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Speaker 2: By far, the most powerful thing we have witnessed this

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Speaker 2: to life.

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Speaker 3: Across the entire world.

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Speaker 2: We have seen young people gather by the millions at

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Speaker 2: events just like this one to honor the life and

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Speaker 2: legacy of Charlie, but more importantly, inspired by Charlie, to

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Speaker 2: honor God as the source of all truth and liberty.

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Speaker 2: I alone, let alone all of the other people with

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Speaker 2: least five to ten thousand comments, DMS, emails messages from

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Speaker 2: all of you to say, this week, you prayed for

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Speaker 2: the first time, you bought your first Bible, you went

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Speaker 2: to church for the first time last Sunday, and it

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Speaker 2: was all.

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Speaker 3: Because of Charlie Kirk.

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Speaker 2: I am thanking God every second of every day this

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Speaker 2: week because I had the off chance, after not seeing

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Speaker 2: Charlie two weeks ago at one of his last speaking

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Speaker 2: engagements on this Earth in Fresno, California area, we spoke

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Speaker 2: at a big, beautiful church of a multi denominational crowd

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Speaker 2: related to the pro life movement, and Charlie, being the

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Speaker 2: goofy friend he is, quickly waved me over to hang

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Speaker 2: out with him in.

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Speaker 3: The green room for about two hours before he spoke.

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Speaker 2: Normally, we would catch up on what's trending on the Internet,

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Speaker 2: But instead, all Charlie wanted to talk about was his faith.

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Speaker 3: We spent about two.

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Speaker 2: Hours discussing the ins and outs of complicated theology, the

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Speaker 2: beauty of our relationship to God, and most importantly, Heaven,

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Speaker 2: which was the message that Charlie brought with him on

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Speaker 2: His message was clear, we the Church, we people of faith,

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Speaker 3: He said this specifically.

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Speaker 2: That when people start to drink from the streams of liberty,

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Speaker 2: they're going to want to find its source. Liberty is

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Speaker 2: not man's idea, It's God's idea. Charlie loved politics and

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Speaker 3: People on earth. But above all else, Charlie loved God.

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Speaker 2: Every day he made a choice to wake up and

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Speaker 3: There are infinite.

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Speaker 2: Examples throughout the history of our faith of young people

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Speaker 2: for their steadfast faith in God. Make no mistake about it,

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Speaker 2: no matter what you're hearing on the media. That's exactly

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Speaker 2: what happened to Charlie Kirk last week when just seconds

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Speaker 2: after answering a question about his faith and proclaiming Jesus

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Speaker 2: Christ as King, he was shot and killed instantly.

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Speaker 3: Charlie was a martyr for truth.

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Speaker 2: But truth has a name, and that name is Jesus Christ.

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Speaker 2: Be it Joan of Arc, Saint Cecilia, Stephen, the Apostles,

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Speaker 2: A lot about this week, especially because if we're being

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Speaker 2: But I've come to realize that courage is not the

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Speaker 2: absence of fear. Courage is choosing to get up even

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Speaker 2: grassroots response to Charlie's assassination, not planned by a media

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Speaker 3: Died a hero. Prove me wrong.

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Speaker 2: Charlie always had a deep and profound belief that anyone

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Speaker 2: the better if they just had the courage to embrace it. Today,

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Speaker 2: right here, right now, this is your opportunity.

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Speaker 3: No one will ever.

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Speaker 2: Be able to replace the giant shoes of Charlie Kirk

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Speaker 3: But we are.

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Speaker 2: All, Charlie Kirk and those desperate to silence his message

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Speaker 2: Think about how loud one brave young man's voice was

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Speaker 2: now multiply it by the millions. Charlie Kirk lit the

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Speaker 2: decisively saves Western civilization one conversation at a time, because

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Speaker 3: It's up to us, to our generation, to keep running

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Speaker 2: And if this week is any indication, I feel more

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Speaker 3: So join us.

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Speaker 2: If you've never been to a TPUSA chapter meeting as

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Speaker 2: listened to the Charlie Kirk Show, join us, because this

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Speaker 2: movement is just getting started. Keep fighting forward for God,

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Speaker 2: for truth, for America, and for Charlie. And to end

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Speaker 2: our session together this evening, I would love to close

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Speaker 3: Amen, Holy Spirit, please.

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Speaker 2: Continue to fill the hearts and souls of this generation.

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Speaker 2: Charlie inspired to courageously fight forward.

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Speaker 3: In the face of evil.

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Speaker 2: Protect us in this spiritual warfare, to have the bravery

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Speaker 2: in the pursuit of sharing the source of liberty with

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Speaker 2: the world. You, Saint Michael, the archangel Us in battle,

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Speaker 2: be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil.

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Speaker 2: May God rebuke him. We humbly pray and do thou, o,

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Speaker 2: Prince of the heavenly Hosts, by the power of God,

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Speaker 2: Never let them ruin your soul, never let them silence

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Speaker 2: Be strong and courageous, do not be afraid, do not

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Speaker 3: God bless you all. Thank you for your courage.

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Speaker 1: Charlie was a friend to me, So this is one

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Speaker 1: of the more difficult speeches I've given, But one of

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Speaker 1: And then just over the last year, things began to turn.

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Speaker 1: And yet that's exactly what happened. So the question knows

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