>> So imagine we take
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a blank white canvas
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and we dip it into a bathtub
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filled with red paint.
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>> And then we leave it there
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to soak for two weeks.
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>> After two weeks,
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what do you see?
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>> You reach in
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and pull out a...
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red canvas.
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>> Do you think that
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any of the original plain
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white canvas will be
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showing through?
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>> Not a chance!
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Every fibre and microfibre
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of the canvas is soaked and
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saturated in red paint.
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>> Now...
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what if that was you?
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>> Excuse me?
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>> No, I don't mean that you
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are soaked and saturated
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in red paint.
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What I mean is,
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what if you were soaked
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and saturated in the
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love of Jesus?
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What if every fibre and
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microfibre of your being
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were immersed in the
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goodness of Christ?
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What would you look like?
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>> Well, I would look
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like Jesus.
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I would be truthful, kind,
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compassionate, forgiving,
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merciful, and I would live at
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peace with all people.
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Galatians 3:27 says that...
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or soaked and saturated
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in Jesus
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so that you are now living a
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Jesus-like life.
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None of the plain old you
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shows through.
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>> In Galatians 2:20
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Paul says:
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And in I Corinthians
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he uses this phrase:
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>> We want to encourage you
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to take the plunge.
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Every day become
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soaked and saturated
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in the love of Jesus.
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And when others look at you,
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they will see Jesus.
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>> In a moment, we are going
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to introduce you to an amazing
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person who was so soaked and
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saturated in the love of Jesus
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that he became the most
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popular man in his country.
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¤¤
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>> He was described as quite
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simply the most popular and
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friendliest man in Bermuda.
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His name was Johnny Barnes
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and he was soaked and
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saturated in the
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love of Jesus.
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>> Johnny Barnes worked
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on the Bermuda Railroad
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as an electrician until the
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railroad closed in 1948.
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And then at the age of 25
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Johnny became a bus driver.
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And he was a very
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friendly man,
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fond of waving to the people
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while driving his bus.
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>> He would even sit and wave
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to people on his breaks or
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when continuing to work.
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>> One day a lady by the name
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of Rosemary Tyrrell,
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she remembers that when she
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was little, Johnny used to
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always wave and cheer to all
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the children and make them
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feel like they were royalty.
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>> In 1986 after
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thirty-eight years of
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working as a bus driver,
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Johnny retired at the
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age of 63.
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Mike: But Johnny wasn't the
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kind of man who could retire.
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He was in the habit of
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getting up every morning
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really early, 2:00 A.M.,
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eating his breakfast,
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reading his Bible
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and praying for two hours.
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And one morning
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around 3:00 A.M.
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Johnny remembers that he was
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praying to the Lord,
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asking Him, "What do you want"
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"me to do now?"
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"I'm retired and I can't just"
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"sit around all day."
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"I want to help people."
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"I have to do something"
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"for other people."
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"I have to tell them"
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"about Your love, Lord."
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"I am just this little"
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"Johnny Barnes," he said.
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"I am an instrument in Your"
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"hands, Lord."
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"Lord, what do you want me"
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"to do now?"
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>> Johnny says the Lord
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impressed him to go stand on
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the street corner and tell the
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people passing the following
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three words:
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"I love you."
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>> So Johnny was obedient
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and he went to the corner
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of Crow Lane where the
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roundabout was,
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the busiest intersection
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in Bermuda
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and he started waving to the
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people at 3:45 in the morning.
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>> It was still dark out when
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he started,
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but that didn't stop Johnny.
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He stood there
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and waved at everyone passing
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into Hamilton
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on their way to work
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until 10:00 A.M. that morning.
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>> And the next morning
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he woke up at 2:00 A.M. again,
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he ate his breakfast,
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he opened up his Bible,
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he prayed to the Lord
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for guidance
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and he felt impressed to do
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the very same thing.
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He made it to the corner at
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Crow Lane at 3:45 A.M. again
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and he started waving to the
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people and telling them,
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"God loves you, I love you,"
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"I hope you have a good day!"
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>> From Monday to Friday
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he could be found waving to
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the people for six hours and
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fifteen minutes saying,
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"God loves you, I love you,"
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"I love you, I love you!"
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>> So one day, the director of
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transportation for Bermuda,
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his name is Herman Basden,
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he received a message from one
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of his supervisors saying,
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"Mr. Barnes is waving to the"
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"traffic at Crow Lane."
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>> So the director of
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transportation for Bermuda
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asked if Mr. Barnes could be
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sent to him.
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And when Johnny Barnes came,
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he asked him why he was waving
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at the traffic and saying,
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"I love you."
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>> And Johnny said,
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"Mr. Basden,"
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"this is something that God"
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"has asked me to do."
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"He has blessed me to do it."
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"I need to do it."
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"I want to do it."
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>> Mr. Basden answered:
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"Well, who am I"
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"to question that?"
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And Johnny was free to keep
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waving at the people.
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>> And Johnny Barnes continued
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day after day,
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week after week,
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and year after year
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waving and blowing kisses to
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the people and saying,
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"I love you, I love you,"
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"I love you!"
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>> One day after more than
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fifteen years of waving
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on the street corner,
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Johnny failed to show up at
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his regular spot at Crow Lane.
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>> And all over the island of
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Bermuda phones were calling in
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to the police station and the
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local radio station to find
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out what had happened to
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Johnny Barnes.
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>> Well, it turned out that
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Johnny was in the hospital,
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nothing serious.
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And soon after that, he
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reappeared in his usual spot.
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>> But this "time off"
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that Johnny had,
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he got the people to worrying.
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What would happen if Johnny
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wasn't there for the drive to
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work in the morning?
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>> The answer was to hire a
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local sculptor to create a
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life-size bronze statue of
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Johnny Barnes, which they did,
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spending over $70,000 to honour
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a man who was still alive.
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>> So this got me to thinking,
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and here's a personal
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question:
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What if you didn't turn up
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at work?
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What if I didn't turn up at
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work one morning?
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Would people call in to the
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radio stations or the police
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station to find out what had
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happened to me?
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>> Would they raise $70,000
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to create a life-size statue
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of you?
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>> I really don't think anyone
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would ever do that for me.
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But it really wasn't
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about Johnny.
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Johnny wasn't doing it to
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attract attention to himself.
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He did it because God told him
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to do it.
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It was about the
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message of love,
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the message of God's love.
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>> Johnny said,
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"The good Lord and I,"
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"we are just trying"
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"to make people happy."
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So let's take a look at the
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man himself, Johnny Barnes,
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and what the people of Bermuda
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thought about him.
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>> Take a look at this.
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>> Ummm...
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He's the person
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that loves people
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and he cares about everybody
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and he's nice...
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and all day he likes
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to do this:
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blow kisses and
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say "hi" to people.
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[Johnny Barnes chuckling]
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Johnny Barnes: God gives us
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all something to do.
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The tongue has a talent:
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speech.
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We can use it to God's
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name, honour and glory
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or we can use it to
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just the opposite way.
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[young girl speaking]
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>> He's not paid, he's not...
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he's not asked to do it,
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he does it for free.
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[2nd young girl speaking]
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>> He stands out there in the
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wind and the rain
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and the sun and...
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everything.
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[3rd young girl speaking]
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>> I think it's
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6:00 until 10:00.
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That's about four hours.
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That's quite a long time just
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standing on a round-about
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and in the heat.
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It can get quite hot,
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even in the morning.
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Just to think,
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he gets up there every day,
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early in the morning,
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apart from Christmas day,
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and then goes all the way over
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to this round-about and he
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starts making everyone happy
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which is...
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just mind-blowing really
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that someone would do that.
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>> I say "I love you" to my
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parents, but not to other
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people I don't know.
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That's weird...
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because I don't really know
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them so...yeah.
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>> I've met him
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in a grocery market
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and he said the same thing
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there at the [unintelligible].
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He said,
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I love you, I love you"
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at the grocery market, too.
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But he was just shopping there
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and whenever he'd come by
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someone he would say that.
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When I saw the statue,
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I thought it was pretty cool
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because he's sort of like...
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more like...
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important-er maybe than
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the Premier
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because I don't think the
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Premier has a statue,
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but I can understand that
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because the Premier hasn't
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been the Premier for over
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twenty-five years.
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Except Johnny Barnes has.
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He's been doing
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"I love you, I love you"
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for twenty-five years.
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>> I l'-- I l'-- I love--
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I love you.
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Johnny Barnes: I want to
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go to heaven.
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You know, I don't want to live
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here forever.
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No way!
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I wanna go upstairs.
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[chuckles]
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I wanna go to heaven.
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That's why I'm trying to do my
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little bit.
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Trying to leave this world a
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little better place than I
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found it.
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Happiness...
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Happiness is a choice.
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You can choose to be happy,
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choose not to be ha--.
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I choose to be happy.
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When the good Lord wakes me up
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in the morning,
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puts a song in my soul,
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a joy in my soul,
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a smile on my face,
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I just give it away
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to others.
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That's why the good Lord and I
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are down there every morning.
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Just trying to give it away,
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make people happy.
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There's a chorus that I used
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to sing, it says umm...
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Johnny singing: ¤In His time¤
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¤in His time
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¤He'll make all things
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¤beautiful in His time
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¤In His time, in His time
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[Young girl speaking]
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>> Everyone will always
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remember and keep the memory
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of Johnny Barnes.
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And they will tell their
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children...
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and their children might even
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tell their children.
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The memory will pass down
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for quite a while.
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So people will remember him
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for the great deed he has done
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for the whole of Bermuda.
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>> There was one man who saw
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Johnny Barnes for the first
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time and he said, "When I saw"
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"this man standing there on"
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"the street corner,"
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"I expected him to"
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"come out to me and ask me"
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"for money, but when he"
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"didn't ask me for money,"
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"I didn't understand!"
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"What's this guy doing there?"
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>> Another lady asked,
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"Why would a person go out"
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"there in the middle"
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"of the night, in the rain,"
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"in the thunder,"
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"the lightning."
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"He's there with a rain suit"
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"and an umbrella when it's"
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"raining with one message:"
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"I love you."
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"I don't even say that"
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"to the people I love."
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"I don't understand where"
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"that is coming from."
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>> I'll tell you where it's
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coming from,
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it's coming from this book,
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the Bible
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and from Jonhny's relationship
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with the God of the Bible,
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the God who is love.
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In Psalm chapter 81, verse 10
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God says...
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>> That's precisely what
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Johnny did every single day.
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He opened wide his mouth
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in prayer.
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These are some of Johnny's own
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words and his prayers.
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Listen to this:
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Johnny said...
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And this is how he prays...
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>> Can you see and hear how
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Johnny Barnes was so soaked
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and saturated in the love of
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God that he couldn't help
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spilling over into the lives
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of everyone he met.
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You know, Jesus identified the
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credentials of His followers
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in this way when He stated:
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>> Johnny Barnes lived that
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message because he wasn't
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afraid to say to everyone he
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met, "I love you."
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Did you know he even said it
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to the Queen of England?
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>> It's true.
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Her Majesty,
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Queen Elizabeth II
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visited Bermuda in 2009
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and when she met Johnny Barnes
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to give him a certificate of
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honour, he said to her,
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"I love you"
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"and I am praying for you."
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>> And the Queen responded:
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"And I love you, too."
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>> Wow!
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Can you imagine Her Majesty,
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Queen Elizabeth II saying
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those words to you?
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"And I love you, too."
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>> God's word says..
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>> So there are approximately
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6,500 languages spoken in the
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world today.
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>> So how many of those
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do you speak?
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>> I'd say maybe half, 3,250.
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That would be impressive if
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you did.
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>> If I met someone who could
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speak ten languages fluently,
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I would be very impressed.
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>> Me, too!
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The Bible says that as
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impressive as that would be,
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if I could speak all the
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languages of men and of angels,
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but do not have love
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then I would be an annoying
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distraction like a resounding
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gong that's always booming
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or a clanging cymbal.
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>> Verse 2 of I Corinthians
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chapter 13 says...
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>> So no matter how high
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your education,
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how deep your understanding of
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prophetic mysteries
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or if you should possess such
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great faith and have power
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even to work miracles
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yet without love those gifts
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would be worthless.
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>> In the heart and mind
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of God, love is clearly the
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most essential of all
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character traits.
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>> Yes, it is.
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And look at this simple man,
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Johnny Barnes,
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a retired bus driver
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but the love that he
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demonstrated caught
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the attention of everyone
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that he met,
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even the Queen of England.
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>> Verse 3 of
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I Corinthians 13 says...
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>> So if you didn't have any
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genuine love in your heart,
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even if you gave all your
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money to feed the poor,
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that act would not win the
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favour of God.
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>> Correct.
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>> And even if I was
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so enthusiastic about my faith
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that I were to be burnt
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at the stake and receive a
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martyr's death,
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yet if my fervent faith were
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not activated by love,
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I would be regarded by God as
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some kind of deluded
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enthusiast or an ambitious
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hypocrite of some kind.
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>> That's painfully true also.
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>> As humans, we are
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desperately complex creatures.
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>> We can perform what appear
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to be impressive acts of
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kindness and love,
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but they may be entirely
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motivated by a heart that is
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soaked and saturated in
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selfishness,
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a heart that says,
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"Look at me! Look at me!"
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"Look at how good I am!"
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>> Mmhmm.
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This is a trap that can catch
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every person because God's
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word warns us
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that the human...
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And then the question comes:
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who can understand it?
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The Lord quickly answers:
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>> We look at outward
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appearances, but only God sees
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the heart and knows its true
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condition and motives.
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>> That is why a man like
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Johnny Barnes felt motivated
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every day to wake up at 2:00
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in the morning
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to open his Bible,
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to open his heart before the
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Lord of love,
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to seek God in prayer,
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to honestly examine
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his own heart,
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and to ask the
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Almighty Creator to fill him
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with His Holy Spirit,
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to fill him with the
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love of God.
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>> The scriptures tell us that
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God is Love
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and that He wants us to love
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one another.
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When you are soaked and
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saturated in God's love,
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when you are filled with His
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Holy Spirit of love,
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that love fills you.
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It overflows and it spills
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over into the lives
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of other people.
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René: That is genuine love
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and only the almighty powerful
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working of the Holy Spirit
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can transform our hearts and
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fill us with the love
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that is completely free from
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complaining, criticizing,
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competing, and comparing
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ourselves with one another.
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>> We want to share a song
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with you right now called
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Fill Me Now, presented by
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Fountainview Academy orchestra
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and singers.
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>> The words of this song are
00:19:37.34\00:19:39.11
really a prayer for God to
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fill us with His Holy Spirit,
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to bathe our hearts in His
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love so that we will be soaked
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and saturated in the love of
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God the way Johnny Barnes was.
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Let's listen this song
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right now.
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¤¤
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¤Hover o'er me, Holy Spirit
00:20:06.47\00:20:13.74
¤Bathe my trembling
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¤heart and brow
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¤Fill me with
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¤Thy hallowed presence
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¤Come, oh, come and
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¤fill me now
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¤Fill me now, fill me now
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¤Jesus come and fill me now
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¤Fill me with
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¤Thy hallowed presence
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¤Come, oh, come and
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¤fill me now
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¤I am weakness
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¤full of weakness
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¤At Thy sacred feet I bow
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¤Blessed, divine
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¤eternal Spirit
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¤Come, oh, come and
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¤fill me now
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¤Fill me now, fill me now
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¤Jesus, come and fill me now
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¤Fill me with
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¤Thy hallowed presence
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¤Come, oh, come and
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¤fill me now
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¤¤
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>> So you may be wondering,
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how do I become filled
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with Holy Spirit of God?
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>> Jesus gave the answer when
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He said, "Ask and it will be"
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"given to you,"
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"seek and you will find,"
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"knock and the door will"
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"be opened to you."
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>> When she was a little girl,
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our youngest daughter,
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Miclain, once asked me
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for a pony.
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And I made a deal with her.
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I told her, "If you get a job"
00:22:52.13\00:22:54.10
"and you earn enough money"
00:22:54.10\00:22:55.60
"to pay for half, then I'll"
00:22:55.60\00:22:57.31
"pay for the other half,"
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"the price of the pony."
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>> It didn't take too long
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and Miclain was riding her
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very own pony.
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Mike: And I was very happy
00:23:05.81\00:23:07.55
to help her to get that pony.
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But you know, it's not the
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same with the Holy Spirit.
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God gives us His Holy Spirit
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without us paying
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a single cent.
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>> In Luke 11, verse 13
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Jesus shows us how to become
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filled with the Holy Spirit
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when He said these words:
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>> So ask and you will receive
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the Holy Spirit.
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>> That is exactly what
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Johnny Barnes did when he woke
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up at 2:00 in the morning.
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He asked for God to fill him
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with the Holy Spirit.
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>> And God faithfully filled
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his heart and his mouth with
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the wonderful words of life
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and love to speak to the
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people passing by in Bermuda.
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>> From the time he retired at
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the age of 63, until he died
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at the age of 93,
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Johnny Barnes stood on the
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corner of Crow Lane shouting
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to the people:
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"I love you!"
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because that's what God told
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him to do.
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>> So for the last thirty
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years of his life,
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from 3:45 until 10:00 in
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the morning,
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rain or shine,
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five days a week
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from Monday to Friday,
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Johnny Barnes showed up and
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freely shared a simple
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message of love.
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>> We want to share with you
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this last tribute to Johnny's
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life which was filmed the year
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before he died when he was
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92 years of age.
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>> I love you, I love you
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I love you, I love you
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Man asks: Johnny, why do you
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do this?
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[Jonny Barnes speaking]
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I-- I love--, I love you
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I love you, I love you
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[blowing kisses]
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Bonjour!
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[chuckling]
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[Jonny Barnes speaking]
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>> What a beautiful testimony
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to a life well-lived.
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>> Jesus truly is the only one
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who can save you,
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the only One who can keep you,
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and He's the only One who can
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take you from this world
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to the next world.
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>> So let's take a moment to
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pray to Him right now.
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Mike: Oh, Lord Jesus,
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we ask you to cleanse our
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hearts from all selfishness.
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We long to be soaked and
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saturated in Your love,
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Please bathe our hearts and
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our minds and fill us with
00:26:35.86\00:26:37.63
your Holy Spirit, we pray
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in the lovely name of Jesus,
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amen.
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>> They lyrics of a once
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popular song went like this:
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"What the world needs now"
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"is love, sweet love."
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>> Johnny Barnes would have
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agreed 100% with those lyrics.
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>> We would like to offer
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00:28:03.24\00:28:05.21
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>> They are all there for you
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experience what
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Johnny Barnes experienced,
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this truth found in the words
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of Jesus when He said,
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"It is written,"
00:28:22.90\00:28:24.10
"man shall not live"
00:28:24.10\00:28:25.27
"by 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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