Sermon
Honor | Elder Mable
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Actually, God ask me, Mabel, what are you going to
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share this Sunday?
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So I said, I said, I don't know.
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Lord. Then he said, share something that is close to
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your heart. This is close to my heart. The closest
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to my heart is honor. Honor for what, Honor for God,
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Honor for his house, Honor for the leaders that look
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after you and me, Honor what is honor? Today we're
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gonna learn everything about honor for those who honor me,
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I will honor first Samuel, Chapter two, verse thirty everything. Okay,
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you know, okay, Honor is a very very small word
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that carries much consequences. Okay, much consequences. Thank you, Alvera.
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She's a wonderful child. This one All my favorite people
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serving today, Priscilla, Elvira, Ellie and the team. Wow, all
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my favorite people. That's why I can quantin say all
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your favorite people are serving this Sunday.
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God is so good.
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So why on her? Why did I pick honor? Like
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I said, it's closest to my heart. And growing up
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I became a Christian. What when I was nineteen. Maybe
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that was like, I'm sixty four. Okay, I'm sixty four
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years old. I'm not afraid to tell you how old
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I am. But I'm not giving up running for the Lord.
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The Bible says those that weighed upon the Lord, they
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shall saw like wings of eagle in you know, they
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shall run and not be weirdy, they shall walk and
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not faint. So I'm not going to retire anytime soon.
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As long as God gives me breath, I will speak
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his name covered. Yeah, I will jump over all those challenges,
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but I will speak his name, and I will stand
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for men. I encourage you, Okay, serve the Lord. Okay,
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serve the Lord faithfully. And growing up in this church,
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I had a very very strict pastor. Elder Terans and me,
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we had a very very strict pastor. Everything was honor.
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He would come into church, he will sick quietly. It's
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a very quiet pastor. And if he sends he's a prophet. Actually,
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if he sends that we didn't give and we were
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all young, like you, young people are smiling, laughing looking at
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the phone. Put your phones away, it's not important. Now,
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put it away. Listen to the word Okay, don't let
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phones distract you. You only take it out if it's
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an emergency. My husband gave me this phone for my birthday.
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I think, and this phone rings because I do I
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have a business. It rings during service. I get so irritated,
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I said, I want to throw this phone away. This watch,
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you know. So yeah, so this this pastor. He will
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come and he will sit quietly and he will discern
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whether we are worshiping the lot properly, be fantastic worship.
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And then he'll come up and when it's time for
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him to preach, he will say, we're gonna start service
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all over again. Do you know from the start, we
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will start worshiping, we will start testimony, we will do everything. So,
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as a young person, we came to church ready to
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worship God. And when we walked into church, it wasn't
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your grandfather's house. It is my father's house. So if
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I see something on the floor, if I see a
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piece of paper on the floor, I'll pick it up
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and put it in my pocket. I won't say, let
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the kaka do it, let someone else sweep it. This
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is my father's house. You have to be proud of
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your father's house. You don't walk in and walk out
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any time you want. You serve the Lord. You love
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the Lord. When you love the Lord, you look after
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the house. Pastor Sandra asked me what am I going
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to preach? I say, honor. So she said it's a
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tough subject and say, may you preach it graciously and powerfully?
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How am I doing? Am I gracious?
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So? Like I said, honor is very very close to
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my heart, very very close. I grew up honoring the
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Lord in everything that I do. Sometimes my family will
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tell me, hey, you know, you know, Jesus never could.
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I'm just diverting you a bit. Jesus could never do
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any miracles in the town where he lived because they
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all said, hey, that's the carpenter's son.
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It's Mary and Joseph's.
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Then he lived.
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He used to play behind our backyard. You know this guy,
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what can he do?
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So he could never because they never believed. It's so
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important that you believe and don't take those things for granted.
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Why did I come to that? I can't remember?
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Never mind. So anyway, next night we wonder, we want
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to learn what is honor? Okay, if you don't know
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what is honor, we're gonna learn a little bit about
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honor respect. We all know the word respect. Honor is respect.
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Honor is reverence. When I was whenever I see the
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word reverence, I always feel like reverence is like come
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a little bit for God. No, we don't say I
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reverence you right, reverence. We always say God. You know
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we have rev We revere God, and I also love. Okay,
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never mind, okay, never mind. Reverence is deep respect. It's
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love expressed through all you know when you see God
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in all you know? When when when you respect God
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is you're full of you know, copedience and you're in
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awe and you worship God. You're excited. You're not half dad.
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You're not going to sleep late at night. You know respect?
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Do you know? Elder tenants and me, we.
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Start our Sunday service on Saturday. We don't take any
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late appointments on a Saturday night as something our pastor daughters.
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Saturday is already preparation for Sunday. We sleep early, we
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watch a comedy or two, but we sleep early by ten.
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Other days and maybe later, but we start on a
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Saturday preparing our hearts. We take our bibles. We make
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sure that we don't forget anything. You know, we have
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our Bible bags, we take our code, our clothes. I'm
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already thinking, you know, I have two little dogs in
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the house.
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Make sure they are fat.
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Everything so nothing so I don't come to churchill late.
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That is honor, guys, that is honor.
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Okay.
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The next honor is a character that produces action. Have
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you heard Malaysians always talk like this, They say that
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person now one kind of a character, yes or not?
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We always say one kind of a character.
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But today we're not going to talk about bad characters.
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We're gonna talk about good characters. And the whole week
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the Holy Spirit. We're talking to me about character, character, character, character.
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I'm thinking, Holy Spirit, I have a whole thing to share.
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But you're talking about character, good characters. And we want
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to take it from the Word. We don't want to
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go anywhere else. The Word has so much to say,
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so much good stuff to say. And one of the
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good characters is fruit of the Holy Spirit. Fruit of
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the Holy Spirit, love, love one another, joy. No matter
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how you pulled down, and the enemy will throw things
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at you, you keep on praising the Lord. You never
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give up worshiping God. You don't come on a Sunday
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and say, I'm going through a crazy week. You know,
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I have just received this news and it's breaking me down. Now.
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The joy of the Lord is from within.
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Pastor came here and shared a few weeks ago how
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the joy of the Lord is just not you know,
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it's from within your belly. You know, that's where the
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joy of the Lord come. Peace, no matter what you
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go through, peace, goodness, kindness, self control. Can I talk
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to you about self control? I want to talk about
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BGR boy and girl relationship. Wow on a Sunday morning
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for I see you. Yes, boy and girl relationship. So
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many young people here and all of you are like, oh,
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I want to fall in love. Oh it's so good
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to fall in love, you know, have a boyfriend, have
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a girlfriend.
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So good.
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Yes, I've been in love before. I've been in love before,
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and I'm still in love, Thank you John. Still in
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love and the boy. I prayed to the Lord and said, God,
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be careful what you tell the Lord. I told the Lord, God,
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you choose the boy for me, my husband? Can you
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can you pick him for me?
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And then God.
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Finally shows me Elder Terrans and I said no, and
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I cried for three years trying to change God's heart.
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Three years. You know, guys, but I can hear God.
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When God talks, I know his voice. So when he
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told me Elder Terrance, I knew that's the guy for me.
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But for three years, God has a sense of humor.
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He didn't give me any feelings for Elder Terrans. For
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three years, I cried before the Lord and say, God,
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I have no feelings. He's my best friend. I'm not
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going to marry him. How God say he can marry
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anybody in church. Just marry anybody in church. It's okay.
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But you asked for me to pick for you a guy,
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and Terrence is the one. So after three years, you know,
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in our church, we can't just go falling in love
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with anybody today. I fall in love with you tomorrow. No,
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I tried you. We went out, it didn't work out. Okay,
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I'll try B or B doesn't work. We went out also,
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it doesn't work. We'll go to see you. Know.
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That is no honor to God, no integrity.
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So when someone wants to disciple you and tell you, hey,
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let me walk with you, a leader wants to walk
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with you and say come, let me teach you We've
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been there before. We are telling you, hey, if you
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go this way, you're going to fall into a hole.
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Don't walk this way. That's what the leaders are here for.
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You think the leaders have nothing else to do. We
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have a lot of things to do, so much to do.
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But yet we walk with you and we tell you, hey,
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don't walk this way. I have done it before and
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I fell into that hole. But no, our young people
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know better. Mm hmmmm, I know better. I'm going to
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walk that way and fall into that hole and hurt myself.
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Am I sounding a little bit like pasta Sanna?
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Who? Yes? So let someone walk with you. You don't
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know everything, Okay. So when when God told me about
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Elder Terans, I was like, what's the timer?
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Wow, I don't have much time.
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Who Whenever mind, God said, talk from my heart and
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then I'll continue this the next time.
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If I get to preach again, I'll continue.
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But but yeah, young people, young people, I ask you, please,
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get someone to walk with you. You do not know everything,
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and the enemy is out to get you, to break
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your heart, to take you away from God. That is
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no honor to God. God has a better plan for you,
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a good life for you. You know. I went for
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a wedding last week and the bridegroom at the altar,
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he actually said, do you know I told God I
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will not kiss my girlfriend at the time she's still
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a girlfriend. I will not kiss my girlfriend until she
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becomes my wife. So the first kiss he took was
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at the altar and he actually took the spray art
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his spray food.
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And then he kissed his bride. I was like, whoo
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new respect. That is honor.
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We always love this scripture. Right, You're with me, don't
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leave me, You're always with me. You never forsake me.
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But do you know that God is with you? Twenty
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four to seven. You know when I even I always
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tell Joanne when I even have to go, if I pass, yes,
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I will say excuse me, Lord, because I know he's
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with me. I'm aware He's with me all the time.
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So when I am talking to somebody, and if my
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mind is somewhere else, if my mind, if I'm hating
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that person, God knows, if in my heart I'm not forgiving.
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God knows if I'm not walking right. God knows.
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God knows everything about you. You cannot lie to him
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and He's with you. Twenty four to seven. So yeah,
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so I have spoken a little bit. So young people,
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please again, please see somebody to help you if you
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are in a relationship, because the enemy is going to
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use you and abuse you because you don't know and
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you don't have all the answers. Okay, So honor is
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a posture of the heart. What do I mean by that?
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How do you position your heart towards God? Surrendered or resistant,
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trusting or fearful, humble or proud? Okay, the posture you
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take towards God is so important. So honor the Lord.
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That may be Okay, mutual. Honor is mutual? What this
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is the only one? God says, Ah, it's mutual. Okay.
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You don't respect me.
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I don't respect you even when you're not faithful, God says,
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I remain faithful. We love that scripture, right, We love
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that scripture because I know I'm not gonna be faithful.
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I'm gonna let you down, I'm gonna do whatever. But
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God is you better be faithful a God? Because when
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I end up in problem, you have to help me.
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But honor is something else. Why don't we go to
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the next light. Let's see. I I've broken it down
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in simple simple English, what one Samuel two thirty is.
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So, why don't you read with me? Why don't you
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all read with me?
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If you respect me and live in a way that
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shows it, I will also lift you up and show
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you honor. But if you ignore me or treat me
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as unimportant, you will lose my favor and respect.
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Wow, that is mutual, Okay.
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We always live for the presence of one, whether anyone
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looks at us, whether nobody looks at us. We live
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for the presence of one, and God is always there.
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So remember this if you're thinking, why that blessing is
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taking such a long time, Why I haven't got my breakthrough?
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Why is favor I never get to, you know, see
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God's favor in my life.
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Maybe you don't honor God.
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Maybe, so let's do a self examination today. I'm not
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here to accuse you. I'm not here to make you
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feel bad. I'm here to encourage you. I'm here to
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tell you, Hey, God loves you. I may not love
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you as much. I still fail, but I know God
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loves you so much, each and every one of you.
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No matter how many times you let God down.
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God loves you so much, and he has such an
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amazing compassion towards us, you and me. Okay, okay, next life,
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How can I honor God? And it says, love the
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Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul,
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and with all your mind Matthew twenty two thirty seven.
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To love God, to love someone that we cannot see
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is difficult.
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And maybe that's why. You know, if you see the
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other religions.
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They have all idols, they can touch, they can clean,
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they can pour milk on top, they can you know,
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I don't know what they do. They put flowers. Maybe
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we all want something that we can see and touch.
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But God is spirit. You know that we all live
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in a body flesh. We have a soul or characters. Hey,
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I never talked much about character. I want to talk
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much about character whenever might so. Okay, And we have
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a spirit. God breathed his spirit into us. And this
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spirit again, my pastor used to tell us the other pasta,
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my very strict pasta, used to tell us, if only
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you can see a spirit man, He always tells us,
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if only you can see a spirit man is so thin,
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while your flesh, your body are is so fat.
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You've eaten, you've dressed up, you look.
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Great, but your spirit man is starving inside. Why what
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does your spirit man live on the word of God.
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Your spirit man lives on the word of God. He
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needs the fellowship.
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Do we do our quiet time.
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Or is it only on a Sunday morning when we
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come in, dash in late and hear a word or
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two and then dash out, and that's it. I have
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done my job. My job is done for the day.
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I'm going to see you in heaven. Pastor Palin used
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to say, it's not important that you know God. It's
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not important that you and I know God. Is important
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that God knows you, because one day we're going to
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go to His kingdom, his house, he his place, and
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that's when we have to answer to the Lord. And
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he better tell that he knows you. You can go
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there and cry and say Lord Lord. But if he
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says I don't know you, we are gone. We cannot
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come back and relive our life again. So live your
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life right, honor the Lord. Okay, So okay, yeah, how
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can you.
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Love God?
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You can't see? The Holy Spirit will teach you. He
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will teach you how to love God. When your spirit
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man is in touch with your Holy Spirit, with the
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word of God. You know when you're among Christians, believers,
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you know, be around believers. That's why we say, don't
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be unequally yoked, because how can you get anything from
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a person who is not in Christ. How can you grow?
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It's gonna take you away from the Lord. Be equally yoked.
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Fall in love with someone who knows the Lord. Don't
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tell me oh, I will bring him to the Lord,
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because you're going against God's word, not Mabel's word, not
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my word. But the Bible says that Jesus said that
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we are not telling you things that we you know,
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we just come up and imagine and tell you stories. No,
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we are teaching you the word of God, and we
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will continue to teach you the word of God, no
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matter how tough it is to swallow, no matter how
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tough it is to understand. We will continue teaching the
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word of God. And that's all we do. I loved
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it when Elder Pengo taught us about a few weeks
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back about the Lord's coming. I loved every word. I
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love it when the word is strong. I don't like
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the love love messages. Saul. We are full of We
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are people of grace these days.
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We are always Ah, the Lord loves me.
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Oh, the grace of God, Oh the mercy of God.
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Where is the fear of God? Do you have the
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fear of God? Do you fear God? Hey, I cannot
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just walk in any time. I can't just walk in
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any time to church. I must be here already serving
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the Lord, sweeping, cleaning, putting up decoration. Maybe this week
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we're gonna start decorations. So yeah, come and give us
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a hand, all my little elves. Sorry, God's children, not else.
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We are spirit beings. Yeah, we are spirit beings, and
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the spirit needs to learn and grow. And the only
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way your spirit's gonna learn and grow is by.
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You having fellowship with the Lord.
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Honoring God is not only inward but shows in attitude.
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Lifestyle choices, the choices you make every day. We are
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facing choices every day. We have a choice to make.
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What kind of choices do you make? Do you make
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it in favor with the Lord? Do you honor the
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Lord in your choices that you make in the lifestyle
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that you live. You know, you can't come to church
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on a Sunday and worship the Lord and then on
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a Monday you go back and then you're swearing and
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you're lying. And no, there's no such thing as a
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pastel color lie. There's no such thing as a small lie.
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Lie is a lie.
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Sin is a sin, and God will call it out
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like that. God will not say, oh, this sin and
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never mind. I'll just close my eyes. It's okay.
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It's a small sin.
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Murder and a lie, it's the same in God's eyes.
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They are sin. So don't sin, because you do not
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honor God when you sin. So don't sin church. I'm sorry,
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don't stone me. I'm just sharing the word. I'm very compassionate.
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I mean I am. I am very passionate.
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About what I share.
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And maybe that's why God wants me here.
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I don't know. I really don't know.
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I'm sorry. Honor God by keeping his commandments. Do not
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take offense I put here in my notes. Do not judge,
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Do not take offense. Do not judge. You come to church.
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We are in a family. You know that we can.
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You know, sometimes someone doesn't smile at you, someone doesn't
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shake your hand. Maybe they had a rough day. You know,
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don't take offense. Don't be so fast to a you
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o that brother? Why I extend my hand, he didn't
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shake my hand.
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It's okay, let it go.
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Maybe he had a bad day, Go and say hi again. Okay,
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don't take offense so quickly. Don't keep unforgiveness. Let it go,
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because that is the tool of the devil. Never keep unforgiveness.
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One day, I'll share with you about unforgiveness. It's a huge,
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huge thing. If you have unforgiveness in your heart, Come
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see me. I'll share some things with you, and then
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we will pray. God will deliver you and help you. Okay,
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how can I honor God next life? Be thankful in
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all circumstances, for this is God's will for you who
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belonged to Christ Jesus. Don't forget yesterday's testimony. Don't forget
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yesterday's testimony. It's by the blood, the land, and the
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word of the testimony. The Bible says, see, I always
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look at the pen. He's a walking Bible wire.
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I have water. Thank you, Thank you, Elvira.
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Don't forget yesterday's testimony, okay, because yesterday's testimony is powerful
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that will pull you in today. And don't think you
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can do quiet time one week once and it will
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help you the whole week. No, I sometimes miss Saturday
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Saturdays and Sundays are really tough for me to do
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my quiet time. From Monday to Friday, I do my
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quiet time, but when it comes to Saturday and Sunday,
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when my husband is around and things are happening, we
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are going out coming, it's so hot to do my
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quiet time. Sometimes I do wake up very early in
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the morning to pray, and I always ask God, God,
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I am doing my quiet time every day. I miss
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one day. Why do I feel like I'm so far
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away from you. That's how it is. That's why God
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gave daily man. I remember the children of Israel. He
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didn't give up, and then he said, I'll last you
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for a week. He gave every day, and that's why
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mercy and grace is given every day. It's a gift
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to you, and it's given to you every day. Why
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didn't God say I'll give it to you Monday, you
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stretch it to Sunday. Pard He said, I give this
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gift to you every day, new mercy, new grace, not
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yesterday's grace, not yesterday's mercy, but new mercy.
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So you need to.
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Go to God every day to be refreshed. You need
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that fellowship with the Lord. One day, I don't do.
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I feel so far away from God. You know, do
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you all feel like that? Or is it just men?
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Let's move on. Ah, honor the Lord.
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With your wealth and with the best part of everything
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you produce.
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What do I mean by that? I am? I am so.
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You know when I earn, I'm still earning. I still
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have my little business. God told me, don't say little business. Okay,
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I have my business, and when I run my business,
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I'm I'm doing pretty well. I am so like you know,
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before that month ends, I'll cockoliate, I'll get the envelopes.
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I will tell the ashes you know this for next month.
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Give me the envelope I need to put it in.
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I will prepare, I'll take I I I will put
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it in the envelope, write my name everything, and I
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put it in my in my in my bag and
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say this is for the Lord. Hey, that is honor.
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I'm not.
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Speaking to tell you that I'm better than you. I'm
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teaching you something. I'm teaching you so you can honor
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God that way as well. Because all these things that
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you do, these little things that you do, pick up
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a little rubbish from the floor, shake somebody's say and
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encourage somebody. All these little things that you do, you
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think nobody is watching you, do you know the Lord
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is watching you, and there is blessings that follow when
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you do these little little things. You don't have to
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come here and preach. I didn't want to come here
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and preach. Okay, I'm happy sitting down there picking up
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rubbish from the floor, cleaning the house, making sure service
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starts on time, make suring sure the leaders are doing
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everything they need to do. I'm happy doing that. But
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God says, jump, jump jump. There's more things for you
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to do, and that's what God will do. God will
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call you to do more things. Okay, So when you
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bring your tithes and offer tree, don't miss it. It's
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something that you give to the Lord. Be generous to
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the Lord, Be generous to God's people, to one another,
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be generous. Don't think, oh, this is all mine, my family, me,
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my two children, my husband, my wife. It's just us. No,
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there is a family here. Look Out for those who
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don't have food. Some students come and study here from
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different places, different countries.
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You know, sometimes they don't have enough.
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Lookout see who needs it, and bless because these are
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the things that you're opening doors where blessings will come
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to you.
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Okay, habits that do not honor God. Okay.
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Don't you realize that your body is the temple of
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the Holy Spirit. Okay, don't you realize that your body
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is the temple of the Holy Spirit. Honor God with
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your body, whatever that you do. You know, God is
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always watching you.
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You know, always.
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Ah, so hard to tell you after your thing, I'm
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judging your so hard to preach. But yeah, so anyway, sexually, immorality, immorality,
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we don't really talk about that in church. Hush, you
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need to talk these things or people know. No, people
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don't know. If you don't teach, nobody knows. So learn
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be holy before the Lord. You know. We don't want
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to offend the Lord by doing these things. You know,
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going the wrong way. The Holy Spirit steps out. He
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loves you so much, but he will not stand for it.
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He will not stand for it. So if you're doing it,
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stop it. How can I honor God? We continue?
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Next night? Whoh twelve five?
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For really in the same way, Let your good deeds
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shine out for all to see, so that everyone will
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praise your heavenly Father. Don't show away from good works.
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Don't be an undercower Christian. Don't show away from good works.
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Do good works. Like I said, look out for your brother,
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look out for your sister, help one another. Don't be
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afraid when you go out sometimes you see this. Don't
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have to wait one year for Christmas year to bless some.
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Lady that's washing toilets.
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You don't have to wait for one a year Christmas
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year to bless somebody.
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Do you bless them?
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If you see them, take out some money and give
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a little bit of money, you would cheer them up.
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You put a smile on your face. Okay, honor by
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keeping his fifth commandment. Honor your father and mother. Oh yes,
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this is very important. Honor your father and mother. Don't
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disrespect them. Okay, children, while you're giggling, okay, not there
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could I.
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I'm not like ill depend on very very nice. You know.
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I'm like a mummy.
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No down here, I come here, and all my nieces
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there will say, oh yo, this auntie mabele very bad.
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Always on my case.
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Leave me alone, please leave me alone. They always say,
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go away, don't disturb me. I want to live my life.
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I love you, so I come after you. I only
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do it because I love you. If I didn't love you,
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I will let you do what you want to do.
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I know you've told me don't interfere in my life.
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I know what to do. I'm big enough. But when
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you're broken, who's going to pick you up? You're Unti
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Mabel will be there to pick you up. And I
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don't want you to go into that way where you
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know the world will use.
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You and throw you out.
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Honor the Lord by honoring your father and mother. Not
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just your father and mother, anyone who's much older if
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you see them on the street.
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Some old men you.
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Know can't walk, or can't cycle, or you know, can't
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carry heavy things. You know, when we were young, we
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learned elmook So I was asking Joanne, what is elmokatan now?
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She said, moral, Okay, you know we learn from young
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to help the elderly. It doesn't matter if they are
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your father, your mother, It may be strangers.
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So what help we are the light? God has called
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us to be the salt and light help.
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And when you help an elderly person, the person doesn't
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even have to say thank you in his heart. He
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will just say wow, and he will thank He's God,
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but our God hears it and he will bless you.
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Are you okay?
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Good ah, because he just stepped out.
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I don't know why.
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Okay, uh, okay, we're going to go.
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I think what time do I anna? Twelve? Five?
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Now before twelve okay, then I have to really rush
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okay next night.
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Okay.
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Jesus finds John wrote in the Book of Revelation about
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seven churches, where you know, he's inspired by the Holy
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Spirit to write this book, and he says this and
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prophesies this in the Book of Revelation about seven churches.
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You all know the churches mean people. So at the return,
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you know that Jesus is coming soon. Right, you can
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see the times. You can see that he's coming. If
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my husband was yeah, here exactly tell you in this country,
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this is happening, this war is happening.
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This bridge, this sea, this lake.
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He will tell you everything because he studies. So he studies,
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and he is so good. I don't know how to
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do that, but yeah, it's amazing. Jesus return is soon.
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And at his return he said there will be seven churches.
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And out of the seven churches, five does not honor God.
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And I want to quickly just read five that doesn't
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honor God, no excitement for the things of God. They
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had forsaken their first love. Don't grow hole for second
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the first love. That means they came to the Lord
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all excited, loving God and everything, and after some time
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the world just chokes them. Let the world chok you.
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That's why you need to keep close fellowship with the Lord.
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Come to church, learn God's work, do your quiet time,
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mix with Christians.
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Grow.
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It could be disciple, why are you so scared to
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be discipled? Are you? Why didn't he come from the word.
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Didn't he come from Jesus' mouth? Go therefore and make disciples.
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So what it's the church doing. We are discipling you.
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We are helping you. We are speaking into your life.
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We are not controlling you, not pullying you, you know,
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making your life difficult.
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No, we are not doing that. So be disciples.
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We are in the world, but not of the world.
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Our identity is in Christ. Okay, always remember that.
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Okay.
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The next one say they compromised with the world, blending
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truth with worldly practices. Wow, choosing what's convenient and it
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is dangerous.
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Okay.
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And then the next light, I want to quickly go
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because it's twelve ten. They tolerated sin and false prophecy.
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They allowed corruption in the church, watering down the word
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of God to please people. Whoa this one. I think
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I score point with God today. I really scored point
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because watering down the word of God to please people.
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I'm not here to please you, guys.
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I'm here to preach the word and preach the truth
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and to help you and me. I'm just not preaching
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to you. I'm preaching to myself as well. Watch it, Mabel,
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watch it. So I'm preaching to myself as well.
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Okay. So it's just not you.
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I always tell I'm sharing my message with you, Okay,
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I'm sharing what I'm preaching to myself with you. So
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always pray for your pastors, pray for your leaders, okay,
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because while you go through small things, leaders go through
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bigger things. The enemy is all always watching to come
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after them and make their lives difficult. So the next
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one next, like, yeah, sadis. They had a reputation of
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being alive but was spiritually dead. They honored God outwardly,
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but not inwardly. Outwardly only yo, come every Sunday, put
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on your clothes, come to church Sunday, worship God. Roster
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that done, take done, and then Monday live your life. No, please,
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let's not do that. Okay, Church in loud is yea.
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They were look warm neither hot or cold. Oh dear,
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I hate lukewarm water. You know it must be either
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hot or cold. I just don't like lukewarm. Oh my,
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this honor through pride and self sufficiency. Oh my goodness,
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that is so said. Let's not fall into these categories.
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Because it has been prophesied in the Book of Revelation
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that the church will be like that. That means you
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and I will become like that. We will become so selfish,
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we will lose our furst love, we will dilute God's word.
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Oh my, this is so bad.
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Right, Let's not fall into that category. Okay.
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I love you people so much.
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I truly love you, and I preach with all my heart,
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my soul, my mind to share the truth to you.
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I do not put you down again. Don't stone me. Okay.
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