Amen.
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Pastor Matt, we
thank you so much, Brother,
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for being with us today.
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It's been a tremendous blessing.
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I've enjoyed the
time we've been together
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to hear your story.
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Just want to give you some,
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an opportunity to give
us some final thoughts,
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maybe some encouraging
words for someone at home
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who's watching this program now.
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Yeah.
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Paul writing to the
Philippians telling them,
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Philippians 3:13-14, "Brethren,
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and I count myself
not to have apprehended,
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but this one thing,
this one thing I do,
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forgetting all those
things which are behind,
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pressing forward to the
things that are in front of us."
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And him saying, "I
press towards the mark,"
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it's like this is aggressive,
aggressive combat here.
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Jesus Christ is the mark
that we have to press towards.
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That's right.
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And Paul uses,
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he uses this word
from the hunting world
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and he's like,
"Look, like a cheetah
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that is starved for a meal
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just claws out
digging in the ground
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going towards its prize."
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That's how we have to
approach Jesus Christ it's like,
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"Look, You did
everything for me,
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I just, I want to do,
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dedicate my whole life to You."
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So I just, I encourage everyone,
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recognize what Jesus Christ
has done for you in your life,
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appreciate every bit of it,
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but then put Him
in your bull's eye
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and then never give up
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until you have reached
that prize of the high calling.
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Amen. Praise the Lord.
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Thank you so much, Pastor.
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Thank you so much for your time.
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My friends, this has
been a wonderful hour.
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And everything that he said,
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just hearing the
stories reminded me
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of one of my favorite
texts, Jeremiah 29:11,
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which is, this is
the Lord speaking,
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He says, "For I
know the thoughts
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that I think toward
you," says the Lord,
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"Thoughts of
peace and not of evil
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to give you a
future and a hope."
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Just as Pastor Matt has said,
God had a plan for his life.
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And that plan
is being fulfilled.
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God has a plan
for your life as well.
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Just reach out to Him.
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Call out to Him today and say,
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"Lord, fulfill
Your will in my life.
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Come into me, Lord,
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and create a clean
heart in me, oh, God."
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Thank you, my
friends, for joining us today.
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Again, my name is Ryan Day,
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and we praise God
that you've joined us.
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God bless you.
Until next time, bye-bye.
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