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Easter 2026 | What Name is Written Over your Life? | Pastor Matt Keller
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And let me just say this, we're so thankful that you would take
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a little portion of your holiday weekend and be in God's house.
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And we just really believe that God that wants to speak to you,
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that the God of the universe loves you and he has a word for
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every single one of us today. So I'm so glad you're in the
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house and and anybody maybe you noticed you picked up on our
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theme this year and that is there's power in the name of
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Jesus. Did you catch the little part
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about or all over the place about names?
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Come on, somebody say the name of Jesus And listen, we around
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here at Next Level Church love to have fun.
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And, and so over the last few weeks, I actually have done some
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research on actual names of real cities in the United States of
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America. These are real places.
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And maybe you've heard of them. I bet you haven't heard of a lot
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of them. And so I did some research.
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I double checked the research. I had several people say to me
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already, no way that's a real place.
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It's real. Let me show you a few of them.
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Defiance. OH, actually is.
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Is there anybody heard of Defiance?
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OH, yeah. I've actually preached at a
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church in Defiance. OH, I preached on rebellion.
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It just felt right, just it just felt like the right thing to do.
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There's another place called Hell, Michigan.
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If you've ever said or thought to yourself, man, I feel like
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I'm going through hell right now.
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I have actually, though, I've been to both those place.
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Hell, Michigan, it's not a big city, but it's, it's, it's
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there's a sign that says welcome to hell.
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It's so that's that's true. Here's another actual true city
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in the United States, and that's Chicken Alaska.
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Actual place. Apparently they wanted to name
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it after like this exotic bird that's found in Alaska, but
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there was an argument about what kind of what the actual name of
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the bird was. And so somebody said, let's just
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call it a chicken, and that became the name of the town.
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Chicken Alaska. There you go.
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For those of you Christmas enthusiasts, Santa Claus IN I've
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been there again. Yep, I love that.
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And for those of you who love Hostess prepackaged Hostess
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Snacks, Ding Dong, Texas, that might be the place for you.
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It's actually named because the little general store in their
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little town, their little area had two bells and every time the
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door would open, it would go Ding Dong.
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And so people started calling it Ding Dong and it's stuck there.
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You go to which at some point right now, many of you probably
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listening to me or going, Pastor Matt, why are we doing this?
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Good question. Same question people in why
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Arizona were asking as well. Of course, if there's AY
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Arizona, then that would have there would have to be a why not
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North Carolina, right? There you go.
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True place. It's an actual place, Why not
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North Carolina? And you're thinking to yourself,
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no, no, no, surely that's an accident.
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Same thing people in Maryland thought when they named their
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little town accident Maryland. And you may be thinking, well,
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maybe it was a really bad car crash or a buggy crash, as it
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were. It wasn't.
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It was actually just a little plot of land that two people
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thought they owned or possessed and they had a different name
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for it. And they said, well, this is
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just a really bad accident. And that was the name And the
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name of the town became accident Maryland.
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One more. You ready for this?
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Some people in Colorado, perhaps they were doing illegal
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substances when they said, you know what, our town doesn't even
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need a name. We're just going to call this no
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name Colorado for real. There's power in the name.
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Everyone say power in the name. Let me ask you, did you have a
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nickname? Anybody have a nickname when you
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were growing up? Anybody.
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Maybe your friends called you something, or maybe your parents
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called you something. Maybe your brother or sister
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called you something. For me, my brother called me
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Mashy Tashy for a long time. I don't know, in 30 years of
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preach, I've never confessed that until right now.
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Why not do it in front of several thousand people on
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Easter? Let's do that, Mashy.
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I hated it, man. I hated my brother called me
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Mashy Tashy. When I was in in elementary
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school, I started doing productions with with the
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theater in our local high school.
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And so because they would cast me in all the children's parts,
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everybody obviously was older in age and size than me.
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So I became known as Little Matt.
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For several years I was Little Matt and then I went through my
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growth spurt and was 61 and was like I'm not Little Matt
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anymore. Take that and probably the name
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that that rings in my ears. I can hear it even now.
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It was in my momma's voice. When I would do something as a
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child that I was in trouble for, she would either yell up the
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stairs or down the stairs to the basement, and she would use my
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first and middle name. Matthew.
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William, you get out here, right?
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And I knew I was in trouble. Anybody else ever have a mom use
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your first and middle name? And you knew, uh oh, there's
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power in that name. I better come right now.
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Hey. OK, here's what I want you to
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do. Audience participation.
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Wherever you're at, every location, turn to the person
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sitting next to you and tell them what your childhood
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nickname was or something that people called you.
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Come on. Go ahead.
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Tell them what? Your what your how his nickname
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was when when you were a kid, somebody you were like, I can't
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even say it. Like I'm not actually, I can't
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I, I can't say that out loud. That's OK.
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We understand in preparation and reading through the Easter story
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this year, over the last few months, there's a there's a
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detail in the Easter story that that stands out to me and I
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actually want to draw our attention to it.
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Maybe you've heard or you've read the Easter story throughout
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your life. Maybe, you know, you attend on
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every Easter, you come to church and you hear the the story of
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Jesus and his death and burial and resurrection.
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And but I just think that it's possible that there's some of us
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that that you're going to catch a detail in the story that may
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even change the way you think about crosses, like the symbol
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of a cross, because when we think about the cross that Jesus
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died on, right, we think of like the main pole and then like 1
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cross bar. But the Bible actually records
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that that wasn't actually complete.
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So I want us to look at the story John chapter 19.
John 19 chapter mention
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It's found in all four gospels. But I want us to look at John
John 19 chapter mention
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chapter 19 this weekend and jump from there.
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But before we turn there, let me set the stage for us.
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So Jesus has been performing miracles, teaching for about 3
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years. And then he starts telling his
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disciples and those of you who were in church last Sunday, you
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remember we talked about this, that he needed to go up to
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Jerusalem and when he got there, he was going to be betrayed and
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crucified. And the disciples were kind of
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glossed over. They didn't really understand it
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till after he was after the resurrection.
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And so on Palm Sunday, a week before Easter or was the
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Passover in those days, he goes up to Jerusalem.
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And again, if you missed last Sunday, you can watch it online.
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But we talked about Jesus triumphal entry, Palm Senate.
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People are waving palm branches and praising him and and
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worshipping him. But unfortunately their praise
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and adoration of Jesus didn't last long.
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And by Wednesday into Thursday, Jesus has been arrested for
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inciting a riot and he's LED from one illegal trial to the
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next. And by Thursday night, he's
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sentenced to death by crucifixion.
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And on Friday morning, what you and I know as Good Friday or
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historically was known as Black Friday, Jesus was crucified on a
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cross. Let me take you there.
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John chapter 19 says this. So they took Jesus away,
John 19 chapter mention
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carrying the cross by himself. He went to the place called
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Place of the Skull in Hebrew Golgotha.
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There they nailed him to the cross.
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Two others were crucified with him, one on either side with
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Jesus between them. Verse 19 here.
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This is what I want us to see this week in church family.
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And Pilate, who was kind of in charge of the whole thing,
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posted a sign on the cross that read Jesus of Nazareth, the king
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of the Jews. And the place where Jesus was
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crucified was near the city. And the sign was written in
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three languages, Hebrew, Latin and Greek so that many people
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could read it. So Jesus, when he's crucified on
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the cross, the Bible tells us that there was a sign that was
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placed above him in Hebrew, Latin and Greek, 3 languages.
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It would have looked similar to to this above his head.
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And it said Jesus of Nazareth, the king of the Jews.
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Well, of course, when the religious leaders of the day
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heard that, they got mad. They didn't, they didn't like
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that. So, so look verse 21.
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Then the leading priests objected and they said to
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Pilate, change it, change it from the king of the Jews to he
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said, or he, he, he proclaimed like he thought he was the king
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of the Jews. And I love this Pilot replied,
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no, what I have written, I have written when Jesus was crucified
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on the cross on that Good Friday, there was a sign, there
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was a label, there was a name above his head.
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So Father, we thank you, but today on Easter, we can
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celebrate your death, burial and resurrection.
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Lord Jesus. Father, I pray that in the next
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few moments you would speak to us.
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Lord, our hearts are open. God, we want to hear from you.
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We're desperate to hear from you.
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Speak. We're listening.
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And everyone who agreed with that prayer said Amen.
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There was a sign above Jesus on the cross.
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Ever thought about what sign would be above your life if
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there was 1 ever thought? Maybe you've never thought about
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it. Maybe maybe you've thought about
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it often. Never thought about what what
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the label would be over your life?
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What the what the name would be over your life?
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Let me ask it a little bit further.
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Let me take it a step further. Would you like the label, the
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name that would be put over your life?
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Would, would, maybe some of us, we would be embarrassed by it or
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we would feel ashamed of it. See, I think if we, if we went
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around the room today, wherever location you're at, I, I, I have
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a sense that most of us would probably not be proud of the
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name over our life. Maybe you're listening to me
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right now and as I've asked the question, what name, what label,
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what would be on over your, over your life?
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Maybe the word failure or disappoint.
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Maybe it's maybe it's the word addict because you just can't
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seem to break free. Maybe, maybe it's irresponsible
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or or a mistake. Maybe someone has told you your
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entire life you're a mistake. You you were unwanted, you were
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unplanned, you maybe, maybe the word over your life this Easter,
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if you're being honest, is is the word forgotten because you
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feel like life has happened to you and it seems as if no one
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can see you anymore? Maybe it's the word messed up or
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a mess up. Maybe the word over your life
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this Easter, if we're being honest, is regret or promise
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breaker. Maybe some of you the word is
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imposter because you feel like you're just you're just faking.
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You're just going through life faking everybody else.
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Maybe, maybe, maybe it's maybe it's womanizer or cheater.
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Maybe it's thief. Maybe the word over your life is
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guilty or the bad one. Maybe someone in your life,
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since you were small, labeled you're the bad one, your sister,
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she's the good one, but you're the bad one.
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Your brother, he's the OR maybe flip it over, you're the good
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one and you felt this pressure on you to perform.
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You felt this pressure. I can't ever screw up.
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I have to be perfect. I have to be the good one.
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I have to live in too. The name maybe your name is
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self-made and you've looked on and you've went I've I've pulled
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myself up. I've I'm a self-made man.
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I'm a self-made woman. Maybe your word is independence
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and you've lived your life shaking your fists and everybody
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around you. Maybe it's rogue, maybe, I don't
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know. Maybe it's defiant or arrogant.
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Maybe the word above your head is jerk.
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What's your name? What's your label?
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What? What's your sign?
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Jesus was crucified with a sign over his head.
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When Jesus gave his life not for his own sin, because he lived a
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perfect sinless life. When Jesus gave up his life on
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that cross for your sin and mine, he shed his blood so that
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we could be forgiven. And the Bible tells us that by
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mid afternoon the world had gone dark.
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Jesus breathed his last and he said the words.
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It is finished and then the Bible tells us that there was a
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great earthquake, that the curtain in the temple was torn
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from top to bottom. In other words, symbolizing for
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us that the that there's no distance between US and God any
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longer. The gap has been broken.
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A man named Joseph of Arimathea, the Bible says, went to Pilate.
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It says he took courage and he went before Pilate and he asked
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for Jesus body. Pilate granted his request and
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they took his body down on that first Good Friday and they
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buried Jesus in a borrowed tomb and the tomb and they rolled a
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giant stone in front of the tomb.
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This Friday moved into Saturday, the Sabbath.
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The world went quiet, and on Sabbath, nothing happened.
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His followers were left to wonder what would come, what
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would be. But as Saturday turned into
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Sunday, that first resurrection Sunday, well, look what
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happened. Matthew 28 says this after the
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Sabbath. It dawned on the first day of
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the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the
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tomb and there was a violent earthquake.
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I love this for an Angel of the Lord came down from heaven and
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going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and then look at this
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part and sat on it. That's our God, that's our God.
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He rolled back this heavy stone and then he just sat on it and
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went what up world love it Verse 3 his appearance the Angel was
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like lightning in his clothes were white as snow.
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The guards look at this were so afraid of him that they shook
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and became like dead men. They just passed out.
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Love it Verse 5 Look the Angel said to the women, do not be
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afraid for I know that you are looking for Jesus who was
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crucified. Look at this part church family,
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he is not here. He has risen just as he said he
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would come and see the place where he laid.
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Church family, Jesus rose and when he did, he gave you and I
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power to have a new name over our life.
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That's the God we serve. That's the God we serve.
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He is risen. He is risen in.
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So this Easter, I want, I want you to remember three things.
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I want you to remember 3 things through Jesus.
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Here's the first one. Number one, we have our true
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identity. Everyone say our true identity.
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Through Jesus, we have our true identity.
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Listen, I don't know what the label is that's been put on your
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life. I don't know what people have
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called you or inferred you. I don't know what that name is
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that has rattled around in your head for your entire life.
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But can I tell you something according to the word of God
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that Jesus came in so that you and I could be called sons and
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daughters of God? That's who we are.
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Galatians chapter 3, verse 26 For you are all sons and
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daughters of God. Look, here's how through faith
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in Jesus Christ. When we put our faith in Jesus
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Christ, we become sons and daughters of God.
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Maybe you've been living under under that negative identity.
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Can I tell you something? No matter what name has been
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stamped on you, no matter what name has rolled around in your
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brain, has defined you up until now.
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Good news, because of Jesus, our true identity is no longer what
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they said about us, what they say about us, what they infer
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about us. Our true identity is found in
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Him. We are sons and daughters of
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God. When my oldest son Will got
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married a few years ago, right after they got engaged, they
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they came up with a hashtag because apparently you can't get
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married these days without a hashtag.
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And so I love it. Suggest my my future
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daughter-in-law, now daughter-in-law.
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Her hashtag that she came up with when as soon as Will gave
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her the ring and she said yes, her hashtag was call her a
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Keller. I was like, yeah, like it, call
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her a Keller. So everything with their wedding
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online was all about hashtag call her a Keller.
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And then she got married and guess what?
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She took on a new name. Not that her old name was bad,
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but her new name was Keller. And I like that name a lot.
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See, listen, when you and I come into Jesus, when you and I come
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and relate into relationship with the King of Kings and the
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Lord of Lords, Jesus, guess what?
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He gives us a new name because our identity can be permanently
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changed in Him. Jesus is our true identity.
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Here's the second thing I hope you'll remember this Easter #2
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through Jesus we have our best connection.
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Everyone say best connection. Through Jesus we have our best
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connection. Let me ask you something.
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Have you ever been around someone who is like a
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professional name dropper? Anybody know what I'm talking
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about? I have a friend who, well, he's
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not. I wouldn't even say he's a
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friend. He's more of an acquaintance.
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But every time I get around this guy, every time I get around
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this guy, like within seconds my man is dropping names.
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Now, to his credit, he knows a lot of people.
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Like you just ask him like he like, for real.
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Like he like next. Like within minutes my man is
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like, well, hey, I was on so and so's boat the other day and
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yeah, a few weeks ago we're on vacation with so and so.
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Then I was on this. That was the plane and the thing
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I saw so and so and that was the so and so's house.
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I'm like, wow, brother, you know a lot of people, you know, that
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has nothing to do with anything except you'd like him.
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He's a good time. So several years ago, Sarah and
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I and our team, several of us were at Christ Fellowship for
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Christ Fellowship Conference in West Palm.
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Christ Fellowship Pastors Todd and Julie Mullins, who who are
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our pastors, which by the way, Pastor Todd Mullins is going to
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be preaching in the house with us next Sunday.
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Next Sunday. He released a book in the last
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year. And so we're doing a whole
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series based on his book. So make sure you're here in the
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house. So anyway, Pastor Tal, we're
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there at Christ Fellowship. And, and so before the 2nd
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evening service, which Pastor Jensen Franklin was going to be
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preaching at that night, we had dinner in the green room.
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And so I actually got to sit next.
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Speaking of name dropping, here I go, right?
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I got to have dinner with Pastor Jensen Franklin.
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That's kind of fun. So it was.
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So I was sitting there. I really did just name drop.
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Wow, it feels good, actually. So I'm sitting at the table and
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then Pastor Jensen was next to me and then next to him at the
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end of the table was a guy that he didn't know who had spoken in
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the earlier afternoon session. And then Pastor Todd and a few
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other people around the table, So I'm listening to Pastor
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Jensen and this guy at the end of the table who had spoken
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earlier have this conversation and, and they're just getting to
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know each other and asking about ministry and what they're doing
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and all of that. And then Pastor Jensen asked him
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a question that I actually thought when I heard it, he had
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misspoke, that he looked at the guy at the end of the table and
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he said, who are you from? And I was like, did he mean
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like, where are you from? He didn't.
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He looked right at this guy and he said, who are you from?
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And the guy had actually served with Craig Rochelle at Life
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Church in Oklahoma, the biggest church in America.
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He had served on his staff for several years.
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And he looked right back at Pastor Jensen without missing a
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beat. And he said, I'm from Craig
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Rochelle. And they said I served for him
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13 years, whatever it was. And, and they just went right on
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with their conversation. And Jensen was, oh, that's cool
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and whatever. And I never forgot that
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question. Who are you from?
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Who are you from? See, here's what I think,
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Church. I think some of us, when you
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hear me ask the question, who are you from?
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It throws you a little bit because who you're from or where
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you're from is not something that you're particularly proud
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of. I've just had this sense coming
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into this Easter weekend this year that God wants to set some
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of us free because some of you, you're not proud of where you
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came from. Some of you, you had a parent, a
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father or mother who was incarcerated, who was in prison.
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You, maybe you had a father who left you, who walked out on you
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that you never knew. You never knew who you're from.
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You don't even know where you're.
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Maybe you've been adopted and you've kind of live with this
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angst in your heart about your connection, who you're connected
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to. Can I tell you something?
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Thanks be to God through Jesus, we have a new identity, but we
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also have our best connection. God wants to set you free, some
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of you. You put your faith in Jesus and
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you are literally changing your family tree because you have
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been ashamed of where you came from.
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You have been, you've been discouraged because you're not.
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You don't have some fancy name, you grew up on the wrong side of
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the tracks or whatever. However you would say in that
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neighborhood and God wants you to know this Easter in Jesus,
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you have a better connection. Where are you from?
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Who are you from? You are from Jesus.
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That's who you are and you are literally, I'm so proud of you.
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You are literally changing your family tree.
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If the stuff you have carried, the baggage you have carried
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from your past, guess what? Your kids, your grandkids,
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generations down the line from you, they're not going to have
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to carry that the way you did. It ends with you.
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Why? Because Jesus is our best
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connection. He's our best connection #3 What
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I want you to remember this Easter is through Jesus we have
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our greatest power. Everyone say greatest power
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church, Can I tell you who some of the most powerful people in
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the world are? Crossing guards?
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No, think about it. You take a a retired old man or
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a retired woman, retired woman, you put a crossing guard harness
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on them and give them a little stop sign.
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They can stop a soccer mom running late who hasn't had her
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coffee yet. That's power.
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That's power. Now what?
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How can they stop buses? How can they stop soccer moms
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running late? Not in their own name.
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Because in and of themselves, they're just as a person making
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12 bucks an hour, watch this. When they put on that sash and
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hold up that stop sign, They're not standing in the middle of
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the street in their own power, in their own name.
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They're standing there with the school behind them.
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They're standing there with the laws of our land behind them.
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They're standing there with the safety of our children.
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That makes me tear up with the safety of our children behind
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them. That gives them a lot of power.
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And can I tell you something this Easter?
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Guess what? When you and I come in our name,
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when you and I stand in our name, guess what?
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We don't have a whole lot of power.
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But there's a name. The Bible says it's greater than
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every other name. There's a name that's bigger and
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more powerful and stronger than any other name.
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And that name is the mighty name of Jesus, man.
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There's sometimes when Sarah and I will be facing a situation,
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we're up against the wall, we're up against the deadline, we're
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up against something that seems impossible.
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And can I tell you what we do? We don't stand there going well,
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thank goodness I'm a good person.
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Thank goodness we're we got into no, no, no, no, no.
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Listen, you know what we do? We just start praying in the
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name of Jesus. Why?
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Because then Matt and Sarah Keller's that name doesn't do
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much. But the name of Jesus.
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Well, let me show you Philippians chapter 2, verses 10
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and 11 at the name of Jesus. Not our name.
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Not the name of our favorite politician or our political
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party. Not the name of our favorite
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sports team. We're our favorite podcaster.
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No, no, no. At the name.
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Come on, somebody, at the name of Jesus, every knee will bow.
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Look at this, in heaven and on earth and under the earth.
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In other words, even the demons have to respond to that name,
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the name of Jesus, and every tongue confess or acknowledge,
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look that Jesus Christ is Lord. Here.
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Watch for one reason, for the glory of God the Father.
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This Easter I want you to remember that in him, in Jesus,
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we have our true identity, we have our best connection, we
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have our greatest power. When Jesus was crucified, he had
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a name written above him. You know what that what the name
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was? King.
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Let me ask you a question. Is Jesus king of your life?
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Is he ruler of your heart? Is he, we would say, Lord of
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your life? Have you surrendered complete
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control to him? Because that's the best way to
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live. God's got an amazing plan for
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us, the way he wants us to live. And it's not just cerebral.
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It's not just a, a, a, a knowing in our mind.
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No, no, no, Jesus wants to write a new name over our heart called
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son and daughter, but he asked us to surrender.
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Is Jesus Lord of your life? Is he ruler?
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Is he King over all in your life?
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Here's what I think. I think it's possible that there
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are many who have come into one of our locations today, Cape
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Coral or downtown or East here online, and you've heard about
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Jesus, but you've never surrendered your life to His
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Lordship. Maybe you've even accepted Him
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as Savior, forgiven of your sins, but you've never fully
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surrendered your life to Jesus. I want to give you an
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opportunity to do that today for the sake of the privacy of this
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moment. Can we just every location, can
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we just bow our heads across every room?
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Just bow. Let's just close our eyes even
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just just for the privacy of this moment.
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If you're in one of our rooms today or online family, that's
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you listen and you've never said yes to a relationship with Jesus
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Christ. It's a free gift.
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And it's as simple as acknowledging that you're a
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Sinner, believing that what Jesus did on the cross was
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payment for your sin and then confessing that.
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I want to give you an opportunity to confess that
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today. So whatever room you're in, I'm
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going to count the three in just a moment.
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And if you're ready to surrender your life to the lordship of G,
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if you're ready to say yes, I need to be.
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Pastor Matt. That's me.
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Include me in. I want you to throw your hand up
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whatever room you're in. Ready.
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Come on. Let's do it. 123.
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Pastor Matt, that's me. Just throw your hand up.
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Awesome. Yeah.
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Keep it up. That's it.
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Keep it up. Just for a second.
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Yeah. Thank you.
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I see young hands. I see old hands.
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I see hands in the middle. Somebody, anybody else I see,
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man. Come on, man.
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That's awesome. Ladies, put your Pastor Matt.
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That's me. I'm ready to thank you, young
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man. I'm ready.
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Thank you, ma'am. I'm ready to surrender my life
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to the lordship of Jesus. I'm ready.
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I need, I need Jesus to forgive me.
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I want to be in relationship with God.
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Anybody else? East, downtown, Cape Coral, you
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can put your hand down. Listen, for the sake of so many
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who have lifted their hand today, I want to lead us all in
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a prayer. And I want all of us to repeat
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this prayer after me. And listen, if you lifted your
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hand, I want you to pray from your heart what you're feeling
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on the inside. I want you to vocalize it on the
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outside. The Bible calls that confess.
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And so come on, let's pray this together.
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And listen, if you raise your hand, pray this prayer from your
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heart. And the God of the universe who
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loves you more than you can fathom or know is going to hear
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your prayer come in and begin to change you from the inside out.
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Come on, let's pray together. Say, dear Jesus, thank you for
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loving me and bringing me here today.
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In this moment I acknowledge that I'm a Sinner and I need a
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Savior. I thank you Jesus, that you died
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on the cross for my sin. Right now I confess my sin and I
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receive you. Help me from this moment forward
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to go your way because it is the best way for the rest of my
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days. In Jesus name I pray.
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Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen. Wow.
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Hey, come on, can we just celebrate that?
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Wow. Listen, if if that was you, any
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of our locations, we have a free gift we want to give you.
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This is a Bible. And if we have these at all of
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our locations before you leave today, go to our next steps area
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at your location and just tell them I said yes.
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And our team is going to freak out high 5 yell and scream and
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be so excited for you, but they want to put this in your hand.
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And then there's AQR code right here.
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And if you'll scan that QR code before you leave the property,
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it's actually, we want to send you some videos that Pastor
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Sarah and I, my wife and I recorded.
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Come on, you watch all kinds of videos on your phone anyway,
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watch something that'll actually help you.
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OK, Because we want to, that's a good word because we want to
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help you in your relationship with Jesus.
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So, so before you leave today, if you, if that was you, you
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raise your hand, stop and grab this Bible because we and
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download those videos because we want to, we want to be on your
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team. Amen.
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Wow, wow. Hey, you know what?
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Come on, can we stand together? Listen, we're not done yet.
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I want to invite our worship team to come back at all of our
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locations. And here's why.
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Because we've been singing that song in the mighty name of
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Jesus. And I love that song.
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Matter of fact, I want us to sing a little of that song here
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for the next couple of moments. And I want us to speak it over
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our lives, over our families, over our homes.
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And there's actually a line in there.
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Maybe you've you've heard it and you've sung it and you were
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like, I don't know what that means.
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It says the blood of Jesus is on the door frame of my life.
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You know what I'm saying? That line, that's a reference to
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the Old Testament Passover where the children of Israel had to
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sacrifice a lamb and put the blood of the lamb on the door
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frame of their house. Speak so the Angel of death
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would pass them by. In other words, that them in
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their house would be saved. Well, guess what?
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Jesus came as our one and for all Passover lamb.
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That's why he died. And guess what?
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His blood covers us. So come on team, I want us to
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sing that I speak the name of Jesus over
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your sons and daughters. Father, you see the labels, the
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names that they have walked into church with carrying over the
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over the door frame over there, the plate of their life.
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And God, I pray that today the name changes.
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God, I pray that you would give us a new perspective.
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I pray that depression would go, anxiety would go.
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I thank you that in the name of Jesus there is healing.
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So I speak healing over your sons and daughters.
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I speak breakthrough over marriages.
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I speak provision God. I speak bonuses and and and
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promotions in jobs, God, but I pray and speak new ideas in the
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name of Jesus for companies and businesses.
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God, I speak blessing over each of these, your precious ones,
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your sons and daughters, not in my name, in the mighty name of
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Jesus. I speak and pray these things
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and everyone at every location who will receive that said Amen.
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Come on, let's give God the highest prayer.