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Jesus First · Adventures: Bible Truths in Action

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  Hey, thanks for listening. Today I invited some friends to
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  join us in our studio to talk about a very important subject
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  that affects all of us, loving God and loving others.
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  Our listeners might be on their way to somewhere very important
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  right now, like school or church, wherever they're going.
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  There will probably. Be other people there.
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  Where will you be going after we finish our talk here?
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  I'm going to gymnastics. I'm going to soccer practice.
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  I'm going to take a bath. OK, not everywhere.
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  How do you get along with those other people?
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  Some of the girls are really nice and they help me, but
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  others are, you know, Mean Girls, bullies.
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  Most of the guys at soccer play as a team, but some of them are
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  ball hogs. They only care about themselves.
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  It's just me and my pet frog, Albert.
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  We blow bubbles in the water and I give Albert croaking lessons.
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  The echo in the bathroom builds his confidence.
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  Let's get back to the people part of our conversation.
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  There are all kinds of people that we encounter every day,
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  some good, some bad. Have you ever heard the saying
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  you got to look out for #1? You got to look out for number
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  1, You got to, you got to look out for #1.
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  What is that supposed to mean? Most of the time when people say
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  that, they're telling you to put yourself first before God and
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  other people. It's like they're saying I am
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  the most important person on the planet and I should do what
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  makes me happy, no matter how it affects other people.
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  You mean I get to be numero Uno? Yes, I get to be first.
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  Even before God. The Bible teaches us in Romans
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  chapter 12 verse 2. Don't copy the behavior of this
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  world, but let God transform you by changing the way you think.
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  Then you will learn to know God's will for you.
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  Sounds like Christians are supposed to think the way God
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  thinks instead of the way everyone else thinks.
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  That's right, Jesus said in John chapter 17 verse 16.
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  You do not belong to this world any more than I do.
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  We're different in a good way. Right again, 2 smart kids in the
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  same family. Wow.
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  Instead of conforming to the way everyone else thinks to put
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  ourselves first, we are supposed to change the way we think by
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  learning God's Word. So if we put God's Word in our
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  minds, we'll know how to think, act, and live.
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  So how are we supposed to think differently from other people?
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  Well, first of all, Jesus said in Matthew chapter 22 verse 37,
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  you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your
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  soul, and all your mind. This is the first and greatest
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  commandment. So #1 is love God first and
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  most. Love God even more than we love
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  ourselves. Oops, so I don't get to be
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  numero Uno then can I be numero 2?
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  Not exactly. Jesus continued his teaching
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  about love in the next verse, verse 38.
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  A second is equally important. Love your neighbor as yourself.
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  So #2 is love your neighbor as much as you love yourself.
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  So it's a tie. I can love my neighbor and
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  myself at the same time. For a minute there I thought I
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  was going to have to be numero 30.
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  OK, can you think of some people that you love as much as you
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  love yourself? I love my parents and I guess I
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  love my sister. You better.
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  I love my parents, my friends and my brother.
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  I love Albert. Why thank you, Albert, he said.
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  He loves me too. Well, it's easy for us to love
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  people who love us first, like our parents.
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  And it's easy to love people who are nice to us, like our
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  friends, but our neighbors are also people that we don't know,
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  or people who may not be very nice.
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  Even the Mean Girls. And ball hogs.
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  Yes, that's right. That Bible verse says to love
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  others as you love yourself. What if I don't feel like I love
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  myself? That's a great question.
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  Here's Jesus answer in John chapter 13 verse 34.
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  Love each other just as I have loved you.
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  The first thing we have to believe is that God and Jesus
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  love us. God loves us as much as he loves
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  Jesus. When we receive Jesus as our
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  Lord and Savior, He gives us the ability to love others with the
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  same love that He loves us so. I can let God's love reach out
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  to other people through me. So which one am I, Numeral 2O or
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  numeral 3 O? Why don't you just focus on
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  loving God with all your heart and loving your neighbor the way
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  God loves you? Jesus said in Matthew chapter 25
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  verse 40. When you did it to one of the
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  least of these, you were doing it to me.
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  Did you hear that, Albert? When I love you, I'm loving God.
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  What's that? You don't know how God loves?
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  Are you telling me that you have never received Jesus as your
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  Lord and Savior? This stuff only makes sense when
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  you're a child of God. You need to pray with me right
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  now. Hey kids, if you have never
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  received Jesus as your Lord and Savior, you can pray this prayer
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  with us right now. Jesus, thanks for dying for my
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  sins. Jesus, thanks for dying for my
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  sins. Come into my.
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  Heart. Come into my heart.
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  And be my boss. And be my boss.
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  In Jesus name, Amen. In Jesus name, Amen.
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  Thanks for joining us today and remember to keep God #1 numero
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  Uno. By loving God and loving your
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  neighbor the way God loves you. Come on Albert, it's time for
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  your bath. Special thanks to Alicia Reyes
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  and Chandler Jones. Hurry up darlings, we must find
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  the loyal heart before God does and have the camera rolling.
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  Well, why? For the eyes of the Lord run to
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  and fro throughout the whole earth to show himself strong on
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  behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him.
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  Second Chronicles 16-9 Find the loyal heart, wait for God to
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  show himself strong, and catch it on film.
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  We'll be rich. Try this one.
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  I'm not sure what a loyal heart sounds like.
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  They all sound the same to me. A phone call.
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  I've got to take this. Hurry.
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  Yes, Sir, I understand. I'll tell her right away.
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  Thank you, Sir. Goodbye.
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  It was your father. He's giving us two more hours to
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  find a loyal heart. Or else he's going to donate his
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  money to his church. That man, I can't believe daddy
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  would give his money away like that.
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  Pleasing God rather than man brings blessings.
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  Give me your phone, I'll call daddy and demand some more time.
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  You 2 keep looking for that heart.
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  She has no idea what she's doing.
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  You can't find a loyal heart with a stethoscope.
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  I know we've all tried to tell her let's go get something to
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  eat. Hurry, she's coming.
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  By Jove, I think I found it this time.
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  This one thumps along quite nicely.
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  Let me here. I think you're right, Doc.
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  This is what we've been waiting for, For the eyes of the Lord
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  run to and fro throughout the whole earth to show himself
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  strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him.
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  Second Chronicles 16-9. Get the camera ready.
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  Check the lighting. We have to be ready.
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  Stand back, Doc. I just know something incredible
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  is about to happen. You do have film in the camera,
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  don't you? Well, of course I'd no ma'am.
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  Apparently I left the film in the car.
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  Let's go get it quick. We must be ready when the
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  miracles begin. I'll call Daddy.
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  He will be so pleased. Pleasing God rather than man
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  brings blessings. Quiet on the set, we're about to
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  capture on film the most extraordinary miracles that have
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  ever been recorded. We're going to be rich, rich,
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  rich after making this movie. For the eyes of the Lord run to
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  and fro throughout the whole earth to show himself strong on
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  behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him.
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  Second Chronicles, 16/9. What does Second Chronicles 16
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  Nine have to do with listening to people's heartbeats and
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  making a movie? What, once God finds out that
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  this child has a loyal heart, he's going to begin to show
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  himself strong on this child's behalf.
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  You know, miracles, the supernatural stuff.
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  And we're right here ready to capture these miracles on film.
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  You put the film in the camera, right?
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  Yes, ma'am, I did. God is looking for people whose
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  heart attitude is loyal toward Him.
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  That means God is looking for people like Daniel in the Bible
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  who trust God no matter what happens.
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  That's the kind of people that God will show himself strong to.
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  Does he have a heart like that? Probably all of these kids have
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  hearts like that. Pleasing God rather than man
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  brings blessings. God blesses us throughout our
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  whole life, not all at once. This movie you want to make will
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  take your whole life to film it. He's right Babs, What you really
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  want is for God to show Him so strong to you.
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  But he can't because your heart isn't loyal to Him.
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  Your heart is loyal to money. So I need to learn more about
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  God and His Word before I start trying to make a movie about
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  Him. Well, let's pack it up boys.
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  I'll call Daddy and tell him to give his money to the church.
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  Almost there, Miss Piggy. Just a few more steps.
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  This is so exciting, Dermot. And romantic.
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  You can take the blindfold off now.
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  What is this? Why are we here?
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  Dermot, What are you doing? How do I love thee?
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  Let me count the ways. Count the ways.
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  What the ways. You love me.
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  Go ahead and count them. Oh, yeah.
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  OK, one. That's it.
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  One, it's all I can think of at the moment.
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  OK, so. What is it?
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  Huh. You said, How do I love thee?
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  Let me count. The ways.
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  So what's the? Way you love me.
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  You're beautiful. Tell me something I don't
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  already know. Did you say something?
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  Why don't you go over to that ATM?
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  It's an automatic teller machine.
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  Maybe you can make a. Withdrawal.
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  It will. Automatically tell me how much
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  you love me. Oh, OK, I'll be right back.
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  How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
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  What's this? It's a dollar.
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  Yeah, I can see that. It's $1.00.
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  I was thinking more around 100 ways You love me.
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  All I had was $1.00 in that account.
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  Anyway. Miss Peggy, Proverbs 2814 says
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  Happy is the man who is always reverent.
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  Will you marry me? Excuse me, What did you say?
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  Will you marry me? No.
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  Before that, happy is the man who was always Reverend Proverbs
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  2814. Why would you say that while
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  asking me to marry you? Well, because everyone knows God
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  wants his children to live reverently before him.
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  And if we're going to be happy together as husband and wife,
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  then we have to honor God, you know, keep him first place in
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  our lives. So I'm not first.
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  And you want me to marry? Marry you?
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  Well, yeah, you do want to be happy, don't you?
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  Of course I do. I'm just.
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  Kidding with you. So do you have a ring to give me
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  the ring? About the ring Now what's wrong?
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  This won't work, Not if God. 'S not first.
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  Term it you're. Right.
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  It won't work. I want to be #1 just call me
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