Sermon
The Lord Seated On The Throne, Cheryl Allen (Isaiah 6)
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you're here, so. Thank you. Thank you.
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So good to be in your new home. I um
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just felt as I was um
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worshipping with you guys, uh just that
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your name is Frontier, and I feel like
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you've been put in a new frontier, and I
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just feel like the spiritual
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realities,
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um there's a lot of plowing.
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I feel like the building is beautiful,
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but I feel like plowing is needed. And I
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just sense like in this season, there's
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going to be great spiritual plowing. Um
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because I just sense there's a fruit
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that God wants you to experience that he
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wants you to partner with him in.
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That could be an intense word that I'm
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sharing, but I feel it. I feel like the
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Lord just saying, you want spiritual
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things to happen here. And I feel like
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God's saying, yeah, and I want very
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spiritual things to happen here. Not
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just oh, I have friends. Oh, this is
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cool. What a cool building. You know
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what I mean? It's like, no. No, no, no,
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no, no. Like the Lord's going to do
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tremendous things here. And I feel like
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it is a season to plow with him. And and
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like I just feel like um the serving,
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like getting the building ready is done.
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Now we do spiritual preparation. And or
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whatever. I don't know. Something like
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that. I feel like God's saying, I called
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you Frontier for a reason. And I really
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feel like there's something beautiful
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that's going to happen in the midst of
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that. And with this worship leader, I
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just sense
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uh
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I feel from you and and Hannah, I just
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sense the Holy Spirit just speaking
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um Psalm 110. The Lord said to my Lord,
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and I feel like he's saying it over you.
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Sit at my right hand. Sit at my right
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hand. Watch what I do. I feel like it is
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a season of waiting on the Lord, and as
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you you wait, I just feel like the fruit
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that's going to come out of your lives,
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as well as the things that you've been
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waiting on, he's going to do. And I just
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feel like he's going to get all the
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glory. But I felt this phrase um
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so special. You are a priest forever. I
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feel this over both of you. You have a
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priestly anointing to lead people into
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the presence of God, and you are priests
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forever according to the order of
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Melchizedek, which is out of Psalm 110,
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and I just sense with that, it's like a
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heavenly order to escort people into
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heaven. It's not necessarily to bring
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God down, it's to go up. And I feel the
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Lord just saying, you have that of
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escorting people up. And I just feel it
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is a season that you're going to go up,
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up, up. And I just feel like you're
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going to spend many hours just in his
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presence. And um yeah, I just feel like
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the Lord's zealous over you two, and I
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feel like he is like he has set you
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apart for himself. I
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yeah, amen. I just feel that over you
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guys, and um I feel like leading people
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into priestly things. Yeah.
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Amen.
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Um yeah, today I love the songs that
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were picked. Wow, so beautiful. I just
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was relishing who Jesus is and that he
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sits on the throne. And that is my main
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message tonight today, sorry, tonight.
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Um this morning is that
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he is on a throne, and he is seated.
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And this is the Isaiah 6 experience. In
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the year that King Uzziah died,
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I saw the Lord seated
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on a throne,
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high and lifted up.
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And so I want to take some time just to
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unpack that. I definitely feel like
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in the midst
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of so much transition, God has called
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the 20s transitional years.
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I mean, he's he's shaking everything
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that can be shaken. He's allowing things
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to quickly transition.
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Um and with that, he is doing stuff
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personally in our lives.
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Um and part of that is to get us
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stabilized only in him.
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He wants his church stabilized by
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himself.
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Not stabilized by anything else but
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himself.
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And I think all of us think we're
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stabilized by him, but then we have
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things happen, and we're like, oh.
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I'm shaken.
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I'm kind of like move like I'm I'm kind
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of affected in ways I didn't think I
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would be. And I feel like God's allowing
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this in order to prepare us for the next
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season of history. I mean, we are in an
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interesting time of history. I don't
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want to go into all of that, but we are.
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And he wants his bride in the Western
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church ready.
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He wants us so ready in a in a land that
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is filled with comfort. He doesn't want
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us
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like in a place of, oh, I get my comfort
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the same place that my neighbor gets
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comfort.
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He wants us in a place that my comfort
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comes from above.
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And so with that being said,
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uh I have so many things to to go
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through, but I will will yeah, I'm going
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to pray. Father, I just thank you. I
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thank you for this time. I thank you
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uh
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you are good, and your mercy endures
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forever. I ask, Holy Spirit, would you
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move in this time? You have so much that
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you want to pour into this beautiful
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congregation, and I ask that Lord, you
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would do it according to your purposes.
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I ask that Lord, you know what I've
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planned, but your plans are so much
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better. And so I ask that you flow
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through this time. Flow in the name of
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Jesus. Amen. Amen.
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So,
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there's there's this negative situation.
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A king has died. And in the midst of it,
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he sees
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God sitting on a throne.
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Now first King Uzziah,
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um
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do you guys know about him? He was an
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interesting guy. He actually got filled
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with pride. I'm going to show you a
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scripture. It's out of um
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2 Chronicles 26:16.
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Let's just look at the history of King
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Uzziah.
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It's really interesting.
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I don't know, do you think it's going up
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on screens? If not, turn to your Bible.
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>> [laughter]
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>> Um
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2 Chronicles 26:16. This tells the
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background of this guy. He's this godly
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leader.
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So godly. He's doing really wonderful
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things, and then all of the sudden, in 2
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Chronicles 26:16,
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but when he was strong, his heart was
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lifted up to his destruction.
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For he transgressed against the Lord his
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God by entering the temple of the Lord
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to burn incense on the altar of incense.
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So interestingly enough,
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he was this guy who's known as this a
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godly king, and then all of the sudden,
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pride just started entering his heart,
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and he's like, you know what? I'm going
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to do what the priests do. Even though
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I'm not a priest, I'm going to do it.
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And he goes in to do it, and they're
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begging him, do not do this. And as soon
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as he does it, leprosy fills his body,
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and he's never seen again.
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So he'd been this amazing king, and now
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he's not. And what happened?
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His heart was lifted up.
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And
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interesting, cuz we're right in the
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midst of a bunch of falling leaders.
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As the church, we have seen so many
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fall. I mean, I have seen one of my
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personal favorite leaders in the body of
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Christ fall.
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Um but I feel like it's it it's hitting
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every aspect of the church.
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And it's interesting when you see
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falling leaders, a lot of reaction can
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happen.
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Especially in this current scene, where
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you have like TMZ for Christians. You
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know what I mean when I'm talking about?
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TMZ, you know,
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I have a special interview with this
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person who and it's like, oh my
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goodness. It's it's it's an interesting
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experience, and God doesn't want us in
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the midst of that. He wants us in a
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different place.
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But in the midst of it, it's
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interesting. Last year the Lord said to
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me,
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um just as I was preparing to speak, we
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were in a prayer time, and the Holy
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Spirit just said to me,
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I don't have issues with tables anymore
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in my body. I have issues with stages.
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And he said, I am coming to flip the
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stages.
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I am coming to flip the stages.
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And then he said very clear, they will
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all fall down. They will all fall down.
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And I knew those were the elders of the
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church.
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And I was like, oh yeah, like the elders
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in the yeah, everybody's falling. And
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he's like, no, it's also the falling and
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the failings of men. I will use it to do
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what I am doing in this season of the
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church.
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I will flip the stages.
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God is This is not a season to promote a
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stage.
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This is a season to decentralize
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in some ways. Why?
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Jesus wants all the glory.
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It is Luciferian. Okay, maybe I
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shouldn't say that, but I might move on.
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There was an angel that wanted a lot of
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attention.
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In the midst of THE PRESENCE OF GOD, HE
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WANTED ATTENTION.
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And that was Lucifer, who now has become
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our biggest enemy. And he in some ways
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has affected the church to say the same
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thing, "Look at me.
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Look at me.
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In the midst of the presence of God,
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look at me."
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That's going to shift.
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Woo.
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What's about to happen?
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I don't know, but I feel like the
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falling of man, whether it was
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the devil and all the different things,
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but God is using it. He will use it.
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It's not the only way he's coming, but
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he will use it.
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To flip stages.
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Ooh, all eyes on Jesus.
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All eyes on Jesus.
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Amen.
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So,
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in the midst of
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Oh, I'm disappointed. Oh, that's hard.
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Oh,
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economic downturn. In the midst of
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Uh,
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I don't like my workplace. In the midst
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of whatever those things are in your
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life,
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God is saying, "I want to stabilize you
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in a different way.
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I want to stabilize you, and I'm
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allowing the shaking to expose where you
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are being stabilized."
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Does that make sense? Okay.
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So,
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let's just look at Isaiah 6 just so we
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can we we have our eyes on it.
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Amen.
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Oh, it is there. Okay, cuz I'm like,
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"They don't move They don't move." When
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I say turn. Okay.
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>> [laughter]
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>> I saw the Lord high and exalted, seated
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on a throne.
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I want to talk about being seated on a
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throne.
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Because that throne is eternal. I'm just
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going to wear my glasses.
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I'm an older person, anyway.
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>> [laughter]
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>> This was not my life before. Um
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>> [laughter]
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>> The throne is permanently set.
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It will never move. It has never moved.
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I can't do it. Um
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cuz you're all blurry.
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It's been forever and ever and ever. It
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is never moved. It is permanent fixture.
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Now, the house I grew up in, it is still
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there, and my family still owns it. And
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the furniture is exactly as it was when
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I was 3 years old. You know I mean, like
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it's exactly the same.
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I mean, it changed a little bit, but
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it's placed in the same places. The
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painting is still there.
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And guess what? It brings peace to me.
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If I go to that favorite place, if I go
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to that place that has always been the
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same, I feel secure.
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And God's like, "Yeah, I want that place
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to be my place.
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I want that to be your favorite spot
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where you get stabilized." Some people
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are like, "Well, I go to um the spa."
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You know or whatever. You know I mean,
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or I go to wherever that is. But God's
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like,
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"I want to replace that with myself.
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That I am your stable place, and I am
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seated on a throne."
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That throne, I love this scripture. It's
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out of Jeremiah.
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It's verse um
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17
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verse 12, chapter 17 verse 12. A
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glorious high throne from the beginning
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is the place of our sanctuary.
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It's been from the very beginning, and
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it will always be. It brings stability.
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And part of it is in the midst of
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um the shaking, in the midst of
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uncertainty,
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instability,
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he's immovable and unshakeable.
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I love that. Psalm 45 verse 6, "Your
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throne is forever."
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I mean, there's this fun scripture out
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of Psalm 93 where it says, "The floods
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have lifted up. The floods have lifted
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up." But guess what? God is on high.
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His throne is still there.
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Now,
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evil kings, they they tend to do
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different things. They conspire in the
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midst of instability.
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God does not want us given to
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conspiracies
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in the midst of instability.
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Ooh, I don't think this is the
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conspiring church, but there's a lot of
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the conspiring.
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And God's like, "Don't waste your time
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in conspiracy.
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Don't go down that rabbit hole. It's a
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hole.
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Be lifted up.
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Be lifted up and be seated with me.
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Experience my security where I am not
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plotting.
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I am secure.
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That is so important.
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And then
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it says that the people plot in vain.
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Meaning we can strategize, we can plot,
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we can try to figure it out. And God's
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like, "No, that's not what I've called
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you to either. I want to stabilize you
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in my presence."
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Now, he may give you strategy in the
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midst, but that's not number one. Number
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one is peace and grace just flowing from
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his face.
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Amen. Okay.
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And then
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I love the idea
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of him
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being seated.
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Because I think a lot of times we run
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around or we're or we're doing this. And
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God's like, "No, that's not going to
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bring security to your life. That's not
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bringing stability to your life. That
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scrolling is not helpful."
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He said, "I promise you in the midst of
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your insecurity, I want to secure you by
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my presence."
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Now, the idea of going up versus him
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coming down.
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It is an important difference. Does he
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do both? Yes.
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Do we need both? Yes.
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We need to practice going up and
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experiencing stability from there. I'm
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just going to show you a quick verse.
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I felt this while we worshipped. It
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wasn't planned, but I felt it. So, we're
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going to just look at Colossians 2.
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Amen.
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While I turn,
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Colossians 2, I don't know I don't know
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the reference really quick. But I know
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where
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I I buy the same Bible every time. So, I
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know where it is on the page. Do you
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catch what I'm saying? I've never for 25
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years, same Bible.
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So, no matter where I am, I can see like
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exactly where it is the page. Okay, it's
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Let's look at verse 20.
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It says, "Therefore, if you died with
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Christ from the basic principles of the
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world, why as though living in the world
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do you subject yourselves to
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regulations? Do not touch, do not taste,
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do not handle." I just want to go to
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that cuz these are sometimes the things
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we run to to get stabilized, where we
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run to to get and then we're like, "Oh,
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no, no, don't do that. Don't do that."
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That doesn't work.
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Don't do doesn't work.
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If we're dealing with pornography, don't
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do doesn't work.
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We need a substitute.
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Okay? So, it's like whatever that is,
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don't eat a lot or don't go shopping or
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don't whatever that is, okay? He's like,
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"Don't go buy some things." You know
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what I mean? Like whatever that is that
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we want to feel powerful, stabilized,
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he's like, "The don't do it. You can say
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don't do, don't do all you want." It
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looks kind of humble. It looks kind of
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cool, but it doesn't work. Okay, here we
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go. It says, "Which all concern things
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which perish with the using according to
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the commandments and doctrines of men.
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These things indeed have an appearance
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of wisdom and self-imposed
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religion, false humility, and neglect of
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the body, but are of no value against
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the indulgence of the flesh."
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If then you were raised with Christ,
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seek those things which are above, where
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Christ is sitting at the right hand. It
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says, "Set your mind on things above,
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not on the earth."
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So, when I say you need time up in
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heaven, some people would be like, "Oh,
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that's that's sweet. That seems a little
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esoteric. It seems like a little extra."
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But he's like Paul's like, "No, it's not
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a little extra.
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You're actually going to deal with some
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of the indulgences of your flesh, where
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you run for comfort, you're going to
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deal with it if you come up high.
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If you come and spend time in my
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presence, you will deal with some of the
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indulgences of the flesh. It's like
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amazingly practical.
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Because it says do not do not doesn't
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work. It looks like it should work, but
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it doesn't. And he's like this is
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therefore
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come up.
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Amen? Okay, with the come up
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we see him high and lifted up.
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God is high. He is so high. His ways are
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higher than ours. His His thoughts are
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higher than ours. Therefore, it is wise
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for us to look at him high and lifted
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up.
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Higher than what's going on around us,
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higher than our smartest thought, higher
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than our greatest emotion. He is high
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and lifted up.
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Another way of saying this
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is he's big.
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HE'S A BIG GOD.
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NOW, I'M GOING TO SHARE my story.
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So, I was in pain over the falling of
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men.
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Like I was in massive pain.
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Cried my I mean anyway, I cried for
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probably 2 weeks straight.
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Tried to enter into a conversation,
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start crying.
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Could not and Mike fault like obviously
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it was Mike Bickle was that fault for
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me.
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And I couldn't stop. I mean I was crying
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crying crying crying crying.
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Um and
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interestingly enough
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weeks before that I'm in a place in
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Central Asia.
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I break my ankle. Never broken anything
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before.
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End up having to be flown to Dubai to
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have emergency surgery.
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I mean so I'm in an interesting place. I
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just got hurt, hospitalized in another
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country, never been hospitalized before
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and for and interesting in like anyway
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just happened again.
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Taji anyway, that place is not for me
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right now.
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>> [laughter]
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>> But anyway, so I'm in the midst of my
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own like whoa, what just happened and
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then I come home, get a phone call from
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a pastor telling me, "Hey, this is
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coming down the pipe." Then I get a
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phone call from Jane Doe, "Hey, this is
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what happened." Then it becomes publicly
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exposed. I'm like
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you know, not okay.
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But I know it takes a year to mourn
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things like this.
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We can't have a quick fix.
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It's like you just have to feel the
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pain.
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And you're like, "But you love inner
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healing." I know I do, but guess what?
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Inner healing can't touch it yet.
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Because I got to mourn it out. I've just
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got to mourn it out, you know what I
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mean? So, I take a year till I get inner
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healing.
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And so when I go to get inner healing, I
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get four sessions of Emmanuel prayer.
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I'm in Nashville, Tennessee.
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And it's the last session.
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You guys know Emmanuel prayer?
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I'm going to share it really quick. You
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You You ask the Lord for a positive
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experience. Like
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when is the time you felt loved? When is
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the time? And so this is my last time
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doing that. So, I go, "God,
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share a play you know, a time I felt
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loved or felt time I felt joy."
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And immediately a One Thing conference
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comes to mind. I'm like, "Well, God,
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that's kind of big." I mean I did have
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fun there, but that was kind of big.
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He's like, "Go with it." I was like,
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"Okay, I'll go with it." And so then I
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see God and he's massive. He's filling
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this entire There's 25,000 people there.
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He's filling the whole thing. And I'm
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like, "Wow, you're so big, but you're so
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personal." Ah, that's amazing. And so
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then he's it's time for him to come into
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the room that I'm in. Well, I'm in a
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tiny room. Like there's only like room
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Yeah, it's it's small. I don't know.
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It's like very small. And so then he
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tries to get in, but he can't get in.
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He's still big. So, his little his face
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is barely coming in.
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And
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>> [laughter]
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>> so then his face is like this and I'm
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like, "Whoa."
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And I go, "You're still big." And Yeah,
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he's like, "I'm really big."
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And so then you're supposed to ask the
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person says ask him what he wants to
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share with you. So, I go, "God, what do
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you want to share with me?"
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And this
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He's so interesting. He says, "Get on my
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shoulders."
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And interestingly enough, I was dating a
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guy at that One Thing and that guy and I
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were having so much fun. He's like "Get
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on my shoulders." I forgot about that.
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But he did. He's like, "Get on my
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shoulders." And I'm like, "We're going
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to be massively tall. Like nobody can
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see after that." LIKE HE'S LIKE, "COME
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ON, GET ON MY SHOULDERS." And I was
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like, "Oh my
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Anyway
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I forget about that. God did not.
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But God then says, "GET ON MY
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SHOULDERS." RIGHT? SO, then I'm like
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"Okay." And as soon as the person says,
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"Well, what did he say?" And I go to say
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it, I laugh for 1 hour. I cannot stop
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laughing. I cannot say it and I I keep I
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just start laughing.
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And so while I'm laughing, the Lord says
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to me
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"My church
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is on my shoulders.
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The government is upon my shoulders."
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He said, "You're going to be fine.
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You're going to be fine. Men can fall,
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but I WILL NOT CHANGE. WATCH ME." HE
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SAID the govern He's like you the church
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is fine. Watch. And I was like, "Wow,
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okay." And then while he's saying that
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he's like giving me the blessing of
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Benjamin that Jacob gave his son and
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said
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"Oh, you can rest between my shoulders.
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You can rest right here."
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And I just feel this for many of you in
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this room, where you have been
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overwhelmed by some of the things
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happening in the midst of the body, some
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of the things happening in the midst of
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your life. Your God is big.
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YOUR GOD IS BIG and guess what? He's
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like, "It's all on my shoulders. It does
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not belong to a man. It I can change the
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characters so quickly. Watch what I'll
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do."
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Amen.
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>> [laughter]
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>> I'm just so touched by that. Our God is
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big, so big so big
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that the train of his robe fills the
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temple.
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Now, interesting that word train of
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robe, one word in Hebrew.
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Sul.
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S U L is how it's sul. I don't have for
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sure how to pronounce it.
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Hebrew scholars, you can tell me later.
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Um
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that word means hem of garment.
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Okay, hem of garment.
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I always thought it went long robe.
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And it could be used for that.
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But it literally is the same word used
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where the priests hem of their garment.
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Right? So, guess what? Only his hem can
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fit here.
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And guess what you have to DO THEN?
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LOOK UP.
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UP. ONLY HIS hem fits in here.
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Do you get what I'm saying? Like that
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makes it then you have to look up. When
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you look up, guess what? You feel
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better.
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>> [laughter]
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>> Because then you realize, "Wow, you're
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really high. You're really big."
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And I love that it's the hem of his
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garment. Because we remember the hem of
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his garment.
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Remember that woman? She's having an
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issue with blood. What What when you
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have an issue with blood, guess what
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you're called?
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Unclean.
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Guess who else felt unclean? Isaiah.
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In the presence of this hem, he felt
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unclean.
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BUT GUESS WHAT? THAT HEM IS making him
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clean. Oh my gosh, they there is a coal
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involved. But I love this I love this
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idea. There is a coal. I'm not going to
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deny that. But I cuz I love the idea
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that the woman who felt unclean went to
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the hem.
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When you we feel overwhelmed by our own
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stuff, our own brokenness, he's like,
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"Come to my hem."
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Come to my hem and look up.
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I'm so much bigger than you.
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You need a God that doesn't just relate
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to you as a friend that is high and
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lifted up.
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That is high and and and and and that is
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so much bigger than what you're walking
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through, so much bigger than what's
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happening in America, so much bigger
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than the war in Iran, so much bigger
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than any of these things.
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We need that so much bigger than those
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gas prices. You know what I mean? SO
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SO MUCH BIGGER. He He wants to stabilize
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us with His presence.
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And looking up, I think there's
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something about that that we take time
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because I was thinking of your children.
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When they're little
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and they have something happen, they
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fall down.
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They They There's a person who comes
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near them that they feel
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like
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Where do they look?
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They look at you.
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You are their stability.
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You tell them what to feel.
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They look right at you.
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>> [laughter]
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[gasps]
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>> If you're scared, too, they'll be
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scared, too. But if you're stable and
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feel peace, they'll feel peace.
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That is this God.
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That's what he wants to be to us. That
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when we are overwhelmed, when we are
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feeling unstable, we look at him.
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And he stabilizes us.
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Wow.
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And he's like
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I'm beautiful.
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I am the most beautiful God.
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And I feel like there is something that
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God wants to reveal to some of you today
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that
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Maybe you don't want to look at God
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because you're afraid of what he might
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say about you.
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You're afraid that you're not doing
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enough for him.
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But I'm promising you the righteousness
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of Christ gives you access to experience
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his presence in this wonderful way.
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I mean, he is so kind.
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And he is so truthful.
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Now, for me sometimes, I'm overwhelmed
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by the lying that happens in the world.
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And it's good for me to be in the
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presence of truth.
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Can I make everybody be truthful? No.
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Can I like make sure that person gets
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exposed? No.
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But what do I do? I look up.
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I look up.
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Amen.
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I feel like I have a few more things.
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He's far above. Oh, that scripture out
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of Ephesians 1
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verse 20
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It says
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which he worked in Christ when he raised
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him from the dead and seated him at the
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right hand in heavenly places, far above
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all principalities and powers and might
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and dominion and every name that is
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named not only in this age but in the
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age to come.
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Okay, I want to say one last thing. The
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song being sung by these burning ones,
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these are seraphim. It's not the same as
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And um
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But actually, let me say that really
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quick. In Revelation 4
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he just saw a lot of bad news about the
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church.
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Now he's going to see a lot of bad news
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about the earth.
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What does God do?
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Look up.
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He said, "Come up here."
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And then what is the first thing he
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sees? A throne.
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A throne.
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I saw a throne
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and a man who sat on it.
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This is for us.
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Now these ones who are singing
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the cherubim are singing holy, holy,
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holy, Lord God almighty, who was and is
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and is to come.
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These seraphim
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are singing similar but not the same.
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Holy, holy, holy
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Lord of hosts. That's so interesting.
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And then it says, "The whole earth is
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full of your glory."
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I love that.
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Because he wants to affect the way we
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see the earth.
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And he will do that by himself, not
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through your See, you know, I have
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friends, their number one strength is
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positivity.
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I appreciate that.
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>> [laughter]
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>> But at the same time, I feel like they
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have back pain because they're not being
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honest. You know what I mean? I'm like,
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"Okay, you're so positive, really
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positive." But they're not being honest
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always.
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And so then I even say for the positive
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person who already sees the cup half,
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you know, full
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you still need this. You need this. Why?
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Cuz you won't have back pain.
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Your positivity will come from a
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heavenly reality.
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And he wants that for you. He doesn't
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want it to be dependent on your
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personality traits. He wants it
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dependent from his perspective.
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So then this Lord of hosts, I want to
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bring this up cuz I feel this for some
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of you in this room.
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I've kept this from some people when
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I've taught this, but you guys, I feel
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this.
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Lord of hosts
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that word, I think it's El Elyon,
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it's only it first time it was used is
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by Hannah.
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Hannah in the Bible.
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She is in the midst of barrenness.
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And she calls upon El Elyon.
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The other one is Haggai.
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I mean,
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Lord of hosts is used After Hannah says
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it, it's like it gets a it it it becomes
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popular. It's like she's trending. You
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know what I mean? It's like she's really
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trending. Like, you know what I mean? It
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becomes a very popular word.
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But Haggai really calls upon Lord of
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hosts. You can check it out, but in that
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scripture where it says, "Once again,
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I'm going to I'm going to shake
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everything that can be shaken." He uses
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the phrase Lord of hosts like five
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times.
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And the latter glory shall be greater
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than the former and da da da da like and
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there great will be their peace and all
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of these things and I will give you
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money, you know, it's like there's a
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phrase like you're going to get money,
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too. And all of that is attached to the
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phrase Lord of hosts.
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El Elyon.
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And I feel like the Lord is saying, "You
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need to call upon El Elyon."
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Like some of you, it's like the Lord of
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hosts, the Lord who's over the stars,
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that's hosts, but then the Lord that's
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over the angels, that's hosts. And both
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of them require what? Looking up.
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And God is right now just saying to some
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of you like you've been looking around,
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you've been looking down, but I'm going
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to cause you to look up.
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And I feel like even some of you who are
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overwhelmed by motherhood or overwhelmed
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by just so much responsibility, God's
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like, "No, I have it for you."
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But I also feel for some of you who have
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experienced barrenness and I'm not just
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talking about not able to have a child,
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but just barrenness in your life. The
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Lord's saying, "Come and worship with
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the seraphim saying, holy, holy, holy,
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Lord of hosts."
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Holy, holy, holy, Lord of hosts.
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I think that's a good one.
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Like cuz I like Lord God almighty, it's
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awesome, you know what I mean? But this
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one's cool. Like Lord of hosts. Not one
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star is missing. He holds them with his
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own strength. I mean, that's that's out
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of Isaiah 40, but there's lots of
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scriptures about that. Where it's like
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the stars, LOOK AT THE STARS, THE
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PROMISES STILL REMAIN. HE'S LIKE, "YEAH,
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I'm the Lord over those." But then he's
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also the Lord of the angels' armies,
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which we need more than we need
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practicality. And you're like, "No,
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Sheryl, this is a very practical
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people." And I'm like, "I get it, but
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we're spiritual." And we have to call on
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the spiritual ones.
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El Elyon.
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The Lord of hosts. Amen.
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Okay, there is no clock in here. This
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could be very dangerous. Um
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>> [laughter]
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>> I think I'm good, right?
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Um
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I'm going to call up the worship team.
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As I do that, I'm going to call you. I
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don't No, what time is it?
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Are we good?
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It's what time? I'm Am I ending early?
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Oh, good.
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Right on time. Okay.
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I feel a few calls.
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I feel for some of you, it's like, "Wow,
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she's very interesting what she's
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talking about." And like that it's it's
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like foreign to think about like, "Okay,
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I need to go spend time looking at him
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on a throne."
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If that is new and and and I I feel like
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the Lord just wants to I'm just going to
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have you stand.
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And I want to pray for grace to behold
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him that way. If that is for you, just
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stand up really quick.
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Cuz I just sense in the last days, I'm
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going to pour out my spirit.
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And old men, you're going to dream
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dreams and young men, you're going to
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see visions. God wants to impact eyes.
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And when I say eyes, it's the eyes of
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your understanding. It's the eyes of
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your heart. It's where I When I say
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tiger, you see the tiger. It's not a
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movie. It's just that place inside of
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you that God wants to awaken to behold
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him in that place.
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So I'm going to pray for the Holy Spirit
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just to rest upon you.
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The Holy Spirit who is the eyes of the
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Lord
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who dwells within you.
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Holy, holy, holy spirit
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would you just come and touch? I just
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ask for grace, grace upon the eyes.
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Grace, grace upon the eyes of our
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understanding.
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To behold you.
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To look upon you.
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To see your throne.
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For some of us
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it's just the knowing I'm in I'm in
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light.
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It's not like you see every line, but
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there's an experience of being
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lifted up.
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And so I just ask that God that you
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would show.
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Yeah, show.
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Show us your ways.
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Show us your ways of how to behold you.
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How to look upon
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the throne. Whoa. Thank you, God. Touch
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each one.
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Yeah, Holy Spirit, come.
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I'm just going to
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sing in in the spirit for just one
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moment.
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>> [singing]
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>> If you want to sing with me, that's
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fine. Just sing in the spirit for just a
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moment.
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I just ask for the release of power
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over this part of their being. I ask for
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might in the name of Jesus. Release your
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might.
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>> [music]
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>> We need might on the inside
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to not be bored with you, Jesus. I ask
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in the name of Jesus. We will ask for
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fascination.
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Fascination,
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the ability to be fascinated by
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beholding. In the name of Jesus. Whoa.
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Freedom. Freedom in this part of their
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being. Freedom. Thank you, God.
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Yeah, the Lord just saying, "I'm going
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to lift you up." I feel this over the
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people standing up. I'm going to lift
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you up out of that miry clay. I'm going
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to lift you up what keeps pulling you
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into mud. I'm going to lift you up. I'm
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going to lift you up to behold the
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patient one. The one who is patiently
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sitting on a throne.
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Patiently waiting. Patiently sitting.
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Patiently loving.
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Ooh, patiently. Yeah.
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Ooh, and filled with love. Filled with
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love. Yeah, I just feel like he's
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casting [music]
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out fear. Casting out fear. Whoa.
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Casting out fear. Thank you, God.
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Yeah.
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Now I want others to I feel like
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if the Lord is saying, "Yeah, I want you
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to set time to behold me and to be with
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me where I am."
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Ooh, this was the the Lord's prayer
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right before he died. Father. Father, I
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want them to see me in my glory. And I
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want them to be with me where I am.
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I'm going to say Frontier Church, you're
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going to answer that prayer. Yeah, God
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is going to answer that prayer through
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this congregation. And give Jesus what
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he wants that you would be with him
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where he is and behold him in his glory.
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So if that's if you're like, "Yeah, I
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want to set time for that where I can
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just be with him where he is." If that's
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you, I want you to stand, too.
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Thank you, God. Whoa. I ask in the name
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of Jesus.
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I ask for yeah.
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Just
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grace to be before your face. Grace to
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be before your throne.
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I ask that you would God, yeah, give
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them grace. I just feel the Lord just
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saying, "Speak to the mountains. Grace,
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grace." So [music] I speak to those
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mountains that have been in the way. And
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I just say, "Grace, grace. Grace, grace.
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Grace, grace. Grace, grace. Move out of
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the way, oh mountain. Move out of the
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way, oh mountain. These ones are coming
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to be before your throne. Yeah, grace,
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grace. Grace, grace." And I just feel
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like the Lord just saying, "You
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continually ask for my grace, I will
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give it to you. I'm going to wake you up
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early. I'm going to keep you up late.
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I'm going to give you grace to be before
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my face."
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Amen.
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Let's just wait on the Lord as we
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worship. I want us to worship just
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before you go get your kids. Just take a
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few moments just to respond to the Lord.
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Amen.
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Okay.