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I'll never forget the day when 
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backyard and said Joe, I blinked
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I wonder now if there's someone 
watching this video who can say 

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the same thing. 
I blinked and I was 50I blinked 

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and that was it. 
I was 60, I was 70. 

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I think time's kind of similar 
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years old. 
Everything feels like it's going

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so slow. 
It's like it's going at 10 mph 

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and you think, I can't wait to 
turn 11, then you get to 30, 

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then you get to 40, OK, now. 
Now we're speeding up. 

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Now things are going faster. 
And let's be honest, perhaps 

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there's someone watching this 
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Joe, I'm over the speed limit. 
Things are going really fast 

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now. 
I'm getting into older age. 

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So there's one thing I want 
every single person to know by 

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the end of this video, and it's 
this. 

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You've actually not got that 
much time left. 

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Whether you're 10 years old or 
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none of us have got as much time
as we think we have left. 

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So here's my question to you. 
What season of life are you in 

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right now? 
You see, we've all got these 

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doors of opportunity. 
There are doors that are open 

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today that tomorrow will be 
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There are windows of opportunity
that are open today. 

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You can go through it today, but
tomorrow those windows might be 

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closed. 
So every single one of us needs 

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to think, where am I at this 
point in life and how can I 

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manage my time? 
How can I have good command over

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my time to do as much as I can 
for the Lord in these times that

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He's given me? 
So Young man, young woman, work 

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hard, study hard, get your 
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Make sure that you do not 
fritter away the time playing 

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video games and procrastinating.
Get your studies down. 

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Read as many Christian books as 
you can. 

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Now whilst you're single, go on 
short term missions because once

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you get married, once you get 
children, suddenly things are 

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going to become busy and you 
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You need to remember your 
Creator in the days of your 

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youth while you still can. 
Mothers cherish your children 

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while they are young. 
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child's life are so, so 
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And we only get as parents. 
We only get one chance to get 

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that right. 
We only get one chance to absorb

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every happy memory. 
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It's gone forever. 
So don't be anxious, Don't be 

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worried. 
I'm a warrior. 

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I worry a lot, but you know that
it robs you of your joy. 

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The devil wants you to be so 
anxious that you don't enjoy the

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blessings that God pours out 
into your life on a daily basis.

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So today, maybe after this 
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sit them on your knee, read them
a nursery rhyme and enjoy them. 

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Look into their eyes while 
they're young and say thank you 

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God that you have blessed me 
with a beautiful child. 

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Dads, husbands, shepherd your 
wives and children and bring 

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them closer to the Lord. 
Again, you only get one 

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opportunity to be a husband, to 
be a father. 

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You only get one opportunity to 
guide those precious hearts to 

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the Lord Jesus Christ. 
So don't work every single hour 

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that you can. 
Don't spend so much time with 

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your friends and and doing all 
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Make sure that you look after 
your family. 

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And guys, I'm preaching to 
myself now. 

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You know, there's one thing I'm 
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I've been married to my wife 
Emma for six years now, and to 

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this day, I have still not 
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Quiet time. 
We don't do family worship every

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night. 
We rarely do family worship, and

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it's not good enough. 
And perhaps there's another man 

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watching this today who knows 
that they too need to get their 

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family together and read the 
word of God on a daily basis. 

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And then to the retired, to the 
seasons that are watching my 

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video. 
OK, you've worked hard. 

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No one can take that away from 
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You deserve to to enjoy the 
fruits of your labour now in 

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your old age. 
But I would like to just say 

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this one thing. 
Don't spend all of your time 

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playing golf. 
Don't spend all of your time at 

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growing vegetables. 
Do it a little bit, but make 

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sure that you use these latter 
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You have more time now to pray. 
You have more time now to to 

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give. 
And if your body is able to, why

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not become an evangelist in your
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Many older people have become 
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years of life. 
A professor who was dying was 

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once asked when he was 
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conference. 
Are you now going to stop doing 

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as much open air preaching? 
Are you going to now stop doing 

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as many missions now that you're
so sick and you're coming 

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towards the end? 
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When an athlete comes very close
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he can see there's that line, 
it's just at the end, does he 

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slow down? 
No, He runs faster and faster. 

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And so there might be people 
watching this, and you know that

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you're coming to the end, but 
soon you're going to see your 

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master. 
Soon you're going to see your 

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Lord and Saviour run faster. 
Do more now, because God can 

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certainly use you right now in 
the place that you are, if 

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you're willing to be used by the
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Every single one of us, without 
exception, will one day give an 

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account for the time we have 
lived on this earth to our Lord 

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God. 
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None of us are spectators. 
None of us are called to be 

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passengers. 
None of us are on holiday while 

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we still have breath in our 
lungs, while our heart is 

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beating today, let us find out 
what is the will of God for our 

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lives. 
What is the work that God wants 

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me to do? 
And let us make sure that while 

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we have energy, while we are 
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so, that we live every single 
second for the Lord God keeping 

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our eyes on the pride. 
So hey, now, let's get real 

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practical. 
How much sleep do you get at 

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night? 
What time do you go to bed? 

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What time do you get up at? 
How much do you read the Bible 

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for every day? 
How much time do you spend in 

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prayer? 
How much time do you spend 

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following selfish pursuits? 
Are you obedient or do you waste

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time in sin? 
Now, I could be totally wrong 

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about this, but as I was writing
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compelled to say this. 
I believe there could be someone

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watching this video right now 
who is about to make a total 

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mess of their life. 
You're going to make the biggest

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mistake you've ever made in your
life, and I want to say this to 

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you, if that's you right now, I 
beg you, I plead with you, don't

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do it. 
Stop letting your mind dwell on 

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sin and turn from it. 
Because the fact is this, There 

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will come a day when you would 
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buy a million clocks, a billion 
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of those clocks had the power to
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So if that is you, confess your 
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Father, and he will have mercy 
on you and he'll guide you right

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back to the shepherd's side, 
because you know, that's where 

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you belong. 
In the 1990s they did a study on

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American Christianity and they 
asked many, many Americans how 

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long do you spend watching 
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Their answer was around 2 1/2 
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And then they asked the American
Christians this How long do you 

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spend reading the word of God? 
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Just 7 minutes a day? 
Can I ask you a question? 

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Are you cheating God of your 
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Am I giving God the very creme 
de la creme the best hours of 

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the day? 
You see, God has given us the 

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most precious book in the world,
the Bible, and we are to feed on

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it. 
We are to relish it every single

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day. 
Just like a starving man feeds 

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on that food, that bread, and it
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So we are to be satisfied by the
word of God every time we flick 

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through the pages. 
Now I'm going to choose my words

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very, very carefully. 
But if you're a person who is 

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away from God, I want to chat to
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Hebrews 3 verses 7 to 8 say 
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Therefore, as the Holy Spirit 
says today, if you hear His 

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voice, do not harden your 
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So if you right now are away 
from the living God, can I ask 

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you a question? 
What are you pursuing your time 

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with? 
Perhaps it's good things. 

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Maybe you're searching after a 
relationship, or maybe you're 

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looking after family members. 
Perhaps you're working on your 

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career and you're putting in 
lots of hours to to to help the 

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business grow. 
Maybe you're just working on a 

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project on yourself, going to 
the gym, on a diet. 

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But whatever it is, be honest 
with me now, it's not God, is 

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it? 
Well, Jesus Christ, the Son of 

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God has a word for you, He once 
said about people who are rich 

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to themselves but a poor to God.
He told them that they are fools

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because this very night their 
life will be required from them.

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Oh, mark my words, one of the 
biggest lies that the evil one 

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is infecting into the minds of 
the masses is that they've got 

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plenty of time. 
They've got lots of time left. 

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There is an urgency to your 
decision. 

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Oh, my dear friends, my dear 
friend, if you can hear today 

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the Son of God breathing his 
last breath, if you can see him 

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on the cross, you can see his 
soul in turmoil, being smitten 

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by God, bearing in his body the 
sins that you and I have 

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committed. 
If you can see that today, don't

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look the other way. 
If today, this very day, you can

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see the Son of God triumphant 
over the grave, he beat the 

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grave He conquered death. 
If you can see him triumphant, 

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raised over all of his enemies, 
and today he knocks on your 

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heart and says, open the door, 
let me in. 

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I want to give you eternal life.
Whatever you do. 

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Don't shut the door in his face.
Today, this very day, come to 

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the gentle Saviour, the one who 
loves you, the one who says you 

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don't have to do anything to 
earn your salvation. 

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It was done at the cross. 
I love you. 

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Just receive this gift of 
salvation. 

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Put your trust in me. 
Put your faith in me, and I'll 

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give you eternal life. 
I have no authority to say to 

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you today, Go away and think 
about it. 

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I have no authority to say come 
back next week, watch another 

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video, and then give your life 
to Christ. 

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No, The only authority I have is
the authority which is written 

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in the word of God. 
And it says now is the accepted 

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time, today is the day of 
salvation. 

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So whoever you are, wherever 
you're from, whatever your plans

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are for the next hour, they can 
wait. 

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The next YouTube video, it can 
wait. 

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If you have not yet, put your 
trust in the saviour of the 

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world, if you have not yet cried
out to God to have mercy on you,

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for you are a Sinner. 
I am a Sinner, then do it right 

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now. 
Because let's be honest, the 

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clock is ticking and none of us 
know if we'll be here tomorrow.