Welcome back, this is has
been a different kind of show.
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We've covered a lot of
different things and met some
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young people from Australia.
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People standing up in a
real relationship with God,
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and that always
excites me because when this
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becomes real to somebody.
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Everything changes.
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It's a whole different
story, and so Jonathan I'd
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like you to kind of bring
it of up to a close for us.
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You know your family
members, you know Gaea and
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where their heart is.
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So I am just going
to turn it over to you.
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Sure thing, it has just
been an amazing thing seeing
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how God has pulled our
family together and brought us
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out, of whatever
we were messed up in.
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It's something how He brought
us out of it and brought us
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together and then said,
look, I didn't just save you.
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I've also exalted, you and
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I want you to do
something for Me.
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I'm going to give
you the highest calling,
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go out and tell the world.
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You know, what I love
about that calling, even it is
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that I could see that He didn't
waste, there was nothing wasted
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about where you were is
as you stood up, you got a
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feel of what it felt like.
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Even Billy said the
girls loved and adored you and
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all that kind of stuff.
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You got a feel of
what that feels like,
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wait a minute that's not real.
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So, He says I want to
lift you up, I wanted to be
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real for you,
this is the real deal.
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That's right. That's
right, and it just seems like
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nothing else has ever quenched
that thirst that is within me.
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Yeah sure tried so many
different things, it seems
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like I look back
through my life and realize I've
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bounced from so many
different things trying to feel
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like I was worth something.
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Whether was trying to be
a talented actor or in the
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music or whether
popularity or maybe academic
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kind of stuff like that.
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It doesn't work, it
doesn't work doesn't feel that
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something there's still an
empty hole there and I want to
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find the satisfaction
that my heart is craving for.
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It's really different to
me because you know, I used to
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love, cause I was out
using all the time and partying.
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I was kind of
loud, and now I'm loud,
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but for God and He like be loud.
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Don't be ashamed of
who I am and I am not.
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I can walk down the
street, I can walk right into a
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bank and if somebody is hurting
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I can sit down
and minister to them.
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I don't have any sense of
this is not something you are
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supposed to do, because I
didn't have any sense in the
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other world, but I
definitely don't have any sense.
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When I know it is more real
and will bring life to them.
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So I feel like as you
stand up that God is doing that
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with you and for you
and for your whole family.
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For Billy when he stands up.
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It's like seeing him instead
of the girls looking at him
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saying, how cute are you
and all that kind of stuff.
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They can look at
him as a man of God,
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saying how real is that.
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And they are men of God,
and there are people that
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are out there that
truly do believe in this.
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And I don't have to
lower my standards for the men
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I bring into my life.
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The same with Gaea as men
look at you and you are in
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love with God and are
standing for Christ, it's like
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people do not have to,
any longer, lower their
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standards for a mate,
someone to fall in love with.
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As you stand up I'm
so proud of you guys,
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How cool is this!
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It is just so special
when you see your family
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come to an
experience with God and see the
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experience
healing in their life.
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For me as a big brother
to Billy to be a part of his
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experience, to watch
him, as little brother and see
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him in a part of his life
where he is just so not happy
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and saying Billy, please I
want to show you something.
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And him as a little brother
responding to me by saying,
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thanks for sharing what you did.
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Did he respond at
first, I mean, was it like
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what are you talking about?
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Yeah, and more
blunt terms, yeah.
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Yeah yeah because you
know with my family, none in
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my family have turned
to Christ, and they're just
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starting, but I've
been in recovery since 1979
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for a long time.
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And they are just starting
to turn to Christ and my
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heart just feels like
I want to dance inside.
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I want to turn around and
grab somebody and say do you
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realize that my mom
didn't tease me about my
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spirituality for the
first time this year.
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And nobody
realizes how big that is and
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I'm thinking, that is huge.
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Yeah, that means
everything to you.
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It means everything,
so as your family gets
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on the same
page-exactly because that
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that family part of you
that just wants your family
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to be whole and happy, is the
same thing that motivates God.
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He sees you as family,
He sees you as a child.
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Yeah you see it, and
you watch mothers look after
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their children,
and see that they'd
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do anything for their child.
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They would put their life
on the line for that child.
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Now that makes sense why
God sent His Son, because He
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sees us as His children,
He sees us as His family.
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And says I want you back.
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I will sacrifice
Myself you are my child.
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You know, I realized to
when I started studying a
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little bit about Christ
coming down, and leaving the
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very throne room
of God by coming down.
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It's almost like I see Him
almost panicking and grabbing us
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on the face and saying,
you know what, somebody has
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lied to you about who God is.
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I want to show you in the
flesh, this is who God is.
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And this is how much He
loves you, like when Magdalene
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was dragged to His feet,
and He just looked at her and
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said, I am not
here to condemn you.
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I want you to stand up, I
want you not to hurt yourself
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anymore, and she
literally looked at His face and
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followed Him the
rest of her life.
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It's like seeing that
much love, truly this is God?
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And He's like absolutely.
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Absolutely, and so what
you are saying the world, and
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definitely this generation,
needs to get a view of God
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that says you know your
identity is in this guy.
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This guy that is your
Father, this guy that says,
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you know what, you are
worth everything to Me.
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Somebody looks at the
different things of all
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that is going on in different
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planets in heaven and
all that kind of stuff.
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They will get
everything, God must be busy
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in running the universe.
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Speaking stars into existence,
and I said, you know what,
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we are here on this
planet lost and He has done
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nothing in the last seven
thousand years, or however long,
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but pay attention to us.
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Because we are
lost and it kills Him.
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He is not off doing His laundry.
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You know what I
mean, it kills Him.
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God doesn't sleep.
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He is constantly looking to
find some way to rescue you.
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The great Shepherd that
goes looking for His sheep.
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It was the same way with
the family here, we didn't go
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looking for God, He
came looking for us.
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And He is so resilient,
constantly determined to chase
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us down and bring us back.
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To make us feel like
we are worth something.
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You know, I want you to look
in the camera and talk about
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somebody, and I want somebody
in a band, somebody who is
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just beginning to be successful
somebody that is just being
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sucked into all that.
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Talk to that person.
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You need to know that God
loves you, and that He is so
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passionate about you.
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And that His love for you
doesn't compare to anything
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in the world, it is so
much greater and why would you
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settle for anything less?
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He wants you back,
He wants you back and
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you are a child of His.
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He says please come back
and let me be your Father.
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Let me make you feel valuable.
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To a girl that means everything.
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It means that God is saying
to you are beautiful, and it
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doesn't matter what
anybody else thinks.
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I think you're gorgeous
and I think you're amazing.
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And to a guy, it says
look I'm proud of you, my son.
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The words that we
have been longing to hear.
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He offers us that and
says you are secure, you're a
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child and I love you.
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We are at the end of the
program, and I just want to
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say, it has been such a
blessing for me to meet all
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you guys, and to hear
the different way God has
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been working in your life.
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How you have
accepted that and stepped
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up to your calling.
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Thanks for
joining us! - Thank you!
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When you are watching
this program, and you are
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listening to the these
young folks talking about God
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finally becoming real
to them, and you can see
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that He became real to them.
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They fell in love with Him, in
love with Him, and that is the
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relationship that God
is so seeking after us.
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I don't what you just to
come and do the right thing,
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week after week
and show up in church.
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I want you to fall in love
with Me, because it's cool.
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Really cool!
See you next time on
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Celebrating Life in Recovery.
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Until then, always
remember that God is crazy
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about you and me too!
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