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 What do you make of the child in the manger?

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 You've sung of him tonight.

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 You've heard of him in the readings.

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 What do you make of him?

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 There have been some extraordinary words sung here tonight.

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!

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 But the words we sing are extraordinary.

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 Born the king of angels.

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 I said, do you mean that?

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 In those words of another.

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 Word of the Father, now in flesh appearing.

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 What on earth does that mean?

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 Christ, the newborn king.

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 You've sung that tonight.

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 The hopes and fears of all the years are met in you tonight.

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 Let me read to you a sentence from a letter.

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 It's written by someone who knew nothing of theoretical science.

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 Who never heard of the internet or I'm a celebrity.

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 He probably thought the earth was flat if he bothered to think about it.

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 He knew nothing at all thankfully of Brexit.

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 And yet, this sentence, the man who wrote it,

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 understood with remarkable clarity what has so far eluded

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 some of the most brilliant minds in the world.

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 It's just one sentence from a short letter.

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 And I want to suggest to you that in this sentence,

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 there is more value in this sentence,

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 more of value and importance in this one sentence

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 than in anything that's been discovered by human reason.

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 More of value in this one sentence than you're going to read anywhere else this Christmas.

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 More of value than anything that's been produced by the most brilliant minds.

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 There's more importance in this one sentence

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 that comes from a letter written 2,000 years ago

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 by a man named Paul to another guy called Titus.

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 And the sentence runs like this.

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 It's on the page that you looked at.

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 You can look at it actually on the front page of the carol service.

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 It's just written underneath the date there.

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 And here's the sentence.

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 For the grace of God has appeared bringing salvation for all people.

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 The grace of God that brings salvation has appeared

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 bringing salvation for all people.

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 There it is. There's the truth.

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 That at the heart of the universe,

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 it's not a formula,

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 not a great string of formulas,

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 and I'll how it completes.

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 But at the heart of the universe is the grace of God

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 that brings salvation

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 that has appeared for all people.

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 So think with me, just for a few minutes,

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 about these four things.

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 First of all, it speaks of, doesn't it, the grace of God.

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 We don't use that word much,

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 but that means the generosity of God.

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 The out of the ordinary kindness of God.

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 The child in the manger

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 means that at the heart of the universe

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 is the kindness and the generosity and the grace of God.

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 Is that what the birth of Jesus means to you?

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 Does the coming of Jesus Christ

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 mean that you know the kindness of God?

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 As Christmas approaches,

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 and you give your mind just maybe a little bit perhaps

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 to this child in the manger,

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 are you overwhelmed by the fact

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 that God is good towards you?

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 Is that what it means?

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 This is, isn't it, the greatest discovery

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 that any human being can make.

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 And it's a discovery that is as discoverable

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 to a small child

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 as it is to the world's most brilliant mind.

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 To discover and to know the kindness,

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 the grace of God.

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 Not mind you, the soppy sentimentality of God.

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 We can mistake it for that.

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 Sometimes, particularly by the nonsense

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 of Christmas stories that are told,

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 there is nothing soppy or sentimental

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 about the coming of Jesus Christ into the world.

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 But it is the undeserved goodness

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 of God to us that He came.

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 And we'll see the why of that in a moment.

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 But can you think for a moment

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 just what a life-changing experience it is

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 to know not just that God is there,

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 not just to be able to say tonight,

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 well, I believe in God,

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 and not just that God exists,

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 that you've come to that conclusion.

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 I'm sure that God is really pleased

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 that you've come to that conclusion that He exists.

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 not just that,

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 but to know that that God

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 is both kind and generous

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 and good to you.

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 Wouldn't life be very different?

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 For those of us who know that,

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 isn't life very different?

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 But even if you don't know the grace of God yet,

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 can't you see tonight how great it would be

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 to know that God is good towards you?

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 But why does the child in the manger mean that?

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 It's a great story,

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 as we've got it,

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 full of human interests and pathos,

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 charming images of donkeys and oxen

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 and shepherds and wise men

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 and stars and so on and so on,

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 enough to sell millions of Christmas cards.

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 But how can this story mean

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 as much as I'm claiming it is?

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 Or as much as when Paul wrote this letter

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 to Titus claimed,

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 how can this story,

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 when I hear it,

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 change my life?

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 Because it brings me to know

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 the goodness of God to me.

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 Well actually it can't.

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 Not just the story of the birth of Jesus,

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 it can't do that.

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 And no even tonight,

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 if you realise who the baby is,

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 it won't do that.

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 If you realise that he was no less

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 than God himself,

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 that child in the manger.

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 I will actually only know

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 the grace of God to me

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 and the goodness and kindness

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 and generosity of God

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 if I know why he came.

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 And so that's the second thing

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 in our sentence.

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 It's really obvious, isn't it?

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 Do you remember how it went?

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 The grace of God

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 that brings salvation.

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 Jesus came

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 into the world

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 not just

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 to make a visit to planet Earth

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 like a divine holiday

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 or a winter break.

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 He didn't even come

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 just to make God known.

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 He came to bring

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 salvation.

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 What is salvation?

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 Well, think about that for a moment.

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 It means being saved

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 from something.

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 And so what do we

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 human beings

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 need to be saved from?

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 Well, some of us tonight

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 we long to be saved

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 from sickness.

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 Maybe that's why you're here.

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 There are many millions

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 in the world today,

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 aren't there tonight,

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 that need to be saved

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 from poverty

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 and from salvation.

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 Many need to be saved

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 from injustice

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 and oppression.

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 And so many of us tonight

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 need to be saved

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 from fears

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 of many different

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 kinds of things.

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 And of course

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 we could go on and on

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 couldn't we?

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 We could list the things

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 that you and I

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 need to be saved from.

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 But these things

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 that I've just listed

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 and the hundreds

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 of other things

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 they are actually

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 just symptoms.

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 Symptoms that

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 not all is right

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 with the world.

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 And not all is right

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 between the world

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 and God.

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 And all is not right

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 tonight

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 between us and God.

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 Is it?

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 Before God

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 each one of us

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 is a guilty person.

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 Before God

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 each one of us

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 has got an awful lot

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 to answer for.

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 Before God

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 each of us

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 has many many reasons

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 to be scared

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 out of our minds.

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 But the child

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 in the manger

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 came in order

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 to become

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 the man

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 who died on the cross

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 in your place

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 and mine.

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 He came

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 into the world

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 in order to make

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 possible our forgiveness

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 before God.

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 He came

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 to wipe

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 clean

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 slate

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 our debt

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 before God.

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 He came

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 to bring salvation.

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 And that's why

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 the child

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 in the manger

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 means the incredible

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 goodness and kindness

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 of God

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 to you and me.

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 He came

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 into the world

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 so that you and I

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 can get right

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 with God.

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 He came

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 so that we can

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 stand before God

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 confident.

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 He came

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 so that we can

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 stand before God

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 with no fear

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 and no worry.

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 And know

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 that God

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 himself and I

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 we are friends.

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 Now

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 what I've been saying

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 you might think

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 well this is really

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 nice thoughts

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 isn't it?

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 It's the kind of thing

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 you get used to

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 hearing at Christmas

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 time.

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 But perhaps

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 like many

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 you hear these words

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 and you think

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 well that's just

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 what they are.

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 They're just words

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 aren't they?

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 The grace of God

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 salvation

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 they're just

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 words

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 just religious

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 words

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 they're the jargon

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 of religion

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 the cliche

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 of the Christian

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 but it's not just

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 words is it?

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 Because the third

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 thing in the

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 sentence

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 can you see it?

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 The grace of God

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 that brings salvation

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 has appeared

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 it has appeared

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 it's not just

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 religious ideas

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 to entertain

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 those who are

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 religiously inclined

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 or to comfort

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 those who are

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 religious

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 that sort of thing

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 no something

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 has happened

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 this verse says

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 something has

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 happened in history

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 in real time

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 and space

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 at a particular

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 time

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 in a particular

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 place

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 if you and I

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 had been there

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 you and I

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 could have seen it

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 the grace of God

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 that brings salvation

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 has appeared

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 and what does it

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 look like?

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 Well it looks like

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 a child in a manger

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 who became a man

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 on the cross

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 it isn't a question

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 tonight of

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 do you like

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 these ideas?

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 It isn't a question

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 do I find them

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 congenial?

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 Do these words

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 make sense to me?

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 No it is

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 what do I do?

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 What do I do

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 with what has

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 happened?

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 What does it mean

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 that the grace of God

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 that brings salvation

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 has appeared?

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 It has happened

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 and that is what

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 the child in the

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 manger and the man

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 on the cross

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 are all about

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 and the question

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 is this

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 do you realise

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 the goodness

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 and kindness

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 of God to you?

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 Do you remember

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 the last words

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 of our sentence

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 the grace of God

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 that brings salvation

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 has appeared

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 and do you remember

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 how it ends?

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 It ends from

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 think on this

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 for a minute

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 for all people

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 it's a historical

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 fact

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 that is accessible

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 to all

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 I keep people

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 I'm meeting people

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 who say to me

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 when I ask them

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 do you go to church

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 they say

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 I'm just not

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 the religious type

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 and maybe

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 you may be

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 like the cow

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 but you're just

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 not the religious

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 type you say

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 but let me just

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 tell you the kind

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 of people

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 that Jesus met

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 with

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 and the kind

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 of people

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 Jesus dealt

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 with when he

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 was on earth

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 he dealt

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 with the lepers

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 the outcasts

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 the demonised

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 the woman

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 everyone wanted

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 to avoid

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 the little cheat

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 Jesus went

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 out of his

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 way to meet

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 with people

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 that weren't

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 the religious

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 type

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 one of my

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 friends wrote

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 this on twitter

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 last week

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 he said

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 oh come

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 all ye

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 faithless

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 joyless

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 and defeated

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 oh come

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 ye

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 oh come

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 ye to Bethlehem

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 Christmas is

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 for the weary

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 for the messed

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 up

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 and for the

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 broken

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 if your life

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 isn't

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 instagrammable

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 Christmas is

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 for you

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 and maybe

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 tonight

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 you said

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 well actually

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 I'm alright

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 I've got

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 everything to

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 gather

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 and if you

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 have

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 I'm really

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 pleased for

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 you

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 but you're

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 deceiving

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 yourself

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 because

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 whoever you

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 are tonight

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 and whatever

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 you've done

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 and wherever

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 you're from

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 and however

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 you feel

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 the grace

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 of God

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 that brings

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 salvation

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 has appeared

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 for people

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 exactly like

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 you

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 and wouldn't

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 it be a great

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 thing if

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 this time

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 Christmas 2018

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 was the time

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 that you came

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 to know

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 or came to

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 know afresh

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 the grace

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 of God

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 came to

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 know and

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 understand

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 and came to

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 experience

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 what it is

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 to realise

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 the great

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 goodness

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 of God

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 towards you

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 and that

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 can happen

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 the grace

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 of God

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 that brings

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 salvation

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 has appeared

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 what do you

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 need to do

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 when you need

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 to say thank

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 you don't

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 you

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 to say

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 thank you

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 to God

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 and you need

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 to receive

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 his great

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 kindness

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 to you

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 and you need

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 to stop

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 rebelling

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 against that

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 kindness

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 and be

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 willing to

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 be changed

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 by it

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 as I finish

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 I want to

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 read you

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 a news article

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 that came out

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 yesterday

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 it's about

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 President

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 George W.H.

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 Bush

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 H.W.

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 Bush

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 he was the

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 president

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 about 30

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 years ago

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 let me read

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 it to you

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 it's a bit

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 long but

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 you'll be

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 alright

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 it's the

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 last thing

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 I'm going

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 to say

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 nearly 20

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 years ago

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 former

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 President

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 George H.W.

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 Bush

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 wanted to

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 sponsor

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 a Filipino

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 boy

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 named

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 Timothy

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 through

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 Colorado

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 Springs

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 non-profit

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 Compassion

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 International

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 but first

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 he needed

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 a pseudonym

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 he's passed

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 away now

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 so it's

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 probably not

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 classified

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 anymore

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 it was

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 George

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 Walker

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 said

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 Wes

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 Stafford

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 Compassion

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 President

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 Emeritus

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 that's the

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 same name

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 that President

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 Bush

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 used

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 apparently

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 whenever

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 he checked

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 into a

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 hospital

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 and they

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 needed to

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 have it

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 unknown

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 that he

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 was there

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 Bush's

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 security

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 team

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 was worried

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 about

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 Timothy's

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 safety

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 said

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 Stafford

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 if word

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 had gotten

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 out that

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 the child

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 was communicating

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 with a

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 former US

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 president

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 he could

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 have been

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 in danger

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 through

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 Compassion

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 International

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 sponsor

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 writes a

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 letter to

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 a child

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 in addition

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 to providing

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 financial

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 support

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 Bush's

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 letters

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 were intentionally

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 vague

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 to mask

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 his identity

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 and all

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 communication

00:13:58.720 --> 00:13:59.300
 between the

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 two of

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 them went

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 through

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 Stafford

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 who was

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 then

00:14:01.360 --> 00:14:01.700
 President

00:14:01.700 --> 00:14:01.899
 of

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 Compassion

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 the first

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 time he

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 started

00:14:04.480 --> 00:14:04.919
 breaking

00:14:04.919 --> 00:14:05.300
 our little

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 security

00:14:05.779 --> 00:14:06.279
 rules

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 was when

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 he sent

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 a picture

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 of his

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 dog

00:14:08.220 --> 00:14:08.720
 Millie

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 and he

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 added

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 this is

00:14:10.100 --> 00:14:10.500
 Millie

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 she's

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 met

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 lots

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 of

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 famous

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 people

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 Stafford

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 said

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 laughing

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 and I

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 thought

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 okay

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 that's

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 cute

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 but boy

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 that's

00:14:16.919 --> 00:14:17.180
 starting

00:14:17.180 --> 00:14:17.539
 to slip

00:14:17.539 --> 00:14:17.899
 into

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 some

00:14:18.159 --> 00:14:18.840
 little

00:14:18.840 --> 00:14:19.279
 secrets

00:14:19.279 --> 00:14:19.680
 in there

00:14:19.680 --> 00:14:20.879
 then years

00:14:20.879 --> 00:14:21.139
 later

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 he wrote

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 we're going

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 to have

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 Christmas

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 this year

00:14:23.100 --> 00:14:23.519
 with my

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 son

00:14:23.899 --> 00:14:24.340
 at his

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 house

00:14:24.700 --> 00:14:25.659
 and then

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 he adds

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 oh

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 and he

00:14:26.639 --> 00:14:27.019
 lives in

00:14:27.019 --> 00:14:27.320
 a big

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 white

00:14:27.580 --> 00:14:28.019
 house

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 and I'm

00:14:29.620 --> 00:14:29.740
 like

00:14:29.740 --> 00:14:30.019
 come on

00:14:30.019 --> 00:14:30.179
 Mr.

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 President

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 you're

00:14:30.779 --> 00:14:30.980
 really

00:14:30.980 --> 00:14:31.220
 pushing

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 the

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 envelope

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 here

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 Bush's

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 sponsorship

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 began

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 around the

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 year 2000

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 in Washington

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 DC

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 when he was

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 at a

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 Christmas

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 concert

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 featuring

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 a line

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 up of

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 Christian

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 musicians

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 during

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 his

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 admission

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 the

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 performers

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 asked

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 if

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 anyone

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 wanted

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 information

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 about

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 sponsoring

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 a

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 child

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 to everyone's

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 surprise

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 all of a sudden

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 George

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 Sr.

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 raised his

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 hand in

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 the middle

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 of his

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 security

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 entourage

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 and said

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 I want

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 one

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 the packet

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 was passed

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 down to

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 him

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 and all

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 these

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 security

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 people

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 were like

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 has

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 anybody

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 screened

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 to

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 Timothy

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 Stafford

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 said

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 he

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 hand

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 wrote

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 the

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 letters

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 and

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 even

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 drew

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 pictures

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 to the

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 boy

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 he

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 really

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 threw

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 himself

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 into it

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 he

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 would write

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 to little

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 Timothy

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 and Timothy

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 would write

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 to him

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 and anything

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 that Timothy

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 said that was

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 interesting

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 President Bush

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 would write

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 back with a

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 comment on it

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 thank you for the

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 picture of that

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 beautiful rainbow

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 we had a

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 rainbow like that

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 right outside our

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 house last week

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 he was everything

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 that we wish

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 of all our

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 sponsors would be

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 he was engaged

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 in this little

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 child's life

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 he told Timothy

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 that he loved

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 baseball and

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 golf

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 that he was

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 pretty good

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 at throwing

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 a frisbee

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 he was looking

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 for common

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 ground

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 and after

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 learning that

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 the boy

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 liked art

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 Bush sent

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 a package

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 of coloured

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 pencils

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 crayons

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 paint

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 sketch

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 pads

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 with a

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 compassion

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 international

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 staff

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 member

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 travelling

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 to the

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 Philippines

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 Bush was a

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 man without

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 fanfare

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 he did

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 excellent things

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 very quietly

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 always giving

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 the credit

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 away to other

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 people

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 I just loved

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 that about him

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 years later

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 as Bush's

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 schedule became

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 busier and his

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 health began to

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 decline

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 Stafford's

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 executive assistant

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 Angie

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 Laughlock took

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 over his

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 sponsorship

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 then in 2010

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 when Timothy

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 was Sandin

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 Laughlock and her

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 husband Larry

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 flew to the

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 Philippines to

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 meet him

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 but Laughlock said

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 Timothy is a very

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 quiet shy and

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 sweet spirited guy

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 with a very tender

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 spirit

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 Stafford said

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 he played the

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 guitar in his

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 church worship team

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 Angie is the

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 one who told him

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 your former sponsor

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 is someone that I

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 know pretty well

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 and he was the

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 president of the

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 United States

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 Stafford said

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 and Timothy

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 was defounded

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 he was speechless

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 and he said

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 here's what I

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 want you to

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 know

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 well I knew

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 that he was

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 kind and

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 encouraging and

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 a wonderful man

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 but I had no

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 idea

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 and I thought

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 you know to a

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 child in poverty

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 it's amazing

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 enough that anyone

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 would care about

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 them

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 but it was

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 beyond his

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 wildest imagination

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 and even his

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 ability to

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 comprehend

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 that the

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 president of the

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 United States

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 knew his name

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 the truth is

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 there is a

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 God in

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 heaven's night

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 who knows

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 your name

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 and he's not

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 written to you

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 a letter

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 he's not going

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 to be your

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 pen pal

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 but the grace

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 of God

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 has appeared

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 bringing salvation

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 to people like

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 you

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 and people like

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 me

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 and so

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 won't you

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 trust him

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 I want you

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 to receive him

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 I want you

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 to thank God

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 for him

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 let's pray