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- My Celebrate family,

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happy Easter.

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Like wow, I can't believe[br]we're already here

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and who would ever thought[br]we'd be sharing this day

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this way?

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But here we are, and He's still alive.

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He's on his throne, high and lifted up.

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My friends, He has risen.

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Amen?

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Now, for all of you who[br]are guests, welcome.

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I'm so grateful you're joining us.

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You know, I hope that you would take time

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to check out or webpage.

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You see, if you're[br]looking for a church home,

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we'd love to be that home.

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And you could learn a lot about who we are

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and why we love this church[br]by simply going there.

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If you're looking for a[br]personal word of encouragement,

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I'd love for you to join[br]me on my personal Twitter,

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Facebook, or Instagram accounts.

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Now, for those Celebrate, listen,

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we've updated our webpage with[br]God's latest work in Liberia.

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I hope you'll check it out[br]as well as pray for them,

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especially during this[br]unprecedented time in history.

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Well, my friends, here we are.

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Easter, the greatest life-changing[br]event in all of history

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and I have to tell you, I'm so passionate

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about this weekend's[br]message and I'm trusting

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that God is gonna speak, touch lives

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in the most amazing of ways.

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So let's get into it.

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I've asked several of my friends[br]to greet you this weekend

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and my hope is that in[br]light of this pandemic,

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and the way we are celebrating[br]his resurrection this year,

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they're gonna add to[br]making it special for you,

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as well as meaningful.

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- Hey, Celebrate, it's Joseph Clarke

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and we have a reason to celebrate.

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Christ has risen.

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Hallelujah!

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- Hey, Celebrate, this is Eric Alexander

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in Vale, Colorado.

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It's been a little while[br]since I've been with you

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but I wanted to take this opportunity

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and just wish you a very happy Easter.

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- Hello, Celebrate, it's Rodney McGruder

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of the Los Angeles Clippers[br]wish you all a happy Easter.

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- Hey, Celebrate, Phil Joel here

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wish you a happy and safe Easter.

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- Hello, Celebrate, this[br]is Coach Jim Caldwell,

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happy Easter.

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- Hello, Celebrate.

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This is Josh McDowell wishing[br]you a happy, fulfilled Easter.

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He is risen.

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- Hey, Celebrate.

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This is Marcus Lee wishing[br]you guys a happy Easter.

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- Hello, Celebrate.

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This is John Elefante[br]from Nashville, Tennessee

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wishing you all a very happy Easter.

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- Hello, Celebrate.

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This is Jessica Obilom wishing[br]you a happy, happy Easter.

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- Hello, Celebrate.

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This is Mary D'Argenis wishing all of you

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a very happy Easter.

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- Hello everyone at Celebrate,[br]this is Randy Hartley.

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I wanna wish you a very happy Easter.

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- Hey, what's going on Pastor[br]Keith and Celebrate Church?

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This is Bryan Schwartz,[br]former NFL middle linebacker

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for the Jacksonville Jaguars.

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Come on, man, we are coming up

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on one of the most important[br]days in all of human history,

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the celebration of Jesus[br]Christ's resurrection.

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- Hello, Celebrate.

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This is Jim Garlow from San Diego,

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wishing you a most[br]blessed resurrection day.

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- Hey, Celebrate, it's[br]Jessica from Resound

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and I'm wishing you a happy Easter.

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- Hey, what's going on, Celebrate?

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This is Brian Ivie wishing[br]you all a very happy Easter.

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- This is Coach Ron Brown[br]wishing you a happy Easter.

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- Hello, Celebrate.

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This is Greg Vail wishing[br]you guys a amazing Easter.

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Happy Easter!

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- Hello to all the saints at Celebrate.

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This is Joe Battaglia wishing[br]you all a very happy Easter.

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- Hello, Celebrate.

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This is John and Stephanie Lawry.

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- Wishing you.

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- [Both] A happy Easter.

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- Hello, Celebrate.

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This is Tom Holladay[br]from Saddleback Church

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wishing you happy Easter.

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- Good morning, Celebrate.

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It's Tremaine Jackson.

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I just want to wish you guys[br]a very, very happy Easter.

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- Hello, Celebrate.

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This is Jaime Barnes down[br]in Celebration, Florida,

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wishing you a very happy Easter.

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- Hi, Celebrate, my family.

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This is John Schlitt and I[br]wanna wish you a happy Easter.

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- Hello, Celebrate.

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This is Roddy Chong wishing[br]you all a happy Easter.

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- Hey, Celebrate Church.

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Happy Easter from Mayor Paul Tenhaken

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and from.[br]- Nora Tenhaken.

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- Hi, this is Bob Hartman from Petra

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and this is my wife Kim.

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We wanna wish Celebrate a[br]very happy and safe Easter.

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- Hey, Celebrate Church.

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It's Mack Brock here.

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I am in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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But just wanted to hop[br]on here really quick

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and wish you guys, your whole church,

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Pastor Keith, the whole[br]team a happy Easter.

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- Happy Easter, Celebrate Church.

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So excited to rejoice with you

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on the resurrection of Jesus

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and we're all doing Easter from home

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so this is a welcome from 12Stone Church

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in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Love your Pastor Keith and Kay,

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what a great family, what a great church.

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Hope this is a great day for you.

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(slow soft music)

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("God of Revival")

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♪ We've seen what You can do ♪

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♪ Oh, God of wonders ♪

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♪ Your power has no end ♪

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♪ The things You've done before ♪

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♪ In greater measure ♪

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♪ You will do again ♪

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♪ 'Cause there's no prison[br]wall You can't break through ♪

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♪ No mountain You can't move ♪

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♪ All things are possible ♪

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♪ There's no broken body You can't raise ♪

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♪ No soul that You can't save ♪

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♪ All things are possible ♪

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♪ The darkest night ♪

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♪ You can light it up ♪

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♪ You can light it up ♪

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♪ The God of revival ♪

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♪ Let hope arise ♪

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♪ Death is overcome ♪

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♪ You've already won ♪

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♪ God of revival ♪

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♪ You rose in victory ♪

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♪ And now You're seated ♪

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♪ Forever on the throne ♪

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♪ So why should my heart fear ♪

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♪ What You've defeated ♪

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♪ I will trust You alone ♪

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♪ 'Cause there's no prison[br]wall You can't break through ♪

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♪ No mountain You can't move ♪

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♪ All things are possible ♪

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♪ There's no broken body you can't raise ♪

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♪ No soul that You can't save ♪

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♪ All things are possible ♪

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♪ The darkest night ♪

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♪ You can light it up ♪

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♪ You can light it up ♪

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♪ God of revival ♪

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♪ Let hope arise ♪

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♪ Death is overcome ♪

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♪ You've already won ♪

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♪ God of revival ♪

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- Lord, let this be our prayer,

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let this be our praise.

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It seems that we are in the darkest times,

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the darkest of days, but You,

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but You came.

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When all seemed lost, You came.

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When all seemed broken, You overcame.

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You took it to the cross[br]and broke every chain.

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So what do we have to fear?

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Because if You conquered death,

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then You can conquer[br]everything that is here.

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So we pray for an awakening,

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the time has come for a revival.

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So we call out to Your name.

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We pray and seek Your face.

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We turn from all wicked ways.

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We ask for forgiveness.

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So God, will You forgive?

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Will You restore?

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Will You awaken?

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Will You renew?

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Will You heal?

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Will You protect?

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Will You conquer?

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Will You light us up to be[br]a light unto Your world?

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Because without You,[br]without You we are nothing.

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So come, Lord, come.

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Come awaken Your people.

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Come awaken Your cities.

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Come awaken the nation.

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Come awaken the world.

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♪ Come awaken Your people ♪

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♪ Come awaken the city ♪

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♪ Oh God of revival, pour[br]it out, pour it out ♪

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♪ Every stronghold will crumble ♪

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♪ Hear the chains hit the ground ♪

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♪ Oh God of revival, pour[br]it out, pour it out ♪

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♪ The darkest night ♪

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♪ You can light it up ♪

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♪ You can light it up ♪

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♪ Oh, God of revival ♪

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♪ Let hope arise ♪

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♪ Death is overcome ♪

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♪ You've already won ♪

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♪ God of revival ♪

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♪ Come awaken Your people ♪

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♪ Come awaken the city ♪

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♪ Oh God of revival, pour[br]it out, pour it out ♪

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♪ Every stronghold will crumble ♪

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♪ Hear the chains hit the ground ♪

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♪ Oh God of revival, pour[br]it out, pour it out ♪

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- I'm excited about this message

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because the message of[br]Easter is a game-changer.

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You see, as we face[br]these challenging events,

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it's a great time to[br]fully understand Easter

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and what it's all about.

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You see, Jesus took[br]the greatest of tragedy

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and He turned it into[br]the greatest of triumph

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and that victory changed everything.

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And so take our your notes[br]along with your Bible

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and let's get into it.

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Our worship team is gonna set this up.

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♪ If you've been walking[br]the same old road ♪

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♪ For miles and miles ♪

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♪ If you've been hearing[br]the same old voice ♪

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♪ Tell the same old lies ♪

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♪ If you're trying to fill[br]the same old holes inside ♪

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♪ There's a better life ♪

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♪ There's a better life ♪

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♪ If you've got pain ♪

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♪ He's a pain taker ♪

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♪ If you feel lost ♪

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♪ He's a way maker ♪

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♪ If you need freedom or saving ♪

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♪ He's a prison-shaking Savior ♪

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♪ If you've got chains ♪

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♪ He's a chain breaker ♪

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♪ Now we've all searched[br]for the light of day ♪

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♪ In the dead of night ♪

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♪ We've all found ourselves worn[br]out from the same old fight ♪

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♪ We've all run to things[br]we know just ain't right ♪

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♪ And there's a better life ♪

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♪ There's a better life ♪

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♪ If you've got pain ♪

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♪ He's a pain taker ♪

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♪ If you feel lost ♪

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♪ He's a way maker ♪

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♪ If you need freedom or saving ♪

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♪ He's a prison-shaking Savior ♪

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♪ If you've got chains ♪

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♪ He's a chain breaker ♪

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♪ If you believe it ♪

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♪ If you receive it ♪

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♪ If you can feel it ♪

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♪ Somebody testify ♪

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♪ If you believe it ♪

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♪ If you receive it ♪

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♪ If you can feel it ♪

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♪ Somebody testify, testify ♪

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♪ If you believe it ♪

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♪ If you receive it ♪

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♪ If you can feel it ♪

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♪ Somebody testify ♪

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♪ If you've got pain ♪

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♪ He's a pain taker ♪

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♪ If you feel lost ♪

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♪ He's a way maker ♪

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♪ If you need freedom or saving ♪

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♪ He's a prison-shaking Savior ♪

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♪ If you've got chains ♪

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♪ He's a chain breaker ♪

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♪ Oh, if you need freedom or saving ♪

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♪ He's a prison-shaking Savior ♪

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♪ If you've got chains ♪

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♪ He's a chain breaker ♪

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- Happy Easter everyone.

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I gotta tell you a story[br]I think you're gonna love.

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It's about little Johnny and his mother,

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they were out shopping and[br]they ran into their preacher,

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they ran into their pastor.

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You ready for this?

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The pastor smiled and got[br]down at Johnny's level

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and looked at him and smiled and said,

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"So, what are you up to today, Johnny?"

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"Oh, Mom and I, we're just[br]getting ready for Easter."

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The pastor thought for a[br]moment, what an opportunity.

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So he looked Johnny in the[br]eye and he said, "Really?

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"Really, Johnny?

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"So what is Easter[br]really all about anyway?

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"I mean, do you know what happened?"

0:15:18.052,0:15:20.080
Little Johnny looked at the pastor

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and he was somewhat offended.

0:15:21.849,0:15:24.686
"Well of course I do," he said.

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"Easter is when they[br]nailed Jesus to a cross

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"and He died for our sins.

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"Then they put Him in a grave

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"and put a big rock in front of it.

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"But three days after,[br]Jesus got out of that grave

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"and He rose from the dead."

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The pastor was impressed.

0:15:41.841,0:15:44.285
But then Johnny added one more thing.

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"And when Jesus stepped[br]out of that grave that day,

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"He looked around, because[br]if He sees his shadow,

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"there'll be six more weeks of winter."

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(group laughing)

0:15:53.607,0:15:55.751
(laughs) I love that story.

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You know, U.S. News &[br]World Report began in 1933.

0:16:01.867,0:16:04.790
It's an America media[br]company that publishes news,

0:16:04.790,0:16:08.957
consumer advice, analysis of[br]global economy, and of health.

0:16:08.957,0:16:13.594
Well today, it's primarily[br]a web-based program,

0:16:13.594,0:16:15.040
but when it was a magazine,

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it had a section entitled[br]"News You Can Use",

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which obviously implies[br]that there's some news

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of which we do not wanna use,

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and may I add, some news[br]we need to leave alone.

0:16:28.630,0:16:29.783
Now why do I say this?

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Because in the wave of this[br]fear that's going on right now,

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I think there's a lot[br]of Johnny's out there.

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I think there is.

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People giving a lot of analysis,

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a lot of advice and opinion.

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But you know what I think?

0:16:45.904,0:16:49.389
I think some of it's not recommended.

0:16:49.389,0:16:53.746
In fact, I think some of it[br]needs to be completely ignored.

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But I think it's adding, if you will,

0:16:55.941,0:16:58.596
I think it's adding to people's fears.

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And so I thought being that it's Easter,

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and taking page out of[br]U.S. News & World Report,

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I thought I'd give you[br]some news you can use,

0:17:09.925,0:17:13.317
some news that I believe[br]will transform your life.

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Amen to that?

0:17:14.224,0:17:15.057
- [Group] Amen.

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- So if you've got your Bibles,

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I want to invite you to Matthew 28.

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Matthew 28, we're gonna[br]look at the first 10 verses

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and we're gonna look at some news

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that you and I can use.

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Now church, don't miss this

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because this is so important[br]what I'm about to say.

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When you get Easter,[br]you really get Easter,

0:17:39.463,0:17:43.296
and you understand this[br]news that you can use,

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this factual truths, I'm here to tell you,

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you don't need to be afraid.

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You will not be afraid.

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And so we are in Matthew 28,

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Matthew 28 and I'm gonna[br]begin in the very first verse.

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Look what it says.

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"After the Sabbath, at dawn[br]on the first day of the week,

0:18:09.327,0:18:14.327
"Mary Magdalene and the other[br]Mary went to look at the tomb.

0:18:15.683,0:18:18.652
"There was a violent[br]earthquake," that's interesting,

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"a violent earthquake,[br]for an angel of the Lord

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"came down from heaven[br]and going to the tomb,

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"rolled back the stone and sat on it."

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Love it.

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On this rock I will stand.

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All other ground is sinking sand.

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I mean, we thought that[br]hymn was written by man.

0:18:39.739,0:18:42.002
Talk about an angel with confidence,

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you know what I mean?

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"His appearance was like lightning,

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"and his clothes were white as snow.

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"The guards were so afraid of him

0:18:52.900,0:18:56.483
"that they shook and[br]became like dead men."

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Now watch this.

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"Then the angel said to the[br]women, 'Do not be afraid.'"

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Do not be afraid.

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"For I know that you're[br]looking for Jesus."

0:19:10.750,0:19:14.153
I think right now there's a lot[br]of people looking for Jesus.

0:19:14.153,0:19:18.600
But do not be afraid, "This[br]Jesus who was crucified,

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"He is not here."

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Here's some good news.

0:19:23.716,0:19:26.216
"He has risen just as He said.

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"Come and see the place where He lay."

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I love that stuff, nothing[br]hidden by the angel.

0:19:34.286,0:19:38.389
"Then go quickly and tell his disciples,"

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go quickly, "He has risen from the dead

0:19:42.718,0:19:45.541
"and He is going ahead[br]of you into Galilee.

0:19:45.541,0:19:47.892
"There you will see Him.

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"Now I have told you."

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I told you the news you can use.

0:19:53.179,0:19:56.104
Now watch this, I love[br]this part of the story.

0:19:56.104,0:19:59.550
"So the women hurried away from the tomb,

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"afraid yet filled with joy,

0:20:03.141,0:20:06.249
"and ran to tell His disciples."

0:20:06.249,0:20:09.749
Now watch this, "Suddenly Jesus met them."

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The dude in the grave. (laughs)

0:20:12.969,0:20:14.951
He's now alive and well.

0:20:14.951,0:20:16.028
He meets them.

0:20:16.028,0:20:20.048
They haven't even gotten[br]to the disciples yet.

0:20:20.048,0:20:21.726
"Suddenly Jesus met them.

0:20:21.726,0:20:23.476
"'Greeting,' He said.

0:20:24.561,0:20:29.061
"They came to him clasped[br]his feet and worshiped Him."

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Shouldn't we all?

0:20:32.064,0:20:34.231
Now watch what Jesus says.

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"Then Jesus said to[br]them,' Do not be afraid.

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"Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee,

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"there they will see Me.'"

0:20:47.851,0:20:49.845
Wow, those are powerful words.

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If you got your notes, I[br]wanna give you the first piece

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of news that you can use.

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You ready for this?

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I don't need to be afraid,[br]my past is forgiven.

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I don't need to be afraid,[br]my past is forgiven.

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If you're watching, I want[br]you to look at me right now.

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I wanna ask you some questions.

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You ever spoken a word you[br]wish you could get back?

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(laughs)

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Make a decision you[br]wish you could do over?

0:21:24.700,0:21:26.533
Ever react carelessly?

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Unbecomingly?

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See some things you shouldn't have seen?

0:21:33.456,0:21:36.873
Done some things you shouldn't have done?

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This is why I want you[br]to look at me right now.

0:21:40.926,0:21:41.759
Me, too.

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I've been there, I've done that.

0:21:45.909,0:21:47.355
I've said that.

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Those regrets.

0:21:50.041,0:21:53.055
Church listen to this, listen to the words

0:21:53.055,0:21:57.159
of a 31 year old man who[br]was recently divorced.

0:21:57.159,0:21:59.869
Listen to what he says.

0:21:59.869,0:22:01.489
"I'm recently divorced.

0:22:01.489,0:22:02.489
"I feel bad.

0:22:03.471,0:22:06.148
"I often go home and cry[br]but there's no one there,

0:22:06.148,0:22:08.535
"it seems nobody cares.

0:22:08.535,0:22:11.188
"I'm stressed emotionally.

0:22:11.188,0:22:13.169
"And I feel like I'm on[br]the verge of a collapse,

0:22:13.169,0:22:15.657
"something is so very wrong.

0:22:15.657,0:22:17.740
"I feel hurt, embittered,

0:22:18.832,0:22:23.832
"that I can scarcely react[br]or even relate to anyone.

0:22:23.876,0:22:26.745
"I feel as if I'm gonna have[br]to sit the rest of my life,"

0:22:26.745,0:22:28.536
are you ready for this,

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"in the penalty box."

0:22:32.391,0:22:35.558
Referring to the sport of hockey.

0:22:35.558,0:22:38.405
Maybe you don't know[br]what I'm talking about.

0:22:38.405,0:22:41.905
But it's a box, it's a place, it's a space

0:22:43.142,0:22:47.981
where you have to sit when[br]you've made a mistake on the ice,

0:22:47.981,0:22:50.008
when you've blown it,

0:22:50.008,0:22:53.369
when you've been called out, if you will.

0:22:53.369,0:22:54.801
Isn't that interesting?

0:22:54.801,0:22:58.699
It's a place that you have[br]to sit out in the game.

0:22:58.699,0:23:02.013
You have to wait until[br]a clock of time runs out

0:23:02.013,0:23:05.339
and tells you you can get out of the box.

0:23:05.339,0:23:08.006
Someone else doing that for you.

0:23:09.291,0:23:12.950
Now I think about this,[br]and I think about wow,

0:23:12.950,0:23:16.881
these are professionals, these[br]are the best of the best.

0:23:16.881,0:23:20.048
And all they can do is watch the game.

0:23:21.950,0:23:24.617
They sit, anxiously, helplessly.

0:23:27.684,0:23:30.293
Everything out of their control.

0:23:30.293,0:23:32.210
You ever feel that way?

0:23:33.154,0:23:35.473
I think a lot of people do.

0:23:35.473,0:23:37.389
I think a lot of people do.

0:23:37.389,0:23:38.580
Think about it.

0:23:38.580,0:23:42.163
They can't get out,[br]they can't get back in,

0:23:43.453,0:23:47.744
they can't get up, thus they[br]can't live in the present

0:23:47.744,0:23:51.435
because they can't get over their past.

0:23:51.435,0:23:52.768
The penalty box.

0:23:53.832,0:23:57.544
But look what the Bible[br]says because of Easter.

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Look at this, look at this passage.

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"When we were stuck in[br]our old sin-dead life,"

0:24:06.218,0:24:09.885
penalty box, "Jesus[br]took it and destroyed it

0:24:12.086,0:24:14.865
"by nailing it to the cross."

0:24:14.865,0:24:16.096
Isn't that incredible?

0:24:16.096,0:24:17.431
"Think of that."

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Easter.

0:24:18.681,0:24:22.264
"All sins forgiven,[br]the slate wiped clean."

0:24:24.347,0:24:27.260
I don't know about you,[br]that's news I can use.

0:24:27.260,0:24:28.281
Amen to that?

0:24:28.281,0:24:30.924
I don't need to be afraid.

0:24:30.924,0:24:33.256
My past has been forgiven.

0:24:33.256,0:24:34.738
I don't know if you've[br]ever seen one of these,

0:24:34.738,0:24:36.942
it's called an Etch-A-Sketch.

0:24:36.942,0:24:38.744
Y'all remember these?

0:24:38.744,0:24:41.355
You can still buy them, this is brand new.

0:24:41.355,0:24:43.292
This is crazy, you know what I mean?

0:24:43.292,0:24:46.261
But, I don't know if a lot[br]of people play them today.

0:24:46.261,0:24:48.971
But when I was a kid,[br]like, this was a big deal.

0:24:48.971,0:24:49.823
Big deal.

0:24:49.823,0:24:51.526
And you've got these two little controls

0:24:51.526,0:24:55.438
and you can move and it creates a picture.

0:24:55.438,0:24:57.676
But here's the Good[br]News because of Easter,

0:24:57.676,0:24:59.869
'cause I think this is what Jesus does.

0:24:59.869,0:25:03.968
When I make a mistake,[br]because of the cross,

0:25:03.968,0:25:08.123
because of Easter, all I have to do is go,

0:25:08.123,0:25:09.775
and it's clean.

0:25:09.775,0:25:11.525
I can start all over.

0:25:13.135,0:25:14.687
I love that.

0:25:14.687,0:25:16.742
That's an Etch-A-Sketch.

0:25:16.742,0:25:18.792
That's what Easter's all about.

0:25:18.792,0:25:21.125
Jesus was nailed for our sin

0:25:22.354,0:25:26.403
so we can stop nailing[br]ourselves with that sin.

0:25:26.403,0:25:28.150
Isn't that awesome?

0:25:28.150,0:25:31.062
He got hung up for our hang ups.

0:25:31.062,0:25:32.405
I love that stuff.

0:25:32.405,0:25:34.988
The past is gone, it's no more.

0:25:36.088,0:25:38.744
Look what the Bible says[br]in Colossians three,

0:25:38.744,0:25:41.538
"He has forgiven all our sins

0:25:41.538,0:25:45.798
"and canceled every record[br]of the debt we owed.

0:25:45.798,0:25:48.409
"Christ has done away with it all,

0:25:48.409,0:25:51.503
"by nailing it to the cross."

0:25:51.503,0:25:55.488
I'm telling you, woo![br](group laughing)

0:25:55.488,0:25:56.655
That's Easter!

0:25:59.044,0:26:01.374
This is why we have nothing to fear.

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Amen?[br]- Amen.

0:26:03.292,0:26:05.596
- Every single thing we've ever done

0:26:05.596,0:26:09.929
is completely, fully,[br]erratically, totally forgiven.

0:26:12.961,0:26:16.781
My past is forgiven,[br]let's talk about that.

0:26:16.781,0:26:17.954
What's that say to you?

0:26:17.954,0:26:19.814
- When you talk about the penalty box,

0:26:19.814,0:26:23.922
and it's so easy for me to fall into that,

0:26:23.922,0:26:26.262
especially it seems like the times

0:26:26.262,0:26:29.050
when you really just wanna[br]relax, like time to go to sleep,

0:26:29.050,0:26:31.081
you start to think about those regrets

0:26:31.081,0:26:34.084
and those things that just[br]keep you awake at night.

0:26:34.084,0:26:35.698
And you get into that penalty box

0:26:35.698,0:26:39.935
and it's those times where[br]I find myself turning to God

0:26:39.935,0:26:41.862
and just starting to pray,

0:26:41.862,0:26:44.706
and then next thing I know it's morning.

0:26:44.706,0:26:46.793
- What an amazing thought[br]for me is not only

0:26:46.793,0:26:51.035
that my sin's been forgiven[br]but God forgets 'em.

0:26:51.035,0:26:53.062
And that's an amazing thought for me,

0:26:53.062,0:26:55.312
'cause obviously coming from an addiction,

0:26:55.312,0:26:57.217
the multiple times I said,[br]"I'll never do it again,"

0:26:57.217,0:26:58.875
did it again, and to say,

0:26:58.875,0:27:01.059
well God couldn't forgive all of that,

0:27:01.059,0:27:02.588
and to realize that He has.

0:27:02.588,0:27:04.569
In fact, if I come back to Him and say,

0:27:04.569,0:27:06.741
"Oh, that's right, I've[br]asked for forgiveness,

0:27:06.741,0:27:08.271
"but would You forgive me again?"

0:27:08.271,0:27:09.607
You know you sometimes repeat that?

0:27:09.607,0:27:11.267
God goes like, "What's he talkin' about?"

0:27:11.267,0:27:13.710
God's forgiven it and forgotten it.

0:27:13.710,0:27:16.284
That gives me encouragement[br]I need to move on as well.

0:27:16.284,0:27:18.491
- You know, I find that so interesting

0:27:18.491,0:27:21.337
because if you wanna play[br]that out, what you just said,

0:27:21.337,0:27:24.540
when someone's given their testimony,

0:27:24.540,0:27:26.713
and of course the power[br]of it, of our testimony

0:27:26.713,0:27:30.787
is not where we've been, it's[br]what Jesus did in that moment

0:27:30.787,0:27:33.054
and where we're going now.

0:27:33.054,0:27:34.599
But every time we give a testimony,

0:27:34.599,0:27:36.749
we start talking about our past.

0:27:36.749,0:27:37.582
Can you imagine?

0:27:37.582,0:27:40.523
God's listening in going,[br]"What are they talking about?"

0:27:40.523,0:27:43.044
- I think it's an[br]opportunity for growth, too,

0:27:43.044,0:27:45.328
you know, really just relating[br]to what you were saying.

0:27:45.328,0:27:47.597
If we dwell on that past,

0:27:47.597,0:27:50.940
it doesn't give us that[br]opportunity to move forward.

0:27:50.940,0:27:53.640
So it's an opportunity[br]for us to grow in Christ,

0:27:53.640,0:27:56.068
for us to grown in our[br]relationship with Him,

0:27:56.068,0:27:58.994
and just be the better us[br]that He has created us to be.

0:27:58.994,0:27:59.827
- Yeah.

0:27:59.827,0:28:02.926
We hold our past against us and sometimes

0:28:02.926,0:28:04.379
that holds us back.

0:28:04.379,0:28:08.008
We think about it so much[br]that it holds us back

0:28:08.008,0:28:12.041
and we use that as a crutch[br]for not moving forward.

0:28:12.041,0:28:16.624
And so, if God can wipe that[br]away, that is our release.

0:28:18.833,0:28:21.199
And we have to pray for forgiveness

0:28:21.199,0:28:25.679
because if He can forgive,[br]then why dwell on the past?

0:28:25.679,0:28:29.740
Our future is guaranteed,[br]if we're working with God.

0:28:29.740,0:28:34.456
- Here's the second piece[br]of the news you can use.

0:28:34.456,0:28:35.749
Are you ready for this?

0:28:35.749,0:28:37.506
I don't need to be afraid.

0:28:37.506,0:28:40.756
Because of Easter, my future is secure.

0:28:41.686,0:28:43.353
My future is secure.

0:28:44.742,0:28:47.149
I love what John says in 1 John.

0:28:47.149,0:28:50.674
"This is the promise of what[br]Jesus himself made to us."

0:28:50.674,0:28:51.507
You ready for it?

0:28:51.507,0:28:54.424
Here's the promise, "Eternal life."

0:28:55.692,0:28:57.808
News that we can use.

0:28:57.808,0:28:58.947
Amen?

0:28:58.947,0:29:01.595
My friends, the greatest miracle of God

0:29:01.595,0:29:05.762
is not a physical healing,[br]it's the spiritual one.

0:29:07.013,0:29:10.846
It's when we get to spend[br]eternity with Jesus.

0:29:11.693,0:29:14.293
That's the greatest of all miracles.

0:29:14.293,0:29:15.653
Isn't that great news?

0:29:15.653,0:29:16.629
It's great news.

0:29:16.629,0:29:21.264
Because of Jesus, not only[br]has my burden been lifted,

0:29:21.264,0:29:23.431
but my bed has been made.

0:29:23.431,0:29:24.322
I love it.

0:29:24.322,0:29:25.947
It's like a Motel 6 moment,

0:29:25.947,0:29:27.638
"And we'll leave the light on for you."

0:29:27.638,0:29:28.905
(laughs) You know what I mean?

0:29:28.905,0:29:29.835
I love that stuff.

0:29:29.835,0:29:31.841
Look what Jesus said in John 14.

0:29:31.841,0:29:34.392
"If I go and prepare a place for you,

0:29:34.392,0:29:37.561
"I will come back and take[br]you there to be with Me."

0:29:37.561,0:29:38.929
Don't you love it?

0:29:38.929,0:29:41.846
"For where I am, you will be also."

0:29:44.053,0:29:47.130
Paul wrote in 1 Thessalonians,[br]"He died for us."

0:29:47.130,0:29:48.307
And why?

0:29:48.307,0:29:52.751
"In order that we might live[br]together with Him forever."

0:29:52.751,0:29:55.751
My future, your future, it's secure.

0:29:57.144,0:29:57.977
Amen?

0:29:57.977,0:29:58.810
- [Group] Amen.

0:29:58.810,0:30:02.138
- In the book of Isaiah, let[br]me tell you what it reads.

0:30:02.138,0:30:04.221
"Why would we ever fear?"

0:30:05.274,0:30:08.595
The prophet Isaiah[br]actually asks the question.

0:30:08.595,0:30:10.355
It's a great question.

0:30:10.355,0:30:11.615
Why would we fear?

0:30:11.615,0:30:14.948
He goes on to say, "For God is with us."

0:30:16.070,0:30:17.153
God is in us.

0:30:19.140,0:30:22.613
Look what Isaiah goes on to say.

0:30:22.613,0:30:24.627
"I am your God.

0:30:24.627,0:30:26.555
"I will strengthen you.

0:30:26.555,0:30:28.415
"I will help you.

0:30:28.415,0:30:31.998
"I will uphold you with[br]my righteous hand."

0:30:33.784,0:30:35.892
What a promise of God.

0:30:35.892,0:30:38.884
In Psalm 23, we read those amazing words,

0:30:38.884,0:30:42.967
"The Lord is my shepherd;[br]I have all that I need.

0:30:43.880,0:30:46.939
"I have all that I need,"[br]isn't that great news?

0:30:46.939,0:30:49.897
"Even when I walk through[br]the darkest of valley,"

0:30:49.897,0:30:52.564
and we're in a valley right now.

0:30:53.456,0:30:55.756
We're in a valley right now.

0:30:55.756,0:30:57.139
Let me help you with it.

0:30:57.139,0:30:59.556
How about the valley of loss?

0:31:01.578,0:31:02.745
A loss of job.

0:31:03.906,0:31:05.396
Let's just talk about the loss

0:31:05.396,0:31:08.577
of our daily freedoms right now.

0:31:08.577,0:31:10.128
And of course, then there's the fear

0:31:10.128,0:31:12.961
of a physical loss of life, right?

0:31:13.946,0:31:18.690
But how about the valley of[br]questions and uncertainties?

0:31:18.690,0:31:19.690
The unknown.

0:31:20.796,0:31:25.401
How about the valley of isolation[br]right now and loneliness?

0:31:25.401,0:31:29.936
And yet David writes,[br]"We will not be afraid,

0:31:29.936,0:31:34.103
"for our God is right here,[br]right now, beside us."

0:31:35.199,0:31:36.925
Isn't that great news?

0:31:36.925,0:31:40.139
I mean that is incredible news.

0:31:40.139,0:31:42.379
Don't you just love David's imagery here?

0:31:42.379,0:31:43.924
I love it.

0:31:43.924,0:31:46.141
We never have to worry[br]when we follow Jesus

0:31:46.141,0:31:50.051
because our Good Shepherd will protect us,

0:31:50.051,0:31:51.362
He will provide for us.

0:31:51.362,0:31:53.330
This is the power of Easter, right?

0:31:53.330,0:31:54.859
But now watch this.

0:31:54.859,0:31:59.279
For even though we go through[br]these darkest of times,

0:31:59.279,0:32:03.927
and that our God is right[br]here, right now beside us,

0:32:03.927,0:32:05.382
but not just in the here and now.

0:32:05.382,0:32:08.839
Here's what David says,[br]"Beyond this valley,

0:32:08.839,0:32:11.506
"is guaranteed a house of rest."

0:32:14.360,0:32:16.846
That's what he says in Psalm 23.

0:32:16.846,0:32:21.179
"And I will dwell in the[br]house of the Lord forever."

0:32:23.097,0:32:24.738
That's the great.

0:32:24.738,0:32:26.170
That's the grand.

0:32:26.170,0:32:29.003
That's the awesome news of Easter.

0:32:30.090,0:32:32.579
Look what Titus three says.

0:32:32.579,0:32:37.450
"He has declared us not[br]guilty," our past is forgiven.

0:32:37.450,0:32:40.933
But then he goes on to write, "But now,

0:32:40.933,0:32:44.933
"we can know that we will[br]inherit eternal life."

0:32:46.971,0:32:51.566
These two amazing truths,[br]that our past is forgiven

0:32:51.566,0:32:53.392
and that our future is secure,

0:32:53.392,0:32:57.693
are the most important[br]truths in all our lives.

0:32:57.693,0:33:00.394
When you think about that,[br]that your future's secure,

0:33:00.394,0:33:01.748
what does that say to you?

0:33:01.748,0:33:04.222
- God has me in every situation.

0:33:04.222,0:33:07.007
No matter what, I'm secure.

0:33:07.007,0:33:09.225
He holds me in his hands[br]every day of my life.

0:33:09.225,0:33:11.805
- [Keith] Every situation, I love that.

0:33:11.805,0:33:14.237
- I hear the language of[br]people as they get older,

0:33:14.237,0:33:16.515
not that I'm in that[br]generation, but it is,

0:33:16.515,0:33:19.082
'cause everybody around me[br]is talking about security,

0:33:19.082,0:33:22.338
only they talk about Social Security.

0:33:22.338,0:33:25.396
They talk about retirement security,

0:33:25.396,0:33:27.179
which is obviously tied[br]to financial security,

0:33:27.179,0:33:28.369
health security.

0:33:28.369,0:33:31.444
They talk about that and[br]it's all that kind of stuff.

0:33:31.444,0:33:33.236
You go, "No, no."

0:33:33.236,0:33:36.171
That's not the security,[br]'cause all that will go.

0:33:36.171,0:33:39.588
It's heavenly security,[br]that's what it's all about.

0:33:39.588,0:33:41.147
And that's why I don't have to be afraid

0:33:41.147,0:33:42.803
of any of that other stuff.

0:33:42.803,0:33:44.179
- Yeah, that's definitely security.

0:33:44.179,0:33:46.880
If our lives are in his hands,

0:33:46.880,0:33:49.143
that's more security than anything else

0:33:49.143,0:33:52.395
because the world that we live in,

0:33:52.395,0:33:54.783
we're only in it for a moment.

0:33:54.783,0:33:58.107
And, so as sometimes people get older,

0:33:58.107,0:34:02.656
they start reflecting on how[br]much time that they have left

0:34:02.656,0:34:05.434
and they're like, "Okay,[br]I need to make more

0:34:05.434,0:34:08.457
"of the little time that I have left."

0:34:08.457,0:34:10.465
We should've done that from the beginning,

0:34:10.465,0:34:13.839
and God can help us[br]capitalize on that time

0:34:13.839,0:34:17.478
as long as we follow his instructions, so.

0:34:17.478,0:34:20.947
- Here's the third piece[br]of news that we can use.

0:34:20.947,0:34:21.780
You ready for this?

0:34:21.780,0:34:23.075
Write it down.

0:34:23.075,0:34:26.928
We will not be afraid,[br]for we can live right now,

0:34:26.928,0:34:28.928
today, life to the full.

0:34:30.898,0:34:32.847
Past forgiven,

0:34:32.847,0:34:36.847
future secured, but because[br]of those two truths,

0:34:38.128,0:34:41.045
we can now live a life to the full.

0:34:42.361,0:34:43.933
Don't you love those words?

0:34:43.933,0:34:44.988
Say them with me.

0:34:44.988,0:34:47.619
- [Group] Life to the full.

0:34:47.619,0:34:50.442
- In 1 Peter, look what it says.

0:34:50.442,0:34:53.243
"He carried our sin to the cross

0:34:53.243,0:34:56.198
"so we could be rid of it,"

0:34:56.198,0:35:00.948
there it is, past forgiven,[br]"free to live the right way."

0:35:02.863,0:35:04.181
I love that.

0:35:04.181,0:35:06.813
Past forgiven, future's secure,

0:35:06.813,0:35:09.550
now let's get on in living.

0:35:09.550,0:35:11.588
Every day matters.

0:35:11.588,0:35:13.745
My friends, when you know that your past,

0:35:13.745,0:35:14.953
are you ready for this?

0:35:14.953,0:35:16.803
Is not hanging over your head,

0:35:16.803,0:35:18.900
when you know that your[br]future is locked up

0:35:18.900,0:35:20.681
and solidified, oh my goodness,

0:35:20.681,0:35:22.607
it makes the day a[br]different day, doesn't it?

0:35:22.607,0:35:24.669
When you really get that.

0:35:24.669,0:35:27.223
Look what Major Ian Thomas writes.

0:35:27.223,0:35:30.551
"Eternal life is not a particular feeling.

0:35:30.551,0:35:34.565
"It is not an ultimate[br]destination, to which we go.

0:35:34.565,0:35:39.044
"If you're born again,[br]and you have eternal life,

0:35:39.044,0:35:43.414
"it is the quality of[br]life that we can possess,

0:35:43.414,0:35:44.997
"right now, today."

0:35:46.351,0:35:48.207
Don't you love those words?

0:35:48.207,0:35:50.951
It'd be like Warren Buffet,

0:35:50.951,0:35:52.718
let's say he and I were on the phone

0:35:52.718,0:35:56.567
and earlier today and I get[br]to share this good news.

0:35:56.567,0:35:59.566
Warren calls me up and[br]says, "Hey, first of all,

0:35:59.566,0:36:01.236
"let everybody in your church know

0:36:01.236,0:36:02.696
"that I called all their banks,

0:36:02.696,0:36:04.149
"I called all of their creditors,

0:36:04.149,0:36:08.026
"and I paid off every debt they have."

0:36:08.026,0:36:09.352
Now I don't know about you,

0:36:09.352,0:36:11.314
we can just stop like right there.

0:36:11.314,0:36:13.240
That'd be like a good day, wouldn't it?

0:36:13.240,0:36:14.941
But then he says, "Oh, by the way,

0:36:14.941,0:36:16.228
"but tell every one of 'em

0:36:16.228,0:36:18.911
"I then deposited a million dollars

0:36:18.911,0:36:21.748
"into their bank account.

0:36:21.748,0:36:23.554
"They don't have to pay it back."

0:36:23.554,0:36:27.490
Paid all of their debt,[br]they have no debt anymore,

0:36:27.490,0:36:30.708
and they now have a million[br]dollars in their bank account.

0:36:30.708,0:36:31.884
Now you ready for this?

0:36:31.884,0:36:36.884
I guarantee you that would[br]make today a different day.

0:36:37.011,0:36:38.623
You would just think differently,

0:36:38.623,0:36:40.377
you would just see differently,

0:36:40.377,0:36:42.235
you would act differently.

0:36:42.235,0:36:44.485
How much greater is Easter?

0:36:45.948,0:36:48.246
And you know what I fear?

0:36:48.246,0:36:50.485
I fear that people would rather have

0:36:50.485,0:36:51.996
that call from Warren Buffet

0:36:51.996,0:36:54.829
than they would from Jesus Christ.

0:36:56.332,0:36:57.332
I fear that.

0:36:58.610,0:37:00.674
You know, I saw this cartoon.

0:37:00.674,0:37:02.356
Jesus was talking to some children,

0:37:02.356,0:37:04.421
and so get the picture.

0:37:04.421,0:37:07.832
He's telling them about a time[br]He was with his disciples.

0:37:07.832,0:37:10.577
The kids are wide-eyed, they're listening,

0:37:10.577,0:37:12.906
and the caption reads, Jesus speaking,

0:37:12.906,0:37:14.980
"So I was like, 'I'm the Son of God',

0:37:14.980,0:37:16.081
"and they were like, 'No way,'

0:37:16.081,0:37:18.175
"and I was like, 'Yahweh.'"[br](group laughing)

0:37:18.175,0:37:20.534
(laughs) I love that.

0:37:20.534,0:37:21.799
I just love that.

0:37:21.799,0:37:25.154
I want you to picture[br]that this is your life.

0:37:25.154,0:37:27.048
This is your life.

0:37:27.048,0:37:28.464
Here's what I get concerned about

0:37:28.464,0:37:31.325
that most people don't get Easter.

0:37:31.325,0:37:35.742
This being the Son of God[br]and representing his blood.

0:37:37.979,0:37:40.341
And I think what we end up doing is,

0:37:40.341,0:37:42.943
we put a little Jesus in our lives

0:37:42.943,0:37:45.750
'cause we don't understand Easter.

0:37:45.750,0:37:48.332
And we go to church and[br]we try to do a few things

0:37:48.332,0:37:51.927
that look good and yet,[br]if you look at the glass,

0:37:51.927,0:37:55.305
and this being our life,[br]you see the blood of Jesus.

0:37:55.305,0:37:57.466
The only problem is there's a whole bunch

0:37:57.466,0:38:01.133
in the glass still not[br]covered in the blood.

0:38:02.122,0:38:04.169
Now, I want you to catch this.

0:38:04.169,0:38:07.319
Jesus said, "I came that[br]you might have life,"

0:38:07.319,0:38:11.402
but then He describes the[br]life, life to the full.

0:38:13.411,0:38:17.039
That's what Jesus said[br]our lives were to be.

0:38:17.039,0:38:18.954
Nowhere in scripture did He say

0:38:18.954,0:38:21.618
that you take your life and[br]put a little Jesus in it.

0:38:21.618,0:38:23.656
Now, I wanna tell you[br]why this is a problem

0:38:23.656,0:38:25.617
and why I struggle because so many people

0:38:25.617,0:38:27.197
are full of fear right now,

0:38:27.197,0:38:31.077
and I'm not just talking about[br]those who don't know Jesus.

0:38:31.077,0:38:34.063
I'm hearing a lot of doubt and fear

0:38:34.063,0:38:38.730
and anxiousness from people[br]who love Jesus, so to speak.

0:38:40.365,0:38:42.485
But I wanna help you what Easter is about.

0:38:42.485,0:38:47.413
Jesus said, "I come that[br]your life would be full."

0:38:47.413,0:38:50.594
But if you put just a[br]little Jesus in your life,

0:38:50.594,0:38:52.388
you leave all this other room

0:38:52.388,0:38:55.805
for the devil to get in and put the fear.

0:38:56.898,0:38:59.574
Now, to personalize this,

0:38:59.574,0:39:01.626
am I experiencing any fear right now?

0:39:01.626,0:39:02.459
No.

0:39:03.794,0:39:04.627
No.

0:39:06.649,0:39:07.980
People say, "But what if you die?"

0:39:07.980,0:39:11.110
(laughs) I get to go be with Jesus?

0:39:11.110,0:39:14.463
That's what it's all about, people.

0:39:14.463,0:39:17.630
Jesus didn't come to fix my life here,

0:39:18.820,0:39:22.526
He came to be with me[br]here and take me there,

0:39:22.526,0:39:24.420
to be with Him in glory.

0:39:24.420,0:39:26.003
This isn't my home.

0:39:26.885,0:39:29.718
But Jesus said fill up your life,

0:39:29.718,0:39:33.611
let your life be full of Me[br]because when it's full of Jesus,

0:39:33.611,0:39:36.500
there's no room for the devil,

0:39:36.500,0:39:38.241
there's no room for fear,

0:39:38.241,0:39:39.832
"Because perfect love," the Bible says,

0:39:39.832,0:39:41.582
"casts out all fear."

0:39:43.316,0:39:45.444
You see how that works?

0:39:45.444,0:39:50.361
But then Paul says this, not[br]only do you fill your life up,

0:39:51.246,0:39:54.625
that's why we don't make[br]the weekend an option,

0:39:54.625,0:39:57.949
we read books and we read[br]the Bible and we pray,

0:39:57.949,0:40:00.332
and we're in a life[br]group and we're communing

0:40:00.332,0:40:01.778
and doing life with other brothers

0:40:01.778,0:40:03.301
and sisters in the Lord.

0:40:03.301,0:40:05.339
Our lives are full of Jesus,

0:40:05.339,0:40:07.071
so full of Jesus, there's no room

0:40:07.071,0:40:09.132
for anything of the world.

0:40:09.132,0:40:12.549
There's no place, no space for the devil.

0:40:13.984,0:40:16.290
But Paul says but then[br]our lives are to overflow

0:40:16.290,0:40:20.070
'cause that's what being a witness is.

0:40:20.070,0:40:22.130
When God keeps pouring into your life,

0:40:22.130,0:40:25.463
it then overflows your life into others.

0:40:26.810,0:40:28.537
Isn't that a beautiful picture?

0:40:28.537,0:40:30.019
I love that stuff.

0:40:30.019,0:40:33.509
Listen to the words of E. Stanley Jones.

0:40:33.509,0:40:37.092
"Anything less than[br]God will let you down."

0:40:38.451,0:40:40.419
Those are great words.

0:40:40.419,0:40:42.336
Anything less than God.

0:40:43.306,0:40:46.281
You know, there's an old hymn that says,

0:40:46.281,0:40:49.034
"My hope is built on nothing less

0:40:49.034,0:40:52.117
"than Jesus' blood and righteousness.

0:40:53.300,0:40:56.467
"I dare not trust the sweetest frame."

0:40:57.314,0:41:00.115
I dare not trust anything in this world.

0:41:00.115,0:41:03.347
"But I wholly lean on Jesus' name.

0:41:03.347,0:41:06.092
"On Christ the solid rock I stand."

0:41:06.092,0:41:07.659
All other ground is what?

0:41:07.659,0:41:09.495
- [Group] Sinking sand.

0:41:09.495,0:41:12.649
- All other ground is sinking sand.

0:41:12.649,0:41:13.482
Wow.

0:41:14.350,0:41:17.267
My past forgiven, my future secure,

0:41:19.190,0:41:21.260
and because of those two truths,

0:41:21.260,0:41:24.308
I can now live life to the full.

0:41:24.308,0:41:25.809
Woo.

0:41:25.809,0:41:27.657
Come on, what's that say to you?

0:41:27.657,0:41:28.490
- Totally.

0:41:28.490,0:41:30.849
Last night, it's funny, we[br]were just talking last night

0:41:30.849,0:41:33.349
about where we're currently at

0:41:34.820,0:41:39.320
and just how it just seems[br]that life is easy right now

0:41:40.866,0:41:44.192
when you recognize that when you are full,

0:41:44.192,0:41:46.995
that these worries that are out there,

0:41:46.995,0:41:51.745
that they dissipate, and we[br]have so much more to live for

0:41:53.324,0:41:54.585
and it's just--

0:41:54.585,0:41:57.178
- Circumstances don't dictate our joy.

0:41:57.178,0:41:58.785
- That's exactly right.

0:41:58.785,0:42:01.394
- I like the--[br]- Those are great words.

0:42:01.394,0:42:04.811
Circumstances, talk about read a message.

0:42:06.073,0:42:07.240
Circumstances.

0:42:08.234,0:42:10.809
They do not, if you will, interpret,

0:42:10.809,0:42:13.843
they do not determine our joy.

0:42:13.843,0:42:15.926
Christ determines our joy

0:42:17.205,0:42:19.667
because that's who Christ is, is joy.

0:42:19.667,0:42:22.548
So in Christ, we have joy.

0:42:22.548,0:42:25.213
Which only solidify those[br]words, "Greater is He

0:42:25.213,0:42:29.501
"that is within me than[br]anything that's in the world."

0:42:29.501,0:42:32.101
- You said many times the[br]fact that Jesus always said

0:42:32.101,0:42:35.126
come to heaven as a child, and[br]you think of a little child,

0:42:35.126,0:42:37.743
I don't know of a three year[br]old that today is going,

0:42:37.743,0:42:39.838
"Man, I just blew it yesterday.

0:42:39.838,0:42:41.379
"I just blew that."

0:42:41.379,0:42:44.442
Or today is going, "Man, what[br]am I gonna do for college?

0:42:44.442,0:42:45.875
"What am I gonna do for college?

0:42:45.875,0:42:46.863
"What's gonna happen?"

0:42:46.863,0:42:47.704
No.

0:42:47.704,0:42:49.696
Because the past, the future, they don't,

0:42:49.696,0:42:54.018
they're so full of joy[br]today and it overflows

0:42:54.018,0:42:56.246
in everything that they do.

0:42:56.246,0:42:57.958
And you see it and that's[br]why Jesus says, "Okay,

0:42:57.958,0:42:59.681
"that's how I want you to live."

0:42:59.681,0:43:00.657
Just what you said.

0:43:00.657,0:43:01.999
- Yeah, they're in the moment,

0:43:01.999,0:43:04.166
those kids are in the moment.[br]- Exactly.

0:43:04.166,0:43:06.081
- There's no worry about what I just did

0:43:06.081,0:43:09.049
or what I'm going to do,[br]it's what's in front of me.

0:43:09.049,0:43:10.779
- [Man] And they're full in that moment.

0:43:10.779,0:43:11.776
- Yes.

0:43:11.776,0:43:14.946
- It just took me back that yesterday,

0:43:14.946,0:43:19.341
with all that, you know, this[br]pandemic that's in our world,

0:43:19.341,0:43:22.712
I just thought of that[br]moment where I looked at Kay

0:43:22.712,0:43:25.199
and I said, "Where's Jackson?"

0:43:25.199,0:43:28.940
She said, "Well, she[br]went upstairs to play."

0:43:28.940,0:43:30.857
Isn't that interesting?

0:43:32.087,0:43:34.605
Which is really to me a picture of prayer.

0:43:34.605,0:43:36.860
She didn't go up to pray,[br]she went up to play.

0:43:36.860,0:43:37.865
Why?

0:43:37.865,0:43:38.948
God's got it.

0:43:40.209,0:43:42.368
(laughs) Everything's good.

0:43:42.368,0:43:44.309
So I went up and went into her room

0:43:44.309,0:43:45.857
and she's in her little playhouse

0:43:45.857,0:43:47.744
and she's talking to her little friends

0:43:47.744,0:43:50.069
and creatin' this beautiful little moment,

0:43:50.069,0:43:51.591
and it was like wow.

0:43:51.591,0:43:52.914
Why can't I do that?

0:43:52.914,0:43:54.156
And then Jesus said what?

0:43:54.156,0:43:55.052
"Come to heaven.

0:43:55.052,0:43:57.316
"You must come like a child."

0:43:57.316,0:43:59.478
- I see parallels in this situation

0:43:59.478,0:44:02.775
'cause right now, I'm starting to realize

0:44:02.775,0:44:05.358
that I have more, we have less,

0:44:08.902,0:44:11.846
we have less of a lot of[br]things at this moment,

0:44:11.846,0:44:15.128
but one thing that I know everyone can say

0:44:15.128,0:44:16.966
is that we have more time.

0:44:16.966,0:44:19.361
If anyone says, "Oh, I don't have time,"

0:44:19.361,0:44:21.757
you know that that is not[br]true at this moment in time,

0:44:21.757,0:44:22.757
for anybody.

0:44:24.046,0:44:26.379
So, it's just made me value,

0:44:28.282,0:44:29.530
value things more.

0:44:29.530,0:44:31.753
It's like getting us back to the basics,

0:44:31.753,0:44:34.073
and so we just do the basics.

0:44:34.073,0:44:39.035
And in that, we have[br]happiness and we realize well,

0:44:39.035,0:44:42.315
this is actually what we[br]were meant to live for

0:44:42.315,0:44:45.232
instead of just the dundrum of work

0:44:47.265,0:44:50.873
and just structure that[br]we've been built in,

0:44:50.873,0:44:53.291
you know, that's been[br]built into us, you know.

0:44:53.291,0:44:56.728
So, I just think that we've taken this

0:44:56.728,0:45:01.520
and it's helped us realize[br]what the world should be.

0:45:01.520,0:45:03.770
- I think we have more time

0:45:05.347,0:45:08.992
to be like children,[br]because when you're a child,

0:45:08.992,0:45:12.048
you know, what am I gonna do, I'm bored,

0:45:12.048,0:45:14.856
you know, and you just go[br]play, like you talked about,

0:45:14.856,0:45:18.496
and we can just go and[br]pray and be with God,

0:45:18.496,0:45:21.011
because He's given us that gift of time.

0:45:21.011,0:45:22.325
- You know, being in healthcare,

0:45:22.325,0:45:24.359
you just think about this faith of a child

0:45:24.359,0:45:28.506
and what if we all had[br]the faith of a child?

0:45:28.506,0:45:30.139
In a moment of sickness?

0:45:30.139,0:45:31.440
No matter what it was.

0:45:31.440,0:45:33.520
Not just this pandemic that we had,

0:45:33.520,0:45:35.039
but what would the world be like?

0:45:35.039,0:45:37.031
I always ask myself[br]that being in healthcare

0:45:37.031,0:45:40.403
because my daughter has[br]a scratch on her nose

0:45:40.403,0:45:43.081
and she's like, "God's[br]gonna heal it, Mommy.

0:45:43.081,0:45:44.990
"God's gonna heal it." (laughs)

0:45:44.990,0:45:46.681
And it's a scratch on her nose, you know,

0:45:46.681,0:45:49.528
but we think about that[br]from an adult's perspective

0:45:49.528,0:45:51.179
and what if?

0:45:51.179,0:45:53.935
What if we really had[br]that faith of a child?

0:45:53.935,0:45:56.655
Where God's gonna heal a scratch?

0:45:56.655,0:45:59.131
- There's an old legend.

0:45:59.131,0:46:02.354
It's about an ancient village in Spain.

0:46:02.354,0:46:04.976
The villagers learned[br]that the king was coming

0:46:04.976,0:46:06.706
to pay a visit.

0:46:06.706,0:46:09.476
This is a big deal 'cause in 1,000 years,

0:46:09.476,0:46:12.713
no king had ever come to their village.

0:46:12.713,0:46:16.238
"We must throw the[br]biggest celebration ever,"

0:46:16.238,0:46:18.053
the chief declared.

0:46:18.053,0:46:20.236
But the village was a poor village,

0:46:20.236,0:46:23.237
and they didn't have very many resources.

0:46:23.237,0:46:25.730
But one villager had an idea.

0:46:25.730,0:46:30.682
"Since our village is known[br]for the finest of wines,

0:46:30.682,0:46:35.182
"let's have everyone bring[br]a large cup of their best,

0:46:35.182,0:46:37.613
"their finest to the town square,

0:46:37.613,0:46:39.786
"and we'll pour it into a large vat

0:46:39.786,0:46:43.084
"and offer it to the king when he arrives.

0:46:43.084,0:46:45.015
"Thus when the king drinks,

0:46:45.015,0:46:48.041
"it will be of our very best."

0:46:48.041,0:46:50.122
The day prior to the king's arrival,

0:46:50.122,0:46:52.354
hundreds of people lined[br]up to make their offering.

0:46:52.354,0:46:54.581
They climbed a small stairway

0:46:54.581,0:46:56.564
and poured their gift[br]through a small opening

0:46:56.564,0:47:00.980
at the top that collected[br]into the vat below.

0:47:00.980,0:47:03.529
The next day, the king arrived

0:47:03.529,0:47:06.779
and he was immediately[br]escorted to the village square.

0:47:06.779,0:47:09.108
There he was given a silver cup

0:47:09.108,0:47:11.336
and told to draw some wine,

0:47:11.336,0:47:15.664
which represented the[br]village's absolute best.

0:47:15.664,0:47:17.854
He placed the cup under the spigot,

0:47:17.854,0:47:21.466
turned the handle, and drank from the cup.

0:47:21.466,0:47:25.364
But to his surprise it was[br]nothing more than water.

0:47:25.364,0:47:28.770
You see, each villager thought,

0:47:28.770,0:47:33.600
"I'll withhold my best, and[br]I'll substitute it with water.

0:47:33.600,0:47:36.164
"For with so many cups of wine in the vat,

0:47:36.164,0:47:38.164
"who would know, right?"

0:47:40.126,0:47:41.876
But here's the problem:

0:47:41.876,0:47:45.081
Everyone in the village[br]had the same thought.

0:47:45.081,0:47:49.081
And here's the sadness:[br]The king was dishonored.

0:47:52.294,0:47:53.211
My friends,

0:47:54.841,0:47:56.841
the King is coming back.

0:47:59.054,0:48:02.945
The King is gonna be[br]coming to our village.

0:48:02.945,0:48:05.331
But you ready for this?

0:48:05.331,0:48:08.581
Our best, our wine that we get to offer

0:48:09.733,0:48:11.316
would be ourselves.

0:48:13.586,0:48:15.753
That's all that God wants.

0:48:17.258,0:48:20.793
I love this cartoon, it's of a picture,

0:48:20.793,0:48:25.043
and it's a person holding[br]out their heart to Jesus.

0:48:25.988,0:48:28.707
And it says, "It's all I have."

0:48:28.707,0:48:32.133
To which Jesus responded,[br]"It's all I want.

0:48:32.133,0:48:33.421
"It's all I want."

0:48:33.421,0:48:34.799
That's our wine.

0:48:34.799,0:48:36.716
So here we are, Easter.

0:48:37.644,0:48:40.265
It's a moment of decision.

0:48:40.265,0:48:41.805
Are you ready for this?

0:48:41.805,0:48:45.888
Jesus already made his,[br]and that decision was us.

0:48:47.000,0:48:48.833
It was you, it was me,

0:48:51.033,0:48:53.711
and because of Easter, we[br]don't have to be afraid

0:48:53.711,0:48:57.798
because our past is completely forgiven.

0:48:57.798,0:49:02.131
Our future, it's in the[br]Book of Life, if we want it.

0:49:03.040,0:49:05.794
And if we get those two, really get it,

0:49:05.794,0:49:07.961
then our life then is full

0:49:08.890,0:49:11.745
and that's how we get to live today.

0:49:11.745,0:49:13.270
So Jesus made his decision.

0:49:13.270,0:49:16.353
The question is: Have you made yours?

0:49:18.916,0:49:21.260
Have you made that decision

0:49:21.260,0:49:24.927
to completely, to fully[br]lay down your wants,

0:49:27.153,0:49:31.006
lay down your opinions,[br]lay down your ideas?

0:49:31.006,0:49:33.817
Quit leaning on your understanding

0:49:33.817,0:49:36.012
and begin to let the Word of God

0:49:36.012,0:49:38.849
richly indwell within you.

0:49:38.849,0:49:40.704
Are you ready to make that decision?

0:49:40.704,0:49:45.430
To completely, of what we[br]like to say, die to yourself,

0:49:45.430,0:49:48.529
that you can now have this news

0:49:48.529,0:49:50.279
that you need to use?

0:49:51.969,0:49:53.680
Are you ready for that?

0:49:53.680,0:49:56.332
I wanna pray this prayer,

0:49:56.332,0:49:59.561
and I'm gonna reach out to[br]you and I just wanna pray

0:49:59.561,0:50:01.662
that God has spoken to you this Easter.

0:50:01.662,0:50:04.959
Father, I trust that[br]someone's watching right now

0:50:04.959,0:50:06.962
and maybe for the first time,

0:50:06.962,0:50:10.428
they've finally got this Good News,

0:50:10.428,0:50:11.992
of which You call it.

0:50:11.992,0:50:13.760
It is Good News.

0:50:13.760,0:50:16.405
And it's the news that we really can use,

0:50:16.405,0:50:20.072
especially right now[br]in our world around us,

0:50:20.930,0:50:25.930
that the story of Easter, it's[br]not a moment of celebration

0:50:26.206,0:50:29.789
of us, but it's really[br]a celebration of You

0:50:31.081,0:50:36.081
and the Gift you gave to us,[br]this news that we can use.

0:50:36.178,0:50:40.261
That Lord, we can truly[br]let our past be forgiven,

0:50:41.274,0:50:44.441
that You took care of it on the cross,

0:50:45.945,0:50:48.622
and that now our future is secure.

0:50:48.622,0:50:50.931
And when we really get those,

0:50:50.931,0:50:54.473
we can now live life to the full,

0:50:54.473,0:50:55.961
the way You want our lives to be,

0:50:55.961,0:50:59.904
but it requires us to make a decision,

0:50:59.904,0:51:01.571
a decision right now

0:51:03.178,0:51:04.821
that we can't serve to gods,

0:51:04.821,0:51:08.007
we can't have Yahweh and then our way.

0:51:08.007,0:51:11.324
There's just Yahweh, there's Your way.

0:51:11.324,0:51:14.684
And so, God, I pray[br]that if someone is ready

0:51:14.684,0:51:16.347
to just grab that news and say,

0:51:16.347,0:51:18.185
"I get it, I get Easter now,"

0:51:18.185,0:51:22.451
just pray these words, right[br]where you're at right now.

0:51:22.451,0:51:25.784
Father, this is the news that I can use.

0:51:28.667,0:51:31.147
I need not be afraid.

0:51:31.147,0:51:32.480
My past is gone.

0:51:34.383,0:51:36.966
The slate has been wiped clean.

0:51:38.466,0:51:41.549
And when the devil tries to remind me

0:51:43.025,0:51:43.942
of my past,

0:51:46.059,0:51:48.809
I'm gonna tell him of his future.

0:51:50.274,0:51:54.024
My past is forgiven,[br]but my future is secure.

0:51:58.430,0:52:02.847
You're right now writing my[br]name in the Book of Life.

0:52:06.757,0:52:10.257
And because of that, I need not be afraid.

0:52:11.696,0:52:14.946
I can live right now, life to the full.

0:52:18.988,0:52:21.655
Thank You for the gift of Jesus.

0:52:22.669,0:52:25.419
Thank You for the gift of Easter.

0:52:26.611,0:52:28.361
In Jesus' name, amen.

0:52:30.052,0:52:30.885
And amen.

0:52:32.053,0:52:33.220
God bless you.

0:52:34.583,0:52:36.838
Talk about news we can use, right?

0:52:36.838,0:52:38.510
I mean, wasn't that awesome?

0:52:38.510,0:52:39.897
We don't have to be afraid

0:52:39.897,0:52:42.341
because our past has been forgiven.

0:52:42.341,0:52:45.461
And just as true that crap[br]can happen in our lives,

0:52:45.461,0:52:47.021
well so does grace.

0:52:47.021,0:52:49.280
And because of Easter,[br]we don't have to live

0:52:49.280,0:52:51.259
in that crap of our past.

0:52:51.259,0:52:54.499
You know, as I said, "He was[br]hung up for our hang ups."

0:52:54.499,0:52:58.543
And on the cross He[br]took care of everything.

0:52:58.543,0:53:00.975
I mean, weren't Paul's words beautiful?

0:53:00.975,0:53:02.799
He has forgiven all our sins

0:53:02.799,0:53:06.003
and canceled every record[br]of the debt we owed.

0:53:06.003,0:53:10.315
Christ has done away with it[br]by nailing it to the cross.

0:53:10.315,0:53:13.315
But just as true, we[br]don't have to be afraid

0:53:13.315,0:53:16.241
because our future has been secured.

0:53:16.241,0:53:19.084
The Bible assures us that[br]there is an eternal life

0:53:19.084,0:53:22.334
which God, who never lies, promised us.

0:53:22.334,0:53:25.343
If we'll just surrender[br]our life to it, right?

0:53:25.343,0:53:28.257
Well, this is the greatest[br]of all God's miracles,

0:53:28.257,0:53:31.572
that the amazing promise that[br]we can spend forever with Him,

0:53:31.572,0:53:32.995
and what a gift.

0:53:32.995,0:53:35.537
With all the fear that is[br]plaguing our world right now,

0:53:35.537,0:53:39.424
what a blessed gift to know[br]that our future is secure.

0:53:39.424,0:53:42.246
But now, because of these two promises,

0:53:42.246,0:53:45.393
that our past is forgiven[br]and our future is secure,

0:53:45.393,0:53:46.579
well guess what?

0:53:46.579,0:53:49.313
Now we don't have to[br]be afraid of anything.

0:53:49.313,0:53:53.571
We can live our life right[br]now, today, to the full.

0:53:53.571,0:53:56.324
The Bible says He carried[br]our sin to the cross

0:53:56.324,0:53:59.755
so we could be rid of it and now be free

0:53:59.755,0:54:04.433
to live our life the right[br]way, right now, God's way.

0:54:04.433,0:54:05.801
Amen.

0:54:05.801,0:54:08.588
So what's the next step you need to take?

0:54:08.588,0:54:10.816
Did you pray that prayer with me?

0:54:10.816,0:54:12.834
If so, I cannot express enough

0:54:12.834,0:54:14.995
just how huge this decision is,

0:54:14.995,0:54:17.358
that your name was written[br]in the Book of Life

0:54:17.358,0:54:19.732
by the very hand of Jesus, Himself.

0:54:19.732,0:54:20.695
Think of that.

0:54:20.695,0:54:23.422
Which means, if your[br]life should end today,

0:54:23.422,0:54:26.464
you'll be home with Jesus forever.

0:54:26.464,0:54:29.106
Now that's news I can use,

0:54:29.106,0:54:30.977
and I believe you can, too.

0:54:30.977,0:54:33.621
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0:55:04.925,0:55:06.916
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One of the promises I made to you

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in the beginning of this new normal

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was to keep you spiritually fed.

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Well, this series is gonna do just that.

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We're gonna give you tools[br]that will help you be closer

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than you've ever been before.

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I love being your pastor,

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and I'm believing in the[br]wave of this pandemic,

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God is gonna show up in miraculous ways.

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And guess what?

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He already has.

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Happy Easter everyone.

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♪ It's so unusual it's frightening ♪

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♪ You see right through[br]the mess inside me ♪

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♪ And you call me out to pull me in ♪

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♪ You tell me I can start again ♪

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♪ And I don't need to keep on hiding ♪

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♪ I'm fully known ♪

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♪ And loved by You ♪

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♪ You won't let go ♪

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♪ No matter what I do ♪

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♪ And it's not one or the other ♪

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♪ It's hard truth and ridiculous grace ♪

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♪ To be known, fully[br]known and loved by You ♪

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♪ I'm fully known ♪

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♪ And loved by You ♪

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♪ It's so like You to keep pursuing ♪

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♪ It's so like me to go astray ♪

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♪ But You guard my heart with Your truth ♪

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♪ The kind of love that's bulletproof ♪

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♪ And I surrender to Your kindness ♪

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♪ I'm fully known ♪

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♪ And loved by You ♪

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♪ You won't let go ♪

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♪ No matter what I do ♪

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♪ And it's not one or the other ♪

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♪ It's hard truth and ridiculous grace ♪

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♪ To be known, fully[br]known and loved by You ♪

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♪ I'm fully known ♪

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♪ And loved by You ♪

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♪ How real, how wide, how[br]rich, how high is Your heart ♪

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♪ I cannot find the reasons[br]why You give me so much ♪

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♪ How real, how wide, how[br]rich, how high is Your heart ♪

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♪ I cannot find the reasons[br]why You give me so much ♪

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♪ I'm fully known ♪

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♪ And loved by You ♪

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♪ You won't let go ♪

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♪ No matter what I do ♪

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♪ And it's not one or the other ♪

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♪ It's hard truth and ridiculous grace ♪

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♪ To be known, fully[br]known and loved by You ♪

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♪ I'm fully known ♪

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♪ And loved by You ♪

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♪ It's so unusual it's frightening ♪

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♪ I'm fully known and loved by You ♪