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Life Conference 2019: Session 5 - Dr. Yan Venter (February 3, 2019) | Life Bible Church
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I tell you what, this weekend, you know, when
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you go around ministering like I do, you hardly
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ever get a chance to really get ministered to.
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And this weekend, I got ministered to, Brother
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Tony. You really ministered to me. And, you know,
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with Pastor Brad and his team and his family.
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It's just such a phenomenal atmosphere. You know
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that. This is your home. And what is happening
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here, this church is nothing less than spectacular,
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not because of what he's done, but what the Lord
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has done, you know. And I was sitting there thinking,
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you know, that success breeds jealousy. It does.
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so aware over the last few years of extreme levels
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of jealousy that has been directed against this
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ministry, this man and his family. You know,
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jealousy to the point of, you know, you've noticed
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it with President Trump, how the jealousy against,
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you know, the anger that comes with that kind
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of a jealousy is just incredible. While that
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was happening here, the jealousy, I've watched
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God turn that jealousy into nothing. I mean,
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come on, can I hear an amen? Into nothing. And
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so what happens, you know, it's like I said on
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the first part of the service here this weekend,
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that God has already instructed this land to
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yield. The harvest. The land will yield the harvest.
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There'll be no jealousy, no one, and some of
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it comes from top levels elsewhere. None of those
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can affect it because God has given a commanded
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blessing, and that commanded blessing stands.
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Go ahead and praise him. It stands. You know,
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every time that I have been here, Over these
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last few years, God produced something in my
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spirit. And no less than four different times,
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it was a book. I enjoy writing. But three different
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complete books have been birthed in my spirit
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right here in Harrisburg. You know, come on,
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just give the Lord a praise offering. It's just
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been phenomenal. The last one that I did was
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this one here. In fact, we just released it.
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It's called So Many Dads But Not Many Fathers.
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It's just a phenomenal subject that I believe
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that every family really needs to get their hands
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on. It is such an onslaught against the families
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because that's where the strength lies. Strong
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family, strong church. Strong church, strong
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country. And so we just need to absolutely close
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the doors against the enemy. You have no right
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in my home. Me and my house, we are going to
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serve the Lord. Go ahead and praise him. We also,
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I've shared my testimony last night, or part
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of it, and I have it in book form. You want to,
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you know, the reason why you want to do that
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is sometimes somebody is struggling. And I wrote
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it as thin as I possibly could. Yeah, I'm serious,
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because people don't like reading long, big,
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thick books. And so I put this and made it very
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factual, gave it to my doctor and asked him to
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edit it. Because he's the one that worked with
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me. This is really a remarkable testimony of
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the supernatural touch of God. You want to get
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a copy of that and take it home with you. You
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know, also people have asked me through the years,
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please put some of your stories in book form.
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And when I did, it just prompted, you know, another
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one and another one. This is the first one that
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I did. It's there on the table. And I think I
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have the second one in there also. It's called
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You Won't Believe This. And the other one, It's
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Hard to Believe It. You know, something like
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that. I wrote it as bathroom reading material.
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You know, short stories, you know, just a compilation
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of short stories. And I'm telling you, it's good
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for your health. You know, really, as you sit
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there and read it, everything else is going to
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happen the way it's supposed to. A release, a
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total release, you know. So the last one. You
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know, some of you have read the book, You Won't
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Believe This, excuse me, The Naked Prisoner.
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And The Naked Prisoner have been such, excuse
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me for saying that, but such a hit. People have
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said over and over, it's got to become a movie.
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And so I've tried. I mean, I've tried every available
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chance I could get to get somebody in Hollywood
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to be interested. Just finally just gave up.
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Until early last year, Hollywood contacted me.
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And so what they did is somebody sent this man
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a book. Greg Miller is the producer of Immersion.
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They're the people that was partly involved or
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mostly involved in producing the movie God is
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Not Dead. How many of you have seen that movie,
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God is Not Dead? And so they just signed contract
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with me to make a movie. This is Greg Miller
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right there, you know. Greg Miller Productions.
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And give me the other one, the other slide. Is
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there, yeah. That's, can you scroll down on that?
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That's Emerging Productions. And the thing is
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based on a true story. Now, go down, if you will.
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Down, I don't know. Yeah, those are the actors.
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They've already signed up. You know, Morgan Freeman.
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He's not going to play me. Chris Pratt on the
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left, he's the only one that they have not finalized
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it with yet, but it seems very possible that
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they're going to use him to play me. And that's
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acceptable. And the one on the right is going
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to be the one that plays Bessie. And I'm glad
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I'm not doing the acting. You know, she's really
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pretty. And all of these people are really sensitive
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to the message of the cross. And Chris Pratt
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especially. I picked him. because I think it'll
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be really ideal. Give me the next slide, just
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to show you the environment of the area, you
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know, that it's going to be a very adventurous
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movie. And so can you give me the one with the
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e -mail for Greg Miller? I gave you the e -mail.
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Yes? Greg Miller? Okay, while he's working on
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that, let me just say, the reason I want to give
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you the email, I would love for you to take down
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the email, and if they don't find it, can you
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please make an effort to find that email? And
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this is what I want you to do. Since they are
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going to obviously have to work on raising a
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lot of money, there it is, it's going to be a
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lot of money that they raise for the production
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of this movie, like $60 million. It's very important
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that I have people write in and let these people
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know that you heard, and I want you to do it
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in your own words, that you heard about this
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upcoming movie, how excited you are, and you
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can hardly wait. Just let God use you. Short,
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just short emails. Write it to that if you don't
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mind. I would so appreciate that. Finally, I
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just want to say, you know, Pastor Brad and...
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Pastor Jenny has been so gracious in the past
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to allow us to ask for partners to partner with
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us. And I'm not doing that this morning. But
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I want to just say thank you. I use this opportunity
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to say thank you to those that have partnered
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with us. Please don't stop. We need your help
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as much as we possibly can. And I'll tell you
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one of the reasons we do that is because we go
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to a lot of very small churches. I do not want
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to be in the trap of only going to big churches
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for the sake of money. But we have a budget to
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cover. And so if you can, please continue with
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that. If you feel like you want to partner with
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us, I'll be at the table to sign books there.
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And by the way, once I sign that book, I mean,
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it becomes very valuable. I'll be at the tape
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table to sign some books. If the movie book has
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sold out, please go ahead and pay for the book,
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and we'll ship it here to the church free of
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charge. Go ahead, pay for the book, give them
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your name and so on, and you'll get that book
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here within a week or the latest two weeks. And
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I just want to say thank you very, very much.
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God bless you. Fantastic. I just love the fact
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that God is doing, you know, when he promised
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us through the prophetic word that this would
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be a place where angels would ascend and descend
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and to bring revelation, to bring healing, and
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to know that, you know, and when we were clear
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back in the white days, the Lord said that there
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would be a worldwide touch. from this house.
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You know, I mean, I'm thinking, oh, come on.
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But it's happening, guys. It's happening. The
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Lord spoke to me this morning right before I
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came up and we were singing. He said, all that
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I've promised shall come to pass. Just a reminder,
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all that I've promised shall come to pass. You
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know, we're so honored to have Deborah and Tony,
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Tony's beautiful wife, Deborah, can you just
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give the congregation a wave? Thank you. And
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grateful to have Tony Kemp with us all the way
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from the Illinois area, but they pastor pastors
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and they are involved in so many things. Would
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you just stand and welcome Pastor Tony Kemp,
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Apostle, Prophet, come on. Give him a Life Bible
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welcome as he comes to bring the Word of the
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Lord. Thank you very kindly. If the person who
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does the screen would just prepare. King James
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Version, Isaiah 54, verse 6, and I'll cue you
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when I'm ready for it. But first of all, I want
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to give reverence to the Father, to Jesus, to
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the Holy Spirit, and honor to Brad and Jenny
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and their family. Let's give them a big hand
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clap, shall we? To Dr. Venter, the great man
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of God, let's give him. I have so enjoyed his
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company and the revelation of the word and the
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wisdom, the presence and the power of the spirit.
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And last night it was so funny. How many of you
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were here? Amen. Amen. And it was so powerful.
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And I thank the Lord for a friend and for a partner
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in ministry. Can I say amen? And can you say
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amen? And I also want to give honor to the ministry
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team and to all of you. Give your neighbor a
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hand clap, would you please, for being here.
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And I also want to give honor to my wife. It'll
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be 40 years in May coming. And so, you know,
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I think we have, because I think we just came
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from Florida. I think I was in Florida three
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times in January, and I think we only have like
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15 books left. And it's called Face to Face with
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God. Volume 1, we're editing Face to Face with
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God, Volume 2. And, you know, I share the exact
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same thought as Jan. The book is under 100 pages.
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Everybody say, it's an easy read. And very, very
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practical. And just let me say this to you. If
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the Father... permits a problem, the Holy Spirit
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wants to prompt you to ask a question. And the
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question that the Holy Spirit wants you to ask
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the Father once you are in the midst of a problem
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is, Father, who and what do you want to be to
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me now that you could not have been to me before?
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And when you ask that question, years ago, the
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Holy Spirit said to inquire of the Lord, pray
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before you do anything. And prayer is a key to
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entering into the spirit of wisdom and revelation
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so you know what the Father wants to be to you.
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what Jesus wants to do for you and in you. And,
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you know, that's one of the reasons why, if you're
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able to attend the prayer meetings before the
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church service, because it prepares you for what
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the Father has to say to you and what the Father
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wants to do for you and in you through Jesus.
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So you have the problem, and then you say, now,
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Lord, who and what do you want to be to me now?
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That you couldn't have been to me before. And
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then the Lord gives you a promise. And I talk
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about in this book, after he gives you the promise,
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when he provides for you, it happens in one of
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five different ways. Look at somebody say, so
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you have to get the book. You know, we'll run
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out. So, and it's $16. And my wife said cash
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or check. And so, but you can go on to Tony Kemp.
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What is it? TonyKempBooks .com. And so, yes.
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Yes. This one. Yes. Yes. Yes. I never do interrupt
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a preacher. But I just want to say. That, you
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know, my observation about what's going on here
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at the church concerning the prayer. You know,
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I go around the world and I'm sure you'll agree
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with what I'm saying. We don't see many churches.
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In fact, I see very, very few churches that praise
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the way you guys are praying here before church.
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And I meant to say something about that. But,
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Kelly, I'm just telling you that you and your
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prayer team is doing a phenomenal work. And the
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success of these meetings is based on that. Thank
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you. No, no, no, no. Anytime. Well, see, I always
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struggle with how much I should say. Yeah, I
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can't say it all. Okay, let me say this before
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I say that. One of the persons that I saw in
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heaven was Noah. The best way for me to describe
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Noah would be, brother, if you'll stand up for
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me. Yeah, no, no, no, the man on the very end,
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yeah. And turn this way a little bit. Can you
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see him? Noah had that sort of a body type, but
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he had a really, really, really long beard. Really
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long. So now you can sit down now, brother. Thank
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you. So let me just make you think. Not all animals
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were in that part of the world. So they came
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in by twos and some by sevens. So you have to
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ask yourself a question. How did they get there?
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So God had to translate some animals to where
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the ark was. And then they walked in. Now you
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have to ask yourself a question. How did Noah
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and his wife feed all these animals? Where did
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the waste go? And how do you stand the noise?
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And especially when Noah and his family go in
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and God shuts the door and then the flood begins
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and then the ark does all this. So you have to
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ask yourself a question. What happened? Well,
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when all of these created beings by God came
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in, God put them all into hibernation. including
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Noah, his wife, and his family, and God froze
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them. When I say froze them, in place, not like
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froze. So that when the thing went, everybody
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stayed in place, and God just put them all into
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supernatural hibernation. And then toward the
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end of the jury, God wakes up Noah. And then
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you had the raven and you had the dove, right?
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And then God wakes up all the animals and then
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they walk out and bam, they go to all their respective
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parts of the earth. And to this day, certain
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animals still hibernate. Does that answer the
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question for you? Doesn't it make perfect sense?
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Yeah, okay. So I know. You'll have to recover
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from that. I'll give you a minute. But the day
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of Noah is upon us. And the Lord is coming. And
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this is something I heard in heaven. I quote,
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the Lord is coming very, very soon. I'll just
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leave that there. Next part. Prayer before church,
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during church, praise and worship sets the atmosphere.
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Okay? And if I can use language, spiritual. If
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you were to go outside, you will see clouds there.
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But there are clouds that are present, but they
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yield no rain. Right? But then there are clouds
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created by certain conditions that cause it to
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sprinkle. Cause it to rain. Cause it to have
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a downpour or a deluge. Our prayer creates the
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cloud and the conditions. And what we do or don't
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do determines in a service if we just have a
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sprinkle. A light shower? A heavy shower? A Holy
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Ghost storm? Or a deluge? So, I have this stuff
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that happens to me and sometimes, you know, so
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anyway, it doesn't matter whether you believe
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me because I know I'm strange. but it's not my
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fault. But anyway, there was an angel up here,
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and he was significantly tall, and he had wings,
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and there was a cloud that started up here, and
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it was extending out. And so, you know, this
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African -American brother does this prophetic
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song, and then Jenny is really doing a prophetic
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song, and God's talking, and then... I think
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little sister, you was kind of doing a little
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prophetic song too, right? Wasn't that prophetic?
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Mm -hmm, right, right, right. And then the two
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brothers get up and they prophesy and I'm going,
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hmm, the cloud's raining. So I'm going to speak
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from the cloud and think of it this way. In the
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day of Moses, they had a cloud by day. Everybody
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say represents the presence of God. And so when
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I say it that way, I mean the presence. And so
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sometimes what prayer does, if we have sensitivity,
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is it helps us to know what's in the cloud. Because
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if you speak what's in the cloud and you respond
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to the cloud of his presence, it rains. What
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you need. And what the promise is. And the invisible
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becomes visible. So if you would be so kind as
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to put up Isaiah 54 verse 6 in the King James
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Version. And so the Holy Spirit is speaking today
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and he's saying, the Lord hath called thee or
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the Lord calls you. As a woman forsaken, or just
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like a woman who has been forsaken and grieved
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in spirit, a wife refused when she was refused,
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says your God. So here's the picture. The picture
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is of a woman newly married who after she was
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married, her husband decided he did not want
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her anymore. And so she was rejected. The best
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way to define rejection. is that feeling of being
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unloved, unwanted, not cared for, insignificant,
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abandoned, left, not paid attention to, not valued,
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not feeling that you have worth to the person
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that you want to be there for you. It is the
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loss of being accepted and being loved. The opposite
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of rejection would be acceptance, where you feel
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loved. Everybody say, feel loved. So we're not
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just talking about the thought. We're talking
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about the feeling. So we're talking about the
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feeling that's in the soul. rejection can happen
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unintentionally. For example, mom and dad can
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have the first child pop out, and that child
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is very extroverted. The second child pops out,
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and the second child doesn't want to be like
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the first child, so the second child is introverted.
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I certainly did not want to be like my older
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brother. The third child pops out. Very gregarious.
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And the first child gets the attention. And the
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third child gets the attention. But the second
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child doesn't perceive that they are getting
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the attention as the first child and the third
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child are. Which makes me think that perceived
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rejection hurts as much as actual rejection.
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Which means you can get stuck in a perception
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that's not actual, but it's real hurt. Simply
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put, rejection can take three sorts of manifestations.
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When it is speaking to your character, it becomes
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inferiority. And so through the lens of rejection,
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you look and it... sort of goes like this. I
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can do 10 things, eight of them right, but I
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don't pat myself on the back. I focus on the
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two I got wrong. And that's how I identify myself.
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So I never quite feel like I measure up or I'm
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good. And so this can get in the way of people
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receiving answers to prayer, healing, or personal
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ministry. Receiving it or ministering to others.
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Now you may say, I don't have this issue. Well,
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the reason I'm teaching this is so that you can
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learn the revelation so you can minister to people
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who do have the issue. Right? Then there's rejection.
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That becomes self -rejection and it manifests
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itself in the form of insecurity. So you didn't
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look at me right. I don't think you like me.
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You walked past me and you didn't even speak.
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I don't consider the fact that you might have
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something on your mind or something may have
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just happened before you got here. Or you may
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got an email or a phone call or a text. Or maybe
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you and your spouse just had a slight disagreement
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or a little bit of intense fellowship on the
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way here. But I take it quite personally. And
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I'm not sure that if you really knew me. you
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would still like me. So I hide, and I become
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a chameleon, and I appear to be whatever you
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think just so that I can be accepted. Everybody
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say insecurity. Now, why is it important to get
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healed of this? Because personal insecurity will
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become ministry insecurity. Oh, you didn't hear
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me. then rejection can manifest itself as inadequacy.
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I don't think that I can. And so you have, everybody
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say rejection, self -rejection, depression. So
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now I get down on myself. And I began to look
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at all of my warts, and I look at my flaws and
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my weaknesses and my defects of character, and
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I major on that because there's a voice in my
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head that says that's who I am, and anything
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that's praiseworthy becomes minor. Even if my
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traits that are praiseworthy far outnumber. So
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then I wear my feelings on my sleeves and I'm
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looking for hurt. Look at somebody and say, beware
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of finding what you're looking for. Because you
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will discover it even when it's not there. And
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so because of that, I'm afraid to get too close
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to you. So I'm going to reject you before you
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reject me. So I'm not going to be transparent.
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I am not going to be real. I can't be genuine
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and I can't be authentic because my past experience
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has told me. That if I'm that way, whether in
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church or out of church, I'll be hurt. And so
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then I engage in self -defeating and self -destructive
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behaviors. And yet the root of it was rejection.
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Or it can be rejection, self -rejection, hurt,
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and then hate. I don't think you like me, I don't
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like you either. You hate me, I hate you. You
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hurt me, I'm gonna hurt you. And so now, You
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self -suicide and you become a homicidal. You
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know, you'd be surprised at the number of homicidal
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saints there are in churches. I mean, somebody
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even wrote a book on it called Can't We Just
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Kill Them and Tell God They Died? I mean, you'd
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be amazed. And how much hip hop there is in church.
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You're going to make me lose my cool up in here,
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up in here. You're going to make me act a fool
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up in here, up in here. is not African American.
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Look at somebody saying it goes everywhere. And
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so this spirit of rejection and self -rejection
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will ask you a question in first person. to get
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you to believe that this is who you are. And
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here's the question. I don't know what's wrong
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with me. Now, I'm going to answer that spirit,
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and I'm going to answer you. And it's going to
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take you a minute. How many of y 'all love Jesus?
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Raise a hand, unless you have a condition. Look
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this way. Ain't nothing wrong with you. Something
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is just missing. I will repeat. And I use bad
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grammar on purpose. Ain't. Nothing wrong with
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you. You just got something missing that the
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Father wants to supply. Let me explain it another
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way. I was just with a pastor. Great man that
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got extremely revelatory. Name is Dr. Morgan.
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Really revelatory. He grew up under some very
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difficult, hurting circumstances. And he came
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to know Jesus. But as he developed this intimacy
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with Jesus, some of the hurt and pain in his
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soul began to come out. And he was a young man.
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I believe he was still in adolescence. Or no,
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he was in his 20s. And so he got mad one day.
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And he hit the wall. And, you know, left a mark.
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And he's upset. And because God's a safe person
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to direct your anger toward, he directed it toward
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God. And that's not to say he used profanity
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or vulgarity or anything like that. He just had
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a burst of emotion in his frustration. You know,
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everybody say irritation. Aggravation. Anger.
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Rage. So that was the expression of it. And so...
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After he gets done, the father speaks to him
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in a voice he could hear. And the father says,
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Victor, because I understand you, I love you.
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And something in him changed. Because the father
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was supplying something he was missing. Because
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he never felt understood and loved. And when
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the father said, Victor, because I understand
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you, I love you. Something left. his soul. Something
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left his mind. Something left his life. Something
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left his body. And he was free. Something could
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no longer influence him. Because my father, look
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at somebody say, because my father understands
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me. And he loves me. Look at somebody and say,
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I'm receiving what's missing. See, this is what's
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interesting about the father. The father really
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don't call you out. Not like you think he does.
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The father doesn't call you out. He calls you
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up. He calls you. so that what is missing can
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be imparted. So, I know a little about this.
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Sometimes I have like these visions thing going
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on. And, you know, look at somebody and say,
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he's just a unique character. So libraries as
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an idea didn't start on earth. And it doesn't
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matter whether you believe me or not, when you
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get to heaven, you'll find out that there are
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libraries and books in heaven. I mean, your first
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clue is this. In the book of Revelation, it says
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the books were opened. Hello. So there has to
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be a hall of records. Look at somebody say, hello.
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And there's a book with your name on it, and
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there's other books. In fact, I was with a prophet
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friend of mine, and he died. Went to heaven,
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and he was in the Hall of Records. And while
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he was there, he meets Elijah, who pulls out
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a book. And the book had this prophet's name
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on it. And the book had lots of empty pages.
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And the prophet, Elijah points out to him, you
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got a lot of empty pages here, so you can't stay
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here. Because you got to fill up your book with
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the word of the Lord. Hey, you can do with that
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whatever you want to do with it. It doesn't matter.
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So he came back there, and then the brother could
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prophesy. Woo! My goodness. So I'm looking at
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this book. And let me give you a thought. What
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if I was to say to you, and let's just go here,
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in Luke 6, where it talks about, and I want to
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reference this, where Jesus says, you know, 37,
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be merciful, just like your heavenly father is
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merciful. And don't condemn, you will not be
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condemned. Don't judge, you won't be judged.
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Forgive and you shall be forgiven. Let's look
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at the judgment part of it. What if I was to
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say to you that the prodigal son, rejected the
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ways of his father and judged his father and
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said, I don't want to be like him. And yet his
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father was living in a state of prosperity. And
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the son leaves home, asks for his inheritance
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and leaves home. And the father knows the son's
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got to learn a lesson because he's listening
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to a voice other than his father's voice. Look
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at somebody say rejection is listening to a voice
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other than the right voice of a holy father or
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the holy father. So he goes out and he partays.
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Everybody say he partays. He don't just partay,
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he partays. And when you're partying, a lot of
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people want to spend your money. And then when
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it's all gone, everybody leave his partay. And
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the Bible says he comes to himself. Look at somebody
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and say, you ought to look for yourself and find
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yourself. And so he says, now, you know what?
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I'm a Jewish boy. But I want to eat. I've really
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hit bottom because I want to eat what the swine
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eat. That ain't good. I think I need to go home.
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But I'm going to show you how he misjudges himself
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in his rejection. Because who knows who influenced
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him to leave daddy to go party. So now he says.
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I'll say, now, daddy, father, I sinned against
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heaven and in your sight. I'm no more worthy.
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I'm no more worthy to be called your son. Look
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at somebody and say, the voice of rejection.
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Make me a hired servant. Everybody say, self
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-rejection. Meanwhile, the father is looking
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for his son to come home. And the spirit and
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the mindset and the attitude of the father is
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very different from that of his son. Because
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the scripture says, the father saw his son afar
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off and ran and embraced him. And the son started
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his spill. I'm no more worthy to be your son,
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I've sinned. Make me a hired servant. And the
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father says, you know what? I'm not listening
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to you. I can't make you a servant because you're
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not a servant, you're a son. Look at somebody
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say, the father corrects the wrong judgment.
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And the father brings out the best robe. I wonder
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if it was one of the father's robes. Because
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he had to have the best robes. Put a ring on
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his finger, shoes on his feet. Look at somebody
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say, you already received the identity of your
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heavenly father. You know, he's the older brother.
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How many of y 'all the older brother and the
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older sister? Raise your hands. All right, raise
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them high. I want to see all the older brothers.
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Okay, okay. I want to let y 'all know I was the
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baby. My mother was the oldest of several children.
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She was the parental child. I'm like my mama,
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only I'm the baby. My attitude toward my mother
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was this. You will never be the boss of me. I'm
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just like you. I'm going to be in charge. I'm
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going to run this house. And I did too. What's
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wrong with y 'all? How many of y 'all got a baby
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brother, baby sister? Raise your hands. How many
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of y 'all know you got trouble on your hands?
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Amen. So the older brother judges the younger
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brother. And judges his daddy. Look at somebody
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say, you judge folk. I judge folk. Look, back
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in the day when I was an athlete, football, basketball
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star. When I was a freshman, the Minnesota Vikings,
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somebody from there was looking at me. I'm from
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the Missouri. I was prejudiced against all you
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fluffy people. I would look at fluffy people
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and say, how can you let yourself get so fluffy?
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Have you ever noticed that you've become like
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the people you judge? Has anybody else ever noticed
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that? I used to be more fluffy. I'm less fluffy.
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I love fluffy people. That's why the son has
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an alcoholic father, becomes a drug addict. Because
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alcohol can be, I'm going to leave you alone.
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Look at somebody and say, reverse your judgment.
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And so the father corrects the judgment of his
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son in love, both the baby and the older brother,
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and brings reconciliation. Look at somebody and
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say, Jesus is getting ready to do something for
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you right now. Look at somebody else and say,
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the father is getting ready to do something for
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you right now. Now, let me give you my own personal
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experience because my dad. was and is brilliant.
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He's like really super smart. Mom is in heaven.
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My older brother's in heaven. Dad's still alive.
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He'll be 99 in about a month or so. A couple
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months. And Dad always used to say, listen, you
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know, Mama was always kind of pushing me to be
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perfect. I ain't doing that. Anyway. Just because
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you said it, I'm not doing it. It's interesting
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how rejection produces rebellion. So anyway,
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after I got saved, I was really trying to get
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everything right, and I was failing because I
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was a new baby, new baby Christian. And so the
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enemy was attacking my mind. and I felt rejection,
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self -rejection, because of some other things
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that was going on. And so I began to, I can go
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to the spot of where I had this visitation. I
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can go to the spot. And I'm crying out to God,
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literally crying, and I start putting on God
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how I was feeling, because we have a tendency
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to project onto others what we ourselves are
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feeling. I might even say this to you. What if
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I was to say to you that when we are carnal,
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or we're getting natural, We don't see others
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as they are. We see others as we are. So I said,
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Lord, you know, I think you've abandoned me.
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And then all of a sudden, this presence surrounded
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me. It was the most loving presence. And then
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I heard a voice. And the voice said this. It
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was the Father. And he said, I want you to have
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an understanding. And then instantly, the Holy
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Spirit began to speak to me about Jesus. And
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this is what the Holy Spirit said. If you remember,
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it says that Jesus was made the world. He came
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into the world, but the world did not recognize
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him. And so when you feel rejected, you don't
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feel recognized. The Holy Spirit said Jesus came
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to his own, but his own did not receive him.
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He was rejected. Isaiah the prophet goes into
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the future and describes Jesus and says he is
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rejected and despised of men. As a result...
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He's a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief,
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the loss of love. Then all of a sudden, my eyes
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opened up into a vision. And in the vision, I
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see Jesus weeping over the city of Jerusalem.
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And this is what he was saying. Jerusalem, Jerusalem,
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how many times I would have loved. to have gathered
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your children together, just like a mother hen
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gathers her chickens underneath her wings. And
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in that moment, and it stopped right there, I
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knew I was completely loved and completely accepted
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by the Father and by Jesus, and I was healed.
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Listen to me carefully. I don't have self -esteem.
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I have personal esteem given to me by my father.
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I don't have self -worth. I have personal worth
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as a result of a revelation and as a result of
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receiving a heavenly identity from the father.
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And Jesus, he supplied what was missing. When
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he supplies what is missing, you move from what
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is missing into the miraculous. And you begin
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to see yourself through the Father's eyes. You
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see your true self. And when you see your true
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self, You are spiritually, mentally, emotionally,
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and in many cases physically healed. Now, people
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go through rejection. In some cases, it's mild.
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In some cases, it's moderate. In other cases,
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it's severe. But I was listening to the prophetic
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words. And it all had to do with the father's
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love. Where he was not calling you out, but he
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was calling you up. Into who he is. And by getting
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a revelation and by absorbing and being baptized
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into who he is, you actually get a revelation
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and you are baptized and immersed into who you
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are. John said it this way, as Jesus is, so are
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we in this present day. Say, why are you doing
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this, preacher? Because there are people here
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who have some sense of rejection. As a husband,
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as a wife, as a father, as a mother, as a son,
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a daughter, father -in -law, daughter, or whether
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it be mild, moderate, severe. Or you need a revelation
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and a message so you can minister to people and
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get them healed and free. So every head bowed,
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every eye closed. And if you're here this morning,
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And you know that sense of failure. You know
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that sense of, I'm just not good enough. I just
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can't do it. I have a sense of inferiority or
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insecurity. If that speaks to you in any way,
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and the Holy Spirit says, I want to heal you
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in your soul. if that speaks to you, and only
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raise your hand if the Holy Spirit says, that's
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you, I'm going to do something for you today.
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You can raise your hand and say, that's me. Raise
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your hand and say, that's me. Keep your hand
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up. Excellent. You can put your hand down and
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you can look up. Third John, I believe, says
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this. Beloved, notice how it is the Holy Spirit
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says that. You're loved. I wish above all things
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that you prosper. In the Hebrew, it means to
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have a good journey in the will of God and be
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in physical health, even as your soul is healthy.
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And so this has been a supernatural weekend.
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It's been a weekend of healing, a weekend of
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miracles. In fact, if I can give you a little
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Greek interpretation of Philippians 4, where
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it says, I can do all things through Christ who
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strengthens me. What you're really looking at
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there is a school. And the implication in the
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Greek is this. I'm not talking about dunamis,
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strength. I'm talking about can do. The implication
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there in the Greek text is that God picks you
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up and carries you to a place you can't even
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get to on your own. Look at somebody and say,
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I'm receiving that right now. And I'm prophesying
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to you right now that as you're receiving your
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healing, God is literally picking you up. Not
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calling you out. He's picking you up. And he
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is carrying you into a healing, into a deliverance,
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into a freedom, into a liberty. You couldn't
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get there by yourself, but he's taking you there.
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We quote a scripture, it's interesting. I'll
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just say it to you in the Hebrew. They that wait
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upon the Lord shall renew their strength. But
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the Hebrew word for renew, in English that we
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say is renew, really means to exchange. And if
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you go back 40, 27, it says the Lord doesn't
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get tired. The Lord doesn't get weary. He can
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run. He can walk. And then it says, they that
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wait upon the Lord, they will exchange their
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weakness for his strength, and then they will
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run and not get weary. They will walk and not
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faint because he gives power to the faint. Look
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at somebody say, I'm being called up into who
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he is. I'm being called up into who I really
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am. Look at somebody say, I refuse to settle
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for less. And so, because I've been there myself,
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I want to urge you, if I could just, can we just
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have an authentic moment? How many of you ever
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judged your dad before? Raise your hands. Okay.
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How many ever judged your mother before? Raise
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your hands. How many, watch this. How many ever
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judged a televangelist? Raise your hands. you've
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ever judged a pastor before, raise your hands.
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Raise them. All I want to get you to do is reverse
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your judgment. Let me show you how powerful this
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is. There was a man, his name was Robert. His
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father was sick. They suffered financially because
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of the father's illness. The father would get
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well. The family would almost make it. The father
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would get sick again. And he judged his father
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because of his physical illnesses. Robert becomes
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a real estate agent and he would make almost
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a million dollar deal and it will fall through.
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And then it was pointed out to Robert that he
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needed to reverse his judgment on his dad. And
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when he reverses his judgment on his dad, within
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two weeks, he makes a million dollar deal. Second,
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And I know this is going to be far out. I have
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a good friend of mine named Ira. When he was
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a child, he was made to cut the grass. He was
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about 12 with a broken down lawnmower. And he
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used to cuss that lawnmower because it didn't
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work. Later on, he has some property. He buys
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a $3 ,000 riding lawnmower. New. Everybody say
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new. And it breaks down. It keeps breaking down.
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And finally, he said, Lord, why is this thing
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breaking down? And the Lord brings him back to
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when he was 12. And he reverses his judgment
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on his dad. And after that, the lawnmower starts
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up and keeps working. I want to ask you a question.
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Let's just see. How many of you are like me?
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You judge somebody and within one year. you were
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found yourself in the same situation or something
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similar, raise your hands. Raise them high, raise
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them high, look around the room. Look at somebody
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and say, reverse your judgment. So, if you raise
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your hand, and you need, you can look at right
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now at a judgment that you need to reverse. I
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want you to stand to your feet. Just stand to
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your feet. If you can look at a judgment, you
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need to reverse. We're going to do the prayer
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in a minute for a healing of rejection. So I
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just want you to think about the people you've
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judged. One of the things I say to people is
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if you're going to live by their praise, you're
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going to die by their criticisms. If you need
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their acceptance, you're going to suffer by their
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rejection. Bow your head and say, Father, in
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the name of Jesus, I have misjudged myself. And
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I have misjudged others. And I repent right now.
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And I reverse my judgments. Every bitter judgment.
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Every carnal judgment. Every natural judgment.
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Every sinful judgment. I reverse it. And you
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forgive me. And you set me free. from every wrong
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judgment. You set me free from the consequences.
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Right now it stops and you're turning things
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around in the name of Jesus. Now lift up your
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hands for 30 seconds and give God a praise. you
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