even his rough edges, to accomplish what he was born to do.
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  • To accomplish what he was born to do. god will do the same with you.
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  • What he was born to do. god will do the same with you. your personality,
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  • God will do the same with you. your personality, your pedigree,
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  • Your personality, your pedigree, your style, your story:
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  • Your pedigree, your style, your story: they all play a role
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  • Your style, your story: they all play a role in your plan.
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  • They all play a role in your plan. together they have
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  • In your plan. together they have a unique power to reflect god
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  • Together they have a unique power to reflect god to people who need to see him.
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  • A unique power to reflect god to people who need to see him. that's incredible purpose.
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  • To people who need to see him. that's incredible purpose. but i propose that there is
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  • That's incredible purpose. but i propose that there is at least one more way
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  • But i propose that there is at least one more way god might use
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  • At least one more way god might use your differences,
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  • God might use your differences, and that's to shock people.
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  • Your differences, and that's to shock people. allow me to explain:
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  • And that's to shock people. allow me to explain: religious people
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  • Allow me to explain: religious people tend to believe that they
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  • Religious people tend to believe that they have god figured out.
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  • Tend to believe that they have god figured out. many are so sure
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  • Have god figured out. many are so sure about who he'll use
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  • Many are so sure about who he'll use and who he won't:
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  • About who he'll use and who he won't: who's in and who's out.
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  • And who he won't: who's in and who's out. it seems that god
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  • Who's in and who's out. it seems that god enjoys shattering
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  • It seems that god enjoys shattering their expectations though.
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  • Enjoys shattering their expectations though. the apostle paul's
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  • Their expectations though. the apostle paul's young missionary partner,
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  • The apostle paul's young missionary partner, timothy,
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  • Young missionary partner, timothy, he's my favorite
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  • Timothy, he's my favorite example of this.
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  • He's my favorite example of this. do you know timothy's story?
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  • Example of this. do you know timothy's story? he helped paul reach
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  • Do you know timothy's story? he helped paul reach the gentiles in a huge way.
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  • He helped paul reach the gentiles in a huge way. yet, many would have
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  • The gentiles in a huge way. yet, many would have never considered him
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  • Yet, many would have never considered him qualified to do so,
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  • Never considered him qualified to do so, because of the way
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  • Qualified to do so, because of the way he was born.
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  • Because of the way he was born. his mother was jewish
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  • He was born. his mother was jewish and his father was greek,
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  • His mother was jewish and his father was greek, and that was a big no-no
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  • And his father was greek, and that was a big no-no in those days.
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  • And that was a big no-no in those days. religious rules barred him
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  • In those days. religious rules barred him from many things,
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  • Religious rules barred him from many things, like being educated
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  • From many things, like being educated with other jewish boys
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  • Like being educated with other jewish boys and participating
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  • With other jewish boys and participating in jewish festivals.
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  • And participating in jewish festivals. he was different.
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  • In jewish festivals. he was different. human wisdom
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  • He was different. human wisdom would have suggested
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  • Human wisdom would have suggested a more mainstream candidate
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  • Would have suggested a more mainstream candidate to help paul.
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  • A more mainstream candidate to help paul. but god had a different idea.
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  • To help paul. but god had a different idea. at a time when people
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  • But god had a different idea. at a time when people were still arguing over food
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  • At a time when people were still arguing over food and ceremonial laws,
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  • Were still arguing over food and ceremonial laws, god chose someone
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  • And ceremonial laws, god chose someone whose very existence
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  • God chose someone whose very existence broke their rules.
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  • Whose very existence broke their rules. god used timothy
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  • Broke their rules. god used timothy to advance the church.
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  • God used timothy to advance the church. friend, your differences
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  • To advance the church. friend, your differences could be part of god's plan
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  • Friend, your differences could be part of god's plan to do the same today.
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  • Could be part of god's plan to do the same today. consider that you are molded
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  • To do the same today. consider that you are molded to break a mold.
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  • Consider that you are molded to break a mold. maybe, just maybe,
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  • To break a mold. maybe, just maybe, your life was meant
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  • Maybe, just maybe, your life was meant to express how god chooses
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  • Your life was meant to express how god chooses and uses people
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  • To express how god chooses and uses people that people never think
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  • And uses people that people never think he would.
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  • That people never think he would. that's huge purpose.
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  • He would. that's huge purpose. whatever the case,
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  • That's huge purpose. whatever the case, this is certain,
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  • Whatever the case, this is certain, you were designed
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  • This is certain, you were designed to be different.
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  • You were designed to be different. embrace that.
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  • To be different. embrace that. being your authentic,
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  • Embrace that. being your authentic, god-made self
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  • The ministry features specific outreaches
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  • As examples of the programs it supports and conducts.
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  • Gifts are considered to be without restriction
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  • As to use unless explicitly stipulated by the donor.
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  • The ministry is a member of the ecfa.
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