>> Welcome to It Is Written
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Canada.
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Thank you for joining us.
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Paulie Rogers lives in the
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beautiful but cold
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northern-central region of
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Saskatchewan, Canada, where
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rolling hills, spruce forests,
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and an abundant number of lakes
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fill the countryside.
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[MIKE] She and Kenny, her
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husband of 37 years, run a large
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hay farm in the summer and
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bush clear in the winter.
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Yes, Paulie runs heavy equipment
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as well.
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[RENÉ] They have raised two
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remarkable children who are both
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married with families of their
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own, giving them eight
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grandchildren.
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[MIKE] She has spent over 25
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years as a play write and
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director for a local community
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theatre, but when God called her
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to pull away from secular
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theatre to write for Him and
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only for Him, Paulie learned
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what it truly means to walk in
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the steps of Jesus for an
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incredible satisfying journey of
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faith, hope, and personal
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acceptance.
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>> Paulie's passion is sharing a
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personable Jesus through
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story-telling, devotions, and
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speaking engagements.
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When Paulie and Kenny started
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renovating and remodelling
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their old Victorian farmhouse,
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it inspired her to write a book
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called My House Renovated One
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Room at a Time.
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[MIKE] It is a six-week Bible
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study to discover what it means
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to be remodelled in Christ as we
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experience Him in every aspect
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of our lives.
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In a moment, you will meet
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Paulie and hear her incredibly
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inspirational story.
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>> Mike, let's go see Paulie.
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>> Let's do that.
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>> Welcome back to It Is Written
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Canada.
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Thank you for joining us.
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>> In Revelation 3, verse 20,
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Jesus tells us He's standing at
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the door of our heart, knocking
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for entrance.
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It's up to us whether we want to
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let Him in, but the best part of
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letting Him in is the fellowship
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we will experience with our
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loving Saviour.
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>> Our special guest, Paulie
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Rogers, has let Jesus in, not
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only to her heart, but her home
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as well.
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In fact, He showed Himself to
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her in every remodelled room of
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her old Victorian farmhouse.
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>> This is Paulie Rogers?ory
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of renovating and remodelling
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her family's old Victorian
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farmhouse and how that
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experience led to her opening
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her heart to Jesus, remodelling
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every room of her life.
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Paulie, thank you for joining us
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on It Is Written Canada.
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>> Thank you.
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It is my pleasure to be with you
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guys and welcome to my house
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here in Saskatchewan.
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>> Paulie, you know, I've always
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been fascinated with the
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Victorian era.
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The corsets and the full-length
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skirts over layers and layers of
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petticoats, with the matching
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hats that make them look so
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elegant, and the tea sets with
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the fine bone China and the
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pretty little delicate flowers.
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So I cannot wait to hear about
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your old Victorian farmhouse.
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>> And I'm excited to share with
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you my old Victorian farmhouse.
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I often ask people if they would
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prefer to live in an old
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character house or a newly
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built house.
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Because this was the question
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that my husband asked me minutes
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after I said yes to his marriage
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proposal.
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Well, actually what he asked me
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was, "Would you consider being a
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partner with me in this farm I'm
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looking at to buy?"
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But it was a marriage proposal.
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"The old character house, of
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course!" I squealed with delight
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as he let out a sigh of relief.
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I knew why he was asking me this
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question, because when I had
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visited him, we had driven past
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this house.
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And as we did, and I took in its
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structure, I had fallen in love
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with it already because I, too,
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like the old Victorian era.
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>> What was it like when you
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first came here, when you first
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saw it.
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I mean, it's been renovated.
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[PAULIE] It was in bad need of
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repair. [laughs]
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It-- but, you know, what I saw
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was the intricately carved wood
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front door, the spindles on the
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front porch, the gables were
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romantic to me, that jutted out
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of the roof.
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And, you know, it was just so
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special to me.
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But to my husband...
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...he saw the rot.
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The porch was about to fall off
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the front, the door was so
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warped you could hardly get it
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shut, the window frames were
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rotted and, you know, there was
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a lot of things going on in
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this house.
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We had bats in the attic.
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We had a sewer, old wood sewer
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crib that collapsed on us so we
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had a lot of sewer backup.
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We had...
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...a huge infestation of mice.
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We couldn't keep them out.
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I shoved steel wool into every
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little nook and cranny that I
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could find, but they just kept
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coming.
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>> Paulie, how on earth did you
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live in those circumstances?
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>> I put on bravery. [laughs]
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But you know, I never ran
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in fear.
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I bravely...
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...took it on like a warrior,
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determined to win the battle at
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hand because this was our house,
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this was our home.
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>> So it was a pretty old home,
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how long did it take you to do
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all of these renovations?
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>> We lived in this house for
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30 years.
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It was like stepping back in
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time with all its little quirks
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and all its problems, but we
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couldn't afford to fix it up.
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You know, my husband warned me
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that, right from the very
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beginning, that, you know, the
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farm was gonna be tough and it
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would take a lot to get
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established and get going.
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And so we just lived in it
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as it was.
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We had an old black rotary phone
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on the wall with a party line.
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And, you know, when it would
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ring, you'd have to listen to
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how many rings it took to know
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if it was for you or for one of
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the neighbours.
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>> Did you have running water?
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>> We did, fortunately.
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But it had only been installed
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in 1980, five years before we
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moved into it.
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So I'm very appreciative of our
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running water, but, you know,
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because not everybody in the
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community here had running water
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either at that time, you know?
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They would get their water from
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the well, they'd heat it on the
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stove and as I talked to one of
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the daughters that had grown up
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in this house before we-- prior
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to us getting it, she told me a
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lot of stories of living without
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water and the electricity was
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old so it was very limited.
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>> So as you went through this
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renovation process, it was room
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by room.
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Tell us about that and what were
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you experiencing because you
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were experiencing a certain
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growth in your spiritual
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development as well.
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>> Yes.
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So...
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Like I said, we couldn't afford
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it, but it-- the house had
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gotten in such dire need that
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we had to do something with it.
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And over the years of living
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this way, God really had given
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me a heart of contentment.
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I was happy in our country life,
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I didn't need new things.
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But as we grew older, so did the
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house and so it was just in that
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state where we really had to do
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something with it because we
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couldn't live like that any
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longer.
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So I fell on my knees, praying
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over this house and dedicating
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it to God, giving it to Him.
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It was His house to do with it
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whatever He was going to do
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with it.
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So we had looked into the
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possibility of tearing it down
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and building new, but we had
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just finished our mortgage and
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it took us a long time to get to
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that point and we did not wanna
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go into a heavy debt over a
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house at that time and so we
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made the decision that well...
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...let's start with one room
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and get this room done and it
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happened to be the upstairs
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bathroom.
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So we gutted it down and rebuilt
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it from the bottom up.
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God provided just the amount of
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money to finish that project.
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So then when we moved on to the
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next room, God provided that
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year just enough money to
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complete that project.
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And so forth and so forth
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until the house was completed.
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>> So you were very patient
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going through this whole
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process.
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You also compare in your book
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the house to your body.
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[PAULIE] Yes.
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Yeah, because the Bible tells us
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that we are a temple for God to
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dwell and I knew that and I also
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knew that we needed to take care
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of the things that God provides
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for us and I really felt like we
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hadn't done that very well, but
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He had taken such good care of
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us and I was so thankful
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for that.
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>> So, Paulie, you had to take
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out, like, the walls were
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rotting and the doors and the
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frames and everything, the
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windows, you had to replace
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everything.
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But what about the foundations?
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>> Well, you know, the
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foundation is the reason why we
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decided to go ahead and
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fix it up.
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Because the foundation was
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strong and solid and so were the
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bones of the structure.
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So it gave it, you know, the
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structure and the sturdiness
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that we could build on because
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if a foundation is weak, it
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wouldn't have been worth it,
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you know, and Jesus is our
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foundation...
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>> Yeah, yeah.
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[PAULIE] ...He is our strength.
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And I love that my house
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represents...
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...a Christian life so well.
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>> So, Paulie, can you tell us
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why you started your book with
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the front porch?
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>> Because the front porch is
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where we first meet Jesus.
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When I first saw my husband,
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he arrived at school later in
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the year.
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So when we heard about him, my
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girlfriends and I were sitting
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in the cafeteria at school
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watching and waiting for that
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first glimpse of this new guy
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in school.
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And as he came through, we
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watched him as he went through
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line, filling his tray of food,
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but it was only the back side
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of him.
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We waited in anticipation for
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him to turn around so we could
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get that first look at him.
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And, of course, when he did, he
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looked straight at us!
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It's like, "Oh no!" [laughs]
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Was I in love with him
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at first sight?
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I might have liked what I saw,
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but I wasn't in love with him
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because I didn't know him.
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As we got to know each other
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and became friends first,
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then that grew.
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So that's where I like to take
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the reader, from the front porch
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first where we first get that
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glimpse of Jesus.
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And I love flowers.
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And as you can see, I have a lot
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of flower beds in my yard.
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And it takes a lot of work to
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take care of these plants,
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you know?
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You have to groom them, you have
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to weed them, you have to
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fertilize them and dead head
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them so they just keep blooming.
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And one of my favourite things
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about my front porch is that I
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love to sit here and have my
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devotions with God in the
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mornings, right here.
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And I fill this porch with
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potted plants, as many flowers
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as I can afford out of the
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greenhouses.
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I get them and I just fill my
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pots with them and hanging from
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the balcony, I usually have
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these big cascading flowers and
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fuchsias, they're my favourites.
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But because they take a lot of
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work, the potted plants, they
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dry out very quickly and I get
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very, very busy on the farm.
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So one year, I found in the
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store, these beautiful hanging
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baskets with these flowering
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plants that were silk.
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They were fake.
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And when I saw those, I thought,
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"Now there is something that
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would really work on my porch."
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So I bought them and I hung them
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here on my porch.
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I wouldn't have to water them, I
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wouldn't have to get the ladder
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and put the fertilizer in and
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snip and, you know, groom them.
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But as I sat here enjoying my
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silk hanging baskets,
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I felt really bad because the
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hummingbirds would come and they
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would be disappointed because
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there was no nectar there for
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them so, you know, I kinda felt
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bad for them.
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But then that summer
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my husband's grandmother
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stopped in.
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Now this was a woman who kept an
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immaculate yard and her garden,
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you would never find a
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weed in it.
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My garden is not like that.
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I like to spend my time in my
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flowers, yes, but they're not
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perfect.
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But anyway, she stopped in that
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day and she wanted to see my
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garden.
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Okay! [laughs]
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I took her around, I took her to
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the vegetable garden first and,
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you know, plucking weeds behind
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her back.
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So anyways, we went around to my
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flower beds and she was really
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enjoying them, you know.
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Some of them I had gotten
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starters from her and so she was
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happy to see that they were
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establishing very well and I had
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a few from other neighbours that
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she was interested in.
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And then she looked over here at
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my porch and she looked at those
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hanging baskets and she
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squealed, [gasps] "Where-- or
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what kind of flowers are those?"
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[laughs]
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Can you imagine my embarrassment
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when I had to tell her that they
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were fake and I didn't know
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their name? [laughs]
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She was not impressed.
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But you know, what I bring out
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in my book, the importance of
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this front porch and meeting,
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this is the place that we meet
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Jesus for the first time, where
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we get our first glimpse of Him.
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And all through nature we can
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find God.
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He's our Creator and it's a joy
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to be out here with Him.
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But we need more.
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Because if this is all our
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Christian life is, we're just
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front porch Christians.
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The Bible says He is knocking at
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our door, He's wanting to come
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in and have a relationship
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with us.
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And so that's the foundation of
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what my book is all about is
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having this personal, intimate
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marriage relationship with
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Jesus.
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>> Paulie, can you tell us a
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little bit more about front
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porch Christianity?
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>> We can know who Jesus is
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without knowing Him personally,
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allowing Him inside.
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And to remain out here on our
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front porch, we can be as fake
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as my hanging silk flowers.
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There are many reasons why we
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may not want Jesus to come in to
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our house.
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My house might be messy.
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It's dirty.
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It's not for public viewing and
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so we're scared to allow God in
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because we think we have to
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become perfect before
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He comes in.
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But He doesn't want to come in
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as a guest, He wants to come in
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as a family member, He wants to
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know us and live with us on a
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very personal level.
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>> Probably most people who see
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your house are just driving by,
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right?
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They only see the outside.
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So who comes into your house?
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>> My friends.
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My friends, family...
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>> And so there's a picture of
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front porch Christianity, you
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know, those who stay out.
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We don't want Jesus to stay out.
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[PAULIE] Right.
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>> We want Him to be our best
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friend, to be inside.
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And that's kinda scary to me
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because, you know, there might
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be drawers I don't want Him
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looking into, there might be
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things in the fridge I don't
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want Him seeing, right?
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[PAULIE] Yeah, yeah.
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>> There might be things in the
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laundry basket or maybe upstairs
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in the attic, you know?
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>> Or even in the garbage.
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[MIKE] Yes.
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[PAULIE] Uh-huh.
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>> And it's so true what you
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mentioned, Paulie, you said we
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can know about Jesus, you know,
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and do all the right things.
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We can read our Bibles, we can
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pray, we can study, we can,
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you know...
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>> Go to church.
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[RENÉ] So we can do all the
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right things and on the outside,
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just like the front porch is
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beautiful, on the outside we can
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appear good because we're doing
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all the right things.
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[PAULIE] Right, but inside...
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>> Inside, yes.
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>> ...we could be a mess
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in need of a restoration.
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>> That's why we need Jesus.
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>> That is why we need Jesus.
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>> He specializes in cleaning up
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messes.
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>> That's right.
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Yeah.
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[gentle orchestral music]
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¤ I come to the garden alone
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¤ While the dew
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¤ is still on the roses
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¤ And the voice I hear
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¤ falling on my ear
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¤ The Son of God discloses
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¤ And He walks with me
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¤ and He talks with me
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¤ And He tells me
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¤ I am His own
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¤ And the joy we share
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¤ as we tarry there
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¤ None other has ever known
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[orchestral music continues]
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¤¤
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¤ I stayed in the garden
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¤ with Him
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¤ Though the night around me ¤
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¤ be falling
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¤ But He bids me go
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¤ through the voice of woe
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¤ His voice to me
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¤ is calling
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¤ And He walks with me
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¤ and He talks with me
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¤ And He tells me
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¤ I am His own
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¤ And the joy we share
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¤ as we tarry there
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¤ None other has ever known
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[orchestral music continues]
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¤¤
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>> Paulie, I have a copy of your
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book here and it just has a feel
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about it, like, I feel what you
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went through over the years.
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You know, you have the old
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pictures and you got the new
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pictures, you've got the
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renovations, you've got your
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kids growing up here, you've got
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you and Kenny before you got
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married and when you got
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married and it's just a real,
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it just draws you in.
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>> Yeah, it was so relatable,
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you know, knowing how, just how
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important it is to have Jesus as
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our friend.
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>> Yeah, you know, that was my
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purpose was to make it simple
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but yet deeply inspirational for
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people in their walk with
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Christ, you know, to draw Christ
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in to their homes, into their
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bodies for that special deep
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relationship with Him.
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>> And I just love the way you
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did each room.
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Like, every room you went
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through each room and then had
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the spiritual restoration with
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the physical restoration.
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And I just loved the way you
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brought Jesus into each and
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every room that you remodelled.
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>> Right because we want Him in
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every room of our lives,
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every section of our lives,
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we need Him.
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[MIKE] Yes.
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And the thing about it is, He
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removes the fear.
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He brings peace, He brings joy
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and no condemnation.
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>> That's right.
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And when you look at Christ's
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life here on earth,
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who did He hang out with?
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Who did He minister to?
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It was the ones in need, the
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ones who needed the restoration.
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>> And so we are on the front
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porch today and I'm looking
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forward to going into your
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house, but we've run out of time
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and so we're gonna have to
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continue next week, but before
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we do that, I wonder if, Paulie,
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you could pray for our viewers.
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Maybe there is someone who just
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is not ready to let Jesus go
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past the front porch and pray
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for such a person to say, "Hey,
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I can trust Jesus to come into
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my heart, come into my life,
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into my house."
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>> I would love to do that.
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Dear Heavenly Father,
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what a privilege it is to be on
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this front porch where we first
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meet You.
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Father, I know that there are
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many people that wonder about
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You, that don't know You on a
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personal level, and so, Father,
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I wanna pray for them right now,
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that they will hear that knock
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upon their heart and that want
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to, to open themselves up to You
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and let You in.
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Touch them in a way, Lord, that
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In this I pray, amen.
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[MIKE] Amen.
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