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I want to address the teenagers here this

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morning, and this message is for you and

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you alone.

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There may be someone here today who is

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searching.

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You are searching for something better in your

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life.

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In fact, you are crying out for something

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better to come into your life.

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You are at the end of yourself.

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You may be a girl who is self

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-harming herself by cutting or starving yourself through

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an eating disorder, and you need help, but

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you don't know where to go to get

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it or who to turn to.

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You seem your parents don't understand you or

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your problem, and you can't turn to them.

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So who do you turn to for help?

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The desperate cry of your heart is help.

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You know you need to change, but how?

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Or perhaps you are a boy who is

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in the grip of pornography, and it's ruling

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you, and you have become its slave.

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You were thrilled by it, but disgusted by

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it, and now it controls your life.

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You want to get out from under its

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power over you, but you don't know how.

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You're too embarrassed to even discuss it with

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anyone.

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You have become its slave, and you don't

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know what to do.

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Perhaps you are here today with a drug

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problem, and it's been out of control.

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You've made some bad choices with friends, and

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they have influenced you for bad.

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Your life didn't used to be this wasted

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and hopeless, and suddenly it's all come crashing

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down, and you are overwhelmed by the weight

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of it all.

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You are addicted to the drug you use,

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and now it controls you instead of you

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controlling it.

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You need help, but who do you go

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to?

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Perhaps you are sitting here today, and you

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are experimenting with the same sex.

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You're involved in a bisexual relationship, and it

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has you more confused than anything else.

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You at first liked the excitement of it,

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but now you're ashamed of it.

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You're stuck in the middle, so to speak,

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of liking a person of your own sex,

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and liking a person of the opposite sex.

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You are now confused as to your future

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relationships, and even confused about your own sexual

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identity.

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You feel trapped.

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Or maybe you are here, and you're angry.

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Your anger is alienating you from everybody.

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That counts in your life.

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You're mad, and you have no real release

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for your anger, and it's boiling inside of

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you like a raging sea with all its

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foam spilling over.

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How in the world can you get over

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this anger?

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What can you do?

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Or perhaps you are here, and you are

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disillusioned with life.

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Friends have disappointed you and let you down.

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Persons you trusted have betrayed that trust.

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They lied to you and hurt your feelings.

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You are disappointed with people in general.

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You have hundreds of followers on Instagram, but

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you have few real relationships you can count

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on.

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You are tired of being hurt by others.

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Who can you even trust anymore?

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Perhaps you are here, and you want to

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run away from home.

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Things are bad in your home, and you

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want to get out, and you can't wait

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to get out on your own and get

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far away from there, and be independent, and

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make your own choices in life.

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But you don't have the money right now

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to leave, or a way to leave, and

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you feel stuck in a bad situation.

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You want out, but you don't know how.

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Perhaps you are a girl, and you just

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found out you're pregnant.

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You're afraid.

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You're mad at your boyfriend who suddenly ditched

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you when he found out you were pregnant.

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You don't know what to do.

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Do you get an abortion, or do you

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have the baby?

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Who can you turn to that would understand?

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What do you do next?

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You are frightened and don't know what to

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do.

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Perhaps you are here, and things are so

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dark and hopeless in your life that you

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are considering suicide.

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You're sad and depressed, and you can't seem

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to get out of this deep, dark depression

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that surrounds your every waking moment.

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You think of ways to end your existence

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in this world, because this world isn't worth

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living any longer.

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Everything is so hopeless, and you see no

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solutions to your dilemma, and you're starting to

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listen to voices that are telling you to

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end it all.

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Perhaps you are here, and you've done something

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really bad, and no one knows about it.

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If they did, they would not want to

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be your friend.

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You feel ashamed and guilty and sad.

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You need to tell someone about it, but

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you are reluctant to talk to anybody for

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it is so bad.

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Perhaps you like to shoplift and steal things

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because you can get away with it.

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You have stolen, and now you feel a

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little guilty for taking something without paying for

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it, but you don't know if you can

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stop stealing when you go to the mall,

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because you know how to get away with

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it.

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But deep down, you know it is wrong

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to be a thief, and now you don't

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know what to do.

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And you feel the church is full of

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nothing but hypocrites.

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The adults say, do as I say, but

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not do as I do.

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Some of your parents are great Christians on

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Sunday, but they yell and scream at you

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through the week, and they aren't any different

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than your friend's parents who aren't even Christians

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at all.

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The whole church scene is nothing but a

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joke.

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Everybody is so fake.

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You want realness in your life, and you

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can't find it.

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You want to look to God for help,

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but you don't even know how to approach

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God.

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You wonder if He even hears you when

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you pray.

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You think Jesus is nothing more than a

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killjoy, and if you really became a Christian

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and followed Him, you would have to give

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up all the fun things in your life,

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and you don't want to part with that

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certain thing, or maybe you don't even believe

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in God.

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Is God even real, or is He just

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a block of stone or a piece of

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wood like some idol you study in history

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class?

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And worst of all, friends have let you

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down time and time again, and you are

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sick and tired of trusting people with your

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feelings because when you do, they just run

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all over them, and it is not worth

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opening up to anyone anymore because you don't

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want to be hurt again.

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Life sucks, and then you die.

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Life is so disappointing.

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Who is real?

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Is there anyone I can really count on?

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Listen, friends.

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When I was a teenager, things were different

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in this world.

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I wasn't exposed to the things you are

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exposed to that can harm you.

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You could even trust the church back in

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those days to be real and to warn

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you of your danger of dying in your

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sins and going to hell.

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Christians were real back then, and a person's

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word was as good as gold, but I

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still had a hunger for more.

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I had a void in my heart that

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only God could fill.

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When I was a teenager, I heard a

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story that helped me to understand who Jesus

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really was, that he was someone I could

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count on in tough times, count on to

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get me through and not desert me.

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Let me share this story with you now.

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Do any of you have dogs?

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Do you like dogs?

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Me too.

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I have always had a dog.

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This story is about a dog.

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Will you listen to it?

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Then lend me your ears and let this

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dog story speak to your heart.

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There was once a farmer who had a

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dog that had been very useful to him,

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but the dog was getting old and couldn't

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work around the farm like it had used

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to in treeing a squirrel and chasing rats

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out of the barn, so the farmer decided

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to get rid of the dog by drowning

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him.

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So one day, he took the dog with

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him to a large stream near his farm,

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and getting into a boat, he rowed out

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to the deepest part of the river.

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He had brought along a heavy stone, which

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he had tied to a cord, and this

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he fastened around the dog's neck.

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But the dog trusted his master and friend,

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so he paid no attention to the cord

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around his neck and the large stone beside

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him at the end of it.

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The dog just sat in the boat calmly

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and stared at the farmer while he rested

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his head on his paws.

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The dog thought his master was hugging him

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when he lifted him up in his arms,

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but to the dog's surprise, his master threw

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him into the water.

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The poor dog sank with a whimper, but

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the cord around his neck broke, and he

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rose to the surface with a whine.

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He tried to get into the boat again,

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and he couldn't understand why his master wasn't

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helping him.

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In fact, the dog was puzzled why, when

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he got near the boat, the farmer just

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pushed him away a number of times with

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an oar.

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The dog was getting tired and could barely

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keep his head afloat any longer.

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Desperately, he paddled back to the boat again,

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hoping this time his friend would save him.

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But instead of lending him a helping hand,

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the farmer stood up in the boat with

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the oar in his hands, intending to strike

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the dog a blow that would send him

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to the bottom of the river.

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But as the farmer swung at him, he

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lost his balance and fell into the water

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himself.

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He could not swim and would have drowned,

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but when the noble dog saw his master

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struggling in the water, in spite of the

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cruel treatment he had received from him, he

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swam up to him, caught hold of his

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clothes, and with all his might brought him

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safe to land.

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From that day on, the farmer took care

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of the old dog for the rest of

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his days, for he realized what a faithful

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friend he was.

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But we hear that story and say the

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farmer deserved to die for being so cruel

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to that poor dog.

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But aren't you here today as guilty as

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that farmer?

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You have been even more cruel than he.

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Listen, about two thousand years ago, Jesus came

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down from heaven so you could go up

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there.

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He was God himself, and he brought nothing

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but love and blessings for poor ruined man.

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Jesus went about doing good, healing the sick,

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giving sight to the blind, feeding the hungry,

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even raising the dead.

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He brought joy to the weary and sad.

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And yet what did men do with him?

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They cried out, Away with him, and nailed

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him on a cross of wood.

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They took large nails, and with a hammer

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pounded them into his hands and feet to

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fasten him to that cross.

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They mocked him, and abused him, and crucified

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him.

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Yet we hear him pray, Father, forgive them,

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for they know not what they do.

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You say how cruel those Roman soldiers were

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to drive those nails into his feet and

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hands.

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But you drove the nails into his feet

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and hands.

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Yes, you and me.

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We placed a crown of thorns on his

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head.

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We spit in his face.

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Our sins nailed him to the cross and

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made him bleed.

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And we denied Jesus with our very lives.

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But Jesus looks at us and says, Father,

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forgive them, for they know not what they

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do.

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Jesus hung on that bloody cross for our

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sins so we could have peace with the

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Father.

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Though the cross was the place where men

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sought to get rid of him, in his

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death it became a place where his saving

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grace flows out to all who come in

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repentance, confessing their sins, and own him as

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their Savior and Lord.

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Listen, young people.

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Jesus is not a killjoy.

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But rather, he will give you joy.

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He will give you a peace that passes

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all understanding.

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Remember the faithful dog in our story who

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turned around and saved his master's life?

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Jesus saves us from our sins, and he

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saves us not for time only, but for

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all eternity.

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Your friends may let you down and disappoint

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you, but Jesus will never let you down

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or let you go.

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He is a faithful friend you can count

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on.

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He says, I will never leave you or

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forsake you.

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You ask, how do I own him as

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Savior and Lord?

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What must I do to be saved?

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A young person looked at Jesus and him

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alone to save you.

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Listen, there was a young person who approached

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Jesus when Jesus was here on earth in

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his earthly ministry.

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This young person was a ruler with plenty

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of money.

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He came to Jesus and said, Good Master,

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what shall I do that I may inherit

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eternal life?

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Jesus looked at him with love and told

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him to sell what he had and give

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it to the poor and come take up

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his cross and follow him.

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But this young man did not want to

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give up his wealth to follow Jesus, so

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he walked away grieved.

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There was a thing that stood between him

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and God.

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You know what?

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It's not so much our acceptance of Jesus,

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but his acceptance of us.

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When we come to him, we must give

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ourselves entirely to him.

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But unlike others, you can trust Jesus to

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have your best interests at heart.

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Jesus wants to heal you.

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Jesus wants to bring you into a love

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relationship with him.

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Go to him with all your heart.

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Look to him.

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Listen to his invitations of the gospel.

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Look unto me and be ye saved all

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the ends of the earth for I am

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God and there is none else.

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Seek ye the Lord while he may be

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found.

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Call ye upon him while he is near.

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Let the wicked forsake his way and the

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unrighteous man his thoughts and let him return

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unto the Lord and he will have mercy

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upon him and to our God for he

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will abundantly pardon.

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Listen, young person.

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Are you tired of your sins?

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Are you hungry for God?

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Are you thirsty for Christ?

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Then listen to Jesus as he says to

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you, Come unto me, all ye that labor

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and are heavy laden and I will give

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you rest.

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Take my yoke upon you and learn of

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me for I am meek and lowly in

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heart and ye shall find rest unto your

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souls for my yoke is easy and my

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burden is light.

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All that the Father giveth me shall come

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to me and him that cometh to me

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I will in no wise cast out.

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And the Spirit and the bride say, Come

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and let him that heareth say, Come and

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let him that is athirst come and whosoever

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will let him take the water of life

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freely.

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Listen, dear one.

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I can promise you this.

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Once you give your life to Christ you

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will never regret it.

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Jesus is a faithful friend who will never

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let you down or never let you go.

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His love was poured out for you on

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that bloody cross.

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He came down from heaven so you can

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go up to heaven and listen to the

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love of God.

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For God so loved the world that He

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gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believeth

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in Him should not perish but have everlasting

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life.

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Get serious with God and He will get

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serious with you.

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Will you get serious with Him?

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He is your only hope.

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Let me pray.

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Lord Jesus, this life is hard and we

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can't make it alone.

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We need you, Jesus.

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You are our only hope in this world

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of confusion and sin.

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Lord, if there is someone here today who

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is struggling and they are crying out for

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help, will you please help that person?

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Will you bring deliverance from their hopeless situation?

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You promised that if we come to You

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for salvation, You will not cast us out.

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Grant us the grace, I pray, to receive

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You in a saving way.

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Only Your Holy Spirit can take the hard

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heart of stone and make it a tender

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heart of flesh.

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Jesus, only You can bring healing and change

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to a person's life.

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You are the bread of life.

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You are the water of life.

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You say, Come unto me, those who are

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weary.

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Lord Jesus, move in hearts now, I pray.

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Amen.