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A little bit long this morning, 
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this morning that God's way 
still works. 

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God's way still works. 
Matthew chapter 28. 

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The Bible says this in verse #18
And Jesus came and spake unto 

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them, saying, all power is given
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Now without, without his power, 
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to evangelize the world is 
impossible. 

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And yet with that power, it's a 
mission that's not only 

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possible, it's it's, it's 
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our Lord has given us everything
that we need. 

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Think about who Jesus was 
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He's talking to the disciples, a
girl, a little handful of just 

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unlearned disciples, fishermen, 
ordinary people, no degrees, no 

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college, no prestige, no money, 
no machinery. 

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And he tells them, I want you to
evangelize the nation's. 

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I want you to go to all the 
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He says that in verse #19 Go ye 
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nations, baptizing them in the 
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Son, and of the Holy Ghost, 
teaching them to observe all 

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things whatsoever I have 
commanded you. 

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And lo, I am with you all way, 
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Amen. 
You think about this. 

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This is the last words that 
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went back to heaven. 
The last words of anything. 

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You know, you think about people
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about what they, what they want 
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If they have that choice, you 
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deathbed. 
What am I going to say as my 

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last words? 
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think about that or not, but 
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think about what the last words 
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before he went back up to 
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And this is what he chose to 
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Go and tell people about Jesus 
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evangelize the world and then 
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them. 
That's, that's, that's the last 

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thing he, he chose to give his 
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left. 
It's just this little handful of

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people and here they're going to
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the, the iron legions of Rome 
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against the sophistication and 
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And they're going to go to the, 
the, the, the stiff necked 

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nation of Israel to try to share
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them. 
How do you think they felt when 

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they sent them out to do that? 
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the, the cows that were out in 
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grazing and they, they looked up
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that was advertising the dairy 
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they read on the side of that 
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It said pasteurized, 
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enriched milk from contented 
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And one of them looked at the 
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feel kind of worthless, doesn't 
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inadequate. 
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we think about this Commission, 
when we think about what God's 

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given us to do, we feel 
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Commission of giving the gospel 
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But that's the Commission that 
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deficiency with his sufficiency 
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We don't need anything else, 
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He said, all power is given unto
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about. 
Little is much when God is in 

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it. 
Our Lord said all power is given

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unto me. 
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And the book of Acts really is, 
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And we read the the the story. 
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of Acts, but you just see one 
success after another of them 

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leading people to Christ and 
them starting churches and them 

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doing the work of evangelizing 
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gospel out to that lost and 
dying world. 

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And those early Christians had 
something that that swords 

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couldn't kill. 
They had something that that the

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water couldn't drown, something 
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something that the jails could 
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They had a message that was 
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himself to take to the rest of 
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And they did that. 
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to be able to stand against them
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from the Lord Jesus Christ 
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All power is given unto me, 
Jesus said, and that's why God's

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way still works. 
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verse #3 that he was going to 
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wolves. 
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Well, I don't know what lamb 
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a bunch of wolves, but that's 
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It's going to be like when we go
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It's going to be lambs among 
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But still he told us to go. 
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sense in a lot of ways, but 
God's way, going out into the 

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highways and hedges and 
compelling them to come in God's

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way, doing everything that we 
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gospel with the law still works 
because he gives us the power to

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do it. 
God's way still works. 

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And that's what I want to talk 
to you about for just a couple 

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minutes this morning. 
Let's have a word of prayer and 

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then we'll jump into the 
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Father, again, we thank you so 
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Thank you for an opportunity we 
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morning. 
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those who have accepted Christ 
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know they're on their way to 
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And God, I do pray that if there
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does not have that settled, 
still doesn't have that taken 

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care of. 
God, may you burden their hearts

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this morning with their need for
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We thank you for those who have 
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And we're getting baptized 
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And God, may we just be reminded
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to do it still works. 
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Christianity tells us today that
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We have to have better programs.
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we have to have better buildings
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order to try to get the message 
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But God, we know that your way 
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power that matters. 
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that this morning as we go 
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May you speak to our hearts and 
we'll thank you for all you do 

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for us in Jesus name, Amen. 
Turn over if you will, the first

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Corinthians chapter 3. 
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of all, that witnessing works. 
It doesn't always work in the 

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way that we expect it to work. 
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things that we get discouraged 
about many times, but we often 

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go and go and go without seeing 
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But then God brings in the ones 
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saved. 
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Paul says in First Corinthians 
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one saith, I am of Paul, and 
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Are you not carnal? 
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Apollos? 
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believed, even as the Lord gave 
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Apollos watered, but God gave 
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So then neither is he that 
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that watereth, but God that 
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Now he that planteth, and he 
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And every man shall receive his 
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labor, for we are laborers 
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You're God's husbandry, you're 
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There's a lot of times when it 
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wheels. 
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knocking on doors. 
We're going out and trying to 

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give out the Bibles. 
We show up week after week and 

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we stand out in the heat, in the
cold, holding signs and trying 

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to get people to come in and, 
and get a Bible so we can have a

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opportunity, hopefully an 
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of the gospel with them. 
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doors and we try to give the 
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and hope for a conversation that
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Christ, show them what they're 
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that they need a savior. 
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church as much as we're trying 
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We're not trying to to convert 
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we're trying to get them to 
realize that they need their own

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personal relationship with Jesus
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And we knock on doors and get 
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and we get rejected from time to
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And we give them out knowing 
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somebody's ever going to look at
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they're going to scan the QR 
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That'll tell them how they can 
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is their savior and that they're
on their way to heaven. 

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Galatians chapter 6 and verse 9 
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well doing for in due season we 
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I think the problem is in most 
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faint before they reap and they 
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happens and they quit because 
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It's not easy being a Christian,
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that we're living in today. 
It's not easy to try to give out

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the gospel in a, in a, in a, in 
a day and age when when most 

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people are hostile toward the 
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But he says in due season you 
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I can't help but think that 
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All those who have been saved in
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reaping. 
All of those who are getting 

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baptized today because they know
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Some planted some water. 
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And if you faint not, you'll 
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That's why God's way still 
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Witnessing works. 
That's what I'm here to tell you

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this morning. 
Witnessing works, but also #2 

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witnessing is wise. 
Proverbs Chapter 11, If you'll 

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turn over there, boy, you're 
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Nobody's awake. 
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Everybody All right. 
Proverbs Chapter 11, this 

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morning, witnessing is wise. 
I don't know if you're feeling 

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like you're, you're guilty 
because you're not witnessing or

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what, but I know most of you are
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Most of you are out there 
knocking doors and passing out 

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cards. 
This ought to be exciting to 

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you. 
Proverbs Chapter 11, you know, 

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to the world, witnessing, as we 
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of the gospel. 
It's foolishness. 

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Who are you to project your 
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Who are you to try to tell me 
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get to heaven is not right, and 
that the way that you're telling

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me is the only way that's right.
Oh, Jesus said I am the way, the

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truth and the life. 
No man cometh unto the Father 

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but by me, so it is the only way
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We're not just trying to project
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We're trying to help you 
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Christ, and without him you have
nothing. 

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Without him you are nothing. 
But that's what God's told us to

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do. 
He's given us a Great Commission

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that we, I think we use that 
term so many times we forget, we

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don't realize that great is 
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Commission that he's given us. 
It's a Great Commission. 

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It's a tremendous Commission. 
It's a wonderful Commission that

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he's given to us, but it comes 
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Once you know Jesus Christ as 
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responsibility to tell other 
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And I'll be honest with you, 
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it's a burden that God puts on 
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Why would you not want to tell 
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once you know the truth, that's 
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Reminds me of brother Nitin when
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They, they, they thought for 
years and years that because 

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they had at 18 years old, this 
is over there in India, 18 years

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old, they say, hey, do you 
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Hey, do you, do you, do you 
accept Jesus Christ? 

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Yes, I do. 
All right, well, you can be 

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baptized and now you're saved 
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And for years he thought he was 
a Christian until he heard the 

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truth and he realized that it's 
not about baptism that saves 

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It's not about trying to be a 

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good person that saves you. 
It's not about any of those 

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things that most of the 
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trying to get you to do. 
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do, do, do, do. 
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been done. 
You don't need to do anything 

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else. 
He's already done everything 

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that needed to be taken care of,
but Ninton got saved and he got 

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such a burden for his family, 
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that means most of my family 
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either. 
I've got to tell them. 

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And obviously, you know, God 
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And, and we had a few years to 
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he started the church and they 
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again at their church. 
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time he went back, he had 75 
people every single week that 

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were on a Zoom call that he was 
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the gospel with. 
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and many of his friends in the 
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gotten saved because God put 
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He said, if, if, if I'm not 
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know I am now, then how can I 
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Jesus Christ? 
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burden that we have. 
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follow that Commission, we're 
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The Bible says this in Proverbs 
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fruit of the righteous is a tree
of life. 

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And he that winneth souls is 
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That's where that term soul 
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He that winneth souls is wise. 
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to time, are the heathens lost 
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And I want to turn to them and 
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not trying to share the gospel 
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Why would we not be doing 
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the message of the gospel? 
Suppose somebody were to offer 

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you $1000 for every person that 
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Christ. 
Would you do it more than you do

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now? 
If somebody were to give you 

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$1000 for everybody that you sat
down with and took the Bible and

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shared the message of the gospel
with for $1000, would you do it?

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Or let's raise it and say it's 
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you set and share the gospel 
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You think you'd share the gospel
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And I think you understand where
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Are you willing to do for money 
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because you love Christ and 
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Oh, it just shows you where our 
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Oh, if you give me $10,000, I'll
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Hey, he died to save you. 
He gave his life for you. 

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He's given you eternal life. 
He's given you a home in heaven.

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Why would you be willing to do 
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wouldn't even be willing to do 
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everything? 
Man, that ought to be convicting

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to us. 
Be wise. 

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Share the gospel while you still
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Turn over, if you will, to 
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I want to give you the last 
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Witnessing works. 
Witnessing is wise, but I want 

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you to understand this. 
Lastly, witnessing is worth it. 

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Witnessing is worth it. 
I want you to know this this 

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morning. 
It pays to serve Jesus Christ. 

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Is it difficult? 
Yes, sometimes. 

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Is it embarrassing? 
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For most people, yes, it takes 
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but it's worth it. 
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messages about this, but I want 
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before we close this morning. 
In Daniel chapter 12 and verse 

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#3 the Bible says, And they that
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brightness of the firmament, and
they that turn many to 

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righteousness as the stars 
forever and ever. 

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Hey, you want to do something 
that's going to be remembered 

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for all of eternity? 
Turn somebody to righteousness. 

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Lead somebody to Christ, show 
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They that should they that they 
that be wise shall shine as the 

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brightness of the firmament and 
they that turn many to 

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righteousness as the stars 
forever and ever. 

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Turn over to Psalm 5 one last 
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We started a new way of reading 
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and, and we're, we just started 
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beginning actually just last 
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I printed this out. 
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Bible reading app or not even an
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reading website. 
You can set it up to read it 

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however you want to. 
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read the Bible through in a year
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order of when, you know, when 
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But we also added a Psalm of the
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we read the other day. 
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stuck out to me. 
Verse #11 But let all those that

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put their trust in thee rejoice,
Let them ever shout for joy, 

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because thou defendest them. 
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be joyful in Thee. 
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righteous with favor. 
Wilt thou compass him as with a 

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shield? 
Can you think of anything that's

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more valuable than that? 
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You can't pay enough to ever be 
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You can only have that by 
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God's way still works. 
The Great Commission still 

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works. 
There are still billions of 

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souls waiting to be given the 
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The Great Commission is still in
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He gave it to those disciples 
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gave it to us. 
It was for us as Christians. 

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There are still people at your 
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gospel. 
There are still people in your 

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family that need to hear the 
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There are still people on your 
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need to hear the gospel. 
Sharing the gospel with them is 

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still worth it. 
It's still worth it. 

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I heard a story about a man 
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And when he was a little boy in 
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he grew up in, he was led to 
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to church with him. 
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the gospel with that little 
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And he said, once you, once you 
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did, little, little redheaded 
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And that kid's name was John. 
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point I'll accept Christ as my 
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Well, it was about 6-8 months 
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service and he heard the message
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his Savior. 
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Christ, he walked across that 
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Broadus as a, as a little boy 
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thank you John. 
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Well, Doctor Broadus obviously 
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little town. 
He became a great scholar, 

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became a theologian and a 
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and and obviously went on to do 
very good things as as far as it

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related to the word of God. 
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back home almost without fail. 
He would go back home to visit 

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that little church that he grew 
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farmer dressed in his overall 
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would come over to him and say, 
I thank you John. 

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I thank you John. 
I never forget, John, I never 

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forget. 
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later, as he was laying on his 
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him, I said, many people think 
about the last words they're 

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going to say. 
I don't know if he thought about

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those words ahead of time, but 
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there dying, He said, I'd rather
think the sound sweetest to my 

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ears in heaven, next to the 
welcome of him whom, having not 

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seen I have loved and tried to 
serve, will be the welcome of 

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John Jones as he'll thrust out 
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John. 
Thank you, John. 

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One day it'll be worth it all. 
God's way still works. 

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Witnessing still works. 
Witnessing is wise and 

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witnessing is worth it. 
Don't miss the chance to share 

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the gospel. 
Don't, don't pass up on the 

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opportunities that you have to 
give the message of the gospel 

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out. 
Don't miss an opportunity to be 

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here on Saturday when we go out 
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We only have a short window 
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If God tarries, if everything 
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going, we don't have a long time
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We need to use every opportunity
that we have. 

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It still works. 
God's way still works, and we'll

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find that out this morning as 
we'll see in just a few minutes 

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that people are still getting 
saved. 

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God's still in the soul saving 
business and I'm so glad that He

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is. 
Once you bite your head and 

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close your eyes with me, we're 
going to have a word of prayer. 

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Father, again, we thank you so 
much for your goodness to us. 

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We thank you for the opportunity
that we have to be here in this 

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service this morning. 
God, may you use the service in 

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our hearts. 
May you use us to share the 

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message of the gospel while we 
have the opportunity to do it. 

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God, break our hearts for those 
that we know that are lost and 

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dying without you. 
God, I pray that if there is 

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somebody in here that does not 
know for sure that they're 

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saved, that they'd get that 
settled today. 

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So they can go out and be a 
witness for you as well. 

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But God, we thank you that 
you've given us not only the 

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way, but that you give us your 
power to do it. 

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And God, may we be convinced 
that your way is still the best 

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way. 
May we continue to do it with 

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the time that we have until you 
come back or until you take us 

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home. 
Convict us. 

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God, please help us to be what 
you need us to be again, for all

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you do for us in Jesus name, 
Amen.