Welcome back. C.A.,
you have been preaching
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the second coming
of Christ for 40 years.
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Yeah.
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Does it still burn
brightly in your heart and why?
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It does, the day I
baptized my dad one month before
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he had a heart
attack and passed.
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I baptized my mom,
baptized my sister.
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I joined the church
at age 10 all by myself
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and my mother said
I'm not gonna stop you
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but I'm never doing that church.
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Well, the day I
baptized her that changed.
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And I've seen God change lives
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and seeing God change
lives is an addictive thing.
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I'm addicted to serving Jesus
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and I'm addicted
to helping others
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who want to serve Jesus.
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It is bright
today as it ever was.
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Shelley, what does the hope
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of the second coming of
Christ do for you personally?
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My father was killed
when I was six-years-old
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and I grew up
without a father for a year.
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God is--
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I finally
accepted God as my father
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and the idea of
being face to face with Him
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and
experiencing that love in way
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where I can touch Him.
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That to me is
something very special.
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And just to know
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that we are going to be
reunited with those we love
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and that there is not going
to be any more pain or sorrow.
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It's a beautiful
thing to think about.
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Friend, what hope we
have in the coming of Jesus.
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There is
something beyond the sorrow,
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the disappointment,
the heartache, the grief.
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Something beyond the terrorism,
something beyond the famines,
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something beyond the fear.
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Amen.
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Jesus Christ is coming again
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to take us home
and that's good news.
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Let's pray, Father in heaven,
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thank You for the incredible
good news that is in Jesus.
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May our hearts be buoyed up
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with hope today,
tomorrow and forever.
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In Jesus name, amen.
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Amen. Amen.
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