Christine Caine

Simple Not Easy Part 1

May 25, 2022 | 21 | 26:0

Christine Caine travels the world teaching the Gospel and inspiring her audience to reach their God-given purpose and potential.

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Christine Caine | Simple Not Easy Part 1 | May 25, 2022

- NOW I FELT THE HOLY SPIRIT SAY,
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"CHRISTINE, MY CHURCH HAS CONFUSED
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COMPASSION WITH SYMPATHY."
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WE THINK BECAUSE WE WATCH A SAD VIDEO
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OR WE LIKE A POST ON INSTAGRAM
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THAT WE'VE DONE SOMETHING
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AND THAT WE ARE SHOWING COMPASSION,
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BUT COMPASSION IS NEVER COMPASSION
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UNTIL YOU'RE WILLING TO ROLL UP YOUR SLEEVES,
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TO CROSS THE STREET, TO GIVE OF YOUR OWN TIME,
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TO GIVE OF YOUR OWN TALENT AND TO GIVE OF YOUR OWN TREASURE,
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THAT'S WHEN IT'S COMPASSION.
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I AM SO EXCITED THAT YOU'VE JOINED ME
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FOR TODAY'S EPISODE OF "EQUIPMENT AND EMPOWER".
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NOW I BELIEVE THAT GOD HAS A TIMELY WORD FOR YOU,
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A WORD THAT'S NOT GOING TO CONDEMN YOU OR SHAME YOU,
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BUT GIVE YOU HOPE,
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RESURRECT WHAT MAYBE HAS FELT DEAD ON THE INSIDE
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AND EMPOWER YOU TO LIVE A FLOURISHING AND OVERCOMING LIFE.
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SO I DON'T WANT TO WAIT ANOTHER MOMENT.
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LET'S DIVE INTO TODAY'S MESSAGE RIGHT NOW.
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[UPBEAT MUSIC]
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I AM SO GRATEFUL THAT YOU'VE JOINED US TODAY.
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I KNOW THAT GOD HAS A WORD FOR YOU.
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IN FACT, I AM SO FIRED UP,
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I'M PROBABLY GOING TO BE TEACHING
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ON MY FAVORITE THING IN THE SCRIPTURE TODAY,
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AND I LOVE IT WHEN GOD MAKES THINGS EASY, DON'T YOU?
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I MEAN, OFTEN WE COULD GET SO JUST COMPLICATED
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IN OUR THINKING AND JUST KIND OF GO,
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"GOD, WHAT IS IT THAT YOU WANT?
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WHAT IS IT THAT YOU WANT ME TO DO?"
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AND YOU ARE SITTING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SCREEN GOING,
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"CHRIS I WISH YOU COULD JUST TELL ME
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WHAT IS IT THAT GOD WANTS FROM ME."
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WELL, LET ME JUST TELL YOU, GOD MAKES IT SO EASY
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AND IT'S NOT OFTEN THAT I'M JUST GOING TO USE ONE VERSE
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AS A LAUNCHING PAD FOR AN ENTIRE SERIES.
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BUT MICAH 6:8, MAKES THIS WHOLE THING SIMPLE,
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NOT EASY BUT SIMPLE.
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IN MICAH 6:8, WE READ,
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"HE HAS SHOWN YOU, OH, MORTAL, WHAT IS GOOD,
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AND WHAT DOES THE LORD REQUIRE OF YOU?"
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HERE IT IS, THIS IS EASY,
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"TO ACT JUSTLY AND TO LOVE MERCY
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AND TO WALK HUMBLY WITH YOUR GOD."
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"ACT JUSTLY, LOVE MERCY AND WALK HUMBLY WITH YOUR GOD."
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I THINK THIS IS SO PROFOUND
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BECAUSE BASICALLY THIS ONE QUESTION
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THAT THE PROPHET MICAH ANSWERS
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IS ACTUALLY THE THING THAT KEEPS A LOT OF US UP AT NIGHT,
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WONDERING, GOD WHAT IS IT THAT YOU WANT?
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BUT THE FACT IS IN THE MOST SIMPLE
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AND VERY, VERY DIFFICULT TO MISINTERPRET,
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CONCISE WAY POSSIBLE, MICAH ANSWERS IT.
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HE SAYS, "THIS IS WHAT GOD WANTS."
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SO THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE BOOK, IN THE BOOK OF MICAH,
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THE PROPHET MICAH EXPOSES THE UNJUST ECONOMIC PRACTICES
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OF ISRAEL'S LEADERS AND PROPHETS,
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WHO WERE OPPRESSING AND EXPLOITING THE WEAK
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AND THE VULNERABLE,
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BY RULING THROUGH BRIBERY
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AND BENDING JUSTICE TO FAVOR THE WEALTHY,
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AND DEPRIVING THE POOR OF THEIR LAND,
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AND THEIR SECURITY AND THEIR HOPES.
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SO IN CHAPTER SIX, MICAH HERE
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IS VERY POETIC THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE CHAPTER.
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HIS WRITING STYLE IS DEFINED BY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS,
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AND MICAH REPRESENTS BOTH PARTIES INVOLVED.
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SO THE FIRST PART OF CHAPTER SIX, MICAH SPOKE FOR GOD,
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AND THEN IN VERSE SIX AND SEVEN, HE REPRESENTS THE PEOPLE,
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AND IN VERSE EIGHT, HE SPEAKS FOR HIMSELF,
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AND HE'S POSING AS THE PRIEST
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BETWEEN THE PEOPLE AND BETWEEN GOD.
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SO THEN THE PEOPLE OF GOD ASK HIM,
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"WHAT WOULD BE A PROPER OFFERING
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TO BE RESTORED BACK TO FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD?"
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AND BASICALLY THE CENTRAL ISSUE
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WITH ALL THE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE QUALITY
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AND THE QUANTITY OF SACRIFICES,
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IS THAT PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW,
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GOD, PLEASE JUST TELL US WHAT IS IT THAT YOU WANT FROM US?
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AND WE'LL GIVE IT TO YOU.
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YOUR FAVORITE OFFERING, GOD,
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JUST TELL US WHAT IT IS THAT YOU WANT.
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AND MICAH ASK, "WHAT DOES GOD EXPECT OF YOU?"
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THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN REALLY NO MYSTERY
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OR QUESTION ABOUT WHAT GOD HAD REQUIRED.
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AND IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE SACRIFICE
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AND WITH THE OFFERINGS.
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THERE WERE SIMPLY THREE THINGS
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THAT GOD REQUIRED OF HIS PEOPLE.
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HE SAID, "DO JUSTICE, LOVE MERCY,
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AND WALK HUMBLY WITH YOUR GOD."
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YET, ISRAEL AT THIS WAS JUST THE EXACT OPPOSITE.
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THEY WERE UNJUST AND OPPRESSIVE
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AND THEIR HEARTS WERE FAR, FAR FROM GOD,
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THE WORD JUSTICE HAS A REALLY BROAD MEANING
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AND IT INVOLVES RIGHT AND FAIR RELATIONSHIPS
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IN THE COMMUNITY AND ESPECIALLY IN LEGAL
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AND IN FINANCIAL AFFAIRS AND JUSTICE IS NECESSARY
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FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE AMONGST EACH OTHER
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IN THE WAY THAT GOD INTENDED.
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SO TO LOVE MERCY IS TO HAVE A HEARTFELT DESIRE
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TO DO GOOD TO OTHERS AND TO OBEY GOD,
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TO WALK HUMBLY WITH GOD IS THE OPPOSITE,
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THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF WALKING PROUDLY OR SELF RIGHTEOUSLY,
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TO WALK WITH IMPLIES INTIMACY AND RELATIONSHIP,
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TO WALK WITH THE GOD WHO SAVES,
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AND WHO RECONCILES AND WHO HEALS AND WHO TRANSFORMS,
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THESE THREE PILLARS ARE WHAT WAS EXPECTED OF ISRAEL,
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AND OF YOU AND ME, INCIDENTALLY,
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NOT RITUALS, NOT SACRIFICES,
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GOD WANTS OUR HEART.
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HE WANTS HIS PEOPLE TO WANT HIS WILL
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AND TO SERVE IN LOVE OF OTHERS AND OF GOD.
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YOU KNOW, THE INTERESTING THING IS,
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NICK AND I OVERSEE A CHURCH IN WARSAW, POLAND
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CALLED ZOE CHURCH,
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AND ON ONE OF MY TRIPS OUT THERE TO WARSAW,
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I HAD JUST A COUPLE OF EXTRA DAYS
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AND DECIDED THAT I WANTED TO GO TO AUSCHWITZ.
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AND I HAD MAJORED IN GERMAN ECONOMIC HISTORY
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IN UNIVERSITY, BACK IN AUSTRALIA,
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AND I ALWAYS HAD A HUGE INTEREST IN WORLD WAR II,
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JUST BECAUSE IT HAD SUCH A PROFOUND IMPACT
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ON PEOPLE IN MY OWN FAMILY AND YOU KNOW,
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AS MUCH AS I READ ABOUT THE EXTERMINATION CAMPS,
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NOTHING COULD HAVE PREPARED ME FOR WHAT I EXPERIENCED
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WHEN I WENT AND I LITERALLY WEPT ALL DAY
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AS I WALKED THROUGHOUT AUSCHWITZ, ALL OF THAT COMPOUND.
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AND I REMEMBER COMING TO THE PLACE WHERE THE OVENS HAD BEEN,
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WHICH IS ALMOST UNFATHOMABLE THAT I'M SAYING THIS EVEN THAT,
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YOU KNOW, OVENS WHERE THEY LITERALLY BURNT HUMAN BEINGS,
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I STARTED SOBBING AND I WAS ASKING GOD OUT LOUD,
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YOU KNOW, SO GOD, HOW COULD PEOPLE LET THIS HAPPEN?
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HOW, HOW DID THIS HAPPEN IN OUR LIFETIME?
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HOW WERE 6 MILLION JEWISH PEOPLE JUST KILLED IN THIS WAY?
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HOW DO WE ALLOW THIS GENOCIDE TO HAPPEN?
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AND, YOU KNOW, I WAS REMINDED ERWIN LUTZER
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IN HIS BOOK "WHEN A NATION FORGETS GOD",
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HE TELLS THE FOLLOWING STORY,
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FROM AN EYEWITNESS WHO LIVED IN GERMANY
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DURING THE 1930S AND FORTIES,
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AND IT WAS WHEN PEOPLE WERE BEING TRANSPORTED
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TO THE DEATH CAMPS.
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THIS IS LITERALLY WHAT HE WROTE
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IN A QUOTATION FROM HIS BOOKS.
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HE SAID, "I LIVED IN GERMANY DURING THE NAZI HOLOCAUST.
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I CONSIDERED MYSELF A CHRISTIAN.
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WE HEARD STORIES OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO JEWS,
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BUT WE TRIED TO DISTANCE OURSELVES FROM IT
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BECAUSE WHAT COULD WE DO TO STOP IT?
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A RAILROAD TRACK RAN BEHIND OUR SMALL CHURCH
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AND EACH SUNDAY MORNING,
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WE COULD HEAR THE WHISTLE IN THE DISTANCE,
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AND THEN THE WHEELS COMING OVER THE TRACKS,
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WE BECAME DISTURBED
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WHEN WE HEARD THE CRIES COMING FROM THE TRAIN,
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AS IT PASSED BY,
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WE REALIZED THAT IT WAS CARRYING JEWS LIKE CATTLE
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IN THE CARS.
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WEEK AFTER WEEK, THE WHISTLE WOULD BLOW.
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WE DREADED TO HEAR THE SOUND OF THOSE WHEELS
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BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT WE WOULD HEAR
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THE CRIES OF THE JEWS ON ROUTE TO THE DEATH CAMPS.
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THEIR SCREAMS TORMENTED US.
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WE KNEW THE TIME THE TRAIN WAS COMING,
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AND WHEN WE HEARD THE WHISTLE BLOW, WE BEGAN SINGING HYMNS.
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BY THE TIME THE TRAIN CAME PAST OUR CHURCH,
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WE WERE SINGING AT THE TOP OF OUR VOICES.
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IF WE HEARD THE SCREAMS,
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WE SANG MORE LOUDLY AND SOON WE HEARD THEM NO MORE."
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AND THEN THE EYEWITNESS SHARED WITH PASTOR LUTZER,
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"ALTHOUGH YEARS HAVE PASSED,
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I STILL HEAR THE TRAIN WHISTLE IN MY SLEEP.
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GOD FORGIVE ME, FORGIVE ALL OF US
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WHO CALLED OURSELVES CHRISTIANS,
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AND YET DID NOTHING TO INTERVENE."
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YOU KNOW, THIS STORY IS SO DEEPLY DISTURBING
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AND ON SO MANY DIFFERENT LEVELS,
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BUT I THINK IT HELPS TO SHOW HOW EASY IT IS FOR ANY OF US
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TO DROWN OUT THE CRIES AND THE PAIN AND THE SUFFERING
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AND INJUSTICE OF THE WORLD THAT IS AROUND US.
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AND WE CAN DROWN IT OUT WITH OUR RELIGIOUS SERVICES,
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AND OUR SPIRITUAL SONGS.
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IN AMOS 5:21-24,
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AND I LOVE HOW EUGENE PETERSON SAYS THIS
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IN THE MESSAGE TRANSLATION,
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HE SAYS, "I CAN'T STAND YOUR RELIGIOUS MEETINGS,
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I'M FED UP WITH YOUR CONFERENCES AND CONVENTIONS,
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I WANT NOTHING TO DO WITH YOUR RELIGIOUS PROJECTS,
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YOUR PRETENTIOUS SLOGANS AND YOUR GOALS,
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I'M SICK OF YOUR FUNDRAISING SCHEMES,
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YOUR PUBLIC RELATIONS AND IMAGE MAKING, I'VE HEARD IT ALL,
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I CAN'T TAKE ANY OF YOUR NOISY EGO MUSIC.
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WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU SANG TO ME?
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DO YOU KNOW WHAT I WANT?
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I WANT JUSTICE, OCEANS OF IT.
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THAT'S WHAT I WANT, THAT'S ALL I WANT."
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-[ANNOUNCER] HAVE YOU COME FACE TO FACE
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WITH CIRCUMSTANCES THAT CAUSE YOU TO QUESTION WHO YOU ARE
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AND WHAT GOD HAS CALLED YOU TO DO?
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HAVE YOU EVER PRAYED,
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GOD WHAT EXACTLY DO YOU WANT FROM ME?
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FINDING THE RIGHT ANSWER AMONG ALL THE MESSAGES
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AND COMMENTARIES AT OUR DISPOSAL,
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CAN BE OVERWHELMING TO SAY THE LEAST,
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THE GOOD NEWS IS,
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GOD HAS PROVIDED US WITH CLARITY IN HIS WORD.
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IN THESE INSPIRING MESSAGES,
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CHRIS WILL REMIND YOU OF YOUR IDENTITY AS JESUS' BRIDE,
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AND OF HIS DEEP ADMIRATION FOR YOU.
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THROUGH CHRISTINE CAINE'S INSPIRING SERIES,
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"BRIDE OF CHRIST",
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AND HER COMPANION SERIES ENTITLED "SIMPLE NOT EASY",
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YOU WILL BE ENCOURAGED TO LIVE FAITHFULLY,
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LOVE BOLDLY AND BE ALL THAT YOU ARE CREATED TO BE
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FOR THE GLORY OF GOD.
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- NOTHING OR NO ONE SHOULD COME BETWEEN US
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AND OUR FAITHFULNESS TO GOD.
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AS CHRIST'S BRIDE WE ARE HOLY,
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IN THAT WE'RE SET APART TO BE FAITHFUL, LOYAL,
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AND COMMITTED TO JESUS ABOVE ALL OTHERS.
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-[ANNOUNCER] FRIENDS, YOUR GENEROSITY REACHES PEOPLE
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WITH THE HOPE AND GRACE OF JESUS CHRIST,
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THROUGH THE MEDIA AND MINISTRY OUTREACHES OF TBN.
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SO TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROUS GIFT,
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IN ANY AMOUNT TO TBN TODAY,
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WE'LL SEND YOU YOUR VERY OWN COPIES
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OF CHRISTINE'S "BRIDE OF CHRIST",
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AND HER POWERFUL COMPANION SERIES, "SIMPLE NOT EASY".
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PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT RIGHT NOW TO CALL 800-350-5170,
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TO SHARE YOUR GIFT AND REQUEST THESE LIFE GIVING RESOURCES.
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REMEMBER WE ARE THE BRIDE OF CHRIST.
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THE SIMPLE TRUTH IS THAT HE LOVES US DEEPLY,
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AND HIS WORD WILL LEAD US
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INTO BECOMING EVERYTHING THAT HE CREATED US TO BE.
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CALL, CLICK, OR WRITE TODAY.
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[UPBEAT MUSIC]
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- A COUPLE OF YEARS AFTER MY EXPERIENCE IN AUSCHWITZ,
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I WAS INVITED TO SPEAK AT A CONFERENCE
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IN THESSALONIKI GREECE.
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YOU KNOW, I WAS WAITING AT THE SMALL REGIONAL AIRPORT
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AND I WAS AT THE BAGGAGE CAROUSEL,
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AND WHEN I WAS THERE, I SAW ALL OF THESE POSTERS,
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AND I SAW A LITTLE GIRL,
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SAME NAME AS MY DAUGHTER, AND SHE'S MISSING.
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I WENT ON TO FIND OUT THAT
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THESE WERE THE ALLEGED VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING,
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AND IN THAT MOMENT,
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WHEN I SAW THAT LITTLE GIRL, YOU KNOW,
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I WENT FROM LOOKING AT SOMEONE ELSE'S MISSING CHILD
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TO SEEING SOMEONE THAT COULD HAVE BEEN MY OWN DAUGHTER.
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YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK, YOU CAN LOOK AWAY,
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BUT WHEN YOU SEE YOU CAN NEVER UNSEE.
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AND I FOUND OUT THAT THESE WERE THE ALLEGED VICTIMS
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OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING. I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
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I THOUGHT THERE CAN'T BE SLAVES ON THE EARTH TODAY.
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WE'VE SIGNED THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION ACT,
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THE SLAVERY ABOLITION ACT, YOU KNOW,
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AND THEN I WENT ON TO FIND OUT
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THAT THERE ARE IN EXCESS OF 40 MILLION SLAVES,
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MORE THAN EVER BEFORE IN THE HISTORY OF HUMANITY,
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ON THE EARTH TODAY, ON OUR WATCH.
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AS THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST,
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THE ONE THING THAT IS TRAFFICKED MORE THAN GUNS
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AND MORE THAN ARMAMENTS IS HUMAN BEINGS,
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AND I THOUGHT THIS IS NOT OKAY.
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THIS IS NOT OKAY.
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I WAS SO DEEPLY MOVED BY THESE IMAGES
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AND THESE FACES OF THESE WOMEN AND CHILDREN,
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THE THOUGHT THAT PEOPLE WERE BEING TRAFFICKED
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AROUND THE WORLD AND BOUGHT AND SOLD AS GOODS,
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AND SOLD FOR SEX AND FORCED LABOR AND FORCED TRAFFICKING.
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IT WAS INCONCEIVABLE TO ME THAT THIS COULD HAPPEN.
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YOU KNOW, I WENT FROM THE BAGGAGE CLAIM,
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GOT MY BAGS AND WENT TO THE HOTEL,
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AND I WAS PREPARING A SERMON ON THE GOOD SAMARITAN.
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I WAS GOING TO BE SPEAKING AT A WOMEN'S CONFERENCE
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AND THE SERMON WAS ON THAT AND YOU KNOW THE STORY,
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THE STORY IS SO KNOWN SO WELL KNOWN TO ALL OF US,
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BUT THE SCRIPTURE SAYS,
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AND IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITES TO THIS DAY,
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IN LUKE CHAPTER 10:25,
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"AND BEHOLD A LAWYER STOOD UP
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AND PUT HIM TO THE TEST SAYING TEACHER,
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WHAT SHALL I DO TO INHERIT LIFE?
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HE SAID TO HIM, WHAT IS WRITTEN IN THE LAW?
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HOW DO YOU READ IT? AND HE ANSWERED,
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YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD, WITH ALL YOUR HEART,
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WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH,
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WITH ALL YOUR MIND AND YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF,
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AND HE SAID TO HIM, YOU HAVE ANSWERED CORRECTLY,
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DO THIS AND YOU WILL LIVE.
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BUT HE, DESIRING TO JUSTIFY HIMSELF, SAID TO JESUS,
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AND WHO IS MY NEIGHBOR?
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JESUS REPLIED, A MAN WAS GOING DOWN FROM JERUSALEM
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TO JERICHO AND HE FELL AMONG THE ROBBERS
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WHO STRIPPED HIM AND BEAT HIM AND DEPARTED,
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LEAVING HIM HALF DEAD.
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NOW BY CHANCE A PRIEST WAS GOING DOWN THAT ROAD,
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AND WHEN HE SAW HIM, HE PASSED BY ON THE OTHER SIDE,
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SO LIKEWISE A LEVITE WHEN HE CAME TO THE PLACE AND SAW HIM
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PASS BY ON THE OTHER SIDE,
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BUT A SAMARITAN AS HE JOURNEYED CAME TO WHERE HE WAS,
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AND WHEN HE SAW HIM, HE HAD COMPASSION.
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HE WENT TO HIM, BOUND UP HIS WOUNDS,
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POURING ON OIL AND WINE,
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THEN HE SET HIM ON HIS OWN ANIMAL AND BROUGHT HIM TO AN INN
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AND TOOK CARE OF HIM,
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AND THE NEXT DAY HE TOOK OUR TWO DENARI
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AND GAVE THEM TO THE INNKEEPER SAYING, TAKE CARE OF HIM,
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AND WHATEVER MORE YOU SPEND,
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I WILL REPAY YOU WHEN I COME BACK.
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WHICH OF THESE THREE DO YOU THINK PROVED TO BE A NEIGHBOR
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TO THE MAN WHO FELL AMONG THE ROBBERS?
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HE SAID THE ONE WHO SHOWED HIM MERCY,
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AND JESUS SAID TO HIM, YOU GO AND DO LIKEWISE."
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YOU KNOW, IT WAS SO INTERESTING AS I WAS READING THIS
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AND PREPARING TO SPEAK TO THIS CONFERENCE,
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I SENSE THE HOLY SPIRIT SAY TO ME,
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"HEY CHRIS, YOU THINK YOU'RE THE LEVITE
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AND THE PRIEST IN THIS STORY, DON'T YOU?"
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THERE WAS THE LEVITE, THE RELIGIOUS MAN,
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THE PRIEST, THE RELIGIOUS MAN,
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THE SAMARITAN WITH THE THREE PEOPLE
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THAT WERE VERY BUSY GOING SOMEWHERE.
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THERE WAS A MAN THAT WAS BEATEN,
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THAT WAS LYING ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD,
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AND THREE PEOPLE WITH AN AGENDA AND A BUSY LIFE,
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TWO RELIGIOUS PEOPLE, ONE SAMARITAN
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WHO WAS THE MOST MARGINALIZED AND OUTCAST,
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THEY WERE ON THEIR WAY SOMEWHERE ELSE AND WHAT HAPPENED WAS
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THE LEVITE AND THE PRIEST WENT STRAIGHT PAST,
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THEY SAW THE MAN, THE BIBLE SAYS,
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THEY SAW HIM AND PASSED BY ON THE OTHER SIDE.
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AND I FELT THE HOLY SPIRIT SAY TO ME, "CHRISTINE,
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YOU THINK YOU'RE THE SAMARITAN IN THIS STORY DON'T YOU?"
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AND I'M THINKING LIKE, YES I DO. YES, I DO.
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I'M TRAVELING THE WORLD AND PREACHING AND TEACHING,
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AND YOU KNOW, NICK AND I
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ARE TAKING TWO KIDS AROUND THE WORLD,
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AND HELPING TO BUILD THE CHURCH AND DOING MISSIONARY WORK,
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AND I FELT THE HOLY SPIRIT SAY, "NO, CHRISTINE,
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YOU'RE MORE LIKE THE LEVITE AND THE PRIEST IN THIS STORY,
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YOU ARE SO BUSY GOING TO YOUR NEXT CHRISTIAN EVENT,
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THAT YOU SEE THESE PEOPLE AS AN INTERRUPTION
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TO YOUR MINISTRY RATHER THAN THE OBJECT OF YOUR MINISTRY."
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AND THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE SAMARITAN,
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AND THE LEVITE AND THE PRIEST,
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IS THE SAMARITAN, HE WAS BUSY TOO,
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HE WAS ON HIS WAY SOMEWHERE,
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BUT THE BIBLE SAYS THAT HE HAD COMPASSION,
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AND I FELT THE HOLY SPIRIT SAY,
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"CHRISTINE, MY CHURCH HAS CONFUSED,
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COMPASSION WITH SYMPATHY."
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WE THINK BECAUSE WE WATCH A SAD VIDEO,
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OR WE LIKE A POST ON INSTAGRAM THAT WE'VE DONE SOMETHING,
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AND THAT WE ARE SHOWING COMPASSION,
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BUT COMPASSION IS NEVER COMPASSION
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UNTIL YOU'RE WILLING TO ROLL UP YOUR SLEEVES,
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TO CROSS THE STREET, TO GIVE OF YOUR OWN TIME,
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TO GIVE OF YOUR OWN TALENT AND TO GIVE OF YOUR OWN TREASURE,
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THAT'S WHEN IT'S COMPASSION.
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AND THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE LEVITE AND THE PHARISEE,
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AND THE SAMARITAN,
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WAS THAT THE SAMARITAN WAS WILLING TO BE INTERRUPTED,
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TO CROSS THE STREET, TO GIVE OF HIS OWN TIME,
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AND TALENT AND TREASURE.
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BUT THE LEVITE AND THE PRIEST WERE SO BUSY
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GOING ABOUT THEIR RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES,
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THAT THEY DID NOT STOP AND CROSS THE STREET,
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AND SAW PEOPLE THAT WE SHOULD BE CROSSING THE STREET FOR,
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AS INTERRUPTION TO OUR MINISTRIES
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RATHER THAN THE OBJECT OF IT. DARE I SUGGEST CHURCH
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THAT GOD IS CALLING US TO CROSS THE STREET.
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THE BEGINNING OF THE A21 CAMPAIGN WAS RIGHT THERE,
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WHEN I COULD NO LONGER BE SO BUSY
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GOING TO MY NEXT RELIGIOUS THING,
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THAT I WASN'T STOPPING TO HELP THE PEOPLE
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THAT HAD NEED ON THE WAY.
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AND THE FACT IS THAT I BELIEVE THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD
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WANTS TO INTERRUPT US,
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AND THE DEGREE TO WHICH WE'RE WILLING TO BE INTERRUPTED
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AND INCONVENIENCED IS THE DEGREE TO WHICH
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THE SPIRIT WILL WORK THROUGH US
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TO TRANSFORM THE WORLD AROUND US.
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THERE ARE PEOPLE METAPHORICALLY SPEAKING,
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LYING ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD,
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EVERYWHERE YOU WALK, EVERY SINGLE DAY,
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IN YOUR WORKPLACE, IN YOUR SCHOOL,
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IN YOUR COLLEGE, IN YOUR COMMUNITY,
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ALL AROUND US ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE LYING THERE
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THAT HAVE NEED OF GOOD NEWS,
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THAT HAVE NEED OF HOPE AND LIFE AND PURPOSE,
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AND WE ARE SO BUSY STAYING FOCUSED ON OUR OWN LIVES
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THAT WE'RE NOT WILLING TO CROSS THE STREET,
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BUT IF WE DO IT WILL CHANGE EVERYTHING.
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I HAD A THOUSAND GOOD REASONS WHY I WAS TOO BUSY
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AND WORKING FOR GOD TO DO JUSTICE AND TO LOVE MERCY.
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DON'T WE ALL? LIKE, GOD, HOW COULD I DO THIS?
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AND I REMEMBER HAVING THIS ARGUMENT WITH GOD
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AND DOING MY, BUT GOD LIST, YOU KNOW,
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I WAS GOING, "BUT GOD, I CAN'T DO THIS, I'M 40 YEARS OLD."
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YOU KNOW, AS IF THE LORD'S LIKE, OH,
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I DIDN'T KNOW HOW OLD YOU WERE.
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LIKE, DID WE CELEBRATE YOUR BIRTHDAY?
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BUT GOD, I LIVE IN AUSTRALIA.
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I MEAN, THIS IS GREECE AT THAT TIME, YOU KNOW,
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IT WAS A 20 SOMETHING HOUR FLIGHT TO GO TO GREECE.
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I'M LIKE, GOD, DON'T YOU KNOW, GEOGRAPHICALLY,
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GREECE IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD?
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GOD, I'VE GOT TWO KIDS,
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LORD, I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY,
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I DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES,
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LORD, I DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT EDUCATION.
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I'VE NEVER, YOU KNOW, PRAYED ABOUT THIS AREA,
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I NEVER EVEN KNEW IT EXISTED TO PRAY FOR IT.
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IT'S NOTHING THAT I EVER HAD IN MY HEART BEFORE.
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YOU KNOW, THE FACT IS,
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GOD, I DUNNO IF THIS IS MY GIFT OR IF THIS IS MY TALENT,
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LORD, THE CHURCH IN GREECE IS SO EMBRYONIC AND SMALL,
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AND LORD, CORRUPTION IS RAMPANT IN THIS NATION,
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THE RUSSIAN AND THE BULGARIAN MAFIA,
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THEY LIKE KILL PEOPLE.
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YOU KNOW, I SORT OF FELT LIKE MOSES,
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REMEMBER IN EXODUS 3:11,
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WHEN THE LORD SAID, "I'M GOING TO SET MY PEOPLE FREE,
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MOSES, I WANT TO USE YOU"
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AND MOSES SAID, "WHO AM I THAT I SHOULD GO TO PHARAOH,
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AND THAT I SHOULD BRING THE ISRAELITES OUT OF EGYPT?"
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I FEEL LIKE LAUGHING,
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AND THE LORD'S PROBABLY THINKING WHO CARES, WHO YOU ARE,
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THIS HAS GOT NOTHING TO DO WITH WHO YOU ARE.
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I WAS EXACTLY THE SAME, I'M GOING, BUT GOD,
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BUT GOD DIDN'T YOU KNOW I'M 40, BUT GOD I'M A WOMAN,
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BUT GOD I LIVE IN AUSTRALIA, BUT GOD I'VE GOT TWO KIDS,
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BUT, BUT, BUT, BUT, BUT,
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WE NEED A BUT-ECTOMY IN THE BODY OF CHRIST.
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WE NEED TO GET OUR BIG BUTS OUT OF THE WAY,
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BECAUSE WE JUST KEEP GOING.
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IT SOUNDS SO PIOUS, DOESN'T IT?
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BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE, OH, BUT GOD, I'M JUST SO HUMBLE,
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I'M NOT EDUCATED ENOUGH, I'M NOT TALENTED ENOUGH,
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AND IT SOUNDS HUMBLE,
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BUT ACTUALLY THE ROOT OF IT IS PRIDE
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BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY SAYING ARE,
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MY LIMITATIONS ARE TOO BIG
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FOR GOD TO BE ABLE TO DO ANYTHING TO USE ME.
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AND SO SOMETIMES I THINK WE NEED TO STOP AND THINK LIKE,
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AS I'M SOUNDING SO PIOUS, AS I'M TRYING TO MINIMIZE,
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YOU KNOW, I REALLY CAN'T DO ANYTHING.
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I THINK WHAT WE'RE DOING IS SAYING TO GOD,
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YOU'RE NOT POWERFUL ENOUGH TO DO SOMETHING THROUGH MY LIFE.
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AND THE FACT IS THROUGHOUT SCRIPTURE,
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FROM GENESIS TO REVELATION,
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GOD HAS ALWAYS USED ORDINARY PEOPLE
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THROUGH WHOM TO DO EXTRAORDINARY THINGS,
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BECAUSE IT IS NEVER ABOUT WHAT WE ARE NOT,
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IT IS ABOUT WHO HE IS.
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IT IS NEVER ABOUT OUR LIMITATIONS,
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IT'S ABOUT GOD'S SUPERNATURAL ABILITY
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TO DO EXCEEDINGLY, ABUNDANTLY ABOVE AND BEYOND
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ANYTHING THAT WE COULD EVER ASK, HOPE OR THINK,
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OUR EYES HAVE NOT SEEN, OUR EARS HAVE NOT HEARD,
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NOR HAS IT ENTERED INTO OUR HEARTS,
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THE THINGS THAT GOD HAS FOR THOSE THAT LOVE HIM.
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GOD IS ABLE TO DO EXCEEDINGLY, ABUNDANTLY ABOVE, ABOVE.
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AND YET WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT WHAT I CAN'T DO.
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WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT OUR OWN LIMITATIONS.
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I'M SURE WHEN I GAVE GOD MY BUT LIST,
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HE'S SORT OF LIKE ROLLING HIS EYES,
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GOING AS IF CHRISTINE, I HAD NO IDEA,
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I AM THE OMNIPOTENT, OMNISCIENT, OMNIPRESENT GOD,
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I KNOW HOW OLD YOU ARE,
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I KNOW HOW MANY KIDS YOU'VE GOT,
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I KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY'S IN YOUR BANK ACCOUNT,
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I ACTUALLY KNOW GEOGRAPHY REALLY WELL,
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I'M BETTER THAN A GPS SYSTEM, I MADE THE WHOLE THING,
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I GET IT, I KNOW HOW IT OPERATES,
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AND I STILL CHOOSE YOU. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS
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THAT YOU'VE BEEN SAYING NO TO GOD FOR,
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SOME OF YOU, YOU'VE BEEN TALKING YOURSELF OUT OF
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YOUR OWN GOD GIVEN PURPOSE.
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YOU'VE BEEN JUST REMINDING YOURSELF AND TELLING GOD,
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I CAN'T DO WHAT YOU'VE CALLED ME TO DO,
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GOD, I'M NOT SMART ENOUGH,
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I'M NOT TALENTED ENOUGH, I'M NOT GIFTED ENOUGH,
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I'M NOT RESOURCED ENOUGH,
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LORD, I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH,
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AND WE JUST KEEP TELLING HIM WHAT WE'RE NOT.
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WE NEED TO CHANGE THE NARRATIVE, FLIP THE SCRIPT.
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DON'T TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE NOT,
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TALK ABOUT WHO GOD IS.
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TALK ABOUT WHAT GOD WANTS TO DO IN AND THROUGH YOU.
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UNDERSTAND THE FACT THAT YOU ARE NOT QUALIFIED
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IS WHAT QUALIFIES YOU TO DO WHAT GOD HAS CALLED YOU TO DO.
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'CAUSE THEN GOD ALONE WILL GET THE GLORY.
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I THINK NOW IN MY LIFE WITH WHAT THE LORD'S DOING
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THROUGH A21 AND THROUGH PROPEL,
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GOD ALONE CAN GET THE GLORY
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BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW THAT I'M NOT THAT GOOD.
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THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE.
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GOD IS GLORIFIED.
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SO WHEN PEOPLE SAY, "CHRISTINE, YOU KNOW,
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YOU'RE NOT QUALIFIED ENOUGH."
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I THINK I KNOW, I KNOW,
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BUT GOD DOES NOT CALL THE QUALIFIED EVERY TIME,
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HE QUALIFIES THE CALLED EVERY TIME.
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GOD WILL QUALIFY YOU FOR THE THING
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THAT HE'S PREPARING YOU TO DO IN JESUS NAME.
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IT'S MY PRAYER YOU'VE NOT ONLY RECEIVED AFRESH
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YOUR IDENTITY IN CHRIST,
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BUT ALSO THE CALLING ON YOUR LIFE TO LIVE FAITHFULLY,
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TO LOVE BOLDLY AND TO BE ALL THAT YOU WERE CREATED TO BE
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FOR THE GLORY OF GOD.
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HE LOVES YOU SO MUCH.
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HE CHERISHES YOU AS HIS BRIDE
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AND HE WANTS TO SEE YOU THRIVE.
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I WANT THAT FOR YOU AND SO DOES TBN,
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WHICH IS WHY WITH YOUR GIFT OF SUPPORT,
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TO EXPAND THE MEDIA MINISTRY OF TBN,
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TO GET THIS KIND OF TEACHING
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INTO MORE HOMES AROUND THE WORLD,
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YOU CAN REQUEST THE ENTIRE TEACHING AS OUR GIFT OF THANKS.
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SIMPLY CALL THE NUMBER ON THE SCREEN
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OR GO SECURELY ONLINE RIGHT NOW.
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WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU,
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AND I'M SO EXPECTANT FOR WHAT GOD IS GOING TO DO IN YOUR LIFE
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IN THE DAYS TO COME.
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-[ANNOUNCER] HAVE YOU COME FACE TO FACE
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WITH CIRCUMSTANCES THAT CAUSE YOU TO QUESTION WHO YOU ARE,
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AND WHAT GOD HAS CALLED YOU TO DO?
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HAVE YOU EVER PRAYED,
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GOD, WHAT EXACTLY DO YOU WANT FROM ME?
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FINDING THE RIGHT ANSWER AMONG ALL THE MESSAGES
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AND COMMENTARIES AT OUR DISPOSAL,
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CAN BE OVERWHELMING TO SAY THE LEAST.
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THE GOOD NEWS IS,
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GOD HAS PROVIDED US WITH CLARITY IN HIS WORD.
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IN THESE INSPIRING MESSAGES,
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CHRIS WILL REMIND YOU OF YOUR IDENTITY AS JESUS' BRIDE,
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AND OF HIS DEEP ADMIRATION FOR YOU.
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THROUGH CHRISTINE CAINE'S INSPIRING SERIES,
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"BRIDE OF CHRIST" AND HER COMPANION SERIES
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ENTITLED "SIMPLE NOT EASY",
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YOU WILL BE ENCOURAGED TO LIVE FAITHFULLY,
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LOVE BOLDLY AND BE ALL THAT YOU ARE CREATED TO BE
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FOR THE GLORY OF GOD.
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- NOTHING OR NO ONE SHOULD COME BETWEEN US
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AND OUR FAITHFULNESS TO GOD.
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AS CHRIST' BRIDE, WE ARE HOLY IN THAT
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WE'RE SET APART TO BE FAITHFUL, LOYAL,
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AND COMMITTED TO JESUS ABOVE ALL OTHERS.
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-[ANNOUNCER] FRIENDS, YOUR GENEROSITY
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REACHES PEOPLE WITH THE HOPE AND GRACE OF JESUS CHRIST
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THROUGH THE MEDIA AND MINISTRY OUTREACHES OF TBN.
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SO TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROUS GIFT
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IN ANY AMOUNT TO TBN TODAY,
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WE'LL SEND YOU YOUR VERY OWN COPIES
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OF CHRISTINE'S "BRIDE OF CHRIST",
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AND HER POWERFUL COMPANION SERIES, "SIMPLE NOT EASY".
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PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT RIGHT NOW TO CALL 800-350-5170,
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OR GO SECURELY ONLINE TO TBN.ORG/BRIDEOFCHRIST,
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TO SHARE YOUR GIFT AND REQUEST THESE LIFE GIVING RESOURCES.
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REMEMBER WE ARE THE BRIDE OF CHRIST.
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THE SIMPLE TRUTH IS THAT HE LOVES US DEEPLY,
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AND HIS WORD WILL LEAD US INTO BECOMING
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EVERYTHING THAT HE CREATED US TO BE.
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CALL, CLICK, OR WRITE TODAY.
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Simple Not Easy Part 1

May 25, 2022 | 21 | 26:0

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