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It's time for the Champions in Christ broadcast

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with Rhonda Harrison on 1017KFN. Good morning

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and welcome to Champions in Christ. We're so

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glad you joined us today. This is the day the

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Lord has made and we will rejoice and be glad

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in it. Glory to God. He is a great God and we

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are blessed to know him. And if you don't know

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him, we'll give you a chance at the end of this

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program. But let's turn in the Bible today. We're

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going to go into Exodus 32. And during this point

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in time, Moses is up on the mount with God talking

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with God. The children of Israel are down below

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with Aaron and who is a priest and they began

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to again worship idols and turn their heart away

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from God while Moses is up talking to God. And

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so the Lord begins to speak to him in verse seven

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and says, and the Lord said, Moses, go get down.

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for your people which you brought out of the

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land of Egypt have corrupted themselves. Now

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he had just brought them delivered them from

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the land of Egypt through the Red Sea, right?

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And so they had just seen a mighty miracle and

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though they knew God's miracle power, they didn't

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know him. You know, it's when we know him that

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we will be our most faithful to him usually.

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because when you know someone well and you love

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them with all your heart, mind, soul, and strength

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as commanded us to do in the Word of God, then

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you will less likely turn to the ways of the

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world. And so here they are and the Lord is telling

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him they've turned aside quickly out of the way

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which I commanded them and they made a molten

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calf out of gold and have worshipped it and sacrificed

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thereunto. saying these be the gods o Israel

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which have brought you up out of Egypt and so

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this you know the Lord was not happy with this

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because here it was the God's power that brought

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them out and here they're giving credit to a

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molten calf you know and and an idol something

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made by hand and the Lord said Moses I have seen

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this people and they behold have become stiff

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-necked You know just stiff -necked now, therefore

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let me alone the Lord said my wrath will wax

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hot against them and I that I may consume them

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and I will make a great nation out of you You

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know, he was gonna wipe out the whole nation

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of Israel and start over with Moses He was so

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angry with the people and Moses Sought the Lord

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and said Lord, why do you? Why are you so angry

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and your wrath hot as wax against the people

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which you brought forth out of the land of Egypt

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with great power and with a mighty hand? Therefore

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should the Egyptian speak and say for mischief

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he brought them out to slay them in the mountains

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and to consume them from the face of the earth.

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Turn from your fierce wrath and repent of this

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evil against your people. You know, Moses was

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standing in the gap for the children of Israel.

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he was standing in the gap and he was praying

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he was talking to God about them and That's what

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we're to do for others, you know when you know

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Jesus and he's done something awesome in your

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life like Save you and you're going to heaven

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You know, it's like a man finding a treasure

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and he wants to run out and bring everyone to

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it and show him that you want to pray for those

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that need Jesus and that's what Moses is doing.

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He's praying that God will turn his wrath that

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these people will not be destroyed for their

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sin. And so verse 13, he continues, remember

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Abraham, Isaac and Israel, your servants to whom

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you swore by your own self, I will multiply your

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seed as the stars in the heaven and all this

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land I have spoken of, I will give to your seed

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and they will inherit it forever. So Moses reminded

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God of his own word. God loves that. He loves

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when you know his word and you remind him of

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his promises, just as Moses reminded him of his

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promises to the children of Israel. And verse

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14 says, and the Lord changed his mind of this

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evil that he thought to do his people. Hallelujah.

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You know, because Moses prayed, God granted him

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his answer. Isn't that amazing? That he stood

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in the gap. He didn't have to he wasn't going

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anywhere. God was gonna make a whole new nation

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out of him But he loves the people and he loves

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God and those are the two greatest commandments

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God tells us in the New Testament that hang all

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the other commandments is to love God with all

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your heart mind soul and strength and To love

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your brother as yourself and that's what Moses

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did by standing in the gap. That's what he did

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by praying He stood in the gap. Are you standing

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in the gap for someone? Are you praying for people

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to believe and to receive from God the way you

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have? If not, let's get together and do that.

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You know, we want to pray for the lost. We want

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to pray for those that don't know. They're blinded.

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They're blinded. You know, I once was blind and

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now I see. You know, God was so good to send

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someone my way. So we want to pray and we want

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to share the love of God. And we thank God for

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stories such as this, historical things that

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happened. And it moved the heart of God. You

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know, it moved God's heart that Moses would not

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be greeting, go, yeah, let's just make a people

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out of me. You know, let's just, let's just be

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micey. No, he remembered what God promised the

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children of Israel, what he promised the father

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of father Abraham. And it's a beautiful story,

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beautiful, beautiful. And there's another one.

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Another time, there's many times in the Bible

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where someone intercepts and believes God for

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someone else. And a lot of them are in the New

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Testament, which is where we live because we

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have a new covenant since Jesus died and rose

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again. Glory to God. And the Bible says it's

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based on better promises. You know, so praise

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God for that. God is so faithful. And if we turn

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backwards into Genesis, we'll see where Abraham

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also had an opportunity. And so we're going to

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Abraham chapter 18. We pick up the story in verse

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16, and it says the men rose up from there and

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looked towards Sodom and Abraham went with them

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to bring them out in the way. he was talking

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to the Lord and two angels that had came and

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they talked to him about another situation and

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now he's kind of saying goodbye and as they walk

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they look towards Sodom and this is the conversation

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that went on verse 17 the Lord said shall I hide

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from Abraham the thing which I'm going to do

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seeing that Abraham is surely become a great

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and mighty nation and all the nations of the

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earth will be blessed in him for I know that

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he will command his children and his household

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after him and they will keep the way of the Lord

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to do justice and judgment that the Lord may

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bring upon Abraham which he has spoken to him

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and the Lord said because of the cry of Sodom

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and Gomorrah is great because of their sin is

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very grievous I will go down and I will see whether

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they have done altogether all that I've heard

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in my ear according to what has been said to

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me. And if not, I will know and the men turn

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their faces from there and they walk towards

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sort of Sodom. But Abraham stood yet before the

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Lord. So these two men which were angels in disguise

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started walking towards Sodom and Abraham stood

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before the Lord and Abraham came close and said,

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Are you going to destroy the righteous with the

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wicked? Suppose there were 50 righteous within

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the city. Will you also destroy and not spare

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the place for 50 righteous? That be a far from

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you to do after this manner to slay the righteous

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with the wicked and the righteous should should

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be as the wicked thus so far from what you're

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saying shall not the judge of all the earth do

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what's right? You know, he's coming before the

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Lord and he's saying, Hey, Hold on a minute.

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And then verse 26, the Lord said, if I find inside

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of 50 righteous, I will spare the city for their

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sake. And Abraham said, I behold, I now have

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to speak with you again, Lord, but I am nothing

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but dust and ashes. So suppose there lacks five

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from 50. In other words, 45. Will you destroy

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the city if there were 45 righteous? the Lord

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spoke and said yet again suppose there I mean

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I'm sorry Abraham spoke again and said suppose

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there were 40 found there and he said I will

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not do it for 40 sake and he said oh well let

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not the Lord be angry but I will speak again

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suppose there were 30 to be found that were righteous

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and he said I will not do it if you find 30 and

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then Abraham said I've taken upon me to speak

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unto you Lord suppose that there be 20 and he

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said I will not destroy Sodom and Gomorrah for

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20 sake and then Abraham said Oh Lord please

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don't be angry but I want to speak to you again

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once more suppose there were 10 found and the

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Lord said I will not destroy it for 10 sake and

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the Lord went his way as soon as he left communing

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or speaking with Abraham. Abraham returned to

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his place and there came two angels to Sodom

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and lot in the gate of Sodom and lot seeing seeing

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them rose up to meet them and he bowed before

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his face toward the ground and he said behold

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my Lord I pray it please come into the servants

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house and stay there with me tonight wash your

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feet and you will rise early and go your way

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and they said no we'll wait out in the street

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at night and he pressed them Greatly and so they

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turned to him and entered his house and he made

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a feast for them and he baked unleavened bread

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and they ate and Before they laid down the men

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of the city outside the city of Sodom compass

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the house round about both young and old so around

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his house there were all these men gathering

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and here he had these two angels in his house

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and They must have seen him go in because it

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says in verse 5 They called to Lot and said unto

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him, Where are the men which came to you at night?

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Bring them out that we may know them or other

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words that we may sleep with them. This was a

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very wicked and evil city. And Lot went out the

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door unto them and he shut the door after him.

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And he said, Listen, brethren, don't be so wicked.

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Behold, I have two daughters which have never

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laid with a man. their virgins, let me bring

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them out and you do as is good in your eyes,

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but leave these men alone for they for therefore

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they are under the shadow of my roof." So he

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was willing to give up his virgin daughters so

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that these men would not harm these men. He was

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fearful and Lot was very wayward, very tossed

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to and fro back and forth in the things of God.

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He compromised a lot and they said, stand back.

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And they said again, this one fellow came to

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stay a little while and he will need to be a

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judge. Now we will deal the worst with them.

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And they pressed sore among the man and Lot came

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near to the door. The men pulled, but they were

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beating on the door, trying to break down the

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door. But the men put forth their hands, talking

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about the angels, and pulled Lot into the house

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and shut the door behind him. And they smote

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the men. In other words, they slayed the men

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that were at the door with blindness both small

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and great so that they were wearied themselves

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to find the door. In other words, the men were

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struck with blindness by these supernatural angels

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and they were trying to find the door and they

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couldn't find it because they were blinded. And

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the men said, Lot, how are you here all besides

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your son -in -law, your sons and your daughters?

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Where do you have others in the city bring them

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out into this place for we will destroy this

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place because the cry of them has grown loud

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before the face of the Lord and the Lord has

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sent us to destroy it. So these angels were saying

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a lot get everybody, you know, that's righteous

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bring them in this house. We're going to save

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them, but we are going to destroy the city. The

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Lord has commanded it and lot went out and spoke

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to his son -in -law's and married daughters and

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said Come on, get up out of this place for the

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Lord will destroy the city. But he seemed as

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one that was mocked by his son -in -laws. And

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when the morning came, the angels hastened and

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said, Lot arise and take your wife and your daughters,

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which are here, or else you're going to be consumed

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in the iniquity of the city. So God had judged

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the city. And so the fire of God was going to

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come down and destroy everyone. And they were

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trying to get Lot and his family out. while he

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lingered the men just grabbed him with his hands

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and his wife and upon the two daughters and the

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Lord being merciful into them the angels brought

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them out and set them outside the city and it

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came to pass when they had brought them out he

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said escape for your life and don't turn around

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neither stay in this plane escape to the mountain

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or else you'll be consumed and Lot said oh not

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so my lord Behold now let your servant find grace

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in your sight that you have magnified your mercy

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and show unto me and saving my life can I not

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escape to them I cannot escape to the mountains

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least some evil come upon me and I die. Behold

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now this city is near flee unto it and it is

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a little one let me escape there and my soul

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shall live. And he said unto me, I have accepted

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that you concerning this thing, and I will not

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overthrow the city for which you have spoken.

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Hey, go fast escape, for I cannot do anything

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till you have gone there. Therefore, the name

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of the city he went to was called Zoar and the

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sun was risen upon the earth and lot enter into

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Zoar and the Lord raised up rained upon Sodom

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and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord

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out of heaven. and he overthrew those cities

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and all the plains and all the inhabitants of

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the cities which grew upon the ground but his

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wife Lot's wife turned back and looked and she

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became a pillar of salt. It's really important

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to obey when God tells you to do something and

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unfortunately Lot's wife didn't obey remember

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the angel the Lord said don't turn around and

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look and she turned around looked and turned

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into a pillar of salt. And so Abraham got up

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in the morning to the place where he stood before

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the Lord and he looked and saw them in Gomorrah

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and toward all the land of the plane behold the

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smoke of the country went up as a smoke in the

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furnace and it came to pass when God destroyed

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the cities of the plane. He remembered Abraham

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and sent Lot out of the overthrow and he overthrew

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the cities which Lot dwelt and Lot dwelt So again,

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we see where someone interceded and God answered

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them. He prayed for the righteous that were in

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that city. Now you say, well, who was righteous

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among us? Well, none of us are because we all

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fall short of the glory of God because we've

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all sinned. But when we ask Jesus in our heart

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and he becomes Lord of our life, we become the

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righteousness of God in Christ. And I want you

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to know the Bible says in Romans 834 that Christ

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Jesus is the one he sits at the right hand of

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God and he ever lives to make intercession for

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you and for me. So we have someone standing in

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the gap. But he also wants us praying. That's

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why in 1st Timothy 2, he says, first of all,

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I urge you that supplications, prayers, intercessions

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and thanksgiving be made for all people, for

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kings and all who are in leadership positions.

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Two, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life,

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godly and dignified in every way. You know, he

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encourages us to pray for one another, to intercede,

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to lay down our life in prayer. Use some of that

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time during your day to pray for someone else.

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It could be the changing thing in their life.

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It will be the changing thing in their life when

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we pray in faith. You know, God is a great God

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and intercession is huge with him. He wants us

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praying for people because people need our prayers.

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We need one another. Prayer changes things when

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it's prayed in faith. There's one more thing

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I want to tell you. There was a time where Paul

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was preaching in Acts chapter 20 and during his

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preaching, a man named Eutychus, a young man,

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fell out of a window. He fell asleep and he fell

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out while Paul was preaching and he died. And

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if you read in chapter 20, verse 10, Paul went

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down and fell on him, embracing him, and he spoke

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life into him. And so the young man in verse

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12 came back to life and everyone was comforted

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with this. I want you to know you can intercede

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for someone and they can come back to life spiritually,

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physically, financially, in every way God will

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bring life back into you. He is, Jesus is the

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resurrection and the life. And if he that believes

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on him will not die but have everlasting life,

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but you can have much more than that. Yes, we

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have eternal life, glory to God, but we have

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a lot more in Christ Jesus while we live here

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on earth. Just listen, read the promises of God,

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grab ahold of them with your faith, put your

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action out there and God will answer. We're gonna

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stop and take a break and listen to this song.

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rejoice about the power of God in our risen Savior

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Jesus. And I'll be right back. I know name It's

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the only name that saves And it's worthy of all

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praise I call you Jesus I call you, I call you

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healer Risen and raining in power Something comes

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out of you say worthy of glory forever something

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comes out of the grave every time I Hallelujah,

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we know a name and his name is Jesus Christ if

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you've never accepted him as Lord and Savior

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We pray that you will right now. Just say these

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words after me dear Jesus Forgive me of my sin

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wash me cleanse me I renounce the things of the

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world and I declare you Jesus as my Savior If

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you prayed that prayer you have just been born

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again If you walked away, you've just renewed

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your relationship with Him and He's forgiven

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you. You are valued. You are valued by Him and

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He loves you. Go out and find you a good church

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that preaches the whole Word of God. Get you

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a Bible. If you don't have one, you can contact

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us at championsinchrist3 at gmail .com. We'll

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send you a new Bible. Remember, You God loves

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you. We love you and you are a champion in Christ