this is Pastor Daniel Stevenson our
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pastor was a nice Fellowship Baptist
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Church of East Toledo and director of
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the South Side light station and you're
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receiving this message because you opted
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in to be encouraged sitting here waiting
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and waiting for the storm to subside I'm
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waiting for tomorrow evening I'm waiting
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for the celebration of Jesus's birth
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waiting to give gifts to my kids and
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receive gifts from other people in my
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family I'm waiting waiting waiting what
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am I really waiting for what is everyone
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really waiting for well Jesus is going
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to return and he's going to sort all
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things out this Earth as we know it will
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end Galatians 5 5 it says this for we
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through the Spirit by faith are waiting
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for the hope of righteousness because
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being a Christian always included
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trusting God we're trusting him to
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deliver us into his fully provided
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righteousness if we'd rather begin to
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walk a path that uses good works to earn
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salvation or a path that uses bad Works
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to appease our fleshly desires then we
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will never earn that salvation because
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indeed it is not a thing that can be
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earned and it is a thing that has
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already been paid for the only work
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eligible would be the work that God
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wants from us which is believing in the
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one he has sent which is Jesus Christ
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his son the good works that come after
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believing that are not for salvation but
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are part of the waiting won't you wait
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with me do the good works of worshiping
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God together with a body serving giving
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sometimes Blood Sweat tears we're
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waiting for nothing less than Jesus
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return and it's going to be glorious but
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some folks will try to do an end run a
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living their own way rather than living
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for their lord Jesus Christ let's live
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for Jesus today dealing with whatever
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comes our way while we're waiting new
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lights will have a Christmas Eve service
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December 24th at 7 pm and will end with
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Candlelight and then we'll have a
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Christmas day service at 11 30 a.m and
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you'd be welcome to join us to worship
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the holy God his son Jesus Christ
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through whom and by whom we are saved
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God bless you in Jesus name
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foreign
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