This is the Franklin
County Jail in Benton, Illinois.
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It's no longer in
service, it's been out of use
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for well over a
decade perhaps even two.
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It is old and cold.
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The paint is
pealing and it's not really
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a nice place to be,
but then I don't suspect
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any jail, any prison
is a nice place to be.
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And yet even in
these awful places
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God has a mission field,
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God has lives that He's calling,
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lives that He's touching,
lives that He's saving.
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That's what Free
Indeed is all about.
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It's people
telling us their stories,
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people who've made mistakes.
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Mistakes that have landed
them in places just like this,
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but even in those tough
times and in those tough places,
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God is doing miraculous things.
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And in this show,
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we want you to be a
part of those miracles.
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Realizing that if
God can bless them,
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God can bless you,
if God can call them,
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God can call you,
if God can save them,
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God can save you.
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We will learn
from their stories.
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This season we'll be at the
Receptive Diagnostic Center.
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We'll be at the
Indiana Women's Prison.
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We'll be at the Putnamville
Correctional Facility.
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We'll also be at the Plainfield
Correctional Facility.
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We'll meet men and women
whose lives have been touched,
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whose lives have been changed,
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who have found out that they can
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and are free
indeed in Christ Jesus.
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So we want you to join us
on this odyssey of discovery,
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this walk though the
lives of men and women
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who have made mistakes.
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Some of the people you'll meet
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are gonna be in for a long time.
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Some of the people will be out
just days after you see them.
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Some are even
out now as we speak,
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but each of them
has a lesson for us.
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And if our hearts are
open, if our minds are attune,
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you will learn those lessons,
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and I believe your
lives will be better.
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What makes this show
a little bit different?
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Well, it's not so much
about us ministering to them,
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it's about them
ministering to us,
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about them
telling us their stories,
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their walk with Jesus.
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Sure, we teach
and preach to them,
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but in a very
special way they will teach
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and preach to us and to you.
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And we will learn
through looking at their lives
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that God is good
and God is present
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and that He cares
about each and everyone.
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So again I invite you to join us
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on an odyssey of discovery,
perhaps even self discovery
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given the realization
in the words of Jesus.
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"If the Son
therefore shall make you free,
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ye shall be free indeed."
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Free Indeed, that something
that we all are looking for.
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Sometimes we're behind
different types of bars
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but we all fight the
battle of being free.
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I wanna open up this,
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this time with a
prayer with your permission,
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then we'll take it from there.
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Father, we just want
to thank you so much,
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Lord, for being in our hearts.
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We cry out to You, dear Father.
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Father, we
invite the Holy Spirit
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just to throw a net
over us, dear Father.
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I'll be turning
24-years-old this week
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and I'm the happiest
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I've ever been
in my entire life.
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And for me to be able to say
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that from prison
is, is pretty amazing.
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I know a lot of
people in the streets
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that can't even
say that, and it's--
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there is no
doubt in my mind it's
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because I've been saved
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and that I'm being
able to do something
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to give back to God
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and to share my
testimony with others.
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It's just an amazing thing.
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I'm lost without you, Jesus
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When 3ABN came into
this prison facility
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I wasn't quite sure
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how widespread
God's evangelistic
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and mission and missionaries
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who suffer being
spread throughout the world.
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And you guys came in
and said that, you know,
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you guys air for
millions of people
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all around the world,
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that just really
touched my heart.
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And that you guys
were able to come here
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and want to
hear our testimonies,
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want to hear from
prisoners, lest of all people.
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And I just
thought it was amazing
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and since then, you know,
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it's just and it's
also an encouragement,
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because I know that, you know,
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God's word is being
spread throughout the world
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and I'm not alone.
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And it's just an amazing
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blessing to have
you guys come in here
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and give us an opportunity
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to share our
stories to the world.
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When I heard about Free
Indeed coming to the facility,
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I had no idea what it was.
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I knew that Mr.
Bay was a part of it
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and I knew that
3ABN was a part of it,
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which I read a
little bit about them.
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It was an exciting time,
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a lot of people were
really looking forward to it.
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They were, they
were looking for,
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for more blessings
from this, from this chapel.
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It's not enough
just to wanna do good
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or to say that
you're this or you're that,
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you have to really be
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who you say you are in the Lord.
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And anybody can profess Jesus,
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but it's not
about professing Him.
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But you have to posses
Him, He has to be inside of you.
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And that way no matter
what's going on around you,
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whether you lose
children and loved ones,
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you don't have to worry about.
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Yes, it hurts but it
won't hurt you as bad,
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Brother Lemuel, because if
something happens like that,
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when you got God on your side.
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And like I
said, it doesn't mean,
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you won't have problems
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but you don't have
to exalt your problems.
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You can exalt
your problem solver
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and that is Jesus.
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Amen. Yes.
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In the religion that I was in,
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I didn't believe the God
would raise you from the dead.
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Amen, because, you know,
I just didn't believe that.
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But I knew they
still have something.
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So I said, okay man,
break that down for me.
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And it broke it down like this.
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They said, man,
here's what that mean.
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That means if
you have Jesus Christ
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to come into your
heart and He don't come,
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then it means He's not
alive and the Bible's alive.
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He's but if
you're serious about it,
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you ask Jesus Christ
to com into your heart
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and He does come, then
it means Jesus is alive
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and the Bible's
only word of God.
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Right there in that
jail cell I had made my mind
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that I'm gonna I
find myself is Jesus
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who he say He is.
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And I pray and ask
Jesus Christ come to my heart,
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with everything that's in me
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and when I pray that prayer
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I knew that, I knew
that, I knew that, I knew that,
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I knew that Jesus is alive
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and that the Bible
is only word of God.
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What got me through all of this,
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all this, this, this 20 years,
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I've been you
know, waking up everyday
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knowing that I'm innocent,
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what got me through
it, through it is God.
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I'm gonna keep it
real with you. I'm no good,
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I'm not gonna come up here
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and act as if I'm a holy savior,
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you know, I wasn't
an angel out there,
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you know, but God is good.
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I can say that God
is good, He is good.
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And He has got me through this,
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that's the only way I
got through is with God.
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There are those who
feel like, like that
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Many times disrespected,
don't be discouraged
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Keep on pressing
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Even when the sky is gray
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And I'm looking for a sunny day
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I've made up my
mind to keep on pressing
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Help me out Pressing
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Keep on pressing Pressing
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And I know
what's going on Pressing
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You got to keep
moving Pressing on
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Moving on Pressing on, pressing.
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When this happened, I
wanted to be mad at God
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and I wanted to blame God,
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why did you allow
this to happen to my child?
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He's so innocent.
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I started to question, you know,
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questionable,
and almost hated Him.
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But as I sat down he
begin to talk to me and tell me,
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"I'm not gonna leave you,
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this is all gonna
make you stronger,
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this is all gonna work it out."
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So I just have to
believe that and trust in God
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and know that he'll
get my family through this.
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To keep moving
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Pressing, keep
on, keep on, keep on
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To keep pressing
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Pressing on,
pressing on Keep on, keep--
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When you really
get to go in through
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some hard times you think about,
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you think about
what I've gone through.
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And if I can give a smile,
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I can still smile after 20 years
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of being incarcerated
for something I didn't do,
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I can walk around here
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and still respect those
who disrespect me, amen.
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You know, and I still, you know,
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I could still
have a smile on my face
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and still, you know,
give a smile when it's needed.
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Those who out
there, that's going
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through
something, they can smile
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and they can,
you know, be happy.
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That's the power of
God, thank you, Lorenzo.
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Amen. God bless you.
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Pressing on, pressing
on, pressing, pressing.
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I always pray to Jesus.
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I know that I wanna trust
you, it's not I don't want to,
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I don't know
how, please show me.
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And so, day by day
and second by second
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He has opened my heart
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and not only towards
Him, but to other people
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who I never thought,
you know what I mean,
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that I would be involved
with, just by helping them
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and seeing that we
have a common ground.
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A lot of people
have an issue with trust
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and so that
opening my heart to God,
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that song is my
favorite, my favorite.
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Alone in a room
It's just me and you
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I feel so lost 'Cause
I don't know what to do
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Now what if I choose
the wrong thing to do
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I'm so afraid alone,
afraid of disappointing you
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So I need to talk to you
And ask you for your guidance
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Especially today
When my life is so cloudy
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Guide me until I'm sure
I open up my heart to you.
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It means a lot
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when you get people
from the outside come in,
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you know, coming in,
that might be the only visit
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we get when we have
Christmas behind bars.
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That might be the only visit
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somebody might get
and touch the person.
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Excuse me.
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It's just, it's actually
it's unexplainable feeling
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because it's an
overwhelming feeling.
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I don't know
you, you don't know me
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but you treat me just like
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if you'd been
knowing me all my life.
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Like I'm, it's good to be
a part of a Christian family.
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Because sometime your own family
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just turn their backs on you.
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And I just thank God
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that there's people
out there like free,
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friendly Christmas behind bars,
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because a lot of us need.
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Just might encourage us
that there's still hope.
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Oh, yeah, yes I
do So show me how
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To do things your way
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Don't let me
make the same mistakes
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Over and over
again Your will be done
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And I'll be the one
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To make sure
that it's carried out.
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God had done so much for me
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that I cannot, I cannot even
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with the loss of my
only child I ever have.
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I cannot sit here
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and not be thankful
for what God has done
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and not tell you that
God is moving in my life
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and blessing me and changing me.
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Even with
everything that's happened,
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I couldn't do it.
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I open, I open up
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I open up my
heart to you, to you
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You're the lover of my
soul The captain of my sea
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I need a word from you
Just one word, just one word
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I open up, I open
up open up my heart
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Just one word could make A
difference in what I do Lord
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Guide me until I'm
sure Oh, I open, I open up
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open up my heart to you, to you.
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Just trust,
just try a little bit
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at first all you got to
do is give God a little bit,
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open your heart to Him.
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Sit and listen to that
song, listen to the words,
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you know, listen to the melody
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and just ask God
to open your heart.
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And I think that
if you would do that,
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then your life will
change dramatically.
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You're the lover of
my soul Captain of my sea
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I need a word from you
That's why I open up my heart.
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When you make
decisions out of desperation
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usually they're bad decisions.
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Amen. Come on. Amen.
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How many have ever
made a bad decision?
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No, I'm not talking about
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wearing brown shoes
with a black tuxedo,
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I'm talking about bad decision.
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Made a bad decision.
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Was that 'mesus'
decision or a Jesus decision?
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You see every decision
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you make falls into two
categories every decision.
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One is a me and us
decision, 'mesus' or a Jesus.
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Every decision it's
either 'mesus' or Jesus.
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And every, every bad
decision is a 'mesus' decision,
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it's for me and my posse,
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me and my crew, as a 'mesus'
decision or a Jesus decision.
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In 1980, I got
charged with a murder charge.
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I came from a
very Christian family
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when I was a kid,
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I got married into a
very, very abusive relationship.
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I guess the last draw was
when he threatened to kill me
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and my kids both.
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Everybody in here's
not bad, we made a mistake
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and you can go from
whatever you do in here.
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If it wasn't for
God I wouldn't made it
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because there was a lot of times
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when I first came
here with 80 years,
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I don't think I
would ever see daylight.
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It was very unreal to me,
00:17:35.71\00:17:38.50
because I never been in trouble,
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I never had been
arrested or anything.
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So it was really
hard and I started praying
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and asking Him to give
me the strength to make it.
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And here I do feel
like I'm freed indeed.
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It means to me that
I'm free in my heart,
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I may not be
able to walk outside
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but I'm free within me,
God has given me that freedom.
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And He's given me
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good friends, good
family, good loved ones
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and who's taking care of me.
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I won't give up or give in
I'm holding on till the end
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I will be steadfast unmovable
Always abounding in You
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Lord, I'm staying in Your
will I won't give up or give in
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I'm holding on till the end
I will be steadfast unmovable
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Always abounding in You
Lord, I'm staying in Your will
00:19:13.99\00:19:29.59
I'm staying in Your
will I'm staying in Your will
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I'm staying, Lord
00:19:35.96\00:19:39.34
I'm staying in
Your will, I'm staying
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God is in my life everyday
and I'm just so filled with joy
00:19:45.04\00:19:50.02
when I talk about God,
because He's so amazing,
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God is so amazing.
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Because I didn't love
myself, I thought I was ugly
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because of all
the detrimental abuse
00:19:59.77\00:20:04.83
that I went through,
but He's just so amazing.
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And He's always
been there for me
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and if it wasn't for God
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I wouldn't be able to
stay for 14 years in prison.
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Your will Promise You, Lord
00:20:17.60\00:20:23.59
I am staying in
Your will, Your will
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Promise You, Lord.
00:20:31.44\00:20:35.83
Before you guys
came in, you know,
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I've done several
live shows on the street
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but my heart wasn't right,
00:20:39.86\00:20:40.94
I was just up
there playing music,
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might go smoke some
weed on the break, honestly.
00:20:42.41\00:20:45.02
So when I heard
you guys was come in,
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I said this
would be the first time
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I've actually get to
record when my heart is right
00:20:48.29\00:20:50.73
and I'm doing this
for the right reason.
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I'm so free right now,
it's just, it's hard to say
00:20:52.91\00:20:55.73
when you guys come in to
see all those barbed wires,
00:20:55.74\00:20:57.66
but just to know that I
have a out day coming real soon.
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And know that I could be free
00:21:01.39\00:21:02.82
and now my heart
is right and thank God
00:21:02.83\00:21:04.64
that I wasn't
free before this time.
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Joy keeps you
when you're all alone.
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How many have ever been alone?
00:21:21.75\00:21:24.80
You can be
sitting in a crowded room
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and be alone, you know that.
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Have a million people around you
00:21:31.61\00:21:34.36
and you're all alone.
00:21:34.37\00:21:37.37
Joy gives you the certainty
that you're never ever alone,
00:21:37.38\00:21:45.89
because joy is in Jesus
00:21:45.90\00:21:49.24
and when you got,
Jesus you got joy.
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And when you got Jesus,
you're never ever alone.
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I shot somebody. I
got locked up in 1999.
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I was sentenced to 35 years.
00:22:05.72\00:22:08.79
And it wasn't until
God actually speak unto me.
00:22:08.80\00:22:12.09
And even though I had
a cellmate in the room,
00:22:12.10\00:22:13.97
I wouldn't heard Him talking.
00:22:13.98\00:22:15.44
I could hear God's
voice plain as day,
00:22:15.45\00:22:17.71
just ministering to me.
00:22:17.72\00:22:20.08
You know, I didn't
have any family writing me
00:22:20.09\00:22:22.17
and nobody at the
time and it's just,
00:22:22.18\00:22:26.34
he came into my life, man,
and that's just how God works,
00:22:26.35\00:22:32.39
man, he meets you
at your lowest point,
00:22:32.40\00:22:34.18
when you think you can't
go no farther He picks you up.
00:22:34.19\00:22:38.58
And He pick me
up and He helped me.
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Please understand that
as you look into this word
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what you will see is
who you are in Christ Jesus.
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We have an identity crisis,
you're not the only ones.
00:22:55.64\00:23:00.36
There are so many
people in the church
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who don't understand
who they are in Christ,
00:23:01.85\00:23:04.42
but God wants us
to get into His word,
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let the word get into us.
00:23:07.16\00:23:09.62
And to begin to understand
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that someone quoted
earlier Romans 8:28,
00:23:12.15\00:23:17.02
"All things work
together for good
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for those who love the Lord,
00:23:18.74\00:23:20.09
and are called
according his purpose."
00:23:20.10\00:23:22.14
You cannot
disconnect that from Roman 8:29,
00:23:22.15\00:23:25.82
because his
purpose it goes on to say,
00:23:25.83\00:23:29.20
"Is for those He foreknew,
00:23:29.21\00:23:31.34
He predestined to
become like Jesus."
00:23:31.35\00:23:36.24
Your destiny is to be like Jesus
00:23:36.25\00:23:40.16
and when you look
into the mirror of the word
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you will see who you
really are in Christ.
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We've never had an altar call
00:23:47.22\00:23:48.82
before in the
whole 12 or 13 years
00:23:48.83\00:23:52.35
that we've been in the ministry,
00:23:52.36\00:23:54.32
have taken brown paper sacks
that we have in some prisons.
00:23:54.33\00:23:58.20
But tonight
there's something specials,
00:23:58.21\00:23:59.90
the Lord put it on His heart.
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Is there anybody here
tonight that would like to stand
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and rededicate their life
to Jesus or for the first time
00:24:07.09\00:24:11.01
I'd like to say that I
would like to serve Jesus,
00:24:11.02\00:24:14.04
if there is, would you
be willing to stand with us
00:24:14.05\00:24:17.55
as we close in prayer?
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Yeah, amen. Is
there another one?
00:24:20.51\00:24:24.70
Your heart He will bless
beyond your wildest dreams.
00:24:24.71\00:24:28.46
Brothers, I know the
Lord is calling your heart
00:24:28.47\00:24:32.04
and your mind and your time.
00:24:32.05\00:24:34.16
Brothers, do you understand
that we're all family?
00:24:34.17\00:24:36.79
Do you understand that
we're all cousins, man?
00:24:36.80\00:24:39.52
We're all go
back to Adam and Eve
00:24:39.53\00:24:41.02
in the creative power of
God in the Garden of Eden.
00:24:41.03\00:24:44.17
Our great, great,
great grandparents
00:24:44.18\00:24:46.43
and it's our desire to see you
00:24:46.44\00:24:48.59
added to the kingdom of heaven.
00:24:48.60\00:24:50.75
JD said he had one
talent and that was compassion.
00:24:50.76\00:24:53.77
I know that each and
everyone of you have a talent,
00:24:53.78\00:24:56.32
I know that each
and everyone of you
00:24:56.33\00:24:57.62
in this prison house tonight
00:24:57.63\00:24:59.02
could see how God have saved you
00:24:59.03\00:25:01.52
from them bullets
that went past you,
00:25:01.53\00:25:03.55
from them drug overdoses
and them tragic car crashes,
00:25:03.56\00:25:06.86
that nobody should
have been alive in that car.
00:25:06.87\00:25:09.35
You've walked free
time and time again,
00:25:09.36\00:25:12.13
won't you tonight stand with us
00:25:12.14\00:25:14.23
and bow before the
throne room of God.
00:25:14.24\00:25:17.31
JD, would you close?
00:25:17.32\00:25:18.64
And I'll say
something in closing.
00:25:18.65\00:25:21.02
If your heart is aching,
it might be wise to stand,
00:25:21.03\00:25:26.37
because this is the Lord
that's whispering in your ear.
00:25:26.38\00:25:31.64
Don't disappoint Him.
00:25:31.65\00:25:33.74
Remember this is about
him, it's not about being tough,
00:25:33.75\00:25:39.33
it's about giving glory to Him.
00:25:39.34\00:25:41.36
And it doesn't mean that,
00:25:41.37\00:25:46.66
it means that you
want to make a start.
00:25:46.67\00:25:49.82
You know, Shelley's mentioned
something there and our--
00:25:49.83\00:25:52.86
whenever our relationship
was young in the Lord.
00:25:52.87\00:25:57.00
I'm willing to be
made willing, Lord.
00:25:57.01\00:26:00.89
How precious is that?
00:26:00.90\00:26:02.94
I'm willing to be
made willing, Lord.
00:26:02.95\00:26:05.92
I don't know what everything
00:26:05.93\00:26:08.13
but I'm willing
to at least stand up
00:26:08.14\00:26:12.02
and then let
Your work take over.
00:26:12.03\00:26:16.34
So let's go the Lord and prayer.
00:26:16.35\00:26:18.58
And as we're praying and
some others wanna stand up.
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Thank You, Jesus.
Father, thank You,
00:26:22.17\00:26:27.35
there are times and words
00:26:27.36\00:26:29.28
we don't even
know how to articulate.
00:26:29.29\00:26:32.43
We just thank You,
Lord, for the Holy Spirit.
00:26:32.44\00:26:35.27
We thank You for the way
00:26:35.28\00:26:36.49
that the Holy
Spirit can fix our heart.
00:26:36.50\00:26:39.50
And Father, I just especially
thank for these tough guys
00:26:39.51\00:26:44.77
that are standing to their feet.
00:26:44.78\00:26:47.25
Father, they're
willing to be made willing,
00:26:47.26\00:26:50.05
they're willing, Lord, to see
what their next assignment is.
00:26:50.06\00:26:53.71
And I just ask
in the name of Jesus
00:26:53.72\00:26:55.69
that as You impress them,
00:26:55.70\00:26:57.65
that You give
them the Holy boldness
00:26:57.66\00:27:00.20
to take the step
that you want them to go.
00:27:00.21\00:27:03.17
Put pride aside, Lord,
00:27:03.18\00:27:05.37
let them continue to grow in You
00:27:05.38\00:27:08.07
and make a
difference in this world.
00:27:08.08\00:27:10.76
And Father, we
look forward to that day
00:27:10.77\00:27:13.60
when we're walking
on streets of gold,
00:27:13.61\00:27:16.19
when we can look to
our right and our left.
00:27:16.20\00:27:19.06
I know you, I've seen
you what did we made and JD,
00:27:19.07\00:27:24.11
you will never
guess what happened.
00:27:24.12\00:27:27.84
I gave my Lord,
my heart to the Lord,
00:27:27.85\00:27:30.98
and I brought other
people into the kingdom.
00:27:30.99\00:27:34.45
God's multiplication
is absolutely amazing,
00:27:34.46\00:27:38.29
so we thank You, Jesus.
00:27:38.30\00:27:40.13
We give you the
praise and the glory,
00:27:40.14\00:27:42.66
just like we said
earlier it's about You Lord,
00:27:42.67\00:27:45.25
it's not about
us, we're just dust.
00:27:45.26\00:27:49.62
We ask this in the precious
name of Your Son Jesus, amen.
00:27:49.63\00:27:54.25
You down 37
years. I'm 37-years-old.
00:27:54.26\00:27:56.71
Thirty seven
years. That's right.
00:27:56.72\00:27:58.50
Are you say, you seen
a lot of church groups
00:27:58.51\00:28:00.16
through here but what?
00:28:00.17\00:28:01.30
This is the first
time I've ever seen this,
00:28:01.31\00:28:02.96
like we said,
especially your testimony.
00:28:02.97\00:28:05.37
It's a first time, you
ever seen anything like this.
00:28:05.38\00:28:07.34
Like this, yeah.
00:28:07.35\00:28:08.38
So you know what it's
not me though man, I'm just--
00:28:08.39\00:28:11.55
Oh, I could tell
by your testimony.
00:28:11.56\00:28:12.60
Yeah, I mean.
00:28:12.61\00:28:13.60
I mean, it's the
Lord working in our lives
00:28:13.61\00:28:16.88
and He will do before
you what He's done for me.
00:28:16.89\00:28:19.85
He will do for me
what He did for Noah.
00:28:19.86\00:28:22.45
He will do for you
what He did for Daniel.
00:28:22.46\00:28:24.69
And so there's no
limitation on God.
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