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 Bibles. If you want to read along, you can. If not, you can just listen. We're going to

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 talk a little bit about Christmas and what it's all about.

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 If you would, please pray with me before we start.

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 Lord, we thank you for this gathering and we thank you for this season and for the

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 joy and the blessing it is to many of us. And Lord, we pray now that you would help us.

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 Help us to hear this story afresh. Help us to see it with new eyes. Lord, help us to

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 hear the good news of great joy for all people that we see in this story and in this holiday

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 season and what Christmas is all about. Lord, I pray for your help. Lord, that I would speak your

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 words and for all of us that we would hear your voice and your word. We pray this tonight in Jesus'

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 name. Amen.

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 Well, there's something special about Christmas, isn't there?

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 Oh, some of us may be curmudgeons and sort of resent the demands and the expectations and the

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 busyness that often comes along with it. But there is something special. The city is lighted up.

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 People greet one another on the street a little more happily. There is a lightness and a joy

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 and a beauty of it. I wonder why that is. I wonder what it is about Christmas that

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 allows our whole society even to take a deep breath and be caught up in something.

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 I wonder if it speaks to a longing in our hearts, to a desire that the world would be

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 a place full of more light, more joy, more warmth. That in Christmas there is in fact a

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 promise that the world could be something more than what it is.

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 I propose to you tonight that there is. And that we see this in the story that we saw in the book

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 of Luke. That in fact what Christmas points us to is glory. Now what do I mean by glory? Well,

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 if you look it up in the dictionary in the OED, it has a number of different definitions. But

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 something that has high renown and honor, something that has magnificence and great beauty.

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 So we think of, use it in terms of the glory of the Sistine Chapel with its architecture and its

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 artwork. We would use it for glory as of a Hawaiian sunset. We'd use it of the glory of the one who wins

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 the New York Marathon. It is a characteristic of something that is awesome, beautiful, and great.

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 Something with transcendent worth and value that is on display.

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 And I would propose to you tonight that we were made for glory and that we thirst for glory. And as

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 we encounter these things and whatever it is for you, these things that tap into our hearts and make us

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 feel this longing for something more. It is that thirst for glory that is being expressed.

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 And yet even as we feel that and hear that, we hear the words of the writer C.S. Lewis who warns us

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 this, they are not the things themselves. They are only the scent of a flower we have not found. The echo of a tune

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 we have not heard. News from a country that we have not yet visited.

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 These glimpses of glory that we have in life are meant to point us to something

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 that is real and is eternal.

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 And it is in fact at the very center of Christmas.

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 The Christmas season, I believe, is so special to us

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 because it points us to glory.

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 In the passage we just read in the book of Luke,

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 we actually see glory

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 breaking in.

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 The word glory breaks

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 through the narrative in three

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 different places. And it teaches

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 us a little bit about what this is

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 and what we are made for.

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 So as we look at it

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 briefly together, I hope we'll

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 be able to see that together.

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 First of all, we see

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 starting in verse 8, the story of the shepherds

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 out in the fields at night

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 and the glory of God

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 comes into the darkness.

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 And that darkness is a literal darkness, isn't it?

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 For they're out in their fields at night

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 watching over their sheep.

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 But it is much more than that, isn't it?

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 It is coming into the darkness of

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 the plight of the nation of Israel

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 under oppression

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 from foreign rule,

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 suffering under

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 the Roman leadership.

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 It is the darkness

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 of a nation

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 disappointed with God.

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 Could it be better than this?

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 Is this all that you have for us?

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 And it comes

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 not to palaces

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 or to

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 places of great wealth

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 or prosperity,

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 but it comes to shepherds.

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 shepherds

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 the dark margins

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 of society.

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 Shepherding was not

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 a respected

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 profession.

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 And a shepherd

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 would be more likely

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 shunned than welcomed

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 even in a gathering

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 like this

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 tonight.

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 And yet

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 what we see

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 in this story

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 in verse 9

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 is that the angel

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 appears

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 and the glory

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 of the Lord

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 shone,

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 literally bright light

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 that lit up

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 the darkness.

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 it turned

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 what was dark

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 into light.

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 But more than that

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 it came with a message

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 of glory.

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 The angel

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 came and said

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 behold I bring you

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 good tidings

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 of great joy

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 which will be

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 for all

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 the people.

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 And the shepherds

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 sitting there

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 were reminded

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 that God

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 has not forgotten

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 them

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 or abandoned

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 them

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 and that the

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 darkness

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 does not win.

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 Maybe tonight

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 you have come

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 here

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 bearing much

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 darkness

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 in your life.

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 Maybe the darkness

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 of grief

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 and loss.

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 Maybe the darkness

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 of despair

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 at our country

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 and how broken

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 our society

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 and our world

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 are.

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 Maybe you have

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 seen the darkness

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 in your own life

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 well up

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 and spill

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 out

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 in destruction

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 in your

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 relationships

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 and in your

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 life

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 and you hate

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 it as much

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 as you feel

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 helpless

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 to change it.

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 Maybe you feel

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 like you're

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 one of those

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 on the margins

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 of society

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 like the shepherds

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 and maybe

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 like Israel

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 you're here

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 wondering about

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 your life

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 really God

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 is this it?

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 Is this as good

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 as it can get?

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 Does it get

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 any better

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 than this?

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 Into our

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 darkness

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 God has come

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 in glory.

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 The angels

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 show up

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 and there's

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 this bright

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 display of glory

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 with this

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 pronouncement

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 but then you

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 see in verses

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 11 and

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 following

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 the story

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 goes on

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 because the

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 glory isn't

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 just nice

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 platitudes

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 be warm

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 and well fed

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 it's the most

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 wonderful time

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 of the year

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 it's not

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 a platitude

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 the Christmas

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 message comes

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 with glory

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 that is centered

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 on a person

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 you see glory

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 in verse 14

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 as it's shown

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 the heavenly

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 host shows up

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 and sings

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 glory to God

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 in the highest

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 but what is it

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 that they are

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 singing about

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 that causes

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 them to say

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 this?

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 It's in verse

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 11 and 12

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 the announcement

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 for unto you

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 is born

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 this day

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 in the city

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 of David

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 a savior

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 who is

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 Christ

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 the Lord

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 and this

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 will be

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 a sign

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 for you

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 you will

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 find a

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 baby

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 wrapped

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 in swaddling

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 claws

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 and lying

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 in a manger

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 you see

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 when God

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 displays

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 his glory

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 he doesn't

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 do it

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 simply

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 with platitudes

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 but he does

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 it with a

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 person

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 and what a

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 person

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 it is

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 for this

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 person

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 has been

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 given

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 grand

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 titles

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 he is

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 the savior

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 the one

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 to come

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 to deliver

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 his people

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 from their

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 plight

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 he is

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 the Christ

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 which is

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 Greek

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 for Messiah

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 the anointed

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 one of God

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 the long

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 hoped for

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 one

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 who will

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 make things

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 right

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 he is

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 called

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 the Lord

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 the one

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 who comes

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 with authority

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 and sovereign

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 power

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 who will

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 not bow

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 to any

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 other

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 and who

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 comes

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 to reign

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 the announcement

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 of the angels

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 was that

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 there is one

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 who would

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 come to do

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 all these

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 things

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 and yet

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 he is

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 a baby

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 wrapped

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 in swaddling

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 clothes

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 and lying

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 in a manger

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 not a crib

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 not a home

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 not a maternity

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 ward

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 but an animal

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 stall

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 and a feeding

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 trough

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 the way

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 that God

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 shows his

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 glory

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 in the world

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 is so

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 unlike

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 the way

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 we seek

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 glory

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 in our own

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 lives

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 isn't it

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 for when

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 we seek

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 glory

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 when I

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 seek

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 glory

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 it is

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 by me

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 performing

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 and producing

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 and then

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 calling everyone

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 else to say

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 look how

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 great I

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 am

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 and so

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 often

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 on the

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 pursuit

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 of my

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 own

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 glory

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 I find

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 that I

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 use

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 people

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 I find

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 that I

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 discard

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 them

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 when they

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 are unhelpful

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 in my

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 pursuit

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 of glory

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 I find

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 that all

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 of my

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 life

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 becomes

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 warped

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 about

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 me

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 being

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 seen

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 as

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 great

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 but

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 when

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 this

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 baby

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 comes

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 he

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 comes

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 with

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 this

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 incredible

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 juxtaposition

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 for he

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 is

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 labeled

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 to be

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 great

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 he

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 will

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 be

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 the

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 great

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 one

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 who

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 will

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 do

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 all

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 these

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 great

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 things

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 and yet

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 he

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 comes

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 in

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 humility

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 and in

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 meekness

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 and in

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 weakness

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 imagine

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 what the

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 shepherds

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 must have

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 thought

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 could it

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 be true

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 could it

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 be true

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 that God

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 has come

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 for

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 one like

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 me

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 is it

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 possible

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 that the

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 deepest

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 longings

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 of my

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 heart

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 could be

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 met

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 tonight

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 in this

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 baby

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 could it

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 be the

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 things that

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 I barely

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 hope to

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 dream

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 or hope

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 for

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 because they

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 seem

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 impossible

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 might

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 actually

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 be true

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 that God

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 might have

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 heard me

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 in my

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 crying out

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 for help

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 and that

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 he has

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 done

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 something

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 about

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 it

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 the glory

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 of God

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 in this

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 baby

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 continues

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 in the

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 glory

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 of this

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 one

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 Jesus

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 as he

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 grows

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 and as

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 he lives

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 his

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 life

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 you read

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 the rest

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 of the

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 gospel

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 of Luke

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 which the

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 author

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 Luke

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 called

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 an

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 orderly

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 account

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 so that

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 his

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 readers

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 might have

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 certainty

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 concerning

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 these

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 things

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 regarding

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 Jesus

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 that

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 is

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 he's

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 trying

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 to lay

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 out

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 a

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 faithful

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 rendition

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 of who

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 this

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 man

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 was

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 that

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 he

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 would

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 come

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 with

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 both

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 this

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 greatness

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 and

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 this

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 humility

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 and that

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 in that

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 would be

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 his

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 glory

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 for

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 he

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 would

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 come

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 and as

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 an

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 adult

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 man

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 he

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 would

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 come

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 and he

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 would

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 do

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 amazing

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 things

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 he

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 would

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 heal

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 the

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 blind

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 he

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 would

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 raise

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 the

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 dead

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 he

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 would

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 feed

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 the

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 hungry

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 he

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 would

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 set

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 the

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 captives

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 free

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 from

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 oppression

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 he

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 would

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 come

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 and do

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 all of

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 these

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 wonderful

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 things

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 transforming

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 the

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 lives

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 of those

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 that he

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 came in

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 touch

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 with

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 and yet

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 he

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 would

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 do

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 so

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 as an

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 outsider

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 not in

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 the halls

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 of power

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 but wandering

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 in the

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 fields

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 not as

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 one

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 revered

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 but as

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 one

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 reviled

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 by those

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 in

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 power

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 culminating

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 his

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 life

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 and

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 ministry

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 at the

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 cross

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 where he

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 the

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 lord of

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 life

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 the

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 god

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 of

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 the

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 universe

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 come

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 to

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 earth

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 become

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 a

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 human

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 being

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 humbled

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 himself

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 and

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 laid

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 down

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 his

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 life

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 taking

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 on

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 the

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 darkness

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 of

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 this

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 world

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 so

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 that he

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 might

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 rescue

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 us

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 from

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 it

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 he

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 laid

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 down

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 his

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 glory

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 in

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 order

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 to

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 pick

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 up

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 a

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 different

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 kind

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 of

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 glory

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 he

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 muted

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 his

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 glory

00:13:26.600 --> 00:13:27.419
 in

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 his

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 divinity

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 for a

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 season

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 so that

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 he

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 might

00:13:31.539 --> 00:13:31.899
 take

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 it

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 up

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 as

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 a

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 savior

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 forever

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 in

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 his

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 death

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 he

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 died

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 to

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 rescue

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 us

00:13:39.000 --> 00:13:39.159
 from

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 the

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 darkness

00:13:39.679 --> 00:13:39.960
 and

00:13:39.960 --> 00:13:40.159
 in

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 his

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 resurrection

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 he

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 proved

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 his

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 power

00:13:43.220 --> 00:13:44.779
 that

00:13:44.779 --> 00:13:45.139
 death

00:13:45.139 --> 00:13:45.299
 and

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 darkness

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 would

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 not

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 have

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 the

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 last

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 word

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 but

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 that

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 he

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 the

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 giver

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 and

00:13:50.659 --> 00:13:50.799
 the

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 author

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 of

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 life

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 would

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 give

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 to

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 all

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 who

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 received

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 him

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 to

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 all

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 who

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 believed

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 in

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 his

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 name

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 this

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 is

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 the

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 glory

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 of

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 this

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 baby

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 this

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 is

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 the

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 trajectory

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 of

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 the

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 story

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 of

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 what

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 Christmas

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 is

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 all

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 about

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 friends

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 God

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 has

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 come

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 to

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 this

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 world

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 he

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 has

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 come

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 to

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 us

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 in

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 our

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 darkness

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 and

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 he

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 has

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 met

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 us

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 in

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 the

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 person

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 of

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 Jesus

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 and

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 that's

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 why

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 we

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 celebrate

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 Christmas

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 but

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 it's

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 not

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 just

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 a

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 historical

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 looking

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 back

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 to

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 2000

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 so

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 or so

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 years

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 ago

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 to

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 historical

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 event

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 that

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 happened

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 back

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 then

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 but

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 it's

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 meant

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 as

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 it

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 did

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 for

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 the

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 shepherds

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 then

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 is

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 meant

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 for

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 us

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 now

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 for

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 the

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 story

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 continues

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 in

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 verses

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 15

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 through

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 20

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 the

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 shepherds

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 having

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 heard

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 this

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 great

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 announcement

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 abandon

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 their

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 livelihoods

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 abandon

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 their

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 field

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 and

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 they

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 go

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 to

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 Bethlehem

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 they

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 go

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 to

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 find

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 this

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 one

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 who

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 has

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 been

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 announced

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 and

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 when

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 they

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 find

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 him

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 in

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 the

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 manger

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 as

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 they

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 were

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 told

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 they

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 tell

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 Mary

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 and

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 Joseph

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 what

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 they

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 had

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 seen

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 and

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 heard

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 and

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 all

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 there

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 marveled

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 at

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 the

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 account

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 and

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 as

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 they

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 leave

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 we

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 see

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 the

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 third

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 breakthrough

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 of

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 glory

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 in

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 this

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 for

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 they

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 went

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 away

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 glorifying

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 God

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 you

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 see

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 what

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 that

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 means

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 is

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 that

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 they

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 were

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 so

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 caught

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 up

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 in

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 the

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 glory

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 that

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 had

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 been

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 announced

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 and

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 the

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 glory

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 that

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 they

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 saw

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 as

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 they

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 were

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 able

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 to

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 see

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 this

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 baby

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 they

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 realized

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 that

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 this

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 was

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 the

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 hope

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 of

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 all

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 their

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 hearts

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 longings

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 and

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 desires

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 and

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 that

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 in

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 this

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 baby

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 they

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 would

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 find

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 all

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 that

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 they

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 were

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 looking

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 for

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 that

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 they

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 would

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 be

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 caught

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 up

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 in

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 his

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 glory

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 by

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 believing

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 in

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 him

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 that

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 they

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 would

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 be

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 glorified

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 and

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 then

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 would

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 in

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 turn

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 glorify

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 God

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 that

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 is

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 they

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 would

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 by

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 believing

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 in

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 this

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 son

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 they

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 would

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 find

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 their

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 own

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 glory

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 given

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 not

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 by

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 their

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 own

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 effort

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 but

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 bestowed

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 upon

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 them

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 by

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 being

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 connected

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 with

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 this

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 Jesus

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 in

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 the

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 coming

00:16:23.940 --> 00:16:24.120
 of

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 Jesus

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 glory

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 has

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 come

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 it's

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 come

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 with

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 an

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 invitation

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 for

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 us

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 come

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 follow

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 me

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 come

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 believe

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 in

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 me

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 come

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 trust

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 in

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 me

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 Jesus

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 says

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 to

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 us

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 let

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 all

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 your

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 lesser

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 aspirations

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 your

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 lesser

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 successes

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 your

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 lesser

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 moments

00:16:42.960 --> 00:16:43.159
 of

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 beauty

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 and

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 wonder

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 your

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 lesser

00:16:45.340 --> 00:16:46.259
 glories

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 point

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 you

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 to

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 the

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 author

00:16:48.679 --> 00:16:48.919
 of

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 all

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 glory

00:16:49.679 --> 00:16:51.360
 the

00:16:51.360 --> 00:16:51.679
 glory

00:16:51.679 --> 00:16:51.879
 that

00:16:51.879 --> 00:16:52.039
 you

00:16:52.039 --> 00:16:52.179
 were

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 made

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 for

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 being

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 God's

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 being

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 God's

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 person

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 and

00:17:00.960 --> 00:17:01.279
 knowing

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 him

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 and

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 when

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 we

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 abandon

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 ourselves

00:17:04.519 --> 00:17:04.859
 to

00:17:04.859 --> 00:17:05.019
 the

00:17:05.019 --> 00:17:05.339
 glory

00:17:05.339 --> 00:17:05.559
 of

00:17:05.559 --> 00:17:05.859
 Jesus

00:17:05.859 --> 00:17:06.859
 we

00:17:06.859 --> 00:17:07.180
 find

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 that

00:17:07.319 --> 00:17:07.420
 we

00:17:07.420 --> 00:17:07.559
 are

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 caught

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 up

00:17:08.019 --> 00:17:08.200
 into

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 a

00:17:08.359 --> 00:17:08.639
 glory

00:17:08.639 --> 00:17:08.839
 that

00:17:08.839 --> 00:17:09.160
 fills

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 us

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 with

00:17:10.779 --> 00:17:10.920
 a

00:17:10.920 --> 00:17:11.200
 glory

00:17:11.200 --> 00:17:11.420
 that

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 is

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 inexpressible

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 and

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 filled

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 with

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 great

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 joy

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 the

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 invitation

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 is to

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 come

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 and

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 worship

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 come

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 and

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 worship

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 come

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 find

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 the

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 glory

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 of

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 this

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 baby

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 Jesus

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 fall

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 on

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 your

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 knees

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 and

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 worship

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 him

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 tonight

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 the

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 newborn

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 king

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 let's

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 pray

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 together

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 Lord

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 we

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 come

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 to

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 you

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 tonight

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 recognizing

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 that

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 you

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 have

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 broken

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 into

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 this

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 world

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 Lord

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 with

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 glory

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 for

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 us

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 Lord

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 we

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 confess

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 that

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 we

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 often

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 seek

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 glory

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 on

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 our

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 own

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 apart

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 from

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 you

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 Lord

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 I

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 pray

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 tonight

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 that

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 Lord

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 you

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 would

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 help

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 us

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 to

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 know

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 that

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 the

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 glory

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 that

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 we

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 long

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 for

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 is

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 found

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 ultimately

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 and

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 only

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 in

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 you

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 Lord

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 that

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 you

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 would

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 turn

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 our

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 hearts

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 towards

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 you

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 tonight

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 in

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 faith

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 and

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 in

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 hope

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 in

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 joy

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 and

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 in

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 worship

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 we

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 pray

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 these

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 things

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 in

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 Jesus

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 name

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 Amen

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 Amen

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 Well

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 friends

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 as we

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 come to

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 near the

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 end of

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 our

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 service

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 tonight