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Steven Furtick | Steven Furtick - The Pajamas Are A Prophecy (Part 2) | December 25, 2025
- An encouraging message
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- From pastor steven furtick
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- Of elevation church.
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- If you're looking
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- To strengthen your faith
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- And shift your perspective,
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- Stay tuned.
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- ♪ ♪
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- >> but i'm really preaching
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- >> but i'm really preaching about the low place
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- About the low place in your life today.
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- In your life today. whatever it is.
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- Whatever it is. the small beginning
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- The small beginning in your life today,
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- In your life today, because god said,
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- Because god said, "not only will i reach you,
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- "not only will i reach you, i will wrap you."
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- [applause]
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- Think about jesus.
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- Think about jesus. come on, let's consider it.
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- Come on, let's consider it. before we get really cute
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- Before we get really cute with it and put money on
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- With it and put money on our credit cards to tell
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- Our credit cards to tell jesus happy birthday.
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- [laughter]
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- Before we go into debt
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- Before we go into debt to show the lord how much
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- To show the lord how much we appreciate all
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- We appreciate all he's done for us.
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- [laughter]
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- Before we get into
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- Before we get into all that chaos,
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- All that chaos, let's take a moment
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- Let's take a moment and consider the christ,
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- And consider the christ, a babe, born in a manger,
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- A babe, born in a manger, laid in a manger.
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- Laid in a manger. why?
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- Give me luke 2:7,
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- Give me luke 2:7, "because there was no room
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- "because there was no room for him in the inn."
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- He was rejected.
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- He was rejected. the savior came
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- The savior came and he was rejected.
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- And he was rejected. he was rejected because
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- He was rejected because they had no room.
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- They had no room. and so, now i wonder,
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- And so, now i wonder, am i talking about jesus
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- Or am i talking about you?
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- Or am i talking about you? because maybe you've been
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- Because maybe you've been rejected not by a person,
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- Rejected not by a person, but maybe your dream has been
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- But maybe your dream has been rejected or denied, or delayed,
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- Rejected or denied, or delayed, or deferred this year.
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- Or deferred this year. and in that place of rejection,
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- And in that place of rejection, where you could not
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- Where you could not find room for yourself,
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- Find room for yourself, could not feel at home
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- Could not feel at home in your emotions,
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- In your emotions, could not see a solution
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- Could not see a solution through your red sea,
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- Through your red sea, could not see a way
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- Could not see a way through your storm,
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- Through your storm, could not find peace
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- Could not find peace in your night,
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- In your night, could not figure out
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- Could not figure out your next step to take.
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- Your next step to take. in that place of rejection,
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- In that place of rejection, watch this, you will find
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- Watch this, you will find a babe in a manger.
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- A babe in a manger. it wasn't mary's plan
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- It wasn't mary's plan to place him in a manger,
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- It was not her preference
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- It was not her preference to place him in a manger.
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- To place him in a manger. sometimes we end up in places
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- Sometimes we end up in places we didn't plan to be.
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- We didn't plan to be. i didn't plan for my season
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- I didn't plan for my season to get ended early.
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- To get ended early. i didn't plan for my job
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- I didn't plan for my job to go overseas
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- To go overseas or replaced by a computer.
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- Or replaced by a computer. i didn't plan for my kid
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- I didn't plan for my kid to come home and say,
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- To come home and say, "i need some money,
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- "i need some money, i'm on drugs."
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- I didn't plan for any of this.
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- I didn't plan for any of this. but just because
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- But just because you did not expect it,
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- You did not expect it, doesn't mean god hasn't
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- Doesn't mean god hasn't covered it.
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- [applause]
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- To you whom this word is for,
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- To you whom this word is for, it is a specific word.
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- It is a specific word. you have been
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- You have been rejected by people,
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- Rejected by people, could not find anyone
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- Could not find anyone to help you,
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- To help you, didn't get it from where
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- Didn't get it from where you wanted to get it from.
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- It didn't come through when
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- It didn't come through when you needed it to come through.
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- You needed it to come through. jesus was laid in a manger
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- Jesus was laid in a manger but watch the bible,
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- But watch the bible, put it back up, it says,
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- "he's wrapped in swaddling
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- "he's wrapped in swaddling clothes laying in a manger."
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- Clothes laying in a manger." the manger is a cold place,
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- The manger is a cold place, the manager is a strange place,
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- The manager is a strange place, but these swaddling clothes,
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- But these swaddling clothes, see, these strips of linen
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- See, these strips of linen that were wrapped around him
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- That were wrapped around him were a symbol
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- Were a symbol of his mother's care.
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- Of his mother's care. how many would say,
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- I was rejected
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- I was rejected but god wrapped me.
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- But god wrapped me. i was disappointed
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- I was disappointed but he wrapped me.
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- But he wrapped me. i was lost and lonely
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- I was lost and lonely but he wrapped me.
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- But he wrapped me. i was turned away
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- I was turned away but he wrapped me.
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- But he wrapped me. i was done wrong
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- I was done wrong but he wrapped me.
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- [cheering and applause]
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- And this becomes the prophesy
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- And this becomes the prophesy that the promise of god
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- That the promise of god does not mean we will never
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- Does not mean we will never find ourself in a low place.
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- Find ourself in a low place. it simply means that
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- It simply means that wherever life lays you,
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- Wherever life lays you, god has you wrapped.
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- [applause]
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- Say, "god has me wrapped."
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- Say, "god has me wrapped." >> congregation: god has
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- >> congregation: god has me wrapped.
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- Say it again,
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- Say it again, "god has me wrapped."
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- "god has me wrapped." >> congregation: god has
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- >> congregation: god has me wrapped.
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- Me wrapped. >> in fact, right now,
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- >> in fact, right now, i feel the everlasting father
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- I feel the everlasting father wrapping his arms
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- Wrapping his arms around somebody.
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- Around somebody. to let you know that
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- To let you know that you didn't plan to be here,
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- You didn't plan to be here, but he planned for your arrival
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- But he planned for your arrival and he prophesied it.
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- [applause]
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- Joseph and mary didn't think
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- Joseph and mary didn't think this was the right time
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- This was the right time to have the baby.
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- To have the baby. they were headed to bethlehem,
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- They were headed to bethlehem, which wasn't even where
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- Which wasn't even where their hospital was
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- Their hospital was or their gift registry.
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- [laughter]
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- But the prophet had said,
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- But the prophet had said, micah 5:2,
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- Micah 5:2, "from you bethlehem
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- "from you bethlehem will come a ruler."
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- Will come a ruler." so they had to be in bethlehem
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- So they had to be in bethlehem at that exact moment
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- At that exact moment so they could give birth
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- So they could give birth to this king.
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- To this king. and the spirit wants you
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- And the spirit wants you to know right now
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- To know right now he's got you wrapped.
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- He's got you wrapped. he's got you wrapped.
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- He's got you wrapped. he welcomes you
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- He welcomes you with your weird self.
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- [laughter]
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- He welcomes you
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- He welcomes you with your weak self.
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- With your weak self. i know it
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- I know it because of how he came.
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- Because of how he came. he reached me, he wrapped me.
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- He reached me, he wrapped me. i never paid attention
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- I never paid attention to the swaddling clothes,
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- To the swaddling clothes, never thought much about them.
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- Never thought much about them. i was too busy trying
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- I was too busy trying to get to the frankincense
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- To get to the frankincense and the gold and the myrrh,
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- And the gold and the myrrh, the good stuff.
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- The good stuff. but i found out,
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- But i found out, sometimes god will allow you
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- To be rejected
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- And he will wrap you,
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- And that sometimes
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- People's rejection
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- Is god's protection.
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- [cheering and applause]
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- Don't assume god isn't doing it,
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- Don't assume god isn't doing it, he's just got it
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- He's just got it under wraps right now.
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- Under wraps right now. don't assume it's insignificant,
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- Don't assume it's insignificant, you will find the babe
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- You will find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes.
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- Wrapped in swaddling clothes. long strips of linen
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- Long strips of linen that wrapped the savior.
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- That wrapped the savior. he's got you wrapped right now.
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- I can't get off of it, y'all.
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- I can't get off of it, y'all. he's got you wrapped right now
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- He's got you wrapped right now 'cause it's cold in this manger,
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- 'cause it's cold in this manger, it's cold in this divorce,
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- It's cold in this divorce, it's cold in this condition,
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- It's cold in this condition, it's cold in this hospital room,
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- It's cold in this hospital room, it's cold in this prison bed,
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- It's cold in this prison bed, it's cold in this loveless home,
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- It's cold in this loveless home, it's cold in this
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- It's cold in this adolescent trial.
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- Adolescent trial. it's cold in this court case,
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- It's cold in this court case, it's cold right now,
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- It's cold right now, but i'm covered.
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- [cheering and applause]
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- But i'm covered.
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- [applause]
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- Put it in the chat.
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- Put it in the chat. it's cold but i'm covered.
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- It's cold but i'm covered. tell your neighbor,
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- Tell your neighbor, "it's cold but i'm covered."
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- "it's cold but i'm covered." >> congregation: it's cold
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- >> congregation: it's cold but i'm covered.
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- But i'm covered. >> i shiver sometimes,
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- >> i shiver sometimes, but he came to the shepherds
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- But he came to the shepherds to let me know that
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- To let me know that i'll never go so low
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- I'll never go so low he can't reach me,
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- He can't reach me, that i'll never
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- That i'll never make a mess too bad that
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- Make a mess too bad that he won't step into it.
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- He won't step into it. stop turning god away
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- Stop turning god away grand momma 'cause
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- Grand momma 'cause your house is a mess.
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- Your house is a mess. when he comes in
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- When he comes in he'll clean it up.
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- He'll clean it up. when he comes in
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- When he comes in he'll fix it up.
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- He'll fix it up. when he comes in,
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- When he comes in, he'll turn it around.
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- He'll turn it around. when he comes in,
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- When he comes in, he'll bring new wine.
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- He'll bring new wine. when he comes in --
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- When he comes in -- i've got good news
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- I've got good news of great joy,
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- Tell the shepherds
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- Tell the shepherds i'm stepping in.
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- I'm stepping in. tell my people you've got
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- Tell my people you've got a friend in a low place.
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- A friend in a low place. you got a savior in a manger.
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- You got a savior in a manger. let's give him 30 seconds
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- Let's give him 30 seconds of manger praise.
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- ♪ ♪
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- [cheering and applause]
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- Lo, the angel came.
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- Lo, the angel came. lo, i see god reaching down
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- Lo, i see god reaching down to the addicted today
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- To the addicted today this christmas season.
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- This christmas season. the broken family,
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- The broken family, the grieving family,
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- The grieving family, the shame in your heart.
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- The shame in your heart. everything that you wanna use
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- Everything that you wanna use to keep him out, he said,
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- To keep him out, he said, "that's the reason
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- "that's the reason i'm coming in.
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- I'm coming in. i came to save sinners."
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- [cheering and applause]
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- You were on it
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- You were on it right now, maestro.
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- Right now, maestro. we're on it right now.
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- We're on it right now. and i realize --
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- And i realize -- can i tell you one more thing?
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- Can i tell you one more thing? he said that he will reach you,
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- He said that he will reach you, say, "he'll reach me."
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- Say, "he'll reach me." >> congregation: he'll reach me.
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- >> congregation: he'll reach me. >> number two, say,
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- >> number two, say, "he'll wrap me.
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- "he'll wrap me. >> congregation: he'll wrap me.
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- >> congregation: he'll wrap me. >> maybe you need
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- >> maybe you need to tell your neighbor.
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- To tell your neighbor. pretend like you're
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- Pretend like you're an angel for a minute,
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- An angel for a minute, make the announcement.
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- Make the announcement. everybody say,
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- Everybody say, "he'll reach you."
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- "he'll reach you." >> congregation: he'll
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- >> congregation: he'll reach you.
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- Reach you. >> put it on the line say,
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- >> put it on the line say, "he'll reach you."
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- "he'll reach you." >> congregation: he'll
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- >> congregation: he'll reach you.
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- Reach you. >> say, "he'll wrap you."
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- >> say, "he'll wrap you." >> congregation: he'll wrap you.
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- >> congregation: he'll wrap you. >> he'll wrap you like a gift.
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- >> he'll wrap you like a gift. how many know some of you have
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- How many know some of you have been taken for granted and you
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- Been taken for granted and you think you don't have a gift,
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- Think you don't have a gift, and you think you're not
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- And you think you're not good at anything?
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- Good at anything? you got it,
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- You got it, you're just wrapped
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- You're just wrapped right now.
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- Right now. 'cause when god
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- 'cause when god gets ready to unwrap it,
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- Gets ready to unwrap it, he's gonna use it
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- He's gonna use it and he needs you to be
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- And he needs you to be mature enough to handle it.
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- [applause]
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- Yes, lord.
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- I feel no doubt that this
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- Is the message god wanted us
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- To shout about this christmas.
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- [cheering and applause]
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- Y'all keep clapping
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- Y'all keep clapping like an angel,
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- Like an angel, why don't you shout like
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- Why don't you shout like a shepherd one time?
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- [cheering]
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- He came for you.
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- [cheering and applause]
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- When you could've gone to hell.
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- When you could've gone to hell. my voice feels good.
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- My voice feels good. when you could have
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- When you could have gone to hell.
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- Gone to hell. if he has to reach way down,
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- If he has to reach way down, jesus will pick you up.
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- [applause]
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- So, i wanna give you this.
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- So, i wanna give you this. god was once a baby
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- God was once a baby taking his first breath.
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- Taking his first breath. sovereignty lay swaddled
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- Sovereignty lay swaddled where the oxen slept.
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- Where the oxen slept. god was once a toddler
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- God was once a toddler taking his first steps.
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- Taking his first steps. the carpenter of the cosmos
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- The carpenter of the cosmos wobbled on two legs.
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- Wobbled on two legs. god once wore pajamas.
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- God once wore pajamas. you didn't know that
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- You didn't know that god wore pajamas?
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- God wore pajamas? he said, "you will find the babe
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- He said, "you will find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes
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- Wrapped in swaddling clothes lying in a manger."
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- Lying in a manger." now, isaiah said
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- Now, isaiah said he'd be born of a virgin.
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- He'd be born of a virgin. micah said he would be
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- Micah said he would be born in bethlehem,
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- Born in bethlehem, but not one of the prophets
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- But not one of the prophets told me he would be
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- Told me he would be wrapped in cloths.
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- That's because it was hidden.
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- That's because it was hidden. it is christ in you
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- It is christ in you the hope of glory.
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- The hope of glory. it is hidden.
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- It is hidden. it does not yet appear
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- It does not yet appear what we shall be
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- What we shall be but watch this,
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- But watch this, although the pajamas
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- Although the pajamas were not directly prophesied,
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- Were not directly prophesied, the pajamas are a prophecy.
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- The pajamas are a prophecy. i told you it would make sense
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- I told you it would make sense when i finished.
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- When i finished. now, let's preach.
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- Now, let's preach. when jesus comes in human form,
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- When jesus comes in human form, we see him wrapped
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- We see him wrapped in strips of linen.
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- The next time we will see
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- The next time we will see strips of linen
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- Strips of linen in the story of jesus...
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- [cheering and applause]
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- The next time we see
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- The next time we see strips of linen --
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- Strips of linen -- let me teach the bible.
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- Let me teach the bible. the bible says in john 20:5
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- The bible says in john 20:5 that when peter got to the tomb,
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- That when peter got to the tomb, where the body of the savior
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- Used to lay,
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- Used to lay, he came following john
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- He came following john and he went into the tomb
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- And he went into the tomb and he saw the linen cloths
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- And he saw the linen cloths lying there.
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- What you trying to say, furtick?
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- What you trying to say, furtick? i'm trying to say
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- I'm trying to say what used to hold him
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- What used to hold him couldn't hold him anymore.
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- [cheering and applause]
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- That's why he was wrapped
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- That's why he was wrapped in strips of linen.
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- In strips of linen. he was letting you know,
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- He was letting you know, "they're gonna lay me
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- "they're gonna lay me in the grave with
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- In the grave with the penalty of your sin,
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- The penalty of your sin, but in three days,
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- But in three days, three days --"
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- Three days --" three minutes
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- Three minutes and i can finish.
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- And i can finish. three days.
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- [cheering]
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- God lived in a body,
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- God lived in a body, laid down in a grave,
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- Laid down in a grave, three days later he was gone,
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- Three days later he was gone, linen strips remained.
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- [cheering and applause]
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- The mystery --
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- The mystery -- i figured it out.
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- I figured it out. the mystery of the linen strips
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- The mystery of the linen strips is that jesus was born
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- Is that jesus was born swaddled in linen strips,
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- Swaddled in linen strips, when he died he was buried
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- In linen strips.
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- In linen strips. and when he rose,
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- And when he rose, he left the linen strips
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- He left the linen strips to let you know
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- To let you know that he is lord of all.
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- [applause and cheering]
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- Lord of all.
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- Lord of all. lord of all.
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- [cheering and applause]
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- In linen strips.
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- In linen strips. and you will find the babe.
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- And you will find the babe. stop looking up there
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- Stop looking up there to something better
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- To something better in the future,
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- In the future, wrapped in swaddling clothes.
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- Wrapped in swaddling clothes. you keep telling me
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- You keep telling me who left you,
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- Who left you, start telling me how
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- Start telling me how he held you when they left you.
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- He held you when they left you. "he wrapped me."
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- [applause]
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- So, he came to the shepherds
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- So, he came to the shepherds to let me know he can reach me.
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- To let me know he can reach me. he came as a baby wrapped
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- He came as a baby wrapped in linen to let me know
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- In linen to let me know that he can wrap me.
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- That he can wrap me. and at the end of his life
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- And at the end of his life he rose from the dead
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- He rose from the dead and he left his linen strips
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- And he left his linen strips to let me know
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- To let me know he can raise me.
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- [cheering and applause]
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- The pajamas
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- The pajamas were a prophecy, y'all.
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- Were a prophecy, y'all. he was swaddled not only so
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- He was swaddled not only so he wouldn't shiver.
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- He wouldn't shiver. jesus was god,
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- Jesus was god, he could've made
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- He could've made his body a seat warmer,
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- His body a seat warmer, even as a baby.
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- Even as a baby. he was swaddled in strips
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- He was swaddled in strips so you would know that
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- So you would know that he came to die for you
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- He came to die for you and that whatever
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- And that whatever has died in your life,
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- Has died in your life, will rise again in his name.
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- [cheering and applause]
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- And this is
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- And this is my christmas message to you.
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- [cheering and applause]
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- This is the prophecy
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- This is the prophecy of the pajamas.
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- [applause]
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- Every christmas my wife
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- Every christmas my wife gives every member
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- Gives every member of our family pajamas,
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- Of our family pajamas, it's a tradition.
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- It's a tradition. every christmas she gives us
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- Every christmas she gives us pajamas on christmas eve.
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- Pajamas on christmas eve. when the kids were little
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- When the kids were little they didn't like the pajamas,
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- They didn't like the pajamas, but they knew what
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- But they knew what the pajama signified.
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- The pajama signified. it meant not many hours from now
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- It meant not many hours from now we got something for you.
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- We got something for you. we got something for you.
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- We got something for you. tell your neighbor,
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- Tell your neighbor, god's got something for you,
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- God's got something for you, "god's got something for you."
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- "god's got something for you." >> congregation: god's got
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- >> congregation: god's got something for you.
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- Something for you. >> 'cause when they open
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- >> 'cause when they open the pajamas they could know,
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- The pajamas they could know, oh, it's christmas eve.
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- Oh, it's christmas eve. it became like pavlov's dog,
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- It became like pavlov's dog, they started getting excited
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- They started getting excited about the pajamas because
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- About the pajamas because of what the pajamas prophesied.
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- Of what the pajamas prophesied. i need you to start getting
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- I need you to start getting excited again about what
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- Excited again about what god can do in your life.
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- God can do in your life. despise not the day...
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- Despise not the day... of small beginnings.
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- [applause]
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- Linen strips
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- Linen strips are lying there.
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- Are lying there. an empty grave is there
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- An empty grave is there to prove my savior lives,
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- To prove my savior lives, not just a manger birth
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- Not just a manger birth but an empty grave.
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- But an empty grave. show 'em my family in pajamas.
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- Show 'em my family in pajamas. every christmas eve,
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- Every christmas eve, every christmas eve.
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- Every christmas eve. what is going on with my hair?
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- What is going on with my hair? every christmas eve.
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- [laughter]
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- That's back when
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- That's back when i used to preach
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- I used to preach 7,000 christmas service.
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- 7,000 christmas service. look at my hair.
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- Look at my hair. it's a wonder i didn't end up
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- It's a wonder i didn't end up in a rehab facility preaching
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- In a rehab facility preaching that many christmas services.
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- That many christmas services. oh, god.
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- [laughter]
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- That was the year --
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- That was the year -- you know what,
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- You know what, i think this woman was --
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- I think this woman was -- when she gave them those
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- When she gave them those pajamas with a dog on it.
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- [laughter]
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- I think, i just
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- I think, i just thought about this,
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- Thought about this, she was prophesying.
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- She was prophesying. show 'em,
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- Show 'em, show 'em the other picture.
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- Show 'em the other picture. now we got a dog for real.
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- Now we got a dog for real. now we got a dog for real.
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- Now we got a dog for real. the pajamas were a prophecy.
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- The pajamas were a prophecy. i want you to get the picture
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- I want you to get the picture in your mind one more time
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- In your mind one more time of christmas for real.
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- Of christmas for real. you can have your christmas
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- You can have your christmas scented candles all you want,
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- Scented candles all you want, if they really smelled like
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- If they really smelled like christmas you wouldn't wanna
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- Christmas you wouldn't wanna light 'em 'cause it was messy,
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- Light 'em 'cause it was messy, it was smelly, it was rough.
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- It was smelly, it was rough. you would light a candle
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- You would light a candle to cover up the smell
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- To cover up the smell of the first christmas,
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- But from that came a savior.
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- But from that came a savior. so, i give you this charge
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- So, i give you this charge this christmas,
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- This christmas, expect a blessing.
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- Expect a blessing. expect a blessing.
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- Expect a blessing. "and lo, the angel of the lord
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- "and lo, the angel of the lord came upon them and the glory
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- Came upon them and the glory of the lord shone
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- Around about them.
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- Around about them. fear not for behold i bring you
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- Fear not for behold i bring you good news of great joy
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- Good news of great joy which shall be to all people,"
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- Which shall be to all people," shepherds and sages, all people,
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- Shepherds and sages, all people, billionaires and broke,
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- Billionaires and broke, all people.
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- All people. expect a blessing
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- Expect a blessing and accept the mess.
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- And accept the mess. accept it, accept it.
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- Accept it, accept it. god accepts you.
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- God accepts you. i never saw my grandmother again
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- I never saw my grandmother again because she wasn't
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- Because she wasn't expecting our visit.
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- Expecting our visit. we never had a moment because
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- We never had a moment because she didn't wanna show her mess.
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- She didn't wanna show her mess. i know you keep pushing god out,
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- I know you keep pushing god out, keep pushing joy out,
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- Keep pushing joy out, keep pushing the future out,
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- Keep pushing the future out, keep pushing peace out,
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- Keep pushing peace out, keep pushing it out
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- Keep pushing it out 'cause you're messy.
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- 'cause you're messy. expect the blessing from the god
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- Expect the blessing from the god who steps into your mess.
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- Who steps into your mess. this is the lord
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- This is the lord of the linen strips.
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- Of the linen strips. this is the prophecy
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- This is the prophecy of the pajamas.
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- Of the pajamas. god has you wrapped.
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- God has you wrapped. wrap your arms around yourself,
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- Wrap your arms around yourself, right there where you are.
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- Right there where you are. yeah, yeah, yeah.
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- Yeah, yeah, yeah. god, i thank you that
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- God, i thank you that you got me covered.
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- You got me covered. i thank you
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- I thank you for covering my family.
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- For covering my family. i thank you for covering
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- I thank you for covering my special needs child.
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- My special needs child. i thank you for covering
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- I thank you for covering the soldier who's overseas
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- And can't be with their family.
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- And can't be with their family. i thank you, lord.
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- I thank you, lord. i thank you for covering me
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- I thank you for covering me as i love at an empty seat.
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- As i love at an empty seat. i thank you for covering me
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- I thank you for covering me as i wish i could do more for
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- As i wish i could do more for people but i can't right now.
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- People but i can't right now. i thank you for covering
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- I thank you for covering those who are waiting for a
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- Breakthrough in their emotions.
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- Breakthrough in their emotions. i thank you that
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- I thank you that they're covered.
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- They're covered. even in the cold this christmas
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- You said you'll find
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- You said you'll find jesus wrapped.
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- Jesus wrapped. thank you, jesus,
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- Thank you, jesus, for wrapping me.
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- ♪ oh come ♪
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- ♪ let us adore him ♪
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- ♪ oh come ♪
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- ♪ let us adore him ♪
- 00:19:52.678 --> 00:19:59.851
- ♪ oh come ♪
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- >> sweet, sweet spirit.
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- >> sweet, sweet spirit. have your way, lord.
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- Have your way, lord. yeah.
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- >> ♪ him christ the lord ♪
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- >> lord of all
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- >> lord of all in linen strips,
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- In linen strips, lets adore him now.
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- ♪ oh come ♪
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- ♪ let us adore him ♪
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- >> will you stand
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- >> will you stand and reverence
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- And reverence the king of kings?
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- >> ♪ oh come ♪
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- ♪ let us adore him ♪
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- ♪ oh come let us ♪
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- >> glory to god
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- >> glory to god in the highest,
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- In the highest, and on earth,
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- And on earth, peace in your low place.
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- Peace in your low place. for he alone.
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- ♪ for he alone ♪
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- ♪ is worthy ♪
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- >> that's why we glorify.
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- >> ♪ for he alone is worthy ♪
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- >> say it again.
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- >> ♪ for he alone ♪
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- ♪ is worthy ♪
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- ♪ christ ♪
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- >> now i want every hand
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- >> now i want every hand lifted in his presence, say,
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- Lifted in his presence, say, "we give you
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- "we give you all the glory god."
- 00:21:19.798 --> 00:21:20.565
- >> ♪ we give you ♪
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- ♪ all the glory ♪
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- ♪ we give you ♪
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- ♪ all the glory ♪
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- ♪ we give you ♪
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- >> thank you so much for
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- >> thank you so much for joining us today.
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- Joining us today. to find more messages like
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- From pastor steven, i want to encourage you
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- Now, if today's message spoke to your heart
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- Spoke to your heart i also want to invite you
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- I also want to invite you to partner with us
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- To partner with us and make it possible
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- And make it possible for someone else to hear
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- For someone else to hear the message too.
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- The message too. your generosity really
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- Your generosity really does make a difference.
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- Does make a difference. every time you give you're
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- Every time you give you're helping us take the gospel
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- Helping us take the gospel further and get god's word
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- Further and get god's word into someone's heart.
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- Into someone's heart. this ministry exists so that
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- This ministry exists so that people far from god will
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- People far from god will be raised to life in christ
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- Be raised to life in christ and you're a part of that story.
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- And you're a part of that story. because of you,
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- Because of you, messages just like the one
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- Messages just like the one you heard today will go out
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- You heard today will go out to people who need hope.
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- To people who need hope. people who are wrestling
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- People who are wrestling with anxiety and disappointment,
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- With anxiety and disappointment, or the weight of wrong
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- Or the weight of wrong assumptions about their future,
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- Assumptions about their future, even wrong assumptions
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- Even wrong assumptions about god.
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- About god. through broadcasts,
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- Through broadcasts, online outreach,
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- Online outreach, and ministry partners
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- And ministry partners all over the world,
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- All over the world, your support is opening
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- Your support is opening the door for them to hear
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- The door for them to hear the truth that can
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- The truth that can change everything.
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- Change everything. so, please, call the number
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- So, please, call the number on your screen or go online
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- On your screen or go online right now to give.
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- Right now to give. your gift of any amount
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- Your gift of any amount makes a difference.
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- Makes a difference. thank you for being a part
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- Thank you for being a part of what god is doing.
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- Of what god is doing. we are so grateful for you.
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- >> this christmas,
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- >> this christmas, your generosity
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- Your generosity is changing lives.
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- Is changing lives. because of your giving to
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- Because of your giving to steven furtick ministries
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- Steven furtick ministries and our partnership
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- And our partnership with samaritan's purse,
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- With samaritan's purse, children are receiving gifts
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- Children are receiving gifts and experiencing the love
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- And experiencing the love of jesus in real, tangible ways.
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- Of jesus in real, tangible ways. here's a special message
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- Here's a special message about the impact you're making.
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- >> this is franklin graham,
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- >> this is franklin graham, and i'd like to thank
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- And i'd like to thank the elevation church family
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- The elevation church family for your partnership with
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- For your partnership with samaritan's purse
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- Samaritan's purse and operation christmas child.
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- And operation christmas child. operation christmas child
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- Operation christmas child is a tremendous opportunity
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- Is a tremendous opportunity to reach millions of children
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- To reach millions of children around the world.
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- Around the world. every shoe box
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- Every shoe box is an opportunity
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- Is an opportunity to reach one child
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- To reach one child with the good news of
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- With the good news of the gospel of jesus christ.
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- The gospel of jesus christ. but it's not just
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- But it's not just that one child.
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- That one child. it's the family,
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- It's the family, maybe ten-fold or more
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- Maybe ten-fold or more are reached by
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- Are reached by this one simple box,
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- This one simple box, and it gives us an opportunity,
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- And it gives us an opportunity, not only to go into parts
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- Not only to go into parts of the world with
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- Of the world with these unreached people groups
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- These unreached people groups like the south pacific
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- Like the south pacific and some of these islands
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- And some of these islands where we've been working,
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- Where we've been working, churches in more than
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- Churches in more than a hundred countries
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- A hundred countries are getting these shoe boxes,
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- Are getting these shoe boxes, and we do it in the name
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- And we do it in the name of the lord jesus christ.
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- Of the lord jesus christ. i want every child
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- I want every child that gets a box to know
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- That gets a box to know that god loves them,
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- That god loves them, that he cares for them
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- That he cares for them and that christ died
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- And that christ died for their sins.
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- ♪ ♪
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- >> ♪ children ♪
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- ♪ weep no more ♪
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- ♪ hope is on the horizon ♪
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- ♪ weary world behold ♪
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- ♪ your promised messiah ♪
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- ♪ angels ♪
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- ♪ let your song begin ♪
- 00:24:43.668 --> 00:24:48.473
- ♪ here comes heaven ♪
- 00:24:48.540 --> 00:24:54.446
- ♪ christ is born ♪
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- ♪ in bethlehem ♪
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- ♪ here comes heaven ♪
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- >> ♪ angels we have ♪
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- ♪ heard on high ♪
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- ♪ sweetly singing ♪
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- ♪ o'er the plains ♪
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- ♪ and the mountains ♪
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- ♪ in reply ♪
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- ♪ echoing their ♪
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- ♪ joyous strains ♪
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- >> ♪ angels ♪
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- ♪ let your song begin ♪
- 00:25:34.119 --> 00:25:37.656
- >> ♪ glo-o-o-o ♪
- 00:25:37.722 --> 00:25:42.427
- >> ♪ here comes heaven ♪
- 00:25:42.494 --> 00:25:47.299
- >> ♪ glo-o-o-o-ria ♪
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- ♪ in excelsis deo ♪
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- >> ♪ o come o come ♪
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- ♪ emmanuel ♪
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- ♪ and ransom captive israel ♪
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- ♪ that mourns in lonely ♪
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- ♪ exile here ♪
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- ♪ until the son ♪
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- ♪ of god appear ♪
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- ♪ rejoice ♪
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- ♪ emmanuel ♪
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- ♪ shall come to thee ♪
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- ♪ o israel ♪
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- ♪ oh ♪
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- ♪ rejoice ♪
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- ♪ emmanuel ♪
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- ♪ shall come to thee ♪
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- ♪ o israel ♪
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- >> ♪ now behold ♪
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- ♪ now behold ♪
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- ♪ his glory ♪
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- ♪ glory in the high ♪
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