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 Have you ever experienced so much anxiety that you can barely breathe?

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 Have you been so overwhelmed by your circumstances that you can't sleep, you just can't turn your mind off?

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 Or maybe you feel trapped.

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 There's no way out.

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 You're stuck.

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 Stuck in this apartment.

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 Stuck in this house.

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 Stuck in this neighborhood.

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 Stuck in this job.

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 Stuck in this joblessness.

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 Stuck in this job.

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 Stuck in this job.

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 Stuck in this job.

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 Stuck in a cycle of addiction.

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 You're stuck in hopelessness.

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 You're stuck in helplessness.

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 Maybe you feel under constant threat.

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 Threatened by your boss.

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 Threatened by bill collectors.

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 Threatened by your neighbors.

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 Threatened by your kids.

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 Threatened by a diagnosis.

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 Cancer, diabetes, mental illness.

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 Threatened by the diagnosis of a child.

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 Maybe you feel threatened.

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 Well, you along with the rest of us have tasted the oppression of living in a sin-strained world.

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 Everyone experiences life under the oppression of sin.

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 No one escapes it.

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 No one.

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 Sin within.

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 Sin without.

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 Sin without.

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 Sin without.

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 We all experience it.

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 What you long for is deliverance.

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 What you long for is what the Bible calls salvation.

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 Sin without.

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 Sin without.

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 So on this Christmas Eve 2014.

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 Where are you looking for salvation?

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 where do you look for deliverance

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 where do you look for relief

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 where do you look for escape

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 and this Christmas Eve

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 I'm going to point your gaze

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 to God's provision

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 for our deliverance

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 God's salvation

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 salvation has a name

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 Jesus

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 in Luke 2, 22-33

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 we read about a surprising run-in

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 at the temple in Jerusalem

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 in Luke 1 we learn that Jesus

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 was miraculously conceived

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 in a virgin

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 Mary in a town called Nazareth

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 and then in Luke 2 we learn that

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 God sovereignly orchestrates

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 international events

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 to get Joseph and Mary

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 down to Bethlehem

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 so this little baby

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 would be born in the hometown of David

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 he's a descendant of David

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 he'd be a king

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 it would fulfill Micah 5, 2

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 the passage Ben read earlier

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 and then tonight

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 we're going to look at an event

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 that took place a month after that

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 a month after the birth of Jesus

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 Joseph and Mary bring Jesus

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 from Bethlehem up north

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 to Jerusalem

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 to present him to God

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 at the temple in Jerusalem

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 Jerusalem was the capital of Israel

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 and at the heart of Jerusalem

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 was the temple

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 it would have been glorious to see

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 the temple

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 represented God's presence

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 among God's people

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 Joseph and Mary bring Jesus

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 to the temple

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 out of obedience

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 to the Old Testament commandment

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 to present the firstborn son

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 to the Lord

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 they're obeying God's word

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 and when they bring this month old Jesus

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 to the temple in Jerusalem

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 they have no idea that someone's waiting for them

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 someone is watching for them

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 his name was Simeon

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 Luke 2, 25 and 26

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 tells us some things about this man Simeon

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 at this point

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 he was an old man

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 he was godly

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 Luke says he was

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 righteous and devout

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 he was quote unquote

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 waiting for the consolation of Israel

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 end quote

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 which means he was looking for the Messiah

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 the long promised king

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 who would deliver

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 his people from oppression

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 we learn something else

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 about this Simeon

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 that the Holy Spirit

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 was upon him

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 and the pattern we read

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 in the Gospel of Luke

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 and in Acts

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 Luke wrote Acts as well

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 is that

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 when the Holy Spirit

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 comes upon someone

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 they speak

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 they declare

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 they announce something

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 about Jesus

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 there's one more detail

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 about Simeon

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 you need to know

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 and we read about it

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 in verse 26

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 it's this

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 the Holy Spirit

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 had revealed to Simeon

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 that he would see

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 the Messiah

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 he would see

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 the Lord's Christ

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 with his own eyes

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 before he died

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 and so as an old man

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 he's starting to wonder

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 so

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 here's the scene

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 in verse 27

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 the Holy Spirit

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 leads Simeon

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 into the temple complex

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 and Simeon

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 takes a spot

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 overlooking those

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 coming into the temple

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 he's looking for someone

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 he's looking for a child

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 born to us

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 to us

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 a son is given

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 he's looking for that boy

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 scanning the crowd

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 he's looking

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 he knows

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 by the Holy Spirit

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 leading him

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 that today

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 he will see

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 the consolation

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 of Israel

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 and the whole

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 world

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 he'll see him

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 with his own eyes

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 as Joseph and Mary

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 walk up the stairs

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 into the temple

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 they have no idea

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 there's an old man

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 filled with the Holy Spirit

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 looking for their baby boy

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 they're just seeking

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 to dedicate their son

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 as God commanded

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 in his law

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 while they walk up

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 in Simeon season

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 the Holy Spirit

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 must have sung

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 to Simeon's soul

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 there he is

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 he's the one

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 you know

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 it's moments like these

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 in the Bible

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 you're reading along

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 and you just kind of

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 want more detail

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 like

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 what did

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 what did Simeon do

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 did his eyes

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 well up with tears

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 did his mouth

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 drop

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 did he clasp

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 his hands

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 and cry out

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 he has come

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 did he rush

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 did he run

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 towards Mary

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 and Joseph

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 and snatch that baby

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 out of Mary's hands

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 or was he a slow

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 mover

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 kind of that mix

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 of

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 tears

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 and laughter

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 at the same time

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 oh

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 oh

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 oh

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 he's here

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 when Jenny and I

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 adopted our daughter

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 Mary

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 we were flying back

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 to the states

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 from China

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 and there was a group

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 of older Chinese women

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 who were

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 sitting in a row

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 next to us

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 and they kept on

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 looking down at us

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 and Mary

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 who was in our lap

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 and when we leveled out

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 one of these women

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 unbuckled

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 got up

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 walked right over

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 to us

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 and grabbed Mary

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 right out of

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 Jenny's arms

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 and brought her to

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 the row of Chinese

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 and we just watched

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 as our baby girl

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 got passed

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 down the row

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 we knew these women

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 were delighting

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 in our daughter

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 and we also knew

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 there was no way

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 out at 35,000 feet

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 neither Jenny and I

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 will forget that moment

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 and neither would

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 Mary and Joseph

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 forget this moment

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 Simeon

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 filled with the spirit

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 holding this

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 one month old baby

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 in his arms

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 and he speaks

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 a prophetic word

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 of fulfillment

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 it's directed at God

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 as he looks

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 at this little baby

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 this is what he said

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 Lord

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 now you are letting

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 your servant

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 depart in peace

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 according to your work

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 for my eyes

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 have seen

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 your salvation

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 for my eyes

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 these old eyes

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 have seen

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 your salvation

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 what was Simeon

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 looking at?

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 was he looking at

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 the first national

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 bank of Jerusalem?

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 no

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 God's salvation

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 isn't money

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 was he looking

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 at Jerusalem hospital?

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 no

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 God's salvation

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 isn't health

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 was he looking

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 at the Jerusalem

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 board of trade?

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 no

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 salvation

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 wouldn't come

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 with a robust economy

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 was he looking

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 at a military

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 parade?

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 no

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 God's salvation

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 wouldn't come

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 through military

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 might

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 was Simeon

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 looking at

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 the temple?

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 this towering

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 religious structure?

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 no

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 it wasn't a building

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 God's salvation

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 was the baby

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 God's salvation

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 was his baby

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 this old man

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 was holding

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 Simeon was looking

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 into the face

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 of God

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 he was looking

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 into the face

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 of God's

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 anointed one

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 Emmanuel

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 God with us

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 the Messiah

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 the only one

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 this little

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 seven pound boy

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 the only one

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 who could save

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 us from

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 the oppression

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 of living

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 in a sin

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 strained

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 sin sane

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 sin soaked

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 world

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 this little boy

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 this one month

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 old boy

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 whose birth

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 we celebrate

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 tomorrow

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 he would grow

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 and he would

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 live a life

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 that none of us

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 ever could

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 Jesus lived

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 a life fully

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 pleasing to God

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 every second

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 of every minute

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 of every hour

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 of every day

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 always pleasing

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 to God

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 fully pleasing

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 to God

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 every moment

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 it wasn't just

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 the absence

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 of sin

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 it was the

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 fullness

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 of pleasing

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 God

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 every day

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 of his life

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 and then he died

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 on a cross

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 as a substitute

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 he gave his

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 perfect life

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 to pay for the

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 sins

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 we have committed

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 against God

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 and against

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 others

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 he lived a

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 perfect life

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 and died

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 and then died

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 in the place

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 of sinners

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 but he didn't

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 stay dead

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 God raised him

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 from the dead

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 and with

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 his resurrection

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 Christ

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 triumphed

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 over the

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 triple threat

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 those big

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 three oppressors

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 sin

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 death

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 and the devil

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 Jesus routed

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 them

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 he routed

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 him

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 through his

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 death and

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 resurrection

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 and when he

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 comes back

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 he's going to

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 finish what he

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 started

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 he's going to

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 ultimately

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 and finally

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 complete what

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 his death and

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 resurrection

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 began

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 when this baby

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 comes back

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 he's going to

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 complete it

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 no more sin

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 no more death

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 no more devil

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 far as the curse

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 is found

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 for everyone

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 who trusts in

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 Christ alone

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 they are brought

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 into this triumph

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 we share in what

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 Christ has done

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 for us

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 victorious

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 triumphant

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 our oppressors

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 are routed

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 he's the great

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 deliverer

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 this baby

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 in Simeon's

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 arms

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 God in the

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 flesh

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 Emmanuel

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 he alone

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 is God's

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 salvation

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 for all

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 people

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 so here we

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 are tonight

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 Christmas Eve

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 2014

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 a long

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 way away

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 from when

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 this baby

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 was born

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 but he's

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 alive

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 where are you

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 looking for

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 deliverance

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 where are you

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 looking for

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 rescue

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 have you

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 yet to see

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 with eyes

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 of faith

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 that this

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 Jesus

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 in Simeon's

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 arms

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 is God's

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 salvation

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 that he's

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 holding out

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 to you

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 receive him

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 bow before

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 him

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 he's our

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 deliverer

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 king

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 joy to

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 the world

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 the Lord

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 has come

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 let earth

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 receive her

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 king

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 let every

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 heart

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 your heart

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 tonight

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 tomorrow

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 morning

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 let every

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 heart

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 prepare

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 him

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 room

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 let every

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 don't

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 gosh