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Do you remember back in Ezekiel,

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God says, "All souls are Mine"?

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The soul of the father, 
the soul of the son.

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I remember one time many years ago,

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I was praying for a lost loved one

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and kind of trying to twist 
God's arm to answer me

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and He brought this verse to mind.

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That person, if it's your mother

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or your child or whoever -

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they don't belong to you.

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They're not yours. They're God's.

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He says, "All souls are Mine."

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"I'll decide about this."

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"It's in My power."

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Now, He's made wonderful promises,

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but we've got to go to God

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and pray for our loved ones on the basis

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that we know He doesn't owe us anything.

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We don't deserve anything.

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Those souls belong to Him.

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Every soul is His.

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I remember Don Johnson told about

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praying for his son James.

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He said, "Mae, I'm going to go 
out and pray for James again."

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And he went out

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and the first thing he said:

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"Lord, he deserves to go to hell.

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You could send him to hell

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and You'd be right."

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What's that?

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That's acknowledging:

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Lord, I know he belongs to You.

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His soul is not mine. It's Yours.

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But if You could have mercy on him...

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See, that's the attitude that we come.

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And lo and behold, God did.

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He saved him.

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Basically we're saying:

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Father, I know that that person's soul

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is in Your hands to 
dispose of as You see fit,

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but if You could ever see fit

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to give them as a gift to Your Son,

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I would thank You so much.

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Isn't that amazing?

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That's what we're asking.

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This clip is from the full sermon:

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"Everyone and No One."

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To find further encouragement

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in praying for your lost loved ones,

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search for "Never Give Up Praying

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for your Loved One's Salvation,"

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by Don Johnson.