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Today's talk comes from Pastor Buie Giglio.

We're just a week away from the Super Bowl, or as it's known, a day of public mourning for the city

of Atlanta, Georgia. So I don't know where you'll be next Sunday, but wherever you are,

whatever party you're at, whoever's house you're at, there will be conversation about the New England

Patriots, even though they're not in the Super Bowl this year. And thank you, Lord, for that gift.

Oh, come on. If you feel it, let's just have a round of applause in a moment of celebration.

Isn't that sad when you start cheering against other people even more than for yourself?

But everybody remembers it. 28 to 3. 28 to 3. Half-time lead. Obviously, I've said it before,

I'll say it again. Your pastor does the pregame, Chappell, the night before. The favor of God comes

on the team. They go out to a 28 to 3 lead. Sadly, they do not invite me in it. Half-time in the

favor lives. Shelly and I are sitting amongst New England Patriots fans in the stadium. And during

half-time, no exaggeration whatsoever, they are stunned and paralyzed. No one goes to the restroom,

no one goes to get food, no one goes anywhere. They're just, you know, staring and shock

in to nowhere. And we are loving every minute of it. But at the end of the next half, we're sad.

And literally, they are shedding tears of joy. They are hugging one another as if mana has come down

from heaven because Tom Brady, one more time has walked on water. Game-winning drive goes into

the first Super Bowl over time in which the Falcons meet defeat. And what they said about the

Patriots, possibly the best comeback, with all the Super Bowls and maybe one of the best

comeback in the history of all sports, is that they came, Tom Brady brought them roaring back

from the brink of defeat into victory. And I want to use that picture as a snapshot today for anybody

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