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Next up, we traveled to learn
how we can build better bridges
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with our Buddhist friends.
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Do you know
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what the word incarnation means?
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It is an interesting word.
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My name is Ronald Kuhn.
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I work for the
Institute of World Mission.
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Me and my colleagues,
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we help people and we coach
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and help support for
them to understand how to live
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and adjust in another places.
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So the word incarnation.
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Well, you probably,
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if you know Latin
words, incarnation,
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carne means flesh, meat,
two words with one meaning.
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Flesh and meat in Spanish
and Portuguese it means carne.
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One word carne for food,
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carne for as flesh.
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So what does it
mean incarnation living?
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When Christ came down,
He took our form, our flesh.
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He became one of us,
not just in our form.
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Jesus came down,
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He did not bring
a container of food
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from heaven.
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He ate our food. He
accepted hospitality.
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He dressed the way we dress.
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He didn't bring
the music from heaven.
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He learned how to sing
the music of the people.
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So at the
institute we try to bring
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the reality of
incarnation to missionaries
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as they move to another culture.
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Quite often,
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people don't know
that they don't know.
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So what did you say,
Ronald, if somebody may say,
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you don't know
that you don't know?
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Yes,
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because you haven't
seen things differently.
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For example,
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I thought eating
with forks and knives
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where the only right way to eat
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until I learned
to eat with my hands,
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with chopsticks.
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And now I ask which
one is the best way?
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Well, it works for the
people that learn that way
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since they were small.
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So incarnation
has several dimensions
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is when you become one of them,
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you go and you
listen, and you ask questions,
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you observe that
you will understand.
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And if you love them,
you will not judge them.
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You will respect.
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You will suspend
your preconceived ideas
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that this is better.
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Well, there is always something
different that you can learn.
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And you can add
to your own culture,
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your own values.
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So at the institute
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we help people
to suspend judgment.
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What they don't
understand, they cannot,
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they should not judge,
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but they should learn
and they should listen.
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And only then they will connect
and find bridges with people.
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And as you, sort
of, become one of them,
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you will find wonderful
things that you will grow.
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You will learn
their way of doing things
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and in some cases
it's better than your way.
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Oh, how many
things I have learned
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as I have lived and
adjusted to other places.
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And as I just
mentioned about food,
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there's so many other things
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the way people build their homes
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for different weather,
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the way they
raise their children,
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in some places very respectful,
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then in our culture
sometimes we're very aggressive
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in some things.
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So we can learn,
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but we will only learn if
we have an attitude of love,
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an attitude to adjust
and become one with them.
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So if you are
planning to go overseas
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or becoming a missionary
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or serving in a different place
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and you want to learn
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how to adjust
different cultures,
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come and spend
some time with us.
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You may want to join
one of our institutes
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and we provide
information on the screen
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for you to find
out more about us.
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As a little girl Yana knew
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she wanted to be
baptized one day.
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At 13, she remembered her wish.
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I'm going to be
baptized she said.
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So Yana started taking a
six month baptismal class
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at the Russian speaking
Seventh-day Adventist Church
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that our family
attended in Prague,
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the capital of
the Czech Republic.
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She excitedly told
others about her plans
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to give her heart to Jesus.
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Olga, her 21-year-old
adopted sister in Ukraine
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heard the news and announced,
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"I want to be baptized too."
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Olga began
taking baptismal classes
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in Ukraine
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and made plans
to travel to Prague
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to be baptized with Yana.
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Yana was thrilled that
Olga wanted to be baptized.
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Now one baptism
would become two.
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As the day of her
baptism drew near,
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Yana invited
relatives and friends
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to come watch at the church.
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She also invited
her 17 classmates
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from the only
Adventist school in Prague.
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"I'm very excited
about being baptized,"
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Yana said,
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"This is a big celebration
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and I would be
happy if you came."
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The school principal
marveled at Yana's excitement
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as she spoke
with her classmates,
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many of whom belong
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to other Christian denominations
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or didn't go to church at all.
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Yana's face was
shining with joy.
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Finally the big day arrived,
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relatives and
friends packed the church.
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Yana was so happy.
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When she came out of the water,
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she knew her
dream had come true.
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The pastor asked
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if anyone wanted to
be baptized next time.
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Yana's younger sister,
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Esther
immediately left to her feet
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and ran to the
front of the church,
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two teenage girls joined her.
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Yana was thrilled.
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Now one baptism
would become five baptisms.
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Several of Yana's classmates
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accepted her invitation
to attend the baptism.
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After a little while,
three of those classmates,
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two girls and one boy
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decided that they
also wanted to be baptized.
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Yana was thrilled.
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Now one baptism
would become eight.
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But that wasn't the end.
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Yana has an older
sister named Diana,
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who was 21
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at a university
student in Ukraine.
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Diana traveled to
Prague to watch Yana's baptism.
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Afterwards, she said,
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"You know, I also
want to be baptized."
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A month later, Diana
was baptized in Ukraine.
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What is the
power of one baptism?
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The Holy Spirit
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used Yana's
decision to be baptized,
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to touch the hearts
of eight other people.
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One baptism
became nine baptisms.
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"After I was baptized,
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other people also
wanted to be baptized,"
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Yana said. Praise God.
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Well, thank you so
much for joining us
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today on Mission 360.
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And I hope that
you've been inspired
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and challenged
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by our 360
degree view of mission
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around the world.
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Today, we've seen
how people are working
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in the growing
cities of the world.
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We've seen how
your mission offerings
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are at work.
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In the Congo, and
around the world today,
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thousands of
people have been blessed
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through the work
of Adventist Mission.
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And I want to thank you
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for what you are
doing to make this happen.
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Your prayers,
your personal finances
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and your personal involvement,
they do make a difference.
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And we consider you
to be part of our team.
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And so thank you for
all that you're doing.
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Whether you
pray, whether you give,
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whether you go or
if you do all three,
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you are part of the
Adventist Mission team.
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Well, for Adventist
Mission, I'm Gary Krause,
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and I hope that you
can join me next time
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right here on Mission 360.
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Home,
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Home Home, Home
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I'm walking on a lonely
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Lonely road
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As winds rush in
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I'm feeling so cold
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Want a rest
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I fall to the ground
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There's no way out
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A nowhere to be found
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And then He came
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And encourage me up
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He nursed my pain
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And He never give up
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And now I'm here
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In His world
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Lord, You're my
savior Yes, You are
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I give it all up to you
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You taketh me out of
the cold And the wilderness
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Now I've been found by You
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To take it away my trouble
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To take it away my doubts
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As Lord of lords
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You came and showed me
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Heavens
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Standing with nothing
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But You paid my debt
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And Lord I'm so grateful
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You know at times I do forget
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That you had given Your life
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And Lord You gave Your all, yeah
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The greatest sacrifice
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Now I understand
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How You have loved me
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I know You brought me free
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On Calvary street
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And now I'm here in Your heart
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In Your heart
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Lord, You're my savior
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I give it all up to you
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For taking me out of
the cold And the wilderness
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Now I've been found by You
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I found by You
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To take it away my trouble
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Take it away my doubts
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As Lord of lords
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You came and showed me
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As Lord of lords
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You came and showed me
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Whole
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You took me wholly.
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