Sermon
12th April 2026 All Age All Nations Service - Resurrection Living
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Transcript
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We thank you that you have spoken to Tenette and
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given high word for us for the day. And we
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ask you, Holy Spirit, to feel this word. Let it
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become flesh into our lives as we hear it. Let's
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take it home and use it for your glory.
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And for our good.
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Sister Tenette, you most welcome.
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Thank you, Sister Julia. Good morning everyone, aw Good morning
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to our million viewers online. Make a comment in the
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box and tell us where you are. It'd be nice
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to hear from you. Amen. Well, we have a full
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house today, look at us, glory to God. God is
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showing up. Amen, Praise God. So today we're going to
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talk about a very special topic and we're going and
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continuing the series of re erection living Amen, spiritual power tools.
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But it is about God's power within us. Amen. Do
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you know God's power is within you? Alleluiah, Praise God. Okay,
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let's look at our first verse for today. It's from
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Efphicients one, verses nineteen to twenty. Now, this is Apostle
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Paul praying and saying, I also pray that you will understand.
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So he's like begging, I pray that you will understand
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the incredible greatness of God's power for us who believe him.
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This is the same power that raised Jesus from the
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dead and seated him at the right hand of the Father.
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Isn't that amazing? Well, he's saying God's power is within
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us who believe him and that second reading from Second
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tim verse one seven. For God has not given us
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a power a spirit of fear? What has he given
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us power and love and a sound mind? Amen? Hallelujah.
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God is good. So we are living in the greatest
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time of all. Do you know what that is? It's
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the resurrection power time, the resurrection power of Jesus. And
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so in the Hision's one we are reminded that we
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have that incredible power within us. Amen. Jesus demonstrated this
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power even while he was still on earth. Did you
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know that? In John eleven he intentionally you could take
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it down. Now, brother, intentionally waited for Lazarus. We all
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know Lazarus, right, what happened to Lazarus. He intentionally waited
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for him, delayed. He's seeing Lazarus even while he was sick,
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and even after he died. He didn't come until after
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four days. Wow, Why is that? Why do you think
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that is Why did he delay it? Because he is
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not just coming for healing, He's coming for resurrection. Amen. Amen.
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So everybody was astonished. Everybody was just in this belief
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to God be the glory. And Jesus told the disciples,
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did I tell you that if you believe, you will
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see God's glory, God's glory. Amen. So hallelujah for that.
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Today we might find ourselves waiting on God, feeling worried
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or even hopeless because we're approaching or probably have even approached,
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a dead end situation. But God is saying to you
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he is coming for a resurrection of your situation. Amen.
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Do you believe that Jesus is alive and he is
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about to show up for you? Amen? Hallelujah, hallelujah. You see,
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the Christian life is not a solo journey. It's a
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divine partnership. We're not plugged into a source. We are
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empowered by the Trinity. In John fourteen eleven, it says
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there that the Father is working in Jesus. Don't you
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believe that I am in the Father and that the
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Father is in me. This is Jesus speaking the words
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I say to you. Do not speak about my own
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authority rather than Rather, it is the Father living in
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me who is doing the work. So the Father is
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living in Christ. Then we go to Galatians to twenty
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and it says there it is no longer I who lives,
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who lives in us. Christ lives in us. Amen. So
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we have the Father living in Christ. Then we have
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Christ living in us. And then in Acts okay, Galatians
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to twenty, we all know that. But in Acts one
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eight Jesus said, hold on, wait for me meet when
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I go to go to the Father. Acts one eight,
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wait till I go to the Father, because the Holy
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Spirit will come upon you and he will have will
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give you power. Amen. So let's repeat that we've got
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the Father working in Christ, We've got Christ in us,
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and how we have the Holy Spirit in us. We
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have a divine architecture of power in us. That three
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the Trinity living in us. That's not ordinary power. Let's
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mega power, explosive, life changing resurrection power. Hallelujah. Do you
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believe that? Because ordinary power just fixes what's broken. Resurrection
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brings life to what is dead. Amen. It brings life
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to what is dead. Maybe you have a dead dream,
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maybe you have a dead job. Maybe a dead bank account,
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maybe a dead relationship, how about a dead opportunity, even
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a hopeless diagnosis. But you know what, resurrection power reverses
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what looks final, amen, It reverses it. That's why you
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don't have to fear dead ends, because with God, nothing
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is truly over, nothing is truly final. Anything can change.
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The word used for power in the New Testament is dunamiss.
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It's the same root word for dynamite, dynamite. What does
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a dynamite do. Dynamite breaks barriers, it clears the way.
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And resurrection power is our spiritual dynamite. It destroys every obstacle,
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every in sickness, lack, oppression, accusation, persecution. This power is
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not active, it is very much It's not passive. It
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is very much active. It transforms, It shifts the atmospheres
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and changes the situation. So with all this great power
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within us, what do you think we have a great
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mandate for greater things? Hey? Man, if you have so
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much power, that means you must do greater things. You're
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not an ordinary container anymore. Jesus didn't suggest we might
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do well, he promised we would do greater John fourteen twelve.
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This is very important. John fourteen twelve. Okay, I'll read it.
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Whoever believes in me will the works I have been doing,
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and they will do even greater things than this, because
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I am going to the Father. Greater things than this.
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Imagine doing the same work as Jesus. That is great enough.
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But he said greater things than this he will do. Amen.
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Isn't that amazing? Isn't that a Oh, it's unbelievable. Why
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would God give us? Why would Jesus give us so
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much power? So this is our goal to live like him,
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to move like him, to show his power and authority
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over the world. Not just to believe, not just to believe,
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but to demonstrate a man we have to demonstrate. Let's
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be like Elijah. If you're familiar with Elijah in the
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Old Testament, is a major prophet. He's got an understudy,
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like an assistant. His name is Elishah. And Elijah is
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going up to heaven. And so he asked him in
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Second Kings Uh chapter two, verse nine, Second Kings chapter two,
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verse nine, when they had crossed Elijah, Elijah said to Elisha,
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tell me what can I do for you before I
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am taken up from you? Because Elijah is going up
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to heaven. Elijhah replied, let me inherit a double portion
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of your spirit. Other translations include and become your successor wow.
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Elisha knows how to ask big why because he knows
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he has a big God. Too many people settled for
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just enough, but Elijah didn't. He asked for double. A man,
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you like that. Would you rather receive double than just
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the same or just enough? I'd like to have double, please?
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And he didn't quit. You know, Elishah didn't quit asking Elijah. Actually,
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Elijah said, oh, you have asked a difficult thing. But
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it didn't Elijah didn't matter. It didn't mind that. He
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kept following Elijah wherever he went. Elijah said, I'm going
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to Bethel, Oh, I'm going with you. I'm gonna follow you. Oh, okay.
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After that, I'm going to Jordan. Oh, I'm gonna go
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with you. I'm gonna follow you. I'll be right there.
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He stayed close to Elijah. He didn't quit, He stayed,
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he followed. He persisted until he received it. Amen, we
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should be persistent like Elisha. We have to ask big
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and be persistent, stay close, stay longer until we receive it.
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We have to push. What do you mean by push?
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Pray until something shows up? So don't lower the promise.
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Raise your faith. If you're not seeing the manifestations manifestation yet,
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don't shrink your expectation. God is still writing your story. Amen.
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He said, in due time, I the Lord will make
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it happen Andelujah. And if we persist, we will receive
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the promise of God. And ten thirty six. Wow, that's amazing,
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isn't it. We can ask big, we can ask for
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double more than enough, and God will give it to us.
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But God did not just end there. There's more coming.
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God did not leave us alone helpless. He equipped us
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with a supernatural toolkit. Who are the wires here? Who
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likes to do diy okay? Online viewers, raise your hand.
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You know, if you're the wire or if you're in construction,
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you have power tools because it makes your job easier,
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It makes your project faster. Something more powerful than you
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is exerting the force the effort. God gave us spiritual
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power tools. Do you believe that He's given us so
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many power tools and these are just going to be
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some of it. These tools push back the enemy and
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change situations hallelujah. We have the first and most important tool.
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We have the name of Jesus. Hey man, this is
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the name of Jesus. In Philippians too, it says I
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have given this is the Father, saying, I have given
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you the name above all names, and all ne will
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bow to your name. So when we invoke the name
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of Jesus, we are invoking the highest of all the names.
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I have a testimony in the States when we were driving.
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This was about wintertime, and you know how the roads
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get slippery during winter. So we were just driving, coasting along,
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and then suddenly the car spun. It was spinning like
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uncontrollably because the roads were very slippy, slippery. And you
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know what it did that I said stop in the
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name of Jesus. And you know what the car did. Stop.
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It obeyed the name, the name above full name. And
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you know how he plays the car. He placed it
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in such a way we went to the shoulder right
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parallel to the railings, and the oncoming traffic is coming.
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He put us in a safe place. The name of
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Jesus will take you to a safe place. Amen. The
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word of God John first verse, verse one in the
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beginning was the word and the word was with God,
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and the word was God. Hmm. That means the Word
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is God himself speaking. When you invoke, when you pray,
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when you declare, when you proclaim the Word of God,
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it is not you who's talking about it. It is
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Jesus himself speaking. That is why we must know the
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Word of God, because as often as we say it,
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Jesus himself is speaking, because he is the Word. He
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is the Word. Another testimony. I'm not going to have
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a testimony for all, but this is just something amazing.
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I'm a survivor of nine to eleven. Amen. Praise God, allelujah.
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That's another testimony of the bigger one in the next occasion.
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But there is one word that I memorized and really
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spoke to me. And when I said that word, it
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was like it was like a movie that God was
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guiding me throughout the whole situation. It was Proverbs three five.
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And of course all of you know this, trust in
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the Lord with all your heart. Never rely on what
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you think you know. Remember the Lord in everything you do,
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and he will show you the right way. As soon
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as I declare that, it's like something open and I
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could see I didn't know where to go. I didn't
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know what to do, but he was guiding me all
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along until I reached safety. The word will save us.
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The word will protect us. The word will provide for us.
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The word will heal us. The word will do everything
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for us. That is the power of the word. Amen.
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So we must all have a fall back word, a
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default word for our lives, even if you only memorized one,
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even if you only memorize two, because this will save
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your life as it did mine. What's the next one?
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The blood of Jesus. The blood of Jesus. In Revelations
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to A eighteen, it says we already have the victory
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because of the blood of the Lamb. The blood of
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the Lamb gives us victory. Isn't that amazing. Jesus did
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not shed his blood for nothing. He shed it for
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a purpose, and that is to give us victory. We
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have one already, the cross. All our sins have been
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nailed to the cross. That's why we have power over sin.
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That's why we can no longer walk in sin. That's
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why we can walk in the spirit. Because sin has
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already been nailed to the cross. We can overcome sin.
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We can overcome the lies and the deception of the devil,
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because the Cross did it for us. Amen. Faith, Wow, Faith,
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need I say more? Faith? Jesus said, even if you
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have even a tiny seed of faith, you can tell
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the mountain go over there, go over here. Faith, even
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though you're not sure what's going to happen. What is
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the definition of faith in Hebrews? Faith is being sure
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of the things you hope for and the evidence of
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things you cannot see. You cannot see it. Yet you
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don't know what's gonna happen. You're uncertain, but yet you know,
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you know that, you know that, you know that is faith. Right.
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I know I don't know what's gonna happen tomorrow. I
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don't know where the money is coming from. I don't
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know when my healing is coming. But I know I
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am sure that it's going to happen, even though I
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cannot see it. Amen. Prayer, Oh, there's so many prayer
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warriors here. Yesterday we had a lovely time with the ladies,
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just praying for each other, praying for each other and
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just lifting everything. After the Lord prayer, it said in Matthew,
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if you believe, if you believe, you will receive whatever
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you ask. For in prayer. Amen, So you must pray
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first and believe. Now, these are just one of the verses.
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Don't think that that's the only support for each of
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these spiritual power tools. There are many, but just in
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the interest of time, I didn't put all of them.
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So prayer is so important. It's our direct connection to God.
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You know. Without that we are breathless. We need the
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breath of God. We need the communication with God. We
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need him to download. Was this morning as I was
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just talking. I've got everything prepared, but God is still
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downloading his mature. Okay, put this. Yeah, you have to
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tell you. I said, Lord, enough enough, that's too much. Lord.
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But you know, as you pray, God reveals and God
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gives you everything he wants for you. Power of agreement.
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Power of agreement, he says, when two people minimum two,
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you don't need a whole congregation, You don't need a
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million dollar auditorium to pray for You just need too
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If you agree, Jesus said, my Father will do it
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for you. Isn't that amazing? He makes it so easy
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for us. He's got it so easy. That's why I
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tell you Christian life.
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Is the easiest thing. Because he gives us all these
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power tools. Ay man, then I'll tell you what's hard
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with the Christian life. A man later, the authority of
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the believers.
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We have an authority. Did you know that? As believers?
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If you believe in the Lord Jesus, if you love him,
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if you remain in him, if you obey him and
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you want to please him, your believer. If you accept
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Jesus as your savior, you're a believer. And this is
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what he told us if we are believers, Mark sixteen
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seventeen to eighteen. This is his last words to the
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apostle before he left. Those are his very last words,
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which means we all must do this. And he did
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not make us helpless. He equipped us for this task,
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the ones that I've already mentioned before. He said, you
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will have the power to perform miracles. Whoh I have
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the power? Really? If I believe you will have the
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power to perform miracles. You will speak in strange tongues.
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You can pray in the spirit praying tongues. You will
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cast out demons any kind of oppression, any evil spirit,
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oppressing spirit. You don't need to be captive. You can
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curse them out. You can drive them out of you
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from others. You have that authority. Jesus gave it to us.
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And lastly, when you lay hands on the sick, they
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will recover, they will get well. Amen. Amen, this is
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our authority. He gave it to us. It's amazing. When
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I lay my hands on myself when something is sick,
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Hallelujah goes away. We need to practice. These tools are
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for us to use and use more and more. I
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know that everybody is using this. I know that everybody
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knows about this, and I know that we are doing this.
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We know about it, but we need to use it
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more and more. And I know that God will show
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up whenever we do this. But we need to persevere.
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We need to persevere. And when we don't see the
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manifestation yet, delay is not denial. I think this is
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now the buzzword delay is not a denial, but it's true.
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It's not a denial. It's a preparation for something great,
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because Jesus is doing something. Remember he waited days after
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resurrecting Lazarus for a greater task, for a bigger, bigger surprise.
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And God will surprise us if we persevere. Amen, If
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we persevere, don't ask God for more power. We already
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have it. We've already got one through it. We just
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need to use it more and more. It's like we
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have a Lamborghini in the house, but we keep it
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in the garage. Right, we shouldn't keep it in the garage.
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We need to take it out on the road and
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experience its power. We need to experience the power of
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God in these things that He gave us, these power tools.
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We need to see. You know, what is the extent.
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We're not meant to live ordinary lives because of this
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great power. We are supernaturals. Not everybody have this. Do
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you believe? Do you agree? Aymen? So we are called
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to overcome every time, not just one time, not just sometimes.
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Every time. Amen, we are already equipped. So don't back down,
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because greater is He that is in you, Amen, and
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the world se is God through us. We are His evidence,
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his presence, and his visible sign of authority on earth. Amen.
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We are. Maybe our lives is a mess right now.
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Maybe you know things are not going well, things are
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in the wrong place. We're going through rough times. But
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this is just temporary. We will overcome because Christ overcame
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and this is the resurrection power. Our tests will be
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our triumphs. Our trials will be our testimony. Do you
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believe so? Without a battle, there is no victory. Amen.
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You cannot have a victory if you didn't have a battle.
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So we are His visible signs of authority on earth.
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So we must not just believe. We are called to
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a higher purpose. And today Jesus wants you to know this.
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He is alive. He is alive in you, in me,
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in all of us, and you are not empty. We
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are equipped with heavenly power, heavenly power. It's not ordinary power,
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it's supernatural power. Hallelujah, hallelujah. He is calling us higher,
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not to a defeated life, but to a supernatural life.
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If you feel like something in your life is dead,
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maybe your hope, your direction, your fire, maybe they're all gone.
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You're just too tired and fatigued with too much things
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that are going on in your lives, and you just, Lord,
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I've lost it. I've just I need you. I am
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so dry right now. Lord, I'm going through the wilderness. Father,
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I don't know what to do, I don't know where
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to go. I'm at a crossroad. Lord, I need your fire,
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I need your resurrection power. In me. Brothers and sisters,
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this is your moment today, This is the time to
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come to God. Maybe you've never invited Jesus in your life.
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Today is the day. Today is the day to come
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to Him and say, I want that supernatural back into
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my life. I want to reignire, reignite my fire for God.
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Today I want to make that commitment to you. Lord.
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Jesus is calling you forward. Jesus is calling you forward,
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not to shame you, but to restore you, not to
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condemn you, but to save you. Not only to heal you,
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but to resurrect you. To resurrect you. He said, if
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you acknowledge me before others, I will acknowledge you before man,
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before my father in heaven. So this is your moment
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to take a step of faith. Amen, don't overthink it,
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don't wait for a better time, step out, come forward.
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Let your heart be placed upon his feet. Let your
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heart to him, bring it up to him, lay it
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all down, let him reset you, let him restore you.
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Let him raise you to a new level of faith.
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Come to Jesus and experience his resurrection power. He is
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so good, he is so wonderful, he is so loving,
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and he is so ready for you. Let's come to Jesus.
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Let's step us forward and just commit our lives to him.
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It doesn't matter if you've known him for a long time,
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it doesn't matter that you don't know him yet and
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you want to accept him. Just come forward and say, Lord,
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I want to receive you right now, that fresh start,
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that fresh in feeling once again. I want to have
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that resurrection power. Lord. I want to experience that in
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feeling from you again. Those spiritual tools that I've neglected,
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I want to use them. I want to use them,
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Lord to the fullest, to the max, because I want
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to take that Lamborghini out on the road. I want
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to take that power of Christ on the road. Thank
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you Jesus, Thank you Father, thank your Holy Spirit for
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your amazing Workiness. Lord, we just give you glory, keep
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your honor in praise. Thank you Father, Thank you Jesus.
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If you've never accepted Jesus before, if you want Jesus
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in your life, would you say this prayer with me. Jesus.
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I believe you are the son of God. I believe
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you died for me and rose again today. I give
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you my life forgive me, cleanse me, make me new
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from today. I choose you. Fill me with your power,
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your resurrection power. Help me live for you, Help me
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live for you in Jesus' name. Amen. Amen, thank you Jesus,
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Thank you Lord,