>> Did you know that if you had
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a simple domino
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that domino is capable of
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knocking over another domino
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one and a half times larger
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than itself.
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So if you started with a domino
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just five millimetres tall and
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one millimetre thick,
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about the size of a Tic-Tac,
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it would take just twenty-nine
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progressively larger dominoes
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to wipe out, get this
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the Empire State Building.
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>> And that first Tic-Tac-sized
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domino is so small that it
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needs to be set up
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with tweezers.
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>> The gravitational potential
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energy or the energy stored by
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balancing that domino on its
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side comes from the domino's
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mass and height, both of which
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increase with every
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successive domino.
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>> In this demonstration by
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physics professor,
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Stephen Morris, from the
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University of Toronto,
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he uses thirteen dominoes
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and the amplification of energy
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from the beginning to the end
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is two billion.
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Think about what that means.
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You put a little bit of energy
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in at the beginning and you get
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two billion times as much at
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the end.
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>> This is an amazing object
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lesson to show us how much
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potential energy each one of us
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has in the power of choice.
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You see, from the genesis of
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humankind, everything hinged on
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the freedom and power enhanced
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in a decision.
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>> From the moment your eyes
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crack open in the morning,
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you have decisions to make.
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Should you get out of bed?
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Or should you sleep in
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for a few more minutes?
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>> Even military leaders, they
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tell their troops, "If you"
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"want to change the world,"
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"start by making your bed."
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And the Bible adds its weight
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to this truth when it says:
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We start every day with
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work to do
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and baby steps, Tic-Tac-sized,
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small beginnings are the key to
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success because they're really
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are no small decisions.
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Even a small decision like
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making your bed is a habit that
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can lead to a chain reaction of
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successful, right decisions
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throughout your day
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and throughout your lifetime.
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>> But it's your choice.
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Are you going to make your bed
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in the morning or not?
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There are no small decisions,
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you see.
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Luke 16 verse 10 says:
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Bigger decisions like being
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able to buy a house or get
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married will be affected by the
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series of smaller choices
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you've made in the past.
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>> In the Bible, God offers you
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the chance even if your faith
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in Him is the size of, as Jesus
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says, a little mustard seed,
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to make the ultimate decision,
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when He says:
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God definitely wants you to
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live an abundant, successful
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life, not just now,
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but eternally.
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In today's program, we will
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look at how every-day decisions
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produce earth-shattering
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outcomes.
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¤¤
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>> There are three men who have
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become heroes to me.
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Two were Canadian athletes and
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one was born before I was and
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yet he is still alive today.
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>> So, Mike, who were these
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three men?
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>> Well, the two athletes were
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Terry Fox and Paul Henderson.
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>> So they were heroes for you?
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>> Yeah, I think they were
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heroes to most Canadians.
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But what I admire most was how
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they were so decisive.
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They knew what they wanted
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and they weren't afraid to
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go for it.
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>> What do you think made them
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like that?
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>> That's a good question.
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Terry Fox and Paul Henderson
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both lived so goal-oriented
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because they both had a burning
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desire to do one thing.
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One thing for their country
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and for the good of all.
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And they both had very strong,
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supportive family members who
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believed in them.
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>> From an early age,
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I know Terry Fox wanted to be
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an athlete
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and even when he lost his right
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leg to cancer
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that didn't stop him.
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He said it even made him
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stronger and he wanted to help
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other people who were also
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suffering from cancer.
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So he ran the Marathon of Hope
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and he had the support of his
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family and friends
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and it became a chain reaction
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where he got the support of the
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whole country
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and today there are Terry Fox
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Runs all over the world
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raising hundreds of millions
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of dollars.
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>> And Paul Henderson who is
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best known for scoring that
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winning goal in Game 8 of the
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Summit Series, and I know you
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remember that goal.
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He also had a strong,
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supportive family.
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But beyond hockey, Paul made
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significant, life-changing
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decisions which we will let
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Paul himself tell you about
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in his own words
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later in the program.
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>> So, Mike, you were saying
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there was three men
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who were decisive.
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Who was the third man?
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>> Well, the third man, if you
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haven't guess already, was very
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goal-oriented because he had a
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burning desire to do one thing.
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But it wasn't to play hockey
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or to run across Canada.
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He also had a very strong,
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supportive father who
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believed in him.
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>> So tell us his name!
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>> OK, so this is it.
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He is the man that we know
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today as the Son of God,
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Jesus Christ
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and I first learned about Him
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when someone gave me this Bible
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and they challenged me to read
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a chapter a day
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and he said it would change my
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life and the truth is, it did.
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That's when Jesus became my
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ultimate role-model, my hero,
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my example, my friend.
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From reading this Bible,
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I learned that Jesus had one
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burning desire.
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The goal of His life was to
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bless every human being with a
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meaningful, abundant life,
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eternal life.
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>> And Jesus also had a very
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strong, supportive father who
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believed in Him.
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>> Yes, He did.
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There were two times during
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Jesus' life on earth when His
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Father spoke audibly the same
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words to Him that the people
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could actually hear His voice.
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>> Both times are found in the
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book of Matthew.
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Here's the first one:
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This verse is found in
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Matthew 3, verse 17
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at Jesus' baptism.
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>> And the second time that God
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the Father speaks audibly to
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His Son the exact same words,
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is found in Matthew 17, verse 5
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at His transfiguration, which
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says almost the same words:
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>> These words must be
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important because God repeated
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the same words audibly twice.
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Imagine God saying those words
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to you personally.
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You are my beloved child
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in whom I am well pleased.
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>> Wow, that would be amazing
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to me because I didn't grow up
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with my earthly father around,
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but when I started to read this
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Bible as a teenager, I decided
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that I wanted to be
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a child of God.
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And when I chose
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to accept Jesus
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I knew these three things
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and every child needs to know
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these three things.
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I knew number one, that God was
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my eternal, heavenly Father.
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Number two, I knew
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that He loved me
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and every child
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needs to know that
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and number three, I knew that
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He was pleased with me.
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And that made all the
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difference in the world to know
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that God was pleased with me.
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So here's a question:
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Do you know
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that God is pleased with you?
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>> Look at this very
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encouraging quote from a book
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on the life of Jesus called
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The Desire of Ages:
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After teaching high school for
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so many years, I know that lots
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of young people have a hard
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time believing
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that God is pleased with them.
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>> But it's true.
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God is well pleased with you.
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>> Now some have said,
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"No, God can't be pleased"
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"with me."
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>> No, God is pleased with you.
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>> However, when God says He is
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pleased me, that does not mean
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He is pleased with my sin.
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>> Mm-mm, God hates sin.
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But you are not your sin.
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>> God hates sin, but He loves
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the sinner.
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He loves you.
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>> Yes, you see, God knows that
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sin is the deadliest
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of cancers.
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So He is like an oncologist
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whose goal is to eradicate
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the cancer in order to
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save the patient.
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>> So when we say that God is
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pleased with you, we are saying
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you are not your sin.
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Sin is not your identity.
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You are a child of God.
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That is your identity.
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And God is pleased with you
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as His beloved child.
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Look at this affirmation from
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God's word:
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>> God loves you as His child
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and He hates sin because sin
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destroys the real you.
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Think about it.
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Take any sin,
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take lying for example.
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If you lie,
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you are not being you.
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All sin is really like that.
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It destroys the real you.
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But this leaves God with
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a very big problem.
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>> What problem?
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>> It's a deep problem
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and here it is:
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>> So that which God hates the
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most is sin.
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>> Correct.
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>> And that which God hates
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the most, sin, is inside that
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which God loves the most, which
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is you and me, His children.
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>> Yes.
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Sin is like a deadly virus and
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it's inside of each one of us.
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But God's problem is even
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bigger than that though.
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>> It is?
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>> Yes it is.
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Here it is:
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>> That is a bigger problem.
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>> Much bigger.
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>> That which God loves the
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most, you and me, His children
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we are in love with that which
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God hates the most
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which is sin.
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>> Correct.
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>> So God's big problem is
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how does He get you and me
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to not be in love with sin?
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>> How does He get us to
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exercise the power of choice to
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willingly, decisively let go of
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sin and never want to
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touch it again?
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>> It's really the same problem
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as the father who loves his
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teenage son
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who is addicted to drugs.
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The father hates the drugs,
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he hates the addiction,
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but he loves his son.
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>> It's a big problem when you
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love the very things that are
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holding you back, enslaving you
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and even destroying your life.
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>> You hate what they
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are doing to you,
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but you can't let them go.
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>> Anyone whose job it is to
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help people knows that you
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can't help anyone who is not
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willing to be helped.
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>> Right.
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And here is the key
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to being decisive.
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Here is the key to changing
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your life.
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You have to discover that you
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have an urgent need.
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>> Yes, when you discover that
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you have an urgent need,
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you tend to become decisive
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about resolving that need.
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>> Look at all the people who
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came to Jesus.
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They all had urgent needs.
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Let me take you back to
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Paul Henderson, the Canadian
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hockey legend who scored the
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winning goal against the Soviets
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in the Summit Series with
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thirty-four seconds left on the
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clock in Game 8.
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Remember I said that he was
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so decisive?
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Well, he was so decisive about
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his life until the success and
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fame was not enough.
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Listen to his story
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in his own words:
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>> Scoring the winning goal in
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the last game with thirty-four
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seconds left has given me
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an incredible identity and
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it's been a wonderful ride.
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We really felt it was our way
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of life against their way of
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life back in '72
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and so it was a wonderful,
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satisfying feeling.
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As a kid growing up, I figured
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if you had money, you had a
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great marriage, and you had a
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career you really liked,
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I mean, what else could
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there be?
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You have all those things then
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you can go enjoy the good life.
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And now I had all of those
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things, now I was the
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toast of the country,
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but I knew there was something
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missing and I would
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say to my wife,
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"There's something missing."
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"There's an angst in my life."
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A guy, the name of Mel Stevens,
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knocked on my door one day and
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asked me to work at his
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hockey school.
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I had no spiritual dimension to
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my life at this point.
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Well, he said to me,
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"Paul, you learn to live"
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"lightly and freely,"
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"but you've got to get to"
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"know who Jesus is."
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He said he prayed for me for
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four years before he had enough
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courage to come and
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knock on my door
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and it was really
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interesting after I became a
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Christian and became public,
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I received letters from four
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people that God had laid it on
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their hearts to be praying for
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me and they said,
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"Paul, I just want to let you"
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"know that God laid you on my"
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"heart, but I've been praying"
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"for you for four years."
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You know, that absolutely
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blew me away.
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Now it took him two years
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to help me to really grasp
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and understand the things,
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but the good news of that is,
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taking that much time when
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I became a Christian,
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I've never taken a
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backwards step.
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I became convinced that Christ
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was who He said He was
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and He was worthy to follow.
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We were in Birmingham, Alabama
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and a guy by the name of
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John Bradford got me into a
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men's group and he became my
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mentor for three years and he
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modelled what it was to
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have a dynamic relationship
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with the Lord.
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He was a very successful
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businessman,
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but he loved the Lord.
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And then after three years the
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pastor and John came to me
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and says, "Paul, you need to
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lead other people."
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I can't do that.
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I haven't been a Christian long
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enough, but sometimes you need
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people to have, you know, faith
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in you.
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And so in '85 I started with
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three men in Toronto and
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we grew it from there and
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now we've got over 700 men
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that meet weekly in small
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groups and you work out what
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does it mean to walk with the
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Lord in a day-to-day basis.
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And obviously trying to raise
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up leaders.
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And the really neat thing about
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today is when I look over my
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shoulder I can see some of the
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guys that I've led to the Lord,
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got them in groups and now
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they're better leaders
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than I am.
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One of our best leaders,
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one of our guys invited them
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seven years in a row
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before he came out.
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He finally came out and now
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he's just a dynamic leader.
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Have an incredible influence in
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the Oakville area.
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You never give up.
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You never know when the person
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might be ready next.
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And that's what I try to tell
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all my friends.
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When they invite people out to
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events and their buddies don't
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come, I said, "Don't give up."
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"Invite them again next year."
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It's so satisfying to look over
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your shoulder and see
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changed lives behind you.
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Hopefully we can get
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a bunch more and change
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the whole country.
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Christianity is a
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dichotomy in a lot of ways.
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It's sort of an oxymoron.
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You want to get rich?
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Give it away.
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You want to enjoy your life?
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Give it to the Lord.
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There's that little song,
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"All for Jesus, all I am"
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"and have and ever hope to be"
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"All my ambitions,"
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"hopes and plans."
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"I surrender these"
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"and to your plans."
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God has called us to be
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ambassadors and that's what
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I've chosen to do.
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Initially, I thought I was
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making a tremendous sacrifice
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to come into ministry
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and, you know, after a while
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you recognize you can never
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sacrifice the Lord.
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He always goes above and beyond
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anything you could ever give.
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I've told my wife, "When I
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start to lose it, just take"
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"me by the hand and say,"
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'Paul, maybe we should just'
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'go for a little walk here.'"
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But as long as I can
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or I'm effective,
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then I would love to continue
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just doing what I'm doing.
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And so I just--
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I'm anticipative of the future.
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I'm anticipative of the
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opportunities that's
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going to bring and so
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take today and give it your
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best shot and wake up tomorrow,
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do the same thing tomorrow.
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>> What impresses me about
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Paul Henderson's story is how
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Mel Stevens saw the urgent need
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of a professional hockey player
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he didn't even know personally.
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He saw how unhappy he was
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and he had enough compassion
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to first start praying for him,
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relying on God's power before
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he decided to kick it up a
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notch and knock on Paul's door,
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give him a Bible, and lead him
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to Jesus.
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>> You know, Mel's decisive
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actions that day remind me of
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your decisive actions when our
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friend Daniella's daughter
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was dying
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and you had called me,
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I just came back from work
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and I remember her
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little baby's name was Amber
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and I came home from work one
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day and you said to me,
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"Amber is dying."
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Which I knew already,
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but you said,
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"You have to do something!"
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I'm like, "What am I supposed"
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"to do? I'm not a doctor and"
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"the doctors can't heal her"
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"and I'm not God so"
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"what am I supposed to do?"
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>> Amber was two years old,
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but she looked like a newborn
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baby because her digestive
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system did not work properly
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from the time she was born.
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So she was in the hospital
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more than she was at home.
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One day I called Amber's mother
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and Amber's grandmother
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answered the phone.
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She told me that the doctors
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told her Amber would likely die
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overnight because her little
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body was not able to take up
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any more nutrition.
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So when you came home from
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work that night, I say to you,
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"You have to do something!"
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>> And what was I
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supposed to do?
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You told me, "Oh, why don't"
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"you do an anointing?"
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I'm like, "I can't do an"
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"anointing because"
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" we have to get permission"
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"from the parents."
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>> So I immediately called the
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grandmother and she said,
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"You have my permission to"
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"anoint her because the"
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"doctors have given up hope."
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And she hoped
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that it would work.
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>> So I called the head elder
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of our church.
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It was like eleven o'clock at
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night and I asked Wally if he
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could meet me at the entrance
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of the hospital.
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He agreed to do that and so
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the two of us, we walked into
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the hospital to that upstairs
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intensive care ward and I asked
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the nurse on duty where Amber
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was and she pointed to this
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little baby who was basically
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skin and bones.
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She could hardly breathe.
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And Wally and I immediately
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looked into each other's eyes
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and they were filled
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with tears,
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mine and his as well.
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And I opened up my Bible and I
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began to read the following
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words from the book of James
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chapter 5, verses 14 and 15
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and it says this:
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And then I said to Wally,
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"Well, here's the oil"
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"and I want you to pray first"
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"and then I will pray next and"
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"I will anoint Amber with oil."
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"And I believe if it is God's"
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"will then Amber will be"
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"healed this evening."
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"What do you think, Wally?"
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And so he said to me,
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"Well, I agree"
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"if it is God's will."
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And then he started praying
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through his tears and
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afterwards I was praying
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through my tears, too
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and before I finished praying,
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Amber opened her eyes
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and she raised her little head
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and it made me open my eyes
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as well and she looked at me.
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And she looked as if she wanted
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to say something to me.
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And then she put her little
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head down and
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she closed her eyes again.
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>> The next day, the doctors
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found a healthy little girl
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who continued to grow and heal
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from the time that you and
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Wally went to anoint her
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in the hospital.
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And Amber's mother spoke to you
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and thanked you for praying for
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Amber because she said,
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"If you did not pray"
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"for my daughter,"
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"she would not be alive today."
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>> And I told her that I was
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only doing what the Bible told
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me to do and that when we put
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our faith in the word of God,
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we have nothing to worry about
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because God's word is
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life-giving.
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What really impressed me about
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that experience was how you
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were so insistent that I call
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Amber or go and pray--
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call her parents or her
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grandmother.
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And because of your
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persistence, because you were
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so decisive
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that impressed me.
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>> There is a song that has
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very deep, serious, and
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challenging words
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and a solemn tone.
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It's called
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Once To Every Man and Nation.
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>> It's about how everyone gets
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opportunities to be decisive.
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Please listen to the music and
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the words of this song which
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Fountainview Academy students
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sang and performed when I was
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with them in front of the
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Colosseum in Rome, Italy.
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¤¤
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¤Once to every man and nation
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¤Comes the moment to decide
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¤In the strife of truth
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¤with falsehood
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¤For the good or evil side
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¤Some great cause
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¤God's new Messiah
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¤Offering each
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¤the bloom or blight
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¤And the choice
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¤goes by forever
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¤'twixt that darkness
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¤and that light
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¤¤
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¤Though the cause
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¤of evil prosper
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¤Yet 'tis truth
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¤alone is strong
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¤Though her portion
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¤be the scaffold
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¤And upon the throne
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¤be wrong
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¤Yet that scaffold
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¤sways the future
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¤And, behind the dim unknown
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¤Standeth God within
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¤the shadow
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¤Keeping watch above His own
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¤¤
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¤Above His own
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>> God wants you and me to
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decide to live and experience
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life to its fullest.
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>> We want to invite you
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to make that decision or to
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reaffirm your decision
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right now as we pray.
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Heavenly Father...
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if a teeny tiny domino,
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about the size of a Tic-Tac
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has enough power to
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start a chain reaction
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unleashing enough energy to
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wipe out the Empire State
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Building, then we can see how
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there are no small decisions.
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Even our small decisions like
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making our beds or reading our
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Bibles every day are habits
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that can lead to a chain
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reaction of successful, right
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decisions throughout our days
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throughout our lifetimes
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and into eternity.
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In Jesus' name we pray, amen.
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>> Friends, life is sprinkled
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with moments of victory.
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Games won, homes purchased,
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promotions attained.
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These are the moments
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we live for.
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But when the game is over,
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what then?
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After your victory, to what
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life do you want to return?
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Our free offer today is:
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Life After Victory.
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>> So please get out a
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pen and paper or
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if you have a smart phone,
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take a note because here is the
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information you will need to
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receive today's free offer:
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Life After Victory.
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Or if you wish, you may write
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And thank you for your prayer
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>> Friends, we would also like
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And if you go to our webpage,
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you can see our latest programs
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including our exercise workouts
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and our short spiritual
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messages entitled Daily Living.
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>> They are all there for you
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to watch free of charge
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whenever you choose because we
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want you to experience the
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truth found in the words of
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Jesus when He said,
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"It is written,"
00:28:08.38\00:28:09.65
"man shall not live by"
00:28:09.65\00:28:10.82
"bread alone"
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"but by every word"
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"that proceeds"
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"out of the mouth of God."
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¤¤
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