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Well, it's that time again. 
It's time for a nice cup of hot 

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Joe with yours truly. 
Joe Kirby, if you've never found

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this channel before, this is my 
Christian channel where I seek 

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to reach Christians 
Particularly, I've got another 

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channel which many of you might 
have seen before, which is 

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called Off the Curb Ministries 
and that's particularly aimed at

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unbelievers. 
But this channel here is a is a 

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channel where I just want to 
teach the Bible very gently. 

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No sensationalism, no sort of 
trying to grab people and hook 

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people in. 
Let's just look at the word of 

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God together and see what the 
Lord does. 

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And today I've actually got a 
bit of an interesting topic for 

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you. 
I know this isn't going to reach

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lots and lots of people, but I'm
okay with that. 

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And the reason is this. 
I have a very special place in 

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my heart for people who have 
autism or additional needs in 

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general, and I want to talk 
about that. 

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As Christians, how do we support
people with additional needs and

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autism? 
Because something wonderful has 

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happened recently, at least 
something I've been observing, 

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and it's sorry, I just need to 
clear my throat. 

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I've been noticing that there's 
been many, many autistic people 

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who are coming to faith. 
It just seems to be happening. 

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I think it's through the 
Internet, but then they're 

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coming into our churches and 
we're meeting them, and it's 

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just a wonderful thing. 
And if you know anything about 

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me, you'll know. 
Before I went into full time 

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Christian work, I actually used 
to support a young man who had 

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autism in the classroom as a 
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And if you know anything about 
me, you'll know that I've got 

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friends and even family members 
who have autism. 

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So it's something that's very 
dear to my heart. 

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And I want us to think as 
Christians, how do we support 

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these people? 
How do we look after these 

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people and how do we make them 
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our in our body? 
Because they are. 

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They're they're definitely 
included in the body of Christ. 

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So let's get some coffee and 
let's think about three things 

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of how we can support autistic 
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If you've not got your coffee 
yet, please do pause the video. 

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Go and get yourself a a nice 
warm cup of coffee. 

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I'm drinking Malaysian coffee 
today, you know, because I am a 

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very fancy man and you know, my 
wife just bought me it. 

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So let's try this. 
If anyone's watching from 

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Malaysia, please let me know as 
well. 

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So the first thing I'd like us 
to consider is this. 

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We really do need to make sure 
that we make time for people 

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with additional needs. 
Now, it's very easy for us as 

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Christians when we go to church 
or when we, you know, we we go 

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out into the world. 
It's very easy for us to just 

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only make time for people who we
like or who are like us. 

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But the Bible says something 
very, very different. 

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The Bible says whether people 
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whether they're homeless, 
whoever they are, we need to 

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make time for them. 
Jesus said this in Matthew 25, 

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verse 40. 
Sorry, that is way too hot. 

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I've just burnt my lip, 
assuredly I say to you in as 

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much as you did it for one of 
the least of these, my brethren,

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you did it for me also or you 
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And it's this idea, you know, 
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lonely, they need looking after,
they need love. 

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And you might not have the 
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I hope you've got the desire 
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want to help these people and to
to love them. 

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But if you don't have that 
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remember, if you give a cup of 
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them, say a kind word, you're 
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Christ. 
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If you mock, if you laugh at one
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additional needs, if you ignore 
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of these, well, you did it to me
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You did it to the Lord Jesus 
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I've got a friend and he's a 
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local area and he actually has a
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Actually, he was much younger 
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coming into our primary school 
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was an evangelist even back 
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doing telling people, all the 
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But one time he came in and he 
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be starting. 
He was just five years old at 

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the time and his son had this, 
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it's hydrocephalus, the way you 
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where they have an enlarged 
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I think it's lots of fluid on 
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I'm not a doctor, so don't quote
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And they said about this, this 
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seconds. 
As soon as he's born, he won't 

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live. 
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Lord's grace, he lived. 
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won't make it to five years old.
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made it to five years old. 
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I think the young man's about 20
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now. 
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Do you know what he'd tell you 
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whole issue of people with 
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we need them in society because 
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them. 
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My my wife used to work in a in 
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And if you spend a day with a 
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or Down syndrome people, I'm 
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whatever you were concerned 
about before, they will all go 

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away because they are the most 
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of special needs children who 
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worked at. 
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yet they'd always be smiling. 
They'd always have have a joy 

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about them. 
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spend time with them. 
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actually is what's called APA. 
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she lets different children with
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in her house and she looks after
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And one of them. 
I won't name the girl, but we've

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known her for many, many years. 
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teach drama to children with 
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And I remember once I just 
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corner. 
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started to pick my nose. 
And so this girl called me out 

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straight away and said, Joe, 
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And then the rest of the class 
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Now that was probably 12 years 
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still to this day, she always 
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nose and sometimes it can be in 
rather embarrassing things. 

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In fact, on our wedding day, 
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She came to the wedding. 
I'm sorry, I'm laughing at it 

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myself. 
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and in the middle of my, my 
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shouted out. 
Stop picking your nose. 

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So, you know, they really do 
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laughter. 
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to show you as well as this. 
We again, as Christians, this is

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something. 
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only struggle with or something 
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now and then. 
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don't we, in that we do like to 
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society. 
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are, you know they've got high 
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Well, Jesus hates that when it's
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And in fact in in Luke Chapter 
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please turn there. 
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Pharisees who always wanted to 
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people in the world. 
You said this Luke 11, verse 43.

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Woe to you Pharisees for you 
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synagogues and greetings in the 
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Now why do I share that verse 
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Let me just have a little sip. 
Hopefully it won't burn my mouth

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this time. 
They make some good coffee in 

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Malaysia. 
I share that verse with you for 

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this reason. 
At church, sometimes we might 

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want to hang around with the 
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situation. 
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seen with the cool kids, or the 
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people who have status. 
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I've seen it. 
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autism, they're left sitting on 
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speak to them because they're 
different or because it might be

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difficult to enter into a 
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Please, please don't be that 
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walks past the person with 
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Please make time for them and 
don't always want the best seats

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with the the finest people. 
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have additional needs, there's 
all there's always people at 

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churches or at conferences or in
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they're not the most popular 
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entertaining person. 
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them. 
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meals on their own. 
Don't let them be the person who

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sat on their own. 
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to speak to them. 
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because the Lord Jesus Christ 
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Pray for a desire to love those 
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they can teach you just as many 
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high and mighty people who you 
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OK, the second thing I'd like us
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befriending people with autism 
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Don't be offended. 
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might think that autistic people
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You know, they they speak their 
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they'll just speak and and get 
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Again, when I was working in the
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you know, helping this, this 
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And I was talking away to him 
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said your breath smells. 
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say. 
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smell of? 
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are you asking me? 
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everyone for the rest of the day
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your breath absolutely stinks. 
You need a Tic Tac, like donkey 

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would say in Shrek, please, you 
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Your breath is so stinky. 
And yet this this young man with

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autism told me the straight 
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Don't be offended by that. 
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broad spectrum. 
Not all autistic people are the 

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same. 
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things. 
Don't be offended if they 

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struggle to make eye contact 
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with. 
They're not being rude, it's 

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just part of who they are. 
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it's difficult to make 
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you one word answers, you don't 
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need to, you know, have 
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If you just sit with them and if
you just have company with them,

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I'm telling you that will mean 
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Just spend time with them. 
There doesn't always have to be 

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conversation. 
And also, if they want some time

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alone, if they're perhaps 
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their emotions because they've 
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very anxious, just again, just 
be patient, be gracious, and 

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just be there for them. 
The next thing is this something

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and and and if you are autistic 
and you're watching this, please

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just let me know if I've got 
anything wrong and let me know 

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if there's any other thoughts. 
Anything else you might add to 

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this list of how people can, you
know, support you and and be 

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there for you because we all 
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But the other thing is this is 
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it's good to to reassure people 
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Now, again, this isn't every 
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autistic people who've I've had 
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with, very often they can sort 
of struggle to to they they feel

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like you don't like them or 
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They're always overthinking, 
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them on whatever they're 
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kind word, a compliment, I'm 
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precious to them than a bar of 
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And that's really what I want to
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know, the wonderful thing about 
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In the body of Christ we have 
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backgrounds, all different 
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Jesus Christ died on the cross 
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You tell me, another institution
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people of all ages, you get 
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you get black, white, Chinese, 
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with the same heartbeat that 
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Jesus Christ went to the cross 
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I really do believe that When I 
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world means world. 
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it says for the cosmos, for for 
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He was the propitiation not just
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whole world. 
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with Down syndrome, with special
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He He died for for the rich man,
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He died for Mr. Beast on 
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He died for all these people. 
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go to the cross, if he was 
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there to take the worst 
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of God for our sin, if he was 
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person, that must mean whichever
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it's in the street, in church, 
that person is precious in Jesus

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eyes. 
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Lord Jesus Christ, please, 
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precious to you also and spend 
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If you do watch my main channel,
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tease him a lot. 
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I'm going to give you a jar now,
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I want you to go into the field 
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you of the resurrection of the 
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of the clear jar. 
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back to the teacher, and he, he 
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It reminds me of new life. 
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and and she had a little flower 
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And it's this is the beauty, the
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And then Edward came back and he
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absolutely nothing. 
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like you know, they're laughing,
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Edward, you do realise what I 
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And Edward said rather boldly, 
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empty. 
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nothing in my jar. 
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tell you that story? 
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that the tomb really was empty 
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dead, but also, as my friend 
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people with additional needs, 
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different in a different way. 
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and some of the most finest 
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autistic, have had additional 
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things that you and I could 
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So please just make sure that we
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them. 
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needs, I want you to know you're
very, very welcome on this 

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channel anytime. 
I'm very grateful that you also 

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watch the videos. 
God bless you all. 

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And if you would like to see a 
video all about prayer and also 

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about if you feel like you're 
drifting away from God and and 

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you're you're even doubting 
whether you're a Christian, 

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perhaps watch this video here. 
It might just encourage you. 

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God bless you all and please do 
consider subscribing. 

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Thank you again and I'm going to
have my coffee now.