Randy Robison - LIFE’s Impact

May 13, 2025 | S25:E130

James and Betty affirm the mission of LIFE Today as Randy shares the impact of the gospel in word and deed around the world.

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Life Today with James Robison | Randy Robison - LIFE’s Impact | May 13, 2025

>> i believe this is what you've been doing for decades,
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And i believe this is what life outreach international
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Will continue to do for many more decades,
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To call people back to christ, the messiah,
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And the church meeting the needs of the poor.
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James and betty talk with their son, randy,
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About life today's dedication to the ongoing mission
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Of ministering to people all over the world.
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Next on life today.
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James: i'm james robison.
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James: i'm james robison. my wife, betty and
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James: i'm james robison. my wife, betty and i welcome you to life today .
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My wife, betty and i welcome you to life today . we have our son, randy
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I welcome you to life today . we have our son, randy with us.
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We have our son, randy with us. randy has four children.
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With us. randy has four children. they're married, and
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Randy has four children. they're married, and they're fabulous children.
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What a blessing!
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What a blessing! what a joy they've been.
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What a blessing! what a joy they've been. he now has two grandsons.
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What a joy they've been. he now has two grandsons. he's just come back
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He now has two grandsons. he's just come back from the mission field.
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He's just come back from the mission field. but i'm telling you, randy
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From the mission field. but i'm telling you, randy has been with the ministry,
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But i'm telling you, randy has been with the ministry, randy, how many years
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With the ministry?
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With the ministry? you traveled with me
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With the ministry? you traveled with me when you were basically
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You traveled with me when you were basically a teenager and a kid.
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When you were basically a teenager and a kid. but how long have you been
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Active where you've been
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Active where you've been to the mission field,
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Active where you've been to the mission field, and it seemed
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To the mission field, and it seemed to capture your heart?
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And it seemed to capture your heart? randy: i feel like i've been
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To capture your heart? randy: i feel like i've been with the ministry
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Randy: i feel like i've been with the ministry for 55 years,
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But it was early,
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Oral roberts university that
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Oral roberts university that i first went to mozambique.
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Oral roberts university that i first went to mozambique. peter pretorius flew
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I first went to mozambique. peter pretorius flew the plane.
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Peter pretorius flew the plane. i sat in the co-pilot's seat,
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The plane. i sat in the co-pilot's seat, totally unqualified.
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I sat in the co-pilot's seat, totally unqualified. if there had been a problem,
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Totally unqualified. if there had been a problem, we wouldn't be here today.
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If there had been a problem, we wouldn't be here today. but when peter showed you
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We wouldn't be here today. but when peter showed you what was happening
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But when peter showed you what was happening in mozambique,
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What was happening in mozambique, it broke your heart.
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In mozambique, it broke your heart. y'all went,
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It broke your heart. y'all went, and you saw firsthand.
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Y'all went, and you saw firsthand. which you can talk about it,
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And you saw firsthand. which you can talk about it, you can hear about it,
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Which you can talk about it, you can hear about it, you can see pictures,
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You can hear about it, you can see pictures, but what's interesting
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You can see pictures, but what's interesting is when you're there,
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But what's interesting is when you're there, you feel the weight.
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Is when you're there, you feel the weight. you feel the weight of
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You feel the weight. you feel the weight of the loss, of the pain,
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You feel the weight of the loss, of the pain, of the hunger.
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The loss, of the pain, of the hunger. you sense it in a way
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Of the hunger. you sense it in a way that i don't know that you
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You sense it in a way that i don't know that you always get through pictures,
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That i don't know that you always get through pictures, although i believe
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Always get through pictures, although i believe the holy spirit can give
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Although i believe the holy spirit can give the viewers that compassion.
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The holy spirit can give the viewers that compassion. but here's what i believe.
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The viewers that compassion. but here's what i believe. i believe the suffering
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But here's what i believe. i believe the suffering that people go through, and
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I believe the suffering that people go through, and the poverty that people face
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That people go through, and the poverty that people face is a spiritual issue.
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The poverty that people face is a spiritual issue. it's a spiritual issue
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Is a spiritual issue. it's a spiritual issue that we are called
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It's a spiritual issue that we are called to address as believers.
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That we are called to address as believers. you guys saw that,
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To address as believers. you guys saw that, you felt it,
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You guys saw that, you felt it, and you responded.
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You felt it, and you responded. and i think that's why
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And you responded. and i think that's why you've been such a blessing
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And i think that's why you've been such a blessing to so many people.
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You've been such a blessing to so many people. i mean, the numbers can
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To so many people. i mean, the numbers can be hard to go by in africa,
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I mean, the numbers can be hard to go by in africa, but the numbers are way up
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Be hard to go by in africa, but the numbers are way up in the millions of children
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But the numbers are way up in the millions of children that have been positively
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In the millions of children that have been positively impacted through
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That have been positively impacted through the mission feeding.
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Impacted through the mission feeding. james: their lives
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The mission feeding. james: their lives have been totally saved
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James: their lives have been totally saved and transformed, and
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Have been totally saved and transformed, and many of them are leaders
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And transformed, and many of them are leaders in their communities.
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Many of them are leaders in their communities. they're changing nations
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In their communities. they're changing nations like mozambique;
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They're changing nations like mozambique; which has just had
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Like mozambique; which has just had the most indescribable impact
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Which has just had the most indescribable impact of almost any nation
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The most indescribable impact of almost any nation in history.
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Of almost any nation in history. you've now been touched
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In history. you've now been touched by that and going over there
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You've now been touched by that and going over there for nearly 30 years,
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By that and going over there for nearly 30 years, and you've just come back.
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For nearly 30 years, and you've just come back. what do you want
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And you've just come back. what do you want our viewers to hear?
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What do you want our viewers to hear? because you did go to clinics
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Our viewers to hear? because you did go to clinics where we're now helping
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Because you did go to clinics where we're now helping to have better medicine there
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Where we're now helping to have better medicine there because that's the last hope
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To have better medicine there because that's the last hope some of them have.
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Because that's the last hope some of them have. but we try to get out
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Some of them have. but we try to get out into the remote areas where
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But we try to get out into the remote areas where they don't have any food.
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Into the remote areas where they don't have any food. it can be drought,
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They don't have any food. it can be drought, it can be war,
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It can be drought, it can be war, it can just be the fact
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It can be war, it can just be the fact that there doesn't happen
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It can just be the fact that there doesn't happen to be anything in the area
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That there doesn't happen to be anything in the area where they are, because
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To be anything in the area where they are, because of various conditions
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Where they are, because of various conditions that are taking place.
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Of various conditions that are taking place. oftentimes, they've been
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That are taking place. oftentimes, they've been pushed out of where
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Oftentimes, they've been pushed out of where they live because
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Pushed out of where they live because of the warring effects
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They live because of the warring effects of what's going on,
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Of the warring effects of what's going on, the tension that's there.
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Of what's going on, the tension that's there. there's a lot of radical
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The tension that's there. there's a lot of radical muslim activity
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There's a lot of radical muslim activity in south sudan and sudan.
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Muslim activity in south sudan and sudan. south sudan has become
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It's an amazing place.
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It's an amazing place. you were just there.
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You were just there. what did you see
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What did you see that you want our viewers
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That you want our viewers to understand?
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To understand? because we are effectively
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In those areas,
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In those areas, and it is the viewer
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In those areas, and it is the viewer that's making it happen,
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And it is the viewer that's making it happen, as much as the missionaries
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That's making it happen, as much as the missionaries that are there, as much as
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As much as the missionaries that are there, as much as betty and me coming back
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That are there, as much as betty and me coming back to tell them.
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Betty and me coming back to tell them. randy: well, yeah.
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To tell them. randy: well, yeah. here's the thing.
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Randy: well, yeah. here's the thing. we think of missions
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Here's the thing. we think of missions as sort of the calling
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We think of missions as sort of the calling of missionaries, right?
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As sort of the calling of missionaries, right? or maybe the calling
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Of missionaries, right? or maybe the calling of you two, or
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Or maybe the calling of you two, or life outreach international,
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Of you two, or life outreach international, but it's far bigger
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Life outreach international, but it's far bigger than that.
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But it's far bigger than that. the fascinating thing
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Than that. the fascinating thing about when you look at
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The fascinating thing about when you look at paul preaching the gospel,
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About when you look at paul preaching the gospel, i didn't realize this,
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Paul preaching the gospel, i didn't realize this, but there have been,
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It says in galatians 2:1,
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So paul preached for 14 years
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So paul preached for 14 years a gospel that had been
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So paul preached for 14 years a gospel that had been revealed to him.
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A gospel that had been revealed to him. then he went to check
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Revealed to him. then he went to check with the guys who walked
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Then he went to check with the guys who walked with jesus and said,
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With the guys who walked with jesus and said, "is this right?"
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With jesus and said, "is this right?" and then, i guess,
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"is this right?" and then, i guess, i don't know that nobody
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And then, i guess, i don't know that nobody ever taught this, but there
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I don't know that nobody ever taught this, but there was a long time when paul
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Was preaching based on what
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Was preaching based on what he had seen but hadn't
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Was preaching based on what he had seen but hadn't affirmed with the ones who
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He had seen but hadn't affirmed with the ones who had witnessed it with christ.
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Affirmed with the ones who had witnessed it with christ. well, the good news,
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Thankfully, is that they did
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Thankfully, is that they did what the bible calls
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Thankfully, is that they did what the bible calls "extended the right hand
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What the bible calls "extended the right hand of fellowship."
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"extended the right hand of fellowship." the apostles affirmed paul
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Of fellowship." the apostles affirmed paul in the gospel of christ,
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The apostles affirmed paul in the gospel of christ, which he was preaching.
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In the gospel of christ, which he was preaching. okay, so we're all good here.
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Which he was preaching. okay, so we're all good here. but then
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Okay, so we're all good here. but then an interesting thing happens.
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When you're talking about
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When you're talking about the gospel,
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When you're talking about the gospel, and the core of the gospel,
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The gospel, and the core of the gospel, affirming christ in his life
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And the core of the gospel, affirming christ in his life and his sacrifice,
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Affirming christ in his life and his sacrifice, and that he is the messiah,
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And his sacrifice, and that he is the messiah, the prophecies fulfilled,
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And that he is the messiah, the prophecies fulfilled, you don't add anything
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The prophecies fulfilled, you don't add anything to that but they did,
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You don't add anything to that but they did, "remember the poor."
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To that but they did, "remember the poor." and so, when i look around
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"remember the poor." and so, when i look around and i hear a lot of
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And so, when i look around and i hear a lot of great things going on
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And i hear a lot of great things going on in the church,
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Great things going on in the church, i love my church,
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In the church, i love my church, i'm blessed by my church.
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I love my church, i'm blessed by my church. we should be plugged
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I'm blessed by my church. we should be plugged into the local church.
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We should be plugged into the local church. but, we have to remember
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Into the local church. but, we have to remember that the core of the gospel
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But, we have to remember that the core of the gospel is christ, his lordship,
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That the core of the gospel is christ, his lordship, his sacrifice,
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Is christ, his lordship, his sacrifice, and his resurrection, and
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His sacrifice, and his resurrection, and it's remembering the poor.
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And his resurrection, and it's remembering the poor. what does remembering
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It's remembering the poor. what does remembering the poor look like?
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What does remembering the poor look like? well, jesus talked about this
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The poor look like? well, jesus talked about this many times.
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Well, jesus talked about this many times. james talked about it
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Many times. james talked about it in his book.
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James talked about it in his book. it is seeing that need
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In his book. it is seeing that need and meeting it.
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It is seeing that need and meeting it. it's that simple.
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And meeting it. it's that simple. but we overlook this.
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It's that simple. but we overlook this. sometimes, we put it off
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But we overlook this. sometimes, we put it off on someone else.
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Sometimes, we put it off on someone else. god is calling
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On someone else. god is calling the church of america,
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God is calling the church of america, the church of the west, and
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The church of america, the church of the west, and the church in affluent areas
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The church of the west, and the church in affluent areas that have the means
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The church in affluent areas that have the means to remember the poor.
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That have the means to remember the poor. and how do we do it?
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To remember the poor. and how do we do it? we open our eyes,
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And how do we do it? we open our eyes, we see the need,
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We open our eyes, we see the need, and we respond as we can.
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We see the need, and we respond as we can. you can't give anything
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And we respond as we can. you can't give anything you don't have, but you
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You can't give anything you don't have, but you can give what you do have,
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You don't have, but you can give what you do have, and every little bit counts.
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Can give what you do have, and every little bit counts. i believe this is what
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And every little bit counts. i believe this is what you've been doing
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I believe this is what you've been doing for decades now,
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You've been doing for decades now, and i believe this is what
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For decades now, and i believe this is what life outreach international
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And i believe this is what life outreach international will continue to do
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Life outreach international will continue to do for many more decades.
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Will continue to do for many more decades. call people back to christ,
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For many more decades. call people back to christ, the messiah, and the church,
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Call people back to christ, the messiah, and the church, meeting the needs
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The messiah, and the church, meeting the needs of the poor.
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A young girl, i used to pray.
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A young girl, i used to pray. i grew up in church.
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I grew up in church. you know my story, randy.
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You know my story, randy. i grew up in church but
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I grew up in church but prayed god, please don't
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To be a missionary!
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To be a missionary! i separated that from
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To be a missionary! i separated that from when i came to --
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I separated that from when i came to -- in other words, i thought
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When i came to -- in other words, i thought that was something extra
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In other words, i thought that was something extra that people did.
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That was something extra that people did. i could be a christian
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That people did. i could be a christian without being a missionary.
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I could be a christian without being a missionary. i now believe that the moment
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Without being a missionary. i now believe that the moment i accepted jesus
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I now believe that the moment i accepted jesus into my heart,
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I accepted jesus into my heart, i became a missionary.
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Into my heart, i became a missionary. a missionary of
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I became a missionary. a missionary of his spiritual truth,
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A missionary of his spiritual truth, but a missionary to help
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His spiritual truth, but a missionary to help those in physical need,
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But a missionary to help those in physical need, hunger, sickness, whatever!
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Those in physical need, hunger, sickness, whatever! it's all together.
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Hunger, sickness, whatever! it's all together. i think that's what
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It's all together. i think that's what you were saying, randy.
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I think that's what you were saying, randy. it's not separate.
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Randy: so, you know i said
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Randy: so, you know i said that poverty and suffering
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That poverty and suffering is a spiritual issue.
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Is a spiritual issue. when we go in with
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We meet that immediate need.
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We meet that immediate need. that's what that
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We meet that immediate need. that's what that bowl of soup does.
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That's what that bowl of soup does. it meets that immediate need
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Bowl of soup does. it meets that immediate need of hunger.
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It meets that immediate need of hunger. you have villages where
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Of hunger. you have villages where mission feeding has
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You have villages where mission feeding has been operating now,
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Mission feeding has been operating now, and you have villages
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Been operating now, and you have villages where mission feeding
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And you have villages where mission feeding is desperately needed.
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Where mission feeding is desperately needed. when you look at the children
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Is desperately needed. when you look at the children in those two places,
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When you look at the children in those two places, you see a drastic difference.
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In those two places, you see a drastic difference. not just physically,
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You see a drastic difference. not just physically, it is very, very visible
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Not just physically, it is very, very visible physically, but what
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It is very, very visible physically, but what you may not see is there is
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Physically, but what you may not see is there is a difference in the spirit
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You may not see is there is a difference in the spirit of the child.
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A difference in the spirit of the child. where mission feeding
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Of the child. where mission feeding doesn't exist
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Where mission feeding doesn't exist that spirit is broken,
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Doesn't exist that spirit is broken, it's crushed.
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That spirit is broken, it's crushed. it's barely clinging to life.
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It's crushed. it's barely clinging to life. but where mission feeding
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It's barely clinging to life. but where mission feeding exists, that spirit
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But where mission feeding exists, that spirit is learning.
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Exists, that spirit is learning. in one village we went to,
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Is learning. in one village we went to, singing, clapping.
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In one village we went to, singing, clapping. because what you see
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Singing, clapping. because what you see is hope and a future.
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Because what you see is hope and a future. that's what god wants
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Is hope and a future. that's what god wants to bring to everyone
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That's what god wants to bring to everyone on earth: hope and a future.
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To bring to everyone on earth: hope and a future. then, what you also see
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On earth: hope and a future. then, what you also see is a little,
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Then, what you also see is a little, small portable stage
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Is a little, small portable stage that goes into villages.
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Small portable stage that goes into villages. we witnessed this.
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That goes into villages. we witnessed this. in fact, isak and i got up
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We witnessed this. in fact, isak and i got up on stage, and just
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In fact, isak and i got up on stage, and just briefly addressed them.
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On stage, and just briefly addressed them. and then, john yeatts,
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Briefly addressed them. and then, john yeatts, our missions director,
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And then, john yeatts, our missions director, preached the gospel.
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Our missions director, preached the gospel. john's a pastor, man.
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Preached the gospel. john's a pastor, man. you have a pastor for
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John's a pastor, man. you have a pastor for a missions director.
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You have a pastor for a missions director. he goes out there and
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A missions director. he goes out there and whether it's on a stage
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He goes out there and whether it's on a stage or whether it's with a group
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Whether it's on a stage or whether it's with a group of children sitting
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Or whether it's with a group of children sitting around him in some remote,
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Of children sitting around him in some remote, hot, dusty place,
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Around him in some remote, hot, dusty place, john's preaching the gospel
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Hot, dusty place, john's preaching the gospel to these people because
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John's preaching the gospel to these people because that's the core
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To these people because that's the core of mission feeding as well.
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That's the core of mission feeding as well. it's the gospel
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Of mission feeding as well. it's the gospel in word and deed.
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It's the gospel in word and deed. i mean, you guys
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In word and deed. i mean, you guys wrote it out decades ago.
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I mean, you guys wrote it out decades ago. we're here,
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Wrote it out decades ago. we're here, life outreach international
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We're here, life outreach international is here to share the love
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Life outreach international is here to share the love of god in word and deed.
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Is here to share the love of god in word and deed. so, we do the deed because
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Of god in word and deed. so, we do the deed because faith without works is dead.
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So, we do the deed because faith without works is dead. we preach the word because
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Faith without works is dead. we preach the word because we're not just meeting
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We preach the word because we're not just meeting the immediate physical need,
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We're not just meeting the immediate physical need, but we're meeting
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The immediate physical need, but we're meeting the eternal spiritual need.
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But we're meeting the eternal spiritual need. james: we will never stop
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The eternal spiritual need. james: we will never stop feeding the hungry.
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James: we will never stop feeding the hungry. we will never stop trying
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Feeding the hungry. we will never stop trying to give clean water
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We will never stop trying to give clean water where they've never had it.
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To give clean water where they've never had it. i'm praying for god
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Where they've never had it. i'm praying for god to use us to inspire getting
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I'm praying for god to use us to inspire getting non-contaminated water
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To use us to inspire getting non-contaminated water to every person on earth.
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Non-contaminated water to every person on earth. i believe that can happen.
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To every person on earth. i believe that can happen. i believe the miracles
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Are already in place.
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Are already in place. but the real miracle
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But the real miracle that makes all this happen
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That makes all this happen is the love of god, randy
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Is the love of god, randy through people who are
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Through people who are watching right now.
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We're saying about
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We're saying about very legitimate needs.
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We're saying about very legitimate needs. they're listening to us
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Very legitimate needs. they're listening to us tell them there are people
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They're listening to us tell them there are people sent by god, gifted by god,
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Tell them there are people sent by god, gifted by god, who have planted their family
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Sent by god, gifted by god, who have planted their family in the midst of the suffering
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Who have planted their family in the midst of the suffering as missionaries.
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In the midst of the suffering as missionaries. betty, you know that
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As missionaries. betty, you know that we have told
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Betty, you know that we have told all of our viewers that
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We have told all of our viewers that we told peter pretorius
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All of our viewers that we told peter pretorius and the missionaries
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We told peter pretorius and the missionaries when they first took us
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And the missionaries when they first took us into the suffering,
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When they first took us into the suffering, and we said, "well,
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Into the suffering, and we said, "well, we're going to come here."
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And we said, "well, we're going to come here." i'd been preaching crusades
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We're going to come here." i'd been preaching crusades for more than 35 years.
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I'd been preaching crusades for more than 35 years. and now that i've been
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For more than 35 years. and now that i've been on the mission field
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And now that i've been on the mission field less than two years,
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On the mission field less than two years, i said, "we'll just come
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Less than two years, i said, "we'll just come and stay here."
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I said, "we'll just come and stay here." peter and the missionaries
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And stay here." peter and the missionaries around him said,
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Peter and the missionaries around him said, "don't do that!"
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Around him said, "don't do that!" i thought, well, i guess
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"don't do that!" i thought, well, i guess they think americans
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I thought, well, i guess they think americans would be a little trouble
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They think americans would be a little trouble to take care of.
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Would be a little trouble to take care of. no, that wasn't it at all.
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To take care of. no, that wasn't it at all. they said, "please go back
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No, that wasn't it at all. they said, "please go back and get some help for us
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They said, "please go back and get some help for us so we can stay here
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And get some help for us so we can stay here and be effective
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So we can stay here and be effective and not be empty-handed."
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And be effective and not be empty-handed." now then, for over 30 years,
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And not be empty-handed." now then, for over 30 years, you have made that possible.
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Now then, for over 30 years, you have made that possible. it's been a miracle,
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Betty: it really has.
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Betty: it really has. you're such an important part
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You're such an important part of what god is doing
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Of what god is doing through this ministry.
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Through this ministry. we couldn't do it
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We couldn't do it without you.
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Thank you!
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Thank you! it's not enough to say
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Thank you! it's not enough to say thank you for loving
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It's not enough to say thank you for loving these children who
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Thank you for loving these children who so desperately need hope.
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These children who so desperately need hope. they need food right now.
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So desperately need hope. they need food right now. they're starving to death.
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They need food right now. they're starving to death. their mothers are watching
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They're starving to death. their mothers are watching them die in their arms.
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Their mothers are watching them die in their arms. it's so sad!
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Them die in their arms. it's so sad! but you bring hope to them
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It's so sad! but you bring hope to them by helping
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But you bring hope to them by helping life outreach/life today
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By helping life outreach/life today give to these children, and
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Life outreach/life today give to these children, and to give these mothers hope.
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Give to these children, and to give these mothers hope. james: randy, you went
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To give these mothers hope. james: randy, you went into some of the clinics
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James: randy, you went into some of the clinics and saw how the malnourished,
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Into some of the clinics and saw how the malnourished, how at the last point
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And saw how the malnourished, how at the last point they came to a clinic
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How at the last point they came to a clinic hoping to have help.
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They came to a clinic hoping to have help. and, you saw them bury one
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Hoping to have help. and, you saw them bury one while you were there.
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And, you saw them bury one while you were there. well, mom and i saw them
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While you were there. well, mom and i saw them burying hundreds of them,
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Well, mom and i saw them burying hundreds of them, ultimately thousands.
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Burying hundreds of them, ultimately thousands. it was in an area of angola.
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Ultimately thousands. it was in an area of angola. we said, god, please help us
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It was in an area of angola. we said, god, please help us stop this death cycle.
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We said, god, please help us stop this death cycle. please, god!
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Stop this death cycle. please, god! and a miracle came
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Please, god! and a miracle came and you helped us turn
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And a miracle came and you helped us turn a graveyard into a miracle
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And you helped us turn a graveyard into a miracle resurrection center.
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A graveyard into a miracle resurrection center. that was so great, randy,
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Resurrection center. that was so great, randy, that they built a church
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That was so great, randy, that they built a church around the children
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That they built a church around the children and the pastor.
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Around the children and the pastor. and those children were
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And the pastor. and those children were so full of the life of god,
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And those children were so full of the life of god, they looked like they had
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So full of the life of god, they looked like they had never been hungry
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They looked like they had never been hungry a day in their lives.
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Never been hungry a day in their lives. also, while we were there,
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A day in their lives. also, while we were there, mom and i went to one
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Also, while we were there, mom and i went to one of those clinics
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Mom and i went to one of those clinics that had very little.
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Of those clinics that had very little. you watched, and i watched
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That had very little. you watched, and i watched a little baby die.
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You watched, and i watched a little baby die. they were trying to pump
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A little baby die. they were trying to pump oxygen with a little pump.
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They were trying to pump oxygen with a little pump. they didn't have enough.
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Oxygen with a little pump. they didn't have enough. and the mother and
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They didn't have enough. and the mother and all of us watched
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And the mother and all of us watched that little baby die.
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All of us watched that little baby die. and mom held onto that lady
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That little baby die. and mom held onto that lady who was weeping.
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And mom held onto that lady who was weeping. i mean, just about to die.
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Who was weeping. i mean, just about to die. it was breaking my heart.
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I mean, just about to die. it was breaking my heart. here's what i want
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It was breaking my heart. here's what i want all of you to hear.
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Here's what i want all of you to hear. a miracle occurred
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All of you to hear. a miracle occurred right there at that hospital.
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A miracle occurred right there at that hospital. two years later, after people
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Right there at that hospital. two years later, after people like you helped us
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Two years later, after people like you helped us take more medicine in,
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Like you helped us take more medicine in, more help in, we took
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Take more medicine in, more help in, we took a small breathing unit in.
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More help in, we took a small breathing unit in. it just changed everything.
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A small breathing unit in. it just changed everything. betty, one of
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It just changed everything. betty, one of the most famous pictures
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Betty, one of the most famous pictures in the history of the world
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The most famous pictures in the history of the world was taken there.
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In the history of the world was taken there. it was princess di holding
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Was taken there. it was princess di holding the prettiest, chubbiest,
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It was princess di holding the prettiest, chubbiest, little baby you ever saw
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The prettiest, chubbiest, little baby you ever saw in your life standing
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Little baby you ever saw in your life standing right there in that clinic,
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In your life standing right there in that clinic, right outside, where we had
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Right there in that clinic, right outside, where we had put everything in there
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Right outside, where we had put everything in there that brought many babies
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Put everything in there that brought many babies to a place like that.
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That brought many babies to a place like that. and princess di said,
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To a place like that. and princess di said, "we have got to help
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And princess di said, "we have got to help the poor."
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"we have got to help the poor." she made one of the greatest
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The poor." she made one of the greatest appeals to help the poor
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She made one of the greatest appeals to help the poor that's ever been made.
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Appeals to help the poor that's ever been made. randy, that's what happens
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That's ever been made. randy, that's what happens when people like these
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Enable us to meet needs
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Enable us to meet needs and enable the missionaries
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And enable the missionaries not to be empty-handed,
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Not to be empty-handed, not to just have a hope
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Not to just have a hope and a wish, but an ability
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And then imagine getting
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And then imagine getting a testimony like that
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And then imagine getting a testimony like that that not only was
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A testimony like that that not only was a beautiful picture
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That not only was a beautiful picture of the effect of love,
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A beautiful picture of the effect of love, to give a dying baby,
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Of the effect of love, to give a dying baby, one of the prettiest
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To give a dying baby, one of the prettiest little babies anybody
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One of the prettiest little babies anybody had ever seen, but a charge
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Little babies anybody had ever seen, but a charge to the whole world from
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Had ever seen, but a charge to the whole world from one of the most famous people
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To the whole world from one of the most famous people that ever lived to
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One of the most famous people that ever lived to "let's help the poor."
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That ever lived to "let's help the poor." that's what we're asking you
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"let's help the poor." that's what we're asking you to do right now.
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We're asking you to help us
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In mission feeding to feed
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Thousands, 350,000 that
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We have located in areas
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That have a desperate need
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Where we've turned
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Everything around
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In so many places, but
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There are many more to go.
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Would you help us get
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The food into those areas,
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Please?
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The missionaries are there.
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I believe life outreach
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Is about outreach for life.
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That's what we do.
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It's what life outreach
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Will do forever.
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I'm praying we'll see
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The greatest response,
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Perhaps, we've ever seen
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With people giving whether
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It's $30, $50, or $100
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To feed three, five,
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Or ten children.
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Or give $1,000 to feed 100.
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Just please do all you can
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Because i'm telling you,
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The situation is desperate.
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Betty: thank all of you
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For joining with us
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To notice these little ones.
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James: amen!
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Please get your bank card
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Right now.
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Use it like a check.
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If you want to write
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A check, make it to life .
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Please call us and tell us
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What you're sending.
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We need to let
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The missionaries know
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That help is on the way.
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Please do it right now.
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You are the difference
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In life and death
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And eternal life for all
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Of these we reach out to.
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Thank you so much.
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Right now, across the continent of africa,
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Children are suffering, facing severe malnutrition,
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And even death.
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With food reserves gone,
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And many areas experiencing severe famine,
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We urgently need to replenish supplies
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To keep feeding the 350,000 children
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Who are counting on us.
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Through life's mission feeding outreach,
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Your gift of love can be an answer to prayer
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For a hurting and hungry child in their time of need.
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Call now with your life-saving gift
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Of $30, $50, or $100
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To help feed and care for three, five, or ten children
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For three full months.
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With your gift, we'll send you natural remedies.
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This beautifully illustrated book
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Explores ancient nutrition and the health benefits
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With your gift of $100 or more,
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Please request your "health and wellness bundle."
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This three-book set includes natural remedies,
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To improve digestion, boost brain health,
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Finally, please consider a gift of $1,000 or more,
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Which will help feed 100 children,
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And you may request our inspiring bronze sculpture,
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>> hi, i'm jordan rubin, and for over two decades,
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My wife nicki and i have been supporting the ministries of life.
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With any gift to mission feeding,
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You will transform the lives of 350,000 children in africa
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By giving them nutritious food and a hope for the future.
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With your gift, you'll receive a powerful wellness bundle,
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Which can bring the power of health and nutrition into your own home.
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Transform the lives of thousands
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And your own family. do it today.
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James: let me just remind you
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James: let me just remind you that there are three
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James: let me just remind you that there are three gift levels, actually four
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That there are three gift levels, actually four we ask for.
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Gift levels, actually four we ask for. but $30, $50, and $100,
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We ask for. but $30, $50, and $100, you can help three, five,
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But $30, $50, and $100, you can help three, five, or ten children
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You can help three, five, or ten children for the next months.
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Or ten children for the next months. you can help 100 children
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For the next months. you can help 100 children with a $1,000 gift.
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You can help 100 children with a $1,000 gift. would you make
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With a $1,000 gift. would you make the biggest gift you can?
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Would you make the biggest gift you can? you're giving life.
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The biggest gift you can? you're giving life. the children
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You're giving life. the children and their families will learn
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The children and their families will learn about eternal life
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And their families will learn about eternal life through christ.
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About eternal life through christ. thank you so much from
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Through christ. thank you so much from the bottom of our hearts
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Thank you so much from the bottom of our hearts on behalf of so many
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The bottom of our hearts on behalf of so many of the least of these,
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On behalf of so many of the least of these, we say thank you.
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Anne: my name is
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Anne: my name is anne graham lotz
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Anne: my name is anne graham lotz and i'd just like to share
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Anne graham lotz and i'd just like to share with you something that
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And i'd just like to share with you something that the lord has seemed
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With you something that the lord has seemed to say to me recently.
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The lord has seemed to say to me recently. he speaks to me
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To say to me recently. he speaks to me through his word.
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I don't hear audible voices.
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I don't hear audible voices. once in a while, i'll have
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I don't hear audible voices. once in a while, i'll have an impression in my heart
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Once in a while, i'll have an impression in my heart when i'm having my quiet time
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An impression in my heart when i'm having my quiet time with him but when i read
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When i'm having my quiet time with him but when i read the bible, it's like a verse
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With him but when i read the bible, it's like a verse just pops up off the page
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The bible, it's like a verse just pops up off the page and it's like
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Just pops up off the page and it's like it has my name on it.
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And it's like it has my name on it. it's what the old-timey
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It has my name on it. it's what the old-timey people called "illumination"
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It's what the old-timey people called "illumination" and a scripture passage
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People called "illumination" and a scripture passage would be illuminated.
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And a scripture passage would be illuminated. i wanted to share something
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Would be illuminated. i wanted to share something with you because years ago
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I wanted to share something with you because years ago the lord gave me a promise.
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With you because years ago the lord gave me a promise. i won't tell you which one
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The lord gave me a promise. i won't tell you which one it is because i want you
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I won't tell you which one it is because i want you to relate to whatever promise
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It is because i want you to relate to whatever promise you feel like he's given you,
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To relate to whatever promise you feel like he's given you, and he's not fulfilled it.
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You feel like he's given you, and he's not fulfilled it. i've waited week after week,
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And he's not fulfilled it. i've waited week after week, month after month,
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I've waited week after week, month after month, year after year,
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Month after month, year after year, and there has not been
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Year after year, and there has not been a fulfillment of
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And there has not been a fulfillment of that promise.
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A fulfillment of that promise. so i keep reminding him.
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That promise. so i keep reminding him. it's okay, you don't have
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So i keep reminding him. it's okay, you don't have to keep praying for it
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It's okay, you don't have to keep praying for it when he's given it to you
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To keep praying for it when he's given it to you because he's promised and
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When he's given it to you because he's promised and promises are like prophecies,
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Because he's promised and promises are like prophecies, he will keep his word.
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Promises are like prophecies, he will keep his word. but i keep reminding him
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He will keep his word. but i keep reminding him of the promise that
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But i keep reminding him of the promise that he's given me that
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Of the promise that he's given me that has yet to be fulfilled.
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He's given me that has yet to be fulfilled. recently, he gave me
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Has yet to be fulfilled. recently, he gave me another promise
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Recently, he gave me another promise or confirmation from
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Another promise or confirmation from luke chapter one, verse 27.
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Or confirmation from luke chapter one, verse 27. this is the verse i want
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Luke chapter one, verse 27. this is the verse i want to give you because i think
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This is the verse i want to give you because i think it may be his word
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To give you because i think it may be his word to somebody out there
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It may be his word to somebody out there who is listening.
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To somebody out there who is listening. it says, "blessed is she
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Will be a fulfillment
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Will be a fulfillment of those things which
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Of those things which are told her from the lord."
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Are told her from the lord." i feel like he was just
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I feel like he was just promising me that once again,
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Promising me that once again, he's going to keep
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He's going to keep his promise.
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Of his word.
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Of his word. we know he is a gentleman,
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Of his word. we know he is a gentleman, we know he doesn't lie,
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We know he is a gentleman, we know he doesn't lie, we know he doesn't play games
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We know he doesn't lie, we know he doesn't play games with his children,
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We know he doesn't play games with his children, we know he's not whimsical,
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With his children, we know he's not whimsical, we know he says what he means
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We know he's not whimsical, we know he says what he means and he means what he says.
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We know he says what he means and he means what he says. but sometimes when
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And he means what he says. but sometimes when he's given us a promise
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But sometimes when he's given us a promise and we have yet to see it
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He's given us a promise and we have yet to see it come to pass, we can become
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And we have yet to see it come to pass, we can become a little discouraged.
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Come to pass, we can become a little discouraged. so i felt like that
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A little discouraged. so i felt like that second promise he gave me
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So i felt like that second promise he gave me from luke chapter 1:27
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Second promise he gave me from luke chapter 1:27 was just an encouragement
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From luke chapter 1:27 was just an encouragement to lift my spirits to know
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Was just an encouragement to lift my spirits to know he will keep his promise.
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To lift my spirits to know he will keep his promise. so maybe he's given you
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He will keep his promise. so maybe he's given you a promise, maybe a grandchild
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So maybe he's given you a promise, maybe a grandchild who has strayed
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A promise, maybe a grandchild who has strayed and he's promised he'll bring
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Who has strayed and he's promised he'll bring that grandchild back.
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And he's promised he'll bring that grandchild back. or a difficulty
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That grandchild back. or a difficulty in your church
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Or a difficulty in your church and he's promised that
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In your church and he's promised that he's going to reconcile
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And he's promised that he's going to reconcile people who are divided.
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He's going to reconcile people who are divided. or maybe it's something in
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People who are divided. or maybe it's something in your health or your business
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Or maybe it's something in your health or your business and he's given you
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Your health or your business and he's given you a promise but he hasn't
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And he's given you a promise but he hasn't fulfilled it yet.
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A promise but he hasn't fulfilled it yet. ask him.
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Fulfilled it yet. ask him. just keep reminding him
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Ask him. just keep reminding him but wait patiently because
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Just keep reminding him but wait patiently because the lord keeps his word
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But wait patiently because the lord keeps his word and he will keep
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The lord keeps his word and he will keep his promise to you.
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And he will keep his promise to you. there will be a fulfillment
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His promise to you. there will be a fulfillment of the things he said to you.
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There will be a fulfillment of the things he said to you. so be encouraged as you wait.
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Of the things he said to you. so be encouraged as you wait. god bless you.
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>> everything is good.
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>> everything is good. we just have to learn
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We just have to learn how to define good
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How to define good according to god.
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According to god. because he's the one
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For our good
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For our good and for his glory
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For our good and for his glory and that's what he's done
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And for his glory and that's what he's done from the beginning of time.
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And that's what he's done from the beginning of time. that's what he has done
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From the beginning of time. that's what he has done in my life
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That's what he has done in my life since i became blind.
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In my life since i became blind. and even
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Since i became blind. and even in the last few years,
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And even in the last few years, when i fell
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In the last few years, when i fell into this deep depression,
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When i fell into this deep depression, and honestly, didn't think
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Into this deep depression, and honestly, didn't think i could function.
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And honestly, didn't think i could function. i remember when i finally
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I could function. i remember when i finally went to the doctor because
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I remember when i finally went to the doctor because everybody who loved me
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Went to the doctor because everybody who loved me begged me to.
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Everybody who loved me begged me to. i was disoriented
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Begged me to. i was disoriented all the time.
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I was disoriented all the time. i couldn't think clearly.
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All the time. i couldn't think clearly. i was weeping all the time.
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I couldn't think clearly. i was weeping all the time. and even physically --
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I was weeping all the time. and even physically -- i physically -- my body hurt.
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And even physically -- i physically -- my body hurt. i was just in pain, you know.
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I physically -- my body hurt. i was just in pain, you know. and i remember
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I was just in pain, you know. and i remember going to the doctor,
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And i remember going to the doctor, and i emptied my purse
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Going to the doctor, and i emptied my purse onto her table.
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And i emptied my purse onto her table. i had every supplement
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Onto her table. i had every supplement known to man.
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I had every supplement known to man. i had taken every herb,
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Known to man. i had taken every herb, every vitamin.
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I had taken every herb, every vitamin. she looked at it and said,
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Every vitamin. she looked at it and said, "i do not know
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She looked at it and said, "i do not know what to do with these."
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"i do not know what to do with these." [laughing]
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What to do with these." [laughing] i had such a cocktail
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[laughing] i had such a cocktail concoction because why?
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I had such a cocktail concoction because why? i was trying to fix myself.
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Concoction because why? i was trying to fix myself. but what happened is
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I was trying to fix myself. but what happened is my physical body
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But what happened is my physical body became so dismantled
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My physical body became so dismantled is it exposed some real
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Became so dismantled is it exposed some real broken places in my faith.
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Is it exposed some real broken places in my faith. and i remember
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Broken places in my faith. and i remember trying everything
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And i remember trying everything to make myself better,
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Trying everything to make myself better, to feel better,
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To make myself better, to feel better, and to say
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To feel better, and to say all the right things
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And to say all the right things and slap a happy christian
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All the right things and slap a happy christian bumper sticker on my pain
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And slap a happy christian bumper sticker on my pain so i could keep moving.
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Bumper sticker on my pain so i could keep moving. i tried and it wasn't working
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So i could keep moving. i tried and it wasn't working and i remember one day
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I tried and it wasn't working and i remember one day just crying out to the lord.
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And i remember one day just crying out to the lord. "don't you care?
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Just crying out to the lord. "don't you care? i mean i know you --
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"don't you care? i mean i know you -- maybe you only care
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I mean i know you -- maybe you only care about big things
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Maybe you only care about big things like hurricanes,
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About big things like hurricanes, but do you care
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Like hurricanes, but do you care about us little people
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But do you care about us little people who just want to make it
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About us little people who just want to make it through the day?"
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Who just want to make it through the day?" and i think sometimes
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Through the day?" and i think sometimes we ask god to care
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And i think sometimes we ask god to care because sometimes --
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We ask god to care because sometimes -- we feel like we're drowning.
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Because sometimes -- we feel like we're drowning. and i know for me,
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We feel like we're drowning. and i know for me, as i ask god, "do you care?"
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And i know for me, as i ask god, "do you care?" i have this recognition
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As i ask god, "do you care?" i have this recognition that he may not have
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I have this recognition that he may not have answered that question
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That he may not have answered that question with words
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Answered that question with words that i could understand
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With words that i could understand but he answered that question
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That i could understand but he answered that question for me just like he did
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But he answered that question for me just like he did for the disciples,
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For me just like he did for the disciples, through his presence.
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For the disciples, through his presence. he was in the boat.
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Through his presence. he was in the boat. he is a god of compassion.
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He was in the boat. he is a god of compassion. he doesn't stand on the shore
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He is a god of compassion. he doesn't stand on the shore and wave to us and say,
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He doesn't stand on the shore and wave to us and say, "hope you make it!"
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And wave to us and say, "hope you make it!" he's in the boat with us.
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"hope you make it!" he's in the boat with us. and sometimes
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He's in the boat with us. and sometimes that very storm that we think
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And sometimes that very storm that we think is going to take us under,
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That very storm that we think is going to take us under, those deep waters
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Is going to take us under, those deep waters that he's allowing us
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Those deep waters that he's allowing us to go through,
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That he's allowing us to go through, they're not to drown us!
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To go through, they're not to drown us! often, i believe
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They're not to drown us! often, i believe god allows us to go
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Often, i believe god allows us to go through those deep waters
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God allows us to go through those deep waters so he can cleanse us.
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Through those deep waters so he can cleanse us. i went up to my piano
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So he can cleanse us. i went up to my piano and i began to ask god
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I went up to my piano and i began to ask god those questions.
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And i began to ask god those questions. "god, do you not care?"
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Those questions. "god, do you not care?" and it was if, while
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"god, do you not care?" and it was if, while i was playing the piano,
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And it was if, while i was playing the piano, this image of a cross
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I was playing the piano, this image of a cross appeared in my mind's eye.
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This image of a cross appeared in my mind's eye. and as i was asking
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Appeared in my mind's eye. and as i was asking those questions,
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And as i was asking those questions, "why cancer?"
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Those questions, "why cancer?" "why stillborn babies?"
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"why cancer?" "why stillborn babies?" "why blindness?"
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"why stillborn babies?" "why blindness?" i looked at the cross
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"why blindness?" i looked at the cross and i asked,
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I looked at the cross and i asked, "why grace?"
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And i asked, "why grace?" "why forgiveness?"
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"why grace?" "why forgiveness?" "why peace?"
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"why forgiveness?" "why peace?" we really don't deserve
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"why peace?" we really don't deserve any of those things.
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We really don't deserve any of those things. but god, in his mercy,
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Any of those things. but god, in his mercy, has given us those things.
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But god, in his mercy, has given us those things. and i believe
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Has given us those things. and i believe that when we go to the cross
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And i believe that when we go to the cross with our questions,
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That when we go to the cross with our questions, and with our tears,
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With our questions, and with our tears, we go to that one place
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And with our tears, we go to that one place where the true mystery
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We go to that one place where the true mystery of faith exists.
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Where the true mystery of faith exists. why does god love us?
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Of faith exists. why does god love us? why does he carry us?
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Why does god love us? why does he carry us? why did he cry our tears?
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Why does he carry us? why did he cry our tears? why did he bear our pain?
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Why did he cry our tears? why did he bear our pain? because he does care.
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♪ in the mystery ♪
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♪ we trust and we adjust ♪
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♪ and we wonder why ♪
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♪ oh take me to the cross ♪
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♪ and cry each of my tears ♪
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♪ i am in your tomb ♪
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♪ crucify my fears ♪
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♪ i'll praise you with my pain ♪
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♪ though the mystery remains ♪
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♪ but you are a god who cries ♪
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♪ you are a savior who died ♪
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♪ we can trust you with life ♪
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>> in 2008, of june, i was diagnosed
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With terminal cancer, stage four kidney cancer.
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Diego mesa overcame cancer through natural remedies.
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Randy Robison - LIFE’s Impact

May 13, 2025 | S25:E130

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