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Hello, this is David here with the Moore family,

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and they're going to read a couple of scriptures

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to you here in a few minutes. But before that,

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I want them to share their element that points

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them to Christ. Hi, I'm Leland. And I'm Jaylee.

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And one memory that makes Christmas really special

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for us in particular is the fact that we got

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engaged on Christmas nine years ago. Yes, we

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got engaged in Montana. We were there for vacation

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with my family and it was a lot of fun. It was

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on the side of a mountain in the snow and I had

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no idea. So it was a big surprise. Leland had

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carried the ring with him for a really long time

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and I still did not know. Hi, I'm Case and my

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favorite thing to do on Christmas is go to the

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park and walk through the lights. And now we're

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going to share a few scripture readings with

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you guys. I'm gonna be reading Zechariah 8, 1

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through 17, the New American Standard Version.

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Thus says the Lord of hosts old men and old women

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will again sit in the streets of Jerusalem each

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man with his staff in his hand because of age

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and The streets of the city will be filled with

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boys and girls playing in its streets Thus says

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the Lord of hosts if it is too difficult in the

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sight of the remnant of this people in those

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days Will it also be too difficult in my sight

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declares the Lord of hosts thus says the Lord

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of hosts behold I am going to save my people

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from the land of the east and from the land of

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the west and I will bring them back and they

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will live in the midst of Jerusalem and they

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shall be my people and I will be their God in

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truth and righteousness. Thus says the Lord of

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hosts let your hands be strong you who are listening

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in these days to these words from the mouth of

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the prophets those who speak in the day that

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the foundation of the house of the Lord of hosts

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was laid to the end that the temple might be

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built for before those days there was no wage

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for man or any wage for animal and for him who

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went out or came in there was no peace because

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of his enemies and i said all men one against

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another but now i will not treat the remnant

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of this people as in the former days declares

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the lord of hosts for there will be peace for

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the seed The vine will yield its fruit, the land

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will yield its produce, and the heavens will

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give their due. And I will cause the remnant

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of this people to inherit all of these things.

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It will come about that just as you were a curse

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among the nations, O house of Judah and house

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of Israel, so I will save you that you may become

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a blessing. Do not fear, let your hands be strong.

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For thus says the Lord of hosts. Just as I have

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purposed to do harm to you when your fathers

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provoked me to wrath says Lord of hosts and I

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have not relented So I have again purposed in

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these days to do good to Jerusalem and to the

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house of Judah Do not fear These are the things

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which you should do speak truth to one another

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Judge with truth and judgment for peace in your

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gates Also, let none of you eyes evil in your

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heart against another and do not love perjury

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For all these are what I hate, declares the Lord.

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Matthew 8, 14 through 17. When Jesus came into

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Peter's house, he saw Peter's mother -in -law

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laying in bed with a fever. He touched her hand,

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and the fever left her. And she got up and began

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to wait on him. Evening came many who were demon

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possessed were brought to him and he drove out

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the spirit with a word and healed all the sick

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which this was to fulfill what was spoken through

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the prophet Isaiah. He took up our infirmities

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and bore our diseases. I'm reading Matthew 8,

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28 through 34. Some distance from them, a large

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herd of pigs was feeding. The demons begged Jesus,

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if you drive us out, send us to the herd of pigs.

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He said to them, go. So they came out and went

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into the pigs. And the whole herd rushed down

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the steep bank into the lake and died in the

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water. Those tending the pigs ran off, went into

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town and reported all of this, including what

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had happened to the demon possessed men. Then

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the whole town went out to meet Jesus. and when

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they saw him, they pleaded with him to leave

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their region.