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It's time for the Champions in Christ broadcast

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with Rhonda Harrison on 1017 Bay of Thames. Good

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morning and welcome to Champions in Christ. We

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are so glad you joined us today. This is the

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day the Lord has made and we will rejoice and

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be glad in it. What a great day it is to be alive

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today and serve God today We're gonna look into

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some more scripture about How much God loves

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you and he loves you with with an? Immeasurable

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love you can't measure it. It's limitless He

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and it never changes irregardless of what we

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do or what we don't do that love never changes

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That's the beauty of God's love He is so loving

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and so kind and so we're gonna start in first

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John 4 and we're gonna go We're gonna start in

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verse 7. It says dear friends and I'm reading

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from the New Living Translation Let us continue

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to love one another for love comes from God Anyone

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who loves as a child of God and knows God but

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anyone who does not love does not know God for

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God is love God showed how much he loved us by

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sending his only one and only son into the world

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so that we might find life through him, eternal

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life. This is real love. Not that we loved God,

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but that he loved us and sent his son as a sacrifice

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to take away our sin. Wow. When we think about

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that, you know, God didn't have to, but he chose

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to. Jesus didn't have to. Jesus was in heaven.

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He's been with God and the Holy Spirit for all

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eternity, but he chose to lay down his deity

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to be born of a virgin and come on this earth

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and become the sacrifice for our sins and for

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our sickness and disease. And so it continues

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in verse 11 says dear friends since God loved

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us that much we surely ought to love each other.

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No one has ever seen God. But if we love each

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other God lives in us and his love is brought

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to full expression in us. That's right. When

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you love someone. And we're going to talk about

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what love exactly is according to God's word.

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But when you love someone, that is the full expression

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of God's, of who God is. He is love. That's a

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literal scripture. God is love. And so love is

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everything when it comes to the kingdom of God.

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And so let's look at what God says love is. And

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for that, we'll go to 1 Corinthians 13. And we're

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going to go to verse four and it says, Love is

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patient. Love is kind. So when you're walking

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in patience in a tough situation or kindness

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in a tough situation or in any situation, you're

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showing God's love. Love is not jealous. Have

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you ever been jealous? Well, love's not jealous.

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Love is not boastful or proud or rude. I think

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we all can say we've been proud or rude or boastful

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at a time or two, but when we're like that, we're

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not exhibiting his love. It does not demand its

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own way. Have you ever demanded things go your

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way and only your way? It is not irritable and

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it keeps no record of being wrong. Uh -oh, can

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we all say ouch on that one? We want to be sure

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and not keep a record of wrongs done to us. Forgiveness

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is part of love. Letting it go is part of love.

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Doesn't mean the person or persons deserve forgiveness,

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but it is something we have to do if we truly

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love. And that's God's love. We're talking about

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God's love. We're not talking about Falejo love,

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which is a friendship kind of love. We're not

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talking about that. We're talking about agape

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love. We're talking about the real deal. It also

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says in verse 6, it does not rejoice about injustice,

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but rejoices when the truth wins out. That's

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what we're rejoicing about. We rejoice when the

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truth wins out. It says in verse 7, love never

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gives up, never gives up. And love never loses

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faith. It's always hopeful and endures through

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every circumstance. Wow, bears all things, believes

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all things, hopes all things and endures all

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things. Did you notice that each one of these

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attributes that you and I may or may not have

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done that God's God is the is love. So can you

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see that God is patient and he's kind. He's not

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jealous. He's not boastful. He's not proud. He

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is not irritable. He holds no record of being

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wronged and we have all wronged him. The Bible

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says we've all fallen short of the glory of God,

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but God doesn't hold us against us. Why? His

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love was so big. He had Jesus come and Jesus

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was willing to become that sacrifice because

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when the sin happened in the earth because of

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Adam and Eve, what happened? There had to be

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a sacrifice. There had to be a payment. for that

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sin because the wages of sin is death right an

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eternal death and God didn't want us to have

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that so he sent Jesus and because Jesus never

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sinned and he had choice and he was tempted for

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40 days in the wilderness and probably even after

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that but he never made the choice to sin he was

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eligible he was the blameless lamb He was without

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spot or wrinkle and he was he was brutally beaten

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for our good. He was brutally crucified for our

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good. All for us out of the love out of the love

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he has for us. So shouldn't we be able to forgive

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others that haven't done half as much as what

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we've done to God? Absolutely. You know his love

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incorporates mercy. Grace, Victory, Peace, Healing,

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Health, Wisdom, Understanding, Favor, Loving,

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Kindness, Prosperity, and Joy. Do you know laughter

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does good like a medicine? That's the scripture.

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It's also a song, pretty cool song. I played

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it a few weeks ago. I love that song because

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it does laughter does so good. Just like a medicine,

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just like a medicine, you know, Jesus. He chose

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to forgive his enemies and believe me, he had

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lots of them. When you go to Luke and you go

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to 2334, Jesus is literally on the cross in agonizing

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pain from the brutal beating, from the nails

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in his hands and feet, from the crown on his

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head. He's agonizing in pain. You don't hear

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him. But what does he say to his father? He says

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father forgive them They know not what they did.

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They don't know what they're doing He's talking

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about his enemies You know his word declares

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tells us to love our enemies to pray for those

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that despitefully use us Why? Because he did

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it and if he can do it He gives us the strength

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to do it and when we do it we will be blessed

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We will be blessed. You know the whole word of

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God the prophets all the law it all hangs on

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these two commandments according to Matthew 22

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38 through 40 It says That we're to love God

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with all our heart mind soul and strength and

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love our neighbor as ourself And on these hang

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all the law and the prophets Wow. So all the

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measure of it hangs on love. That's how important

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love is. That's how much God loves you and me.

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You know, he's a mighty, mighty God. He never

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fails. He tells us, if we go to 1 John, and let's

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see over here, 4 -7, it says, Dear friends, Let

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us continue to love one another. And if we drop

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on over to 16, it says, we know how much God

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loves us and we have put our trust in his love.

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God is love and all who live and love. live in

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God and God lives in them. And as we live in

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God, our love grows more and more perfect. So

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we will not be afraid of the day of judgment.

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We can face him with confidence because we live

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like Jesus here in this world. That's God's desire

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for us. That's where we will be the strongest.

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That's where we'll see the most fruit in our

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life is when we love the way God loves. He says

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in verse 18, such love has no fear because perfect

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love expels all fear. If we are afraid, it is

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for fear of punishment. And this shows that we

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have not fully experienced his perfect love.

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We love each other because he first loves us.

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You know, with fear comes torment. We have no

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reason to fear. We have no reason to fear. You

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know, it's through our obedience to God that

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we love people. And you know, the Bible talks

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about loving the unlovely. We have to love the

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unlovely, right? When you give a cup of water

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in His name, that's love. When you go and you

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help the needy, the poor, the desolate, those

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that maybe aren't the usual crowd that you hang

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out with. When you go love people who are hurting,

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who are lashing out at you because they're hurting,

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that's love. When you go and give blankets to

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those that are homeless, that's love. When you

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visit people in prison, Jesus said, when you've

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done these things, you've done them unto me.

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You know, we've got to reach out. We've got to

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reach out past ourselves, past our little comfort

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zone of friends and family. And God's going to

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bless your socks off for it. There is not a thing

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you can do in God that he's not going to bless

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you for. He's such a loving father. He's such

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a loving father. You know, Ephesians five one

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says, imitate God. Therefore, in everything you

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do, because you are his dear children, live a

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life of love, filled with love, following the

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example of Christ. You know love loves got the

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way, you know For the love of God That's why

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he died. That's why he came. That's why he lives

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again. He didn't end it on the cross. He rose

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again You know Muhammad Buddha their dust is

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still in the grave, but you go to Jesus's grave

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and there's nothing there Why because he has

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risen he is alive. He is alive and he loves you

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He is alive and he desires to spend time with

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you that relationship you have with him Talk

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to him when you're driving talk to him when you're

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at home when you're when you're rising and when

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you're going to bed Think on his word learn about

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him oh what good news it is the good news of

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the gospel why because he came with blessings

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he came with life he came with divine health

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he came with mercy do you need mercy today do

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you know are you going through something that

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you need grace and mercy it's available it's

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available it's amazing what God has available

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for us through his love. It's beautiful. It's

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amazing. You know, Psalms 23, which we are all

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familiar with. If you have any time gone to church

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or maybe, you know, grabbed your Bible a time

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or two, Psalms 23 is one of the most famous Psalms

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known to man. in there in verse 5 he says you

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prepare a table before me in the presence of

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my enemies and you anoint my head with oil my

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cup runneth over Wow you know that table he presents

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in front of us in the midst of our enemies it's

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got everything you need to be victorious in this

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life to meet those goals and dreams And if your

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dream is something you can accomplish on your

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own, it's not big enough. God's bigger than that.

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He wants to partner with you in that dream. Start

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thinking bigger. Start looking bigger. And it's

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going to take work and it's going to take diligence.

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When we do our part, God does his part. But he

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says that table is prepared before you. And on

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that table is salvation. Salvation includes freedom

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from sin and sickness. and depression and anything

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that's hindering your mind fear doubt unbelief

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all of that's on the table and the same way you

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receive jesus as your savior you can receive

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healing you can receive blessing you can receive

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um peace oh the peace of god oh there's nothing

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like it and he said great peace have those whose

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minds are stayed on me that's right you can't

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help but have the peace of God come on you when

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you think about Jesus. You know, he says he's

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made you more than a conqueror. He's made you

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an overcomer. What do you mean, overcomer? He's

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made you an overcomer. You will overcome every

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trial and circumstance and situation, every test

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you can pass with Jesus. With the Holy Ghost

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as your best friend. And what about the Holy

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Ghost? Well, he comes and lives in you, also

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known as the Holy Spirit, when you were born

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again. Oh my, oh, what fellowship you can have

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with the Holy Spirit. He will lead you and guide

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you as a lamp into your feet and a light into

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your path. He knows all about you. Remember we

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talked about last week, God is in you, on you,

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around you. He's everywhere. He's omniscient

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and he's omnipresent. He's all knowing and he's

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all everywhere. If you just say the name Jesus,

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he's right there. He hears you. He hears you.

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Are you hurting today? He'll heal your broken

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heart. He'll bind up those wounds. He is the

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Lord God Almighty. He loves you. He loves you

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and he wants the best for you. He wants the best

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for you. It says also in Psalms 23, 6, surely

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goodness and mercy will follow me all the days

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of my life. That's right. When you're born again

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and you're his child, goodness and mercy follows

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you all the days of your life here on earth and

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then will eternally be with him. Did you know

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the earth is the Lord's and everything in it?

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the world and all its people belong to him. Do

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you know he created man and he loves humanity

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so much and he laid the earth's foundations on

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the sea and built it on the ocean's depth? That's

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Psalms 24 verses one and two. It's amazing when

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you get in the word and you just read about the

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depth of God and the beauty. He threw out the

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heavens like a curtain. Wow. every star in heaven.

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Think about it. And the galaxies keep multiplying.

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That's our God. That's the God we serve. That's

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the God that loves you today and wants to help

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you in every single way. Do you have an addiction

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today? Guess what? He's the deliverer. He'll

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set you free in a moment's time. If you just

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believe, believe that he came, believe that he

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died, believe that he has all of this set at

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the table for you. It's a free gift. You just

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have to take it by faith. The only thing God

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asked is that we believe and that our actions

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match what we say. If you believe and you doubt

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not in your heart, the word says you can ask

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anything and it will be done for you by my father,

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which is in heaven. So we can't have doubt and

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unbelief. How do we build our faith? The word

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says faith comes by hearing, hearing by the word

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of God. So you wanna get in that word and you

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wanna listen to anointed men and women preachers

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that preach the whole council of God. And you

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go, what do you mean by anointed? That means

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the Holy Spirit of God is upon that word. When

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that word goes forth into your ears, it goes

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deep and it takes root. If your heart is good

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ground, if you're hungry, if you're ready to

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receive the word, it will go deep and begin to

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birth up in you. That's right. The word of God

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is powerful. It's like a two -edged sword. It

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says divides between the soul and the spirit,

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between the bone and the mirror, and is a discerner

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of the thoughts and the intents of the heart.

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We're going to break away in just a moment and

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we're going to listen to a couple of songs about

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his great love. And then I'm going to come back

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and speak to you once again before we close.

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See you on the other side. I let love in my soul

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Started listening to the choir sing When I let

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down all my pride Was a death that saved my life

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And that's how I know The darkest night's still

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in with the sunrise But love's got a way, oh,

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oh, oh, oh Yeah, yeah, yeah, love's got a way,

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oh, oh, oh, oh The truth of its nature is always

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giving them a take It flows with that freedom,

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surrendering itself away Cross canyons through

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the storm, tells the rivers to run home Where

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the judge should be was guilty Guilty and getting

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out of jail free How could it be I didn't get

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the love I deserved And the only thing he wanted

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was my heart in return And every time I think

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about it Every time I thought was the end I'm

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caught up started breathing when heaven's favor

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took a hold of me i couldn't be of living with

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an infinite worth and the one i thought i chose

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had really chosen me first and every time i Hallelujah.

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Hallelujah. Hallelujah. His love is so great.

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His love is so great towards you and towards

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me and today if you are longing for that relationship

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with him, whether it's your first time and you've

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never heard of Jesus and you happened along the

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station at this time, he wants to have relationship

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with you. We can pray a simple prayer. The word

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says if you believe in your heart that Jesus

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died on the cross, rose again, and you confess

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with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, you will

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be born again. And he also says that you can

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ask to be filled with the Holy Spirit of God

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and he'll begin to teach you and help you and

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he is your counselor, your friend, your guide.

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It's amazing. And so today, or maybe you've known

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him, but you walked away. Maybe you've become

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indifferent with God because you blamed him for

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something. He gets blamed for a lot of things

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he doesn't do, and he gets blamed for things

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that the enemy does. And so we have a real enemy

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out there. But if that's you, you can come back

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to him today. Or maybe it's, maybe you're just

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not sure. Maybe you prayed a prayer many years

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ago and you keep thinking, I don't think I'm

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going to heaven. Well, let's make sure right

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now. Let's make sure. Father, we come before

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you. Just pray this with me. Say this after me.

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Father, I come before you. I ask you to forgive

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me of my sin. Wash me clean. I receive you today

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as my Lord and my Savior. I believe in you that

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you died and rose again. And I thank you for

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it in Jesus name. Amen. Hallelujah, if you prayed

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that prayer today, you've been born again. Or

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if you've renewed your dedication to the Lord,

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congratulations. I want you to find a good church

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that preaches the whole council of God, where

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when you walk out of there, you're changed. And

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I also encourage you to get in the Word every

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day. Start in the New Testament, because that's

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where we are today. The Old Testament's wonderful,

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and you'll get to that. But start in the New

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Testament. the book of john's always a great

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place to start but anywhere is a great place

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to start the psalms are wonderful and so i just

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want to talk to you a little bit and let you

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know also that you can talk to the lord every

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day pray every day talk to him like you talk

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talk to your best friend. That's who he is and

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he's listening. You don't have to use the these

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and those or say it talk any certain way. He

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loves you today. He loves you today. And so I

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want you to know we are here for you every week.

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You can reach out to us at champions in Christ

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three at gmail .com. We are going to be taking

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a venture. We've been invited to go to India.

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in April and we will be ministering to children

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in an orphanage, at a school, at three churches,

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so it will be a fully packed time. There's a

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team of five of us going. If God puts it on your

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heart and you'd like to sow into that, to bless

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them, that will be fruit to your account. Every

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person that gets saved, healed or delivered,

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that will be fruit to your account. You can get

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in contact with us on that email and we'll let

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you know how. But we love you today. God loves

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you. We want you to have a great day and remember

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you are a champion in Christ