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 Amen. You may be seated, unless you are a kid and you get to come take a seat up here on the steps with me.

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 Okay. We're going to talk for just a minute. All right.

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 Is everybody excited for Christmas? Just find a seat where you can see me, all right? See if you

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 can see my face. Uh-oh, we're running out of steps. If you want to sit right down there on the floor,

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 that's just great too. Okay. It doesn't have to be on the steps. Hey, you can be on the floor if

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 that's easier. Okay. It gets very exciting this time of year with Christmas coming up. It's so

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 close, isn't it? You know, one of my favorite, it is tomorrow. You're right. One of my favorite parts

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 of Christmas is Christmas lights. Do y'all like Christmas lights? Like the ones on these trees

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 or even candles, like pretty candlelight. Do y'all like pretty candlelight? Maybe you'll get to hold

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 one in just a little while. You know, all of those lights at Christmas time, they remind us that Jesus

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 is the light of the world. Can you say that? The light of the world. Let me show you a little bit

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 what that means. Okay. Now we're going to make it a little bit darker. It was already dark in this room,

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 wasn't it? We're going to make it a little bit darker, but it's going to be all right. Okay. Just

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 stay with me. Okay. Hold on. I was, it's kind of dark. It won't last long, but I was going to read

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 you a verse from the Bible, but I can't even see it anymore. I can't see to read. Do you know,

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 does anybody have any, where could we get, look, there's a light over there. Do you see that light?

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 Yeah. You know, does that light help me? I still can't read. What if that light came over here closer

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 to me? Do you think that would help? Oh, wow. Look, but I can't get up. Thank you so much, DJ.

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 Look, oh, look, now I can read. Listen, listen to what the Bible says.

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 The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not overcome it. Can y'all sit down for just a

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 second while we talk so everybody else can see? Awesome. You know, it's a dark world sometimes,

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 isn't it? So many things, so many things we can't understand. There are, there are bullies

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 in the world and monsters in the world. I know it's scary. In fact, there's even sin in our own

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 hearts, isn't there? Times when we don't want to obey our parents. We just want to do what we want

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 to do. It's very dark and we need light, don't we? And just like DJ brought me this light so that I

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 could read, the light shines in the darkness. Who did we say is the light of the world? Jesus.

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 Jesus is, you know, that is actually what Christmas is all about. Hey, listen to me just once. We're

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 almost finished, okay? Listen, listen. Jesus didn't stay far away in heaven, did he? He came all the way

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 down to bring his light to shine close to us. He was stronger than all the bullies and the monsters.

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 He even beat sin and death so that our sin could be forgiven and we could live with him forever.

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 That is the good news of Christmas, that Jesus is the light of the world and that he's come close to

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 us, okay? So listen, when you see Christmas lights tonight or when you hold a candle that has a light,

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 I want you to remember something, okay? Every one of you, as you hold that light, remember that Jesus is

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 your light who comes close to you and he never leaves you and he never goes out, does he? He's

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 always our light. Jesus is the light of the world who came into the world to defeat all the darkness,

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 all right? Can we pray about that? Let's pray and thank Jesus for being our light.

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 Jesus, thank you so much for loving us. Thank you for not staying far away but for coming into this

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 world to be born and live and die and rise for us. I pray that every one of these precious kids

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 will know that you're with them and that you love them and that they'll celebrate Christmas because of

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 that and we ask it in your name, amen. All right, hang on one second. We're going to wait for some lights

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 to come back on. There you go. Now you can go back calmly and safely, I hope, to your seats. Thank you so much.

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 Can you blow it out for me? Can I do it? Thank you.

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 Ethan!

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 Love you.

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 All right.

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 I think I'm going to give us just a minute.

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 And I am really sorry if that causes any difficulty going to sleep tonight.

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 It was darker than I anticipated.

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 This Advent season here at Southwood, we have walked through Matthew's account.

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 of Jesus' birth, tracking his family tree back to Abraham, Emmanuel, God with us, wise men coming to worship the king.

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 Tonight, in case you hadn't noticed, we've been reading Luke's account of the Savior coming into the world.

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 There are angels singing and shepherds worshiping and Mary pondering.

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 And now John goes back a bit further than both of these to tell us about Jesus' entrance into the world.

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 John starts, not just at a manger scene, but he starts with very familiar words,

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 in the beginning.

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 He's going way back.

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 Okay?

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 John chapter 1.

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 This is God's holy word.

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 In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God, and the word was God.

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 He was in the beginning with God.

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 All things were made through him, and without him was not anything made that was made.

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 In him was life, and the life was the light of men.

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 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

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 I want to spend just a few more minutes tonight reflecting on that one phrase,

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 the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

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 The reason is that I'm not sure that there's a more hopeful truth in the entire Bible,

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 especially when you feel the darkness.

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 See, that statement, that the light shines in the darkness,

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 clearly acknowledges the reality of the darkness, doesn't it?

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 The darkness that we live in.

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 The darkness many of us feel right now.

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 The heaviness of the darkness that's in us, and that's around us,

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 and that often hangs over us like a heavy blanket.

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 It may just be me.

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 Sometimes pastors feel things too much.

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 But my sense is that more of us than usual are feeling the heaviness of that darkness

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 at the end of this year.

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 There just seems to have been a lot.

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 Maybe a lot in this church family, in this community, in this world.

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 We're feeling the weight of the darkness.

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 Maybe for some of you, the darkness you feel is from grief,

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 loss in your own life, and the life of those around you,

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 those you love and care about.

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 The hopelessness that sometimes sets in in the midst of that.

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 Maybe your darkness, your feelings from the evil in the world around you,

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 the wars, the injustices you see that aren't rectified,

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 the abuses of power, even in the name of good,

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 just infuriates you.

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 Maybe for others of you, it's from failures in your own life.

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 You thought you'd be better by now, but you've messed up again.

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 Or just this sense of darkness that the Bible describes

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 where you don't really know where you're going.

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 You're living life, you're getting by, fine,

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 but you don't really know where it's all headed,

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 where life's going.

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 There's no real clear sense of purpose and direction for you.

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 So the darkness feels thick and deep and sometimes overwhelming.

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 In fact, I'd like to try to be really honest tonight

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 without ruining your Christmas Eve.

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 Sometimes it seems darkness is winning.

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 It does sometimes feel that way.

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 I like to go up on a mountainside overlooking Huntsville

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 and watch the sunrise.

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 It's beautiful so often.

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 There's these beautiful oranges and purples

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 right as the day is breaking.

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 It's glorious.

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 But sometimes it's not that.

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 Sometimes I get up on the mountainside

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 and it's sunrise time and I'm double-checking

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 and all you can see is fog,

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 clouds,

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 darkness.

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 I've shared this with some of you,

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 this sense of not being able to see

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 or to feel the sun at all.

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 No heat and warmth,

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 no light.

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 I can't even see where to walk.

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 It appears from everything that I can tell

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 on those days that darkness has overcome,

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 has won.

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 That's what it looks like.

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 That's the evidence as I look around me.

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 And so I love that John says

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 the darkness has not overcome it

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 because I can tell that God knows

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 that it sometimes feels as if it has.

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 I think that's why he says it.

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 Because he knows that many days seem to us

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 as if darkness wins.

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 In fact, in the story that he tells of Jesus,

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 there are many moments where it looks like

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 from everybody looking on that that's true.

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 It's that way from the start.

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 I mean, who's going to win this battle

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 of light versus darkness?

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 I mean, you tell me,

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 who's going to win?

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 The little baby in the manger

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 or the big strong king

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 who intends to kill him?

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 Who's going to win?

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 The child of two poor people

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 or the rich and powerful Jewish leaders

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 and establishment?

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 Who's going to win?

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 A humble Jew or the mighty Roman Empire?

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 Come on.

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 The light of the world

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 doesn't seem to stand a chance.

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 The same is true, by the way,

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 toward the end of the story

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 when we're told that the world

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 literally goes dark

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 in the middle of the day.

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 As the Christ, the Messiah,

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 the King of the Jews

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 hangs on a cross

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 and cries out

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 and dies

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 and it's dark

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 and the powers of darkness

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 celebrate.

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 everyone is picking

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 darkness

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 to win.

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 Not so fast, my friend.

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 God doesn't deny

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 the reality

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 of darkness.

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 He just comes

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 to assure us

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 that light

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 is stronger.

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 It's what he's told us

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 since the days

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 of the prophet.

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 We read that

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 at the beginning

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 of the service.

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 The people walking

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 in darkness.

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 He sees them.

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 They've seen

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 a great light.

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 He knew that we were

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 going to feel this way

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 that darkness

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 shall cover the earth

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 and thick darkness

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 all the peoples

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 but the Lord

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 will arise

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 upon you.

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 Arise, shine

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 for your light

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 has come.

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 The light

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 shines in the darkness

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 and the darkness

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 has not

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 overcome it.

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 He knows

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 and he's telling you

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 how the story goes.

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 Look what we learn

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 about this unbeatable

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 light here.

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 How can we be

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 sure tonight

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 that the light

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 will win?

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 What is it about

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 this light

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 that lets us

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 grab onto it

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 and have hope?

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 First, the light

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 is loving.

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 In other words,

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 it's personal.

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 John is not

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 talking about

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 some vague

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 force

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 that may

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 or may not

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 last.

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 You know,

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 good vibes,

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 karma.

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 It's not even

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 some mysterious

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 logos,

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 the word,

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 a power

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 out there

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 that will magically

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 turn evil

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 to good.

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 No,

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 read,

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 it's a person.

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 The true light

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 that gives light

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 to everyone

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 wasn't staying

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 far off

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 but was

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 coming

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 into

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 the world.

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 Verse 9.

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 Verse 14,

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 the word

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 became flesh

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 and made

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 his home

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 in our

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 neighborhood,

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 walked on

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 our dirt.

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 The light

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 John is talking

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 about then

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 is indisputable.

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 Jesus really

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 came and lived

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 here,

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 we know this,

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 with this

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 inexpressible

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 love that has

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 changed the world,

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 healing the sick,

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 welcoming the lonely,

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 challenging

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 the powerful,

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 comforting the grieving,

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 teaching the confused,

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 forgiving the sinners.

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 The loving light

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 pushes back

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 the darkness.

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 But you might say,

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 yeah,

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 great,

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 but didn't he die?

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 Yep.

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 In fact,

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 his death

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 on the cross

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 is as historically

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 attested

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 as the rest

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 of his life.

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 life.

00:15:36.619 --> 00:15:37.619
 This light

00:15:37.619 --> 00:15:38.859
 overcomes

00:15:38.859 --> 00:15:39.359
 darkness

00:15:39.359 --> 00:15:40.979
 because Jesus

00:15:40.979 --> 00:15:42.119
 is the living

00:15:42.119 --> 00:15:42.759
 light,

00:15:43.059 --> 00:15:43.819
 absolutely

00:15:43.819 --> 00:15:44.500
 invincible.

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 Here's how we

00:15:45.259 --> 00:15:45.879
 know it.

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 Look at verse 4.

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 In him

00:15:47.719 --> 00:15:49.639
 was life

00:15:49.639 --> 00:15:51.159
 and the life

00:15:51.159 --> 00:15:52.619
 was the light

00:15:52.619 --> 00:15:53.239
 of men.

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 Life,

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 yes,

00:15:54.519 --> 00:15:55.319
 he died,

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 but the third day

00:15:56.299 --> 00:15:57.419
 he rose again

00:15:57.419 --> 00:15:58.199
 from the dead,

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 never more

00:15:59.179 --> 00:16:00.079
 to die.

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 That midnight

00:16:01.599 --> 00:16:02.439
 darkness

00:16:02.439 --> 00:16:03.479
 in the garden

00:16:03.479 --> 00:16:04.319
 of his betrayal,

00:16:04.559 --> 00:16:05.919
 the midday

00:16:05.919 --> 00:16:06.919
 darkness

00:16:06.919 --> 00:16:08.879
 at the cross,

00:16:09.959 --> 00:16:11.419
 the early morning

00:16:11.419 --> 00:16:12.159
 darkness

00:16:12.159 --> 00:16:13.319
 at the tomb

00:16:13.319 --> 00:16:14.599
 is replaced

00:16:14.599 --> 00:16:15.959
 by the light

00:16:15.959 --> 00:16:17.139
 of resurrection

00:16:17.139 --> 00:16:18.079
 life

00:16:18.079 --> 00:16:18.919
 and that's

00:16:18.919 --> 00:16:20.419
 so that we can know

00:16:20.419 --> 00:16:21.699
 that in our

00:16:21.699 --> 00:16:23.519
 darkest moments

00:16:23.519 --> 00:16:25.839
 and moments

00:16:25.839 --> 00:16:26.439
 you've known

00:16:26.439 --> 00:16:27.839
 even this year,

00:16:27.959 --> 00:16:28.439
 moments like

00:16:28.439 --> 00:16:30.039
 tragic death,

00:16:32.059 --> 00:16:32.619
 moments like

00:16:32.619 --> 00:16:33.819
 devastating

00:16:33.820 --> 00:16:35.300
 miscarriage,

00:16:36.180 --> 00:16:38.180
 moments like

00:16:38.180 --> 00:16:39.320
 terminal

00:16:39.320 --> 00:16:40.760
 diagnoses

00:16:40.760 --> 00:16:43.180
 from which

00:16:43.180 --> 00:16:43.900
 you look around

00:16:43.900 --> 00:16:44.300
 and say

00:16:44.300 --> 00:16:45.220
 there is no

00:16:45.220 --> 00:16:46.000
 hope

00:16:46.000 --> 00:16:47.240
 in this

00:16:47.240 --> 00:16:48.180
 life.

00:16:50.180 --> 00:16:51.440
 Even then,

00:16:52.560 --> 00:16:53.160
 still,

00:16:54.040 --> 00:16:54.440
 darkness

00:16:54.440 --> 00:16:56.280
 does not win.

00:16:56.279 --> 00:16:58.799
 it feels

00:16:58.799 --> 00:16:59.839
 like it,

00:16:59.839 --> 00:17:00.319
 right?

00:17:00.839 --> 00:17:01.459
 You may have

00:17:01.459 --> 00:17:02.439
 had those days,

00:17:02.519 --> 00:17:02.939
 you may be

00:17:02.939 --> 00:17:04.139
 in those seasons

00:17:04.139 --> 00:17:04.899
 and you look

00:17:04.899 --> 00:17:05.879
 around and you

00:17:05.879 --> 00:17:06.180
 say,

00:17:06.720 --> 00:17:08.599
 all I can see,

00:17:08.799 --> 00:17:09.819
 all I can feel

00:17:09.819 --> 00:17:11.220
 is the darkness,

00:17:11.700 --> 00:17:12.440
 but the light

00:17:12.440 --> 00:17:13.240
 of life

00:17:13.240 --> 00:17:14.059
 has come

00:17:14.059 --> 00:17:15.259
 into our world

00:17:15.259 --> 00:17:16.059
 so that we

00:17:16.059 --> 00:17:16.700
 don't face

00:17:16.700 --> 00:17:17.720
 even death

00:17:17.720 --> 00:17:18.639
 as the final

00:17:18.639 --> 00:17:19.099
 chapter.

00:17:19.420 --> 00:17:20.019
 It's not.

00:17:20.779 --> 00:17:21.019
 Listen,

00:17:21.139 --> 00:17:21.660
 there is good

00:17:21.660 --> 00:17:22.059
 news.

00:17:22.680 --> 00:17:23.259
 The darkness

00:17:23.259 --> 00:17:24.000
 has not

00:17:24.000 --> 00:17:24.859
 overcome

00:17:24.859 --> 00:17:25.519
 Jesus,

00:17:25.920 --> 00:17:26.519
 the light.

00:17:26.740 --> 00:17:27.299
 The grave

00:17:27.299 --> 00:17:27.900
 could not

00:17:27.900 --> 00:17:28.460
 hold him.

00:17:28.740 --> 00:17:28.980
 Death

00:17:28.980 --> 00:17:29.559
 could not

00:17:29.559 --> 00:17:30.180
 defeat him.

00:17:30.440 --> 00:17:30.839
 Darkness

00:17:30.839 --> 00:17:31.579
 could not

00:17:31.579 --> 00:17:32.460
 overcome him.

00:17:32.579 --> 00:17:33.299
 So you can

00:17:33.299 --> 00:17:34.099
 stare death

00:17:34.099 --> 00:17:35.039
 in the face

00:17:35.039 --> 00:17:36.259
 and say,

00:17:36.339 --> 00:17:37.220
 I hate you.

00:17:38.019 --> 00:17:39.319
 I hate you.

00:17:39.619 --> 00:17:39.940
 You can

00:17:39.940 --> 00:17:41.579
 even weep

00:17:41.579 --> 00:17:43.059
 with Jesus.

00:17:43.220 --> 00:17:43.579
 It'll be right

00:17:43.579 --> 00:17:44.359
 there next to you

00:17:44.359 --> 00:17:45.099
 and through those

00:17:45.099 --> 00:17:45.740
 tears,

00:17:46.400 --> 00:17:47.039
 you can say,

00:17:47.200 --> 00:17:47.660
 but death,

00:17:48.539 --> 00:17:49.619
 you don't win.

00:17:50.220 --> 00:17:51.259
 You will not

00:17:51.259 --> 00:17:52.019
 win.

00:17:52.299 --> 00:17:52.900
 The game

00:17:52.900 --> 00:17:53.759
 is not

00:17:53.759 --> 00:17:54.779
 over.

00:17:55.700 --> 00:17:56.259
 The living

00:17:56.259 --> 00:17:57.660
 light shines.

00:17:57.940 --> 00:17:58.640
 A living

00:17:58.640 --> 00:17:59.779
 person,

00:18:00.079 --> 00:18:01.200
 so many saw

00:18:01.200 --> 00:18:01.980
 and felt

00:18:01.980 --> 00:18:02.660
 and touched

00:18:02.660 --> 00:18:03.819
 it and one

00:18:03.819 --> 00:18:04.640
 day I'm

00:18:04.640 --> 00:18:05.259
 going to feel

00:18:05.259 --> 00:18:05.879
 it again.

00:18:06.440 --> 00:18:06.819
 I'm going to

00:18:06.819 --> 00:18:07.799
 see it again

00:18:07.799 --> 00:18:09.859
 and it may

00:18:09.859 --> 00:18:10.720
 not be today,

00:18:11.519 --> 00:18:13.160
 but I know

00:18:13.160 --> 00:18:13.839
 the sun is

00:18:13.839 --> 00:18:14.559
 still there.

00:18:15.500 --> 00:18:16.440
 It's behind

00:18:16.440 --> 00:18:17.319
 those really

00:18:17.319 --> 00:18:18.299
 heavy clouds.

00:18:18.440 --> 00:18:18.879
 I know it

00:18:18.879 --> 00:18:19.099
 is.

00:18:19.339 --> 00:18:19.779
 I'm going to

00:18:19.779 --> 00:18:20.240
 feel its

00:18:20.240 --> 00:18:20.879
 warmth.

00:18:21.259 --> 00:18:22.039
 I'm going to

00:18:22.039 --> 00:18:22.440
 see its

00:18:22.440 --> 00:18:23.079
 light again.

00:18:23.180 --> 00:18:23.740
 The darkness

00:18:23.740 --> 00:18:24.839
 has not

00:18:24.839 --> 00:18:26.339
 overcome it.

00:18:28.519 --> 00:18:29.200
 And the

00:18:29.200 --> 00:18:29.700
 last reason

00:18:29.700 --> 00:18:30.200
 you can be

00:18:30.200 --> 00:18:31.400
 confident that

00:18:31.400 --> 00:18:31.900
 this light

00:18:31.900 --> 00:18:32.500
 is a

00:18:32.500 --> 00:18:34.000
 divine

00:18:34.000 --> 00:18:34.900
 light.

00:18:36.299 --> 00:18:37.059
 The word

00:18:37.059 --> 00:18:37.519
 was with

00:18:37.519 --> 00:18:37.960
 God

00:18:37.960 --> 00:18:39.379
 and the

00:18:39.379 --> 00:18:39.720
 word

00:18:39.720 --> 00:18:40.920
 was

00:18:40.920 --> 00:18:42.500
 God.

00:18:42.900 --> 00:18:43.220
 There

00:18:43.220 --> 00:18:43.619
 from the

00:18:43.619 --> 00:18:43.819
 very

00:18:43.819 --> 00:18:44.220
 beginning,

00:18:45.220 --> 00:18:46.000
 creating

00:18:46.000 --> 00:18:46.980
 the entire

00:18:46.980 --> 00:18:47.640
 world,

00:18:47.819 --> 00:18:48.160
 breathing

00:18:48.160 --> 00:18:49.240
 life into

00:18:49.240 --> 00:18:49.900
 each and

00:18:49.900 --> 00:18:50.500
 every one

00:18:50.500 --> 00:18:50.759
 of us

00:18:50.759 --> 00:18:50.940
 who's

00:18:50.940 --> 00:18:51.539
 ever

00:18:51.539 --> 00:18:52.039
 walked

00:18:52.039 --> 00:18:52.420
 in this

00:18:52.420 --> 00:18:52.819
 world.

00:18:54.079 --> 00:18:54.259
 See,

00:18:54.420 --> 00:18:55.640
 God is

00:18:55.640 --> 00:18:56.240
 light.

00:18:56.359 --> 00:18:56.900
 In Him

00:18:56.900 --> 00:18:57.599
 there is

00:18:57.599 --> 00:18:59.019
 no darkness

00:18:59.019 --> 00:19:00.400
 at all.

00:19:01.160 --> 00:19:01.619
 But we

00:19:01.619 --> 00:19:02.140
 wouldn't know

00:19:02.140 --> 00:19:02.279
 that.

00:19:02.339 --> 00:19:02.700
 How would

00:19:02.700 --> 00:19:03.140
 we know

00:19:03.140 --> 00:19:03.839
 that if

00:19:03.839 --> 00:19:04.599
 God stayed

00:19:04.599 --> 00:19:05.299
 far away

00:19:05.299 --> 00:19:06.039
 from us

00:19:06.039 --> 00:19:06.559
 all the

00:19:06.559 --> 00:19:06.900
 time?

00:19:07.619 --> 00:19:08.440
 If God

00:19:08.440 --> 00:19:09.079
 hid from

00:19:09.079 --> 00:19:09.859
 us far

00:19:09.859 --> 00:19:10.160
 away,

00:19:10.279 --> 00:19:10.819
 if we

00:19:10.819 --> 00:19:11.420
 stayed with

00:19:11.420 --> 00:19:12.039
 our hearts

00:19:12.039 --> 00:19:12.660
 and minds

00:19:12.660 --> 00:19:13.740
 in darkness

00:19:13.740 --> 00:19:14.940
 about

00:19:14.940 --> 00:19:15.460
 Him,

00:19:16.599 --> 00:19:16.960
 we

00:19:16.960 --> 00:19:17.180
 wouldn't

00:19:17.180 --> 00:19:17.500
 know.

00:19:19.240 --> 00:19:19.759
 John

00:19:19.759 --> 00:19:20.099
 says,

00:19:20.200 --> 00:19:20.920
 verse 18,

00:19:21.279 --> 00:19:21.819
 no one

00:19:21.819 --> 00:19:23.180
 has ever

00:19:23.180 --> 00:19:23.819
 seen

00:19:23.819 --> 00:19:24.500
 God.

00:19:25.000 --> 00:19:25.420
 Problem.

00:19:27.420 --> 00:19:28.400
 But God,

00:19:28.500 --> 00:19:28.940
 the only

00:19:28.940 --> 00:19:29.440
 Son,

00:19:29.759 --> 00:19:30.319
 has now

00:19:30.319 --> 00:19:30.980
 made Him

00:19:30.980 --> 00:19:32.240
 known to

00:19:32.240 --> 00:19:32.799
 us by

00:19:32.799 --> 00:19:34.120
 coming near

00:19:34.120 --> 00:19:35.019
 to us.

00:19:35.380 --> 00:19:36.440
 Son of

00:19:36.440 --> 00:19:37.220
 God

00:19:37.220 --> 00:19:38.279
 loves

00:19:38.279 --> 00:19:39.440
 pure

00:19:39.440 --> 00:19:40.480
 light.

00:19:40.599 --> 00:19:40.859
 We're going

00:19:40.859 --> 00:19:41.440
 to sing it.

00:19:41.440 --> 00:19:42.460
 Now Jesus

00:19:42.460 --> 00:19:43.360
 comes

00:19:43.360 --> 00:19:44.120
 to help

00:19:44.120 --> 00:19:44.920
 us see

00:19:44.920 --> 00:19:46.299
 God's

00:19:46.299 --> 00:19:47.299
 light.

00:19:49.160 --> 00:19:49.820
 You ever

00:19:49.820 --> 00:19:50.340
 wonder what

00:19:50.340 --> 00:19:50.779
 God would

00:19:50.779 --> 00:19:51.340
 be like

00:19:51.340 --> 00:19:53.160
 if you

00:19:53.160 --> 00:19:53.519
 got up

00:19:53.519 --> 00:19:54.279
 really close

00:19:54.279 --> 00:19:54.660
 to Him?

00:19:56.900 --> 00:19:57.559
 How would

00:19:57.559 --> 00:19:58.080
 He respond

00:19:58.080 --> 00:19:58.539
 to you?

00:19:59.320 --> 00:19:59.680
 What would

00:19:59.680 --> 00:20:00.140
 He say?

00:20:00.299 --> 00:20:00.620
 How would

00:20:00.620 --> 00:20:01.019
 it go?

00:20:01.460 --> 00:20:01.880
 You don't

00:20:01.880 --> 00:20:02.320
 have to

00:20:02.320 --> 00:20:02.680
 wonder

00:20:02.680 --> 00:20:03.400
 anymore.

00:20:03.820 --> 00:20:04.140
 Jesus

00:20:04.140 --> 00:20:05.700
 shows you.

00:20:08.279 --> 00:20:08.940
 Are you

00:20:08.940 --> 00:20:09.259
 grieving

00:20:09.259 --> 00:20:09.700
 tonight?

00:20:09.700 --> 00:20:11.700
 not sure

00:20:11.700 --> 00:20:11.900
 you'll

00:20:11.900 --> 00:20:12.080
 ever

00:20:12.080 --> 00:20:12.519
 stop?

00:20:14.880 --> 00:20:15.580
 He

00:20:15.580 --> 00:20:15.940
 weeps

00:20:15.940 --> 00:20:16.500
 with you.

00:20:17.539 --> 00:20:17.880
 He

00:20:17.880 --> 00:20:19.100
 blesses

00:20:19.100 --> 00:20:19.660
 the

00:20:19.660 --> 00:20:20.160
 mourner.

00:20:21.220 --> 00:20:21.440
 He

00:20:21.440 --> 00:20:21.799
 wipes

00:20:21.799 --> 00:20:22.180
 away

00:20:22.180 --> 00:20:22.799
 tears.

00:20:24.799 --> 00:20:25.660
 Are you

00:20:25.660 --> 00:20:26.240
 confused?

00:20:27.819 --> 00:20:28.319
 Hopeless?

00:20:29.440 --> 00:20:30.000
 Not

00:20:30.000 --> 00:20:30.460
 sure your

00:20:30.460 --> 00:20:30.880
 life

00:20:30.880 --> 00:20:31.740
 matters

00:20:31.740 --> 00:20:32.200
 anymore?

00:20:32.200 --> 00:20:34.960
 He

00:20:34.960 --> 00:20:35.360
 sees

00:20:35.360 --> 00:20:35.580
 you.

00:20:36.580 --> 00:20:37.080
 He

00:20:37.080 --> 00:20:37.640
 calls

00:20:37.640 --> 00:20:37.880
 you

00:20:37.880 --> 00:20:38.380
 by

00:20:38.380 --> 00:20:39.000
 name.

00:20:39.259 --> 00:20:39.380
 He

00:20:39.380 --> 00:20:40.120
 shines

00:20:40.120 --> 00:20:40.600
 the

00:20:40.600 --> 00:20:40.940
 light

00:20:40.940 --> 00:20:41.100
 of

00:20:41.100 --> 00:20:41.259
 the

00:20:41.259 --> 00:20:41.519
 world

00:20:41.519 --> 00:20:41.720
 so

00:20:41.720 --> 00:20:41.860
 that

00:20:41.860 --> 00:20:42.000
 you

00:20:42.000 --> 00:20:42.220
 don't

00:20:42.220 --> 00:20:42.539
 have

00:20:42.539 --> 00:20:42.759
 to

00:20:42.759 --> 00:20:43.140
 walk

00:20:43.140 --> 00:20:43.640
 in

00:20:43.640 --> 00:20:44.340
 darkness

00:20:44.340 --> 00:20:45.120
 anymore.

00:20:46.900 --> 00:20:47.620
 Are you

00:20:47.620 --> 00:20:47.980
 sinful?

00:20:48.900 --> 00:20:49.340
 Are you

00:20:49.340 --> 00:20:50.120
 failing

00:20:50.120 --> 00:20:51.100
 again?

00:20:51.500 --> 00:20:51.799
 Are you

00:20:51.799 --> 00:20:52.100
 not

00:20:52.100 --> 00:20:52.600
 sure

00:20:52.600 --> 00:20:52.980
 that you

00:20:52.980 --> 00:20:53.200
 can

00:20:53.200 --> 00:20:54.019
 acknowledge

00:20:54.019 --> 00:20:54.680
 that God

00:20:54.680 --> 00:20:54.860
 is

00:20:54.860 --> 00:20:55.559
 there?

00:20:55.799 --> 00:20:55.960
 That

00:20:55.960 --> 00:20:56.080
 you

00:20:56.080 --> 00:20:56.240
 could

00:20:56.240 --> 00:20:56.480
 ever

00:20:56.480 --> 00:20:56.900
 get

00:20:56.900 --> 00:20:57.380
 close

00:20:57.380 --> 00:20:57.620
 to

00:20:57.620 --> 00:20:57.860
 Him

00:20:57.860 --> 00:20:58.539
 without

00:20:58.539 --> 00:20:59.120
 being

00:20:59.120 --> 00:21:00.519
 destroyed?

00:21:00.519 --> 00:21:04.839
 He

00:21:04.839 --> 00:21:05.240
 eats

00:21:05.240 --> 00:21:05.900
 with

00:21:05.900 --> 00:21:06.160
 you.

00:21:09.599 --> 00:21:10.639
 He

00:21:10.639 --> 00:21:11.019
 eats

00:21:11.019 --> 00:21:11.639
 with

00:21:11.639 --> 00:21:11.960
 sinners.

00:21:13.519 --> 00:21:13.960
 He

00:21:13.960 --> 00:21:14.879
 is

00:21:14.879 --> 00:21:15.519
 destroyed

00:21:15.519 --> 00:21:16.599
 for

00:21:16.599 --> 00:21:17.000
 you.

00:21:18.000 --> 00:21:18.700
 He

00:21:18.700 --> 00:21:19.619
 forgives

00:21:19.619 --> 00:21:20.440
 your sins

00:21:20.440 --> 00:21:21.240
 forever

00:21:21.240 --> 00:21:22.220
 so that

00:21:22.220 --> 00:21:22.579
 you can

00:21:22.579 --> 00:21:22.879
 be

00:21:22.879 --> 00:21:23.660
 with

00:21:23.660 --> 00:21:24.099
 Him.

00:21:24.619 --> 00:21:24.859
 See,

00:21:24.920 --> 00:21:25.279
 the baby

00:21:25.279 --> 00:21:26.019
 born at

00:21:26.019 --> 00:21:26.420
 Christmas

00:21:26.420 --> 00:21:27.200
 is God

00:21:27.200 --> 00:21:27.839
 come

00:21:27.839 --> 00:21:28.519
 to be

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 with

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 us.

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 But

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 even

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 then

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 on that

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 first

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 Christmas

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 night

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 it's

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 only

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 the

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 dawn

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 of

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 redeeming

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 grace.

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 It's

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 the

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 first

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 little

00:21:36.620 --> 00:21:37.579
 glimmers

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 of

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 sunlight

00:21:38.420 --> 00:21:39.240
 breaking

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 through.

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 But

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 He's

00:21:40.759 --> 00:21:41.059
 headed

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 to a

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 cross

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 and

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 an

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 empty

00:21:43.140 --> 00:21:43.720
 tomb

00:21:43.720 --> 00:21:44.200
 where

00:21:44.200 --> 00:21:45.059
 redeeming

00:21:45.059 --> 00:21:45.640
 grace

00:21:45.640 --> 00:21:46.420
 shines

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 brilliantly.

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 We've

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 never

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 seen

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 anything

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 like it.

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 It's

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 at

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 full

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 strength

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 and

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 it

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 will

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 never

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 be

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 put

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 out.

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 It

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 is

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 inextinguishable

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 this

00:21:56.440 --> 00:21:57.140
 light.

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 The

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 glory

00:21:58.200 --> 00:21:58.480
 of

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 God

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 in the

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 face

00:21:59.600 --> 00:22:00.000
 of

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 Jesus

00:22:00.400 --> 00:22:01.280
 Christ.

00:22:01.980 --> 00:22:02.260
 The

00:22:02.260 --> 00:22:02.800
 divine

00:22:02.800 --> 00:22:03.640
 light

00:22:03.640 --> 00:22:05.180
 living

00:22:05.180 --> 00:22:06.460
 loving

00:22:06.460 --> 00:22:07.460
 always

00:22:07.460 --> 00:22:08.420
 overcoming

00:22:08.420 --> 00:22:09.580
 the

00:22:09.580 --> 00:22:10.000
 darkness.

00:22:11.620 --> 00:22:11.980
 See the

00:22:11.980 --> 00:22:12.200
 light

00:22:12.200 --> 00:22:13.060
 shines

00:22:13.060 --> 00:22:14.140
 shines

00:22:14.140 --> 00:22:14.740
 present

00:22:14.740 --> 00:22:15.420
 tense

00:22:15.420 --> 00:22:15.840
 in the

00:22:15.840 --> 00:22:16.280
 darkness

00:22:16.280 --> 00:22:16.880
 then

00:22:16.880 --> 00:22:17.660
 now

00:22:17.660 --> 00:22:18.180
 and

00:22:18.180 --> 00:22:18.900
 always

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 the

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 greatest

00:22:19.900 --> 00:22:20.560
 reality

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 in all

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 of history

00:22:22.000 --> 00:22:22.619
 is that

00:22:22.619 --> 00:22:22.799
 the

00:22:22.799 --> 00:22:23.160
 light

00:22:23.160 --> 00:22:24.000
 shines

00:22:24.000 --> 00:22:24.440
 in the

00:22:24.440 --> 00:22:24.880
 darkness.

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 Amen.

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 That's

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 the

00:22:26.579 --> 00:22:26.920
 greatest

00:22:26.920 --> 00:22:27.480
 truth

00:22:27.480 --> 00:22:27.799
 you can

00:22:27.799 --> 00:22:28.140
 count

00:22:28.140 --> 00:22:28.420
 on.

00:22:28.720 --> 00:22:28.859
 The

00:22:28.859 --> 00:22:29.319
 light

00:22:29.319 --> 00:22:30.359
 shines

00:22:30.359 --> 00:22:30.920
 in the

00:22:30.920 --> 00:22:31.400
 darkness

00:22:31.400 --> 00:22:31.960
 and the

00:22:31.960 --> 00:22:32.339
 darkness

00:22:32.339 --> 00:22:33.240
 has not

00:22:33.240 --> 00:22:33.819
 overcome

00:22:33.819 --> 00:22:34.259
 it.

00:22:35.259 --> 00:22:36.000
 It may

00:22:36.000 --> 00:22:36.319
 feel

00:22:36.319 --> 00:22:36.619
 really

00:22:36.619 --> 00:22:37.079
 dark

00:22:37.079 --> 00:22:38.039
 tonight

00:22:38.039 --> 00:22:39.680
 but

00:22:39.680 --> 00:22:39.980
 light

00:22:39.980 --> 00:22:40.440
 shines

00:22:40.440 --> 00:22:41.000
 in Jesus

00:22:41.000 --> 00:22:41.579
 even if

00:22:41.579 --> 00:22:41.799
 there's

00:22:41.799 --> 00:22:42.160
 no other

00:22:42.160 --> 00:22:42.579
 light.

00:22:43.380 --> 00:22:43.859
 In

00:22:43.859 --> 00:22:44.079
 him

00:22:44.079 --> 00:22:44.339
 God

00:22:44.339 --> 00:22:44.880
 promises

00:22:44.880 --> 00:22:45.140
 the

00:22:45.140 --> 00:22:45.519
 darkness

00:22:45.519 --> 00:22:46.220
 is already

00:22:46.220 --> 00:22:46.759
 passing

00:22:46.759 --> 00:22:47.339
 away

00:22:47.339 --> 00:22:47.740
 and the

00:22:47.740 --> 00:22:47.980
 true

00:22:47.980 --> 00:22:48.400
 light

00:22:48.400 --> 00:22:49.740
 is already

00:22:49.740 --> 00:22:50.660
 shining

00:22:50.660 --> 00:22:52.620
 because of

00:22:52.620 --> 00:22:53.080
 the tender

00:22:53.080 --> 00:22:53.519
 mercy

00:22:53.519 --> 00:22:54.120
 of our

00:22:54.120 --> 00:22:54.440
 God

00:22:54.440 --> 00:22:54.680
 the

00:22:54.680 --> 00:22:55.080
 sunrise

00:22:55.080 --> 00:22:55.560
 shall

00:22:55.560 --> 00:22:55.840
 visit

00:22:55.840 --> 00:22:56.100
 us

00:22:56.100 --> 00:22:56.340
 from

00:22:56.340 --> 00:22:56.560
 on

00:22:56.560 --> 00:22:56.940
 high

00:22:56.940 --> 00:22:58.000
 to

00:22:58.000 --> 00:22:58.180
 give

00:22:58.180 --> 00:22:58.460
 light

00:22:58.460 --> 00:22:58.640
 to

00:22:58.640 --> 00:22:58.920
 those

00:22:58.920 --> 00:22:59.100
 who

00:22:59.100 --> 00:22:59.280
 sit

00:22:59.280 --> 00:22:59.420
 in

00:22:59.420 --> 00:23:00.000
 darkness

00:23:00.000 --> 00:23:01.259
 and

00:23:01.259 --> 00:23:01.360
 in

00:23:01.360 --> 00:23:01.500
 the

00:23:01.500 --> 00:23:01.780
 shadow

00:23:01.780 --> 00:23:02.000
 of

00:23:02.000 --> 00:23:02.420
 death

00:23:02.420 --> 00:23:03.519
 to

00:23:03.519 --> 00:23:03.840
 guide

00:23:03.840 --> 00:23:04.019
 our

00:23:04.019 --> 00:23:04.480
 feet

00:23:04.480 --> 00:23:05.640
 in

00:23:05.640 --> 00:23:05.759
 the

00:23:05.759 --> 00:23:05.960
 way

00:23:05.960 --> 00:23:06.140
 of

00:23:06.140 --> 00:23:06.660
 peace

00:23:06.660 --> 00:23:08.640
 the

00:23:08.640 --> 00:23:08.980
 light

00:23:08.980 --> 00:23:09.740
 shines

00:23:09.740 --> 00:23:10.380
 in

00:23:10.380 --> 00:23:10.500
 the

00:23:10.500 --> 00:23:11.040
 darkness

00:23:11.040 --> 00:23:11.380
 and

00:23:11.380 --> 00:23:11.519
 the

00:23:11.519 --> 00:23:11.940
 darkness

00:23:11.940 --> 00:23:12.400
 has

00:23:12.400 --> 00:23:12.800
 not

00:23:12.800 --> 00:23:13.680
 will

00:23:13.680 --> 00:23:14.140
 not

00:23:14.140 --> 00:23:14.920
 cannot

00:23:14.920 --> 00:23:16.240
 overcome

00:23:16.240 --> 00:23:16.519
 it.

00:23:17.100 --> 00:23:17.240
 Let's

00:23:17.240 --> 00:23:17.460
 pray.

00:23:19.400 --> 00:23:19.920
 Oh

00:23:19.920 --> 00:23:20.220
 Jesus

00:23:20.220 --> 00:23:20.500
 we

00:23:20.500 --> 00:23:20.759
 thank

00:23:20.759 --> 00:23:20.960
 you

00:23:20.960 --> 00:23:22.259
 we

00:23:22.259 --> 00:23:22.560
 thank

00:23:22.560 --> 00:23:22.740
 you

00:23:22.740 --> 00:23:22.940
 that

00:23:22.940 --> 00:23:23.080
 you

00:23:23.080 --> 00:23:23.360
 did

00:23:23.360 --> 00:23:23.660
 not

00:23:23.660 --> 00:23:24.080
 stay

00:23:24.080 --> 00:23:24.460
 far

00:23:24.460 --> 00:23:24.780
 off

00:23:24.780 --> 00:23:25.259
 but

00:23:25.259 --> 00:23:25.500
 that

00:23:25.500 --> 00:23:25.700
 you

00:23:25.700 --> 00:23:25.980
 have

00:23:25.980 --> 00:23:26.380
 indeed

00:23:26.380 --> 00:23:26.800
 come

00:23:26.800 --> 00:23:27.140
 near

00:23:27.140 --> 00:23:27.420
 to

00:23:27.420 --> 00:23:27.660
 us

00:23:27.660 --> 00:23:27.980
 you've

00:23:27.980 --> 00:23:28.420
 entered

00:23:28.420 --> 00:23:28.900
 into

00:23:28.900 --> 00:23:29.240
 our

00:23:29.240 --> 00:23:29.740
 darkness

00:23:29.740 --> 00:23:30.600
 so

00:23:30.600 --> 00:23:30.759
 that

00:23:30.759 --> 00:23:30.960
 we

00:23:30.960 --> 00:23:31.120
 will

00:23:31.120 --> 00:23:31.320
 know

00:23:31.320 --> 00:23:31.500
 the

00:23:31.500 --> 00:23:31.720
 light

00:23:31.720 --> 00:23:31.880
 of

00:23:31.880 --> 00:23:32.400
 life

00:23:32.400 --> 00:23:36.440
 would

00:23:36.440 --> 00:23:36.560
 you

00:23:36.560 --> 00:23:36.860
 shine

00:23:36.860 --> 00:23:37.120
 that

00:23:37.120 --> 00:23:37.360
 light

00:23:37.360 --> 00:23:37.519
 into

00:23:37.519 --> 00:23:37.720
 the

00:23:37.720 --> 00:23:38.180
 darkest

00:23:38.180 --> 00:23:38.720
 places

00:23:38.720 --> 00:23:39.540
 of

00:23:39.540 --> 00:23:39.780
 this

00:23:39.780 --> 00:23:40.120
 world

00:23:40.120 --> 00:23:40.280
 of

00:23:40.280 --> 00:23:40.480
 this

00:23:40.480 --> 00:23:40.820
 room

00:23:40.820 --> 00:23:40.980
 of

00:23:40.980 --> 00:23:41.160
 our

00:23:41.160 --> 00:23:41.620
 hearts

00:23:41.620 --> 00:23:43.460
 even

00:23:43.460 --> 00:23:43.740
 now

00:23:43.740 --> 00:23:43.880
 as

00:23:43.880 --> 00:23:44.019
 we

00:23:44.019 --> 00:23:44.240
 meet

00:23:44.240 --> 00:23:44.460
 with

00:23:44.460 --> 00:23:44.680
 you

00:23:44.680 --> 00:23:45.000
 we

00:23:45.000 --> 00:23:45.300
 ask

00:23:45.300 --> 00:23:45.400
 you

00:23:45.400 --> 00:23:45.519
 to

00:23:45.519 --> 00:23:45.680
 do

00:23:45.680 --> 00:23:45.960
 that

00:23:45.960 --> 00:23:47.580
 Amen

00:23:47.579 --> 00:23:50.859
 it was a dark

00:23:50.859 --> 00:23:51.220
 night

00:23:51.220 --> 00:23:54.220
 it was a night

00:23:54.220 --> 00:23:54.579
 when the

00:23:54.579 --> 00:23:54.980
 son of

00:23:54.980 --> 00:23:55.279
 God

00:23:55.279 --> 00:23:55.699
 was going

00:23:55.699 --> 00:23:56.059
 to be

00:23:56.059 --> 00:23:56.799
 betrayed

00:23:56.799 --> 00:23:58.240
 to be

00:23:58.240 --> 00:23:58.720
 killed

00:23:58.720 --> 00:24:00.619
 on a cross

00:24:00.619 --> 00:24:01.139
 and Jesus

00:24:01.139 --> 00:24:01.639
 sat

00:24:01.639 --> 00:24:03.199
 with his

00:24:03.199 --> 00:24:03.679
 disciples

00:24:03.679 --> 00:24:04.939
 to celebrate

00:24:04.939 --> 00:24:05.559
 the Passover

00:24:05.559 --> 00:24:05.939
 meal

00:24:05.940 --> 00:24:08.220
 and he

00:24:08.220 --> 00:24:08.400
 took

00:24:08.400 --> 00:24:08.779
 bread

00:24:08.779 --> 00:24:10.420
 and he

00:24:10.420 --> 00:24:10.700
 broke

00:24:10.700 --> 00:24:10.920
 it

00:24:10.920 --> 00:24:11.559
 and he

00:24:11.559 --> 00:24:11.759
 gave

00:24:11.759 --> 00:24:11.880
 it

00:24:11.880 --> 00:24:12.039
 to

00:24:12.039 --> 00:24:12.320
 them

00:24:12.320 --> 00:24:13.559
 as

00:24:13.559 --> 00:24:13.740
 I

00:24:13.740 --> 00:24:14.340
 ministering

00:24:14.340 --> 00:24:14.660
 in his

00:24:14.660 --> 00:24:14.940
 name

00:24:14.940 --> 00:24:15.200
 give

00:24:15.200 --> 00:24:15.460
 this

00:24:15.460 --> 00:24:15.799
 bread

00:24:15.799 --> 00:24:16.059
 to

00:24:16.059 --> 00:24:16.360
 you

00:24:16.360 --> 00:24:17.320
 he

00:24:17.320 --> 00:24:17.539
 said

00:24:17.539 --> 00:24:17.840
 take

00:24:17.840 --> 00:24:18.000
 and

00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:18.180
 eat

00:24:18.180 --> 00:24:18.680
 this

00:24:18.680 --> 00:24:18.840
 is

00:24:18.840 --> 00:24:19.080
 my

00:24:19.080 --> 00:24:19.440
 body

00:24:19.440 --> 00:24:20.440
 given

00:24:20.440 --> 00:24:20.700
 for

00:24:20.700 --> 00:24:20.920
 you

00:24:20.920 --> 00:24:21.080
 he

00:24:21.080 --> 00:24:21.200
 knew

00:24:21.200 --> 00:24:21.340
 where

00:24:21.340 --> 00:24:21.400
 it

00:24:21.400 --> 00:24:21.519
 was

00:24:21.519 --> 00:24:21.900
 going

00:24:21.900 --> 00:24:22.860
 do

00:24:22.860 --> 00:24:23.200
 this

00:24:23.200 --> 00:24:23.360
 in

00:24:23.360 --> 00:24:23.759
 remembrance

00:24:23.759 --> 00:24:24.100
 of

00:24:24.100 --> 00:24:24.340
 me

00:24:24.340 --> 00:24:25.160
 and

00:24:25.160 --> 00:24:25.279
 then

00:24:25.279 --> 00:24:25.400
 in

00:24:25.400 --> 00:24:25.519
 the

00:24:25.519 --> 00:24:25.759
 same

00:24:25.759 --> 00:24:26.019
 manner

00:24:26.019 --> 00:24:26.380
 after

00:24:26.380 --> 00:24:26.799
 supper

00:24:26.799 --> 00:24:27.000
 he

00:24:27.000 --> 00:24:27.240
 took

00:24:27.240 --> 00:24:27.420
 the

00:24:27.420 --> 00:24:27.759
 cup

00:24:27.759 --> 00:24:28.279
 and

00:24:28.279 --> 00:24:28.500
 said

00:24:28.500 --> 00:24:28.720
 this

00:24:28.720 --> 00:24:29.140
 cup

00:24:29.140 --> 00:24:29.640
 is

00:24:29.640 --> 00:24:29.759
 the

00:24:29.759 --> 00:24:29.960
 new

00:24:29.960 --> 00:24:30.340
 covenant

00:24:30.340 --> 00:24:30.660
 in

00:24:30.660 --> 00:24:30.880
 my

00:24:30.880 --> 00:24:31.299
 blood

00:24:31.299 --> 00:24:31.880
 shed

00:24:31.880 --> 00:24:32.120
 for

00:24:32.120 --> 00:24:32.400
 many

00:24:32.400 --> 00:24:32.860
 for

00:24:32.859 --> 00:24:33.000
 the

00:24:33.000 --> 00:24:33.359
 forgiveness

00:24:33.359 --> 00:24:33.699
 of

00:24:33.699 --> 00:24:34.159
 sins

00:24:34.159 --> 00:24:34.719
 drink

00:24:34.719 --> 00:24:35.000
 from

00:24:35.000 --> 00:24:35.139
 it

00:24:35.139 --> 00:24:35.439
 all

00:24:35.439 --> 00:24:35.619
 of

00:24:35.619 --> 00:24:35.759
 you

00:24:35.759 --> 00:24:36.119
 for

00:24:36.119 --> 00:24:36.279
 as

00:24:36.279 --> 00:24:36.519
 often

00:24:36.519 --> 00:24:36.740
 as

00:24:36.740 --> 00:24:36.859
 you

00:24:36.859 --> 00:24:37.000
 eat

00:24:37.000 --> 00:24:37.219
 this

00:24:37.219 --> 00:24:37.559
 bread

00:24:37.559 --> 00:24:38.159
 and

00:24:38.159 --> 00:24:38.379
 drink

00:24:38.379 --> 00:24:38.639
 this

00:24:38.639 --> 00:24:38.979
 cup

00:24:38.979 --> 00:24:39.619
 you

00:24:39.619 --> 00:24:39.959
 proclaim

00:24:39.959 --> 00:24:40.219
 my

00:24:40.219 --> 00:24:40.559
 death

00:24:40.559 --> 00:24:41.979
 until

00:24:41.979 --> 00:24:42.199
 I

00:24:42.199 --> 00:24:42.459
 come

00:24:42.459 --> 00:24:46.559
 this

00:24:46.559 --> 00:24:46.859
 is a

00:24:46.859 --> 00:24:47.259
 table

00:24:47.259 --> 00:24:47.759
 tonight

00:24:47.759 --> 00:24:49.539
 where

00:24:49.539 --> 00:24:49.819
 you can

00:24:49.819 --> 00:24:50.079
 come

00:24:50.079 --> 00:24:50.240
 and

00:24:50.240 --> 00:24:50.500
 eat

00:24:50.500 --> 00:24:50.959
 with

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 Jesus

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 it's

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 it's

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 not

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 the

00:24:52.379 --> 00:24:52.679
 table

00:24:52.679 --> 00:24:52.899
 of

00:24:52.899 --> 00:24:53.659
 Southwood

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 or

00:24:54.079 --> 00:24:54.199
 of

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 the

00:24:54.339 --> 00:24:55.219
 Presbyterian

00:24:55.219 --> 00:24:55.740
 church

00:24:55.740 --> 00:24:56.059
 it's

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 the

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 Lord's

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 table

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 he's

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 the

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 one

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 who

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 set

00:24:59.179 --> 00:24:59.479
 this

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 table

00:24:59.839 --> 00:25:00.079
 and

00:25:00.079 --> 00:25:00.519
 extended

00:25:00.519 --> 00:25:00.740
 the

00:25:00.740 --> 00:25:01.379
 invitation

00:25:01.379 --> 00:25:02.039
 to

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 you

00:25:02.299 --> 00:25:02.519
 to

00:25:02.519 --> 00:25:02.919
 come

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 if

00:25:03.440 --> 00:25:03.680
 you

00:25:03.680 --> 00:25:03.919
 are

00:25:03.919 --> 00:25:04.460
 one

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 of

00:25:04.659 --> 00:25:05.059
 his

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 if

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 you're

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 one

00:25:06.079 --> 00:25:06.240
 who

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 has

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 received

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 his

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 light

00:25:07.859 --> 00:25:08.480
 shining

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 into

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 your

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 life

00:25:09.460 --> 00:25:10.220
 so

00:25:10.220 --> 00:25:10.379
 that

00:25:10.379 --> 00:25:10.519
 you

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 say

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 I'm

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 not

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 the

00:25:11.319 --> 00:25:11.599
 source

00:25:11.599 --> 00:25:11.779
 of

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 light

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 I

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 don't

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 have

00:25:12.839 --> 00:25:12.980
 it

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 in

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 me

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 I'm

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 not

00:25:13.799 --> 00:25:14.159
 enough

00:25:14.159 --> 00:25:14.519
 but

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 he

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 is

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 and

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 he

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 knows

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 what

00:25:16.700 --> 00:25:16.839
 to

00:25:16.839 --> 00:25:16.980
 do

00:25:16.980 --> 00:25:17.119
 with

00:25:17.119 --> 00:25:17.240
 the

00:25:17.240 --> 00:25:17.599
 darkness

00:25:17.599 --> 00:25:17.879
 in

00:25:17.879 --> 00:25:18.159
 me

00:25:18.159 --> 00:25:19.379
 then

00:25:19.379 --> 00:25:20.099
 if

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 you've

00:25:20.440 --> 00:25:21.180
 professed

00:25:21.180 --> 00:25:21.399
 that

00:25:21.399 --> 00:25:21.599
 as

00:25:21.599 --> 00:25:21.740
 your

00:25:21.740 --> 00:25:21.980
 hope

00:25:21.980 --> 00:25:22.440
 publicly

00:25:22.440 --> 00:25:22.659
 if

00:25:22.659 --> 00:25:22.799
 you're

00:25:22.799 --> 00:25:22.940
 a

00:25:22.940 --> 00:25:23.159
 part

00:25:23.159 --> 00:25:23.299
 of

00:25:23.299 --> 00:25:23.480
 his

00:25:23.480 --> 00:25:23.779
 church

00:25:23.779 --> 00:25:24.440
 anywhere

00:25:24.440 --> 00:25:25.940
 come

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 and eat

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 with

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 us

00:25:26.860 --> 00:25:27.140
 tonight

00:25:27.140 --> 00:25:27.340
 and

00:25:27.340 --> 00:25:27.480
 more

00:25:27.480 --> 00:25:27.980
 importantly

00:25:27.980 --> 00:25:28.299
 with

00:25:28.299 --> 00:25:28.680
 him

00:25:28.680 --> 00:25:29.840
 he's

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 come

00:25:30.240 --> 00:25:30.600
 near

00:25:30.600 --> 00:25:30.980
 you

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 to

00:25:31.519 --> 00:25:31.759
 meet

00:25:31.759 --> 00:25:32.019
 with

00:25:32.019 --> 00:25:32.299
 you

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 I

00:25:33.660 --> 00:25:33.779
 know

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 there

00:25:33.920 --> 00:25:34.019
 are

00:25:34.019 --> 00:25:34.180
 many

00:25:34.180 --> 00:25:34.320
 of

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 you

00:25:34.400 --> 00:25:34.559
 here

00:25:34.559 --> 00:25:34.940
 tonight

00:25:34.940 --> 00:25:35.279
 that

00:25:35.279 --> 00:25:35.759
 may

00:25:35.759 --> 00:25:35.960
 have

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 come

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 with

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 family

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 or

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 with

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 friends

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 maybe

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 you're

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 not

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 used

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 to

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 being

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 in

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 a

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 church

00:25:40.600 --> 00:25:40.980
 service

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 like

00:25:41.299 --> 00:25:41.500
 this

00:25:41.500 --> 00:25:41.940
 maybe

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 you're

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 a

00:25:42.299 --> 00:25:42.519
 kid

00:25:42.519 --> 00:25:42.799
 who's

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 usually

00:25:43.080 --> 00:25:43.360
 not

00:25:43.360 --> 00:25:43.559
 in

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 the

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 sanctuary

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 during

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 this

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 part

00:25:45.080 --> 00:25:45.160
 of

00:25:45.160 --> 00:25:45.299
 the

00:25:45.299 --> 00:25:45.660
 service

00:25:45.660 --> 00:25:46.200
 look

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 we're

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 so

00:25:46.740 --> 00:25:47.080
 glad

00:25:47.080 --> 00:25:47.340
 that

00:25:47.340 --> 00:25:47.559
 you're

00:25:47.559 --> 00:25:47.799
 all

00:25:47.799 --> 00:25:48.140
 here

00:25:48.140 --> 00:25:49.180
 one

00:25:49.180 --> 00:25:49.280
 of

00:25:49.280 --> 00:25:49.380
 the

00:25:49.380 --> 00:25:49.620
 things

00:25:49.620 --> 00:25:49.800
 we

00:25:49.800 --> 00:25:50.020
 love

00:25:50.020 --> 00:25:50.200
 to

00:25:50.200 --> 00:25:50.320
 do

00:25:50.320 --> 00:25:50.460
 at

00:25:50.460 --> 00:25:50.780
 Christmas

00:25:50.780 --> 00:25:51.100
 Eve

00:25:51.100 --> 00:25:51.360
 during

00:25:51.360 --> 00:25:51.520
 the

00:25:51.520 --> 00:25:51.860
 Lord's

00:25:51.860 --> 00:25:52.040
 supper

00:25:52.040 --> 00:25:52.280
 is

00:25:52.280 --> 00:25:52.460
 to

00:25:52.460 --> 00:25:52.840
 pray

00:25:52.840 --> 00:25:53.120
 with

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 every

00:25:53.400 --> 00:25:53.700
 group

00:25:53.700 --> 00:25:53.900
 that

00:25:53.900 --> 00:25:54.240
 comes

00:25:54.240 --> 00:25:54.480
 up

00:25:54.480 --> 00:25:54.860
 and

00:25:54.860 --> 00:25:55.020
 if

00:25:55.020 --> 00:25:55.200
 you'd

00:25:55.200 --> 00:25:55.320
 be

00:25:55.320 --> 00:25:55.780
 comfortable

00:25:55.780 --> 00:25:56.120
 with

00:25:56.120 --> 00:25:56.400
 that

00:25:56.400 --> 00:25:57.320
 then

00:25:57.320 --> 00:25:57.560
 we'd

00:25:57.560 --> 00:25:57.780
 love

00:25:57.780 --> 00:25:58.000
 for

00:25:58.000 --> 00:25:58.140
 you

00:25:58.140 --> 00:25:58.280
 to

00:25:58.280 --> 00:25:58.620
 come

00:25:58.620 --> 00:25:58.800
 and

00:25:58.800 --> 00:25:58.940
 let

00:25:58.940 --> 00:25:59.120
 us

00:25:59.120 --> 00:25:59.400
 pray

00:25:59.400 --> 00:25:59.720
 with

00:25:59.720 --> 00:26:00.020
 you

00:26:00.020 --> 00:26:00.560
 if

00:26:00.560 --> 00:26:01.040
 you're

00:26:01.040 --> 00:26:01.520
 not

00:26:01.520 --> 00:26:02.060
 one

00:26:02.060 --> 00:26:02.300
 who's

00:26:02.300 --> 00:26:02.740
 actively

00:26:02.740 --> 00:26:03.200
 trusting

00:26:03.200 --> 00:26:03.540
 Jesus

00:26:03.540 --> 00:26:03.820
 if

00:26:03.820 --> 00:26:04.000
 you're

00:26:04.000 --> 00:26:04.180
 not

00:26:04.180 --> 00:26:04.440
 old

00:26:04.440 --> 00:26:04.660
 enough

00:26:04.660 --> 00:26:04.840
 yet

00:26:04.840 --> 00:26:05.060
 that

00:26:05.060 --> 00:26:05.480
 you've

00:26:05.480 --> 00:26:06.259
 professed

00:26:06.259 --> 00:26:06.400
 your

00:26:06.400 --> 00:26:06.720
 faith

00:26:06.720 --> 00:26:06.880
 in

00:26:06.880 --> 00:26:07.020
 him

00:26:07.020 --> 00:26:07.220
 and

00:26:07.220 --> 00:26:07.500
 join

00:26:07.500 --> 00:26:07.500


00:26:07.500 --> 00:26:07.700
 the

00:26:07.700 --> 00:26:07.940
 church

00:26:07.940 --> 00:26:08.320
 that's

00:26:18.140 --> 00:26:18.400
 you're

00:26:18.400 --> 00:26:18.740
 welcome

00:26:18.740 --> 00:26:18.940
 to

00:26:18.940 --> 00:26:19.120
 stay

00:26:19.120 --> 00:26:19.580
 exactly

00:26:19.580 --> 00:26:19.800
 where

00:26:19.800 --> 00:26:19.960
 you

00:26:19.960 --> 00:26:20.200
 are

00:26:20.200 --> 00:26:20.720
 our

00:26:20.720 --> 00:26:20.960
 heart

00:26:20.960 --> 00:26:21.140
 for

00:26:21.140 --> 00:26:21.300
 you

00:26:21.300 --> 00:26:21.440
 would

00:26:21.440 --> 00:26:21.520
 be

00:26:21.520 --> 00:26:21.700
 that

00:26:21.700 --> 00:26:21.860
 you

00:26:21.860 --> 00:26:22.020
 know

00:26:22.020 --> 00:26:22.160
 about

00:26:22.160 --> 00:26:22.340
 the

00:26:22.340 --> 00:26:22.560
 light

00:26:22.560 --> 00:26:22.660
 of

00:26:22.660 --> 00:26:22.780
 the

00:26:22.780 --> 00:26:23.120
 world

00:26:23.120 --> 00:26:24.080
 and

00:26:24.080 --> 00:26:24.259
 that

00:26:24.259 --> 00:26:24.400
 you

00:26:24.400 --> 00:26:24.680
 meet

00:26:24.680 --> 00:26:25.120
 him

00:26:25.120 --> 00:26:25.540
 you

00:26:25.540 --> 00:26:25.680
 don't

00:26:25.680 --> 00:26:25.900
 have

00:26:25.900 --> 00:26:26.040
 to

00:26:26.040 --> 00:26:26.259
 take

00:26:26.259 --> 00:26:26.500
 bread

00:26:26.500 --> 00:26:26.660
 and

00:26:26.660 --> 00:26:26.940
 wine

00:26:26.940 --> 00:26:27.320
 tonight

00:26:27.320 --> 00:26:27.560
 for

00:26:27.560 --> 00:26:27.720
 that

00:26:27.720 --> 00:26:27.860
 to

00:26:27.860 --> 00:26:28.020
 be

00:26:28.020 --> 00:26:28.320
 true

00:26:28.320 --> 00:26:28.840
 Jesus

00:26:28.840 --> 00:26:29.259
 meets

00:26:29.259 --> 00:26:29.420
 you

00:26:29.420 --> 00:26:29.720
 wherever

00:26:29.720 --> 00:26:30.020
 you

00:26:30.020 --> 00:26:30.259
 are

00:26:30.259 --> 00:26:30.620
 he

00:26:30.620 --> 00:26:30.920
 shines

00:26:30.920 --> 00:26:31.080
 into

00:26:31.080 --> 00:26:31.360
 whatever

00:26:31.360 --> 00:26:31.860
 darkness

00:26:31.860 --> 00:26:32.140
 you're

00:26:32.140 --> 00:26:32.500
 feeling

00:26:32.500 --> 00:26:32.980
 and

00:26:32.980 --> 00:26:33.140
 so

00:26:33.140 --> 00:26:33.340
 we're

00:26:33.340 --> 00:26:33.640
 thrilled

00:26:33.640 --> 00:26:33.840
 that

00:26:33.840 --> 00:26:34.000
 you're

00:26:34.000 --> 00:26:34.180
 here

00:26:34.180 --> 00:26:34.380
 to

00:26:34.380 --> 00:26:34.780
 celebrate

00:26:34.780 --> 00:26:35.140
 with

00:26:35.140 --> 00:26:35.400
 us

00:26:35.400 --> 00:26:36.080
 I'm

00:26:36.080 --> 00:26:36.160
 going

00:26:36.160 --> 00:26:36.259
 to

00:26:36.259 --> 00:26:36.500
 pray

00:26:36.500 --> 00:26:36.660
 and

00:26:36.660 --> 00:26:36.900
 our

00:26:48.140 --> 00:26:48.259
 for

00:26:48.259 --> 00:26:48.400
 what

00:26:48.400 --> 00:26:48.560
 we

00:26:48.560 --> 00:26:49.020
 celebrate

00:26:49.020 --> 00:26:49.240
 at

00:26:49.240 --> 00:26:49.600
 Christmas

00:26:49.600 --> 00:26:50.700
 that

00:26:50.700 --> 00:26:50.820
 you

00:26:50.820 --> 00:26:51.100
 haven't

00:26:51.100 --> 00:26:51.320
 left

00:26:51.320 --> 00:26:51.480
 us

00:26:51.480 --> 00:26:51.800
 alone

00:26:51.800 --> 00:26:52.080
 that

00:26:52.080 --> 00:26:52.200
 you

00:26:52.200 --> 00:26:52.400
 don't

00:26:52.400 --> 00:26:52.620
 stay

00:26:52.620 --> 00:26:52.940
 far

00:26:52.940 --> 00:26:53.259
 away

00:26:53.259 --> 00:26:54.120
 that

00:26:54.120 --> 00:26:54.160
 you

00:26:54.160 --> 00:26:54.340
 don't

00:26:54.340 --> 00:26:54.520
 leave

00:26:54.520 --> 00:26:54.660
 us

00:26:54.660 --> 00:26:54.740
 in

00:26:54.740 --> 00:26:54.860
 the

00:26:54.860 --> 00:26:55.160
 dark

00:26:55.160 --> 00:26:55.300
 and

00:26:55.300 --> 00:26:55.380
 you

00:26:55.380 --> 00:26:55.540
 don't

00:26:55.540 --> 00:26:55.860
 hide

00:26:55.860 --> 00:26:56.200
 from

00:26:56.200 --> 00:26:56.460
 us

00:26:56.460 --> 00:26:56.840
 you've

00:26:56.840 --> 00:26:57.160
 entered

00:26:57.160 --> 00:26:57.560
 in

00:26:57.560 --> 00:26:58.600
 and

00:26:58.600 --> 00:26:58.740
 we

00:26:58.740 --> 00:26:58.920
 give

00:26:58.920 --> 00:26:59.040
 you

00:26:59.040 --> 00:26:59.520
 thanks

00:26:59.520 --> 00:27:02.400
 and

00:27:02.400 --> 00:27:02.540
 so

00:27:02.540 --> 00:27:02.700
 would

00:27:02.700 --> 00:27:02.820
 you

00:27:02.820 --> 00:27:03.140
 take

00:27:03.140 --> 00:27:03.380
 these

00:27:03.380 --> 00:27:03.600
 very

00:27:03.600 --> 00:27:04.140
 common

00:27:04.140 --> 00:27:04.860
 elements

00:27:04.860 --> 00:27:05.660
 would

00:27:05.660 --> 00:27:05.800
 you

00:27:05.800 --> 00:27:06.180
 use

00:27:06.180 --> 00:27:06.520
 them

00:27:06.520 --> 00:27:07.200
 to

00:27:07.200 --> 00:27:07.380
 do

00:27:07.380 --> 00:27:07.720
 something

00:27:07.720 --> 00:27:08.320
 special

00:27:08.320 --> 00:27:08.600
 in

00:27:08.600 --> 00:27:08.800
 our

00:27:08.800 --> 00:27:09.120
 hearts

00:27:09.120 --> 00:27:09.340
 that

00:27:09.340 --> 00:27:09.660
 we

00:27:09.660 --> 00:27:09.960
 would

00:27:09.960 --> 00:27:10.340
 in

00:27:10.340 --> 00:27:10.560
 a

00:27:10.560 --> 00:27:10.960
 fresh

00:27:10.960 --> 00:27:11.259
 way

00:27:11.259 --> 00:27:11.840
 remember

00:27:11.840 --> 00:27:12.100
 that

00:27:12.100 --> 00:27:12.320
 you're

00:27:12.320 --> 00:27:12.540
 with

00:27:12.540 --> 00:27:12.940
 us

00:27:18.140 --> 00:27:18.300
 that

00:27:18.300 --> 00:27:18.480
 your

00:27:18.480 --> 00:27:19.000
 light

00:27:19.000 --> 00:27:19.840
 is

00:27:19.840 --> 00:27:20.120
 with

00:27:20.120 --> 00:27:20.320
 us

00:27:20.320 --> 00:27:20.560
 now

00:27:20.560 --> 00:27:20.720
 and

00:27:20.720 --> 00:27:20.900
 will

00:27:20.900 --> 00:27:21.240
 never

00:27:21.240 --> 00:27:21.700
 leave

00:27:21.700 --> 00:27:22.180
 us

00:27:22.180 --> 00:27:23.520
 would

00:27:23.520 --> 00:27:23.700
 that

00:27:23.700 --> 00:27:23.820
 be

00:27:23.820 --> 00:27:23.980
 our

00:27:23.980 --> 00:27:24.300
 hope

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 even

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