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 If you have your Bibles this morning, I want to turn to Deuteronomy chapter 6.

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 Deuteronomy chapter 6, good to have Brian back from Hawaii.

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 He showed up this morning in his swimsuit.

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 I said, Hoss, you got to go home and change your clothes.

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 I'm glad he's here.

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 Toronto bunch, missed a flight on the way back

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 and spent nine hours in Detroit and made it out alive

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 and got back in the middle of the night.

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 If you see somebody nod off, they might have been in Toronto yesterday

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 because they got home about 3 o'clock, I believe, this morning.

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 After a long day, we got a group of eight of us going to South Dakota on Friday.

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 I encourage you to be in prayer for us as we go

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 and try to help Dakota Sunshine as they minister to Native Americans there in South Dakota.

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 Need opportunity and look forward to it.

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 We live in the land of opportunity.

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 I mean, the home of the brave, the place of the American dream, and we are living it.

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 We're so in love with ourselves and our wants that we get it,

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 whether we need it or not, whether we can afford it or not.

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 We want it now.

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 It's a microwave society.

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 Everybody's right.

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 Nobody's at fault.

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 It's always somebody else's.

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 And there are no absolutes.

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 I'm not talking about us.

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 I'm talking about everybody else, you know.

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 We're not like that.

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 So much of what America's become.

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 We're ruining the greatest society, the most prosperous nation,

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 the greatest of opportunities,

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 and instead the world laughs.

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 Laughs as we seem to be turning to a godless, lawless, impoverished wasteland,

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 so filled with a hedonistic desire for more that we're losing what we have.

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 If sin's a slippery slope, and it is,

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 America's kind of like the Merle Haggard song, the great theologian Merle Haggard,

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 who sang,

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 rolling downhill like a snowball headed to hell.

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 I mean, really.

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 I really believe that so much of what's happening in America is ruining so much of what God's given us.

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 And I say we seem to be turning that way because, listen,

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 everybody's not parading in the streets.

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 Everybody's not embracing the culture.

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 Everybody's not doing those things.

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 Seems like it if you turn the news on.

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 I told you, don't spend more time in the news than you do in God's Word.

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 Okay?

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 It needs to be a discipline in our life.

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 Not only to read more of God's Word, but watch less of the news, honestly, you know.

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 Because we'll get festered up by all this stuff if you watch too much of it.

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 I mean, you do.

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 I could have got festered up yesterday, but instead I got blistered up, I think.

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 It was so hot.

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 But some are seeing that the pendulum has swung way too far to the left.

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 And they're rising up, and they're speaking to it, and they ought to.

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 However, even with that resistance, history tells us that we're a land

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 we'll end up a land more left than we were before.

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 History tells us that.

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 Not to say we have to live up to history.

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 I used to be concerned about the world that my grandkids would be raised in.

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 Now I'm trying to figure out how to guide my ever-growing children

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 through the swamp of debauchery that we're wading through as a nation.

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 But I got it figured out.

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 At least I think I got it figured out.

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 I didn't come up with it.

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 I just decided once again to trust God's Word in the matter.

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 Just trust Him.

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 I want to read a passage in just a few moments that you've heard me read

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 many times over the last year.

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 Every time I dedicate, we dedicate.

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 Actually, the parents dedicate their child to the Lord,

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 and I'm able to be a part of that.

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 I at least refer to this passage if I don't read this passage.

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 I believe it's the foundation of a Christian home

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 as it was the foundations of a Hebrew home when it was first penned.

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 And I believe it reminds us of our foundation, and I'll show you why.

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 May this ring in our hearts and our minds

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 as strong as it did in those that first heard it.

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 Deuteronomy chapter 6, beginning in verse 1.

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 And it says this.

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 Now, this is the commandment, the statutes and the rules

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 that the Lord your God commanded you to teach you,

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 that you may do them in the land to which you're going over to possess it,

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 that you may fear the Lord your God, you and your sons and your sons' sons,

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 by keeping all His statutes and His commands,

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 which I command you all the days of your life,

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 and that your days may be long.

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 Hear, therefore, O Israel, and be careful to do them,

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 that it may go well with you,

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 and that you may multiply greatly as the Lord, the God of your fathers,

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 has promised you in a land flowing with milk and honey.

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 Hear, O Israel, the Lord, our God, the Lord is one.

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 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart

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 and with all your soul and with all your might.

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 These words that I command you today shall be upon your heart.

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 You shall teach them diligently to your children,

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 and you shall talk of them when you sit in your house

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 and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise.

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 You shall bind them as a sign on your hand,

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 and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.

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 You shall write them on the doorpost of your house and on your gates.

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 Again, I speak of this often.

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 I think we all need to be reminded of it.

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 But I want you to notice in this passage when it says

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 how to teach them diligently to your children.

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 Talk about them when you sit at the house.

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 Talk about them when you walk by the way.

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 That means when you're in the car, driving.

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 Talk about it.

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 At night when you lie down.

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 In the morning when you rise up.

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 But when it says bind them as signs on your hand,

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 Jews take that literally and tie pieces of the law,

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 put it in a leather box,

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 phylacteries, and tie them around their arms

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 so they can hold on to that.

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 That's not what it's talking about.

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 It's talking about let the law of the Lord,

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 let the statutes of God be so prevailing in your life

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 that the things in which you do with your hands,

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 let it reflect what you believe and what you live by.

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 The frontlets on your eyes, let you be so focused.

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 Like frontlets on a horse's eyes,

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 trying to make sure they stay toward their destination.

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 Keep your eyes focused on what they need to be focused on.

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 And the door front post of your house is not talking about

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 good Christian art in a home,

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 although there's nothing wrong with that,

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 but you can have all the Christian arts you want to.

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 You can say, ask for me in my house

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 and fight like dogs underneath the picture.

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 You know, I mean, that's not what that means.

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 It means mark your home

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 with the statutes of the Lord,

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 with the love of God.

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 But those words that I just read

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 once could not be read

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 because they were blocked

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 because a man had his hand on top of it.

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 And it was a man named George Washington.

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 And upon his swearing in,

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 George Washington placed his hand on an open Bible

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 on Deuteronomy chapter six

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 and made an oath to the Lord

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 as his fingers touched this very passage.

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 Does that surprise you?

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 I'm sure the forefathers of our nation

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 did not intend for our laws to be interpreted

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 as they are today.

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 The men that founded our nation

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 then were not like many of the men and women

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 that lead us today.

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 The few good, godly leaders that we have

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 are fighting for all that they can.

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 So how do we respond to,

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 because I'm not a doomsday guy.

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 That's not me at all, okay?

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 I believe the Lord lives and praise God.

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 We ought to show some joy because of it, okay?

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 So I don't want you to misunderstand me.

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 But how do we respond when we see what's happening

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 in the circumstances of our nation?

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 As Christians, how are we to respond?

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 Well, I'm going to give you three ways.

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 I'm not saying that it's exhaustive.

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 I'm saying these are three ways that we can respond.

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 One is to understand the foundation of this nation.

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 To understand the foundation of our nation.

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 I've been doing some genealogy recently.

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 We needed a date, and we were looking for a particular date

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 in our family's history.

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 And in order to find that, I went on Ancestry.com,

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 and man, another leaf came up.

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 You know, if you don't know what I'm talking about, don't do it.

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 I'm just telling you, you know?

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 So, and I knew I had some kind of relation,

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 but didn't know what it was, so I found out,

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 so I got to announce it, you know?

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 I found out that my great, great, great,

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 how many did I say?

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 Great grandpa was the chief justice

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 of the South Carolina State Court,

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 a governor of South Carolina,

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 and was going to take John Jay's place

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 as the second chief justice of the Supreme Court,

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 but got up and said something in the speech

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 that I haven't investigated yet.

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 I got a feeling he said something stupid.

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 I know my family, but I'm not sure.

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 Maybe he was right, but he got voted down.

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 He did not get chief justice of the Supreme Court,

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 and oh well.

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 I also found out, and I've been hanging my hat on this.

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 It's been opening doors for me for all my life.

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 I've got a great, great, great grand uncle.

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 Didn't even know uncles were grand,

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 but a great, great, great grand uncle

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 that was the youngest one

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 to sign the Declaration of Independence,

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 and was also a governor in South Carolina.

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 I got Rutledge in my blood,

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 and so, you know,

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 here it is.

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 That's all I can say.

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 Somewhere there was a disconnect.

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 I don't know where it was,

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 but somewhere along the line,

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 somebody between my great, great, greats

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 dropped the ball.

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 That's all I got to say, but anyway.

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 Did you know that some of the men

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 who signed the Declaration of Independence

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 declaring our commitment

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 to break ties with Great Britain

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 were also men of God

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 that were responsible for founding

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 the American Bible Society?

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 Do you know that those men

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 were some of the men

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 that established the American Tract Society?

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 That they were a part

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 of the Philadelphia Bible Society?

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 There's a fallacy out there

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 that I want to try to clarify today.

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 Many times our founding fathers

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 are made out to be deist,

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 and some of them I'm sure were,

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 but all of them wasn't.

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 Let me explain what a deist is.

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 It's those who believe

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 that God created the earth,

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 set it in order,

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 and then left it.

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 That he does not value

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 a relationship with us.

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 They believe in a creator God,

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 but they don't believe

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 that he interacts with us.

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 They don't think that's possible.

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 They believe that after creation,

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 God took his hand off the earth.

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 A deist believes

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 that we can't commune with God,

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 that we need to have

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 no relationship with God,

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 and that he's simply

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 a cosmic creator

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 with no relation

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 or concern for our world.

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 And so I want to ask you this morning,

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 do these men sound like deists?

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 Patrick Henry said this,

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 it cannot be emphasized

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 too strongly or too often

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 that this great nation

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 was founded

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 not by religionists,

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 which would be deists,

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 but by Christians.

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 Not on religions,

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 but on the gospel

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 John Adams,

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 our second president,

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 when speaking of the

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 general principles

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 on which the fathers

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 achieved independence,

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 said,

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 I will avow

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 that I then believed

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 and now believe

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 that those general principles

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 of Christianity

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 are as eternal

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 and immutable

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 as the existence

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 and attributes of God,

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 and that those principles

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 of liberty

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 are as unalterable

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 as human nature.

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 They believed

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 our leaders

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 ought to be men

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 that love the Lord Jesus.

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 Benjamin Franklin said,

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 he who shall introduce

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 into public affairs

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 the principles

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 of Christianity

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 will change

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 the face of the world.

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 John Quincy Adams,

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 the sixth president,

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 said the highest glory

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 of the American Revolution

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 was this,

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 it connected

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 in one indissolvable bond

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 the principles

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 of civil government

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 and the principles

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 of Christianity.

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 Now sadly,

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 if you listen today,

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 that bond

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 is dissolving.

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 People don't want us

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 to have that kind

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 of bond,

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 but that was not

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 what our nation

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 was founded on.

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 Noah Webster,

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 who was responsible

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 for,

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 have you ever heard

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 of the Webster's Dictionary?

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 Old boy had a vocabulary

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 probably.

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 He said this,

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 the religion

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 which has introduced

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 civil liberty,

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 civil liberty,

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 you ever heard that word?

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 Those words?

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 Listen to this.

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 The religion

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 which has introduced

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 civil liberty

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 is the religion

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 of Christ

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 and his apostles,

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 which enjoins humility,

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 piety,

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 and benevolence,

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 which acknowledges

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 in every person

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 a brother,

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 a sister,

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 a citizen

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 with equal rights.

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 This is the genuine

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 Christianity

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 and to this Christianity

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 we owe our free

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 constitution

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 of government.

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 Eat that up,

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 ACLU.

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 That's not at all

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 what we ought

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 to be founded on.

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 These wise men

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 understood that liberty

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 is about Christ.

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 In 1796

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 the Supreme Court

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 of Maryland

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 said this,

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 the Supreme Court

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 of Maryland,

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 by our form of government

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 the Christian religion

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 is the established

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 religion

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 and all sects

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 and denominations

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 of Christians

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 are placed

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 upon the same

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 equal footing

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 and are equally

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 entitled

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 to protection

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 in their liberty.

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 I'm going to read

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 that again

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 because I want you

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 to see the connection

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 here, okay?

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 By our form of government

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 the Christian religion

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 is the established

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 religion

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 and all sects

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 and denominations

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 of Christians

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 are placed

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 upon the same

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 equal footing

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 and are equally

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 entitled

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 to protection

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 in their liberty.

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 It is upon

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 that thought

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 that the first

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 amendment was added

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 but did you get

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 why it was added?

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 The first amendment

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 was added

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 to make sure

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 one Christian denomination

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 did not rise

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 above another

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 Christian denomination.

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 the assumption

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 was

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 that Christianity

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 was a given

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 and in the beginning

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 of this nation

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 there was no conflict

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 with the first amendment

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 and having Washington

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 lay his hand

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 on the Bible

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 open to

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 Deuteronomy chapter 6.

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 There were no conflicts

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 with having

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 chaplains of Congress

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 lead the worship service

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 that concluded

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 Washington's inauguration.

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 Listen to this

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 there was no conflict

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 with supporting

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 ministers and missionaries

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 with federal money

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 for the first

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 100 years

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 of our nation.

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 I think times

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 have changed.

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 In 1781

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 a publisher

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 petitioned Congress

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 for permission

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 to print Bibles.

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 Congress approved

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 that petition

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 and stated

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 the Congress

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 of the United States

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 approves

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 and recommends

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 to the people

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 the Holy Bible

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 for use

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 in schools.

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 When it was challenged

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 in the Supreme Court

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 the Supreme Court

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 responded

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 don't you thank God

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 for the Supreme Court?

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 Don't you thank God

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 for the Supreme Court?

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 If you ain't watching

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 the news

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 my soul

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 you ought to be thankful

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 because it makes

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 a difference.

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 Why not the Bible

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 and especially

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 the New

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 this is the Supreme Court

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 why not the Bible

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 and especially

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 the New Testament

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 be read and taught

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 as a divine revelation

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 in the schools?

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 Where can the purest

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 principles of morality

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 be learned so clearly

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 and so perfectly

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 as from

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 the New Testament?

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 That's the Supreme Court

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 of the United States.

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 State of Delaware's

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 Constitution

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 of 1776

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 said this

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 everyone appointed

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 to public office

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 must say

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 I do profess

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 faith in God

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 the Father

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 and in the Lord

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 Jesus Christ

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 his Holy Son

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 and in the Holy Ghost

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 one God

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 blessed forevermore

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 and I do acknowledge

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 the Holy Scriptures

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 of the Old

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 and New Testament

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 to be given

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 by divine inspiration.

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 John Jay

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 that first

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 Chief Justice

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 of the U.S.

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 Supreme Court

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 one of the

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 main contributors

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 to the Constitution

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 stated this way

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 he said Providence

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 speaking of God

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 Providence has given

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 to our people

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 the choice

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 of their rulers

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 and it is the duty

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 as well as the privilege

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 and interest

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 of our Christian nation

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 to select

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 and prefer

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 Christians

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 for their rulers.

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 He went on

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 to write

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 the right

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 to hold office

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 was to be extended

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 to persons

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 of any Christian

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 denomination.

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 my friend

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 what's wrong

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 with America

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 today

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 is simple

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 we've lost

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 our first love

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 that's what it amounts

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 to

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 and I don't mean

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 to bad mouth America

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 I don't want to live

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 anywhere else

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 okay

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 but I want you

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 to know this morning

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 what it could be

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 what if presidents

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 still placed their hand

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 over a well read

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 Bible

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 in Deuteronomy

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 chapter 6

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 and made it

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 the practice

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 of their life

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 what if all

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 of Washington

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 did that

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 what a difference

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 that would make

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 so where do we

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 go from here

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 well I believe

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 you need to understand

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 the foundation

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 of our nation

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 and look

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 in all this

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 eradication

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 of history

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 when we find out

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 that

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 men made

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 bad decisions

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 and did wrong

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 things

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 didn't take away

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 from the good

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 they did

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 didn't take away

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 from the difference

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 that they made

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 to establish

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 this country

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 in the way

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 that it should be

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 we need learn

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 from history

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 not erase it

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 and not change it

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 but learn from it

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 we need to understand

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 the foundation

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 of our nation

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 second thing

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 and more importantly

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 is we need to pray

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 for the future

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 of our nation

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 we need to go

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 to our knees

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 we have no choice

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 I don't care

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 if you agree

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 with them or not

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 your prayer life

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 is not to consist

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 of those

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 that you only

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 dearly love

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 if you'll pray

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 for those

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 that you don't like

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 God will change

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 your heart

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 I mean

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 he could see

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 those curveballs

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 now

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 you know

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 I mean

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 every time

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 I say

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 Lord

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 man

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 I wish

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 you'd straighten

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 that old boy

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 out

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 because I'm sure

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 wanting to

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 you know

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 I ain't ever

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 said that

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 about anybody

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 in Pickens

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 but

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 people from

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 other places

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 God always

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 starts working

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 on me

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 to change

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 my attitude

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 about that

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 I want you to

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 listen to what

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 1 Timothy

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 chapter 2

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 verse 1

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 through 4

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 says

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 first of all

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 then I urge

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 you that

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 supplications

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 prayers

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 intercessions

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 and thanksgivings

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 be made for

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 all people

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 for kings

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 and all those

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 who are in

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 high positions

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 American translation

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 that means

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 president

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 that we may

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 lead a peaceful

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 and quiet life

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 godly and dignified

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 in every way

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 this is good

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 and it is pleasing

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 in the sight of God

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 our Savior

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 who desires

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 all people

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 to be saved

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 and to come

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 to the knowledge

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 of the truth

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 pray for those

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 who lead us

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 pray for our

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 lives

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 that our lives

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 won't get in the

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 way of God

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 doing a work

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 in them

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 pray that

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 we are

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 peaceful people

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 what a difference

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 it will make

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 when we pray

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 for God's

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 leadership

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 in our land

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 I mean

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 look

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 we live in a day

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 when it's time

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 to throw up

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 our hands

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 but it's not

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 throw up our

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 hands in disgust

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 but throw up

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 our hands

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 to God

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 and turn to him

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 and ask him

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 to intervene

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 ask him to move

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 our word

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 to pray for the

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 future of our

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 nation

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 and then we also

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 ought to share

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 the hope of our

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 nation

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 Jesus said

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 in Matthew

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 28

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 18-20

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 that we need

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 to make

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 disciples

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 in Jerusalem

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 Judea

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 Samaria

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 and the

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 uttermost

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 because we

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 have a story

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 to tell

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 trust the

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 power of the

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 gospel

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 and share

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 it

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 I had a

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 unique privilege

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 yesterday

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 I'm

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 appreciative

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 for it

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 I got to

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 leave the

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 opening prayer

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 at the

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 Trump rally

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 yesterday

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 little did I

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 know that

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 the news

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 programs that

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 were covering

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 it was also

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 going to keep

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 a camera on me

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 and my family

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 y'all know

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 this they keep

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 a camera on us

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 for the rest

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 of the program

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 when we were

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 burning up and

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 dying and

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 going please

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 just stop

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 what some of

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 y'all are

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 looking at me

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 like that's

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 what you're

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 thinking now

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 you know

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 I got some

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 time but I

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 ain't taking it

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 all so

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 you know

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 I want to

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 be clear

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 about something

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 I don't know

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 whether you're

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 going to like

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 what I say

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 or not

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 you know

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 if our

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 president's

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 office called

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 and asked me

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 to lead a

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 prayer for a

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 function that

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 he was going

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 to be at

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 I would have

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 done it

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 because I

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 respect the

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 office of

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 the president

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 of the

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 United States

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 and I

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 believe it's

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 our job as

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 Christians to

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 be hospitable

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 to others

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 and to do

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 whatever we

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 can

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 we were

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 willing to

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 open our

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 doors of

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 this church

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 and would

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 have been

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 for any

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 political

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 purposes as

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 far as that

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 is concerned

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 for hospitality

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 not for

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 political

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 purposes but

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 for hospitality

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 that when

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 people got

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 too hot

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 I don't

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 know how

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 much it

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 was used

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 but when

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 they got

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 too hot

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 and there

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 was a bunch

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 of them

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 including me

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 that people

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 got too hot

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 and needed

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 relief they

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 could come to

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 our fellowship

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 hall and find

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 relief

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 chairs were

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 set up

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 medics were

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 there to

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 provide that

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 opportunity

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 and I was

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 asked is it

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 okay for us

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 to use it

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 we didn't

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 know if

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 Donald Trump

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 was going to

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 need the room

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 or if people

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 who were too

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 hot was going

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 to need the

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 room it

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 didn't matter

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 I said it

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 really don't

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 matter it's a

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 matter of

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 hospitality

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 that's what the

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 Christian church

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 is about

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 it's about

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 being hospitable

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 and I enjoyed

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 the rally

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 until I nearly

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 passed out

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 but

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 but

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 my hope

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 is not in

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 Donald Trump

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 I'll vote

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 when presidential

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 elections come

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 along and I'll

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 vote for the

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 person that I

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 agree with the

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 most that I

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 think will do

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 the best for

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 what this

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 country ought

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 to stand for

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 but I'm not

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 placing my

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 hope in a

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 ballot box

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 folks

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 don't hear me

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 say that you're

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 not supposed to

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 vote

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 you need to

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 vote

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 you better

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 vote

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 don't let me

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 find out you

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 don't vote

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 but don't you

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 dare place your

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 hope in a ballot

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 box

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 because I think

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 we found out

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 that all the

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 leadership of our

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 country is somewhat

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 frail in some

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 areas of some

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 way or another

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 it seems

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 right

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 we're just

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 fallible people

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 and it's easy to

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 point fingers at

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 them but hey

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 let's look in the

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 mirror first

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 you know

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 but for the

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 grace of God

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 there go I

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 my hope is in

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 Jesus Christ

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 period

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 that's the only

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 place we are to

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 place our hope

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 and let us never

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 get mixed up

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 and misunderstand

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 that there's

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 choices we can

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 make that are

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 better than

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 others

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 and I'm not

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 going to talk

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 about that here

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 but if you ask

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 me I'll tell you

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 okay

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 but that's not

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 where I place my

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 hope

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 this is not my

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 home

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 this ain't all

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 there is friend

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 I'm going to

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 glory

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 and I'm going to

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 be skinny and

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 buff

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 you know

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 but after that

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 meal I probably

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 won't be

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 trust the power

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 of the gospel

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 and share it

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 well preacher I

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 can't do it

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 you're exactly

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 right you can't

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 do it nor can

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 I

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 the gospel

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 doesn't

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 God works

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 through the

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 gospel

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 he changes

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 lives

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 and if you

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 have no burden

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 to reach your

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 neighbor or the

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 world

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 pray about it

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 pray about it

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 rock of ages

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 a wonderful song

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 I want you to

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 listen to the

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 words of the

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 rock of ages

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 rock of ages

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 cleft for me

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 let me hide

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 myself in thee

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 let the water

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 and the blood

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 from thy wounded

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 side which flow

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 be of sin

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 the double cure

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 save from wrath

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 and make me pure

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 not the labor

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 of my hands

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 can fulfill

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 thy laws

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 commands

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 could my zeal

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 no respite

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 no

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 could my tears

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 forever flow

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 all for sin

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 could not

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 atone

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 thou must save

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 and thou alone

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 nothing in my

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 hand I bring

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 simply to the

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 cross I cling

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 naked come to

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 thee my

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 for dress

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 helpless look

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 to thee for

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 grace

00:28:09.480 --> 00:28:11.159
 foul eye

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 to the fountain

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 fly

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 wash me

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 savior

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 or I die

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 while I draw

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 this fleeting

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 breath

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 when my

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 eyes shall

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 close in

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 death

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 when I

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 soar

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 to worlds

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 unknown

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 see thee

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 on

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 thy

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 judgment

00:28:41.680 --> 00:28:43.259
 throne

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 rock

00:28:45.859 --> 00:28:47.319
 of ages

00:28:47.319 --> 00:28:49.480
 clear

00:28:49.480 --> 00:28:51.480
 for me

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 let me

00:28:54.240 --> 00:28:55.639
 hide

00:28:55.639 --> 00:28:57.639
 myself

00:28:57.639 --> 00:29:00.359
 in thee

00:29:00.359 --> 00:29:03.839
 may the

00:29:03.839 --> 00:29:04.279
 foundation

00:29:04.279 --> 00:29:05.019
 of our

00:29:05.019 --> 00:29:05.459
 nation

00:29:05.459 --> 00:29:06.339
 rest upon

00:29:06.339 --> 00:29:07.119
 the rock

00:29:07.119 --> 00:29:07.639
 of the

00:29:07.639 --> 00:29:08.259
 Lord Jesus

00:29:08.259 --> 00:29:08.919
 Christ

00:29:08.919 --> 00:29:10.039
 because my

00:29:10.039 --> 00:29:10.579
 friend I'm

00:29:10.579 --> 00:29:12.000
 firmly convinced

00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:13.259
 that's where

00:29:13.259 --> 00:29:14.059
 we started

00:29:14.059 --> 00:29:16.059
 and we

00:29:16.059 --> 00:29:17.039
 need not

00:29:17.039 --> 00:29:18.240
 leave it

00:29:18.240 --> 00:29:20.579
 not for our

00:29:20.579 --> 00:29:20.959
 nation

00:29:20.959 --> 00:29:22.919
 and not for

00:29:22.919 --> 00:29:23.819
 our individual

00:29:23.819 --> 00:29:24.859
 lives

00:29:24.859 --> 00:29:27.000
 with every head

00:29:27.000 --> 00:29:27.399
 bowed and

00:29:27.399 --> 00:29:27.759
 every eye

00:29:27.759 --> 00:29:28.220
 closed

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 I believe the

00:29:30.019 --> 00:29:30.699
 answer is the

00:29:30.699 --> 00:29:31.459
 gospel of Jesus

00:29:31.459 --> 00:29:32.779
 Christ and if

00:29:32.779 --> 00:29:33.500
 you're here this

00:29:33.500 --> 00:29:33.899
 morning and

00:29:33.899 --> 00:29:34.559
 you've never

00:29:34.559 --> 00:29:35.180
 surrendered your

00:29:35.180 --> 00:29:35.759
 life to the

00:29:35.759 --> 00:29:36.180
 Lord Jesus

00:29:36.180 --> 00:29:36.660
 Christ

00:29:36.660 --> 00:29:38.319
 never ask him

00:29:38.319 --> 00:29:38.899
 to cleanse

00:29:38.899 --> 00:29:39.819
 you never ask

00:29:39.819 --> 00:29:40.379
 him to forgive

00:29:40.379 --> 00:29:40.759
 you of your

00:29:40.759 --> 00:29:41.519
 sins to come

00:29:41.519 --> 00:29:42.079
 into your life

00:29:42.079 --> 00:29:42.680
 and to change

00:29:42.680 --> 00:29:44.099
 you today's the

00:29:44.099 --> 00:29:44.940
 day of salvation

00:29:44.940 --> 00:29:46.500
 he'll change you

00:29:46.500 --> 00:29:48.500
 today we'll stand

00:29:48.500 --> 00:29:49.160
 in just a moment

00:29:49.160 --> 00:29:49.899
 and we'll sing but

00:29:49.899 --> 00:29:50.420
 more importantly

00:29:50.420 --> 00:29:51.200
 than that you need

00:29:51.200 --> 00:29:52.000
 to obey God

00:29:52.000 --> 00:29:54.059
 step out you

00:29:54.059 --> 00:29:54.740
 come to me and

00:29:54.740 --> 00:29:55.759
 say pastor I

00:29:55.759 --> 00:29:56.899
 need to be saved

00:29:56.899 --> 00:29:58.920
 I'd love to lead

00:29:58.920 --> 00:29:59.680
 man you'd make my

00:29:59.680 --> 00:30:00.500
 day that leads

00:30:00.500 --> 00:30:02.160
 you in knowing

00:30:02.160 --> 00:30:02.819
 what it means to

00:30:02.819 --> 00:30:03.359
 have a personal

00:30:03.359 --> 00:30:03.819
 relationship with

00:30:03.819 --> 00:30:05.539
 Christ maybe you're

00:30:05.539 --> 00:30:06.019
 here and you do

00:30:06.019 --> 00:30:06.539
 have a personal

00:30:06.539 --> 00:30:06.980
 relationship with

00:30:06.980 --> 00:30:07.779
 Christ but man

00:30:07.779 --> 00:30:08.220
 there's things

00:30:08.220 --> 00:30:08.960
 mixed up in your

00:30:08.960 --> 00:30:09.960
 life it ain't

00:30:09.960 --> 00:30:10.799
 right you need to

00:30:10.799 --> 00:30:11.880
 get it right come

00:30:11.880 --> 00:30:12.680
 to this altar and

00:30:12.680 --> 00:30:13.319
 make it right

00:30:13.319 --> 00:30:15.619
 stay where you are

00:30:15.619 --> 00:30:16.319
 and make it right

00:30:16.319 --> 00:30:17.160
 come to me and

00:30:17.160 --> 00:30:18.200
 ask me to pray for

00:30:18.200 --> 00:30:18.759
 you and let's make

00:30:18.759 --> 00:30:20.359
 it right you know

00:30:20.359 --> 00:30:21.519
 whatever it takes

00:30:21.519 --> 00:30:22.319
 whatever you need

00:30:22.319 --> 00:30:23.339
 you just obey God

00:30:23.339 --> 00:30:24.619
 you just do what

00:30:24.619 --> 00:30:25.559
 God tells you to do

00:30:25.559 --> 00:30:27.279
 you may have made

00:30:27.279 --> 00:30:28.139
 a private decision

00:30:28.139 --> 00:30:28.799
 and ask the Lord

00:30:28.799 --> 00:30:29.359
 Jesus into your

00:30:29.359 --> 00:30:29.919
 heart and change

00:30:29.919 --> 00:30:30.460
 to change your

00:30:30.460 --> 00:30:31.139
 life but you've

00:30:31.139 --> 00:30:31.899
 never told anybody

00:30:31.899 --> 00:30:32.379
 about that you

00:30:32.379 --> 00:30:32.940
 never made that

00:30:32.940 --> 00:30:35.179
 public today make

00:30:35.179 --> 00:30:36.059
 it public you come

00:30:36.059 --> 00:30:37.619
 for baptism we're

00:30:37.619 --> 00:30:39.200
 lining up a special

00:30:39.200 --> 00:30:39.919
 opportunity for

00:30:39.919 --> 00:30:40.779
 baptism coming up

00:30:40.779 --> 00:30:42.220
 and so I I

00:30:42.220 --> 00:30:43.319
 encourage you if God

00:30:43.319 --> 00:30:44.480
 has done that in

00:30:44.480 --> 00:30:45.399
 your life you come

00:30:45.399 --> 00:30:47.480
 for that or maybe

00:30:47.480 --> 00:30:48.500
 God's drawing you to

00:30:48.500 --> 00:30:49.740
 this congregation you

00:30:49.740 --> 00:30:50.519
 know this is where

00:30:50.519 --> 00:30:51.399
 you are to place your

00:30:51.399 --> 00:30:54.099
 life and to serve you

00:30:54.099 --> 00:30:55.319
 come alongside us

00:30:55.319 --> 00:30:56.399
 we'll stick to the

00:30:56.399 --> 00:30:58.059
 word of God we'll

00:30:58.059 --> 00:30:59.179
 try our best to serve

00:30:59.179 --> 00:30:59.759
 the Lord in our

00:30:59.759 --> 00:31:02.019
 community and in the

00:31:02.019 --> 00:31:03.099
 world as God gives

00:31:03.099 --> 00:31:04.919
 us opportunity just

00:31:04.919 --> 00:31:07.859
 obey God today this

00:31:07.859 --> 00:31:08.779
 day won't be what it

00:31:08.779 --> 00:31:09.399
 ought to be if you

00:31:09.399 --> 00:31:10.079
 don't obey the Lord

00:31:10.079 --> 00:31:11.939
 right now so let him

00:31:11.939 --> 00:31:12.799
 have his will and his

00:31:12.799 --> 00:31:13.579
 way heavenly father

00:31:13.579 --> 00:31:14.619
 I love you and thank

00:31:14.619 --> 00:31:15.419
 you for the opportunity

00:31:15.419 --> 00:31:17.179
 to be here today the

00:31:17.179 --> 00:31:18.039
 opportunity to share

00:31:18.039 --> 00:31:19.039
 your gospel without

00:31:19.039 --> 00:31:21.839
 restraint dear father I

00:31:21.839 --> 00:31:23.019
 don't have to couch my

00:31:23.019 --> 00:31:23.899
 words don't have to

00:31:23.899 --> 00:31:24.919
 wonder whether what I

00:31:24.920 --> 00:31:26.380
 say is true I can

00:31:26.380 --> 00:31:27.700
 rest in the gospel of

00:31:27.700 --> 00:31:30.080
 Jesus Christ saving

00:31:30.080 --> 00:31:31.220
 all who will come to

00:31:31.220 --> 00:31:33.940
 him God I pray today

00:31:33.940 --> 00:31:35.440
 that you'll lead us

00:31:35.440 --> 00:31:36.220
 right now to just

00:31:36.220 --> 00:31:37.300
 simply be obedient and

00:31:37.300 --> 00:31:38.600
 follow your will and

00:31:38.600 --> 00:31:39.860
 your way in Jesus name

00:31:39.860 --> 00:31:40.860
 amen

00:31:40.859 --> 00:32:00.639
 so here's an help to be

00:32:01.199 --> 00:32:03.419
 is

00:32:03.419 --> 00:32:03.839
 you