WEBVTT - Michele Jackson - Oct 12 - 3:30 pm

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<v Speaker 1>Today on the Converge Network, Apostle Michelle Jackson will be

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<v Speaker 1>sharing God's heart with you through the Word of God.

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<v Speaker 1>Before she ministers to you, Apostle Michelle serves as Senior

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<v Speaker 1>Pastor of Hope Christian Church in Beltsville, Maryland. She's the

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<v Speaker 1>founder of the Converge Network, which is home to Harry

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<v Speaker 1>Jackson Ministries' Hope Connection and her podcast for women, Life

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<v Speaker 1>in the Overflow. Today's teaching will explore how the Lord

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<v Speaker 1>is using people like you and me to build His

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<v Speaker 1>Kingdom today. and usher in a new era of glory.

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<v Speaker 1>for today's message from Apostle Michelle, here we go.

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<v Speaker 2>Hey everybody, this is Michelle Jackson. So excited that you're

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<v Speaker 2>here today. We are in our series for the month

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<v Speaker 2>of December called Anticipate. I just love Christmas and the holidays.

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<v Speaker 2>It was my mom's favorite holiday. May she rest in peace.

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<v Speaker 2>And so these are precious times where we get to

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<v Speaker 2>create personal history, personal memories, just reflect on the goodness

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<v Speaker 2>of God and all that Jesus has brought into our lives.

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<v Speaker 2>and all that he continues to bring into our life.

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<v Speaker 2>And so today I want to talk to you about

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<v Speaker 2>Mary and her pregnancy and just her encounter with the

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<v Speaker 2>angel and all that that was for her and see

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<v Speaker 2>what the Holy Spirit will nudge our hearts regarding her story.

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<v Speaker 2>And during this month of December, we've been looking at

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<v Speaker 2>the birth of Jesus from various perspectives, recognizing that Advent

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<v Speaker 2>is a tradition in the Christian church. Many of us

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<v Speaker 2>may celebrate or may not celebrate Advent, but it is

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<v Speaker 2>a time to reflect and remember all that Jesus purchased

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<v Speaker 2>for us and the call of God and what he

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<v Speaker 2>was brought to earth to do, that he would be

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<v Speaker 2>the savior of his people, that he would represent Emmanuel,

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<v Speaker 2>God being with us. and that he would fulfill the

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<v Speaker 2>master's plan. And so we are grateful to be partakers

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<v Speaker 2>of that grace, to be partakers of that promise that

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<v Speaker 2>we have received through Jesus Christ. And so at Christmas time,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, some of us put up a tree, some

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<v Speaker 2>of us don't, right? Because it's not really about that.

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<v Speaker 2>It's about recognizing the King of Kings and the Lord

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<v Speaker 2>of Lords and the gift we have that is in him.

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<v Speaker 2>but I will say this, y'all can still send me

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<v Speaker 2>a gift if you want to, right? I'm still receiving

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<v Speaker 2>gifts and I'm sure you are too, right? But Jesus

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<v Speaker 2>truly is the gift that keeps on giving. So let's

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<v Speaker 2>look at Luke chapter one. We're going to start reading

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<v Speaker 2>in verse 26 today. And it says, in the sixth

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<v Speaker 2>month of Elizabeth's pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth,

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<v Speaker 2>a village in Galilee. So We know that Gabriel was

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<v Speaker 2>very busy in this season, right? Because yet a couple

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<v Speaker 2>of days ago, we talked about how Gabriel was the

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<v Speaker 2>angel that notified Zachariah of what was going to be

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<v Speaker 2>happening with his family. So Gabriel now appears to a

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<v Speaker 2>virgin named Mary, verse 27. She was engaged to be

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<v Speaker 2>married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of King David.

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<v Speaker 2>Gabriel appeared to her and said,' Greetings!' favored woman, the

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<v Speaker 2>Lord is with you. Confused and disturbed, Mary tried to

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<v Speaker 2>think what the angel could mean. Don't be afraid, Mary,

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<v Speaker 2>the angel told her, for you have found favor with God.

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<v Speaker 2>You will conceive and give birth to a son and

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<v Speaker 2>you will name him Jesus. He'll be very great and

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<v Speaker 2>will be called the son of the most high. The

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<v Speaker 2>Lord will give him the throne of his ancestor David

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<v Speaker 2>and and he will reign over Israel forever. His kingdom

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<v Speaker 2>will never end. Mary asked the angel, but how can

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<v Speaker 2>this happen? I am a virgin. The angel explained, the

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<v Speaker 2>Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of

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<v Speaker 2>the Most High will overshadow you. So the baby to

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<v Speaker 2>be born will be holy, and he will be called

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<v Speaker 2>the Son of God. What's more, your relative Elizabeth has

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<v Speaker 2>become pregnant in her old age. People used to say

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<v Speaker 2>she was barren, but she has conceived a son and

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<v Speaker 2>is now in her sixth month. For the word of

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<v Speaker 2>God will never fail. Mary responded, I am the Lord's servant.

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<v Speaker 2>May everything you've said about me come true. And then

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<v Speaker 2>the angel left her. I love it how it says

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<v Speaker 2>it in other versions. Be it unto me according to

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<v Speaker 2>your word. Be it unto me according to your word.

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<v Speaker 2>Those were Mary's words. So this is amazing. The Lord

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<v Speaker 2>uses a barren older woman and a virgin to bring

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<v Speaker 2>his miraculous plan to earth. So we can just even

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<v Speaker 2>stop here right now and pray and be done with

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<v Speaker 2>today's Bible lesson, right? Because what man says is impossible,

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<v Speaker 2>God says is possible. Full stop, right? He did not

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<v Speaker 2>need the conditions that man would say. in order to

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<v Speaker 2>bring his plan to fruition. So what we talked about

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<v Speaker 2>last time was that, you know, our thoughts are not

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<v Speaker 2>God's thoughts and how he's overlapping a plan in history

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<v Speaker 2>to cause redemption to be brought forth. And that we

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<v Speaker 2>all have a ministry, right? We all have a ministry

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<v Speaker 2>to fulfill. John the Baptist had a piece of it

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<v Speaker 2>and Jesus had another piece of it. In today's world,

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<v Speaker 2>you have a piece of it. I have a piece

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<v Speaker 2>of it. And Zachariah and Elizabeth had no idea that

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<v Speaker 2>their peace was attached to Mary's peace, right? Of her

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<v Speaker 2>giving birth to Jesus. Everybody had a peace and there

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<v Speaker 2>was a timing and a rhythm that God was working

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<v Speaker 2>with throughout the ages. And so it should encourage us

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<v Speaker 2>even right now that circumstances that seem impossible, physical limitations, age, maturity,

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<v Speaker 2>station in life, all of those things are not barriers

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<v Speaker 2>for God. They're barriers for us, but they're not barriers

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<v Speaker 2>for God. And I love what it says in verse 37.

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<v Speaker 2>It says, the word of God will what? Never fail.

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<v Speaker 2>When God speaks it, when he sets it in motion,

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<v Speaker 2>when he declares his intention, it's going to come to pass.

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<v Speaker 2>And so it's for us to have that heart like

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<v Speaker 2>Mary to say, okay, I'm your servant, God. Whatever you've

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<v Speaker 2>spoken about me, let it come true. Let what you've

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<v Speaker 2>said about me, let it be unto me according to

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<v Speaker 2>your word. I receive it, I believe it, and I'm

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<v Speaker 2>walking in it. And so a few days after this

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<v Speaker 2>visitation from Gabriel, verse 39, Mary hurried to the hill

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<v Speaker 2>country of Judea, to the town where Zechariah lived. She

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<v Speaker 2>entered the house and greeted Elizabeth. At the sound of

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<v Speaker 2>Mary's greeting, Elizabeth's child leaped within her And Elizabeth was

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<v Speaker 2>filled with the Holy Spirit. She gave a glad cry

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<v Speaker 2>and exclaimed to Mary, God has blessed you above all

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<v Speaker 2>women and your child is blessed. Why am I so

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<v Speaker 2>honored that the mother of my Lord should visit me?

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<v Speaker 2>And so in this moment of them bearing witness to

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<v Speaker 2>each other, they're beginning to understand that they're a part

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<v Speaker 2>of a bigger plan that God is bringing to bear

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<v Speaker 2>in the earth. It's that inward knowing. It's that inner

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<v Speaker 2>sense that, God, you're up to something grand. You're up

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<v Speaker 2>to something great. And we know that you are working

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<v Speaker 2>to perform your word. And this is one of my

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<v Speaker 2>favorite verses of scripture of all time. This can go

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<v Speaker 2>down on the record books as one of my favorite

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<v Speaker 2>scriptures of all time. Verse 45, you are blessed because

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<v Speaker 2>you believed what the Lord would do that the Lord

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<v Speaker 2>would do what he said. So prophecy, when we receive

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<v Speaker 2>a prophetic word, or we have an angelic encounter, or

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<v Speaker 2>we have a rhema word from God, we are blessed

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<v Speaker 2>that we believe what God would do, that we take

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<v Speaker 2>his word and we have that heart like Mary that's like, okay,

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<v Speaker 2>be it unto me according to your word. I remember

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<v Speaker 2>several years ago, maybe 10 years ago, I had had

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<v Speaker 2>a prophetic word. My friend, Dr. Sharon Nesbitt, had prophesied

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<v Speaker 2>something to our leadership. And I said to myself within myself,

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<v Speaker 2>like Zachariah, huh? How could this be?

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<v Speaker 1>What?

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<v Speaker 2>And I immediately felt the conviction of God, right? Who

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<v Speaker 2>are you to say what I will and I will

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<v Speaker 2>not do? And I remember repenting right there and saying, Lord,

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<v Speaker 2>If it's still your will, bring it to pass. And

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<v Speaker 2>I just think about the heart of Mary just being

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<v Speaker 2>so open, so willing, so full of faith, so receptive

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<v Speaker 2>to the things of God, so willing to be that incubator,

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<v Speaker 2>to be that womb for the things of God. And

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<v Speaker 2>that's not an easy place. to be in. We have

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<v Speaker 2>to constantly be in that place of, yes, you have

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<v Speaker 2>my yes, God. You have my yes that whatever you

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<v Speaker 2>want to do, however you want to move, to constantly

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<v Speaker 2>position ourselves to have that yes. And we're not perfect.

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<v Speaker 2>We know that these people were men just like us.

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<v Speaker 2>The Bible tells us that Elijah was a man of

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<v Speaker 2>great passion just like us, but he, the effectual fervent

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<v Speaker 2>prayers of the righteous availeth much and his prayers stopped

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<v Speaker 2>the rain, right? They shut up the heavens and then

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<v Speaker 2>his prayers also opened the heavens. And so we want

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<v Speaker 2>to have that heart that is open to what God

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<v Speaker 2>wants to do It's so critical. And so when prophecy comes,

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<v Speaker 2>we want to be those who believed because God said it. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>we don't want to be the ones who have to

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<v Speaker 2>have the evidentiary support, right? You know, like CSI Christians, right?

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<v Speaker 2>Who are like, I love that show, by the way,

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<v Speaker 2>who are the ones that are like looking for the clues,

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<v Speaker 2>looking for the evidence, looking for this connects to this.

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<v Speaker 2>So that was really God. This and this and this

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<v Speaker 2>and this. But we want to be those who receive

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<v Speaker 2>the word of the Lord. who understand that God has

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<v Speaker 2>a plan that he's working through humanity to continue to

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<v Speaker 2>bring redemption to the earth and that the Holy Spirit's

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<v Speaker 2>power is going to be available to us. I also

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<v Speaker 2>love that Mary is like most ladies. We want to

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<v Speaker 2>know the logistics. We want to know how is this

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<v Speaker 2>going to work? How has this come to pass? And

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<v Speaker 2>I love that the angel replies and gives her the logistics,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, That also lets me know that God's not

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<v Speaker 2>intimidated by my questions. That when he begins to unfold

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<v Speaker 2>something to me, that he's willing to walk me through,

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<v Speaker 2>to take me through the steps and the logistics of

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<v Speaker 2>how he's going to bring his plan to pass in

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<v Speaker 2>my life. And that he's not wanting me to be

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<v Speaker 2>his partner that's wandering and wanting or in confusion. He

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<v Speaker 2>is not the God of confusion. He is the God

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<v Speaker 2>of purpose, the God of provision. the God of purpose.

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<v Speaker 2>And so he is going to let us know exactly

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<v Speaker 2>how he's going to move and how he's going to

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<v Speaker 2>bring things to pass when we ask him. He's not

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<v Speaker 2>going to leave us wanting or leave us in a

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<v Speaker 2>place of confusion, but he does want our belief. Think

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<v Speaker 2>about Mary in contrast to Zachariah. It's the heart behind

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<v Speaker 2>the questions, right? That's what the scripture is highlighting to

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<v Speaker 2>us that Luke says. the writer is highlighting to us.

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<v Speaker 2>And so it's amazing because Zachariah, on the other hand,

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<v Speaker 2>was like, how can I be sure that this is

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<v Speaker 2>going to happen? I'm an old man. My wife is

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<v Speaker 2>on in years as well. And it was the heart

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<v Speaker 2>behind those words that betrayed the doubt and unbelief. And

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<v Speaker 2>the words were it wasn't the words, it's the heart

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<v Speaker 2>behind the words that showed the unbelief. Where Mary had

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<v Speaker 2>faith in her heart and her words were about the logistics.

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<v Speaker 2>How is this going to happen? This and that. So

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<v Speaker 2>what we should know is that God's not intimidated by

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<v Speaker 2>our questions, but he is concerned about the presence of

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<v Speaker 2>faith in our heart, right? And so it's our job

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<v Speaker 2>to tend our heart, to tend our emotions so that

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<v Speaker 2>we're in a place of faithful pursuit of him, but

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<v Speaker 2>also open to how he wants to move and that

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<v Speaker 2>we respond in belief and faith to the word of

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<v Speaker 2>the Lord. Unbelief actually hinders the move of God. Jesus

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<v Speaker 2>could not perform many miracles in his hometown because of

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<v Speaker 2>over-familiarity and unbelief. It actually hindered the power of God moving.

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<v Speaker 2>And so part of the reason why the Lord allowed

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<v Speaker 2>for Zachariah's mouth to be closed was because his heart

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<v Speaker 2>was positioned in doubt and unbelief. Doubt and unbelief are

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<v Speaker 2>like spiritual cancer, if I can say it like that, right?

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<v Speaker 2>They're the wrong cells we need growing in order to

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<v Speaker 2>have a healthy spiritual life, right? Cancer is an abnormal

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<v Speaker 2>cells that cause us to be unhealthy in our body.

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<v Speaker 2>And they grow mass and they grow disease, right? And

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<v Speaker 2>they put different organ cells where they shouldn't be, right?

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<v Speaker 2>That's the essence of what a cancer is. Malignant cells, right?

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<v Speaker 2>We need faith to be growing in our hearts and

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<v Speaker 2>faith to be operating in our spirit. And so that's

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<v Speaker 2>what we see from Mary's response. And so the angel

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<v Speaker 2>begins to give her the logistics. And then I love

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<v Speaker 2>what he does in verse 36. he blows her mind, right?

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<v Speaker 2>He says, the Holy Spirit is going to overshadow you.

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<v Speaker 2>But then in verse 36, he says, what's more, your

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<v Speaker 2>relative Elizabeth has become pregnant in her old age. People

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<v Speaker 2>used to say she was barren, but she has conceived

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<v Speaker 2>a son and is now in her sixth month for

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<v Speaker 2>the word of the Lord will never fail. Well, now

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<v Speaker 2>she has the testimony of to go along with the

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<v Speaker 2>word of the Lord. So now she can go and

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<v Speaker 2>she can see that God's word hasn't failed Elizabeth. And

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<v Speaker 2>now what can she say within herself? If he did

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<v Speaker 2>it for Elizabeth when it was impossible, he can do

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<v Speaker 2>it for me. And so it's important for us to

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<v Speaker 2>recognize in this holiday season that the promises of God

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<v Speaker 2>are not caught up to us. that his promises are

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<v Speaker 2>still yes and amen over our lives, that he has

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<v Speaker 2>a plan for his servants, and that he is ever

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<v Speaker 2>unfolding that plan, and that his word will not fail.

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<v Speaker 2>His word will not return void. Just as snow and

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<v Speaker 2>rain fall from the sky and fall to accomplish what

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<v Speaker 2>they were sent to do, neither shall the word of

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<v Speaker 2>God return void. What it means is that it will

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<v Speaker 2>not miss the target It will not return unaccomplished. It

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<v Speaker 2>will be fulfilled. And so I think about all the

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<v Speaker 2>time when we talk about prophecy and we talk about

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<v Speaker 2>the word fulfilled and we talk about positioning our hearts

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<v Speaker 2>in faith, I think about Genesis chapter one and I

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<v Speaker 2>think about the Lord calling light out of darkness, the

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<v Speaker 2>Father God calling light out of darkness and how the

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<v Speaker 2>heavens gave way and gave up what God wanted And

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<v Speaker 2>I'm always thinking to myself, God, let my heart be

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<v Speaker 2>like that, right? Then when you speak a word that

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<v Speaker 2>I'll be like the heavens or that I'll open up

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<v Speaker 2>and I'll produce that which what you wanted, right? To

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<v Speaker 2>give you what you desire. And I believe that this

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<v Speaker 2>passage of scripture should show us what a heart of

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<v Speaker 2>faith that produces the kingdom looks like. She was willing

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<v Speaker 2>to say, yes, be it unto me according to your word.

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<v Speaker 2>And Elizabeth affirmed her and encouraged her that it is

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<v Speaker 2>a blessing to have the ability and the capacity to

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<v Speaker 2>believe what the Lord would do, that the Lord would

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<v Speaker 2>do what he said. And so this is exciting because

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<v Speaker 2>we are in a season in time where the Lord

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<v Speaker 2>is breathing upon his church, where he is calling new

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<v Speaker 2>leaders to himself and to new dimensions of intimacy and

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<v Speaker 2>He's speaking destiny. He's speaking purpose into his people. He's

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<v Speaker 2>calling new leaders forward into the next phase of their ministry.

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<v Speaker 2>And he's breathing his breath of life on them. He's

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<v Speaker 2>preparing them. He's training them for what's next. And I

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<v Speaker 2>believe that as we continue to respond in faith, This

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<v Speaker 2>next phase is continuing to grow just as Jesus, as

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<v Speaker 2>an infant in the womb of Mary, just as John

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<v Speaker 2>the Baptist in the womb of Elizabeth grew to be

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<v Speaker 2>full term. What God is birthing in this season through

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<v Speaker 2>his church will not be cut off because the word

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<v Speaker 2>of God will not fail. We will see the harvest

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<v Speaker 2>of souls. We will see. revival hit this nation and

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<v Speaker 2>a sustained move of God that will be fueled by

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<v Speaker 2>the holiness and the hearts of faithfulness and the hearts

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<v Speaker 2>full of faith that steward this movement. So let's just pray. Father,

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<v Speaker 2>in the name of Jesus, we just thank you, God,

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<v Speaker 2>for this scripture today. We thank you for the word

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<v Speaker 2>of God. We thank you that the word of God

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<v Speaker 2>is alive. It's sharp. It's powerful. It's sharper than any

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<v Speaker 2>two-edged sword. God, it divides between the soul and the spirit,

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<v Speaker 2>the bone and the marrow. God, we thank you today

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<v Speaker 2>for your word. And God, we thank you that you

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<v Speaker 2>sent your word and an angelic visitation to the Virgin Mary, God.

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<v Speaker 2>You called her into destiny. And from that place, Lord,

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<v Speaker 2>we were grafted in into your body. That from that

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<v Speaker 2>moment of her receiving that word and her saying, be

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<v Speaker 2>it unto me according to your word, God, you began

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<v Speaker 2>to work the plan of redemption for all. humanity, that

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus would be raised in that family, that he'd be cultivated,

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<v Speaker 2>that he would then call his disciples, that he would

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<v Speaker 2>go to the cross, and that those apostles would then

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<v Speaker 2>preach and bring all the Gentiles in. We see that today.

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<v Speaker 2>We see the magnitude of your wisdom today. your manifold wisdom.

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<v Speaker 2>And now today, Lord, in our areas of calling where

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<v Speaker 2>you've been speaking to our hearts, we choose to be

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<v Speaker 2>like Mary today. And we say, be it unto us

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<v Speaker 2>according to your word, God. Let your word be accomplished

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<v Speaker 2>in our lives. Let it not fail. Let it not

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<v Speaker 2>fall on fallow ground, but let it fall upon a

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<v Speaker 2>heart that has been prepared to receive and produce that

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<v Speaker 2>which you have spoken. We thank you for how you

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<v Speaker 2>have included us in your plan, your great master plan

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<v Speaker 2>for the return of your son. We thank you for it.

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<v Speaker 2>In the name of Jesus, we pray and believe. Amen.

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