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All right, Oak Ridge friends and family, this

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is David here and we are with the ladies Bible

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class from Thursday mornings and they are going

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to be recording the third Sunday of Advent readings

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today. But before we do, do you all have an element

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that points you to Christ that you'd like to

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share? I was going to say that I really like

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the song. Mary, did you know that song really,

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you know, as a mom really speaks to me as Mary.

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Mary's experience as being the mom of Jesus is

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really impactful to me. Like a lot of our memories

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come back to sense. And when I think of holiday

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season and the advent of Christmas. I think about

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cinnamon and how cinnamon scents in our homes

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is very comforting and exciting as well as in

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our foods that we prepare for those special gatherings

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with friends and family. Speaking of scents,

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we used to go caroling. I had a church -wide

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caroling and so we had the music of Christmas

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is so meaningful and brings joy to people and

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one time I was sick, very very ill when I was

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pregnant and had carolers come to me and sing.

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And it touched my heart in such a deep, deep

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way, brought that spirit to me. I always look

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forward to attending a performance of the Messiah

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at Weatherford College. The first time I heard

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that, it was just so inspiring. And now that's

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a yearly tradition I look forward to. Going and

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looking at lights was a family tradition growing

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up. And lights always instilled in me peace or

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excitement of the season. And the fact that Christ

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is The same is the light of the world. Awesome.

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Alright, now let's let the Word of God speak

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to our people. The glory of Lebanon shall be

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given to it, the majesty of Carmel and Sharon.

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They shall see the glory of the Lord, the majesty

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of our God. Strengthen the weak hands and make

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firm the feeble knees. Say to those who are of

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a fearful heart, be strong, do not fear. Here

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is your God. He will come with vengeance and

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terrible recompense. He will come and save you.

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Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and

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the ears of the deaf shall be opened, and the

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lame shall leap like a deer, and the tongue of

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the speechless sing for joy. For water shall

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break forth in the wilderness and streams in

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the desert. The burning sand shall become a pool

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and the thirsty ground springs of water. The

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haunt of jackals shall become a swamp. The grass

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shall become reeds and rushes. A highway shall

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be there, and it shall be called the Holy Way.

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The unclean shall not travel on it, but it shall

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be for God's people. No traveler, not even fools,

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shall go astray. No lion shall be there, nor

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shall any ravenous beast come upon it. They shall

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not be found there, but the redeemed shall walk

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there. And the ransomed of the Lord shall return

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and come to Zion with singing everlasting joy

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shall be upon their hands they shall obtain joy

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and gladness the sorrow and sighing shall flee

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away psalm 146 verses 5 through 10 happy are

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those whose help is the god of jacob whose hope

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is in the lord their god who made heaven and

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earth the sea and all that is in them, who keeps

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faith forever, who executes justice for the oppressed,

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who gives food to the hungry. The Lord sets the

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prisoners free. The Lord opens the eyes of the

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blind. The Lord lifts up those who are bowed

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down. The Lord loves the righteous. The Lord

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watches over the strangers. He upholds the orphan.

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and the widow, but the way of the wicked he brings

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to ruin. The Lord will reign forever, your God,

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O Zion, for all generations. Praise the Lord.

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Surely from now on all generations will call

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me Blessed for the mighty one has done great

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things for me and holy is the name indeed His

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mercy is for those who fear him from generation

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to generation He has shown strength with his

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arm. He has scattered the proud in the imagination

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of their hearts He has brought down the powerful

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from their thrones and lifted up the lowly He

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has filled the hungry with good things and sent

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the rich away empty. He has come to the aid of

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his child Israel in remembrance of his mercy

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according to the promise he made to our ancestors,

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to Abraham and to his descendants forever. James

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5 verses 7 through 10. Be patient therefore brothers

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and sisters until the coming of the Lord. The

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farmer waits for the precious crop from the earth.

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being patient with it until it receives the early

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and the late rains you also must be patient strengthen

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your hearts for the coming of the lord is near

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brothers and sisters do not grumble against one

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another so that you may not be judged see the

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judge is standing at the doors as an example

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of suffering and patience brothers and sisters

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take the prophets who spoke in the name of the

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lord Matthew 11 2 through 11. When John heard

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in prison what Christ was doing, he sent his

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disciples to ask Jesus, are you the one who was

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to come, or should we expect someone else? Jesus

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replied, go back and report to John what you

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hear and see. The blind receive sight, the lame

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walk, those who had leprosy are cured, the deaf

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hear, the dead are raised, and the good news

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is preached to the poor. Blessed is the man who

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does not fall away on account of me. As Jesus'

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disciples were leaving, Jesus began to speak

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to the crowd about John. What did you go out

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into the desert to see? A reed swayed by the

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wind? If not, what did you go out to see? A man

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dressed in fine clothes? No, those who wear fine

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clothes are in king's palaces. Then what did

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you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you

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and more than a prophet. This is the one about

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whom it is written I will send my messenger ahead

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of you who will prepare your way before you I

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tell you the truth among those born of women

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there has not risen anyone greater than John

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the Baptist Yet he who is least in the kingdom

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of heaven is greater than he