Sermon
01/18/26 "Conflict to Conquest"
Publisher transcript
Transcript
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COME ON CHURCH, LET'S GIVE HIM SOME PRAISE. WE SERVE THE LORD
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OF THE BREAKTHROUGH. LET ME HEAR YOU GIVE HIM SOME GLORY.
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(MUSIC)
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AMEN. HALLELUJAH. HALLELUJAH, GOD, WE HONOR YOU TODAY. YOU ARE
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THE LORD. YES. YOU'RE THE LORD OF THE BREAKTHROUGH. AND GOD, WE
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LOOK TO YOU AS OUR ROCK, OUR FORTRESS, OUR HIGH TOWER, OUR
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DELIVERER. YES, LORD. BUT MOST OF ALL, OUR GOD AND OUR FRIEND.
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HALLELUJAH. AND WE INVITE YOUR PRESENCE HERE TODAY TO TOUCH THE
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PEOPLE. YES, LORD JESUS, YES. AND WE BLESS YOU AND WE HONOR
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YOU. AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT LOVE GOD, INCLUDING THIS SECTION
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OVER HERE, SAID? AMEN! THAT'S PRETTY LOUD. AMEN, THAT WAS
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REALLY GOOD. BUT I THINK THIS SECTION, YOU GUYS ROCKED IT
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HERE. I COULD KINDA HEAR IT OVER HERE, YOU DID GOOD. SO, AND SO
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GOOD. WASN'T THAT I WAS TRYING TO SINGLE YOU OUT TODAY, BUT YOU
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KNOW, LAST COUPLE WEEKS, NO, YOU'RE ALL GOOD. SO, EVERYBODY'S
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STAYING WARM? WE'RE WORKING ON IT. YOU'RE WORKING ON IT? YEAH,
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IT'S CHILLY OUT THERE. YEAH, THIS IS WHEN I JUST, I PRAY
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THAT, WELL, I CAN'T REALLY COMPLAIN BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,
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NEBRASKA, THIS TIME OF YEAR, WE'VE HAD 40, 50 DEGREE WEATHER
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SO YOU CAN'T REALLY COMPLAIN, RIGHT? THAT'S TRUE. I DON'T
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THINK WE'VE GONE REALLY BELOW ZERO YET, SO THAT'S A PLUS.
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THAT'S GOOD. THAT IS GOOD. WELL, YOU KNOW, WE ARE ENTERING,
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THOUGH, IN WHAT IS CALLED THE REMOTE PART OF THE YEAR. HOW
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MANY OF YOU KNOW WHAT THE REMOTE PART OF THE YEAR IS? YOU DON'T
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HAVE ANY IDEA? HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THE REMOTE
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PART? SO BRENDA, TELL US PLEASE. I'M GONNA GREET THE PEOPLE
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ONLINE AND SEE IF THEY KNOW. SO I WANNA DO THIS. I WANNA GREET
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THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING ALSO AROUND THE WORLD. I PRAY
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IT'S WARMER. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE PROBABLY DOWN IN FLORIDA. WELL,
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MAYBE THE SANDS BE COLD IN THE WATER TOO SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND
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WHAT WE DEAL WITH HERE. BUT WE'RE ENTERING INTO A REMOTE
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PLACE. SO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS? YOU CAN PUT IT IN THE
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COMMENT. IT MEANS THAT TOMORROW NIGHT IS THE NATIONAL
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CHAMPIONSHIP GAME OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL. AND THEN IN A COUPLE
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WEEKS IS THE SUPER BOWL. AND THEN BRENDA GETS THE REMOTE FOR
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MONTHS UNTIL KICKOFF. SO IT'S, UH, HOW MANY GOT THAT? D, YOU
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ACTUALLY, D, YOU ACTUALLY LAUGHED. OKAY, LET ME HEAR SOME
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ORGAN MUSIC OF CELEBRATION. OH, LOOK AT THAT. NO, YOU NEED TO
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HEAR IT ON THE MICROPHONE. I GOTTA HEAR HIS VOICE. GO AHEAD,
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GET HIM ON THERE. HE'S GOT A DEEP VOICE. LET ME HEAR ONE
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MORE, I LIKE THAT. OH, THERE'S NO SOUND OUT THERE. HOW ABOUT
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JAKE, THE BASS? CAN WE HEAR, YOU KNOW? I MEAN, HE LIKED THAT.
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THAT WAS GOOD. ALL RIGHT, WELL, I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT TODAY.
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WE'RE GONNA KEEP TALKING ABOUT THE SEASON THAT WE'RE IN. AND
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I'M JUST REALLY CONVINCED IN MY HEART THAT WE'RE GONNA START
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SEEING NOT ONLY THE SHIFT CHANGE, BUT A SWIFT CHANGE. HOW
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MANY ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT? SO WE'RE GONNA BREAK IT
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DOWN. BUT BEFORE WE WORSHIP, I JUST WANNA SAY ONE OTHER THING.
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YOU KNOW, I PUT A LOT OF THOUGHT INTO THIS. AND I DON'T KNOW IF
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YOU GUYS KNOW IT, GROUNDHOG DAY IS GETTING READY TO COME. HOW
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MANY ARE READY FOR GROUNDHOG DAY? HOW MANY OF YOU THINK AHEAD
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OF TIME THAT SQUIRREL IS GONNA SEE HIS SHADOW? LET ME SEE YOUR
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HAND. I DON'T KNOW. NO, NO, NO. WELL, I'M A STUDIER AND I'M A
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RESEARCHER, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING. AND I FOUND OUT
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THAT NOT ONLY IS GROUNDHOG DAY, GROUNDHOG DAY, BUT IT'S ALSO
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NATIONAL SHOVEL DAY. DID YOU KNOW THAT? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
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WELL, IT DIDN'T REALLY CARRY ENOUGH WEIGHT TO WHERE PEOPLE
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REALLY UNDERSTOOD THAT IT WAS A NATIONAL DAY OF THE DISCOVERY OF
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THE SHOVEL BECAUSE THE DAY AFTER THE BROOM WAS DISCOVERED AND IT
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SWEPT THE NATION. SO WE'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO COME BACK TO THE
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DAY OF IT. ALL RIGHT, THAT'S TWO THAT HAVE BEEN REALLY GOOD
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TODAY. SO I THINK WITH THAT, WE NEED TO HONOR THE LORD FOR
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HUMOR. WE NEED TO WORSHIP GOD AND THANK HIM FOR, I DIDN'T SAY
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MINE, I SAID HUMOR. SO MAYBE WE SHOULD WORSHIP THE LORD THERE.
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OKAY, WELL, BEFORE WE DO, I DO WANNA SAY, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF
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US AND THOSE OF YOU ONLINE SENT SUCH NICE COMMENTS. OUR LITTLE
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DOG, CHICA. OH YEAH. REMEMBER I LEFT AND WE TOOK HER TO PET
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EMERGENCY OR URGENT CARE. IT'S NOT TOO FAR FROM THE CHURCH. AND
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WENT HOME, GOT HER. SHE GOT A LITTLE NOSE SEWN BACK UP, AND
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SHE'S BEEN DOING GOOD. SHE HAS TO WEAR THAT CONE. SHE HATES IT.
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SO WE GOT THERE, AND THE VET GOES, I KNOW YOU. SHE HAS BEEN
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CONNECTED TO LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH, DR. EMILY. SO SHE AND
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HER PARENTS COME HERE. DAVE, IS HE HERE TODAY? OR SOMETIMES HE
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WATCHES ONLINE AS WELL? WELL, IT'S CHILLY OUT. MAYBE NOT. IT'S
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CHILLY OUT, BUT ANYWAY, SO WE WERE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT SOME
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AMAZING THINGS. WELL, AND SHE GOES, HEY, WE KNOW YOU GUYS. AND
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SHE SAID, I WOULD COME TO THE CHURCH MORE. BUT SHE SAID, I
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MANAGE THIS PLACE. SHE'S THE VET OVER THERE ON SUNDAY. AND THEN
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SHE GOES, CAN WE PRAY? AND YOU TALK ABOUT DR. EMILY. SHE PRAYED
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A HOLY GHOST PRAYER OVER OUR DOG. I'M LIKE, YEAH, THAT'S THE
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KIND OF DOCTOR AND SURGEON YOU NEED. SO YOU KNOW, GOD ORDERS
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YOUR STUFF. RIGHT BEFORE SHE DID SURGERY, SHE PRAYED. AND IT WAS
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AMAZING. IT WAS AMAZING. SO IT WAS PRETTY COOL. AND OUR LITTLE
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GIRL IS DOING TREMENDOUS. SHE'S ALL BETTER. SHE'S STILL IN THE
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CONE OF SHAME, BUT SHE'LL BE OUT SOON. SO ALL RIGHT, WELL, ARE
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YOU EXCITED TO PRAISE GOD IN THE HOUSE OF GOD THIS MORNING? THIS
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IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. COME ON, JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO SHED OFF
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ANYTHING THAT HAPPENED IN YOUR WEEK AND FOCUS ON THE LORD. BY
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THE WAY, I JUST SAW JUDY ARMSTRONG. BRENNAN AND BAILEY
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HAD THEIR BABIES, SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND IT WAS,
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SHE WAS BORN ON YOUR BIRTHDAY, WHICH WAS YESTERDAY. COME ON,
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GIVE HER A GREAT BIG GRANDMA, CONGRATULATIONS, HOW EXCITING.
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SO WE ARE SO EXCITED. I MEAN, YOU GOTTA GROW THE CHURCH ONE
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WAY OR ANOTHER, RIGHT? THAT'S A GOOD WAY. ALL RIGHT, THROW THOSE
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HANDS UP TO HEAVEN. SAY, LORD. I'M GONNA PRESS IN TODAY. I'M
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GONNA GROW. I'M GONNA LEARN. AND I THANK YOU. I'M GONNA RECEIVE
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THE TOUCH OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. AND LORD, I PROMISE TO GIVE YOU,
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ARE YOU READY? MY VERY BEST PRAISE. COME ON,
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SHOUT LIKE YOU'RE EXCITED. LET'S PRAISE THE LORD.
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(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
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COME ON, PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER.
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COME ON, GIVE HIM SOME PRAISE!
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LET'S OPEN UP THE GATE. HERE WE GO!
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(WORSHIP MUSIC)
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WE LIFT YOU UP, JESUS. WE LIFT YOU UP, JESUS. OH OH OH. WE GIVE
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YOU GLORY, LORD. WE GIVE YOU GLORY, LORD. THERE'S NO ONE LIKE
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YOU. THERE'S NO ONE LIKE YOU. THERE'S NO ONE LIKE YOU. NO ONE
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LIKE YOU IN ALL OF HEAVEN. NO ONE LIKE YOU IN ALL THE EARTH.
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NO ONE ABOVE YOU. OH, JUST GIVE HIM SOME PRAISE THIS MORNING.
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GIVE HIM SOME PRAISE THIS MORNING. LIFT UP YOUR VOICE AND
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GIVE HIM SOME HONOR. LIFT UP YOUR VOICE AND GIVE HIM SOME
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PRAISE. OH, GLORY. OH, WE GIVE YOU HONOR. OH, WE GIVE YOU
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HONOR. OH, WE GIVE YOU GLORY. THERE’S NO ONE LIKE OUR GOD.
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THERE’S NO ONE LIKE OUR GOD. OH, WE GIVE YOU GLORY. OH, WE GIVE
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YOU PRAISE. OH, WE GIVE YOU HONOR. THERE'S NO ONE LIKE OUR
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GOD. THERE'S NO ONE LIKE OUR GOD. THERE'S NO ONE
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LIKE OUR GOD. THERE'S NO ONE LIKE OUR GOD.
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(MUSIC)
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(WORSHIP MUSIC)
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OH, YOU ARE HIGHLY EXALTED. OH, YOU ARE HIGHLY EXALTED. ABOVE
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ALL ELSE. ABOVE ALL THRONES AND DOMINIONS. ABOVE ALL POWERS.
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YOU ARE HIGHLY EXALTED. YOU ARE HIGHLY EXALTED.
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(MUSIC)
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COME ON NOW, JUST THE VOICES. JUST THE VOICES.
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COME ON NOW, SING IT WITH ALL YOUR
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HEART. I EXALT THE KING OF GLORY.
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WE WORSHIP YOU. COME ON, LET'S CONTINUE TO SING TO THE KING OF
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KINGS ALL OVER THE WORLD. WE WORSHIP YOU, GOD. YOU ARE WORTHY
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OF IT ALL. LET THAT BE THE SONG THAT YOU SING. WE WORSHIP YOU.
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WE WORSHIP YOU. WE WORSHIP YOU, KING JESUS. YOU DESERVE THE
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GLORY. WE WORSHIP YOU, ONE SOUND. YOU ARE WORTHY OF IT
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ALL. WE BRING ADORATION AND HONOR TO YOU, GOD.
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COME ON, WORSHIP HIM. WORSHIP HIM. WORSHIP HIM. WE WORSHIP
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YOU. WE LIFT UP OUR VOICES, OUR HEARTS, OUR HANDS TO
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YOUR MAJESTY. TO YOUR MIGHT AND YOUR DOMINION.
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ALL RIGHT, I WANT YOU TO REALLY SING TO HIM AGAIN. COME ON,
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LET'S RAISE IT UP. LIFT UP YOUR VOICE. YOU'RE WORTHY OF IT ALL,
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GOD. SO MIGHTY AND GLORIOUS ARE YOU GOD.
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COME ON, SAY IT WITH A SMILE ON YOUR FACE. COME ON, LET GOD SEE
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THE SMILE OF ADORATION TO HIM. COME ON SING IT WITH A SMILE AND
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GLADNESS IN YOUR HEART TO GOD. LET HIM HEAR YOU. COME ON AS YOU
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SMILE TO GOD, MAY HE SMILE AND RETURN UPON US. WE WORSHIP YOU.
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NOW I WANT YOU JUST TO BEGIN TO SAY IT. COME ON, SAY JESUS,
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JESUS, JESUS, JESUS, JESUS, JESUS, JESUS, JESUS, JESUS,
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JESUS, JESUS, YOU ARE LORD, JESUS. COME ON, SAY THE NAME,
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JESUS. COME ON, YESHUA, YESHUA, YESHUA, YESHUA, YESHUA, YESHUA
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IS LORD OVER THE EARTH. YESHUA, YESHUA IS LORD OVER MY LIFE.
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YESHUA. SOME OF YOU NEED TO SAY IT, YESHUA. YESHUA. YESHUA!
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YESHUA! YESHUA! YESHUA! YESHUA! YESHUA! YESHUA! YESHUA! YESHUA!
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YESHUA! YOU ARE KING! YESHUA! YESHUA! YESHUA! OUR LORD, OUR
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GOD! WORTHY, WORTHY ARE YOU, JESUS! YESHUA! OUR CONQUERING
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KING! OH HOW WE HONOR YOU TODAY, HOW WE LOVE YOU. THANK YOU,
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THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, I WAS
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THINKING AS WE'RE WORSHIPING HERE TODAY AND THOSE OF YOU THAT
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ARE WATCHING, I THINK OF TWO SPECIFIC THINGS TO ILLUSTRATE
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WHAT I BELIEVE GOD WANTS TO DO IN YOUR LIFE AT THIS MOMENT AND
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THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING. THE ONE EXAMPLE IS THERE WAS A
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WOMAN THAT WAS BENT OVER, I THINK IT WAS FOR 13 YEARS IF I'M
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NOT MISTAKEN, AND SHE COULDN'T WISE GET HERSELF STRAIGHTENED
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OUT. SO YOU COULD SAY THAT HER LIFE, SHE COULDN'T GET IT
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STRAIGHT. AND SOMETIMES SOME THINGS ARE NOT YOUR FAULT. THE
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BIBLE SAYS IT WAS A SPIRIT OF INFIRMITY. SO IT WAS AN ATTACK
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OF HELL THAT SOMETIMES ATTACKS PEOPLE'S LIVES WHERE YOU'RE JUST
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TRYING TO GET YOUR LIFE STRAIGHT, BUT IT'S LIKE ONE
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THING AFTER ANOTHER OF THE ENEMY'S ASSAULT AND ASSIGNMENT
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AND ATTACKS AGAINST YOU. THE SECOND I THINK OF IS PETER WHO
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WAS SINKING. AND SOMETIMES THAT'S OUR CHOICES, RIGHT? NOW
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HE DID STEP OUT IN FAITH, BUT WHAT DID HE DO? HIS CHOICE, HE
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TOOK HIS EYES OFF OF GOD. THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, HE GOT
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IT ON THE STORM. THE BAD THINGS THAT WAS HAPPENING AT THAT
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MOMENT. SOMETIMES WE DO THAT. WE CREATE A SINKING, WE CREATE
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PROBLEMS BECAUSE WE GET OUR EYES OFF OF JESUS AND WE TRY TO
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FIGURE EVERYTHING OUT IN OUR OWN INTELLECTUAL REASONING. SO MAYBE
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YOU'RE HERE, THE ENEMY IS HITTING YOU HARD, MAN. YOU'RE
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JUST TRYING TO GET YOUR LIFE STRAIGHT, AND YOU'RE LIKE THAT
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WOMAN BENT OVER, AND YOU NEED A DIVINE LIFTING. YOU NEED A
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DIVINE STRAIGHTENING. YOU SAY, IS THAT POSSIBLE? LISTEN, THE
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PROMISE OF THE MESSIAH WAS THAT HE WOULD MAKE CROOKED THINGS
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STRAIGHT. SO GOD DOES HAVE THE ABILITY TO STRAIGHTEN THINGS
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OUT. IN REGARDS TO PETER, WHO WAS SLIPPING, HE NEEDED A DIVINE
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LIFT. AND HE PRAYED PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST SIMPLE, MOST
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PROFOUND PRAYERS, AND I'VE PRAYED THAT PRAYER MANY TIMES IN
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MY LIFE. YOU KNOW WHAT IT WAS? HELP. MAYBE YOU NEED A DIVINE
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LIFT BECAUSE YOU NEED SOME HELP. WELL, ONE THING THAT WE HAVE IS
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HEBREWS CHAPTER 4, "YOU CAN COME BOLDLY TO THE THRONE OF GRACE."
Hebrews 4 chapter mention
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AND IT SAYS YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO ASK, BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHY?
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THERE'S BLOOD ON THE MERCY SEAT THAT HE HIMSELF, YESHUA ONCE AND
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FOR ALL, CARRIED INTO THAT HOLY PLACE, NOT THE BLOOD OF BULLS OR
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GOATS OR CALVES, BUT HIS OWN BLOOD. AND HE PUT THAT BLOOD ON
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THE MERCY SEAT SO THAT TODAY YOU'VE OBTAINED, IT'S ALREADY
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MADE AVAILABLE. ARE YOU READY? IF YOU NEED YOUR LIFE
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STRAIGHTENED OUT, IF YOU NEED TO BE DIVINELY LIFTED, THE BIBLE
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SAYS YOU'VE ALREADY OBTAINED GRACE, MERCY, AND WATCH THIS.
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WHAT DID HE PRAY? LORD HELP ME. THE BIBLE SAYS YOU'VE RECEIVED
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HELP. SO HERE'S WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO. IF YOU NEED A DIVINE
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STRAIGHTENING, I WANT YOU TO STRAIGHTEN UP AS AS TALL AS YOU
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CAN. YOU SAY, "YEAH, BUT I'VE GOT A BACK INJURY." NO, EVEN IF
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YOU'RE LIKE THIS AND THIS IS ALL YOU CAN DO, I'M GOING TO DECLARE
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AND PROPHESY A DIVINE STRAIGHTENING, NOT ALL OVER YOUR
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PHYSICAL BODY, BUT WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU ARE FACING IN YOUR
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LIFE. MAYBE YOU NEED TO BE LIFTED. WE'LL PRAY ABOUT THAT
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PART AFTER WE PRAY THIS. SO IN THE NAME OF YESHUA RIGHT NOW,
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FOR THOSE THAT ARE IN THIS ROOM AND THOSE THAT ARE WATCHING,
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LORD, LIKE THE WOMAN, A SPIRIT OF INFIRMITY HAD ATTACKED HER
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BODY, AND SHE NEEDED A DIVINE LIFTING, A DIVINE STRAIGHTENING.
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MAYBE THE ENEMY, LORD, IS ATTACKING THE PEOPLE RIGHT NOW
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IN THE AUTHORITY THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO US IN THE NAME THAT IS
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HIGHER THAN ALL NAMES, THE NAME OF JESUS, YESHUA. WE HAVE THE
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KEYS OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD, AND WHATEVER WE BIND UPON THIS EARTH
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SHALL BE BOUND AND PACKED IN THE COURT OF HEAVEN. SO RIGHT NOW I
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BIND EVERY AND ALL SATANIC ASSIGNMENTS, WITCHCRAFT,
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DIVINATION, INCANTATION, SATANIC CONTRACTS, COVENANTS, WHERE YOUR
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NAMES ARE BEING MENTIONED, WE BREAK IT, WE BIND IT, WE SEVER
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IT, WE SAY NO MORE TO THE SPIRITS OF INFIRMITY OR THE
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SPIRITS OF DARKNESS WHO HAVE CAUSED YOUR LIFE TO BE BENT OVER
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AND OPPRESSED. WE PROPHESY UNDER THE UNCTION OF GOD, WE SAY
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WHATEVER IS LOOSED ON EARTH SHALL BE LOOSED OUT OF THE
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HEAVENS. WE LOOSE THAT DIVINE STRAIGHTENING. WE LOOSE THAT
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ANOINTING THAT LIFTS YOU UP, HEALS YOUR BODY, AND CAUSES
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OPPRESSION TO BE SET FREE. HE HAS CAUSED THE OPPRESSED TO BE
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SET FREE, EVEN THE DEPRESSED. AND GOD, I SPEAK A DELIVERANCE
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OVER THE PEOPLE NOW. NOW, FATHER, MAYBE THERE ARE THOSE
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THAT NEED A LIFT. THEY NEED HELP. I WANT YOU TO DO THIS.
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JUST REACH YOUR HAND OUT TO GOD. IF YOU'RE WATCHING TODAY, REACH
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YOUR HAND OUT TO GOD. REACH YOUR HAND OUT TO GOD AS A POINT OF
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CONTACT. COME ON, THAT'S WHAT THE WOMAN WITH ISSUES FOR 12
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YEARS OF BLOOD, MAYBE YOUR ISSUES HAVE BEEN GOING ON FOR A
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WHILE, AND SHE REACHED OUT HER HAND LIKE PETER, AND THERE WAS
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VIRTUE AND POWER TO HEAL, TO DELIVER, TO PROTECT. LORD, WE
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ARE SPEAKING NOT ONLY FOR A DIVINE STRAIGHTENING BY THE
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POWER OF YOUR SPIRIT, BUT GOD, WE ARE CALLING UPON OUR COVENANT
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RIGHT THROUGH THE BLOOD. WE SPEAK YOUR GRACE. WE SPEAK YOUR
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MERCY. WE ARE EXPECTING THE SAVING RIGHT HAND OF GOD TO
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BRING HELP AT THIS TIME. HELP US GOD. PULL US UP IN A DIVINE
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LIFTING NOW. AND MAY THAT VIRTUE THAT CAME FORTH YESHUA OUT OF
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YOUR GARMENTS, MAY THAT BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT BE
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RELEASED TO THE PEOPLE THAT THEY WILL SEE A DIVINE SHIFT CHANGE,
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A SWIFT CHANGE, A LIFTING AND AN ACCELERATION OF THE THINGS THAT
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THEY'VE BEEN BELIEVING FOR. AND WE ARE DECLARING THIS NOW. NOW
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SAY THIS, SAY, LORD, I RECEIVE A DIVINE STRAIGHTENING, LIFTING,
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AND I RECEIVE YOUR MERCY. I RECEIVE YOUR GRACE. I RECEIVE
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YOUR HELP. AND I SAY I'M ON A COURSE AND A PATH OF A BLESSED
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SEASON, A NEW SEASON THAT IS FILLED WITH DIVINE HEALTH,
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DIVINE HEALING, DIVINE LIFE, DIVINE PROTECTION, DIVINE
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PRESERVATION, BLESSING IS IN MY LIFE. AMEN. THANK YOU, LORD.
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THANK YOU, LORD. WE WORSHIP YOU. WE WORSHIP YOU. THANK YOU, LORD.
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AND LORD, WE ALSO PRAY THAT YOU WOULD EXTEND THAT TO OUR LOVED
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ONES. THAT GOD, YOU WILL DO THE SAME OF WHAT WE'VE PRAYED AND
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WHAT WE'VE BELIEVED FOR. THANK YOU, LORD. THANK YOU, LORD. NOW,
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GIVE HIM GRATITUDE. GIVE HIM THANKSGIVING. LORD, I BLOW YOU A
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KISS. I HONOR YOU, I THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, I WAS PRAYING ONE
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MORNING, THIS WEEK I GOT UP AND I WENT DOWN TO PRAY EARLY IN THE
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MORNING, AND I WAS PRAYING AND I KEPT SAYING, GOD, I PUT YOU IN
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REMEMBRANCE, I PUT YOU IN REMEMBRANCE, I PUT YOU IN
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REMEMBRANCE, I PUT YOU IN REMEMBRANCE. AND I KEPT QUOTING
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WHAT IT WAS THAT I WAS PUTTING IN REMEMBRANCE OF SOME OF THE
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THINGS I PRAYED, BUT THEN OF HIS WORD. AND I STOPPED AND I SAID,
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"NOW LORD, I'M NOT PUTTING YOU IN REMEMBRANCE "BECAUSE YOU HAVE
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A SHORT MEMORY. "OR AM I INSULTING YOU LIKE YOU ALREADY
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DON'T KNOW "OR YOU DON'T REMEMBER?" AND THEN I HEARD THE
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HOLY SPIRIT SAY, "KEEP DOING IT." BECAUSE HE SAID, "WHEN YOU
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PUT ME IN REMEMBRANCE, "YOU'RE BRINGING HONOR TO ME. "AND IN
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RETURN, I DO THE VERY THINGS THAT YOU HAVE IN HONOR BROUGHT
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BEFORE ME." IT MANIFESTS OVER YOUR LIFE. SO DON'T THINK THAT
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GOD'S FORGETTING YOU. YOU GOT TO PUT HIM IN REMEMBRANCE. "LORD,
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YOU SAID IN YOUR WORD THAT I'M HEALED. YOU SAID IN YOUR WORD
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THAT I AM THE BLESSED OF THE LORD. YOU SAID IN YOUR WORD THAT
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GOODNESS AND MERCY FOLLOWS ME THIS DAY. YOU SAID IN YOUR WORD
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I PUT YOUR REMEMBRANCE THAT YOU MEET EVERY ONE OF MY NEED
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ACCORDING TO YOUR RICHES AND GLORY. YOU SAID IN YOUR WORD
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THAT YOU ARE A GOD OF LOVING KINDNESS AND MERCY AND LONG
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SUFFERING. AND SO LORD I HOLD YOU TO YOUR WORD AND I HONOR YOU
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AS I PUT YOU IN REMEMBRANCE. AND AS A RESULT GOD SAYS YOU'RE
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ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. THERE'S TWO THINGS I CAN'T DO. I CAN'T LIE
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AND I CAN'T CHANGE. AMEN. PRAISE GOD. WELL, DO THIS. GIVE
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SOMEBODY AROUND YOU A HANDSHAKE, A HIGH FIVE, AND SAY, "I BET I
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KNOW, I BET I KNOW HOW MANY DAYS UNTIL GROUND SQUIRREL DAY." AND
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THEN DON'T FORGET TO CELEBRATE NATIONAL SHOVEL DAY. ALL RIGHT?
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GOD BLESS YOU. GREET SOMEBODY, SHARE YOUR NAME, AND SEE IF YOU
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KNOW HOW MANY DAYS UNTIL GROUND SQUIRREL DAY.
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COME ON, CHURCH. WE'RE GONNA WORSHIP A LITTLE BIT MORE HERE.
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(WORSHIP MUSIC)
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(WORSHIP MUSIC)
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JESUS, WE WELCOME YOU HERE THIS MORNING. WE LIFT UP YOUR NAME.
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WE GIVE ALL GLORY AND HONOR TO YOU. AMEN? AMEN. WHOO!
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(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
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JESUS. AND AS I OFTEN SAY, THAT'S HOW WE DO CHURCH.
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(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
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AMEN, WE JUST FOLLOW HIS HOLY SPIRIT WHEREVER IT WANTS TO GO.
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WELL, IF THIS IS THE FIRST TIME YOU'VE BEEN HERE, WELCOME TO
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CHURCH. ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE YOU RECEIVED A BLUE GIFT BAG WHEN
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YOU CAME INSIDE THE DOOR. IF YOU DID NOT, PLEASE WAVE YOUR HAND
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AT AN USHER, THEY HAVE THOSE AVAILABLE FOR YOU. INSIDE THE
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BLUE GIFT BAG, THERE'S LOTS OF GOODIES WE'VE TUCKED IN THERE
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FOR YOU, AS WELL AS A BRIGHT ORANGE STAY CONNECTED CARD
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INSIDE THERE. PLEASE TEAR THAT OFF, FILL IT OUT, DROP IT IN THE
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OFFERING BASKET WHEN IT COMES BY IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS. JUST
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WANNA SEND YOU A THANK YOU FOR COMING TO SEE US THIS MORNING.
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AND MAKE SURE YOU STAY CONNECTED WITH EVERYTHING WE HAVE GOING ON
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AT THE CHURCH. SO IF YOU'RE WATCHING MY LIVE STREAM,
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FACEBOOK LIVE, ROKU, YOUTUBE, RUMBLE, OR ANY OF THE OTHER
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DIGITAL PLATFORMS WE HAVE OUT THERE, WE WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO
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THE SERVICE AS WELL. IF YOU'RE ON ONE VOICE TV, YOU'RE ON THE
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RIGHT PLATFORM. IF YOU'RE NOT, GO AHEAD AND GET ON
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ONEVOICETV.NET. YOU CAN ALSO DOWNLOAD ONE VOICE TV APP TO
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YOUR DEVICES. THAT WOULD BE THE BEST WAY TO GET CONNECTED. YOU
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CAN GET ACCESS TO CHAT. YOU CAN ALSO GET ACCESS TO LOTS OF OTHER
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GREAT CONTENT THAT'S OUT THERE. ALL OF THOSE ARE LISTED THERE
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FOR YOU IN NEW LEVEL. PRIMETIME GAME CHANGERS, FLASHPOINT,
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INSIGHT WITH JAMES WARD, YOU CAN ALSO GET THAT. AND YOU CAN WATCH
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OUR 24/7 WORSHIP CHANNEL. I'M NOT SURE IF THAT LAST SONG WILL
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BE ON THERE JUST YET, BUT YOU KNOW, MAYBE WHEN WE DO IT IN
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ACTUAL SERVICE. WE'LL SEE. SO IF YOU WOULD, JUST GIVE ALL OF OUR
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GUESTS HERE AN ONLINE HAND AS BOB PETTIGREW COMES. SHANE, WOW,
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I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF I CAN DO THIS. WHEN PASTOR SHANE DOES THE
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GREETING AND WE'RE NOT DONE WORSHIPING, WE'RE GONNA KEEP
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WORSHIPING. WASN'T THAT INCREDIBLE? WELL, YESTERDAY WE
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HAD A GREAT OPPORTUNITY HERE AT LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH. I'D LIKE
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TO THINK WE OPENED INDEPENDENCE HALL OF OMAHA YESTERDAY. AND WE
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HAD PATRIOT ACADEMY REBUILDING LIBERTY CLASS. AND IF YOU WERE
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IN THAT CLASS, WOULD YOU PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND? YEAH, LOOK
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AROUND. WE HAD A GOOD NUMBER OF PEOPLE HERE YESTERDAY. WE HAD A
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GREAT MIX OF LORD OF HOSTS FOLKS AND FOLKS FROM OUT OF TOWN.
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THANK YOU FOR COMING. AND WE INVITED ANYBODY THAT WASN'T FROM
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LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH TO COME BACK BY AND SEE US. WE MADE IT
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CRYSTAL CLEAR TO THEM THAT THIS IS A CHURCH THAT STANDS FOR OUR
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NATION. WE HAVE PASTORS THAT ARE ANOINTED IN THIS TIME TO HELP
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BUILD OUR COMMUNITIES. AND YESTERDAY, WE GOT AN OPPORTUNITY
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TO HEAR FROM RICK GREEN, TIM AND DAVID BARTON, AND MANY OTHER
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THOUGHT LEADERS. LANCE WALLNAU WAS ON. AND THE REBUILDING
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LIBERTY CLASS THAT WE DID IS KIND OF THE NEXT PHASE OF WHAT
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PATRIOT ACADEMY IS DOING. AND THE BEST WAY TO DESCRIBE IT IS
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IT WAS AN ACTIVATION PHASE. SO THERE WAS MORE EDUCATION ABOUT
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THE FOUNDING OF OUR NATION. BUT THEN WHAT RICK DID AT THE END OF
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ALL FOUR OF THESE MODULES THAT WE WATCHED IS HE GAVE STEPS THAT
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ALL OF US CAN DO, CONCRETE STEPS, TO GET INVOLVED IN OUR
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COMMUNITY AND NOT JUST MAKE A DIFFERENCE, BUT CONTINUE TO
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TRANSFORM. WHAT PASTOR HANK JUST DID AT THE END OF THE WORSHIP
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SERVICE IN LIFTING UP AND STRAIGHTENING OUT, YESTERDAY
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WERE CONCRETE WAYS THAT WE CAN, WITH THE LORD'S POWER, LIFT AND
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STRENGTHEN THIS NATION. AND THAT'S WHAT WE GOT AN
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OPPORTUNITY TO DO YESTERDAY. WE'RE GONNA DO THAT AGAIN. WE'RE
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GONNA HAVE ANOTHER REBUILDING LIBERTY CLASS AT SOME POINT. I
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WANNA THANK OUR MAINTENANCE TEAM AND OUR MEDIA TEAM FOR COMING IN
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ON A SATURDAY AND DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB. WE'RE GONNA DO
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THAT AGAIN. I'M GONNA TURN IT BACK OVER TO PASTOR BRENDA.
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WELL, THANK YOU, BOB, FOR THAT. AND JUST ALONG THOSE LINES, I DO
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WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY THAT PASTOR HANK WILL BE THIS WEEK
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WITH FLASHPOINT OUT AT PATRIOT ACADEMY. AND SO BE WATCHING THAT
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FLASHPOINT LIVE. IT'S GONNA BE AN AMAZING NIGHT. AND HONEY,
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YOU'RE THERE FOR BOTH NIGHTS, RIGHT? SO THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.
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SO MOST OF THE TIME HE DOESN'T DO FRIDAY BECAUSE HE WANTS TO
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GET BACK AND BE PREPARED FOR SUNDAY. SO BUT HE WILL THIS WEEK
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AND SO BE SURE TO JOIN IN FOR THAT. AND WHAT DID YOU SAY? OH,
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YES. AND THEN NEXT I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT. BUT BEFORE WE
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GET TO THAT, I HAD A LITTLE LIST HERE, SWEETHEART. THIS WEEK, I
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KNOW, RIGHT? OKAY, WHATEVER. SO CUTE. OH, YEAH, WE GOT THIS. WE
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GOT THIS. BUT REAL QUICK, I WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY THIS
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SATURDAY, I'LL BE SPEAKING OVER AT THE IOWA LIBERTY FEST IN
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COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA. I THINK THEY GOT A LITTLE INFO CARD ON
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THAT. GUYS, IF YOU HAVE A SLIDE, CAN YOU POP IT UP THERE? JUST
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WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. I THINK YOU DO
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HAVE TO REGISTER. DO WE HAVE A GRAPHIC? THERE WE GO. SO IT IS
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CROSSROADS CHURCH IN COUNCIL BLUFFS. THEY ARE HOSTING THIS
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AND I WILL BE THERE AND I'M GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT MY
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DAILY DECREES FOR GOVERNMENT BOOK. THEY WANTED ME TO COME AND
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SHARE ON HOW TO PRAY FOR AMERICA AND THINGS THAT WE CAN BE
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DECLARING. FOLKS, WE ARE IN MIDTERM SEASON ALREADY. WE ARE
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RIGHT THERE AND THIS IS THE TIME FOR US TO BE REALLY PRAYING
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THROUGH. AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE A COPY OF DAILY DECREES FOR
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GOVERNMENT, THIS IS THE TIME TO HAVE ONE, BE USING IT. AND IT'S
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NOT JUST GOVERNMENT, THIS IS A BOOK THAT COVERS ALL THINGS, ALL
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THINGS PERTINENT TO CIVIC ISSUES. IT COVERS THE FIRST
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RESPONDERS. THERE'S ONE IN HERE CALLED PEACE IN THE STREETS.
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BOY, DO WE NEED TO BE PRAYING THAT RIGHT NOW. AND THAT'S ONE
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THAT WE CAN DECLARE. SO MANY DIFFERENT ONES. THERE IS A
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DECLARATION OVER ISRAEL, MANY OF THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH, THINGS
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THAT PERTAIN. THERE IS A PRAYER IN HERE, A DECLARATION FOR
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TRUSTED AND ELECTIONS, FAIR ELECTIONS. WE NEED TO PRAY FOR
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THAT, THAT THERE'S NO FRAUD, ALL OF THESE THINGS. AND SO JUST A
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TON OF DIFFERENT PRAYERS. SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET A HOLD OF
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IT. AND I'M GONNA GIVE ONE AWAY TO ANYBODY THAT'S HERE IN THE
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BUILDING TODAY. SO RAISE YOUR HAND RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE.
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YOU WERE THE FASTEST ONE. AND THEN BOB, COME TELL US HOW WE
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CAN GIVE A DAILY DECREES FOR GOVERNMENT TO EVERYBODY ON,
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SOMEBODY ONLINE, NOT EVERYBODY. WE'D HAVE THOUSANDS. SO, OH
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YEAH, NO, GO AHEAD. AND IF YOU'RE FOLLOWING THROUGH OUR 21
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DAYS OF PRAYER AND FASTING, MANY OF THESE DECLARATIONS ARE IN
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THIS YEAR'S 21 DAYS OF PRAYER AND FASTING. THEY'RE VERY
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POWERFUL. PASTOR BRENDA, I'M ON YOUTUBE. GOOD. AND I FOUND, WHO
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DID I FIND? I FOUND 3D MINISTRY. THANK YOU FOR WATCHING ONLINE.
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WE APPRECIATE YOU, WE LOVE YOU, AND YOU'RE GONNA GET A COPY OF
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PASTOR BRENDA'S DAILY DECREES FOR DIVINE HEALING. AMEN, YES,
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YES, YES, YES. AND I DO HAVE, I GIVE 'EM ONE OF GOVERNMENT TOO.
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LET'S JUST GIVE ONE OF EACH, 'CAUSE I'M GONNA GIVE THIS AWAY
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TOO, BOB. AND THIS IS DAILY DECREES FOR DIVINE HEALING. AND
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IF YOU'VE NOT GOTTEN THIS BOOK, I DO ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET A HOLD
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OF IT. I'LL BE COMING OUT WITH DAILY DECREES FOR COMMANDING
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PEACE. BUT I FEEL LIKE THE HEALING ONE NEEDS TO BE IN
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EVERYBODY'S HANDS. AND I DID THIS ONE A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN
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SOME OF THE OTHER DECREE BOOKS. I ACTUALLY DID A SHORT TEACHING
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ON HEALING IN HERE. AND THEN JUST KIND OF WHAT IS GOD'S
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COVENANT OF HEALING. AND EVEN IF YOU'VE READ BEFORE, OR YOU THINK
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YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO READ IT BECAUSE
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WE CAN ALWAYS INCREASE OUR KNOWLEDGE AND OUR REVELATION AND
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IT WILL HELP YOUR FAITH. AND THEN I COVERED, I WORKED WITH
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DR. AVERY JACKSON. I RAN THIS BY A BRAIN SURGEON. I WANTED TO
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MAKE SURE, I DIDN'T TRY TO SOUND TOO MEDICAL, BUT I WANTED TO
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MAKE SURE MY STUFF WAS ON TRACK. I COVER PRAYERS IN HERE FOR ALL
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KINDS OF PHYSICAL AILMENTS AND CONDITIONS, AND CHANCES ARE,
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JUST A LITTLE OF EVERYTHING IS SPRINKLED IN. AND SO THERE'S A
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BUNCH OF DECREES IN HERE. I MEAN, I SPEAK AGAINST CANCERS,
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BLOOD DISORDERS, BLOOD DISEASES, PAINS, ACHES, ARTHRITIS IS ONE
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THAT'S IN THERE. MANY, MANY THINGS THAT ARE IN HERE,
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EMOTIONAL DISORDERS, PEOPLE WITH BEHAVIORAL DISORDERS, I HIT ON
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THAT. SO LET ME GIVE ONE TO SOMEBODY. ALL RIGHT, I SAW A RED
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JACKET RIGHT THERE, FIRST ONE. IT'S JUST CORNER OF MY EYE. AND
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THEN BOB, LET'S GIVE ONE TO SOMEBODY ONLINE. WE'RE GONNA
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GIVE ONE TO VERNIA BROWN, 4925. THANK YOU ALSO FOR WATCHING ON
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YOUTUBE. OUR MODERATOR WILL PUT INSTRUCTIONS IN THE CHAT ON HOW
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YOU CAN CONTACT US, AND WE'LL GET YOU THOSE BOOKS THIS WEEK.
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ALL RIGHT, GIVE EVERYBODY A HAND. SO JOIN ME, IOWA LIBERTY
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FEST. IT'LL BE SUPER FUN. GO OUT AND REGISTER AND COME ON OUT.
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WE'RE GONNA HAVE A GOOD TIME. AND THEN NEXT SUNDAY, I'VE BEEN
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TALKING ABOUT AMERICA. NEXT SUNDAY, ANDREW SEDRA IS GONNA BE
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HERE IN THE HOUSE AND MINISTERING, SO YOU WANNA BE
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PART OF THAT. DON'T MISS OUT NEXT WEEK. THIS IS BRAND NEW. WE
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JUST BOOKED JESSE DUPLANTIS FOR JUNE THE 28TH, RIGHT HERE IN THE
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TABERNACLE, JUNE THE 28TH. THAT'S NOT YOUR DAY TO MISS AND
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GO ON VACATION. YOU'LL BE SORRY. AND, BUT, WHAT DO THEY CALL HIM?
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THE RAGING CAJUN. HE'S GONNA BE HERE IN PERSON. AND SO YOU WANNA
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BE PART OF THAT AS WELL. A COUPLE OTHER THINGS, WOMAN, YOU
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ARE ANOINTED IS AROUND THE CORNER. APRIL 17TH THROUGH THE
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19TH, LADIES, GET REGISTERED. COME ON OUT. WE'RE GOING TO DO
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IT RIGHT HERE ON CAMPUS, AND IT'S GOING TO BE AN EXCITING
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TIME. THEN, OF COURSE, OPENING THE HEAVENS IS COMING. AND I
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DON'T KNOW, THIS IS, NOW, MANY OF YOU DO NOT KNOW, YOU ONLY
-
REMEMBER WHEN WE STARTED GOING TO THE ARENA. WE STARTED,
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ACTUALLY, WE DID A VERY FIRST, I NEED TO, I HAVE THAT FLYER ON MY
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PHONE, OUR VERY FIRST OPENING THE HEAVENS WAS ACTUALLY IN
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1999, AND I MADE THE FLYER FOR IT. CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT, TASHA?
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I MADE THE FLYER. I THINK I NEED TO SHOW THAT NEXT WEEK. SOMEBODY
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REMIND ME. I'M GONNA BRING IT, WE'RE GONNA PUT IT UP. IT WAS A
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VERY FIRST, AND I MADE IT IN MICROSOFT PUBLISHER. IT WAS
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IMPRESSIVE. AND SO, IN AGENCY, WE GO WAY BACK. BUT WE'VE BEEN
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DOING THESE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS NOW, AND IT'S PRETTY EXCITING.
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SO GET THE DATES ON. THEY'LL PUT THE DATES FOR OTH UP THERE SO
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YOU CAN GET THAT ON YOUR CALENDAR. WE'LL BE BACK DOWN AT
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THE MID-AMERICA CENTER. IT'S GONNA BE AN AWESOME TIME, AMEN?
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ALL RIGHT, I'M GONNA CALL AN AUDIBLE ON OUR SCRIPTURE TODAY.
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PUT UP, I GAVE THEM OTHER SCRIPTURES, BUT OUR SCRIPTURE
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FOR THE OFFERING. JUST AFTER WHAT PASTOR WAS MINISTERING UP
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HERE, PASTOR SHANE WAS SINGING, WE ARE GONNA GO TO ISAIAH 41 AND
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VERSE 10. CAN YOU GUYS THROW THAT UP? I JUST FELT LIKE THE
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HOLY SPIRIT PROMPTED ME OVER THERE. I HAD TO LOOK IT UP IN MY
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PHONE TO MAKE SURE I HAD THE RIGHT VERSE. BUT HERE'S WHAT IT
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SAYS. IT SAYS, "FEAR THOU NOT." AND THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT
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CAN CAUSE US TO BE AFRAID, AREN'T THERE? A LOT OF THINGS
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THAT COULD GIVE YOU ANXIETY IF YOU LET IT. BUT IT SAYS, "FEAR
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THOU NOT." SO THAT'S A CHOICE, RIGHT? IS THAT A CHOICE? THAT'S
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SOMETHING WE ARE TOLD BY GOD TO DO. "FEAR THOU NOT, FOR I AM
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WITH THEE." ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT. GOD IS WITH YOU. SO IF
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YOU'D HONE IN ON THAT, I WOULD HONE IN ON THAT. WE WOULD
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REMEMBER THAT THE LORD IS THERE WORKING FOR US. SO I'M WITH YOU.
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SO REMIND YOURSELF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT OR WHEN YOU'RE
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WALKING OUT AN ISSUE OR WALKING OUT A PROBLEM, KNOW GOD, YOU'RE
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WITH ME. YOU ARE WITH ME. BE, AND I LOVE THIS PART, BE NOT
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DISMAYED. YOU KNOW, TO BE DISMAYED MEANS TO BE IN A PLACE
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WHERE YOU JUST FLAT DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. YOU ARE JUST IN A
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PLACE WHERE GOD, I DON'T KNOW WHAT, IF I SHOULD GO TO THE
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RIGHT OR THE LEFT OR GO STRAIGHT, I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T
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KNOW THE ANSWER OF THE NEXT DECISION I'M GONNA MAKE. AND
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GOD, IT SEEMS LIKE, AND IT'S JUST WHAT PASTOR WAS SAYING UP
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HERE, YOU'RE IN A PLACE JUST LIKE PETER, YOU'RE LIKE, LORD, I
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NEED HELP, RIGHT? OR THE WOMAN THAT COULD NOT STRAIGHTEN
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HERSELF. OKAY, DON'T BE DISMAYED. DON'T GET TO A PLACE
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WHERE YOU'RE JUST LIKE THROWING UP YOUR HANDS AND THROWING IN
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THE TOWEL. HE SAID, "FOR I AM YOUR GOD. "I WILL," AND I'M
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WRITING ON THIS PART IN THE COMMANDING PEACE BOOK RIGHT NOW,
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"I WILL STRENGTHEN YOU." YOU KNOW WHAT, THAT'S A NEWSFLASH
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THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO WORK ALL THE TIME TO STRENGTHEN OURSELF.
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WE DON'T HAVE TO STRENGTHEN OURSELF. NOW, THERE'S THINGS THE
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BIBLE COMMANDS US TO DO, RIGHT? SO IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, YOU
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CAN'T JUST LAY THERE AND, YOU KNOW, SQUALL AND BALL AND EAT
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ICE CREAM AND POTATO CHIPS AND HOPE THAT, YOU KNOW, GOD'S GONNA
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COME THROUGH. YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT TO BE, THAT'S NOT THE
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POSTURE OF MINE WE'RE TO BE IN. BUT SOMETIMES HAVE YOU EVER BEEN
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FIGHTING AND YOU JUST THROW UP YOUR HANDS? I HEARD A STORY OF A
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MINISTER ONE TIME. HE HAD BEEN BELIEVING GOD. HE WAS WANTING TO
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BE HEALED OF CANCER. AND HE BELIEVED AND HE SPOKE AND HE
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CONFESSED AND HE SOUGHT GOD AND DID ALL THE THINGS THAT HE WAS
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SUPPOSED TO DO AND THAT THE WORD COMMANDS US TO DO, RIGHT? AND IT
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JUST SEEMS LIKE IT WASN'T BUDGING AND IT WASN'T GETTING
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BETTER. AND HE FINALLY, ONE DAY HE SAID, HE SAID, "LORD, I DON'T
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KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO." THAT'S GOOD, RIGHT? HE JUST SAID, "GOD,
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I'VE DONE EVERYTHING I KNOW. NOW IT'S UP TO YOU." AND HE THREW
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HIS HANDS UP AND SAID, "GOD, I JUST GIVE THIS OUT TO YOU." AND
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HE GOT HEALED AFTER THAT. SO EVEN THOUGH WE'RE SUPPOSED TO
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TAKE THE POSTURE OF FAITH, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO ALL THE THINGS,
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SPEAK THE RIGHT WORDS. WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO THAT. BUT IT'S
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ALSO GOD'S DEAL, AND WE NEED TO TRUST HIM. MAYBE IT'S YOUR
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FINANCES TODAY AS YOU GET READY TO GIVE. YOU KNOW, GOD, I'VE
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BEEN TITHING. I HAVE BEEN GIVING. I'VE SOWED SEED. GOD, I
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NEED TO SEE SOME HARVESTS. WELL, THAT'S WHAT THIS VERSE IS ABOUT.
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BE NOT DISMAYED, FOR I'M YOUR GOD. YOU KNOW, LET GOD DO IT.
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THERE'S THAT OLD SAYING, YOU KNOW, LET GO AND LET GOD. WE
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HAVE ALL THESE LITTLE SAYINGS THAT PEOPLE USE. LET GO, LET
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GOD, JESUS TAKE THE WHEEL, YOU KNOW. ALL OF THAT, ALL OF THAT
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IS MEANT TO SAY, GOD, IT'S IN YOUR HANDS. YOU'VE GOT TO TAKE
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CARE OF IT. HE SAID, I'LL STRENGTHEN YOU. IN OTHER WORDS,
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STRENGTHEN YOU SO YOU CAN STAND. YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE'S
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INTERESTING. ON ONE SIDE, EPHESIANS SIX WILL SAY, WELL,
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STAND, STAND THEREFORE. AND YOUR LEGS ARE SHAKY. STAND, STAND
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THEREFORE. AND THEN GOD TURNS IT AROUND AND SAYS, I'LL STRENGTHEN
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YOU SO YOU CAN KEEP STANDING. AND I AND THIS IS THE PART THAT
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HIT ME WHEN PASTOR WAS TALKING I WILL HELP YOU. COME ON, SOMEBODY
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JUST SAY IT RIGHT NOW. SAY, LORD, HELP. MAYBE YOU NEED HELP
-
WITH YOUR MONEY, YOUR FINANCES. YOU NEED GOD TO HELP YOU. YOU
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FEEL LIKE YOU ARE SWALLOWED UP IN DEBT. MAYBE YOU'RE IN A PLACE
-
WHERE YOU CANNOT PAY ALL THE BILLS, OR YOU'RE VERY DESTITUTE,
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AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE YOUR NEXT MEAL'S COMING FROM. THAT'S
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A GOOD PRAYER TO PRAY RIGHT THERE. LORD, HELP. COME ON, SAY
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IT ONE MORE TIME. LORD, HELP. LORD, HELP. AND HE SAID, "I WILL
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HELP YOU AND UPHOLD YOU "WITH THE RIGHT HAND OF MY RIGHTEOUS."
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ONE TRANSLATION SAYS, "MY RIGHTEOUS RIGHT HAND." YOU KNOW
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WHAT THE RIGHT HAND IS? THAT'S WHY I COULD NEVER BE ON THE LEFT
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POLITICALLY, JUST FOR WHAT IT REPRESENTS IN SCRIPTURE. OKAY,
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EVERYBODY THAT WAS ON GOD'S RIGHT HAND WENT TO HEAVEN. THE
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ONES ON THE LEFT WERE CAST INTO OUTER DARKNESS. I JUST WOULDN'T
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WANNA BE THAT. I HAD A CHRISTIAN ONE TIME THAT POSTED ON THE
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INTERNET, THEY SAID, "I'M A LEFT LIBERAL AND I'M A CHRISTIAN." I
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SAID, "WELL, YOU BETTER READ YOUR BIBLE, CHICK, "BECAUSE
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THAT'S NOT A GOOD SPOT TO BE, "IS IN GOD'S LEFT HAND." THE
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RIGHT HAND OF FAVOR. YOU KNOW YOU ARE ON THE RIGHT HAND OF
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FAVOR TODAY. THAT'S A REASON TO REJOICE. SO WHEREVER YOU ARE NOW
-
IS NOT WHERE YOU'RE GONNA LAND. YOU'RE GONNA LAND IN A BETTER
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SPOT, AMEN? ALL RIGHT, WELL, I JUST FELT TO GIVE THAT TO YOU,
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ENCOURAGE YOU WITH THAT. AND REMEMBER, OUR SCRIPTURE FOR THE
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YEAR HAS BEEN PROVERBS 11:8, YOU'RE COMING OUT OF
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TROUBLE. SO BE ENCOURAGED WITH THAT TODAY. LET'S PUT OUR GIVING
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INFORMATION UP ON THE SCREEN. I WANT TO GET PASTOR UP HERE TO
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SHARE WHAT HE'S GOING TO SHARE. AND ALL THE INFORMATION'S OUT
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THERE, THE MOBILE APP, TEXT TO GIVE, AND IT'S SO FRIENDLY
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TO USE. SO USE ALL THOSE PLATFORMS. AND THANK YOU FOR
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THOSE OF YOU THAT SEND THINGS IN THE MAIL, YOUR OFFERINGS, YOUR
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GIFTS, YOUR TIES. SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN SO VERY COMMITTED AND
-
GENEROUS. AND WE NEED REGULAR SUPPORTERS. WE NEED MONTHLY
-
PEOPLE SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO WHAT WE DO. AND SO THANK YOU FOR
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ALL OF YOU THAT HAVE BEEN OUT THERE SUPPORTING OVTV AND THE
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BUILDING PROJECT. I KEEP SAYING WE HAVE MORE STUFF TO DO THAT'S
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ON THE RUNWAY. SO LET'S GET THAT BUILDING FUND UP AND GET IT
-
FILLED. AND LET'S JUST HAVE THE WAR CHEST READY FOR WHENEVER GOD
-
COMES CALLING. AND BY THE WAY, THOSE OF YOU THAT MAYBE MISSED
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LAST WEEK, I TALKED ABOUT THE CALL CENTER, NOT OUR CALL
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CENTER, BUT THERE WAS A CALL CENTER THAT WAS IN OUR
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HEADQUARTERS BUILDING BACK HERE, THE BRICK BUILDING WHERE U.S.
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BANK IS. THEY HAVE MOVED OUT AND IT WAS THE END OF THEIR LEASE.
-
THEY CHOSE NOT TO RENEW, WHICH BY THE WAY, AND I DON'T HAVE TO
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SAY THIS OFTEN, WE HAVE DONE SO WELL BY OUR TENANTS THAT HAVE
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BEEN IN OUR BUILDINGS THAT WE INHERITED REALLY ALL OF THEM.
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THEY CAME WITH THE BUILDING. IF YOU BUY THE BUILDING, YOU GET
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THE TENANT. AND THAT'S HOW IT WORKS, RIGHT, IN REAL ESTATE.
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AND, BUT WE JUST HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO BLESS SO MANY OF
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THEM. SOME OF THEM WE, YOU KNOW, IN FACT, SHIRLEY'S, WHEN THEY
-
WERE HERE, ANYBODY GO BACK TO REMEMBER WHEN SHIRLEY'S WAS IN
-
OUR BUILDING? I MEAN, THAT WAS THE OLD DAYS. AND THEY WERE IN
-
THAT SKINNY LITTLE SPACE, WHICH IS NOW OVER BY THE STUDIO. AND
-
THEY, WE PRAYED FOR THEM TO GET AN UPGRADE AND THEY GOT AN
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UPGRADE AND PASTOR FELTON, HIS SPIRIT, HE GAVE THEM FOUR MONTHS
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OF FREE RENT FOR THAT TRANSITIONAL PERIOD. AND WE WERE
-
ABLE TO HELP SO MANY, BUT THEY HAVE GONE. AND SO THANK YOU.
-
YOUR SUPPORT OF THE BUILDING AND THE CAMPUS HELPS MAKE UP FOR
-
THAT RENT THAT LEFT. SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. AND WE ARE
-
SO GRATEFUL. AND THEY DID A GOOD JOB AS TENANTS. THEY ALWAYS PAID
-
ON TIME. WE HAVE HAD GOOD TENANTS THAT HAVE DONE GOOD
-
THINGS. SO THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING AS THAT GOES. AND YOU
-
KNOW WHAT? GOD'S BUILDING ANYWAY. GOD'S GOT TO PLAN IT.
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PASTOR BRENDA, ARE YOU GOING TO RENT IT OUT? THE LORD MAY HAVE
-
NEED OF IT, JUST LIKE HE DID THOSE DONKEYS IN THE DAY OF
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JESUS. SO LET'S SEE WHAT GOD WANTS TO DO. IF WE'RE GOING TO
-
REMODEL IT, WE NEED THE FUNDS. SO GIVE TO IT. AMEN. ALL RIGHT,
-
WELL, LET'S JUST SAY, STAND UP IF YOU'VE GOT YOUR OFFERING
-
READY. HOLD UP YOUR PHONE. IF YOU'RE GIVING ELECTRONICALLY OR
-
YOUR ENVELOPE. AND IF YOU'VE NOT DONE YOUR FIRST FRUITS OFFERING,
-
THAT IS STILL OUT THERE AS WELL. SO YOU CAN GIVE TO THAT, BUT
-
HOLD IT UP HIGH. AND I WANT YOU TO NOT BE DISMAYED TODAY. DON'T
-
BE IN A PLACE WHERE YOU WONDER HOW IT'S ALL GOING TO TURN OUT.
-
YOU JUST STAND THERE AND KNOW THAT GOD IS GOING TO HELP YOU
-
AND STRENGTHEN YOU. SO FATHER, I THANK YOU FOR EVERY GIVER UNDER
-
THE SOUND OF MY VOICE. I THANK YOU YOU'RE HELPING THEM. EVEN
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WHEN IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THERE'S AN END TO THE LONG ROAD,
-
I THANK YOU THAT YOU ARE THE GOD THAT PROMISED THAT YOU WOULD
-
STRENGTHEN US AND HELP US. SO LORD, WE LEAN INTO THAT TODAY.
-
WE PULL ON THAT TODAY AS WE GIVE, AND WE JUST SAY THANK YOU,
-
LORD, FOR YOUR FAITHFULNESS TO UPHOLD US AND BRING US THROUGH
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AS WE GIVE TODAY IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN AND AMEN. ALL RIGHT, LET'S
-
DO OUR DECLARATION, MINA, WITH ALL YOUR HEART. WE DECLARE THE
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CAMPUS AND MINISTRY OF LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH SHALL BE INCREASED,
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EXPANDED, AND DEBT-FREE. WE DECREE IT SHALL HAPPEN WITHOUT
-
DELAY. WE SAY TO EVERY HEAVENLY ASSIGNMENT, BE BUILT UP AND
-
FINISHED. WE SAY THAT WE HAVE ALL THE FINANCES NEEDED FOR THE
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LORD IS BUILDING THIS HOUSE. WE HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH EXCESS AND
-
OVERFLOW. AND LORD, YOU ARE PROVIDING SEED TO THE SOWER. WE
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CALL UPON YOU, LORD OF HOSTS, TO BRING FORTH HEAVENLY ASSISTANCE
-
AND RAISE UP MULTITUDES OF PEOPLE THAT SHALL GIVE
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ABUNDANTLY TO THIS WORK. WE PROPHESIED THAT WE SHALL
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QUADRUPLE, QUADRUPLE, AND THEN WE WILL QUADRUPLE AGAIN. WE
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DECLARE NEW THINGS NOW. WE DECREE MINISTRY AND CAMPUS BE
-
EXPANDED NOW. SHOUT REAL BIG AS YOU GIVE, AND LET'S WELCOME
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PASTOR HANK. HALLELUJAH. ALL RIGHT, YOU CAN BE SEATED,
-
USHERS, YOU CAN USH. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR GIVING ONLINE AS
-
WELL. WE'RE SO THANKFUL FOR YOUR FAITHFULNESS AS WELL. SO GOT A
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LOT HAPPENING, RIGHT? SO WE'RE EXCITED. I AM FOR NEXT WEEK AS
-
WELL WHEN ANDREW SEDRA AND HIS WIFE, NOLEEN, ARE GOING TO BE
-
HERE. AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO STAY FOR A COUPLE DAYS, AND
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WE'RE GOING TO FILM SOME NEW LEVEL SHOWS MONDAY AND TUESDAY.
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AND THEN ON TUESDAY NIGHT, HE'S GOING TO BE IN THE STUDIO WITH
-
ME TO DO FLASHPOINT. SO THAT'LL BE A LOT OF FUN, AND WE'RE GOING
-
TO COVER A LOT OF GROUND. IT'S GOING TO BE A BUSY WEEK, AND
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NEXT WEEK TOO. BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR PRAYERS. AND THEN LAST I
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HEARD, PASTOR BRENDA, YOU ARE PREACHING AND MINISTERING ON
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WEDNESDAY, CORRECT? WOW, CAN'T WAIT. DIDN'T SHE DO A FANTASTIC
-
JOB LAST WEEK? AND I APPRECIATE YOU FOR GIVING ME A LITTLE
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GRACE. SHE'S ON A BOOK DEADLINE, AND I AM TOO, WHERE I GOTTA GET
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THIS BOOK, BECOMING A FRIEND OF GOD, DONE. AND THAT'S THE ONLY
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THING IS, YOU KNOW, IS I HATE THE DEADLINES OF IT, 'CAUSE YOU
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WANNA BE ABLE TO WRITE, BUT THEY'VE GOTTA BE ABLE TO
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SCHEDULE IT, THE PUBLISHER. SO I GET ALL OF THAT, BUT IT'S COMING
-
ALONG. SO I APPRECIATE YOUR PRAYERS. ALL RIGHT, ANYTHING
-
ELSE? I'M TRYING TO THINK IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE WE NEED.
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OH, I DO WANNA SAY THIS. PASTOR DOUG, HE WAS LETTING ME KNOW
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THAT IN MARCH, MAN, WE'RE GONNA HAVE OUR MEN'S DAY CONFERENCE.
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OH, YEAH, LET ME HEAR THE MEN GRUNT. SORRY, LADIES. YEAH,
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WE'RE GONNA HAVE A BREAKFAST. AND THEN WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS
-
WE'RE GONNA BRING BACK SOMETHING. WE ARE GOING TO
-
BRING, AND I'M GONNA JUST SEE HOW MANY OF YOU MEN REMEMBER,
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AND THOSE OF YOU ONLINE. DO YOU ALL REMEMBER LIKE 20 YEARS AGO,
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WE DID A STAYING ALIVE MEN'S CONFERENCE, DANCE CONFERENCE.
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YOU REMEMBER THAT? WE GOT TO, AND YOU WEAR DISCO, 70S OUTFIT.
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HOW MANY REMEMBER THAT? YEAH, AND SO, YEAH, SO WE ARE GOING TO
-
BRING THAT BACK. AND SOME OF US THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR 20
-
YEARS AND OLDER, INSTEAD OF STAYING ALIVE, IT MIGHT BE
-
CALLED STILL ALIVE OR SOMETHING. SO WE'RE GONNA INCORPORATE THAT
-
THEME, STAYING ALIVE FOR SOME OF THE MEN, STILL ALIVE FOR US THAT
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WERE THERE. AND HERE'S THE THING, WE HAD A DANCE CONTEST
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BACK THEN. SOLOMON, I THINK YOU AND LES AND DODJI, YOU GUYS WERE
-
ROCKING IT. I WASN'T ALLOWED TO ENTER, BUT THIS YEAR I AM. THIS
-
YEAR I AM. AND WE'RE GONNA PUT A DANCE FLOOR UP HERE, A DISCO
-
BALL. HOW DO YOU HANG A DISCO BALL UP HERE? AND LAST YEAR WE
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HAD OUR BEST DISCO MOVES BECAUSE DISCO WAS IN THE BIBLE. PEOPLE
-
DON'T REALIZE THAT BECAUSE WHEN MOSES WAS UP BEFORE GOD AND THE
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PEOPLE WERE CORRUPTING THEMSELVES, DISCO'S HEAVENLY
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BECAUSE THEY HAD THEIR OWN MUSIC AND GOD SAID, "MOSES, GET DOWN."
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(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
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THAT'S WHAT HE SAID, "GET DOWN." AND MOSES WENT, "WHAT?" HE GO,
-
AND THEN GOD GAVE HIM INSTRUCTIONS. DISCO THIS WAY,
-
DISCO THAT WAY, AND GET DOWN. AND SO THE BIBLE SAYS THAT MOSES
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GOT DOWN. SO THAT'S THE DISCO REVELATION. BUT WOULDN'T IT BE
-
GREAT? SO ANYWAY, I GOTTA GET BACK TO THIS. SO REAL QUICK,
-
THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, I'LL PREACH IN JUST A MINUTE. SO
-
WE HAD A DANCE FLOOR, WE HAD A DISCO BALL, AND THE GUYS WERE
-
BUSTING THEIR MOVES, DOING THEIR STUFF. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT SOME
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OF THEM THAT BUST THEIR MOVES. THEY MAY BUST SOMETHING ELSE,
-
BUT WE'LL PRAY OVER ALL THE MEN THAT ARE A LOT OLDER. MY WIFE
-
SAID, "PLEASE DON'T DO ANY BREAK DANCING "AND STUFF LIKE THAT."
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BUT WE FORGOT TO PUSH RECORD, AND SOME OF THE MEN HAVE BEEN,
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LIKE ALMOST ON A YEARLY BASIS, "PASTOR HANK, I WANT TO REDO MY
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DANCE MOVES." SO WE'RE GONNA GIVE THEM THE
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OPPORTUNITY. HOW MANY THINK THAT WOULD BE FUN?
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(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)
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HOW MANY THINK OFFICER HERRICK NEEDS TO COME AND BUST THE BEAT?
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ALL RIGHT, ANY OF YOU GUYS GONNA TRY IT? YEAH, SO BRING YOUR BEST
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OUTFITS. WE'RE GONNA HAVE A GOOD TIME. OH, IT'S MARCH 14TH, SO
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YOU GOT PLENTY OF TIME TO WATCH SOME OF MY PREACHING WHERE I
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DANCED, AND YOU CAN DEVELOP YOUR OWN, OKAY? BRENDA, I AM GONNA
-
ENTER THE CONTEST. HOW MANY WOULD LIKE THAT? OKAY, MAYBE I
-
SHOULDN'T BECAUSE Y'ALL ARE NERVOUS THAT YOU MIGHT LOSE. MY
-
WIFE SAID JUST BE SMART, ALL RIGHT. YOU HAVE A VIDEO OF ME
-
DISCO DANCING? NO, YOU DO NOT. DO YOU REALLY? WHO IS BEHIND
-
THAT? IS THAT THE FAKE NEWS? IS THAT A HACKER? WHAT IS THAT? PUT
-
UP ON THE SCREEN. IS IT OF ME OR WHO IS IT? WHO
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IS IT OF? TYPE IT UP. I WANT TO SEE IT. OKAY. OH.
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(MUSIC)
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ALL RIGHT, CUT IT! CUT IT! CUT IT! CUT IT! CUT IT! ALL RIGHT.
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(APPLAUSE)
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ALL RIGHT. I MEAN, I STILL HAVE IT. DID YOU ALL SEE THAT? HOW
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MANY OF YOU THOUGHT THAT WAS JOHN TRAVOLTA?
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THAT WAS PASTOR SHANE DOING THAT.
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BUT HOW MANY OF YOU THOUGHT THAT WAS JOHN TRAVOLTA,
-
THAT WAS WALKING THE SIDEWALK THERE, YOU KNOW?
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(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
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WE'RE GONNA REDO THAT. OH MY GOODNESS.
-
(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
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DID YOU LIKE THAT? IN THE COMMENTS IF YOU LIKED
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THAT. HOW MANY THOUGHT THAT WAS JOHN TRAVOLTA
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THERE, HUH? OPEN YOUR BIBLES TO ISAIAH 43. I FEEL
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LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE LORD WANTS TO INTERRUPT THAT, YOU KNOW.
-
BUT I GOT SOME SPECIAL PLAN, MEN, MARCH 14TH. OKAY, I MIGHT
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PRERECORD MY DANCE MOVES. HOW'S THAT SOUND? IT'S LIKE I CAN'T
-
EVEN SAY ANYTHING NOW AFTER THAT. IT'S LIKE HOW DO I PREACH?
-
WHAT'S THAT, LADY T? YOU LIKE, THAT WAS OKAY. I MEAN, LADY T
-
LOOKED OVER AT SOLOMON AND SAID, "DON'T ENTER AFTER THAT." HE WAS
-
JUST, Y'ALL NERVOUS OVER THERE, AREN'T YOU SOLOMON? OKAY, ISAIAH
-
43. HOW MANY BELIEVE WE'RE IN A NEW SEASON? AFTER THAT VIDEO, I
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AM. BUT HOW MANY BELIEVE WE'RE IN A NEW SEASON? I REALLY
-
BELIEVE IT. AND I WAS THINKING ABOUT THIS, I WAS COUNTING HOW
-
MANY DAYS UNTIL SPRING, 'CAUSE I DON'T LIKE WINTER. AND I STARTED
-
THINKING TO MYSELF, YOU KNOW WHAT GOD, WE'RE ENTERING INTO A
-
NEW SEASON IN A FEW WEEKS, YOU KNOW, SPRING, BUT I SENSE THAT
-
THAT SEASON OF SPRING, OF THINGS BEGINNING TO BLOSSOM, MANIFEST,
-
COME TO PASS, ARE AMONG US. AND SO LOOK AT WHAT GOD HAS PROMISED
-
IN HIS WORD. ISAIAH 43, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, REMEMBER
-
NOT THE FORMER THINGS OF OLD. STOP RIGHT THERE. THERE'S A
-
REASON THAT JESUS SAID, DON'T PUT YOUR HAND TO THE PLOW AND
-
LOOK BACK, OR YOU'RE NOT FIT FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD. HOW MANY OF
-
YOU HAVE EVER BEEN IN A CAR WITH A TAXI DRIVER THAT KEPT LOOKING
-
OVER THEIR SHOULDER? I DID IN NEW YORK CITY, I'LL NEVER FORGET
-
IT. AND HE KEPT LOOKING OVER AND HE KEPT, NO, ACTUALLY IT WASN'T
-
NEW YORK CITY, IT WAS ARIZONA. EXCUSE ME. AND I HAD FLOWN DOWN
-
TO WATCH NEBRASKA PLAY IN THE, IS IT THE FIESTA BOWL? IS THAT
-
WHAT'S DOWN THERE? AND HE KEPT LOOKING BACK BECAUSE I HAD TAKEN
-
A STEP OF FAITH WITH ANOTHER GUY IN THE CHURCH, AND WE DECIDED
-
THAT WE WERE GONNA GO DOWN THERE AND WE WERE GONNA GET TICKETS.
-
IN FACT, IT WAS LITERALLY ON Y2K. AND IT WAS JUST HIM AND ME
-
THAT WERE THE ONLY TWO PASSENGERS THE NIGHT OF Y2K. WE
-
HELD A PRAYER SERVICE. I WENT TO THE AIRPORT, NOBODY WAS IN THE
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AIRPORT. AND WE WERE TOSSING A NERF BALL DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE
-
AIRPLANE. AND THEY WERE ALL SCARED AND IT WAS A LOT OF FUN.
-
BUT ANYWAY, WE GET THERE, WE GET IN THE TAXI AND THE TAXI DRIVER
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GOES, "WHAT ARE YOU HERE FOR?" WE SAID, "WE'RE HERE FOR A
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GAME." "OR DO YOU HAVE A PLACE TO STAY?" "NOPE, WE DON'T HAVE A
-
PLACE TO STAY." AND HE KEPT TURNING AROUND AND HE KEPT
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SAYING THIS, "MY COMMON SENSE TELLS ME THAT YOU MAKE GREAT BAD
-
MISTAKE. ALL THE HOTELS ARE FILLED UP IN THE AREA." I SAID,
-
"JUST DRIVE. WE'RE GONNA FIND A PLACE. I WANT ONE, TAKE ME BY
-
THE STADIUM." "ALL RIGHT, MY NEIGHBOR, MY COMMON SENSE TELLS
-
ME THAT YOU ARE MAKING BAD MISTAKE, EVEN WORSE MISTAKE,
-
GOING TO A PLACE THAT IS NEXT TO THE STADIUM. THERE ARE SO
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ROUTE." I SAID, "WELL, DRIVE." "MY COMMENTS?" I SAID, "DRIVE."
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SO THEN HE SAYS, "NOW, ARE YOU GOING TO THE GAME?" I SAID,
-
"YEAH." "OH, MY COMMON SENSE TELLS ME." AND HE'S GOING ALL
-
OVER THE PLACE. BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK, THE POINT IS, IF YOU LOOK
-
BACK, YOU'RE GOING TO PUT OTHERS AND YOURSELF IN DANGER
-
POTENTIALLY. SO HE SAYS TO ME, HE SAYS, "DO YOU HAVE TICKETS?"
-
"NO." "OH, MY COMMON SENSE TELLS ME YOU WASTED MONEY. NO HOTEL,
-
NO TICKETS, NO GOOD, NO GOOD. YOU MAKE GREAT MISTAKE, MY
-
COMMON SENSE." I SAID, "WELL, YOU CAN KEEP SAYING YOUR COMMON
-
SENSE, BUT I PRAYED AND I'M GONNA HAVE TICKETS ON THE 50YARD
-
LINE." AND WHEN IT CAME OUT OF MY MOUTH, I'M LIKE, "WHAT DID
-
YOU JUST SAY?" AND SO I STARTED WITNESSING JESUS. "OH, I DON'T
-
BELIEVE IN THAT." I SAID, "WELL, YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE JESUS GET ME
-
A HOTEL, "AND YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE ME GET 50 YARD LINE TICKETS.
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"MY COMMON SENSE TELLS ME THAT YOU ARE PRAYING "TO THE WRONG
-
GOD." I SAID, "MY COMMON SENSE TELLS ME YOU NEED TO BE QUIET
-
"BECAUSE YOU'RE GONNA SEE THAT JESUS ANSWERS PRAYER, "AND THAT
-
I ALREADY PRAYED ABOUT IT, "AND GOD'S GOT SOMETHING PLANNED."
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ORDER MY COMMON, I SAID, "BE QUIET AND DRIVE." I DID. SO WE
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GET TO THE HOTEL, ACROSS FROM THE FIESTA BOWL, AND HE'S
-
CARRYING OUR BAGS IN, AND HE'S SAYING, "EVERYONE, MY COMMON
-
SENSE TELLS ME "THAT HE'S NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET THE
-
ALTAR ROOM, "AND HE THINKS HE'S GOING TO GET TICKETS," AND HE'S
-
MOCKING ME. HE SAYS THAT HE'S A CHRISTIAN, AND HE'S DOING BLAH,
-
BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. FINALLY, THE GUY BEHIND THE COUNTER GOES,
-
"HEY, HEY, HEY, WHAT'D YOU SAY? "YOU NEED A ROOM?" I SAID,
-
"YES." HE SAID, "YOU NEED TICKETS?" "YEAH." HE GOES, "YOU
-
WON'T BELIEVE THIS." I SAID, "MY COMMON SENSE TELLS ME "WE'RE
-
ABOUT TO GET A BLESSING." AND THE MAN IS LOOKING AT ME GOING.
-
AND I SAID, "TELL ME WHAT?" HE GOES, "WE JUST HAD A
-
CANCELLATION "LIKE FIVE MINUTES BEFORE YOU CAME IN." HE GOES,
-
"NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE A ROOM," HE GOES, "BUT I'LL GIVE IT," HE
-
GOES, "IT'S ONE OF THE BEST ONES HERE." HE GOES, "I'LL GIVE IT TO
-
YOU FOR A REGULAR ROOM." MY COMMON SENSE TELLS ME, DUDE,
-
YOU'RE PRAYING TO THE WRONG THING. AND HE GOES, AND BY THE
-
WAY, IT COMES WITH 50 YARD LINE TICKETS.
-
(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
-
SO THE GUY GOES, "OOH, OOH, OOH."
-
(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)
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AND I LOOKED AT HIM AND I SAID, YOU SEE, SOMETIMES YOU JUST
-
GOTTA KNOW HOW TO PRAY TO THE RIGHT GOD.
-
(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)
-
BUT I HAD A HOTEL ROOM, 50 YARD LINE TICKETS, YEAH. PASTOR,
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WOULD YOU DO THAT AGAIN? PROBABLY NOT, I'VE GOTTEN
-
SMARTER. NO, BRENDA WOULDN'T LET ME DO THAT AGAIN. BUT YOU
-
REMEMBER WHEN I CALLED? IT WAS GREAT. BUT ANYWAY, MY COMMON
-
SENSE TELLS ME. SO MY COMMON SENSE TELLS ME, REMEMBER NOT FOR
-
THE MANY THINGS OF OLD. OKAY, DON'T BE LOOKING BACK. DON'T GET
-
IN YOUR HEAD AT ALL, I JUST HAPPEN TO COME INTO A SENSE THAT
-
YOU DON'T HOLD ON IN FAITH IN YOUR SPIRIT TO WHAT GOD HAS
-
SAID. NOW LET'S LOOK AT WHAT THE LORD SAYS. DON'T REHEARSE FORMER
-
THINGS. THERE COMES A POINT, QUIT TALKING ABOUT THAT JOB THAT
-
YOU WISH YOU HAD, THE HOUSE THAT YOU COULD HAVE HAD, THE
-
RELATIONSHIP YOU'RE STILL HEARTBROKEN OVER. WELL, THERE'S
-
A REASON. GOD'S TRYING TO GIVE YOU SOMETHING BETTER IN THE
-
HOUSE, IN THE CAR OR WHATEVER THE SITUATION IS. SOMETIMES WE
-
ARE SO BUSY REHEARSING THE FORMER THINGS AND WHAT DIDN'T
-
WORK OUT, WHAT SHOULDA WORKED OUT, WHAT COULDA BEEN, SHOULDA
-
BEEN, MIGHTA BEEN, MY ACHY, BREAKY HEART, WHATEVER IT IS, MY
-
DISAPPOINTMENTS, MY FRUSTRATIONS, RIGHT, THAT WE
-
AREN'T RECOGNIZING A NEW SEASON. WE HAVE TO BE READY IN SEASON
-
AND OUT OF SEASON. WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE WHEN GOD IS
-
SAYING, YOU ARE IN A NEW SEASON. QUIT LOOKING BACK. QUIT HOLDING
-
ON. SOMETIMES YOU GOTTA TAKE THE WINTER COAT OFF AND GET READY TO
-
PUT ON A NEW ONE, A NEW NOT COAT, BUT A NEW GARMENT. BLIND
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BARTIMAEUS, THE ONLY WAY HE WAS GONNA GET FREE IS HE HAD TO GET
-
RID OF THE OLD GARMENT, THE FORMER THING, SO HE COULD SEE
-
CLEARLY. SOME FOLKS, THEY CAN'T SEE BECAUSE THEY KEEP HOLDING
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ON. THEY KEEP TALKING ABOUT IT, DISCUSSING IT, RIGHT? REHEARSING
-
THE PAIN, REHEARSING THE FRUSTRATION. LOOK AT THE
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SCRIPTURE, BEHOLD, I WILL DO A NEW THING. SOMEONE SAY NEW
-
THING. NEW THING. BECAUSE FORMER THINGS HAVE COME TO PASS. NOW,
-
NEW THINGS I DECLARE, AND BEFORE THEY SPRING FORTH, AND EVERY
-
TIME I KEEP SEEING THAT WORD SPRING, I FEEL LIKE GOD IS
-
SAYING SOMETHING SIGNIFICANT IS ABOUT TO SHIFT AND HAPPEN IN THE
-
EARTH, SPRING INTO SUMMER. I THINK WE'RE GONNA SEE SOME
-
CONFLICTS ARISE, AND IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT IT THROUGH NATURAL
-
GLASSES, YOU ARE GONNA THINK THAT WE ARE NOT IN A NEW SEASON.
-
BUT I'M TELLING YOU, I SENSE AS WE MOVE TOWARDS THAT JULY 4TH,
-
THE 250TH YEAR OF AMERICA'S REIGN, THAT SOMEHOW GOD HAS
-
DETERMINED, AT LEAST FOR THIS COUNTRY AND THE UNITED STATES,
-
THAT SOMETHING SIGNIFICANT IS GOING TO BEGIN TO SHIFT. AND WE
-
ARE GOING TO SEE IT, AND YOU'RE GONNA SEE IT IN YOUR LIFE. I
-
SENSE THAT AS WE'RE CELEBRATING OUR INDEPENDENCE AND OUR
-
FREEDOM, THAT IT'S NOT JUST FOR THE UNITED STATES. GOD'S NOT
-
RESTRICTED TO THE UNITED STATES. BUT I SENSE THAT THERE IS A
-
MIDDLE MOMENT, THERE'S A MIDTERM MOMENT, THERE'S A INDEPENDENCE
-
MOMENT, WHERE THE THINGS THAT HAVE STRAPPED YOU IN THE PAST
-
ARE GONNA SUDDENLY, YOU'RE GONNA SAY, IT'S LIKE I'M FREE. IT'S
-
LIKE I DON'T CARE ABOUT THOSE THINGS ANYMORE. I DON'T CARE
-
ABOUT WHETHER I GOT THAT JOB, WHETHER I GOT THAT HOUSE, OR
-
WHATEVER THE DISAPPOINTMENT IS. YOU'RE GONNA BE SO KNOWING THAT
-
SOMETHING HAS SHIFTED IN A NEW SEASON, AND YOU'RE GONNA START
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SEEING IT, IT'S GONNA BE MANIFESTED, THAT YOU'RE GONNA
-
REJOICE IN THAT DAY. AND I SENSE IT IS STIRRING IN THE SPIRIT.
-
YOU SAY, WELL, HOW DO YOU KNOW? I DON'T KNOW. ASK ELIJAH HOW HE
-
KNEW THAT HE HEARD THE SOUND OF AN ABUNDANCE OF RAIN AND THERE
-
WAS NO PROOF OF RAIN. ASK NOAH WHAT MOTIVATED HIM FOR 120 YEARS
-
TO KEEP BUILDING WHEN THERE HAD NEVER EVEN ON EARTH, NOBODY KNEW
-
WHAT RAIN WAS. THERE WASN'T EVEN A DROP OF RAIN. AND YET NOAH HAD
-
THE DETERMINATION IN HIS FAITH TO KEEP BUILDING EVEN WHEN IT
-
DIDN'T LOOK LIKE IT. HE SENSED SOMETHING WAS STIRRING. IN FACT,
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YOU KNOW WHAT'S SO CRAZY? THE WHOLE WORLD EXCEPT EIGHT PEOPLE
-
MISSED THE BOAT. YOU KNOW HOW YOU HEARD THE SAYING, "MISSED
-
THE BOAT?" GOD GAVE THEM SEVEN DAYS OF GRACE BECAUSE
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METHUSELAH, HIS NAME MEANT WHEN THE FLOOD COMES, THEN THE
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JUDGMENT, OR WHEN HE DIES, THEN IT COMES, THEN THE JUDGMENT, THE
-
FLOOD COMES. HE WAS A SIGNPOST, THAT'S WHY GOD GAVE 900 AND SOME
-
ODD YEARS, I THINK IT WAS 69, 964, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT
-
METHUSELAH LIVED FOR 900 YEARS, ALMOST 1,000 YEARS, ALMOST A
-
MILLENNIUM. GOD GAVE THE WHOLE WORLD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET
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READY, TO PREPARE THEMSELVES, THAT THEY WOULDN'T MISS THE
-
BOAT, THAT THEY WOULDN'T MISS THE SHIFT AND THE CHANGE THAT
-
WAS GONNA HAPPEN BECAUSE GOD WAS GONNA DEAL WITH CORRUPTION, HE
-
WAS GONNA DEAL WITH EVIL, AND HE WAS GONNA RESET THE EARTH LIKE
-
HE'S BEEN SAYING AND START OVER AND THERE WOULD BE A SMELL OF
-
SOMETHING CLEAN IN THE AIR AGAIN. CAN YOU IMAGINE CLEAN
-
MEDIAS, CLEAN REPORTING, CLEAN ELECTIONS? YES. YES. COME ON,
-
THIS IS WHERE WE'RE HEADING. AND YET, WHEN METHUSELAH DIED, THE
-
TRADITION WAS YOU GIVE SEVEN DAYS OF MOURNING. AND PEOPLE
-
SHOULD HAVE KNOWN, UH-OH, THE SIGNPOST JUST DIED. WE GOT SEVEN
-
DAYS TO GET IT RIGHT, TO GET ON THE BOAT, BUT THEY MISSED IT.
-
DON'T MISS YOUR SHIFT CHANGE, YOUR SWIFT CHANGE. DON'T MISS
-
THE NEW SEASON BECAUSE YOU CAN'T DISCERN THE TIMES. THAT'S WHAT
-
JESUS SAID. YOU CAN DISCERN THE FACE OF THE SKY, BUT YOU CAN'T
-
DISCERN THE TIMES. LOOK AT ISAIAH CHAPTER 42, THIS IS
Isaiah 42 chapter mention
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POWERFUL. ISAIAH CHAPTER 42, LOOK AT THIS, VERSE 9. I LOVE
Isaiah 42 chapter mention
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THIS. ISAIAH 42, VERSE 9, "BEHOLD, NEW THINGS, "BEHOLD,
-
THE FORMER THINGS ARE COME TO PASS." AGAIN, YOU GOTTA LET GO.
-
EVERYONE SAY LET GO. SOMETIMES WE SAY LET GO AND LET GOD, BUT
-
THAT'S THE TRUTH. YOU GOTTA LET GO AND LET GOD. DON'T JUST LET
-
GO. I NEVER DID LIKE THAT SONG, JESUS TAKE THE WHEEL. HE
-
SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN TAKING THE WHEEL ANYWAY. SHOULD HAVE BEEN
-
THE CAPTAIN. HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT. RIGHT,
-
WHAT ARE YOU DOING TRYING TO BE IN CONTROL OF EVERYTHING ALL THE
-
TIME? "BEHOLD," LOOK, "PAY ATTENTION, "FORMER THINGS ARE
-
COMING TO PASS. "A NEW SEASON IS BEFORE US, IT'S MANIFESTING.
-
"AND NEW THINGS I DECLARE, AND BEFORE THEY SPRING FORTH," I
-
TELL YOU, WELL, THAT'S WHY GOD'S BEEN PROPHESYING IT. PEOPLE GET
-
MAD WHEN CERTAIN VESSELS ARE ANOINTED BY GOD TO BE A
-
PROPHETIC VOICE THAT COMES ALONG AND SAYS, "THIS IS WHAT THE LORD
-
IS SAYING. "IT MAY LOOK LIKE THIS IN THE EARTH, "IT MIGHT BE
-
HAPPENING IN THE EARTH. "THIS IS THE WAY THINGS LOOK LIKE THEY'RE
-
HEADING." BUT THEN GOD COMES ALONG AND SAYS, "BUT WAIT A
-
MINUTE, "I'M GONNA TELL YOU HOW THIS IS GONNA END UP. "I'M GONNA
-
TELL YOU THAT THERE IS A DIVINE INTERRUPTION "IN THE MIDDLE OF
-
THE CHAOS." AND THAT'S WHAT GOD'S TRYING TO GET THROUGH OUR
-
HEADS. HE'S THE ONE DOING THIS. THIS IS WHY THE LORD SAID LAST
-
YEAR, LOOK AT VERSE 13. GOD SAID, "THIS IS MY FIGHT, I AM
-
THE LORD OF THE FIGHT." NOW, WHAT WE DON'T WANNA DO IS FIGHT
-
AGAINST HIM THROUGH OUR IDEOLOGIES OR OUR RELIGIOUS
-
SPIRIT, WHERE WE START DETERMINING HOW GOD SHOULD DO
-
THINGS. AMEN? THE LORD SHALL GO FORTH AS A MIGHTY MAN. YEP, THIS
-
YEAR, HE ALREADY STARTED LAST YEAR. HE SHALL STIR UP JEALOUSY
-
LIKE A MAN OF WAR. SO HOW MANY KNOW THE LORD IS A WARRIOR? THE
-
LORD IS HIS NAME, EXODUS 15. "HE SHALL CRY, HE SHALL ROAR, "HE
-
SHALL PREVAIL AGAINST HIS ENEMIES." THIS IS THE SEASON
-
THAT WE'RE IN. AS WE WERE PRAYING ABOUT THIS NEW YEAR, I
-
SAID, "LORD, TELL ME, I JUST WANNA KNOW, "KEEP IT SIMPLE FOR
-
THE PEOPLE, "BUT TELL ME, WHAT IS IT THAT YOU WOULD SAY TO THE
-
PEOPLE?" AND I'LL NEVER FORGET THE DAY HE SPOKE TO ME, JUST
-
RIGHT BEFORE THANKSGIVING. HE SAID, "I WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT
-
THIS SEASON "AND THIS COMING YEAR." HE SAID, "IT IS REVEALED
-
IN TWO CS." I SAID, "WELL, LORD, WHAT ARE THEY?" HE SAID, "THE
-
FIRST ONE, YOU'RE NOT TO BE MOVED BY, "YOU WON'T LIKE IT."
-
BUT HE SAID, "IT HAS TO HAPPEN "WHEN I WILL REVEAL TO YOU THE
-
SECOND ONE." SO THE FIRST ONE, GOD HAS IT HAPPENING SO THAT HE
-
CAN MANIFEST THE SECOND. YOU SAY, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE
-
WATCHING, WHAT IS THE FIRST ONE? THE FIRST C IS THIS. IT IS THE
-
WORD CONFLICT. THE SPIRIT OF GOD SAID THERE WOULD BE MANY
-
CONFLICTS THAT WOULD ARISE, AND SOME OF THE CONFLICTS WOULD BE
-
THAT GOD IS COMING TO DEAL WITH CERTAIN CONFLICTS IN YOUR LIFE,
-
CONFLICTS IN THE EARTH, CONFLICTS OVER THE NATIONS.
-
THINK ABOUT HOW GOD RELEASED THAT WORD EVEN ON NEW YEAR'S,
-
AND THEN WHAT, TWO DAYS LATER, ALL OF A SUDDEN, VENEZUELA'S IN
-
THE NEWS, AND ALL OF THESE NATIONS, CUBA, IRAN, AND WE'LL
-
VISIT SOME OF THOSE PROPHECIES IN THE COMING WEEKS, BUT HERE'S
-
THE POINT. EVERYTHING, THESE CONFLICTS ARE STARTING TO ARISE.
-
IT'S SO THAT THE NEXT WORD CAN MANIFEST, AND IT'S THE WORD
-
CONFLICT. THINK ABOUT HOW THERE HAD TO BE A CONFLICT WITH THE
-
ENEMY IN ORDER FOR JESUS TO GRAB A HOLD OF THE KEYS TO DEATH,
-
HELL, AND THE GRAVE, AND BE THE CONQUERING KING. SO DON'T THINK
-
THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH IN THE FORMER
-
SEASON, THAT SOMEHOW GOD DOESN'T HAVE THE ABILITY, THE GRACE, THE
-
POWER, OR THE WHEREWITHAL TO BRING IT TO CONQUEST. THIS IS
-
WHERE HE'S HEADING. IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO
-
HAVE BATTLES AFTER BATTLES AFTER BATTLES. AND WHEN I WAS PRAYING
-
INTO IT, I SAID, "LORD, TELL ME ABOUT THIS CONQUEST." HE SAID,
-
"DID I NOT TELL YOU BEFORE THE DECADE?" 2018, 2019, THOSE OF
-
YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, DOCUMENTED PROPHECIES, GOD SAID
-
THAT THE DECADE WOULD START OFF HARSH, IT WOULD BE DARK, BUT
-
THEN IT WOULD COME INTO WHAT? REST, AND PART OF THAT REST IS
-
IN THE SCRIPTURE, I THINK IT'S IN THE BOOK OF SAMUEL, WHERE IT
-
SAYS THAT GOD GAVE REST TO DAVID, RIGHT? FROM ALL OF HIS
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ENEMIES. ALL OF THOSE CONFLICTS, GOD GAVE HIM REST THROUGH
-
CONQUEST. GOD IS TRYING TO SHOW US WITH THE NATIONS IN AN
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UPROAR, THINGS CRAZY IN MINNESOTA, RIGHT? THAT THESE
-
CONFLICTS ARE TO BRING A CONQUEST THAT IS GOING TO CAUSE
-
THIS NATION TO COME INTO REST. IT IS TWOFOLD REST. IT'S A REST
-
FROM OUR ENEMIES. IT'S NOT ALWAYS GONNA BE THIS WAY. YOU
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SAY, WELL, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT. WELL, WAIT A MINUTE, THE WATERS
-
RETURNED IN THE DAYS OF NOAH AND THE WATERS RETURNED IN THE
-
PARTING OF THE RED SEA. SOMETIMES THINGS DO COME BACK IN
-
A PLACE OF DIVINE ORDER, THE WAY THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE. BUT
-
IT HAS TO HAVE, AND WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT THIS, THE GOD FACTOR.
-
THE GOD FACTOR IS THE ONE THAT DETERMINES ALL OF IT. AND SO
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THIS IS WHERE WE'RE HEADING. WE'RE HEADING FOR THIS RESET.
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WE'RE HEADING FOR THIS REST, REST FROM OUR ENEMIES. THE
-
SECOND THING THAT THE REST IS, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING,
-
IS GOD IS RESTING HIS CASE IN THE CONTEXT OF CONQUEST AND THE
-
COURT OF HEAVEN. THERE IS NO HIGHER JUDGE THAN GOD. I WAS
-
PRAYING THIS WEEK AND I SAID TO GOD, THERE WERE SOME THINGS THAT
-
I'VE BEEN CONTENDING FOR, PRAYING FOR, MY PETITIONS HAVE
-
BEEN BEFORE HIM. AND I SAID TO THE FATHER, I SAID, FATHER, AS I
-
AM BEFORE YOUR MAJESTY AND YOUR HONOR, THERE IS NO GREATER GOD
-
THAN YOU. THERE IS NO HIGHER THRONE THAN YOURS. AND AS I
-
STAND BEFORE YOU, I COME BEFORE YOU IN FEAR AND IN HONOR AND IN
-
GREAT, GREAT, GREAT HUMILITY IN MY HEART THAT I AM NOT AS GREAT
-
AS YOU, NOR WOULD I THINK SO. BUT GOD, MY FATHER, I DO ASK
-
THAT YOU WOULD LOOK, LOOK BENEATH YOUR FEET. WHAT DO YOU
-
SEE, FATHER? I SAID, I KNOW WHAT YOU SEE. BENEATH YOUR THRONE,
-
THE SCRIPTURE SAYS, IS RIGHTEOUSNESS AND JUSTICE. AND I
-
SAID, NOW IS THE TIME, NOT ONLY IN MY LIFE, BUT OVER THE EARTH
-
AND OVER THE PEOPLE, OVER THE NATIONS, THAT THEY SEE THE GOD
-
THAT ABRAHAM DECLARED AND SAID, "SHALL NOT THE RIGHTEOUS JUDGE
-
OF THE EARTH DO WHAT IS RIGHT?" THERE IS NO GREATER JUDGE THAN
-
GOD. AND SO I SAID, LORD, WE NEED YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS AND
-
JUSTICE. WE NEED YOU TO BRING THINGS TO PROSECUTION. IT'S ONE
-
THING TO EXPOSE, BUT NOW, GOD, IT'S TIME THAT YOU HONOR WHAT
-
YOU SAID. AS YOU LOOK BENEATH YOUR FEET AND YOU SEE THAT
-
JUSTICE IS WHAT YOUR THRONE IS SET UPON, AS WELL AS
-
RIGHTEOUSNESS, IT'S TIME. AND IT'S TIME IN YOUR LIFE TOO, THAT
-
THINGS ARE RIGHTED. THAT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THE ENEMY HAS
-
TRIED TO DO TO YOU, THAT HE'S GONNA HAVE TO PAY IN GOD'S
-
JUSTICE. HOW MANY SAY, I'LL TAKE THAT? SO SOME OF THE CONFLICTS
-
ARE BEING BROUGHT INTO CONQUEST. AND GOD IS THE ONE THAT'S
-
RESTORING. NOW LET'S GO ON BECAUSE LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENS.
-
NOW THIS IS WHAT I WANT YOU TO SEE. LOOK AT THE SHIFT CHANGE IN
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VERSE 16 OF ISAIAH 42. "AND I WILL BRING THE BLIND BY THE WAY
-
THAT THEY KNEW NOT. "I WILL LEAD THEM IN PATHS THAT THEY DIDN'T
-
EVEN KNOW, "AND I WILL MAKE DARKNESS LIGHT BEFORE THEM. "AND
-
I," OH, HERE IT IS, "I'LL MAKE CROOKED THINGS STRAIGHT," THAT
-
DIVINE STRAIGHTENING. "THESE THINGS WILL I DO UNTO THEM, "AND
-
I WILL NOT FORSAKE YOU." NOW THINGS ARE STARTING TO SHIFT,
-
RIGHT? THIS IS WHAT GOD IS TRYING TO SAY TO US. NOW, ONE
-
THING THAT WE LEARN IS WE LEARN THE PRINCIPLE OF ECCLESIASTES
-
CHAPTER THREE. I WANT US TO GO BACK THERE BECAUSE I WANT US TO
-
SEE THIS. IF THE WAY THINGS HAPPEN IN THE EARTH HAVE TO
-
HAPPEN IN THIS THREEFOLD CHORD, THIS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. IT
-
SAYS TO EVERYTHING, UNDERLINE THE WORD EVERYTHING. THE MOST
-
WISE MAN IN THE EARTH, EXCEPT WHEN IT CAME TO WOMEN, RIGHT?
-
THAT GUY WAS MESSED UP. BUT TO EVERYTHING, THERE IS A SEASON.
-
SO TO EVERYTHING IN THE EARTH, THIS IS THE WISDOM OF GOD BEING
-
SPOKEN IN UTTERANCE TO SOLOMON, TO EVERYTHING THERE IS A SEASON.
-
AND TO EVERYTHING, THERE IS A PURPOSE UNDER HEAVEN. NOW, I
-
LIKE WHAT IT SAYS IN THAT VERSE. IT SAYS, FIRST OF ALL, TO
-
EVERYTHING THERE IS A SEASON. AND I'VE BEEN SAYING IT, THE
-
SEASON THAT WE HAVE BEEN IN, THAT WE'RE COMING OUT OF. NOW,
-
IT DOESN'T MEAN THERE ISN'T GONNA BE SHAKINGS, DOESN'T MEAN
-
THERE'S NOT GONNA BE SIFTINGS, RIGHT? BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS
-
THAT HAPPENS WHEN GOD BEGINS TO VISIT SOMETHING, THINK ABOUT THE
-
BIBLE. WHEN JESUS WOULD VISIT A CITY, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN?
-
MULTITUDES WOULD COME. WELL, WE'RE GONNA SEE THAT IN OUR
-
STADIUMS, IN OUR STREETS. WE'RE GONNA SEE PEOPLE WORSHIPING.
-
WE'RE ALREADY SEEING IT. WE'RE SEEING NATIONS, IRAN, THEY'RE
-
WANTING YESHUA. THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT THEY WANT FREEDOM. THEY
-
WANT CHRISTIANITY. IT'S PROVEN. AND THERE'S THIS CRY IN THE
-
EARTH, AND GOD IS SHAKING, HE'S SHIFTING, HE'S SIFTING. HE'S
-
BEEN DOING IT ON PURPOSE SO THAT HE CAN MOVE US INTO THE NEXT
-
WORD, AND THAT IS TIME. WELL, WHAT TIME IS IT? IT'S SHIFT
-
CHANGE. IT'S SOMETHING IN THE AIR OF THE SPRING INTO SUMMER.
-
THE LORD IS SAYING, THIS IS WHAT I HAVE CHOSEN FOR YOUR LIFE.
-
THIS IS WHAT I'VE CHOSEN FOR THE EARTH. IT'S NOT JUST TO BRING
-
YOU OUT OF THIS SEASON, BUT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE IN THIS
-
TIME NOW WHERE THE HARSHNESS AND THE SHAKINGS AND THE TROUBLE,
-
THE CONFLICTS, I AM DEALING WITH IT AT THIS TIME, AND I AM
-
SHIFTING THINGS, MOVING THINGS INTO CONQUEST. THAT IS THE
-
PURPOSE, IS TO BRING IT INTO CONQUEST. BRING IT INTO VICTORY.
-
SOMEONE SAY, LORD, I'LL RECEIVE THAT VICTORY. I RECEIVE THAT
-
VICTORY. IT'S VICTORY, WE'RE GONNA SEE VICTORY. SOMETIMES I
-
HEAR PEOPLE TALK SO MUCH DEFEAT OVER THE EARTH RIGHT NOW, OVER
-
THE NATION, OVER THEIR OWN LIFE, AND I'M LIKE, WELL, WHAT ARE YOU
-
LISTENING TO? THAT'S NOT WHAT THE SPIRIT OF GOD IS SAYING. HE
-
IS SAYING I AM TAKING YOU AND MOVING YOU INTO A SEASON, A TIME
-
OF A SHIFT CHANGE SO THAT I CAN BRING A PURPOSE. I CAN BRING A
-
CONQUERING, A CONQUEST TO YOUR CONFLICTS. I CAN BRING A VICTORY
-
TO THE AREAS THAT YOU FEEL DEFEATED. I CAN BRING THE
-
MANIFESTATION OF THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE DESIRED AND THE THINGS
-
THAT YOU HAVE CRIED OUT FOR. I CAN BRING THE MANIFESTATION OF
-
HOPE DEFERRED FOR IT WILL SPRING, THERE'S THE WORD SPRING,
-
IT SHALL SPRING FORTH AND BECOME A TREE OF LIFE. SOME OF YOU,
-
RATHER THAN TALK ABOUT YOUR 2025, 2024, 2023, RIGHT, 1988,
-
WHATEVER IT IS, YOU NEED TO LOOK AT THIS YEAR AND SAY IN THE
-
SPRING, IN THIS SEASON, THIS IS THE TIME OF SHIFT, THIS IS THE
-
TIME OF CHANGE, AND THIS IS THE TIME OF SWIFT CHANGE. THAT'S THE
-
PURPOSE, ACCELERATION THAT ONLY GOD CAN DO. ONLY GOD CAN DO.
-
COME ON, THINGS THAT SEEM LIKE IT TOOK A LONG TIME, ALL OF A
-
SUDDEN YOU'RE GONNA LOOK OVER NEXT TO YOU AND GO, WHOA, I
-
THOUGHT I'D NEVER HAVE A HOUSE. I THOUGHT I'D NEVER BE MARRIED
-
AGAIN. I THOUGHT I'D NEVER BE MARRIED AT ALL. I THOUGHT I
-
WOULD NEVER HAVE A BETTER JOB. I THOUGHT I NEVER WOULD SEE MY
-
KIDS RETURN TO GOD. I THOUGHT I WOULD NEVER BE HEALED. YOU WILL
-
IN THE SEASON OF CONQUEST, BUT YOU GOTTA BELIEVE. YOU CAN'T GET
-
OVER INTO DOUBT. WELL, I'VE HEARD THAT BEFORE. DIE IN YOUR
-
WILDERNESS THEN. OF YOUR CONSTANT NEGATIVITY,
-
COMPLAINING, WANDERING. NO, I REFUSE. BEFORE THE NEW YEAR
-
CAME, I WENT OUT INTO MY LITTLE SUNROOM ONE NIGHT, AND I SAID,
-
"GOD," I SAID, "WE'RE ABOUT TO EMBARK ON A NEW YEAR. "AND I,
-
THROUGH YOUR SPIRIT, THROUGH THIS MOUTH, "HAVE BEEN DECLARING
-
THAT WE'RE IN A TIME "OF A SWIFT CHANGE, A SHIFT CHANGE." AND I
-
SAID, "GOD, I CANNOT WAIT, BECAUSE 2025," AND I SAID, "NOW
-
I'M GONNA JUST SHARE SOME THINGS "WITH YOU VERY QUICKLY, MY
-
FATHER. "WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOME THINGS "THAT I DID
-
NOT LIKE, SOME DISAPPOINTMENTS." YES, PASTOR HANK HAD SOME HURTS
-
IN 2025. THINGS THAT WERE PAINFUL TO ME. BUT YOU KNOW
-
WHAT, I SAID, "GOD, I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU "ABOUT THESE VERY
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QUICKLY. "I'M NOT GOING TO CAMP UPON THEM "BECAUSE YOU HAVE
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DECLARED THAT FORMER THINGS "HAVE COME TO PASS AND NEW
-
THINGS. "SO HERE'S WHAT I'M GOING TO DO. "I'M GOING TO TELL
-
YOU THESE THINGS BECAUSE I'M GOING TO PUT IT UNDER MY FOOT.
-
I'M GOING TO NOT KEEP TALKING ABOUT IT, THINKING ABOUT IT,
-
DISCUSSING IT. I'M LOOSING IT FROM MY SOUL. AND WHEN I WALK
-
OUT OF THIS ROOM, I'M GONNA GO INTO THE OTHER ROOM AND I'M
-
GONNA WORSHIP YOU. AND ALL I'M GONNA DO IS LIFT UP THE MAJESTY
-
OF THY NAME AND THE HONOR OF YOUR WORD AND WHO YOU ARE. AND
-
I'M GOING TO THANK YOU FOR THE NEW SEASON. AND MY EXPECTATION
-
IS GREAT BEFORE YOU, MY GOD AND MY FRIEND AND MY KING. AND SO I
-
GOT UP, AFTER I SAID IT, I HAD KIND OF A MOANING SESSION, AND I
-
WENT OUT AND I BEGAN TO WORSHIP GOD. AND I HEARD HIM WHEN I GOT
-
DONE, HE SAID, "THANK YOU." AND I SAID, "WELL," AND I BOWED LIKE
-
THIS, SO I SAID, "THANK YOU, BECAUSE WHAT I'VE WORSHIPED YOU
-
ABOUT "AND I'VE ASKED YOU, YOU'RE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING
-
IT. "AND I THANK YOU AND I HONOR YOU "FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY
-
HEART, AMEN." SO THAT'S HOW YOU POSITION YOURSELF. NOW THIS IS
-
VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY,
-
VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. YOU SAY, "WHY?" I'M
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GONNA SHOW YOU WHY. LOOK AT EXODUS CHAPTER 8, VERSE 23.
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EXODUS 9:4, AND EXODUS 11:7. 8:23, 9:4, 11:7, HUT! ALL RIGHT,
-
OH, WE'RE ENTERING INTO A REMOTE SEASON, GOD. OKAY, BUT LOOK AT
-
EXODUS CHAPTER 8. THIS IS SO IMPORTANT. NOW, YOU SAY, "YEAH,
Exodus 8 chapter mention
-
BUT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ISRAEL. "YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE OLD
-
TESTAMENT." THOSE THINGS, ACCORDING TO THE BOOK OF
-
CORINTHIANS, CHAPTER 10, IT SAYS, "DID THEY NOT PASS THROUGH
-
THE RED SEA?" WE'VE ALL PASSED THROUGH THE RED SEA. AND THEN IT
-
GOES ON IN 1 CORINTHIANS, I THINK IT'S 1 OR 2 CORINTHIANS, 1
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CORINTHIANS. IT SAID, "THOSE THINGS ARE WRITTEN FOR OUR
-
EXAMPLES." FOR US TO PAY ATTENTION, WHAT HAPPENED TO
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ISRAEL WAS WRITTEN FOR OUR EXAMPLE SO THAT WE DON'T MAKE
-
THE SAME MISTAKES OR WE LEARN FROM THEM OR WE SEE CERTAIN
-
PRINCIPLES OF HOW GOD DEALT WITH THE PEOPLE, HIS PEOPLE, AND
-
DEALT WITH THE NATION. THAT'S WHY ECCLESIASTES 1:9, THOSE OF
-
YOU THAT ARE TAKING NOTES, IT SAYS, "WHAT HAS BEEN IS GONNA BE
-
AGAIN." ECCLESIASTES 3, VERSE 15 SAYS, "GOD SEEKS WHAT PASSES BY
-
AND WHAT HAS BEEN IS NOW." IT'S NOT JUST WE'RE WAITING ON IT,
-
WE'RE HOPING. WE HAVE THIS FALSE HOPE THAT, YOU KNOW, ONCE AGAIN,
-
IT'S A NEW YEAR, SO WE GOT OUR CLICHES. NO, DON'T DO THAT.
-
DON'T POSITION YOURSELF THAT WAY OR YOU'LL MISS OUT. ECCLESIASTES
-
3 ALSO SAYS THAT HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF. SO THAT'S THE CYCLE OF
-
THINGS THAT REVISIT ITSELF, RIGHT? SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE
-
OLD TESTAMENT, YOU SAY, OKAY, WELL, THAT HAPPENED TO ISRAEL.
-
THAT HAPPENED TO A NATION. GOD DID IT WITH HIS PEOPLE. WOW,
-
IT'S EVEN GREATER IN THE NEW COVENANT BECAUSE OF JESUS BEING
-
INJECTED INTO THE EARTH AND BRINGING THAT GRACE AND THAT
-
MERCY AND THAT HELP. ECCLESIASTES 7, VERSE 8 SAYS
-
THAT, "AN END OF A THING IS ALWAYS BETTER THAN BEFORE." SO
-
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO ISRAEL, THAT'S OUR EXAMPLE. UNDER THE
-
NEW TESTAMENT, WE ARE THE CONGREGATION OF GOD. IT IS
-
BETTER. SO LOOK AT WHAT HE DID IN EXODUS 8, VERSE 23. THAT IS
-
NOW BETTER. IF GOD DID IT AND WHAT HAS BEEN IS GONNA BE AGAIN,
-
THEN LOOK AT THIS. GOD, THIS IS THE LORD SPEAKING, I AM GOING TO
-
PUT A DIVISION. I AM GOING TO PUT A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MY
-
PEOPLE AND THY PEOPLE. TOMORROW SHALL THIS SIGN BE. I'VE BEEN
-
WORKING ON MY BOOK, BECOMING A FRIEND OF GOD, AND SOMETHING
-
THAT I'VE DISCOVERED IS EVEN THOUGH WE COULD BE AND WE ARE
-
GOD'S PEOPLE, THERE ARE THOSE THAT ARE IN GOD'S PEOPLE THAT
-
GOD IS NOT A RESPECTER OF PERSONS, BUT HE RESPECTS THE
-
PERSONS WHO HAVE A DEEPER HUNGER AND PURSUIT FOR HIM THAT CAUSES
-
A GREATER FAVOR EVEN IN THE MIDST OF ALL OF THE PEOPLE. I
-
DON'T WANNA JUST BE, GOD, YOU'RE BRINGING A DIFFERENCE WITH YOUR
-
PEOPLE. FROM THE MIDST OF YOUR PEOPLE, I WANNA BE SINGLED OUT
-
AND CALLED OUT BECAUSE OUT OF THE PEOPLE, I AM NOT A LUKEWARM
-
CHRISTIAN. I'M NOT A CHRISTIAN THAT WILL COMPROMISE. I'M NOT A
-
CHRISTIAN LORD GOD WHO IS PLAYING GAMES. I LOVE THE LORD
-
THY GOD. I AM AFTER YOUR HEART. I HONOR YOU FOR YOU HANDED THE
-
KING THE SCEPTER OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, FATHER, AND WHEN
-
HE CAME INTO THE COURT OF HEAVEN, YOU SAID, "SON, YOU ARE
-
GOD, AND YOU LOVE RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND YOU HATE INIQUITY. MAY THAT
-
BE SAID OF US." SEE, IT'S ONE THING TO BE SEPARATED AND BE
-
AMONG GOD'S CHURCH, HIS SONS, HIS DAUGHTERS, BUT THEN AMONG
-
THOSE, I WANT TO BE MARKED. THAT IS MY BOY IN WHOM I'M WELL
-
PLEASED, BECAUSE HE GOES THE EXTRA MILE. HE DOES THINGS IN
-
HIS LIFE THAT ALIGNS HIMSELF. LISTEN, I'M NOT SO INTO ALL OF
-
THE THINGS THAT THE EARTH HAS, THAT'S NOT MY INTEREST. MY
-
INTEREST IS I'VE GOT TO CAPTURE SOMETHING. I HAVE TO CAPTURE THE
-
HEART OF GOD. AND AS I CAPTURE HIS HEART, I'VE GOT TO CAPTURE
-
HIS VOICE. I'VE GOT TO FEEL THE PRESENCE OF HIM. I WANT TO KNOW
-
WHAT IS HE THINKING. WHAT IS HE LIKE? WHAT DOES GOD, WHAT DOES
-
HE HATE, HE DESPISE? THEN I WANT TO ALIGN MYSELF THAT WAY. GOD,
-
THIS IS, YOU PUT A DIVISION WITH YOUR PEOPLE, BUT THEN WITHIN
-
YOUR PEOPLE, THAT'S WHY GOD ALWAYS HAD A REMNANT. WITHIN THE
-
PEOPLE, THERE WAS ALWAYS A SMALL GROUP THAT WOULD DO WHAT
-
EVERYBODY ELSE SHOULD BE DOING. YOU SAY, WELL, I DON'T THINK
-
THAT, I THINK GOD, HE JUST CARES ABOUT US ALL. SURE HE DOES, BUT
-
WHERE ARE YOU NUMBERED? WHERE ARE YOU NUMBERED? YOU SAY, WELL,
-
I DON'T KNOW. ALL RIGHT, I'M GONNA DO A SHIFT HERE. LOOK AT
-
THE BOOK OF JUDE. WHERE ARE YOU NUMBERED? OKAY, I'M GONNA ASK
-
YOU. ALL RIGHT, LOOK HERE, JUDE VERSE 14, JUDE 14, LOOK HERE. SO
-
THIS IS AN INTERESTING ANALOGY HERE THAT I WANT YOU TO SEE FOR
-
A MOMENT. SO IT SAYS IN VERSE 14, ENOCH ALSO THE SEVENTH FROM
-
ADAM PROPHESIED OF THESE THINGS SAYING, "LOOK, THE LORD COMES
-
WITH 10,000 OF HIS SAINTS "TO EXECUTE JUDGMENT AND TO CONVINCE
-
ALL THAT ARE UNGODLY "AMONG THEM OF ALL THEIR UNGODLY DEEDS
-
"WHICH THEY'VE UNGODLY COMMITTED "AND OF ALL THEIR HARD SPEECHES
-
"WAS ON GODLY SINNERS HAVE SPOKEN." SO THIS PROPHECY IS
-
BEING FULFILLED RIGHT NOW. NOW NOTICE SOMETHING THOUGH THAT YOU
-
SEE IN CONTEXT HERE, AND I NEED TO PUT THIS IN MY BOOK, IS GO
-
BACK TO VERSE 14. I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE
-
TO SEE THE SPIRIT OF GOD UPON ME IS WANTING TO DRAW ATTENTION TO.
-
ALL RIGHT, IF GOD IS SEPARATING THINGS WITH
-
HIS PEOPLE FROM THE WORLD. LET ME ASK
-
YOU A QUESTION. WHERE ARE YOU NUMBERED? IF GOD IS SEPARATING
-
AND BRINGING THIS KIND OF SHIFT CHANGE AND SWIFT CHANGE, AND
-
HE'S TRYING TO BRING THIS KIND OF FAVOR, WHERE ARE YOU
-
NUMBERED? ARE YOU MARKED AMONG THE MASSES OF THE BODY OF
-
CHRIST? NOTICE THE FIRST THING, ENOCH. WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY
-
ABOUT ENOCH? WHAT DID ENOCH DO? THE BIBLE SAYS IN THE BOOK OF
-
GENESIS, HE WALKED WITH GOD. SO HE HAD A RELATIONSHIP, A
-
PURSUIT, AN INTIMACY THAT WAS FAR ABOVE THOSE THAT WERE IN THE
-
EARTH. HOW DO WE KNOW? BECAUSE IT SAYS IN THE BOOK OF GENESIS,
-
I THINK IT'S CHAPTER 5 OR 6, IT'S RIGHT IN THERE, WHERE ENOCH
-
WALKED WITH GOD, KNEW GOD AND WAS NOT, GOD TOOK HIM, RIGHT?
-
THERE WAS SOMETHING IN ENOCH AND HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD AMONG
-
ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE EARTH THAT WAS UNIQUE, MARKED. AND GO BACK
-
TO THAT VERSE IN VERSE 14 OF JUDE. SO THERE'S SOMETHING
-
SPECIAL ABOUT THOSE WHO WALK WITH GOD, HOW YOU WALK WITH GOD.
-
ASK YOURSELF A QUESTION, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, HOW IS
-
MY WALK WITH GOD? AM I ON FIRE? AM I ZEALOUS FOR GOD, OR HAS
-
EVERYTHING ELSE GOT MY ATTENTION? YOU KNOW BY WHAT
-
COMES OUT OF YOUR MOUTH, WHAT YOU DISCUSS MORE THAN ANYTHING,
-
MORE THAN GOD, YOU GOTTA WATCH, BECAUSE OUT OF THE ABUNDANCE OF
-
YOUR HEART, YOUR MOUTH SPEAKS, AND WHAT YOU'RE CONSTANTLY
-
SPEAKING ABOUT, TALKING ABOUT, INTERESTED IN, REVEALS A LOT
-
ABOUT YOUR WALK, AND HOW DEEP YOU ARE, AND HOW COMMITTED. NOW,
-
I'M NOT SAYING THAT EVERY TIME YOU TALK, YOU KNOW, OH, THANK
-
GOD FOR THE TOAST. THANK GOD FOR MY SHOESTRING, OOPS. I ALMOST
-
TRIPPED OVER MY SHOESTRING. THANK YOU, GOD, THE LORD WHO
-
TIES MY SHOES. OKAY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A WEIRDO. RIGHT,
-
DON'T BE A WEIRDO. BUT NOTICE ENOCH, HE WAS A MAN. IT HAD TO
-
DO WITH HIS WALK, BUT NOTICE IT SAID THE SEVENTH FROM ADAM. NOW
-
IS THAT THE SEVENTH PERSON? NO, BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT WHERE
-
ENOCH WAS BORN IN GENESIS 5 AND YOU GO AND YOU LOOK AT THE
-
GENEALOGIES, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE EARTH WAS FILLED WITH PEOPLE. HE
-
WASN'T THE SEVENTH PERSON BY WAY OF NUMBERS. HE WAS THE SEVENTH
-
BY THE WAY OF ALL MILLIONS OR BILLIONS, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY
-
THERE WERE, HE WAS SEVEN. HE WAS MARKED, ONLY SEVEN SINCE ADAM
-
WERE MARKED AMONG THE PEOPLE AT THAT LEVEL. THIS IS WHAT I WANT
-
IN MY LIFE. I DON'T WANNA JUST BE, YOU KNOW, THE BODY OF
-
CHRIST. I DON'T WANNA JUST BE A SON OF GOD, A CHILD OF GOD. I
-
WANNA BE MARKED, SINGLED OUT, CALLED OUT, BECAUSE MY WALK,
-
LIKE ENOCH, IS SOMETHING THAT HAS GOTTEN GOD'S ATTENTION. AND
-
THAT OUGHTA BE OUR DESIRE, OUR PASSION, OUR PURSUIT. THE LORD
-
IS TAKING MY MESSAGE IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION. ALL RIGHT,
-
EXODUS 8, VERSE 23, LET'S GO BACK THERE. LET'S LOOK AT 9:4,
-
11:7. SO WE GO BACK TO EXODUS 8. WE'RE IN A TIME OF THIS SHIFT
-
CHANGE. WE'RE IN THIS TIME WHERE DON'T REHEARSE. I IMPLORE YOU,
-
ALL OF THE NEGATIVE, THE BAD, THE FRUSTRATION. YOU KNOW, MY
-
WIFE, SHE TAUGHT ME SOMETHING. DON'T USE THE WORD I'M
-
FRUSTRATED. BECAUSE EVERY TIME YOU SAY IT, THE DEFINITION OF
-
FRUSTRATION IS HINDERED. SO EVERY TIME YOU SAY I'M
-
FRUSTRATED OVER MY JOB, I'M FRUSTRATED OVER THIS. WELL, YOU
-
MIGHT BE, BUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS YOU'RE EMPOWERING BECAUSE THE
-
SPIRIT REALM OPERATES BY WORDS. THAT'S HOW GOD CREATED THE
-
HEAVENS AND THE EARTH. JESUS CREATED BY THE WORDS OF HIS
-
POWER. THEY'RE SUSTAINED, THEY'RE UPHELD BY THE WORDS OF
-
HIS POWER, RIGHT? SATAN AND DEMONS OPERATE BY WORDS AND
-
THAT'S HOW THEY ENTRAP YOU. THE BIBLE SAYS IN PROVERBS 6, "WE
-
ARE SNARED, WE'RE TRAPPED BY THE WORDS OF OUR MOUTH." THE WAY
-
THAT THE ENEMY TRAPS US IS BY THE THINGS COMING OUT OF OUR
-
TRAP. AND HE TRAPS US WITH OUR TRAP. AND SO WHAT WE HAVE TO
-
LEARN TO DO IS SPEAK RIGHT, SPEAK GOD'S WORD, SPEAK YOU'RE
-
THE PROPHET OVER YOUR OWN LIFE. WHAT ARE YOU SAYING OVER YOUR
-
LIFE? GOD PUT A DIVISION, HE PUT A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MY PEOPLE
-
AND THY PEOPLE. I MEAN, PEOPLE STOP RIGHT THERE, OH, THAT'S
-
GREAT, GOD'S GONNA FAVOR HIS PEOPLE. YEAH, THAT'S GREAT, BUT
-
I WANT TO BE FAVORED AMONG HIS PEOPLE. AMEN. AMEN. GOOD. I'M
-
DETERMINED TO WALK IN A HIGHER LEVEL OF BLESSING AND INTIMACY.
-
WELL, YOU'RE SAYING YOU'RE BETTER THAN US. LET GOD DECIDE
-
THAT. MY PURSUIT IN DETERMINATION. NOW LOOK AT
-
EXODUS 9. LOOK AT WHAT GOD SAYS, EXODUS 9. THIS IS VERY POWERFUL.
-
PASTOR DOUG, YOU CAN START COMING. AND THE LORD SHALL
-
SEVER, OR HE'LL PUT A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE CATTLE OF ISRAEL AND
-
THE CATTLE OF EGYPT, AND THERE SHALL NOTHING DIE OF ALL THAT IS
-
IN THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL. SO GOD EVEN HAD SUCH A PRESERVATION
-
THAT THERE WAS A SEPARATION THAT WAS, YOU COULD SAY IT THIS WAY,
-
IT WAS SO OBVIOUS. THIS IS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. DON'T GET
-
INTO NEGATIVITY AND DOUBT. WELL, I'VE HEARD ALL THIS BEFORE. I
-
REMEMBER BACK IN 2006 WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE YEAR OF THE
-
FIX, AND NOW 20 YEARS LATER, NOTHING'S BEEN FIXED. AND I LIVE
-
DOWN IN TEXAS, AND WE'RE FIXING TO DO EVERYTHING, BUT GOD HASN'T
-
FIXED MY 2006, LET ALONE MY ’26. WELL, YOU'RE GETTING
-
WHAT YOU SAY. BECAUSE YOU'VE GOTTEN OVER
-
INTO NEGATIVITY. YES, SIR. YEAH. I AM DETERMINED
-
IN MY LIFE. I AM NOT LETTING GO OF YOU, GOD, UNTIL YOU BLESS ME
-
IN THESE AREAS THAT I HAVE BEEN PRAYING FOR. AND THAT'S THE WAY
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WE ALL HAVE TO BE. I'M NOT BETTER. I'M JUST TRYING TO HELP
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YOU GET TO THAT PLACE. IF GOD IS SAYING I'M GONNA BRING A DIVINE
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SEPARATION, WELL, THEN DON'T GET IN HIS WAY. AMEN. HAVE AT
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IT, MY FATHER. I MEAN, IF YOU GOTTA SPEAK KING JAMES BACK TO
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HIM, HAVE YOUR WAY AND YOUR SAY, OH GREAT GOD. I MEAN, I DID SAY
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IT TO THE LORD ONE DAY, 'CAUSE I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE ONE OF MY
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PRAYERS WOULD BE AN ANSWER, I SAID, WHAT DO I NEED TO DO? TALK
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KING JAMES TO YOU? YOU SAID I COULD HAVE WHAT I SAY. I'VE BEEN
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SAYING IT, GOD. AND I HEARD, AND I'M NOT KIDDING, I HEARD THE
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SOUND OF LAUGHTER. AND I SAID, I'M NOT TRYING TO
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MAKE YOU LAUGH, I'M TRYING TO MAKE A POINT.
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(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
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HE WAS LAUGHING REALLY HARD. I KNOW, YOU SAY, "PASTOR, YOU'RE
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STRANGE." NO, I'M TELLING YOU, HE WAS LAUGHING. AND IT MADE ME
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LAUGH, AND I SAID, ALL RIGHT, I'M GONNA CALM DOWN, I'M GONNA
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GET RIGHT HERE. BUT I SAID, "LORD, I JUST THOUGHT MAYBE, YOU
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KNOW, "IF I SAID THE KING JAMES, YOU KNOW, "IT MIGHT MAKE IT MORE
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OF A DIFFERENCE HERE." ALL RIGHT, LOOK AT EXODUS 11, VERSE
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7. ALL RIGHT, THIS IS POWERFUL. NOW, EXODUS 11, VERSE SEVEN.
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WHAT DOES IT SAY? "BUT AGAINST ANY OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL
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"SHALL NOT A DOG MOVE ITS TONGUE." HOW MANY OF YOU TIRED
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OF THE ENEMY BARKING IN YOUR EAR? RIGHT? PEOPLE, SOME OF THEM
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HAVE TAKEN ON THE SPIRIT OF THE DOG.
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(IMITATES DOG BARKING)
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YOU SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, AMERICA IS GOING TO BE SAVED.
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(IMITATES DOG BARKING)
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RIGHT? RHINO DOGS, THE LIBERAL DOGS, RIGHT? START BARKING.
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(IMITATES DOG BARKING)
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YOU SAY, I'M GONNA BE HEALED, I'M IN THE PROCESS OF IT.
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(IMITATES DOG BARKING)
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OH, GOD HEALS SOME AND GOD HEALS OTHERS.
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(IMITATES DOG BARKING)
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BE CAREFUL FOR THE SOUND OF THE DOGS, RIGHT? THAT ALWAYS GOTTA
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BARK AND TELL YOU THAT IT ISN'T GONNA HAPPEN, WHETHER IT'S HUMAN
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BEINGS OR DEMONS. THEY START BARKING TO MAKE THINGS ROUGH IN
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YOUR LIFE. THAT WAS VERY, VERY PROFOUND. I FELT LIKE I WAS
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LOSING, I HAD TO THROW SOMETHING IN THERE, RIGHT? BUT SHALL NOT A
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DOG MOVE HIS TONGUE AGAINST MAN OR BEAST, THAT YOU MAY KNOW THAT
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THE LORD DOES PUT A DIFFERENCE. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
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YOU'RE GONNA SEE IS THAT THOSE VOICES, THEY DON'T HAVE A HOLD
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ON YOU ANYMORE. IT'S A NEW SEASON. SOMEONE SAY IT'S A NEW
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SEASON. ALL RIGHT, NOW, I WANNA SHOW YOU A COUPLE OTHER THINGS
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BEFORE WE END. ROMANS CHAPTER 5, VERSE 8. LET ME SHOW YOU THIS
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PRINCIPLE. YOU'VE OFTEN HEARD ME SAY THE GOD FACTOR, RIGHT? ALL
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RIGHT. I'VE HEARD PEOPLE BEFORE, I'LL BE LIKE, I'M LIKE, WELL,
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YOU KNOW, I REALLY BELIEVE THE LORD'S GONNA PULL YOU THROUGH
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THIS. WELL, I'M HANGING ON FOR DEAR LIFE, BUT GOD. HOW MANY
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EVER HEARD OF THE, BUT GOD? BUT GOD NEEDS TO. NO, GOD ALREADY
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DID. EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED TO JESUS'S BODY AS THE PROPITIATION
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OR THE SUBSTITUTE OF OUR SINS, THAT'S WHY WE CAN DO WHAT PSALM
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107 SAYS, LET THE REDEEMED OF THE LORD SAY SO. NOTHING WAS
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LEFT OUT, NOTHING WAS MISSING, NOTHING WAS BROKEN IN THE
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COVENANT. THAT'S WHY JESUS SAID IT'S FINISHED. IT WAS NOT ONLY
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TO DECLARE THAT THERE WAS NOTHING MISSING, NOTHING BROKEN,
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EVERYTHING WAS FULFILLED, BUT IT WAS ALSO A LEGAL TERM SAYING,
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DEVIL, NOTHING WAS LEFT OUT. I PAID FOR EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING.
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I PAID FOR IT. AND YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO WHATEVER YOU NEED.
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ROMANS 5, VERSE 8, LOOK AT WHAT IT SAYS. BUT GOD, I LOVE THAT
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WORD, BUT GOD, UNDERLINE IT. THAT'S THE GOD FACTOR. GOD
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COMMENDS HIS LOVE TOWARDS US. SO IN OTHER WORDS, IF GOD WOULDN'T
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HAVE HAD THE GOD FACTOR, IF GOD WOULDN'T HAVE INTERVENED IN
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AMERICA, IF GOD WOULDN'T HAVE INTERVENED IN YOUR LIFE, IF GOD
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WOULDN'T HAVE DETERMINED THAT 2025 WAS THE YEAR OF THE FIGHT
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AND THAT HE WAS GOING TO DEAL WITH CONFLICTS, IF IT WASN'T FOR
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GOD, WE WOULDN'T SEE THE BUT GOD, THE GOD FACTOR THROUGH HIS
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LOVE THAT WHAT CHRIST DIED, THAT'S THE CONQUEST. AREN'T YOU
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GLAD FOR THE BUT GOD? NOW GO TO EXODUS CHAPTER THREE, 'CAUSE I
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SAID, LORD, SHOW ME ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE GOD FACTOR. AND
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AS PLAIN AS DAY, I HEARD THE LORD SAY, IT IS IN MY NAME. I
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SAID, IT'S IN YOUR NAME? HE SAID, YEP. AND IT WAS WHAT I
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FIRST INTRODUCED MYSELF TO MOSES. LOOK AT EXODUS 3, VERSE
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14. THIS IS POWERFUL. ARE YOU GETTING ANYTHING OUT OF THIS?
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OKAY. THANK YOU FOR YOU SIX PEOPLE THAT AGREE. AND GOD SAID
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UNTO MOSES, BECAUSE I LOVE WHAT MOSES SAID, HE SAID, "GOD, WHO
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ARE YOU?" I ASK THAT TO THE LORD ALL THE TIME. "WHO ARE YOU?
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"REVEAL YOURSELF TO ME. "I KNOW I CAN READ IT IN MY BIBLE, "BUT
-
I WANT TO SEE YOU. "WHO ARE YOU? "I DON'T WANNA KNOW FROM ANYBODY
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ELSE'S REVELATION. "I WANT MY OWN. SOME SAY YOU'RE LIKE THIS,
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BUT I WANT TO KNOW FOR MYSELF." I WANT TO KNOW FOR MYSELF. AND
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GOD SAID TO MOSES, AFTER MOSES SAID, "WHO ARE YOU?" HE SAID
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UNTO MOSES, "I AM THAT I AM." THAT'S THE GOD FACTOR. WELL,
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PASTOR, HOW IS THAT THE GOD FACTOR? BECAUSE GOD WAS SAYING
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THROUGH HIS NAME, I AM. ALL RIGHT, YOU NEED HEALING? HERE'S
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THE GOD FACTOR, I'M YOUR HEALER. YOU NEED PROTECTION? OH, HERE'S
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THE GOD FACTOR, I AM YOUR PROTECTOR. HMM, I AM LONELY.
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WELL, THE GOD FACTOR, I AM YOUR HUSBAND. I AM YOUR FRIEND. I AM
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YOUR SHEPHERD. SO THE I AM IS TO REVEAL THAT NO MATTER WHAT YOU
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NEED, HE'S AVAILABLE WITH THE BUT GOD, THE GOD FACTOR, TO MEET
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WHATEVER YOU NEED, TO SHOW UP IN YOUR LIFE, AMEN? TO MANIFEST
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THAT SHIFT CHANGE, THAT SWIFT CHANGE. NOW, IT'S AMAZING TO ME,
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AND I'LL JUST CLOSE WITH THIS, GO AHEAD AND STAND ON YOUR FEET.
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IT'S AMAZING TO ME THAT IN THE BOOK OF JOHN ALONE, THE I AM
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SHOWS UP. AND IN FACT, WHEN, I THINK IT WAS JOHN, I THINK IT
-
MIGHT HAVE BEEN JOHN 6 OR 5, BUT JESUS IS HAVING A
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DISCOURSE WITH THE PHARISEES, REMEMBER? THEY SAY, "WHO ARE
-
YOU? "TELL US PLAINLY, ARE YOU THE SON OF GOD? YOU'RE GOING
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AROUND DOING ALL THESE THINGS. TELL US PLAINLY. WHO ARE YOU?"
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AND JESUS, I IMAGINE HIM JUST LEANING BACK, CHEWING ON A PIECE
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OF, I DON'T KNOW, JERUSALEM STRAW. AND HE SAYS THESE WORDS
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AND THEY MISSED, WELL, THEY DIDN'T MISS IT, WE MISS IT. HE
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GOES, "BEFORE ABRAHAM, I AM." IN OTHER WORDS, HE'S SAYING, "I WAS
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BORN BEFORE ABRAHAM. "I'VE ALWAYS EXISTED." AND THEN HE
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USED THE NAME OF GOD, I AM. THEY WERE SO MAD, THEY IMMEDIATELY
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WANTED TO KILL HIM AT THAT MOMENT. AND THEN HE HAS MORE
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DISCOURSE WITH THEM. IN JOHN 6, AFTER FEEDING THE
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MULTITUDES, "WHO ARE YOU?" HE SAID, "I AM, IN THE NAME OF GOD,
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THE BREAD OF LIFE." JOHN EIGHT, "WHO ARE YOU?" "I AM THE LIGHT
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OF THE WORLD." DOESN'T MATTER HOW MANY DARKNESS YOU HAVE, THE
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GOD FACTOR WILL LIGHT IT UP. "WELL, IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE
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ANYTHING'S HAPPENING FOR ME. "I'VE BEEN PRAYING A LONG TIME."
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OH, JOHN 10, THE GOD FACTOR, "I AM THE DOOR, "AND I OPEN DOORS
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THAT NO MAN CAN SHUT, AND I SHUT DOORS THAT NO MAN CAN OPEN. I'M
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SO LONELY. I'M IN THIS TRIAL ALL BY MYSELF." OH, JOHN 10, HERE'S
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THE GOD FACTOR. "I AM YOUR SHEPHERD, AND I LEAD YOU BESIDE
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STILL WATERS. I RESTORE YOUR SOUL. I JUST NEED TO SEE GOD'S
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POWER MANIFEST OVER MY HEALING. OH, JOHN 11, THE GOD FACTOR. I
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AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE. AND BECAUSE I'VE
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RESURRECTED AND ASCENDED, I HAVE ENOUGH POWER THAT I'VE PAID FOR
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TO TAKE CARE OF ANYTHING. OH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO BELIEVE
-
TODAY. WELL, QUIT WATCHING THE NEWS. BUT JOHN 14, THE GOD
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FACTOR. I AM THE WAY, THE TRUTH. DON'T TELL ME YOU DON'T KNOW
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WHAT TO DO. YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO BELIEVE. HE'S THE TRUTH. I'M
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CONCERNED OVER MY LIFE. THE GOD FACTOR AND THE LIFE. NOW HERE'S
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THE OTHER ONE. I DON'T KNOW. I'VE BEEN PRAYING A LONG TIME
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AND I JUST DON'T SEEM TO GET ANSWERS, PASTOR. OH, THE GOD
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FACTOR, JOHN 15. I AM THE VINE. YOU ARE THE BRANCHES. SO DON'T
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SAY YOU CAN'T OR YOU'RE NOT BEARING FRUIT OR SEEING ANSWERS.
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AS LONG AS YOU STAY CONNECTED TO THE VINE, YOU BE IN THE
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BRANCHES, YOU WILL SHIFT, YOU WILL CHANGE, YOU WILL SEE FRUIT,
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ANSWERED PRAYER, AMEN, AMEN, AMEN, AMEN, AMEN, AMEN, SAY I
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AM, SAY I LOVE YOU, I AM. NOW THANK HIM FOR THE GOD FACTOR.
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LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR THE GOD FACTOR. WE THANK YOU, BUT GOD,
-
THE GOD FACTOR, AND WE ASK YOU TO INTERVENE IN OUR LIVES. WE
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LOOK TO YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED TO SHIFT US, TO BRING
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THE GREAT CHANGES, THE GOD CHANGES, THE GOD FACTOR CHANGES,
-
AND THEN TO BRING THE SWIFT CHANGES OF ACCELERATION AND
-
MANIFESTATION THAT WE MAY HONOR YOU AND LOVE YOU AND SERVE YOU
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WE DECLARE YOUR GREATNESS AND WE THANK YOU AHEAD OF TIME
-
SOMETHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS. IN FACT,
-
I FEEL LIKE THE LORD SAID END WITH ONE LAST VERSE I KNOW YOU
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WANT TO GET GOING PSALM 84 LOOK AT VERSES 5 THROUGH 6 WHAT JOY
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FOR THOSE WHOSE STRENGTH COMES FROM THE LORD. THAT'S THE GOD
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FACTOR. WHO HAVE SET THEIR MINDS ON A PILGRIMAGE TO JERUSALEM.
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THAT'S WHAT PASTOR BRENDA IS TALKING ABOUT. THE WAY OF PEACE,
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JERUSALEM. PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM. WHEN THEY WALK
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THROUGH THE VALLEY OF WEEPING, SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN THROUGH A
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REALLY HARSH SEASON. BUT NOTICE WHAT GOD SAYS, YOU'RE GOING TO
-
COME TO A PLACE. YOU KNOW, LISTEN, GOD IS ABOUT A PLACE.
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GOD'S ABOUT PLACES. WHAT DID HE TELL MOSES? MOSES, MEET ME AT A
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PLACE CALLED THERE. MOSES IS LIKE, WHERE'S THERE? MEET ME UP
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ON THE MOUNTAIN. SOMETIMES YOU GOT TO UNDERSTAND THAT GOD IS
-
ALWAYS ABOUT A PLACE. WHAT DID JESUS SAY IN JOHN 14? HE SAID,
-
IT IS EXPEDIENT, OR MAYBE IT WAS JOHN 16, THAT I GO AWAY. FOR
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UNLESS I GO AWAY, THE SPIRIT OF GOD CANNOT COME, BUT I PREPARE A
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WHAT? A PLACE FOR YOU. AND SOMETIMES WE'VE GOT OUR MINDS
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AND OUR SPIRITS SO SET ON THE HEAVENLY PROMISE, WE DON'T THINK
-
THAT GOD CAN SET A PLACE OF AN EARTHLY PROMISE TO MANIFEST
-
SOMETHING IN OUR LIVES THAT IS SO POWERFUL, THAT DOESN'T COME
-
BY OUR MIGHT OR OUR POWER, BUT BY THE POWER OF HIS SPIRIT TO
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MANIFEST IT, RIGHT? SO LOOK AT WHAT IT SAYS. IT SAYS, "I'VE
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COME TO BRING YOU "TO A PLACE OF REFRESHING SPRINGS." NOW THIS IS
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TALKING ABOUT LITERAL SPRINGS, RIVERS, WHATEVER. BUT WHAT ABOUT
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THE SPRING? WHAT ABOUT GOD BRING US TO A PLACE OF A REFRESHING
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SPRING THAT DOES HAVE THE FLOW OF HIS SPIRIT IN THE SPRING?
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THAT BY THE TIME WE GO THROUGH SUMMER, WE'RE NOW INTO AUTUMN
-
THIS YEAR, AND IT'S GONNA RAIN, THE RAIN OF HIS BLESSING, THE
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RAIN OF HIS SPIRIT WILL CLOTHE US WITH BLESSINGS. AND THEN NOW,
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HERE'S WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO, PUT YOUR HAND UP, THOSE OF YOU
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THAT ARE WATCHING UNLESS YOU'RE DRIVING, AND SAY, I TAKE THAT.
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MY SPRING IS SHIFTING INTO CHANGE, INTO REFRESHING, INTO
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MANIFESTATION, THAT BY THE TIME I GO THROUGH SUMMER, INTO
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AUTUMN, THINGS HAVE SHIFTED TO WHERE IT'S SWIFT, IT'S
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ACCELERATED, AND THIS AUTUMN, I WILL TESTIFY OF YOUR BLESSING,
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OF YOUR PRESENCE, AND THE MANIFESTATION OF THE THINGS THAT
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I HAVE DESIRED AND PRAYED FOR. AND WITH THAT, I SALUTE YOU AND
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SAY THANK YOU, FATHER. AND ALL THE PEOPLE SAID, "AMEN." AMEN.
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DID YOU LIKE THAT? ALL RIGHT, I LOVE YOU. GOD BLESS YOU. AS
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PASTOR DOUG COMES, LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR PASTOR DOUG. I LOVE YOU,
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MAN. AMEN. GOOD, PASTOR HANK. A HAND FOR THAT. WASN'T THAT A
-
GREAT MESSAGE THIS MORNING? GOD BLESS YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING
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TODAY. THANK YOU, ONLINE AUDIENCE, FOR TUNING IN. IF
-
YOU'RE WORKING IN ONE OF OUR INFORMATION CENTERS OR THE
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CONNECT CAFE, YOU CAN BE DISMISSED AT THIS TIME TO
-
PREPARE FOR THE PEOPLE. I WON'T KEEP YOU LONG THIS MORNING, BUT
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IT KIND OF STRUCK ME WHEN PASTOR HANK WAS TALKING ON THE ALTAR
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TEAM, YOU CAN COME UP HERE QUICKLY RIGHT NOW. I ALMOST
-
FORGOT THAT. IF YOU NEED PRAYER THIS MORNING, THE ALTAR TEAM
-
WILL BE UP HERE AT THE END OF THE SERVICE WHEN I DISMISS, AND
-
YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME UP AND RECEIVE PRAYER FROM THEM. IT'S
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ANOINTED AND POWERFUL. AMEN. AMEN. BUT WHEN PASTOR TALKED
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ABOUT JUNE 14TH AND WHERE WE'RE NUMBERED AMONG THE PEOPLE AND
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THE FACT THAT ENOCH WAS SINGLED OUT TO SAY THAT HE WALKED WITH
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GOD, HOW MANY OF YOU WANT TO SAY OR HAVE GOD SAY, "I WALKED WITH
-
GOD"? THAT'S WHAT WE ALL DESIRE. WE SHOULD BE DESIRING. AND THE
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TRUTH IS WE HAVE THIS LIFETIME TO MAKE THAT DECISION, TO BE
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SINGLED OUT TO BE SOMEONE WALKING WITH GOD. AND THE BIBLE
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ACTUALLY TELLS US THAT MOST PEOPLE WILL NOT MAKE THAT
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DECISION, UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE IT'S A BROAD PATH TO
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DESTRUCTION. IN FACT, I WANT THEM TO PUT UP QUICKLY, AND I'M
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NOT GOING TO KEEP YOU LONG AT ALL, BUT MATTHEW 7:13, BECAUSE I
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THINK IT EXPLAINS IT SO WELL. IT SAYS, "YOU CAN ENTER GOD'S
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KINGDOM ONLY THROUGH THE NARROW GATE." THE HIGHWAY TO HELL, OR
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IT MEANS THE PATHWAY TO HELL, IS BROAD. IT'S A BROAD PATH, AND
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THE GATE IS WIDE FOR THE MANY, CATCH THIS, WHO CHOOSE THAT WAY.
-
THAT MEANS YOU HAVE A CHOICE. YOU CAN TAKE YOURSELF TO THE
-
PATH OF DESTRUCTION, OR YOU CAN TAKE YOURSELF TO GOD'S PLANNED
-
HEAVEN FOR YOU. HELL WAS NOT CREATED FOR MANKIND, BUT IT'S
-
WHERE PEOPLE WILL END UP IF THEY DON'T MAKE A DECISION FOR HIM.
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JESUS SAYS, "I'M THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE. NO MAN
-
COMES TO THE FATHER EXCEPT BY ME." AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF SIN
-
ENTERING THE WORLD. HE'S OUR ONLY WAY TO HAVE THAT SIN
-
COVERED. I WANT YOU TO BOW YOUR HEADS WITH ME TODAY, IF YOU
-
WOULD, QUICKLY. IF YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE, I WANT YOU TO
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PRAY WITH ME TODAY. MAYBE THERE'S SOMEONE IN THIS
-
CONGREGATION I BELIEVE THERE'S MOSTLY BELIEVERS HERE BUT MAYBE
-
THERE'S SOMEONE HERE TODAY, AND YOU SAY, PASTOR DOUG, I'VE NEVER
-
MADE JESUS CHRIST THE LORD OF MY LIFE. I DON'T WANT TO GO THE WAY
-
OF DESTRUCTION. I WANT TO BE IN HEAVEN. I WANT GOD'S PLAN OF
-
ABUNDANCE FOR MY LIFE. I WANT THE GOOD THINGS THAT PASTOR HANK
-
WAS TALKING ABOUT. AND IF THAT'S YOU TODAY AND YOU SAY, I NEED TO
-
REPENT AND MAKE TODAY MY DAY TO FOLLOW GOD AND TO CHOOSE HIM, TO
-
CHOOSE THE PATH OF LIFE, IF THIS IS YOUR DAY, WE'RE PRAYING FOR
-
YOU TODAY THAT YOU MAKE THAT DECISION. DON'T THINK ABOUT
-
OTHERS AROUND YOU AND WHAT THEY MAY THINK. ONLY THINK ABOUT WHAT
-
GOD IS THINKING ABOUT YOU NOW. ARE YOU NUMBERED AMONG HIS
-
PEOPLE, AMONG THE CHOSEN PEOPLE? THAT'S THE QUESTION YOU NEED TO
-
ASK YOURSELF. OR MAYBE YOU FOLLOWED HIM AT ONE TIME, BUT
-
NOW YOU'VE GOTTEN OFF. YOU'VE GOTTEN IN THE WRONG CIRCLE OF
-
RELATIONSHIPS OR YOU'VE GOTTEN ON A WRONG PATH. THAT HAPPENS TO
-
PEOPLE. IT'S NOT UNUSUAL THAT THAT CAN HAPPEN. BUT YOU CAN
-
COME BACK TO HIM. THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS. SO I'M GOING TO ASK
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YOU A QUESTION TODAY. IS THERE ANYONE HERE AND YOU'D SAY,
-
PASTOR DOUG, I NEED PRAYER TODAY. I WANT TO COME BACK TO
-
GOD, OR I WANT TO MAKE JESUS CHRIST THE LORD OF MY LIFE. IS
-
THERE ANYONE HERE THAT YOU WOULD SAY THAT? I'M GOING TO COUNT TO
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THREE, AND IF YOU WOULD RAISE YOUR HAND, THEN I CAN SEE YOU.
-
WE'RE GOING TO PRAY FOR YOU. ONE, TWO, THREE. ANYONE HERE
-
TODAY, YOU'D RAISE YOUR HAND BOLDLY AND SAY, I NEED PRAYER. I
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NEED TO MAKE JESUS CHRIST THE LORD OF MY LIFE. MAYBE YOU'RE
-
SITTING IN YOUR HOME OR YOUR PLACE OF WORK, WHEREVER YOU'RE
-
AT. GOD CAN SEE YOUR HAND. IS THERE A HAND THAT I SEE UP HERE?
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OR IS THAT JUST SOMEONE ITCHING THEIR EAR? MAYBE NOT. OK. I WANT
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TO MAKE SURE I'M JUST LOOKING AROUND. THE LIGHTS ARE SOMETIMES
-
HARD TO TELL. USHERS, HELP ME IF THERE'S ANYONE HERE. AND YOU
-
SAY, I NEED PRAYER TODAY. I WANT TO MAKE A DECISION FOR CHRIST.
-
I'M BOLD. I'M NOT AFRAID TO DO THAT. I NEED TO DO THAT TODAY.
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YOU NEED TO DO THAT TODAY. OK. I DON'T SEE ANY HANDS. LET'S PRAY
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TOGETHER. AND IF YOU'RE AT HOME WATCHING US OR WHEREVER YOU'RE
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AT, YOU CAN AGREE WITH ME. REPEAT AFTER ME. FATHER, I COME
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TO YOU FOR YOUR MERCY. I BELIEVE THAT JESUS CHRIST WILL SAVE ME
-
TODAY. I DESIRE TO MAKE JESUS THE LORD OF MY LIFE. COME INTO
-
MY LIFE. CHANGE ME. MAKE ME A NEW CREATION, AND I WILL SERVE
-
YOU ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE. FORGIVE ME FOR SIN, AND PUT ME
-
ON YOUR PATH TO GOODNESS AND OVERCOMING. I WANT TO BE COUNTED
-
AMONG THE CHOSEN OF GOD. AMEN. AND IF YOU PRAYED THAT PRAYER
-
TODAY, YOU MADE THAT DECISION, YOU'RE ON THE PATH OF
-
RIGHTEOUSNESS. AND OUR PRAYER LINE IS AVAILABLE, 855-777-7907.
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TWENTY-FOUR HOURS A DAY YOU CAN CALL THAT PRAYER LINE. OUR
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PRAYER COUNSELORS ARE WAITING, STANDING BY TO PRAY WITH YOU AND
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SEND YOU MATERIALS REGARDING YOUR DECISION. SO I CONGRATULATE
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YOU FOR THAT. MAKE SURE YOU GET A HOLD OF US, EMAIL US OR CALL
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THAT NUMBER AND WE WILL RESPOND TO YOU AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
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WELL, IF YOU NEED PRAYER TODAY, DON'T FORGET THE ALTAR WORKERS
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ARE HERE. DON'T FORGET MIDWEEK RECHARGE. PASTOR BRENDA DID A
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GREAT JOB WEDNESDAY NIGHT. DON'T MISS THAT. EVEN IF YOU MISSED
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THE FIRST PART, YOU'LL GET A LOT OUT OF THE SECOND PORTION OF
-
THAT. IT'S ALWAYS SO GOOD. SO BE BACK IN THE HOUSE ON WEDNESDAY
-
NIGHT AT 7 O'CLOCK. GOD BLESS YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING THIS
-
MORNING. HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY. REMEMBER
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OUR ALTAR TEAM’S HERE IF YOU NEED PRAYER.