Welcome back
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Liz in Battle Creek, Michigan
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requested a gospel
song that became popular.
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When I was like a kid,
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we've been
singing and preaching this
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for pretty long time,
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but I know that God
is aware of the time.
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And, John, I still believe
that Jesus is coming soon.
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Amen. We'll sing this song.
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Troublesome times are here
Filling men's hearts with fear
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Freedom we all hold
dear Now is at stake
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Humbling your hearts to God
Saves from the chastening rod
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Seek the way
pilgrims trod Christians awake
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Jesus is coming soon
Morning or night or noon
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Many will meet their
doom Trumpets will sound
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All of the dead shall rise
Righteous meet in the skies
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Going where no one
dies Heavenward bound
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Troubles will soon be
o'er, Happy forevermore
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When we meet on that
shore, Free from all care
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Rising up in the sky,
Telling this world goodbye
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Homeward we then
shall fly, Glory to share
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Jesus is coming soon
Morning Or night or noon
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Many will meet their
doom Trumpets will sound
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All of the dead shall rise
Righteous meet in the skies
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Going where no one
dies Heavenward bound
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Well, sing it again.
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Jesus is coming soon
Morning or night or noon
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Many will meet their
doom Trumpets will sound
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All of the dead shall rise
Righteous meet in the skies
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Going where no one
dies Heavenward bound
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Amen!
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That's an encouraging
powerful message, right?
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I got to include
intro. That's a...
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Thank you for that
request. Yeah. Liz, thank you.
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What a wonderful song. Yeah.
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You know, here's
another gospel request
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written by a friend of mine.
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I love the message in this song,
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God wants to hear you sing.
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Their chains Were fastened tight
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Down at the jail that night
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Still Paul and Silas
Would not be dismayed
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They said,
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"IT'S time to lift our voice
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Sing praises to the Lord
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Let's prove that
we will trust Him,
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Come what may."
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God wants to hear you sing
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When the waves are
crashing 'round you
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When the fiery
darts Surround you
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When despair is all you see
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God wants to hear your voice
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When the wisest man has spoken
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And says your circumstance
is as hopeless as can be
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That's when God
wants to hear you sing
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He loves to hear our praise
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On our cheerful days
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When the pleasant times
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Outweigh the bad, by far
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But when suffering comes along
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And we still sing Him songs
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Oh, that is when
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We bless the Father's heart
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God wants to hear you sing
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When the waves are
crashing 'Round you
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When the fiery
darts Surround you
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When despair is all you see
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God wants to hear your voice
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When the wisest man has spoken
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And says your circumstance
is as hopeless as can be
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That's when God
wants to hear you sing
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God wants to hear you sing
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When the waves are
crashing 'Round you
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When the fiery
darts Surround you
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When despair is all you see
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God wants to hear your voice
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When the wisest man has spoken
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And says your circumstance
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Is as hopeless as can be
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That's when God
wants to hear you sing
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You know it's easy to sing
when everything's going great.
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Wow.
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But when things
aren't going so great.
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Wow. It's a...
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That song really
ministered to me.
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Yeah, all right. It's good.
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You know, it's a song that
finds the fabric of humanity.
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Right.
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You know, it's like you said,
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it's easy when the
bank account is stable
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and everything
is fine in society
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and your children
are behaving better
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and the dog
doesn't tear up your pillow
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when you leave the house.
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And in the
cynical places of life
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is when
Christianity becomes a thing
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that now shows its
real true character.
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Right.
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And there's so many
stories in the Bible.
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I've lived those
experiences in so many ways
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where, you know, it was like,
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I remember pulling
over years, years ago.
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I remember I was going
through a challenge in my life.
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And I remember
driving South on highway 57
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and I pulled over on
the side of the road.
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I mean, I didn't
even make it to the exit.
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And I just started
talking to the Lord
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and tears were
coming out of my eyes.
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I said, Lord.
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And I remember being
once at church one evening,
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it was a Wednesday night.
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And I said, Lord,
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I said to the
people that were there,
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"Do you ever feel
like on your way to church,
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you just wanna drive right by."
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I said,
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"That's how I feel right
now. I need you to pray for me."
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Wow.
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And they gathered
around me and prayed.
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And so, it's that those moments
that our songs really matter
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and our sermons
find roots in the ground.
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So if you're
going through stuff,
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it's not unusual.
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Jesus went through stuff. Right.
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That's when God
wants to hear you sing.
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Yeah.
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And you know, it's
okay to be real with God.
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It's okay to be honest
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and admit those times
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that you are feeling like you...
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Just wanna keep going.
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Keep on going,
keep on driving by.
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Right. But when that...
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When that's done, give
Him a little shout out,
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you know, give Him a praise
and let Him hear you sing.
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And it's amazing
what a song as well,
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we know, you know
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when we sing
along on these programs,
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I get so many comments
saying how it is helping them
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through troubled times,
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helping them through
situations in their own lives,
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personal situations.
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So, ah, that's,
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I think God loves to hear sing.
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That's right.
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Well, let's sing the song
that is a very familiar melody
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and it says, I cannot tell why.
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Okay.
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I cannot tell
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why He, whom angels worship
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Should set His love
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Upon the sons of men
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Or why, as Shepherd He
would seek the wand'rers
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To bring them back
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They know not how or when
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But this I know,
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That He was born of Mary
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When Bethlehem's
manger was His only home
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And that He lived at Nazareth
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And labored
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And so the Savior,
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Savior of the world, is come
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I cannot tell
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How silently He suffered
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As with His peace
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He graced this place of tears
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Or how His heart
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Upon the Cross was broken
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The crown of pain
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To three and thirty years
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Tim.
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But this I know,
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He heals the broken-hearted
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And stays our sin,
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And calms our lurking fear
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And lifts the burden
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From the heavy laden
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For still the Savior,
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Of the world, is here
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Sing this at home.
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But this I know
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All flesh shall see His glory
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And He shall reap
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The harvest He has sown
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And some glad day
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His sun will shall shine
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In splendor
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When He the Savior,
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Savior of the world, is known
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I cannot tell
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How all the lands Shall worship
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When, at His bidding,
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Every storm is stilled
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Or who can say how great
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The jubilation
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When every heart
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With love and joy is filled
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Sing, John.
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But this I know,
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The skies will
thrill With rapture
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And myriad,
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Myriad human voices sing
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And earth to heaven,
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And heaven to earth,
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Will answer
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At last the Savior,
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Savior of the world, is King
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Amen. Amen.
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Now that's got some
powerful, powerful words.
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The words just, it pulls you in,
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it pulls you in.
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But praise the Lord. Amen.
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The story that we
just walked through
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is such a real story.
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The Savior lives,
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and one day myriads, myriads
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will raise their
voice in glory to His name.
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Praise the Lord for that song.
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We're gonna sing that
one more, in church more.
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That's another
one we gotta remember
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and thank you for that request.
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Yeah, Very much so.
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And thank you for
this next request.
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Occasionally songwriters
will attempt to write a song
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that answers the
world's greatest questions.
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Interestingly enough,
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even though this
song gives answers,
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those answers
only boggle the mind
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causing us to wish
we hadn't even asked,
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but it's a grandiose thought
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to contemplate how big God is.
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And I think that
the writer of this song
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writes a pretty good picture.
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How big is God?
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Okay.
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Though man may strive to go
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Beyond the reach of space
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To walk beyond
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The distant shining stars
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This world's a room so small
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Within my Master's house
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The open sky
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Is but a portion of His yard
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How big is God?
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How big and wide
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His vast domain
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To try to tell these lips
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Can only start
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He's big enough to rule
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The mighty universe
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Yet small enough
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To live within my heart
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As winter's chill...
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You wanna sing it?
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May cause the tiny seed To fall
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To lie asleep to wake
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By summer's rain
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The heart grown cold
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Will warm and spark
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With life anew
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The Master's touch
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Will bring the glow again
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Tim.
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How big is God?
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How big and wide
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His vast domain
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To try to tell these lips
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Can only start
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He's big enough to rule
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This mighty universe
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Yet small enough
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To live within my heart
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He's big enough
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To rule the mighty universe
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Yet small enough
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To live within my heart
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Amen.
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Wow. Those songs back to back.
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That's powerful. I
mean, that's just amazing.
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The sky is just a
portion of His yard,
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and the world is
just in my small space,
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in my father's room.
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That's amazing.
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We serve an
awesome God. Yes, we do.
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You know what?
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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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Then sings my soul
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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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Send me a song Then
you sing along with me
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Your Favorites By Request
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La, la, la
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La, la, la
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