Wow! Isn't it amazing?
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Yes, amazing
survival, wasn't it?
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That's right. How
the Lord kept them.
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And so I wanna
give, Pastor Watts,
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an opportunity to kind
of bring us to a closure.
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And there's a thought
you wanna share with us
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from a Bible text actually.
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Okay, happy to share this text.
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It was one that
my wife read to me
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when we met up
again, a day or two later.
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And I asked her
just open the Bible
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and read me something
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and it happened to
be Psalm 139 it says,
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"Where can I go
from Your Spirit?
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Or where can I
flee from Your presence?
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If I ascend into
heaven, You are there.
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I make my bed in
hell, You are there.
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I take the wings of the morning,
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and dwell in the
uttermost parts of the sea,
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even there Your
hand shall lead me,
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and Your right
hand shall hold me fast.
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If I say, 'Surely the
darkness shall fall on me,'
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even the night shall be
turned into light about me."
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So that was a
wonderful encouragement
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that summarize how I
felt that God was with me.
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He could see me there.
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And I felt that
God was really there.
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I could feel His presence
and I praise Him for that.
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Amen.
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I think that,
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as we face problems
in our life, as Pastor,
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as already mentioned,
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we can be sure
that God is with us.
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We do not have
to fear the future.
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And in the meantime,
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we can look forward
to that wonderful day
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when He's going to
come back and save us
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if we trust in Him.
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I also believe that we should
encourage one another more.
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I remember in the
water, saying to each other,
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"Keep going.
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Don't give up.
We're going to make it."
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And as church members
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rather than being critical
of each other or whatever,
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we want to say
that to each other.
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Encourages, you know,
keep praying for people,
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tell them that you love them,
that you're praying for them.
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And that we'll be united
family when Jesus does come.
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So I thank God for His promises.
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And thank God
that I'm alive today.
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Well, friends, on that note,
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we're gonna say until the Lord
brings us back together again,
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may the blessings
of God be with you.
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Have a blessed day.
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