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Speaker 1: Dear Lord, through your sacrifice on the Cross, you made

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Speaker 1: you can never be sufficiently praised for them. I will

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Speaker 1: Kingdom of Love. It is your desire that none should perish,

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Speaker 2: Hi.

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Speaker 3: I'm Megan Marcellina with Kurt Landry Ministries, and I'm so

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Speaker 3: And I know that if you guys are watching this,

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Speaker 2: Yeah, well we joke about in our family and this

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Speaker 2: and we're a ministry of jew and Gentiles one in Messiah.

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Speaker 3: Amazing, beautiful. There really is such an amazing connection between

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Speaker 3: I just like shared with you. This is your center candle,

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Speaker 3: No, he's not an issue of salvation. But why wouldn't

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Speaker 3: So this is really an invitation. I've hoped that you

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Speaker 3: It's curtlandr dot com Forward slash Honkkah Guide and it

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Speaker 3: will take you through all of the history of Hanukkah,

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Speaker 3: some of the beautiful spiritual principles that you've led us through.

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Speaker 3: But it's really an opportunity for you to learn more

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, so I want to say to you happy Honukkah,

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Speaker 2: Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year to you. May the

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Speaker 2: Lord bless your family richly in this new year that's coming.

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Speaker 2: And made the light of the world Jesus, which he

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Speaker 2: John chapter ten, he says, I am the light of

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Speaker 3: Amen.

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