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- There you go. Good evening.
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- We're glad to welcome you here for our kids program, because every year we do this. And by the way it's not just so we can all see how cute our kids are, which they are, but it's a way that we can hear the ministry of the gospel, you know the psalms talk about these things coming out of the mouths of babes.
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- And so, they come out of the mouths of these little kids as they rehearse for us the story of the
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- Lord Jesus coming and act it out for us in ways that we can see that. So, I would encourage you, don't just see how nice these kids are, how talented they are and all that.
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- Listen to the message that they have. We're here to see our younger ones minister the gospel to us.
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- So, before we start, let me pray and then we'll go, all right? Thanks, Father, for our time together and the time we can have and seeing the gospel story enacted before us.
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- And thank you for our children. Lord, we're thankful, not just they do this for us, but that by doing this, they learn the truth in ways that they will never forget.
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- And so, we thank you for that. We thank you for those who have worked so hard with them in order for them to learn these things.
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- And so, Father, as they minister to us, we pray that the ministry you've had to them over these last several weeks would prove effective.
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- Thank you now for the time that we're going to have. We thank you now in Jesus' name. Amen. ♪
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- Joyful and triumphant let us be ♪
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- So, justice is far from us and righteousness does not reach us. We look for light, but all is darkness.
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- For brightness, but we walk in deep shadows. ♪
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- God's kingdom come ♪ ♪ Risen far as I am ♪ ♪
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- Not a child was born ♪ ♪ So let all the world know ♪ ♪
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- So let all the world know ♪ ♪ It ain't no big deal ♪
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- Truth is nowhere to be found. And whoever shuns evil shall become a prey.
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- The Lord loved him and was displeased that there was no justice. He sought, but there was no one. He was appalled, but there was no one to intervene.
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- So his own heart broke the salvation of the world, and his own righteousness was made clear. The Redeemer will come to Zarah for those of Jacob who strengthen their spirit and pledge the
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- Lord. The Book of Genealogy of Jesus Christ.
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- The son of David, the son of Abraham.
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- Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers.
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- And Judah, the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar.
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- And Perez, the father of Hezron and Hezron, the father of Ram, and Ram the father of Amenadab.
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- And Amenadab, the father of Mashon and Mashon, the father of Solomon and Solomon, the father of Mohaz by Rahab.
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- And Mohaz, the father of Obed by Ruth. And Obed, the father of Jesse, and Jesse, the father of David the king.
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- And David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah.
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- And Solomon was the father of Rehoboam, and Rehoboam, the father of Abijah.
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- And Abijah, the father of Asaph. And Asaph, the father of Jehoshaphat.
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- And Jehoshaphat, the father of Joram. And Joram, the father of Uzziah.
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- And Uzziah, the father of Jotham. And Jotham, the father of Ahaz.
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- And Ahaz, the father of Hezekiah. And Hezekiah, the father of Manasseh.
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- And Manasseh, the father of Amos. And Amos, the father of Josiah.
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- At the time of the deportation to Babylon, and after the deportation to Babylon, was the father of Shealtiel.
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- And Shealtiel, the father of Zerubbabel. And Zerubbabel, the father of Abiud.
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- And Abiud, the father of Eliakim. And Eliakim, the father of Azor.
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- And Azor, the father of Zadok. And Zadok, the father of Akum.
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- And Akum, the father of Eliud. And Eliud, the father of Eleazar.
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- And Eleazar, the father of Massan. And Massan, the father of Jacob.
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- And Jacob, the father of Joseph.
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- And the husband of Mary, whom Jesus was born, who is called
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- Christ. So all the generations, from Abraham to David, were 14 generations.
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- And from David to the deportation to Babylon, 14 generations.
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- And from the deportation to Babylon, to the Christ, 14 generations.
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- This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about. His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph.
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- But before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit. Because Joseph, her husband, was a righteous man and did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly.
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- But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in his room. Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take
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- Mary as your wife, because what is conceived in her from the Holy Spirit, she will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name of Jesus, that he will save all his people from their sins.
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- When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took
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- Mary home to be his wife. But he had no union with her until she gave birth to a son.
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- Today, the witness hereby governors to you in the empire of Caesar Augustus, all residents must go to their own towns to be registered for taxes.
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- And so they traveled on and on until they came to Bethlehem. Innkeeper, do you have a room?
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- My wife is about to have a baby. We need a place to stay. Well, no, but we could stay at my sister's house.
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- We could stay there, Mary. At least we'd be dry. So Mary and Joseph went to the stable and stayed amongst the cattle and sheep.
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- That night, Mary had her baby. She wrapped him in pieces of cloth and laid him in a manger.
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- Ah! ♪♪ ♪♪
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- I swam away ♪♪ With strength now ♪♪
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- I saw a large water ♪♪
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- Sinking me ♪♪ Lost in rain ♪♪
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- The image perfects a lie ♪♪
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- I stayed for my food ♪♪ And it's after one shade ♪♪
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- Blessing and honor ♪♪ And glory
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- I made ♪♪ Worthy of them who have slain ♪♪
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- Little child ♪♪ It was dark
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- Christmas day His name is
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- Jesus for he'll save his people from their sins. ♪♪
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- Sleeping now ♪♪ So peacefully ♪♪
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- The son of God ♪♪ The angel said ♪♪
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- How quick ♪♪
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- He's not not at all ♪♪ This baby ♪♪
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- The son of my God ♪♪
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- Father show me how I fit ♪♪ Into this plan of yours ♪♪
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- How can I be father to the son of God ♪♪
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- For all my life ♪♪ I've been a simple carpenter ♪♪
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- How can I raise a king ♪♪ How can I raise a king ♪♪
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- He looks so small ♪♪ His face, it has to fail ♪♪
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- And when he cries ♪♪ The sun seems to disappear ♪♪
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- But when he laughs ♪♪ It shines again ♪♪
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- How could it be ♪♪
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- Father show me where I fit ♪♪ Into this plan of yours ♪♪
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- How can I be father to the son of God ♪♪
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- Lord for all my life ♪♪ I've been a simple carpenter ♪♪
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- How can I raise a king ♪♪ How can I raise a king ♪♪
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- How could it be ♪♪ This baby in my arms ♪♪
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- Sleeping now so peacefully ♪♪
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- The son of God ♪♪ The angel said ♪♪
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- How could it be ♪♪ How could it be ♪♪
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- How could it be And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby keeping watch over their flocks by night.
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- An angel of the Lord appeared to them and the glory of the
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- Lord shone around them and they were terrified. ♪♪
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- Shepherds, shepherds ♪♪ Come on your beard ♪♪ Our prayers hear ♪♪
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- Today in Bethlehem ♪♪ You'll see a baby ♪♪
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- As we stand ♪♪ As we stand ♪♪
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- Sing glory to the newborn
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- King ♪♪ Peace on earth and mercy mild ♪♪
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- God and sinners reconciled ♪♪ High above the skies ♪♪
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- His angelic host ♪♪ Alleluia ♪♪
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- Angels sing ♪♪ Glory to the
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- Christ the Lord ♪♪ Late in time ♪♪ When we hold Him close ♪♪
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- All three love the Lord ♪♪ And sing
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- His praises ♪♪
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- All these fill my chest ♪♪
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- Yes, my prayer ♪♪
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- Glory to the newborn
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- King Let's go to Bethlehem and see this new thing that has happened which the angels have told us ♪♪
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- Holy infant ♪♪
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- Holy infant ♪♪ How I love you ♪♪
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- Holy infant ♪♪
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- How I love you ♪♪ Holy infant ♪♪
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- How I love you When they had seen Him, they spread the word and the shepherds said to them, but Mary treasured up all these things and poured them into the earth.
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- Arise, shine for your light has come and the glory of the Lord rises upon you. See, darkness covers the earth, and thick darkness covers the people.
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- But the Lord rises upon you, and His glory appears over you.
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- Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn.
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- A little stranger somewhere, journeyed one by one.
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- O star of night, star of glory, beauty black.
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- Guide us to the light, guide us to the light.
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- A. Bring the priests and teachers of the law. Priests and teachers of the law?
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- Priests and teachers of the law, O King. Priests and teachers of the law.
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- Where is this Messiah, this King of the Jews? In Bethlehem of Judah, this is what the prophet has read.
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- But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means.
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- Least of my rulers of Judah out of you will come a ruler who will shepherd my people
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- Israel. Tell me,
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- O wise man, the exact time the star appears. And go search carefully for the child. And when you find him, report to me, so that I may worship him too.
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- And after they had heard the king, they went on their way. And the star they had seen when it rose, went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was.
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- And when they saw the star, they were overjoyed. On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother
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- Mary, and they bowed down and worshipped him. Therefore the
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- Lord himself will give you a son. The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son.
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- And we'll call him Emmanuel, God with us. A light for all to see.
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- A hope for all who will embrace his warm reality.
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- Emmanuel, our God. And if God is with us, who can stand against us?
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- Our God is with us, Emmanuel. For all those who live in the shadow of death, a glorious light has dawned.
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- Your light has come. Emmanuel.
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- And if God is with us, who can stand against us?
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- What will be your answer? Will you hear of him who did not spare his son, but gave him for us all?
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- There is no power, there is no depth nor height, but ever shall reign as strong the love of God.
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- Emmanuel is with us.
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- Who can stand against us? Our God is with us,
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- Emmanuel. Emmanuel. Our God is with us.
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- And if God is with us, who can stand against us?
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- Our God is with us, Emmanuel. And nature sings.
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- And heaven and nature sing. For freedom's at hand.
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- He revealed. His Son.
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- He rules the world. Voices.
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- Isn't that great? Isn't it wonderful to see that? I'm impressed with the fact that they've learned some music and in that, all those truths.
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- And as I sat here and I watched them,
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- I thought, wow, when they get to be my age, I hope they remember those truths that we're singing right now.
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- And I think they will because they've been singing it. Well, we want to invite you to the back to enjoy some refreshments with us, talk to the kids, talk to one another.
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- And so I'm going to pray. And as you go back, you can go through the line, tell the kids thank you for their ministry to us tonight.
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- And we want to thank you for coming and seeing this. And I hope that the message of the gospel has resonated with you as you heard about this
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- King who came, not just to establish a righteous rule, but to deal with our sins so that He does rule in righteousness.
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- Let's pray, shall we? Father, what a delight it has been to listen to our children and to watch them enact for us the gospel story of Jesus coming.
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- And now, Father, we just want to praise and thank you for these children. We want to thank you for those who work with them, all the work that went on behind the scenes, all the work that happened while this was going on.
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- They don't get much credit, but Lord, you know them and you know that they've worked hard and you've known that they've ministered to children.
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- And we thank you for that. Once more, Lord, we thank you for our kids and pray that the truths they have learned here will be there forever.
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- Now we thank you for the food that's been prepared for us. And we pray that around this food, we'd honor you as we fellowship with one another, as we talk, as we encourage one another.
