Hello, and welcome to
another 3ABN Christmas special.
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And it wouldn't be
a Christmas special
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if we didn't have Reggie
and Ladye Love Smith, right?
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And we have to have
Reggie and Ladye Love.
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And Dr. Tim Parton.
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Absolutely.
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No question.
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Now without Tim,
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we wouldn't
sound too good, right?
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Well, no, you sound great.
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It just wouldn't be as
loud, something like that.
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No.
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So we want to
thank you for joining us
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as you do each and every day.
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And as always,
we want to thank you
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for your love and your prayers
and financial support of 3ABN.
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This is a great time of year.
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And to, oh, well, 24/7,
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365 around the clock
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is a great time
to praise the Lord.
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But especially this time of year
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when ears are open
that may never be listening
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any other time.
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And so we count it a
privilege to be able,
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and we have no idea
where this program is going.
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I mean, I just got
little in between programs,
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someone texts and said,
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we're in a...
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What was it, a weight
lifting exercise place
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in the Bahamas or
St. Thomas, I think
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and there's showed a picture
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of Yvonne and me on that screen.
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Then I remember
when former president...
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You were on treadmill. Yeah.
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And former President Obama
was in the prison Guantanamo,
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and was in the
prison and Reuters magazine
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came out with a
picture of him there visiting,
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it showed the
cell and the President,
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then President
walking by and behind him
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upon the TV screen
was CA Murray and myself
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in Guantanamo Bay now,
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so if it can be there
can be anywhere, right?
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Right. So you never know.
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So we were glad
that we're literally,
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we're inviting you
into our little set today
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and our home and
spend this time with us.
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It's gonna be a time of
cheer, time of happiness,
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because we're
talking about Jesus Christ,
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who was...
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All these songs will
tell you born in a manger,
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but he ends up as King
of kings and Lord of lords.
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Yes.
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And, yes, I'm
especially glad that
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we're going to have
Kris Wilkinson, and...
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I know.
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Oh, yeah, we got Emily Rodgers
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and David Davidson
that she's brought with them
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and you all have worked.
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Tell us about Kris?
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I mean, Kris and
I worked together
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on one of the projects for 3ABN
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and became fast friends.
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When Kris' name is
spoken in Nashville,
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everybody listens.
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Everybody knows who
Kris is. She's wonderful.
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And she plays on
all the country CDs
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and all the Christian app,
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Nashville,
certainly, all the movies.
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Yeah.
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So talented as a player,
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and a producer,
and a orchestrator.
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So Kris is amazing.
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And these guys
she brought with them
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are just number one.
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Absolutely.
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And Larry, her husband
couldn't be here today.
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But he's promised
to come next time.
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And because he had some other,
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I'll call gigs going, all right?
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One of his is Grand Ole
Opry. He's making money.
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The Opry, that's right.
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He's the bass
player for the Opry,
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which Ladye Love used.
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I used to go there
and watch you and Larry.
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So you were singing
there with some other folks
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that we know and
we're have worked with.
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That's always good.
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So we're... I
ought to be nervous.
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We're surrounded
by stars and Kris,
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you know, people that
know what they're doing.
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Yeah, but Tim Parton,
he's known around the world.
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People will call us.
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Yesterday, I got
a call from a lady
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who said, "You
have surrounded yourself
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with such great people."
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And one of those
she said was Tim Parton.
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She said,
"Reggie and Ladye Love,
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Yvonne, and Greg and Jill."
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She started naming them.
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Like I said, "Well, hey,
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that's what
you're supposed to do."
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Right? That's right.
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It's a good leader.
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When you need help the
Lord will send it to you.
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But any day, anyway, I
hope that you just help us
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celebrate today.
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We're gonna have a lot of fun.
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We're gonna try some
things and we're not sure
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how the program is going to end,
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but we believe
it's going to end good
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'cause Jesus Christ
is going to be the center
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of this program and
he should be the center
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of our joy.
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So what we'd like to
do, we'd like to get Kris
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and the players to do a song.
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What are they going to do first?
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It says Come O
come Emmanuel. Yeah.
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Then, I don't know
where I got so much nerve.
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But on this one song,
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I'm going to pick up the guitar.
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And, Reggie, I would
like you to do rhythm.
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Oh, my, okay. Right? Okay.
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I got you.
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Folks on 3ABN have
seen him play piano,
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probably not rhythm.
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But with the
Gaithers, I've seen you up front
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doing rhythm guitar.
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So we're going to go
over and join the little group
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just right after
they do this song.
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We're going to
do joy to the world.
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We have few people
singing with us also.
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Then after that, Reggie,
you're going to do a new song.
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Tell us about it?
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This is a brand new song
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written by Gloria
Gaither and Benjy Gaither.
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Benjy wrote the music and
Miss Gloria wrote the song,
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and this song was actually
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on the brand new
Gaither vocal band record
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that just released Christmas CD.
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I say record, it's
not really record anymore.
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It's project or CD,
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it's not even CD anymore hardly.
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Download it.
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Right, download,
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the new Gaither
vocal band download.
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You know, so you actually
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download it last night, did you?
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I did and I love it.
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But anyway this is a
special, special song that
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Miss Gloria wrote in.
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So I called Mr.
Gaither and I said,
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"Would it be okay if we were
able to debut it here on 3ABN."
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So he said,
"Oh, I would love it,
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it'd be great, great song."
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Okay.
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So if Mr. Bill
is watching today,
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I'm sure that he'll
be pleased for sure.
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So, okay, well why don't we,
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We're gonna go
to Kris right now,
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Come, O Come Emmanuel.
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Joy to the world!
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The Lord has 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 Repeat the sounding joy
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Repeat, repeat the sounding joy
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He rules the world
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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 And wonders of His love
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And wonders, wonders,
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Of His love
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The road was dusty ruff and long
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her labor pains
were getting strong
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Ends were full
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As night closed in on them
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Young Mary made it to a barn
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Leaning hard on Joseph's arm
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His coat and straw
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Would make for her a bed
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That night in Bethlehem
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City of bread
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Long promise
bread of life was born
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Brightest star and darkest night
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Treasure at loss
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The world and the bread of life
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The manger and the cross
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A wooden manger was his bead
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A big bag of grain
held his sweet head
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The borrowed cave
became his borrowed home
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Some borrow
neighbors came to see
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This fragile babe eternity
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Lying there
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In Mary's arms awake
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And did the carpenter
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Feel the ruff wood
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Was there in
Mary's heart some pain
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Brightest star and darkest night
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Treasure at loss
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The world and the bread of life
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The manger and the cross
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O come and place
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A baby's face
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Where all heaven
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and her Dance in the light
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All the hopes and fears
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Of all the years
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Are met in you
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Tonight,
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Tonight
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Tender head and rugged wood
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Deep as hunger's holy food
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The breathe of God
comes right to where we are
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Oh, yes, that night in Bethlehem
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City of bread
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Long promise
bread of life was born
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Brightest glory, darkest night
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Treasure at loss
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The world and the holy seed
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The world and the holy seed
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The manger and the cross
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We are blessed to
throughout the year
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meet wonderful people,
musical talented people.
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So if you have an opportunity
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to watch the Praise Him channel,
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you will be familiar
with this next couple
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that I'm going to introduce,
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Jared and Hillary Mitchell.
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Jared is the worship pastor
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at the Roads
Church in Norris City.
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And I've asked
them to come today
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to sing a couple
of beautiful songs.
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I know you're
going to love them.
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They're beautiful
people, wonderful friends.
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I hope you enjoy these songs.
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Oh, holy night!
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The stars are brightly shining
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It is the night
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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
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And the soul felt its worth
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A thrill of hope
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Yhe weary world rejoices
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For yonder breaks
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A new and glorious morn
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Fall
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On your knees!
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Oh, hear
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The angel voices
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Oh, night
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Divine
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Oh, night
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When Christ was born
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Oh, night
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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
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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 we
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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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Vermore proclaim
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His power
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And glory
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Evermore
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Proclaim
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Fall
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On your knees!
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Oh, hear
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The angel voices
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Oh, night
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Divine
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Oh, night
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When Christ was born
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Oh, night
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Divine
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Oh, night
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Oh, night
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Divine
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Mary, did you know
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That your baby boy
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Would one day walk on water?
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Mary, did you know
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that your baby boy
00:21:45.43\00:21:48.94
Would save our
sons and daughters?
00:21:48.97\00:21:53.48
Did you know
00:21:53.51\00:21:56.58
That your baby boy
00:21:56.61\00:21:59.91
Has come to make you new?
00:21:59.95\00:22:05.45
This child that you delivered
00:22:05.49\00:22:10.93
Will soon deliver you
00:22:10.96\00:22:15.66
Mary, did you know
00:22:15.70\00:22:19.10
That your baby boy
00:22:19.13\00:22:22.70
Would give sight to a blind man?
00:22:22.74\00:22:26.91
Mary, did you know
00:22:26.94\00:22:30.08
That your baby boy
00:22:30.11\00:22:33.42
Would calm the
storm with his hand?
00:22:33.45\00:22:37.95
Did you know
00:22:37.99\00:22:40.76
That your baby boy
00:22:40.79\00:22:43.99
Has walked where angels trod?
00:22:44.03\00:22:48.73
And when you kiss
00:22:48.76\00:22:50.47
Your little baby
00:22:50.50\00:22:54.47
You kissed the face of God
00:22:54.50\00:22:58.77
Oh, Mary, did you know?
00:22:58.81\00:23:04.65
The blind will
see The deaf will hear
00:23:20.63\00:23:25.63
The dead will live again
00:23:25.67\00:23:30.51
The lame will leap
00:23:30.54\00:23:32.97
The dumb will speak
00:23:33.01\00:23:35.51
The praises of the Lamb
00:23:35.54\00:23:41.22
Mary, did you know
00:23:44.69\00:23:49.66
That your baby boy
00:23:49.69\00:23:53.03
Is Lord of all creation?
00:23:53.06\00:23:57.67
Mary, did you know
00:23:57.70\00:24:00.84
That your baby boy
00:24:00.87\00:24:04.14
Would one day rule the nations?
00:24:04.17\00:24:08.68
Did you know
00:24:08.71\00:24:11.65
That your baby boy
00:24:11.68\00:24:14.78
Is heaven's perfect Lamb?
00:24:14.82\00:24:19.82
That sleeping
child You're holding
00:24:19.85\00:24:24.59
Is the Great,
00:24:24.63\00:24:27.90
I Am
00:24:27.93\00:24:33.90
Amen.
00:24:55.59\00:24:56.93
It's great. That was beautiful.
00:24:56.96\00:24:58.29
So beautiful.
00:24:58.33\00:25:00.16
Their voices, they
have such wonderful control.
00:25:00.20\00:25:02.90
Just pure and beautiful.
00:25:02.93\00:25:04.27
Yes, yes, their
tones are so pure.
00:25:04.30\00:25:07.10
That's first time I met them.
00:25:07.14\00:25:08.47
So thank you for inviting
them, and having him here.
00:25:08.50\00:25:11.57
I'm sure it
won't be the last time.
00:25:11.61\00:25:13.21
They've been here before,
00:25:13.24\00:25:14.58
but first time on
a Christmas program,
00:25:14.61\00:25:16.08
I think.
00:25:16.11\00:25:17.45
What we're going to do,
we're going to do up tempo
00:25:17.48\00:25:19.05
thing just a little bit.
00:25:19.08\00:25:20.42
Is that all right? Okay. Yeah.
00:25:20.45\00:25:21.78
As you guys did a
song I think last year,
00:25:21.82\00:25:23.69
year before
sometime, but it's been,
00:25:23.72\00:25:25.95
I don't know when it was,
but it's been long enough.
00:25:25.99\00:25:27.76
We want to hear it again.
00:25:27.79\00:25:29.69
At least 365 days. Yeah.
00:25:29.72\00:25:31.36
So maybe you
could do a couple songs
00:25:31.39\00:25:33.19
while you trio sounds so great.
00:25:33.23\00:25:35.10
And it'll give
me a chance to rest
00:25:35.13\00:25:36.46
my feet just a little bit.
00:25:36.50\00:25:39.00
And so we're just
kind of go, go along.
00:25:39.03\00:25:41.37
And each of you
know what you want to do,
00:25:41.40\00:25:43.24
our time just keeps
getting away from us.
00:25:43.27\00:25:46.01
But I don't know
about the rest of you.
00:25:46.04\00:25:48.51
But this, again,
being with people,
00:25:48.54\00:25:51.71
and some of the
talent that we've had,
00:25:51.75\00:25:53.35
we give God the glory for that.
00:25:53.38\00:25:55.08
I mean, nobody's
taking the credit.
00:25:55.12\00:25:56.85
But if you look at
these folk, every one of them,
00:25:56.89\00:25:59.42
they've done
things around the world,
00:25:59.45\00:26:02.49
Kris and her group.
00:26:02.52\00:26:03.86
I mean, these are people
00:26:03.89\00:26:05.59
and this young couple,
00:26:05.63\00:26:06.96
I mean, these,
they all could make
00:26:07.00\00:26:08.93
a great living in the world.
00:26:08.96\00:26:10.80
They really could if
they really wanted to,
00:26:10.83\00:26:12.67
but praise God, they don't.
00:26:12.70\00:26:14.50
Yvonne, you're for one,
00:26:14.54\00:26:15.87
now you did make your
living for many, many years.
00:26:15.90\00:26:18.54
I did. You were going to church.
00:26:18.57\00:26:20.91
I'm never gonna say...
00:26:20.94\00:26:22.28
I'm not gonna say, you
stopped loving the Lord,
00:26:22.31\00:26:24.38
I think you
always loved the Lord.
00:26:24.41\00:26:26.11
But you made some
difficult decisions
00:26:26.15\00:26:28.65
when you were younger,
00:26:28.68\00:26:30.02
and some doors
opened up for you.
00:26:30.05\00:26:32.32
As you were Yvonne,
you know, Hodge growing up,
00:26:32.35\00:26:35.12
and then suddenly
some doors opened up,
00:26:35.16\00:26:37.43
and then everybody's like,
00:26:37.46\00:26:38.79
whoa, that's, you know, Yvonne,
00:26:38.83\00:26:40.20
but you had to
make some choices,
00:26:40.23\00:26:43.90
your music or the Lord?
00:26:43.93\00:26:46.33
I did. Tell us about it?
00:26:46.37\00:26:47.97
Well, for a long time,
00:26:48.00\00:26:50.81
I ended up kind of
drifting away from the Lord.
00:26:50.84\00:26:54.38
It was a slow kind of process.
00:26:54.41\00:26:56.88
And I still prayed,
00:26:56.91\00:26:58.61
but I just didn't have
the kind of relationship
00:26:58.65\00:27:01.02
with the Lord
that I needed to have.
00:27:01.05\00:27:03.55
And little by
little, I just slipped away.
00:27:03.59\00:27:06.86
And I remember, I was
going through something
00:27:06.89\00:27:09.99
and a friend came to visit me
00:27:10.03\00:27:12.33
and she had a
Living Bible with her.
00:27:12.36\00:27:15.20
And she handed
00:27:15.23\00:27:19.67
and she went back home.
00:27:19.70\00:27:21.60
And she sent me a verse,
00:27:21.64\00:27:23.64
because I was going
through something at the time,
00:27:23.67\00:27:25.74
and it was from Philippians.
00:27:25.77\00:27:27.11
And it said, in
the Living Bible,
00:27:27.14\00:27:28.71
don't worry about anything,
instead, pray about everything.
00:27:28.74\00:27:32.45
Tell God your needs.
00:27:32.48\00:27:33.95
And don't forget to
thank Him for His answers.
00:27:33.98\00:27:36.38
And if you do this,
00:27:36.42\00:27:38.05
you will experience God's peace,
00:27:38.09\00:27:39.95
which is more wonderful
00:27:39.99\00:27:41.32
than the human
mind can understand.
00:27:41.36\00:27:43.66
And when I read that, I thought,
00:27:43.69\00:27:45.86
oh, like, that's what I need.
00:27:45.89\00:27:47.53
Like I had grown up
with the King James Version,
00:27:47.56\00:27:50.57
which I ended up going back to.
00:27:50.60\00:27:52.37
But for a while, I
just had the Living Bible,
00:27:52.40\00:27:55.90
and I was reading it
and learning and all that.
00:27:55.94\00:27:58.44
So the Lord
allowed me to go out,
00:27:58.47\00:28:02.21
but he drew me back.
00:28:02.24\00:28:03.81
And I'm so thankful in
1985, I came back to the Lord
00:28:03.85\00:28:07.85
and I have never regretted it.
00:28:07.88\00:28:10.79
It was the best
decision I've ever made
00:28:10.82\00:28:13.52
to give my heart to Jesus.
00:28:13.56\00:28:14.92
And you might also
00:28:14.96\00:28:18.26
know that you need to do
00:28:18.29\00:28:19.89
something
different in your life,
00:28:19.93\00:28:21.60
but you might not
really know what it is.
00:28:21.63\00:28:23.77
If you don't know Jesus,
00:28:23.80\00:28:25.13
I'm telling you,
that's what it is.
00:28:25.17\00:28:26.63
Missing peace.
That's what it is.
00:28:26.67\00:28:28.30
That's what's missing.
00:28:28.34\00:28:29.94
So you can have all, I had money
00:28:29.97\00:28:31.87
and I had, you know it.
00:28:31.91\00:28:33.68
Why?
00:28:33.71\00:28:35.04
You know, I
didn't really have fame
00:28:35.08\00:28:36.41
because I like being anonymous.
00:28:36.44\00:28:37.78
I was doing the
jingles and so nobody knew me.
00:28:37.81\00:28:40.42
But if they
read records credits.
00:28:40.45\00:28:43.39
When I was with her once
00:28:43.42\00:28:45.05
around a lot of the
Hollywood people there,
00:28:45.09\00:28:47.69
"Hey, Yvonne,
how are you doing?"
00:28:47.72\00:28:49.06
So I said, "Okay, I guessed it."
00:28:49.09\00:28:50.43
And we knew that
voice on commercials.
00:28:50.46\00:28:52.03
Well, well. Praise the Lord.
00:28:52.06\00:28:53.50
But the thing for me
was just reaching out
00:28:53.53\00:28:59.17
to the Lord or
actually having Him
00:28:59.20\00:29:01.57
reach out to me
and just responding
00:29:01.60\00:29:04.27
and knowing that
this is a decision
00:29:04.31\00:29:07.18
that is life changing.
00:29:07.21\00:29:08.81
My life's never
been the same since.
00:29:08.84\00:29:11.25
Never, I mean,
how can you compare
00:29:11.28\00:29:13.52
singing for the world
00:29:13.55\00:29:15.72
about Charmin bathroom tissue?
00:29:15.75\00:29:20.16
You know, well, that's true.
00:29:20.19\00:29:22.42
Now, that's true.
00:29:22.46\00:29:23.79
But I mean, I'm just saying like
00:29:23.83\00:29:25.16
how can you
compare singing for Jesus
00:29:25.19\00:29:27.90
and telling the world about
00:29:27.93\00:29:29.76
how good he is versus singing,
00:29:29.80\00:29:33.03
you know about stuff
that is not as important.
00:29:33.07\00:29:37.07
We meet young
people a lot of places
00:29:37.11\00:29:40.68
when we're
traveling, but they're wanting,
00:29:40.71\00:29:43.35
trying so hard.
00:29:43.38\00:29:44.98
And they're
singing in the church
00:29:45.01\00:29:46.35
and got great
talent, but they want
00:29:46.38\00:29:47.72
so hard to be known.
00:29:47.75\00:29:49.68
So they go every where they can
00:29:49.72\00:29:51.62
because they want that break,
to get into show business,
00:29:51.65\00:29:55.32
the entertainment
business, and they all say,
00:29:55.36\00:29:58.59
"Well, I can be a Christian.
00:29:58.63\00:30:00.36
You know that I
want to serve the Lord,
00:30:00.40\00:30:02.53
I want to be a Christian,
00:30:02.56\00:30:03.90
but I want to be out
and do these things."
00:30:03.93\00:30:06.63
And, of course,
if you've watched
00:30:06.67\00:30:08.10
her interviews
with Little Richard,
00:30:08.14\00:30:09.80
he tells you if
that's impossible for him
00:30:09.84\00:30:12.01
when he was there, and he says,
00:30:12.04\00:30:14.28
you know, you're
just drawn so far away,
00:30:14.31\00:30:17.25
that he said, I did things that,
00:30:17.28\00:30:19.38
you know, I never even
really want to talk about.
00:30:19.41\00:30:22.18
I always knew there was a God,
00:30:22.22\00:30:23.95
I always knew I
wanted to serve Him,
00:30:23.99\00:30:25.45
but I chose the world first.
00:30:25.49\00:30:28.19
And so then Little
Richard before he passed away,
00:30:28.22\00:30:31.39
and we knew him
for several years
00:30:31.43\00:30:32.83
talk to him quite
often every other week or so.
00:30:32.86\00:30:35.50
All he wanted to
talk about was Jesus.
00:30:35.53\00:30:37.17
That's right.
00:30:37.20\00:30:38.53
And I mean consistent
00:30:38.57\00:30:39.90
because there's
where his peace was,
00:30:39.93\00:30:41.37
his health wasn't good.
00:30:41.40\00:30:42.94
I mean, I'm sure
everybody around him knew,
00:30:42.97\00:30:47.48
he couldn't live long,
much longer on this earth.
00:30:47.51\00:30:50.58
But he still was positive,
he still talked about the Lord.
00:30:50.61\00:30:54.05
And up until
the last few months,
00:30:54.08\00:30:56.32
every day, they
would come to his room,
00:30:56.35\00:30:58.45
put him in a
wheelchair, take him out,
00:30:58.49\00:31:00.56
put him in a car,
drive him in Nashville,
00:31:00.59\00:31:03.09
he lived in Nashville,
and he'd roll the windows down
00:31:03.12\00:31:05.56
and hand out Steps
to Christ to people.
00:31:05.59\00:31:07.26
That's right.
00:31:07.30\00:31:08.63
He said, "This is
what's important."
00:31:08.66\00:31:10.07
He was
counteracting what he had done
00:31:10.10\00:31:12.57
so many years before the message
00:31:12.60\00:31:14.47
that he had given to people.
00:31:14.50\00:31:15.84
Yes, yes.
00:31:15.87\00:31:17.21
So somebody is looking
at now, young person now,
00:31:17.24\00:31:18.74
Yvonne has seven
gold and platinum records.
00:31:18.77\00:31:20.68
That's quite an achievement
in the music industry.
00:31:20.71\00:31:23.61
But somebody's saying, "Boy,
00:31:23.65\00:31:24.98
I really want to get out there."
00:31:25.01\00:31:26.35
What do you tell
them compared then to now?
00:31:26.38\00:31:29.28
There's actually no comparison
00:31:29.32\00:31:31.15
because you cannot,
00:31:31.19\00:31:33.62
the richness of
knowing Jesus doesn't...
00:31:33.66\00:31:37.43
There's nothing
that compares with that.
00:31:37.46\00:31:40.00
Wealth and money,
once you get that,
00:31:40.03\00:31:42.83
you say to yourself, now what?
00:31:42.86\00:31:45.53
Now what, what's next?
00:31:45.57\00:31:47.17
Because it doesn't satisfy
that hold that's in your soul.
00:31:47.20\00:31:51.17
Only Jesus can fill that spot.
00:31:51.21\00:31:54.51
And so for you,
00:31:54.54\00:31:56.04
who, those of you who
want to kind of dabble
00:31:56.08\00:31:59.05
out there.
00:31:59.08\00:32:00.58
I wish I could just tell
you and you would hear me that
00:32:00.62\00:32:03.72
there's nothing out there.
00:32:03.75\00:32:05.69
It's all like, like,
00:32:05.72\00:32:07.72
what are they
call it like mirrors?
00:32:07.76\00:32:10.43
Yeah. Smoke and mirrors.
00:32:10.46\00:32:12.83
It's not real.
00:32:12.86\00:32:14.90
The devil makes you
think that it's so great.
00:32:14.93\00:32:17.87
I know people who
were so wealthy and famous,
00:32:17.90\00:32:21.80
who were so miserable.
00:32:21.84\00:32:23.77
They were so miserable
00:32:23.81\00:32:25.14
and lonely and just had no life.
00:32:25.17\00:32:28.94
Jesus said,
00:32:28.98\00:32:30.31
"I've come that
you might have life,
00:32:30.35\00:32:32.61
and that you might
have it more abundantly."
00:32:32.65\00:32:35.42
This is the abundant life.
00:32:35.45\00:32:38.45
This is the life
that you should seek.
00:32:38.49\00:32:40.59
Just try Jesus. That's all.
00:32:40.62\00:32:43.06
If you try Him
00:32:43.09\00:32:44.43
and he doesn't
satisfy your soul.
00:32:44.46\00:32:46.73
Okay, I challenge
you today to try Jesus.
00:32:46.76\00:32:50.93
Well, speaking of that,
there's only one real star.
00:32:50.97\00:32:53.77
Come on. Right?
00:32:53.80\00:32:55.14
Come on now. All right.
00:32:55.17\00:32:56.50
How's that for segue?
00:32:56.54\00:32:57.87
You guys are
gonna sing about it.
00:32:57.91\00:32:59.24
All right?
00:32:59.27\00:33:02.21
That's good.
00:33:02.24\00:33:03.58
Like this song, this is good.
00:33:03.61\00:33:05.58
Over mountains and valleys
00:33:13.66\00:33:16.69
They led him each night
00:33:16.73\00:33:19.39
A star of most radiant light
00:33:19.43\00:33:24.53
The wise men rejoiced
00:33:24.57\00:33:27.17
As they journeyed afar
00:33:27.20\00:33:29.70
To behold such a beautiful star
00:33:29.74\00:33:35.68
When they saw the star
00:33:35.71\00:33:37.75
They rejoiced with great joy
00:33:37.78\00:33:41.32
When they saw the star
00:33:41.35\00:33:43.25
They rejoiced
00:33:43.28\00:33:46.69
When they saw the star
00:33:46.72\00:33:48.69
They rejoiced with great joy
00:33:48.72\00:33:51.39
They rejoiced with
exceeding great joy
00:33:51.43\00:33:57.37
When they saw the star
00:33:57.40\00:33:59.50
They rejoiced with great joy
00:33:59.53\00:34:02.90
When they saw the
star they rejoiced
00:34:02.94\00:34:08.28
When they saw the star
00:34:08.31\00:34:10.25
They rejoiced with great joy
00:34:10.28\00:34:12.98
They rejoiced with
exceeding great joy
00:34:13.01\00:34:18.85
Other saw the star
but they followed it not
00:34:18.89\00:34:24.06
To them it would
come and would pass
00:34:24.09\00:34:29.70
The wise men kept trusting
with all of their hearts
00:34:29.73\00:34:34.64
That the star would
find the Baby at last
00:34:34.67\00:34:39.74
When they saw the star
00:34:39.77\00:34:42.71
They rejoiced with great joy
00:34:42.74\00:34:46.25
When they saw the
star they rejoiced
00:34:46.28\00:34:51.59
When they saw the star
00:34:51.62\00:34:53.62
They rejoiced with great joy
00:34:53.66\00:34:56.36
They rejoiced with
exceeding great joy
00:34:56.39\00:35:02.33
When they saw the star
00:35:02.36\00:35:04.50
They rejoiced with great joy
00:35:04.53\00:35:07.80
When they saw the
star they rejoiced
00:35:07.84\00:35:13.17
When they saw the star
00:35:13.21\00:35:15.28
They rejoiced with great joy
00:35:15.31\00:35:17.95
They rejoiced with
exceeding great joy
00:35:17.98\00:35:23.92
When they saw the star
They rejoiced with great joy
00:35:23.95\00:35:29.42
When they saw the
star they rejoiced
00:35:29.46\00:35:34.93
When they saw the star
They rejoiced with great joy
00:35:34.96\00:35:39.63
They rejoiced with
exceeding great joy
00:35:39.67\00:35:45.07
Great joy
00:35:45.11\00:35:47.81
They rejoiced
00:35:47.84\00:35:49.21
with exceeding great joy Joy!
00:35:49.24\00:35:54.92
Amen.
00:36:01.52\00:36:03.06
More, more.
00:36:03.09\00:36:04.43
So much fun.
00:36:04.46\00:36:05.79
Oh, man.
00:36:05.83\00:36:07.16
But Danny said he is the star.
00:36:07.20\00:36:08.53
He is.
00:36:08.56\00:36:09.90
He is the star.
I know it. He is.
00:36:09.93\00:36:11.43
Yvonne, there's a song
that I love growing up to sing.
00:36:11.47\00:36:15.80
It was called away in a manger.
00:36:15.84\00:36:17.44
And it's one of my favorites,
I don't know about yours.
00:36:17.47\00:36:19.61
I love away in a manger.
00:36:19.64\00:36:21.34
What about you, Ladye Love?
00:36:21.38\00:36:22.71
I love it.
00:36:22.74\00:36:24.08
Okay.
00:36:24.11\00:36:25.45
I think we're gonna
start in G and try, okay?
00:36:25.48\00:36:26.88
Okay. Here we go.
00:36:26.92\00:36:28.25
Away in a manger
00:36:35.72\00:36:40.26
No crib for a bed
00:36:40.30\00:36:44.67
The little Lord Jesus
00:36:44.70\00:36:49.20
Laid down His sweet head
00:36:49.24\00:36:53.41
The stars in the sky
00:36:53.44\00:36:58.55
Looked down where he lay
00:36:58.58\00:37:03.02
The little Lord Jesus
00:37:03.05\00:37:07.99
Asleep on the hay
00:37:08.02\00:37:13.43
The cattle are lowing
00:37:17.27\00:37:22.70
The Baby awakes
00:37:22.74\00:37:27.11
But little Lord Jesus
00:37:27.14\00:37:31.71
No crying
00:37:31.75\00:37:33.92
He makes I love You,
00:37:33.95\00:37:39.25
Lord Jesus
00:37:39.29\00:37:41.62
Look down from the sky
00:37:41.66\00:37:46.73
And stay by my cradle
00:37:46.76\00:37:51.77
Till morning is nigh
00:37:51.80\00:37:57.67
Be near me, Lord Jesus
00:38:02.51\00:38:07.78
I ask You to stay
00:38:07.82\00:38:12.59
Close by me forever
00:38:12.62\00:38:17.69
And love me
00:38:17.73\00:38:19.79
I pray
00:38:19.83\00:38:22.23
Bless all the dear children
00:38:22.26\00:38:27.10
In Thy tender care
00:38:27.14\00:38:31.94
And take us to heaven
00:38:31.97\00:38:37.15
To live with You there
00:38:37.18\00:38:42.98
Amen. Beautiful.
00:39:02.84\00:39:04.64
Amen.
00:39:04.67\00:39:06.01
Thank you.
00:39:06.04\00:39:08.54
So, I think it was about
00:39:08.58\00:39:12.85
maybe two years ago, Tim,
00:39:12.88\00:39:17.22
I called you and I said,
00:39:17.25\00:39:19.25
"Tim, the Lord
gave me these lyrics
00:39:19.29\00:39:22.56
and can you put a melody to it?"
00:39:22.59\00:39:25.23
And you send back
00:39:25.26\00:39:27.50
such a beautiful
melody to this song
00:39:27.53\00:39:30.87
because we were
talking about, I was thinking,
00:39:30.90\00:39:33.64
when, in my worship room,
00:39:33.67\00:39:35.27
I was thinking about how
so many people feel like,
00:39:35.30\00:39:39.97
they don't get
anything for Christmas.
00:39:40.01\00:39:42.61
They're lonely,
they're displaced.
00:39:42.64\00:39:45.21
They're feeling like, I
have no one who loves me.
00:39:45.25\00:39:50.79
And so I asked the
Lord to give me a song.
00:39:50.82\00:39:55.62
And then I reached out to you.
00:39:55.66\00:39:58.36
I mean, he just
gave me these lyrics
00:39:58.39\00:40:00.40
and I'm thankful and
then I reached out to you,
00:40:00.43\00:40:02.93
and you sent the
song back, the melody back
00:40:02.96\00:40:06.23
and it's just beautiful.
00:40:06.27\00:40:07.90
So I'd like for
us to do that now.
00:40:07.94\00:40:10.87
What did you think,
Tim, when I send you that?
00:40:10.91\00:40:13.51
Oh, I love the lyrics.
00:40:13.54\00:40:14.88
Of course, I love your heart,
00:40:14.91\00:40:16.24
and it's wonderful
to work with people
00:40:16.28\00:40:18.11
in co-writing as
you might call that.
00:40:18.15\00:40:20.78
Yes.
00:40:20.82\00:40:22.15
When you know that person,
00:40:22.18\00:40:23.52
you know where
they're coming from,
00:40:23.55\00:40:24.89
you know, they
have such a pure heart.
00:40:24.92\00:40:26.29
And the lyrics, of course,
00:40:26.32\00:40:27.66
came from your time
of about something that
00:40:27.69\00:40:30.66
God had spoken to
you about like you said,
00:40:30.69\00:40:32.66
so that it was not difficult
00:40:32.69\00:40:36.00
in my opinion to
come up with this.
00:40:36.03\00:40:40.07
Just to do what God gives me
00:40:40.10\00:40:42.10
and he blessed
you with your writing
00:40:42.14\00:40:44.51
because I can hardly speak well,
00:40:44.54\00:40:46.64
much less write things down.
00:40:46.68\00:40:49.51
So music is my thing
and paired with your lyrics
00:40:49.54\00:40:53.92
is a beautiful song and I love,
00:40:53.95\00:40:55.95
I love the message in the song.
00:40:55.98\00:40:57.69
Praise the Lord.
00:40:57.72\00:40:59.05
So we hope you enjoy it as well.
00:40:59.09\00:41:00.46
I thought I had no gift
00:41:14.30\00:41:17.67
When I looked under the tree
00:41:17.71\00:41:22.24
But then I heard
a voice that said
00:41:22.28\00:41:26.51
You didn't think of Me
00:41:26.55\00:41:31.05
For I'm the
greatest gift you have
00:41:31.09\00:41:35.69
I'll meet your every need
00:41:35.72\00:41:40.10
Just place your
life into my hand
00:41:40.13\00:41:44.37
I'll help you to succeed
00:41:44.40\00:41:49.44
The greatest
gift you'll ever get
00:41:52.64\00:41:57.05
Is right here in your heart
00:41:57.08\00:42:01.75
he will comfort,
guide and teach you
00:42:01.78\00:42:06.52
You will never be apart
00:42:06.55\00:42:10.09
And if you give
your heart to him
00:42:10.13\00:42:14.10
You'll never wander again
00:42:14.13\00:42:20.57
For he is the
best and greatest gift
00:42:20.60\00:42:24.57
God ever gave to man
00:42:24.61\00:42:29.04
Yes, Jesus is the greatest gift
00:42:29.08\00:42:33.18
God ever gave to man
00:42:33.21\00:42:39.15
'Cause Jesus is
the greatest gift
00:43:06.41\00:43:10.82
God ever gave to man
00:43:10.85\00:43:16.83
Yes, Jesus is the greatest gift
00:43:16.86\00:43:22.20
God ever
00:43:22.23\00:43:25.90
gave to man
00:43:25.93\00:43:31.87
Amen. It's beautiful.
00:43:36.58\00:43:38.18
Beautiful.
Basically, thank you, Tim.
00:43:38.21\00:43:40.42
You're gonna give
us a Christmas medley?
00:43:40.45\00:43:42.35
I think I'll just
play a little bit here.
00:43:42.38\00:43:43.72
All right? Thank you.
00:43:43.75\00:43:45.09
It's good.
00:43:45.12\00:43:46.45
Amen.
00:47:03.42\00:47:05.45
Tim, that was
absolutely beautiful.
00:47:05.49\00:47:07.19
Thank you. I met...
00:47:07.22\00:47:08.92
Yvonne come up here
for a second, would you?
00:47:08.96\00:47:11.29
I've been around
a lot of musicians
00:47:11.33\00:47:13.29
for, you know, over 40 years.
00:47:13.33\00:47:15.10
And I started producing records
in Nashville in early '80s.
00:47:15.13\00:47:19.23
And so where did you go there?
00:47:19.27\00:47:21.84
Where did you go?
There you go, okay.
00:47:21.87\00:47:23.71
And I just want to let
you know that honestly,
00:47:23.74\00:47:27.81
I've never met a musician,
00:47:27.84\00:47:29.34
as literally as
talented as you are,
00:47:29.38\00:47:32.11
but not only the
talent God's given you,
00:47:32.15\00:47:34.52
but his humility.
00:47:34.55\00:47:36.62
He, Tim, and he's so...
00:47:36.65\00:47:39.22
he hates when we do this 'cause,
00:47:39.25\00:47:41.32
you know, we kind
of put him on the spot.
00:47:41.36\00:47:43.59
But I do work with
musicians from all over.
00:47:43.63\00:47:49.50
And Tim is just at the
top of the list, I just...
00:47:49.53\00:47:52.80
And his spirit,
if you need anything,
00:47:52.83\00:47:56.14
Tim will go and get it
if he's not a diva or divo.
00:47:56.17\00:48:01.18
You know, he's just got
such a spirit of humility.
00:48:01.21\00:48:06.15
And that's a Christ like spirit.
00:48:06.18\00:48:08.22
That's what the Lord
would have us to have.
00:48:08.25\00:48:09.82
And so we just so love you, Tim.
00:48:09.85\00:48:12.75
We really do, we
love and appreciate you.
00:48:12.79\00:48:15.19
You're ready to get
him, put him on the spot.
00:48:15.22\00:48:16.79
Well, no, a little
bit of his testimony,
00:48:16.83\00:48:20.46
but it's not an accident
00:48:20.50\00:48:22.46
that you love gospel music,
you got an early start, right?
00:48:22.50\00:48:25.93
Tell us a little bit
about you? You know what?
00:48:25.97\00:48:27.67
So my mother tells,
00:48:27.70\00:48:30.61
told the story that she
prayed for a piano player.
00:48:30.64\00:48:36.58
That's exactly right.
00:48:36.61\00:48:38.48
So, you know, if you
have a praying mother,
00:48:38.51\00:48:43.75
you are a blessed
person, a blessed child.
00:48:43.79\00:48:47.36
And so I had no choice.
00:48:47.39\00:48:50.26
You know, because
if mama prayed for it,
00:48:50.29\00:48:52.16
then, yeah, it was done.
00:48:52.19\00:48:55.40
And so then whenever I was born,
00:48:55.43\00:48:57.73
but they had
purchased a piano for my sister,
00:48:57.77\00:49:01.07
and she didn't take to it.
00:49:01.10\00:49:03.91
Well, you know,
I'm just kind of,
00:49:03.94\00:49:05.77
I have one of
those obligated spirits.
00:49:05.81\00:49:08.54
So I've... so I
was, I had to do it.
00:49:08.58\00:49:11.65
But I've crawled up on piano
00:49:11.68\00:49:13.35
when I was like three years old.
00:49:13.38\00:49:14.98
I started just,
you know, play in a way
00:49:15.02\00:49:16.92
and but, yeah, my mom and dad
00:49:16.95\00:49:19.35
sang gospel music.
00:49:19.39\00:49:20.72
My sister sang with them.
00:49:20.76\00:49:22.09
It was the
Parton trio at the time.
00:49:22.12\00:49:24.26
And they sang great
southern gospel music.
00:49:24.29\00:49:27.60
So, yeah, that
was what was going on.
00:49:27.63\00:49:31.53
You know, I didn't
have any lullabies.
00:49:31.57\00:49:33.23
They were singing
great hymns, and wonderful
00:49:33.27\00:49:36.81
that I was in
church all the time.
00:49:36.84\00:49:38.64
I'm sure you studied music
00:49:38.67\00:49:40.64
and all of that
to play it right?
00:49:40.68\00:49:42.34
Tell me a little about that?
00:49:42.38\00:49:43.78
Well, when I was six and
seven, both of those years,
00:49:43.81\00:49:47.58
I took a little bit of piano.
00:49:47.62\00:49:49.45
And actually I would learn,
I would go to the piano lesson.
00:49:49.48\00:49:53.52
I would have the
piano teacher play the song,
00:49:53.56\00:49:56.66
the next lesson for me,
00:49:56.69\00:49:58.43
and I would
memorize it right there from.
00:49:58.46\00:50:01.80
God blessed me
with such a good ear.
00:50:01.83\00:50:03.80
And, you know, all
glory to Him for that.
00:50:03.83\00:50:05.90
But except for the fact that
00:50:05.93\00:50:08.77
whenever I came
back to the piano lesson,
00:50:08.80\00:50:11.27
I would play the lesson
just back what I remember.
00:50:11.31\00:50:15.54
What you heard
instead of what you read.
00:50:15.58\00:50:17.01
Exactly. Instead of what I read.
00:50:17.05\00:50:18.45
Yeah.
00:50:18.48\00:50:19.81
And that what happened
00:50:19.85\00:50:21.18
was I played it
back in the wrong key.
00:50:21.22\00:50:22.55
Oh, that's whenever
the... Oh, she knew.
00:50:22.58\00:50:25.25
You know what?
00:50:25.29\00:50:26.62
And told my, told my mom,
00:50:26.65\00:50:28.56
you know, there's no
reason in giving him lessons,
00:50:28.59\00:50:32.43
because he's just,
00:50:32.46\00:50:34.00
you know, he's
not paying attention,
00:50:34.03\00:50:35.36
he's not reading the notes.
00:50:35.40\00:50:36.90
So, you know,
earlier whenever Chris
00:50:36.93\00:50:40.00
had, he gave me this,
this piece of paper here
00:50:40.04\00:50:43.17
that had the music on it.
00:50:43.20\00:50:45.41
You talk about
nervous, I was sweating.
00:50:45.44\00:50:49.01
Because I can read a little bit
00:50:49.04\00:50:50.51
because later on in my
years in high school band,
00:50:50.55\00:50:53.72
I played the oboe and
the tuba, and the cymbals.
00:50:53.75\00:50:58.29
But, so that
wouldn't really help.
00:50:58.32\00:51:01.06
But the, so it was...
00:51:01.09\00:51:03.89
Especially here. Yeah.
00:51:03.93\00:51:05.63
Yeah, especially here.
00:51:05.66\00:51:08.16
So I learned a
lot of music theory
00:51:08.20\00:51:10.33
through my high school.
00:51:10.37\00:51:11.70
So I'm very blessed to have been
00:51:11.73\00:51:13.07
in the public school system,
where I was learning music,
00:51:13.10\00:51:16.97
learning how to read.
00:51:17.01\00:51:18.47
But as far as what I play
here, I play just play by ear.
00:51:18.51\00:51:22.98
And that, but
that's, that's okay.
00:51:23.01\00:51:25.15
It's just like
something great that you do,
00:51:25.18\00:51:27.98
you know, or if
you I've always said
00:51:28.02\00:51:29.45
if you bake it,
bake a cherry pie
00:51:29.48\00:51:31.22
or, you know, I guess
00:51:31.25\00:51:33.15
other than playing the piano,
I always say I'm half ignorant.
00:51:33.19\00:51:36.42
Not true, the best
part of his humble spirit
00:51:39.96\00:51:42.10
that we've been talking about.
00:51:42.13\00:51:43.47
The point is,
you could be playing,
00:51:43.50\00:51:47.37
you know, you
could have been playing
00:51:47.40\00:51:48.84
anywhere
basically you wanted to,
00:51:48.87\00:51:51.17
but that just,
and I've known you
00:51:51.21\00:51:52.71
a lot of years that
never seems to bend your desire
00:51:52.74\00:51:55.94
to go outside the
realm of gospel music,
00:51:55.98\00:51:59.38
doesn't mean you wouldn't
play a song here and there,
00:51:59.41\00:52:01.32
but as far as
trying to make a living
00:52:01.35\00:52:02.85
or be out in the
world or to be famous,
00:52:02.88\00:52:05.25
you've never
really searched for that.
00:52:05.29\00:52:07.09
And you're
happy, you're content.
00:52:07.12\00:52:08.86
And the thing is, God
has opened doors for me
00:52:08.89\00:52:12.33
within the Christian realm
00:52:12.36\00:52:14.53
that with Christian
family groups or quartets.
00:52:14.56\00:52:17.87
So I've never had to
look elsewhere for work.
00:52:17.90\00:52:20.54
And again, just
haven't, like you say,
00:52:20.57\00:52:22.30
I really haven't had the desire.
00:52:22.34\00:52:23.91
So I think the key is
my parents instilled in me
00:52:23.94\00:52:28.28
to put God first
00:52:28.31\00:52:30.31
and he would give you
the desires of your heart,
00:52:30.35\00:52:32.95
and in fact I think
he'll make the desires,
00:52:32.98\00:52:35.65
he'll give you the
desires that He wants
00:52:35.68\00:52:38.05
you to have in your heart.
00:52:38.09\00:52:39.89
And I'm okay with that.
00:52:39.92\00:52:41.26
Absolutely.
He's been good to me.
00:52:41.29\00:52:42.72
So you worked hard.
00:52:42.76\00:52:44.79
You've always worked,
you worked tremendously hard.
00:52:44.83\00:52:47.83
So nothing comes
for without working for.
00:52:47.86\00:52:50.57
So God gave you the
gifts, but you honed it,
00:52:50.60\00:52:53.03
you've dedicated it to
him, and look what has happened.
00:52:53.07\00:52:55.50
I'm very blessed.
00:52:55.54\00:52:56.87
And so what we like to
do, we got a time for...
00:52:56.91\00:52:58.37
We got to make
time for one more song.
00:52:58.41\00:52:59.94
This is one of our
every favorite songs ever,
00:52:59.97\00:53:03.48
Ordinary Baby.
00:53:03.51\00:53:04.91
We love it.
00:53:04.95\00:53:06.28
Tell us about it.?
00:53:06.31\00:53:07.65
He was just
00:53:07.68\00:53:09.82
An ordinary baby
00:53:09.85\00:53:15.32
That's the way
00:53:15.36\00:53:17.03
He planned it, maybe
00:53:17.06\00:53:21.73
Anything less than common
00:53:21.76\00:53:25.03
would have kept Him apart
00:53:25.07\00:53:30.31
From the children
00:53:30.34\00:53:34.31
that he came to rescue
00:53:34.34\00:53:39.05
Limited to some elite few
00:53:39.08\00:53:44.85
When he was the only Child
00:53:44.89\00:53:48.12
Who asked to be born
00:53:48.16\00:53:55.10
And he came to us
00:53:55.13\00:53:58.37
With eyes wide open
00:53:58.40\00:54:02.54
Knowing how we're hurt
00:54:02.57\00:54:05.91
And broken
00:54:05.94\00:54:08.78
Choosing to partake
00:54:08.81\00:54:12.51
Of all our joy
00:54:12.55\00:54:16.79
And pain
00:54:16.82\00:54:19.62
He was just
00:54:19.65\00:54:22.66
An ordinary baby
00:54:22.69\00:54:27.66
That's the way
00:54:27.70\00:54:29.80
He planned it, maybe
00:54:29.83\00:54:34.47
So that we could come to Him
00:54:34.50\00:54:38.24
And not be afraid
00:54:38.27\00:54:42.84
He was ordinary
00:54:49.58\00:54:54.86
With exception
00:54:54.89\00:54:58.16
Of miraculous conception
00:54:58.19\00:55:03.70
Both His birth and death
00:55:03.73\00:55:06.84
He planned from the start
00:55:06.87\00:55:12.57
But between His entrance
00:55:12.61\00:55:17.55
And His exit
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Was a life that has affected
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Everyone who's walked the earth
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To this very day
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And with no airs
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Of condescension
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He became
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God's pure extension
00:55:48.68\00:55:52.78
Giving you and me
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The chance to be remade
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He was just
00:56:03.16\00:56:06.09
An ordinary baby
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That's the way
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He planned it, maybe
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So that we could come to Him
00:56:18.21\00:56:21.94
And not be afraid
00:56:21.98\00:56:27.92
So that we could come to Him
00:56:30.79\00:56:35.06
And not be afraid
00:56:35.09\00:56:41.06
He was just
00:56:47.97\00:56:51.47
An ordinary baby
00:56:51.51\00:56:57.21
Absolutely beautiful.
Oh, it's so beautiful.
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Can't really add
anything to that,
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except that
we're gonna have to say
00:57:10.13\00:57:11.73
goodbye to our folks.
00:57:11.76\00:57:13.09
Thank you so much for coming.
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And of course,
Kris and Mitchells,
00:57:14.50\00:57:15.96
and everybody and, Tim,
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thank you for the hard
work that you do to help us
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sound us good as
we can possibly sound.
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For those of you at home,
again, thank you for your love
00:57:22.80\00:57:24.94
and prayers and
financial support of 3ABN.
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Remember, Jesus loves you.
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Our time is all gone.
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Until we see you next time,
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may the Lord richly
bless you abundantly
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more than you
could ever ask or think.
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