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Unleashed by God for Bold Faith and Kingdom Purpose
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Welcome Just hand away tagalog Sermon podcast. You're daily Joseph
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finds you any good shame and now here's your methode
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email wherever you are right now, could you please give
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God the best love offering if you're saying yes to God,
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yes to his calling, yes to his word and your word,
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De Lord Parashat. And this year I believe is unleashed.
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Could you be Stipe in the comments section right in
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us be more unleashed. Type in unleashed, hashtag unleash. You've
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been talking about this, and I hope that we are
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all on the same page, same book. We've been talking
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about what this word means to us. You know, what
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does it really mean to be unleashed? And starting in January,
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I said January two, you first Sunday, and then that's
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the first day that we talked about being in lead.
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And I believe that in our squads, in our Sundays,
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we've been talking about this and what does it mean
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to us all? And before we continue, can we pray?
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Can we all bow down our heads and let's all
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stand up and we believe that wherever we are Nasa bahei,
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comme on Nasa quarto rahman. As a you're watching this
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and you are worshiping with us, we know that God
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is always with us, say man, and we always start
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with us speaking to God. Come on, let's pray Lord
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mala much for this afternoon. Thank you guy for the
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technology that you have given us physical limitations. Lord, we
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are still here together, gathered God. Through Facebook to YouTube,
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we can hear your word and we can worship Lord.
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And I pray Lord that this afternoon open up our
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hearts in our minds and let us understand more of
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what it means to being unleashed or this word that
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you have given us. And I pray God that you
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would give us this fresh new revelation Lord, that we
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will be compelled to say yes to you, to say
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yes to your calling, to say yes to your word.
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And I pray God that this twenty twenty two Lord,
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it's not going to be a year of survival. Let's
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going to be a year where we will all be
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unleashed as a church. Lord. And I pray God that
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we will find this point of unity where we will
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all gather together where we will all follow opening on
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as a church and as a family. And I pray
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Lord that as a church God, I pray now we
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can bring glory to you, even to the farthest reaches
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of Antipolo City, of result of the Philippines and the world.
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Lordami Selama, God, we bring it back, all the glory
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and all the honor in Jesus' name. We pray. Amen, Amen,
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we give God again the best lab offering. And we
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are declaring that twenty twenty two is the year that
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we start growing mustache and beard. I'm just kidding. It's
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the year that we cut lisha then that is holding
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us back. That's it that we will be unleashed. Man.
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You know this pandemic, it did not happen so that
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we can hold on doing a life not a little
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bit tighter and a little bit closer, because that's what
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happened in this pandemic. Nonai in pandemic and everything. And
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we started hugging and taking notice. We were all fearful
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for our health in our lives. Yu manga goals and
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manna dreams. Nothing la no what I'MI manna depress what
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Imi manna suicide. Actually, you know, this pandemic, it did
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not happen so that we can hold onto our lives.
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Actually it's the other way around. You know. If there's
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something that we could have learned from this past two years,
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it's almost three years, it's that we don't have any
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control over our lives. Do you believe that that's what happened? Right?
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And kit Plan No, once a pandemic happened, once virus
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affects our lives, there's something else that we can do. Amen,
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saving us a probab sixteen nineteen. It's very true right now?
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Is that a man's heart plants his way, but the
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Lord directs his steps the height not on going nine ten,
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going plan not ten. You know, if God says no,
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it's a no. Amen. And because of this pandemic, we
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have focus on ourselves, on our needs. But you know
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God is showing us that instead, God wants us to
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focus on the need of other people around us. We
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believe that's why we are here on this world, you know.
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And the Lord passes, Amen. But you were put here
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on this world, on this earth, six billion people we
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are living together. That means what that we need to
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live our lives merong affect to Hans again and a
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good way. Amen, Because when you when you think about
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only yourselves, you are also affecting other people in a
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very negative way. But God wants us to focus not
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on ourselves and in our needs, but on the needs
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of other people. Amen. You know God is calling us
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to take the attention of ourselves and put it on
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the world around us. I believe that's what being unleashed means,
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being unleashed saying yes to the calling that God has
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for our lives. But you please type in the comments
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section and yes, just three letters, you know, so go
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to my blish and God go. It's just saying yes
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to God's plans, to God's dreams, to God's purpose for
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our lives. Amen. And not only just for our lives.
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But God wants to unleash b TC. That's why in
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declaration and be TC unleashed, Amen, that we will not
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just be unleashed on our own, but we will be
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unleashed as a family, as a church, Amen, to accomplish
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His purpose for our church. Family. Because indilan my purpose individually,
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but God is a purpose for our church. There's a
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purpose why we are gathering together. There's a purpose why
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God allowed you to be a part of this church family,
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and what is that purpose? According us a Bible, that
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Jesus built his church. Jesus built this church, and even
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the gates of Hell will not overcome it. Amen. You know,
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maybe you're saying that Jesus lived in this world. Jesus
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did his ministry for three years, but then you put
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in a you young church. You know, technically yes he
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did not, but honestly, he raised up and he trained
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twelve people that will be the foundation of the church. Pedro,
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you are the rock on which this church will stand.
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And that is you and me as well. Amen. We
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are part of this church. And there is a mission
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for this church. And what is that mission? The same
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mission that Jesus gave before he went up into heaven.
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The disciples were unleashed when Jesus ascended to heaven. You know,
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some some people would call it the great commission, but
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right now I would like to call it the unleashing commission.
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This was the mission that Jesus unleashed his disciples four
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in match of twenty eight, verse eighteen to twenty Saberto.
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Then Jesus came to them and said, all authority in
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heaven has been given to me. Therefore, go and make
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disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of
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the Father and the Son of the Holy Spirit, and
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teaching them everything I have commanded you. And surely I
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am with you always to the very end of the age.
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This is what Jesus is unleashing his disciples us from
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or four. Jesus wants us to go and make disciples. Amen.
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And after this, after putting match of twenty eight, actually
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remy my usk with Tamanga books. But it's just stories
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compiler and it's all part of this one big story.
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After Match of twenty eight. It's the Book of Acts actually,
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and the Books of Us is uh is our stories
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or unleashed stories of the early Church and their disciples
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turning the world, according to survival upside down. And I
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believe that that's what God is unleashing us for. He
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wants to turn this world upside down. He wants to
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turn Yumunga malimpapt right side up. Amen. And the Book
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of Acts tells us that story of how the disciples
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was being unleashed. It us a story of how committed
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ordinary people. I want you to take note of those
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three words committed or ordinary people who made the biggest
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difference and change the world. You know, sometimes I say
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not Magata, you know, Mapa make a difference, mahapak changed
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the Modo. Are the ones who are extraorinary human, a
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super Taliino human, a super yaman in uman, a super
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resourced mantao. And maybe you're thinking that that's not me.
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That's not gonna happen in my life. That's never gonna
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happen in my community. And I'm not going to be
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doing that. Amen. But you know, take note of those words.
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Don't committed ordinary people. They changed the world. This committed
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ordinary people made the biggest difference. And you know what
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that is the church. That's what a church is and
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that's who as a church BTC should be as well. Amen. Again,
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take note the church change the world not because they
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were a group of highly educated people, not because they
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are a group of politically powerful people connected humana mer
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influence of government. No, they're not, Amen. The early change
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the early Church changed the wor world, not because they
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are ultra wealthy influencers. Amen. But the early Church were
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a group of united ordinary people coming together for something
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bigger than themselves. They were being unleashed this extra not
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extra but this ordinary people, ordinary people that God used
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through extra ordinary ways. Amen. And I believe that twenty
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twenty to us as a church be TC, we will
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be unleashed. You're saying that I'm just ordinary. I hope
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it's a simpling. Mamamayan Babaye dumbois the means and number zipelio.
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It doesn't matter. God can use you. Amen. In God,
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I believe God will use you as well. Amen. Come on,
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can we give God a best love of that? You
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know if you're saying, I want God to use me
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the spite of my of my wrongdoings, in spite of
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my shortcomings, despite of on sacond because the early church
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there were a group of tapic one in an ex
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or united ordinary people. And you know in this time
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a young twenty twenty two, we are living through this
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great opportunity, you know, to live that in our in
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ways that we've never experienced before. You know, before one
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of my prayers before Manyari young BTC. One of my
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prayers God, I want to go back doing a book
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of acts. I want to experience you know what they've experienced,
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and you know be careful what you pray for. After
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a few months, he let me experienced it. He unleashed
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me to become a pastor, to become the pastor of
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Blessed City Church. And now we are experiencing it. And
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now we're about to experience more. Amen, you know, a
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young twenty twenty two, we have this great opportunity to
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be unleashed and to live out what the early church
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had lived for. Amen. Maybe some of us parents Sabini
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and Jonah Hanina, we were expecting something different, right for
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twenty twenty two, you unleash. I'm excited. Maybe some of
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you you know already going were New Lord's at in December,
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Palank and you're already excited for January. Then the first
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day in January. In the first days of January belong Sumambugan,
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Oh my Krombi virus, right, belong forty thousand people every
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day in it called me Smunavid God, how miss Muna
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go Ovid. We were expecting to be unleashed all Michrombi
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and and Lisha atten. We were expecting something different. But
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you know what God was reminding us. We're expecting something different,
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but God is saying, but nothing has changed while I'm
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in a bag. There's nothing different. There's still a whole
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lot of people out there suffering. There's still a whole
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lot of people out there who needs healing, who needs Jesus,
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who needs to know that they would suffer if you
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don't believe in Jesus. How how can we expect for
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things to change if nothing really has changed? You know
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what I'm saying. God is reminding us gain in twenty
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twenty two. The job is not done yet, Indi and
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labat a man. There's so much work to be done.
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There's so many people now now we need to seek
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and to save. In the midst of all of this,
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the midst of all of this chaos and an aii.
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Right now, God is showing us an opportunity to shine
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a bright light in this world. Amen. You know God
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is setting the table for something amazing to happen in
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this world. Cinerito, you're excited to see America's happen, Cinta,
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You're excited to see great things happen. Amen. And here's
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the good news. He's going to do it through you
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and through me. Amen. He's going to truth and he's
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going to do it through the Church. Now Can you
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imagine what will happen if we could just come together
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and unleash the full force of the Church. You know
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when we say that we will be, we will be unleashed.
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It's not gonna be us just us. It's gonna be
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the church as well. Amen. And that's what we will
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be talking about. If you're writing down notes, the title
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of our message is unleashing the full force. That's what
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we want, Amen, dicolu, that's what that's what you also
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want if you want that to plea stype in the
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comments sections and be more Amen. Amen. We all want that.
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We all want something to change. Ale. We are hoping
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again the medrium of Babago, par parent Thailand, Vignon coming
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into January, know, hoping a merrormant Babago. But you know what,
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it's going to be the same thing. Whoever you choose
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to vote, whoever becomes our president, vice president, senator's congressman,
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leaders in our governments, the same thing will happen. Why
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because the people is not changing. Because we all know
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what this country, this world needs, Amen. It needs God,
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it needs Jesus Christ. It needs to say that Jesus
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is Lord. It needs to say not my will, but
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yours be done. We all want, you know, to become
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a difference maker. Amen, we want to do something. Similarly,
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you want to do something right, you want to do
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something or maybe saying something needs to be done on
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problem you don't know what didn't go in? They are
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they just they are just relegated doing a Facebook on
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Lamanla post and post about the government, about about the
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people in the government. Right again in Tamaba, it's a
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bimo but not me type in the comments a behemo
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but not us in man. Because we know that we
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are more than space takers and time wasters. We are
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difference makers. That's who you are. You are here to
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make a difference. You are the sole and light of
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this world. We just need to be unleash. And when
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we say we, that means you and me, that means
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every one of us. Don't say in episode we support you,
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bahla jan. You know we're just here at the back.
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We are worshiping, we are praying for you know, every
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every one of us, each and every one of us
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are here to make a difference in screen right now,
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it's everyone, it's you and me, Amen. That's why in
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this church, this is our goal, this is what we
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believe in. Our goal is to make every believer, I
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hope it's there a leader of leaders, to make every
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believer a leader of leaders. That's who we are and
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that's what we believe in. That's our goal. Amen, if
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you're taking down notes, if you're going to take note
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of something or remember something after this this that we
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need to become a leader. Amen, it's every one of us.
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It's each and every one of us. You know, in
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the Bible or in in theology, we have this something
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that is called the priesthood of all believers. Maybe you're say,
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if it's some guy and you making believers to make
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every believer a leader of leaders, that that's not even
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biblically as it is. You know, even miss Mussi uh
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Martin Luther, you know, the the first Protestant chap moved
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Christians from from the old ways to what we know now.
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You know, he believes that there is such thing as
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priesthood of all believers. La Niloyd he was. He called
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us to become one a royal priesthood. What does that mean?
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Royal priest? Indedn't put title that we were? He didn't.
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We are royal priest because obligation. Amen, that we are
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all priest. He didn't see pastor. Amen, we are all priest,
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and we have an obligation to do, and that is
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what to preach the gospel, to share the gospel to everyone. Amen.
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It's everybody's goal, it's everybody's purpose, and we are all
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part of the mission that God has given us. The
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problem is that it won't work. It can't work most
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of us or majority of the church. Things that BDC
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exists for their needs. Maybe you're here and you're thinking
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now anapo and once that I'm you know, I'm done
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with this, and then I'm going to move on. Now
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it's time for me to move on to a greater
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third thing. But now, a church is not something that
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you finish with. It's not a horse. It's a family
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to belong to. It's a family that has a purpose
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and until you have not reached that purpose in that
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we belong together. Documents such as a bimo we belong together,
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a church at home that it was a bore, we
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believe to be bl along together. See you know what
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being unleashed means, It's being engaged. Let me say it again,
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being unleashed means being engaged. If you want to be
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unleashed for twenty twenty two, you need to say this
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to yourself that I'm not just going to watch and
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spectate Indela a life stream every Sunday. Amen, but I'm
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actually going to do something. I'm going to be engaged.
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What does that mean? Being engaged? Being engaged means being
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able or you wanting to join the Bible, reading your
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devotion anthen Being engaged means I will be joining and
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being engaged. Some squad meetings you will attend and once
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you are there you will start sharing as well. Amen,
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indeau picture Amen, now no and take away more you
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would share a man. That's what being engaged means. That's
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what being unleashed means. Being unleashed means that you will
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be joining and being involved in ministries. We have so
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many ministries here at church. Ask your squad leader, can
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you ministry that you can be involved with? Indeed, poe
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indeed on po techt indeed on pup praising worship. Maybe
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you don't know, you don't know, you don't know how
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it's saying you do not have to play the guitar
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and you say no, I'm not made to to serve. No,
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you can serve in every way that you can, and
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whatever gifts that you have, God can use that. And
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I believe that God has given you a gift for
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that reason. In the part of you mam Manka in
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YouTube was a Facebook. God has given you gifts so
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that you can serve Him, that you can serve the
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people that God's plays in your life. That's what being
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unleashed means again, it's being engaged. Being being unleashed. It
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means doing the assignment that God has for us. Amen,
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be a difference maker by sharing the Gospel the whole
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in this broken and sick world. We need to have
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this mentality that Jesus' mentality. Remember he says that it
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is more blessed to give than to receive. Now, you're
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not here just to receive. You're not just here to
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be to be blessed. Maybe you saw that that name
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bless the City Church, and you are attracted to it
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because you want to be blessed Zimbaimba and said Ben
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straight times, No, that's not who we are. We are
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blessed the city because we are here to bless the city,
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not to get blessing from the city. Not to get
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blessing from God, Amen, but to become blessed so that
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we can be a blessing. You know, we have this
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tagline here at church, blessed to bless They're we had
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that series. That's a long series. Bless to bless That's
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who we are. God is blessing you with your job,
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with your work, with promotions, with whatever good things that
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is happening in your life. Goddess bless you so that
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you can be a blessing. And most importantly, God has
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blessed you with salvation. See that you can share that
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to other people as well that needs salvation. Amen. You know,
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I believe that this word unleash. It's not just for
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a few people here at church. It's not just for
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our church. I believe that it's for each and every
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one of us. Amen. We all have to remove whatever
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it is that's preventing us from being who God created
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us to be. I like that, Make me what I'm
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meant to be. You know that's I agree. That's a prayer. Lord,
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make me who I always meant to be, who you
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created me to be. Your problem is that we have
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this leash. Now we can't be who we are meant
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to be because something is stopping us, something is pulling
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us back. And for most of us, the leashes hold
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us back is the feeling of inadequacy, the feeling now
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I'm not worthy, the feeling of I'm unqualified. Man type
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in the comments section right now has to be more uncoqualified.
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You know, sometimes if you feel that way, you are
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not alone. You know, we feel sometimes you all feel
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that we are unqualified. You know, we see these big
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problems in our in our world, in our nation, in
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our community, or maybe in your families. You see those
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big problems, you know, and you are thinking that something
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has to be done. I mean, a mistakes smoke, and
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we end up with the whole clusion that, yes, something
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has to be done, but it's not going to be me.
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Why because of all the mistakes that I've made, because
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I'm unqualified, Something else, somebody else will make that difference.
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And we've been praying, you know, maybe you've been praying
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for that Lord become Magalina president, the Lord become dang
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Mangan leaders, some community, amens a family. Amen. Do you
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know what God is saying? Amen? God made you see
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all of those things because he wants you to change it, Amen,
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because he wants you to become the difference maker. Amen.
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Come on, give God the best love wherever you are. Amen.
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Magin is unprecedented to make a difference. Even your president,
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he can't make any difference. If you mana tao underneath
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him will not follow. You know, I believe that's the
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problem in our nation right now, right when I'm putting mare,
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and we won't see anything change, Amen, because it's not
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him or her whoever the next president should be or
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would be, But it's gonna be us who would change
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our nation, who will make a difference. Alang, we had
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this leash. That lease is called unqualified. We don't feel
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that we are qualified for so many reasons. Maybe for you,
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you know, maybe you're thinking, or you're saying, that's a
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familia pastor I didn't came from the right family. My
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family is dysfunctional, my family is broken, my family is
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not really the traditional churchgoerimbo to galand that's what my
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family is. And maybe God can't use me because of that,
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I'm unqualified. Or maybe you're saying that you did not
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have the right education. You know, right now, that's what
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the people are saying that education as right and dish
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are qualified to lead us. Maybe maybe for that position,
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but God is not calling us to be that. God
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is calling us to be something else, a man. Maybe
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you're saying that I didn't have the right education in
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the whole Maintendo Bible school, the column pastor God, but
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in Columbus as a good call I'm not qualified about.
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Maybe you're saying that right ressure, you buy statistical height,
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Coulan wake cool, and then there's nothing else. Maybe you're saying,
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go anything significant for God to call me for this
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great mission. I have not done enough. You feel that
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you are unqualified. Maybe that's you. You are saying that
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right now. But you know what, here's the good news.
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And I want you to remember this. God loves to
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unleash the unqualified. Amen. I hope that they can see
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that again. God loves to unleash the unqualified. Let's go back.
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One of the lines that I loved there was how
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you love to use the broken? Wow, God loves to
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use the unqualified. God loves to use the broken people.
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God loves to use those who are weak, imn. He
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loves to demonstrate his power in our weaknesses. He loves
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to take the things that we think disqualifies us and
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use that same thing to accomplish His purpose in our lives.
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That's how great our God is. Iman. And the one
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thing that everyone in the Bible that was used by
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God in a very extraordinary way, they have this one
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thing in common. Do you know what that one thing
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in common? They have the same feeling of being unqualified.
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You can read that from from Genesis and gang Revelation.
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Nobody will say, now, Lord, use me, I'm so qualified
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for this. That's it. Excuse Hamaba. That's in Sabin, the Lord,
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I can't Mulakai, Abrahm, Gankai, Moses, Aganghai Joan, and Ghangkai
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Ivan k David. The only one who is qualified was
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Jesus Christ. But the world thinks that he is unqualified
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to the why that he was crucified forgetting what I'm
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saying right now. All throughout the Bible and all throughout
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the generations. You know, since the biblical times, God has
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been using unqualified people for his great purpose. Amen. They
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all feel unqualified and ordinary. You feel that you were ordinary.
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You know, the greatest example of that is the disciples.
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Remember the disciples we talked about Peter and John last week,
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and we will try to revisit that, and not only that,
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we will go further from that story. If you're going
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to look at the most unqualified person in the Bible,
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it's Peter and John. Really past Peter John. Remember, see Peter,
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he is the rock. He should be qualified. But you
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know in this standard, in this world standard, he wasn't.
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There weren't I don't see Peter Charley John. They did
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not apply to become leaders of the church. It wasn't
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a position to apply for in the first place. It
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was a calling a man kuntai Jesus is saying to Jesus,
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you want to be your disciples. Here's our resume, here's
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what we can do for you. And yea, Jesus came
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to where they were and called them out, Come follow me,
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and I will make you fishers of men. That's why
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when when when people saw Jesus and his disciples, is
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this the Messiah? Is this they're his followers? How could
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this be the next king? How could this be the
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savior of this world? Members of Pedro he has a
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big mouth. Every time he opens his mouth, he gets
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in trouble by every time he opens his mother and
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Jesus he rebukes him Talba, always getting in trouble because
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of his big mouth. And you know what happened to him.
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He became the primary spoke person of the church. God
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used that same mouth, the same mother he always gets
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in trouble with, and he used it for God's glory,
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for God's kingdom. And there was nothing that he has
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done to qualify for it. If you would see his restume,
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he isda talva. How about John? All right? Just saying, yeah,
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that's pedro paris, John passor he is the the beloved
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kamal mahal. Is it true? He is? He really John,
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the belaved before Jesus Christ. John he is a short
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temper kasamani pedro pham not in common with it, but
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the one thing that they have in common. They have
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a short temper babilismani and ulo kaana. And the Bible
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in the Gospel John he was also called the son
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of Thunder. Why remember this one story when when Jesus
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and his disciples were walking down the road and they
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came upon this group of people they were they were
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making fun of Jesus and his disciples Bagaris, John and
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Jesus Lord, let's pray now there would be uh fire
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coming from heaven. Grab singing Dito the one, and you
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are praying the Lord, the Lord Covidzilla. He has a
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short temper, and he was convinced that that's what God wanted.
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Sometimes that's how we think that We see the people
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who are making fun of Jesus, making fun of God,
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and we want them Lord m madusas in perno, come on,
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we want to preach a fire in in brimstone messages.
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Why to condemn those people into say come on? He
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was masking his own hate with God's purpose. That's what
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God wants. Gou wants people to die in hell. Gou
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wants people to suffer in hell. No, you are missing
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the point if you think that way. But you know
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what happened to John. God transformed him and unleashed him
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from being some person of hate, the son of Thunder.
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What happened He began to write. He wrote a book
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in the Bible that intro use us to a loving God,
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to a God who loves us. Amen, to God, God
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who loves each and every one of us. He says
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in First John that God is love. Amen. He was
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unleashed and it wasn't just them who felt that they
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were unqualified. It wasn't just John, and it was Peter,
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and so was the world, and so does other people.
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It is mta. Yeah, this guy, this guy's they're not qualified,
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Sabi asks chapter four, verse thirteen. And this is the
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verse that we will be looking at. Sabian story. Was
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Peter and John standing before a ruling council of religious
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leaders because they have done something and they brought them
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doing some court tok on them, John and Peter for
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what they have done. Let's go back, let's travelous acts
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chapter four or verse thirteen. Sabon they realized that they
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were unschooled and ordinary man. Peter and John was speaking
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their cases, saying that we have done nothing wrong. All
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that we do was to help these people, this person.
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And then while they were speaking to man to manga
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religious people and talk, they began to realize Atoms Pedro, John,
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they were unschooled, unschooled the gal they were ordinary man,
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nothing nothing extraordinary Sandila. People knew that Jasi Peter, that
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they weren't taught of what to say and how to
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say them. Paragaja, maybe you're saying it doesn't know much
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you know alamvlugs and am books nabase. He don't see John, Chase, Peter.
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They all realized now they don't know what to say.
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All me on, save me the inside lupia. Maybe in
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a bend the mot or sabon right them right, And
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then you see if you were in a region, and
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that's what John and Peter was. They had the wrong grammar,
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probably wrong gramming sila india alam or the words why
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because they weren't taught right. They were just fisher men.
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They weren't made or they weren't taught to stand in
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front of many people and speak Tao. They're unschooled and
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they were ordinary. You know the word ordinary in Greek, Yeah,
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it means idiotes. What does that mean? Idiotes? I think
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we all know that, right, idiots. When they were listening
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to John and to Peter, they were saying that these
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guys are unschooled and they're idiots. Idiot participleuch on a
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harsh namaba. That's what they think about Peter and day John.
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People saw Peter and John as uneducated idiots and they
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were unqualified. They weren't qualified to do what they are doing.
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But they're still doing it. It's the best thing. They
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feel that they aren't qualified. But people think that they
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are unqualified. They still did what you're supposed to be doing.
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You know, uneven a baggage that you think that made
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you unqualified. You ma un words that makes you think
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that you aren't qualified. You know, I have a few
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things that came to my mind when I asked this
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question to myself. You know, maybe you are saying that
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I'm untalented. Maybe some movie you're saying that I'm unqualified
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pastor because talented, or maybe you're saying I'm uninspiring. There's
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nothing that I can say that can inspire people. Maybe
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you're saying that I'm an experienced or maybe you're saying
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that you know bani, so I don't have that experience.
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Maybe you're saying you're under resource. I remember seeing the
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posta saying the Maha people with influence. You're saying the
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heir of talent, no, so God can't use me. Or
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maybe saying you're unprepared, you aren't prepared for this, or
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maybe you're uncertain yeah sure, or may be saying you
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are unattractive knowing the THEMAGENSA Y m H, don't squad
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or maybe saying that nothing is attractive Sumi right, or
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maybe saying you're uncompelling or maybe unemployed, or maybe you're
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saying you're unessential, but I'm logo, maybe saying you're unequipped, unexciting,
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or maybe unworthy. No, that's the big thing, unworthy, seeing
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the means, and you feel that you are unworthy. Let
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me tell you honestly, A lot of times, that's how
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I feel. Every Saturday, I'm struggling. I'm wrestling with myself
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the Lord Steak speak, you know, not not because I
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don't want to, but because I feel that I'm unworthy,
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but because I feel that I'm unqualified, I don't know
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what to say. I don't even know. Human have to
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being go. It's really important for other people. But the
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truth is, sometimes you know, as leaders, as pisors, I
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want to say to you know, yeah, no, no, no,
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you are qualified, No, you are you are certain, you
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are attractive, you are experienced.
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You are worthy. You know sometimes you want to believe that.
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But the truth is, this is the truth, this is
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who we are now.
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But yes, we are an experience, we are under resource,
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we are uninspiring. That's the truth. It's true to Peter.
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It's true to John and it's true for us us
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as well. We are really unqualified. But you know what,
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it's not the antonyms of all these things. It's not
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the white words that makes us qualify. Amen. We don't
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earn our qualifications. There's nothing that we can do to
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earn or deserve to be qualified. The good news is
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that it is Jesus who qualifies us. It's what he
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has done for us. It's who he is. It's not
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who we are and what we have done, it's who
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Jesus is. Amen. Come on, you know, the Book of
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Acts tells us the story of how God takes this ordinary,
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unschooled and unqualified people and unleash them for God's purpose
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and turn the world upside down. Amen. And that's what
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we will be talking about, not just for this week,
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for the coming weeks, but tomorrow maybe you will be
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having our Unleashed BTC. It's on or pasta eight pm.
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We'll see you here live streaming on Facebook. You know,
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if you've been fasting, this will be our last night
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tomorrow and we will break our fast dinner time. We
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all be unleashed. Saba sabai bas and I see you there,
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and I hope that you know you are excited as well.
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We'll be talking about the Book of Acts and how
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God unleash this ordinary, unschooled and unqualified people and turn
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the world upside down. How did that happen? How does
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the full force of the church unleash be unleashed? How
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did it happen? Let's look at that quickly, Sabi asks
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up to three, verse two and four. Let's read that.
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Remember this story. We talked about this yes last week. Now.
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A man who was named from from birth was being
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carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was
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put every day to beg From those going into the
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temple courts, those who would pray every day, those who
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would worship God, they would always see that person because
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every day, No, don't push up, because every day he
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was carried there by someone to beg and verse four Sabli.
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When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he
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asked them for money. So, Sigura, just like everybody else
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he was asking money for but this time it's different
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that Peter John Saban Verse four. Peter looked straight at him.
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Then Peter said, look at us, you know, looking at
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something who is begging is not really something that we
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tend to do. Tama Ba Sin experienced me Mamaly mosta
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better Liland thing in more Sin experience as al Sade
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the mammalia. And sometimes it's uncomfortable seeing other people suffer
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while you amava. So when we see other people begging suffering,
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we don't want to look. We tend to look away.
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That's our tendencies jar Rika amen, and we avoid. But
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you know what happened to Peter. He intentionally stared, and
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not just you know, not the alanding, but according to
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the Bible, he stared at that person. When we say stare,
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it's like looking straight into somebody's soul. And Peter and
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John saw that this guy needs more than what he
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was asking. He saw this beggar for who he is,
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just like how God sees us. It wasn't something that
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the beggar usually experienced. That everybody looks awake and the
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Mamaly Mussi right, people walk by him every day, and
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for that person Peter and John to be staring at him,
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it is something different, you know, saying you know Cartain,
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you face to face and the part of the moves
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of case mahamatano a par al. You know, that's what
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this beggar experience because out of this, out of all
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the people in the world, Peter and John, maybe the
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same people that passed by him at that moment, looked
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at him straight and saw what he needed, you know,
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maybe to see Peter Chazy John and even see Jesus. Remember,
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this beggar is at the temple. See Jesus. You always
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go to the temple and pray. I don't know how
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many times that Jesus, Peter and John has walk by
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the same person. It wasn't the first time that Peter
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and John saw him. But you know what, this time
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it's different because this time is the right time. How
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many times or how many years the man has a buheim,
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you know, and you always had that mentality of being unqualified,
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But you know what, this year, this is a different year.
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This is a different time. Twenty twenty two is the
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right time for us to look at the things that
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makes us uncomfortable, to look at the things that needs
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to be looked at, to look at the things that
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you've been trying to brush off all your life. Now, no,
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somebody will help him. Somebody can take care of him,
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not me. I'm unqualified. But you know, it's time to
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see that there are people who needs saving, that there
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are people who needs healing, that there are people who
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needs help, who needs Jesus Christ. You know, it's time
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for us to be unleashed. It's time for us to stop,
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you know, not giving a care to other people besides ourselves.
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It's time that we look past our own needs, our
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own preferences, and what we think is necessary, and start
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to see those people who are lost, who are broken,
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who are in need of Jesus Christ. It's time that
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we unleash ourselves. Because I want you to write this down,
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these three things of how how the power, the full
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force of the church was unleashed. Number one is this
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unleashing happens when ordinary people show extraordinary compassion, Just like
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see Peter and said John, by just looking at that
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persona it wasn't just that beggar who was touched, but
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it was also John and Peter. It spoke to them,
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they were they were all beggar. Look at us, look
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at us, you know, say Acts chapter three, verse six.
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It's a story of Babasanata. And then Peter said, silver
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and gold, I do not have, but what I do have,
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I give you the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth.
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This is what I'm talking about. Blessed to bless and Pedro.
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I don't have much. I don't have what you think
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you want, but I have what you need because that's
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what I have. I have Jesus Christ. You know this.
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This beggar started to walk because there is power in
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the name of Jesus Christ, and Sabini Pedro, in the
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name of Jesus walk and that's what he did. He
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started to walk, bego why, of course, because of the
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power of Jesus Christ. But all started with the compassion
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that Peter and John had and he began to start
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to walk. You know if you have seen the same beggar,
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the same person, sitting there the same spot for years
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and years and years. Then all of a sudden, the
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belushion to Mayota, what did you take notice? Take it
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on Paran now, huh, you don't have to be.
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And everybody was like, take a land, the Bacos, the Bacons, James,
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now Lumpo.
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You know what. People began to take notice. They begin
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begin to take interest, not just because of this guy
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walking pars that here, this person that showed compassion out
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of all the people in the world. They begin to
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take interest into what Peter and John has to say.
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Before they were like fishermen and qualified. And because something
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happened because they showed Compassiontau, what do you say? I mean,
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he's their act of compassion gives them credibility and creates opportunity.
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Are you getting this? You know, our act of compassion
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gives credibility not to us, but to the gospel that
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we are preaching, to the gospel that we are believing.
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And it creates an opportunity to connect to people, to
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connect the people to Jesus Christ. That's what we do
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here at church. We have blessed serving show kindness. We
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call that compassion. That's how we show it. This is
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who we will be for twenty twenty two. Everything that
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we will be doing, it's about helping other people. It's
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about blessing other people. It's about serving other people. It's
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about showing kindness and compassion to other people. That's what
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it means for us to become unleash. Amen. Maybe you
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know this already casual and he didn't want to go out.
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Why there's so many reasons why. Maybe one of them
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is you thinking I'm unqualified? Who am iy to bless
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other people? I miss? I feel that I'm not blessed. Amen.
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This is who we should be. We will love God
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and love people. That's our purpose. Remember, we keep on
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saying that over and over in because it's who we are.
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We love God, and as we love God, we need
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to love the people that loves or that God loves
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as well. And as we love those people that He loves,
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people begin to show God, God, I love you so much.
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It's not the words that were saying, the words that
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we say, it's the act of compassion that we show
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to other people. I remember that there is this showing
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the food networks, not Food Network, let me food networking,
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cooking show, the YouTube hm, somebody just eating. But this
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is different. You don't Food Network. It's people cooking food.
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I can't here because you want to eat, But I
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would suggest that you watch Food Network instead because it
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teaches you not to eat, but how to cook. Melonisms
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show it's called chopped. You couldn't familiar show you chopped
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you show? They would give this chef you ma a
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chef a chef. They would give them an extraordinary ingredients
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to make dishes. Do something that USA for example, sinnegang
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sinne gang nah watermelon, I think, on that's weird, when
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about strawberry? What are you gonna go on? You know
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doing it's a show on what a god? Meron is
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an Adobo? All right, we will give you. I'm meeting
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baba ya. Yeah, and that's a challenge. But give me
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a guy on. You're chopped. That's why it's called chapped. Okay.
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It's a cooking show. Meron one one one episode. The
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Meroon is an contestant and his name is Lance. He
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is a Christian being Christian because he always talks about it.
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Well at the beginning, Adu is always saying that I
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am a Christian. I'm a Christian. He's so talking about
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his faith. I'm gonna say Christian. But then yeah, Parn,
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I'm wearding no money, Allen. The Sometimes I say Christian,
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they say I'm a Christian. I'm a Christian. Paris Mission,
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Papa Canna and the contestant and not just him, okay,
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and there are other contests. One contestant there very notable
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is that Lola Nah. She is in Paris, China as
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a U Sasa and she joined it on contestant so
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that she can win the prize money to to use
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that same money para Paris and take care of Lola.
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And you know, for me, and I was, I was
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looting for her, you know, forget about Cilan's Christian has
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shave because I want her to be reunited with her grandmother.
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Unfortunately not allu Ya by bye Wealo Si Lance. He
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was blessed. And but that was the show. You know,
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everybody is celebrating. You want, you want le me games
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the way Matalan Sumera, but but they play emotions movies
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and the camera was following her and then all of
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a sudden clans and this wait wait wait wait star,
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then everybody was quiet or what's happening? Sabin the lands?
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You know, I didn't mean to win this contest, but
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God blessed me with this, with this blessing. And who
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wants you to have the price money so that you
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can go and visit your grandma? You know, from that,
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from that moment, I'll go that's Lance. He's a Christian
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and I was so proud of him here before by
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he broadcast a mundu. But the moment that he showed compassion.
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It changed how I saw him. You know, that's how
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the world sees us as well. We all have this
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opportunity now to just say that we are Christians, to
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show them with our clothes, with the post that we pose,
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but with the compassion that we act. Amen. More than
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the words he spoke to Zelans, he backed it up
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with this act of compassion. And we have this opportunity
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for twenty twenty two after opportunity after opportunity to show
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compassion to people and to say and to make them
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see who we really are, who our God is, who
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Jesus is. And those who think that they know about Jesus,
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that they know about the Church, they would see the
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gospel in a hole new lights. You know the reason
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why there's a lot of eighties, there's a lot of
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people who doesn't believe in Jesus Christ. It's because of
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people who profess that they are following Jesus Christ, but
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they're not living the life that they are meant to live.
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They're turning their eye away from the people that needs help. Amen.
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And you know how we can win people back to
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Jesus Christ by showing compassion. Amen. You know it wasn't
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Peter and John's qualification that unleash the Gospel. It wasn't
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Peter's qualification that made him speak out and three thousands
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and five thousand people were saved. It wasn't because of
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his pedigree, It wasn't his last name. It wasn't his
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education that qualit him and did miraculous things about It
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was his small act of compassion. Amen. We are seeing
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all the problems in the world, in our country, in
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our community, and our family, and we think that we
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need to make a difference. That making a difference, we
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need power in making difference, we need the right position
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that in making a difference, we need to have the knowledge.
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You know all those three things. That's the way of
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the world. The world thinks that in order for you
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to change the world, you need to have power. You
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need to have positions. You need to have knowledge. You
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know all those three things. What it gives us, It
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gives us pride, it gives us indifference. Now, yeah, I
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know more than you. You are putting up a wall
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in front of view. I'm a smuggling osioh, the most powerful.
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That's the way of the world. That's not how Jesus operated.
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That's not how the kingdom operated. That's not the way
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of the kingdom. The way of the Kingdom and how
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Jesus operated is with humility and compassion means I mean,
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I'm I'm the son of God. I'm not going to
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come down there and save the people. I'm just going
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to click my fingers to just let Sitanos no what
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he do. He came down to earth to be with us,
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to have relationship with us, to hurt with us, to
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feel what we are feeling as well. That's compassion. Amen.
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The first step in unleashing the full force of the
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church is unleashing compassion. Can you imagine? Can you imagine
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what we can do as a church, what BTC can
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do if he will just come together and be united
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as a church, the full first of the church, the
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full force of the Church, will be unleashed with radical
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acts of compassion that will create opportunities and give credibility
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to the gospel, to what we are preaching, to what
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you are posting, to what you are saying. It starts
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with the acts of compassion and you being unleashed here
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in twenty twenty two, it's you, Bell, it's you doing
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compassionate things to the world around us. Amen. So as
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Peter and John followed their act of compassion, it did
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not stop there, Sable and go I have none in
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the name of Jesus Christ walk Den. What happened after
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that the following verses moments after in verse four and
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chapter four and acts. Let's look at that, Sabon. But
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many who heard the message believe. But many who heard
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Peter and John's message because they started to believe, because
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they started to open up their ears. Why, because of
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the act of compassion, they started to take notice of
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what are you saying? What are these guys saying the
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same guys that here this this broken man, and what happens?
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They started to believe. So the number of men who
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believed grew to about five thousand. It wasn't five thousand
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who believed, Naon. Some are saying it's two thousand because
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you're first preaching to Peter. It was three thousand, and
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now it's grown up to five thousand. So in total,
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in just a few days, because of the act of
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compassion of Peter, five thousand were added to the church. Wow.
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That is wow, Amen. And the second step, the second
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step in unleashing the full force of the church is
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unleashing courageous words. I want you to write this down.
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Number two. Unleashing happens when ordinary people start speaking with courage.
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Type in the comments sartions a being of courage. You know,
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there is a connection between compari of compassion and speaking
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with courage. So it's not just compassion, it's not just
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speaking with courage. You need to take that next step
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after compassion, speak with courage. Notice the order here. Peter
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had credibility because of his act of compassion. Because most
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of the time, as Christians, we want to impress people
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first with big words, with religious terminologies, with our knowledge,
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thinking that that is how we can get people to
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listen to us. I remember this one comedian. Every time
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that he goes up doing the stage, somebody would ask him, now,
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only you tip smoke a panamagiante just like you. They
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are saying, is one of the goats, the greatest ever comedian,
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you know, not just in our lifetime but ever. And
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people are saying how to become Upo and Sabin, don't
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it all it's Dave Chappelle. By the way, Sabin, Dave
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Chappelle that you don't stand up here because you're funny
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because you have funny things to say. You stand up
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here because you are interesting. It's the same thing with
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us speaking in the Gospel. It's not because of our words,
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it's because of who we are. It's because of what
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we have done, a man act of compassion. But it
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doesn't stop there. We need to follow it, of course,
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with courageous words. Sabis said verse one in two, a
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few verses before the Sabinasonatin, when when they started to believe,
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Faber and the priest and the captain of the temple
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guard and the seduces came up to Peter and John
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while they were speaking to the people. They were greatly
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disturbed because the apostles were teaching the people proclaiming in
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Jesus the resurrection of the dead. Remember, lambs among wolves
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talked about that a few a few weeks ago, they
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encountered Peter and John encountered wolves among them. Don't see
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Peter and John. Maybe maybe this is the reason why
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many followers of Jesus Christ just want to follow Jesus quietly. Now.
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I don't want to share the gospel pass because I
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don't want to make enemies, im offense, and I just
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want to follow Jesus Christ privately. You know, maybe that's
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what you are saying right now. You're saying that, you know,
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my relationship with Jesus, my faith is just between me
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and Jesus. I don't need to, you know, broadcast it.
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I don't need to. I don't need to tell other
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people that I'm a follower of Jesus Christ. It's inappropriate.
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I'maba right now. There's a lot of people who are
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an Amabel, irritated, offended by this person. Debates and talked
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about God, talked about Jesus Christ, talked about the problem
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with this country and the solution is God. And they're saying,
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now a gold Gimpasidenta and gog Lan is some boom
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Bible stadium Filipinas hm HM, separation between church and the government.
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I'm talking about. Manny Pakiao, Manny Pacquiao came to that
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debate and he courageously spoke, spoke about the problems of
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this country, and he talked about the answer to that problem.
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We talked about God. And what happened to him because
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he spoke courageously, he was being persecuted, he was being bashed, ridiculed,
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he was being hated. Don't get me wrong. I'm not
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I'm not campaigning for many Pakiao. I'm not saying that
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we all vote him for president. If you want, go ahead,
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you know that's not that's not my my thing to
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say all of us should vote for him. No, for me,
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it's not just about running for president of the Philippines.
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That is just a small and somewhat hat somewhat insignificant
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to all. Lang. You are given six years to change
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the country. Just six years, I a significance, non, But
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you know what God has called us to do more.
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God has called us, created us, gave us this lifetime
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to make a difference in the world, not just six years. Amen.
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You know what what Manifaciao is doing. He is showing
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all of us how to become a true follower of
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Jesus Christ. You know, if that is you that person
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to blawn all, ridiculing him, persecuting him, telling him that,
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you know, you shouldn't be saying that, you should just
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be saying that in church. That's just sad if you're
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a Christian and you are thinking that, you're saying that
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talking about talking about wolves. The Bible also says that
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there will be wolves among sheep's clothing. Yeah, it's inappropriate.
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You know what, you know what is inappropriate. You know
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what is more inappropriate. It's knowing the answer to the
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problem and not say anything about it. You know that Jesus,
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that this country needs Jesus Christ. But you are saying no, no,
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I'm not going to say anything that's inappropriate. Do you
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know who we should be bashing instead? You know now
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it's not the time to be quiet. Now, it's not
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the time not to say anything. The day of being quiet,
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the day of not speaking out, it has passed. Twenty
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twenty two is the year that we will be unleashed
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a man that we will preach the Gospel wherever and whenever.
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It's not just inappropriate, actually it's not just inappropriate to
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speak up, but it's on christ Like. If you're not
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going to speak up, then you're not a Christian. Try
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to say I'm sorry, that's the truth. If you're saying that,
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I'm just going to keep my faith, you're not being
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christ Like. But see, Jesus is quiet, he is he
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is loving. You know, there's a big difference between being
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quiet and being loving. There's a big difference between being
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quiet and being compassionate. Indeed, it's a bit tahimika. You're compassionate. Amen.
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It's time that we become unleashed and start to preach
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the gospel. Tottle people who are any to see petercy John.
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They knew that they would have that same faith as Jesus.
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Jesus was crucified just a couple of days ago, for
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what for preaching the the Kingdom of God? And as
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they preach the Gospels. Pay as they preach the Kingdom
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of God, they knew that possibly they can be crucified
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as well. But it did not stop them. It did
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not make them quiet. You know what happened when Jesus
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was crucified. That's when they become unleashed even more. In
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Chapter four, verse seventy nine, it says there they had
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Peter and John brought before them, and began to question them,
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by what power of what name did you do this?
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Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them,
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filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, rulers and
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elders of the people, if we are being called to
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account today for an act of kindness shown to a
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man who was lame, and are being asked how he
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was healed what's happening here? This fisherman, lamp in gal
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and unschooled ordinary. You know, usually those kind of people
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if they ask, Butchine a Sambian, you are offending a
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lot of people has been that. Sorry, I'll just be quiet.
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Do not talk about why? Don't he Peter, he was
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filled with the Holy spirit. He was courageous, start being
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out of the God. God did not give us the
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spirit of fear and discouragement, but of power, love and
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sound mind. He had all those three things, and he
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began to say, He asked, are you asking us of
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what happened? Just because of our act of kindness? He
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didn't talk to him how he was healed. They are
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being persecuted because they show kindness my europeon amen. So
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don't stop. Don't stop showing act of kindness. Don't stop
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showing act of compassion just because people are persecuting you.
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Maybe they're persecuting because you are not doing the right things.
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All right, If somebody is persecuting you, because in the
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can of Google something Ghan, there wouldn't been that persecution.
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That's not an attack against your faith. It's an attack
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against your katamar random gouga something Ghan, But if people
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are saying you shouldn't do that. You shouldn't be helping people.
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You shouldn't be loving people, you should be condemning them.
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That's wrong. That's what Peter is asking. We didn't do
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anything wrong. We just hear this person the verse ten.
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That's a good thing you're reading, Sabidan. Then know this,
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you and all the people of Israel. It is by
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the name of Jesus Christ, Sabina. Since you ask, I'm
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gonna say you and all the people of Israel, it
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is by the name of Jesus Christ of Naturith, whom
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you're crucified, whom you crucify, the same people who crucify
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Jesus Christ. The same very same people that crucified Jesus Christ.
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Is the same people that Peter is talking to right now.
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That's boldness, that's courage. Wow, he's saying now, it is
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by the name of Jesus Christ, whom you crucified, but
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whom God raised from the dead. That this man stands
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before you healed he is in having lidsy quiet now, right,
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I might get crucified, so I won't say anything quiet
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and dial but no, because he was filled with the
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Holy Spirit and is by Jesus Christ, the one who
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you crucified. That's why he can walk. He was healed
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by him, Amen, he was filled with the Holy Spirit.
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And verse thirteen, Sabon. This is the verse that we
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talked about, Karina, but I'll be reading the full verse.
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When they saw the courage of Peter and John and
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realized that they were un schooled, ordinary man tka well
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al amtoa the mag Maxellita. They just ordinary people. But
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because they spoke with courage, they all was amazed by them, Sabidon.
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They were astonished, and they took note that this man
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had been with Jesus. Because they were courageous. They knew
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as Jesus, are you getting what I'm saying here? They
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took notes that they are followers of Jesus Christ. So
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if you're asking how do people know that I'm a Christian?
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Number one, it's through act of compassion, and number two,
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it's by you speaking boldly courageously. Amen. That's how people
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would take note. He's been with Jesus. He has a
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relationship with Jesus. You know. That is why Jesus loves
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to unleash who are unqualified, the people who aren't qualified,
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because people will take notice not of their qualification. People
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will not take notice because they are super talented, because
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they are super knowledgeable, because they are super resources. But
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they will take noice because they have spent time with him.
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They would not see a Magelli, sykid I Magellins, Robie Magazins, Gennell.
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You know what people will see to go to Christiano
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Magelinka say maybe he spend time with Jesus Christ. Amen,
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I want you to write down this number. Three. Unleashing
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happens when ordinary people spend time with Jesus Christ. In
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ordinary people spend time reading, doing their devotion. When ordinary
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people take time to ask God for more in their lives.
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When ordinary people take time to have fellowship with fellow
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compassionate and courageous people in their squads, in their life group,
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in their cell group. When ordinary people take time to pray,
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you know being unleashed. It's being engaged. Peter and John
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made a big difference that day. Thousands of people were safe.
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The same people who crucify Jesus Christ took notice all
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of a sudden, something is happening here, something is changing here.
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Why because they spend time with Jesus. That's how Peter
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and John had the compassion, had the courage to speak up.
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Maybe you're saying, pasor and here up, none and here
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up to have compassion with other people, especially those people
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who persecute you. It's so hard to speak up in
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front of many people. It's hard to speak up in
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this world, especially now musu usu and cancel culture. All
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of a sudden, people can can comment whatever in my
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post and people can gang up on me. It's so hard.
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Do you know how how Peter and John made it
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easy for them by them spending time with Jesus Christ.
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So if you're saying here up, pastor, I challenge you
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spend more time, spend more time in your devotion, spend
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more time in prayer, spend more time being with the
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people that God plays in your life and your squads,
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being with your leader, being with your pastor talking to them. Amen,
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do you know what you would find yourself having this courage.
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You will find yourself having the heart to do compassionate
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things things thing domana Gaga before the key, spend time
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with Jesus. Amen. You know with all the unwordsords have
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the bunget canina a him, all of those things that
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we think that makes us unqualified. There is this just
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one un that we forgot to say here that actually
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makes us unqualified. You might have bung get Cornino. Maybe
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the things that you are thinking before it doesn't make
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you unqualified because Jesus qualifies you. But there is just
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one word that unqualifies you for real. That word is
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this unavailable. You won't be unqualified if you're under resource,
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if you are untrained, unprepared, but you are unqualified if
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you are unavailable. To please type in the comment section
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right now unavailable. There's a lot of people that God
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used tho its biblical times, a lot of unqualified people,
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a lot of ordinary people God use, you know, to
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do amazing things. But not only that, God uh does
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amazing things through their lives, not because they are unqualified,
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but because they are available. Maybe you're not saying, you're
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saying right now, I'm not saying no, but I'm not.
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I'm just saying not now. You know, events I will eventually,
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I will follow Jesus, eventually, you know, I will preach
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the God. But eventually I will have my own sell group.
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I will have my own squad. But not now, I'm
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so busy. Not now he you know, pandemic, or maybe
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sayings called patapus in school. You know, I just need
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to concentrate on this, or maybe saying then I will
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be unleashed because right now I'm unqualified. You are unqualified
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because you are unavailable. It was being unavailable that kept
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you on that leash for so long. So you're saying
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that God, I want to be unleashed, and God is
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saying to you right now, the problem is not the circumstances.
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It's not your qualification, it's your unavailability. It's you saying
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all the time, no, no, not now, No, It's time
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to cut that leash. Bless the city Church. Let's unleash
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the full force of the church by saying yes, Lord.
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You know, we are saying that, we are singing that God.
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We say yes all the promise that you have spoken,
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all the words that you've released in my life. Lord,
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we are saying yes to that Lord. We are saying
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yes to the Holy You know why how the Twelve
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Disciples the Church turned the world upside down because they
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say yes to Jesus. Because they say yes when Jesus says,
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go and make disciples of all nations. You know how
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we can change. You know how we can make a
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difference in this world by being available twenty twenty two.
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We need to say it now. We need to say
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to the world, Yes, I will be engaged. I will
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not just attend my squad, but I will I will
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be engaged in it. I will not just attend it,
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but I will open my own squahan. I will help
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other people find their way back to Jesus Christ. I
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will not just sit watching the live stream, but I
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will be doing my devotion every day. I will be unleash.
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I will be unleashed. I'm not just going to stand
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and watch other people serve God, but I will serve
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God myself. Amen. I don't know what I can do.
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Maybe I can help people. I can help the church
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it deliver humana packages, samagatahota. Maybe I can start there.
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Maybe you can start by welcoming other people. Maybe you
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can start by just inviting people to church, inviting people
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to your squad, being unlead, saying yes to God's calling
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in our lives. Come on, let's pray Lord Bami Silama
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for this word. Thank you God for reminding us and
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making it clear, Sarmon that being unleashed is not pouring blessings.
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Being unleashed is not, you know, being reaching our goals
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and our prayers. Lord, Thank you for clearing it up.
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The being unleashed God is removing the things that is
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stopping us, including our own desires, including our own arm
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wants and needs, including our own self. Lord. But I
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pray right now that you unleash the mindset of us
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being unqualified to do what you want us to do.
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Thank you God, And we receive that word, Lord, that
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you are the one who qualified us because of what
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you have done and who you are. And there is
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nothing that we can do to unqualify ourselves besides us
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being unavailable for you. So right now, God Lord, we
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are saying yes and amen to your boy. Whatever you
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want us to do, whatever plans you have for us
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for twenty twenty two, it's a yes for us. Lord.
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We will follow you and we will do what you
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want us to do. God Lord. We are so excited
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for what you are about to do in our church, God,
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and I pray Lord that each and every one of us, Lord,
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we become leaders of leaders. Now. We know that we
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are not meant to just sit and watch. Now, we
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are not just meant to sit and listen. But we
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are here to stand up and to do something and
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make a difference in the lives of the people all
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around the story, the lives of our families and our
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community and our nation. Lord. But I'm Slama God, And
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even though we are unqualified according to the standard of
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this world, but we are qualified according to the standard
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of your kingdom. Lord. We bring you back all the
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glory and all your honor. God. In this we pray
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in Jesus' name. Amen, Amen, and Amen, Come on, give
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God the best life. Thank you for listening. We hope
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