Sermon
Get Down Psalm 103
Publisher transcript
Transcript
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Thanks for choosing this podcast by New Heights Fellowship Baptist Church in Toledo.
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Enjoy and reach New Heights in Jesus.
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We give and take away, we give and take away.
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If the Lord will choose to send, He will send to be your name.
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Everybody sees what I am, perfect will reign. For the dark and the strong in heaven, in the light I will stay.
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If the Lord will choose to send, He will send to be your name.
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Good morning, one second. Good morning. I have an announcement. We have a slight change to the mission calendar for the year.
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On September 11th we are going to do a youth jam. Youth jam is being postponed so in its place on the same day at the same time we will do a Baptist school bash block party.
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Okay, sounds like a plan. Real quick, a couple of requests. Folks are having some stuff. Jason Wellington texted this morning.
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He was in the middle of, he took a job that was supposed to be done early this morning. They start really early where he works like 6 a.m.
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He was supposed to be done in time to be here and he texted this morning saying he is stuck on the job and can't get here.
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So he has to pray for him and at the same time pray because he has been having frequent migraines. So pray for his migraines if you would.
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And then Monica, Monica Smith was going to be with us today. She is Ryan's boss' mother.
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Ryan was with us at camp and I was picking him up this morning and she texted this morning and said they have family emergencies and they couldn't be here.
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So I don't know what is going on exactly but I know what the situation is and I have to pray for them.
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And then I am going to call some names in the neighborhood. So it is Gail Lucinski of 25 Star, Rolanda and Michael Lopez of 364 Gessner,
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Richard and Karen Murphy of 358 Gessner, Bud Limbach of 356 Gessner and Charles Poonin of 350 Gessner Street.
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So we pray together and I will cross in this with it and we will come back in a little bit.
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Father in heaven we are grateful. We have lots of reasons, lots of blessings to count, too many.
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Or we would get wrapped up in it if we went after it and it would last so long.
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It might need a little help from a friend to remind us just how blessed we are.
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But we are grateful for your Holy Spirit in us that you remind us how blessed we are.
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Father we ask you to help us today as well. I am struggling a little bit with the hoarse voice still left over from camp.
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I pray that that doesn't slow me down.
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Yesterday all day my mind was kind of foggy from five nights of more than half hour sleep.
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It was a good time, it was a blessed time. I thank you so much to the young men who live the life of Christ.
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I pray for Jason's migraines or whatever was causing it.
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We are certainly able to heal it and take care of it.
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Other health concerns I pray for are the hands of the Lord.
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Sister Dean's gone going fast. I pray for her marriage situation and all things that are going through there.
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I thank you Lord that Mike is with us today, that Carter is with us today.
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He's walking because there was a moment in time in which he just couldn't and now he can't.
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So I'm grateful for that.
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I thank you for the desire for us to help students as they go back to school and just kind of get excited.
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We help them get excited about it.
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I want to thank you for what's going on with Mike.
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First your football team, Tyler's football team and all the initiatives that we do there.
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Thank you for the rice station, for the buses there that allow us to serve so many people all over the city to go with food.
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And be such a positive witness for Christ.
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At the same time we do all glory and ask you to take over the service and help us to sing boldly.
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And we make it for someone who doesn't normally sing.
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We'll help you sing boldly today, help them praise you today, help them put you in their minds eye which is where you already are, which is on the truck.
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Watch over Jason's heart as he's stuck at work and can't be here.
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He says we'll be watching as much as we can.
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I want to thank Joe and Miss Chris for help back in Denny Vickens.
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We know that there's a lot of folks that we can hang.
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But I thank you for the good reports about James' mom.
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I just pray that they become a reality and that she just wants it for all pretty clear.
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I just say take these things.
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They could plague us, they could hunt us, they could distract us.
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I want to ask the Lord to let them be in your hands.
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Father, this must have been a home verse.
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In John 3.16, you know you loved us so much that you sent your son.
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John is lost for us.
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If you would just believe, maybe you'd have a channel like it.
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We know there are people on these blocks.
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We don't know if the names of the call today, how many might be among them that do not know Jesus.
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We know that there by statistics there are literally millions of people in the world who don't know Jesus.
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That's an incredible thing.
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Whatever part we can play.
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This goes out on the internet.
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You can watch it later.
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We'll hear it on the podcast.
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We'll touch the heart of the poor girl at school.
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We're going to help more and more and more poor people.
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We pray all these things.
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Thank you.
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I want to ask the Lord to let them be in your hands.
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Father, this must have been a home verse.
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In John 3.16, you know you loved us so much that you sent your son.
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Father, this must have been a home verse.
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If you would just believe, maybe you'd have a channel like it.
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We know there are people on these blocks.
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If you would just believe, maybe you'd have a channel like it.
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We're going to help more and more and more poor people.
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We pray all these things.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Stand with us on this next one.
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We're going to sing about living what we believe.
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Ready?
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Oh the prayers are sounding
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I'm gonna try to do, I'm gonna live what I believe
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Gonna walk that line before I really have to leave
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I stand for wonders and lies, and just have me what I can see
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If you're gonna stop that you need, I'm gonna live what I believe
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I'm gonna sing and pray, and I'm gonna get me free
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As we love like we mean it
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Never gonna break, never gonna break
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Cause my life ain't gonna end
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My life can be in a show, but I'm gonna do
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I'm gonna live what I believe
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Gonna walk that line, and across me I believe
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I'm gonna share what is right, and the very life we see
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If you're gonna stop that you need, I'm gonna live what I believe
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If you're gonna share what passion needs inside
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I'm gonna live what I believe
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Gonna walk that line, and across me I believe
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I'm gonna bring you, as a witness for you
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I'm gonna sing and pray, and I'm gonna live what I believe
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I'm gonna live what I believe
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Never gonna be ashamed, and again what I believe
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Gonna walk that line, and across me I believe
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I stand for what is right, and everyone can see
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If you're gonna stop that you need, I'm gonna live what I believe
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Gonna walk that line, and across me I believe
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I stand for what is right, and everyone can see
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If you're gonna stop that you need, I'm gonna live what I believe
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I'm gonna live what I believe
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Gonna live what I believe
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I'm gonna sit back down and put some of your head
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This video is real quick
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And go
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I'm surprised that you're not
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Ow! Ow!
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You just punched me bro!
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No hit it with your hands, only pillows!
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Oh! Oh!
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My pillow!
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Two minutes left, two minutes left!
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No shirts, don't even share!
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Here, Xavier!
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Xavier, here!
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Ow!
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Here, use my pillow!
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I did it bad when you're done though!
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Take the pillow!
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No, don't take the pillow!
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It's a pillow fight!
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Ow!
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Ow!
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Ow!
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Ow!
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Ow!
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Ow!
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Don't break my pillow!
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Not you, Xavier, it was uh...
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My butt!
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I hate this!
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One hour and a half, one, two...
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I didn't take the pillow!
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One minute!
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One minute!
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Everybody do their show!
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Oh, cut!
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Wait, wait, wait, wait!
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What happened?
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What happened, are we okay?
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Stop!
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I did it!
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What?
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More than five seconds!
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I did it!
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I broke your pillow!
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What?
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Me too! Me too!
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Stop! Stop!
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Ow!
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The pillow hurts, man!
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That's why you broke it?
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I swim hard!
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Ah!
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Get it in!
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Get it in!
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Beat him mercilessly!
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It's a pillow!
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I'm so tired!
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I'm sick!
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I'm so sick!
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Necro versus Arjun again!
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Twenty seconds!
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What do you think?
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Arjun won,
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we think we won!
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I don't know, I just went up really high!
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Yeah!
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He did it!
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Stop! Stop!
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Ten, nine,
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seven,
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six,
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five,
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four,
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three,
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two,
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one,
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and we're done!
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We're done!
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I was about to say I was going to stop before someone did it.
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I have some other videos, some other pictures and stuff,
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I just wanted to give you an idea of what happens when you do this.
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Basically, you do this.
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So, I've had a couple of experiences where I've gone to camp with kids or with youth.
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The last time I went to camp before this, we went to Camp Iyoka in Fidget Forest, Tennessee.
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I was some teenager, some of those teenagers are now in here and married and have kids or whatever.
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But when we were there, one of the things that struck me was that the people that I went with,
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and they weren't all from our church, again, I was just a couple of them from our church,
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the people I went with really stood out at camp.
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And so then I get the last day, you know, so-and-so, like Amalia,
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they're so mature, they're so grown up in the Lord, they know so much about God or whatever.
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And that's kind of humbling to me because in case you haven't looked around,
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we're not a really big church when it comes to numbers, more like that.
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But we believe in the God of the universe and Jesus is Lord, and we are learning what the Bible says.
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So that's what this camp was like. Caleb and Jason showed up in a huge way.
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It wasn't just them. Ryan was huge. Javier was huge.
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Javier got a bunch of votes for outstanding overall camper.
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He didn't win, but he got a bunch of votes for that.
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And Ryan and Chris who rode with us and even Dave, and Dave had some difficulty with like,
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for the time where he didn't want to work the program, like he didn't want to participate,
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we had to have him over here or whatever because he got a little bit of a value spirit time and stuff.
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But everybody that went with us just really, God really did a thing.
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I don't know why that is. And then Jason, okay, share your trophy.
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Jason got outstanding camper in the area of fundamentals or foundation.
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And what that basically looked like was from day one, every time there was a question,
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you know, we'd see if the answer was right. We would try.
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In 99% of the time, they were right, you know.
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And Caleb was the same way. They both would raise their hand. They would try to answer.
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And at one point in time, who was up there when you, was it Lawrence Spunderberg was up there talking
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and he first got up, I don't remember, it might have been Doug Worley.
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Anyway, he's up there talking and Doug was trying to get the kids involved.
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And Jason raised his hand and said, you know, I want to read a verse.
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And he literally got up next to Doug, read the verse, explained what it meant.
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And then my going lasts about three minutes.
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Explained what it meant and then told people what they should do about it.
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Like a mini sermon in three minutes. And Doug was just like,
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his jaw just dropped. I mean, he couldn't do that.
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And I'm not trying to build Jason up. It's Jesus, right, Jason?
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Not Jason, it's Jesus. Okay.
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And so we have been blessed as a church. And this is an example.
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Now campus paid for in part by cooperative program funds.
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That campus maintained in part by cooperative program funds.
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It means we give, when you give your tithes and offerings,
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they go to the cooperative program, that portion of it that we vote on,
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how much we get when we give some to the program, that maintains the camp.
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So they have other camps. We were the eighth camp this year.
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And everybody that was in that camp was young boys between the ages of nine and 13.
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I think they might have had eight, 14, or older. Nine and 13, really.
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And so if they can't keep it going, they want to.
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And if they can't keep it going, it's going to be an every year thing,
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an every year opportunity. And none of our boys paid, none of the boys,
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like Ryan, his mom couldn't pay for him to go.
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And so there's only boys that there's no way, I say no way,
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that God can do anything I know. But they didn't need to do that.
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They didn't need to break themselves up really hard. And they got to come.
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Now I'll ask you to pray for a young boy named Teddy Ruffin,
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who was supposed to go with us. And he was sick.
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I haven't heard. She thought it, they thought it wasn't COVID,
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but he was very sick the day before we were supposed to go.
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And she shared with me that she really, really wanted him to go,
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because they haven't hardly been out of the house in a year and a half.
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And so we forget, as blessed as we are to be here in worship,
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blessed as we are to be here in participate, go to camp,
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do our block parties, all this kind of stuff, there are still people,
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it's a much smaller percent now, but there are still people that are
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hiding in their home, terrified. And that's, I'm not trying to be critical
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when I say this, but that is the, that's the culmination of the way
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the news and the way people are presented, presented all of what's going on
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in the world, is that there are a certain percentage of people that are just terrified.
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They're afraid to get out, afraid to do anything. They can't make a difference
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in anyone else's life, and it's hard for anybody to make a difference
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in their life because they are terrified. Okay?
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These boys literally walked 20,000 steps a day.
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Got out of bed every morning at 6.30 a.m. to do devotionals at 7.
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Did no less than two and a half hours of worship every day.
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Devotionals, Bible study, motivational speakers, were all Christian based.
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Huddles, literally, this was, there was such a thing as a Christian camp
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that was grilling home Christian values, Kingdom values,
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Godly values, that's what it was. And I believe that any boy
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that would come from New Heights would show up and shine and really perform,
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and the truth is, it wasn't just Jason Caleb who gave, but it was Chris,
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and it was Javier, everybody. And so you tell me, is God working in Toledo
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to take three boys who flat out do not know Christ, do not know Jesus,
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whatever, and take them to camp and have them behave beautifully
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and perform well and accept Christ, but even before they accepted Christ,
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they really showed up. And so that's really cool.
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And it made Toledo, and especially New Heights, and me,
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but I kept saying, no, no, it's Jesus, no, it's God,
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I kept saying that all the time, made us look really, really good.
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And so to get the opportunity to be involved, great, if not, please do pray.
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I would love to see this happen every year, and RJ, I know he'll do the same way,
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RJ's broken hearted because he wasn't able to go this year,
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but it was really, really cool. And it took me about 36 hours
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to get close to recovery because I was literally, yesterday,
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about 7 o'clock or so, no, it was maybe 6 o'clock or so,
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it was the first time my brain felt semi-normal.
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I had to drive three and a half hours back after getting four and a half hours sleep,
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I did four days in a row. And so I was doing everything,
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and I was fighting falling asleep, and we made it home.
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We don't have AC in the church band, it doesn't work,
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so we had to turn this down so it was real loud, but it was good,
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it was really, really good. And I'm grateful that a lot of the oxygen
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and some of you pushed hard to make that happen,
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I'm grateful that you did that. Thank you, Brother Tony,
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our deacon for showing up for my family, and those who took my lawn,
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and all that kind of stuff, because I was blessed real good.
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And I think God's going to do some things out of it.
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Pretty cool. So, alright, Jason, need your trophy, go ahead and sit.
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We're going to pray at this time.
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I've got an inspirational reading.
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Alright, let's do that. I'm with you.
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So, we're going to play a song, or Artin's going to play a song,
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and I encourage you to listen to the lyrics.
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I encourage you to read the lyrics.
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What it's really talking about is walking through this life,
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through your Christian life,
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and feeling kind of left by yourself, alone, and I've got to say,
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go ahead and play it now.
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I swear I heard your voice beyond this star
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Said he wants to try
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Said he wants to
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Said he wants to set their eyes beyond this place
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Where angels fall and darkness reigns
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Within his arms the pride is free
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And I'll stand right around the last one alive
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Oh, so for the time being
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From the last one alive
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This holy night
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So this is how we pray
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This is where we find
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The only hope within this place
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Where angels fall and darkness reigns
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Within his arms the pride is free
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And I'll stand right around the last one alive
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Oh, so for the time being
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From the last one alive
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This holy night
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From the last one alive
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Oh, so for the time being
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From the last one alive
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From the last one alive
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This holy night
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So, that band is Demon Hunter, by the way, a Christian artist.
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When asked, like, what was the meaning behind that song,
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the lead singer, Ryan Clark, had this to say.
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Let's see if I can find it here.
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There it is.
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Sometimes it can feel like we walk alone in our beliefs and convictions.
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Although I know this isn't the case, I'd like to think that if I were the only one remaining person with my perspective,
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in the face of adversity, I would stand firm.
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The times you feel outnumbered and isolated can be those moments your stance brings the most proof of.
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I know I've felt alone sometimes walking through this life.
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It's all spiritual warfare.
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It's all just an enemy trying to get at you.
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You're not alone. You've got brothers and sisters.
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And at the head of it all, you've got Christ.
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So, you're never alone.
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I just want to share a couple of verses with you that go along with this.
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And it's really interesting that our last song we played is Live When I Leave.
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That's kind of what that song's about, too.
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Standing in your convictions.
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Second Corinthians 417 says,
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For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal way of glory.
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Stand firm.
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Win the race.
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Run the race.
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Psalm 139, 7 through 10 says,
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Where can I go from your spirit?
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Or where can I flee from your presence?
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If I ascend into heaven, you are there.
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If I make my bed in hell, behold, you are there.
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If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
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even there your hand shall lead me and your right hand shall hold me.
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So, no matter what happens, whatever persecution they get you,
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whatever feelings of doubt or despair come across your mind,
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just remember that our God is bigger than any of those feelings, any of those situations,
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and He'll always protect you.
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And on this side of heaven, He'll always have you back.
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But after that, it's heaven.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Deacon Coney, would you pray for us as we transition then and we'll take a little more time and offering a little more work.
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We've already experienced this before. The past week or the past week we've been in camp.
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But it's been a lot of taking time for the input into our lives of people who are concerned about society relative to us.
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Leave it up.
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And maybe you can see what happens to you, you hear what happened, I guess, and to know you've been already working
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in lives that ain't gone, until the past week appeared and you finished your carbon vicinity many years ago.
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I'm going to ask you to be able to stay here for a while.
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Gather here.
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I know we had to go over what we've already said.
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We've heard some words that we've shared.
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We've covered up for the rest of the service.
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We'll ask that you leave us with some words that you have prepared for us.
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We'll teach you what time to leave the service.
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You can work for the service.
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We'll take care of it.
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Take care of it.
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See that.
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Thank you.
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I love you, love.
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I love you, Lord, and I lift my voice to worship you.
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Oh, my soul rejoices, take joy, my King, in what you hear.
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Let's be a sweet, sweet sound in your ears.
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I love you, Lord, and I lift my voice to worship you.
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Oh, my soul rejoices, take joy, my King, in what you hear.
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Let's be a sweet, sweet sound in your ears.
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Let's be a sweet, sweet sound in your ears.
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In Christ alone we are growing, though I've confide myself in battle's won.
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For I can rest beyond measure, and by the strength of one I overcome.
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Oh, I could stop and count successes like diamonds in my hand,
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but those trophies are not equal to the words by which I stand.
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In Christ alone I place my trust and find my glory in the world of growth.
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In every victory let me serve thee, my soul is so free, my soul is so full in Christ alone.
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In Christ alone I go free, for only by His grace I am relieved.
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And only His hand of mercy could reach beyond my weakness to my knees.
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Now I could seek no greater honor than just mercy, Lord,
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and to count I gave the losses to the glory of the Lord.
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In Christ alone I place my trust and find my glory in the world of growth.
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In every victory let me serve thee, my soul is so free, my soul is so full in Christ alone.
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I place my trust and find my glory in the world of growth.
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In every victory let me serve thee, my soul is so free, my soul is so full in Christ alone.
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In Christ alone I go free, for only by His grace I am relieved.
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Would you ever believe a trail of galaxies?
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Would you dream of me? What kind of love is writing my story till the end?
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Will seas break open?
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What kind of king chooses to wear the crown of leaves and star to be my lord?
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What kind of love tells me all the reason he can't see beside the rain?
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Who is it? Who is it? Standing here before my eyes, every power to fight my prize, who the life is mine?
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The Master's love will come, and His love and love has won this life.
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Hallelujah, praise Him, Lord, the only one I've fought before, and His, because He is my.
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The world can speed, and seven demons back from where they came,
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just one day, but another time, let itself be broken every time, He is here to guide.
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Oh, what do you know? The time of darkness is too gone, and He's right here to guide.
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The Master's love will come, and His love and love has won this life.
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Hallelujah, praise Him, Lord, the only one I've fought before, and His, because He is.
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The man who held the crown of sin, the baby who was created to sin, died and fell, the world was just healing, breathing in our lives.
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The end of 혀
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CHEERING TO YOU MY LOVE!
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I like to lie
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Love will pass, it's overcome
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Death has lost, and love has won
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You are my friend
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I can't stop thinking of you
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Oh, oh, oh
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Love will pass, it's overcome
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Love will pass, it's overcome
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Love will pass, it's overcome
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Love will pass, it's overcome
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Love will pass, it's overcome
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Love will pass, it's overcome
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Love will pass, it's overcome
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Love will pass, it's overcome
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Love will pass, it's overcome
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Love will pass, it's overcome
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Love will pass, it's overcome
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Love will pass, it's overcome
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Love will pass, it's overcome
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Love will pass, it's overcome
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Love will pass, it's overcome
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Love will pass, it's overcome
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Love will pass, it's overcome
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Love will pass, it's overcome
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Love will pass, it's overcome
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Love will pass, it's overcome
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Love will pass, it's overcome
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Love will pass, it's overcome
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Love will pass, it's overcome
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Love will pass, it's overcome
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Love will pass, it's overcome
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Love will pass, it's overcome
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Love will pass, it's overcome
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Love will pass, it's overcome
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Love will pass, it's overcome
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Love will pass, it's overcome
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Love will pass, it's overcome
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Love will pass, it's overcome
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Love will pass, it's overcome
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Love will pass, it's overcome
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Love will pass, it's overcome
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Love will pass, it's overcome
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Love will pass, it's overcome
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Love will pass, it's overcome
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Love will pass, it's overcome
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Love will pass, it's overcome
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Love will pass, it's overcome
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Love will pass, it's overcome
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Love will pass, it's overcome
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To the God of the universe, put your soul on his knees
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You are amazing, you are an incredible creation
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You are able to do more than you could ever dream or think
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The main thing that's holding you back is an unruly soul
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Even for Christians who love God and their heart loves God and their mind thinks about God and dwells on God
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When something gets out of control inside you and affects the way you make your decisions, affects the things that you say
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affects whether or not how you feel about God, you start feeling some sort of way that you didn't expect to feel
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That's either evil spirits or your soul out of control
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Align your innards to God, recognize how awesome he is
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How much he deserves your respect
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Put your soul on its knees before God
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You are going to do this by not forgetting your blessings
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Some of that is about thinking about God, it's about focusing on God
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It's about doing some prayer or worship or reading the Bible or whatever
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Or just stopping and thinking about all the things that God has done in your life to put you where you are today
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Some of them would be obviously miraculous
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And some of them would be situationally providential, meaning it's just the way it worked out but it seems like God might have been in control
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You're pretty sure
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And I submit to you that if I were going to define fear of the Lord
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In this context, when he says those who fear the Lord, if I were going to define them, I would say it's those who put their soul on its knees before God
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And some of them do it by not forgetting God's blessings
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But I would definitely not forget God's blessings even if that is by itself not enough to put your soul on its knees before God
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You don't forget God's blessings and you realize that there is no counterpoint to God's blessings
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That's the problem, when I go, God, man, I'm so blessed, I have a beautiful wife and she loves me
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And then I say, but sometimes she irritates me in this way or that, I am listening to the counterpoints of the enemy
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That is wrong, and at that moment I should know enough to say I'm not going to do that
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I stop that right in its tracks, I rebuke that evil spirit, I just count my blessings, just count, just don't forget my blessings
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Just live in light of my blessings and I put my soul on its knees before God
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But every time you counterpoint, every time you start thinking that so and so said, so and so did, and it's a reason not to be who you're supposed to be
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Not to behave the way you're supposed to be
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I hear people say, well he or she made me mad, they didn't make you mad, your unruly soul made you mad
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You get mad when your soul is in check and on its knees before God, you will get mad only if and when you decide to
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That's the bottom line, and you say, no I've got out of control anger, yeah, it's because your soul is out of control
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And you say, well I don't know how to submit my soul, and you can't do it without God's help, that's the bottom line
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Now I'm not harping on anger, I'm just using it as an illustration, it's just an illustration
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It could be depression, it could be hunger, it could be a desire to collect things, right?
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It could be a desire to be a better person, get this, you can try all your life to be a better person
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And your soul can go, well I did better, I did better, yeah, I'm doing better, I'm getting better
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And the whole time your soul is unruly before God, because instead of saying God made me better
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You're saying, I did better, I'm getting better
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And you get your soul on its knees before God, and then God will, you know what happens if God unleashes your soul inside you?
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Well nothing ever be the same, you will be completely transformed from the inside out
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That's the river of living water that Jesus is talking about, it doesn't show up in your brain, it shows up in your soul
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But you got a bunch of weeds there maybe, you got a bunch of problems there maybe, you got a bunch of breakouts there maybe
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And what you got to do is you got to decide to allow God to be in charge of your soul
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And you say, soul, get on your knees before God, the God who created everything including me
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The God who is literally in charge of everything including me
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The God who gave me everything I have including me
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The God who I will be with for an eternity, and you darn well better respect him
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Because one day he's going to take me home, and I'm not going to take any crap
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You ever been in a situation where you went to somebody's house
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And if you're a parent you might recognize this and your kid did something that was a little embarrassing
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Or maybe we're a team kid and you're working with a kid and you see a kid do something so embarrassing
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And you go, man I can't believe he even did that, I would never, you have to pull him aside
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You know what I'm saying, you're not going to do that no more son, friend, you can't do that here, you're not allowed to do that
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But we don't do that, but sometimes that's where you got to treat your soul
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Next time you're in a situation, maybe you're in one right now, and you know what it is that God wants you to do
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And there's something inside you that's saying no, I'm not going to do it because I don't want to think that way
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I don't want to appear that way, I don't want people to think about me that way
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I'm not going to do it, you know what the problem is, you ain't in charge of your soul
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When you get saved you'll be in charge of your soul, the next time you start to get out of control
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Blow up, lose the situation, you say no soul, we're not going to do that here
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We're going to serve God, the God of loving, kindness and compassion
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Who's one day going to take me home with him for an eternity, you will respect my God
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That's one of the things I had to wrestle with, I still have to wrestle with it because I believe that I'm not there either
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But I am now telling you that I stand before you today, the next time my soul decides to get ugly
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The next time my soul decides to lead me in a direction, and for me it's usually cowardice or timidness
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That's usually my problem, that's who I was before I got saved
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My soul decides to lead me in a direction, you will see a different me
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Because I'm going to say to my soul, get on your knees before God
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And we're going to live for the God of the universe, my soul and me
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Won't you join me and put your soul on its knees before God
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We're going to have a song of invitation at this time
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We're going to remember the incredible blessings of God
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We've not admitted that you are a sinner, we've not believed that you were a lord and savior, we've not submitted ourselves into despair
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We've not done that, we've not done that
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No matter what anybody thinks, you've not seen any rumored people thinking forever
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Hey I'm saved, people think I'm saved, but I realize I'm not, but I'm not committed myself to the Lord
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If you do that, then you'll be saved
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As you're in the room today, you say I know I'm a Christian, but I also know my soul is not me
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And FYI, literally everybody's soul was messy when they got saved
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And it's a journey, if you realize you're not going to submit your soul to God
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Then you say, I'm doing that today
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You're going to submit yourself to God in this moment
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And then later today, when things start to be out of control, you do it again
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You'll call it with him, and we'll sing, we'll submit ourselves to God
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You just stand with me and sing this song, and if the Lord is leading you to respond in some way
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Ask him to get your soul back today before God
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John the Baptist said it this way, he said, there is one tongue, I must become less and you must become greater
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That's your whole purpose, my whole purpose
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And I become greater, and you become greater
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And you get your soul back today
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Oh Lord Jesus, I surrender all to him, I freely give
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I will ever love and trust him in his presence, in his living
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I surrender all, I surrender all
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He is mighty, he is holy, he created it all, he runs it all, he runs the show from now until the first
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We just submit our all to him
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He said, yes Jesus, you are my Lord
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Now that you are my Lord, I say, I see my soul in your hands
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Let that living water fill you up from the inside
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Something great is something that just appears inside of you, wells up all over
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Set your soul on its knees before God
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In our midst, we know that thou art mine
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I surrender all, I surrender all
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All to thee my person, Savior, I surrender all
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All to Jesus, I surrender, Lord, I give myself to thee
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Fulfill me with thy love, empower less, thy blessings fall on me
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I surrender all, I surrender all
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All to thee my person, Savior, I surrender all
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All to Jesus, I surrender all
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To him I freely give, I will never love and trust him in his presence daily live
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I surrender all, I surrender all
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All to thee my person, Savior, I surrender all
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All to Jesus, I surrender, Lord, I give myself to thee
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Fulfill me with thy love, empower less, thy blessings fall on me
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In our midst, we know that thou art mine
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I surrender all, I surrender all
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All to thee my person, Savior, I surrender all
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All to Jesus, I surrender, Lord, I give myself to thee
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Fulfill me with thy love, empower less, thy blessings fall on me
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I surrender all, I surrender all
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All to thee my person, Savior, I surrender all
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We fall down, we lay our ground at the feet of Jesus
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When the rain is slow, mercy and love at the feet of Jesus
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We cry, Holy, Holy, Holy, We cry, Holy, Holy, Holy, We cry, Holy, Holy, Holy, He is the Lamb of God
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We fall down, we lay our ground at the feet of Jesus
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When the rain is slow, mercy and love at the feet of Jesus We cry, Holy, Holy, Holy, We cry, Holy, Holy, Holy, We cry, Holy, Holy, Holy, He is the Lamb of God
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He is the Lamb
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We fall down, we lay our ground at the feet of Jesus
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When the rain is slow, mercy and love at the feet of Jesus We cry, Holy, Holy, Holy, We cry, Holy, Holy, Holy, We cry, Holy, Holy, Holy, He is the Lamb of God
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He is the Lamb
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Holy, Holy, Holy, He is the Lamb
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He is the Lamb