You Asked For It; Discerning Truth - Pastor Denny Rodney Duron

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“You Asked For It; Discerning Truth"

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Everyone say, God, you're all I want. Say, God, you're why I'm here. I'm here to worship you. I'm here to touch heaven. Give me your love. Give me your grace. God, I thank you for every person in this room. God, thank you that you're the reason that we gather. You're the reason that we sing. You're the reason that we worship. Thank you for community that as we join together, you're in this room. God, the manifestation of Jesus, the Holy Spirit, Almighty God, the creator of this universe. God, you care enough about us to visit us in this room. And God, we say thank you. Everyone say thank you, God. Thank you, God. Thank you, God, for what you've done. God, we're so thankful. We're so grateful for your presence and your love. And we give you this service. God, thank you for this message. Thank you for this worship. Thank you for these families. Thank you for this building. But God, more than anything, thank you that you sent your son Jesus to die on the cross. And he did not stay in that grave, but he conquered death. Hell and it is alive today. Come on, put your hands together for Jesus today. Come on, put your hands together for Jesus today. If you love Jesus, hallelujah. That's why we gather. That's why we gather. And I just I want to tell you, happy Sunday. Happy Sunday. And I love each and every one of you. Put your hands together for our worship today. Come on, haven't you enjoyed it? Hasn't that been amazing? Priorities, right? Priorities. Who is priority? Jesus above everything else. We're here to worship the name of Jesus. I want you to give two people a high five right now, and you can be seated. Come on. Hey little buddy. Hey little Jimmy. Come on, happy fun day, Sunday. Come on, somebody. Let's go. Great day to be in the house of God. I want to I want to bring your attention to something that's happening in three weeks. We're having a man, a pastor, a missionary by the name of Johannes Amritzer. How many of y'all have ever heard that name and you've heard him preach? I'm telling you, put it on your calendar. In three weeks, this man will be here and he is a missionary to the world. He literally will speak to crowds of a hundred thousand people at one time in these big festivals sometimes. And I'm telling you, he brings the power of the Holy Spirit. We're having a Sunday morning and we're gonna have a revival night, but the focus, it's world missions. How many of you know we gotta bring the gospel to the world? Come on, put your hands together for the missions that we get to be a part of it. Put it on your calendar. So we're in a series right now, and it's titled You Asked For It. You asked for it. What we did is we asked you what you wanted us to preach on, and you voted and you chose it. Um, and this is what you chose. If you don't like it, it's your own fault. You chose it. All right, here it is. Diserning truth. How do I stay grounded in God's word in a confusing world? Friends, you chose very wisely because we need this more than ever. How many of you have discovered everyone's got a platform these days? Everyone's got a microphone, everybody's got an opinion, right? The news, social media, politicians, influencers, you got your friends, your family, your Aunt Betty, right? Like everyone is an expert. And you get it faster than ever right now. I mean, right there in the palm of your hand, you have more information than the history of the world's ever had. Like you want to know who won the World Series in 1967, ask your phone. If you want to know how to smoke brisket or ribs, what do you think I was gonna say? Get your mind out of the gutter. What are y'all doing here? Ask your phone. If you want to know the Greek or Hebrew behind a Bible verse, ask your phone. It's crazy. Three seconds, boom, all the information in the world. Yet, somehow, we still can't remember where we parked at Walmart. And we still don't know why we opened the refrigerator, right? Chat GPT can't help you with that. It's lost forever. The problem isn't access to information, the problem is figuring out what voice deserves authority in your life. Friends, it's a noisy world. Everyone's talking, talking, talking. And the question is this how do we know what is true? How do we stay grounded when everything around us is so confusing? Today is Father's Day, and I just I want to I want to honor all the fathers and really all the men for what you do. Put your hands together for all the fathers in this room, all the men, you do so much. Thank you for what you do. There's so many men in this room that I've grown up and been under your guidance that you have molded and shaped me. I just I want to say thank you. But this day, it hits differently for different people. For some, Father's Day is a celebration and a day of joy. But for others, Father's Day brings brings pain and it brings hurt. Some of you would do anything just to hear the voice of your father one more time. And I want to tell you, I'm praying that Heavenly Father will comfort you today. No matter where you are today, here is your promise. The voice of Heavenly Father is still speaking today. Can I get a big amen? He's still speaking, and that's what this is all about. It's about voices. We're talking about the voices in our life because the battle for truth, it's ultimately a battle over what voice has authority in our lives. Um, we've got vacation Bible school coming up and it starts tomorrow. I just I want to see a show of hands. How many of you had your life transformed in a VBS or in a kids' meeting or somewhere like in kids' church or like a camp? Just raise your hand if you were influenced at all. When same with me, I gave my life at a kids' camp, and this is vital. So if you have a child, make sure they're there tomorrow and this week. Invite people to this. But I think it's incredible because the theme for VBS is really what I'm preaching today. This is the theme for VBS. Mission possible. Discover the truth. So it's all about equipping kids to know the Bible is our truth. It's our source, it is our guidance. Can I get a big amen? So, with that, let's turn to our Bibles. 2 Kings 22, verse 8. 2 Kings 22, verse 8. This is what the Bible says. Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the secretary, I found the book of the law in the temple of the Lord. He gave it to Shaphan, who read it. Verse 11. When the king heard the words of the book of the law, he tore his robes. He gave these orders to all of them. He said, Go and inquire of the Lord for me, and for the people and for all Judah about what is written in this book that has been found. Great is the Lord's anger that burns against us, because those who have gone before us have not obeyed the words of this book. They have not acted in accordance with all that is written there concerning us. Now, chapter twenty-three, verse twenty-four. Furthermore, Josiah got rid of all the mediums and spiritists, the household gods, the idols, and all the other detestable things seen in Judah and Jerusalem. This he did to fulfill the requirements of the law, written in the book that Hilkiah the priest had discovered in the temple of the Lord. Now, this story is amazing because this is a story about King Josiah. King Josiah became king at eight years old. Eight years old. What were you doing at eight years old? He's king of all of Judah. And then years later, he decided to refurbish the temple. And while they're refurbishing the temple, they find the book of the law. God's word had been forgotten. And what's crazy is the temple was still standing. They were still having religion in some way. There were still priests, but they were having this without the words of God. And when Josiah read this, he tore his clothes in anguish because he realized how far the children of God had drifted away from God. And here's the scary part they did not even know that they had drifted from God. And here's the deal: nobody just wakes up one morning and says, Well, today is the day I'm turning my back on God. No, it's a slow drift. It's one decision, it's one idol, it's one moment. And then we are drifting in a different direction. There's something in aviation, and it's called spatial disorientation. Spatial disorientation is when a pilot is flying, and then they stop using the instruments in the airplane to know where they're flying, and they they start flying on feel, their own feel. And the spatial disorientation, what can happen is well, they can think that they're going smooth and steady, but really they're going into a big ascent or descent or even in a spiral, and they don't even know it all because they're trusting their feelings over the instruments. And in this spatial disorientation, there's over 25 crashes a year due just to this. And spiritually, this can happen to us when we trust our own feelings or we trust our own personal truth instead of God's truth. We lose our bearings without realizing it. And that's why we need our guiding truth. Can I get a big amen? We've got to have the Bible to guide us. And that's my first point today. How do we stay grounded in a confusing world? Number one, we learn to recognize truth has a voice. The voice of truth. So with Josiah, the nation didn't reject God overnight. It was a simply allowing other voices to become louder. And that's exactly what happens today. I don't know if y'all have noticed, but there's some pretty loud voices out there. Culture is a big old voice. Politics, pretty loud voice. Entertainment and fear, bitterness, and past wounds have a voice. But the question is this what voice speaks truth, and what voice has authority in our lives? This is what Jesus says in John 10, 27. Jesus says, My sheep hear my voice. I know them and they follow me. Jesus didn't say, My sheep hear many voices, they hear a lot of voices. No, what does it say? My sheep hear my voice. They recognize my voice above all the noise. Um, growing up, my dad had a whistle to get all of us boys, all of our attention. I mean, it would like light you up. And when you heard the whistle, what did we do? What is dad saying? Still, I'm 40 years old and dad whistles and my head's snapping. I'm like, what, dad? Um, I used to play college baseball and pro baseball in places like California and in Oregon and Washington. So my dad, he couldn't come to all my games, but he would surprise me at my games sometimes. And so I'd be out and big old stadium, a lot of people, and I'd be at shortstop, and all of a sudden, in the midst of all the noise, I'd hear that whistle. And it was crazy because every time I would hear that whistle, I would go right to where he was sitting, and I would see him in the midst of that crowd. I would hear that above all the other noise. Why? Because it was a very familiar sound. It's a familiar person. I had spent time with that person. I was familiar with it, and that's what I'm telling us today. We've got to be familiar with the voice of truth above all other voices, so we can immediately recognize truth in a noisy world. Can I get a big amen? So, what is truth? What is truth? Well, our culture has perverted what truth is. Culture says, know your truth, find your truth, speak your truth. No, Jesus never spoke like that. Jesus never came and said, Hey, I got a little bit of truth for you. Let me share a little bit of truth with you today. No, what did what did Jesus say? John 14 and 6. Jesus said, I am the way. I am the truth. I am the life. He said, I am the truth. Thank God that our feelings are not the truth. Thank God that what is popular is not the truth. It used to be a popular belief that the world was flat. It used to be a popular belief that smoking was healthy. Let me tell you, just because it's popular does not make it true. What is truth? I'll tell you. Truth is the reality of God defined in the word of God. And the word of God is alive, it's living, it's revelation, it transforms us. It's never changing. It's already defined. Put your hands together for the voice of truth. It's the Bible. Come on, we can do better than that. Put your hands together. We've got our map to life, the Bible. I want to encourage you, get you one of these. Get yourself a Bible. Not just your phone. That's great, but get yourself a hard copy. And there's different translations. There's translations that are word for word, and then there's summary translations. I encourage you to get one of both. Get a word for word, get a summary, and study the word of God. Not too long ago, we bought Bibles for our staff, and we allowed them to choose their own translation, got them notebooks, and um I offered to buy them a really cool Bible bag. And it's like really in style, you know what I mean? And some of them did not want the bag. I was offended. How do you not want a Bible bag? Are you kidding me? And it got me thinking, you know, I'm on a travel team, and this baseball team, there will be some kids, and y'all know this. These baseball bags will be like $2,000 worth of equipment. Sometimes baseball bats are like $500. Let's talk about some of the women's purses in here. Let's talk about some of the golf club bags. It's crazy. We got weapons for everything else, but when it comes to life, we got to make sure that we have the weapons of warfare to win against the enemy. Come on, somebody. So we got to mark up our Bible. Let's highlight our Bible. Make sure this is one of the most important, not one of the most, the most important voice in our life. Let me get an amen. How do we do that? Where do we start? Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Read the very words of Jesus. Go and start with the Gospels in context. How do you read the Bible in context? Well, don't just read the one verse. Read the couple verses before it, the couple verses after it. Ask who was the author? Who are they speaking to? Go read a commentary that outlines every single verse in the Bible. Friends, this has to be the loudest voice in our life. The Bible says it this way in Hebrews 1:1 and 2. It says, in the past, God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways. But in these days, he has spoken to us by his son. Everyone say Jesus, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe. Friends, if we want to understand how to hear through the noise, we've got to listen to the voice of Jesus, not just sometimes, but it's got to be daily. Everyone say daily. We're studying other things daily. We're reading other things, just making sure we've got to do this daily. Because here's the thing: the more you get into the Bible, well, the more God starts speaking to you. People have asked me, how do I hear the voice of the Holy Spirit? How do I hear the voice of God? Well, get in the Bible more. Start reading your Bible, and you will hear the voice of Almighty God, I promise you. So here's a question. What voice are you listening to most right now? Not on Sundays, Monday, Tuesday, the rest of the week. Because what voice you're listening to, it's shaping your thinking, it shapes your decisions, it shapes your fears. Because whatever voice gets your attention, listen to me, it's gonna get your direction. Whatever voice you're listening to, that's where you're headed. And I just meet a lot of people and they're so angry. And I think a lot of the anger is because of the voices they're allowing in their life. I think algorithms, what we're scrolling on our phone, have a lot to do with it. We've selected so many of those videos that are mad at that party, that are mad at those people. Well, there's something burning inside of you, and it's like, I'm so angry. Well, cut off the voices and start listening to the voice of Jesus Christ. Come on, put your hands together if you want it to be the loudest voice in your life. It has to be. Got to cut off the other voices. So it doesn't stop with just hearing. God wants to reveal some things to us, and that's point number two. We trust God's word to reveal what we cannot see on our own. So we listen, and then God begins to convict us. Back to our story with Josiah, 2 Kings 22. It says, When the king heard the words of the book of the law, he tore his robes. Why did he tear his robes? Well, in the Bible, whenever a man of God is convicted by God, they would tear their robes and they would they would surrender to God. It's a posture of humility, saying, Lord, I'm sorry for missing you. Lord, I repent. God, I want to follow your way. It's humility and it's surrender, saying, I want your way above my way. One of the most dangerous things in life is becoming comfortable with something that is not healthy. You can get used to almost anything. You can get used to compromise, dysfunction, bitterness, living far from God. And that's why we've got to have God's word, because God's word shows us that. Things we cannot see ourselves. If you want a great example of this, marriage is an example of this. When you first get married, you get a brand new roommate, and they'll reveal all kinds of things you haven't seen about yourself. Where you're putting your clothes, where you're putting your dishes, being too loud in the mornings. Never happened to me. I'm just talking about y'all's marriages. Okay? That's not me. Sometimes your car gets out of alignment. And whenever our cars get out of alignment, it's not just like fast, it's like one little compensation at a time. And you don't realize it, but you're compensating a little bit more. And then you get it aligned, and you sit in your car, you're like, wow, my car was really, really off. It reveals something. That is what God's word does. It's a revealer. It reveals reality. It reveals where we're supposed to go with God. Now, the Bible says it even better than what I'm saying. Hebrews 4.12. It says, For the word of God is alive and it's active. Come on, let me get an amen. Sharper than any double-edged sword. It's supposed to convict. It's supposed to be uncomfortable. 2 Timothy 3.16, the amplified version, it says this scripture is God breathed, given by divine inspiration, and is profitable for instruction, for conviction of sin, for correction of error and restoration to obedience, for training and righteousness, learning to live in conformity to God's will, both publicly and privately, behaving honorably with personal integrity and moral courage. Man, I love that so much. It's powerful. Nowhere in there does it say God's word is dead. No, God's word is alive. God's word is active, God's word is revelation, and God's word reveals things to us, opens our eyes to things we could never see on our own. And that's what happened with Josiah. Josiah, the word was read, and suddenly a whole nation, their eyes, they're opened. So I'll just show you the difference. I'll show you the difference between what culture says and what the Bible says. So culture says follow your heart, right? Just follow your heart, whatever, whatever you feel. The Bible says your heart is deceptive. You can't trust your heart. Jeremiah 17, it says the heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? No, it's not your feelings or your heart, it's the word of God. Culture says this do whatever makes you happy. If you're happy, we'll do it. No, Jesus says something different in the Bible. In Matthew, Jesus says, if anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross. When did we ever think Christianity is about us and us getting served? No, friends. It's all about surrender and following Jesus. And through surrendering, we get the abundant life. And this is where so many believers get in trouble. Because instead of measuring, well, culture by scripture, we start measuring scripture by culture, and we take the scripture to fit our lifestyles. No, my friend. No, Josiah did not do that. Josiah, what he did is he changed the nation to fit the word of God. And that's what we've got to do. We got to change our lives to fit the word of God. We gotta change our schedules to fit the word of God. We gotta change our thinking to fit the word of God, our language to fit how God says that we're to speak. And when we do that, God transforms us. It's called discernment. What is discernment? Disernment is asking God first before we take a step in life. Oh, that's a new thing, right? Ask God what we should do and ask the Bible if this is even biblical. So here's the thing practical. Before you repost that thing, what does the word say about it? Before you adopt a brand new worldview, you start preaching that worldview. What does the Bible say about it? Before you make a decision into your next, well, have you prayed about it? What does the Bible say about it? Because God's word, friends, God's word is not just one voice among many. No, it is the filter for every other voice in our life. It's our guiding force. And here's a big question What do we do when God's word is being used in a deceptive way? Right? Because we see that sometimes. God's word is being used deceptively. And this happens. We see it on social media or politics. Some people will use scripture as a weapon to judge or condemn or justify a lack of love. Can I tell you, I will never shy away from speaking the truth of this Bible. It will be true and true. No matter if it convicts, but listen, it's always spoken in love. It's never spoken in anger and in hate. It's always in love. And here's the deal: others dismiss scripture altogether, dismiss it when it challenges their views or conflicts with their sense of moral or social justice. Some people think they're more just than our God. Friends, you better be careful. No, we serve a just God. And here's the thing: as followers of Jesus, we don't use the Bible to attack people. We don't ignore the parts that challenge us. No, we humble ourselves and we submit to the voice of Jesus with a counsel of the word, allowing it to comfort us and to correct us. That's what happened with Jesus. Jesus was in the wilderness and he was there for 40 days. And Satan shows up and Satan perverts the word of God and tries to tempt Jesus. Well, good luck with that, Satan. Like you're talking to the living word of God. So Jesus speaks scripture to defeat the temptation that's in his life. And that is how we have to live. And that is how we've lived in this place since Rodney Duron. Pastor Rodney Duron, my Paw Paul, whenever he pastored this church, well, he was never a man to chase the fad of culture. That wasn't Rodney Duron. He didn't chase the fads of what church was doing. No friends. It was a light into his path and it was a guidance unto his heart. The word of Almighty God, it was the foundation, every single step. And that is what always led him. Put your hands together for Pastor Rodney right now. Come on, somebody. And that's why the story of Josiah, it's really powerful. It didn't just comfort him. No, he invited the correction. He invited the confrontation. And it and he asked God to do it. And then once God did it, well, he did the next step. So it doesn't, it doesn't stop with just hearing, and it doesn't stop with what we see. Here's the last step. We've got to move. Everyone say move. We've got to move. Here's point number three. We follow the voice that leads us towards God's future because our future belongs to the voice you follow. You want to know where you're headed? What voice are you obeying in your life? The difference between Josiah and every other person before him was not the access to truth. They all had access. The difference was that he moved, he obeyed. The Bible says this in James 1:22. Don't just listen to the word and deceive yourselves. Do what it says, right? Do it. Just do it. And think about how strong that is. He's saying it's possible to hear, to see, but still be deceived when we don't obey and follow and move. Because hearing is not the goal, obedience is the goal. Um, my dad, Pastor Denny, just my best friend, and he's my hero. And on this Father's Day, I honor him. Put your hands together for Pastor Denny if you love him. Come on. He's a father of this house. He's in Miami today. He's preaching at Boo Church. He's just no one like him. But growing up, he made it very clear he loved my mom and all of us kids, but above all else, he loves God. So if anything else is conflicting with what God says or the direction that God's taking him, he chooses God every single time. And he chose us to live life like this. Where do we go for truth? To the Bible. How do we have direction? Ask the Holy Spirit. Always, always seek counsel with what God wants. And I'll tell you this: as a father, the greatest thing that you can give your kids is to teach them how to hear the voice of Almighty God. Where do you go for truth? How do you seek the Holy Spirit? Let me say something to every person in this room, and the band can come right now. I'm closing. No matter what you faced, if you've had a good past, or you think that your past has struggled, maybe even in your past you feel like you didn't have the best relationship with your dad, or maybe if your dad abandoned you, can I tell you I'm praying for comfort for you today? But God is still there and still speaking to you, and the best is still yet to come for your life if you choose Jesus. And the flip side is maybe you you had a dad that has served Jesus in a great situation. You feel like, but the pressure is still not off of you because you can't hide under someone else's relationship. You've got to choose Jesus and move for yourself. No matter where you are individually, we've got to choose Jesus because eventually, here it is the future belongs to the voice that we follow. Want to know where you're going? What voice are you following? You're moving towards. So, well, if you follow culture, culture will shape your future. And when you're down and out, culture will turn its back on you and spit on you. If you follow fear, fear will be your future and it will limit your life. You'll have a small world. If you follow, well, your feelings, friends, feelings will take you so many places you don't want to go. But if you follow the voice of your heavenly father, his truth will shape your voice your future and impact those around you. It doesn't just impact you, it impacts a great legacy following you. It reminds me of the words Jesus spoke. Jesus said, My sheep know my voice and they follow me. They don't just hear, they move. They don't just hear, they obey. They go in the direction that he's calling them. And that's exactly what happened to Josiah. One young man heard the voice of God. He was convicted, but he didn't stop there. He tore down idols, he made a move. He got rid of the things that were in between him and Almighty God, and a nation was changed forever. So today, it's all about voices. And I honestly, I can't get that thought out of my head. Voices. Voices, there are good voices, there's bad voices. And on this Father's Day, I'm reminded of Papa Rodney's voice. Pastor Rodney Duron had that deep, powerful voice. How many of you ever heard the voice of Pastor Rodney Duran? Hey, brother! Hallelujah! Hey, champion! It's like a WWF wrestler like preaching. It's like, what's going on? When he prayed, I expected every prayer to be answered because he got in the presence of Almighty God. He knew God's voice. And my dad today, my dad's voice is such, it's a comforting voice. Whenever I'm struggling, my dad gives me direction, and whatever void, whatever room he walks in and he preaches, God's power moves through the power of the Holy Spirit. I'm telling you this: every father, every mother, every person, you're leaving a voice behind. And some of you, you still hear the voices in your past of encouragement that are lifting you up. And some of you still hear voices of pain. You still hear voices of discouragement. Voices are powerful. They continue shaping us long after the conversation is over. And I got to thinking, one day, my grandfather's voice, well, it became a distant memory for all of us. And one day, my voice, it's gonna become a memory for my children. Because all of our voices, well, they grow silent, they fade, they grow old. But I'm telling you today, there's one voice, the voice of our Heavenly Father. Our Heavenly Father, he never grows old, he never stops, his voice never fades, and he's speaking to you today. And here's the miracle of this story: a whole nation turned their back on Almighty God and they ran in a different direction. They made idols, they forgot about God's word. But as soon as they turned and opened the book of God's word, God was still there. He did not abandon them and he was still speaking. And I'm saying this: God is still speaking today. God's calling out to every single one of us. We're his children. We've got to listen. It's got to be the loudest, the most influential voice in our lives. And when God speaks and reveals something, do not ignore it. No, friends. We've got to be convicted and changed. And then we move. Everyone say move. We've got to move where God is calling us to move. Just like he tore down those idols. God wants us to tear down some idols today. What voices are in between you and Almighty God having the best relationship? What idols are between you and Almighty God, keeping you from the abundant life. Today, I want to pray for you. Stand with me on this Father's Day. I want you to stand. I want you to bow your head. Just bow your head. Shut yourself away with God. That means think about Father God. Think about how wonderful your Father God is. Everyone say thank you that you're my Father. Thank you for your voice. Say I'm listening. Say I will move. Bow your head. Shut yourself away with God. Thank you, God, that you're our Father. Thank you, you love us. God wants to wrap his arms of love around you today. Thank you, Jesus. Just bow your head. The greatest guiding voice that we can have is the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is active and it's He He is alive. He is God. And that's why we pray all the time: Holy Spirit, fill me and lead me and guide me. And right now we're going to ask the Holy Spirit that the Holy Spirit will speak to us and will guide us. Reveal what we need to get rid of, how we can move. Just bow your head. Everyone, bow your head with me. Just bow your head. Bow your head. Now, like he like he made a move to tear us clothes and rip the idols down. I want us to make a move today. Just everyone lift your hands. Everyone lift your hands. This is a sign of humility and surrender. Saying, God, your way is better than my way. God, I thank you for every hand that is lifted in the name of Jesus. I pray that your voice will be the loudest voice in our life. Lord, the voices that are training us to hate and to be mad, and God, training us to be fearful and to be bitter. In the name of Jesus, I bind those voices you have no place in here in the name of Jesus. Holy Spirit, reveal the voices that are taking us in a direction you do not want us to go. Cut off those voices in the name of Jesus Christ. And I pray that we'll go to your word, your holy word for direction. Holy Spirit, speak to us. God, transform us. Now, God, I pray you open our eyes. Open our eyes. Everyone say, Open my eyes. Open our eyes to see how you see. In the name of Jesus, convict us. Don't just comfort us, but God, convict us to change. And when you show it to us, Lord, help us not to stay stagnant. Lord, I pray that we will move towards you with all of our might and all of our strength. It's not us, but it's you. In the name of Jesus, just bow your head, keep your hands up, bow your head, keep your hands up right now. This is your moment. Think of Heavenly Father.

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