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(Derek) Welcome to Hope Sabbath School,
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an in-depth, interactive study
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of the Word of God.
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I'm glad you joined us today
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as we continue a life-changing series
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of studies on the Gospel of Matthew.
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Today we're going to talk
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about "The Teachings of Jesus
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about the Last Days."
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A relevant topic,
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and I know you'll be blessed.
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So welcome to Hope Sabbath School
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and welcome to our team.
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What a great series of studies.
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I'm so thankful that the Spirit of God
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inspired a former tax collector,
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Levi Matthew, to write this account,
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and I'm excited today because
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one of our team, T ricia Lee,
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is going to be leading in our study.
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Tricia Lee, thanks for your commitment
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to the Word of God,
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and I know God is going to bless us
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in wonderful ways.
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We're just so glad
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that you're part of Hope Sabbath School,
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and when you write to us it brings joy
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to our hearts to hear
how God is blessing you.
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You can write to sshope@hopetv.org.
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You can also write a note
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on our Facebook page;
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we've got more than 150,000 followers
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on Facebook now, and it's wonderful.
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Sometimes we'll put a picture of you,
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if you send one.
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We're just part of a global family
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seeking God and wanting to be used
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to bless others with His Word.
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So thanks for writing.
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Ely writes from California.
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Anybody from California?
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Some of you have lived
in California, right?
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Okay.
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"Greetings to every Hope
Sabbath School member."
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Several of you look happy.
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"I watch your program every day.
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I learn a lot from the discussion.
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I also downloaded the app,
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and I love to watch the archives.
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I feast on the Word of God every day."
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Well, Ely, thanks for letting other
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Hope Sabbath School members know
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that if you go to our website,
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hopetv.org/hopess,
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you can not only watch programs
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in this series on the Gospel of Matthew
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that you might have missed,
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but you can watch a
multitude of past programs
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with wonderful topics
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that will be a blessing.
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If you have the app on your iPhone
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or your smartphone, you can access
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the archives there; you can watch
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all kinds of wonderful Bible studies.
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So thanks for putting in a little promo,
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Ely, for the app, and that's
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a wonderful blessing to many people.
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James writes from Ghana.
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Anyone with Ghanaian roots?
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We do have some occasionally on our team,
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don't we?
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"I enjoy your class and the contributions
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you make.
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I pick your contributions,
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and I replicate them in my class
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when I teach in my church."
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Is that good?
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(Team) Yes.
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(Derek) That's exactly
what we're hoping for.
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"Oh, how I wish I could contribute live,"
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says James.
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"Send my greetings to the
Hope Sabbath School team."
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Well, James, if you come over
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when we're filming, we'd love to have you
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as part of the program,
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but, you know, we're equally excited
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to know that you're leading a Bible study
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program there in your homeland of Ghana,
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and, along with tens of thousands
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who are downloading that outline,
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we're glad you're teaching
the Word to others.
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Benson writes from Kenya,
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and I know we've got one Kenyan.
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Eric, wave to your brother from Kenya.
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All right, a big smile for Benson
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writing from Kenya, "I
follow your programs.
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I am a Sunday School teacher."
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So Benson's teaching the Word
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in his church.
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"Please don't give up because your work
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is not in vain."
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(Team) Amen.
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(Derek) Ah, that's awesome!
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"God bless you all, amen."
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Well Benson, to know that you're a witness
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there in your church in Kenya
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brings great joy to our hearts.
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You encourage
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your other Sunday School members
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to watch Hope Sabbath School,
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and they'll learn much more about
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the Word of God, too.
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Here's one last note, actually, I've got
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a couple here; lots of people writing.
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I want to thank Jean
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for writing from Russia.
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You say, "Jean doesn't sound Russian."
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Well, Jean is from Rwanda,
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studying in Russia.
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"I greet you in the might name of
our soon-coming Savior Jesus Christ."
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(Team) Amen.
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(Derek) "Peace be with you.
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I am Rwandese, currently living
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and studying in Russia."
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Now I want you to listen
to Jean's testimony.
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"I discovered Hope Sabbath School
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in late 2014 shortly
after I came to Russia.
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I used to go through the
Sabbath School study by myself
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because I didn't have
anyone to study with me.
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Even after I discovered
a church in the city,
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it was still difficult because all
of the services were held in"...?
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(Team) Russian.
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(Derek) "...Russian, and I just
was learning the language.
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As a response to my longings,..."
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Somebody is going to say "amen" here,
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"As a response to my longings,
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God revealed Hope Sabbath School to me,"
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(Team) Amen.
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(Derek) "...and I was able to be part
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of the in-depth study of
the Word of God in English.
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It blessed me so much that even though
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I've now acquired enough language skills
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to discuss the lesson in Russian,
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I still watch Hope Sabbath School,
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and I'm blessed by that.
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I pray that you keep serving,
letting people know
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about the Word of God and that you
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might even broadcast
in different languages
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to reach many unreached
places for Christ."
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Well, Jean, I want to ask you to pray
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because we are moving forward
with closed captioning,
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and we are looking for the opportunity
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for volunteer translators in a multitude
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of different languages so that people
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who don't have English as their language,
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even a major second language,
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will be able to watch and
read the closed captioning
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because, you know this
Gospel of the KIngdom
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is going to go the whole World,
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and then Jesus will come back,
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isn't that right?
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(Team) Amen.
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(Derek) So thank you for
being a witness there
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while you're studying in Russia.
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One last note from Alexander in Zimbabwe.
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Anyone from Zimbabwe?
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Simiso, hold your hand up
and wave to your brother,
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and we'll get that on the screen,
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all the way from Zimbabwe.
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"Greetings, Hope Sabbath School team."
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(Team) Greetings!
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(Derek) "I'm blessed to be watching
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Hope Sabbath School in Harare,
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capital of Zimbabwe.
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I really enjoy the discussions;
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they're so interactive and informative.
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May God bless you, the entire
Hope Sabbath School team,
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for spreading the Word of God."
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Well, you say that's a lot of emails
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coming from around the world,
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and, you know, we are just so glad
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that we can be part of a global family.
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And we're going to sing together now
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as a global family,
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and then Tricia Lee's going to lead us
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in a powerful study of the Word of God,
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"The Teachings of Jesus
about the Last Days,"
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but were singing now, Psalm 148.
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I hope you've learned it for this series,
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"Praise Him in the Heights."
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(Derek) You know, I've got a feeling
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when we're done with this series,
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we're going to be singing
this in our sleep,
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but what a great Psalm to sing,
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"Praise Him in the Heights,"
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and, Tricia Lee, as you lead our
study today, I know we'll have a lot
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to praise Jesus for as He gives
us hope for the last days.
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(Tricia Lee) Amen, amen.
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Let us pray.
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Dear Lord, we need your Holy Spirit
Team Adventist
