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Bilities to get out of it, he 
wants you to prosper. 

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He wants you to grow 
financially. 

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And you might say well that's 
strange. 

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Well it's not strange. 
When you look at that verse now 

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he says I want you to prosper 
even as thy soul prospereth. 

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Now, a lot of people, they 
Prosper, but their soul don't 

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Prosper see there, so just stay 
shrunk. 

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Actually, they're so doesn't 
grow their the same last year as

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the world last year and the year
before that their soul just 

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doesn't grow. 
But brother their bank account 

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has grown Their material 
possessions have grown and 

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developed, but their soul hasn't
see that's God's measurement 

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right there. 
Ever how your soul prospereth? 

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How it grows, then you can 
prosper. 

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But if you start prospering and 
your soul doesn't Prosper, the 

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soul. 
Doesn't grow. 

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The soul. 
Doesn't become more useful to 

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the Lord. 
Jesus Christ. 

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Then you have a problem. 
There's a great problem there, 

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so we want to discuss all of 
these things here. 

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As we go along in this lesson 
this morning. 

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I'll tell you, I am really 
thankful for our Brethren who 

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have prospered. 
And their soul has prospered 

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along with it. 
We got many of them in the 

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church that has done that and 
they are. 

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So is so wonderful for us to 
behold and the kingdom of God 

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has been strengthened because of
them. 

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Now, How do you determine 
somebody's will? 

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I don't know anything about your
bank accounts here. 

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I don't know how much money you 
make. 

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I really don't care if your soul
has prospered. 

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So, how do you determine a man's
wealth? 

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Well, it was a dumb man. 
One time when asked directions 

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to a certain place answered in 
hand size? 

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And they finally figured out 
that he would only give them 

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directions to the place where 
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So they gave him some money and 
then he immediately began 

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speaking to them and giving them
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they wanted to go. 
And they said, why didn't you 

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speak before? 
Why he said it's only money that

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talks. 
See, that's the way some people 

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are today to they think the only
thing that talks today This 

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money. 
See, God doesn't want you to 

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have that kind of attitude. 
He wants your soul to grow. 

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And prosper. 
And he wants you to prosper to 

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as long as your soul grows 
beyond that. 

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Now in marked the 10th chapter 
verse 22, you remember this Rich

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Young Ruler. 
He was came to Jesus and ask 

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him. 
Good Master. 

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What must I do to inherit 
eternal life? 

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And Jesus said, you know, the 
Commandments. 

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And he quoted a few of those 
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oh, these how have I observed 
from my youth? 

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But then Jesus gave him a 
startling blow. 

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He said, one thing, thou likest,
Go thy way and sell whatsoever 

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thou Hast and give to the poor 
and that's how Treasures in 

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Heaven. 
See. 

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Now, you know why? 
Jesus told him that? 

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Because his soul hadn't 
prospered like he had prospered.

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See he let his money, his 
riches, his gold, and his 

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silver, and all of that grow. 
But his so we'll still little 

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bitty, see was very small. 
And Jesus saw the problem right 

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off. 
You got to get rid of that, it's

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in your way of going to heaven. 
It's in your way of letting 

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those things of doing those 
things that will bring you 

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Treasures in Heaven. 
And so he didn't like that. 

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You know what it is. 
Well, his wealth was more 

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important to him than eternal 
life. 

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So he turned his back on Jesus 
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I heard about a man and one of 
the Southern States, he had some

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property and they were drilling 
for an oil. 

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Well on it. 
And they found oil, they hit 

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oil. 
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they did it. 
And somebody came into the 

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assembly. 
And told them they've struck oil

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on your place, the man got up 
and walked out and didn't come 

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back to church until that all 
well went dry. 

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What do you think about somebody
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Well, this is something we might
need to consider, but wealth was

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more important to this man than 
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You know in 1957, one year 
before One year before Joanne, 

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and I moved to California. 
The. 

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State was. 
Was voting. 

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For what would be California's 
motto? 

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See. 
What's it going to be? 

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Well, it boil down to two 
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In God, we trust Are Eureka. 
You know which one won by vote 

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of 6:40. 
Eureka. 

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I have found it. 
Talking about the Gold Rush 

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days. 
And the riches that California 

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had Eureka, I have found it. 
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California's been blessed or 
not. 

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It's still a very wealthy State 
and all of that. 

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But brother wickedness has grown
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Hasn't it? 
People. 

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They have not prospered. 
So far as their soul is 

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concerned, but we got that 
motto. 

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Just blot it out. 
And In God, We Trust And I'll 

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tell you right now, Terry, I've 
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this this operates on here, I 
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So at any rate, your Rica is now
on the state seal. 

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Instead of in God we trust and 
you know they're trying to get 

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rid of that statement on our 
coins on her money and never 

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play since they can all across 
this great and wonderful land 

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that we have. 
They don't want to trust in God.

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The nation's Soul has not 
prospered his it. 

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We have got to trust in God and 
we want to have that as our 

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motto for our life, whether the 
state of California or the 

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United States or anybody else 
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We want to have it as the motto 
for our life. 

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In God, We Trust now. so, how 
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The prosperity of one soul is 
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And let's read that verse again.
Beloved, I wish above all things

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that thou mayest prosper and be 
in health even as thy Soul has 

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prospered. 
Now. 

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In Matthew 10 verse 28. 
Jesus was talking to some people

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that were very interested in 
material things. 

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Wealth among them, but he told 
them, he said in fear, not them 

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which kill the body but are not 
able to kill the soul but rather

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fear him which is able to 
destroy both soul and Body in 

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hell. 
Brother, that is who we had 

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better fear. 
That is the one that America 

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needs to fear today more than 
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See we need to fear him which is
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Body in hell, that's real So 
let's be careful about that in 

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Matthew 16 and 26. 
He kind of brings it all down. 

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To the truth that we need for. 
What is a man profited? 

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If he should gain the whole 
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what? 
Shall a man give in exchange for

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his soul? 
What about that brother? 

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That got up and walked out of 
the assembly when he heard he 

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had? 
Vast riches coming in. 

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What about someone that will 
forsake God in order to work at 

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a job? 
Where they really have a good 

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income. 
They're not fearing. 

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God are they? 
Listen, he says you fear the one

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that is able to destroy both 
soul and Body in hell. 

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And remember this, your soul is 
worth more than all of the 

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riches of the world. 
That precious soul that you have

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what a valuable thing. 
It is. 

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What a great thing it is. 
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The value of the soul and that's
reason, God chose it as the 

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Stander of prosperity 
measurement. 

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Think about it. 
What people will sacrifice so 

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far as spiritual, spiritual 
things are concerned in order to

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get a higher-paying job. 
Or in order to accumulate some 

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wealth here. 
Think about it. 

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Listen. 
Your precious soul is worth more

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than all of the material things 
here in this life. 

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And when you, if you lose it, 
you have lost it all now. 

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Everyone likes the first two 
parts of this prayer verse that 

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John was writing to this brother
in Christ. 

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They they really like to pray 
for Prosperity. 

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That really like to pray for 
good health. 

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But they don't like God's 
measurement when he said even as

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thy Soul has prospered because 
their soul is not prospering. 

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It's not growing, I hope every 
one of us gets stronger and 

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stronger every year. 
That we develop. 

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You've got good leaders here. 
You got people who strive to 

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teach the congregation in all 
that is supposed to do. 

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And you as an individual and you
know what, if you're not 

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growing, they'll help you, 
they'll study with you, they'll 

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work with you see what a 
wonderful thing that is. 

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But make sure your soul is 
growing that it's developing and

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all of those things that go 
along with it because it is the 

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standard For measuring Health as
well. 

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We know what sickness will do, 
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How it has invaded. 
So many congregations including 

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this one in recent days. now, he
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sometimes people say, well, God 
brought all of these things on I

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know he can, but I don't think 
he has I think the devil still 

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in business just like it was in 
the days of job when the devil 

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caused all of the financial 
losses that job experience. 

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And then took his health away 
where he had boils from the top 

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of his head to the bottom of his
feet. 

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And his children were all killed
in a storm, not that God 

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brought, but what the devil 
brought. 

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And I want to tell you the devil
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you better watch out for him. 
and so, when something happens, 

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We don't blame God. 
Let's blame the devil. 

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Let's learn for our, let's teach
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And will be blessed. 
Because the devil is still 

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sponsoring a lot of meanness, 
lot of heartache and 

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disappointments. 
You know, if we pray for our 

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health Then we generally do 
exercises and things like that. 

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But when people are doing that, 
do they really believe? 

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This is God's standard for our 
wealth and for our health. 

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Let me ask you a question. 
I want you to look at this right

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here. 
Suppose, this prayer was 

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answered for you. 
Let's say we want to pray for 

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prosperity. 
We want to pray for hell. 

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And those we were we prayed to 
receive blessings as our soul is

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prospered. 
So suppose this prayer was 

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answered for you. 
Would you be on welfare 

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immediately because your soul 
hasn't grown. 

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You know people today, oh God 
doesn't make any difference. 

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One man, told me one time that 
that religion was for women and 

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children. 
See. 

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But he didn't do well. 
In this life. 

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I want to tell you religion was 
given to us by God, to bring us 

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back to him. 
So what it means really, again, 

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Leo, which means to tie, to tie 
this back together with God. 

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That's what religion is far to. 
Bring us back to God and ties 

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together with him in a 
fellowship that blesses, our 

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prosperity and our health and 
And our. 

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So let's talk about, let's talk 
about these things. 

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You know, financial trouble is 
inconvenient. 

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And it's embarrassing to. 
Do you consider Soul trouble? 

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Like this. 
Like financial trouble is 

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inconvenient and embarrassing. 
Oh, I got soul trouble. 

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Do we say this? 
It's so embarrassing. 

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I've got to do something about 
it. 

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Well, some people don't. now, I 
don't care whether you have a 

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huge bank account and put 
material possessions or whether 

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you are in poverty. 
I know what that is and I can 

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remember what I went to school. 
I didn't ask my dad for twenty 

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dollar bill. 
I didn't ask him for a ten 

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dollar bill. 
I asked him for a pin and 

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sometimes he didn't even have 
that. 

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Daddy would you give me a penny?
Son, I don't have it. 

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I know what poverty is. 
I was raised in it. and, and so,

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I think if people would consider
so trouble. 

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Like to do Health trouble and 
financial trouble. 

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They pay more attention to their
soul. 

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So Prosperity is the name of the
game. 

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So, can you think of anything 
worse than bad health? 

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It's a terrible thing. 
These Last two or three years of

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my life. 
I've had that health problem 

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pretty bad. 
But so trouble. 

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So Tara, you know, when I was 
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sickness, I tried. 
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Ice tried. 
I tried to grow I tried to 

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develop some more lessons and 
things like that. 

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I tried to pray more and I tried
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That's what we got to do, when 
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But we have difficulties in 
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People, they don't try to get 
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one who can help us. 
He's I remember. 

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When our parents died, my 
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Wednesday night. 
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What are you doing at church? 

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Your father died. 
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brother? 
That's when you need to be close

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to God. 
See, that's when you need to get

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closer to him and grow in all of
this because he's got strength, 

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he's got power. 
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So, so trouble. 
I think it's worse to my mind, 

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and I think the Gods But is it 
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So sickness is it worse in your 
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That's a bad, he'll our 
financial difficulties things 

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like that. 
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infirmities. 
It's a terrible thing. 

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See. 
Don't talks about some things. 

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Now, some people might think of 
meddling What'd you see? 

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Some people have religious 
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I can stand up here and teach 
these Brethren can stand up here

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and teach the Plan of Salvation 
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You've got to believe, you got 
to repent and you've got to 

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confess Jesus to be the Son of 
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And then be baptized. 
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go about baptism again. 
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They've got. 
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water. 
I don't know why else they're 

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doing that because Jesus is 
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instructions along this of on 
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But I consider this the number 
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You know what Mark 16 and 60 he 
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baptized shall be saved but he 
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damned. 
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Now, Jesus was very interested 
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They're interested in it. 
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baptized immersed in water. 
It acts 8:21, you remember that?

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We have Simon simulant Simon 
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Samaria. 
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those people back there, he was 
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But boy, when he saw what Philip
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And heard that preaching, he was
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apostles who came down from 
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people and give them the Holy 
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And Peter told him, thou Hast, 
neither part nor lot in this 

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matter for thy heart. 
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God. 
See he had heart trouble, didn't

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you? 
He had to straighten that out, 

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heart trouble difficulties 
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Oh, you Corinthians. 
Paul said our mouth is open unto

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you, our heart is enlarged. 
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just had a big heart and he 
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Sisters in Christ was a Love 
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He said, ye are straitened in 
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Now, for a recompense in the 
same, I speak as unto my 

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children be, ye also enlarged. 
Now, you see, he wanted them to 

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grow. 
He wanted their emotions to be 

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powerful in the service of the 
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He wanted them to receive him 
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But the heart, that's where our 
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First John, three verse 17, he 
says, but whoso hath this 

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world's good and seeth. 
His brother have need and 

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shutteth up his bowels of 
compassion from him, how 

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dwelleth the love of God in him.
See so let's be enlarged. 

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Let's grow and let's develop and
make sure our soul is really 

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Prospered. 
Now, some people have spiritual 

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fever, like in First Corinthians
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those Israelites were that whole
generation died out there on the

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Wilderness gin Journey. 
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our examples to the intent. 
We should not lust after evil 

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things, as they also lusted. 
Also many people, they got, they

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got that kind of fever right 
there that Lust For Fever, they 

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want to do things to satisfy the
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Like the Israelites did He 
wanted that to really not be the

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characteristics of Christians in
first, Timothy 69, he says, but 

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they that will be rich fall into
temptation and a snare and into 

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many foolish and hurtful lusts, 
which drown men in destruction 

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and Perdition in Titus 2 verses 
11 and 12 for the grace of God. 

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God that bringeth salvation hath
appeared unto all men. 

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Listen teaching us what's 
teaching us the grace of God 

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teaching us that denying 
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We should live soberly and 
righteously and godly in this 

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present world. 
Let's help our soul to grow with

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the great things that God has 
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And then this last rottenness of
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You know, we had a neighbor one 
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That had diabeetus. 
And his bones in his feet, begin

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to rot. 
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sometimes we'd look out there 
and he would have fallen in his 

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front yard because of Rome bone 
just broken his foot while he 

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was walking toward the house. 
well, you know Solomon said, in 

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Proverbs 14 and 30, a sound 
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but Envy the rottenness of the 
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You got that disease, have you 
got that spiritual sickness, 

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it's a terrible one to have. 
When you find yourself envying, 

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the lifestyle of the world, 
watch out. 

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People sometimes they want to 
follow the world in dress. 

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They want to follow the world in
places where they go and 

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develop. 
Now, It's some people, they are 

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bloated or puffed up as a 
scripture calls that charity is 

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not puffed up. 
Let me give you this example 

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here, you probably heard it 
before, I've given it before he 

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did illustration, but a frog 
into Ducks lived in a pond that 

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dried up. 
They were pretty fond of each 

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other. 
So the three of them were 

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talking about it and decided 
that the two bucks would hold a 

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stick in their mouth between 
them and the Frog would clasp 

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his mouth around that stick and 
they would fly. 

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Him to the next Pond where there
was some water there. 

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Well. 
Those that saw them do this, 

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thought it pretty clever and not
flying through the air, kind of 

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passed them by said, that is 
really clever who thought of it 

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and from up in the air. 
The frog said I did. 

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You see the connection? 
He was so puffed up, but what 

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happened to him? 
When he opened his mouth and 

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said I see your mouth flies 
opened again. and then, 

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Kersplat, that's what happened 
to him. 

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Let's not be puffed up. 
Let's not think of ourselves 

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above that, which we ought to, 
or of others above that, which 

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we we ought to. 
Let's not have this spiritual 

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disease and tell you one more 
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I don't have any you sisters in 
mind here because I don't know 

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what your habits are, but this 
woman sat in front of a mirror 

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for an hour. 
Looking at her beautiful face. 

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well she thought you know, I 
think this wrong I'll probably 

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doing this so you so she can 
confess to the preacher, the sin

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of Pride for sitting in front of
a mirror and looking at her 

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beautiful face And the preacher 
says that is not the sin of 

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Pride that you have, that's the 
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We have to watch out. 
That's not be puffed up. 

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Bodily exercise profiteth little
but godliness is profitable all 

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things, so make sure your soul 
profits, more than your health 

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and your wealth. 
Let's make sure of that. 

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Here's a artist conception of 
Jesus coming forth out of the 

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Tomb. 
You see how he has his hands. 

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Can't you just hear him say come
unto me. 

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All ye that labor and are heavy 
laden and I will give you rest. 

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That's his message to you this 
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If you're not in the right 
relationship with God, he still 

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saying coming to me, don't wait 
any longer. 

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Don't let your life linger. 
Away from God like that obey the

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gospel. 
Believe that Jesus Christ is the

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Son of God and be baptized into 
his body after repenting and 

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confessing him to be the son of 
God. 

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