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Thank you again for coming out.

I like to start with something funny, and I heard about this group of school children.

They were in the cafeteria line at their Catholic elementary school.

At the first of the line, there was a big bowl of apples.

A nun had written a note,

Take only one, God is watching. At the end of the line, there was a big bowl of chocolate chip

cookies. One of the children had written a note, take all you want. God is watching the apples.

Hold up your Bible and say it like you mean it. is my Bible I am what it says I am I have

what it says I have I can do what it says I can do today I will be taught the word of God

I boldly confess my mind is alert my heart is receptive I will never be the same in Jesus

name God bless you I want to talk to you today of My heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus name.

God bless you.

I want to talk to you today about how you are not damaged goods.

I was in a grocery store and down one of the aisles.

There was a whole section called damaged goods.

It was mostly canned products that had been marked down because of some kind of

flaw. The can was dented, the label was torn, the color was off. The store couldn't sell it for the

full price because they had an imperfection. They were considered less valuable, inferior

damaged goods.

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