Sermon
When the Wind Blows
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We're going to today conclude the series that
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we've been in called Planted. Everyone say Planted.
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I'm going to invite you to read with me in Psalm
Psalms 1 chapter mention
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chapter 1 and verse 4. We've been going through
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Psalm 1 this entire month. And if you ever missed
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a sermon and you're not sure which one you missed,
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you can always go to our YouTube channel and
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watch that sermon so that you can... Get the
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whole series. Amen. But we're concluding today.
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Next Sunday, we're going to be celebrating Resurrection
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Sunday. Amen. Easter Sunday. How many of you
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are excited about that? All right. You should
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have got a text with the flyer. Do us a favor
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and share that with somebody. Invite that friend,
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that coworker, that family member, and tell them,
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you know, you're going to come. You're going
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to have a good time. And just, you know, promise
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them the world. I don't know. Tell them you're
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going to take them out to eat or you're going
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to do something. But they got to come to church
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next Sunday. And we're believing God's going
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to do something special in their life. Amen.
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Jesus is alive. Amen. So we got to tell. Folks
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about that. But today we're going to look at
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Psalm chapter one in verse four. It says the
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ungodly are not so, but are like the shaft which
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the wind drives away. Therefore, the ungodly
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shall not stand in the judgment nor sinners in
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the congregation of the righteous. For the Lord
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knows the way of the righteous, but the way of
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the ungodly shall perish. I am going to speak
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today on the thought, when the wind blows. When
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the wind blows. Amen. You may be seated in God's
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presence. When the wind blows. In the series,
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we have covered some important topics. We have
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covered the power of spiritual soil. Amen. And
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roots. And we've talked about fruit. And the
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process of growing and being planted where God
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has us. Amen. And how important it is for us
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to delight ourselves in the law of the Lord.
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Amen. And to meditate day and night so that we
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can grow. So we've had this picture the last
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several weeks of a tree planted in the rivers
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of water and growing and flourishing to its potential
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fruitfulness. How many of you want to be fruitful?
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I said, how many of you want to be fruitful?
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We want to produce fruit in our life. But here
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in verse 4. the scenery shifts and it moves us
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from the field to the ancient threshing floor
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with these words like the shaft which the wind
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drives away. So I want you to notice there's
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a pivot here in the psalm taking us from the
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orchard, from the field where the trees are and
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now it takes us to the threshing floor. This
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is Essentially the next step in the process.
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This is the next phase of a developing tree is
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fruitfulness. Now the fruit or the grain has
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been reaped from the field or from the orchard.
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And now it's time to produce. Now it's time to
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process that. At harvest time, farmers brought
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their grain to what was called a threshing floor.
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There the grain was beaten and... broken loose
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from the husk, and it was tossed into the air
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at dusk with a winnowing fork. If you could show
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the next slide, please. And this was a tradition
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as a process at that time in order for people
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to actually consume the grain or what was harvested.
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It had to go through this threshing floor. And
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as the grain would be... So, as you can see here
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in this illustration, all of the grain with its
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husk. shell on the outside would just be laid
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upon this hard floor. This is the threshing floor.
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And then with oxen, they would begin to crush
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and press and trample upon with lots of pressure
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that grain so that it could break loose and loosen
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the outer casing over the true grain. And then
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to separate it, as you see the man there, they
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would throw everything up into the air. And the
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wind would take away what they didn't need and
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retain that which was edible, that which was
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valuable. So the threshing floor served a very
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important purpose in daily life, in agricultural
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life. It was an important step for everyone to
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be able to partake of whatever was harvested.
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The threshing floor would separate the empty
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shells from the substance. It separated the true
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from the false. It separated the wheat from the
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chaff. And the analogy here in Psalm 1 primarily
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foreshadows the day of judgment when every soul
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will stand before God and give an account for
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their life, which is something that we all will
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do one day. And in that final moment, the ungodly
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will be carried away like the chaff while the
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righteous will remain in the presence of God.
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So it gives us a foreshadowing. of that future
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day where we stand before God in judgment. But
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there is also a present reality within this picture
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because God is not waiting until eternity to
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begin the threshing process. He does not wait
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until judgment day to begin separating and to
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begin threshing His people. I've come today to
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tell you that God is threshing His people today.
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an end time or a latter day rain or a latter
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day wind, I should say. God is threshing his
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people today. There is a prophetic wind that
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is blowing in these last days. We have entered
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church a time and a season of threshing for the
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church. I want you to know that God is allowing
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winds to blow. across this world and through
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His church in order to reveal who is planted.
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Something we need to understand about the last
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days, about the end time. And I'm not going to
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dwell here too long, but we've got to understand
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that while at the same time the church is growing,
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thriving and harvesting, you also need to understand
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that prophetically it is also being purified.
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There's also being separated. It is also going
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through a process of God not just growing his
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church, but he's also preparing himself a bride.
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He's also, at the same time that the church is
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growing, you've got to understand prophetically,
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there is also a falling away that is occurring
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simultaneously in parallel with the growth of
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the church. There is a threshing that is taking
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place. God is threshing His church in the hour
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that we are living in. What is God doing? He
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is purifying. He is pruning. He is separating.
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He is qualifying. He is validating His one and
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true church. And we are going through a period
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like that at this very moment, both secularly
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and we're seeing it. In every aspect of life,
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we're seeing how God is threshing his church.
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He's allowing the winds to blow, and it's testing
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the faith. It's testing the integrity. It's testing
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the character, the will, the conviction of his
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church. And so this is what God is allowing to
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happen, and it's not a question of whether there
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is threshing because there is, but rather what
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is left when the wind has blown in my life. Not
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a question of whether there is threshing, but
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what's going to be left? What's going to be said?
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What's going to be the testimony, the witness
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of my life as the wind begins to blow and carried
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away the shaft? What will remain? Because the
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same wind that carries away the shaft also proves
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the weight of the wheat. The same wind that carries
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away... The shaft, the lightweight stuff, the
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stuff with no substance, the stuff with no future,
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the stuff with no weight to it. Also reveals
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what is true. Also reveals what is real and what
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has substance. Amen. Hallelujah. So today I want
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to show you some things that happen when the
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wind blows on the threshing floor of our life.
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Because we are on a threshing floor today. A
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spiritual threshing floor. You need to understand
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what God is doing in your life and why. Some
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of the winds are blowing. The first thing that
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it does when the wind blows, it reveals what
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is real. Someone say the real thing. Amen. The
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real thing. I think that used to be like the
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slogan of Coke many years ago. It's the real
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thing. Amen. God wants to see what is real and
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what is not. Psalm 1 does not say that the wind
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turns wheat into chaff. But it reveals. What
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was chaff all along? The wind doesn't make you
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chaff. It reveals whether you are or not. You
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see, in the field, the wheat and the chaff are
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bundled together. They're even harvested together.
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They're connected. They look similar. So from
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a distance, you can't always tell the difference
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between wheat and chaff. But the threshing floor
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is the place A revelation. It reveals what is
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missing. What's lacking. What's real. What isn't.
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What's pretending. And this is the picture of
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what happens on the threshing floor of life.
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As the winds of trial and tribulation and trouble
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begin to blow in our direction. What is God doing?
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He is revealing what is real. and what is not.
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He is revealing what is authentic and what is
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counterfeit. He is revealing what has substance
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and what is shallow and what is empty. This is
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what the threshing floor does. It reveals what
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is real and what is not. And this is exactly
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what God is wanting to do in our lives. And in
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our church, let me tell you something about trials.
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Something we need to understand when the winds
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of trouble and trial begin to blow in our life.
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Trials don't make you. They only reveal what
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you're made of. Somebody say amen today. Trials
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don't make you. In fact, tests, you never really
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learn anything from a test. A test doesn't teach
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you anything. A test just reveals. what you already
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know. Think of the test that you would take in
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school. You don't learn anything in a test. It
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just reveals what you do know and what you don't
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know. And the test that we go through when the
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wind begins to blow in our life and God allows
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a holy or prophetic wind, a wind of trial and
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tribulation to blow through our life, all it's
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doing is revealing what you're made of already.
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It's revealing to you where you currently stand
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with God. What areas of your life you need to
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work on. What areas of your life you need to
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address. What areas of your life you need to
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repent of. Sin that you need to confess and deal
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with. Problem that you have to address. And people
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you need to reconcile with. And all sorts of
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things. This is what it does. It reveals our
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weaknesses and our areas. Not so that we can
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be judged, but so that we can rectify those things.
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And so that we can grow and be restored. The
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seasons of life. life when everything seems fine
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and normal you start to think things are okay
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because they're you know everything is fine everything
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is good but then here comes the wind and here
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comes the trial here comes that situation here
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comes that burden and all of a sudden it reveals
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to you your lack of prayer It reveals to you
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your lack of consecration. It reveals to you
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your lack of grace. And it reveals your lack
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of mercy and your lack of patience or your pride.
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It reveals these things so that we can get right
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with God and so that these things come and they
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reveal. And a person may look spiritual on the
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outside. They may sound spiritual. They may appear
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spiritual and stable. But then pressure comes.
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And you find yourself getting beaten. It seems
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like you're being trampled on on the threshing
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floor. And there's pressure and you're being
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crushed with disappointment and with trouble
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or even correction. And the threshing floor is
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starting now to reveal what's been in your heart.
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And God starts to reveal if there's been faith
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or not. unbelief, humility or pride, submission
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or rebellion. And so this is what happens when
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the wind blows. It starts to reveal what is real.
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Reveal the areas. Jesus said that the house was,
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he talked about a house that was built on the
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sand and one that was built on the rock. And
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guess what? Both houses look the same on the
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outside. Both houses had a fresh coat of paint
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on the outside. They looked great on the outside
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until the wind came, until the storm came. And
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the storm, watch this, the storm did not change
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the house. All it did was reveal its foundation.
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If you're going to make it in this hour, if you're
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going to endure to the very end, if you're going
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to succeed in God and reach your calling and
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fulfill your potential in Him and survive the
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storms of life, you've got to make sure that
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you're planted and rooted and that there's weight
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to your relationship with God so that you can
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withstand those winds of change and pressure
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and persecution. Why? Because they will come.
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Jesus said, you're going to be persecuted for
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my name's sake. He said, in this world, there
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will be trouble. But be of good cheer. Why? Because
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I've already overcome the world. How many of
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you are an overcomer today? I said, how many
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of you are an overcomer today? Hallelujah. So
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listen. What we want to do is build strong Christians,
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strong homes, strong marriages, strong families,
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strong convictions. Amen, somebody. Strong ministries
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and everything. We want to be strong. We want
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to be rooted. We want to have weight so that
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when the wind blows, we stay planted or we stay
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where we are. And we're not vacillating. We're
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not going with every wind of doctrine, every
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wind of philosophy, every wind of trouble. But
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there's something that brings. brings brevity
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and weight to our relationship with God that
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says, I'm not moving from where I am. I'm going
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to stand right here, and I'm going to stand firm,
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and I'm not going to waver and vacillate. I know,
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hallelujah, the God that I serve. As for me and
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my house, we will serve the Lord. Come hell or
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high water, come wind or waves, I serve a God
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that is worthy of all the praise. Why don't we
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clap our hands and give him some praise today.
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So the wind comes. And what does it do? It reveals
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what is real. And we're seeing that today. We're
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seeing that. We're just seeing the wind come.
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We're seeing trials and tribulations. And God
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is, we're seeing a revealing. The Holy Ghost
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is revealing those that have got roots and those
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that don't. Those with foundations and those
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who don't. And I don't know about you, but I
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want to add some weight here. Hallelujah. I'm
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not trying to put on weight, praise God. I'm
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trying not to do that. Hallelujah. Spiritual
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weight. Tell everybody, the pastor said it's
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time to gain weight. Hallelujah. No, no, no.
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It's time to gain some spiritual weight so that
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you don't just get, you're not just a pushover.
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You know what I'm saying? Not a pushover. That's
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why they put the big, on the football field,
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they put the biggest guys on the line. Right?
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You don't want to put a little fast receiver
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running. You know, you want somebody there that's
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solid, that's not immovable, unshakable, right?
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Somebody that's going to hold their ground. Do
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we got any people like that here today that can
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hold their ground? Huh? Hold their ground. Because
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you know somebody's going to come along, they're
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going to try to test your ground. Is there any
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weight to you? You know, they're going to test
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you. They're going to quiz you. They're going
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to say something just to see your reaction. See
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how far they can go. They're going to test you
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with a little rumor, with a little gossip to
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see, uh -oh, does she take the bait? Or is she
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rooted? Or is he rooted? Has he got some substance
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to him? The enemy's going to try different things
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and the wind's going to blow. But if you've got
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weight, amen, you're not a pushover. Say, no,
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I'm grounded. I know who I am. Amen? I know who
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I am. I'm a child of God. So when the wind blows,
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it reveals what is real. Secondly, it removes
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what cannot remain. When the grain was tossed
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into the air, the wind carried away the shaft
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because it had no weight, no substance, no future.
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Unusable. And this is where things can get a
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bit more uncomfortable because the threshing
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floor is not just designed to reveal but to remove.
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Hear me today. Hear me in the love of God. God
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loves us too much to let us stay full of things
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that should not remain. He loves us too much
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to let us stay full of things that cannot remain,
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that are not connected to our destiny in Him.
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The shaft represents everything in our lives
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that look like something but produce nothing.
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Things that are empty. Empty. Empty things. Empty.
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Empty habits and empty attitudes. Empty spirituality
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and relationships. Empty things. It reveals those
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empty things and it wants to take those things
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away in the wind. Removes what cannot remain.
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It removes that part of us that has form but
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no fruit. Shape. but no substance. A form of
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godliness, but denies its power. And when God
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begins to thresh and the wind begins to blow,
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hallelujah, I feel the Holy Ghost today. Amen.
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He starts dealing with those areas, not just
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to reveal what is real, reveal what is not, but
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to carry those things away that can no longer
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remain in our life. Listen, things that... Somebody
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here today, things that you have been tolerating,
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putting up with in your life, accommodating,
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making concessions for, that God says it's time
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for you to let the wind carry it away. Because
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it no longer is indicative of who you are at
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this stage of your life in Christ. It's no longer
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good enough to have that remain, that attitude.
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No, that's the old you. That's you last year.
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That's you two years ago. That's you before you
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got saved. And you're still carrying some of
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that shaft in your life. And God, let the wind
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blow through you so that God can carry away those
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things that are no longer a part of your future
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in the Lord. Ah, I feel like preaching here today
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about some of the stuff that God wants to blow
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out of your life so that you can serve him with
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all your heart. On the threshing floor, God allows
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this pressure. He allows these things to break
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apart on that floor so that when the wind starts
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to blow, it'll carry it away. Hallelujah. The
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wind will carry the wind. Someone say the wind.
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The wind. You know, the wind is symbolic of the
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Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost when they
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were all gathered in one accord in the upper
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room. The Bible says it was like a mighty rushing
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wind. The Spirit of God began to blow through
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that place. Let me tell you, God, when he moves
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in our life, sometimes he moves like a wind.
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He comes in like a wind. Amen, somebody. He comes
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in like a wind. And I don't know about you, but
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I need that wind to blow in my life because I've
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got some stuff that I just can't get rid of.
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Amen. Hallelujah. I got some devils and some
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things in my life that I can't seem to sweep
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out and get rid of. So you know what I need?
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I need something that comes from on high. Ah,
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the wind comes from on high. The wind comes from
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the sky. The wind comes from above. The wind
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comes from beyond. And every once in a while,
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you need something to come from heaven that you
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could not do on your own. You need something
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that is greater than you, more powerful than
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you, stronger than you, to blow. I wish I was
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talking to somebody. I need the wind of God to
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blow through my life and carry the stuff that
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I've been struggling with. Stuff that I have
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not been able to sweep out and to get rid of.
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No matter how hard I try, I need the wind to
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blow through and carry away that stuff that can
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no longer remain. And so God will send a fresh
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wind to carry those things and those people away.
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And we have to let God do what he needs to do.
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Someone say, let him work. Let God work. Let
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him work. Let God do what he needs to. God's
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going to carry some stuff away in the wind. Amen.
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But can I give you some advice? Can I give you
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some advice? Somebody say, go ahead. Don't chase
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what the wind blows away. I'm going to say it
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again. Don't chase what the wind. If God sends
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it away, if the wind carries it out, what does
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that mean? It means you didn't need it. God.
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would never blow something out of your life that
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was essential or something that you needed. So
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if he blows it out of your life, you didn't need
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it. So don't go chasing after it. Whether it's
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money, whether it's people, whether it's opportunities,
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if it's gone, let it be gone with the wind. And
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let it, somebody say, let it go. If God blew
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it out of my life. That means I didn't need it.
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If God sent them out of this place, that means
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we didn't need it. Come on. I wish I had. If
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God released, that means I've got to let it go.
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I've got to let the wind carry away those things
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in my life and get rooted and establish where
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I am today. Somebody give God some praise today.
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Come on, somebody clap your hands. I don't know
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if there's somebody here today that's a witness.
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God blew something out of your life. I've got
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to let the wind carry it away. I'm not going
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back to that thing. got to let God carry it and
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don't go chasing. If the wind carried it, you
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didn't need it. You didn't need it. I don't care
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how nice, how lovely it is. Let it go. Let them
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go. Hallelujah. Some of what you are losing is
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shaft. Empty things. And what God removes, you
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don't need to carry that stuff into your next
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season. God is preparing us today, church. I'm
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not going to be much longer. But I really feel
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like we are at a moment as a body, as a church
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where, yes, we're on a threshing floor. Amen.
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I said, we're on a threshing floor. And the wind
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is blowing. It's not the pastor. You know, it's
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the wind of the spirit. It's not anybody in the
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church. God is threshing his church. God is causing
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the wind to blow, and some things are being carried
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away. And, you know, maybe it's not always easy.
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It's hard sometimes when things get blown away
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in the wind, you know, especially if it's something
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you feel like you do need. Oh, man, the wind,
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you know, sometimes, you know, you pull out a
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dollar or something, and the wind takes it. You
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know, here you go chasing after, you know. Sometimes,
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man, just let the dollar go, man. Running across
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the street, risk your life, get hit by a car
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just for that. You know, some of you are risking
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your potential in God because you keep wanting
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to chase things that God is trying to send away.
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Are you hearing what I'm saying today? So God
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just, you know, he's allowing the wind to blow
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in our life and he's allowing these things to
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happen. And what we got to do is recognize, okay,
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this is God's church. Amen. If I'm on the threshing
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floor, I'm in the right place. Amen, somebody.
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You know, it may not be comfortable. It may not
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be, you know, an easy thing. I may not be sleeping
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on my sleep number bed and I'm adjusting it.
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Oh, man, that's just the way I like it. It's
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not going to be comfortable. It's not always
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going to be perfect and ideal to the way we like
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it, our preferences. Yes, it would have been
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nice to have this. Or yes, it would have been
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nice to go there. But this is where God has me.
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You know, so if this is where God has me, this
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is the church that he has me in. I'm surrounded
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by the people. Then this must be God's will.
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I must be in his will. This is where he has me.
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So what is it that God then is trying to teach
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me or show me, reveal to me? What is it that
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God is trying to accomplish in my life? And what
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is he carrying away? But not just what is he
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carrying away. Because when the wind blows, it
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doesn't just blow things away. It doesn't just
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blow and remove and reveal. When the wind blows.
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It also rewards what is left. Oh, hallelujah.
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It rewards what is left. Hallelujah. The true
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grain will fall back on the floor and then the
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grain would be gathered. and it would be preserved
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and then used maybe to cook a delicious meal
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or to prepare something, a feast. It had value.
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It was good. It was pleasant. And that is the
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beauty of the threshing floor. It not only reveals,
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it not only removes, but it rewards the true
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grain that held firm. Hallelujah. The true grain
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that held its ground even when the wind was blowing.
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But the true grain that stayed put and bloomed
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where they were planted. The true grain that
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said, hey, it doesn't matter what's going on.
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I've got to wait for my relationship with God.
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And this is what God begins to do in our life.
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He begins to reward what is left. And for some
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of us today, that's hard to compute. It's hard
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to understand how God. can take something that
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is left and do something great with it because
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we have been programmed to think that the Things
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that are leftover have no value or are not very
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usable. For example, you know, you got some leftovers
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in the fridge, and that's generally what you
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eat when there's nothing else to eat. You know,
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it's second choice, right? Leftovers, hallelujah.
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Unless it's enchiladas, those always taste better
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the next day. Hallelujah, but we won't go there.
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Hallelujah, or spaghetti, amen. But most of the
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time, I'm getting you hungry, it's second choice,
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right? It's leftovers. Whatever is left, you
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get rid of, right? If you had a yard sale and
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you didn't sell everything, whatever is left,
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you might say, well, just give it away. It doesn't
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have any value to you anymore. But in the kingdom
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of God, it is the exact opposite. The value is
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found in those things that are still left. After
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the wind, I wish I had a wind. After the wind
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has blown. After the threshing on the floor,
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it may not look like very much in this condition.
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It may not look like very much. It may look very
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little. But God is saying, that's all that I
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need. That's all that I'm looking for. I don't
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know if there's somebody here today that could
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say, Pastor, I have lost some things in my life.
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I've lost some things in my home. I've lost some
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things in my walk with God. But I'm still standing
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here today. And I've come to tell you that if
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you're still here, God can anoint what is left.
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I wish somebody would give God some glory today.
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Hallelujah. God wants to bless what's left. It
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may not look as bountiful as it did. Well, of
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course everything looked better when it was a
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big pile there. Of course it all looked, wow,
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look how much stuff we've got on this floor,
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man. Look at all that's here, all the people
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that are here. that's here, man, that's awesome.
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Yeah, but half of it is chaff and only half of
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it is wheat. So then God blows the thing that
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doesn't belong and then what is remaining, that
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is what God wants to use. That's what God wants
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to bless. That's what God wants to run. Whether
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it's in your finances, whether it's in your emotion,
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whether it's in your marriage or the ministry
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or the church, that's what God is looking to
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multiply and bless in our life. And I really
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feel this in my spirit today. In the eyes of
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God, the blessing is not in what's lost. It's
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in what's left. Hear me today. God does his greatest
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work with what's left. He does his greatest work.
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He does his greatest work with what's left. What's
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left of my faith. Last year was a long year.
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I'm just coming out of a difficult season. I'm
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just coming out of a difficult trial. I'm just
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coming out of a difficult period. I'm not sure.
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I'm not ready yet. I don't know if I still have
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what it takes. I'm not sure if we can listen.
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God can take whatever is left. That's what he's
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looking for. He rebuilt Israel with just a remnant
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of people. He can rebuild your life with whatever
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is left. Whatever is left of your faith. Left
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of the church. Left of your strength. Left of
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your family. Because the blessing is not in what
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was lost. It's in what's left. Because what is
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left has weight. I said it has weight. You know
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what that means? It's been proven. If you're
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still standing, if you're still here, if you're
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still, you've gone through a proving process.
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Somebody say, I've been proven. I've been proven.
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I've been proven. You may have lost some things
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along the way. That's the case. That's how it
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works. Amen. We have lost some things, lost some
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people. Lost some friends. What's going to happen?
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You've been blown away. Maybe you're wondering,
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well, what am I going to do with what's left?
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God sent me here to tell you today that what's
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left is enough. Somebody say, that's all he needs.
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I invite you to stand with me today. That's all
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God needs. Listen, at the end of the day, I came
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to preach a very simple message today. I came
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to be the voice, the mouthpiece for the Lord
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today. To tell, to announce to somebody that
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when you put what's left in the hands of God,
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he knows how to multiply it. He knows how to
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bless. Just ask the young boy who gave Jesus
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what was left of his lunch. The two fish and
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the five loaves. Just ask him what God can do
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with what's left. I tell you what he can do.
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He can feed 5 ,000 men. He can feed a multitude.
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And some of you are looking at, well, this is
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all that I've got left. This is all that remains
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of my. My strength, this is all that remains
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of my ministry, all that remains of my heart,
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all that remains of my dreams, all that remains
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of my hope. I mean, this is it. You know, I don't
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have some, you know, a backup account somewhere
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else. This is all I got in my bank. This is it.
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This is all that we have right here. And you
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know, even as a pastor, I look around and say,
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hey, this is who God has given our church. But
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you know, God doesn't look at our church and
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say, oh. God looks at our church and says, that's
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all I need. That's all I need. Because I can
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take what's left. And I can multiply it. I don't
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know if I'm talking to somebody here today. I
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feel the Holy Ghost right now. I'm here to tell
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you there's a miracle about to happen in your
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life right now. There's a miracle. I feel this
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in the Holy Ghost. Somebody came today. You absolutely
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need God to do a miracle in your life. You need
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God to do a miracle in your heart. You need God
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to do a miracle with whatever is left of you.
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You've gone. The wind has come. And it's shaking
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you up a little bit. and maybe you come out of
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a hard trial or maybe you're still in the midst
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of it. I've come to tell you that this altar,
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this church today is a threshing floor. Oh, I
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see it in the spirit. It's a threshing floor.
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I'm on the threshing floor here this afternoon
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and I've come to tell you that there is a fresh
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wind that is blowing in this place right now.
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God is stirring up something in my life. The
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spirit of the Lord is moving again. I don't know
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if you feel what I feel, brother. But I invite
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somebody right now, if you need God to move in
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your life, if you need God to work in your life,
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if you need God to do something impossible for
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you, if you've been waiting on him, if you've
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been looking for him, I've come to tell you today
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that you might have been on the threshing floor,
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but God's about to take whatever is left after
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the wind, and he's going to multiply. He's going
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to give you double for your trouble. He's going
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to give you double for whatever it is that was
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gone with the wind. This is what the Lord told
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me. Shut up. I feel this in the Holy Ghost. God
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woke me. God interrupted me. It was a couple
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of months ago. God had interrupted me in my prayers.
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I was praying to the Lord and seeking him. about
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a number of things in my life, both personally
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and in my ministry, just a number of things.
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And the Lord told me, he gave me this message
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about blessing what is left, and that's where
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the value is. But the Lord said, don't you worry,
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because just like Job, who lost all his money,
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All of those precious things. I restored unto
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him double of everything that he lost. And the
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Lord spoke to me and said, Jacob, don't you worry
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about what was gone in the wind. Don't you worry
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about what you lost in the wind. Don't you worry
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about what was lost on the threshing floor. Because
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I'm going to restore to you double. I'm going
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to give you twice as much as you thought. know
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if there's somebody here that wants a double
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portion. If you want a double portion of God,
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then I invite you right now to connect with him
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right there where you are, or you can come to
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this altar, extend your hands to heaven and say,
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God, I want to, I wonder if there's somebody
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there. I want a double portion, God, a double
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blessing, a double portion, Lord. A double portion
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of that anointing. A double portion of your power.
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A double portion of your glory. A double portion
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of your miracles. A double portion, God, of healing.
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A double portion, God. I'm ready, God. I want
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you to do something in my life today. Is there
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somebody? Is there somebody that's willing to
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say, God, have your way in my life?