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032 2 Peter 2 Pt 2
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Do you know the Bible is God's Holy Word? Do you know it is
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draweth nigh. Welcome, Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the program. We
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are your host Leonard and Matthew tonight said we're going to be going back to
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well, not very this message is not too pleasant. Most people don't even
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want to hear it. But tewod Peter chapter two. It is what's what's
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going to come to pass, and in more ways than one. But I've
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you know, ladies and gentlemen, I think there's probably a few things going
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on that the majority of you just you have no reasonable comprehension about what's going
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on in the world around you because the mainstream news is not telling you what's
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going on. I mean, what would you do if I told you that
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just in one week in November sixty four bank branches were closed and not from
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small banks. These all come from the four largest banks in America. There's
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no precedence for that. Ladies and gentlemen. We we lived through the Great
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Recession, right, we lived through COVID. I'm telling you there was never
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anything like that. I just read an article from the IRS now that should
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get your attention. It should have been on the evening news on all the
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major networks. They come out and said that over half of Americans make below
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forty thousand dollars a year. Now, I don't know where you think we're
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going, but those are just two things that should tell you we're going someplace
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you don't want to go. Because if we're showing situations like that that are
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way worse than the Great Recession, way worse than when things were in the
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deep of COVID, you need to be aware of the only way I can
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put it is the climate, because the climate is going to change very rapidly.
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Now I'm not the reason why I put it like that, because it's
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not not the economy. Okay, it's not the public school system, it's
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not the transportation system. I'm here to telling you that the whole thing is
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going to change, and the proper English terminology for such a change is climate.
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Your entire situation is going to change. Now, this is not too
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popular message that Second Peter Chapter two hammers out, but this much is is
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true. Just taking a look at just one of these verses. I've already
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read it. I've read it last week. But there's one word here that
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you're not being able to see in the New American Standard Bible. You're not
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going to see it in the English Standard version. The KJAV hits it right
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on the head because the word used, well, it's how would we use
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it in modern terms? Our English word would be traveling salesman. That's what
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it would be because it's comprised of two Greek words, and you put these
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two words together and it means a traveling set. Well, everybody knows what
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a peddler is. Right. Well, when you take a look at verse
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three of psycond Peter chapter two, the English Standard versho says, and in
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their greed they will exploit you. No, no, that's not the word
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for exploit. No it's not. Let's try the New American Standard Bible.
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It says. Guess what it says. It's the same thing. In their
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greed they will exploit you. That's not what it is. The KJV has
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it right. And through covetousness shall they be fanned words make merchandise of you,
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ladies and gentlemen. That's what we've got going on wholestsale in christ Church
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today. And unfortunately, Leonard has had experience across this way, across denominational
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lines. And the only conclusion that I can come to with the many conversations
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that he and I have had publicly and privately about these different pastors that he's
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interviewed, is that they had no interest whatsoever in saving their own congregations.
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That's not what they were doing it for. And you all need to be
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aware of that, and you need to know that they're probably not edifying you.
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And when it comes to chapters in the Bible like Second Peter chapter two,
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you need to deal with it yourself. You need to come to a
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dead reckoning of what Second Peter chapter two says, because the Lord thy God
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wrote it for you. I mean, it blows me away. How when
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I confront Christians today, many times I'll get into this conversation and I'll ask
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them, do you know that Jesus Christ personally sacrificed himself for you personally?
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Do you not realize that because you're not acting like you do. Let me
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say that again, ladies and gentlemen, I don't care where you are who
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you are. I don't care what nationality you are. I don't care what
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your native language is. I don't care. I don't care. To me,
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there's only two different types of people, Jews that have accepted Christ and
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Gentiles that accept of Christ. That's the only thing I really care about.
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So I don't care your height you're with. I don't care about none of
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that crap. But I'm here to tell you that you should be acting as
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if the Son of the Living God came down here just to say, sacrifice
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himself for you. Because he did, and you have no hope. You
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have no hope outside of the hollow of his hand. That's it. That's
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the only hope you've got. Leonard, what's your thoughts for this week on
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this program? What's what's your thoughts? What's what's your situation? You know,
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my situation is just being blameless, you know, amongst the unbelievers,
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amongst amongst the ungodly. And I think that in second Peter, these people
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are not blameless. It's the exact opposite, just dealing with people, you
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know, for the last two weeks, there's no excuse on how how we
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should conduct ourselves as believers. You know, amongst non believers. It's just
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no excuse. When you have Christ in your heart, has to be that
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conviction of the spirit of God convicting you on to live blameless because you are
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a testimony of Jesus Christ. Your life is a testimony of Jesus Christ.
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The way you live your life amongst an unbeliever is a testimony gives testimony to
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that sacrifice that Christ did for you. That's what it does. And not
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only just living blameless, but you know where they can't have a where they
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can't come against you with an accusation, but also in love though you know,
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not being an angry person. I mean you might be blameless from sin
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when it comes to sins that they consider you know, okay, that you
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don't do, but you might be irritated and you might deal with them in
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an irritated way because you know of the sin that they carry. You know,
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our hearts need to break, you know, for the ungodly, just
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like Lot's heart broke for Sodom and Kamara. I mean Sodom mean Lot pleaded
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to God to save the city. Even though these people were wicked. He
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had a heart not to destroy them, but that God would save them.
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And I think a lot of times us as believers, we can think that
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we're blameless because I don't sin, But a lot of times we have that
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hard heart towards a non believer. And I think that us, being a
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believer, we should have that soft heart that God save them. And how
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many prayers do we pray that God saved them, that God saved the city
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if you find ten righteous men in this city? I mean when was saying
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that it wasn't just for those five ten righteous men, it was for the
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whole city to be spared and not destroyed. And as we read in his
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verses, his heart was broken from the sin that he'd constantly seen in what
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was going on. But by reading this, it kind of shows lots of
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character that he didn't build bitterness within his heart towards these non believers. There
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wasn't a resentment towards them or anger towards them. So I think us as
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believers that we need to have a heart of love dealing with people and not
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in an irritated way, because when you deal with people in an irritated way,
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that also brings a bad testimony of Jesus Christ. That also does too.
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There needs to be heart of compassion. There needs to be love,
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a genuine caring for that person's soul, because we were all once sinners.
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I was, And sometimes it can be easy to forget. When we're walking
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in our life with the Lord and we surround ourselves with just other brethren that
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are like minded like us, it's easy for us to forget where we came
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from, what Christ saved us from. Because remember, like Matthew said,
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he came to die for you and you alone, and he also came to
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die for them. As we read here and tewod Peter. These shepherds here,
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they do none of that. It's the exact opposite. They look at
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the people to gain money or sexual gratification, to do things for their own
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greed, their own senses, their own lust. See, exact opposite.
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Yes, He's what he's describing here is not preachers. They're predators, you
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know. I mean, listen, something that you said kind of caught me
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sideways. I'm a little bit hesitant to say this, but it's the truth.
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You know, Ladies and gentlemen, finding a ministry that you can participate
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in it's not easy. It is not easy nowadays. I mean, you
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would think that every single church would have an outreach program. Right, you
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would think that at the least you could go help out with Sunday School every
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Sunday, Right, I mean, surely, surely you can find a church
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to you know, help, I mean, do anything, help out with
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the food pantry or maybe a clothing bank for you know, for people in
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need. I'm telling you it's gotten to the point it is hard to find
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a ministry just so you can participate in and bear fruit for the Kingdom of
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Heaven. Because I hope you all know you are not getting out of judgment
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day. And if I'm the first one that's getting ready to tell tell you
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this, I truly feel sorry for you. But you need to understand.
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The first thing God's going to want to know is is how much fruit did
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you bear for the Kingdom of Heaven. If you don't know that, it
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tells me that you have not read the New Testament. You are disconnected from
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reality. Because if you're calling yourself a Christian and you have not read the
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New Testament, you're disconnected from reality. You have no idea that you are
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required by the Lord your God to bear fruit in one way, shape or
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another. I mean the very bare minimum of ministering to people. You should
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know this repeatedly from the New Testament is orphans and widows. I mean,
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right, Leonard, correct. It repeatedly talks about surely you can take care
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of the widows and orphans. Really, really, most of you don't understand
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the season that you're in because in most states it's illegal to have orphanages anymore.
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You can't have children's homes. That's what CPS is for, Leonard.
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Do you know of any orphanages that you could go help out and take them
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food? Maybe even you know, I mean I remember historically what some of
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the people in my church. Did you know they would they would volunteer for
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all birthdays at the children's home. They would supply all the cake and ice
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cream. Come on, Leonard, do you know if one orphanage you could
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go help? Nope, I haven't seen I haven't seen one. There used
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to be a boy's home and that closed down a long time ago, and
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there are there is no orphanages. I have asked people about that, because
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me and my wife wanted to do something like that. I had a friend
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that did that named Ryan, that he his mother got sent back to Mexico
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and she opened. They helped her open an orphanage out there, six thousand
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dollars. They built walls in the roof and all the kids that were living
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in the landfills. She went and gott and they take care of that.
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That's like an orphanage right there. They take care of all these kids who
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don't have parents got killed. No, no, you can't. CPS took
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that over. The closest thing you could do is foster care. But even
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then you have to abide by the state rules. So the best thing you
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could do is adopt a child. So what an upset and the bud don't
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ladies and gentlemen. I mean, let me just ask Leonard. This,
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Leonard, you got quite a few churches in your neck of the woods,
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right, Oh yeah, So do you know if any that at least has
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a food bank that you could volunteer at. Yeah, there's one that my
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wife does on Saturdays. Do you go to church there? And no,
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it's too far, I mean it's too far from me to get there that
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early. Well, thank god for your wife. Right. My son is
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the one that volunteered and that's how we found out about it. So you
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know this firsthand that it's very difficult to find a ministry you can participate in
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it anymore, isn't it right? And even through my daughter's school, my
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wife helps out with the women's home because the school helps make lunches for the
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women's home there. It's a Christian woman something. My daughter goes to a
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Christian school, so they go and they volunteer to make lunches for them and
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all that my wife volunteers there. Well, thank god. I mean,
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ladies and gentlemen, I'm sorry if this is the first time you've heard this.
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You are required to bear fruit for the Kingdom of Heaven, so you
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better do something. I mean, I know what the big fat is today.
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I mean, it's in to go to these worship centers. They don't
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even call them churches. Right, You just go to there to worship,
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right, I mean it's basically you go there for a concert. Right.
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Oh yeah, they're building run right down the street from my house, a
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big, giant one man. That's a dead issue, okay, because when
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you get up in God's face, He's not going to ask you if you
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just worshiped him? What did I just was that a shock to your system?
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No, He's going to ask you where's your fruit that you bore for
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the kingdom of heaven. If you don't know that, you probably should at
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least think about reading the New Testament before you meet your maker, because,
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by God, you're going to. I mean, it amazes me how most
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Christians nowadays they think that become a good Christian is to get out of jail
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free card. It blows me away. I mean, we list you know,
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if you've never read the New Testament, you need to do it.
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I mean, I could say this in so many different chapters and verses.
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It's just I mean, if I wanted to overwhelm you, I could.
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I mean, I have all the New Testament knowledge you could ever want.
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But if you don't realize that, if you don't realize that God himself is
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requiring you to bear fruit for the kingdom of heaven, and you just think
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that God's just going to ask you if you worshiped him or not, oh
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my goodness, you've lost a connection with reality. You do need to know
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this, especially those of us who are teachers of God's word. God's word
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illicitly tells us that we will have a harsher judgment. Now you would think
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that would spur people on to do even more. But like I said,
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most people in most churches just they just warmed the pews. They don't do
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nothing. And you know, this has been happening even when Christ came.
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That's the whole point of John the Baptist, you know, going out and
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he was talking to these people. You know, well, that's a good
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point. How much evangelism gets done Leonard, And the church is very little.
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I went to one church. I went to one church and this lady
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brought up we should go to Walmart. It was a small little church of
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just visiting. She's like, we should go to Walmart and go to prayer.
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And the pastor looked shocked, but it almost it almost seemed like he
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was on the spot and he's like, oh oh oh, oh yeah,
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yeah, we'll do that. We'll do that. As she stood up and
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said that, I don't know if they did it again, but I know
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they did it one time. I don't know if they made it every Saturday
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thing, but which they should. But you know a lot of pastors are
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just too busy with ministry stuff. Well I'm just saying that's what they say.
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Oh I know, that's what they say. You know, really,
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what do you do? Right? So you prepare for your Sunday sermon six
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days straight? Now, I've actually countered pastors legy jump because I can do
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this on the fly. Yeah, see that That always got me though,
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Matthew, Like, what are you doing? You're twenty four hours a day
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preparing for your sermon for real? You know, Leonard, the church is
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in for a root awakening. It really is. Yep. And that's what
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I was telling you before we got on. It's twofold Matthew that you know,
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there's the powers that be that are making these things happen, and it's
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God allowing it because He's He's going to test men's hearts. That's just what
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it is. He's already doing it, he's been doing. It's going to
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pull the rug from underneath their feet quickly. And this is going to happen
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quickly. And to those that ain't ready, it's going to come as a
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surprise. But to those that are ready, ain't going to be no surprise.
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You know. It's amazing how four knowledge is no comfort, No,
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it ain't. I mean, it's I mean, ladies and gentlemen, if
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you know it's coming it almost makes it worse. But you know this this
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text of two Peter chapter two, I mean, I love how it comes
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right out of the gates and says, you know, look, if God
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didn't spare the angels, ladies and gentlemen, God did not spare the angels
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that sinned. Let's just let that sink in. Most of you, half
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of you don't have a proper reckoning is to what this verse is saying,
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because most of you don't even believe that angels sinned. Well, I'm here
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to tell you that yes they did, and if God did not spare them,
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it would behoove you to get familiar with what is to come, because
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God trips over himself explaining to you what's to come? Now. Yeah,
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you know, Leonard is right. What this talks about about law. It
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says that verse seven, and if he rescued righteous law oppressed by the sensual
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conduct of unprincipled men, for by what he saw and heard, that righteous
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man, while living among them, his righteous soul poor met a day after
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day by their lawless deeds. Does this describe you, ladies and gentlemen?
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Because I had to tell you the mighty Assyrians, in all their wickedness.
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They never murdered half the babies we do one week at a time. That's
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a fact. And you can add all the babies that they've killed and it
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doesn't even equal. I mean, we're going up to two billion with the
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b billion. If the thing's going on around you does not torment you,
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you should be very afraid. You know. I, for one, I've
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made it public publicly known on this ministry. You could get hundreds of hours
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of recordings back thirteen years of me saying this. I hate this place.
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I hate your clocks, I hate your currencies. I hate it. The
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only reason why I'm here participating in it is because God forces me to do
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so. You think I was You think I wanted to be born here.
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That's a joke. If any of you should have the opportunity to have a
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conversation with my wife, ask her. She will forthrightly tell you I'm here
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because I have to be. And if you would rather be here than in
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the Kingdom of Heaven, I say, you've got psychological problems. I God,
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man, you have psychological problems. So you need to consider that.
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Those of you who are going to go to these worship centers on Sunday and
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be entertained, just so you know, everybody thinks it's funny, but god,
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it's the heaped up ones. What do you how long do you think
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this charade that we're playing here in the United States of America? How long
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do you think this charade is going to last? It's already starting to end,
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Matthew. But people, you know, like you said, don't notice,
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but they will. There's going to come a breaking point where their attention
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is going to you know, it's going to be shook, like something is
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going to grab their attention because it's going to happen drastically, and all the
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pleasures that they enjoyed, and all the security that they feel like they have
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and all the things that they put their trust in is going to come to
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a straight hault. Man. It's already happening. They just don't see it.
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But there's going to come a point. Well, that car is going
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to crash right into that wall. Man. Right now, the breaks are
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being people are spinning out of control and they don't even know it. You
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ever spin out of control? Yes, I have slow motion. It's kind
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of amazing, isn't it. Yeah, I feel like I can almost jump
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out of the car, you know, when it happened to me. One
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of the times that happened to me, of course, extremely treacherous conditions.
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Of course, North Dakota is its own universe. I mean, imagine,
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if you will, a windshill factor negative fifty. Now most people can't calculate
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that freezing is thirty two degrees above zero. So literally driving down the road
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in end that is eighty two degrees below freezing, very treacherous conditions. Literally,
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I was driving, I wasn't driving on pavement, I was driving on
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ice and I start spinning, you know, uh, just around about I
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went down the interstate for about one hundred and one hundred and twenty feet before
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I finally hit the ditch. But you talk about surreal, there's nothing out
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with you. I was just spinning in for end down the highway. Now
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what'll blow your mind is I never crossed the yellow line, but I spun
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until finally went off the road and hit the snow bank. Because the snow
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on the side of the road of Implow it is probably two or three foot
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deep, and that's what saved me. Albeit it took me two hours to
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shovel myself out out of the ditch. But you're right, Leonard, it
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was That's the only way you can describe it. And if the ladies and
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gentlemen, if you don't know what we're talking about, you just don't know
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what we're talking about. But it really was slow motion because there was nothing
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I could do. But I spun at least five times going sixty five miles
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an hour. Now because I hit the snow, not a scratch, not
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a dent on the bumper or nothing. Kruk was perfectly fine. I was
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perfectly fine. I think I probably lost a whole lot of hair in the
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incident. But it was the truth. It was slow motion. Is that
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the same thing that happened to you? It really was slow motion. It
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was slow most and man, until I hit the pole and then I didn't
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have my seat belt. I was going ninety five miles an hour. Somebody
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else was driving and they were like, we're in a stolen car. I
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I was a teenager, and he never drove, and he was trying to
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show off for the girl that was in the back seat, and he kept
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playing with the steering wheel and I grabbed his hand. I told him to
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stop, and when I did that, he pushed my hand away and he
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spun the steering wheel and then we just spun like and it felt like I
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it felt like I could jump out of that car. Car like like it
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was going so slow. It's like I had a moment that, you know,
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in my mind, I could thought I could jump out of that car.
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Then I hit the pole. I didn't have a seat belt on.
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Nobody had a seatbelt on. But we were all fine. I think I
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just the girl just jammed her knee in the back and against my seat.
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But yeah, we're going ninety five miles an hour. This s Matt wrapped
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the car around a poll and walked away from at three people, and three
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of us walked away from there, no seatbelt on, nothing, nothing but
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God's good intentions. That's it, man. You know what you're describing is
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really what well. I mean, A great recession was kind of that way,
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you know. I knew that when instigated was the Chinese correction in September
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of two thousand and seven. I was aware of what happened, and nobody
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in the United States got what happened until two thousand and eight. That's when
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it hit our markets and all that went down andwo thousand and nine was just
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like this, Like all of two thousand and eight was slow motion, and
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there was no getting out of the vehicle. But it was going so slow.
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I thought to myself, you know we could, really, you know,
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get out of this vehicle. No, you can't, but you know
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it's amazing how you're going ninety five miles an hour and then you're not right.
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In an instant, look, this is exactly what happened to me.
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In an instant, I was going sixty five, had the cruise control set,
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as I always do, I never break the law, had the cruise
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control set. It's ten o'clock in the morning, suns out, sunny day,
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and I'm telling in an instant, I just start going in fri end
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and it was. It was uncanny. In an instant, I was going
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from sixty five miles an hour or two. I swear I was only going
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five miles an hour, perfectly aware my surroundings that I'm looking around realizing there's
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nothing I can do. As a matter of fact, I let go of
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the wheel. There was no reason to hold it, and I put my
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hit out at my side and looked around and watched everything spin. But know,
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in your heart, ladies and gentlemen, that Leonard is right. There's
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going to be a trigger. It's kind of like an avalanche up in the
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snowy peaks of the mountains. You never know what does it. But once
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it's done, once you feel and hear the roar, there's nothing you can
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do. You can sit there and watch the snow coming towards you because it
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really does do it in slow motion and there's not a force on the earth
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that can stop it once it gets in motion. It's like being on the
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seashore and watching the water get sucked out, because once the water rushes out,
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there's really nothing you can do. The tsunami is coming. Just got
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to brace for impact. Most people are embracing for nothing. They're completely oblivious.
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Yep. They're gonna wake up one way or the other. E They're
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gonna wake up angry, hating the Lord, or they're gonna wake up in
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repentance. They're gonna wake up though one way, one way or the other.
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They are gonna wake up. They're gonna cry out, whether it's in
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anger or anguish, but they are gonna cry out. Yes they will,
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Leonard, You got that right, Oh yes, they will. Now all
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of you need to get prayed up, because you know I'm here to tell
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you there's only one right answer. I mean, God says this repeatedly in
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his prophets, that he who calls out for the name of the Lord,
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they will be saved. Those who called upon the name of the Lord will
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be saved. This says that in multiple prophets. So you can cry out
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in anguish, but if you cry out in anger, you're doomed already,
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because if you think it's going to help you to get angry, you are
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not aware of the bravity of your situation. But you will be. Yeah,
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Matthew, is just a matter of time. And when I say time,
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I mean short time. I'm very long from now. How many children
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you got, Leonard eleven? How many are near you? Uh? Eight?
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Mm hmmmm. So three of them are are? They at least an
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hour away from you? Ones in uh, Michigan, and then the other
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two are in California. They went back. Oh, you know, when
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the time comes, there'll be nothing for it, you know, Matthew,
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I've already given all the tools that I can give, And like I tell
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my children, you are in God's hands. I love you. I've given
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you everything that God has given me, everything that God has shown me,
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everything that God has taught me, have taught you, and you're in the
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Lord hands. You know this, Leonard, Do you remember nine to eleven?
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Yes? I do. I went to work that day and when I
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got off work, the gas price had doubled. It was exactly twice as
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much. Last time I bought gas was four dollars and thirty five cents.
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No one understands this. Ladies and gentlemen. Right now, you could probably
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to go rescue your children that have wandered off. Let's just put it like
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that. But if the gas price changes tomorrow and you get up tomorrow and
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it's eight dollars and seventy cents, you won't be able to go get them.
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The state of Michigan might as well be on the far side of the
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moon. Let me say that again. When this happens, don't you realize
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that all your resources will go just to pay utilities and food. There will
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be no going anywhere to fetch anybody any And Matthew might be worse than that.
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You might. All that might happen and your money might not be You
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might not be able to get your money out. You know, that's never
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happened in anybody's lifetime, has it? Not my lifetime, not your lifetime?
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Has it? Nope? I mean we even have checks, right,
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I mean whenever we go somewhere, My wife always has checks in the in
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her in her purse, just in case. Ladies and gentlemen, think about
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what Leonard just said. What he said, I don't think you understand.
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Let me put it to you a different way. Ladies and gentlemen, what
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would you do if your money stopped working? Do you understand when I put
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it like that? Right now? None of you have your money, None
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of you, most of you. If you have, if you carry any
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cash, it's very little. Most of you. Oh, your money is
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in the bank. What happens the day that stops working? And Lenard's quite
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right at that point, it doesn't matter if the gasoline is twenty dollars a
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gallon, It don't matter if none of the pumps will accept your cards.
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What are you going to do when your money don't work? What are you
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going to do when all those utilities that you pay for by automatic withdrawal from
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your funds? What happens if the water company calls you up and say we're
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not doing that no more. You have to pay us cash. Or if
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you think you own your house and you have to pay your taxes, because
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you don't really own anything, you stop paying your taxes. After your house
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that's paid off, you see how quick that house gets taken from you.
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Yeah, the sheriff will collect it straightforward. It's a good point. Letter.
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Although most people don't own their house, the bank does. Yep,
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they don't actually have the deed. The bank does. But even if they
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have the deed, you still have to pay taxes. You still have to
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pay taxes. You don't pay those taxes, they will take that home from
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you. Yes, because it is the state's property. Yes, you're a
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tenant. People. It's all big sham man, it's all. It's all.
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It's all one big fraud and that, and everybody's gonna find out real
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quick. And they're all going to find out at the same time, aren't
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they. Yes, they are something that, but but we have a we
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have a true foundation. And those that are believers in Christ have a true
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foundation. But those that say they believe in Christ without the foundation, that
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sinking sounds going to swallow them up real quick. Yeah, you got that
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right. They have failed to build their house on the rock. But it's
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amazing how those very simple parables I was taught with a child, Oh my
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goodness, they ring true. They really do ring truth. You know.
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I hope that everybody's that's listening to my voice. I hope you're participating in
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a ministry. I hope you're doing something. When are Uh when's the last
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time you got out in? Uh? Did death wages? Then? Two
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weeks ago? I thank the Lord for that, Leonard. You know when
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I try to get people to come with me and they say they're going to
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meet me, and the day of oh, man, my throat hurts.
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So you know, if my sons are not working, I'll take one of
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them. But if not, I'll go on myself. Man, because I'm
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never really by myself, because the spirit of the Lord is with me.
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So a lot of times I've been by myself. Very I can count with
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it on both hands, how many people have came with me. And you
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only go to skate parks. I only go to skate parks. That must
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be pretty easy. I mean that's a pretty good targeted I'll get audience there.
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I mean, that's actually a pretty cunning idea. You know, my
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heart is with you, and if I was there, i'd go with you.
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I know you would. We go stomp them pay. We're gonna stomp
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the pavement together. Man. I you know, I enjoy doing it.
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Man. It brings me joy. I got just uh. It fills me
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up. Put it that way, fills me up. I leave sometimes broken
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hearted, but I also leave like wow, lord wow. I mean God
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knows what he's doing. Yeah, I know what he's doing. He's he's
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giving them a fighting chance. Yep, that's what he's doing with you,
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Leonard. He's giving them a fighting chance. Nobody else seems to be doing
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it. Nope. I had one pastor told me, oh, you should
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get with churches, and you know, and then church leaders say, well
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don't you should direct them to a church. And I'm like, well you
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want to go with me? Well, I uh, exactly wow, Because
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they talk. Some people are like I'm doing it wrong because I'm not directing
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them to a church or just saying that I can't do that. And I
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said, well, you want to go, and your church is right here.
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Maybe you can do this every weekend and maybe you can be here all
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the time and they just say well, and I say exactly, Wow,
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I'm stunned. So these jokers say you should direct them to a church.
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So you ask him, well, why don't you come and you can invite
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them to your church, And they're like, no, man exactly. Some
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of them will say, yeah, it sounds like a good idea, A
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A I'm going out next Sunday. You ready to roll? Well, I,
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well, you know I have service. Now we'll go after your service.
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You know, we'll go like around four o'clock. Well, exactly,
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man, exactly. So I'll continue to keep doing what God put in my
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heart. You keep doing it. And as for them, they've received their
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reward in full praise out of here Leonard, Oh Deavenly Father, in the
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name of Jesus, Lord God, we just come to you right now,
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and we thank you, Lord God for giving us the ability to come on
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here and to edify the believers that will be listening to this. Lord,
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I just pray that you stir their hearts up. Put a desire, Lord
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God, to reach the loss, but a desire to love those that are
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heart to love. Lord God. Just put a desire in them to speak
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bold, Lord God, and have compassion. You pray, Lord God,
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all the believers that claim to bear your name upon themselves, Lord God,
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will will not be afraid, Lord God, if they can't speak, will
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not be afraid if they're not able to do this, because it's you that's
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going to equip them, Lord, not them, but you is by your
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strength. Pray that the believers, Lord God, get ready for what's to
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come. Lord, not to be Lord. You show us things not to
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scare us, but to prepare us. Lord, and we thank you for
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that. Be with each and every one of our families, our brothers and
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sisters. Out there are their families, and all the trials and tribulations,
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is that they may be going through, Lord God, that through that testing,
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Lord God, that they be found true. Give them the strength to
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get through it, and give them the peace, Lord God that surpasses all
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understanding. Be with my brother Matthew, Lor God and his family. Continue
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to speak to him, Lord God. But give him peace that he needs.
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Lord, give him the strength that he needs, Lord God, and
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help him not grow weary and well doing. Lord and Jesus name, we
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pray Amen, Amen and Amen John. Next time, ladies and gentlemen,
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God bless God speed. Thank you for listening to Marinath the Ministries with Matthew
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