Joy to the world!
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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
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And nature sing
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Joy to the earth!
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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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Angels from the realms of glory
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Wing your flight
through all the earth
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Ye who sang creation's story
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Now proclaim Messiah's birth
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Come and worship
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Come and worship
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Worship Christ the newborn King
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He rules the world
with truth and grace
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And makes the nations rule
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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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Amen. And all
the people said amen!
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Wow, what an
incredible time of the year
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and what an incredible time
in earth's history to be alive,
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isn't it?
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Last generation
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before Jesus comes
back to planet earth,
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we'll be able to sing
praises to the Almighty King
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and Creator for eternity,
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and sitting at the feet of Jesus
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will be probably thinking
of those songs as setting,
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can you imagine
what it would be like?
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We want to thank you,
all of you for allowing us
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to come in your home, as
you do each and every day
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and especially
this time of year.
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And I don't know about you,
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but it's a great
time of year and probably,
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and they're all look messed
up crazy world we live in,
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people seem to be
a little friendlier
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when you get out in the
stores and shopping and normal,
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except when it comes to
the last minute shopping
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and then watch out.
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Aaron Wilburn wrote a song,
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you know,
Saturday night at Wal-Mart,
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something like that watch out.
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So, but other than
that, it's a great time.
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So thank you
again for letting us
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share this time with you.
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So we have our
little family here
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and, John, we
are glad to have you.
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It's good to be
here. Pastor John Lomacang.
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And to make it to this
time of year is a blessing.
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And then so it's really
good to be here to celebrate
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what God brought us through in.
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What a year 2020 has
been, so praise the Lord.
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Absolutely.
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And then, of
course, Allison Speer,
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it's good to have you
back again for another program.
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Thank you, it's good to be back.
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Thank you, now you got
to come back more often.
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In fact, not too long ago,
we got a letter somebody said,
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and you were reading and it said
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you got to get
Allison Speer back.
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We haven't seen her
on 3ABN in a while, so...
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Well, thank you.
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You know as
beautiful as this set is,
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I think I'll just
move in, if you don't mind.
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Good, good, good.
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We were hoping, you'd
say the company you kept
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was really nice,
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but we'll live with
the set, this is nice.
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Right?
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Of course, we have
Reggie and Ladye Love.
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What's happening
Reggie, Ladye Love?
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Oh, mercy, Ladye Love
is never without words,
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let's ask if she
want to say something?
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Okay, Ladye Love. I did.
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Well, what a year
2020 has been, right?
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How amazing and
how unpredictable
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and how crazy,
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and yet Jesus is
always predictable.
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I mean He will never leave
us, and He says, I'm going...
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He's gone through
so many things for us
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and with us during this time.
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And so what it's taught me
more is just to rely on Him
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even more because
when He's all you have,
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you realize He's
all you really need.
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All right. Tim,
give us the word.
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All I can say
is Merry Christmas.
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Yeah.
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You know, it's such a
privilege to work at 3ABN
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and to work with all of you.
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I really do appreciate.
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Really for me, it's
Christmas year round,
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because it's about family.
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It's about being
with people you love.
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And so I'm very honored,
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very grateful to
be a part of this.
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And we're grateful that
he's here, right, Yvonne?
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Oh man, we love our Timmy.
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Tiny Tim.
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What's on your heart right now?
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Oh, it's just a
blessing to be here,
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to be with our family here
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and to have made
it through this year.
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Because as Pastor John
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said this year
has been quite trying
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and we're thankful to be here
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and thankful
that you're with us.
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All right.
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But we're most thankful
for the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Amen.
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And though we should worship Him
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and praise Him all year round,
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right now is a great opportunity
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this time of year
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to share Jesus
in the marketplace.
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Not only here,
but around the world
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and wherever we travel,
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whether we're
going to gas stations,
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or you know,
going to the shopping
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or whatever, that
to remember the reason
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for the season
as they always say,
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and so we're talking about
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none other than
Fairest Lord Jesus.
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How am I doing now?
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We're going to try to
do another segue to a song,
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and are we
getting there somehow?
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I would like to
hear Ladye do that?
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How about that? Oh, Ladye Love.
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Why don't Ladye Love do it?
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I think we got a surprise
guest on here today too.
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Oh, yeah. We got Ben Lingo.
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And Ben's going to be here.
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Ben works at
3ABN, great guitarist,
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in fact, he
doesn't just play how many?
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You play a guitar,
piano, violins, cellos, trumpets
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about whatever
it is you name it.
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He is not on my Christmas list.
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And he does great on
all of them, he really...
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Boy, I have a song also for him.
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I don't know, but
if you give it to him
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and he can play it, I'm sure.
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So we're glad that
Ben is going to be here
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accompanying a
couple of songs today also.
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Ladye Love.
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Fairest Lord Jesus
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Ruler of all nature
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O thou of God
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And man
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The Son
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Thee will I cherish
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Thee will I honor
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Thou, my soul's
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Glory, joy, and crown
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Fair is the sunshine
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Fairer still the moonlight
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And all the twinkling
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starry host
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Jesus shines brighter
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Jesus shines purer
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Than all the angels heaven
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can boast
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Beautiful Savior!
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Lord of all the nations
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Son of God and
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Son of Man
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Glory and honor
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Praise, adoration
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Now and forevermore
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Be thine
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Now and forevermore
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Be thine
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That was beautiful.
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Ben Lingle,
you're a talented man.
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So talented...
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He's talented in so many things.
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He plays all the
different instruments,
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and he's a sound
engineer here at 3ABN
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for quite a while now,
he just wears a lot of hats.
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So I'm so grateful that
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you're playing for
us today, thank you.
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And let's do a
little bit of Oh Holy night.
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Oh holy night
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The stars are brightly shining
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It is the night of
our dear Savior's birth
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Long lay the world
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In sin and error, pining
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Till He appeared and the soul
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Felt its worth
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A thrill of hope,
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The weary world rejoices
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For yonder breaks
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A new and glorious morn
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Fall on your knees!
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Oh, hear the angel voices
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Oh, night divine
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Oh, night
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when Christ was born
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Oh, night divine
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Oh, night
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Oh, night divine
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Truly He taught us
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To love one another
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His law is love,
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And his gospel is peace
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Chains shall He break
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For the slave is our brother
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And in His name
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All oppression shall cease
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Sweet hymns of joy
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In grateful chorus raise
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We Let all within us
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Praise His holy name
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Christ is the Lord!
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Oh, praise
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His Name forever
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His power
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And glory
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Evermore proclaim
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His power
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And glory
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Evermore proclaim
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Amen. That's good.
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Beautiful. Wow.
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You know that's
just a good feeling
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to sit back and
let somebody else
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play some music, you know?
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It's really nice,
all through this year,
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I have played my fingers
to the bone and to hear Ben
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and I love Reggie.
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I love his voice
and that is sweet.
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And I love that
line, the gospel of peace.
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Wow.
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His law is love and
his gospel is peace.
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Wow. What a sweet thing to know.
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That's my Jesus.
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And there's nothing
greater on this earth,
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and once you all
maybe come up here
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so we can talk
for a minute or so.
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Nothing greater on this
earth, and I really mean it.
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I honestly have said to people,
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if I could be anywhere I
could be in the whole world,
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wanted to be do
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what I'm anything in
the world I could do.
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I'd be right here
doing what I'm doing now.
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And there's
nothing like knowing,
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and where God wants you
to be that you're there.
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When you accept Jesus
Christ as Lord and Savior.
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And then you say, "Lord,
what do You want me to do?
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I'm willing to go
where You want me to go?
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Send me."
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And then in this case,
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the Lord said,
"Well, that's okay.
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I'll just use you
right in your area."
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And so I'm able to do that.
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But sometimes we
travel around the world,
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we do whatever.
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But just knowing that
we're doing God's work.
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Now, are any of us here perfect?
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No, absolutely not.
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Do we make a lot of
mistakes? Of course, we do.
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But there's
nothing like knowing that
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we have a Savior
that every time we fall,
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that He'll pick us back up.
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All we have to do
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and all you have
to do in your life
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is when you submit and
commit your life to Jesus,
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and you make a mistake,
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you just say,
"Lord, I'm really sorry."
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And if you're not sorry,
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ask Him to give
you a godly sorrow,
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because we can't
even be sorry on our own,
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it's only through the power
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and the anointing
of the Holy Spirit
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can we even realize that
we're sinners saved by grace.
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So sometimes we have to pray
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because I talked to
people and they say,
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well, I, you know,
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I just, maybe the
Holy Spirit's left me
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because I don't
know how to repent
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and don't really care.
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And I say, you
know, we have to ask God,
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say Lord, I know,
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because you've,
we've read in the Word.
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We know that we
can't do this on our own,
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and we need you to get
us from here to eternity.
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And I promise you
that God will hear,
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He will answer your prayer.
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So no matter
where you are today,
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when Jesus was on the cross,
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somebody told me
this a long time ago,
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they wrote me a letter
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right after we
first went on the air.
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And he said, when
Jesus was on the cross,
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you were on His mind.
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So I'm talking to
each and every person
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around the world when
Jesus was on the cross,
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you was on His mind,
you were on His mind.
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He could look
down the stream of time
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and see if people that would be
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willing to give
their lives unto death,
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if necessary for
the very cause of God.
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And you know what?
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You're privileged to be living,
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we're all
privileged to be living in
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these closing
moments of earth's history.
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We've talked about
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and people have
prophesied for years,
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but we're living in
end times, prophecy.
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This is amazing.
So what are we doing?
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Lord, here I am, send me.
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God has something
special for you today.
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And while we're here,
we're having a great time
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and a lot of fun together.
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And I think Christians
ought to be the happiest,
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most excited
people on planet earth.
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Don't you?
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Really, we should be,
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so, you know,
I'm not going to be
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a stick in the mud.
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I never have been.
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That's an old saying,
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I don't know
what it means exactly,
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but I'm not, my mom used to say,
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I'm not going to be
an old stick in the mud,
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but I'm just going to be,
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you know, have a good
time and enjoy who we are.
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We don't have to
worry like the world,
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people are
living in fear right now
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through all the past year
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and the elections
and all this stuff.
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Oh, we're scared to go out.
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We don't know what to do,
even with the virus, you know,
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it's a terrible thing, but
we don't have to be afraid.
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Do we use common
sense? Absolutely.
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But, we know that when we submit
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and commit our lives to God,
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that all we have to do is say,
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Lord, here we
are, as I said earlier,
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and the Lord will
impress us what to do,
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where to go, but
mainly remember that
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each one of us,
as part of the go
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ye into all the world,
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Jesus said, "Go ye
into all the world."
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All power is given Me.
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Go ye into all the
world to be a witness.
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So today it's
my hope and prayer.
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And I'm still thankful
for each and every one of you
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that come around
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and you get to be
friends and family
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and wish you all
could be visiting with us,
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we have so much fun,
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but I'm glad
that each of you have
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dedicated your life to the Lord
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and the talents that
you have are incredible.
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All of you, I mean,
incredible musicians.
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They could be out in
the world, and have some,
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maybe have been in
the world in the past,
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but like you
tell us for a moment,
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you've been in the world,
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but you told me when
you came back to the Lord,
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there's nothing like it.
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There's no comparison, I mean,
okay, Charmin bathroom tissue,
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singing about Jesus, I
mean, there is no comparison
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to the importance
and the significance
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of being able to use what God
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has given you to glorify
Him and not just to, you know,
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make money and be
whatever, but to glorify Him.
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To me, there's nothing
that's richer than that.
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Nothing. Absolutely.
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I'm thinking about Ladye Love.
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Ladye Love, we
traveled a lot with you
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around the world
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and I've don't
know that I've ever,
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Allison met anybody
with the kinder heart
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for people than Ladye Love.
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She looks for people.
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We were at a restaurant
one night in Nashville,
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down at Opry
Mills, I think Aquarium,
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they were shutting
the restaurant down.
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We were on the inside,
00:19:43.75\00:19:45.08
but they were shutting the gates
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and we're
leaving, but where's Ladye?
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Where's Ladye?
00:19:48.02\00:19:49.35
Where's I'm all
panicking and where's Ladye,
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Reggie says don't worry
about her, she's gonna...
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She's good, she'll be...
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She was in talking
to one of the workers
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who looked like she
was having a rough go
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and here, I mean,
in there, you know,
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ministering to
people and what a way to do.
00:20:02.00\00:20:05.93
And so, thank you, Ladye Love,
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for what you're doing,
the heart you have for people.
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I've learned so much from
her, and to watch her share.
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And it's like,
sometimes we look for Jesus,
00:20:16.61\00:20:19.18
you know, we look for
Him and we look all around,
00:20:19.21\00:20:21.95
but we see He's in
our life every day.
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And maybe somebody
that comes to us that
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we don't really realize
that's who Jesus wants us.
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We may be the
only Jesus they see.
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So somebody,
does anybody tell me
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who sings a song about
or at least recites a song
00:20:34.10\00:20:37.90
about the Christmas guests.
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Maybe that would say
better than I could do that.
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Allison, that wouldn't
happen to be you, would it?
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I'll try. Okay, good.
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If you've got
something on your heart,
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share with us too.
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Danny, you're so right,
what we have authority over,
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is all the Lord
has asked us to give.
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And just like the little
boy with the loaves and fishes,
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when Jesus begins
to break the bread,
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and He breaks
it and He breaks it
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and He breaks it
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and He breaks it
until everybody is fed.
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And we never know exactly
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when those people
come into our lives
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that we can minister to.
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But God has given us
spiritual eyes to see,
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and a spiritual heart
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and the Holy Spirit to guide us.
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So be aware that you never know
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who you're going to minister to
00:21:33.56\00:21:35.12
and what their
tomorrows might bring.
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It happened one day
near December's end.
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Two neighbors called
on an old-time friend.
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And they found his
shop so meager and mean,
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made gay
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with a thousand boughs of green,
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and Conrad was
sitting with face a-shine
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when he suddenly
stopped as he stitched a twine
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and said, "Old
friends, at dawn today,
00:22:00.45\00:22:03.59
when the cock was
crowing the night away,
00:22:03.62\00:22:06.22
the Lord appeared in
a dream to me and said,
00:22:06.25\00:22:09.52
'I am coming your guest to be.'
00:22:09.56\00:22:11.79
So I've been
busy with feet astir,
00:22:11.83\00:22:15.46
strewing my shop
with branches of fir,
00:22:15.50\00:22:18.13
the table is spread
and the kettle is shined
00:22:18.17\00:22:21.17
and over the
rafters the holly is twined,
00:22:21.20\00:22:24.37
and now I will wait
for the Lord to appear
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and listen
closely so I will hear
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His step as He
nears my humble place,
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and I open the door
and look in His face."
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So his friends went
home and left Conrad alone,
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for this was the
happiest day he had known,
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for, long since, his
family had passed away
00:22:42.86\00:22:45.39
and Conrad had spent
many a sad Christmas Day.
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But he knew with the
Lord as his Christmas guest
00:22:48.96\00:22:51.60
this Christmas would
be the dearest and best,
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so he listened with
only joy in his heart.
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And with every sound
he would rise with a start
00:22:59.31\00:23:01.78
and look for the
Lord to be at his door
00:23:01.81\00:23:04.21
the vision he had
a few hours before.
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So he ran to the
window after hearing a sound,
00:23:08.42\00:23:11.15
but all that he saw was
the snow-covered ground.
00:23:11.19\00:23:14.46
Was a shabby beggar
whose shoes were torn
00:23:14.49\00:23:18.29
and all of his
clothes were ragged and worn.
00:23:18.33\00:23:20.76
But Conrad was touched
and he went to the door.
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And he said, "Your feet
must be frozen and sore,
00:23:24.70\00:23:27.64
I have some shoes
in my shop for you
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and a coat that will
keep you much warmer, too."
00:23:29.60\00:23:32.61
So with a grateful
heart the man went away,
00:23:32.64\00:23:34.74
but Conrad
noticed the time of day
00:23:34.78\00:23:38.31
and he wondered what
made the Lord so late
00:23:38.35\00:23:41.82
and how much
longer he'd have to wait.
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When he heard a
knock and ran to the door,
00:23:44.75\00:23:47.59
but it was only a
stranger once more,
00:23:47.62\00:23:50.16
a bent, old lady
with a shawl of black,
00:23:50.19\00:23:53.66
and a bundle of
kindling piled on her back.
00:23:53.70\00:23:57.20
She asked for
only a place to rest,
00:23:57.23\00:23:59.90
but that was reserved
for Conrad's Great Guest.
00:23:59.93\00:24:03.30
Her voice seemed to plead,
"Please don't send me away.
00:24:03.34\00:24:06.54
Let me rest for a
while on Christmas day."
00:24:06.57\00:24:09.98
So Conrad brewed
her a steaming cup
00:24:10.01\00:24:12.58
and told her to sit
at the table and sup.
00:24:12.61\00:24:16.28
But after she left he
was filled with dismay,
00:24:16.32\00:24:19.65
for he saw that the
hours were slipping away
00:24:19.69\00:24:22.16
and the Lord hadn't
come as He said He would,
00:24:22.19\00:24:25.36
and Conrad felt
sure he misunderstood.
00:24:25.39\00:24:29.43
When out of the
stillness he heard a cry,
00:24:29.46\00:24:32.20
"Please help me
somebody, tell me where am I."
00:24:32.23\00:24:35.54
So again he
opened his friendly door
00:24:35.57\00:24:38.51
and stood
disappointed as twice before,
00:24:38.54\00:24:41.58
it was only a child
who had wandered away
00:24:41.61\00:24:44.15
and was lost from her
family on this Christmas Day.
00:24:44.18\00:24:48.08
But Conrad's
heart was heavy and sad,
00:24:48.12\00:24:51.42
and he knew he should
make this little child glad,
00:24:51.45\00:24:54.26
so he called her
in and wiped her tears
00:24:54.29\00:24:58.39
and quieted all of
her childish fears.
00:24:58.43\00:25:01.86
Then he led her back
home to her doorstep once more
00:25:01.90\00:25:06.07
but as he entered
his own darkened door.
00:25:06.10\00:25:08.70
He knew that the
Lord was not coming today
00:25:08.74\00:25:11.07
for the hours of
Christmas had passed away.
00:25:11.11\00:25:15.81
So he went to his room
00:25:15.84\00:25:18.08
and knelt down
to pray and he said,
00:25:18.11\00:25:19.95
"Dear Lord, why did you delay.
00:25:19.98\00:25:23.32
What kept You from
coming to call on me today,
00:25:23.35\00:25:26.19
for I wanted so
much Your face to see."
00:25:26.22\00:25:28.86
When soft in the
silence a voice he heard,
00:25:28.89\00:25:33.03
"Lift up your head
for I kept My word.
00:25:33.06\00:25:36.87
Three times My
shadow crossed your floor,
00:25:36.90\00:25:39.93
three times I came
to your lonely door,
00:25:39.97\00:25:43.27
for I was the
beggar with bruised,
00:25:43.30\00:25:45.87
cold feet, I was the woman
00:25:45.91\00:25:48.14
you gave something to eat,
00:25:48.18\00:25:50.55
and I was the child
on the homeless street.
00:25:50.58\00:25:54.18
Three times I knocked,
00:25:54.22\00:25:56.22
three times I came in,
00:25:56.25\00:25:58.19
and each time I found
the warmth of a friend.
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Of all of the
gifts, love is the best.
00:26:03.02\00:26:07.40
I was honored to be
your Christmas guest."
00:26:07.43\00:26:11.03
We never know.
00:26:14.04\00:26:15.37
Love incarnate, love divine
00:26:28.72\00:26:35.49
Star and angels gave the sign
00:26:35.52\00:26:38.43
Bow to babe on bended knee
00:26:42.13\00:26:47.94
The Savior of humanity
00:26:47.97\00:26:50.97
Unto us a Child is born
00:26:54.88\00:26:57.85
He shall reign forevermore
00:27:01.22\00:27:04.12
Noel, Noel
00:27:07.52\00:27:12.49
Come and see what
00:27:15.53\00:27:17.20
God has done
00:27:17.23\00:27:21.10
Noel, Noel
00:27:21.14\00:27:25.07
The story of amazing love!
00:27:28.11\00:27:33.52
Light of the world,
00:27:33.55\00:27:36.92
Given for us
00:27:36.95\00:27:41.16
Noel
00:27:41.19\00:27:43.53
Son of God and Son of man
00:27:48.53\00:27:51.50
There before the world began
00:27:54.87\00:27:58.31
Born to suffer, born to save
00:28:01.81\00:28:05.11
Born to save us from the grave
00:28:08.15\00:28:14.62
Christ the everlasting Lord
00:28:14.66\00:28:17.86
He shall reign forevermore
00:28:20.93\00:28:26.80
Noel, Noel
00:28:26.84\00:28:33.78
Come and see what God has done
00:28:33.81\00:28:39.28
Noel, Noel
00:28:39.31\00:28:46.09
The story of amazing love!
00:28:46.12\00:28:51.13
Light of the world,
00:28:51.16\00:28:54.36
Given for us
00:28:54.40\00:28:58.60
Noel
00:28:58.63\00:29:01.30
Noel,
00:29:29.13\00:29:32.73
Noel
00:29:32.77\00:29:36.10
Come and see what God has done
00:29:36.14\00:29:41.51
Noel,
00:29:41.54\00:29:44.78
Noel
00:29:44.81\00:29:48.85
The story of amazing love!
00:29:48.88\00:29:54.16
Light of the world,
00:29:54.19\00:29:57.79
Given for us
00:29:57.83\00:30:03.06
Noel
00:30:03.10\00:30:05.30
Amen.
00:30:18.25\00:30:19.81
It's beautiful, beautiful.
00:30:19.85\00:30:21.18
Wow!
00:30:26.65\00:30:29.32
I have to recover from that.
00:30:29.36\00:30:30.69
Right. I know.
00:30:30.73\00:30:32.09
I was there.
00:30:32.13\00:30:33.46
I heard the voice
just, I felt like Noel.
00:30:33.50\00:30:37.57
Saying, come, and
see what God has done.
00:30:37.60\00:30:40.60
Allison, that was not a
song, that was ministry.
00:30:40.64\00:30:43.84
It's way beyond that
and belting from your heart.
00:30:43.87\00:30:48.08
You know why that song
00:30:48.11\00:30:49.44
is so important to me right now,
00:30:49.48\00:30:51.18
as I was listening
to the words of it,
00:30:51.21\00:30:53.55
families that in a
world torn like ours has been,
00:30:53.58\00:30:58.62
this has been a year, I
know we've said it before,
00:30:58.65\00:31:01.12
but we couldn't
imagine what 2020 had become.
00:31:01.16\00:31:06.80
It's just a compilation
00:31:06.83\00:31:08.16
of one disaster after the other,
00:31:08.20\00:31:09.53
the following one
eclipsing the prior one.
00:31:09.56\00:31:13.23
And here we'd come down
to the end of the year where,
00:31:13.27\00:31:16.30
you know, people
are still wondering
00:31:16.34\00:31:17.84
whether or not they
could keep their house,
00:31:17.87\00:31:20.71
or people are unemployed.
00:31:20.74\00:31:22.74
Probably a lot of families
00:31:22.78\00:31:24.11
couldn't afford gifts this year.
00:31:24.15\00:31:27.48
Where there are people,
00:31:27.52\00:31:28.85
maybe people that
have medical bills
00:31:28.88\00:31:30.69
that they don't even
know what to do with.
00:31:30.72\00:31:33.36
And yet in the
midst of all of that,
00:31:33.39\00:31:34.72
Jesus is saying, I can
see your tears falling.
00:31:34.76\00:31:38.63
I know your heart is breaking,
00:31:38.66\00:31:40.96
and you're
going to hear from me.
00:31:41.00\00:31:42.53
And that word Noel
00:31:42.56\00:31:44.30
really took my heart's in place.
00:31:44.33\00:31:45.67
So as I share the song,
00:31:45.70\00:31:48.40
I want you to know,
as you listen to this,
00:31:48.44\00:31:50.94
that is in this kind of world,
00:31:50.97\00:31:53.41
that Jesus is going to manifest
00:31:53.44\00:31:56.01
His greatest miracle
00:31:56.04\00:31:58.08
while tears are
falling and heartbreaking.
00:31:58.11\00:32:00.82
If you listen carefully,
you will hear from God.
00:32:00.85\00:32:02.98
Tears Are falling,
00:32:14.23\00:32:17.00
Hearts are breaking
00:32:17.03\00:32:19.50
How we need to hear from God
00:32:19.53\00:32:24.67
You've been promised
00:32:24.71\00:32:27.31
We've been waiting
00:32:27.34\00:32:30.45
Welcome Holy Child
00:32:30.48\00:32:35.42
Welcome Holy Child
00:32:35.45\00:32:38.72
Hope that You
don't mind our manger
00:32:42.89\00:32:48.10
How I wish we could have known
00:32:48.13\00:32:52.87
But long-awaited
00:32:52.90\00:32:55.34
Holy Stranger Make Yourself
00:32:55.37\00:33:00.81
At home
00:33:00.84\00:33:02.84
Please make Yourself at home
00:33:02.88\00:33:07.45
Bring Your peace
00:33:15.32\00:33:17.69
Into our silence
00:33:17.73\00:33:20.46
Bid our hungry souls be still
00:33:20.50\00:33:25.63
Word now breaking
00:33:25.67\00:33:28.40
Heaven's silence
00:33:28.44\00:33:31.27
Welcome to our world Lord,
00:33:31.31\00:33:35.51
Welcome to our world
00:33:35.54\00:33:39.75
Fragile finger sent to heal us
00:33:47.52\00:33:52.46
Tender brow prepared for thorn
00:33:52.49\00:33:57.37
Tiny heart whose
blood will save us
00:33:57.40\00:34:03.87
Unto us is born,
00:34:03.91\00:34:08.81
Unto us is born
00:34:08.84\00:34:12.11
So wrap our
injured flesh around You
00:34:18.69\00:34:24.46
Breathe our air
00:34:24.49\00:34:26.36
And walk our sod
00:34:26.39\00:34:29.93
Rob our sins
00:34:29.96\00:34:32.63
But make us holy Perfect
00:34:32.67\00:34:37.14
Son of God
00:34:37.17\00:34:40.94
Welcome to our world Lord,
00:34:40.98\00:34:47.18
Welcome to our world
00:34:47.22\00:34:51.75
Amen. Amen.
00:35:01.30\00:35:02.63
That was good, John.
00:35:02.66\00:35:06.50
You know, the songs that
00:35:06.53\00:35:08.37
we've leaned on
had been talking about,
00:35:08.40\00:35:10.71
listen to what God has done,
00:35:10.74\00:35:12.07
welcome to our
world, but you know,
00:35:12.11\00:35:13.98
I also believe that
00:35:14.01\00:35:15.34
if you want to have
an experience with God.
00:35:15.38\00:35:19.78
You know, I love
the Book of Revelation,
00:35:19.81\00:35:21.38
it says, "And the
spirits said to the church,
00:35:21.42\00:35:25.62
'He that has an ear to hear,
00:35:25.65\00:35:28.22
let him hear
what the spirit says."
00:35:28.26\00:35:30.96
So, as I share this
00:35:30.99\00:35:32.56
very well-known
song of the season,
00:35:32.59\00:35:35.90
I want you to listen carefully.
00:35:35.93\00:35:37.60
And if you listen carefully,
00:35:37.63\00:35:40.14
you will hear what I hear.
00:35:40.17\00:35:41.94
Do you hear what I hear?
00:35:48.41\00:35:51.68
Do you see what I see?
00:35:51.71\00:35:53.75
Said the night
wind to the little lamb
00:35:53.78\00:35:59.39
"Do you see what I see?
00:35:59.42\00:36:04.53
Way up in the sky, little lamb
00:36:04.56\00:36:09.43
Do you see what I see?
00:36:09.46\00:36:14.07
A star, a star,
dancing in the night
00:36:14.10\00:36:19.04
With a tail as big as a kite
00:36:19.07\00:36:24.11
With a tail as big as a kite"
00:36:24.15\00:36:27.88
Said the little
lamb to the shepherd boy
00:36:31.65\00:36:37.36
Do you hear what I hear?
00:36:37.39\00:36:40.26
Do you hear what I hear?
00:36:40.30\00:36:42.46
Ringing through
the sky shepherd boy
00:36:42.50\00:36:47.37
Do you hear what I hear?
00:36:47.40\00:36:50.94
Do you hear what I hear?
00:36:50.97\00:36:52.34
A song, a song,
high above the trees
00:36:52.37\00:36:56.95
With a voice as big as the sea
00:36:56.98\00:37:01.88
With a voice as big as the sea
00:37:01.92\00:37:05.82
Said the shepherd
boy to the mighty king
00:37:09.76\00:37:15.23
Do you hear what I hear?
00:37:15.26\00:37:18.23
Do you hear what I hear?
00:37:18.27\00:37:20.40
In your palace wall mighty king
00:37:20.44\00:37:24.61
But do you hear what I
hear? Do you hear what I hear?
00:37:24.64\00:37:30.01
A Child, a Child
shivers in the cold
00:37:30.05\00:37:35.12
Let us bring him silver and gold
00:37:35.15\00:37:39.82
Let us bring him silver and gold
00:37:39.85\00:37:43.89
Said the king to
the people everywhere
00:37:50.13\00:37:55.17
"Listen to what I say!
00:37:55.20\00:38:00.81
Pray for peace,
people, everywhere
00:38:00.84\00:38:05.45
But listen to what I say!
00:38:05.48\00:38:10.65
A Child, A Child
sleeping in the night
00:38:10.69\00:38:15.39
He will bring us
goodness and light
00:38:15.42\00:38:20.30
He will bring us
00:38:20.33\00:38:23.43
Goodness and light
00:38:23.47\00:38:28.17
Amen. Amen.
00:38:37.35\00:38:38.71
Wow.
00:38:45.65\00:38:47.59
Keeps getting better
and better, doesn't it?
00:38:47.62\00:38:49.22
The more we hear about
Jesus, the more excited we get.
00:38:49.26\00:38:53.23
I don't know, we want to give
a little testimony right now.
00:38:53.26\00:38:57.87
Sure. What you got?
00:38:57.90\00:38:59.40
Well, I'd just like
to say that there's,
00:38:59.43\00:39:03.20
there's some people
that very dear to us that
00:39:03.24\00:39:07.38
have gone through so many things
00:39:07.41\00:39:08.81
we talked about
earlier this year,
00:39:08.84\00:39:11.11
and I want to
have a special prayer
00:39:11.15\00:39:13.25
because some people
we've lost some loved ones,
00:39:13.28\00:39:15.92
and I'm sure you
have too at home.
00:39:15.95\00:39:18.92
And there's somebody
very close to us that
00:39:18.95\00:39:22.39
we've lost, and several
people actually this year.
00:39:22.42\00:39:25.43
And I was sitting there
00:39:25.46\00:39:26.80
and I'm
listening to all of that,
00:39:26.83\00:39:28.16
and I said, I wonder if we hear
00:39:28.20\00:39:29.53
the Lord's voice and
what He's saying today?
00:39:29.56\00:39:32.23
And I believe that we should.
00:39:32.27\00:39:33.60
John, I'm going to
ask you to come up,
00:39:33.64\00:39:35.27
maybe just a moment,
00:39:35.30\00:39:36.81
and I want you to
talk for just a moment
00:39:36.84\00:39:40.74
and maybe have a
prayer for folks at home,
00:39:40.78\00:39:43.71
because right now, though,
00:39:43.75\00:39:45.88
we're here having
a good, happy time.
00:39:45.91\00:39:48.22
There's people whose
hearts are really heavy.
00:39:48.25\00:39:51.49
And maybe you could just
talk to the people at home
00:39:51.52\00:39:54.12
for a few seconds
and maybe say a prayer.
00:39:54.16\00:39:58.09
And because we
want them to know that
00:39:58.13\00:40:00.60
no matter what's
going on in their life,
00:40:00.63\00:40:02.36
whatever's happened, you know,
00:40:02.40\00:40:04.53
that God is in control
and He's promised us a future.
00:40:04.57\00:40:08.57
And so for me,
00:40:08.60\00:40:10.91
this is the greatest
gift that we could ever get.
00:40:10.94\00:40:13.38
Yvonne's written a song lately,
00:40:13.41\00:40:15.54
her and Tim and talks about the,
00:40:15.58\00:40:17.41
the greatest gift that
00:40:17.45\00:40:18.78
we have is the
Lord Jesus Christ.
00:40:18.81\00:40:20.75
So maybe just talk for a moment
00:40:20.78\00:40:22.42
to the folks at home,
and let's say a prayer.
00:40:22.45\00:40:24.95
Yeah, sure.
00:40:24.99\00:40:27.89
You know, we're
here as Danny said,
00:40:27.92\00:40:31.09
by God's grace we're here.
00:40:31.13\00:40:33.86
We're not here because
we had an undefeatable plan.
00:40:33.90\00:40:38.20
We're here
because God had a plan
00:40:38.23\00:40:39.63
that could not be defeated.
00:40:39.67\00:40:43.04
I think about
3ABN, Danny, 36 years,
00:40:43.07\00:40:47.08
and we're still here.
00:40:47.11\00:40:50.18
But on the other
side of this camera,
00:40:50.21\00:40:53.31
I can't help but to
think there's probably somebody
00:40:53.35\00:40:55.52
sitting in an apartment
00:40:55.55\00:40:57.69
where the only sound
they hear is the echo
00:40:57.72\00:40:59.32
of their foot's
00:40:59.35\00:41:00.69
or of their feet
as they walk through
00:41:00.72\00:41:02.66
their apartment.
00:41:02.69\00:41:05.59
Or they may be sitting in a home
00:41:05.63\00:41:08.13
with their family and has a song
00:41:08.16\00:41:10.93
that tears are
falling because this year,
00:41:10.97\00:41:14.57
as much as dad tried,
00:41:14.60\00:41:15.94
he just couldn't
make that Christmas list.
00:41:15.97\00:41:19.04
And it's not the time of year
00:41:19.07\00:41:23.14
that should be
linked to sadness,
00:41:23.18\00:41:26.72
but for so many it is.
00:41:26.75\00:41:30.32
But I want to go back
00:41:30.35\00:41:31.69
to the real
reason for Christmas.
00:41:31.72\00:41:34.52
You know, more
than 2000 years ago,
00:41:34.56\00:41:38.46
there were shepherds keeping
00:41:38.49\00:41:39.86
watch over their flock by night.
00:41:39.89\00:41:44.50
And an angel appeared
00:41:44.53\00:41:45.87
to one of the
shepherds and said,
00:41:45.90\00:41:48.10
"Behold, I bring you
good tidings of great joy."
00:41:48.14\00:41:51.97
And I got pulled
in by that story.
00:41:52.01\00:41:54.14
I began to examine the story
00:41:54.18\00:41:55.81
and the
shepherds were so afraid.
00:41:55.84\00:41:57.81
Like many of you are afraid.
00:41:57.85\00:41:59.91
Fear has gripped our world.
00:41:59.95\00:42:02.12
Fear has shown its ugly head,
00:42:02.15\00:42:04.79
and maybe some of
you are still in fear.
00:42:04.82\00:42:07.09
But while the shepherds
00:42:07.12\00:42:08.46
were wrapped in fear,
the angels are saying,
00:42:08.49\00:42:12.49
"Behold, I
bring you good tidings
00:42:12.53\00:42:14.93
of great joy."
00:42:14.96\00:42:16.30
And I can see for a moment,
00:42:16.33\00:42:17.90
you've got fear,
you got good tidings,
00:42:17.93\00:42:19.60
which one is going to win out.
00:42:19.63\00:42:21.47
And I was reading
the story around that,
00:42:21.50\00:42:23.87
and one writer said that
00:42:23.91\00:42:25.24
the angel gave
the shepherds time
00:42:25.27\00:42:28.31
for their eyes to
adjust to the light
00:42:28.34\00:42:32.78
of that one angel.
00:42:32.81\00:42:34.52
And when their eyes
adjusted to the light,
00:42:34.55\00:42:37.19
suddenly there
was with the angel,
00:42:37.22\00:42:39.95
a whole chorus of
angels, singing glory to God
00:42:39.99\00:42:42.59
and the Highest
00:42:42.62\00:42:44.09
and on earth He
sent goodwill to men.
00:42:44.13\00:42:47.33
You may be that shepherd
right now in your field,
00:42:47.36\00:42:51.33
and you may be filled with fear,
00:42:51.37\00:42:52.70
but I want you to
hear the angels say,
00:42:52.73\00:42:54.24
in spite of what
you see around you,
00:42:54.27\00:42:56.74
behold, there is still
good tiding of great joy,
00:42:56.77\00:43:00.94
because the gift that
was given to us on that day,
00:43:00.98\00:43:03.31
the person of Jesus,
00:43:03.35\00:43:05.68
He is still
Lord of all creation.
00:43:05.71\00:43:09.48
And, we're not going
through something that
00:43:09.52\00:43:11.09
He did not know about.
00:43:11.12\00:43:12.45
That's why He came.
00:43:12.49\00:43:14.36
His mission was, I've
come to save My people
00:43:14.39\00:43:17.33
from their sin.
00:43:17.36\00:43:18.69
I've come to give them life
and give it more abundantly.
00:43:18.73\00:43:20.86
So let me encourage you.
00:43:20.90\00:43:22.56
Right now I don't
know where you are
00:43:22.60\00:43:24.37
and it could be a great place.
00:43:24.40\00:43:25.73
You might be
sitting in the living room
00:43:25.77\00:43:27.10
with all your
family around you saying,
00:43:27.14\00:43:28.60
what a wonderful holiday,
00:43:28.64\00:43:29.97
we made it through 2020,
00:43:30.01\00:43:31.34
or you might be all by yourself.
00:43:31.37\00:43:33.48
But I want you to know
no matter your situation,
00:43:33.51\00:43:36.01
the news is still good.
00:43:36.04\00:43:37.85
Look at the world as it is,
and take a great mental picture
00:43:37.88\00:43:41.95
because I believe
not too long from now,
00:43:41.98\00:43:45.09
we're going to see Jesus coming
00:43:45.12\00:43:47.56
and the tidings of great joy
00:43:47.59\00:43:49.49
that were about a little baby,
00:43:49.52\00:43:52.73
will give way to the
tidings of eternal joy.
00:43:52.76\00:43:57.47
That will be about our
risen and eternal Savior.
00:43:57.50\00:44:00.47
So hold on in the season,
00:44:00.50\00:44:02.67
2020 was bad,
00:44:02.70\00:44:04.17
but it could get
worse before it gets better.
00:44:04.21\00:44:08.98
But Jesus Christ, I love it,
00:44:09.01\00:44:10.48
I think somebody
said this earlier.
00:44:10.51\00:44:12.28
He hasn't changed in 2020.
00:44:12.31\00:44:14.78
Somebody asks, where has,
00:44:14.82\00:44:16.22
where was Jesus in
the midst of all this?
00:44:16.25\00:44:18.49
He didn't change his address.
00:44:18.52\00:44:20.52
You could still offer a
prayer and He'll answer.
00:44:20.56\00:44:22.96
And if you text Him,
00:44:22.99\00:44:24.33
I don't know if
you get a text back,
00:44:24.36\00:44:26.39
but you might get
a Bible text instead.
00:44:26.43\00:44:29.30
So, trust the
Lord in this season,
00:44:29.33\00:44:31.73
He is the same
yesterday, today and forever.
00:44:31.77\00:44:33.80
And as a pastor,
00:44:33.84\00:44:35.17
I believe the
best is yet to come.
00:44:35.20\00:44:38.54
So allow this
program to cheer your heart
00:44:38.57\00:44:41.01
and bring you into
that close connection
00:44:41.04\00:44:43.41
with the great gift
that was given to us,
00:44:43.45\00:44:46.72
and that gift
was never taken away.
00:44:46.75\00:44:50.69
Embrace the best
gift, the person of Jesus.
00:44:50.72\00:44:54.86
Let's pray.
00:44:54.89\00:44:56.86
Loving Father in heaven,
00:44:56.89\00:44:59.33
You gave a gift which
has a price on it that
00:44:59.36\00:45:05.10
we will never be
able to calculate.
00:45:05.13\00:45:09.10
When that gift was
imparted to humanity,
00:45:09.14\00:45:11.81
it opened the door that said,
00:45:11.84\00:45:13.17
"Whomsoever will, let him come."
00:45:13.21\00:45:17.05
And, Father, You
paid for admission
00:45:17.08\00:45:19.05
to the worst and to the best,
00:45:19.08\00:45:21.12
to the highest
and to the lowest,
00:45:21.15\00:45:22.68
at the foot of the
cross for You're all the same.
00:45:22.72\00:45:24.45
You paid that.
00:45:24.49\00:45:25.82
When you come again,
00:45:25.85\00:45:27.19
there'll be room in Your kingdom
00:45:27.22\00:45:28.92
for every one of us.
00:45:28.96\00:45:30.66
And so far, to lift
the burden of that person
00:45:30.69\00:45:32.63
who is challenged
this holiday season,
00:45:32.66\00:45:35.66
this Christmas season.
00:45:35.70\00:45:37.50
Bring cheer to their heart,
00:45:37.53\00:45:39.60
so that don't look beyond
the present to the future.
00:45:39.63\00:45:42.67
And may they
hold onto the promise.
00:45:42.70\00:45:44.81
When You left, You
didn't say goodbye.
00:45:44.84\00:45:48.21
You said I'm coming back.
00:45:48.24\00:45:50.15
And so let us by
faith encourage you,
00:45:50.18\00:45:52.91
my brother, my
sister, my family members,
00:45:52.95\00:45:55.52
be encouraged to
hold on for the gift
00:45:55.55\00:45:59.02
and the promise are sure.
00:45:59.05\00:46:01.96
May this season be everything
that the Lord intends it to be.
00:46:01.99\00:46:05.93
And may the promise
He made be your reality
00:46:05.96\00:46:08.76
in the gift of
the person of Jesus.
00:46:08.80\00:46:11.37
In His name I pray, amen.
00:46:11.40\00:46:14.00
We just love the
sights and sounds of Christmas
00:46:33.46\00:46:38.33
The mistletoe, the
falling snow Say the day is near
00:46:38.36\00:46:43.26
But the thing we love
the most about the season
00:46:43.30\00:46:48.64
Is knowing when the tree is gone
00:46:48.67\00:46:51.61
We don't have to stop our song
00:46:51.64\00:46:54.08
It's not just for one day
00:46:54.11\00:46:56.01
We can celebrate all year
00:46:56.04\00:47:01.98
We don't have to
wait until December
00:47:02.02\00:47:07.02
To tell the world the
good news Jesus brings
00:47:07.06\00:47:11.96
He's coming to this
earth was our salvation
00:47:11.99\00:47:17.20
And on any given day
00:47:17.23\00:47:20.20
It can make us sing
00:47:20.24\00:47:22.50
The hope He
brought that holy night
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Makes it very clear
00:47:25.31\00:47:27.64
It's not just for one day
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We can celebrate all year
00:47:30.08\00:47:32.35
We just love to
hear the Christmas story
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To share some time with family
00:47:49.90\00:47:52.53
And friends we love so dear
00:47:52.57\00:47:55.00
So when the
holiday is finally over
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Its spirit should fade at all
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Winter, summer, spring, or fall
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It's not just for one day
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We can celebrate all year
00:48:07.95\00:48:13.86
We don't have to
wait until December
00:48:13.89\00:48:18.96
Tell the world the
good news Jesus brings
00:48:18.99\00:48:23.97
He's coming to this
earth was our salvation
00:48:24.00\00:48:29.17
And on any given day
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It can make us sing
00:48:32.21\00:48:34.74
The hope He
brought that holy night
00:48:34.78\00:48:37.41
Makes it very clear
00:48:37.45\00:48:39.88
It's not just for one day
00:48:39.91\00:48:42.18
We can celebrate all year
00:48:42.22\00:48:46.69
The hope He
brought that holy night
00:48:46.72\00:48:49.32
Makes it very clear
00:48:49.36\00:48:51.79
It's not just for one day
00:48:51.83\00:48:54.13
We can celebrate all year
00:48:54.16\00:48:58.23
It's not just for one day
00:48:58.27\00:49:00.57
We can celebrate all year
00:49:00.60\00:49:04.91
Sweet. That's good.
00:49:11.95\00:49:13.82
I can hardly believe our
time is just about gone, Yvonne.
00:49:13.85\00:49:17.05
The time went by so fast.
00:49:17.09\00:49:18.75
Doesn't it? It does.
00:49:18.79\00:49:20.22
But you know, before
we close this program,
00:49:20.26\00:49:22.52
we've kind of
made it a tradition
00:49:22.56\00:49:24.06
in the last two or three years,
00:49:24.09\00:49:25.43
while we have Ladye Love here,
00:49:25.46\00:49:27.40
that she's been doing
a little bit of the song,
00:49:27.43\00:49:29.66
I'll be home for Christmas.
00:49:29.70\00:49:31.27
Now it was
originally was written
00:49:31.30\00:49:32.63
I think during World War II,
00:49:32.67\00:49:34.37
when people were
planning on coming home,
00:49:34.40\00:49:37.31
and wanting to be home
00:49:37.34\00:49:38.67
with their loved
ones and being away.
00:49:38.71\00:49:40.21
But, I think
about our heavenly home,
00:49:40.24\00:49:41.68
you know, heaven is not heaven
until God's children are there.
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So not only are
we wanting to go home
00:49:45.15\00:49:47.22
but, of course, I
think Jesus is waiting to be
00:49:47.25\00:49:49.92
able to come back
to take His people,
00:49:49.95\00:49:51.99
His purified bride, His church
00:49:52.02\00:49:53.92
back to heaven to
live for eternity.
00:49:53.96\00:49:55.72
But, Ladye Love,
00:49:55.76\00:49:57.09
maybe you could
sing a little bit.
00:49:57.13\00:49:58.46
Ben, would you bring,
00:49:58.49\00:49:59.83
maybe I'm gonna do this
only for you Ladye Love,
00:49:59.86\00:50:02.36
but after Ben playing,
00:50:02.40\00:50:03.73
I wouldn't normally do this,
but you've asked me to play.
00:50:03.77\00:50:06.53
So I'm gonna try to help.
00:50:06.57\00:50:07.90
You can do that
rhythm gets hard.
00:50:07.94\00:50:09.27
No. There you go.
00:50:09.30\00:50:10.64
I'm dreaming tonight
00:50:17.78\00:50:22.98
Of a place that I love
00:50:23.02\00:50:27.56
Even more than I usually do
00:50:27.59\00:50:31.86
And although I know
00:50:35.20\00:50:40.30
It's a long way home
00:50:40.34\00:50:46.24
I promise you
00:50:46.27\00:50:49.94
I'll be home
00:50:55.62\00:51:01.69
For Christmas
00:51:01.72\00:51:07.50
You can count on me
00:51:07.53\00:51:13.44
Please have snow and mistletoe
00:51:18.84\00:51:25.71
And presents
00:51:29.58\00:51:32.85
Under the tree
00:51:32.89\00:51:35.56
Christmas eve
00:51:41.16\00:51:46.84
Will find me
00:51:46.87\00:51:52.77
Where the love light gleams
00:51:52.81\00:51:59.38
I'll be home
00:52:04.32\00:52:09.82
For Christmas
00:52:09.86\00:52:15.40
If only in my dreams
00:52:15.43\00:52:22.00
Christmas eve
00:53:13.25\00:53:19.49
Will find me
00:53:19.53\00:53:24.80
Where the love light
00:53:24.83\00:53:31.11
Gleams
00:53:31.14\00:53:33.27
I'll be home
00:53:36.91\00:53:42.08
For Christmas
00:53:42.12\00:53:47.99
If only in my dreams
00:53:48.02\00:53:54.96
If only
00:53:59.87\00:54:04.24
In my dreams
00:54:04.27\00:54:10.35
Thank you, Ladye Love.
00:54:29.86\00:54:31.73
Wow, here you go, Ben,
00:54:31.77\00:54:33.54
let me give you
your guitar back.
00:54:33.57\00:54:35.54
Sorry, I messed it up.
00:54:35.57\00:54:36.94
I think we got time.
00:54:36.97\00:54:38.31
Why don't you all come up and,
00:54:38.34\00:54:39.67
Tim, do we have
something we can end on?
00:54:39.71\00:54:41.38
What song you want us to do?
00:54:41.41\00:54:43.58
Silent night. All right.
00:54:43.61\00:54:45.15
Okay.
00:54:48.28\00:54:52.12
Wherever you want it.
00:54:52.15\00:54:53.49
Silent night
00:55:00.70\00:55:04.97
Holy night
00:55:05.00\00:55:09.17
All is calm
00:55:09.20\00:55:13.24
All is bright
00:55:13.27\00:55:17.38
Round yon virgin
00:55:17.41\00:55:22.08
Mother and child
00:55:22.12\00:55:26.45
Holy infant, so tender
00:55:26.49\00:55:32.16
And mild
00:55:32.19\00:55:35.13
Sleep in heavenly peace
00:55:35.16\00:55:40.50
Sleep in heavenly peace
00:55:43.97\00:55:50.41
Sing it with us at home.
00:55:50.45\00:55:52.88
Silent night
00:55:52.91\00:55:57.35
Holy night
00:55:57.39\00:56:01.62
Shepherds quake
00:56:01.66\00:56:07.33
At the sight
00:56:07.36\00:56:10.47
Glories stream
00:56:10.50\00:56:14.34
From heaven afar
00:56:14.37\00:56:19.04
Heavenly hosts sing
00:56:19.07\00:56:23.51
Alleluia!
00:56:23.55\00:56:27.85
Christ, the Savior is born
00:56:27.88\00:56:33.09
Christ, the Savior is born
00:56:36.79\00:56:42.00
Silent night
00:56:45.83\00:56:50.07
Holy night
00:56:50.11\00:56:54.28
Son of God
00:56:54.31\00:56:58.51
Love's pure light
00:56:58.55\00:57:02.82
Radiant beams from
00:57:02.85\00:57:07.36
Thy holy face
00:57:07.39\00:57:11.69
With the dawn
00:57:11.73\00:57:15.36
Of redeeming grace
00:57:15.40\00:57:20.40
Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth
00:57:20.44\00:57:26.21
Jesus, Lord
00:57:29.61\00:57:34.02
At Thy birth
00:57:34.05\00:57:37.39
Our time is all gone for today.
00:57:43.76\00:57:45.19
Until we see you next time,
00:57:45.23\00:57:46.56
may the Lord richly bless you
00:57:46.59\00:57:48.30
abundantly more than
you could ever ask or think.
00:57:48.33\00:57:51.03