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When my heart begins
to fear, He is my Light.
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I can smile for He
is near, Jesus my Light.
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When I'm blue and
feeling sad, He is my Light.
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He reminds me I can
be glad, Jesus my Light.
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He is the Light,
yes, Jesus my Light.
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In Him is no
darkness, in Him is no night.
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Wherever He leads me,
He makes my way bright.
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I'll shine for
Jesus, Jesus my Light.
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Here comes Aunt Francine.
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Hey kids, How are you? Oh
I'm glad to see you today.
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Oh, hey. It's so wonderful to be
in our tree house to learn about
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Jesus. And we'd like to welcome
you at home. Welcome to Jesus my
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Light. I'm Aunt Francine and
this is little Ginger. And she
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likes learning a little bit
about Jesus too. I really think
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she knows a little bit. But
today we're going to talk about
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a special person that
Jesus spent some time with.
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He thought he was kind of going
incognito and going behind in
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the dark. But you know what?
Jesus knows your heart and He
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wants to invite you to follow
Him. And that reminds me that He
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can help us always and is able
to do anything that we can learn
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from Him. Are you ready to learn
from Jesus? Yeah! Yes! He's able
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to turn your life around
and make it so much better. That
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reminds me of a song He's Able.
Would you like to sing it with
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us? Yeah! Yes! Yes let's go. ¤ ¤
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Thank you, that was wonderful.
God is able to carry you through
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anything. There's nothing that
Jesus hasn't gone through and He
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knows what you need before you
can even ask. So trust Him and
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pray that He can help you
through anything. Are you ready
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for our Bible story? Yeah! Yes!
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Well it was near the end of
the day and Jesus does what He
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normally does. Where do you
think He was going? Up on the
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mountain to pray to His heavenly
Father. He was on the Mountain
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of Olives and there He was going
to pray. And there somebody
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comes quietly over. After all he
was a notable man and everybody
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knew him in the city and
knew that he was righteous man.
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And he was one of the priests.
And he likely saw Jesus doing
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wonderful things. And he
probably even saw Him, Jesus,
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in the temple while he was there
And so, Nicodemus is now very
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curious to find out who Jesus
is He was searching for truth.
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I hope that you're searching for
truth, because we can find out
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so much in our Bible when we
read it. And you know he's there
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and he has this curiosity. He
wants to find out who this Jesus
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is, a little bit more about Him
and so he was searching for that
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truth. And Jesus was talking
about being born again. Do you
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know what that means, being
born again? What does that mean?
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And Nicodemus was like well
of course Jesus is not talking
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about going back into my mommy's
tummy. Jesus must be talking
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about something else
but I don't understand.
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Does that mean baptism?
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He's talking about being born in
the Holy Spirit, you're right.
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And then Jesus is talking about
the Holy Spirit. And can you see
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the wind? You know, can you see
the wind? No, but you can see
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the effects of the wind, right?
Can you see wind? Really, How?
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I mean when wind chimes blow you
can see it blowing but you don't
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usually see the wind. And so
Jesus is saying, Well the Holy
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Spirit comes where it pleases.
And you know what? Nicodemus
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didn't necessarily change his
heart right away. But in time,
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as time was going on, he was
influencing the other priests
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and he was saying, You know what
let's do this; Oh let's give it
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some time; let's learn
more about this Jesus. And so he
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would constantly...the Holy
Spirit kept working on his heart
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really working on his heart.
And the more he was seeing Jesus
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and I think he wanted to follow
Jesus more and more. He wanted
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to learn truth. And I think
since he was reading his Bible
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he was saying Jesus has got
to be the Savior of the world.
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I know it. And as time went on
you know what, he dedicated his
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whole life to Jesus. The Holy
Spirit was working on him and it
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even took several years and even
after Jesus's death we find out
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that he likely sold all his
possessions and gave it to those
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that needed it most. Wow! Jesus
saw Nicodemus's heart. Don't you
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want Jesus to search your heart
Yeah! and have that friendship
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with you? He wants to have that
personal relationship with you.
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If you just open up your heart
to Jesus. He wants you to spend
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time learning about His love.
And so you know, that gives me
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some hope because Jesus was
always about helping others.
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Don't you like helping others?
Yeah! How do you feel when you
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help others. Good. Do you
feel good? Yeah. Yeah you feel
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wonderful and you know what
Jesus was all about helping.
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And so He was looking on the
inside of the heart. It wasn't
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what other appearances...and
He Jesus was very sensitive to
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Nicodemus. He was very sensitive
to Nicodemus because He knew
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that Nicodemus was trying to
hide in the darkness and didn't
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want the other priests to know
what was happening. But you know
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what? Jesus honored his wishes
and still let the Holy Spirit
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work with him. Do you want to
have the Holy Spirit work with
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you. Yeah! Yes! I hope so. It's
very important that we can use
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that. And can God trust you to
be helpful. Are there times when
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you see somebody in need
and can lend a hand? Yeah! Yes!
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Sometimes there could be an
old person next to you in the
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neighborhood and you can say I
can shovel your driveway or here
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let me help you carry the
groceries. Don't even wait for
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your mom to say...Say mom I'll
set the table for you today.
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Don't wait for your mom to ask
for your help. Find that need
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and be helpful. And that's
exactly what Jesus knew. He knew
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it was more than just the
curiosity that Nicodemus had.
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He knew He had to reach his
heart and that's where Jesus can
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depend on you to be helpful.
Can you do that? Yeah. Are you
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interested in knowing about
another animal? Would you like
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to come around. Here are animals
Okay. Here's the animals...Do
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you like dolphins? Dolphins have
been known to help others. But
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there's time when a dolphin
even goes to somebody like in
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Hawaii and they have a net
wrapped around its snout and
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ask for help. So they know when
to be helpful and to keep the
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sharks away, they come play with
swimmers that are in danger when
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there are sharks around. But
there's other times that these
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dolphins also ask for help.
Do you know who you can ask for
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help? Jesus. Who can help
you? You're right. So we need to
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be...Let's look at our
Bible scene. I want to be like
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Nicodemus. I want to have my
heart open and learn from Jesus.
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Rabbi, Rabbi. ¤ ¤
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We know that you're a teacher
come from God, for no one can do
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these signs
unless God is with him.
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Most assuredly I say unto you,
unless one man is born again
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he cannot see the kingdom of God
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How can a man be born when he is
old? Can he enter a second time
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in his mother's womb and be born
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Most assuredly I say unto you,
Unless one is born of the Spirit
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and the water he cannot enter
the kingdom of God. That which
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is born of the flesh is flesh
and which is born of the Spirit
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is Spirit. Do not marvel at this
You must be born again. The wind
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blows where it wishes and you
cannot tell where it's coming
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from or where it is going. So
is everyone who is born of the
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Spirit.
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How can this be.
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Aren't you the teacher of
Israel How do you not know these
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things? Most assuredly I say
unto you we speak what we know
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and testify what we have seen.
And you don't want to receive
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our heavenly witness. If I have
told you earthly things and you
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would not believe how when I
tell you heavenly things? No one
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has ascended to heaven but
the Son of Man who has come down
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from heaven. As Moses lifted
up the serpent in the wilderness
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even so must the Son of Man be
lifted up that whoever believes
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in Him shall not perish but have
everlasting life. For God so
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loved the world that He gave His
only begotten Son that whoever
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believes in Him shall not perish
but have everlasting life. For
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God did not send His Son into
the world to condemn the world
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but the world
through Him might be saved.
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Nicodemus was searching and
he wanted to find Jesus. Do you
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want to find Jesus? Yeah! Yes!
And he said, Most assuredly. Do
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you know what most assuredly
means? It means for certain.
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We know for certain that Jesus
reigns in our hearts. So are you
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ready for some Bible questions?
Yeah! Yes! All right let's see
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if you were paying attention
at home too. Okay here we go.
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On which mountain did Nicodemus
find Jesus? Was it A - Zion;
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B - Sinai; or C - Mt. of Olives.
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Which one is it. C! Did you get
it. C! C - Mt. Olives. How about
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question number two. What does
assuredly mean? A - For certain;
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B - It might not happen; or
C - I'm not sure. A. A is for
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certain. What did Jesus compare
the Holy Spirit to? A - Fields
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of grass; B - The sea; or C -
The wind. C! How about you, did
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you get it at home? If you said
C - The Wind, you're right. It
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doesn't matter. We can't judge
other people can we? Can we see
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the Holy Spirit is working on
somebody's heart? No. It's not
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our business to worry about what
somebody else is doing. All you
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need to do is to share who Jesus
is. Are you willing to do that?
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Are you willing to share who
Jesus is and share the love of
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Him and be as helpful as you
can? Whether it's at school in
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helping your teacher or maybe
it's your parents. No matter
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what can Jesus depend on you to
be helpful? Yeah, Yes. Yes. And
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search for ways that you can
find to be helpful because you
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know sometimes people might
not say that they need help. But
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sometimes you can look in their
eyes or see somebody crying. And
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can you give an encouraging word
sometimes? Yeah Mm-muh. Yeah can
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we depend on you to do that too?
Yeah. We want to live for Jesus
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in everything that we do. Are
you willing to live for Jesus
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today? I hope so. And you can
read more about this story in
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John 3 verses 1-21. Jesus loves
you and wants you to spend time
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with Him. Can you do that for
us today. Yeah! I hope you'll
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join us next time
for Jesus My Light.
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