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Genesis chapter 2 it says then 
the Lord said it is not good for

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man to be alone. 
I'll make him a helper suitable 

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for him. 
I love this movie Home alone. 

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You know, because it 
demonstrates this person that 

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thinks life's better if they 
were just by themselves only to 

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find out that life by itself is 
not what it all was cracked up 

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to be right, because when you by
yourself, there becomes some 

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challenges that occur when 
you're alone. 

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Now look at this passage of 
Scripture, because the Bible 

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glues to when you get off by 
yourself, there's a problem and 

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it's over here in John. 
The book of John says it this 

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way. 
I believe it's John could be 

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Luke. 
Let's see, they're going to put 

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it up there. 
Luke chapter 15 verse 3 through 

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7 it says, and he told them this
parable. 

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He says, what man is among you? 
If he had 100 sheep right and 

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lost, what 1 is wandered off 
alone? 

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He said he. 
Does he not leave the 99 in the 

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open pasture and go after the 
one which is lost until he finds

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it? 
You understand the shepherd 

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realizes that when the sheep are
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family they can be protected 
even if the shepherd's not on 

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the same field with them. 
But the one that goes off by 

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themselves, the shepherd knows 
they're alone and that's the 

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problem. 
And with them being by 

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themselves, their chances of 
survival are not good. 

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It goes on to say this, and when
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his shoulders, rejoicing. 
Then he comes back and it says, 

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and when he comes home, he calls
together his friends, his 

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neighbor. 
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He comes home with the sheep 
that was alone and calls a party

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because he doesn't want the 
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him. 
Notice the shepherd doesn't go 

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and grab the sheep, that's alone
and stays alone with sheep, but 

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comes back and rejoices. 
And you know he says this, I 

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have found my sheep which was 
lost. 

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I tell you, it's the same way 
they'll be more joy in heaven 

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over 1 Sinner who repents than 
over a 99 righteous person who 

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need no repentance. 
What's this tells us? 

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It tells us that God never 
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alone. 
So let's go back to Genesis 

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chapter 1 when it said, let us 
make man in our image according 

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to our likeness and let him rule
over the fish of the sea, over 

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the birds of the sky, all these 
things, right? 

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And he says, Adam, you can have 
all this stuff here. 

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It's for you. 
I provided for you. 

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I even have someone with you. 
It's not good for you to be 

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alone. 
Here's a help meet for you and 

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us together and we'll populate 
this planet. 

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We'll have more and more people.
It will just continue to grow 

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where the seed of man is godly. 
And I have a relationship with 

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this whole group of people. 
But you can't eat from the tree 

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of the knowledge of good need 
for the day you eat, you'll be 

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home alone. 
You'll be home alone. 

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And so Can you imagine because 
God knows everything. 

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It's not like God was sleeping. 
It's not like God went on a 

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vacation to Paris, right? 
Said I'm going to go check on 

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France. 
I'm going to leave the garden 

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for a little while. 
Go check on France for a little 

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bit. 
No, he was there and you 

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understand he knew the 
situation. 

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But could it have sounded like 
this, that when Adam ate the 

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fruit, God said, Adam, Kevin, 
Kevin, right? 

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And that's when he comes down, 
what have you done? 

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What have you done? 
I said, what have you done? 

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What have you done? 
God never intended us to be home

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alone at all, right? 
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Because they're scary stuff when
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Look what it says in 
Ecclesiastes. 

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Ecclesiastes lets us know this. 
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than one. 
When two people work together, 

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they get work done. 
The more more work done. 

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If one fall person falls, the 
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But those who are alone when 
they fall have no one to help 

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them. 
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they will be warm. 
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will not be warm, it says an 
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one person, but two can stand 
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other. 
And three people are even 

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stronger. 
They are like a rope that has 

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three parts wrapped together. 
It's very hard to break. 

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Are you hearing me? 
So we know Kevin wanted to be 

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alone, wanted his family to 
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He thought it was amazing. 
He got a sugar rush, threw a 

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little brute fabuge on his face,
right, brushed his teeth, went 

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out, but immediately got scared 
by an old man dragon, a can and 

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a shovel. 
He was tough until the old man. 

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But know this, when you're 
alone, somebody is coming to 

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steal. 
Somebody's coming to steal 

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because the enemy is looking 
whom he may devour, and he's 

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looking for the ones that are 
home alone. 

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Yeah. 
So what's Kevin do when he finds

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out that some people are casing 
the place and he's just a little

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kid? 
You know, the first night he's 

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like laying under the bed. 
The next he's like, man, if 

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they're coming back, what do I 
do? 

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And it's like most Christians 
that are home alone, they have 

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what I like to call cardboard 
Christianity. 

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They like to put up little 
cardboard figures all through 

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the house. 
Turn on the music. 

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Come on, you know what I'm 
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Home alone. 
They had the little mannequins 

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at the table. 
The little figure was going 

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through, you know, like it. 
And they're like, oh, I thought 

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this place was empty. 
Where did all this people? 

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Why? 
Because even the enemy knows 

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protection lies with the family.
The problem is they figure out 

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that family's not real to them. 
So you can come into a church 

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and sit down, but yet still not 
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Jump in and think the enemy now 
doesn't know that you're really 

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not participating. 
You kind of in and out. 

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Come when you want to starts to 
get tough, show up, get in a 

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seat, try to disguise yourself 
with everyone like you're part 

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of something. 
And he's like, ah, you're a 

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cardboard Christian. 
You got your, you got your 

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worship music on and your 
cardboard figures dancing around

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praising the Lord, but you ain't
got a praise in you. 

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You've not been trained, you're 
not connected, you're not 

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connected there. 
You think I can get and leave 

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from here and go to the next 
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Because there are many Home 
alone Christians in many 

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churches. 
Hallelujah. 

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But the enemy have come. 
He's coming to do what? 

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To steal first. 
But when you put up a little 

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resistance, he'll go further. 
Because Kevin just wanted to 

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protect the house, but when he 
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house by himself, pulled out his
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Are you hearing what I'm saying?
Pulled out his plans. 

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It's how we going to win. 
It's how we going to get it. 

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And it looks like you're going 
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In fact, one of the greatest 
weapons he had that night was a 

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tarantula. 
Now I'm going to give my 

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precious wife an opportunity to 
redeem herself. 

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When we were married 34 years 
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September 2026. 
Right now we had 34 years. 

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We had a lavish honeymoon. 
We went to Universal first, 

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spent all of our money there 
basically, and then got on a 

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cruise. 
Now you say it's a cruise. 

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That's nice. 
No, it was more like a little 

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economy tugboat that they give 
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And when you show up, it's like,
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sanctuary. 
It's a very cute little boat. 

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We got on this boat and we went 
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realized we can't eat at any 
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So we, you know, found a couple 
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to a store where we bought bread
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We ate. 
That was amazing. 

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But before we ever made it to 
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Universal and we went to this 
prop show on how they use props.

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And one particular prop was a 
machete with a little cut out 

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that when it hits your neck, it 
looks like it's in your neck. 

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So he said, can I get a 
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Let me tell you how how far back
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I videoed the whole thing. 
Now this was 91, so the camera I

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was carrying was like a 
suitcase. 

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And so my wife, beautiful, I'm 
awestruck. 

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This is my wife. 
She gets up on the stage, he 

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puts the machete on her neck. 
They play this music and all of 

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a sudden he goes scream and she 
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Everyone laughs, but she is in 
full blown stage fright. 

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Now, you wouldn't think about 
that when Apostle Marshall get 

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up here and blow and go on the 
platform. 

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But back then she was like, so 
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Music, everybody's cheer to her.
Come on. 

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And you think she could have 
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And she went. 
So tonight, Apostle Marcy, come 

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to the platform. 
Come on, help encourage her. 

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Come to the platform. 
I need you to be Marv. 

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Just one time. 
Come right here. 

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Sit down. 
Please sit. 

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Thank you. 
Yes, sit down. 

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OK. 
Now I want you to just kind of 

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lay back. 
Like, come lay, lay on back. 

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Very good. 
We're getting somewhere. 

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OK. 
All right. 

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Are you ready? 
This is redemption, OK? 

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You can do it. 
We believe in you. 

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We believe in you. 
OK. 

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Ready. 
You got it. 

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What am I supposed to do? 
OK. 

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And you're Marv. 
What did he do when the transo 

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got on his face? 
Yeah, she did it. 

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Boo, Boo, Boo. 
I didn't tell you to grab the 

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mic. 
I will say this though now just 

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so you understand that I 
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of Home alone one and two. 
Mine is actually 3. 

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Yep with the kid with the with 
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I like that one the best. 
However, most of y'all are 

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naysayers so I didn't bring that
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But I love this particular time 
again, when Kevin is having to 

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defend the house 'cause he's 
home alone and the enemy has 

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come to steal and to kill. 
And so in the second one, they 

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were downstairs and they pulled 
the doorknob and we hear 

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something moving and they're 
like up against the door, 

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remember? 
And they're like, what is that? 

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And then all of a sudden, bam, 
it goes through the door and 

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they get hit and Marv says Are 
you ready? 

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I'm going to do my 
impersonation. 

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That's the sound of a tool chest
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Right. 
But I want you to know this 

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Kevin was never, was never ever 
alone. 

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Even though his family wasn't 
there, someone came by his path 

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to be with him. 
And the first one was an old man

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and the second one was a bird 
lady. 

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And if it was not for those two 
individuals, no matter how great

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his plans were, in both cases he
found himself caught by the 

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thief. 
Because nobody if you hang out 

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all by yourself and think you 
could do this thing without 

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anybody else, you may escape on 
various occasions, but 

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eventually you will get caught. 
If he had not befriended or that

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older gentleman befriended him 
and made himself available and 

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took it upon himself to watch on
Kevin while his family was not 

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there. 
Then when Kevin calls the law 

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and says they're over at this 
house and runs over only to get 

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into the Wet Bandits house 
they've already hit, to come up 

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the stairs and to be captured by
the Wet Bandits that didn't put 

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him on the hook of the door. 
And Harry says I'm going to do 

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to you what you did to us. 
And he peels back his little 

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finger. 
And if that man had not shown 

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up, the cops eventually would 
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But Kevin would have looked like
this in the next show, right? 

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He would have been marked by the
one that was coming after him. 

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Are you hearing me? 
In the second one, he goes and 

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it seems like he's victorious, 
only to slip up. 

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Because when you try to live 
life alone, you going to slip up

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to find yourself waking up in 
the hands of the enemy. 

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And if it had not been for the 
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after him that had defended him 
after he went, oh gross sick, 

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right, then he would be laying 
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would have got received news 
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never would have found him at 
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Let's go on and look at this 
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God never intended for us to be 
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First Corinthians 12/14 through 
21 says, but the body is not one

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member but many. 
If the foot says because I'm not

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a hand, I'm not a part of the 
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any of the less they're a part 
of the body. 

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If the ear says because I'm not 
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body, it's not for this reason 
any of the less a part of the 

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body, right? 
If the whole body weren't I, 

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where would the hearing be? 
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where would the sense of smell 
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But God has placed the members, 
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just as he desires. 
If we were all one member, where

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would the body be? 
But now there are many members, 

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but what 1 body next verse the I
cannot say to the hand. 

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I have no need to you. 
I'm going to go and do this 

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thing with God alone. 
Nor can the head say to defeat. 

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I have no need of you. 
Nowhere in Scripture is God 

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calling you into a relationship 
with Christ to individually and 

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independently disciple you 
alone. 

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Because God himself knows 
there's power with the family. 

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There's power with the family. 
And it did take Kevin long to 

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realize this really isn't what I
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I miss my family. 
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says I don't want another 
present. 

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I don't want another gift. 
I don't need anything if I can 

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just see my mom one more time 
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moment because he understood the
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with the family. 
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tells us to not forsake the 
assembling of ourselves together

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as the habit of some, but 
encouraging one another. 

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All the Moors you see the day 
drawing near again. 

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The Lord's constantly saying, 
listen, the family is not just 

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your natural family, it is the 
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When he was ministering one day 
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brothers and sisters and they 
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to the crowd. 
It says your mom's here and your

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brother and sister, they want to
talk to you. 

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And he turns and says, who is my
mom, who's my brothers and my 

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sisters? 
It's those who do the will of my

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father. 
In essence, he says this thing's

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bigger than just who you 
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you have a generation that comes
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This thing transcends that 
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to just have one kind of of type
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nation. 
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But they all are of the blood. 
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never OK for us on a Sunday 
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think I'll just stay home alone,
read by myself. 

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Because the minute you take 
these kind of positions and say,

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well, I'll just watch this show 
on my own, you're putting 

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yourself in a position that the 
enemy's watching your house and 

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he knows nobody's there to 
protect you. 

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Because this enemy who was the 
fallen anointed cherub is the 

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master of deception. 
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then he will eventually take you
out, take you out. 

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So tonight, tonight, know this, 
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Is still saying Kevin, he's 
still saying Marcy, he's still 

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saying John, he's still saying 
Marissa, he's saying you're not 

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with me, 'cause when you weren't
with him, he was calling your 

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name. 
And when you weren't with him, 

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he was pursuing you. 
And when you weren't with him, 

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he sent other members of his 
family by you to look after you 

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until you answered and saw him 
come through the door. 

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Because he is the door. 
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you called on that name. 
And you came into this family 

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never to be alone, but to be 
together, not only now, before 

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eternity, for eternity. 
Hallelujah. 

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God never intended for us to be 
home alone, and He's moved 

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heaven and earth to bring you 
back home in the family.