Welcome to day eleven
of, Ten Days of Prayer;
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a prayer strategy from
the Revival and Reformation
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initiative of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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For ten days we've gathered
at this same time to pray
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and to praise.
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Some people see
prayer as an intimate thing
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to be shared with God alone.
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Others enjoy corporate
worship and the power they feel
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of joining with
others as they agree for God
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to answer their prayers.
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I believe God simply
wants to hear from you.
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So however, wherever,
with whomever, just pray.
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And when God
answers prayer, be like
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the one grateful
leper in Luke 17.
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Out of ten who Jesus healed,
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only one came
back to show gratitude.
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Be that person, be that guy.
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Verse 15 says, "And one
of them, when he saw that
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he was healed, returned, and
with a loud voice glorified God,
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and fell down on
his face at His feet,
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giving Him thanks."
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We know how we respond
to gratitude, how we respond
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to gratitude and
to a thankful heart.
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And I can only imagine that
it would go a long way with God.
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In Psalm 34:1-4 it
says, "I will bless the LORD
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at all times; His praise shall
continually be in my mouth.
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My soul will make
its boast in the LORD;
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The humble will
hear it and rejoice.
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Oh, magnify the LORD with me,
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and let us exalt
His name together."
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And so that's why we're
here on this eleventh day.
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Don't think it
strange that we're having an
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eleventh day to,
Ten Day of Prayer.
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Because the day after
is when we give thanks,
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we worship and glorify
God for His faithfulness.
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But we continue to pray
and continue to seek His face.
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In Psalm 103:1-5 it says,
"Bless the LORD, O my soul;
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And all that is within
me, bless His holy name!
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Bless the LORD, O my soul,
and forget not all His benefits:
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Who forgives
all your iniquities,
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who heals all your diseases,
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who redeems your
life from destruction,
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who crowns you
with loving-kindness
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and tender mercies,
who satisfies your mouth
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with good things,
so that your youth
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is renewed like the eagle's."
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So just enjoy for
the next 25 minutes
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as we just worship the Lord,
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and we praise
Him for His goodness.
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We'll sing...
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...and we'll thank Him.
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For He is a good God,
and worthy to be praised.
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He's given us multiple reasons.
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Oh bless the Lord, oh my soul,
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oh my soul;
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worship His holy name.
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Sing like never
before, oh my soul;
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I worship Your holy name.
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Bless the Lord, oh my soul,
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oh my soul;
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worship His holy name.
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Sing like never
before, oh my soul;
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I worship Your holy name.
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Lord, we have
seen Your mighty hand
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as we have prayed
over the past ten days.
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You have shown Yourself
faithful, as You always do.
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Lord, You don't disappoint us.
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I can be disappointed by
other people who let me down,
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but my trust and my
hope is in You, Lord.
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So all the needs and
the burdens that I've
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spoken to You in the
past ten days of prayer,
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God, I know that You
hear them and I know that
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You hold them in Your hand.
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And I know You will answer.
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And Lord, we
anticipate now to see
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the great things you will do...
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...in Your time, in Your way.
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So we lift up Your
name and we praise You.
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You are a great God.
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O Lord, my God,
when I in awesome wonder
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consider all the
worlds Thy hands have made;
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I see the stars, I
hear the rolling thunder;
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Thy power throughout
the universe displayed.
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Then sings my soul,
my Savior God, to Thee.
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How great Thou
art, how great Thou art.
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Then sings my soul,
my Savior God, to Thee.
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How great Thou
art, how great Thou art.
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And when I think that
God, His Son not sparing,
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sent Him to die, I
scarce can take it in.
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That on the cross, my
burden gladly bearing,
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He bled and died
to take away my sin.
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Then sings my soul,
my Savior God, to Thee.
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How great Thou
art, how great Thou art.
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Then sings my soul,
my Savior God, to Thee.
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How great Thou
art, how great Thou art.
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When Christ shall come
with shouts of acclamation
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to take me home, what
joy shall fill my heart.
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Then I shall bow
in humble adoration,
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and there proclaim, "My
God, how great Thou art!"
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Then sings my soul,
my Savior God, to Thee.
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How great Thou
art, how great Thou art.
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Then sings my soul,
my Savior God, to Thee.
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How great Thou art,
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how great Thou art.
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I sing praises to
Your name, oh Lord,
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praises to Your name, oh Lord.
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For Your name is great
and greatly to be praised.
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I sing praises to
Your name, oh Lord,
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praises to Your name, oh Lord.
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For Your name is great
and greatly to be praised.
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For Your name is so great
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and greatly to be praised.
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It's our privilege
to praise the Lord.
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Amen?
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Great things He has done.
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And you know what else?
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It's a great privilege
knowing that He has done
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such great things for
us and heard our prayers,
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and answered our prayers.
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To show others
the love of Jesus.
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We have received so
much love from our Savior,
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let's not keep it for ourselves.
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Let's share it with others.
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Share His love around the world.
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We encourage you and your
church to ask God in prayer
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how you can reach out to others
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now that we've
completed Ten Days of Prayer.
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Matthew 25:35-36 says,
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"For I was hungry,
and you gave Me food;
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I was thirsty,
and you gave Me drink;
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I was a stranger
and you took Me in;
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I was naked, and you clothed Me;
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I was sick, and you visited Me;
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I was in prison,
and you came to Me."
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In, The Ministry
of Healing, we read,
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"We must live a twofold life;
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a life of thought and action,
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of silent prayer
and earnest work."
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So I'm sure that you
can think of some great ways
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to show Christ to others.
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But the great
resource on tendaysofprayer.org
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has just mentioned some
very simple ways that you can
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be the hands and feet of Christ.
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Have you considered
cooking a meal for someone
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who has been sick?
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Giving food to
a homeless person.
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Offer to stay with the
sick or disabled person
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so that their
caretakers can run an errand.
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Maybe you could
donate your old eye glasses.
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Offer to give a Bible study.
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Visit people in nursing homes.
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Give some food
money to a student.
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You know, those
students are always hungry.
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Send a card to a shut-in.
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Invite someone to accept Jesus.
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You could visit someone in
the hospital to encourage them
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or help them in some way.
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Read the Bible aloud for
someone who can't see or read.
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You could take
children from your church
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to visit a home
for elderly people.
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You could plan and host a
fun day for special needs kids
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and their families.
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Be creative.
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Simply pray and ask God to
show you ways to meet needs
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in the area where you are.
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Just be the hands
and feet of Jesus.
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One of the greatest
opportunities of my life
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last year was to be involved in
a prison ministry that 3ABN has.
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I remember, as a
child I would go to prisons.
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In fact, to
Leavenworth Penitentiary.
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A very big prison in Kansas.
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I would go there
with my parents and
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we would sing and
minister to those prisoners.
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So it was great
again to be reminded
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that God loves
people behind bars.
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If you have that opportunity,
give it all you've got.
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Be there for those people.
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They need you.
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The hands and feet of Christ.
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We have been
blessed by prayer requests.
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But also we've been
blessed by answered prayer
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that has come in the email.
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Especially responses to the
two hour program that we held
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on the first Thursday night
of this, Ten Days of Prayer.
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God really moved in
that time of prayer.
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And your response indicated
that you really need the Lord.
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That's not a surprise.
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It's nice to know that we
can bear one another's burdens.
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There were emails from shut-ins
that talked about 3ABN being
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the only family that
they have, that you have.
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Again, I want to remind
you, we are here for you.
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We want to pray with you,
pray for you, believe with you,
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because we bear
each other's burdens.
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And in that way, we
fulfill the love of God
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and the will of God.
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And as we continue to
just be in a heart of praise
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and gratitude, we know
that the needs continue.
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But we know that Christ
is our solid rock that we can
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depend and trust.
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And we talked a lot about that.
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Trusting in Him
and counting on Him.
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Hoping in Him,
even through our doubt.
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So this is a wonderful hymn.
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My hope is built on nothing less
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than Jesus' blood
and righteousness.
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I dare not trust
the sweetest frame,
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but wholly lean on Jesus' name.
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On Christ the
solid Rock I stand,
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all other
ground is sinking sand.
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All other
ground is sinking sand.
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When darkness
veils His lovely face,
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I rest on His unchanging grace.
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In every high and stormy gale
my anchor holds within the veil.
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On Christ the
solid Rock I stand,
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all other
ground is sinking sand.
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All other
ground is sinking sand.
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His oath, His
covenant, His blood
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support me in the
overwhelming flood.
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When all around
my soul gives way,
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He then is all my hope and stay.
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On Christ the
solid Rock I stand,
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all other
ground is sinking sand.
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All other
ground is sinking sand.
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When He shall come
with trumpet sound,
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oh may I then in Him be found.
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Dressed in His
righteousness alone,
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faultless to
stand before the throne.
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On Christ the
solid Rock I stand,
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all other
ground is sinking sand.
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All other
ground is sinking sand.
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All other
ground is sinking sand.
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Father, we thank You
that You have been our Rock,
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You've been our Fortress.
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You have been our strong tower.
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You've been our
Deliverer, our Refuge.
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We thank You that
we have hope in You.
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We thank You that You have
proven Yourself to be faithful.
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And we choose to trust in You.
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We will not be deterred
by situations around us.
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We will trust,
we choose to trust.
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We have faith that You will
do what You said You will do.
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For we know that
You are our only hope.
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You are our only source.
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The only hope for
the world is Jesus.
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The only help for the
earth is a touch from God.
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Oh how we need
Him; we must seek Him
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with all our
heart and all our soul.
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There is no other help
we know than Jesus Christ;
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the only hope for the world.
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Sing that with me.
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The only hope for
the world is Jesus.
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The only help
is to trust in God.
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Oh how we need
Him; we must seek Him
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with all our
heart and all our soul.
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There is no other help
we know than Jesus Christ;
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the only hope for the world.
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Just to remind you, if
you need to be reminded,
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if you need more strength, more
faith, more hope, more trust,
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Philippians 4:6 says,
"Be anxious for nothing;
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but in everything by
prayer and supplication,
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with thanksgiving, let your
request be made known to God."
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Don't stop praying.
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Colossians 4:2,
"Devote yourselves to prayer,
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keeping alert in it with
an attitude of thanksgiving."
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If you need something to be
devoted to in this new year,
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devote yourself to prayer.
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1 Thessalonians
5:16-18, "Rejoice always,
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pray without ceasing,
in everything give thanks;
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for this is God's will
for you in Christ Jesus."
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"Rejoice always,
pray without ceasing,
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in everything give thanks."
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Ephesians 5:19-20 says,
"...speaking to one another
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in psalms and hymns
and spiritual songs,
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singing and making melody
with your heart to the Lord,
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always giving thanks for
all things, in the name of our
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Lord Jesus Christ,
to God our Father."
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Got any rivers you
think are uncrossable?
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Got any mountains
you can't tunnel through?
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God specializes in
things thought impossible.
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He can do just what
no other god can do.
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We serve the only true God.
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And He can do all things.
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So have faith, friend.
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Do you have any rivers
you think are uncrossable?
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Do you have any mountains
that you can't tunnel through?
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God specializes in
things thought impossible.
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He can do just
what no other can do.
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So just have faith,
continue to believe,
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continue to trust...
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...and He will see you through.
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Softly and
tenderly Jesus is calling,
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calling for you and for me.
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See on the portals He's
waiting and He's watching,
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watching for you and for me.
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Come home, come home,
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ye who are weary come on home.
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Earnestly,
tenderly Jesus is calling.
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Calling, O sinner, come home.
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If you're praying
for that lost loved one,
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don't give up.
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Why should we tarry
when Jesus is pleading,
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pleading for you and for me?
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Why should we linger
and heed not His mercies,
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mercy for you and for me?
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Won't you come home, come home.
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Ye who are weary
come home, come home.
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Earnestly,
tenderly Jesus is calling.
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Calling for sinners,
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calling all sinners,
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He's calling, O
sinner, come home.
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Father, thank You for
this time we've had together
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to spend over the past
ten days to pray to You and to
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seek Your face.
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And I pray, God, that
those watching will continue to
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desire and hunger for
a time, a regular time,
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of prayer and worship;
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to see Your face,
to call on Your name.
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Down at the cross,
where my Savior died,
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down where for
cleansing from sin I cried;
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there to my heart
was the blood applied.
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Glory to His name.
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Glory to His
name, glory to His name.
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There to my heart
was the blood applied.
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Glory to His name.
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I encourage you to go to...
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And review the wonderful
resources that they have there.
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And go to...
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...to be a part
of the prayer team,
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the intercessors there.
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It's been a
blessing being with you.
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Send me an email,
let me know you watched.
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God bless you.
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