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<v Speaker 1>So when we do missions around here, we don't just

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<v Speaker 1>do it inside in the big people room. We do

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<v Speaker 1>it back in the back. So as you kids come up,

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<v Speaker 1>these kids right here, they have all worked very hard

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<v Speaker 1>to raise money for care Net so helping with crisis pregnancy,

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<v Speaker 1>and they filled bottles. Come on all the way over,

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<v Speaker 1>all the way over, They filled bottles up and they

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<v Speaker 1>have brought in this morning just under five hundred dollars

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<v Speaker 1>of money for the crisis pregnancy. Let's all of you

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<v Speaker 1>step forward and put your bottles along the front edge

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<v Speaker 1>of the stage. Okay, and then you guys can go

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<v Speaker 1>back to your class. Hallelujah. Our kids are involved in missions.

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<v Speaker 1>Go this way right there there you go, Oh they

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<v Speaker 1>went halfway. Well, well, you know, the children just do

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<v Speaker 1>what they want to do around here. So we've got

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<v Speaker 1>bottles full of money and thought that money is going

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<v Speaker 1>to be going straight to care Net and helping them

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<v Speaker 1>continue with ultrasounds and all the things that they do.

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<v Speaker 1>So our kids, we always want our kids to be thinking.

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<v Speaker 1>They've been having stories back there about all the different missionaries.

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<v Speaker 1>They've been talking about missions and what a missionary is

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<v Speaker 1>and praying over them that someday maybe one of them

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<v Speaker 1>would be a missionary. What do you think, moms and dads? Hallelujah?

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<v Speaker 1>All right, I just want to take a moment right

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<v Speaker 1>now and just thank you so much for being a

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<v Speaker 1>missions church. Over the last twelve months, our mission well,

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<v Speaker 1>our missions cycle runs from June to June, and over

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<v Speaker 1>the last twelve months, you folks, you generous folks, have

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<v Speaker 1>been giving, have given over ninety five thousand dollars for missions.

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<v Speaker 1>We are so close to one hundred grand I think

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<v Speaker 1>it's just I am so so so blessed to be

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<v Speaker 1>able to just say that our church is a missions

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<v Speaker 1>oriented church and we're going to continue that into this

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<v Speaker 1>coming year. I just you know, if you came, I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know why you came today. Maybe you came today

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<v Speaker 1>because you knew it was International Sunday and it's the

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<v Speaker 1>best Sunday of the year. But maybe you came because

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<v Speaker 1>you wanted to get closer to God. And I've said

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<v Speaker 1>this every Sunday through our series. Maybe you're sitting here

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<v Speaker 1>because you want to be closer to God. And I

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<v Speaker 1>would say once again, just know that the closer you

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<v Speaker 1>get to God's heart, You're going to start hear it

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<v Speaker 1>beating and as you hear it beating, it's going to

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<v Speaker 1>be beating for souls and for the nation and for

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<v Speaker 1>the lost. So as you get yourself closer to God,

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<v Speaker 1>you are going to start hearing this now, I said

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<v Speaker 1>a couple of weeks ago, And I always need to

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<v Speaker 1>have a good science fun fact for each of you,

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<v Speaker 1>because I am just kind of a nerd that way.

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<v Speaker 1>But if you were to take a little cell from

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<v Speaker 1>your heart, a cardiac cell, and if you were to

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<v Speaker 1>put it in a Petri dish and it would live

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<v Speaker 1>for a little while, you would see if you look

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<v Speaker 1>through a microscope that it would be beating in its

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<v Speaker 1>own intrinsic beat. Every one of your heart cells has

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<v Speaker 1>its own intrinsic beat. And then if you were to

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<v Speaker 1>take a heart sell from somebody else and put it

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<v Speaker 1>in the same Petri dish, they would have two very

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<v Speaker 1>different beats. But the closer that you get them together,

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<v Speaker 1>then they sink up and they start beating together. And

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<v Speaker 1>I would say to you New Horizon that the closer

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<v Speaker 1>you get to the beating heart of Jesus Christ, the

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<v Speaker 1>closer you're gonna get to him, the more you are

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<v Speaker 1>gonna be drawn to his heart. And you are gonna

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<v Speaker 1>sink up and we will beat with the same heart

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<v Speaker 1>as our heavenly Father. Amen. And that is our goal.

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<v Speaker 1>That is what Missions Month is about. It's about bringing

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<v Speaker 1>the heart of the Father to you so that you

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<v Speaker 1>would know this, so that you would understand. Now, humans

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<v Speaker 1>have a great need for governmental institutions. I don't know why.

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<v Speaker 1>It's just kind of how God made us, and when

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<v Speaker 1>we come to when we're people, and we come together

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<v Speaker 1>as families, and then families coalesce together as tribes, and

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<v Speaker 1>then tribes coalesce together as nations, and then you get

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<v Speaker 1>this governmental sort of grouping of different groups of people

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<v Speaker 1>in different areas around the world, and those groups of

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<v Speaker 1>people become what's known as nations. And nations are mentioned

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<v Speaker 1>in the Bible, believe it or not, just under five

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<v Speaker 1>hundred times the word nation or nations. Nations and nations

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<v Speaker 1>are in God's plan. God's plan is for the nations.

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<v Speaker 1>God has an ultimate plan for the nations. They aren't

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<v Speaker 1>just something that's there. They are spoken of constantly in

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<v Speaker 1>the Bible, and they need to be close in our

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<v Speaker 1>own hearts. The nations show the creator activity of God

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<v Speaker 1>and what you're gonna find when you walk around this room,

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<v Speaker 1>You're gonna find different foods. You're gonna find different colors

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<v Speaker 1>of skin, You're gonna find different languages, different color of eyes,

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<v Speaker 1>different hair, You're gonna find different ways of doing things,

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<v Speaker 1>different cultures. You're gonna find different Why didn't God just

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<v Speaker 1>make cookie cutter human beings just like this and then

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<v Speaker 1>make us all love him and then at the end

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<v Speaker 1>of all of it, we would just all be fine

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<v Speaker 1>and go to heaven. That's not how He's done it,

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<v Speaker 1>not at all. Instead, He's made every single one of

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<v Speaker 1>us ever so different. Every nation is so different and

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<v Speaker 1>so unique and so fun and so incredible, and we

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<v Speaker 1>all have this opportunity to come to him. It's God's

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<v Speaker 1>heart that we would come to him, because he absolutely

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<v Speaker 1>loves us. I'm gonna open up my Bible to Acts

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<v Speaker 1>chapter seventeen, and they're gonna put this up on the

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<v Speaker 1>on the screens, and I'm going to do this in

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<v Speaker 1>the NIV. Make sure I get it right. Acts chapter seventeen.

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<v Speaker 1>This is Paul talking to a bunch of people in Athens.

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<v Speaker 1>He was a missionary himself. Everybody say, amenda that from

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<v Speaker 1>one man he made all the nations that they should

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<v Speaker 1>inhabit the whole earth, and he marked out for their

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<v Speaker 1>appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands.

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<v Speaker 1>God put nations in specific times in history. There have

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<v Speaker 1>been nations that no longer exist, but those nations were

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<v Speaker 1>so important to build the next nation and then to

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<v Speaker 1>bring forth new things into the world and into onto

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<v Speaker 1>the earth. Nations have had their appropriate times. The United

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<v Speaker 1>States has its appointed time in history. Every nation around

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<v Speaker 1>here has its appointed time, and what is supposed to

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<v Speaker 1>happen during its appointed time the next verse. God did

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<v Speaker 1>this so that they would seek him and perhaps reach

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<v Speaker 1>out for him and find him, though he is not

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<v Speaker 1>far from any one of us, for in Him we

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<v Speaker 1>live and we move, and we have our being. I

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<v Speaker 1>would say to you, people of God, that any group

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<v Speaker 1>of people that does not find themselves in Christ is

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<v Speaker 1>not in their best life. I don't know about you,

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<v Speaker 1>but sometimes when I'm following Jesus real close, and my

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<v Speaker 1>heart is beating just like him, and I'm listening to him,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm doing what he says to do, and i

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<v Speaker 1>am obeying his ways and his direction in life, you

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<v Speaker 1>know things, I'm kind of my best self at that point.

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<v Speaker 1>I love better. I listen better. I'm more peaceful, I

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<v Speaker 1>live a better life. But when I'm separated from him,

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<v Speaker 1>I am not my best self. How many of you

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<v Speaker 1>have ever not been your best self? Y'all know? Oh boy,

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<v Speaker 1>how's Frankie been these days? That's what I want to know, Angie,

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<v Speaker 1>just kidding. We all know what it means to not

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<v Speaker 1>be our best selves, but we know that when we

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<v Speaker 1>find Him, we do become our best selves. And God

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<v Speaker 1>is calling the nations out of their brokenness, out of

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<v Speaker 1>their fear and their folly, and their foolishness, and their

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<v Speaker 1>their poverty and their brokenness, and calling the nations to Him.

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<v Speaker 1>And when the nations come to Him, he changes them

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<v Speaker 1>into their best way of being. Open up Isaiah, let's

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<v Speaker 1>go to Isaiah. And I want you to go to

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<v Speaker 1>Isaiah too. I was laughing with first service. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>we used to say open up your Bibles, and you'd

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<v Speaker 1>hear all these papers swishing back and forth, and people

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<v Speaker 1>would be licking their finger and going like this and

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<v Speaker 1>finding the table. Now it's not so much. So just

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<v Speaker 1>turn on your Bible, push the app and go to Isaiah.

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<v Speaker 1>And we're gonna do this one in the Passion translation.

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<v Speaker 1>Look at that bada bing. I got a whole nother

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<v Speaker 1>Bible up here in this little tiny box. How many

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<v Speaker 1>Bibles do I have in here? Different translations. I'm amazed

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<v Speaker 1>at it. I don't know if you are. Okay, So

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<v Speaker 1>Isaiah chapter two, this is some of God's promises. What

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to read to you for the nations. This

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<v Speaker 1>is God's plan. This is where we're And I wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to build faith in your soul because sometimes we look

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<v Speaker 1>around the world and we just are thinking everything's going

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<v Speaker 1>to hell, and I am basket. Anybody ever wonder about

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<v Speaker 1>that in your own little heart and mind. Well, God's

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<v Speaker 1>got a better plan. He's got the best plan. Let's listen, okay.

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<v Speaker 1>In the last days, the mountain of Yahweh's temple will

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<v Speaker 1>be raised up as the head of the mountains, towering

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<v Speaker 1>over all the hills. A sparkling stream of every nation

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<v Speaker 1>will flow into it. Many peoples will come and say, everyone, come,

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<v Speaker 1>let's go up higher to Yahweh's mountain, to the house

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<v Speaker 1>of Jacob's God. Then he can teach us his ways

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<v Speaker 1>and we can walk in his paths. Zion will be

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<v Speaker 1>the center of instruction, and the word of Yahweh will

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<v Speaker 1>go out from Jerusalem. He will judge fairly between the

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<v Speaker 1>nations and settle disputes among many peoples. They will beat

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<v Speaker 1>their swords they used against each other into plowshares, and

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<v Speaker 1>their spears into pruning hooks. No nation will take up

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<v Speaker 1>weapons against another, nor will they prepare for war no more, Oh,

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<v Speaker 1>House of Jacob, Come let us walk in the wonderful

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<v Speaker 1>Doesn't that just move you with hope for the nations?

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<v Speaker 1>That song we sang? He gives us hope for the nations,

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<v Speaker 1>for the peoples of the world. I want to take

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<v Speaker 1>just a moment and kind of go through them, just

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<v Speaker 1>to these verses in the last days the mountain of Yahweh.

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<v Speaker 1>Mountains quite often refer to kingdoms or governments. So God

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<v Speaker 1>is saying, out of all the governments, he is making

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<v Speaker 1>his government his mountain, and to rise above all the others. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>remember two thousand years ago Christianity started with is one man.

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<v Speaker 1>Now we have two point eight billion of us walking

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<v Speaker 1>the face of the earth. I think the mountain of

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<v Speaker 1>the Lord has grown just a little bit, wouldn't you say?

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<v Speaker 1>Christianity is growing in Iran and in China at the

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<v Speaker 1>fastest rate ever seen before. Those two nations are By

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<v Speaker 1>two thousand and twenty, they will be considered Christian nations.

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<v Speaker 1>There are more Christians in China right now than the

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<v Speaker 1>Communist Party has on their roles. Come on, people, the

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<v Speaker 1>mountain of the Lord is increasing and increasing. This is

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<v Speaker 1>not a time to be downcast, Oh my soul, Now

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<v Speaker 1>is the time to look up. Now is the time

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<v Speaker 1>to see the word of the Lord coming to pass.

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<v Speaker 1>It will be raised up as the head of the mountains,

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<v Speaker 1>towering over all the hills. A sparkling stream of every

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<v Speaker 1>nation will flow into it. Isn't that an interesting way

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<v Speaker 1>to put it? Doctor Brian Simmons interpreted the Hebrew of

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<v Speaker 1>that verse, saying, a sparkling stream of nations will flow

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<v Speaker 1>into it. The word river in the Hebrew can also

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<v Speaker 1>be interpreted streams, cheerful, sparkling, all sorts of just beautiful, happy,

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<v Speaker 1>radiant words. And if you're going to flow into the

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<v Speaker 1>highest mountain, wait a minute, that's going to require it

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<v Speaker 1>to flow up. That's not natural. The natural flow of

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<v Speaker 1>nations is to flow to its lowest common denominator, to

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<v Speaker 1>flow down into the depths of things and get lower

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<v Speaker 1>and lower and lower. But this verse here tells us

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<v Speaker 1>that there will be a sparkling stream of nations flowing

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<v Speaker 1>up into the House of God, up into this mighty

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<v Speaker 1>mountain of God. What he says is that this is

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<v Speaker 1>a supernatural magnetism bringing the nations into the Kingdom of God. Hallelujah,

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<v Speaker 1>because it's what he's doing. He is there's a flow

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<v Speaker 1>up against the natural, you know, the grain of things.

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<v Speaker 1>This is a reversal. Do you remember in the Book

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<v Speaker 1>of Genesis with the Tower of Babel, those people were

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<v Speaker 1>gathered together and they were disobeying God. And God came

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<v Speaker 1>down and he divided them into nations, and he divided

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<v Speaker 1>them into languages, and he said, go, you to go.

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<v Speaker 1>But this time when they were dispersed, they were dispersed

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<v Speaker 1>individually and broken up into pieces and disunified. But in

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<v Speaker 1>this verse, it's telling me there's gonna be a reversal

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<v Speaker 1>of that dispersion, and the nations are gonna stream together,

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<v Speaker 1>begin to gather together in a sparkling, radiant flow. This

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<v Speaker 1>is God's plan. Many peoples will come and say, everyone come,

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<v Speaker 1>let's go up higher to Yahwei's mountain. Everyone come. This

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<v Speaker 1>is what missionaries do. Missionaries gather people. They're out there

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<v Speaker 1>calling in the highways and the byways. Come with us.

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<v Speaker 1>Would you come with us to the higher mountain. It's

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<v Speaker 1>better there. You will be your better self when you

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<v Speaker 1>come there, Oh, people of God, even today I would

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<v Speaker 1>save and to you. Come with me to the mountain

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<v Speaker 1>of the Lord. Come with me, you will be your

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<v Speaker 1>better self. We are on. We are all gathering together,

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<v Speaker 1>letting go of the things in us that are not

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<v Speaker 1>the best. And we're joining with that sparkling stream. Oh America,

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<v Speaker 1>Oh America. I say, come to the mountain of Yahweh.

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<v Speaker 1>Come to the mountain of Yahweh. El Salvador, Come to

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<v Speaker 1>the mountain of Yahweh, all of the nations. You will

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<v Speaker 1>be your best self. As you do, many people will say, come, everyone, come,

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<v Speaker 1>let's go up higher. And then he can teach us

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<v Speaker 1>his ways and we can walk in his has. This

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<v Speaker 1>is the discipling of the nations that we are called

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<v Speaker 1>to do. All wisdom, all knowledge, all righteousness is in

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<v Speaker 1>the mountain of Yahweh. And as the nations come, they

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<v Speaker 1>will be schooled in good things. They will be schooled

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<v Speaker 1>in righteousness, they will be schooled in how to handle things.

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<v Speaker 1>They will learn how to walk in the paths of God.

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<v Speaker 1>Amen makes my heart so excited. Zion will be the

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<v Speaker 1>center of instruction, and the word of Yahweh will go

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<v Speaker 1>out from Jerusalem. He will judge fairly between the nations

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<v Speaker 1>and settle disputes among the peoples. We've watched over the

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<v Speaker 1>last couple of weeks a man brokering peace, and for that,

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<v Speaker 1>I am very grateful. We find ourselves in so many wars,

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<v Speaker 1>and so many people are dying, and so much bloodshed,

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<v Speaker 1>and so much violence, and so much breaking of families

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<v Speaker 1>and destruction, and oh, it grieves my heart. Between the

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<v Speaker 1>nations and so a man is attempting to broke her peace,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm very grateful for it. But I keep thinking

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<v Speaker 1>in the back of my head, one wrong room and

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<v Speaker 1>you know, one wrong move, and it won't work. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>how many times have we try to get Zelensky and

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<v Speaker 1>Putin to come together and then somebody does something dumb.

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<v Speaker 1>That's what happens when men broke her peace. And I

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<v Speaker 1>love it when they do. Your heart yearns for when

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<v Speaker 1>God brokers the peace, because then peace will be brokered

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<v Speaker 1>by love itself. Peace will be brokered by peace itself.

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<v Speaker 1>And it will come from God above. And there will

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<v Speaker 1>be a time when our nations no longer rage against God.

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<v Speaker 1>These are the promises of God. And no more war,

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<v Speaker 1>no more war. We don't have spears, we don't have swords.

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<v Speaker 1>We got ak forty sevens, we got tanks. God's promising

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<v Speaker 1>us that there will be a day where those things

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<v Speaker 1>will be melted down into things that are used for harvest, plowshares,

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<v Speaker 1>pruning hooks. There is a day, people of God. That

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<v Speaker 1>day will come when the mountain of the Lord becomes

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<v Speaker 1>the highest mountain. We as the Church stand in the gap.

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<v Speaker 1>We as a church stand between God's promises and the

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<v Speaker 1>world we find ourselves in. We as the people of God,

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<v Speaker 1>stand in this incredible spot. And it is our faith

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<v Speaker 1>and is our prayers, and it is our strength. Through God.

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<v Speaker 1>He has asked that we would be the ones that

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<v Speaker 1>would stand in the gap and pull the two together.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh people of God, pray for the nations. My heart

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<v Speaker 1>yearns for these promises. I would love all the people

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<v Speaker 1>that came today, the host table hosts, would you come

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<v Speaker 1>and line up right across. We're gonna do a little

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<v Speaker 1>different than we did for service. Go ahead and line

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<v Speaker 1>up all the way across. I don't care what order

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<v Speaker 1>you're in. Just come on up here. Lineup, we're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>do some praying. We got the band up here yet,

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<v Speaker 1>Oh the band. Here we go, you, my people of God,

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<v Speaker 1>we are gonna stand in the gap between God's promises

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<v Speaker 1>and what we have happening even now. So we've got

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<v Speaker 1>quite a few nations. Come on up here, Come on

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<v Speaker 1>up here, find your partners if you're doing them together

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<v Speaker 1>with somebody. And we got the band coming on up.

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<v Speaker 1>We're gonna sing a little bit. We're gonna have music

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<v Speaker 1>in the back of us. And you thought you came

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<v Speaker 1>to church just to sit back and watch. No, no, no, no,

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<v Speaker 1>You're a part of this here today. Will you pray

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<v Speaker 1>with me? Will you pray with me? This morning, when

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<v Speaker 1>we were singing a Hope's anthem, I started seeing peoples

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<v Speaker 1>of other nations, other ethnicities, broken and in the dirt.

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<v Speaker 1>They were literally sitting in the dirt cry with no hope.

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<v Speaker 1>And I could see that as we were singing that song,

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<v Speaker 1>as we were praying, as we were declaring things, God

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<v Speaker 1>was ripping the heavens apart and things. They began to

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<v Speaker 1>look up and they began to see Hope, and I

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<v Speaker 1>would say, even now, you know, we're sitting here in Fife,

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<v Speaker 1>little old Fife. Let's get some kingdom work done here

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<v Speaker 1>in Fife. Let's do this. So we're gonna pray over

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<v Speaker 1>these nations. Will you pray with me? I am gonna

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<v Speaker 1>give them an opportunity to speak in their own language,

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<v Speaker 1>declaration over their country. So some of them are gonna

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<v Speaker 1>speak in other languages. They're getting all arranged all on

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<v Speaker 1>their own here. Oh boy, howdy, do you're good? We'll

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<v Speaker 1>make it work. What was I saying? We're gonna declare,

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<v Speaker 1>We're gonna sing, will you will you lend your faith

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<v Speaker 1>to mine? So are you ready? We're gonna start down here.

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<v Speaker 1>We got Samoa and uh, this wonderful family. They're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>be right over here. They got some really yummy sweet stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>So the band's gonna start playing. We're gonna start playing

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<v Speaker 1>Hope's anthem back there, nice and strong, and we're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>bring some energy to this. And you're gonna pray. Now.

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<v Speaker 1>She prayed in Samoan, and she tried to tell us

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<v Speaker 1>she was no good at it, but you know what

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<v Speaker 1>I couldn't tell. So, girlfriend, you just go. I thought

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<v Speaker 1>you sounded pretty good. So maybe she was saying all

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<v Speaker 1>sorts of things. I don't know. So are you ready

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<v Speaker 1>let's lift up Samoa. Are you ready to pray for

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<v Speaker 1>the islands? Okay, so this is Samoa. Here we go.

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<v Speaker 2>Tama if butyava o ya eloa oho the the Father God.

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<v Speaker 2>We just thank you for your grace, your goodness, your

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<v Speaker 2>love through all the nations, Lord God, not to Samuel.

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<v Speaker 1>Lord.

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<v Speaker 2>I pray for my country, Lord God, that you will

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<v Speaker 2>be their God, that the veil from their eyes will

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<v Speaker 2>be removed, and they will know you as their true God.

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<v Speaker 2>That they will know Jesus of the Bible, not of religion,

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<v Speaker 2>and that they will break from generational curses of religion,

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<v Speaker 2>of poverty, of fear, of sagnation, of sicknesses and disease,

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<v Speaker 2>Lord God, that they will come to obedience and know you.

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<v Speaker 1>Father God.

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<v Speaker 2>You say that in your word to ask you to

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<v Speaker 2>send to send workers to the harvest, Father God. So

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<v Speaker 2>we just ask that you pick people from our country,

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<v Speaker 2>Lord God, that will bring you honor and glory in

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<v Speaker 2>every country, Father God. And we just ask that you

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<v Speaker 2>send them in other countries. Let their obedience begin a

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<v Speaker 2>domino effect in other countries as well, Lord God, that

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<v Speaker 2>our love for you, Father God will bring unity in

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<v Speaker 2>other countries along with ours. Father God, that we will

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<v Speaker 2>find you as common brown, that you will be glorified

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<v Speaker 2>in everything we do. Lour God in Jesus

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<v Speaker 1>Name, Amen, Amen,