Sermon
NEW YEAR’S - ONLINE EXPERIENCE
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who thought I'd find you at the lest
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Place who thought you'd feel me in the
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crowd who knew you'd make good of my
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mistakes nothing like I thought you were
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you better what it got or what it got
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what a God what a
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God what a God what a
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God I thought you chose for
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Perfection cuz what kind of God was for
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the
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lost they say it's over for
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sinner but you said no it's not no it's
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not you
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say no it's not no it's not what a God
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what a
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God what it God I would it God
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what it God what it
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God would it God or would it
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come God you
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are what a
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God God
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if the highest place I reaches out
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your then I've done it all if the best
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thing that I've seen is your glory then
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I've seen it all your love has changed
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my life forever satisfied
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God you are my
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everything if the highest place I
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reaches out your then I've done it all
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if the best thing that I've seen is your
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glory then I've seen it all your love
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has changed my life forever
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satisfied God you are my everything
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if one word is the only thing you speak
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then I've heard it all if I feel your
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heart and never see your hand I still
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have it all no Treasure of this life
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could it
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satisfy God you are my
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everything oh God you are my everything
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everything
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oh God you are
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my what a God what a
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God what a God what a
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God see your faithfulness what a God God
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if the highest place I reaches I your Fe
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then I've done it all if the best thing
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that I've seen is your
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glory then I've seen it all your love
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has changed my life forever
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satisfy God you are my
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everything if one word is the only thing
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you speak then I've heard it all if I
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feel your heart and never see
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your I still have it all no Treasure of
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this life could ever
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satisfy God you are my
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everything oh God you are
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my oh God you are my
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a thousand
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Generations fallen down Down and
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Worship sing the song of Ages to the
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L all who've gone before us and all who
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will
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believe will sing the song of Ages to
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the
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land your name is the highest your name
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is the greatest your name
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stands above them
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all above all Thrones and demin are
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powers and positions in your name stands
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above them all in the Angels
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cry
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holy all creation
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Christ holy
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you are lifted
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high and
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holy holy
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forever if you've been
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forgiven if you've been
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redeemed sing the song forever to
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land if you walk in
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Freedom if you bear his
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name sing the song forever to the
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L yeah who will sing the song forever
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and
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a and the angels
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cry
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holy all creation
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Christ holy
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you are lifted
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High
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holy holy
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forever hear your people hear your
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people
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sing
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Holy to the King of
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Kings
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holy you will always be
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and
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holy holy
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forever your
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name your name is the highest your name
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is the greatest your
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name stands Above It
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All Above All Thrones and dominions all
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power
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and positions your
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name stands above them all your
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name your name is the highest your name
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is the greatest your
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name stands above the
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allall above all Thrones and dominions
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all p and possessions your name
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stands above them all and the angels
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cry
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holy all creation
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cry
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oh you are lifted
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high and
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holy and holy
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forever here you be
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hear your people
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sing
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Holy to the King of
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Kings
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holy you will always
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be and
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holy and holy
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forever you are
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always you will always be
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holy holy
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forever well good morning life Bridge
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Church I am so grateful to be gathered
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here with you today and even though
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we're not gathered together in person I
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do want you to know that this is
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intentional uh we do not do this often
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and quite honestly we don't want to make
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a habit of doing this uh but this is
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something that we have done over the
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past several years where we have looked
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at that final Sunday coming out of one
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year and going into another year as a
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Sabbath that we want to reflect on all
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of the great things that the Lord has
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done in our midst and if you've been
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with us over the course of the past year
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you know that there has been plenty that
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the Lord has done we talked about it as
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we went through all of our different
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collections throughout the year uh
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starting with how we were talking about
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different things that people believe
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that tend to be uh lies that we think
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are true in scripture something that we
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called Truth Decay that we walked
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through uh all of these different
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realities as we move through Rome R
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chapter 8 about what it is to have the
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Assurance of a believer in Christ Jesus
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that more recently we found ourselves uh
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going through Resurrection stories that
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we found ourselves discussing uh things
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about uh our finances into infinity and
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beyond that we walk through how God has
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blessed our church with uh more people
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that have been a part of our church but
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that there's also been more resource and
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opportunity for us to do more things for
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the kingdom of God so we're grateful uh
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to be gathered here with you on this
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sabbath kind of reflecting with this
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grateful attitude on everything that
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he's done uh but then look forward with
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some expectation about what it is that
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the Lord is going to do uh one thing
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that we've often quoted over the past uh
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3 to four years uh is a passage in
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Isaiah in Isaiah uh in particular in
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chapter 43 in verse uh 18 and 19 we see
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that the Lord is uh speaking about some
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things that uh we need to let go of and
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then some things that we need to look
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forward to and the thing that I would
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say over the past several years is that
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we've used that verse kind of uh in a
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way to look forward to the future with
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an expectation of what it is that God is
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going to do that we have sensed deep in
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our hearts that the Lord has taken our
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church through some in incredible ground
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and we've seen the Lord give us some
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incredible ground but now as we move
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into 2025 I want you to know that we
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really believe that 2025 is a pivotal
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year in the life of our church we
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believe that 2025 is a year where uh
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rather than just sensing that the Lord
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wants to do something new we believe
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that we're stepping into the new in 2025
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and so I want to read Isaiah
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43: 18-19 with you and just reflect on
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this for a moment it says this do not
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remember the past events pay no
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attention to the things of old now I
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think some of that obviously we know is
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uh it's it's hyperbolic in the sense
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that paying attention to the things of
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old saying no longer paying attention to
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the things of old it doesn't mean that
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uh you you discount or you you don't at
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all understand things that have happened
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in the past but but what it means now is
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that stepping into something new we're
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not paying attention to the old we're
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not dwelling on it we know what has
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happened we know all of the great things
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that the Lord has done and all of the
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difficult things that the Lord has
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brought us through but now we see that
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it says we're not paying attention to
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them we're not dwelling on those things
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any longer Lord says look I am about to
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do something new even now it is coming
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do you not see it indeed I will make a
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way in the wilderness and rivers in the
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desert we believe that 2025 is a year
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where our church is going to step into a
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whole lot of new that we're really
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excited to share with you on January 5th
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and we also want you to know we're
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believing that for your families uh
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we're believing that there are some
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incredible things that the Lord is
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bringing you into as a family alongside
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our church we believe that the Lord's
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eye that is heart that is hand is on the
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city of Orlando and where we're at in
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windir and that as we find ourselves
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being grateful and reflecting on all of
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the things that the Lord has done in
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2024 we also know that there's some
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things that moving forward into the new
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year that he's going to do that are
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quite honestly going to blow our minds
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uh we want to have a high expectation of
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what God is going to do we see that the
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Lord is specific he says I'm going to
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make a way in the wilderness rivers in
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the desert things that seem impossible
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uh that those are things that you would
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look at the landscape of that situation
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and say there is no possible way that
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that could actually come to fruition and
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yet the Lord says that is exactly what
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I'm going to do so here's what I would
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ask of you would you pray with us over
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the course of this sabbath break that we
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would be a people that have a high
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expectation and that people that come
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into the house on January the 5th are
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people that are filled with joy about
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the things that the Lord is going to do
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we have said before in our time together
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as a church uh that Faith prays in the
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past tense uh that that Faith thanks God
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in advance for what hasn't even happened
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yet and does that mean that we're trying
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to pray what it is that we want to
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happen into the will of God no not
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necessarily we we believe that we're
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already in step with the will of God
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that the Lord has shown us the things
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that he wants to do and so we have
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worked around that and said Lord we want
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to go Downstream with you that you've
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made a river
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in the desert and we want to be a part
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of that great work and so will you join
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me in praying now for 2025 will you join
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me in having a high expectation of
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everything that the Lord is going to do
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because if 2024 was any indication of
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what he wants to do we believe that 2025
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is quite honestly going to blow our
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minds that he will make that way in the
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wilderness that he will make that River
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in the desert and we believe that we
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will see those things that the Lord has
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promised in 2025 Lord we thank you right
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now for the opportunity to gather in
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your name even from afar God I thank you
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for rest I thank you for the fact that
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we have a people that have en enjoyed
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hopefully uh an incredible holiday
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together uh that have stepped into a new
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year here shortly together and that we
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not only step into a new year
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recognizing that there's some
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resolutions that we can make but that
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there's an expectation that we can have
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Lord we are believing that 2025 is going
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to be the best year ever in the life of
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our church church and we believe that
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you have already made it clear what that
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needs to look like Lord as we share
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together what that's going to look like
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as a church would it be something that
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we are filled with joy over and that we
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are just uh incredibly incredibly
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humbled to be a part of Lord I believe
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that you are doing something in the life
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of our people and in the life of our
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church uh that 2025 is going to be a
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defining year that we look at and we
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recall and reflect as we go into 2026
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just how pivotal it was Lord thank you
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you for the body that you have put
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together here in windir and beyond for
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the glory of your name and your Renown
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Lord we love you we praise you and we
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thank you we ask these things in Jesus
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name amen
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the sins I can't
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forget you refuse to
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remember when you walked out of that
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tomb you left them there
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forever God who never
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changes come change me
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all things are made
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new bones that are dry coming
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alive in
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you come do what you
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do move like a fresh wind
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blowing through
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Spirit we wait for
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you we wait for
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you and your
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faithfulness is more
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then every fault and
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fail and the cross is still in
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enough for all who call you
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save yes the cross is still in
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love for all who call you
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savior All Things Are are made
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new bones that are dry coming
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alive in
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you come do what you
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do move like a fresh wind blow away
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through Spirit we wait
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for
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you you turn Sorrows to songs defeated
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to day
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s all is made new come do what you do
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you turn valleys to victories rivers run
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through that's what you do come to what
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you do you make broken this beauty
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wastelands can bloom all is made new
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come do what you do you turn death into
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breath and bring Hell Bound to You
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that's what you do come do what you do
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you turn Sorrows to songs defeat in
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dancing old is made new come do what you
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do you turn valleys to victories rivers
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run through that's what you do come to
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what you do you make Brokenness beaut
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race that can blue all is made new come
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do what you do you turn death into
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breath and bring Hell Bound to You
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that's what you do come to what you
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do all things are made
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new bones that are dry coming
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alive in you
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come do what you
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do move like a fresh wind
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blowing through
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my all things are made
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new bones that are dry coming
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alive in you
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come do what you
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do move like a
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friend
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through Spirit we wait for
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you Spirit we wait for you
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Spirit we wait for you
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