O DISCIPULADO DE PAULO - PT2

O que significa terminar bem a carreira que Deus nos confiou? Nesta mensagem, Benhour Lopes nos conduz pela vida de Paulo e Moisés, mostrando que a fidelidade é construída ao longo da caminhada. Aprenda como lutar os combates certos, perseverar mesmo em meio às dificuldades e permanecer firme até o fim, guardando a fé e confiando no propósito de Deus para cada etapa da jornada.

Quarta da Palavra • Abba Church Marlboro
2026 — Ano da Identidade

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You may be seated.

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Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Welcome to the Word Wednesday. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Get ready because we're going straight to the Word of God. If you got a Bible, open it with me now. Let's continue in 2 Timothy. Last week, Pastor Giandra was preaching with you guys here. On Monday, we had our Esther school.

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And it rained a lot that day.

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But even still the women showed up. The women here, are you in the Esther school, yeah? Wow. Two Mondays now it's been. If you still didn't come. And today we're here. And it's so good that you came. I'm also thankful for everyone watching online. Thank you for your time. If you got a Bible over there at home, let's go there. I want to continue the message that I started in a whole other Wednesday. And it's verse seven and eight.

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I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. And not to me only, but also to all who have loved his appearing.

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If you remember, when I commence this message, when I started this message, the theme was Paul. I even highlighted when he asked Timothy that when he vies that when he came, this is in verse 13. He says, Timothy, bring me the cape that I left in Troad. Why does he say that? Because he's in jail. And you could pass food through there. And take out all the filth from it. And he says, Bring me my cape. And he says, especially the scrolls. And it was through these scrolls that we can identify his disciples. In verse 7, he says incarcerated. But he does not complain. He celebrates. Like everything worked out. How can this be? I fought the good fight. So that last Wednesday. Is your wrestling only because of pride? Or a need to prove yourself to people?

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Or is it actually revealing the person of Jesus Christ?

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You want to know something he's saying? I fought the good fight. It was the good fight. Now I want to talk about finished the race.

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Paul must have had at least three spiritual fathers that he never met personally. You know when you say, like, man, I feel like I'm so lonely and nobody sees me.

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And I always say this. Read the Bible as if it was handwritten for you specifically. Like on every chapter, just pretend your name is there. And then you say, Lord, talk to me. He will. I don't know. Paulo, when he learned the pergaminos, I imagine I imagine Paul reading this cross. And finding the heroes of faith in the old testament. And I wanted to highlight that.

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Because a lot of people ask, Pastor, when are we going to get to study more theology here at Abba Church?

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I said we have a program ready for that. Now, what does it mean when I say different from everyone? Because everyone looked at the problem. First thing out of his mouth. Who are you to defy the living God? He's not saying this? Oh, I'm not scared of your sword. Or your shield. Or your size.

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David is very direct.

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I am not afraid of men who don't fear the Lord. Who know not the one true living God. That theology right there. Uncircumcised was not a literal physical description. But rather what it meant. You have no connection. You don't know what you're talking about. You have no authority. You just signed a death warning. Because you are blaspheming the one true living God. You got theology right there. How do I do theology right there? In your circumstances. For example, you can go to the doctor And the doctor says to you, This is the diagnostic. This is your diagnosis. You have three months to live. And if I can't, then I won't. Now you can calculate the problem. And you're thinking, I see his glory right here. Lord, I see a faithfulness right here. Or you can say, I am not afraid of those who don't know the Lord. And don't know what a covenant is. Don't know the living God I serve. You know what I'm learning here?

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I'm like 99% sure the main inspiration for Paul, it had to be David. It just had to be.

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You fought well. Some people don't remember you. And say, Oh no, he was always panicking. He was always at his worst. He was always lost. He fought the good fight. So let's go. We're in a valley. Let's go to the height of the mountain. Because the second phrase of Paul says I have finished the race. If you're thinking about what David means to Paul, the highest level of formation that Paul carried. Lentamente. Slowly. Three periods of 40 years behind his back. 120 years. Long white hair. Deuteronomy 34, 7 says, His eyes never went dim. And there's a final expression. And he never lost his strength. Let me ask you something. Paul says, bring the scrolls. They inspire me. In Median he could have quit.

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And in the desert he could have quit. Because the people were so hard-hearted.

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But he didn't.

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And when he heard the voice of the Lord calling, he said, I have a heavy tongue, I have a better speech, I can't talk.

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And God did not accept it.

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And after everything he went through the situation in Egitto, the process of Midian and the desert. When it gets to the end, Deus vai para Moisés and Him and says, You give up for so little.

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Maybe you deserve it, right?

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Why would God give you more? How can he trust you with more? Because Paul is saying, I finished.

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The great challenge is terminar. It's finishing.

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So he's saying I have learned the scrolls. How to finish strong.

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40 years of desert. And even so he's like, then I forsake this God. And the last biblical scene of Moses. Is it painful?

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It's a scene of quem concludes what is a satisfying conclusion. And the Bible says that the Lord Himself took care of his body. The Bible says Deuteronomy 34.

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Deuteronomy 34.

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Versículo. And after Moses, never again was there a prophet in Israel like him. Who knew the Lord face to face?

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Blessed be the name of the Lord. Paul sees himself.

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He passed a day and night agarrado in a peda.

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Days and nights spent as a castaway at sea holding onto a piece of wood. He was betrayed by his closest friends.

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And when he got to Asia, everyone who said they were disciples, the Bible says that they abandoned.

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And he still writes this from jail.

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Paul could have said, I can't.

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I won't.

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I did what I could, but this is too much.

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After the stoning and being left for dead. Without stopping, but if he did, it would be fair. Like he already proved himself. It will be so fair if he quit. But he learned with Moses. You gotta go up the mountain.

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Until the very top. Until the Lord tells you you're done. Until the almighty finishes the story.

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What will they say about you?

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He loved his people.

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But the fact that you do finish.

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Because the funeral home will guarantee everything.

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But in Brazil, I'm not using the language of Brazil, envelope of gentlemen to the wake of a really messed up person?

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A rebellious person?

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I mean he almost killed us when he was alive.

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And they fought the good fight?

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What a man of God.

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Can't believe he's gone. This guy brought so much peace.

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So much faith.

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It's not when you finish.

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Are people gonna remember you? He fought a good fight. He fought a good fight. He would take care of us.

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It was such a pleasure to be with him.

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Every time he spoke, amazing. It was a gift to get to Lord.

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It's about this. Let me ask you something.

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How many things in your life are waiting to begin? How many did you finish? How many have you simply abandoned? And you can explain why? You just did.

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How many covenants have you broken?

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How many vows did you fulfill?

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When he said, Lord, if you do this, my life will be yours. God, if you open that door, how many times did you actually show up on that offer? Paul is saying, I fought the good thought.

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That's why I feel perfectly fine finishing the race.

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I'll use the example of Moses and did not finish on the mountain top.

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This is what Paul is talking about.

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I fought the good fight. I did it all. But the fact that I finished You want to finish with pomp and circumstance.

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But that's not up to you. But rather will you finish.

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Paul, that makes no sense.

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You barely eat.

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The biographia de Paulo says this.

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He was short. And a long time inflammation in his eyesight.

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If you were to pass him by, you would think he was a nobody. This balding little dude was mortal.

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And still shouted.

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Fiquem tranquil!

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I'm okay. But here no one will die.

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Because I need to go to Rome and speak to Caesar. Where's your faith? Put a right hand over your heart. Fech those eyes one instant. Close your eyes for a moment. Think about this.

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Where are you applying your strength? What fight are you fighting? Where do you want to finish? Because it's not where you finish.

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You could finish in a prison cell. But if that is where all the way meant for the Lord, Pastor, I'm afraid of finishing in a hospital bed.

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But if you fully lived everything the Lord had for you. It's not about where you finish.

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But rather will you finish. So inspired by Moses. I want to give you these steps to finishing strong. Just go and suba this mote.

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Go up that mountain.

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Because Moses taught Paul. Finishing strong sabendo que o prêmio não é seu. What if I don't see everything? It's okay, this one's for my kids. It's for my grandchildren, they'll enjoy it. It's for the people who knew me as someone who showed them the way. I go because the Lord said go. So I'll go.

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It's not for the land.

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But it's to finish with him at the end. So my brother, lift up your head. Renove the tubes forces. Renovate your strength. And so your children will cherish.

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Moses, that's the land.

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But your children will. And they will have joy. It is enough. Stop looking at the pain.

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Look at the word.

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Moses, you don't get it. You're not gonna go. Are they gonna go?

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Then I won. Paulo Calaboso. Thanks to Moses. I made it. But you're present. But you're in jail. But I finished the race. What's gonna happen now? I will be with the Lord. There was a preacher who is in galeria for the parents of the church.

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He was burned alive. Surrounded by sticks and leaves.

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And when they threw the fire on him, they said, Man, do you have any final words? He said, please to be with the Lord.

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So light it up.

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I pray that this faith would be in this generation.

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I fear that this generation might not get to have that faith. Light it up.

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Paulo is uncarcity.

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Paul, you were imprisoned. Don't worry, I already finished the race.

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Hallelujah!

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Hallelujah.

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How do I finish strong? Take your eyes off the pain. Focus on what is well done right now. But it has to be well done. He asked God, no, one more time, please.

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And God says no. When he's going up the mountain, he doesn't need to discue it at all.

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He doesn't argue.

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Let me say so. Don't fall for the temptation of negotiating the final steps with the Lord.

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So find this when you terminate more. You only do that if you're finishing poorly.

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Oh, if God had more time.

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Oh, if I had more time.

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Oh, if it was somewhere else, maybe another family.

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Maybe another man. Maybe another church.

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Maybe another country. Let me say. No, you will not. Listen. His eyes never went dim. And he never lost his strength.

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Moses is not being dragged up the mountain. He walks himself up the mountain.

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Because to finish strong is terminated the more form possible.

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Meaning finishing at your strong pass. Until the very last time.

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So please and guard your strength until the very end. Because there are people who need to overcome at 90. But are being forced to finish at 50 because they couldn't handle taking care of their life. And strength was still there. Strength.

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And Moses died there.

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God himself buried him.

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He rested in the hands of God from the beginning to the end.

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What does it mean to finish strong?

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It is to trust in God's process. And not editing the process the time total. And not try to edit the whole thing all the time.

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Stop trying to manipulate God's plan. Let him be the author of your whole inside life. And I'm excited more than them. Pastor, I went through so much. In the suffering.

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It's your life. I was a story.

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The Lord delivered me and still the very end. I'm my feeling strong in God. My God.

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Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. And in ultimate.

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And finally.

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Deuteronomy 34.

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Deuteronomy 34.

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Versicle number 10.

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Verse 10.

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Never again has there been a prophet in Israel quite like Moses. How do I finish strong? How do I finish strong?

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After you die, your life still speaks on your behalf. Never again a dad like this. Never again a husband like this. Never again a wife like this. When your voice is silence, your life will speak for you. Paulo says Paul says, I fought the good fight. Finish the race. My life will speak for me.

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Here at Abba Church Moreau on a word.

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If you couldn't read it in your Bible today, assista de novo in casa. Watch it again at home. Take notes what we said. Fecha those those eyes for all. Let's dream for a bit. So you're not too offended.

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But how many dreams did you walk out on? How many dreams did you stop fighting for?

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Can you say all is well, Lord? If I were to die today, terminei. Because it's not where I finished.

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I got there. I rest in you, Lord. Because what I live will be remembered. I kept my protege my family. Protected my family. I love my friends. Honrei my functionaries. I honored you. Your home.

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I finished the race. Next Wednesday, we'll talk about it.

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Fecha those eyes. Close your eyes. Coloque those mansions on your cora. Both hands on your heart. Father, in the name of Jesus.

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Thank you for your word. Thank you for speaking to us. We heard your voice. We heard your voice.

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Help us finish strong. Help us finish strong.

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Yes, Holy Spirit.

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I was gonna finish right now. But the Holy Spirit just burned in my heart really hard. And I'm hearing him saying, Peça todos os who have sonhos. Ask everyone who has a dream. And at any moment felt that they were incapable of seeing it come true. Pray for them. I'm gonna give you one minute for you do that. And come here to the altar. Because it's so far away. Bring your dreams before the altar.