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My topic for you is this morning
is love and faithfulness are 

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vital for Christian living. 
You know, both love and 

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faithfulness go together because
it is so important. 

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You have to have love to be 
faithful. 

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And I came across this story 
when I was 1 preparing, you 

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know, and, and, and the story 
goes like this. 

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And there is a care home and 
there is this lady, the wife is 

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in the care home and she, she is
very sick. 

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She's got dementia. 
And the husband comes to the 

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care home every day at a 
particular time and sees the 

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wife and spend some time and he 
goes away. 

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There is a nurse who notices 
this all the time. 

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And one day the nurse asks this 
guy, let's name him Peter or 

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Paul or whatever it is. 
He says, Peter, you come every 

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day at this particular time and 
you go and look at the face of 

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your spouse, but she doesn't 
know you. 

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She she can't recognize you. 
What's the point? 

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But Peter said, I know her for 
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that is enough for me. 
I want to start with that and 

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bring you to a picture as to 
what God wants to do in my life 

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and your life. 
To have an intimate relationship

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with God, you need to truly love
God. 

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And so from loving God comes 
faithfulness, from loving God 

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comes stewardship, that truly 
you want to be a good steward to

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God. 
And through loving God you will 

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truly fear God to do what God 
expects you to do. 

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See, when you truly love God, 
you will know the reverence in 

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the holiness of God that you 
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Lord, not anything else. 
So when you fear God, you will 

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want to also serve in a place 
that God has called you to serve

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in holiness in what God has 
called us to do and which is 

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important. 
Having said that, I want to go 

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through the story that we read, 
read. 

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You see, it's a very simple 
story. 

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We all know this, so many times 
we, we have studied this, but I 

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want to bring some truth out of 
this story. 

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Love moves towards the need. 
Now if you look at the scripture

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and you, you, I want you to look
at the background of this story.

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And in this story you will see 
it was a lawyer who comes in us,

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a lawyer who comes in us, the 
Lord. 

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In other words, he knew the law.
He knew everything about the 

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law. 
And he comes and says, teacher, 

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what should I do? 
You know, I have done all this. 

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I have kept the law. 
I have been a very good man. 

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I can never say that. 
I can never say that. 

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And here he is saying I have 
done all this. 

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What should I do? 
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Jesus definitely has a lot of 
humour, isn't it unlike us? 

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And the beauty of this, that he 
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bringing the priest who kept the
law. 

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And he and he speaks about the 
first priest that you know who 

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kept the law. 
And in that story, when I look 

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at this story and when I analyze
this story, I think, yes, God 

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gave the law. 
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Galatians and what the law was. 
And, and, and here for the 

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priests, it was important that 
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themselves clean. 
Outwardly they wore something, 

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an outward righteous garment 
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But more than that, they should 
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was dead, which would call them 
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So here when they, when he saw 
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dead. 
Even if I, you know, touch this 

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person, I will become unclean. 
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And look at this, Jerusalem was 
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worship. 
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And and they were going from 
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Jericho at that time was a place
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So here if you look at this 
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that finished his ceremonial 
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going home and he did not want 
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So he did, He passed on the 
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Levite. 
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Both of them truly observed the 
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the law and and this is what 
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You kept the law. 
Here was this man, he said, 

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Lord, I've kept the law here God
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the story, I've kept the law. 
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Levite, they kept the law, but 
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of love. 
Most often times we can keep the

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law by doing what is right. 
But do we have love, truly love 

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to serve, be united in church, 
support the pastor in what he 

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does, truly love. 
God has called us to do this. 

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Are we or are we murmuring? 
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in our churches now. 
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was a Samaritan who walks by and
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He was probably going for 
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He responded to another person's
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Even though he was busy, even 
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work. 
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their work and were on their way
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But here was a person who was on
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change due to an inward 
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So there was an inward 
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There was a change within side 
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down from his donkey to go and 
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The kindness of love was able to
bind up the wounds. 

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Showing genuine kindness and 
love will be the balm of 

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healing. 
So when we go through a 

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challenge and a difficulty, the 
balm of healing is the kindness 

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that you show to a person. 
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when we go through a challenge, 
what we do is to show kindness 

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and love. 
If a person is in hospital, what

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do we do? 
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praying for him, but go to the 
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and lay hands and pray for him. 
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love. 
He was able, therefore, to get 

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down from the donkey and help 
him and heal the wounds. 

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In first two cases we see they 
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But here was a person who walked
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do what is right. 
He was able to remove the 

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garment. 
Jesus did the same thing. 

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Jesus removed the garment and he
sat down to wash the feet of the

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people of the disciples. 
Wounds can be people with sin 

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and isolation, people in need of
a situation and they have fallen

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into and not able to get up 
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So you may be fallen into a pit,
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There must be something which is
going wrong with you, but you 

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know, to go beyond to help a 
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us to do. 
Our salvation is just not an 

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outward change. 
It's not an outward change. 

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It's an inward change. 
It's totally inward, a total 

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transformation to be like Him. 
Are we able to do that? 

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Can there be a shift in our 
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The Samaritan truly played the 
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He also played the part of a 
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Are we able to do that today? 
Go and do likewise, Jesus said. 

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Would you go and do likewise is 
the question that I would pose 

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to you. 
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this, the woman at a well, love 
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Love listens. 
This is so important. 

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Here was Jesus knew everything 
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He could have had three fingers 
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pointing at him, at her, but 
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He was hungry for souls, so when
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prepared to listen to all what 
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This meeting was not an 
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It was a divine appointment for 
Jesus that truly showcases the 

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love of Jesus in bringing the 
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Love crosses all barriers, which
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It is able to cross barriers. 
That love will breakthrough 

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barriers. 
Jews do not, you know, they 

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avoid being with Samaritans, but
Gods love ignores it cares in 

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God's agenda. 
Love has no race, no gender, no 

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reputation, no geography. 
It will cross all boundaries. 

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That is true love no matter 
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If a person cannot speak, still 
love goes beyond to make itself 

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known. 
Love that speaks grace before 

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judgment. 
The God of grace speaks before 

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judgment. 
Will you give me a drink for the

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Lord Jesus to go and ask this 
person, Will you give me a 

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drink? 
It starts with a request, not a 

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rebuke. 
Usually we would we would want 

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to rebuke someone who's in 
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Here God was requesting 
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He starts with the request and 
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He wants a dialogue, love that 
of first transformation and 

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because of all these, what 
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There is a transformation, there
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This woman was willing to change
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to understand, to know, to 
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Are we able to do this? 
Are we able to come to another 

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persons level? 
Whoever drinks this water I give

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will never thirst. 
Our love for people can bring. 

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Our love for people can bring 
them to Jesus. 

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Whoever drinks the water I will 
give will never thirst. 

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Was 14 and Jesus names a 
brokenness and that's what God 

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wants to do today to reveal to 
us our brokenness and to be the 

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strength to heal you in the 
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Finally there is a revelation 
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There is a revelation she 
finally says I know you are the 

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Messiah. 
So when when our compassion goes

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to to their heart, there is a 
revelation, there is something 

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revealed about Jesus. 
There is a revelation. 

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And what does this revelation 
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That revelation brings a 
transformation, a change. 

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When we show that love, when we 
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can move, that's when change can
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So that brought a transformation
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a proclamation. 
She was able to go and tell 

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others, look, this is what this 
man did, why he had compassion 

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and love. 
And that's what the Lord wants 

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to bring to our churches today, 
to bring that love and kindness,

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to listen to cross boundaries so
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has called us to do. 
How did God do all these for us?

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God did this to us through the 
cross because of His 

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faithfulness. 
This is so important for you and

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for me. 
The steadfast love of the Lord 

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never ceases. 
His mercies never fails. 

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They are new every morning for 
you and for me. 

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It's unchanging love for you and
for me. 

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I want to take you to, you know,
to Genesis chapter 15, verses 17

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and 18. 
I want to explain a little about

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this, about Abraham and how God 
brings that faithfulness and 

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love together which we can enjoy
today. 

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Genesis chapter 15 verses 17 and
18 goes like this. 

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And it came to pass. 
When the sun went down, it was 

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dark that behold, there appeared
a smoking oven and a burning 

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torch that passed between these 
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On the same day the Lord made a 
covenant with Abraham saying to 

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your descendants, I give this 
land from the river of Egypt to 

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to the great river of Euphrates.
I'm going to explain this to 

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you. 
What happened was God was giving

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a promise to Abraham. 
And in the olden days, in Bible 

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times, the covenants were made 
by the weaker party with a party

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was strong and what they would 
do is there was an animal 

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sacrifice between the party who 
was poor and the party was very 

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rich or wealthy. 
So the, the servant or the poor 

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person would have to do the 
sacrifice and he will and the 

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sacrifice are all cut in two. 
And he has to walk through the 

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sacrifice. 
And you know, and the person 

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who's stronger will make the 
covenant to say, look here, if 

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you don't keep the covenant 
between you and me, this will 

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happen to you. 
This will happen to you. 

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Your body will be cut into this.
And, and what they do is they 

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take the blood, put it on their 
finger, and then after that and 

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the person who makes the cover 
and cuts himself, and then there

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is a meal that they celebrate. 
This is what is done in the old,

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It was before it was a custom 
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Abraham knew about. 
Now if you look into the Word of

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God and carry on all along, you 
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In this chapter, what he does, 
he puts Abraham to sleep. 

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He says make the sacrifice. 
I'm going to make a covenant 

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with you. 
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Puts Abraham to sleep. 
And he walks as a servant. 

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And he said, if you don't keep 
the covenant, this will be done 

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to me as a servant. 
Do you get what I'm saying? 

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And he walks through the 
sacrifice, and where does he 

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make the covenant? 
Because the covenant was broken,

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The people of Israel did not 
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So who becomes the servant? 
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he walked through the sacrifice.
And finally, where was the 

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sacrifice made for you and for 
me? 

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On the cross of Calvary? 
His body was broken. 

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It was cut beyond recognition, 
blood was shed, and that was the

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perfect sacrifice for you and 
for me. 

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And that is His faithfulness, 
that love and that faithfulness 

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coming together today so that we
can serve in unity, so that we 

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are in unity together to serve 
what God has called us to do, 

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not in disunity, but in love, 
working together to say, Lord, I

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have come to serve you because 
you know what the Lord is going 

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to ask us on that particular 
day. 

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I gave you all these talents. 
What have you done? 

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You can say, Lord, I did this. 
I did this. 

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One thing that I want and all of
us want is this good and 

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faithful servant because he paid
the price for you. 

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That's all he's expecting you to
do because he paid the price, 

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because he became a servant for 
you and for me. 

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And he said, yes, I will do 
that. 

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I'll put you to sleep. 
I'm willing to do that if you 

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and I are prepared to do that. 
Yes, love can overflow through 

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us to touch people, and that's 
the beauty of the word. 

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The beauty of this covenant is 
that Abraham, Abraham's time, it

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was a servant who will pass 
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that his body will be cut into 
pieces like these animals if he 

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does not fulfill the promise. 
And God puts him to sleep and 

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walks between the animals to 
become a servant. 

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And the promise was not only 
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fulfilled for me and for you on 
the cross. 

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Isn't that beautiful? 
One Corinthians 19 says, God is 

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faithful by whom you were called
into the fellowship of his Son 

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Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Hebrews 13 and five says, For He

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himself has said, I will never 
leave you nor forsake you. 

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He will never leave you nor 
forsake you. 

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John 15 and verse 5 says, 
Therefore remain in Him. 

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If you remain in Him, you will 
bear much fruit. 

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Apart from Me you can do 
nothing. 

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Faithfulness is a person and not
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It's not a performance. 
It's not to get recognition, to 

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say you know, I am this, I can 
do this, come and join my 

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fellowship. 
No, faithfulness is a person and

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not a performance. 
And when we stay with Jesus 

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daily, choose his presence, his 
presence morning by morning, ask

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his presence. 
Start with small goals, you 

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know, don't set big goals. 
Start with small goals. 

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If you have not read, start with
10 minutes and then go on. 

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Then to 15 and half an hour and 
1 hour. 

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Don't say yes straight away. 
I want to pray two hours and go 

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to sleep. 
Now start with just, you know, 

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10-15 minutes and carry on. 
Can I be obedient to Your Word 

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today? 
Lord, give me revelation when I 

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look at the Word. 
Let it not be like a newspaper. 

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Lord, give me revelation. 
Speak to me through the Word. 

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Because You are the author. 
I want You to speak to me. 

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Be quick to apologize, quick to 
say sorry and repair brokenness 

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and promises. 
Sometimes it's good to have a 

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body call him in the morning, 
have a Bible verse, share a 

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Bible verse, and at the end of 
the day I say, how did the day 

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go? 
Did the Bible verse? 

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Did it speak to you? 
Faithfulness is love that shows 

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up again tomorrow, eyes open to 
need, hands needy to serve, and 

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a heart anchored in the God 
whose promises never, never 

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fail. 
In closing, I want you to listen

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to this very carefully. 
I say close recognition at 

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sunset, Recognition at sunset. 
One evening, the nurse, the 

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nurse noticed something, 
something new. 

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Peter's wife looked up, focused 
at his face and whispered. 

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You came, I'll read it again. 
Peter's wife looked up, focused 

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his face and whispered. 
You came. 

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Tears filled his eyes as he 
answered. 

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Of course I promised you and I, 
I promised you and I made a 

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promise. 
Church, a day is coming when the

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recent bridegroom will split the
sky and every cloud, every cloud

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will be taken away. 
Every mind will be clear. 

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Those who live lives of love and
faithfulness will hear him say 

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You came, well done, good and 
faithful servant. 

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Read that again. 
It's important for you and for 

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me. 
Those who live lives of love and

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faithfulness will hear him say 
who say Jesus say you came well 

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done, good and faithful servant.
So be faithful in the things God

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has called you to. 
Be faithful in your church. 

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Be faithful to your pastor. 
Be faithful in the little things

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God has given you until that 
sunrise, until that sunrise that

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is. 
Keep crossing roads, keeping 

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promises, and echoing the God 
whose mercies are new every 

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morning. 
His mercies are new for you 

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every morning. 
But keep crossing those roads, 

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and you see His love flowing 
through. 

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Now will you go and do likewise?
That's what Jesus said to to 

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whom? 
To Amen, to the lawyer. 

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Would you go and do likewise? 
Help us, Father, to go and do 

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likewise? 
Why, Father? 

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Why? 
Because you did it all. 

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You became the servant and you 
were the sacrifice, Godfather 

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for us and help us, God, with 
your strength in US. 

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You beginners, Lord, help us to 
go and do likewise. 

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Father, we pray. 
Father, we pray for your move in

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this place. 
God, Lord, I seek your face. 

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At this particular moment, I 
want you to look at your hearts 

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and ask yourself, Lord, have I 
hurt you, Father, in any way? 

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By by doing things godfather 
against you? 

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By speaking against friends, 
relatives, not desiring to do 

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what God has called you to do. 
Today is a day for you to come 

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and say, Lord, forgive me. 
Lord, I want to put my heart 

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right with you. 
God, I've done all these. 

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I want to be a good steward to 
you, Godfather, when you come 

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back, I want you to say, good 
and faithful servant, if that is

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you and if something is hurting 
in your heart that you have hurt

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someone and that pain is there, 
today is a time for you to say, 

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come, Lord, Lord, I want, I want
to put everything right. 

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Jesus was at the well and he was
at the well. 

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You know, for what? 
Not to rebuke, but to show grace

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today. 
God wants to show that grace to 

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you. 
God wants to pour that love to 

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you. 
He doesn't want to be a priest 

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and a Levite, but he wants to be
that Samaritan to heal the 

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broken wounds. 
And that's what he wants to do 

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today. 
So would you come up? 

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Would you come up? 
Lord, we want to thank you. 

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We want to praise you. 
God, those who are going through

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any of this, I want you to come 
up and to say, Lord, I am 

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hurting in this area. 
I want healing. 

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And if you are broken and 
wounded and thrown and and not 

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cared for, I want you to come up
as well. 

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God wants to touch you and heal 
you Today, Father, we praise 

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you, we worship you, God, we 
glory for you. 

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Let your name be exalted in this
place. 

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Blessed be your name, holy be 
your name. 

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Thank you Jesus, Amen. 
As I spoke these words, as I 

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prayed this prayer, no, in your 
heart, if you feel that you've 

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hurt somebody, you've spoken bad
about someone, today is a time 

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for you to come up. 
Or if you're in any pain and if 

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you're hurting, God wants to 
heal you. 

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I want you to come up, examine 
your heart. 

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It's good to put your heart 
right with the Lord, and if it 

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is right, there's no 
condemnation here. 

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It's only grace and love. 
So if there's anyone, please 

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come up and the pastors will 
pray for you. 

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