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>> Good morning.
It's still morning.
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And happy Sabbath. We
are excited to have you guys
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joining us here at Pioneer this
Sabbath, whether you're joining
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in person or online. It
has been a good week, hasn't
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it? Oh, man, it has been good.
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School is full force at Ruth
Murdoch and at the academy, and
it's good to have the
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students back. It was good to
see them in school, and it just
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-- I mean, it's fun. Now, I'd
like to invite you to join me as
we read together the
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Call to Worship.
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Dearest Heavenly Father, as we
enter Your courts with
thanksgiving, I pray that You
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will enter our hearts. I pray
that as we worship You here in
Your house that you will
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dwell in us. Pray that You will
bless us this morning in Your
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name. Amen.
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>> Good morning, Church.
How's everyone doing today?
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sing some songs for you.
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in prayer, I invite you to come
forward now as we sing these
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final verses.
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And I was thinking about the
words of this song, and it says,
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it says, "Come rest on us."
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And it's talking about the Holy
Spirit, and we all need that in
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able to sing up here if I didn't
have the Holy Spirit.
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He wouldn't be able to speak.
Like, we need him so much. And
so I invite you, as we stand
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to sing this next song, if you
know it, please sing out, and if
you don't, I invite you to pray
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it. Just say the words.
Yeah, so please sing with us.
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>> Okay, so our Scripture
reading this morning is found in
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Romans 16:19-20. It
says, "Everyone has heard
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about your obedience, so I
rejoice because of you; but I
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want you to be wise about what
is good, and innocent about what
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is evil.
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The God of peace will soon crush
Satan under your feet. The grace
of our Lord Jesus be
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with you."
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>> Holy Spirit, we cannot see
you. Holy Jesus, we cannot see
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You. Holy Father, we cannot see
You. But You're here. The angels
of Heaven are here.
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And I've been praying that for
these few moments that we have
together that there are no other
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angels here. We need a
victory. We're going to see one.
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For the battle belongs to
the Lord. Let that be clear.
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Right now, we pray
in Jesus' name. >> Amen.
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>> Amen.
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I'm embarrassed to tell you
this, but I've been afraid of
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snakes ever since I was a kid.
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I blame it on the mamushi.
The mamushi is reputed to be the
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one and only poisonous
snake on the islands of Japan.
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And I grew up with my little
Japanese buddies, drilled into
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my head, you don't want
to ever meet the mamushi.
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It's a killer. One summer,
glorious morning, the azure
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waters of a little mountain lake
called Nojiri. My missionary
family and all the missionary
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families from all denominations
would gather every summer for
sun and fun, and, oh, my, some
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of the best memories. Anyway,
this particular day, morning,
I'm racing down from our little
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cabin perched on the hillside,
I'm racing down to the lakeside
because my buddies are going to
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be there and we're going to have
some fun. So as I'm racing down,
I'm just feeling what a glorious
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day this is to be alive. Deep
woods, thick canopy, hard packed
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clay path. And I'm wearing my
zoris. That's what the Japanese
call -- that's what we call flip
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flops. You know, the zoris,
the thing between the toes.
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And then I round a corner, and
there's a shaft of sunlight, and
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it's one of those "Chariots of
Fire" moments when you just leap
into the air and you feel the
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wind in your face. And you're
running because it's downhill.
Those leaps are boing, boing,
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boing. And as I'm off the ground
and in that sunlight, I happen
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to look down. And there, coiled
in that sunlight, mamushi.
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Now, you know how it is on the
cartoons. Mid-air, you stop, and
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you begin to put it in reverse,
and you just start as fast as
you can to get back.
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I found out it doesn't work. It
doesn't work. And when my wobbly
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now sandaled
foot comes down, bam!
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I'm not sure who was more
frightened, that killer snake or
this petrified American kid.
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The way it leaped off and into
the woods, I later realized it
was nothing but a common garter
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snake. Yeah. I
suppose every normal human
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being is afraid of snakes. I
cannot speak for the abnormal. [
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Laughter ] You know, maybe
there's something inbred in us
from the Garden of Eden and that
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talking snake. And I have a
feeling there's something
subliminal inside of
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us. But what I do know is this.
Once upon a time, Jesus offered
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his friends power over
snake-ophobia. And I want to go
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to that story now. It's a short
story, but I want to go to it.
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Because we need, on the cusp of
a new year -- hasn't even
started yet, but on the cusp,
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on the eve of a new year, we
need what Jesus is promising
here about the snake,
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a.k.a. the serpent. Open your
Bible with me, please, to the
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Gospel of Luke chapter 10. Let's
drop down to verse 17. Jesus has
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just set off 72 young disciples.
These are brand-new disciples.
And he said there, "Listen,
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guys, I'm going through the
cities and towns in a moment,
but I need you to go first.
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So just move through in my
name." And they move through.
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And now the story picks it up
when they come back. And I want
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you to watch this. I'll put it
on the screen here. Open your
Bible to Luke 10. Drop down a
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verse 17. Here it is. "The
seventy-two returned with joy."
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Wow, why are they filled with
joy? "They returned with joy,
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and they said, 'Lord, even
the demons submit to us in your
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name.'" Isn't that something?
Wouldn't you love -- wouldn't
you love if Jesus authorized you
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to have power over those demons.
Now notice the 72 are really
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clear. There is no confusion in
their minds where the power came
from. Absolutely, the caveat,
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the precondition, they got it.
"Lord, even the demons submit to
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us in your name." That's the big
deal. "In your name." We know
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it's not in us. "In your name."
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You think about it, just hours
before his crucifixion, Jesus
utters some huge promises
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that we get in his name. Jot
these down. Don't forget them.
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I love these verses. This is
in the upper room. In 24 hours,
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he'll be dead. Here we go, in
John 14:12. "Very truly" -- in
the Greek -- I mean, I mean --
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"Very truly, I tell you, whoever
believes in me will do the works
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I have been doing, and they will
do even greater things in these
because I am going to the
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Father, and I will do whatever
you ask..." How's it read? "In
my name." "I will do whatever
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you ask in my name so that the
Father may be glorified in the
Son. You may ask me for anything
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in my name."
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"And I will do it." Wow, Lord!
"Even the demons submit to us in
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your name."
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No wonder when Peter and John
are arrested and they're asked
to give account for their
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actions just hours ago, they
reference that name. But I love
-- Oh, you do, too.
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I love the way they describe
that name here in Act 4:12.
"Salvation" -- Peter and John
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speaking. "Salvation is found
in no one else, for there is no
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other name under heaven given to
mankind by which we must be
saved." There's no greater name.
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There is no other name
than Jesus. So when I hear a kid
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swear in Jesus' name, when I
hear a grown man cuss in Jesus'
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name, I cringe. You have turned
the name of the only being in
the universe who can save you
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into a curse. Don't you know
what you're saying? It's not
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funny. It's not cool. The whole
media -- yeah, that's where it's
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done. Saturated with that. You
do it automatically yourself.
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Stop it. It's his name.
And you'll never get there
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without his name on your lips.
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My. I love the way
"Desire of Ages" puts it.
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But before "Desire of Ages",
I love the way King Solomon puts
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it. Proverbs 18:10. "The name
of the Lord." Oh, I love this.
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"Is a fortified tower; the
righteous run to it and are
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safe." If you have the name of
Jesus on your lips and the enemy
is chasing you down, that name
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on your lips is like a tower.
Shoom, you are surrounded by a
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rocky fortress. And you're
inside the tower. You are safe.
You are saved in that name.
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Now "Desire of Ages" makes all
the sense in the world. Here we
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go. "Satan trembles and flees
before the weakest soul." Anyb--
who here is the weakest
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soul? Come on, put your hand
up. Admit it, the weakest soul.
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"Satan fears and trembles before
the weakest soul who finds
refuge in that mighty
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name." Come on. Lord!
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"Even the demons
submit to us in your name."
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Breathe that prayer. Keep that
name on your lips in this new
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year, on campus, off campus.
You'll be just fine. Alright.
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Luke 10:17 again. "And the
seventy-two returned returned
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with joy, and they said, 'Lord,
even the demons submit to us in
your name.'" And Jesus responds,
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"I saw Satan fall like
lightning from heaven." Wow.
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Hey, listen, those of you that
have come to Michigan for the
first time, I'm going to tell
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you something. When Jesus says,
"I saw Satan fall like
lightning," if you're
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new around here, wait till you
live through one of our
humdinger, full-light,
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full-sound nature displays.
You'll never have a thunderstorm
like it like here in Michigan.
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Our little 8-year-old daughter
did us a wonderful favor. She
decided to spend a week with
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Papa and Grammy this summer. Oh,
they had a wonderful time with
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Ella. She has two younger
sisters, but it was just Ella.
And in the middle of one of
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those nights while she was here,
all nature ripped loose. Boom,
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pssh, boom, pssh! And I hear the
door handle to our bedroom turn.
And I hear a little steps,
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pitter patter, pitter patter. I
said, "Ella, is that you?" "Yes,
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Papa." "Get in
bed. Come on, crawl in."
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Jesus said, "I saw Satan
fall like lightning." Pssh!
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"From Heaven." What's
going on here? I'll tell you.
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There are three possible
answers. Let me submit them to
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you and see what you think.
Number one, Jesus words could
certainly be describing that
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explosive battle of words and
war of wits that took place in
the heavenly courts.
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Unbelievable. The saddest
words in all of Scripture --
00:32:29.18\00:32:33.98
Revelation 12:7. "Then war broke
out." Isn't that sad? Where did
00:32:33.98\00:32:39.39
it break out? That's the sad
part -- in Heaven. In a perfect
00:32:39.39\00:32:42.16
place with perfect people, with
perfect love, war breaks out. If
your marriage starts to fall
00:32:42.16\00:32:46.76
apart, don't be surprised.
The author of war had his start
00:32:46.76\00:32:55.77
early on. Before he got a hold
of you. "Then war broke out in
heaven. Michael and his angels
00:32:55.77\00:33:00.84
fought against the dragon, and
the dragon and his angels fought
00:33:00.84\00:33:03.38
back. But he was not strong
enough," that dragon, "and they
lost," the dragon and his
00:33:03.38\00:33:07.58
angels, "their place in heaven.
The great dragon was hurled down
-- that ancient serpent
00:33:07.58\00:33:11.35
called the devil, or Satan, who
leads the whole world astray. He
was hurled to the earth,
00:33:11.35\00:33:15.69
and his angels with him." "I
saw Satan fall like lightning,"
00:33:15.69\00:33:22.13
shoom, "from heaven." I suppose
it could fit that, couldn't it?
00:33:22.13\00:33:24.97
Sure, but then perhaps option
number two. Jesus words could be
00:33:24.97\00:33:29.10
describing the powerful effect
of these 72 new young disciples
moving among the masses, healing
00:33:29.10\00:33:35.28
diseases and casting out demons.
"I saw Satan fall like lightning
00:33:35.28\00:33:41.25
from heaven." Why not? It would
work. Or maybe option number
three. Perhaps the fullest
00:33:41.25\00:33:47.56
fulfillment of Jesus' words.
Took place in that bloody and
desperate hand to hand,
00:33:47.56\00:33:54.00
mind to mind Battle in a garden
called Gethsemane, on a
mountaintop called Calvary.
00:33:54.00\00:34:03.87
I mean, Jesus crushed...
the opposition. Could be.
00:34:03.87\00:34:12.11
On the Tuesday before he is
crucified, executed, and dies on
Friday, on the Tuesday
00:34:12.11\00:34:17.95
before, he spoke these words,
late Tuesday afternoon. "Now is
the time for judgment
00:34:17.95\00:34:22.66
on this world; now the prince of
this world," a.k.a. the serpent,
"Will be driven out.
00:34:22.66\00:34:29.93
And when I am lifted up from the
earth, I will draw all people to
00:34:29.93\00:34:35.17
myself." And he said this to
show the kind of death he was
00:34:35.17\00:34:39.44
going to die. "I saw Satan fall
like..." thum! -- "lightning
00:34:39.44\00:34:46.65
from heaven." Calvary, for sure.
Maybe it's a composite of all
00:34:47.25\00:34:51.75
three. What does it matter?
He saw Satan hurled from heaven.
00:34:51.75\00:35:00.53
To bad news, bad news. Earth.
00:35:00.56\00:35:05.67
The mega battle
between light and darkness.
00:35:09.44\00:35:13.14
Once upon a time up
there, and now raging around us.
00:35:13.21\00:35:16.41
I hate to tell you. You
didn't get a choice in this
00:35:16.41\00:35:19.28
one. The mega
battle is in your face
00:35:19.28\00:35:21.88
and life right now as we speak.
Could be happening just now.
00:35:21.88\00:35:27.19
Two sides
whispering into one mind.
00:35:27.19\00:35:30.26
Because the truth of the matter
is this terrible serpent majors
00:35:34.73\00:35:42.87
in sex. He does. When he got
hurled out of heaven and then
00:35:42.87\00:35:47.98
booted out of the Garden of Eden
after he deceived Eve and then
Adam, he turned his attention,
00:35:47.98\00:35:53.85
his diabolical attention to
human sexuality. It's the one
00:35:53.85\00:36:00.36
gift we have from the creator
that's a lot like the creator.
00:36:00.36\00:36:06.80
We can make more. The creator
carefully builds walls around it
so that it isn't just
00:36:06.80\00:36:12.93
willy-nilly exercised everywhere
a human body goes. But the enemy
says, "I'll take that
00:36:12.93\00:36:21.44
sexuality," because he would
spit in the face of Jesus if he
could reach him now. He hates
00:36:21.44\00:36:27.25
the creator. So I'll get your
kids. I'll get your creatures,
and I'll turn and I'll twist
00:36:27.25\00:36:32.12
that sexuality so that it
becomes self sex and partner sex
00:36:32.12\00:36:41.13
and pornography. I'll just twist
it all up, and I'll ruin that
gift, and nobody on this godless
00:36:41.13\00:36:46.60
planet will remember where
it came from. Scientists today,
00:36:46.60\00:36:50.61
godless, cannot explain sex.
It's the one riddle they cannot
00:36:50.61\00:36:53.48
explain. How did we get sex?
How could that have evolved?
00:36:53.48\00:36:56.11
Impossible. Something had
to be already put together.
00:36:56.11\00:36:59.15
I'll destroy it. I'll
destroy that sexuality.
00:37:00.85\00:37:04.99
I'm just saying, when it comes
to our sexuality, the snake,
a.k.a. the serpent, is no friend
00:37:06.19\00:37:12.76
of yours or mine. But there's
good news for you and me.
00:37:12.76\00:37:17.47
Let's read it again. "And the
seventy-two returned to with joy
and they said, 'Lord,
00:37:17.47\00:37:21.24
even the demons submit to us in
your name.'" And Jesus "replied,
00:37:21.24\00:37:24.81
'I saw Satan fall like lightning
from heaven. I --" Jesus goes on
-- "have given you authority to
00:37:24.81\00:37:31.35
trample on snakes and scorpions
and to overcome all the power of
00:37:31.35\00:37:36.55
the enemy; and nothing will harm
you.'" >> Amen. >> Oh, I think
00:37:36.55\00:37:42.26
that deserves more of an amen
than that. >> Amen. >> Come on.
00:37:42.26\00:37:45.89
Isn't that amazing? "Nothing
will harm you." Guess what?
00:37:45.89\00:37:52.37
This authority to trample on
snakes and scorpions was not
limited -- limited to
00:37:52.37\00:37:57.07
the 72 disciples or the 12
or to Christ Himself. It is an
00:37:57.07\00:38:01.88
authority Christ gives to all
His disciples. Take the time one
of His disciples was in a mess.
00:38:01.88\00:38:07.08
276 human beings on that boat
that is being pounded to pieces
and is eventually split in half,
00:38:07.08\00:38:15.06
and all 276 hurled into the
raging sea of that gale-force
storm and washed up
00:38:15.06\00:38:22.00
all 276 of them -- survivors
on what appears to be a godless
00:38:22.00\00:38:29.44
crag of rock in the middle of
the Mediterranean called Malta.
The islanders who were behind
00:38:29.44\00:38:33.88
the rocks and wherever emerge to
-- to save the survivors. They
build this massive bonfire.
00:38:33.88\00:38:40.72
And Paul, the prisoner, not
wanting to stand around and do
nothing, said, "I'll help you."
00:38:40.72\00:38:45.05
And he picks up some flotsam and
some driftwood and he's throwing
00:38:45.05\00:38:49.09
it in the fire. But when it gets
close to the heat, a viper
embedded in the wood suddenly
00:38:49.09\00:38:54.00
latches on to Paul's hands. And
the natives, all pagans, gasp.
00:38:54.00\00:38:58.60
"Ah, justice, the goddess has
gotten him. He was saved from
00:38:58.60\00:39:06.68
the sea, but now she makes sure
he dies." And Paul goes, "Out!
00:39:06.68\00:39:16.52
Ugh!" And the pagans stand
wide-eyed, "When will the venom
strike?" They watch and they
00:39:16.52\00:39:23.22
watch. And finally, he goes
about his work and they conclude
00:39:23.22\00:39:30.20
he's a god. "Hey, Paul, you're
not a part of the 72. You're not
00:39:30.20\00:39:37.51
a part of the 12." But the
promise is for him. "Ugh." "'I
have given you authority
00:39:37.51\00:39:46.38
to trample on the snakes.'" Even
the serpent who is trying to
00:39:46.38\00:39:53.69
crush Paul. "No witness to
Caesar. Kill him before he gets
00:39:53.69\00:39:59.53
arraigned." Didn't work. In
fact, Paul, months earlier,
scribbled this line
00:39:59.53\00:40:03.87
that was our Scripture reading.
Scribbled it to the Christians
00:40:03.87\00:40:07.20
in Rome. He's headed to Rome
now. He didn't think he was
coming in chains, but that's the
00:40:07.20\00:40:11.24
sad story. "The God of peace
will soon crush Satan under your
00:40:11.24\00:40:16.04
feet. The grace of our Lord
Jesus be with you." "Crush Satan
00:40:16.04\00:40:22.18
under your feet"? Sound
familiar? Of course. The very
words of Jesus. "'I have given
00:40:22.18\00:40:29.32
you authority to trample on
snakes and scorpions and to
overcome all the power of the
00:40:29.32\00:40:34.03
enemy.'" And guess what?
"'Nothing will harm you.'" Now,
you and I have studied
00:40:34.03\00:40:38.50
the Bible a few times together.
And whenever we come across
00:40:38.50\00:40:42.00
something called a double
negative, I point it out because
a double negative is unusual
00:40:42.00\00:40:45.71
and it says, "Stop. This
is really being negated here."
00:40:45.71\00:40:50.05
But I just learned this week, in
preparing for this moment, that
00:40:50.05\00:40:53.88
this is not a double negative.
This is a triple negative. And
I've never in my life
00:40:53.88\00:40:57.95
ever read a triple
negative in Scripture. Watch.
00:40:57.95\00:41:06.19
"And nothing --" negative
one -- "no, not ever." In Greek.
00:41:06.19\00:41:14.90
Triple negative -- Nothing will
ever be able to do what? To do
00:41:14.90\00:41:20.71
what? To harm you. "You will not
be harmed. The authority I give
you over this snake --
00:41:20.71\00:41:25.71
you will not be harmed. Exercise
that authority in My name.
00:41:25.71\00:41:31.82
The God of peace will soon crush
Satan under your feet." Wow.
00:41:31.82\00:41:39.03
Triple-negative promise. Mercy.
You say, "Hey, Dwight, how can I
00:41:39.03\00:41:45.90
have this promise operative in
my life?" Three -- Let me share
00:41:45.90\00:41:49.94
them with you. Three steps for
victory. I'll share these three
00:41:49.94\00:41:54.98
and sit down. Alright, here they
come in rapid-fire sequence.
00:41:54.98\00:41:58.48
Step number one for victory
-- connect with Jesus every
00:41:58.48\00:42:03.32
morning. Every morning, and
you'll be connected with
Satan-crushing power.
00:42:03.32\00:42:08.26
As Jesus said a moment ago, "The
prince of the world will be
driven out when I am lifted up."
00:42:08.26\00:42:12.76
So if you lift Jesus up every
day, at the beginning of the
day, in your dorm room
00:42:12.76\00:42:17.03
or your apartment or your
mansion in the -- on the hilltop
or wherever it is you live,
00:42:17.03\00:42:22.90
if you lift Jesus up every day,
He says, [Snaps fingers] the
prince of the world
00:42:22.90\00:42:28.74
will be cast out. You want,
you need, you must have that
00:42:28.74\00:42:33.35
connection with Jesus every
morning. You know why? Because
00:42:33.35\00:42:36.65
He knows where the snakes are.
And this is even more important.
The snakes know where He is.
00:42:36.65\00:42:42.19
And if He's in you, I'm not
hanging with -- I'm not hanging
00:42:42.19\00:42:46.86
around there. She's got Jesus.
He's got Jesus in his heart.
00:42:46.86\00:42:54.34
Yeah. "Dwight, how can I
connect? Give me something." I
00:42:54.34\00:42:56.84
will. In just a moment, I'm
going to give you a phone
number. You text to me
00:42:56.84\00:43:00.98
immediately. And immediately,
you'll have an answer from me
00:43:00.98\00:43:03.95
with a method. Alright? Okay,
there are three of these.
There's number one -- connect
00:43:03.95\00:43:06.75
with Jesus every morning. Number
two -- connect with Jesus'
00:43:06.75\00:43:12.62
friends every day. What's
amazing about this story of the
72 is that, as Jesus did with
00:43:12.62\00:43:18.53
the 12, he does with the 72. He
sends them out two by two.
That's not Noah's Ark.
00:43:18.53\00:43:25.07
He sends His
disciples out two by two. Why?
00:43:25.07\00:43:29.87
Because when you're hanging with
Jesus' friends, you got safety.
00:43:29.87\00:43:34.91
And I'm telling you, you're new
on this campus -- I met a boy
00:43:34.91\00:43:38.61
last night -- this was such a
beautiful moment. That board
overhead. I mean, it was
00:43:38.61\00:43:44.02
absolutely one of those -- I'll
never forget it. Look at that
board. It's covered.
00:43:44.02\00:43:49.96
And every name, not in red --
because red are faculty, staff,
and community teachers --
00:43:49.96\00:43:56.03
every name not in red is a
student. The new students were
00:43:56.03\00:43:59.70
here last night. All the student
leaders were here last night.
00:43:59.70\00:44:04.84
And when I gave that
appeal, look. That's Jesus.
00:44:04.84\00:44:11.35
He -- These are Jesus' friends.
You'll spot Jesus' friends. You
can see them a mile away
00:44:11.35\00:44:17.75
on this campus. Stay with Him.
Everybody needs a Jesus friend.
00:44:17.75\00:44:24.56
You don't have one, text me in
just a moment. I'll find one for
00:44:24.56\00:44:28.93
you. You don't want to -- You
don't want to, you don't have to
00:44:28.93\00:44:32.93
go through life on this campus
alone. Don't. Don't. Alright,
00:44:32.93\00:44:40.24
there are three of these.
Connect with Jesus every
morning' connect with
00:44:40.24\00:44:42.68
Jesus' friends every day;
and watch where you walk. Watch
00:44:42.68\00:44:49.78
where you walk. The mamushi
lives on certain pathways. Some
00:44:49.78\00:44:56.59
turf, by the way, is no-brainer
Satan territory. If you are
struggling with alcohol, and you
00:44:56.59\00:45:03.93
walk into a bar for water,
you're dead. You're just dead.
00:45:03.93\00:45:11.31
Right? If you struggle
with pornography and you wander
00:45:11.31\00:45:19.45
around on your laptop, you're
dead. You're dead. Some turf is
00:45:19.45\00:45:28.79
no-brainer Satan territory.
Don't ever go on territory you
00:45:28.79\00:45:34.46
know to be his. I don't care
what your friends tell you,
they're wrong. You want victory
00:45:34.46\00:45:42.97
over an impure mind, victory
over impure thoughts, and you're
watching flicks filled with
00:45:42.97\00:45:48.34
nudity and sex,
you're crazy and you're dead.
00:45:48.34\00:45:53.42
Watch where you walk. The
mamushi waits for your reckless
00:45:58.59\00:46:07.10
carelessness. Like a cobra. You
ever seen a cobra? Grew up in
00:46:07.10\00:46:09.90
Singapore as well as Japan. Went
to school in Singapore. You ever
00:46:09.90\00:46:15.44
seen a cobra? You never know. [
Hisses ] Gotcha. Just like that.
00:46:15.44\00:46:21.11
It's that quick. That quick. You
can't move. You're too close.
You -- You're dead.
00:46:21.11\00:46:26.82
That's the way it is. Three
simple strategies, one powerful
00:46:26.82\00:46:34.82
outcome. Mel Gibson's dramatic
portrayal of Jesus' victorious
death on the Cross,
00:46:34.82\00:46:38.33
"The Passion of the Christ" --
and most of you who are young
are too young to know
00:46:38.33\00:46:43.63
what that is, but within that
movie, there was a flashback
00:46:43.63\00:46:50.01
moment to when they threw a
young woman at Jesus' feet. And
they want him to stone her
00:46:50.01\00:46:56.71
for her sexual sin.
Okay? The woman is sobbing
00:46:56.71\00:47:06.52
on the dusty road. Her head is
dangling, dropped down in shame.
00:47:06.52\00:47:14.40
Her hair brushing the dust.
Jesus stands near, and from the
side, the camera turns then.
00:47:14.40\00:47:22.80
We got the picture. The camera
turns now to see a slithering
00:47:22.80\00:47:27.58
viper carving S's in the dust.
His beady eyes are on the woman,
00:47:27.58\00:47:34.58
his victim. And in that split
second, a sandal foot comes down
right on the -- right on the
00:47:34.58\00:47:40.56
neck of that viper. And
instinctively, if you grab a
00:47:40.56\00:47:44.26
viper right here, those jaws go
wide-open. He can't breathe.
Nothing. "I'm overcome.
00:47:44.26\00:47:51.67
I've been beat."
00:47:51.67\00:47:54.24
The foot of Jesus
on the killer snake.
00:47:54.27\00:47:59.07
"I can't breathe.
Let me go. Let me go."
00:47:59.07\00:48:06.92
Wow. Hollywood's effort to
portray -- Hollywood's effort to
00:48:06.95\00:48:17.46
portray this line from Genesis,
it might work -- Genesis 3:15
There in the Garden,
00:48:17.46\00:48:22.70
before they were all expelled,
the Creator, Christ the
pre-incarnate Jesus,
00:48:22.70\00:48:28.70
speaks to the serpent now.
That's Satan. "nd I will put
00:48:28.70\00:48:34.21
enmity between you, serpent, and
the woman between your offspring
00:48:34.21\00:48:39.11
and hers." That's the Messiah
that one day will come to save
us all. "And He --" the Messiah
00:48:39.11\00:48:44.42
-- "will crush your head, Satan,
and you will crush His heel."
00:48:44.42\00:48:49.86
Now I need to tell you something
about this battle you're in.
00:48:49.89\00:48:52.26
You didn't get a choice,
and you can't opt out now.
00:48:52.26\00:48:54.73
But I need to tell you
that you cannot battle the devil
00:48:54.73\00:48:58.37
and come out
unscathed. You just can't.
00:48:58.37\00:49:05.94
But if you don't battle the
devil, you'll come out dead. You
can't opt -- opt out
00:49:05.97\00:49:13.05
of this war. It's here.
You say, "I don't want to,"
00:49:13.05\00:49:17.15
you're dead. Calvary, the
Cross, the place where Christ
00:49:17.15\00:49:27.96
defeated Satan. Boom!
Foot on the neck. You're dead.
00:49:27.96\00:49:34.27
He's not dead yet. He's still
wiggling, writhing. There's life
00:49:34.27\00:49:44.88
left in him. But he can't have
you, and he can't have me,
without our permission.
00:49:44.88\00:49:51.99
There's only one line to take
away from these moments, and
00:49:51.99\00:49:58.36
that is, "The Lord wins the
battle every time." >> Amen.
00:49:58.36\00:50:04.23
>> So call on Him. The name
of Jesus on your lips in the
00:50:04.23\00:50:08.50
morning. Do it at night. Call on
Him. Be safe and be saved this
00:50:08.50\00:50:13.54
new year. Amen.
>> Amen. >> Amen.
00:50:13.54\00:50:18.15
Now I want you to text me.
00:50:18.15\00:50:21.65
Text "Brooding3." And
please don't put a space
00:50:21.68\00:50:25.19
here. Some of you
are putting a space
00:50:25.19\00:50:26.92
here. It's going off into the
00:50:26.92\00:50:28.36
universe. And
we get it way late.
00:50:28.36\00:50:31.36
Text "Brooding 3" to this number
that we use for this kind of
00:50:31.36\00:50:35.03
communication -- 269-281-2345.
Alright? It's easy to remember.
00:50:35.03\00:50:40.04
Just text "Brooding3."
You wanted something.
00:50:40.04\00:50:44.71
Here it is. "I want
to connect with Jesus
00:50:44.71\00:50:48.01
every morning -- send me,
Dwight, a new way to pray."
00:50:48.01\00:50:50.58
I will send it to you.
If you text it in right now,
00:50:50.58\00:50:53.88
in return electronic speed,
you will have what I want to
00:50:53.88\00:50:57.25
send you. Alright?
00:50:57.25\00:50:59.79
If you check box one, it
will say my -- you know, you go
00:50:59.79\00:51:02.16
there -- I just
did it yesterday again.
00:51:02.16\00:51:04.29
You go there, and there it
is. "My next steps." Click.
00:51:04.29\00:51:07.23
Open up that
scroll, and there it is.
00:51:07.23\00:51:10.33
You text that -- You check
that, you'll get a return text.
00:51:10.33\00:51:15.94
Come on up, speakers.
Excuse me. Come on up, singers.
00:51:15.94\00:51:19.94
Box number two -- "I want
to connect with Jesus' friends
00:51:19.94\00:51:23.75
every day. Please help me
00:51:23.75\00:51:25.21
find those friends." If
you put a checkmark there,
00:51:25.21\00:51:27.32
we will -- we will send
how you can have your friends.
00:51:27.32\00:51:31.89
And finally, box number three,
"I want to give my life to Jesus
00:51:31.89\00:51:35.32
and be
baptized. Please help me."
00:51:35.32\00:51:38.46
Some of you came to
this university, you've been
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putting that decision
off for reasons that you know
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and God knows. But
why -- why put it off
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longer? You're not
even a student here.
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It's fine. You
live in the community.
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Fine by me. You
want to give your life to
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Jesus, who can stomp on your
snake, and make a fresh, new
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start? Put a checkmark there.
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I'm going to show you one verse
that follows verse 19, and it's
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just verse 20.
But listen to this.
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Jesus ends his
little discourse to the 72,
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"'However --" hey,
listen -- "do not rejoice
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that the spirits submit to
you, but rejoice that your names
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are written in heaven." So
don't -- don't -- don't get
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all huffy-puffy
about your power.
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You don't have power.
Don't focus on what you do.
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I want you to
focus on what I've done.
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You don't get
saved by what you do.
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You get saved by what He's done.
And Calvary is what He's done.
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It's called the
Gospel. It's the only way
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you'll get saved. If
you haven't been to Calvary,
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please put a
checkmark there on number three.
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Let me know. We'll
be in touch with you
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electronically. We'll
find -- We'll find a way.
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Oh, God, please, the
snake, we're all afraid of him,
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if we're honest. But
Jesus crushed the snake,
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and in the authority and
power of Calvary's victory,
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send every man, woman,
boy, and girl in this space
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out into a world that awaits
us. On the eve of a new year,
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send us out with a snake killer
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on our side. In
Jesus' name, we pray.
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>> Amen. >> Amen.
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>> Jesus -- there
is no sweeter name.
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And, God, as we leave this
place, let that be our prayer --
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"Give me Jesus."
There's no other name
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which can save us.
There's no other name
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that can get us through
the week that's ahead of us.
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So, until we meet
again, give us Jesus.
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In Jesus' name. Amen. >> Amen.
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And may the God who has blessed
you continue to pour into your
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life the gifts of
His joy and His hope.
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Thank you. And
I'm looking forward to
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seeing you, right
here, again, next time.
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