• Sermon: We Got This!
• Scripture: 2 Timothy 1:3-8
• Speaker: Pastor Martin Charles Lue, Jr.
• Auto generated sermon transcript below:

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walk with me if you will to second
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timothy second timothy
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second timothy
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second timothy
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susan if y’all could turn me up
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and turn them down we’ll be good thank
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you so much
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second timothy chapter number
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one
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verses three through eight
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amen
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second timothy
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chapter number one
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verses three through eight
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and once you’ve found it please respond
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by saying amen
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all right if you need this word like i
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need this word i’m gonna ask you to
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stand on your feet in agreement with us
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as we investigate this text
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if i do believe there’s a blessing to be
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found
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come on let’s say for the first time but
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not the last time this year i want to
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know the word
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so i can live the word
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for to know the word
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is to live the word
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so lord
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show me me
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in this word
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it reads from the new international
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version of god’s word i thank god whom i
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serve
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as my ancestors did
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with a clear conscience
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as night and day i constantly remember
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you and my prayers
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recalling your tears i long to see you
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so that i may be filled with joy
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i am reminded of your sincere faith
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which first lived in your grandmother
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lois
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and in your mother eunice and i am
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persuaded
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now lives in you also
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for this reason
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i remind you to fan the flame the gift
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of god which is through which is in you
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through the laying on
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of my hands
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for god
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the spirit god gave us
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does not make us timid
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but gives us power
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love and self-discipline
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so do not be ashamed
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do not be ashamed of the testimony about
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our lord
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or of me his prisoner
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rather join me in suffering for the
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gospel
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by the power
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of
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god amen
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verse number seven in a way that we all
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understand it
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for god has not given us
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the spirit of fear amen but of love
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power
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and a sound mind
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i want to start off this year with our
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theme we got this
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we
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got this
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look at your neighbors say neighbor
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we
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got this
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yeah yeah you’ll find another neighbor
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find another neighbor this is going to
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be a participatory message today
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we
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got this
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yeah look at you look look at look look
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if you look across the room and find
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that person who you rode with
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your partner
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your road dog
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yo your ride or die
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i’m just going to be honest with you all
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i’m not going to be here too long but
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we’re going to shout for real in a few
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minutes
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i’m not gonna be here too long but i i
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need us to understand this and i’m
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breaking this right now
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2020
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and 2021
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were i years
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they were i
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years
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because
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of our
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our unawareness
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of what covet 19 2021 was
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it turned us into i people
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because of the violence
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in our streets
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it turned us into i
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people
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because
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of the closures
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because of the restrictions
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because of the mandates
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that were set in place that were
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intended to help save our lives but they
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deprived deprived our souls
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they were i
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years
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remember for the last two years we
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couldn’t hug nobody
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remember for the last two years we
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weren’t allowed to stand any more than
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six feet close
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to somebody
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remember we had to wear a mask and still
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have to wear masks inside and outside
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i even see people wearing a mask in the
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car all by themselves
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we we have become so i
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truly
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that we forgot about we
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somebody just missed a shout out
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let me say it again
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we have become so
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we have become we have become so
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indoctrinated about taking care of me
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the individual amen
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i forgot about us
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the community
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why because even my loved ones and this
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is the part that hurt a lot of us
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this past
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holiday season was the first time we
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seen some folk in almost 18 to 24 months
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and even when we saw them we could only
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see them for a little while because
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omicron delta beta alpha sigma gamma rho
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all of them were still variants out
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there that even grandchildren couldn’t
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get up to grandpa and grandma because we
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were scared somebody got something
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that’s right
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and it has caused us
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to live in a cocoon
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or a state of isolation
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that has made us
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even more depressed
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even more
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downtrodden
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and even more fearful
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than ever before
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but in the name of jesus
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if i don’t say anything else
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i speak the return
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of the spirit of community
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that says you’re not in this thing by
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yourself
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we
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we
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got this
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we
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we
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somebody shout we we
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we got this
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paul
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is the perfect instructor
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of how
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to get from i
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to wheat yeah
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paul
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spends time by himself
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at the bottom of a maximum security
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roman
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federal facility yeah
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but he still says i love
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you
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paul
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spends the night at midnight with paul
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and with silas and they sing praises and
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when they when the when the when the
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gates fall off and the chains fall off
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he does not leave anybody behind because
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he realizes it takes all of us
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in order to succeed
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paul teaches us
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that even though i’ve been riding by
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myself it feels good to know that i got
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dad team partners
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who are still praying for me who are
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still standing with me who are still
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believing
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in me
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paul says listen listen i thank god
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for
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for
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for for reminding me
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of who god is
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and i need somebody in here
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before you go any further
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remember
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you come from a line
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of
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let me say that written one more time
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you come from a line
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of believers
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now now if if we would call the role in
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here
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let me just do it real quick and pearl
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shack was a believer
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sharon davis
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was a believer
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lewis ruffin and louise pettaway yeah
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we’re believers
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doris ridgeway
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was a believer
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evon kennedy
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was a believer
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rachel scott solomon scott marvin
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charlie lew senior martha martha lou
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kenneth lou they were believers we come
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from a legacy of folk hermes simmons was
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a believer the fact of the matter is my
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brothers and sisters we just didn’t lock
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up on this thing
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it’s in our bloodline
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to trust god do i have a witness right
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there
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who knows it was the prayers of a
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grandmama the prayers of a granddaddy
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the prayers of a mama a prayers of the
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daddy of prayers of our auntie the
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prayers of an aunt the prayers of an
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uncle the prayers of big head cousins
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that got us through our midnights that
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we’re able to say i know that i can make
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it i know that i can stand because no
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matter what comes my way
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my life
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is in god’s hands
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i come from a line of folks who don’t
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mind saying thank you jesus i don’t i
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come from a line of folks who don’t mind
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saying father i stretch my hands to thee
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no other help that i know if thou art
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will drop thyself from me
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i
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shall
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i go
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now watch this watch this watch this
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watch this we got this not only because
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of our faith line
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we got this because we got a strong
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prayer line
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oh look at this thing carefully
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paul says
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every day yeah
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night and day
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i remember you
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in my prayers
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and i and i tell you all the time
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it doesn’t make any sense just to pray
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for yourselves
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and not pray for anybody else
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that’s like saying god
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bless me
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and nobody else
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there was a movie called head of state
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and chris rock was running for president
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and his opponent always said
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god bless america and no place else
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and i wish i had a few witnesses
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who know there’s a problem with that
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kind of prayer
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there’s a problem with just praying for
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your house
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because what if something happens to
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house something from my house
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you’re your
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so you might as well pray that god
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blesses my house too
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because if something goes wrong over
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here
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i got a lifeline over there somebody
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just missed a shout out we ought to stop
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being jealous of one another we ought to
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stop being envious of one another we
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ought to stop having a cane mentality
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and have an able mentality that says
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lord whatever you’re doing in this
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season
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i want you to bless mama and bless daddy
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bless the joneses bless the spirits
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bless the whites and the blacks
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because the more you bless
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the more it reminds me
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your steel
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in the blessing business
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so so so that lays the fine work
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framework so so let me help you let me
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help you to understand we got this
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not only because of our faith line
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not because not only because of our
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prayer line
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but we’ve got this
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because
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of the fact
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it lives in us
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i got a fire
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amen that lives in me
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why
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because somebody put their hands on me
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this is this is a remix of what i had
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planned all week long so y’all bear with
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me
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we got this
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because there’s something in us
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because somebody put their hands
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on
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now now let me help somebody understand
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what that means
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that means
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not not some no not some supernatural
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spiritual thing
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it simply means somebody took time to
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invest in me
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somebody took time to mold me
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somebody took time to train me
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sometimes somebody took time to to
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correct me
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somebody took time to discipline me
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somebody took time to make sure
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i knew there was something special on
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the inside of me
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and i need somebody in 2022 whatever you
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do every day
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find something good
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to say about somebody
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else yeah i i’m tired of this cancer
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culture
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that everybody’s gotta cancel you
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if you gotta counsel me for you to shine
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something wrong with your life
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somebody just missed a shout right there
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i’m gonna say it again if you gotta
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cancel me
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in order for you to shine there may be
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something wrong with your lights
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and can i let you in on a little secret
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i’m not afraid of your likes
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because if you shine
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then it’s just like
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kinetic energy it’s like friction when
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you put two things together and keep on
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working and keep on working they both
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gonna catch on fire
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so i don’t have to be mad
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or envious
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of your light
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shining matter of fact i need it to
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shine
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because sometimes
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my way gets dim
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sometimes my way
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gets dark yeah sometimes
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i don’t feel the best
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but every now and then
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if i can see you smiling
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in the midst of your pain
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that gives me the strength just to run
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on
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a little
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wow
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longer
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i told you
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the lord has got me got me in a whole
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nother frame with this word so i’m gonna
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leave you with this
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we got this because we got a faith line
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we got a prayer line
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we got this because somebody’s invested
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in us yeah
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and we’ve got this
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because we’re not afraid anymore
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back in the day
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uh bone crusher said it like this
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so
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i’m outside of the club
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and you think i’m a punk all right
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so i’ma go to my heaven chevy
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and pop the trunk
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now whatever bone crusher was going to
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get out of that truck
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allowed him to come back and say i ain’t
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never scared all right
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but can i let you in on a little secret
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we have a trunk too
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we have a trunk labeled testimonies
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and every time
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we feel fear
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every time we feel pressure
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every time we feel like we’re the
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underdog
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i want you to go to your trunk
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and remember
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you got a testimony
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god has not given us
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the spirit of fear
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but a power
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love
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and a sound mind
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and every time i might feel like i’m
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trying to get scared
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i can go to my trunk of testimony
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and say hebrew boys
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tell me
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god can stand by you
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daniel tell me
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that god can make the lions lay down
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like little lambs
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somebody tell me why should i feel
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discouraged
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and why should the shadows come
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why should my heart feel lonely
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and long for heaven and home
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if jesus is my portion
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a constant friend is he
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his eye
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is all the spirit
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and i know
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he watches me
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that’s why i sing
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because i’m happy
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i sing
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because i’m free
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and i know
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he watches me
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i’m gonna go to my trunk
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a testimony
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and tell myself
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we’ve been making
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endure for nature
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but shall we
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will come
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in the morning
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i’m going to go
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to my trunk of testimony
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and remind myself
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yeah
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i walk through
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the valley
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of the shadow of death
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i fear no evil
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because god
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is right there with me
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when i get in my
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pity parting mode
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i’ll go
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back to my trunk of testimony
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and remind myself
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no weapon
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formed against us
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will be able
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to prosper
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do i have a witness here
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who can turn to your neighbor and say
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maple
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let’s go to the trunk
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what you found in the trunk marvel
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amazing grace
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will always be
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i do not know
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how he came
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to love me so
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that he looked beyond
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all of my thoughts
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and saw
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my needs
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do i have a witness here
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who can turn
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to one more neighbor
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and say neighbor
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let’s go through the trunk
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what they meant for evil
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god
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god
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is turning around
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from my good
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do i have a witness here
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tell your neighbor
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neighbor
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you’re special to me
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to survive
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and if y’all don’t mind
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i got one more
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thing i need to tell you
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y’all don’t mind
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i got one more
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thing i need to tell you
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if y’all don’t
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man i got one more
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thing i need to tell you
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be not dismayed
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whatever the tide
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god will
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god will
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god will
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take care of us sir
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do i have a witness here
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we want to do it
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hasn’t he done it
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isn’t it doing it now
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i dare you to tell your neighbor
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god will
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god will
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god will
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god will
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take care
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take care
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i dare you to look at somebody
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and tell them we got victory
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we got victory
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we got victory
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we’ve got picture there
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we’ve got victory
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we’ve got victory
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everything
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everything
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everything
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everything
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it’s going to work
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in our favor
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do me a favor
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stand up real quick if you will
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stand up real quick if you read
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throw your head back
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throw your shoulders back
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look up
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look up
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look up
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look up
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look up
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look up
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that’s where your victory is
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that’s where your choice
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that’s where your pc is
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that’s where your power is
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because we’re turning the table
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turning that frown
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upside down
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because
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[Music]
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has given us victory
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god has given us victory
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[Music]
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us
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us
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victory
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[Music]
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[Music]
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look at them in the eye look at them
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look at them in the eye and just say us
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us
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us
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uh
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now do me a favor switch it up
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god has
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smiled on us
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[Music]
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god has
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he’s been
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want you good know that god
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[Applause]
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he has
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three
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is
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yes
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um
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i need to do this today i gotta have
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somebody do this
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i need somebody to break out of their
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room
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and get back into community
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god
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[Music]
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now
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situation that’s right
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[Music]
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this
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year this year
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[Music]
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right
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you thought
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god’s going to change
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but god’s gonna send support for me
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they have no cat visions
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[Music]
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so make this
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come on
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if you need to be safe
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if god
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[Music]
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is
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thank you
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we’re preparing
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for
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to commune as one today
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i want to thank our students for making
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sure everyone has
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their communion elements
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i’m going to answer for all of our
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officers
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ministers
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our sound
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and media team
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our ministry of music
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to prepare to come down
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our stewards trustees and stories
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[Music]
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if there is anyone who has not received
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your elements please raise your hand
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we will send a minister
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we will have an addiction
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and you will be able to give your gifts
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those who are physically giving gifts to
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our students who will be posting
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every
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every exit
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today and every person
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please have please be patient with us
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we’re still trying to figure out the
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best and safest way to do this
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so some of this may be trial and error
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so what does that mean please don’t go
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home and criticize
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i already asked you to please be patient
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we’re doing what we can to bring us as
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close together as possible
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because there are some folks who
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probably don’t criticize
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those right now
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we’re not going to please everybody
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but as long as the lord is pleased with
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our intentions
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hallelujah
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the
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thank you
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so
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uh
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so
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we don’t have the elements
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the element represents
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the elements represent the ultimate
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price that was made for us
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the brain
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[Music]
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our is are in our design like this
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because it didn’t lit them over
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we got the bread
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that was the sacrifice
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but
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is
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so let’s take the brain
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on the night they took the brain and
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they
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together
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paul reminds us as often as we do this
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it
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is our traditional
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give us this day
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and give us our trust
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i’m sorry
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it is
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as we prepare to leave this
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and going to separate destinations
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but we’re leaving together
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we’re leading together with power
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we’re living together with love
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and we’re leaving together for the sound
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that no
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the fact that god is still able
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over everyone who puts us today
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in the name of jesus
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now to him
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and that’s another shout out
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praise god
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but hd it has been an awesome day amen
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and this is just a one brand new year
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hallelujah
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you