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 So a man had just moved into an area because he didn't know he needed a haircut and he went into a barber shop that he didn't know.

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! And he walked in it was a Saturday morning and the place was full he sat down to wait to have his haircut and it soon became very apparent that this wasn't just a barber shop it was a bit of an old boys club.

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 And it was really clear that everybody else in there had known each other for years and there was a lot of joking and chatting going on.

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 But he waited and he waited and he waited and eventually this lad came in he was about nine years old and suddenly all went quiet as he was coming along the street past the window and the barber was there cutting their hair and he said oh he's on his way and we went hush.

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 Anyway the boy came into the shop and the barber said to him oh so hi son how are you doing today?

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 He said I'm very well thank you.

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 He said so reaching into his pocket he said so which are you going to take?

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 Would you like these two one pound coins or this one single five pound note?

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 The boy looked at them too and everybody in the shop was watching what was going on.

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 He said well I'd rather have the two one pound coins please.

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 So the boy takes them runs off down the road door closes and everyone in there laughs and it's really clear that this is a standing joke and it's a wind up that happens every Saturday morning.

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 Well the newbie to the shop has his hair cut and he makes his way down the street about half an hour later and he sees this boy walking along and he's eating an ice cream.

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 And he feels really sorry for this lad being the butt of everyone's joke every weekend.

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 So he says to him sorry I'm new around here but I just saw what happened to you in there.

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 He said how long has this been going on for?

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 And the lad says well since I was about five.

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 He says that's a really long time.

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 He says I know licking his ice cream.

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 He says you do know that they're all just having a laugh at your expense.

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 He says licking his ice cream.

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 Yeah sure.

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 He said well do you really understand what's going on?

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 He said yeah.

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 He said you're sure you understand.

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 He offers you two one pound coins or one five pound note and you take the two pound coins each time.

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 Do you understand what's going on there?

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 He said of course I understand.

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 He said so why do you keep coming back each week?

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 Taking one lick of his ice cream.

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 He says because the moment I take the fiver the game's over.

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 Who's controlling who?

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 Who's driving him?

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 In the decisions that we make each and every day of our lives.

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 The values that we carry around.

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 Who do we really succumb to?

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 What's going on beneath the surface?

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 Who are we really following?

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 Who are we really following?

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 Quite rightly we live in a world that has become suspicious.

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 And there is such a thing as a very healthy sense of suspicion.

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 When we're presented with anything that makes claims to truth or something that can offer something new or different into our lives.

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 And as such we ought not be surprised if when it comes to the language of Christian faith and the claims around the difference that it can make to your life that people will be suspicious.

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 Because we have learnt to become suspicious.

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 Because we have learnt to become suspicious to protect ourselves.

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 And there's a sense in which that's a healthy thing to carry.

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 But I want to suggest that maybe, maybe sometimes we can become so acutely aware of that culture of suspicion that it makes us, perhaps subconsciously,

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 but makes us reluctant to share our Christian faith with others because of our perception that if we do so, it's just going to hit a wall of suspicion.

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 If that is how we feel sometimes, we need to be encouraged by a growing number of reports that have been coming to light over recent months.

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 And some of you will already be familiar with some of this.

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 But there are a growing number of reports over the last six months or so,

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 which are highlighting a turning of the tide within the UK in terms of attitudes towards the Christian faith.

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 And which more than suggests a renewed receptivity towards it.

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 Indeed, we could even call it a hunger and a thirst for what the Christian faith has to offer.

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 Firstly, SPCK reported that between 2019 and 2024,

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 Bible sales in the UK are up by almost 87%.

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 The Bible app, known as the YouVersion, free download, many of you perhaps use it,

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 but in January this year, on the 5th of January,

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 they reported the record downloads that there were 798,000 downloads in one single day.

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 But the really big report, and if you haven't heard about this already,

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 you're going to hear more and more about it,

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 was the report commissioned by the Bible Society in conjunction with the research organisation YouGov,

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 called The Quiet Revival.

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 And it was an online survey,

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 and it dipped into a sample of the UK population in 2018,

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 and then again in 2024.

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 And it indicated that contrary to what we might think,

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 UK church attendance is actually on the way up,

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 quite significantly.

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 And this is not simply to do with comparing and contrasting figures now

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 with the COVID lockdown years.

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 It's not.

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 This was contrasting with church attendance in the UK

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 before COVID and lockdown came along.

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 And across those six years, between 2018 and 2024,

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 UK church attendance is up by 56%.

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 And the biggest growth area,

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 and this is where we need to sit up and pay attention,

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 the biggest growth area

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 is young adults.

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 It would seem that young adults are more open to God than the older generations.

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 And when asked questions about God and atheism,

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 it would seem that if you are in your 20s,

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 you are far less likely now to become an atheist,

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 or to be an atheist,

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 than if you were significantly older.

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 To quote from the report,

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 it would seem that having a Christian faith

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 is again becoming normalised,

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 and is arguably even culturally attractive.

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 Now, whatever we may make of that research

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 and of the research methodologies implied,

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 and you can read all this if you just go online,

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 you can download the report for free.

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 It's on the Bible.

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 You'll find it with the Bible Society set of resources.

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 It's called The Quiet Revival.

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 Whatever we make of those things,

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 those figures, those research findings,

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 from different sources looking at different things,

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 are beginning to stack up.

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 Anecdotally, we find stories,

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 I hear stories from church leaders all over the place

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 of how they're finding a renewed interest

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 in faith among younger adults,

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 who are just turning up,

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 not in response to any particular campaign or advertising,

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 but are just turning up in churches

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 and places of worship.

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 So with that renewed sense of receptivity in mind,

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 we need to ask ourselves as Christians,

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 why are we so afraid to share our faith?

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 Now, I'll ask that question today

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 because as we follow through this series

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 and we look at the 12 disciples,

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 I'm going to be asking the question each week,

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 what can we learn from each of them?

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 And today we're looking at Andrew

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 and today I want to suggest

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 that there is just one very, very simple thing

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 that Andrew teaches us

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 and it is this.

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 His very first response to Jesus

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 is to go off,

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 find his brother

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 and bring him to Jesus.

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 It's the first thing he does.

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 It's not like he becomes a Christian,

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 he spends some time forming,

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 working out that newfound faith

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 and then he thinks a little bit about

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 how he might apply that faith,

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 but it's all wrapped up in the same response.

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 He follows Jesus,

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 he's got to tell someone.

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 And what I want to suggest

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 is that this is something

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 that we can profoundly overlook

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 when it comes to our discipleship.

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 The basic thing is,

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 it's not,

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 I'm a Christian,

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 therefore as part of my application

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 of that Christian faith,

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 I therefore need to do this.

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 It's all part of the same thing.

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 When we encounter

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 the reality of Jesus in our lives,

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 the responses tell others.

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 It's all caught up

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 as part of following him.

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 It's foundational in being a disciple.

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 Now firstly,

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 we could say,

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 well there's a missionary imperative there.

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 There's an urgency.

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 If Jesus is the way to eternal life,

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 then we have a responsibility

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 to tell others.

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 In 1998,

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 you may remember this story,

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 it was a horrific story,

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 about a 15-year-old boy in Chicago

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 who was with his friends on the streets

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 playing basketball.

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 There was some activity very nearby

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 among rival gangs,

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 and there was some crossfire

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 in which this 15-year-old lad got caught,

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 and he was shot.

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 It just happened that

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 where he was shot

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 was extremely close to a hospital.

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 So his friends managed

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 to kind of get him close

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 to just outside the hospital,

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 but they didn't want to move him

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 beyond that

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 because they were frightened

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 that they were going to do

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 the wrong thing.

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 So they called the hospital,

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 they ran into the hospital.

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 The hospital said

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 that it was not their policy

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 to leave the building,

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 and that their policy meant

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 that they were prohibited

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 from being able

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 to administer medical help

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 outside of their building.

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 The friends pleaded with them

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 that they would do nothing.

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 Eventually, the police came along,

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 and it would seem

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 even they were powerless

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 to do anything about it.

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 Eventually, a police officer

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 managed to get hold

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 of a wheelchair

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 and wheeled this boy

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 into the hospital,

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 but it was too late,

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 and about an hour

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 after he had been shot,

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 this 15-year-old lad died.

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 Why?

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 Because the people

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 who had the resources

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 to help him

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 refused to leave the building.

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 That story sent shockwaves

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 around the world,

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 and it indeed would continue

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 to shock us

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 when we hear it now.

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 And there's a sense

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 when we think about

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 the Christian message

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 about the gospel imperative,

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 it should shock us

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 if we refuse,

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 metaphorically speaking,

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 to leave the building,

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 and we can find

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 that saving message

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 of Jesus Christ

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 to ourselves

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 and the activities

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 in which we share

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 together as Christians.

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 We have that charge,

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 that missionary imperative,

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 not to keep that

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 to ourselves,

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 to leave the building

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 and to share it.

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 But if we focus

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 entirely on that,

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 I think we missed

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 the point.

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 Because

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 if we're not careful,

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 we can end up

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 with this idea

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 that sharing our faith

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 with others

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 through the things

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 we do

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 and the things

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 that we say

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 ought to be driven

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 by,

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 just by,

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 a sense of urgency,

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 and not long

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 behind that

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 comes the feeling

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 of guilt.

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 And if that's

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 the idea

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 we have in our minds

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 as to what

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 Andrew teaches us,

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 then we've

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 missed the point.

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 Yes,

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 the urgency

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 is there,

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 but more fundamentally,

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 it has to do

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 with relationship.

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 You see,

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 sharing the faith

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 with others

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 simply comes down

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 to this reality

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 that if you have

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 experienced something

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 that you know

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 is good,

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 that is real,

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 you would naturally

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 want to share that

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 with those

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 that you know

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 and those that you love.

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 Why?

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 Because you want them

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 to have the same thing

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 that you know

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 is real

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 and is good

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 and is life

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 transforming.

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 Before Tamara

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 and I came

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 to Clevedon

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 in 2007,

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 we were eight years

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 where I was

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 a minister

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 in Mid-Devon.

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 We lived very close

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 to Dartmoor,

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 one of our favourite

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 places,

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 still is.

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 And when we first

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 arrived there,

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 it was just ourselves

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 and we often used

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 to go out for walks

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 on Dartmoor.

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 Then three children

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 came along.

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 And for several years

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 when we had three children,

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 there was one point

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 when we had three

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 all under the age

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 of five.

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 And actually,

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 going for a decent walk

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 was a bit of a challenge.

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 We might be able

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 to sort of drive

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 onto Dartmoor

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 and get out of the car

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 for a little bit,

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 but we couldn't go

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 very far.

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 It was shortly

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 before we left there

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 and came here

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 in 2007

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 that the children

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 were just about

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 getting old enough

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 where we thought,

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 you know,

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 we can manage

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 a decent walk

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 or what we would

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 regard as relatively

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 a long walk

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 for us then.

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 And we decided,

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 I can't remember

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 which tour it was now,

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 but we realised

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 that we could just

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 about get all three

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 children and ourselves

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 up to the top

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 of this tour

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 and back.

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 So off we went.

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 We did it,

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 by the way,

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 and we were really chuffed,

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 but that's not the point

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 of this story.

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 As we were about

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 100,

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 200 metres

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 from the top

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 of this tour,

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 we saw the figure

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 of a man

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 and he was doing this.

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 He was on his own.

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 But then we realised

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 that he was actually

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 running towards us

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 and we were thinking,

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 is there something

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 the matter here?

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 As he came up to us,

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 it was clear

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 that he was okay,

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 but he just had something

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 that he had to tell us.

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 He said,

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 I've just been up

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 to the top

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 of that tour.

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 He said,

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 I used to climb mountains.

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 I was almost professional.

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 I used to go

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 all over the world.

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 I used to scale

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 great heights.

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 And then several years ago,

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 I had an accident.

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 I fell.

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 I was told at one point

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 that I was lucky

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 to have survived it.

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 I was told I probably

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 would never walk again.

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 And he said that

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 as I went through

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 a series of several surgeries

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 and physio,

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 gradually,

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 gradually,

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 gradually,

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 long story,

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 but I managed

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 to be able to walk again.

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 And then they said,

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 well,

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 you'll never climb again.

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 But I was determined

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 that I was going to get out there

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 in the open.

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 And today I have.

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 Because today's the first time

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 I've managed

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 to get up that tour

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 and back

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 on my own,

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 unaided.

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 And with tears in his eyes,

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 he said,

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 I'm sorry,

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 you must think

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 I'm absolutely mad.

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 I'm just so excited.

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 I have to tell someone

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 and you're the first people

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 I've found.

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 And you've got good news

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 to tell.

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 You've just got to tell it.

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 Not because you've got to.

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 Not because there's

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 some compulsion about it.

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 You just can't contain it.

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 You've got to tell someone.

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 Emily will testify to that.

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 Andrew

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 goes straight

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 to his brother.

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 Not because Jesus has said,

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 you've got to go

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 and tell someone.

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 Not because he feels

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 he ought to.

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 Not because he's undertaken

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 a course in theology

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 and in mission studies

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 and has worked out

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 that there is a logical

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 progression somewhere

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 by way of sequence

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 that actually

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 you do this,

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 you follow Jesus,

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 you get to know Jesus

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 and therefore

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 you must go

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 and tell others about it.

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 That's not how it happens.

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 When you know him,

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 you can't keep him

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 to yourself.

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 there's a story

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 that Nicky Gumbel

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 used to tell

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 on the older stories

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 of Alpha.

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 I'm not sure

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 it's included

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 in the current version

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 of the course

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 but it's a story

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 if you've done Alpha

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 in the past

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 you may well have

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 come across this one

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 before

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 but it's a story

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 about a young man

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 who became a Christian

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 and he was really

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 caught up

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 in the excitement

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 of what he had

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 discovered

00:19:41.680 --> 00:19:44.599
 in following Jesus

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 except that he had

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 heard

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 somewhere

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 in all of the gospel

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 being explained

00:19:51.000 --> 00:19:51.500
 to him

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 that

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 will we tell others

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 about Jesus?

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 It didn't really seem

00:19:56.940 --> 00:19:57.440
 to occur to him

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 that it was because

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 others had actually

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 told him

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 that he actually

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 discovered

00:20:02.640 --> 00:20:03.420
 Christian faith

00:20:03.420 --> 00:20:03.880
 for himself

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 but he was just

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 really really scared

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 about actually

00:20:06.980 --> 00:20:07.859
 passing it on

00:20:07.859 --> 00:20:08.700
 to anybody else

00:20:08.700 --> 00:20:10.720
 so he didn't

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 but this bothered him

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 because

00:20:13.680 --> 00:20:15.079
 the more he read

00:20:15.079 --> 00:20:15.599
 his Bible

00:20:15.599 --> 00:20:17.720
 the more he

00:20:17.720 --> 00:20:20.339
 the more he kind of

00:20:20.339 --> 00:20:22.059
 read and

00:20:22.059 --> 00:20:23.380
 found out about

00:20:23.380 --> 00:20:24.220
 Christian faith

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 he'd become a Christian

00:20:25.180 --> 00:20:26.240
 but he just felt

00:20:26.240 --> 00:20:26.839
 that he just couldn't

00:20:26.839 --> 00:20:27.299
 tell anyone

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 he didn't

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 he didn't go to a church

00:20:29.059 --> 00:20:30.259
 he didn't open up

00:20:30.259 --> 00:20:30.819
 to anybody

00:20:30.819 --> 00:20:33.079
 now there was

00:20:33.079 --> 00:20:33.639
 one person

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 that he knew

00:20:34.200 --> 00:20:35.039
 who happened

00:20:35.039 --> 00:20:36.220
 to be a Christian faith

00:20:36.220 --> 00:20:37.960
 a much older Christian

00:20:37.960 --> 00:20:39.960
 and so he went

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 to him

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 and told him

00:20:42.339 --> 00:20:43.220
 that he'd recently

00:20:43.220 --> 00:20:44.179
 become a Christian

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 said that

00:20:45.960 --> 00:20:47.480
 he knew

00:20:47.480 --> 00:20:48.460
 that deep down

00:20:48.460 --> 00:20:48.819
 inside

00:20:48.819 --> 00:20:49.639
 that there was

00:20:49.639 --> 00:20:50.259
 something about

00:20:50.259 --> 00:20:51.559
 Christians should

00:20:51.559 --> 00:20:52.079
 tell others

00:20:52.079 --> 00:20:53.559
 about Jesus

00:20:53.559 --> 00:20:55.200
 but he felt

00:20:55.200 --> 00:20:55.740
 really nervous

00:20:55.740 --> 00:20:56.259
 about that

00:20:56.259 --> 00:20:57.039
 and he was afraid

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 that people

00:20:57.419 --> 00:20:57.679
 were going to

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 think he was silly

00:20:58.319 --> 00:20:59.279
 that he was going to

00:20:59.279 --> 00:21:00.079
 reject him

00:21:00.079 --> 00:21:00.579
 we'd want nothing

00:21:00.579 --> 00:21:01.000
 more to do

00:21:01.000 --> 00:21:01.399
 with him

00:21:01.399 --> 00:21:03.000
 and this very

00:21:03.000 --> 00:21:03.759
 wise friend

00:21:03.759 --> 00:21:04.039
 of him

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 said

00:21:04.319 --> 00:21:04.619
 you know

00:21:04.619 --> 00:21:04.899
 what

00:21:04.899 --> 00:21:06.460
 I sense

00:21:06.460 --> 00:21:07.740
 that God's

00:21:07.740 --> 00:21:08.220
 making an

00:21:08.220 --> 00:21:08.619
 exception

00:21:08.619 --> 00:21:09.240
 with you

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 I said

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 what do you

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 mean

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 he said

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 well I haven't

00:21:12.759 --> 00:21:13.960
 listened to you

00:21:13.960 --> 00:21:14.839
 tell your story

00:21:14.839 --> 00:21:15.339
 to me

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 I sense

00:21:17.179 --> 00:21:17.579
 that God

00:21:17.579 --> 00:21:18.059
 might be

00:21:18.059 --> 00:21:18.679
 saying you

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 to do

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 something

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 don't worry

00:21:20.879 --> 00:21:21.519
 about telling

00:21:21.519 --> 00:21:21.899
 anybody

00:21:21.899 --> 00:21:22.679
 about Jesus

00:21:22.679 --> 00:21:23.799
 you don't

00:21:23.799 --> 00:21:24.179
 have to do

00:21:24.179 --> 00:21:24.279
 it

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 just relax

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 but I

00:21:26.680 --> 00:21:26.900
 sense

00:21:26.900 --> 00:21:27.180
 that God

00:21:27.180 --> 00:21:27.620
 saying

00:21:27.620 --> 00:21:27.960
 that

00:21:27.960 --> 00:21:28.780
 I want you

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 to do

00:21:28.880 --> 00:21:29.180
 this one

00:21:29.180 --> 00:21:29.640
 thing

00:21:29.640 --> 00:21:31.580
 go home

00:21:31.580 --> 00:21:31.880
 to go

00:21:31.880 --> 00:21:32.460
 to your

00:21:32.460 --> 00:21:32.640
 room

00:21:32.640 --> 00:21:32.900
 when you

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 can

00:21:33.240 --> 00:21:34.440
 take some

00:21:34.440 --> 00:21:34.940
 space

00:21:34.940 --> 00:21:35.480
 when you're

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 not going

00:21:35.680 --> 00:21:35.860
 to be

00:21:35.860 --> 00:21:36.240
 interrupted

00:21:36.240 --> 00:21:37.020
 by anybody

00:21:37.020 --> 00:21:39.300
 and just

00:21:39.300 --> 00:21:40.560
 ask God

00:21:40.560 --> 00:21:41.400
 to fill you

00:21:41.400 --> 00:21:41.720
 with his

00:21:41.720 --> 00:21:42.580
 Holy Spirit

00:21:42.580 --> 00:21:45.860
 what about

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 telling other

00:21:46.520 --> 00:21:46.700
 people

00:21:46.700 --> 00:21:47.220
 don't worry

00:21:47.220 --> 00:21:47.540
 about that

00:21:47.540 --> 00:21:48.080
 forget it

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 just go

00:21:49.220 --> 00:21:49.460
 and do

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 what I

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 said

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 this man

00:21:50.960 --> 00:21:51.840
 was both

00:21:51.840 --> 00:21:53.740
 relieved

00:21:53.740 --> 00:21:55.160
 but also

00:21:55.160 --> 00:21:55.940
 slightly puzzled

00:21:55.940 --> 00:21:56.280
 by his

00:21:56.280 --> 00:21:56.540
 friend's

00:21:56.540 --> 00:21:56.780
 advice

00:21:56.780 --> 00:21:57.320
 but he

00:21:57.320 --> 00:21:57.900
 decided to

00:21:57.900 --> 00:21:58.300
 do what

00:21:58.300 --> 00:21:58.560
 he said

00:21:58.560 --> 00:21:58.780
 because he

00:21:58.780 --> 00:21:59.260
 respected

00:21:59.260 --> 00:21:59.460
 him

00:21:59.460 --> 00:21:59.800
 so he

00:21:59.800 --> 00:22:00.060
 went

00:22:00.060 --> 00:22:01.420
 home

00:22:01.420 --> 00:22:03.080
 and in

00:22:03.080 --> 00:22:03.380
 fact there

00:22:03.380 --> 00:22:03.820
 were a few

00:22:03.820 --> 00:22:04.800
 people at

00:22:04.800 --> 00:22:05.240
 home

00:22:05.240 --> 00:22:06.260
 including

00:22:06.260 --> 00:22:07.080
 next door

00:22:07.080 --> 00:22:07.360
 neighbours

00:22:07.360 --> 00:22:07.640
 in the

00:22:07.640 --> 00:22:07.960
 kitchen

00:22:07.960 --> 00:22:09.480
 having a

00:22:09.480 --> 00:22:09.740
 cup of

00:22:09.740 --> 00:22:09.880
 tea

00:22:09.880 --> 00:22:10.260
 having a

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 chat

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 but he

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 decided

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 just to

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 tiptoe

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 off to

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 his

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 room

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 and

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 closed

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 the

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 door

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 quietly

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 and

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 decided

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 to get

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 on

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 with

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 praying

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 and

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 remembering

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 what his

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 friend had

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 said

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 pray

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 Lord

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 please

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 fill me

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 with

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 your

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 Holy

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 Spirit

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 as he

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 prayed

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 that

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 prayer

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 he

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 found

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 himself

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 getting

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 down

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 on

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 his

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 knees

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 and

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 his

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 arms

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 stretched

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 out

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 and

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 over

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 several

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 minutes

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 he

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 felt

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 the

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 most

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 extraordinary

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 sense

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 of

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 peace

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 and

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 joy

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 come

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 upon

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 him

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 that

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 he

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 had

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 never

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 experienced

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 even

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 since

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 becoming

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 a

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 Christian

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 to

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 the

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 point

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 that

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 he

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 began

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 to

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 well

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 up

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 it

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 was

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 the

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 most

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 awesome

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 experience

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 and

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 the

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 sense

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 of

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 the

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 presence

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 of

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 God

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 in

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 the

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 room

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 was

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 almost

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 tangible

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 after

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 20

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 minutes

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 or so

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 of

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 praying

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 he

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 couldn't

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 contain

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 himself

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 he

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 got up

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 he

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 opened

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 the

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 door

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 he

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 ran

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 down

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 into

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 the

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 kitchen

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 and

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 said

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 to

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 his

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 entire

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 family

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 and

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 their

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 next

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 door

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 neighbours

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 who

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 were

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 having

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 a

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 cup

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 of

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 tea

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 It's

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 fantastic

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 I've

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 just

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 become

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 a

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 Christian

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 and

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 I

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 don't

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 have

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 we

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 share

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 Jesus

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 not

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 because

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 we

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 must

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 because

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 it's

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 the

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 most

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 natural

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 thing

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 in the

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 world

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 to

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 share

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 that

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 which

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 is

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 good

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 with

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 those

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 around

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 us

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 let's

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 pray

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 Lord

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 thank you

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 for this

00:23:43.680 --> 00:23:44.180
 story

00:23:44.180 --> 00:23:44.620
 of

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 Andrew

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 thank you

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 for the

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 way in

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 which he

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 experienced

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 you

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 and just

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 naturally

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 went and

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 told his

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 brother

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 Lord we

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 thank you

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 for the

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 encouraging

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 reports

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 that we

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 are hearing

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 of what

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 is being

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 referred to

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 as a

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 quiet

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 revival

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 in our

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 own

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 country

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 thank you

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 for that

00:24:18.720 --> 00:24:19.539
 it would

00:24:19.539 --> 00:24:19.980
 seem

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 renewed

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 openness

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 to you

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 we pray

00:24:25.960 --> 00:24:26.359
 that that

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 would

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 continue

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 that it

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 would grow

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 that it

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 would

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 flourish

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 and that

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 we may

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 each

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 play a

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 part

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 in

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 responding

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 to

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 that

00:24:36.500 --> 00:24:41.339
 Lord

00:24:41.339 --> 00:24:41.880
 forgive us

00:24:41.880 --> 00:24:42.299
 for those

00:24:42.299 --> 00:24:42.839
 times

00:24:42.839 --> 00:24:43.660
 when we

00:24:43.660 --> 00:24:44.039
 allow

00:24:44.039 --> 00:24:44.380
 our

00:24:44.380 --> 00:24:44.819
 own

00:24:44.819 --> 00:24:45.720
 fear

00:24:45.720 --> 00:24:48.319
 perhaps

00:24:48.319 --> 00:24:48.880
 fear

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 of how

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 we might

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 be

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 perceived

00:24:50.720 --> 00:24:52.220
 to get

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 in the

00:24:52.559 --> 00:24:52.960
 way

00:24:52.960 --> 00:24:54.519
 of sharing

00:24:54.519 --> 00:24:55.059
 your truth

00:24:55.059 --> 00:24:55.579
 with others

00:24:55.579 --> 00:24:59.579
 Lord

00:24:59.579 --> 00:25:00.819
 renew us

00:25:00.819 --> 00:25:01.619
 like the

00:25:01.619 --> 00:25:02.059
 man in

00:25:02.059 --> 00:25:02.779
 that story

00:25:02.779 --> 00:25:03.319
 in the

00:25:03.319 --> 00:25:03.799
 power of

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 your

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 holy

00:25:04.259 --> 00:25:04.859
 spirit

00:25:04.859 --> 00:25:07.740
 rekindle

00:25:07.740 --> 00:25:08.099
 in our

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 hearts

00:25:08.519 --> 00:25:08.859
 that

00:25:08.859 --> 00:25:09.460
 sense

00:25:09.460 --> 00:25:11.720
 of knowing

00:25:11.720 --> 00:25:12.000
 your

00:25:12.000 --> 00:25:12.619
 presence

00:25:12.619 --> 00:25:13.720
 your joy

00:25:13.720 --> 00:25:14.220
 and your

00:25:14.220 --> 00:25:14.759
 peace

00:25:14.759 --> 00:25:16.599
 that it

00:25:16.599 --> 00:25:17.039
 may just

00:25:17.039 --> 00:25:17.699
 naturally

00:25:17.699 --> 00:25:18.099
 and

00:25:18.099 --> 00:25:19.039
 spontaneously

00:25:19.039 --> 00:25:19.899
 overflow

00:25:19.900 --> 00:25:23.019
 through our

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 lives

00:25:23.480 --> 00:25:24.720
 through our

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 actions

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 and through

00:25:26.560 --> 00:25:26.800
 our

00:25:26.800 --> 00:25:27.300
 words

00:25:27.300 --> 00:25:31.080
 in

00:25:31.080 --> 00:25:31.880
 Jesus name

00:25:31.880 --> 00:25:34.140
 Amen

00:25:34.140 --> 00:25:37.380
 Amen