Magnify the Lord with me
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Magnify the Lord
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Jesus alone, He is worthy
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Magnify Him
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Hello everyone, and
welcome to Magnify Him.
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My name is Duawne Starling.
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And I'm Yvonne Lewis.
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Thank you for tuning in.
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We know that there's a
special blessing just for you.
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Yes, that's right.
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We are so honored to
be able to take this time
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to introduce you
to ministers of music,
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who I believe, the
Lord is going to use
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greatly to inspire,
uplift and encourage you.
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So don't go away, join us
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as we lift up the name of our
Lord and savior, Jesus Christ.
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As you listen to
these ministers of music,
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think about the lyrics to
these songs, and praise Him.
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Magnify the Lord with me
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Magnify Him
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I'm sitting here
today with Donnell Josiah.
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Welcome,
Donnell, to Magnify Him.
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Thank you very much.
Thanks for having me.
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It's so great to have you here.
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It's an honor.
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I am also holding
his CD and I'm so excited
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because one of the
benefits of my job is that
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I get free CDs from the artists,
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I can't wait to hear it.
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First of all, tell
us, give us your website,
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so that others can know about--
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DonnellJosiah.com,
that's DonnellJosiah.com.
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Thank you so
much. You're welcome.
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So what went in to
doing this first project?
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Tell me about this project?
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This project
started over 7 years ago,
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where I began going through
different reflective moments.
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It is my third
project and in 2001,
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I had embattled
this process to begin
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thinking and
chatting on how this project
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is going to come to life.
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So you've been at it for
a while. So I've been, yeah.
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But I got
distracted with school,
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I got distracted with
work, but I had to finish it,
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because this is my
first piano solo project.
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So I'm really excited about it.
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Tell us about the songs
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that you're going
to play for us today.
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The first song I'm
going to play for you
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is a song titled "New Birth."
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New Birth actually
began by the title irregular
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because of the syncopations
and punctuations in the song.
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Ah, now did you--
you wrote it as well?
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I wrote the song,
I composed the song.
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I did all the
orchestrations on the song.
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But after my first boy,
Dillard Josiah was born,
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I decided to name
the song "New Birth"
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and that's since been the name
after the CD has been released.
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Nice, nice.
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And the second song
that you're going to do?
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The second song I'm
going to do is a song
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actually written
by Donnie McClurkin.
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Oh, I love Donnie McClurkin.
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The song titled, "All we
ask" is a wonderful prayer.
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What I did, I put a spin on it
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and I told him, when
I met him in October,
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that I'm going to give you
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the interpretation of
God's answer to your prayer.
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My! All we ask.
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Oh, I can't wait to hear it.
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I can't wait, this
is really exciting.
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When did you
start playing piano?
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I started at a very
delicate age of three.
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And since then,
I've never missed a note.
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I'm sure, I'm sure.
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It's such a blessing to be able
to use our gifts for the Lord.
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The Lord calls us to use
these gifts and talents for Him.
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Listen to Donnell
Josiah, right now.
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And this next song
is one of my favorites
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written by Donnie
McClurkin, "All we ask."
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Magnify the Lord with me
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Magnify Him.
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We are so blessed to
have the Griffiths here today,
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David and Monique
Griffith, so nice to have you.
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Welcome to Magnify Him.
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Thank you for having us.
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Oh, you are so welcome, welcome.
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Tell our viewers, how did
you get into music ministry?
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Monique?
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Well, I first
started music ministry
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when I was a little girl.
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I sang with my parents
once my elder sister moved out.
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You sound like you were
little happy when she moved out.
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Well, you know
it-- I was on the side.
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We're 12 years apart.
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Oh, wow.
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And so I started when I
was maybe seven years old
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when I started singing with
my parents in an adult group.
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And so that's where
my music ministry began.
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My, that's wonderful
starting as a little girl.
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Yes.
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That's awesome.
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I started a
little bit older. Okay.
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I was in high school at
Takoma Academy in Maryland.
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And Bruce Freeman was
an English teacher there
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and he had this youth
group called the Light Company.
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And he asked me
to be a part of it
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and we tried to
figure out interesting ways
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to use music and drama,
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the arts to present Christ
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to other young
people to get them engaged.
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Oh, I love it.
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So he mentored me
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and we learned about
some all group fellowship.
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And we wrote a
musical of all things
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and I didn't know I
could write music at the time.
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But we wrote a musical and
it was just all written by kids,
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all music done by kids.
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And then we toured to
different schools and it was--
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it was just really
moving I thought at that time,
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if I could do this
for the rest of my life.
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Yes. That would be wonderful.
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Yes, yes, it's so amazing
when God gives you a gift
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and as a child or young person,
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you began to really focus on
Him and use your gifts for Him.
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To me, I mean there is
no greater present than that
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to us to just be able
to use our gifts for Him.
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And you play the piano and sing.
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It's fun. It's fun.
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That's just to me I mean,
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I can't really play the
piano so forget about it
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but you, can you play?
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A little bit.
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Okay, okay. Just a little bit.
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Yeah, it seems as
though it would be so difficult
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to coordinate everything,
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you know singing
and playing and...
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so that's the double gift.
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Well, it was fun
when I was a little kid.
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I asked my brother,
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we had one of these song
books, the folk hymn note
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and I said what are
these little chord things?
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And he'd go,
okay, let me show you,
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and so he showed me
how to play the chords.
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And so instead of
reading all the notes,
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I would play the chords
and I would sing the melody.
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Wow.
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So it made it
easier as I got older.
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Yes.
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To like coordinate.
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Yes, yes, speaking
of song books, you know,
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you had mentioned earlier to me
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that you've written a song book.
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Tell us about that?
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A few years ago,
maybe 5 years ago,
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I really started studying
more about the names of God.
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I want to know
more about who God was.
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We were talking
with her son about this
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a little earlier today
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and so I learned
about God as Jehovah-Jireh,
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the one who provides for us.
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Yes.
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To hold the Nissi,
our banner of victory
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and I learned about
this word called Adonai.
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Adonai, I mean, what is this?
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And I think maybe
grandma might have used it
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or something way back, way back.
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But I started to study
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the names of God
and as I explored this,
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I started to learn
more about who God was
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and then it inspired songs.
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And so...
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eventually we
got a bunch of songs
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and we had the
group that we formed
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called the Praise
and Worship Experience,
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and then we just
started ministering them.
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And what I found
is for couple of years
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the ministry was
more so just for us,
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when we would have rehearsals.
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People would be crying just--
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Just felt that
the spirit has touched
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and sensing God's realness
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and then recently I had--
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I was blessed lost and
found a production company,
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said, hey, we want to help you
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put out the songs
that God has given you.
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Wow, so you took
all of those songs
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and put them into a song
book that could bless others.
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We were excited
because what will happen is--
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since we had such
an experience together
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and we wanted to
be able to share it,
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by scoring it we
realized other people could,
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could afresh experience that.
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Yes, just tell us a
little bit more, Monique,
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about that experience that
Praise and Worship Experience?
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You know, because
there were so many songs
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that impact so many people
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and it impacted me a lot.
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It was so hard to choose
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which ones should
actually go into this book.
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Yes, you know, when you
think about how good God is
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and how He gives gifts
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and anointing to
His ministers of music,
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we kept, we're gonna be blessed
today with the Griffiths.
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Our Father
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Which art in heaven
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Hallowed
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Be
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Thy name
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Thy kingdom come
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Thy will be done
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On earth
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As it is
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In heaven
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Give us this day
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Our daily bread
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And forgive us our debts
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As we forgive our debtors
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And lead us not into temptation
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But deliver us from evil
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For thine is the kingdom
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And the power
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And the glory
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Forever
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And ever
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Forever
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Amen Amen
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I'm really looking
forward to the day,
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when we won't have to
worry about bills and taxes
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and losing loved ones
and friends from illness.
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When we won't have to
worry about fighting in wars
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and rumors of wars,
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earthquakes and when we
really be able to be at peace,
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would be able to be with Jesus,
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would be able to be reunited
with grandma and grandpa.
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Yeah, in the valley there will
be peace for you and for me.
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Lord, I'm tired
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And so weary
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But I must travel on
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Till the Lord comes
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And calls me away,
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Oh yes
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Well, the morning
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It is so bright
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And the Lamb is the light
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And the night,
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It is as fair as the day,
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Oh yes
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There will be peace
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In the valley for me,
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Oh, someday
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There will be peace
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In the valley for me
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Well, there'll be no sadness
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No sorrow, no trouble
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That I can see
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'Cause there will be peace
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In the valley for me
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O Lord I pray
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Well, the bear will be gentle
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And the wolf will be tame
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And the lion
shall lay right down
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Right by the lamb
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And the beasts
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Of the wild
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Will be led by a child
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And I'll be changed,
changed from this creature
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That I am, oh yes
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There will be peace
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In the valley for me, someday
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There will be peace
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In the valley for me
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There'll be no sadness
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No sorrow,
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No trouble I see
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There will be peace
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In the valley
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For me
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Duawne, that
was a true blessing.
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Yes. Wasn't it?
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Yes, it was.
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It is such an
honor to be able to share
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the talent of these ministers
of music with the world.
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Yes, it really is, I
pray that you've been blessed.
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Thank you for tuning in.
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God bless you.
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