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Sunday Message - Dr. Yan Venter (September 27, 2015) | Life Bible Church
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me to lay my head in the lap of the Holy Spirit
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and showed me when I was put up in the hotel
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here on this property how you would occupy this
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place. And when I shared it with Pastor Brad
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at the time, because he had not yet heard from
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God in that direction. He kind of looked at me
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with, yeah, yeah. Yeah, you know. So I just ignored
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him. And here we are. Everybody say, here we
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are. Give the Lord a handclap of praise. I want
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to speak to you this morning because I feel that
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God has laid a prophetic utterance on my, actually
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several prophetic utterances on my spirit for
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today. And so what I want to do is I want to
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just briefly just expound on how I see the prophetic.
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And as I share this with you here this morning
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and as this thing opens up, you know in Africa
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what they oftentimes do, I see that all the time,
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what they do is that when you share a strong
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word with them, it's no strange thing to see
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people run out of their seats and from their
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pews and run forward and put money down. You've
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seen that. They just put money down. You know,
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it's like they're saying, I'm buying into that
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word. God has a great future laid out for this
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church. And at the end of the service, I want
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you to buy into this word, you know, as it were.
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You know, we're not going to buy into it, but
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you understand what I'm saying. I want you to
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say, I'm going to sow. Into this field. Because
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there's something. Great can happen here. It's
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going to have effects. Ripple effects into the
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rest of the world. Just like other churches.
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Like Reading. Bethel. So God has a. Very large
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purpose. For this place. I was wondering why.
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You know. pastor plant so small here. But I'm
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convinced that it is actually done according
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to God's instruction. It is not meant to make
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this a mega situation, mega church situation,
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but for this to become a school. for the rest
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of the world and to from here send them out to
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the rest of the world. Come on, just give the
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Lord a praise offering. Webster, you know, speaking
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on the prophetical says this, to be prophetical
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is to correctly state what is going to happen
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in the future. Not, you know, to predict. Prophetical
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means to correctly state what is going to happen.
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It is going to happen. You know, God already
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planned it, so it's going to happen. And so when
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God lays a prophetic utterance in the mouth of
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someone, it's merely to state what is going to
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happen. Nothing and no one can stop it. God said
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it. It's going to happen. Give the Lord a praise
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offering. Let's pray. Heavenly Father, we pray
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this morning with thanksgiving in our hearts.
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And I know this building is already yours. It's
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been dedicated before it was dedicated. This
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is something you planned. It's not something
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we planned. You planned it. And all we do this
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morning is we come with thanksgiving in our hearts.
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And we give unto you the praise and the honor.
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And I pray, just like Solomon did in years gone
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by, that when people come into this place and
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they are sick, that they will be healed. When
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people come into this place and they are lost,
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that they will be found. When somebody come in
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here, Lord, and they're cast down, that they
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will be lifted up. When somebody finds themselves
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in the deep, miry clay, that in this place, Lord,
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they will find their feet on the rock to stay.
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Come on, give the Lord a handclap of praise.
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Glory to God. We thank you. I think one of the
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greatest examples of what I'm speaking about
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is found in the book of Luke, in chapter 1, where,
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you know, the story where the angel came and
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told Mary. What is actually going to happen.
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He said it because it was already written in
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the books of God. Even though it had not yet
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happened. It's already written. God already wrote
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it in his own book that it was going to happen.
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And so that the way that he greeted Mary, Mary,
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the Bible says in verse 29 in Luke 1, she was
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greatly troubled at his words and wondered what
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kind of greeting this might be. But the angel
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said to her, don't be afraid, Mary. You have
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found favor with God. What a great thing, you
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know, when God says you have found favor with
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me. He says you'll conceive and you will. Give
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birth to a son. It's already decided. Isn't that
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great, you know? He says, you are going to give
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birth to a son. And then he says, and you are
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to call him Jesus. It was already decided. Come
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on, everybody say, it's already decided. And
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then he says, he will be great and he will be
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called the son of the most high. The Lord God
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will give him the throne of his father David.
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And he will reign over Jacob's descendants forever.
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And of his kingdom there will be no end. It is
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decided. I want you to understand here this morning
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that even your life in the annals of time and
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in God's record books, it's already decided what's
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going to happen for your sake. Come on, give
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God a praise offering. Glory to God. It's decided.
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And so Mary said, and this is the thing that
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I think that we can learn from. Little 12 -year
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-old girl that stood there when she heard it
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was already decided. She said, behold the maidservant
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of the Lord. That means behold the slave of the
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Lord. Let it be to me according to thy word.
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Help me not to step out of line. Because God
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is not going to get out of line. You will. As
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you sit here today, you're the one that may miss
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it. God's not going to ever miss it. When God
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speaks prophetically, and this church has always
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been connected to the prophetical, it is your
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and it is my responsibility to chase down every
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promise of God. If he's spoken it, I go after
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it absolutely like red hot poker, and I'm going
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to get my life involved in what God said is going
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to happen. I don't care what the critic says.
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I don't care what the negative people say. I
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don't care what the unbelievers say. When God
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said it, that settles it for me, and I'm going
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after it. Come on, give God a praise offering.
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Glory to God. If I was going to title this message,
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I would title it like this, The Riddle of My
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Existence. You know, in Ecclesiastes 3, one of
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those poetical chapters in the Bible, in verse
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14 and 15, he says it like this. The preacher
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says, I know that whatever God does, it shall
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be forever. Nothing can be added to it. Nothing
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can be taken from it. God does it that men should
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fear before him. And here's the riddle. That
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which is has already been. And what is to be
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has already been. Boy, let me read that again.
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He says, I know that whatever God does, it shall
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be. Nothing can be added to it. Nothing taken
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from it. God does it that men should fear before
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him. And then he says, that which is has already
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been. And what is to be has already been. It's
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already in the eye of God. It's already happened.
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Even though it hadn't happened for you yet, God
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said it. That's why prophetic, you know, the
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testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
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Come on, can I hear an amen? So that, you know,
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when he speaks into your life prophetically,
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it doesn't matter if it's already happened. As
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far as God is concerned, it's already been. Now,
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he says, In that last part of that verse. Now
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God requires an account of what has passed. You
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know you read the first 14 verses of chapter
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3. And it's all verses of opposites. It says
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there's a time to be born and then there's a
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time to die. There's a time to come. There's
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a time to go. There's a time to embrace and there's
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a time to refrain from embracing. There's a time
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to plant and there's a time to pluck up that
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which is planted. And on and on and on. 14 different
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opposites. And then he comes out with this. And
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what he's saying, what happens in between the
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beginning and the end really is of no consequence.
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What is happening in your life from the beginning
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and in between to the end, it really doesn't
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matter. What matters is how you start and what
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matters is how it ends. God said it. I'm going
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to decide by what he says. It doesn't matter
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what happens in between the planting and then
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the plucking up. I know that God says, I know
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what kind of plans I have for you. Plans to prosper
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you. Plans to give you a future and a hope. Come
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on, give God a praise offering. That's what he
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says. You know, Pastor Brad, this one is really
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for you. In fact, this message, God gave me this
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message. I told him that. I told him that God
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gave me this message like when you guys just
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started working on this project. And I told him,
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I said, whether you give me an offering or not,
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I'm going to come and share that word with your
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church. Honestly, this is really a word for you
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and for all the people here. You can buy into
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it. Say, we're going to buy into it. Though I
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shared with Pastor Brad and with Pastor Jenny,
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you can buy into it. God said to Jeremiah, before
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I formed you and your mother's womb, I knew you
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and I called you. I want you to think about that.
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Wait a minute. You've read that before, but just
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think about it again. He says, before. I even
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formed you in your mother's womb. I already talked
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with you. Before you were formed, Pastor Brad,
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God said, before you were formed in your mother
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and her womb, I already called you. I already
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spoke to you. I hear people say, you know, I'm,
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you know, I'm. I come from my parents. No, you
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don't. You just come through your parents. You
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come from God. God decided before you came into
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your mother's womb. Who you're going to be. What
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you can be. He put purpose in your life. He already
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decided what you and your family can be like.
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God decided how this thing is going to end. God
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decided that you will not be a failure. No weapon
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that is formed against you can prosper. All you
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got to do is embrace the promises of God Almighty.
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Come on. Give God a praise offering. Glory to
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God. So before I was in my mama, I was in God.
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Sorry, mama. God was first. I am from God. Look
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at somebody and say, I am from God. Prophetical.
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I think one of the great examples, and I think
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that will really apply here today so well, this
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morning at 5 o 'clock God gave me this one. In
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2 Chronicles 20, well -known verse from verse
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10 to 14. You remember this is the time when
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they were in exile. This is the time when things
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were not going well for Israel and for Judah.
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And then in the middle of or in the midst of
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their captivity, verse 10 says, this is what
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the Lord says. When 70 years are completed for
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Babylon, I will come to you and fulfill my good
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promise to you. To bring you back to this place.
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For I know the plans I have for you declares
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the Lord. Plans to prosper you. Not to harm you.
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Plans to give you a hope and a future. Then you
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will call on me. And come and pray to me. And
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I will listen to you. You will seek me and find
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me. When you seek me with all your heart. I will
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be found by you declares the Lord. This is in
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the beginning of the captivity. God says it will
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not end their way. It will end my way. Come on.
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A praise offering. Glory to God. This is the
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word that God has for you guys here at the church.
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God says in verse 17, this battle is not yours.
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Jenny, you listened to me this morning. I felt
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like crying it out there when that beautiful
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song was being sung. And Rick was just absolutely
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in such a wonderful anointing just declaring
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the pioneer song. I felt like just holding you
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and saying, this fight is not yours to fight.
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This battle belongs to the Lord. Now listen what
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verse 17 says, and this is for the church. God
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says, You will not have to fight this battle.
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And then he gives three instructions. Number
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one, everybody say number one. Take up your positions.
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Number two, stand firm. And then number three,
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open your eyes and see the Lord. See, what happens
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so oftentimes, we open our eyes to see the enemy.
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We open our eyes to see opposition. God says,
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open your eyes and see the Lord. God is involved
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in this one. He says, number one, take up your
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positions. Very important that you understand
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that God has purpose laid out for you this morning.
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And whether you believe that this is a word from
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God, it does not matter. You'll see that it is.
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And there's some that needs to hear this. Maybe
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you're listening by way of the internet. Maybe
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you're here in the house. There's some that have
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dared to stretch their hand out in the wrong
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direction. God says, I will take that which was
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substance in your life and I will let it run
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out like water into the sand and you will become
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nothing. If you stretch your hand out to my servant
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or to those that I've called. Do not do that.
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I mean do not do that. If he does something wrong.
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God will give him a spanking. Amen. Don't you
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dare stretch your hand out. Because this is a
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God appointed thing that's happening here. This
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is. This is more than you. This is more than
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me. This is God. Amen? Just take up your positions.
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You know, that's I just did a teaching for in
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Tennessee for what's his name now? Whatever.
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They wanted me to teach on I said, here's the
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thing. You have to understand that if you want
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to deal in the spiritual realm, you have to understand
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authority. It's like in the military zone. I
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mean, you have to understand authority. You cannot.
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go and overstep somebody else to just get your
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voice make your voice heard you got to make it
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go within the ranks of authority even even michael
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when he wanted to rebuke lucifer could not do
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so because lucifer michael was an archangel lucifer
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was a cherubim higher in rank and he said the
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lord rebuke you understand it's very important
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we have to understand there's high levels of
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authority. And God wants you to take up your
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position. Wherever you are appointed in this
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place, in this town, in this ministry, take up
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your position. Understand authority. Live where
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God wants you to live. Move where God wants you
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to move. Don't go further. Don't go beneath.
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Do what God wants you to do. Come on, can I hear
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an amen? And then number two is you have to stand
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firm. This is not your arrival. Don't think for
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one minute you've arrived because you've come
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into this beautiful place. This is just a facade.
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This is not your arrival point. The glory is
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not in what you see around you here. The glory
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is in the Lord. Amen? Now, you know, and I know
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that your future has always been attached. Your
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future must be attached to what God says. Look
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at somebody say, your future must be attached
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to what God says. Hallelujah. Glory to God. It's
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so important to find out what does God say. When
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you're in trouble, find out what does God say.
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When you have a problem, go to God. Find out
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what does God say. In this service this morning,
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God is going to heal a lot of people. You know,
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because that's what he does. God heals people.
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Amen? And so you prepare yourself. I'm going
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to receive my healing from the Lord here in this
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service this morning. But also I'm going to receive
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an answer from God. The Lord. Today. Amen. So
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I'm going to receive an answer from the Lord.
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That man with the gray shirt sitting there. Here,
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wave at me. Sir, no, don't look. No, the gray
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shirt. There, you. Was there a lady that just
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sat next to you earlier on? Somebody. Was there
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a man with a gray shirt behind you? I saw somebody
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with a gray shirt behind. Behind there, is there
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somebody that sat there and then left somewhere?
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Your husband. That's right. God says I must tell
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you something. Somebody tried to write in the
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record of your life and made you feel like God
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is not coming through for you. God says I must
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tell you. I'm going to blot that out. I will
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write my own words. Because I know what kind
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of plans I have for you and your family. Do not
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think for one minute that I have not heard your
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prayer. Do not think for one minute that I did
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not hear you when you even sighed and didn't
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even know how to pray. I am the Lord thy God.
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I'm the one that started the work in you. I'm
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going to finish this to the end, says the Lord.
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Come on, give God a praise offering. Hallelujah.
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And Portia, I just feel like I have a word for
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you too before I share with pastor. You've needed
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a word. God says, I must tell you, I've always
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surrounded you with people. I've always surrounded
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you with people that were there to strengthen
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you. I can give you a Michelle anytime you need
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one. I can give you a Katie anytime you need
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one. Whatever you need, the Lord says, I can
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give to you. If you need a Jan, I can give you
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a Jan. I can give you a Jenny wherever you go,
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even if you go on the remotest place. I will
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place those around you that you have need of.
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Know this, even though at times I alter your
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direction from point A to point Z and take you
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from A to C first, and then first back to X.
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It doesn't matter. You will reach Z where I planned
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it for and nothing will change, says the Lord.
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That which I've spoken, I will make it come to
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pass. Do not be afraid. Do not look anxiously
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over your shoulder this way or that way. I am
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leading you with my hand, says the Lord, and
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I'll draw a line for you to walk upon. Only walk
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upon it. Amen. Give the Lord a praise offering.
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Pastor Brad, God gave me a prophecy for you and
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your wife. And I've said all of this before I
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pray for the sick. I wrote this down because
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I didn't want to get it wrong. This morning early,
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the Lord gave me a prophecy for you and for your
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wife. And here it is. The word of the Lord that's
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coming to Brad and Jen, and this is what it says.
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Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you.
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Before you were born, I set you apart. And I
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appointed you as a prophet and a voice to my
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people. You know what it means to be filled with
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my purpose and yet at times you have opened your
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heart to fear. I've spoken to you in visions,
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in prophecies. Through my words and through those
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I have placed in your life, and yet I find you
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sitting down like an Elijah of old in the desert,
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thinking you have no future at times. Why would
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you doubt my call in your life when the Jezebels
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or any other whoremonger seeks your demise? It'll
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never change. It'll always be like that. Make
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your way towards the Lord every time. I called
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you and I placed purpose in your life, says the
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Lord. Brad, the Lord says this to you. You must
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go wherever I send you. You must do whatever
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he tells you to do. Look around you. Have I not
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surrounded you with faithful servants who are
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willing to break through the enemy camp when
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I tell them to? Those are the ones that God surrounded
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you with. Do not be afraid of your enemy. Do
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not be afraid of what they can do to you. Because
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they can do nothing to you unless the Lord allows
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it. Do not look at yourself with disdain because
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others have exposed your nakedness. I will now
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reveal their nakedness. And I will deal with
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them in my own time, in my own way. Trust in
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me with all your might. You cannot lead my people
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with fear filling your heart. You cannot lead
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if you don't trust. You cannot lead if you don't
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know how to follow. Only do not try to do the
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work of the laborer, neither the work of the
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scribe. Although you like to dance with the music
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when the music plays and sing when I fill your
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heart with praise. You are not the musician.
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Neither are you the builder. Thank God for that.
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Today, I will again magnify my purpose in your
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life. I have put my words in your mouth. And
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the word of the Lord came to me. He said, what
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do you see, Jeremiah? That comes right out of
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the book of Jeremiah. What do you see, Jeremiah?
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Today God is saying to you, what do you see,
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Brad? Open your eyes and see that the pot is
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boiling. But this will not be a pot for disaster,
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as in the day of Jeremiah. for preparation of
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that which I have preordained according to my
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own timetable. And Jenny, this is for you. The
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Lord removes the dark blots out of your mind
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that once was placed there by a false prophet.
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Many have not been able to understand the song
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that I have placed in your heart because of the
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folly in their own ways. You've broken free from
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the secure surroundings of your mother's chamber
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in search of me. You've cried out to the watchmen
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around you in search of your beloved. But oftentimes
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you found no good news about your beloved amongst
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them who are on the walls. It is because they
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don't know me like you know me, Jenny. They don't
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have their eyes on my movements. Their hearts
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are filled with jealousy, and they paint their
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eyes with false tears. Come away, my love. Sit
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in the shadow of my covering, and I will fill
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your heart with the nectar of my love, says the
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Lord. Do not seek me amongst those who do not
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seek me. This day, I break the shackles from
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your spirit that was placed there by the reckless
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and by the jealous. I will give my peace to you
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and not as the world gives, but I will give you
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a peace that passes all understanding. Come on,
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give the Lord a praise offering. Glory to God.
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A few years ago, God spoke to me about the revival.
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You know, I'm a revivalist. My desire, my quest
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is for revival. That's why I so enjoyed the service
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last night, Brother Rick. And I enjoyed it this
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morning because I can tell your spirit is like
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mine, interwoven in the honeycombs of the Holy
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Spirit. I can tell that your hands are dripping
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with honey. And that honey is only found in the
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carcasses of yesterday's battles. And you wear
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them with honor. There's no worms in your hands.
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Even though you are not near perfect. And I haven't
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spoken to your wife. But I believe that God is
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going to call you to even higher places. And
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somehow, your voice will even be observed by
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Muslims. The Muslims will hear your voice. Muslims
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will actually hear. and be attracted by the sound
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of your voice. Come on, give the Lord a hand
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of praise. And, you know, when I speak about
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revival, I've always said, you know, it's going
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to come from the West Coast. I am convinced of
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that because all truths are paralleled. We sit
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there in the central... part of the United States
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and on the East Coast. And we hear about all
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these fires that are burning. It's symbolic of
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what is about to happen. God is about to ignite
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fires that this world had never seen before.
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And it's going to start here on the West Coast.
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And I believe that this is one of those places
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that he has brought up for a place of preparation.
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Yeah, come on. Praise him. Glory to God. A fire.
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And a few weeks ago, I was just totally minding
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my own business when God all of a sudden just
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called me one side and gave me the most incredible
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vision. And I called Pastor Brad, and in fact,
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I texted him, and I told him about it, and I
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want to share it with you today. I saw Pastor
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Brad on his knees praying. You know how he is.
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You know, he really doesn't know how to pray.
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He always prays in tongues. But he was just praying
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in tongues, praying in tongues. You know how
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it is. Sometimes you pray in tongues because
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you don't know how to pray because there's so
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much that's coming against you. And I saw that.
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I saw how you were praying in tongues because
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you didn't know how else to pray. You've tried
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everything. You've tried this plan and that plan.
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You've tried this approach and that approach
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and still they've turned away and turned away
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from you. I've said to the Lord before, I said,
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God, surely Brad is not all that bad. I know.
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That is your child. I know him because he's my
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friend. I've walked close to him. I've watched
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him cry. I've watched him deal with some of his
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problems. He's extremely stubborn. But only until
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he gets to the presence of the Lord. I've seen
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that. Now I've seen him on his face or on his
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knees just praying. And then all of a sudden,
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as my vision changed, and all of a sudden, God
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showed me the next scene. And all of a sudden,
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his entire being was soaked and dripping with
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the presence and the anointing of the Holy Spirit.
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And God was just absolutely just overwhelming
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him with the Holy Spirit. And then as I looked
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around him, all of a sudden I saw the room in
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which he was praying suddenly filled with angels.
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And these angels were walking, you know how stewards,
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you know, a waitress walks with a tray like this.
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And they have, you know, just to show off, you
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know, they walk with their trays like this. And
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they have glasses on there and, you know, snacks
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and so on. And I saw the angels showing off around
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him. Just walking like this with trays all around.
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And it had everything on there, on those trays,
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that he was going to need for what is going to
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happen here. And God says, I must tell you. I
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will send ministry spirits to meet every need
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that you have to fulfill the task that I've laid
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before you in Harrisburg and Oregon and on this
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West Coast. Come on, give God a praise. Now,
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let me just share one more thing, and that is
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this. And this is for you. As you sit there today,
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I want you to understand that each and every
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one of us, you included, you know, you have two
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incredible forces inside you. It's been put inside
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you. It's not something that you had to work
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for. It's just there. The one is faith. It's
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been given to you by God. It's a gift. Everyone
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have received a measure of faith. Everyone, as
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you sit there today, God gave it to you. And
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it's powerful. I mean, Jesus said, just faith
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the size of a mustard seed can move a mountain.
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There's some of you sitting here today and you
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have all sorts of problems that God is going
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to change for you. But you have to call on faith.
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The other force that is inside of you is unbelief.
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Fear. A powerful force. It can make you sick.
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It can kill you. It can alter the course of your
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family. It can destroy everything around you.
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And it's inside you. You have to decide which
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one are you going to activate. You decide here
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today with no matter what is going on in your
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life, around you, around your family, your business,
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your finances, in your body. You decide. Which
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one are you going to activate? Are you going
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to believe the voice of fear and then turn and
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show your heels and run? Or are you going to
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summon... deep down inside of you and embrace
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that God -given gift called faith and say to
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yourself, I know in whom I have believed and
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I know he who started the work is going to finish
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the work and I know what he said. He is my healer.
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He is the one in whom there is life eternal.
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Come on, give God a praise offering. That's who
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he is. That's who he is. Everybody say, that's
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who he is. Come on, say it out loud. That's who
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he is. Glory to God. And you decide. I close
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with this. You know, years ago, my sister, two
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of my sisters, my younger sisters got involved
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in a horrible situation. The one got killed in
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a head -on collusion. And in the car with her
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was my other sister's oldest daughter, and they
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both got killed. Then as we did the funeral,
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my youngest sister was there at the funeral.
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And as we came out of the cemetery, word got
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to her that her only other daughter tried to
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commit suicide. And they found her too late.
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She rushed to the hospital and then... Later
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on, she called me and she was filled with so
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much distress. And she said, the doctor said
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that she will never recover again. They found
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her too late. They pumped out her stomach, but
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it was too late. I made my way to the hospital
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and when I got there, Annie was standing outside
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the hospital waiting. A typical mother that was
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filled with so much terror. The oldest daughter
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had just been killed by a drunk driver. And now
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the only other child, daughter, about to become
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a vegetable. And when I got out of my car, I'll
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never forget the expression in her face. And
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she was hysterical. And I went and stood in front
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of her and I grabbed her by the shoulders and
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I said, today you decide what you're going to
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believe. It's in your hand. You decide. It's
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not up to the enemy. It's not up to the doctors.
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Come on, can I hear an amen? And we're not denying,
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you know, their knowledge about things, but it's
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not up to them. I said, today you decide whether
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it's going to be God or whether it's going to
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be death. And she took her glasses off, and I
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can see her still today when she straightened
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her shoulders. She wiped the tears from her face
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like that, and she said, let's go and get her.
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Hallelujah. Come on, somebody just praise him.
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My God. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. I'll never forget
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when we walked into the hospital room, and there
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was a nurse there, and she politely asked the
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nurse, would you please? Give us some quiet time.
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And you need to close that door because this
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is going to be loud. And she went and stood on
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the other side of the bed and me on this side.
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And she told me, I believe God. The doctors already
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told her that she would never come out of that
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coma. And as we called upon God. That little
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girl, well, then she was already a teenager,
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stretched her hand out and touched her mama's
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hand and said, mommy. And today she has four
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children living right here in the United States.
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God is God. The Lord is God. Oh, come on. Come
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on. Stand with me, will you please? Go ahead
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and just stand with me. Oh, come on, just praise
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Him some more. My Lord. You know, I want you,
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I want you, I want you to remain standing. I
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want you to understand there's nothing so powerful
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as when God's people make up their mind, the
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Lord is God. Do you hear me when I say it? When
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God's people make up their mind, The Lord, He
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is God. This message is being heard all over
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the United States today. And I'm hoping that
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some of my friends in Dallas are hearing this.
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When the pastor called there and he told me financially
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how their church is just struggling. And I went
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in there and I shared with him a message on faith.
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And I said, it's up to you. You can turn this
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thing around. God is going to turn this thing
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around. The tithe income, the pastor said. Church
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with about 250, 300 people. They tied income
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like $4 ,000 or $5 ,000 a week. Couldn't make
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it with that. That morning, God turned it around.
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When the people decided, God is in this thing.
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We received an offering that morning of $52 ,000.
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But not just that. But you know what happened?
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God turned that thing around for them. They live
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on a hill. They're in Dallas, the only hill I
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think in Dallas. And the gas company the following
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week called the church and said, we think there's
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gas on this mountain. And if it is, you'll never
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look back again. When you let us drill and they
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found several holes overflowing with gas. And
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that church is just absolutely flourishing right
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now. Hey, listen. You know, there's a big debt
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that needs to be settled on this thing. And everybody
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look at me right now. Say, God is going to do
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it. Come on, say it right now. Say, God is going
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to do it. I want you to say it in faith right
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now. You know, we decide what are we going to
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summon from inside. I want you to do something
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today. You may have to struggle to get here,
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but I want you to. Just believe God today, and
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I hope this is okay with you, Pastor. Before
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I pray for the sick, I just feel in my spirit,
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God wants me to do this. And it's not just for
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my sake, it's for your sake. I mean, it's not
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for my sake, not for their sake, but for your
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sake. I'm not receiving an offering. Who's going
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to join her? Just walk out here, ride out and
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check. Make it big. Make it big and come and
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put an offering here and say, I'm buying into
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that prophecy. The Lord is in charge of this
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house. Come on. Come right down here right now
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and come and bring it in the name of Jesus. Come,
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write out a check and say, my God. You understand?
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This is where you find out if people really believe
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what you preach. Come. Don't be in a hurry. Just
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come. Just believe God. Now, make this a sacrifice.
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Make this a sacrificial commitment. If you are
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interested in hearing other podcasts or contacting
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Life Bible Church, go to www .lifebiblechurch
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.org or call us at 541 -995 -8282.