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In every generation, there have been revivals,

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massive moves of the Spirit

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that changed the course of history.

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In every revival, there were believers like you

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who chose to answer the call

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to become the one in their generation.

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Discover your call to be the one

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in your generation. ♪

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Welcome to Revival Radio TV. I'm Gene Bailey.

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Today is a great program, and you're going to really enjoy this.

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Of course, we're going to talk about revival.

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I know it's a shock, right? But our guest today is a revival historian,

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but she's also the great-granddaughter

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of one of the most famous miracle revival tent preachers,

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A.A. Allen. So she's going to share some insights about revival

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and a few stories we have not heard before about one

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of our favorite preachers. ♪

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[Rebekah] I spent a good portion of my childhood hearing stories

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about how great God is and what He's capable of.

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And it really stirred something in my heart as a child.

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I remember going when I was about nine years old

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on a family vacation, and out came all of these miracle magazines like,

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you know, these ones here, just so many different magazines

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showing just a monthly dialogue of all that God is capable of

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that was going on in the ministry of my great-grandfather.

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My great-grandpa was A.A. Allen.

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And he was known for quite a few things during

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the healing revival of the 1950s and 60s.

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And this was his tent that went up in 1960.

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It was the world's largest tent. And this tent was actually larger than an American

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football field. It was absolutely massive and would seat 20,000 people.

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So they would fill it three times a day most of the year,

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day after day in various campaigns.

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And the scale and scope of what happened was quite incredible.

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[A.A. Allen] Oh, I believe that God wants to come to people

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under this tent tonight. Jesus may desire to come to you.

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Last night he came to a man here on a stretcher,

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given up to die there said his daughter tonight.

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Said he's feeding himself today.

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He's having a great time. Oh, friend, listen to me.

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God came to people here last night.

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God came to multitudes of people last night.

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He comes to people morning, afternoon,

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and night under this tent. And people on these stretchers and these wheelchairs

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that can't walk, God is going to come to them tonight.

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I think that my great-grandfather was searching

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to learn how to go about the call of God on his life.

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When he was just at that moment of having a radical encounter

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with God where he was saved as a young man

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at 23 years old, he had a vision at that time

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and saw masses of crowds of people

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that he was preaching to, and hundreds and thousands of people

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were coming to the altar to get saved in these meetings.

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And this was a vision that God had given him at the time

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that he became a Christian. And he began to go on this journey of trying to discover,

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how do I actually make that happen? And so he really pursued going after learning whatever was

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going to get him in front of the calling on his life.

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And he knew that he was supposed to be saving souls.

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That was his mission, was bring people into the Kingdom of God

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just like he had come in. [A.A. Allen] Today is the day of salvation.

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Now, now, right now, it's the accepted time.

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Bow your heads, everybody, bow your heads.

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I'm going to tell you this.

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While your heads are bowed, you've got 15 seconds.

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What you do in the next 15 seconds can determine

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where you spend eternity. Get your hand ready.

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Don't raise it till I say three. But when I say three, if you want to be remembered

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in this prayer, and are willing to pray yourself and follow my instructions,

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you'd better get your hand up to heaven and let God see it.

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Here we go. Here's the first one.

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One.

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Here's the second one. Watch out.

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Two. Get your hand ready.

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Every sinner, every backslider, every one of you

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that are unsure, get your hand up now.

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Get your hand ready. Here it comes.

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Here it comes. Here it is. Pray.

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Watch out. Watch out.

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It's now or never. It's heaven or hell.

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Here it is.

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Three. Raise your hand, every sinner.

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I'm going to pray for you. I'm going to pray for you right where you stand.

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Everyone with your hand raised, stand on your feet

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right where you are. I'm going to pray.

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I'm going to pray for you now. Bow your heads.

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You devil, in the name of Jesus, take the chains and the shackles

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off of this people. Let them go.

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I pray, I claim them for heaven.

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In Christ tonight, in Jesus' name.

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It's done. Wait a minute.

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Don't sit down. Don't sit down, lady.

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If you do, you may be lost forever. You've got one more thing to do.

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Every one of you that are standing, do one more thing.

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Go to the aisle nearest you.

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Come running down this aisle as fast as you can run.

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We're coming to Jesus. Come running and stand in front of me for 30 seconds.

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Come down these aisles. [Rebekah] You know, he was really one

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that got into that place with God because he knew that

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if he was going to have a ministry that impacted lives,

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he was going to need God in his corner

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and with him on that journey.

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It's incredible to see the scale of ministry.

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There was over 15,000 ministers that were in his network

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all over the world, and he had a property called Miracle Valley,

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and there was 2,400 acres that was a training center.

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The Miracle Revival Training Center included a Bible school,

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which was one of the first fully racially integrated

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Bible schools in America.

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The scale of the miracle magazines that were coming out

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on a monthly basis, these were actually going out like about

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30 pages per month just detailing what had happened

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in that month or the previous month and sharing healings

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that were taking place because it really marked his ministry.

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There was a lot of incredible miracles that transpired.

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In fact, there's a few magazines here that come to mind

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that really showcase some of the miracles.

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So here's a tiny club feet that little toes grew on

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for this baby, and that is what I would classify

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as a creative miracle. And then we've got things where here's a new kneecap

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for someone, and all of these were medically verified.

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He and my great-grandma really felt it was incredibly important

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to be able to verify things, so they would never

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put anything in here. A lot of the most magnificent miracles never actually made it

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into publicity because they just wanted to verify everything

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and see what God was up to.

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So we just see some incredible miracles.

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This woman lost over 200 pounds right in the meeting,

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which was quite dramatic.

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And we've got somebody here, he had a severed arm,

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and it completely was restored, even though the doctors

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had given up on his arm being restored.

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He was looking at an amputation.

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And there are other miracles that happened as well.

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[A.A. Allen] Did you bring me this man's dinner?

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You've got it ready.

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Cancer of the stomach.

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Every bite he eats, he vomits it up, is that right?

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- Yes, he vomits everything. - Even his water? - Even his water, juice and everything.

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- Juice and everything? - Everything. What did the doctors say, that he'll just have to starve

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to death now? - Yes, I can do nothing for him. He just has to starve to death.

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He's too weak to go through surgery.

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- And he'll have to starve to death. - Yes, just like that.

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- Do you believe it's God's will for him to starve?

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[Congregation] No. - Oh, my Lord, as sure as God provided the Word of life,

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the Word of God that people might live spiritually,

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God has provided bread that he can live physically.

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Brother, I'm going to pray tonight.

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And Jesus is going to heal you, you believe it?

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- I sure do. - You believe Jesus is going to heal you tonight?

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- Yes, I do.

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Yes, I know he will.

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- You brought this man a long way, didn't you? - From San Jose.

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- San Jose. - California, near San Francisco.

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- How many miles is that? - Oh, that's about 200 or 300-odd miles.

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- That's a long ways to go to church. He's come with his shoes on.

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You dressed him all up, didn't you? - Yes, I did.

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- You believe he's going to get up from there? - Yes, he even brought his suit because he said,

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"I'll bring my suit because when I come back, I'm going to wear my suit back home.

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(cheering) - Hallelujah.

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He brought his suit. He's still got his robe on, though.

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Well, get his suit ready. I want to see what he looks like in it.

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That's all right. That's all right. We're going to pray.

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How many would like to see the power of God fall on this man?

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Set him free and heal him right now.

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Do you believe it?

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Bring me a supper right now.

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Say amen.

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Do you believe it? Too bad we don't have fried chicken,

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but this is all they have out there at the concession stand.

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Ham salad sandwich.

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Made for Monday. This is Sunday. You're getting this a day early, son.

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How many believe he can eat it? Golden State.

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The best in Southern California.

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The devil's a liar.

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Did you bring him a straw? Is he going to drink?

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You've got the straw. Everything's all right.

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Let's praise the Lord first, everybody.

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Oh, the devil's a liar. Do you believe it tonight?

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[Congregation] Yes. Oh, God, let the Spirit and the power of God come on this man.

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Look at these poor legs.

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My God, my God.

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In the name of Jesus, I curse this foul cancer.

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I curse this cancer.

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In the name of Jesus, I command this cancer die.

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I command this cancer die.

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Pass from this stomach.

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You devil, let this man eat.

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You cannot starve him to death.

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I claim life for this man.

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I curse this cancer.

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In the name of Jesus, Lord, let these legs walk again.

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Let this body be supported again.

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Let this stomach receive food.

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Give this man strength tonight.

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Let the power of God go through him.

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Raise him from this bed this minute, Lord.

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In the name of Jesus. Amen.

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Brother, in the name of Jesus, I command you, get up.

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(cheering)

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Come here. (cheering)

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Say amen.

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Here, sit down here.

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Find a seat.

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Now, Father, I'm going to let you pray the blessing

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on his dinner.

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Pray God's blessing on his dinner.

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- Oh Father, we come in Your name.

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We thank You with all our heart.

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Bless this daily bread.

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Thank You, my Lord and my Jesus.

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- In the name of Jesus.

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Now, then, here's your dinner.

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I command it to go down.

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I command it to go down.

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I command it go down.

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It's just going clear down. There's half of it.

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Maybe you better stop and rest a little bit.

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(cheering)

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He's doing it.

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The straw was too slow.

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The straw was too slow.

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Say amen everybody. Come up here.

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What? Here. What's happened?

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- Well, I drink all the milk.

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That's all I can say right now.

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- Oh, forgot this. Here's the sandwich.

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How did that milk taste? - Oh, it tastes wonderful.

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- Tastes wonderful? - Yes, it does.

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- Oh, my. I was never so excited.

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Do you believe God's done something for him? How many believe the Lord's done something for him?

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[Rebekah] While all of that is so special

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and it marks people's lives and we can be so inspired by it,

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I think we have to go back to the beginning

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and realize that this doesn't scale overnight.

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And when you look at...

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something that is called the Tent Cathedral because it can fit 20,000 people in it,

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and it often did, that's not something

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that happened overnight.

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In fact, it was an exceptionally expensive tent to produce,

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and the Barnum & Bailey brothers actually came

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and trained the staff on how to put it together because

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it was just something that nobody in the world knew

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how to do other than the Circus Brothers.

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And when you go back to when it all started,

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he was actually just in somebody's house preaching

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to 24 people and then going on to the next city and then

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going on to the next city, and he would do this with my great-grandma

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and my grandpa and great-uncles and aunt in tow as he would go

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from little town to little town.

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And for years, the largest he would see is maybe a few hundred

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in some of his meetings. So for years, he was just being faithful,

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and they were on the breadline

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trying to make it work financially.

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And some of those early days, my great-grandpa was actually

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staying in like a deserted cabin meant for grain with no door

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on the front of it, put a cloth up and hope

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it keeps some of the draft out. The sacrifice was great, and we can be inspired by the magnitude

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of the ministry, but we have to also be inspired

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by the sacrifice that's needed to get there.

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I think my great-grandpa had such an ability to be able

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to see visions.

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It was like a TV screen for him. He'd see it above people in the tent when he was looking out

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in the crowd, and it would be like just a screen

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just scrolling for him and showing him exactly

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what was going to happen. So he would lean into those visions that God was showing him

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and say, "I'm seeing this.

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Where are you in the room?" Or like, "There you are, come forward."

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And that's one of the ways that God spoke to him specifically.

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[A.A. Allen] Under this tent tonight is a woman

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who is bound by a suicide demon.

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Did you ever hear a voice say, "Life isn't worth living,

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you might as well die, you might as well end it all?"

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Wherever that woman is, I want her to get up right now

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and come down here, because God's going to set you free

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from this suicide devil.

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By that I mean a suicide demon.

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Am I talking to you? Hand me that.

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None of these suicide demons never come under this tent

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unless I feel it. How many believe that God does let us feel these things?

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In our spirit.

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Do you want God to do something for you? - Yes, I do, Brother Allen.

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- What's your trouble? - Well, this thing that's been bothering me seems to tell me

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there's no hope for me. That's why I tried to kill myself.

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- Have you tried to kill yourself? - Three times.

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- Three times?

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- Have you ever seen me before? - No.

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- Have you ever talked to me before? - No.

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- Is this the first time you've been here? - Yes, it is.

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- Why did you come tonight? - Well, I had faith that something would happen.

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It just had to happen. - You want God to help you?

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I see you've got scars all over your wrists.

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I see where the stitches have sewn them up. My, my, you just cut that one all to pieces, didn't you?

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How many believe that God can help this poor girl?

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There will be 30,000 people commit suicide in America

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this year. If you are not freed and loose from this spirit

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that oppresses you and possesses you, domineers and controls you,

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you could be next.

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This type of demon spirit especially preys upon the sick

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who can't get well, people seemingly that cannot be healed.

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It preys upon people who have been unsuccessful

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in love or matrimony.

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Especially does it prey upon people

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who have had financial reverses.

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This particular type of demon preys upon this kind of people,

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the special people with deformity or people that feel

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that they're not as beautiful as others or as handsome as others.

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But our God is greater than that, isn't he?

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Jesus said, "Behold, I give you power over all,

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the power of the devil." Is that right?

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Hear me. Nothing but an unclean suicide spirit or demon would prey upon

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a girl until she'd slash her wrists and cut her arms

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in such a manner. Everybody under this tent stand back there.

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You're going to pray with me tonight. We're believing God to set this woman free.

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No need to cry anymore. God's going to do something for you tonight.

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- I'm in trouble. There's no hope for me.

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- Uh-huh.

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Tell us again. - The thing that's had me troubled,

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it keeps telling me I'm just doomed.

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That's all. There's just no hope.

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- She hears a voice that says you're doomed.

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There is no hope. Nobody loves you.

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Are you ready? Preachers, put your hands up and pray with me.

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Raise your hands, everybody, and join me in prayer.

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In the name of Jesus, thou foul suicide demon,

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thou unclean spirit that binds this girl,

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I rebuke you in Jesus' name.

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I command you and I charge you.

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Let her go. In the name of Jesus, come out of her.

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Let her go in Jesus' name, I command. Loose her now.

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Oh, God. Give her the joy of the Lord in her heart.

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The joy of the Lord in her heart.

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Make life worth living from this very moment

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in the name of Jesus.

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Put your hands up and start praising the Lord.

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[Rebekah] I would say that one of the greatest parts of legacy

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that my great-grandpa A.A. Allen has is his souls,

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winning people for the Kingdom of God. And although there were lots of people who were healed

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and it did dramatically change those families' lives

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when that happened, it was bringing people into the Kingdom.

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There were millions of people who were transformed

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out of darkness into light and were able to sit at the throne

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of Jesus because of that, and that's incredible.

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But I think also he came from such a broken home

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and he completely transformed his life by the power of God

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because he was completely delivered of that lifestyle

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and moved away from it

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and just went on for the things of God. And he took all of that zeal in his brokenness

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and all of that sense of rebellion

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and he used it to actually transform society.

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He was a major part in the civil rights movement starting,

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and I think that is something that secular scholars

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are very interested in is his impact

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on the civil rights movement because he helped people who were of all races feel loved

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and accepted and valued, and he gave them space.

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He consistently loved well, and I think that as an Allen

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family member, that's something that gives me great joy

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to know that I have a family heritage

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of just loving people well.

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That's a legacy in my family, but I think seeing souls won

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for the Kingdom is a legacy in its own because

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we will never know the impact

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that the world has had as a result of that

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and the people who actually started ministry as a result

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of being transformed in those meetings and going on

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and transforming the world and in their corner of it.

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[Gene Bailey] I hope you've been enjoying these stories, but more importantly, I hope they inspire you to step up

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and be what God's called you to be.

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I just want to encourage you that whatever has been

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your obstacle, just take it to God,

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and he'll give you wisdom, and Holy Spirit will give you the power to be everything

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God has called you to be.

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Remember, God is your biggest fan, and he loves you,

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and he's made a way for you. In fact, he said, "I have told you these things so that

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in me you may have peace.

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In this world, you'll have trouble, but take heart,

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I have overcome the world," John 16:33,

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and let me say this. There were times in my life I kept trying,

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and I think we all do this. We try to live up to a standard that we think we should be,

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but the truth is God isn't looking for that.

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He's looking for availability. We've heard that from everybody from A.A. Allen

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to Kathryn Kuhlman. God is just looking for someone that's available to him,

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so make yourself available. Don't try and get all cleaned up before you're there.

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Don't worry. God will take care of that.

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Let's pray. Heavenly Father, I pray for everyone watching today.

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Lord, as they've seen and heard from A.A. Allen's great-granddaughter, Lord,

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that they're encouraged, they're edified, they're built up, and Lord,

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I pray that as this week unfolds,

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before they will do things that they never thought

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they would do, they'll step out in ways that they never thought

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they would step out, and they'll depend on You,

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and Holy Spirit lead and guide as we stand up together

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to be the one to bring a light to this generation because

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of what You've done for us. In Jesus' name, amen, amen.

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Thank you for joining us today. We're not done.

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So much more to come on Revival Radio TV.

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We'll see you next week.