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 Happy Christmas, almost.

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 26th of July, 2016, about 10.30 in the morning,

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 I was handed this little red alien-looking thing

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 that we now call our son, Ruben.

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 Where's Pete, who was interviewed?

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 Have you got kids?

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 You use the word pure when it comes to the birth of a baby.

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 Not me. It's the wrong word.

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 That is not the word that comes to mind when I think back to that moment.

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 And I prepared myself for being handed this little baby boy.

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 And I prepared myself for the emotions that I expected to feel.

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 So I expected to be absolutely overwhelmed by love.

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 And I expected myself to kind of be undone by thankfulness.

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 And I expected myself to feel this kind of burden-shedding sense of relief.

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 And I did feel all of those things.

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 But the overriding emotion, the most intense thing that I felt that day,

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 I had not prepared myself for.

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 And the emotion was vulnerability.

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 As I held this little baby boy, seconds old,

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 I felt massively, massively vulnerable.

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 And it made no sense to me.

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 Out of the three people significantly involved,

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 so maybe me less significantly,

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 but me, Sarah, my wife, and this little boy,

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 I was by far the least vulnerable.

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 So Sarah was still on the operating table,

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 the surgeon's still doing their thing,

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 the surgical nurse who's been unbelievably good,

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 emergency procedure, so quite scary.

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 She was massively vulnerable at that moment.

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 This little boy, seconds old,

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 could do nothing for himself,

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 being held by an amateur,

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 was massively, massively vulnerable.

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 And yet here's me feeling exactly the same thing.

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 And it made no sense to me.

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 I felt stupid feeling vulnerable.

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 But as I held him,

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 and I saw how much he needed me,

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 I started to doubt whether or not I could be that for him.

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 And as I saw this thing,

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 I'm not calling that, my wife tells me off.

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 As I saw this boy,

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 and how dependent he was going to be on us,

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 I questioned whether or not we could be dependable for him.

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 Has anyone else been there?

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 Has had kids?

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 I felt weak, exposed,

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 wondered whether or not I could be trusted.

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 I wasn't quite asking for the gift receipt,

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 but I was scared in that moment.

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 Now the only feeling that I could compare to it,

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 that I had that was kind of making sense of it,

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 was actually a very different moment.

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 And as a teenager,

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 my granny passed away with cancer.

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 I was very tight with my granny,

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 loved her a bit.

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 And when she had battled for a long time

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 with cancer of her esophagus,

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 she passed away at home as she wanted.

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 And we got the phone call,

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 and so me and my dad went round,

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 seeing my granddad.

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 But you know,

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 the event or the question

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 that sticks in my mind from that day

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 was when my dad turned to me and goes,

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 do you want to see your granny one last time?

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 I was in the living room.

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 She was still there in the bedroom.

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 And quick as a flash,

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 I said,

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 no.

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 And the reason I said no

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 was because I could not cope

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 with the vulnerability

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 that it made me feel.

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 Now,

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 they are two massively different events

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 at the total opposite spectrum

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 of human experience

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 and human existence.

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 The birth of a little boy,

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 the death of my granny,

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 and yet the emotion

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 in the mix of those two things

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 was exactly the same.

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 Massively,

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 massively vulnerable.

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 In those moments,

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 if you had asked me

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 which one is better,

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 the answer to that question

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 is almost

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 kind of offensively obvious.

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 Which is better,

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 the day of birth

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 or the day of death?

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 It's obvious.

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 I would trade

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 anything

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 to go through

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 the birth of a boy again

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 in comparison

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 to the death of my granny.

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 The day of birth

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 is better than the day of death.

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 Now,

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 if you come to this church,

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 you've been around,

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 you've been looking at

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 a book of the Bible

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 called Ecclesiastes.

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 If you've never been

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 to church before,

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 if you've never read

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 a book of the Bible before,

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 I dare you,

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 read Ecclesiastes.

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 It will do your nothing.

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 It's one of the books

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 in the Bible

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 that is fascinating

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 and yet frustrating.

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 And one of the places

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 where it most bugs

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 my happiness

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 is this verse.

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 Let me read it to you.

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 This is Ecclesiastes

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 chapter 7,

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 verse 1.

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 The day of death

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 is better

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 than the day of birth.

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 Happy Christmas.

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 Nice cheery note

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 to land on tonight.

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 Come to church,

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 they said.

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 It will be great,

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 they said.

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 Right, I said.

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 The day of death

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 better than

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 the day of birth.

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 Now, I read something

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 like that in the Bible

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 and I want to argue with it.

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 I want to say,

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 no danger,

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 I'm not having that.

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 So what's he saying?

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 I think his point is this.

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 The day of birth

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 holds only the potential

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 of what you might do.

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 Whereas the day of your death

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 shows the proof

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 of what you have done.

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 Which is it that gives

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 a better estimation

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 of your life?

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 The day of your birth

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 or the day of your death?

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 See,

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 in the day of your birth,

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 lots of people

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 probably looked at you

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 and said,

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 all those nonsense,

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 all those things

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 that make no sense,

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 but we all do.

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 And we dream dreams

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 and we have visions

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 of what this child

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 is going to do.

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 Whereas the day of death

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 gives us

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 a complete,

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 final account

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 account

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 of what we have

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 done.

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 The day of our death

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 will give a complete,

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 final account

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 to God

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 of what we have

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 done.

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 And in that sense,

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 the day of our death

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 is better

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 than the day of birth.

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 Now,

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 you let that land

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 and you go,

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 that makes me feel

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 massively,

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 massively

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 vulnerable.

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 Because it gives

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 weight

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 to everything

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 you say,

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 everything you think,

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 everything you do.

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 Doesn't it?

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 It means that

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 everything I did

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 yesterday

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 matters.

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 It means everything

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 I've done today

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 matters.

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 It means everything

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 I'll do tomorrow

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 matters.

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 It means that

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 what is said

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 at my funeral

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 will depend

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 on how I've

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 spent what

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 I'm given.

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 It means

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 that when God

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 looks at me

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 at the end

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 of my life,

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 what I've done

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 will determine

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 my eternity.

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 See,

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 when we

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 contemplate

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 this verse,

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 the day of

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 death,

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 better than

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 the day

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 of our

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 birth,

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 it should

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 land on us

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 as,

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 I am

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 vulnerable

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 given what

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 I've done.

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 And in fact,

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 I think that's

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 part of

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 the purpose

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 of the

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 Christmas story.

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 I think it's

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 part of

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 what we've

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 read tonight

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 from the

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 Bible.

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 It is

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 meant to

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 make me

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 and make

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 you feel

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 vulnerable.

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 The fact

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 that Jesus

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 would have

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 to come

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 from heaven

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 and become

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 a vulnerable

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 baby for

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 us shows

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 our

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 vulnerability.

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 The fact

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 that Jesus

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 would be

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 given names

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 like Emmanuel,

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 God with

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 us,

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 and then

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 Jesus,

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 Savior of

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 sinners,

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 shows that

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 he is going

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 to do

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 something for

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 us that

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 we cannot

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 do for

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 ourselves.

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 We're

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 vulnerable.

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 We need

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 saving.

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 And we may

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 not like that

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 because we

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 may think,

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 I want to

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 be my own

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 savior.

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 But deep

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 down we know

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 actually we

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 often need

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 saved from

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 ourselves.

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 But the

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 day of

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 Jesus'

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 birth does

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 give us

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 this promise

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 of Emmanuel,

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 God with

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 us,

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 Jesus,

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 Savior of

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 sinners.

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 But I

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 think as you

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 look at the

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 life of

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 Jesus,

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 that verse

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 applies.

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 The day

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 of his

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 death is

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 better than

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 the day

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 of his

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 birth.

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 Easter is

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 better than

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 Christmas.

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 Why?

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 Because in

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 his birth,

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 all we

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 are given

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 are promises

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 of what

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 he is

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 going to

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 do.

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 Whereas

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 by the

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 time of

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 his

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 death,

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 we are

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 given the

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 proof of

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 everything

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 that he

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 has done.

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 And so

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 you see

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 Jesus,

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 Easter

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 Friday,

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 strung up

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 on a

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 tree.

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 Why?

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 He is

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 suffering

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 hell to

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 save me

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 from hell.

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 He is

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 taking on

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 the

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 vulnerability

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 of death

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 and the

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 punishment

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 of hell

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 to save

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 me from

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 that.

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 Meaning

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 that without

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 him, I

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 am vulnerable

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 to that

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 prospect

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 after my

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 death.

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 And yet on

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 the cross,

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 Jesus takes

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 what I

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 deserve

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 to give

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 me what I

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 don't deserve.

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 He takes

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 hell to give

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 me heaven.

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 He takes

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 sin to

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 give me

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 his

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 perfection.

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 Which is

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 why the

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 day of

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 Jesus'

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 death, in

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 some ways,

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 is better

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 than the

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 day of

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 his birth.

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 Because it

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 gives you

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 the final

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 promise that

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 although at

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 Christmas we're

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 told he's

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 going to

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 come and

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 save, by

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 Easter you

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 say he

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 has saved

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 sinners.

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 Unlike

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 us, Jesus

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 doesn't just

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 have a day

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 of birth

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 though and

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 a day of

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 death.

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 he has

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 a day

00:10:38.919 --> 00:10:39.580
 of birth

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 Christmas,

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 he has

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 a day

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 of death

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 Easter,

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 but he

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 has a

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 third day.

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 He has

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 a resurrection

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 day.

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 He has

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 a day

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 that proves

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 everything

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 that he

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 has said

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 he will

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 do.

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 Because he

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 said he

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 will die

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 and he

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 did and

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 he said

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 he will

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 rise and

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 he did.

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 Meaning

00:11:00.059 --> 00:11:00.519
 that for a

00:11:00.519 --> 00:11:01.080
 Christian they

00:11:01.080 --> 00:11:01.720
 can actually

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 say that

00:11:02.519 --> 00:11:03.080
 their day

00:11:03.080 --> 00:11:03.799
 of death

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 will be

00:11:04.179 --> 00:11:04.799
 better than

00:11:04.799 --> 00:11:05.200
 their day

00:11:05.200 --> 00:11:05.720
 of birth.

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 Why?

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 Because the

00:11:07.600 --> 00:11:07.879
 day of

00:11:07.879 --> 00:11:08.299
 my birth

00:11:08.299 --> 00:11:08.700
 brought me

00:11:08.700 --> 00:11:09.120
 into this

00:11:09.120 --> 00:11:09.620
 world full

00:11:09.620 --> 00:11:10.319
 of suffering

00:11:10.319 --> 00:11:11.360
 and shame

00:11:11.360 --> 00:11:12.039
 and sin.

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 But if I

00:11:14.679 --> 00:11:15.059
 trust in

00:11:15.059 --> 00:11:15.639
 Jesus my

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 death is

00:11:16.120 --> 00:11:16.360
 going to

00:11:16.360 --> 00:11:16.759
 take me

00:11:16.759 --> 00:11:17.179
 out of

00:11:17.179 --> 00:11:17.580
 a world

00:11:17.580 --> 00:11:18.240
 of suffering

00:11:18.240 --> 00:11:18.899
 and shame

00:11:18.899 --> 00:11:19.460
 and sin

00:11:19.460 --> 00:11:20.299
 and into

00:11:20.299 --> 00:11:20.759
 a world

00:11:20.759 --> 00:11:21.059
 where there

00:11:21.059 --> 00:11:21.419
 is nothing

00:11:21.419 --> 00:11:22.139
 but light

00:11:22.139 --> 00:11:24.240
 and life.

00:11:26.939 --> 00:11:27.360
 Now you'll

00:11:27.360 --> 00:11:27.879
 sit on Christmas

00:11:27.879 --> 00:11:28.840
 Day at

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 some point

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 presents

00:11:30.720 --> 00:11:31.179
 opened,

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 turkeys

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 grand,

00:11:32.960 --> 00:11:33.439
 board games

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 played and

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 you'll probably

00:11:35.340 --> 00:11:35.860
 sit quite

00:11:35.860 --> 00:11:36.299
 content.

00:11:37.720 --> 00:11:38.360
 A little

00:11:38.360 --> 00:11:39.080
 oasis from

00:11:39.080 --> 00:11:39.480
 real life.

00:11:39.559 --> 00:11:39.659
 You don't

00:11:39.659 --> 00:11:39.840
 have to

00:11:39.840 --> 00:11:40.259
 work.

00:11:42.679 --> 00:11:43.340
 Telly's on

00:11:43.340 --> 00:11:43.899
 so the kids

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 are entertained

00:11:44.480 --> 00:11:45.759
 or you're

00:11:45.759 --> 00:11:46.399
 snoring away.

00:11:46.539 --> 00:11:47.659
 Life's okay.

00:11:48.480 --> 00:11:48.840
 A little

00:11:48.840 --> 00:11:49.220
 oasis.

00:11:51.259 --> 00:11:51.980
 But in many

00:11:51.980 --> 00:11:52.319
 ways that's

00:11:52.319 --> 00:11:52.639
 all it is,

00:11:52.720 --> 00:11:52.919
 isn't it?

00:11:54.080 --> 00:11:54.799
 Most of our

00:11:54.799 --> 00:11:55.580
 life is spent

00:11:55.580 --> 00:11:56.259
 chasing that

00:11:56.259 --> 00:11:57.500
 oasis that

00:11:57.500 --> 00:11:58.220
 will distract

00:11:58.220 --> 00:11:58.819
 ourselves from

00:11:58.819 --> 00:11:59.360
 the fact that

00:11:59.360 --> 00:11:59.939
 our life is

00:11:59.939 --> 00:12:00.460
 between these

00:12:00.460 --> 00:12:01.360
 two bookends.

00:12:01.360 --> 00:12:03.000
 a day of

00:12:03.000 --> 00:12:05.240
 birth and

00:12:05.240 --> 00:12:05.620
 a day of

00:12:05.620 --> 00:12:05.980
 death.

00:12:06.120 --> 00:12:06.560
 I was struck

00:12:06.560 --> 00:12:07.100
 by this last

00:12:07.100 --> 00:12:07.379
 Sunday.

00:12:07.740 --> 00:12:08.120
 Our church

00:12:08.120 --> 00:12:08.500
 doesn't have a

00:12:08.500 --> 00:12:08.759
 building.

00:12:09.840 --> 00:12:10.500
 We meet in a

00:12:10.500 --> 00:12:10.820
 place called

00:12:10.820 --> 00:12:11.820
 Libertus up in

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 Graves Mount.

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 It's a daycare

00:12:13.159 --> 00:12:13.720
 centre for

00:12:13.720 --> 00:12:14.600
 those at the

00:12:14.600 --> 00:12:14.879
 end of their

00:12:14.879 --> 00:12:15.060
 life,

00:12:15.139 --> 00:12:15.779
 particularly those

00:12:15.779 --> 00:12:16.259
 struggling with

00:12:16.259 --> 00:12:16.940
 dementia and

00:12:16.940 --> 00:12:17.580
 Alzheimer's.

00:12:18.639 --> 00:12:19.159
 Now my

00:12:19.159 --> 00:12:20.379
 grandparents on

00:12:20.379 --> 00:12:21.039
 my mother's

00:12:21.039 --> 00:12:21.460
 side both

00:12:21.460 --> 00:12:22.139
 passed away

00:12:22.139 --> 00:12:23.000
 with early

00:12:23.000 --> 00:12:23.740
 onset dementia

00:12:23.740 --> 00:12:24.320
 and Alzheimer's.

00:12:24.360 --> 00:12:24.899
 My mum worked

00:12:24.899 --> 00:12:25.519
 for Alzheimer's

00:12:25.519 --> 00:12:26.000
 Scotland for

00:12:26.000 --> 00:12:26.500
 years.

00:12:26.500 --> 00:12:27.480
 I know

00:12:27.480 --> 00:12:27.740
 what it's

00:12:27.740 --> 00:12:28.100
 like.

00:12:29.059 --> 00:12:29.600
 We sat

00:12:29.600 --> 00:12:30.019
 there last

00:12:30.019 --> 00:12:30.500
 Sunday morning

00:12:30.500 --> 00:12:31.039
 in what they

00:12:31.039 --> 00:12:31.419
 call their

00:12:31.419 --> 00:12:31.960
 art room.

00:12:33.639 --> 00:12:34.059
 And this is

00:12:34.059 --> 00:12:34.379
 where people

00:12:34.379 --> 00:12:35.659
 can come and

00:12:35.659 --> 00:12:36.539
 enjoy being

00:12:36.539 --> 00:12:36.919
 with other

00:12:36.919 --> 00:12:37.659
 people away

00:12:37.659 --> 00:12:38.000
 from the

00:12:38.000 --> 00:12:38.559
 loneliness of

00:12:38.559 --> 00:12:38.879
 home,

00:12:39.340 --> 00:12:39.759
 giving some

00:12:39.759 --> 00:12:39.960
 of their

00:12:39.960 --> 00:12:40.940
 family respite

00:12:40.940 --> 00:12:42.179
 and they're

00:12:42.179 --> 00:12:42.879
 entertained in

00:12:42.879 --> 00:12:43.559
 the art room.

00:12:45.320 --> 00:12:45.919
 And I'm

00:12:45.919 --> 00:12:46.600
 stood there

00:12:46.600 --> 00:12:47.360
 looking around

00:12:47.360 --> 00:12:47.740
 the room

00:12:47.740 --> 00:12:48.779
 seeing all

00:12:48.779 --> 00:12:49.159
 these kind

00:12:49.159 --> 00:12:49.620
 of craft

00:12:49.620 --> 00:12:50.019
 things that

00:12:50.019 --> 00:12:50.299
 they did.

00:12:50.399 --> 00:12:50.539
 And do you

00:12:50.539 --> 00:12:50.799
 know what it

00:12:50.799 --> 00:12:51.240
 reminded me

00:12:51.240 --> 00:12:51.419
 of?

00:12:53.320 --> 00:12:53.960
 All the

00:12:53.960 --> 00:12:54.419
 stuff that

00:12:54.419 --> 00:12:54.980
 my three

00:12:54.980 --> 00:12:55.940
 year old son

00:12:55.940 --> 00:12:56.480
 brings home

00:12:56.480 --> 00:12:57.220
 from nursery

00:12:57.220 --> 00:12:59.820
 that the

00:12:59.820 --> 00:13:00.399
 recycling bin

00:13:00.399 --> 00:13:00.779
 loves.

00:13:03.480 --> 00:13:04.100
 But isn't

00:13:04.100 --> 00:13:04.560
 it interesting

00:13:04.560 --> 00:13:05.480
 that the

00:13:05.480 --> 00:13:05.860
 same way

00:13:05.860 --> 00:13:06.080
 that we

00:13:06.080 --> 00:13:06.399
 are looked

00:13:06.399 --> 00:13:07.019
 after when

00:13:07.019 --> 00:13:07.300
 we are

00:13:07.300 --> 00:13:09.200
 young becomes

00:13:09.200 --> 00:13:09.580
 the same

00:13:09.580 --> 00:13:09.960
 way that we

00:13:09.960 --> 00:13:10.220
 are looked

00:13:10.220 --> 00:13:11.379
 after when

00:13:11.379 --> 00:13:11.759
 we're old.

00:13:13.659 --> 00:13:14.279
 Life is

00:13:14.279 --> 00:13:14.600
 short.

00:13:16.120 --> 00:13:16.800
 We begin

00:13:16.800 --> 00:13:17.480
 in nappies

00:13:17.480 --> 00:13:18.320
 and we

00:13:18.320 --> 00:13:18.720
 often end

00:13:18.720 --> 00:13:19.340
 in nappies.

00:13:20.379 --> 00:13:20.940
 It's a

00:13:20.940 --> 00:13:21.259
 cycle.

00:13:23.100 --> 00:13:23.539
 Often

00:13:23.539 --> 00:13:24.300
 humiliating.

00:13:24.299 --> 00:13:26.599
 always

00:13:26.599 --> 00:13:27.899
 vulnerable.

00:13:29.899 --> 00:13:30.419
 But where

00:13:30.419 --> 00:13:30.979
 we're

00:13:30.979 --> 00:13:31.559
 confronted

00:13:31.559 --> 00:13:32.279
 by life's

00:13:32.279 --> 00:13:32.679
 vulnerability,

00:13:33.019 --> 00:13:33.399
 the message

00:13:33.399 --> 00:13:33.979
 of Christmas

00:13:33.979 --> 00:13:35.059
 confronts us

00:13:35.059 --> 00:13:35.719
 with that

00:13:35.719 --> 00:13:37.059
 that shows

00:13:37.059 --> 00:13:37.479
 us although

00:13:37.479 --> 00:13:37.879
 we are

00:13:37.879 --> 00:13:38.279
 vulnerable

00:13:38.279 --> 00:13:38.639
 in the

00:13:38.639 --> 00:13:38.979
 face of

00:13:38.979 --> 00:13:39.620
 an eternity

00:13:39.620 --> 00:13:40.339
 from a

00:13:40.339 --> 00:13:40.679
 God that

00:13:40.679 --> 00:13:40.919
 we have

00:13:40.919 --> 00:13:41.259
 rebelled

00:13:41.259 --> 00:13:41.639
 against,

00:13:41.639 --> 00:13:42.319
 in Jesus

00:13:42.319 --> 00:13:43.079
 he is

00:13:43.079 --> 00:13:43.479
 promising

00:13:43.479 --> 00:13:43.740
 a

00:13:43.740 --> 00:13:44.339
 stability.

00:13:46.419 --> 00:13:47.120
 As Pete

00:13:47.120 --> 00:13:47.519
 talked about,

00:13:47.559 --> 00:13:48.139
 a peace,

00:13:48.139 --> 00:13:50.379
 a joy

00:13:50.379 --> 00:13:51.840
 that you

00:13:51.840 --> 00:13:52.460
 can find

00:13:52.460 --> 00:13:53.139
 not just

00:13:53.139 --> 00:13:53.539
 as an

00:13:53.539 --> 00:13:53.879
 oasis

00:13:53.879 --> 00:13:54.899
 to escape

00:13:54.899 --> 00:13:55.439
 the struggles

00:13:55.439 --> 00:13:55.980
 of life

00:13:55.980 --> 00:13:57.980
 but as a

00:13:57.980 --> 00:13:58.779
 reality to

00:13:58.779 --> 00:13:59.159
 help you

00:13:59.159 --> 00:14:00.980
 face the

00:14:00.980 --> 00:14:01.259
 struggles

00:14:01.259 --> 00:14:01.779
 of life.

00:14:02.919 --> 00:14:03.659
 Not just

00:14:03.659 --> 00:14:04.159
 a birthday

00:14:04.159 --> 00:14:04.600
 and a

00:14:04.600 --> 00:14:05.139
 death day

00:14:05.139 --> 00:14:05.899
 but a

00:14:05.899 --> 00:14:06.620
 third day.

00:14:08.179 --> 00:14:09.019
 The promise

00:14:09.019 --> 00:14:09.860
 of hope

00:14:09.860 --> 00:14:10.340
 beyond the

00:14:10.340 --> 00:14:10.659
 grave.

00:14:11.659 --> 00:14:11.919
 Now if you

00:14:11.919 --> 00:14:12.419
 don't know

00:14:12.419 --> 00:14:13.240
 that hope,

00:14:13.319 --> 00:14:13.580
 if you don't

00:14:13.580 --> 00:14:13.939
 know any

00:14:13.939 --> 00:14:14.179
 of this

00:14:14.179 --> 00:14:14.480
 stuff,

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 speak to

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 someone who

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 invited you

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 or someone

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 who looks

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 like they

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 know what

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 they're

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 talking about,

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 who sung

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 the carols

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 well,

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 and pester

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 them,

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 go home

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 and read

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 Ecclesiastes

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 and wrestle

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 with it,

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 argue with

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 it.

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 Maybe this

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 Christmas will

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 be the day

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 that you

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 can find

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 hope even

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 in the face

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 of this

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 day of

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 death.

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 I'm going

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 to pray

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 and then I

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 have no

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 idea what's

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 happening next.

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 Let me

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 pray.

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 Our

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 Father in

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 heaven,

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 we live

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 our lives

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 pursuing

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 escapes

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 from reality.

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 Longing to

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 find

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 something that

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 will numb

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 us from

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 what we

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 fear the

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 most.

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 Father,

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 I pray

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 that whether

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 it's just a

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 hungry soul

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 or a

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 troubled

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 soul

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 or a

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 tired

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 soul

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 or a

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 hopeless

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 soul

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 in here

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 tonight,

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 that they

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 might see

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 in the real

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 message at

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 the heart

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 of Christmas

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 the good

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 news

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 of Jesus

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 as

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 mighty

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 God,

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 everlasting

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 Father,

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 Prince of

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 peace.

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 And I

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 pray these

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 things in

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 his name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.