Sermon
Obedience Opens the Wells and Makes Room for God's Provision
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Welcome Just hind Away Tagalog Sermon Podcast, your daily dose
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of inspiring from heartfelt tagalog sermons from different pastors and
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speakers all over the Philippines. We hope that this podcast
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finds you in good shape. And now here's your message.
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I'm changing and it's our second week. We're talking about
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the life of Isaac. And when we look at the
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life of Isaac, if you open your Bibles, when you
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study it, you'll see that it's there's very little stories
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about Isaac, very few, but his life is described as
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a blessed life, just like Abram his father. His father
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was he had so many extraordinary stories with God. But
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at the same time you see this ordinary son, but
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exceedingly blessed just the same. If there's something about Isaac
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his son, it's his obedience to his father. It's the
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mark of an obedient son. We talked about this last
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week that when he was about to be sacrificed, he
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was quiet me push up on my lad. He was
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quiet to the point of death. He was already an adult,
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but he was that kind of obedience son, obedient. And
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when I was going through this preparing for the speech,
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and this is what I realized when I was growing up,
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I was not an obedient kids dino. I remember, as
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some of you know, I was not born in the Philippines,
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so indiepo of Filipino cities, and I was born in Bagya, Setino,
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So life is different there. There's no taga log It's
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English and our native language Ilokano. So I had this
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yah yah when I was growing up. Her name's Yaya
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Via and my parents married when they were young, and
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so they had to leave me with my Lola Nola
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in Bagyo with my Yaya Violetta. And I remember this vividly.
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I was very disobedient to her. But you would understand
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why every time a gliko, every time I would go
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up the tree Paraunghi, I would do crazy things and
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she would always remind me of this statement. Until now now,
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Junta was a dream schoo at on statement Nan Yayao,
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if you do not behave I will not eat you later.
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Imagine I'm bilin an Yayao. But Diato, I don't know
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how to follow her instructions. I was disobedient to her,
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although she means well to me. Sharin Young, She's the
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first person who actually taught me how to sing praises
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young impact nan Yayao Sabina read your bye well pretty
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pre pritty anyway. You know, I was a disobedient kid,
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but I realized this that as soon as I learned more,
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I grew up. I went to school. As soon as
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we grow older, we learn more things, we become more disobedient.
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Why there are a lot of reasons why we it's
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hard for us to obey. I'm going to show you
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this statement. I'm going to ask you to try to
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answer this statement. It's hard to obey someone when bland?
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Why is it hard to obey people when they ask
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us to do something? For some, it would probably be
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it's hard to obey because we know better than them.
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Mahram Vazad in ghanan, why would you ask me to
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do that? In dnaman ganyan yan. Yeah, For some, we
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would say it's hard to obey because we do not understand.
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That's acceptable. When we do not understand and somebody tells
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us do this, why would they do that? You have
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asked more questions to obey? Its hard for some? Their
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answer to this statement is when they already made their
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Decisionangan saying yea devasta decision. Now, yeah, Moha young pride, Pride.
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It's very easy to see from above young humble, Ubas
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Street Perry, Yuma Pride, Mochang passas, mohabam passas yeas all right.
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It's hard to obey someone when we do not get
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their instructions. That's why we read the fine print. We
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want to know the entire story. But when it comes
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to our faith in God, this is my question. When
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we talk about obedience to God, why is it hard
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to obey bat young herab go in New Mancellitanampaninan, Why
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is it hard to obey the very word of God?
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We may actually have the same answer actually with what
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we said a while ago, it might be the same.
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But today, as I preach, I will not concentrate on
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trying to answer the concerns or the how we think
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on why we do not obey God and others. Today
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I want to give you a picture of what it is.
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What is a picture of a life that obeys God?
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An you its you run on life that when you
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obey God? What happens to us? Because when we show
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you a picture of what it is to be obedient
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to God, maybe the reasons that we gave will not
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matter anymore. So if you're ready, please open your bibles
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in Genesis chapter twenty six. Today we're going to go
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through almost thirty three verses. It's a bit long, so
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we're going to skip a few and as we go
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through it, I just want you to have this heart
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and this mind to say, Lord, speak to me today, Lord,
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let your word minister to me. Oh behan Okay, as
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you opened your bibles, can I ask everyone to bow
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down their heads as we pray for the word. Lord,
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Thank you that you are a God who speaks to
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us Lord through your word. Lord. You said it even
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in your word, that your word is alive and active,
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that it can minister to us Lord wherever we are.
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And so Lord, today, as you release your word to
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your people, Lord, let it speak to them Kungnasa and Pusilla. Lord,
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may my brothers and sisters, some of them might be
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tired with the daily grind, even tired today because of
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tomorrow Alam Danila and Gago with Nila next week. And
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so Lord today give them rest. Lord, even for some
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who are having a lot of doubts and questions about
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who you are, if they can trust you, Lord, today,
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that you will clarify that in their hearts. Lord, do
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your work in us where we are in our lives today.
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This we pray in Jesus name Amen. First one, chapter
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twenty six. It says, now there was a famine in
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the land, besides the former famine that was in the
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days of Abraham and Isaac went to Gerar to Abimelech,
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king of the Philistines. We'll see here that there was
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a famine. A famine was a time where you have
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to live where you are. Why, because the land is
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so dry. You can't plant. If you can't plant, there's
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no crops. What happens. You can't feed your cattle, You
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can't feed your the sheep all that. What happens, they
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get skinny and they die. No matter how rich you are,
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how much cattle you have, which was the basis of
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wealth during that time, if there is a famine, it
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can actually you can actually lose your wealth. You have
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to understand that Isaac, as the son of Abraham, was
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already rich. So brom Yam and a puni Isac. Why
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because he is the chosen child of Abraham. All the
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kids of Abraham binigen London and gifts before he died,
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sa I gave them gifts, but only Isaap had the
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estate nakuhi isa he was that rich. But we'll also
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realize that his wealth it can actually begune in a
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span of months because of this famine. And so what
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does he do. He now goes to a place called
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Girar Young Girar is still part of the Promised Land.
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It's still affected by the famine. It doesn't say why
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he went to Girar all. It says that he was
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now going to the king of the Philipstines Abimelet. We
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don't know if he will ask permission to leave the country.
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But the assumption is everyone during that time, in times
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of famine would go to Egypt. Egypt was a place
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where people would say it was what greener pastures not
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an ignit wordne and why because there they can feed
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all the the cattle pudi ohl it yumahananangayyat, nana, maga, cowsnila.
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So the best place to go to now is Egypt.
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It was a place that was not affected by the famine.
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Think about it today, what is your Egypt? Meron Baayung
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Egypt Napakmerian Kayum trial etoyung picture Nkita Greener pastures for
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some note, when I was growing up, I think in
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the eighties and nineties, the US was the greener pasture
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for the Filipinos. I want to go to the United
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States were and live there and say, hey, Joe, Union
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dream not the ultimate dream. Now there are a lot
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of places that people consider greener pastures, the Middle East, Europe,
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somewhere in Asia, anywhere that could increase the things that
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we have a better future, and that is greener pastures.
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And so now he goes to Garar. But it's he here.
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It says the Lord appeared to him and said, do
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not go down to Egypt. Dwell in the land of
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which I shall tell you. Verse three. It says, stay
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in the land for a while, and I will be
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with you and I will bless you. God gives him
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a specific command. What was the command stay in Garar?
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For Isaac? I would probably ask, Lord, why would I stay? Well,
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I'm famine and tito famine is lack cool kolang na coolong? Now,
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oh Lord, why will I stay? Doesn't make sense? But
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as God commands Isaac, there is a promise that goes
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with it. It says for to you and your descendants,
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I will give all these lands and will confirm the
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oath I swore to your father Abraham verse four. I
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will multiply your offsprings as the stars of dem And, and
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I will give to your offsprings all these lands, and
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in your offsprings all the nations of the earth will
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be blessed. Is that a familiar promise from God? It
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is because God gave that to Abraham before. When God
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gave the same promise to Abram, he now passes it
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on to his son isa That's where we see that
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the God that we have is multi generational, that he
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never changes hole you by on. When God promises us something,
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he will not change his mind with that promise. Pasuna
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is a promise. Now explantionion by my promise, and kende magoula.
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Indeedpad breaks our heart. But at the same time we
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have to realize that the God that we worship, when
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he gives a word, it will come to pass, and
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it's for different generations to come. So what does Isaac
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do verse six? He says he settles in ker Are, Okay,
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he settles in Gerar. What happens? You know, when you
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obey God, it doesn't promise you a storm proof as
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storm free life Meron par In Dayama Trials Namaniere. Unfortunately,
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for Isaac, as soon as obeyed the word of God,
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what happens mehrong naging problem. So when he entered the
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place and Sinabin as a wife Yaba, when the men
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of the place ask him about his wife, he said,
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she is my sister. For he feared to say my wife,
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thinking lest the men of the place should kill me
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because of the wife Rebecca, because she was attractive in appearance.
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What do we understand here? If Rebeccah is beautiful, Isaac
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is ugly reconnect Sabina and CHARLESA. He feared his life?
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Why during that time pag Meroom Culturally it was different
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from where he was. And now he enters a different territory,
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there's a king. So he feared Nomamataisha a wifebek wife.
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So he decided to lie. Is it a familiar story? Yes?
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Why because his father also did it three times? Next
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Sabina Hindiko and Nisis Kapatid Cologne. If you were a
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wife and your husband would ind how would you feel
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Aba Aganon Kapatia Yah. So what happens a panic pussy
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isa He didn't know what to do, so he lies.
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He deceived the people of their are. You know, sometimes
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when we obey God, there are times that we will
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encounter things that we are that is beyond our control,
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that makes us panic. And now what happens He does
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it his own way. And you know, without a relationship
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with Ameneum, they fought young in Mahaparaya Maha you abilly
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Da kicks in. You know, we see here a man
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who is not perfect if you think about it, still
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lies fallen nature of man. When we panic, we do
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crazy things. Now he lies to the people there. What
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happens nela mang king when the king was actually watching them,
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Isaac and Rebecca, which during that time indieganan relationship young
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men with women, even their sister. And so now he
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says he is not the sister. He is actual she
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is actually the wife. So a bimiles, what is this
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that you have done to us? One of the people
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might easily have lain with your wife and you would
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have brought guilt upon us. The guilt, young king, if
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you were the king of that territory. There's a family
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that you don't know that it's not your people who
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goes to your territory. What would you do if you
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ask me, I would punish them in town nilov Elian king,
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the punishment should have been death with a gillette. But
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you see here the response of the king was different.
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Verse eleven. So a bimleck warned all the people, saying,
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whoever touches this man or his wife, sir, shall surely
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be put to death. Why would that be? Imagine a
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king would come up with the law. What's the law?
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It was his final word when he says it, it
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should be in place. Why would he give that statement
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that whoever touches this man and woman will be put
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to death? You know you would see here Pasi, God,
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you orchestrate even that kind of favor we get, you
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know God see isa obedient means a land. So what
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would God do? God actually brought him back to his will.
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God would actually bring us back. His favor is still
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with us. He brings us back to where he wants
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us to be. That is the grace of God. Imagine, no,
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if because of this disobeying and mal isac panab lord,
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I would hold the promise there gonna be bil That's
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how gracious are God is He still brings us back
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to where we should be. As we continue the story,
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this is what will really is that when we grow
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in our faith, that obedience should be full, That obedience
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should be following God how, by his command, the what,
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by the way, how and when, even without knowing the why.
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Sometimes we don't understand. But it's okay. What God is
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after is our obedience. Sometimes we don't need to panic
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for as long as we obey God, we don't need
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to do it our way. Just like isa he lied.
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You know, when we obey God, he will be with us,
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and that's why he wants full obedience. Do you know
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this that when we obey God and saying this Lord,
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I will do that, but I will do it my
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own way, that's still disobedience. Delayed obedience is also what disobedience.
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As we grow in the faith, we will know that
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when God asks us to do something, we need to
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do it. As you continue the story, says verse twelve,
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what does Isaac do in the land in Girar, Isaac
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sod in the land and reap in the same year
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a hundredfold. The Lord blessed him, and the man became
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rich and gained more and more until he became very wealthy. Imagine,
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in a place where nobody was planting famine, he continues
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to plant. God said, stay there, do what you need
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to do, do what you've been doing before. Stay there
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in that land he plants and put resulta one hundred
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fold that no famine can block the ways of God.
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All he had to do was stay in Girar. He sowed,
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he planted, everyone stopped planting. Imagine, not today will come
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up invest jhan sur yan malulukigajan. At the same time,
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you're the only one who plants, and now there is
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a yield one hundred food. One of the things that
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I want to emphasize in today's preaching is this, What
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did Isac do? He stayed, he planted. You know, that
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was an easier route if you think about it, because
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Egypt was a far place. He would travel everything with
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his family Rena. That would be harder, that would be
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so much effort. God wanted him to stay. What did
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he do? He stayed, He planted. It was an ordinary
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act of obedience. But look at the result that all
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the ordinary acts of obedience, for as long as we
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do it, what God tells us. What happens there is
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an extraordinary result. Imagine, No, the things that we do
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that you know obana thin see good hum resulta indeed
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of satin. There are things that we might be doing today.
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Doesn't make sense? Lord, Why do you want me not
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to resign now promote d Lahati in boom office but
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in johannit or not promote day? Why do you want
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me to stay? But God wants you to just be
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diligent in what you're doing. Why because the result is
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up to him. When we look at it, it's not
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our part to do the heavy lifting. It's God's part
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to do it for us. Sometimes, not to obey God
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is harder for us. Why because we have so many questions.
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But if we only knew God's plan for us, it
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might be a different story. Imagine where you are today,
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God tells you to do it? Do you see that
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there is a possibility of an extraordinary blessing that follows it?
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Verse fourteen, It says he had possessions of flocks and
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herds and many servants, so that the Philistines envied him
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in Gitpu Mantaudna in Ghitzilla, with so much of his wealth,
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having a bageo Diamina. Nobody planted only him. Now he
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has so much Latsila and Ghirap. He was blessed and
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so nam git Pusilla verse fifteen. We'd see here that
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the king or verse sixteen. The king goes to him
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and says, go away from us, for you are such
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a miightier than we. So Isaac departed from there and
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encamped in the valley of Girar and settled there. He
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was thrown away. He was he was asked to leave
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them Domina. What did he do? He followed them, but
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at the same time he still stayed in Ghirar insan. No,
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he will go through life like that means and Ti
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named Tinata boy just like Isaac. He was driven away
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because of envy, because of pride of the king. Imagine
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you're in BGC and the mayor says dialang, so blessed,
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can I lily pat kita dun sabila sami peteros Imagine
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no paran malelet this is what happened to him. So
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Isaac departed and left the camp. Verse eighteen. Isaac dug
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the wells. He needs water, So in that place he
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had to dug the wells that his father dug before
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Anengiaripo during the time when his father died. Well aana
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water you well, they put loupaiung wells. So he dug
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it again. What happens uh? And he gave them the
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name of this father that his father had given them.
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Verse nineteen, when Isaac servants dug in the valley and
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found there well off spring of water. Why is it
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that every time Isaac would do something he was blessed.
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Why because he obeyed the word of God. He stayed
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in the land. So non do your favorite the lord.
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So when he dug it ananyare the herdsman in Gerald
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quarreled with him, and he said, this water is ours.
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So he called the name of the will Essex Sabinalla nasaknila.
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You'm well, big glad. So he let that go. What
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happens so Indiana can test Verse twenty one. They dug
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another well, and they quarreled over that. So he also
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called its name Sidna chip In monopac In sami a
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nakaba sabini isa. But again he lets it go. The
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third well, it says, and he moved from there and
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dug another well. Scholars say that it was a long
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walk until the border of Jerrar. Now he goes to
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that end of that part, and they did not quarrel
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over it. So he called the ReHO both saying, for now,
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the Lord that's made room for us, and we shall
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be fruitful in the land. You know, a life of
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obedience to God is marked by the favor of God.
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Imagine no kit they were using laws in their territory,
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and I meanto, what would God do? He would always
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make a room for asa. Think about it today. A
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picture of a life in obedience to God is having
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the favor of God. See Lord Ningo Magawana way for you.
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He's the one orchestrating things. You need water, I will
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provide a well that has water. He will be I
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want to move the parts for you. He will be
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the one to open opportunities for you. Some of us
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might be in a dead end situation. Buy on career,
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contented on a landlord milan and ladders a Welanan promotion
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for you. The thing that makes sense is to leave
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the work look for a different job. But you know,
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if God favors upon you, he can actually make a
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position for you. He can make room for you, encouraging
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beyond thank you so long. No, yess not really. If
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you think about it, our obedience comes with the favor
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of God. What does that mean in our life when
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we will be God? In simple asks? What happens he's
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with us? I bang favor the Lord satin probably in
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our context and favors and connections some amendeba guys, Yeah, mikilala, comparico, mikilala,
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comparigo sinushah in comparico na pinsanianito nah, happit bahindi major?
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Why we want favor? Why we want connections? Eto imagine this.
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When we obey God, his favor comes with us. We
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don't need human connections. It's the favor of God that
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comes with our obedience. What is the picture of the
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favor of God? In Verse twenty three says, for there
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he went up to Birsheba, and the Lord appeared to
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him the same night and said, I am the God
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of Abram, your father. Fear not, for I am with you,
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and I will bless you and multiply your offsprings for
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my servant Abraham's sake. A picture of a life with
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the favor of the Lord is the presence of the Lord.
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He showed up first time before he left for Girar.
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When he got to Garar again he shows up during
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the situation in the world. I'm going to tell you
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something that you might not know, and I want you
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to get this. I'm gonna say this very slowly. Ready
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in a brille Ready in a brille game. Nayow game
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nah alry ready one, two three. This is the word
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of God today for you. The Lord is always with you.
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You know sometimes we forget that. Really, do you know
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that the Lord is with you anywhere? Everywhere in the
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heights and loss of life, he is with you. The
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problem is, there are times you forget. You know how
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I know that we forget that God is with us
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when we do it our way? Experience can are you
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think you know? The fact that you know that the
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presence of the Lord is with you will change your life.
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The one who can give you the best way to
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solve your problem is with you. Amen. I'm gonna say
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it again. The Lord is with you in any time
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in high Saint Loss, the Lord is with us in
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the times that we worship him, is with us even
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the times that we do bad things. He's with us.
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He knows, he knows us through and truth. I'm gona
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be getting okay, The Lord appeared to him. As you continue,
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it says here when Abra with a bimilik went to
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him from Gerrar with his advisor and commander of his army.
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After no, well, no, lie, you Lyinganshan and king? Who
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else his advisor and commander? Imagine the president with his
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executive assistant and general Kasamana to go to you. He
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went to Isah and he says, Isaac said, why have
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you come to me seeing that you have hated me
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and you have sent me away from you? Isa who
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got the masakatan no mono in president? You hate me Sabi?
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But what does the king say verse twenty eight? They said,
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we see play plainly, not only him, even his commander,
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even his adviser. We see plainly that the Lord has
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been with you. Do the people around us know that
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God is with us? When we go to the office,
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when we spend time with people, how do they feel?
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What would they say? Because I'm ne galahat latina sabino negatron,
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You'd suck out the life of people. But we see
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here I sack a different kind of life. It is
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we see plainly that the Lord has been with you.
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Imagine a life when people see from Afar, even though
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they don't know you personally parently, but to see Charles
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Faya blessed? Who wants that kind of life? Twenty one.
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All of us want want to have a blessed life,
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it says, so we said, let there be a sworn
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pack between us, between you and us, and let us
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make a covenant with you Verse twenty nine, that you
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will do us no harm. Grab young kingaartain, you are
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mightier than us, just as we have not touched you
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and have done to you nothing but goods. Paramahuka imune
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welle nothing but good and send you away in peace.
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What does the king say? You are now the blessed
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of the Lord. Imagine a small act of obedience can
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actually mean so much for others that when we obe
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the word of God, what happens it affects others? Let
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me by your obedience. No, it's not only for you,
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even Tabab blessed that they would want to know, how
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did you? How are you? Why are you blessed? I
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want to be like you? What's it about you that
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you're like that? You know? I hope you know that
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when we obey the word of God. What happens. The
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effect is not only for us. It's actually an opportunity
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for God to get to for him to reveal himself
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to others. It affects others. You know, only God can
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reverse things even though they are not believers. Abimelek was
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not a believer. Only God can actually reverse people in
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our lives. Schipin Mo someone who considered him an enimy
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Pina Alita, you story gusta in Lord Bola from you honestly, Neaden,
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I know prayer you Lord Kundina. How do you pray? Lord?
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I pray that you change his heart? You know, God
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wants to answer that prayer sometimes through you, the people
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that we think I am posive Lordo. You know, God
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wants to use your life as an example. God wants
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to use your life an example to the people that
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you're believing to get to know him. Rebe a simple
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act of obedience can mean so much for others. It
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affects others as you continue. Stephen Fertek said this, great
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moves of God are usually preceded by simple acts of obedience.
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That's encouraging for us. Why because we can do a
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very simple act, we don't need to tire ourselves from
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doing great moves so that we can have great results.
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We can actually do the little things God wants us
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to do, and He will be the one to give
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us that great moves. All of us are still believing
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for greater things. Amen. It starts with our obedience to God.
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Five point thirty. As I preach, one of the leaders
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approached me, Alvin Sabina. You know if there's a word
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that he got from that in impress God. A lot
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of us would rather do works for God, thinking that
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we can get his favor. That's true. A lot of
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us would rather do the works. I'm serv I'm a
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God from morning till night. Service Kai Naganga took name
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to go, but I'm a blessed on the Lord, I'm
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a God and the service now victory after nine pm.
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We think that the works that we do for God,
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the sacrifices that we do, will earn our blessing, But
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even the Bible says He is more concerned about our
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obedience than our sacrifice. Great moves of God are usually
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preceded by simple acts of obedience. The question is why
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is it so hard to obey God? You know, sometimes
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we just need to do at Sabinian fla verdeba, just
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do it. When God asks us to do something, we
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just need to do it, regardless of if we understand,
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regardless if indeena, then alam what the result will be?
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You know why? If there's one thing for sure? See
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God young Hartna is for you. He is the what
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alpha enda. He is the beginning end, and so here
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is the end. He knows what will happen. And so
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who knows the best for us? Is it us or God?
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It's God. So today I'm gonna ask you again, just
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like what I said a while ago, the reasons why
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it's hard for us to obey, specifically to obey the
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word of God, because I said a while ago, we
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think we are better than them. We think we are
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better than God. We may not say it, but sometimes
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we actually act it. When God asked you to do it,
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what is it to move? We justify our acts, We
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justify our emotions with God, we tell him the Lord
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actually Lemniad. Another reason I said a while ago is
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because we do not understand. That's why we don't follow God. Again,
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we do not need to understand. I said also a
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while ago that because we do not trust the person
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who is asking us to do it. We do not
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trust God enough. Lord Lord, it resulta You know, you
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want to know how to trust God. Obey He will
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reveal himself faithful to you. Want to trust God more?
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Read his word so that you can experience who he is.
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That when he says something, it will surely come to us.
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That when he gives a command, there is a promise
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that comes with it. If there's one word that all
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of us know, we recite it all the time from Jeremiah.
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What is that? He asked, what plan to prosper us?
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Not to harm us, but to give us a future
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and a hope. Yes's the Lord. He will not put
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you in a place where it will be bad for you.
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We just need to do his word. The question is
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are you willing to allow God to lead your life
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with the moment we do not obey God. What we're
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saying is, Lord, Kayakronamane, I can do it on my own.
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I will just go to you, and I'm desperate about things.
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I will just go to you. You know, God wants
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you to want He wants you to spare you from
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that trouble. And that's why he wants you to do
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it today. I may not be giving specifics, but I
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know for a fact that God is talking to you today.
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He's been asking you to do something, but you're just
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fighting it off. I believe today is the day that
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God wants you to follow him. That maybe getting out
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of a relationship that's not right. That may be forgiving
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someone who has said something to you, who has destroyed
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who you are, and God is saying forgive them. You know, God,
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we can't box God. Just like what I said last week, Indisha,
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he does not think how we think biological. If I
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do this, this is what will happen. You know. Sometimes
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we just need to follow God. That's why it's an
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act of faith. It's a life of faith. The Bible
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says we do not walk by side, we live by
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faith that everything we do with God for God, we
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may not know what it brings, but one thing is firsture.
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When we have faith in Him, he will be the
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one to lead us through Lord, my animal Lord. Amen.
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You know Jesus, I'm gonna end with this story. See
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Jesus when he was teaching the disciples in the crowd,
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there was this tita, bless blessed. Now, Mommy, certain conversation.
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But this is how Jesus defined what really is being blessed.
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True blessedness, he said, is looke Chapter eleven, verse twenty eight.
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But blessed rather are those who hear the word of God.
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And what else and obey it? You want to be
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blessed in life? Yes? No, there's two things that we
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need to do. We need to hear the word. Read
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the word of God, meditate on God, do our devotion
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so that we know what He wants us to do.
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And at the same time, what's the next part? Obey
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the word. We can live a life that is blessed,
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but God allows us to do our part. Simple acts
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of obedience can lead to a truly blessed life. Amen.
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Can ask everyone to stand as we close in prayer
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before we pray application. This is very hard, Mahabatoh. First
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we need to read the word. You want to know
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what God wants you to do tomorrow in this season
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of your life, in your career, in your marriage, in
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your relationship. You want to know what God wants in
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your business. You want to know what God wants in
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your personal growth. Read the word. Second part, you have
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to obey. It might be simple but I know it's hard.
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But when we go through a life of faith, when
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we continue to obey the word of God, you know
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what happens. Grace, the grace of God will be sufficient
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as we go and face that as we obey the word.
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The grace of God will be with us. As we
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obey the word, it's going to challenge us, it's going
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to stretch us, it's going to take us out of
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our comfort zone. The grace of God is with us. Amen,
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It's about down our heads and pray, Lord, thank you
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that you have spoken to us Lord, where we are. Clearly, Lord,
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we can't doubt that the word that you have spoken
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to us, Lord can be very personal to all of
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us today. So Lord, as you do your word as
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it is alive and active, just like what you said,
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or we declare that you will also move us to action.
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I believe the room is is either filled with one
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kind of person and I'm going to pay for the
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other one. The first one is this that it seems
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it's really a struggle to know the Word of God.
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For you, You've been one thing. You've been saying, Lord Malala.
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But whenever I open the word partern, whenever I hold
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that Bible, but I can't seem to find you. I
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can't seem to experience you in your word. With all
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heads about down in nice clothes, that is you I
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want to pray for you. Raise your hand, yes, Lord, yes, yes,
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thank you Lord, Thank you God. You see those hands.
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Thank you Lord God. That as we raise our hands,
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it's also an act of surrendering, saying, Lord, you want
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more of you, And so Lord, today I declare that
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you are pouring your grace to read your word. Lord.
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You are the one who can change our hearts today.
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You're the only one who can change a heart of
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stone to our heart of flesh. Lord God, Today in
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Jesus name, Lord, as they raise their hands, Lord God, Lord,
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just give them that tender heart and that sponge mind.
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Lord God, to hunger for your word. Lord, that whenever
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they open your word, they will want to experience you personally.
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Lord God. Thank you Lord, that you're pouring your spirit
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within them, that they will have that new life of
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hunger for your word. That whenever they read your word,
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Lord God, they will know who you are more and more. Jesus,
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Thank you, Lord, Holy Spirit. Do your word in their lives.
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You can put your hands now. I want to also
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pray for the last group of people. You know, God
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has been speaking to you. You know, God has been
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telling you something specifically to do for the past months,
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for the past even years, and it's not an accident
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that you're hearing this word today. I believe God wants
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to set you free from that burden of saying Lord
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Degahai and go in and pinapaga Lord Digahai, and go
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in if I do it. You know, God is speaking
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to you today and saying an app I want you
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to experience my goodness, but I need you to let
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that go. I believe God is telling you just follow
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me because this is my will for you. God has
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been asking you to give up something. But it seems
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like Lord Lecoia, I believe today God wants to assure
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you just allow him to do his work. But we
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also need to do our part to surrender it to God.
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With all heads about down, nice cloth, not here to
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shame you. I want to pray for you. If that
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is you raise your hand as a sign of surrender
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and saying, Lord, I want to give this up, but
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I need your strength. Yes, Lord, thank you for this sense.
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Thank you Lord God. Thank you God. Lord, you see
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this sense as they say, Lord, I need the assurance
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that it will be okay. Lord, you see their hands. Lord,
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today I declare Jesus embrace them right now, Holy Spirit.
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Let them feel your love today. Only Spirit, minister to
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them where they are today. Lord, you're assuring them that
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all they need to do is let it go and
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surrender it to you. Lord. You will share to them
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how much you love them. Lord. Thank you that you're
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doing your word, Holy Spirit. I pray that you fill
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them right now with strength, Lord, with courage as you
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feel them. Lord, God, free them from the bondage of
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the things that they think that they cannot let go. Lord,
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release them right now in Jesus Name, release them. Lord,
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Thank you Lord, that the enemy cannot lie to them anymore. Freedom. Lord, God,
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do your work in their lives today in Jesus Name.
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Amen and Amen, let's praise God today. I just want
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to speak a blessing to everyone as we shtch out
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our hands. Lord, you see your people today. Thank you
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Lord God that you have spoken to them. Lord. Let
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your words sink deep in their hearts. Lord, let not
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the enemy snatch your word today. Thank you Lord that
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you will provide for them this week. Thank you, Father,
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that you will open doors for them, that you will
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make them into a blessing to others. Lord, give them
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the heart of obedience, Lord, just like any of your sons.
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Thank you, Lord that you love us so much. In
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Jesus' name, and everybody of God's people say amen and amen.
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God bless you all. Thank you for listening. We hope
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