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S8Ep:2038 Light Up Your 4th of July with Faith · HAVE FAITH LET IT BEGIN®

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  Have faith. Let it begin. When it starts right now.
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  Welcome to Have Faith. Let it begin. Here's your host, Angel Santana.
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  Ariel, can you say, have faith? Let it begin. Let it begin? Let it begin. Say, have faith.
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  Let it begin. Let it begin. No. No. No? Okay. Hi, Noah. Noah! Noah.
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  Happy birthday Noah! And it's a little busy. Look at this.
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  Noah. This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it.
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  This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it.
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  This little light of.
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  I'm gonna let it. Let it.
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  Let it. Let it.
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  Yeah! Daddy, I'm so excited, but I have one question. What's your question?
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  I'm going to be a pastor or a minister.
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  Good question. I don't know, but it is all in God's hands.
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  Good morning. You're listening to Have Faith, Let Begin. And it starts right now.
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  Good morning, everyone. And welcome to the July 1st edition of Have Faith, Let It Begin.
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  My name is Angel. I just got done watching the Tuesday episode.
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  The beat of hope that is from Clinton Knapp. If you haven't had a chance to
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  listen to that podcast, you know, Clinton, he was on our personal testimonies.
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  We'll be doing those again eventually as we'll run, you know,
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  run through these holiday weeks. But yeah, beat of hope is on fire.
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  them, please do so immediately.
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  Also the crock podcast is back with a new episode this Sunday at 9am.
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  the host. I'm telling you, you don't want to miss it.
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  All right, guys. So here's the deal. We are just starting off on July 1st, right?
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  And we're now getting to the point of firework, 4th of July.
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  What do you want to do for your 4th of July week? What are you doing for the 4th of July weekend?
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  You know, when I was in my 20s living in Providence, Rhode Island,
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  we used to go to these cookouts and they're very, very big Boston Red Sox fans.
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  And we'd go there and the the key ingredient or the key factor that you have
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  to have when you arrive at these cookouts is you have to bring a Yankee hat.
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  And the reason why is that when they do the bonfire, they throw the Yankee hats in the bonfire.
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  Yeah. And the funny thing about it is you're not supposed to touch the Yankee hat.
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  They were superstitious. If you touch the Yankee hat with your bare hands,
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  then you could declare the Red Sox season a failure.
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  So you go in there with gloves. They pull them out of whatever bags they brought it in.
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  Some people bought it right from the store. They told the person to put in the
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  bag and they just brought it and they dumped the, the, you know,
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  the hat tag and all right in the bonfire.
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  As a Mets fan, I thought it was kind of funny, but you know,
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  Hey, that's, that's, that's what they wanted to do.
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  So that's one of my memories of the 4th of July that I thought was kind of funny.
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  Another great thing is it's my father's birthday. You know, he'll be 81 years old.
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  Dad, I'm so happy that you're here with us and that you've come so far over
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  all these last crazy year that we've had.
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  So for me, this will be the first time, unfortunately, I'm not going to be with
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  my dad as original plans were that he was going to be in Florida.
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  So I booked a planned trip to be somewhere else.
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  But I will be celebrating his birthday either today or tomorrow before we venture
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  off our daily excursions.
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  We do daily trips. So we go away and then we come back.
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  We go away and we come back all on the same day. We don't like to leave our
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  dog unattended since he will be watched by our fellow dog whisperer, Paula.
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  Yeah. So we don't like to get away. We like to come back and do day trips.
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  It's a very simple episode. What do you plan on doing for your 4th of July?
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  What is your favorite memory of 4th of July?
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  I would like you to share that with us so that tomorrow's episode I can share
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  with the audience and share with the Have Faith, Let It Begin family.
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  But the message is clear.
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  As you travel, as you get to your next destination, always remember that there
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  are other people on the road.
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  If you're going to drink, please don't drive. If you're going to be irresponsible,
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  do it in a place where it is controlled.
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  If you're going to feel like you're being immature, try your very best not to
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  light a firecracker in your hand.
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  Let the professionals do it. And most importantly, spend time with your family.
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  Spend time with your loved ones.
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  Enjoy every second that you have with them because you just don't know what
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  tomorrow will bring. But what will happen is you'll have another great memory,
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  another opportunity for us to get together.
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  And I leave you with another crazy story talking about firecrackers and my brother being the way he is.
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  I was not there for this, but I know the story. My father's birthday,
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  as you know, was on 4th of July.
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  Oh, so it's on 4th of July. And my brother thought it'd be a funny gag to switch
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  one of the candles one year with a firecracker.
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  So what typically happens is we'll light the
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  cake before anybody gets into the room this kind
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  of backfired because the cake was put on the picnic table
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  and they lit the candle prematurely
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  and you know what happened boom cake
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  everywhere cake all over anyone but you know in that moment it was like shock
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  and then laughter because of course nobody got hurt it was just a fond memory
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  yeah So I don't encourage anyone to do that because that could have ended really badly.
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  So I'm telling the story because it didn't.
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  Hopefully it does not give anybody any ideas, but it was a moment that,
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  you know, that my family said was pretty funny.
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  So let's pray together and let's pray for those that are traveling and let's
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  pray for our good friend, Kyle, who stays, who's still in the hospital and trying
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  to get him home as well. Let's do that together. Let's pray.
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  Heavenly Father, we thank you so much for all that you give us.
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  Lord, we pray that everyone that is traveling, that they arrive to their destinations safely.
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  As I drove into work this morning, my goodness, I was in the safety lane,
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  as we call it, and I was getting high-beamed.
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  Actually, not high-beamed. I was getting, what's that expression?
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  When they're riding your back. Oh my God, tailgating.
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  And people are just clearly in a rush.
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  Let's not rush. Let's get to our destinations respectfully. Let's plan accordingly.
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  And let's be on the lookout for all the crazy drivers that are out there.
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  May each and every one of you have an amazing 4th of July.
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  We are back tomorrow with another episode, but may your July 1st and our month
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  of July be filled with happiness, joy, love, and compassion.
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  And we leave you with the words that our Heavenly Father taught us.
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  As Jesus says, pray to me by praying this prayer.
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  Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.
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  Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
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  Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors.
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  Lead us not into temptation, deliver us from evil.
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  For yours is the kingdom, the power and the glory forever and ever.
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  In Jesus' name we pray, amen.
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  May God be with you. May he shine his light upon you and grant each and every
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  single one of you peace on earth. And never forget, have faith,
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  let it begin. Happy July 1st everyone.
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  Music.