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We're going to take a little break tonight from

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2 Corinthians since we're about at the halfway

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point. We're going to take a little break and

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look at the Psalms. Psalm 101. We're going to

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finish these Psalms one day. We've been hitting

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a few of them here and there for years now. We

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made it through 100 of them. We're two -thirds

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of the way through. We've got 50 more to go.

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Maybe in the next three or four years we'll knock

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those out. We'll hit a few here and there. Psalm

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101. It's a relatively short psalm, so we're

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going to try to get through the whole thing,

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eight verses. Psalm 101. Let's pray, and we'll

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get started. God, we come to you tonight, and

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I thank you that we have the freedom to come

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into your house. I thank you for loving us. I

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thank you for letting us be able to come together.

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is a group called Enterprise Baptist Church.

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I pray that you just bless the time that we have

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tonight. I pray that your Holy Spirit would lead

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us. I pray that your word would be good to us

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tonight, God, that we would rejoice in you, that

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we would see the words that are penned here,

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that we would take them to our heart, dear Lord,

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that we would be men and women of integrity,

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that we would not be... swayed by the evil things

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that we encounter and the temptations of the

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world, and just forgive us where we fail in those

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areas. And I pray, God, tonight we would rejoice

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in your love and your justice and your mercy

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and your grace. And I ask these things in Jesus'

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name. Amen. This is a Psalm of David, and it

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starts as this, Psalm 101, verse 1. I will sing

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a faithful love in justice. I will sing praise

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to you, Lord. Now, we see a lot of things that

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represent who God is. Who is God? We had a little

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mini -series on that about a year ago, and we

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looked at all these things that make up God,

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all these qualities that show us who God is.

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And one of the things that makes God God is that

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he is a... Loving God. God is love. He is full

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of love. Another thing that we see that makes

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God God is he is just. That is, God cannot allow

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evil to go unpunished. Evil has to be punished.

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If any judge is going to be a just judge, evil

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has to be punished. We see that in a very simple

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level in our world today. We understand that.

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We see people that do evil things. and people

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that murder people or do other just horrible,

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atrocious things. We see them oftentimes go to

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trial, and a just judge will say, you have committed

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this crime, whatever it may be, and this is the

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proper punishment for justice to be served. Now,

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you wouldn't take someone who had taken the life

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of another person intentionally and then slap

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them on the wrist and say, that's a $50 fine.

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That's not justice. The punishment doesn't fit

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the crime. And so God is perfectly just in every

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way. And when God brings judgment, the punishment

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has to fit the crime. God is a gracious God,

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but God can't just give grace and not deal with

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justice. He has to do both. God is a gracious

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God, praise the Lord. He's a loving God, praise

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the Lord. But he's also a just God. And all of

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these qualities that make up God are all represented

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in God. You can't have one without the other.

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God can't just look at sinners and say, well,

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I'm just going to give them grace. Well, that

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grace comes at a cost because justice has to

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be served because the wages of sin is death.

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Now, that's bad news for you and I and everybody

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listening online. The wages of sin is death.

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We have sinned greatly in so many ways against

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God and continue to sin against God. And God

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says, what's the just punishment for that? The

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just punishment for that is that death has to

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occur. That's why we see in the Old Testament,

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we see all these animal sacrifices, but we see

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in Hebrews that the blood of goats and bulls

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was never going to be sufficient. A death had

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to occur that would be sufficient to bring justice

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for those who deserve death. And that death came

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through Jesus Christ. The justice that had to

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be carried out and fulfilled by God, who was

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a righteous judge, was placed on Jesus Christ.

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That he became death for us. That he took death

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for us. That he took punishment for us so that

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we could receive the grace of God. The grace

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of God is a beautiful thing, but it is not free.

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The grace of God comes through Jesus Christ.

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And what does David say? He says, I will sing

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a faithful love in justice. You really can't

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have one of those things without the other. You

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see both of those things in Jesus Christ. You

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see the justice that God demands carried out

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on the cross of Jesus Christ. But right there

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beside that justice, you see the love of God.

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You see the love of Jesus Christ. That Jesus

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says, I will give my life as a ransom for many.

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That God says, I will give my only begotten son.

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That is love. And on the cross, we see the love

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of God and the justice of God carried out. And

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praise God that we can still experience that

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love and the justice of God today. If we don't

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know the love of Jesus Christ, then we can't

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sing and rejoice in the justice of God. Because

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if we don't know the love of Jesus Christ, one

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day we will stand in judgment before God. And

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we will experience the justice of God that we

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deserve. But praise the Lord, Jesus Christ came.

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And in the love of God, our sins can be forgiven.

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The punishment that Jesus took on the cross,

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the death that he gave on our behalf, is sufficient

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to cover our sins because he was a perfect sacrifice.

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So today, if we are in Christ, then we can be

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as David. We can sing. We can rejoice of faithful

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love and justice. Because we have seen the justice

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of God fulfilled in Jesus Christ. We have seen

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the love of God fulfilled in Jesus Christ. And

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we have experienced that. And that's what we

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want the world to hear. We want the world to

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know of the grace of God. Or do we? We want God

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to forgive our sins, right? We've done some really

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horrible stuff. You've done stuff so bad that

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you just hope nobody in here knows about it.

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You just hope that the preacher don't bring up

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something that you've done. We've done horrible

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stuff, and we don't dare want anybody to know

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that we've done it. But praise God, we are glad

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that God forgives us. Amen? That we go to God

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and we say, God, I have done the most horrible

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things, and we have a hard time. We don't even

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want to think about them while we sit on these

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pews. They're so bad. And praise God that God

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forgives us and that he does not give us what

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we deserve. But if we would accept Jesus Christ,

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we can know that Jesus took what we deserve.

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So that we can receive only what Jesus deserved.

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So we like that grace, right? But do we like

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other people to get that grace? Because we can

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see other people. We can see that they've done

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some bad stuff. I'm talking about bad stuff.

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Maybe worse than us. Maybe not. Maybe to us.

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But we see other people. We want justice to be

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served. But do we want that same justice to be

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served on us? Yeah, we want justice to be served,

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but you know what we should also want, I think?

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It's the grace of God to be shown. That they

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would know the love of God. Now that's not to

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say that there aren't consequences in this world.

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That there's not justice served in this world

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for the things that are done. But for all of

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eternity, what we should desire is for people

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to see the grace of God. But do we desire that?

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And the most evil people that we see in this

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world, do we desire that? Is there a part of

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us that really hopes that they get what they

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deserve? That they really get the punishment

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they deserve? And maybe they will in this world.

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But what about for all of eternity? If we've

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received the grace of God, if justice has been

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served on the cross for us, isn't the blood of

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Jesus Christ sufficient to cover not just our

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sins, but the sins of all who would come to Him?

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And so if we rejoice today and say, God, I rejoice

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in your faithful love and in your justice that

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was carried out on the cross, if we rejoice in

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that and we've experienced that grace, then shouldn't

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we want the world to experience that grace? Shouldn't

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that be what drives us as we go into the world

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and people sin against us and hurt us in so many

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horrible ways? Shouldn't that be what drives

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us to show them a little bit of compassion? To

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know that we're no better than they are? And

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you may say, hold up, I'm better than that person

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because I know they did X, Y, and Z. Well, guess

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what? Your sin is just as heinous in the eyes

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of God. Our sin is just as bad. Who are we to

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say that we deserve the grace of God and someone

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else doesn't? All of a sudden we take on the

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role of judge? That is not our role. We know

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if we've come to Christ, we have come before

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the one who will judge. And we have poured out

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our heart and we have said, God, I'm an evil,

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evil man. I'm an evil, evil woman. And God, I

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don't deserve your love, but would you love me

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anyway? And what a horrible feeling it is when

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the guilt and shame of our sin is burdening us

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down and pressing us down. And we don't even

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want to dare go before God, but we boldly go

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before Him because who else can we go before?

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And we say, God, would you forgive me? And you

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feel the grace of God and the love of God. Is

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there any better feeling in the world? To know

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that we don't deserve it, but to know that Jesus

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Christ has given His life so that we can be forgiven.

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And the love of God that washes over us in our

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sins, is there any better feeling in the world?

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And how in the world can we experience that grace

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and decide for ourselves that others are not

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worthy of that? We need to experience the grace

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of God and that needs to transform our life in

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such a way that we show that grace to other people.

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So we want to be those tonight who rejoice in

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the faithful love of God and the justice of God

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that was carried out in Jesus Christ so that

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we will be those. Who prays the Lord. I said

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we was going to get through the whole thing.

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One verse is enough. Let's pray. God, we thank

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you for this good word. I pray that we'll just

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kind of soak this up and think about this tonight,

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God. Your love is good and your grace is good,

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but we know you're a just God. But God, I pray

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that if there is one that does not know Jesus

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Christ, that today they would know that Jesus

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Christ has given his life on the cross. that

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the punishment for our sin has been fulfilled

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in Him, that He has carried it out, that He has

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paid the price, dear Lord, that we can be forgiven.

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There is no greater love than that a man lay

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down his life for others, dear Lord. That's exactly

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what Jesus Christ has done for us. So, dear Lord,

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I pray that each one of us in this room tonight

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is rejoicing in Your justice and the love. that

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has been given to us through Jesus Christ. I

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pray, God, that we would soak up your grace and

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that we would live in your grace tonight, that

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we would rejoice in that, dear Lord, that we

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would not kid ourselves to think we are better

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than we are, that we are better than the other

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men or the other women that we see. Yeah, God,

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there's some evil stuff in this world, and we

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do some of it. And so, God, if we've experienced

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your grace and compassion, as hard as it may

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be, let us show that to others, dear Lord. That

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no matter how evil their sin may be, that they

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would know that the blood of Jesus Christ is

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sufficient to forgive their sins, dear Lord,

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if they would just call out to Him, if they would

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just seek Him. Dear Lord, let us all praise You

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for Your faithful love and Your justice today,

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just as David did. And let us seek to lead the

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world to Jesus Christ so that they can rejoice

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in the same thing. And I ask these things in

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Jesus' name. Amen. All right, I got a couple

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tonight on our prayer list. Need to continue

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to pray for Mr. Paul. He's not really been any

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change. He's just kind of laying there. He's

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not doing good. He's not breathing real strong.

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He's unresponsive. He's still in the hospital.

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He can stay in the hospital until Friday. So

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we want to pray that the Lord would just give

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him rest and comfort. and be with the family.

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Murray's been down there a lot, so obviously

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that family's been through a lot in the last

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few months. So we want to pray for Mr. Paul and

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pray for the rest of the family. We need to pray

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for Ms. Corrine. Hey, good, I didn't know that

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she had been in the hospital. I just found that

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out. I went to see her today, and she's been

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having all kind of health problems, and her house

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flooded, had a pipe back up or something. I'm

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not sure. But anyway, she's had a rough go of

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it the last few weeks. So she was on a walker

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and moving slow. So y 'all keep her in your prayers.

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Also, our neighbor down the road here, Mr. David

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Mathurn, he got a bad report at the doctor. He'd

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been having some trouble with his prostate, and

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they're going to have to end up doing some treatment.

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They're going to start radiation, I think, next

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week, he said, is when they're going to start

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that. And so we want to pray for him, pray that

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those treatments will go good and that maybe

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they catch that and get it healed up. Pray that

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the Lord will heal it up. And I know he's a little

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nervous about it, so I know he'd appreciate y

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'all's prayers. See y 'all. Please be praying

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for him. I also had a call the other night from

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Ms. Peggy Toler. She asked that we remember Dexter

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Butler, that's Donald's brother, said he was

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having some health problems, wasn't doing good,

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and so she asked that we pray for him. Are there

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any other prayer requests or praise reports tonight?

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I have one. I didn't put him on the prayer list,

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but James Copeland had gallbladder surgery Monday,

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and I talked to him last night. He's doing great.

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Good. Yep, that's a good praise report. Yep,

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Cammie and Julio had a little baby. Ms. Sandra

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Ravencraft told me the other day that her granddaughter

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Abby I don't remember what it was, but she had

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had some kind of surgery, and she was down. She's

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not been able to work, and so whatever it is,

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we need to pray for her. All right, if there's

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no others, if anybody wants to pray, y 'all are

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welcome to pray quietly or pray out loud if you'd

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like to, and I'll give y 'all a little bit of

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time, and then I'll close us with prayer. God,

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we come to you tonight. We thank you for the

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freedom we have in this land to be able just

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to read your word and to gather together and

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just worship freely. I pray for our brothers

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and sisters in Christ that do not have these

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freedoms. I pray that you would encourage them

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and comfort them and be with them as they seek

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to serve and worship you even in some pretty

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bad circumstances. I pray that you just would

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watch over them, dear Lord. I pray for our nation,

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that you would help us to be a people that would

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seek you. I know a lot goes on in this country

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that's not good, and I pray, God, that you just

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would start with us, that we would be a people

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that seek you, and that we'd be a land that would

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seek you, and that we would have leaders that

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would seek you, dear Lord. I pray that you would

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send revival on our land. I pray for Mr. Paul,

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dear Lord, that you give him rest, that you give

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him comfort, dear Lord. Just be with him and

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the family right now. I pray for Ms. Corrine

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as she continues to recover from all of her illness

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and sickness she's been battling, that you would

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just encourage her and help her to get back on

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her feet. I pray for David, that you would help

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him as he goes for these treatments. I pray that

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you bring healing to his body, that through this,

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dear Lord, that he would just know that you're

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with him and that you'd be an encouragement to

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him, dear Lord. And I pray that you just help

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him to get over this. I pray for Mr. Dexter Butler

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that you would help him with his health problems,

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that you just watch over him and his family.

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I pray for Mr. James Copeland as he recovers

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from his surgery that he would have a good recovery.

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I pray for Danielle, dear Lord, as she continues

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to battle this, that you just be with her family

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and help them to know what decisions to make

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going forward. I pray that you bring healing

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to her body and I just lift them up to you. I

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pray for Mr. David Dixon and his heart problems

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that you would... bring healing to him and be

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with his family, and I pray that you'd get him

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home soon. I pray for Robbie Bass with this mass

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that they found on his intestines, that God,

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you just would heal that, that you would encourage

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him, that you'd be with his body as he fights

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through this. Thank you for little baby Mateo

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that was born, and that all went well. I pray

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that you'd help him to grow healthy and be with

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Mama and Daddy and help them as they prepare

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for this new New stage in life, God, that you

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just bless that family and protect them, and

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I just thank you for them. I pray for our services

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Sunday, God, that you'd fill this place with

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folks, dear Lord, that would just come and experience

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your love, that you'd be with the song service

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and the Sunday school teachers, that you'd just

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bless our time together. Help me to know what

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words to preach, God. Let your Holy Spirit be

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in this place and lead us as a church. Show us

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opportunities to serve. Help us to be faithful.

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and those opportunities, provide the needs that

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we have, God, to meet those opportunities and

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to continue to do the things that need to be

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done. We pray that you just would take care of

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all of our needs, dear Lord. I pray for our shoebox

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packing Saturday, that you would help us as we

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prepare, as people come in, that you just bless

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this day, that it would be a day of fun, that

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it would be a day that we rejoice in you, that

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it would be a day that we... get work done, that

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it would go smooth as can be, and that you just

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would bless these efforts and the boxes and the

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kids that are going to get them. I pray for our

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sleeping bag ministry as that approaches, that

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you would help things to go smooth there. I pray

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that you provide good parking for us and help

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us to be able to get set up easily and just be

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able to minister to the people and love on them

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and help us to have all the things that we need

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there to help that to be a successful day. Pray

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that you keep everybody safe and just be with

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us in these ministries. I pray that you give

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everybody a good week. Keep everybody safe and

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healthy. Bring us back here Sunday. In Jesus'

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name I ask it. Amen.