"She will bring forth a Son,
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and you shall
call His name Jesus,
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for He will save His
people from their sins."
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Celebrate this special season
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by worshiping
our Savior and King,
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as we bring you Christmas
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with your 3ABN
family and friends.
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Hello, thank you
for joining us today.
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Wow, do we have a group
of folk here, huh, Yvonne?
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I know, some of our
favorite people and singers.
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And favorite time of
the year. Absolutely.
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Because we get
to sing about Jesus.
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Not only here, but all--
You can out and-- I love it.
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You can go to
Walmarts, and Kmarts,
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and all these things
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and hear people singing
about the Lord Jesus Christ,
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and everybody seem
to be happy about it.
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So we say, and I
always have to say this,
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'cause somebody
writes in and says,
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don't you know Jesus
wasn't born on December 25th?
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Yes we know that, but
we know it's a great time
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and the world is listening.
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So let's give them what
they need to hear, right?
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That's right.
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And, so let's do some
introductions right now.
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Yvonne, do you know any
of these folk over here?
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I do. I do. That's
Bruce Chance on the end.
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Tammy Chance--
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Tammy. Who
happens to be your sister.
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My sister. Who is next to them?
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Angie Lomacang.
She looks pretty.
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Look at her hair today.
Doesn't she look pretty?
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Isn't she beautiful? Yeah.
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Angie Lomacang,
Pastor John Lomacang,
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Reggie Smith. All right.
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Layde Love Smith. Layde Love.
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Irma Murray. Irma. Here we go.
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Pastor C.A. Murray. All right.
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And over here we've got Kenny
and Chris Shelton, all right.
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Glad you guys are here.
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And then in back,
we've got Celestine,
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and we go Greg and Jill,
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and of course,
Morikone and Celestine Berry.
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So did we miss
anybody? Tim Parton.
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There, we missed
Tim. Just for that--
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How could we miss Tim?
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Just for that, Tim, you
have to play us something,
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just to begin with.
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All right.
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All right, let's sing with him.
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Joy to the
world, the Lord is come
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Let earth receive her King
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Let every heart prepare Him room
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And Heaven and nature sing
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And Heaven and nature sing
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And Heaven, and
Heaven and nature sing
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Joy to the
world, the Savior reigns
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Let men their songs employ
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While fields and floods
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Rocks, hills and plains
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Repeat the sounding joy
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Repeat the sounding joy
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Repeat, repeat, the sounding joy
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Tim, you've got to
play it at least once more.
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So okay, let's let Tim play.
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Love it. He rules the world.
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He rules the world
with truth and grace
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And makes the nations prove
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The glories of His righteousness
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And wonders of His love
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And wonders of His love
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And wonders,
wonders, of His love
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And wonders,
wonders, of His love
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All right.
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Not good for not
really practice--
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I mean, no, no, wait, it
was pretty good for practicing.
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Oh, there you go. There you go.
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Tim is absolutely
an incredible musician.
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What a joy it is to
have you here today.
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Great to be here.
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And we couldn't have a
program without you playing.
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You can sing if you
want to, or just play a solo,
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or whatever you want to do,
but bless us with your music.
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Today at home,
thank you for joining us,
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thank you for your
love and your prayers,
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and financial support to 3ABN.
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But we want you to
join in with us today,
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have a good time in the Lord.
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This is a great time,
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every day is a great time
for some of us, older folk,
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I won't look to
my right or left.
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Don't look over here.
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Some of us older folk, I won't
look to the right or the left,
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but every day is a gift for us.
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You know what I'm saying?
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Every day is a gift,
so we want to enjoy it,
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and we want you to enjoy it,
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don't be sitting around at home,
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feeling sorry for
yourself and saying,
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"Woe is me, if it
weren't for bad luck,
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I'd have no bad luck, or
I'd have no luck at all."
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We don't want to
do any of that stuff.
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We want you to be
happy in the Lord,
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"The joy the of
Lord is our strength."
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Amen. And really,
it's our salvation.
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So, Tim, what are you
going to play for us today?
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I'm gonna do--
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Let's see, let's do a little bit
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"Go tell it on the mountain."
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All right.
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All right, that ought
to be against the law,
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but I'm glad it isn't.
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Aren't you? I'm
glad that is not--
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Jill, what do
you think about that?
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That's fabulous.
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When I get to heaven, I
want to play like Mr. Tim.
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Absolutely.
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And I'll sit back
and listen to you.
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Oh, my, my, my, my.
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Brother Kenny,
it's a great time here.
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We're glad you are here.
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We couldn't get you and
Chris to do solos today,
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but give us a little
testimony, real quick.
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Oh, you know, it's
easy, this time of the year,
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or any day, to give a
testimony for Jesus Christ.
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You know, it's just
such a wonderful time
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in earth's history to be
alive at such a wonderful time.
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Even in this season,
people are talking about Jesus,
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taking about His birth,
opportunities to witness.
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Like, maybe, never be--
any other part of the year,
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so we need to
take advantage of that,
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tell people
that Jesus is coming,
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that we need to be
ready for His coming.
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And here, today, you mentioned,
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we want to encourage the people,
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there's too many sad
looks, too many sad hearts,
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and today we're going to
try and put everything aside
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and just be able to
think about Jesus, His coming,
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and some of the
songs will be sung here.
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You know, they're
gonna bless my heart.
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I've already
been blessed by them,
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and so I know each one
of you will be blessed too.
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So we're glad to be here.
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Thank you for the opportunity
to be with my family.
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I thank each
one of you for that.
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So it's a good time to be alive.
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Chris. Chris.
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Yeah, that's Chris. That's you.
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I just like to
reiterate what he's saying
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because this is the time of year
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where hearts are open,
they're open to hear Jesus
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more than any
other time of the year.
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And he's mentioned being happy.
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You know, and the
world that we're living in,
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you turn on the news,
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and there's not
much happiness right now.
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But the blessings of
God are so refreshing to us.
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Each and every
moment of everyday
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and to remember
this time of year,
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when all of
heaven emptied itself
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because God loved each
and everyone of us, so much.
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They gave
everything that they had.
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Wow! Amen!
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And the blessing
of God is on the go.
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"Go tell it on the mountain."
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Tim, we got to
have one more verse
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at least of that, right?
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Go, tell it on the mountain
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Over the hills and everywhere
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Go, tell it on the mountain
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That Jesus Christ is born
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That Jesus Christ is born
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Jesus Christ is born,
and He's Lord of all, right?
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Oh, yes. Oh, yes.
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Now next, we're gonna ask to
Reggie and Layde Love Smith--
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Oh, and Yvonne to
begin with. And Yvonne.
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I know you guys can
do a couple of songs now,
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but you're gonna do
something brand new.
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I don't think you've
ever sang this together.
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No.
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But they asked if you would?
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So you all want
to get up and tell us
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what song you're singing.
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I'll help you up here,
you wanna watch that snow--
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'Cause there's snow, I
don't wanna trip on the snow.
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High heels going into
the snow and ice here.
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That's right, thank
you. It's very slick here.
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Thank you.
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There's a pile of snow there.
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So-- Thank you.
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Okay, we're just--
it's gonna be a surprise
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when the song starts here.
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Okay, we're ready.
We're ready when you guys are.
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You'll ready?
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Over mountains and
valleys they let me shine
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A star of most radiant light
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The Wise Men rejoiced
as they journeyed afar
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To behold such a beautiful star
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When they saw the star
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They rejoiced with great joy
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When they saw the star
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They rejoiced
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When they saw the star
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They rejoiced with great joy
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They rejoiced with
exceeding great joy
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Sing with us.
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When they saw the star
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They rejoiced with great joy
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When they saw the star
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They rejoiced
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When they saw the star
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They rejoiced with great joy
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They rejoiced with
exceeding great joy
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Others saw the star
but they followed it not
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To them it would
come and would pass
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The Wise Men kept trusting
with all of their hearts
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That the star would
find the Baby at last
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When they saw the star
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They rejoiced with great joy
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When they saw the star
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They rejoiced
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When they saw the star
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They rejoiced with great joy
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They rejoiced with
exceeding great joy
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When they saw the star
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They rejoiced with great joy
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When they saw the star
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They rejoiced
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When they saw the star
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They rejoiced with great joy
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They rejoiced with
exceeding great joy
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When they saw the star
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They rejoiced with great joy
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When they saw the star
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They rejoiced
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When they saw the star
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They rejoiced with great joy
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They rejoiced with
exceeding great joy
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Great joy
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They rejoiced with
exceeding great joy
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Joy
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Whoa! Glory! Amen.
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Amen. Beautiful.
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Thank you,
Yvonne, and now you said
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you didn't
really know that song.
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Is that true?
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No, I did not really know
it. You don't know that song?
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That's amazing.
I loved it though.
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She did awesome.
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Hey, that's why she gets
paid the big bucks, right?
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To sing like that.
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Well, maybe not here at 3ABN,
but she used to, when she did,
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you know, all the
jingles and everything, Tim.
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But you can just live on
that, you know, think about that
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and know that you're
singing for the Lord here.
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Amen. Amen.
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So it's not about money
and things like that, but no.
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It's great,
Reggie, that you guys,
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three of you just
sang beautifully together.
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I love singing with
them. We love singing you.
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Yeah we love
singing with Yvonne.
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You know, everybody knows
the story we talked about,
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the first we meet,
it was in the studio
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and we were a
little bit hesitant,
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and she
hesitant to sing with us.
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And but boy, one note--
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Well, not anymore. One
note was all it took, man.
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We're like, we're ready.
So... Absolutely, we love it.
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Now you guys are
going to do a duet.
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What are you
going to sing for us?
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"Birthday of a King."
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In the little
village of Bethlehem
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There lay a child one day
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And the sky was bright
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With His holy light
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Over the place where Jesus lay
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Alleluia
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O how the angels sang
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Alleluia
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How it rang
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And the sky was bright
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With a holy light
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It was the birthday of
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A King
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It was a humble birthplace
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But O how much
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God gave to us that day
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From a manger bed
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What a path has led
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What a perfect holy way
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Alleluia
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O how the angels sang
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Alleluia
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How it rang
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And the sky was bright
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With a Holy light
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Gloria
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Alleluia
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O how the angels sang
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Alleluia
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How it rang
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And the sky was bright
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With a Holy light
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A Holy light
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It was the birthday of
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A King
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Of a King
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Woo! Amen.
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Amen. Praise the
Lord. Halleluiah!
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Beautiful. Thank
you guys so much.
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What a pleasure it is,
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not only, you know, doing
music and traveling with them,
00:17:12.69\00:17:15.13
but knowing him as
Christians and friends.
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Aren't they fun?
Oh, they're wonderful.
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All of you've traveled
with them around the world.
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They're always up, I
don't know how they do it.
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They're always up,
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so I don't know
how they do it, but.
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Tim, I've been
with him, and literally,
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we went to
Australia, New Zealand.
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We'd get to bed really at night,
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get them up early in the morning
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and they'd come out like,
"Hey, how are you'll doing?"
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And everything.
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Everybody they
meet along the way,
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I don't care if he's
pumping gas or whatever,
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"Hey, how are you doing?
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And how is it going?"
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I'm like, how do
they have so much energy.
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We just wear you out,
that's what it is, right?
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But Tim, but I got to tell you.
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One day we came
out of the hotel room,
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we looked out
in the parking lot,
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Danny was walking on his hands.
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Somebody must
have given me, like,
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one of those sodas that
had caffeine or something,
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'cause I'm normally not walking
on my hands all the time.
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You were actually
doing it for some children.
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I will say. Oh, I
did it for the kids.
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You ought to do
that sometimes. I do it.
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Grandkids like it too,
00:18:04.58\00:18:05.91
if you walk on
your hands a little bit.
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John, we talked
just a little bit,
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'cause we want to
give a break between have-
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If anybody, if
there's somebody here
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I wouldn't want to go up
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after through singing as
Reggie and Layde or Tim playing.
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But John in his own
right is a great singer,
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we see him as our Pastor,
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as our World
Evangelism Director,
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but he spent his
lifetime singing,
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and got a great
voice, wonderful wife Angie.
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And so you're gonna get up
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and what are you
gonna sing for us today?
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It's 'Do you hear
what I hear?' Okay.
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You know, what's so
important about that song,
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'cause, you know,
there's so many songs
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about the season, secular songs,
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Christian songs,
traditional songs,
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but, you know, "Do
you hear what I hear?"
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The reason I
choose that is because
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over the last few months,
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we've heard
nothing but bad news.
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And if you ask
people, in, you know,
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August and
September and October,
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when we talk about the
things that happened in Paris,
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and the airplane crashes
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and the people suddenly
dying and losing friends,
00:19:00.77\00:19:03.87
and you say, "Do
you hear what I hear"
00:19:03.94\00:19:05.27
and they say, "Whoa!
00:19:05.31\00:19:06.64
What happened now? It
sounds like bad news."
00:19:06.68\00:19:08.54
But in the midst of
all of that bad news
00:19:08.58\00:19:10.38
the word Gospel means
there's still good news.
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All right. All right.
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The good news tells us
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that one day
there'll no more bad news.
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Amen.
00:19:16.62\00:19:17.95
So I've chosen this song
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entitled 'Do you
hear what I hear?'
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From the
beginning of the message
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to the end of the message,
Jesus is always good news.
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So I hope you enjoy this song,
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which is seasonal,
as well as religious.
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Okay. Amen.
00:19:29.83\00:19:31.33
Do you hear what I hear?
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Said the night
wind to the little lamb
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Do you see what I see?
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Way up in the sky, little lamb
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Do you see what I see?
00:19:57.13\00:20:01.76
A star, a star
dancing in the night
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With a tail as big as a kite
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With a tail as big as a kite
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Said the little
lamb to the shepherd boy
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Do you hear what I hear?
00:20:24.82\00:20:29.86
Ringing through
the sky, shepherd boy
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Do you hear what I hear?
00:20:34.93\00:20:39.63
A song, a song,
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High above the trees
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With a voice as big as the sea
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With a voice as big as the sea
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Said the shepherd
boy to the mighty king
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Do you hear what I hear?
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In your palace
warm, mighty kings
00:21:07.23\00:21:12.80
Do you hear what I hear?
00:21:12.83\00:21:17.61
A Child, a Child
shivers in the cold
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Let us bring Him silver and gold
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Let us bring Him silver and gold
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Said the king to
the people everywhere
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Just listen to what I say
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Pray for peace,
people everywhere!
00:21:48.07\00:21:52.24
So listen to what I say?
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A Child, a Child,
sleeping in the night
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He will bring us
goodness and light
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He will bring us
00:22:07.86\00:22:11.09
Goodness and light
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Amen! Woo!
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All right, thank
you, John, thank you.
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Greg how about a,
00:22:29.74\00:22:31.08
maybe a little testimony
from you and Jill back there?
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Tell us what's going on
in your head, this season?
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You know, I tell you
that Christmas time can,
00:22:38.42\00:22:40.32
at times, can be overwhelming,
you know, for some people.
00:22:40.36\00:22:42.49
You know, there's a
lot of stuff in the world,
00:22:42.52\00:22:44.49
sometimes it can be a
lonely, you know, time of year,
00:22:44.53\00:22:47.13
it can be a sad time of year.
00:22:47.20\00:22:48.96
And also, there's
a lot of secularism,
00:22:49.00\00:22:50.80
you know, in the world,
as Kenny was mentioning,
00:22:50.83\00:22:52.57
Chris too, you know, there's
a lot of things in this world
00:22:52.60\00:22:54.60
that can distract us
from what the big picture is,
00:22:54.64\00:22:58.61
which is Jesus
Christ our Savior is born.
00:22:58.64\00:23:01.21
And I think
that's the great news,
00:23:01.24\00:23:02.58
to be able to
share with other people,
00:23:02.61\00:23:04.15
is that Jesus Christ is
born and this Christmas season
00:23:04.18\00:23:07.22
is an opportunity to, sometimes,
00:23:07.25\00:23:09.35
people can just look down,
00:23:09.38\00:23:10.89
they may not
even be a Christian,
00:23:10.92\00:23:12.59
but they can look
down, and you know,
00:23:12.62\00:23:14.19
you can use
this time of the year
00:23:14.26\00:23:15.89
to strike up a conversation
and talk about Christ
00:23:15.92\00:23:18.53
because all of us
have a void within of us,
00:23:18.56\00:23:20.83
you know, inside of us,
00:23:20.90\00:23:22.20
you know, people
that don't know Christ,
00:23:22.23\00:23:23.57
there can be an
opportunity to share.
00:23:23.60\00:23:24.93
So to me, Christmas time,
is a time that's a great time
00:23:24.97\00:23:27.64
to witness and to share
Jesus Christ with others.
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Amen! I agree with that.
00:23:30.01\00:23:31.74
You know, no other time of year
can you go to your neighbor,
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can you talk to
someone on the street,
00:23:35.14\00:23:36.51
can you knock on a door and say,
00:23:36.54\00:23:38.28
let me tell you
what Jesus did for me.
00:23:38.31\00:23:40.32
Let me tell you Jesus
came 2000 years ago, as a baby,
00:23:40.38\00:23:45.09
and He came to
give us salvation.
00:23:45.12\00:23:47.32
He came because He knew
without that we have no hope.
00:23:47.36\00:23:51.09
No hope of eternal life,
no hope of spending eternity
00:23:51.13\00:23:55.46
with our brothers and sisters,
00:23:55.50\00:23:57.10
like our
brothers and sisters here.
00:23:57.13\00:23:58.93
So that's a precious thing.
00:23:58.97\00:24:00.64
To me Christmas is
about Jesus. It is.
00:24:00.67\00:24:03.20
What Jesus did that
all those years ago,
00:24:03.24\00:24:06.98
and what He wants
to do in our lives.
00:24:07.01\00:24:08.71
He wants recreate us,
00:24:08.74\00:24:10.65
He wants to make
us again in the image
00:24:10.68\00:24:13.52
that He had created us
from beginning, from creation.
00:24:13.55\00:24:16.18
In the beginning, He
made us in the image of God.
00:24:16.22\00:24:19.02
And you think Satan
wants to deface that,
00:24:19.05\00:24:21.89
he want's to destroy that.
00:24:21.92\00:24:23.32
And God says, I came to
restore in each one of us,
00:24:23.36\00:24:27.40
the image of the Divine,
00:24:27.50\00:24:29.06
the image of Jesus
Christ in us, the hope of glory.
00:24:29.10\00:24:32.10
Amen. Amen.
00:24:32.13\00:24:33.50
I mean, look
how much Satan hates
00:24:33.54\00:24:35.84
the birth of Christ.
00:24:35.87\00:24:37.27
I mean, you take
this great event,
00:24:37.31\00:24:39.14
whenever it happened,
lot of scholars think,
00:24:39.17\00:24:41.38
it's maybe in
the fall of the year.
00:24:41.41\00:24:43.61
You take this great
event and then somehow
00:24:43.65\00:24:45.65
someone comes
up with Saint Nick,
00:24:45.68\00:24:47.78
they come us with Santa
Claus, we called him Santy,
00:24:47.82\00:24:50.15
I guess there's Santa
Claus when we were kids.
00:24:50.19\00:24:51.95
Santa Claus, right?
00:24:51.99\00:24:53.42
So they come up
with a guy like that,
00:24:53.46\00:24:55.12
then they write songs,
00:24:55.16\00:24:56.79
"You better watch out,
00:24:56.83\00:24:58.16
You better not pout,
00:24:58.19\00:24:59.53
You better not cry,
I'm telling you why.
00:24:59.56\00:25:01.83
Santa Claus is coming to town."
00:25:01.86\00:25:03.77
And then it says,
00:25:03.80\00:25:05.13
"He knows when you're sleeping.
00:25:05.17\00:25:06.50
He knows when you're awake.
00:25:06.53\00:25:08.20
He knows if
you've been bad or good.
00:25:08.24\00:25:09.90
So be good for..."
00:25:09.94\00:25:11.27
Now who really
is the only person,
00:25:11.31\00:25:14.71
that's Jesus, right?
00:25:14.74\00:25:16.08
That's right. So
it's a counterfeit.
00:25:16.11\00:25:17.48
But it's a happy little
tune. You better watch out.
00:25:17.55\00:25:20.25
You know what I'm
saying, you get caught up in it,
00:25:20.32\00:25:22.45
and I've heard people in
churches actually sing it.
00:25:22.48\00:25:25.49
And Gospel people
out on the stage singing,
00:25:25.52\00:25:28.22
Santa Claus is coming to town.
00:25:28.26\00:25:29.59
We need to be talking
about Jesus is coming to town.
00:25:29.62\00:25:32.26
'Cause that's what
it's really all about.
00:25:32.29\00:25:34.46
Jesus coming to town.
00:25:34.50\00:25:35.83
And so, you know,
while there's a lot of fun,
00:25:35.86\00:25:37.97
there's some great songs
that are fun time of the year,
00:25:38.00\00:25:40.74
like a White
Christmas, that's just fun.
00:25:40.80\00:25:42.40
I mean, I go
back to Holiday Inn,
00:25:42.44\00:25:44.11
Bing Crosby,
00:25:44.17\00:25:45.51
some of you are not old
enough to go back, right
00:25:45.54\00:25:48.18
and those where you
go, I'll hit a G-chord.
00:25:48.21\00:25:51.88
Layde just do
it. "I'll be home."
00:25:51.91\00:25:53.62
Hit a chord for that.
00:25:53.68\00:25:55.08
I'll be home
00:25:55.12\00:25:58.45
For Christmas
00:25:58.49\00:26:03.96
You can count on me
00:26:03.99\00:26:11.70
Please have snow
00:26:11.73\00:26:14.90
And mistletoe
00:26:14.94\00:26:20.18
And presents
00:26:20.21\00:26:23.18
Under the tree
00:26:23.21\00:26:27.05
Christmas Eve
00:26:30.39\00:26:34.32
Will find me
00:26:34.36\00:26:39.73
Where the love light
00:26:39.76\00:26:44.30
Gleams
00:26:44.33\00:26:48.47
I'll be home
00:26:48.50\00:26:53.14
For Christmas
00:26:53.17\00:26:59.15
If only
00:26:59.18\00:27:03.25
In my dreams
00:27:03.28\00:27:10.49
How smooth was that.
00:27:10.56\00:27:12.86
But you know what, Danny?
00:27:12.89\00:27:14.20
That reminds me
of my mom and my dad,
00:27:14.23\00:27:16.97
and when we would
get ready for Christmas
00:27:17.00\00:27:18.87
and where we getting--
00:27:18.90\00:27:20.24
You know, that's a
nostalgic thing too.
00:27:20.27\00:27:22.64
That reminds you of
the people that you loved
00:27:22.67\00:27:24.57
and that you would go home to.
00:27:24.61\00:27:25.94
Absolutely.
00:27:25.97\00:27:27.31
See my point is,
the devil doesn't care
00:27:27.38\00:27:28.71
which side of the
boat we fall out off,
00:27:28.74\00:27:30.08
as long as we fall out,
00:27:30.11\00:27:31.45
'cause there's folks
who sang about Santa Claus,
00:27:31.48\00:27:34.32
and then somebody sings,
"I'll be home for Christmas."
00:27:34.35\00:27:35.98
Everybody like,
00:27:36.02\00:27:37.39
you shouldn't be
singing songs like that
00:27:37.42\00:27:38.75
or "White Christmas."
00:27:38.79\00:27:40.16
It's seems like
the devil's only,
00:27:40.19\00:27:41.52
all he wants to
do is turn this world
00:27:41.56\00:27:43.29
and turn all of us upside down,
00:27:43.32\00:27:45.16
so we'd like to
use some balance.
00:27:45.19\00:27:46.63
We know what it's about.
00:27:46.70\00:27:48.00
But hey, if you want
to be home for Christmas?
00:27:48.03\00:27:49.36
Great, we should
be, right? That's right.
00:27:49.40\00:27:51.47
Sing about that, but
I'm not gonna, you know--
00:27:51.50\00:27:54.30
Or all I want for
Christmas, my two front teeth,
00:27:54.34\00:27:56.67
there's nothing wrong with that.
00:27:56.71\00:27:58.07
You know what I'm saying?
And so don't be offended.
00:27:58.11\00:28:01.08
So of you--
00:28:01.11\00:28:03.01
Get offended about it.
00:28:03.04\00:28:04.38
But we can have fun
and have some balance,
00:28:04.41\00:28:06.21
but the center of all of
this should center around Jesus.
00:28:06.25\00:28:09.48
That's right.
00:28:09.52\00:28:10.85
But folks, let's have some
balance in our life, right?
00:28:10.92\00:28:12.95
So it's not about,
you know, what we do,
00:28:12.99\00:28:15.09
as much as who we know
and how we're dedicated
00:28:15.12\00:28:17.83
to simply go and
tell what He has done us.
00:28:17.86\00:28:20.16
Our greatest asset is
our own personal testimony,
00:28:20.23\00:28:22.80
what God has done for us.
00:28:22.83\00:28:24.43
And so here, what
a joy to be around
00:28:24.47\00:28:26.33
with all these
singers and musicians.
00:28:26.37\00:28:28.20
People, speaking of
that, my sister Tammy,
00:28:28.24\00:28:30.34
are you gonna sing next for us?
00:28:30.41\00:28:32.54
I'm gonna try.
00:28:32.57\00:28:33.91
You come up and tell us
what you're gonna sing now,
00:28:33.98\00:28:36.51
do you have track
00:28:36.54\00:28:37.88
or you're gonna
have Tim play for you.
00:28:37.91\00:28:39.25
Tim is gonna play
00:28:39.28\00:28:40.62
and I hope I can get through it.
00:28:40.65\00:28:41.98
I've got a really sore
throat, I'm losing my voice.
00:28:42.02\00:28:44.49
Well, no excuses now, you just--
00:28:44.52\00:28:46.62
You're up here, you just--
00:28:46.65\00:28:47.99
Brother Kenny said, could it be
that I took about 15 foot dive
00:28:48.02\00:28:53.40
into ice cold
creek the other day
00:28:53.43\00:28:55.36
to save my dog.
00:28:55.40\00:28:56.73
Oh, no.
00:28:56.77\00:28:58.10
Well, then I'm not
gonna say anything about that,
00:28:58.13\00:29:00.47
just I want you to
remember one thing,
00:29:00.50\00:29:01.90
your dog swim well.
00:29:01.94\00:29:03.30
I would not be, if I were you,
00:29:04.94\00:29:06.27
diving into creek to save a dog,
00:29:06.31\00:29:07.91
I would trust that
dog that it can swim.
00:29:07.94\00:29:10.38
She was stuck.
00:29:10.41\00:29:11.75
You throw a baby dog in a
pond and he's gonna swim out.
00:29:11.78\00:29:15.32
Only Bruce, you don't
have to worry about drowning.
00:29:15.35\00:29:18.05
They're labs,
they're water dogs.
00:29:18.09\00:29:19.75
And they're labs, he
says, they're water dogs.
00:29:19.79\00:29:22.36
She was stuck. She
was stuck on something.
00:29:22.39\00:29:24.56
Okay, all right. Sing to us.
What are you gonna sing today?
00:29:24.59\00:29:27.76
"Infant Holy,"
00:29:27.76\00:29:29.63
Tim had made an arrangement
several years ago for me,
00:29:29.66\00:29:32.23
and I was digging around,
looking for something to sing
00:29:32.27\00:29:34.57
and I said there it is,
00:29:34.60\00:29:36.10
and so he's gonna,
kind of, recreate that,
00:29:36.14\00:29:37.97
what he did on the CD for me.
00:29:38.01\00:29:40.01
Infant holy, infant lowly
00:30:28.02\00:30:32.63
For His bed a cattle stall
00:30:32.66\00:30:37.20
Oxen lowing, little knowing
00:30:37.23\00:30:41.67
Christ the babe is Lord of all
00:30:41.70\00:30:46.17
Swifts are
winging, angels singing
00:30:46.21\00:30:50.48
Noel's ringing, tidings bringing
00:30:50.51\00:30:57.12
Christ the babe is Lord of all
00:30:57.15\00:31:03.76
Christ the babe is Lord of all
00:31:03.83\00:31:10.03
Flocks were
sleeping, shepherds keeping
00:31:27.32\00:31:32.09
Vigil till the morning new
00:31:32.12\00:31:36.49
Saw the glory, heard the story
00:31:36.52\00:31:41.03
Tidings of a Gospel true
00:31:41.06\00:31:47.37
Thus rejoicing, free from sorrow
00:31:47.40\00:31:51.87
Praises
voicing, greet the morrow
00:31:51.91\00:31:58.78
Christ the babe was born for you
00:31:58.81\00:32:05.65
Christ the babe was born for you
00:32:05.69\00:32:12.99
Amen! Amen!
00:32:19.67\00:32:21.97
Okay, that wasn't bad
for jumping in the creek
00:32:22.00\00:32:25.11
and getting--
00:32:25.14\00:32:26.94
In cool weather, you know,
00:32:26.98\00:32:28.31
the weather can be
warm outside this time,
00:32:28.34\00:32:30.01
of year, but that creek is cold.
00:32:30.05\00:32:31.48
It was ice cold.
00:32:31.51\00:32:33.11
She should not have said
any of those excuses to us
00:32:33.15\00:32:35.32
because that was beautiful.
00:32:35.35\00:32:37.05
Once I got in, I
couldn't get out.
00:32:37.09\00:32:38.92
It was steep
embankment, I couldn't get out.
00:32:38.95\00:32:41.59
I was not going to
say anything a while ago,
00:32:41.62\00:32:43.29
but I'll say, this now
her getting out of there
00:32:43.32\00:32:45.46
or dog getting
out, I'd trust the--
00:32:45.49\00:32:47.96
Bruce said it's a
Labrador, everybody,
00:32:48.00\00:32:49.83
what do Labradors do?
00:32:49.86\00:32:51.20
What are they known for?
00:32:51.23\00:32:52.57
They're known
for great swimmers,
00:32:52.60\00:32:53.97
but at least that shows,
00:32:54.00\00:32:55.34
you had a good
heart, Tammy, it shows--
00:32:55.37\00:32:56.71
It took me 45
minutes to find a way out,
00:32:56.74\00:32:59.07
'cause it was just straight
up, the steep embankment.
00:32:59.11\00:33:01.58
So I climbed and fell
back in several times, and--
00:33:01.61\00:33:07.85
Reggie said, did
the dog get you out?
00:33:07.88\00:33:10.82
Well, after I pulled her loose,
00:33:10.89\00:33:12.65
she stayed with me
until I was able to get out.
00:33:12.69\00:33:15.26
She stayed in the water with me.
00:33:15.29\00:33:16.62
Oh, she was enjoying it, yeah.
00:33:16.66\00:33:18.03
Hey, Danny, it was
actually a dog rescue.
00:33:18.06\00:33:21.50
He rescued Tammy.
00:33:21.53\00:33:23.26
You just saying that
00:33:23.33\00:33:24.67
she was willing to
dive for him, but--
00:33:24.70\00:33:26.47
Danny, she was,
she was so desperate
00:33:26.50\00:33:28.64
that another
one of dogs came by,
00:33:28.67\00:33:30.91
saw her down there,
digging, trying to get up.
00:33:30.94\00:33:33.17
She didn't say, go
get Bruce or something?
00:33:33.21\00:33:36.34
Well, she tried to get
hold of that little dog,
00:33:36.38\00:33:39.08
so that little dog
could pull her out.
00:33:39.11\00:33:40.68
I said, it'd be
wonderful if it was a horse
00:33:40.72\00:33:42.08
or maybe a rein down there,
it might have pulled you out,
00:33:42.12\00:33:44.15
but not another little dog.
00:33:44.19\00:33:45.85
That's how desperate we become.
00:33:45.89\00:33:47.22
Yeah, but that little
dog weights 81 pounds.
00:33:47.26\00:33:49.76
So if I could've just
taught him pull, pull!
00:33:49.79\00:33:52.19
He could have pulled me
out. I think we better move on.
00:33:52.23\00:33:53.66
We're gonna move on, Tim.
00:33:53.70\00:33:55.66
I can see something
going on here, and--
00:33:55.70\00:33:58.60
All right, Brother C.A. Murray,
00:33:58.63\00:34:00.24
you're next on the list
up here to sing for us today.
00:34:00.27\00:34:04.11
All righty. You
know, I'm a word guy.
00:34:04.14\00:34:06.98
And I was--
00:34:07.01\00:34:09.01
You know, we always talk
about the swaddling clothes.
00:34:09.04\00:34:11.31
So I did a research,
00:34:11.35\00:34:12.68
some research on
swaddling clothes,
00:34:12.71\00:34:14.85
and I found out
that swaddling clothes
00:34:14.88\00:34:16.42
are strips of cloth,
00:34:16.45\00:34:18.39
that are usually
reserved for burying.
00:34:18.42\00:34:21.36
So Christ was born
in his burial clothes.
00:34:21.39\00:34:25.76
He was born prepared to die.
00:34:25.79\00:34:28.06
So it's really
quite an understanding
00:34:28.10\00:34:30.33
of why Jesus
came, Jesus came to die.
00:34:30.37\00:34:34.30
Wow, that's it.
00:34:34.34\00:34:35.94
And this song is "I wonder"
00:34:35.97\00:34:37.84
as I wonder why
did he come to die.
00:34:37.87\00:34:40.34
All right.
00:34:40.38\00:34:41.71
He came to die
for you and for me.
00:34:41.74\00:34:43.31
Amen.
00:34:43.35\00:34:44.68
I wonder as I wander
00:35:05.13\00:35:08.67
Out under the sky
00:35:08.70\00:35:15.44
Why Jesus the Savior
00:35:15.48\00:35:19.31
Did come for to die
00:35:19.35\00:35:25.22
For poor ornery people
00:35:25.25\00:35:30.03
Like you and like I
00:35:30.06\00:35:36.10
I wonder as I wander
00:35:36.13\00:35:40.14
Out under the sky
00:35:44.31\00:35:48.91
When Mary birthed Jesus
00:35:52.75\00:35:57.25
'Twas in a cow's stall
00:35:57.29\00:36:03.09
With wise men and farmers
00:36:03.12\00:36:07.66
And shepherds and all
00:36:07.66\00:36:13.44
But high from God's heaven
00:36:13.47\00:36:18.04
A star's light did fall
00:36:18.07\00:36:23.85
And the wonder of ages
00:36:23.88\00:36:28.52
It then did recall
00:36:32.42\00:36:37.53
If Jesus had wanted
00:36:58.08\00:37:01.72
For any wee thing
00:37:01.75\00:37:07.99
A star in the sky
00:37:08.02\00:37:11.26
Or a bird on the wing
00:37:11.29\00:37:18.37
Or all of God's angels
00:37:18.40\00:37:22.77
In heaven to sing
00:37:22.80\00:37:28.74
He surely would have it
00:37:32.91\00:37:39.72
'Cause he was the King
00:37:41.39\00:37:48.76
Jesus was our King.
00:37:48.80\00:37:51.97
Amen.
00:37:57.74\00:38:00.51
Thank you, Dr. Murray.
00:38:04.55\00:38:06.55
Irma, you seem like
00:38:06.58\00:38:10.12
you're madly in
love with this guy.
00:38:10.15\00:38:11.49
I watched her when he's
singing and she's like this.
00:38:11.52\00:38:17.36
She did, did anybody
else see her do that?
00:38:17.39\00:38:19.09
I love watching her sing.
00:38:19.13\00:38:20.63
I try not to be
distracted from your singing,
00:38:20.66\00:38:22.76
but Irma's just madly in
love and that's so wonderful.
00:38:22.80\00:38:25.93
What's on your
heart this season, Irma?
00:38:25.97\00:38:28.40
Well, Danny, I, um,
00:38:28.44\00:38:30.44
so thankful to the
Lord for this season.
00:38:30.51\00:38:33.38
You know, I love babies
00:38:33.41\00:38:35.51
and everybody
around that knows me,
00:38:35.54\00:38:37.88
I love to hold the babies.
00:38:37.91\00:38:39.88
And to think that
Jesus was that baby
00:38:39.91\00:38:43.42
that His parents just love Him,
and groom Him for the kingdom,
00:38:43.49\00:38:49.39
to bring us that
message of salvation, to us,
00:38:49.42\00:38:53.90
and so this
season is very precious
00:38:53.93\00:38:58.63
because we have a God in heaven
00:38:58.67\00:39:01.27
who came as a baby
00:39:01.30\00:39:02.97
and now we have
that opportunity to,
00:39:03.00\00:39:05.77
to be saved and to have
Him as a King in our hearts.
00:39:05.81\00:39:09.88
And I, I just...
00:39:09.91\00:39:13.25
I'm happy also, in
this seasonal also,
00:39:13.28\00:39:15.58
because my mother is still alive
00:39:15.62\00:39:18.59
and she's 96 years
old, so it's a joy for me
00:39:18.62\00:39:23.76
and my husband to go
together and visit her for the--
00:39:23.79\00:39:27.73
in this season.
00:39:27.76\00:39:29.06
That's not, that wouldn't
have to be in Panama, would it?
00:39:29.10\00:39:31.03
Yes it is in
Panama, the nice weather.
00:39:31.07\00:39:32.67
You need anybody to go
with you to go visit momma.
00:39:32.70\00:39:34.97
Yes. Everybody,
come, come. I like mom.
00:39:35.00\00:39:37.01
I'd like to get to
know her a little bit.
00:39:37.04\00:39:38.37
Yes, very.
00:39:38.41\00:39:39.74
She's trying to get
you down there for years.
00:39:39.77\00:39:41.11
Everyone is welcome. Yes, yes.
00:39:42.04\00:39:45.41
Tim will go with you.
If we have to row even.
00:39:45.45\00:39:47.42
Tim says, row,
row, row, your boat.
00:39:47.45\00:39:50.39
We'll go down there.
00:39:50.42\00:39:51.75
Well, Yvonne
Lewis, why don't we--
00:39:51.79\00:39:53.12
You wanna get up right
now and sing a song for us
00:39:53.15\00:39:55.42
and maybe give a
little testimony.
00:39:55.46\00:39:56.83
Thank you. Sure. Thank you.
00:39:56.86\00:39:59.03
Yvonne, of course, is
manager of Dare to Dream Network
00:39:59.06\00:40:01.93
and what an incredible job,
00:40:01.96\00:40:04.43
that responsibility,
how she's taken that.
00:40:04.47\00:40:07.20
And that's literally her life
right now, it's Dare to Dream.
00:40:07.24\00:40:09.97
And so thank you for your music,
00:40:10.01\00:40:12.04
for your love for Jesus
00:40:12.07\00:40:13.44
and what you do
for the cause of God.
00:40:13.48\00:40:15.04
I praise the Lord
for the opportunity
00:40:15.08\00:40:17.05
to do what He's
equipped me to do
00:40:17.11\00:40:20.38
and the things that I'm,
that I feel ill equipped for,
00:40:20.42\00:40:23.75
He just continues to bless me.
So I'm so grateful to the Lord.
00:40:23.79\00:40:29.32
You know, in this
season, when you think about,
00:40:29.36\00:40:32.53
as a mother, I think about Mary
00:40:32.56\00:40:35.26
holding her baby
and looking at Him,
00:40:35.30\00:40:39.03
and seeing in His
face, just this is her baby,
00:40:39.07\00:40:43.00
but more than that
00:40:43.04\00:40:44.87
she saw this was heaven's child.
00:40:44.91\00:40:48.38
She rocked her tiny baby
00:41:05.19\00:41:09.40
To warm him from the cold
00:41:09.43\00:41:13.30
Hardly what she pictured
00:41:13.34\00:41:17.11
In the prophecies of old
00:41:17.17\00:41:21.38
It seemed almost impossible
00:41:21.41\00:41:25.48
To think it could be true
00:41:25.51\00:41:29.75
But as she pondered in her heart
00:41:29.78\00:41:34.06
She knew
00:41:34.12\00:41:36.79
This was heaven's child
00:41:36.83\00:41:40.96
This was heaven's child
00:41:40.96\00:41:45.80
In an earthen stable
00:41:45.83\00:41:49.44
Wrapped in Glory, meek and mild
00:41:49.47\00:41:53.91
Joseph wept with wonder
00:41:53.94\00:41:57.88
As Mary sweetly smiled
00:41:57.91\00:42:03.32
Because they knew
00:42:03.39\00:42:06.42
This was heaven's child
00:42:06.45\00:42:11.13
The angels must have missed Him
00:42:16.43\00:42:20.30
As they sang Him to sleep
00:42:20.34\00:42:24.47
But they
marveled at the promises
00:42:24.51\00:42:28.24
This baby came to keep
00:42:28.28\00:42:32.28
His Father must have felt
00:42:32.31\00:42:35.75
It was great
sadness and great joy
00:42:35.78\00:42:40.46
As He watched
His little baby boy
00:42:40.52\00:42:47.23
'Cause this was heaven's child
00:42:47.30\00:42:51.40
This was heaven's child
00:42:51.43\00:42:56.27
In an earthen stable
00:42:56.30\00:42:59.81
Wrapped in glory, meek and mild
00:42:59.84\00:43:04.45
Joseph wept with wonder
00:43:04.48\00:43:08.25
As Mary sweetly smiled
00:43:08.28\00:43:13.39
Because they knew
00:43:13.46\00:43:16.52
This was heaven's child
00:43:16.56\00:43:22.86
Mary's little baby boy
00:43:22.90\00:43:26.94
Was Joseph's pride and joy
00:43:27.00\00:43:31.17
Still they wished
the world would see
00:43:31.21\00:43:35.38
That He was so much more
00:43:35.41\00:43:41.25
This was heaven's child
00:43:41.28\00:43:44.95
This was heaven's child
00:43:44.99\00:43:49.52
In an earthen stable
00:43:49.56\00:43:53.13
Wrapped in glory, meek and mild
00:43:53.16\00:43:57.43
Joseph wept with wonder
00:43:57.50\00:44:01.44
As Mary sweetly smiled
00:44:01.47\00:44:08.81
Because they knew
00:44:08.84\00:44:14.95
This was heaven's child
00:44:14.98\00:44:19.09
Oh
00:44:19.12\00:44:24.03
Because they knew
00:44:24.06\00:44:28.63
This was heaven's
00:44:28.66\00:44:35.04
Child
00:44:35.07\00:44:38.81
This was heaven's
00:44:41.81\00:44:47.18
Child
00:44:47.22\00:44:51.55
Amen. Thank you.
00:44:56.32\00:44:58.49
"Heaven's child,"
what a beautiful song.
00:44:58.53\00:45:00.63
Is that new, is that a
new song or new to you?
00:45:00.66\00:45:03.00
It's new to me. New to you?
00:45:03.03\00:45:04.70
Does anybody else know it?
00:45:04.73\00:45:06.30
The Martins has
recorded it. The Martins.
00:45:06.33\00:45:08.84
And I heard it
last week and I thought,
00:45:08.87\00:45:11.07
Oh, I really would
like to sing that song.
00:45:11.11\00:45:13.48
Oh, absolutely beautiful.
00:45:13.51\00:45:15.21
Well, we've got time
for another song or two.
00:45:15.24\00:45:17.35
I can't believe this
time is slipping away.
00:45:17.38\00:45:19.45
And we're gonna
ask Celestine Berry
00:45:19.48\00:45:21.55
to come up and sing for us.
00:45:21.58\00:45:24.35
And Celestine, she's
just a natural singer.
00:45:24.39\00:45:27.79
You know, she
just picks up the mic.
00:45:27.82\00:45:29.42
The first time hear her,
Time, she just starts singing,
00:45:29.46\00:45:31.93
it's like, wow, that's
such a beautiful voice.
00:45:31.96\00:45:34.83
She's very
humble, but loves Jesus.
00:45:34.83\00:45:37.33
But any time we ask her to sing,
00:45:37.37\00:45:39.13
she just comes over and sings.
00:45:39.17\00:45:40.80
Thank you,
Celestine, for being here today.
00:45:40.84\00:45:42.54
Thank you.
00:45:42.57\00:45:43.91
I have traveled
many moonless night
00:46:07.50\00:46:14.54
Cold and weary,
with a babe inside
00:46:16.04\00:46:23.58
And I wonder what I've done
00:46:24.61\00:46:30.29
Holy Father, you have come
00:46:33.15\00:46:38.46
And chosen me
now To carry Your Son
00:46:39.69\00:46:47.10
I am waiting in a silent prayer
00:46:55.48\00:47:03.02
I am frightened
by the load I bear
00:47:04.22\00:47:11.73
In a world as cold as stone
00:47:12.89\00:47:18.20
Must I walk this path alone?
00:47:21.37\00:47:28.04
Be with me now, be with me now
00:47:28.08\00:47:35.48
Breath of
heaven, hold me together
00:47:39.09\00:47:46.49
Be forever near me
00:47:46.53\00:47:50.73
Breath of heaven
00:47:50.77\00:47:54.94
Breath of heaven,
light up my darkness
00:47:54.97\00:48:02.64
Pour over me your holiness
00:48:02.68\00:48:06.55
For you are holy
00:48:06.58\00:48:09.72
Breath of heaven
00:48:13.19\00:48:16.32
Do you wonder as
you watch my face
00:48:23.16\00:48:30.51
If a wiser one
should have had my place
00:48:32.14\00:48:39.38
But I offer all I am
00:48:40.72\00:48:46.05
For the mercy of your plan
00:48:49.09\00:48:54.60
Help me be strong, help me be
00:48:55.96\00:49:02.80
Help me
00:49:04.67\00:49:08.08
Breath of heaven
00:49:11.15\00:49:15.28
Hold me together
00:49:15.32\00:49:18.62
Be forever near me
00:49:18.65\00:49:22.82
Breath of heaven
00:49:22.86\00:49:27.13
Breath of heaven
00:49:27.23\00:49:31.27
Light up my darkness
00:49:31.30\00:49:34.64
Pour over me your holiness
00:49:34.67\00:49:38.64
For you are holy
00:49:38.67\00:49:41.78
Breath of heaven
00:49:46.75\00:49:50.99
Hold me together
00:49:51.02\00:49:54.26
Be forever near me
00:49:54.29\00:49:58.46
Breath of heaven
00:49:58.49\00:50:02.70
Breath of heaven
00:50:02.73\00:50:07.04
Light up my darkness
00:50:07.10\00:50:10.27
Pour over me your holiness
00:50:10.31\00:50:14.24
For you are holy
00:50:14.28\00:50:17.21
Breath of heaven
00:50:21.18\00:50:23.95
Breath of heaven
00:50:27.86\00:50:30.96
Breath of heaven
00:50:34.30\00:50:37.33
Amen.
00:50:50.51\00:50:52.45
Thank you Celestine.
00:50:52.48\00:50:53.85
Angie, you know,
00:50:54.95\00:50:58.32
there's a lot of strength
right here for Celestine,
00:50:58.35\00:51:01.19
we don't want to
talk about it too much,
00:51:01.22\00:51:02.72
but you know, you're a
pastor's wife, and briefly,
00:51:02.76\00:51:05.69
a little bit, what
she's been through,
00:51:05.73\00:51:07.13
and there's a lot of
folk out here watching today,
00:51:07.20\00:51:09.83
that's gone
through similar things,
00:51:09.86\00:51:11.93
but Celestine has gone through
a great, great, loss and--
00:51:11.97\00:51:15.67
Well, as all of us here
know, she has lost her husband,
00:51:15.70\00:51:18.91
the love of her life
after 16 years of marriage
00:51:18.94\00:51:22.38
and two beautiful daughters.
00:51:22.41\00:51:24.41
And it's been a
rough road for her,
00:51:24.45\00:51:26.25
but we as a church
family have been with her,
00:51:26.28\00:51:29.42
held her arms up and just,
00:51:29.45\00:51:32.92
we've been praying
for her day and night
00:51:32.95\00:51:35.49
and we just know the
Lord is with her even now.
00:51:35.52\00:51:38.06
Absolutely, it's a lot of inner
strength that God has given
00:51:38.09\00:51:41.96
peace in the midst of the storm
00:51:42.00\00:51:43.60
and He wants to do
that for you today too.
00:51:43.63\00:51:46.00
So we only have
few more minutes.
00:51:46.03\00:51:48.47
Tim, maybe we should do--
00:51:48.50\00:51:49.84
Let's do a little bit
of "Away in a manger."
00:51:49.87\00:51:52.84
I'll start out,
maybe can you like E flat?
00:51:52.87\00:51:55.94
Do E flat and maybe
whatever you want to do
00:51:55.98\00:51:57.91
and then everybody
join in if you want to.
00:51:57.95\00:52:00.42
Away in a manger
00:52:04.19\00:52:09.19
No crib for, for a bed
00:52:09.22\00:52:13.13
The little Lord Jesus
00:52:14.66\00:52:19.13
Laid down his sweet head
00:52:19.17\00:52:22.57
The stars in the sky
00:52:24.31\00:52:29.01
Looked down where He lay
00:52:29.04\00:52:32.91
The little Lord Jesus
00:52:34.68\00:52:40.12
Asleep in the hay
00:52:40.16\00:52:47.40
Everybody sing now.
00:52:47.46\00:52:49.63
The cattle are lowing
00:52:49.66\00:52:54.60
The baby awakes
00:52:54.64\00:52:59.34
But little Lord Jesus
00:52:59.37\00:53:04.08
No crying He makes
00:53:04.15\00:53:08.78
I love Thee, Lord Jesus
00:53:08.82\00:53:13.76
Look down from the sky
00:53:13.79\00:53:18.36
And stay by my cradle
00:53:18.39\00:53:23.03
Till morning is nigh
00:53:23.06\00:53:27.60
Hey, Tim, how
about playing a verse
00:53:27.64\00:53:29.00
for us on that, would you?
00:53:29.04\00:53:30.37
That's like a good altar
call music, isn't it, John?
00:53:54.66\00:53:57.20
I better not turn John,
loose, Pastor John will be--
00:53:57.23\00:54:00.24
we better sing and
we'll make the altar call here
00:54:00.27\00:54:03.54
at the end, all right?
00:54:03.61\00:54:05.31
"Be near me Lord Jesus,"
let's all sing it together.
00:54:05.34\00:54:07.91
Be near me, Lord Jesus
00:54:09.01\00:54:14.52
I ask Thee to stay
00:54:14.55\00:54:19.92
Close by me forever
00:54:19.95\00:54:25.39
And love me, I pray
00:54:25.43\00:54:30.43
Bless all the dear children
00:54:30.47\00:54:35.67
In thy tender care
00:54:35.70\00:54:40.74
And take us to heaven
00:54:40.78\00:54:45.88
To live with Thee there
00:54:45.91\00:54:52.09
How about that, go
back to G or A flat
00:54:55.46\00:54:58.19
and let's do a
little "Silent Night."
00:54:58.23\00:55:01.10
Everybody.
00:55:01.13\00:55:02.83
Silent night, holy night
00:55:02.86\00:55:10.61
All is calm, all is bright
00:55:12.17\00:55:19.88
Round yon
Virgin, Mother and Child
00:55:21.42\00:55:29.22
Holy infant
00:55:30.99\00:55:34.60
So tender and mild
00:55:34.63\00:55:39.90
Sleep in heavenly peace
00:55:39.93\00:55:45.54
Sleep in heavenly peace
00:55:49.44\00:55:56.55
Pastor John, now is the time.
00:55:59.02\00:56:02.16
You know, we think about
00:56:02.19\00:56:03.56
the Holiday
season that we're in now
00:56:03.59\00:56:04.93
and what it means
to all the families
00:56:04.96\00:56:07.23
that are going to be
facing this time of year.
00:56:07.23\00:56:10.00
We know that even
in our circle there's,
00:56:10.07\00:56:12.87
this is the intersection where
the bitter and sweeter water
00:56:12.90\00:56:16.20
joins together and it
takes on a meaning to us,
00:56:16.24\00:56:20.28
not just the time
of receiving gifts,
00:56:20.31\00:56:23.78
but the time of remembering
00:56:23.85\00:56:25.45
that even in the
midst of our burdens,
00:56:25.48\00:56:28.92
there's a Savior
there carrying us.
00:56:28.95\00:56:30.69
You know, I think about
Mary carrying Jesus, really,
00:56:30.72\00:56:32.72
Jesus carried Mary.
00:56:32.75\00:56:34.49
I think of Mary
delivering Jesus, really,
00:56:34.52\00:56:37.43
Jesus delivering Mary.
00:56:37.46\00:56:39.59
And to us, He's
the deliverer still,
00:56:39.63\00:56:42.60
He's the bright
and morning star still,
00:56:42.63\00:56:44.57
in the midst of our darkness.
00:56:44.60\00:56:46.10
He's the rose of Sharon
when the trees begin to fade.
00:56:46.13\00:56:49.60
When our lives are dry
from the sadness of the world,
00:56:49.64\00:56:52.21
He's still the oil of gladness.
00:56:52.24\00:56:54.31
And so for those of you
00:56:54.34\00:56:55.68
that are
celebrating this season,
00:56:55.71\00:56:57.95
you may be doing it alone,
00:56:57.98\00:57:00.65
but you may be wrapped
in the joy of your family,
00:57:00.68\00:57:03.95
whether by yourself or
with your family members,
00:57:04.02\00:57:06.69
remember this, He
promised never to leave us,
00:57:06.72\00:57:10.69
never to forsake us.
00:57:10.76\00:57:13.29
So you may not
feel His presence,
00:57:13.33\00:57:15.03
but He's there
00:57:15.06\00:57:16.40
and one day the joy that
we experience in this season
00:57:16.43\00:57:20.17
will be given away to
the joy that are eyes behold.
00:57:20.24\00:57:23.00
Amen. Praise the Lord.
00:57:23.04\00:57:24.54
We all had a good time today.
00:57:24.57\00:57:26.21
Oh, yes. All hearts cleared.
00:57:26.24\00:57:27.68
If so, what we're gonna do?
00:57:27.71\00:57:29.04
We want you to join
us, we want to go out--
00:57:29.08\00:57:31.05
Kenny, Brother Kenny, you just
give in a good prayer for us.
00:57:31.08\00:57:34.55
We're just gonna
go off today praying.
00:57:34.58\00:57:36.55
And maybe, Brother Tim,
00:57:36.58\00:57:37.92
you just play
underneath it, all right?
00:57:37.95\00:57:39.52
Let's pray.
00:57:39.55\00:57:41.59
Merciful Father, in heaven
and what a privilege to be
00:57:41.62\00:57:43.73
a part of the
family of God today.
00:57:43.76\00:57:45.13
Thank You for this
time of the season,
00:57:45.16\00:57:46.53
and we thank You,
most of all, for Jesus.
00:57:46.56\00:57:49.00
Thankful for that little
baby that willing to come,
00:57:49.03\00:57:51.50
to live, and to
die, for each one of us.
00:57:51.53\00:57:54.20
Father, we thank
You, we give You praise,
00:57:54.24\00:57:55.84
we give You
honor, we give You glory,
00:57:55.87\00:57:57.71
for the Word says, it's in You
00:57:57.74\00:57:59.07
that we live and that we move
00:57:59.11\00:58:00.61
and that we have our being.
00:58:00.64\00:58:01.98
Thank You for this time.
00:58:02.01\00:58:03.38
Thank You for the
closeness that we can,
00:58:03.41\00:58:05.01
God as we gather around
with family and friends,
00:58:05.05\00:58:07.05
but most of all, with heaven.
00:58:07.08\00:58:08.48
We thank You and
we love You today.
00:58:08.52\00:58:09.98
In Jesus' name. Amen. Amen.
00:58:10.02\00:58:12.42
Amen.
00:58:12.45\00:58:13.92