On today's program, we travel
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to the Reception
Diagnostic Center.
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This is a very unique facility.
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If we were to characterize
it, I suspect we would call it
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a bit of a holding tank.
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Men and boys who
have been sentenced
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are sent here for diagnosis
and then a determination
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is made what long-term
facility they will be sent to.
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They are evaluated by
age, educational needs,
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any number of
parameters determine
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what facility they will go to.
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I'm told that some
22,000 men per year
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move through the
Reception Diagnostic Center.
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So it's a transient place.
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People don't
stay very, very long.
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Again, there is no
contact with the outside.
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No calls, no visits, no
phone calls, no entertainment.
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Perhaps, it's the
perfect situation for a person
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to get a hold of Jesus Christ
or do I say for Jesus Christ
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to get a hold of them
because they are shut off
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from all of those
things, which occupy our time
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and occupy our minds.
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They get a chance to
think about Jesus and a Bible
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in this facility
goes a long, long way.
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Many men have had
a chance to reflect
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on their relationship
with God, their relationship
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with life and
begin to make changes
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in the devotion of Jesus Christ.
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You're gonna hear
some very powerful stories
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today from the
Reception Diagnostic Center.
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There is a movie that is
not really Biblically accurate
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but it has a section
where Jesus allegedly visits
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John the Baptist in prison.
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And before He goes in prison,
one of the guards asks Christ
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do you intend to
free John from his cell?
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And Jesus said no, I
intend to free him in his cell.
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This program Free Indeed
is about being free in Jesus.
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I'm standing here
with my buddy Lem Vega.
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He tells me
that he was in a cell
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just like this at the
Regional Diagnostic Center,
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that depression took hold of him
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and he tried to take his life.
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This is the stark reality
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of what goes on
in a place like this.
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It's a bar, it's a cot.
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It's a public toilet
where you don't have privacy.
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It's the reality that your
life will never be the same.
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And yet even in this
small cramped quarter,
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we can be free in Jesus.
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And that's what
this is all about.
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We have come to visit those
who are trapped in this place,
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but there are so many
others who are trapped
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in all kinds of
things that hold them
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just as securely
bound as these bars
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that we're looking at.
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And so Free Indeed makes the
statement whether you're free,
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but trapped in drugs or
any other suicidal problem
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or whether you're incarcerated
and trapped behind bars,
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if Christ shall make you
free, you can be free indeed.
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We are privileged and blessed
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to have a
renowned name in the house.
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We are all equal,
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but we have Michael
Jordan with us tonight. Amen.
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Thank you, thank you, Michael,
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for being willing to
share your testimony.
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Michael, you
have a message of hope
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that you would like
to share with the world.
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You know, you've been
side-ditched for a moment
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because of incarceration.
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But what would that message
be to the whole wide world
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that there is hope in
this time in which we live?
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Without God,
without God we're nothing.
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We came being nothing.
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We'd never to amount to
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anything without
God being in our life.
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I had--I had to
know that for myself.
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I learned that as a
baby boy without God,
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we're not gonna be nothing.
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I mean, He is--He
is our everything.
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He's gonna be at everything.
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He's the first and
last and everything.
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But somehow as you
learned that as a little child
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somehow that wasn't the
focal point of your life.
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That's right. How
did you get refocused?
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Well, it took, it
took death of my mother,
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it took death of my mother.
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My mother just
passed away in November
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and I had to
focus back, think back
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to where I came from, you know?
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So--so the Bible
says "Train up a child
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in the way he should go, and
he should not depart from it.
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That's right, you know, brother,
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my mother languished with cancer
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and I hate to tell you
this, but I didn't even drive
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to Chicago three or four
hour journey to see my mother
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before she passed with cancer.
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I was too
involved with the drugs.
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You know, on
this journey have you,
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have you been able to
share that you can overcome
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some of these hurdles?
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Oh, yes, oh, yes. I'll
testify to everybody I can that,
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that the God is real,
you know, they have to trust
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in the Lord with
all you heart and lean
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not to your own understanding
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'cause your own
understanding get you nowhere.
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By leaning to Him,
then you're telling me
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that He empowers you,
at least He has in my life,
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to overcome temptations.
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That's right, that's right.
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To overcome the world.
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That's right. In the
world, the Bible says,
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you shall have tribulation;
but be of good cheer,
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because He says-- He's here.
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I have overcome the world, amen.
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That's right. In
closing, what would you share
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with those people
that are struggling
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to find their
identity in the world today?
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Look to the hills,
will cometh your help,
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your help come from God.
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Brother, thank
you so very, very much
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and God bless you. God bless.
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Today I'm blessed
to have Tyron with us.
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Tyron is a good friend
of mine and he received
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one of these gift packages,
one of these brown paper
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sacks from the county jail.
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And we want to hear
just now of the value
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and meaning that it
means to someone incarcerated
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that they have
not been forgotten.
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You know, well to
actually put it in words
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is very difficult
because it's a lot of gratitude
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but then again it's a lot
of just joy that overtakes
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you when you think
about the food you know,
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you come--some of
these guys come from families
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that's been broken up
you know, and families
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that's abusive and families
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that you just didn't actually
burn bridges with, you know?
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And they are not there anymore.
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And when these come in
and along with the books
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you get the meat
and actually get this,
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you know, the sweets.
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But, Tyron, share with
me now a moment of time
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the spiritual
blessing that's left behind.
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Well, most of the
guys, most they get down
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when they actually
get down with their food
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and they got to
dig in down in the bag
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and they actually see
these books that's the meat,
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and actually send off to some
of these Bible study classes.
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And they start getting involved
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with these Bible study classes
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and they actually
get to know the Lord.
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Praise the Lord. What
would you share to our sponsors
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in appreciation that made this
possible because it's not us?
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I would say thank
you from the bottom
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and from the top of my heart
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and I would say to
other organizations out there,
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each one, teach more.
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I even go as far
as saying, each one,
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teach one, reach one.
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I challenge you to
rise to the occasion
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of what this organization or
these organizations are doing.
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This is a great thing.
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And I am your neighbor and
you are mine so with that--
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If you would like to
be involved in any aspect
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of the Christmas
Behind Bars gift distribution,
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you can contact this
at christmasbehindbars.org
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or on Facebook facebook.com
/chrismasbehindbars.
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We thank you for being willing
to give for being willing
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to serve and I believe
that you'll see many people
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in the Kingdom of
Heaven because you were willing
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to give to your neighbor.
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Anthony, is this
your first time in prison?
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Second time, sir.
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Second time in prison.
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How much time do
you are you planning
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on spending in prison?
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18 months, sir.
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18 months. So soon you'll
be back out to the street.
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18 months is not long.
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We were just at the
women's prison yesterday
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and we talked to
women that's 26 years,
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14 years, 18 years and
it just breaks my heart
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because most of them it
was their first time in prison.
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Can you tell me
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what and how that you
will not return to prison?
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Well-- What will keep
you from returning to prison?
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It's just taking
heed to the word of God,
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sir, just being obedient
to the word of Jesus Christ,
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just you know, just
let Jesus Christ be Lord
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and Savior of my life.
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Not my will but His
will be done in my life, sir.
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How did that change, uh,
was it in the county jail
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or where did this
change from whatever reason
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that you're here,
where did that change
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to where now that's your focus?
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Well, it happened
at the county jail
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because when you
separate, you know, separated me
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from my wife and my children,
you know, I had to forget
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about self and
started you know, focusing
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on you know, I mean
everything else to start focus
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on you know, Jesus Christ you
know, 'cause I needed a change
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in my life right then
and there immediately.
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Had you had a
relationship with Jesus
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prior to this
time of incarceration?
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Yes, sir. I was one
side in and one side out
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going half and
half, you don't straddle
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an offense, sir.
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And there is no
such a thing, is it?
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No, sir. Either
we're gaining and growing
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in the knowledge
in the joy of the God
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to be free indeed or we're
regressing, amen? Yes, sir.
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What, what Bible scripture
would you like to share
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that's been a
real meaningful passage
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for you on this
journey to recommit
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and dedicate your life to Jesus?
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One of the scriptures
that one of my favorite
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is Matthew 6:33 "Seek ye
first the kingdom of God,
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and his righteousness;
and all these things
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shall be added unto you."
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What message,
what message, Anthony,
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would you be able to
look out there into the world
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and share with them
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because the world
is doing wrong things.
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I mean, the world is
running rampant with violence,
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and drugs, and sex,
and unmanageability.
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But somehow they think as
long as they got their next fix
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or their next
paycheck, they're okay.
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What would you share
with those people that think
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they're okay or
maybe is on the fence
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to make a decision
for or against Jesus?
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Well, first I would
just say let go and let God
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and just hold on
you know, 'cause Jesus
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is on the way whatever situation
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that's going on in your
life, you just continue,
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just trust in the Lord 'cause
He'll bring you out of it.
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Just, just hold on
'cause He'll be with you right
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where you at but you
just have to trust in Him
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and lean not to
thy own understanding
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but in all thy
ways acknowledge Him.
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And He shall direct your path.
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And listen to your wives
and mothers and loved ones
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those that are
there and tell them
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you turned from those things
and listen to your pastors.
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You know, you have
to listen and take heed
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and then you take heed and God
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will meet you
the rest of the way.
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In closing, let me, let me
ask you something for those,
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for those children that
are out there in the world
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because daddy is
locked up, for those wives
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that are out there wondering
where the next loaf of bread's
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gonna come from.
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What would you
share with them to hold on
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and that, that
children do not give up?
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Just remember, just pray
for dads and your loved ones
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that are away right now
and just hold on and just trust
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on the Lord and just continue
praying and don't give up,
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just, just have
faith in the Lord,
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you know, just, just hold
on, you know, daddy will be home
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soon and just don't
give up, just continue,
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just keep praying
and, and don't give up.
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Amen. Thank you,
brother, so very, very much
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and God bless you.
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And gentlemen, you
have an active role
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in the transforming power
of God in your children's life
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'cause Beavis and
Butthead and the Simpsons
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aren't gonna encourage
your children to be Free Indeed.
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You have an active role
to pickup that word of God
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and send them
snippets of the vision
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that you see of what
Christ has done for us
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with your children
and the Holy Spirit
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will go before those letters
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as those
children open them. C.A..,
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God bless you and we love you.
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I'm a big word guy.
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I like, I like
words and I find some
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very important
words in the Bible.
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Now I'm gonna give you kind
of a little homework assignment,
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you've got your Bibles.
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This is kind of
tough book to find.
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It's in the New Testament.
It's called Ephesians.
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Not that long called Ephesians.
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So while you're trying to
find it, I'll talk to you.
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Is that all right?
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Because I want you to
find Ephesians Chapter 2.
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It's not deep into
through the Gospel,
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Ephesians Chapter 2.
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The Bible says "For
we are His workmanship,
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we are God's workmanship,
created in Christ Jesus
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for good works, which
God prepared beforehand
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that we should walk in them."
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We are God's workmanship.
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When God got down and
began to put stuff together,
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you're it and God
made you for good works.
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I wanna give you three
words, the first is purpose.
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What did I say? Purpose.
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Purpose, the second is focus--
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Focus. Focus and
the third is function.
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So we got purpose,
focus, and function.
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Now purpose is the reason
that something was created.
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Purpose is why it exists.
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Focus is what keeps
you on your purpose, Amen.
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And function is
what you use it for,
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be it for its purpose
or for some other reason.
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But purpose is why you exist.
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Function or rather focus
keeps you on your purpose
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and function is
what you use it for.
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I'm gonna tell you a
story and I need to preface
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this by saying
it's a true story,
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although it may
sound like fiction,
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every word of it is true.
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I've used it a lot.
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I just came back
from Tulsa, Oklahoma
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and I used it there
because it means so much to me.
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It's a powerful story.
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Comes from the country
of Brazil and evidently
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on a Sunday
evening, a little town
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by the Atlantic Ocean in Brazil,
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a cabdriver comes
across the body of a young man
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who's been a victim
of a hit and run driver
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about 17 years of age.
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He's still alive,
but he's in bad shape.
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Somebody hit this
child, left him there
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and so this Christian cabdriver
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sees this boy bleeding, puts
him in a cab and hurries off
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to the closest place
where he can find some help.
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Now where he takes him
is not a full hospital.
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It's a little clinic
and evidently in Brazil
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they have a lot of
these little clinics around.
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You know to take care of
the, the poor classes of people.
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This little clinic. Not a big
hospital just a little clinic.
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Sunday evening not
much going on, doctor,
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a nurse and an orderly,
you know, somebody to lift
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patients and stuff.
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And so the cabdriver
comes in and he's all excited.
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He said, hey, man, you
got to help, you got to help.
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I got this, I got this young
man, he's bleeding in the back
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of my cab and you got
to help, you got to help,
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you got to do
something right now.
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And the doctor says
well, wait a minute just,
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just wait a minute not so fast.
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Does the boy have insurance?
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And the cabdriver says,
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well, I don't know
if he has insurance.
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I mean, he's bleeding.
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I didn't go through his pockets.
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I don't know if
he has insurance,
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I don't think he
has anything on him.
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I just found him on the road.
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But you got to help, you
got to help and the doctor
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says well, well,
wait just a second.
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He says do you have any money?
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And the taxi driver says
well, its Sunday evening.
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Things are kind of slow
I gotta a couple of bucks,
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but I don't have any real money.
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But we got to do something
now and the doctor says okay,
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just not, not so
fast, not so fast.
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He says because if, if,--
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if he doesn't have insurance
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and you don't have any money,
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I don't know if
there's much I can do.
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And the cabdriver says,
listen you don't understand
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if, if we don't do something,
this boy is going to die.
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And the doctor says, well, you
don't understand my position.
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I don't make the
rules, I just work here.
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And the rules say
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that if they
don't have insurance
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and no money we can't
give treatment for free.
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Can't do it. We
wouldn't be in business along
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if we just started treating
people and didn't get money.
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So I don't know
if there is anything
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I can do and so the
cabdriver says yeah,
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but, but you are a
doctor, you got to do something.
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Okay, here's what you do.
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Tell me what to do
and I'll bandage him up.
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So just tell me and the
doctor says can't do it,
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can't do it because
if I tell you what to do
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and you do something wrong,
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they're not gonna come after you
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'cause you don't have a license.
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They're gonna come after me.
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So I can't, I can't do
anything and I can't tell you
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what to do and so
they go back and forth,
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back and forth, back and
forth and the taxi driver
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says all right okay, will
you just come and look at him,
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just come and see him
and maybe you can tell me
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if I can get him to a
hospital or something,
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just come and look at him
and the doctor says can't do it.
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He says the law
says I can't treat him
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and I can't tell you what to do.
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So looking at him
would be a waste of time.
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What you need to do
is get him to a hospital
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where somebody can help.
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So now this has gone
on for about 40 minutes.
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The child's in
the back of the cab.
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And so the taxi driver realizes
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that he's not
gonna have any success.
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This little serve and
volley is not going fly.
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So he jumps in his
cab and takes this boy
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all the way across town to one
of those big public hospitals
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that takes indigent patients
who don't have any money.
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They'll take anybody.
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But the problem is
they wasted 45 minutes
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and the roads are
bad and so by the time
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the young man
gets there, he is DOA.
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Now how do you tell a
mother that her son was hit
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by somebody who left him to
die and in medical profession
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pretty much
guaranteed that he's gonna pass.
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Well, that's the story the
police had to tell this mom
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when it took the story home.
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Mother's there, little
sister, father wasn't there.
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Now later on that
night, the father comes home
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and it just so
happens by coincidence
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that he is a doctor,
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but he doesn't
work at a little clinic.
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He works at a
big private hospital.
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Kisses his wife,
hugs his daughter
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next question where is our son.
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And as the wife tells
the story, a startling set
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of coincidences begin to
unfold because even though
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he worked at a private
hospital every now and again,
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he did some public
work at a little clinic.
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And as she tells the story,
the doctor says, you know,
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I remember a cabdriver did
run into the clinic tonight.
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And as she tells the story,
he is forced to the conclusion
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that the young man
that he refused to treat,
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the young man he refused
even to see, was his own child.
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I told you true story,
not made up, true story.
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Now the story would be
sad if that was the end,
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but the last paragraph
said this that the doctor
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had seized the
practice of medicine
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and has been confined
to an asylum suffering
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from depression and
irreconcilable guilt.
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So the question I
ask you gentlemen,
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before I have to sit
down is what went wrong?
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What went wrong?
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Somebody lost focus.
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They forgot about their purpose.
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The purpose of
the medical profession
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is to heal, is to save lives.
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And it is your focus
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that keeps you on
your purpose, amen. Amen.
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When you lose focus, you
forget about your purpose.
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And the Bible says
you, me, we were created
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by God for good works.
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That's what the text says.
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That's your purpose.
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God made you to do good.
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That's your purpose.
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That's why you exist.
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Focus will keep
you on your purpose
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so when you are
tempted to make that left turn
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you know what I mean?
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You got to stay focused
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because focus will
keep you on your purpose.
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When you want
to--when you feel like you need
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to retaliate,
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when you want to retaliate,
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you got to
remember your purpose.
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You got to stay
focused because focus
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will keep you on
your purpose and the Bible
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told you what your
purpose is, God created you
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for good works that
you should glorify Him.
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Amen. Stay
focused on your purpose.
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I would like some
honesty here tonight.
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Honesty because we have
38 Bibles and I got 50 people
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here and I'm sorry I
ain't got like enough.
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If you got a Bible two weeks ago
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even if it's a New Testament
please don't raise your hand.
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We'll try to bring
Bibles when we come back
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because another brother
would value that New Testament
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but we can't get it
traded around here tonight.
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Is there anybody here
that would like a Bible
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but don't have one?
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We're trying to get
more Bibles, brothers.
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Hold--keep your hands
up, keep your hands up.
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If you don't have one, you're
being honest with me, please.
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Little children
brought in dollars,
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one girl gave a
$100, a young girl
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that these Bibles
could be purchased.
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So if you don't
have one, please pray
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that we can get more Bibles
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because I see this
is a prime opportunity
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that my partners
who leave this place
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could take the
word of God with them.
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So, brothers, please
keep us in your prayers. C.A.,
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I'm gonna ask you
if you would come up
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and close this with prayer.
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I hope you'll keep
this broadcasting network
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in your prayers and this program
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that you will meet
thousands of people.
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Keep your hands up
if you don't have one.
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That you will meet thousands
of people literally hundreds
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hundreds of thousands of people
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in the Kingdom of Heaven
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'cause you're
willing to come here tonight
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and share of your time
and of your testimonies.
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Gentlemen, will you
stand with me? Okay.
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There's one here.
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Father God, we just
thank you and praise
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you for this opportunity
to minister the love of Christ
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to our brothers and sisters.
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We think about those
who are in this place
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and who the world
says are incarcerated
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but we know that in
Christ they can be free.
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For freedom is not
just about where we are.
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It's about where our
heart is and where our mind
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is and where our spirit is.
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And we surrender now our spirits
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to you because you said
whom the son shall make free,
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he shall be free indeed.
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And we ask you to look after
our families and our friends
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and those who may
not be in a facility,
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but who in their own spirits
are in shackles and in prison
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walking around free
but really in prison.
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Free them from
whatever binds them
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and let them be
free in Jesus also.
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Thank you Lord for
this time together.
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Thank you for the
power of your word.
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Thank you for the
power of your spirit.
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Thank you for Jesus
who died for our sins.
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We live now in Him and thank you
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in Jesus name, amen and amen.
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When I got to RDC, it
was such a hard time for me,
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I mean, I didn't have any money
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and I thought my
wife was just in shambles.
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I was there for three
days and I was so hungry.
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I woke up in the
middle of the afternoon
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one time in July and I heard,
you know, banging on my door
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and there was these three
gentlemen standing outside
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standing outside of the door
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and they handed me
this bag and a Bible.
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And inside of the bag
from Christmas Behind Bars
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it was just full of
food and full of hygiene
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and they, and they actually
gave me a study Bible as well.
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And let me just tell you
I didn't have any literature
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whatsoever and that was the
best gift they could possibly
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have ever given at that time.
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I mean, I didn't
have anybody, no family,
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nobody writing to me,
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nobody, you know,
looking out for me
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and it just--it
touched my heart.
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I was able to
study the word of God,
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I mean, at night time
you get so hungry at RDC
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because you just
don't have that much food.
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And I tell you what just
the gifts that were given to me
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it touched my heart.
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I felt Jesus Christ
in a lonely, lonely place
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and I tell you I
just--my heart goes out
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to Christmas Behind
Bars and I'm just so grateful
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for what they have done for me.
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You've had five
years' experience
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with the receiving
end, the distribution end.
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This is your first look at
the--the sort of business end,
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the putting together end,
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what do you think about what
you see going on here today?
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Yeah, it's an amazing operation.
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I tell you, you
guys have it down
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to a science or a fine art.
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When Mr. Vega invited me
here today as I was coming down
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State Road 19, I saw
a huge number of cars
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here at the
warehouse and I thought well,
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this must be a bigger
operation than I thought it was.
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Then when I walked
in through the door,
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it's just like assembly lines.
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Everybody has a job to do.
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Everybody has a responsibility.
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I've been watching it.
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I'm kind of amazed at
how smooth it's going.
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Everybody takes their
responsibility seriously
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and to think that
you're going to get 15,000 bags
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packed in just a
few hours is incredible.
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And, I guess, I never
really thought much about the,
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the folks behind the scenes,
the volunteers that it takes
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to make this program work.
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I've seen what happens
at the distribution point,
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but now I recognize
the tremendous effort
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and the huge
number of volunteers
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it takes to make
this ministry a success.
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And I know that not all
these folks would probably
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have the opportunity to
visit a jail or a prison
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when these bags are distributed,
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but I hope that they can
fully recognize in their hearts
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what, what good
their efforts will confers.
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