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 amen please be seated don't hear amen to that wait don't be seated yet can I hear

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 amen to that yeah it's great to have you here my name is Tobin Miller I'm one of

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 the pastors here at Watermark Community Church as we started this church two

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 years ago we dreamed about people going on a journey together to be sharing

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 each other's stories and part of sharing each other's stories is knowing each

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 other and what God has done in our stories and so before you're seated we

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 would like for you to turn around and greet somebody you have not met this

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 morning at least two people and welcome them here to this day

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 come let us worship the king

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 come let us worship the king

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 come let us worship the king

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 come let us worship the king

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 Jesus the savior is born

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 for the Lord will reign

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 over all the earth

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 come let us worship the king

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 let us worship the king

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 Jesus the savior is born

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 for the Lord is great

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 and pray thee to be praised

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 through all the earth

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 and worship the king

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 sing let us come let all nations sing

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 the mountains bring up with an energetic grace

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 the heavens rejoice

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 the heavens rejoice

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 for the earth receives our king

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 come let us worship the king

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 come let us worship the king

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 come let us worship the king

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 Jesus the savior is born

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 for the Lord will reign

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 over all the earth

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 come let us worship the king

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 come let us worship the king

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 Jesus the savior is born

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 for the Lord is great

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 and pray thee to be praised

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 through all the earth

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 come let us worship the king

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 come let us worship the king

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 come let us worship the king

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 Jesus the savior is born

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 for the Lord will reign

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 over all the earth

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 come let us worship the king

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 worship the king

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 come let us worship the king

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 come let us worship the king

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 come let us worship the king

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 come let us worship the king

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 Jesus the savior is born

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 come let us worship the king

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ware is born

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 Worship the King!

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 Hi, my name is Edmund and this morning I would like you to meet a few of the kids

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 that we work with at ICM in the Nepalese community in Hong Kong.

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 So...

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 My name is Silas.

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 My name is Kelly.

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 My name is Anisha.

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 My name is Rosanne.

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 My name is Brasinta.

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 My name is Sushmita.

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 And today they will be leading you in the Advent Sharing today.

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 This is the third Sunday of Advent.

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 Each week of Advent, we prepare to celebrate Jesus' birth by lighting a candle

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 and focusing on different themes of Christ's coming.

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 So far, we have lit the candles of hope and peace.

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 This week we light the candle of joy.

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 In the time of Jesus, shepherds were looked down upon by society at large.

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 They couldn't worship at the temple, give testimony in court, and were typically stereotyped as thieves by the general population.

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 By many standards, their lives were lacking in joy.

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 And one day at night, in the fields surrounding Bethlehem, an angel appeared to a group of shepherds announcing good news of great joy.

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 Not just for the shepherds, but for the entire world.

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 In our day, joy can be incredibly fleeting.

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 Demands of jobs, school, and family can seem overwhelming.

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 The culture of change in Hong Kong can leave us so disoriented and confused that it is hard to fix our eyes on Christ and find our joy in Him.

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 Yet, Christ comes to us today to announce the same joy that was announced to the shepherds so long ago.

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 This joy is not something based on our circumstances, but rather something that is rooted outside our circumstances.

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 In the very person of Christ, God Himself in the flesh.

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 Please join us reading the scripture passage found in Luke 2, verse 8-12.

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 The words are on the screen.

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 And in the same regions there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.

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 And angels of the Lord appeared to them, and the grolly of the Lord saw around them, and they will fill with great fear.

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 And the angels said to them, Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people.

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 For unto you is the born this day, the city of David, a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.

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 And on this way we suffer you.

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 You will find a baby wrapped in a swaddling clothes and lying in a manger.

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 Let's pray.

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 Dear Father, thank you for sending Jesus, our good news and our only true joy, as a baby in a manger.

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 Thank you that He did not remain a baby in a manger, but that as He grew, He served you perfectly,

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 ultimately giving His life in exchange for our sins.

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 Thank you that in Him we can have perfect joy by being restored to a proper relationship with you.

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 Please let us walk in this joy as we go throughout our everyday lives.

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 In Jesus name we pray. Amen.

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 Great job.

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 Hey, I'm going to pray for the kids and dismiss them, but I want to pray just for all the things going on in our world today.

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 Just we had a lot of things happen in the States and there's things going on in the Middle East and just things that are hard to grasp, especially during this season.

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 So I'm going to pray for us and just pray for the people of Newtown, Connecticut and the Middle East and just wherever these craziness is going on.

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 Will you please join me in prayer?

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 Father, we come before you today in sadness and deep sorrow as we reflect on the events that happened yesterday in Newtown, Connecticut.

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 We know that you were there and that you're there now amongst those people.

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 We know that you weep as you see the fallenness of your creation.

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 We know that your original plan for us, your children involved none of this brokenness.

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 We see so easily around us in our world as we walk through our day.

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 We plead for your mercy, for your grace, for your forgiveness, for the selfishness, the pride, the arrogance and the brokenness that if we're honest, we see in our own hearts.

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 Father, we pray for your comfort to the families of those children and adults that were lost and were killed in such a tragic event.

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 Father, we pray for your family, the church, that we would step up to comfort, listen and help to be a friend, but more importantly, to share our friend, Jesus, to them.

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 We pray in the weeks to come when so many questions are asked over and over, especially why and how, that people will say clearly that the problem is ultimately sin, that the problem is ultimately our separation from you, our creator, that until we understand this and deal with our own hearts, that nothing ever will truly change.

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 We pray that you would use these events and others in the lives of those around us as we talk and ask questions and deal with these very difficult and hard events that we cannot truly explain.

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 We pray, Lord, that they would see the solution, the true solution, which is your son.

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 And we pray during this season as we celebrate the birth of your son, we're reminded throughout history, even in Scripture, that we're told as Herod heard that he was tricked by the Magi,

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 that he went out into the environments of Bethlehem and slew every child, male, two years and younger.

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 And historians tell us that 20 to 30 little boys were killed.

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 Again, the reason why you came, to enter into the darkness and to the lostness and to bring sense and hope.

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 So, Lord, we come before you as your people, desperate for you.

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 Lord, we come before you as your people, desperate for you.

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 We need you and we love you.

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 We pray even now for these children up here and the children that are about to be released to their classes and for the teachers that will oversee them.

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 And present your son, Jesus, to them.

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 Lord, we pray that they would come to know you at an early age and they would fall in love with you.

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 And that they would do mighty things.

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 Mighty things for your kingdom.

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 So, Lord, we come before you this morning and we plead.

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 And we realize just how broken and lost we are.

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 And how much we need your son, Jesus.

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 We pray all these things in his incredible, powerful, and wonderful name.

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 Amen.

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 Okay.

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 Watermark kids, you are dismissed.

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 Youth are staying in here.

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 And kiddos are dismissed.

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 Come, O come, Emmanuel.

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 Come, O come, Emmanuel.

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 And ransom, captains.

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 Israel.

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 And mourns in lonely exile here.

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 And ransom, Israel.

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 And ransom, captive Israel.

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 And mourns in lonely exile here.

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 Until the Son of God appear.

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 Cleaning, O come, O come, O come, O come, O day-spring.

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 Com' and cheer.

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 O W укrum analysts, home, O come, O day o'er.

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 How spirits by thine land begin.

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 His tears the gloomy clouds of night

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 And then star shadows blue to fly

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 Rejoice, rejoice, Emmanuel

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 Shall come to thee, O Israel, rejoice

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 Rejoice, Emmanuel

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 Shall come to thee, O Israel, rejoice

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 Rejoice, Emmanuel

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 Shall come to thee, O Israel, rejoice

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 Shall come to thee, O Israel, rejoice

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 And he will be called wonderful counselor, mighty God, everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

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 Of the greatness of his government and peace, there will be no end.

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 This is God's word.

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 Before we go into the message, let me pray with us.

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 Father, we just stand amazed in seeing you again this Christmas in just a new light and a new perspective.

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 And seeing how you are our peace and our love and our comfort.

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 That you came as a baby.

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 But that you are the mighty God, the wonderful counselor.

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 That you are the one that brings peace, the one that is our perfect Father.

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 And let's pray that today we would see you more clearly and we would see something new about you.

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 And we pray all this in Christ's name.

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 Good morning, Watermark.

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 My name is Mike.

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 I'm working with the university students here at the church.

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 And I think I forgot my red shirt this morning.

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 Hang on.

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 It's my privilege not only to share God's word with you this morning.

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 It's also my honor to share the last sermon ever here at Watermark.

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 Just in case you have missed it, it's December 16th.

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 And we have five more days until December 21st.

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 And in case you still don't know what I'm talking about,

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 there's some highly sophisticated research by the Mayan Native Americans.

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 that the world as we know it will come to an end in just a few days.

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 Anyways, if you were not aware of this fact when coming here this morning,

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 you'll be happy to hear that there will be a great lunch buffet outside the church.

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 So there will be some great food and fellowship before everything goes down the drain.

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 With that said, and all the hype about the end of the world,

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 the supposed end of the world,

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 I actually went online and I did a little bit of research on Wikipedia.

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 There's actually a list of predictions,

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 major predictions throughout the history about the end of the world.

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 There are more than 200 listed.

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 And some are actually kind of interesting or funny.

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 For example, did you know that Christopher Columbus predicted the end of the world for 1658?

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 It didn't happen.

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 I'm glad that he was at least right that he would go to India sailing to the West.

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 I also found another really interesting prediction of the Millerites.

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 The followers of Pastor Miller.

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 And he predicted the end of the world for 1843.

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 It obviously didn't happen either.

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 And when the world didn't end, it became known as the Great Disappointment.

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 As a disclaimer, to my knowledge,

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 Pastor Miller had nothing to do with any Millers you may know.

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 I actually felt kind of relieved.

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 This week I got a calendar in my mail.

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 And it was for my bank.

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 It's a calendar for 2013.

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 And if you know how much the banks tried to cut costs,

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 they would not send out a calendar for the next year

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 if the world would really come to an end.

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 So that was good to know.

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 So I think all this stuff about the end of the world

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 is kind of getting a little crazy lately,

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 like tsunamis and wars and the breakdown of the financial system.

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 We are talking about all this.

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 And there's even this TV show that came out,

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 and I don't know whether you've seen it.

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 It's on the National Geographic.

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 It's called Doomsday Preppers.

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 It tells the story of people that are so convinced

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 that some kind of global disaster will hit

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 that they spent all their money building bunkers

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 and storing food and buying weapons.

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 Their whole life literally starts to revolve

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 around being prepared for some kind of nuclear attack

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 or global pandemic or even the polar shift.

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 I don't know how you feel about all this this morning.

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 And it may not be the fear of the end of the world,

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 but what are the fears that you've been dealing with lately?

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 What are the worries that you carry with you

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 these weeks and these months and this past year?

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 Maybe instead of the end of the world,

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 it's just the end of your job or passing an exam just now

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 and maybe your finances or keeping your scholarship.

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 Maybe it's a fear of relationships breaking apart

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 in your family or in your marriage.

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 And then maybe these worries that just carry on through your life

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 and maybe it's your health.

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 Wherever you are this morning,

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 what is it that you wrestle with,

00:21:26.420 --> 00:21:28.200
 that you carry with you?

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 And how are you preparing to face?

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 How are you prepping for this darkness?

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 And when this darkness hits in your life,

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 who do you turn to?

00:21:38.040 --> 00:21:39.920
 What or who is your savior

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 when you face the darkness?

00:21:43.280 --> 00:21:44.840
 Today we're actually looking at a passage

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 that talks about people that are facing darkness

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 and they're facing despair.

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 And the passage also talks about

00:21:52.319 --> 00:21:54.319
 how they are dealing with that,

00:21:54.379 --> 00:21:56.679
 where they're turning to to find hope and peace

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 amidst all these troubles that they are facing.

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 The passage is from Isaiah

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 and you've heard it read just now.

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 And it's set in the southern kingdom of Judah

00:22:05.079 --> 00:22:07.939
 in the 8th century before Christ came.

00:22:08.759 --> 00:22:11.259
 It was a time of darkness and despair for the people.

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 And Eric shared a little bit about

00:22:13.159 --> 00:22:15.299
 the whole journey of the Israelites last week.

00:22:15.500 --> 00:22:16.419
 If you haven't been here,

00:22:16.420 --> 00:22:18.580
 let me just briefly look into that.

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 Isaiah experienced the northern kingdom of Israel

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 being attacked and conquered

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 and invaded by the Assyrians.

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 The Assyrians were the superpower of that time.

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 And they left devastation and destruction

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 wherever they went.

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 What do you do when you're facing destruction?

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 You try to save yourself.

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 And that's exactly what they're trying to do.

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 They try to respond to that.

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 When we are facing our worries and our fears,

00:22:48.480 --> 00:22:50.860
 we're looking for something or someone

00:22:50.860 --> 00:22:52.600
 who will come and save us.

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 So King Ahaz of Judah decided

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 not to help the Israelites

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 and actually sided with the Assyrians.

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 They're a strong force.

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 So we want to avoid our own destruction.

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 So politics became the way to get out of it.

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 But now in this passage, some years later,

00:23:12.680 --> 00:23:14.079
 politics weren't working anymore.

00:23:14.079 --> 00:23:19.519
 The Assyrians were again at the doorstep of Judah.

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 They were at the brink of destruction.

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 The new king, Hezekiah,

00:23:23.539 --> 00:23:26.359
 he was now wrestling with what to do

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 because politics had failed

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 and these Assyrians were right there.

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 So something this passage teaches us

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 is that we always look for a savior.

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 We put our hope in that savior.

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 That this savior will come

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 and help us overcome

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 our problems and our worries.

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 I think the structure is always kind of like the same.

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 It's kind of the story that repeats itself.

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 So some kind of problem occurs.

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 Some kind of worry arises in our lives

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 and then this problem grows bigger.

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 It builds up in anxiousness

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 and then we are suddenly realizing

00:24:04.320 --> 00:24:06.500
 that we are getting to the point of despair

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 and we rewrite the story.

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 We are trying to invite this savior

00:24:10.420 --> 00:24:11.760
 to come into our lives

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 and then we hope that the savior

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 will somehow help us solve the problem.

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 So we start to live in that illusion

00:24:21.359 --> 00:24:23.839
 that this savior will work.

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 We desperately want it to work.

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 But at one point,

00:24:28.099 --> 00:24:30.579
 our little savior will fail us.

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 It will fall apart.

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 When facing the Syrian superpower

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 and seeing the destruction and devastation

00:24:37.400 --> 00:24:38.660
 they would bring,

00:24:39.379 --> 00:24:40.799
 King Ahas turned to politics.

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 Politics worked for a while

00:24:42.660 --> 00:24:44.200
 and it gave the illusion

00:24:44.200 --> 00:24:45.859
 that they could arrange with their wisdom

00:24:45.859 --> 00:24:46.920
 and their smart ways

00:24:46.920 --> 00:24:48.140
 bring peace.

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 But now, after a while,

00:24:49.400 --> 00:24:50.300
 it all falls apart

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 and so it is with us.

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 So it is with us

00:24:55.480 --> 00:24:56.160
 that we come

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 and look at the darkness and the lies

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 and we look for something that can save us.

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 There's a story of a savior

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 I heard this week

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 that I found pretty interesting.

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 His name is Arrigo.

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 He's an Italian

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 and he's an Italian soccer fan.

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 He's a fan of the soccer club,

00:25:14.460 --> 00:25:15.240
 the Serie A,

00:25:15.320 --> 00:25:16.140
 the first league club,

00:25:16.140 --> 00:25:17.060
 Udine.

00:25:18.460 --> 00:25:18.860
 Now,

00:25:19.640 --> 00:25:20.000
 Udine

00:25:20.000 --> 00:25:21.900
 is facing some darkness.

00:25:22.020 --> 00:25:24.220
 I'm trying to ease in with an example

00:25:24.220 --> 00:25:27.180
 that is not as heavy loaded.

00:25:27.560 --> 00:25:27.580
 So,

00:25:28.220 --> 00:25:29.900
 if you like soccer,

00:25:31.180 --> 00:25:31.580
 so Udine

00:25:31.580 --> 00:25:32.620
 has been doing pretty well

00:25:32.620 --> 00:25:34.200
 the last 10 years

00:25:34.200 --> 00:25:36.500
 and after 14 games

00:25:36.500 --> 00:25:37.700
 into the season

00:25:37.700 --> 00:25:39.759
 they were pretty close to relegation.

00:25:40.660 --> 00:25:41.660
 And people got a little worried

00:25:41.660 --> 00:25:42.820
 and the fans were pretty upset.

00:25:42.819 --> 00:25:45.700
 But Arrigo is a pretty big fan.

00:25:47.139 --> 00:25:48.059
 And so he made his way

00:25:48.059 --> 00:25:49.960
 400 kilometers to the away game

00:25:49.960 --> 00:25:51.939
 against direct opponents.

00:25:52.059 --> 00:25:53.119
 It's a pretty big game

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 and he goes

00:25:53.839 --> 00:25:55.079
 and so there's a stadium

00:25:55.079 --> 00:25:56.779
 and they expect about 30,000 people.

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 And so Arrigo comes in

00:25:59.619 --> 00:26:01.480
 and so in the soccer stadium

00:26:01.480 --> 00:26:02.700
 they block off like one section

00:26:02.700 --> 00:26:03.939
 for the fans of the guests.

00:26:04.200 --> 00:26:04.539
 You know,

00:26:04.599 --> 00:26:05.779
 like all this craziness in Europe

00:26:05.779 --> 00:26:07.679
 with soccer fans.

00:26:07.680 --> 00:26:09.019
 And so they block off

00:26:09.019 --> 00:26:09.660
 this whole section

00:26:09.660 --> 00:26:10.580
 that only the guest fans

00:26:10.580 --> 00:26:11.039
 will be there.

00:26:11.140 --> 00:26:12.220
 So for several thousand people

00:26:12.220 --> 00:26:13.120
 they block off this section

00:26:13.120 --> 00:26:14.039
 for the Udine fans

00:26:14.039 --> 00:26:15.080
 and Arrigo shows up.

00:26:15.500 --> 00:26:16.720
 It's 10 minutes before the game

00:26:16.720 --> 00:26:17.620
 and then he walks in

00:26:17.620 --> 00:26:18.640
 and then he sees

00:26:18.640 --> 00:26:20.120
 like 30,000 people

00:26:20.120 --> 00:26:21.640
 and he walks into the guest block

00:26:21.640 --> 00:26:22.580
 and he notices

00:26:22.580 --> 00:26:23.539
 it's only him.

00:26:25.400 --> 00:26:26.420
 And it's the real story.

00:26:26.600 --> 00:26:27.560
 So he goes there

00:26:27.560 --> 00:26:28.519
 and he goes down

00:26:28.519 --> 00:26:30.240
 and it's just until 10 minutes

00:26:30.240 --> 00:26:31.039
 until the game starts.

00:26:31.120 --> 00:26:31.820
 There will be some people show up.

00:26:31.860 --> 00:26:32.880
 So he goes down to the fence

00:26:32.880 --> 00:26:34.960
 and puts his Udine flag up there

00:26:34.960 --> 00:26:36.740
 and waits

00:26:36.740 --> 00:26:37.759
 and the teams come out

00:26:37.759 --> 00:26:38.980
 and the ref comes out

00:26:38.980 --> 00:26:40.059
 and the game starts.

00:26:40.740 --> 00:26:41.799
 And he is still

00:26:41.799 --> 00:26:43.000
 utterly alone

00:26:43.000 --> 00:26:43.920
 in this whole section

00:26:43.920 --> 00:26:45.319
 for thousands of people.

00:26:46.340 --> 00:26:47.200
 It's the first time

00:26:47.200 --> 00:26:47.980
 in history

00:26:47.980 --> 00:26:49.779
 of any of the major leagues

00:26:49.779 --> 00:26:51.759
 in the whole of Europe

00:26:51.759 --> 00:26:53.759
 that only one fan

00:26:53.759 --> 00:26:55.019
 showed up

00:26:55.019 --> 00:26:56.299
 of the whole team.

00:26:58.059 --> 00:26:58.799
 Now Arrigo

00:26:58.799 --> 00:27:00.860
 wasn't intimidated.

00:27:01.200 --> 00:27:02.039
 Even the 30,000

00:27:02.039 --> 00:27:03.120
 were cheering against him

00:27:03.120 --> 00:27:03.640
 and he would just

00:27:03.640 --> 00:27:04.940
 cheer back by himself

00:27:04.940 --> 00:27:05.700
 at one point

00:27:05.700 --> 00:27:06.799
 people started bringing him coffee

00:27:06.799 --> 00:27:08.259
 because they had pity with him.

00:27:10.240 --> 00:27:11.820
 But the amazing thing was

00:27:11.820 --> 00:27:14.360
 his team won the game

00:27:14.360 --> 00:27:14.920
 2-0.

00:27:16.320 --> 00:27:17.220
 And he was

00:27:17.220 --> 00:27:18.299
 in all the newspapers

00:27:18.299 --> 00:27:20.519
 with a big picture

00:27:20.519 --> 00:27:21.660
 with his one flag

00:27:21.660 --> 00:27:22.840
 in this huge stand

00:27:22.840 --> 00:27:24.059
 and it says

00:27:24.059 --> 00:27:25.779
 the savior of Udine.

00:27:28.000 --> 00:27:28.480
 Now

00:27:28.480 --> 00:27:31.160
 he worked for a while.

00:27:31.440 --> 00:27:32.340
 I'm not sure

00:27:32.340 --> 00:27:33.660
 whether he will work

00:27:33.660 --> 00:27:34.500
 for a long time.

00:27:34.580 --> 00:27:35.220
 We have this saying

00:27:35.220 --> 00:27:36.220
 in Europe

00:27:36.220 --> 00:27:37.660
 that the spectators

00:27:37.660 --> 00:27:38.620
 are the 12th men.

00:27:38.920 --> 00:27:39.560
 So for the Americans

00:27:39.560 --> 00:27:40.340
 we have 11 people

00:27:40.340 --> 00:27:40.900
 playing soccer

00:27:40.900 --> 00:27:45.440
 but when the spectators

00:27:45.440 --> 00:27:47.080
 cheering their team on

00:27:47.080 --> 00:27:49.220
 they are like the 12th men.

00:27:50.220 --> 00:27:51.279
 Arrigo is now celebrated

00:27:51.279 --> 00:27:53.279
 as the 12th man

00:27:53.279 --> 00:27:54.000
 of his team

00:27:54.000 --> 00:27:55.720
 bringing them to success.

00:27:55.860 --> 00:27:56.779
 Now in two weeks

00:27:56.779 --> 00:27:58.340
 they would probably

00:27:58.340 --> 00:27:59.200
 play another game.

00:27:59.420 --> 00:27:59.720
 I don't know

00:27:59.720 --> 00:28:00.480
 whether it's a winter break

00:28:00.480 --> 00:28:01.000
 at that point

00:28:01.000 --> 00:28:02.039
 but the next time

00:28:02.039 --> 00:28:02.819
 they play away

00:28:02.819 --> 00:28:03.799
 I wonder

00:28:03.799 --> 00:28:05.059
 whether he will

00:28:05.059 --> 00:28:05.920
 be a savior

00:28:05.920 --> 00:28:07.099
 that will again

00:28:07.099 --> 00:28:08.099
 bring them to victory

00:28:08.099 --> 00:28:09.660
 or whether he will

00:28:09.660 --> 00:28:10.279
 fail them.

00:28:11.059 --> 00:28:11.799
 But the newspapers

00:28:11.799 --> 00:28:12.799
 were all about him

00:28:12.799 --> 00:28:14.240
 and being the savior

00:28:14.240 --> 00:28:14.920
 of the club.

00:28:15.720 --> 00:28:16.460
 And in Hong Kong

00:28:16.460 --> 00:28:18.200
 we have our own

00:28:18.200 --> 00:28:18.819
 saviors

00:28:18.819 --> 00:28:19.779
 that we rely on.

00:28:20.819 --> 00:28:21.740
 When we face

00:28:21.740 --> 00:28:22.299
 the darkness

00:28:22.299 --> 00:28:23.579
 of losing jobs

00:28:23.579 --> 00:28:24.319
 or when we worry

00:28:24.319 --> 00:28:25.440
 about providing

00:28:25.440 --> 00:28:26.460
 for our needs

00:28:26.460 --> 00:28:29.519
 maybe it's the savior

00:28:29.519 --> 00:28:30.480
 of good grades.

00:28:31.019 --> 00:28:31.700
 The good grades

00:28:31.700 --> 00:28:32.480
 there are so many students

00:28:32.480 --> 00:28:32.880
 right now

00:28:32.880 --> 00:28:34.000
 in the midst of exams

00:28:34.000 --> 00:28:35.580
 maybe when I get

00:28:35.580 --> 00:28:36.480
 my GPA up

00:28:36.480 --> 00:28:38.240
 then that will give me

00:28:38.240 --> 00:28:38.960
 a good job

00:28:38.960 --> 00:28:39.620
 and that will be

00:28:39.620 --> 00:28:40.019
 my savior

00:28:40.019 --> 00:28:41.299
 because it will give me

00:28:41.299 --> 00:28:42.320
 the money that I need

00:28:42.320 --> 00:28:44.720
 to secure my life.

00:28:45.880 --> 00:28:46.240
 But again

00:28:46.240 --> 00:28:46.740
 what happens

00:28:46.740 --> 00:28:48.059
 when that savior fails

00:28:48.059 --> 00:28:50.019
 when that good job

00:28:50.019 --> 00:28:52.220
 that you have

00:28:52.220 --> 00:28:54.279
 suddenly leads you

00:28:54.279 --> 00:28:54.940
 into depression?

00:28:55.440 --> 00:28:57.940
 or when the long

00:28:57.940 --> 00:28:58.779
 work hours

00:28:58.779 --> 00:29:00.680
 destroy your family?

00:29:02.799 --> 00:29:03.840
 What if the stress

00:29:03.840 --> 00:29:04.279
 of life

00:29:04.279 --> 00:29:05.420
 just makes you sick

00:29:05.420 --> 00:29:07.779
 and the saviors

00:29:07.779 --> 00:29:08.539
 of Hong Kong

00:29:08.539 --> 00:29:09.820
 suddenly stop working?

00:29:11.799 --> 00:29:12.799
 In my life

00:29:12.799 --> 00:29:14.519
 my family lived

00:29:14.519 --> 00:29:15.180
 a story with

00:29:15.180 --> 00:29:15.900
 a lot of saviors

00:29:15.900 --> 00:29:16.279
 as well

00:29:16.279 --> 00:29:17.340
 a lot of false saviors.

00:29:18.000 --> 00:29:18.680
 So my parents

00:29:18.680 --> 00:29:19.539
 grew up in Germany

00:29:19.539 --> 00:29:20.759
 after the Second World War

00:29:20.759 --> 00:29:22.759
 and when the war

00:29:22.759 --> 00:29:23.700
 came to an end

00:29:23.700 --> 00:29:25.680
 they had to both

00:29:25.680 --> 00:29:26.640
 flee from where

00:29:26.640 --> 00:29:27.259
 they lived.

00:29:27.640 --> 00:29:28.759
 My mom lived

00:29:28.759 --> 00:29:29.200
 in a small

00:29:29.200 --> 00:29:29.819
 German settlement

00:29:29.819 --> 00:29:31.180
 close to the Black Sea

00:29:31.180 --> 00:29:31.980
 and they had to

00:29:31.980 --> 00:29:32.779
 pack everything up

00:29:32.779 --> 00:29:34.259
 and leave.

00:29:34.480 --> 00:29:35.200
 And my dad

00:29:35.200 --> 00:29:36.360
 actually lived in

00:29:36.360 --> 00:29:36.920
 what nowadays

00:29:36.920 --> 00:29:37.759
 is western Poland

00:29:37.759 --> 00:29:38.960
 and when the Russian

00:29:38.960 --> 00:29:40.259
 occupying forces came

00:29:40.259 --> 00:29:41.120
 they packed their

00:29:41.120 --> 00:29:41.620
 stuff and

00:29:41.620 --> 00:29:42.480
 they made their way

00:29:42.480 --> 00:29:42.880
 west.

00:29:42.880 --> 00:29:44.580
 but under the

00:29:44.580 --> 00:29:45.480
 occupying forces

00:29:45.480 --> 00:29:46.280
 his dad

00:29:46.280 --> 00:29:47.200
 actually got shot

00:29:47.200 --> 00:29:48.680
 when he was 14.

00:29:50.240 --> 00:29:51.460
 So they had seen

00:29:51.460 --> 00:29:52.140
 enough pain

00:29:52.140 --> 00:29:53.340
 in their lives

00:29:53.340 --> 00:29:54.660
 and they hoped

00:29:54.660 --> 00:29:56.180
 that they could

00:29:56.180 --> 00:29:56.700
 just give us

00:29:56.700 --> 00:29:57.220
 a different

00:29:57.220 --> 00:29:58.980
 a happier world

00:29:58.980 --> 00:30:00.300
 a different story.

00:30:01.660 --> 00:30:02.600
 They wanted for us

00:30:02.600 --> 00:30:03.240
 to kind of live

00:30:03.240 --> 00:30:03.660
 in a world

00:30:03.660 --> 00:30:04.420
 of peace

00:30:04.420 --> 00:30:05.640
 and the saviors

00:30:05.640 --> 00:30:06.640
 they turned to

00:30:06.640 --> 00:30:07.740
 is their own hard work

00:30:07.740 --> 00:30:09.100
 that they could

00:30:09.100 --> 00:30:10.240
 provide a better future

00:30:10.240 --> 00:30:12.019
 and that they could

00:30:12.019 --> 00:30:13.180
 keep that story together

00:30:13.180 --> 00:30:13.880
 and just avoid

00:30:13.880 --> 00:30:14.859
 the pain for us

00:30:14.859 --> 00:30:16.339
 that they had experienced.

00:30:17.500 --> 00:30:18.420
 And there's one story

00:30:18.420 --> 00:30:19.140
 that lately

00:30:19.140 --> 00:30:19.859
 came up to me

00:30:19.859 --> 00:30:21.200
 and I was 15 years

00:30:21.200 --> 00:30:21.859
 I played in a

00:30:21.859 --> 00:30:24.140
 handball club actually

00:30:24.140 --> 00:30:25.059
 that's my sport.

00:30:25.960 --> 00:30:27.220
 So we had this

00:30:27.220 --> 00:30:27.720
 tournament

00:30:27.720 --> 00:30:29.359
 so being 15

00:30:29.359 --> 00:30:30.440
 we played this game

00:30:30.440 --> 00:30:30.859
 and afterwards

00:30:30.859 --> 00:30:31.440
 I started talking

00:30:31.440 --> 00:30:32.200
 with a caretaker

00:30:32.200 --> 00:30:33.460
 and the caretaker

00:30:33.460 --> 00:30:35.019
 had known my family

00:30:35.019 --> 00:30:35.559
 for a while

00:30:35.559 --> 00:30:36.779
 and as I'm talking

00:30:36.779 --> 00:30:37.099
 with him

00:30:37.099 --> 00:30:37.599
 he says

00:30:37.599 --> 00:30:39.180
 how is your mom's

00:30:39.180 --> 00:30:39.759
 sister doing?

00:30:40.240 --> 00:30:40.480
 And I said

00:30:40.480 --> 00:30:41.019
 oh you mean

00:30:41.019 --> 00:30:41.460
 her brother?

00:30:42.000 --> 00:30:42.980
 No her sister.

00:30:43.120 --> 00:30:43.380
 I said no

00:30:43.380 --> 00:30:44.519
 my mom only

00:30:44.519 --> 00:30:45.960
 has a brother.

00:30:46.720 --> 00:30:47.359
 No I mean

00:30:47.359 --> 00:30:48.000
 Erica

00:30:48.000 --> 00:30:49.140
 her sister.

00:30:51.200 --> 00:30:52.640
 And we kind of

00:30:52.640 --> 00:30:53.579
 ended the conversation

00:30:53.579 --> 00:30:54.079
 I went home

00:30:54.079 --> 00:30:54.799
 and I told my mom

00:30:54.799 --> 00:30:56.140
 I had this strange

00:30:56.140 --> 00:30:56.579
 conversation

00:30:56.579 --> 00:30:57.259
 with this caretaker

00:30:57.259 --> 00:30:57.620
 today

00:30:57.620 --> 00:30:58.620
 who talked about

00:30:58.620 --> 00:30:58.960
 you having

00:30:58.960 --> 00:30:59.799
 the sister Erica

00:30:59.799 --> 00:31:00.980
 and my mom

00:31:00.980 --> 00:31:01.480
 got quiet

00:31:01.480 --> 00:31:02.160
 and she said

00:31:02.160 --> 00:31:03.940
 I actually do

00:31:03.940 --> 00:31:04.559
 have a sister

00:31:04.559 --> 00:31:05.279
 and her name

00:31:05.279 --> 00:31:05.740
 is Erica.

00:31:06.660 --> 00:31:07.500
 But when she

00:31:07.500 --> 00:31:08.599
 was six years old

00:31:08.599 --> 00:31:09.480
 she had a brain

00:31:09.480 --> 00:31:09.819
 bleeding

00:31:09.819 --> 00:31:12.919
 and it left her

00:31:12.919 --> 00:31:13.359
 disabled

00:31:13.359 --> 00:31:14.059
 and she cannot

00:31:14.059 --> 00:31:14.539
 talk

00:31:14.539 --> 00:31:15.079
 and she can

00:31:15.079 --> 00:31:15.720
 barely move

00:31:15.720 --> 00:31:17.099
 so we put her

00:31:17.099 --> 00:31:17.399
 in a home

00:31:17.399 --> 00:31:17.879
 but we didn't

00:31:17.879 --> 00:31:18.359
 want you guys

00:31:18.359 --> 00:31:19.439
 to worry about it.

00:31:20.779 --> 00:31:21.379
 And I was very

00:31:21.379 --> 00:31:21.839
 upset

00:31:21.839 --> 00:31:23.700
 that all this

00:31:23.700 --> 00:31:24.559
 was kept from me

00:31:24.559 --> 00:31:25.220
 but it was their

00:31:25.220 --> 00:31:25.839
 way of dealing

00:31:25.839 --> 00:31:26.480
 with pain

00:31:26.480 --> 00:31:27.659
 and writing

00:31:27.659 --> 00:31:28.220
 this different

00:31:28.220 --> 00:31:29.019
 story that

00:31:29.019 --> 00:31:29.879
 the savior

00:31:29.879 --> 00:31:30.619
 had become

00:31:30.619 --> 00:31:31.980
 to hide things

00:31:31.980 --> 00:31:33.159
 and to just

00:31:33.159 --> 00:31:33.839
 write this

00:31:33.839 --> 00:31:34.519
 different story

00:31:34.519 --> 00:31:35.159
 that is happy

00:31:35.160 --> 00:31:36.960
 and last

00:31:36.960 --> 00:31:37.320
 week I got

00:31:37.320 --> 00:31:37.740
 a phone call

00:31:37.740 --> 00:31:38.380
 from my mom

00:31:38.380 --> 00:31:40.220
 and she

00:31:40.220 --> 00:31:40.900
 said oh

00:31:40.900 --> 00:31:41.740
 Erica

00:31:41.740 --> 00:31:42.900
 just died

00:31:42.900 --> 00:31:44.440
 age 68

00:31:44.440 --> 00:31:46.500
 so for 60

00:31:46.500 --> 00:31:47.080
 years her

00:31:47.080 --> 00:31:47.800
 savior of

00:31:47.800 --> 00:31:48.820
 hiding away

00:31:48.820 --> 00:31:49.460
 to keep

00:31:49.460 --> 00:31:50.120
 the happy

00:31:50.120 --> 00:31:50.540
 family

00:31:50.540 --> 00:31:51.860
 was kind

00:31:51.860 --> 00:31:52.400
 of working

00:31:52.400 --> 00:31:52.880
 but deep

00:31:52.880 --> 00:31:53.279
 down

00:31:53.279 --> 00:31:54.560
 it was all

00:31:54.560 --> 00:31:54.900
 fake

00:31:54.900 --> 00:31:56.500
 and that

00:31:56.500 --> 00:31:57.140
 savior just

00:31:57.140 --> 00:31:57.900
 wasn't true.

00:31:57.900 --> 00:32:00.740
 Now

00:32:00.740 --> 00:32:02.240
 this is

00:32:02.240 --> 00:32:03.120
 my story

00:32:03.120 --> 00:32:03.440
 of

00:32:03.440 --> 00:32:04.720
 what I've

00:32:04.720 --> 00:32:05.160
 seen

00:32:05.160 --> 00:32:06.660
 what fake

00:32:06.660 --> 00:32:07.360
 saviors do

00:32:07.360 --> 00:32:07.900
 and I could

00:32:07.900 --> 00:32:08.720
 probably go on

00:32:08.720 --> 00:32:09.259
 with countless

00:32:09.259 --> 00:32:09.740
 examples

00:32:09.740 --> 00:32:10.800
 and you probably

00:32:10.800 --> 00:32:11.200
 as you look

00:32:11.200 --> 00:32:11.720
 at your lives

00:32:11.720 --> 00:32:12.000
 you have

00:32:12.000 --> 00:32:12.400
 countless

00:32:12.400 --> 00:32:13.440
 ways of

00:32:13.440 --> 00:32:13.780
 how you

00:32:13.780 --> 00:32:14.220
 could see

00:32:14.220 --> 00:32:14.740
 these fake

00:32:14.740 --> 00:32:15.200
 saviors

00:32:15.200 --> 00:32:15.800
 being alive

00:32:15.800 --> 00:32:16.160
 in your

00:32:16.160 --> 00:32:16.440
 lives

00:32:16.440 --> 00:32:17.820
 it may be

00:32:17.820 --> 00:32:18.100
 that you

00:32:18.100 --> 00:32:18.660
 feel

00:32:18.660 --> 00:32:19.720
 worthless

00:32:19.720 --> 00:32:23.060
 and your

00:32:23.060 --> 00:32:23.460
 savior

00:32:23.460 --> 00:32:24.560
 has become

00:32:24.560 --> 00:32:25.280
 your hard

00:32:25.280 --> 00:32:25.660
 work

00:32:25.660 --> 00:32:27.320
 if I just

00:32:27.319 --> 00:32:27.980
 work hard

00:32:27.980 --> 00:32:28.839
 and I can

00:32:28.839 --> 00:32:29.139
 build up

00:32:29.139 --> 00:32:29.519
 respect

00:32:29.519 --> 00:32:29.939
 and I can

00:32:29.939 --> 00:32:30.279
 achieve

00:32:30.279 --> 00:32:30.720
 something

00:32:30.720 --> 00:32:31.879
 and I can

00:32:31.879 --> 00:32:32.279
 build up

00:32:32.279 --> 00:32:32.659
 my own

00:32:32.659 --> 00:32:33.059
 worth

00:32:33.059 --> 00:32:34.539
 but at

00:32:34.539 --> 00:32:35.119
 one point

00:32:35.119 --> 00:32:36.200
 you'll realize

00:32:36.200 --> 00:32:36.700
 that that

00:32:36.700 --> 00:32:37.720
 that savior

00:32:37.720 --> 00:32:38.339
 won't work

00:32:38.339 --> 00:32:38.939
 and it still

00:32:38.939 --> 00:32:39.319
 leaves you

00:32:39.319 --> 00:32:39.659
 empty

00:32:39.659 --> 00:32:41.639
 maybe

00:32:41.639 --> 00:32:42.759
 the darkness

00:32:42.759 --> 00:32:43.119
 you are

00:32:43.119 --> 00:32:43.599
 facing

00:32:43.599 --> 00:32:44.980
 is loneliness

00:32:44.980 --> 00:32:47.119
 and the

00:32:47.119 --> 00:32:47.419
 savior

00:32:47.419 --> 00:32:48.200
 becomes

00:32:48.200 --> 00:32:48.679
 people

00:32:48.679 --> 00:32:51.119
 maybe

00:32:51.119 --> 00:32:51.539
 you're

00:32:51.539 --> 00:32:51.740
 putting

00:32:51.740 --> 00:32:52.159
 that hope

00:32:52.159 --> 00:32:52.439
 in that

00:32:52.439 --> 00:32:52.899
 one person

00:32:52.899 --> 00:32:53.220
 that one

00:32:53.220 --> 00:32:53.480
 day will

00:32:53.480 --> 00:32:53.879
 come to

00:32:53.879 --> 00:32:54.480
 fulfill you

00:32:54.480 --> 00:32:54.740
 and make

00:32:54.740 --> 00:32:55.419
 you complete

00:32:55.419 --> 00:32:55.740
 or

00:32:55.740 --> 00:32:58.059
 if I'm

00:32:58.059 --> 00:32:58.240
 just

00:32:58.240 --> 00:32:58.680
 surrounding

00:32:58.680 --> 00:32:59.120
 myself

00:32:59.120 --> 00:32:59.319
 with

00:32:59.319 --> 00:32:59.539
 enough

00:32:59.539 --> 00:32:59.920
 people

00:32:59.920 --> 00:33:00.279
 then

00:33:00.279 --> 00:33:00.980
 the

00:33:00.980 --> 00:33:01.259
 loneliness

00:33:01.259 --> 00:33:01.539
 will

00:33:01.539 --> 00:33:02.120
 disappear

00:33:02.120 --> 00:33:04.000
 but if we

00:33:04.000 --> 00:33:04.380
 put our

00:33:04.380 --> 00:33:04.819
 hope

00:33:04.819 --> 00:33:05.880
 in people

00:33:05.880 --> 00:33:06.259
 as our

00:33:06.259 --> 00:33:06.620
 savior

00:33:06.620 --> 00:33:08.140
 we will

00:33:08.140 --> 00:33:08.819
 at one

00:33:08.819 --> 00:33:09.200
 point

00:33:09.200 --> 00:33:09.859
 be left

00:33:09.859 --> 00:33:10.440
 disappointed

00:33:10.440 --> 00:33:13.220
 so what

00:33:13.220 --> 00:33:13.779
 will you say

00:33:13.779 --> 00:33:14.420
 is your

00:33:14.420 --> 00:33:14.799
 darkness

00:33:14.799 --> 00:33:15.400
 today

00:33:15.400 --> 00:33:15.960
 and this

00:33:15.960 --> 00:33:16.279
 year

00:33:16.279 --> 00:33:18.779
 what are

00:33:18.779 --> 00:33:19.359
 the saviors

00:33:19.359 --> 00:33:19.640
 that you

00:33:19.640 --> 00:33:20.039
 have put

00:33:20.039 --> 00:33:20.839
 your trust

00:33:20.839 --> 00:33:21.200
 in

00:33:21.200 --> 00:33:24.180
 the

00:33:24.180 --> 00:33:24.380
 people

00:33:24.380 --> 00:33:24.539
 of

00:33:24.539 --> 00:33:24.819
 Judah

00:33:24.819 --> 00:33:25.100
 had

00:33:25.100 --> 00:33:25.440
 put

00:33:25.440 --> 00:33:25.620
 their

00:33:25.620 --> 00:33:25.840
 hopes

00:33:25.840 --> 00:33:26.059
 in

00:33:26.059 --> 00:33:26.480
 false

00:33:26.480 --> 00:33:27.019
 saviors

00:33:27.019 --> 00:33:28.039
 now here

00:33:28.039 --> 00:33:28.620
 it was

00:33:28.620 --> 00:33:29.019
 politics

00:33:29.019 --> 00:33:29.580
 and the

00:33:29.580 --> 00:33:30.059
 savior

00:33:30.059 --> 00:33:30.340
 wasn't

00:33:30.340 --> 00:33:30.660
 working

00:33:30.660 --> 00:33:31.100
 anymore

00:33:31.100 --> 00:33:32.340
 and now

00:33:32.340 --> 00:33:33.360
 in the

00:33:33.360 --> 00:33:33.519
 midst

00:33:33.519 --> 00:33:33.799
 of their

00:33:33.799 --> 00:33:34.559
 shattered

00:33:34.559 --> 00:33:35.080
 hopes

00:33:35.080 --> 00:33:35.720
 Isaiah

00:33:35.720 --> 00:33:36.200
 is speaking

00:33:36.200 --> 00:33:36.559
 about a

00:33:36.559 --> 00:33:36.779
 different

00:33:36.779 --> 00:33:37.180
 savior

00:33:37.180 --> 00:33:37.600
 a different

00:33:37.600 --> 00:33:37.980
 kind

00:33:37.980 --> 00:33:38.380
 of hope

00:33:38.380 --> 00:33:39.279
 in verse

00:33:39.279 --> 00:33:39.519
 2

00:33:39.519 --> 00:33:40.080
 it says

00:33:40.080 --> 00:33:41.460
 the people

00:33:41.460 --> 00:33:42.059
 walking

00:33:42.059 --> 00:33:42.900
 in darkness

00:33:42.900 --> 00:33:43.420
 have seen

00:33:43.420 --> 00:33:43.799
 a great

00:33:43.799 --> 00:33:44.200
 light

00:33:44.200 --> 00:33:45.380
 on those

00:33:45.380 --> 00:33:45.880
 living in

00:33:45.880 --> 00:33:46.299
 the land

00:33:46.299 --> 00:33:46.799
 of deep

00:33:46.799 --> 00:33:47.259
 darkness

00:33:47.259 --> 00:33:47.840
 a light

00:33:47.840 --> 00:33:49.140
 has dawned

00:33:49.140 --> 00:33:50.920
 so in

00:33:50.920 --> 00:33:51.240
 the midst

00:33:51.240 --> 00:33:51.740
 of their

00:33:51.740 --> 00:33:52.200
 despair

00:33:52.200 --> 00:33:52.840
 Isaiah

00:33:52.840 --> 00:33:53.480
 is pointing

00:33:53.480 --> 00:33:54.600
 the people

00:33:54.600 --> 00:33:55.280
 to a bright

00:33:55.280 --> 00:33:55.680
 future

00:33:55.680 --> 00:33:56.100
 to the

00:33:56.100 --> 00:33:56.320
 hope

00:33:56.320 --> 00:33:56.820
 of a

00:33:56.820 --> 00:33:57.080
 new

00:33:57.080 --> 00:33:57.460
 savior

00:33:57.460 --> 00:33:58.280
 one that

00:33:58.280 --> 00:33:58.759
 can truly

00:33:58.759 --> 00:33:59.340
 save them

00:33:59.340 --> 00:33:59.680
 from their

00:33:59.680 --> 00:33:59.940
 darkness

00:33:59.940 --> 00:34:00.220
 that can

00:34:00.220 --> 00:34:00.980
 truly bring

00:34:00.980 --> 00:34:01.420
 light

00:34:01.420 --> 00:34:02.400
 into their

00:34:02.400 --> 00:34:02.820
 darkness

00:34:02.820 --> 00:34:04.160
 and then

00:34:04.160 --> 00:34:04.740
 he continues

00:34:04.740 --> 00:34:05.040
 with the

00:34:05.040 --> 00:34:05.400
 prophecy

00:34:05.400 --> 00:34:06.100
 and if you

00:34:06.100 --> 00:34:06.300
 have been

00:34:06.300 --> 00:34:06.580
 there for

00:34:06.580 --> 00:34:06.840
 Michael

00:34:06.840 --> 00:34:07.400
 Ramson's

00:34:07.400 --> 00:34:07.880
 talk

00:34:07.880 --> 00:34:08.260
 yesterday

00:34:08.260 --> 00:34:08.800
 he talked

00:34:08.800 --> 00:34:09.119
 about

00:34:09.119 --> 00:34:10.360
 a prophet

00:34:10.360 --> 00:34:10.960
 being like

00:34:10.960 --> 00:34:11.400
 a reverse

00:34:11.400 --> 00:34:11.920
 historian

00:34:11.920 --> 00:34:12.440
 not someone

00:34:12.440 --> 00:34:12.740
 that

00:34:12.740 --> 00:34:14.340
 looks ahead

00:34:14.340 --> 00:34:15.119
 in history

00:34:15.119 --> 00:34:15.360
 but

00:34:15.360 --> 00:34:16.599
 looks back

00:34:16.599 --> 00:34:16.940
 at history

00:34:16.940 --> 00:34:17.300
 to write

00:34:17.300 --> 00:34:17.640
 but he

00:34:17.640 --> 00:34:18.119
 actually looks

00:34:18.119 --> 00:34:19.059
 ahead

00:34:19.059 --> 00:34:19.860
 and gives

00:34:19.860 --> 00:34:20.960
 a prophecy

00:34:20.960 --> 00:34:21.900
 a promise

00:34:21.900 --> 00:34:22.460
 about what's

00:34:22.460 --> 00:34:22.840
 still to

00:34:22.840 --> 00:34:23.139
 come

00:34:23.139 --> 00:34:23.799
 and this

00:34:23.799 --> 00:34:24.019
 is what

00:34:24.019 --> 00:34:24.400
 we're seeing

00:34:24.400 --> 00:34:24.759
 here about

00:34:24.759 --> 00:34:25.159
 Isaiah

00:34:25.159 --> 00:34:26.539
 for us

00:34:26.539 --> 00:34:27.460
 for to us

00:34:27.460 --> 00:34:28.059
 a child is

00:34:28.059 --> 00:34:28.199
 born

00:34:28.199 --> 00:34:28.519
 to us

00:34:28.519 --> 00:34:28.940
 a son

00:34:28.940 --> 00:34:29.539
 is given

00:34:29.539 --> 00:34:30.639
 and the

00:34:30.639 --> 00:34:30.920
 government

00:34:30.920 --> 00:34:31.239
 will be

00:34:31.239 --> 00:34:31.519
 on his

00:34:31.519 --> 00:34:31.759
 shoulders

00:34:31.759 --> 00:34:32.059
 and he

00:34:32.059 --> 00:34:32.320
 will be

00:34:32.320 --> 00:34:32.639
 called

00:34:32.639 --> 00:34:33.219
 wonderful

00:34:33.219 --> 00:34:33.779
 counselor

00:34:33.779 --> 00:34:34.719
 mighty

00:34:34.719 --> 00:34:35.199
 God

00:34:35.199 --> 00:34:36.519
 everlasting

00:34:36.519 --> 00:34:36.980
 father

00:34:36.980 --> 00:34:37.320
 prince

00:34:37.320 --> 00:34:37.779
 of peace

00:34:37.779 --> 00:34:38.059
 of the

00:34:38.059 --> 00:34:38.380
 greatness

00:34:38.380 --> 00:34:39.320
 of his

00:34:39.320 --> 00:34:39.699
 government

00:34:39.699 --> 00:34:40.340
 and peace

00:34:40.340 --> 00:34:41.059
 there

00:34:41.059 --> 00:34:41.559
 will be

00:34:41.559 --> 00:34:42.340
 no end

00:34:42.340 --> 00:34:45.179
 what Isaiah

00:34:45.179 --> 00:34:45.699
 is pointing

00:34:45.699 --> 00:34:47.179
 the people

00:34:47.179 --> 00:34:47.719
 to and what

00:34:47.719 --> 00:34:48.139
 he's pointing

00:34:48.139 --> 00:34:48.759
 us to is

00:34:48.760 --> 00:34:49.360
 is that

00:34:49.360 --> 00:34:50.040
 great story

00:34:50.040 --> 00:34:50.540
 about that

00:34:50.540 --> 00:34:51.520
 true savior

00:34:51.520 --> 00:34:52.340
 that real

00:34:52.340 --> 00:34:52.840
 savior

00:34:52.840 --> 00:34:53.820
 he's pointing

00:34:53.820 --> 00:34:54.460
 us to

00:34:54.460 --> 00:34:54.780
 Jesus

00:34:54.780 --> 00:34:55.880
 and he's

00:34:55.880 --> 00:34:56.760
 telling his

00:34:56.760 --> 00:34:57.080
 people

00:34:57.080 --> 00:34:57.820
 that one

00:34:57.820 --> 00:34:58.500
 day a

00:34:58.500 --> 00:34:59.060
 child will

00:34:59.060 --> 00:34:59.560
 be born

00:34:59.560 --> 00:35:01.980
 and that

00:35:01.980 --> 00:35:03.160
 child will

00:35:03.160 --> 00:35:03.800
 bring salvation

00:35:03.800 --> 00:35:04.380
 if you have

00:35:04.380 --> 00:35:04.920
 been around

00:35:04.920 --> 00:35:05.740
 churches before

00:35:05.740 --> 00:35:06.440
 it's over

00:35:06.440 --> 00:35:07.200
 Christmas time

00:35:07.200 --> 00:35:08.080
 then you probably

00:35:08.080 --> 00:35:08.600
 have heard this

00:35:08.600 --> 00:35:09.280
 passage before

00:35:09.280 --> 00:35:10.120
 it's read a lot

00:35:10.120 --> 00:35:10.920
 through Christmas

00:35:10.920 --> 00:35:12.540
 when we anticipate

00:35:12.540 --> 00:35:13.920
 the celebration

00:35:13.920 --> 00:35:14.780
 of Christ's birth

00:35:14.780 --> 00:35:15.740
 and you may

00:35:15.740 --> 00:35:16.240
 have heard

00:35:16.240 --> 00:35:17.820
 messages about

00:35:17.820 --> 00:35:18.420
 the savior

00:35:18.420 --> 00:35:18.840
 being full

00:35:18.840 --> 00:35:19.260
 of wisdom

00:35:19.260 --> 00:35:19.820
 and mighty

00:35:19.820 --> 00:35:20.600
 and that

00:35:20.600 --> 00:35:20.960
 he is the

00:35:20.960 --> 00:35:21.700
 perfect father

00:35:21.700 --> 00:35:23.120
 and that

00:35:23.120 --> 00:35:23.760
 he brings

00:35:23.760 --> 00:35:24.480
 true peace

00:35:24.480 --> 00:35:25.360
 but today

00:35:25.360 --> 00:35:25.680
 I want to

00:35:25.680 --> 00:35:26.120
 focus on

00:35:26.120 --> 00:35:26.620
 what follows

00:35:26.620 --> 00:35:26.960
 in that

00:35:26.960 --> 00:35:27.440
 passage

00:35:27.440 --> 00:35:28.840
 it actually

00:35:28.840 --> 00:35:29.200
 says in

00:35:29.200 --> 00:35:29.620
 verse 7

00:35:29.620 --> 00:35:30.320
 and of the

00:35:30.320 --> 00:35:30.920
 greatness of

00:35:30.920 --> 00:35:31.500
 his government

00:35:31.500 --> 00:35:32.100
 and peace

00:35:32.100 --> 00:35:32.580
 there will

00:35:32.580 --> 00:35:33.720
 be no

00:35:33.720 --> 00:35:34.140
 end

00:35:34.140 --> 00:35:37.200
 the savior

00:35:37.200 --> 00:35:37.540
 that is

00:35:37.540 --> 00:35:38.060
 coming

00:35:38.060 --> 00:35:38.620
 as a

00:35:38.620 --> 00:35:39.280
 child

00:35:39.280 --> 00:35:40.920
 that Jesus

00:35:40.920 --> 00:35:41.800
 whose birth

00:35:41.800 --> 00:35:42.360
 we are about

00:35:42.360 --> 00:35:43.160
 to celebrate

00:35:43.160 --> 00:35:43.940
 of his

00:35:43.940 --> 00:35:44.480
 greatness

00:35:44.480 --> 00:35:45.940
 of his

00:35:45.940 --> 00:35:46.400
 government

00:35:46.400 --> 00:35:46.920
 and peace

00:35:46.920 --> 00:35:47.260
 there will

00:35:47.260 --> 00:35:48.539
 be no

00:35:48.539 --> 00:35:48.840
 end

00:35:48.840 --> 00:35:49.740
 it's not

00:35:49.740 --> 00:35:50.620
 a temporary

00:35:50.620 --> 00:35:51.140
 savior

00:35:51.140 --> 00:35:51.840
 like so many

00:35:51.840 --> 00:35:52.440
 saviors we

00:35:52.440 --> 00:35:52.820
 turn to

00:35:52.820 --> 00:35:53.240
 that work

00:35:53.240 --> 00:35:53.740
 for a while

00:35:53.740 --> 00:35:54.380
 but there

00:35:54.380 --> 00:35:54.640
 will be

00:35:54.640 --> 00:35:55.400
 no end

00:35:55.400 --> 00:35:57.340
 the hope

00:35:57.340 --> 00:35:57.840
 and peace

00:35:57.840 --> 00:35:58.420
 we find

00:35:58.420 --> 00:35:58.660
 him

00:35:58.660 --> 00:35:59.740
 is eternal

00:35:59.740 --> 00:36:01.240
 I think

00:36:01.240 --> 00:36:01.780
 this is

00:36:01.780 --> 00:36:02.620
 this amazing

00:36:02.620 --> 00:36:03.460
 story

00:36:03.460 --> 00:36:05.360
 this is what

00:36:05.360 --> 00:36:05.920
 Isaiah is

00:36:05.920 --> 00:36:06.500
 inviting us

00:36:06.500 --> 00:36:06.840
 into

00:36:06.840 --> 00:36:07.500
 and it's

00:36:07.500 --> 00:36:08.160
 that story

00:36:08.160 --> 00:36:09.100
 of that

00:36:09.100 --> 00:36:09.560
 eternal

00:36:09.560 --> 00:36:10.060
 kingdom

00:36:10.060 --> 00:36:11.060
 that is still

00:36:11.060 --> 00:36:11.380
 to come

00:36:11.380 --> 00:36:11.920
 that eternal

00:36:11.920 --> 00:36:12.280
 hope

00:36:12.280 --> 00:36:12.880
 that he

00:36:12.880 --> 00:36:13.220
 gives us

00:36:13.220 --> 00:36:14.079
 that glimpse

00:36:14.079 --> 00:36:14.840
 of that

00:36:14.840 --> 00:36:15.300
 future

00:36:15.300 --> 00:36:16.440
 that this

00:36:16.440 --> 00:36:17.019
 creator

00:36:17.019 --> 00:36:18.019
 of everything

00:36:18.019 --> 00:36:18.559
 who has

00:36:18.559 --> 00:36:19.220
 always been

00:36:19.220 --> 00:36:19.519
 and who

00:36:19.519 --> 00:36:20.260
 always will

00:36:20.260 --> 00:36:20.579
 be

00:36:20.579 --> 00:36:21.619
 is the

00:36:21.619 --> 00:36:21.860
 savior

00:36:21.860 --> 00:36:22.240
 to put

00:36:22.240 --> 00:36:22.700
 our trust

00:36:22.700 --> 00:36:22.940
 in

00:36:22.940 --> 00:36:24.820
 now this

00:36:24.820 --> 00:36:25.519
 child

00:36:25.519 --> 00:36:26.360
 being born

00:36:26.360 --> 00:36:27.960
 will also

00:36:27.960 --> 00:36:28.480
 one day

00:36:28.480 --> 00:36:29.140
 die on

00:36:29.140 --> 00:36:29.680
 the cross

00:36:29.680 --> 00:36:31.160
 but to

00:36:31.160 --> 00:36:31.700
 show the

00:36:31.700 --> 00:36:31.980
 world

00:36:31.980 --> 00:36:32.320
 that he

00:36:32.320 --> 00:36:32.880
 is eternal

00:36:32.880 --> 00:36:33.260
 and that

00:36:33.260 --> 00:36:33.660
 there is

00:36:33.660 --> 00:36:34.640
 no end

00:36:34.640 --> 00:36:35.380
 to his

00:36:35.380 --> 00:36:35.760
 power

00:36:35.760 --> 00:36:36.700
 he conquers

00:36:36.700 --> 00:36:36.920
 death

00:36:36.920 --> 00:36:37.200
 and he

00:36:37.200 --> 00:36:37.740
 rises from

00:36:37.740 --> 00:36:38.180
 the dead

00:36:38.180 --> 00:36:38.940
 to show

00:36:38.940 --> 00:36:39.380
 us that

00:36:39.380 --> 00:36:39.800
 in his

00:36:39.800 --> 00:36:40.160
 power

00:36:40.160 --> 00:36:40.800
 we can

00:36:40.800 --> 00:36:41.200
 put our

00:36:41.200 --> 00:36:41.480
 hope

00:36:41.480 --> 00:36:41.880
 and find

00:36:41.880 --> 00:36:42.300
 peace

00:36:42.300 --> 00:36:42.820
 that is

00:36:42.820 --> 00:36:42.980
 not

00:36:42.980 --> 00:36:43.320
 limited

00:36:43.320 --> 00:36:43.860
 even in

00:36:43.860 --> 00:36:44.060
 this

00:36:44.060 --> 00:36:44.480
 life

00:36:44.480 --> 00:36:46.180
 he is

00:36:46.180 --> 00:36:46.500
 the one

00:36:46.500 --> 00:36:47.140
 that speaks

00:36:47.140 --> 00:36:47.500
 into our

00:36:47.500 --> 00:36:47.820
 worries

00:36:47.820 --> 00:36:48.140
 and our

00:36:48.140 --> 00:36:48.519
 fears

00:36:48.519 --> 00:36:48.940
 into our

00:36:48.940 --> 00:36:49.260
 sickness

00:36:49.260 --> 00:36:50.340
 and he

00:36:50.340 --> 00:36:50.960
 even speaks

00:36:50.960 --> 00:36:51.539
 into our

00:36:51.539 --> 00:36:52.240
 fear of

00:36:52.240 --> 00:36:52.600
 even our

00:36:52.600 --> 00:36:53.100
 own death

00:36:53.100 --> 00:36:53.539
 and gives

00:36:53.539 --> 00:36:54.060
 us a

00:36:54.060 --> 00:36:54.840
 perspective

00:36:54.840 --> 00:36:55.720
 on life

00:36:55.720 --> 00:36:55.960
 that is

00:36:55.960 --> 00:36:56.440
 bigger than

00:36:56.440 --> 00:36:56.760
 anything

00:36:56.760 --> 00:36:57.280
 that we

00:36:57.280 --> 00:36:57.680
 could think

00:36:57.680 --> 00:36:57.900
 of in

00:36:57.900 --> 00:36:58.100
 this

00:36:58.100 --> 00:36:58.400
 world

00:36:58.400 --> 00:37:00.120
 now this

00:37:00.120 --> 00:37:00.400
 is the

00:37:00.400 --> 00:37:00.740
 part where

00:37:00.740 --> 00:37:01.200
 we could

00:37:01.200 --> 00:37:01.740
 stop and

00:37:01.740 --> 00:37:02.220
 just look

00:37:02.220 --> 00:37:02.539
 at this

00:37:02.539 --> 00:37:03.180
 future

00:37:03.180 --> 00:37:04.580
 promise

00:37:04.580 --> 00:37:05.900
 that story

00:37:05.900 --> 00:37:07.160
 that culminates

00:37:07.160 --> 00:37:07.460
 in that

00:37:07.460 --> 00:37:07.680
 kingdom

00:37:07.679 --> 00:37:07.980
 that is

00:37:07.980 --> 00:37:08.399
 still to

00:37:08.399 --> 00:37:08.739
 come

00:37:08.739 --> 00:37:11.619
 but then

00:37:11.619 --> 00:37:13.119
 I'm

00:37:13.119 --> 00:37:13.559
 realizing

00:37:13.559 --> 00:37:13.980
 that when

00:37:13.980 --> 00:37:15.239
 I first

00:37:15.239 --> 00:37:15.619
 explored

00:37:15.619 --> 00:37:16.099
 Christianity

00:37:16.099 --> 00:37:17.739
 I sometimes

00:37:17.739 --> 00:37:18.619
 viewed that

00:37:18.619 --> 00:37:19.039
 as kind of

00:37:19.039 --> 00:37:19.399
 like a little

00:37:19.399 --> 00:37:20.179
 fluffy religious

00:37:20.179 --> 00:37:21.019
 concept

00:37:21.019 --> 00:37:21.399
 it's like

00:37:21.399 --> 00:37:21.940
 there's this

00:37:21.940 --> 00:37:22.500
 future hope

00:37:22.500 --> 00:37:23.039
 like I know

00:37:23.039 --> 00:37:23.739
 that you are

00:37:23.739 --> 00:37:24.659
 suffering right

00:37:24.659 --> 00:37:25.119
 now and there

00:37:25.119 --> 00:37:25.419
 are pains

00:37:25.419 --> 00:37:25.859
 right now in

00:37:25.859 --> 00:37:26.480
 this world

00:37:26.480 --> 00:37:27.299
 but if you

00:37:27.299 --> 00:37:27.739
 just have

00:37:27.739 --> 00:37:28.559
 hope that

00:37:28.559 --> 00:37:29.159
 one day it

00:37:29.159 --> 00:37:29.599
 will all be

00:37:29.599 --> 00:37:29.940
 better

00:37:29.940 --> 00:37:31.139
 then that's

00:37:31.139 --> 00:37:31.559
 all you

00:37:31.559 --> 00:37:31.879
 need

00:37:31.879 --> 00:37:33.279
 and what is

00:37:33.279 --> 00:37:34.019
 amazing I think

00:37:34.019 --> 00:37:34.419
 about this

00:37:34.419 --> 00:37:35.019
 passage is

00:37:35.019 --> 00:37:35.739
 that it's

00:37:35.739 --> 00:37:36.380
 not just

00:37:36.380 --> 00:37:36.940
 a future

00:37:36.940 --> 00:37:38.360
 hope that

00:37:38.360 --> 00:37:38.759
 is being

00:37:38.759 --> 00:37:39.360
 offered here

00:37:39.360 --> 00:37:40.139
 but there

00:37:40.139 --> 00:37:40.539
 is a

00:37:40.539 --> 00:37:41.460
 present reality

00:37:41.460 --> 00:37:42.519
 to the

00:37:42.519 --> 00:37:43.000
 Savior that

00:37:43.000 --> 00:37:43.539
 is presented

00:37:43.539 --> 00:37:43.900
 here

00:37:43.900 --> 00:37:46.579
 for Isaiah

00:37:46.579 --> 00:37:47.460
 and his

00:37:47.460 --> 00:37:47.920
 people

00:37:47.920 --> 00:37:49.239
 there is a

00:37:49.239 --> 00:37:50.039
 prophecy about

00:37:50.039 --> 00:37:50.579
 this child

00:37:50.579 --> 00:37:50.920
 that will

00:37:50.920 --> 00:37:51.539
 one day in

00:37:51.539 --> 00:37:52.320
 several hundred

00:37:52.320 --> 00:37:53.219
 years come

00:37:53.219 --> 00:37:53.920
 and they don't

00:37:53.920 --> 00:37:54.300
 even know

00:37:54.300 --> 00:37:54.539
 about it

00:37:54.539 --> 00:37:54.940
 but what

00:37:54.940 --> 00:37:55.500
 happens when

00:37:55.500 --> 00:37:55.980
 you read

00:37:55.980 --> 00:37:56.420
 the accounts

00:37:56.420 --> 00:37:56.940
 of Kings

00:37:56.940 --> 00:37:57.800
 and the

00:37:57.800 --> 00:37:58.219
 Chronicles

00:37:58.219 --> 00:37:58.980
 you'll see

00:37:58.980 --> 00:37:59.480
 that actually

00:37:59.480 --> 00:38:00.699
 God shows

00:38:00.699 --> 00:38:01.960
 up to

00:38:01.960 --> 00:38:02.320
 them

00:38:02.320 --> 00:38:03.580
 when the

00:38:03.580 --> 00:38:04.500
 temporary

00:38:04.500 --> 00:38:05.240
 Savior of

00:38:05.240 --> 00:38:05.600
 politics

00:38:05.600 --> 00:38:06.059
 failed

00:38:06.059 --> 00:38:06.580
 and the

00:38:06.580 --> 00:38:06.860
 people

00:38:06.860 --> 00:38:07.460
 turned to

00:38:07.460 --> 00:38:07.840
 the true

00:38:07.840 --> 00:38:08.240
 Savior

00:38:08.240 --> 00:38:09.200
 God shows

00:38:09.200 --> 00:38:09.840
 up and

00:38:09.840 --> 00:38:10.539
 he defeats

00:38:10.539 --> 00:38:11.480
 the Assyrians

00:38:11.480 --> 00:38:12.180
 the superpower

00:38:12.180 --> 00:38:13.160
 of the time

00:38:13.160 --> 00:38:14.559
 180,000

00:38:14.559 --> 00:38:16.900
 strong army

00:38:16.900 --> 00:38:17.539
 is defeated

00:38:17.539 --> 00:38:18.800
 Assyria is

00:38:18.800 --> 00:38:19.200
 scrambled

00:38:19.200 --> 00:38:20.100
 it will never

00:38:20.100 --> 00:38:21.019
 rise to be

00:38:21.019 --> 00:38:21.640
 a world power

00:38:21.640 --> 00:38:22.059
 again

00:38:22.059 --> 00:38:23.039
 and this is

00:38:23.039 --> 00:38:23.600
 the way that

00:38:23.600 --> 00:38:25.240
 God shows

00:38:25.240 --> 00:38:26.200
 up to the

00:38:26.200 --> 00:38:26.559
 Assyrians

00:38:26.559 --> 00:38:27.380
 at that time

00:38:27.380 --> 00:38:29.900
 now when

00:38:29.900 --> 00:38:30.740
 Christ is born

00:38:30.740 --> 00:38:31.019
 when this

00:38:31.019 --> 00:38:31.500
 little baby

00:38:31.500 --> 00:38:32.000
 comes

00:38:32.000 --> 00:38:32.500
 and we

00:38:32.500 --> 00:38:33.119
 see God

00:38:33.119 --> 00:38:33.699
 in flesh

00:38:33.699 --> 00:38:34.380
 coming

00:38:34.380 --> 00:38:36.039
 we also

00:38:36.039 --> 00:38:36.579
 don't see

00:38:36.579 --> 00:38:37.079
 him only

00:38:37.079 --> 00:38:37.619
 talk about

00:38:37.619 --> 00:38:38.119
 this future

00:38:38.119 --> 00:38:38.420
 kingdom

00:38:38.420 --> 00:38:38.739
 but he

00:38:38.739 --> 00:38:39.000
 says

00:38:39.000 --> 00:38:39.599
 there is

00:38:39.599 --> 00:38:39.940
 a kingdom

00:38:39.940 --> 00:38:40.260
 that is

00:38:40.260 --> 00:38:40.719
 to come

00:38:40.719 --> 00:38:41.659
 but it's

00:38:41.659 --> 00:38:42.300
 also here

00:38:42.300 --> 00:38:42.719
 that as

00:38:42.719 --> 00:38:43.360
 he comes

00:38:43.360 --> 00:38:44.000
 the kingdom

00:38:44.000 --> 00:38:44.460
 comes and

00:38:44.460 --> 00:38:44.820
 he begins

00:38:44.820 --> 00:38:45.400
 to heal

00:38:45.400 --> 00:38:46.239
 and restore

00:38:46.239 --> 00:38:46.940
 lives as

00:38:46.940 --> 00:38:47.579
 he walks

00:38:47.579 --> 00:38:48.739
 around

00:38:48.739 --> 00:38:49.539
 Galilee

00:38:49.539 --> 00:38:50.480
 and Israel

00:38:50.480 --> 00:38:51.960
 and so we

00:38:51.960 --> 00:38:53.019
 see that

00:38:53.019 --> 00:38:53.579
 hope for the

00:38:53.579 --> 00:38:53.980
 future but

00:38:53.980 --> 00:38:54.760
 we see him

00:38:54.760 --> 00:38:55.960
 acting and

00:38:55.960 --> 00:38:57.039
 intervening in

00:38:57.039 --> 00:38:57.639
 the lives

00:38:57.639 --> 00:38:58.320
 right where

00:38:58.320 --> 00:38:58.840
 he is

00:38:58.840 --> 00:39:00.599
 and when

00:39:00.599 --> 00:39:01.420
 this Jesus

00:39:01.420 --> 00:39:03.079
 rises from

00:39:03.079 --> 00:39:03.539
 the dead

00:39:03.539 --> 00:39:04.539
 and is

00:39:04.539 --> 00:39:04.840
 about to

00:39:04.840 --> 00:39:05.280
 ascend to

00:39:05.280 --> 00:39:05.420
 heaven

00:39:05.420 --> 00:39:05.820
 he says

00:39:05.820 --> 00:39:06.159
 I will

00:39:06.159 --> 00:39:07.260
 always be

00:39:07.260 --> 00:39:07.960
 with my

00:39:07.960 --> 00:39:08.340
 people

00:39:08.340 --> 00:39:09.559
 he will

00:39:09.559 --> 00:39:10.539
 always be

00:39:10.539 --> 00:39:11.960
 with us

00:39:11.960 --> 00:39:13.920
 so this

00:39:13.920 --> 00:39:14.519
 hope is

00:39:14.519 --> 00:39:14.980
 not just

00:39:14.980 --> 00:39:15.500
 about one

00:39:15.500 --> 00:39:15.860
 that is

00:39:15.860 --> 00:39:16.340
 about that

00:39:16.340 --> 00:39:17.099
 kingdom

00:39:17.099 --> 00:39:17.619
 that is to

00:39:17.619 --> 00:39:17.980
 come but

00:39:17.980 --> 00:39:18.440
 it is a

00:39:18.440 --> 00:39:19.220
 hope that

00:39:19.220 --> 00:39:19.740
 the Savior

00:39:19.740 --> 00:39:20.760
 is here

00:39:20.760 --> 00:39:21.860
 speaking into

00:39:21.860 --> 00:39:22.639
 our lives

00:39:22.639 --> 00:39:23.500
 and I

00:39:23.500 --> 00:39:23.760
 want to

00:39:23.760 --> 00:39:24.320
 close with

00:39:24.320 --> 00:39:25.159
 one of

00:39:25.159 --> 00:39:25.860
 the passages

00:39:25.860 --> 00:39:26.880
 in the

00:39:26.880 --> 00:39:27.180
 book of

00:39:27.180 --> 00:39:27.539
 Acts

00:39:27.539 --> 00:39:29.400
 so

00:39:29.400 --> 00:39:31.920
 when I

00:39:31.920 --> 00:39:32.960
 see Christ

00:39:32.960 --> 00:39:34.280
 speaking to

00:39:34.280 --> 00:39:35.180
 the people

00:39:35.180 --> 00:39:35.519
 at his

00:39:35.519 --> 00:39:35.980
 time and

00:39:35.980 --> 00:39:36.280
 they have

00:39:36.280 --> 00:39:36.820
 seen the

00:39:36.820 --> 00:39:37.460
 miracles and

00:39:37.460 --> 00:39:37.700
 they have

00:39:37.700 --> 00:39:38.160
 seen the

00:39:38.160 --> 00:39:38.579
 Savior not

00:39:38.579 --> 00:39:38.960
 just talking

00:39:38.960 --> 00:39:39.240
 about this

00:39:39.240 --> 00:39:39.940
 kingdom but

00:39:39.940 --> 00:39:40.280
 as he

00:39:40.280 --> 00:39:41.320
 begins to

00:39:41.320 --> 00:39:41.880
 shape lives

00:39:41.880 --> 00:39:42.260
 and show

00:39:42.260 --> 00:39:42.720
 them that he

00:39:42.720 --> 00:39:43.079
 wants to

00:39:43.079 --> 00:39:44.300
 restore lives

00:39:44.300 --> 00:39:44.900
 right there

00:39:44.900 --> 00:39:47.840
 they begin to

00:39:47.840 --> 00:39:48.680
 form communities

00:39:48.680 --> 00:39:49.320
 and so in

00:39:49.320 --> 00:39:49.780
 Acts 2

00:39:49.780 --> 00:39:50.780
 44 we have a

00:39:50.780 --> 00:39:51.360
 picture of a

00:39:51.360 --> 00:39:52.559
 community that

00:39:52.559 --> 00:39:54.220
 understood what

00:39:54.220 --> 00:39:54.840
 he was talking

00:39:54.840 --> 00:39:55.519
 about let me

00:39:55.519 --> 00:39:56.079
 read that to

00:39:56.079 --> 00:39:56.579
 you in the

00:39:56.579 --> 00:39:57.000
 bulletin as

00:39:57.000 --> 00:39:57.220
 well in

00:39:57.220 --> 00:39:57.620
 Acts 2

00:39:57.620 --> 00:39:59.539
 44 it

00:39:59.539 --> 00:40:00.220
 actually says

00:40:00.220 --> 00:40:01.200
 all the

00:40:01.200 --> 00:40:02.740
 believers now

00:40:02.740 --> 00:40:03.680
 don't just

00:40:03.680 --> 00:40:04.079
 read over that

00:40:04.079 --> 00:40:04.400
 all the

00:40:04.400 --> 00:40:05.120
 believers every

00:40:05.120 --> 00:40:06.640
 single one of

00:40:06.640 --> 00:40:07.100
 the believers

00:40:07.100 --> 00:40:08.059
 who had put

00:40:08.059 --> 00:40:09.200
 their hope in

00:40:09.200 --> 00:40:09.860
 Jesus as the

00:40:09.860 --> 00:40:10.340
 one true

00:40:10.340 --> 00:40:11.740
 Savior all the

00:40:11.740 --> 00:40:12.240
 believers were

00:40:12.240 --> 00:40:12.760
 together and

00:40:12.760 --> 00:40:13.079
 they had

00:40:13.079 --> 00:40:14.300
 everything in

00:40:14.300 --> 00:40:15.559
 common they

00:40:15.559 --> 00:40:15.940
 sold their

00:40:15.940 --> 00:40:16.760
 property possessions

00:40:16.760 --> 00:40:17.360
 they gave to

00:40:17.360 --> 00:40:18.440
 anyone who

00:40:18.440 --> 00:40:19.079
 had need and

00:40:19.079 --> 00:40:20.460
 every day they

00:40:20.460 --> 00:40:21.280
 continued to meet

00:40:21.280 --> 00:40:21.940
 together in the

00:40:21.940 --> 00:40:22.980
 temple courts they

00:40:22.980 --> 00:40:23.620
 broke bread in

00:40:23.620 --> 00:40:24.360
 their homes and

00:40:24.360 --> 00:40:24.720
 they ate

00:40:24.719 --> 00:40:25.299
 together with

00:40:25.299 --> 00:40:25.719
 glad and

00:40:25.719 --> 00:40:26.379
 sincere hearts

00:40:26.379 --> 00:40:27.419
 praising God

00:40:27.419 --> 00:40:29.039
 and enjoying the

00:40:29.039 --> 00:40:30.419
 favor of all the

00:40:30.419 --> 00:40:31.279
 people and the

00:40:31.279 --> 00:40:32.659
 Lord added to

00:40:32.659 --> 00:40:33.839
 their number daily

00:40:33.839 --> 00:40:35.219
 those who are

00:40:35.219 --> 00:40:37.000
 being saved I

00:40:37.000 --> 00:40:37.879
 don't know about

00:40:37.879 --> 00:40:38.839
 you but I look at

00:40:38.839 --> 00:40:39.579
 this passage and

00:40:39.579 --> 00:40:40.839
 I'm incredibly

00:40:40.839 --> 00:40:41.659
 challenged but I'm

00:40:41.659 --> 00:40:43.119
 incredibly encouraged

00:40:43.119 --> 00:40:44.980
 that this community

00:40:44.980 --> 00:40:46.619
 that saw Christ

00:40:46.619 --> 00:40:47.599
 actively intervening

00:40:47.599 --> 00:40:48.239
 in their lives

00:40:48.239 --> 00:40:50.239
 what I see them do

00:40:50.239 --> 00:40:52.000
 is that they begin

00:40:52.000 --> 00:40:54.159
 to bury all their

00:40:54.159 --> 00:40:54.960
 little saviors

00:40:54.960 --> 00:40:57.839
 now when we

00:40:57.839 --> 00:40:58.399
 think about what

00:40:58.399 --> 00:40:58.920
 that would mean

00:40:58.920 --> 00:40:59.599
 for us

00:40:59.599 --> 00:41:01.619
 they are

00:41:01.619 --> 00:41:02.639
 burying their

00:41:02.639 --> 00:41:04.279
 savior of

00:41:04.279 --> 00:41:06.319
 personal space

00:41:06.319 --> 00:41:07.639
 they actually

00:41:07.639 --> 00:41:08.259
 invite everybody

00:41:08.259 --> 00:41:09.239
 into their lives

00:41:09.239 --> 00:41:10.420
 they're burying

00:41:10.420 --> 00:41:10.960
 their savior of

00:41:10.960 --> 00:41:11.679
 material possession

00:41:11.679 --> 00:41:12.460
 they say everything

00:41:12.460 --> 00:41:13.859
 I have I give it

00:41:13.859 --> 00:41:14.759
 to the I share it

00:41:14.759 --> 00:41:15.299
 with the community

00:41:15.299 --> 00:41:15.839
 I invite the

00:41:15.839 --> 00:41:16.339
 community to

00:41:16.339 --> 00:41:17.339
 participate in that

00:41:17.339 --> 00:41:19.739
 they bury their

00:41:19.739 --> 00:41:21.699
 savior of putting

00:41:21.699 --> 00:41:22.599
 their work and

00:41:22.599 --> 00:41:23.480
 their lives and

00:41:23.480 --> 00:41:24.319
 their interests and

00:41:24.319 --> 00:41:25.839
 their goals first

00:41:25.839 --> 00:41:27.360
 but instead they

00:41:27.360 --> 00:41:28.119
 center everything

00:41:28.119 --> 00:41:29.139
 around coming

00:41:29.139 --> 00:41:31.099
 together daily and

00:41:31.099 --> 00:41:31.900
 worshiping the one

00:41:31.900 --> 00:41:32.279
 savior

00:41:32.279 --> 00:41:36.679
 now I look at this

00:41:36.679 --> 00:41:37.259
 picture and I

00:41:37.259 --> 00:41:37.900
 wonder what does it

00:41:37.900 --> 00:41:38.759
 mean for us

00:41:38.759 --> 00:41:40.839
 what does it take

00:41:40.839 --> 00:41:42.239
 for us to be a

00:41:42.239 --> 00:41:43.980
 community that lives

00:41:43.980 --> 00:41:44.679
 in a way that

00:41:44.679 --> 00:41:46.179
 people see at the

00:41:46.179 --> 00:41:46.920
 Christian community

00:41:46.920 --> 00:41:47.839
 and knowing that we

00:41:47.839 --> 00:41:48.759
 are worshiping one

00:41:48.759 --> 00:41:50.279
 savior that people

00:41:50.280 --> 00:41:51.100
 would be daily

00:41:51.100 --> 00:41:52.000
 added and attracted

00:41:52.000 --> 00:41:53.300
 to that way of

00:41:53.300 --> 00:41:53.840
 life that there's

00:41:53.840 --> 00:41:55.019
 this hope in the

00:41:55.019 --> 00:41:55.980
 savior that is

00:41:55.980 --> 00:41:56.680
 bigger than all the

00:41:56.680 --> 00:41:58.500
 other saviors and

00:41:58.500 --> 00:41:59.080
 as I look at my

00:41:59.080 --> 00:42:00.560
 life I see I have

00:42:00.560 --> 00:42:01.300
 so many little

00:42:01.300 --> 00:42:02.940
 saviors in my life

00:42:02.940 --> 00:42:04.100
 that keep me from

00:42:04.100 --> 00:42:06.720
 living this so I

00:42:06.720 --> 00:42:07.700
 think this Christmas

00:42:07.700 --> 00:42:08.880
 the challenge that I

00:42:08.880 --> 00:42:09.440
 want to take on

00:42:09.440 --> 00:42:10.660
 myself and that I

00:42:10.660 --> 00:42:11.580
 want to put out

00:42:11.580 --> 00:42:12.220
 there for us as a

00:42:12.220 --> 00:42:13.280
 community is what

00:42:13.280 --> 00:42:14.019
 does it take for us

00:42:14.019 --> 00:42:14.620
 what are the steps

00:42:14.620 --> 00:42:15.600
 that we want to take

00:42:15.600 --> 00:42:18.160
 in living with

00:42:18.159 --> 00:42:19.779
 Christ as the only

00:42:19.779 --> 00:42:21.739
 savior what does

00:42:21.739 --> 00:42:22.399
 it mean for your

00:42:22.399 --> 00:42:23.259
 life personally

00:42:23.259 --> 00:42:24.420
 whether it's your

00:42:24.420 --> 00:42:25.500
 studies your work

00:42:25.500 --> 00:42:26.739
 your family where

00:42:26.739 --> 00:42:27.579
 have you built up

00:42:27.579 --> 00:42:29.079
 savior that stop you

00:42:29.079 --> 00:42:30.899
 from lifting up the

00:42:30.899 --> 00:42:33.599
 one true savior the

00:42:33.599 --> 00:42:35.399
 savior is the one

00:42:35.399 --> 00:42:36.139
 who is a wonderful

00:42:36.139 --> 00:42:37.859
 counselor he's the

00:42:37.859 --> 00:42:39.519
 one that all our

00:42:39.519 --> 00:42:40.299
 wisdom comes from

00:42:40.299 --> 00:42:40.940
 he's the mighty

00:42:40.940 --> 00:42:42.239
 God he has the

00:42:42.239 --> 00:42:43.019
 power to change

00:42:43.019 --> 00:42:43.460
 our life's

00:42:43.460 --> 00:42:43.899
 serving service

00:42:43.899 --> 00:42:44.759
 he is the

00:42:44.759 --> 00:42:45.440
 everlasting father

00:42:45.440 --> 00:42:46.299
 the perfect father

00:42:46.299 --> 00:42:47.759
 and he is the one

00:42:47.760 --> 00:42:48.420
 that brings true

00:42:48.420 --> 00:42:50.940
 peace and his

00:42:50.940 --> 00:42:52.280
 kingdom will have

00:42:52.280 --> 00:42:55.900
 no end so I

00:42:55.900 --> 00:42:56.540
 want to pray with

00:42:56.540 --> 00:42:57.980
 us and just as we

00:42:57.980 --> 00:42:58.480
 go into this

00:42:58.480 --> 00:42:59.340
 Christmas season to

00:42:59.340 --> 00:43:00.840
 reflect on on this

00:43:00.840 --> 00:43:02.880
 savior and looking

00:43:02.880 --> 00:43:04.120
 at examining our

00:43:04.120 --> 00:43:04.880
 own hearts and

00:43:04.880 --> 00:43:06.160
 where we are

00:43:06.160 --> 00:43:06.740
 wrestling with

00:43:06.740 --> 00:43:07.820
 allowing him to be

00:43:07.820 --> 00:43:08.820
 the one true savior

00:43:08.820 --> 00:43:09.620
 in our lives let me

00:43:09.620 --> 00:43:10.340
 pray with us

00:43:10.340 --> 00:43:14.860
 father I just want

00:43:14.860 --> 00:43:16.280
 to confess first

00:43:16.280 --> 00:43:19.220
 that I have a lot

00:43:19.220 --> 00:43:20.160
 of small saviors in

00:43:20.160 --> 00:43:20.980
 my life that I put

00:43:20.980 --> 00:43:21.900
 my hope in and

00:43:21.900 --> 00:43:23.980
 in an increasing

00:43:23.980 --> 00:43:25.320
 rental market and

00:43:25.320 --> 00:43:26.100
 there are the

00:43:26.100 --> 00:43:27.100
 worries that come up

00:43:27.100 --> 00:43:28.300
 and we are clinging

00:43:28.300 --> 00:43:29.220
 to our own security

00:43:29.220 --> 00:43:31.100
 and we want to be in

00:43:31.100 --> 00:43:32.000
 control of our own

00:43:32.000 --> 00:43:33.920
 lives and I see that

00:43:33.920 --> 00:43:34.820
 in my life all over

00:43:34.820 --> 00:43:36.060
 again and everywhere

00:43:36.060 --> 00:43:39.220
 so father as we just

00:43:39.220 --> 00:43:40.480
 go into this Christmas

00:43:40.480 --> 00:43:41.900
 season may you be the

00:43:41.900 --> 00:43:42.840
 prince of peace the

00:43:42.840 --> 00:43:44.420
 one that isn't just a

00:43:44.420 --> 00:43:47.460
 small little savior but

00:43:47.460 --> 00:43:48.260
 that we would turn to

00:43:48.260 --> 00:43:49.320
 the one true king who

00:43:49.320 --> 00:43:50.820
 brings peace who

00:43:50.820 --> 00:43:51.539
 points us to this

00:43:51.539 --> 00:43:52.360
 eternal kingdom that

00:43:52.360 --> 00:43:53.740
 is still to come in

00:43:53.740 --> 00:43:54.480
 which everything will

00:43:54.480 --> 00:43:56.820
 be restored but may we

00:43:56.820 --> 00:43:58.000
 also see that that you

00:43:58.000 --> 00:44:00.139
 are the one who longs

00:44:00.139 --> 00:44:01.039
 to be our savior now

00:44:01.039 --> 00:44:03.059
 that you would reach

00:44:03.059 --> 00:44:04.639
 into the worries and

00:44:04.639 --> 00:44:05.360
 despair and the

00:44:05.360 --> 00:44:06.059
 darkness of every

00:44:06.059 --> 00:44:06.920
 single person here you

00:44:06.920 --> 00:44:08.740
 know where we all are

00:44:08.740 --> 00:44:10.380
 father so I just pray

00:44:10.380 --> 00:44:11.039
 that that you would

00:44:11.039 --> 00:44:12.440
 touch people just where

00:44:12.440 --> 00:44:14.920
 they are and soften

00:44:14.920 --> 00:44:16.079
 hearts to invite you

00:44:16.079 --> 00:44:17.440
 into being the one

00:44:17.440 --> 00:44:18.679
 true savior and I

00:44:18.679 --> 00:44:19.639
 know that so many

00:44:19.639 --> 00:44:21.719
 times even when we

00:44:21.719 --> 00:44:22.360
 have walked with you

00:44:22.360 --> 00:44:23.460
 for years and years

00:44:23.460 --> 00:44:26.099
 we begin to rely on

00:44:26.099 --> 00:44:27.119
 ourselves again so

00:44:27.119 --> 00:44:27.940
 much and so I just

00:44:27.940 --> 00:44:29.219
 pray that this Christmas

00:44:29.219 --> 00:44:30.539
 time we would again

00:44:30.539 --> 00:44:32.000
 see the miracle of you

00:44:32.000 --> 00:44:33.800
 stepping into history

00:44:33.800 --> 00:44:35.980
 to be our savior I

00:44:35.980 --> 00:44:36.739
 pray this in Christ's

00:44:36.739 --> 00:44:37.840
 name amen

00:44:37.840 --> 00:44:52.380
 happy birthday to you

00:44:52.380 --> 00:44:57.600
 happy birthday to you

00:44:57.600 --> 00:45:02.760
 happy birthday dear Jesus

00:45:02.760 --> 00:45:09.760
 happy birthday to you

00:45:09.760 --> 00:45:20.300
 happy birthday Jesus

00:45:20.300 --> 00:45:21.300
 happy birthday Jesus

00:45:21.300 --> 00:45:26.300
 I'm so glad it's Christmas

00:45:26.300 --> 00:45:36.680
 happy birthdaying

00:45:36.680 --> 00:45:41.100
 happy birthday dear teachers

00:45:41.100 --> 00:45:42.400
 happy birthday Jesus

00:45:42.400 --> 00:45:43.920
 happy birthday Jesus

00:45:43.920 --> 00:45:44.780
 happy birthday euro

00:45:44.780 --> 00:45:48.500
 happy birthday Jesus

00:45:48.500 --> 00:45:51.320
 happy birthdayertos

00:45:51.320 --> 00:45:55.760
 All the carols and bells

00:45:55.760 --> 00:45:58.640
 In the hall that they swell

00:45:58.640 --> 00:46:02.360
 And all above you

00:46:02.360 --> 00:46:07.340
 Happy birthday, Jesus

00:46:07.340 --> 00:46:13.800
 Jesus, I love you

00:46:13.800 --> 00:46:19.240
 Happy birthday, Jesus

00:46:21.320 --> 00:46:25.260
 I'm so glad it's Christmas

00:46:25.260 --> 00:46:30.860
 All the tinsel and lights

00:46:30.860 --> 00:46:33.800
 And the presents are nice

00:46:33.800 --> 00:46:37.240
 But the real gift is you

00:46:37.240 --> 00:46:42.280
 Happy birthday, Jesus

00:46:42.280 --> 00:46:48.280
 I'm so glad it's Christmas

00:46:48.280 --> 00:46:53.840
 All the carols and bells

00:46:53.840 --> 00:46:56.720
 In the hall that they swell

00:46:56.720 --> 00:47:00.220
 And it's all about you

00:47:00.220 --> 00:47:05.220
 Happy birthday, Jesus

00:47:05.219 --> 00:47:10.779
 Jesus, I love you

00:47:10.779 --> 00:47:16.879
 Happy birthday, Jesus

00:47:16.879 --> 00:47:22.659
 I'm so glad it's Christmas

00:47:22.659 --> 00:47:28.219
 All the tinsel and lights

00:47:28.219 --> 00:47:31.079
 And the presents are nice

00:47:31.079 --> 00:47:33.779
 But the real gift is you

00:47:33.779 --> 00:47:39.599
 Happy birthday, Jesus

00:47:39.599 --> 00:47:45.219
 I'm so glad it's Christmas

00:47:45.219 --> 00:47:50.779
 Happy birthday, Jesus

00:47:50.779 --> 00:47:52.779
 All the carols and bells

00:47:52.779 --> 00:47:53.480
 In the hall that they swell

00:47:53.480 --> 00:47:56.879
 And it's all about you

00:47:56.879 --> 00:48:02.779
 Happy birthday, Jesus

00:48:02.780 --> 00:48:08.340
 Jesus, I love you

00:48:08.340 --> 00:48:09.340
 Jesus, I love you

00:48:09.340 --> 00:48:11.780
 Happy birthday, Jesus

00:48:11.780 --> 00:48:12.780
 I love you

00:48:12.780 --> 00:48:14.900
 Happy birthday, Jesus

00:48:14.900 --> 00:48:15.780
 I love you

00:48:15.780 --> 00:48:16.780
 Happy birthday, Jesus

00:48:16.780 --> 00:48:34.360
 Great, that was great

00:48:34.360 --> 00:48:35.820
 Can I hear, that's amazing

00:48:35.820 --> 00:48:37.539
 I mean, I shouldn't even come up

00:48:37.539 --> 00:48:39.019
 You can't follow kids, right?

00:48:39.680 --> 00:48:41.280
 You guys, amazing

00:48:41.280 --> 00:48:44.180
 Very good

00:48:44.180 --> 00:48:46.200
 What a blessing

00:48:46.200 --> 00:48:47.500
 Hey, I'm going to keep this

00:48:47.500 --> 00:48:48.360
 After that

00:48:48.360 --> 00:48:49.420
 I just need to keep it short

00:48:49.420 --> 00:48:49.900
 And sweet

00:48:49.900 --> 00:48:50.880
 Remember, you can't go out

00:48:50.880 --> 00:48:51.760
 That door where you locked

00:48:51.760 --> 00:48:52.920
 We electrified that door

00:48:52.920 --> 00:48:54.640
 So don't go out that door

00:48:54.640 --> 00:48:55.820
 We want everybody to exit

00:48:55.820 --> 00:48:56.360
 This way

00:48:56.360 --> 00:48:57.360
 There's food

00:48:57.360 --> 00:48:58.100
 We'd love for you to stay

00:48:58.100 --> 00:48:58.960
 With us and hang out

00:48:58.960 --> 00:49:00.519
 We do meals as families

00:49:00.519 --> 00:49:02.380
 And so that's what we do

00:49:02.380 --> 00:49:03.220
 In community

00:49:03.220 --> 00:49:04.480
 So please head out

00:49:04.480 --> 00:49:05.500
 That way afterwards

00:49:05.500 --> 00:49:06.840
 I want to just

00:49:06.840 --> 00:49:08.639
 One thing I want us

00:49:08.639 --> 00:49:09.440
 To pray for as a community

00:49:09.440 --> 00:49:10.199
 We believe that God

00:49:10.199 --> 00:49:11.000
 Has put us here

00:49:11.000 --> 00:49:12.000
 As a church

00:49:12.000 --> 00:49:12.860
 To reach out to people

00:49:12.860 --> 00:49:14.000
 Who aren't in church today

00:49:14.000 --> 00:49:14.360
 Right?

00:49:14.780 --> 00:49:15.760
 And so we sent out

00:49:15.760 --> 00:49:18.880
 20,007 of these flyers

00:49:18.880 --> 00:49:19.840
 To the households

00:49:19.840 --> 00:49:20.659
 In this area

00:49:20.659 --> 00:49:22.880
 It talks about the outreach

00:49:22.880 --> 00:49:24.119
 In December 21st

00:49:24.119 --> 00:49:24.739
 At Cyberport

00:49:24.739 --> 00:49:25.460
 We're going to be doing it

00:49:25.460 --> 00:49:26.480
 For a week as a church

00:49:26.480 --> 00:49:27.000
 Over here

00:49:27.000 --> 00:49:28.219
 All the community groups

00:49:28.219 --> 00:49:28.739
 Are involved

00:49:28.739 --> 00:49:30.139
 And then we talk about

00:49:30.139 --> 00:49:31.420
 December 25th

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 The Christmas outreach service

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 Here

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 So we want you guys

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 As a church

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 To pray about this

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 To take some of these

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 And invite your friends

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 Personally to come join us

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 And be a part of this

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 And that people

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 Would be able to sing

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 Happy birthday Jesus

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 Again for the first time

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 As a family

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 Okay?

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 So will you commit

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 To do that?

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 Also one of the sad things

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 About

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 I just don't know

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 If I can trust you guys

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 Behind me, huh?

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 One of the sad things

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 About our

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 Fun

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 But sad things

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 About being in this community

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 Is that people come and go

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 And so we are saying goodbye

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 To two people

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 Who have been amazing

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 Servants in the church

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 And you're going to see

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 How amazing they have been

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 When they stand up

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 And so the first one

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 Is Jeremiah

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 So Jeremiah is leaving

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 You want to stand up?

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 So Jeremiah is kind of like

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 From my hometown

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 In Austin, Texas

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 I knew his pastor there

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 He came

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 He raised his support

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 To be here

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 To serve the church

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 We had no idea

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 What we were doing

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 We were still trying

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 To work out this idea

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 Of interns

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 Church planners

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 And staff

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 And so he was

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 One of our guinea pigs

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 And so he has been here

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 For six months

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 And so he is heading out

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 This week to go back

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 And continue his education

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 And studies

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 And so you'll see

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 We're missing a drummer now

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 So Mark

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 You're going to come up here

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 And start drumming, right?

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 And then Yuma

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 Yuma, will you stand up?

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 Okay

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 Yuma's story is amazing

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 Yuma is from Japan

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 And Yuma came to know the Lord

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 Two weeks before he came to Watermark

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 He was in Japan

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 And someone led him to Christ

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 He came to Hong Kong

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 He wanted to get plugged into a church

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 And he has been serving us

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 For seven months now

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 Just tirelessly

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 And just amazing

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 And he's been growing

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 In his walk with the Lord

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 And God has put upon his heart

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 A burden to go back

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 To Tokyo

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 And to be with his people

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 And to share the gospel with them

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 Osaka

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 That's right

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 Tokyo got destroyed by Godzilla

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 In Osaka

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 That's right

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 And so

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 So we are going to really miss

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 Both of you guys

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 And so I want to

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 I want to pray for you guys

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 And just

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 We will stay in touch

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 To hear how God

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 Uses both of you

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 Back in Texas

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 And in Osaka

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 And I know that he's going to do

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 Amazing things

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 And so let me pray for us

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 And you are dismissed

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 To go eat some amazing

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 Great Christmas food

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 I would have been instructed

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 To say Christmas food

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 Father we just thank you

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 For this day

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 We thank you for

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 How you bring our lives together

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 How you

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 We are like these threads

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 That you grab

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 And you change

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 And you interweave us

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 To make this amazing picture

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 Of the body of Christ

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 And as we think about

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 What you've done

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 With these children up here

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 As they sing songs

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 And they've been taken

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 Off the streets

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 We just

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 We thank you

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 For what you've done

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 Lord

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 We thank you for

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 You brought people like Melissa

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 And Charles to lead the choir

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 And have the patience

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 And for Edmund

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 And Lincoln

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 And Steph

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 And all the other volunteers

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 Who come and love on these kids

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 In their place

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 Where they're not loved

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 And for all the parts

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 You brought together

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 To make today happen

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 So that we would

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 We'd worship you

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 We'd sing your praises

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 And your glory

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 And we'd fall more in love with you

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 And so Lord

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 In the midst of that

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 As we have this

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 Bittersweet experience

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 We pray for

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 Jeremiah

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 And we pray for

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 Our brother Yuma

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 As they go back

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 To their hometowns

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 And they continue

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 To walk with you

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 Lord

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 We pray that you

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 Would go before them

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 We pray that

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 They would find

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 Your mercy and grace

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 Abundant

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 Every moment

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 We pray that you

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 Would open doors

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 Of favor

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 As they walk

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 And as they share

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 The most important thing

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 In their life

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 Your son

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 Lord

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 We pray that you

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 Would do amazing things

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 To them

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 That you would

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 Surround them

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 Immediately

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 Into a community

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 That loves you

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 And goes on that

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 Journey with them

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 And so we thank you

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 For this very short time

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 You've given us

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 To be with them

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 And we look forward

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 To getting together

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 In heaven

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 For eternity

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 And just talking

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 About your wonder

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 And your mercy

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 And how you weave

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 Us together

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 In the incredible

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 Things you do

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 In this world

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 So Lord

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 We wish you

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 Happy birthday

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 We love you

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 We need you

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 We pray for this food

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 And this fellowship

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 That we're about to partake

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 That it would honor you

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 That we would have fun

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 That we'd realize

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 That we're a family

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 And that we walk

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 Together

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 In this

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 We pray all these things

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 In your son

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 Jesus name

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 Amen

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 God bless you

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 We'll see you back here

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 Next week

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 But not before

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 We see you at the dinner table

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 Take care

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 Bye