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It is going to be ok | Elder Terrence
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You're listening to a message to go from acts Church.
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We hope this message will light up your day.
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But I want you to know that it's going to
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be okay. I want to share with you from Scripture
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today and I'm going to be reading from Philippians four
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six to seven. And I believe this is going to
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be a scripture that you're going to be blessed with
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because I want to give you an understanding of what
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this is all about. So Scripture says in Philippians for
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six or sevences, be anxious for nothing, but in everything,
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by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be
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made known to God. Prayers application, make your requests be
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known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses
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all understanding, will God your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
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God's very gracious to us. You know, He knows the
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kind of people that we are. When he says don't worry,
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does that stop us from worrying? But he says don't worry.
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He tells us that, and yet we do. So we're
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the kind of people that kind of do the things
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that God tells us not to do. Why not God
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said don't eat the apple. What did they do? They
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ate the apple? What's wrong with us? It's just usla,
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you know. So God, being God knows who we are.
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He decided to say, all right, since you're going to
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be actively doing something, he says this, be anxious. Be anxious,
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very positive, right, be anxious. But then he said, don't worry.
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So you gotta know that God is giving a very
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positive spin on something negative that we always do. So
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he starts off positively. He says, be anxious. Hey, if
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I can't stop you, then I will tell you something.
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Be anxious for nothing. If you want to be actively anxious,
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be actively anxious knowing that there's nothing to be anxious about.
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That's what he's saying. Does that sound confusing to you
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a little? You can't stop worrying, right, So he is saying,
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if you have to worry about something, be worried that
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there's nothing to be worried about, nothing to worry about.
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God is telling you in your life today there is
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nothing you can be anxious for that he cannot handle.
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So he says, be anxious for nothing. Be anxious for nothing.
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And as you get a little bit further and deeper in,
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you'll understand Okay, now be anxious for nothing. You know
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what this is word nothing means, It means believe it or not.
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Any man, how many of us got monsters for bosses?
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Don't put up your hands because some of you may
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be bosses or some of the people here o here,
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So how many people got monsters for bosses? You know?
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So God is actually saying, do not be worried for
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any man or anything. So he is putting a blanket
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that you don't have to worry about those jokers that
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are trying to get you. The world is trying to
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get you in case you don't know, the world is
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actually experiencing a lot of turmoil. But at the same time,
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a lot of peace is coming. Right. We're all happy
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about peace. Be happy, Please be happy because we say
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pray for the peace. Be happy about the peace. But
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you know what scripture says, when the whole world starts
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crying peace, peace, peace, watch out the ends about to come.
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That's why I keep saying Jesus is coming again and
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is coming against soon. There's too many things happening for
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us to close to turn a blind eye. We have
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to be ready, we have to be watchful, we have
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to be prepared, so it says, yere, don't be worried
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about any man. Then it says, don't be worried about
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any thing. So I put this separate a little separate here,
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with separation between anything, any thing, any item. I didn't
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want to just concentrate in the world. I wanted to
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be specific. So if there's an issue you're worried about, Hey,
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I don't have a job, It's okay. You're still here.
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I don't see you skin and bones, so somehow you
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must be getting food. I don't see you here naked,
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so you've got clothes on your body. Don't have a job,
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but you still got clothes in your body. Don't be
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worried about any thing, so men can get to you
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and your problems can't get to you. How cool is that?
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And God is actually telling you don't be anxious about
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these things. So he's using the positive to describe how
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he overrules what is negative. Now you understand, Okay, he's
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using a positive to tell you how he overrules the
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negatives in life. I've had so many such issues today.
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I had one person come up to me and say,
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you know, I need prayer because I've got I've got
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a mouth to feed. I've got a childhood and my
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job is suffering it and I don't know what to do.
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That's a good place to be if you don't know
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what to do, don't know what to do in God's presence,
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because then he will tell you what to do. So
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I told him before I prayed for him, I told him, said,
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let me just tell you this. I say, I had
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a time in my life when I had no job.
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Six months no job. Wow, six months no job. You
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know how difficult that is. When you got two children,
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you got car to pay for, house to pay for
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bills to pay for How is it possible? I'm still here.
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So when all these tensions and pressures start coming upon you,
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if you allow it to destroy you, it will destroy you.
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But I went to the Lord and say God, what
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do I do? He says, worship me. You mean to
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see when trouble is happening, Just worship that's the answer. Yeah,
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that's why he told me to do. So I got
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up in the morning five o'clock. I go into the room.
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I worshiped the Lord. I raise my hands, I sing
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songs to him, I praise him, I fall on my
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knees go flat on my face. I dance before the Lord.
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What dancing before the Lord is worshiped? It's in the Bible.
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Will you see me dance before the Lord? I don't know,
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but I know in God's presence, I dance before the Lord,
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and I worship him and I praised him every morning.
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By the fifth day, the week hadn't even ended. I
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get a phone call, Hey, I got a job for you.
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You know what kind of job? General manager? From nothing
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to GM. Listen. I didn't even apply for. How is
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this possible? Because God is a god of the impossible.
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So in my darkest, hardest time, I ran to the
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one who had the answer. Who was it, Jesus. I
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worshiped him. That's all I did. I didn't bang my
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head against the wall. I didn't. I'm not saying fast
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thing is wrong. I didn't fast. I just worshiped him.
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Should I tell you about the time I got a
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job when I was fifty eight years old? How many
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of you know that in Malaysia, once you're past fifty,
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nobody wants to touch you. Do you know that the
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culture in Malaysia is strange. If you're over the age
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of thirty five, you're already ancient for guys, h for guys. No,
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but I'm being serious here. There's something about you know,
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elsewhere around the world you're sixty five, you're sixty eight,
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you're sixty nine, they will still employ you. But in
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militia they don't want to touch you. It was time
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for me to go. So I prayed to Lord, Lord,
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what do I do? Who's going to employ me at
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this age, this job that I'm in. It's time for
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me to go because I have a monster for a boss.
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So either you remove him or you remove me. So
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what am I going to do? I left it. I prayed,
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like what I'm about to tell you. I trusted it, and
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I believe God. You know what. Somebody called me and say,
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can you come for an interview? So I went for
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an interview. What the interview went very well? What that
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day was very trouble well, interview go well, also your trouble. Yes,
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I'm telling you that's how it is. We like to
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be troubled. I told you at the very beginning. We
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just love to worry about whatever we can worry about.
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So the interview went very well, and I was troubled.
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So I went to sleep that night and in a dream,
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the Lord spoke to me and he said, Terence, don't
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be worried. Take the job. It's going to be good
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for you. That's what he told me. Okay. So I
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was cool about it, and I didn't. I didn't imply
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apply for this job. Okay. Somebody else gave my my
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resume and the person looked at the resume and gave
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me a call. Uh. So I went to see this person.
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I went, So now they call me, I'm say, oh,
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the director wants to see you. Okay. So that at
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the appointed time, I went to see the director. There there,
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I'm here and she said welcome, and I said, hang
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on a minute, can I tell you something? Hey, what
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this is? You know, I knew you're gonna call me.
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I knew you're gonna call me and offer me the job.
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My first words is the first time I'm meeting the
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I'm telling you the truth. First time I'm meeting the person.
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And I said, God told me to take this job
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because it was going to be good for me. Then
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the director turned around and said, you know what, I
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had no position for you, but when I saw your resume,
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I couldn't put it down. And God spoke to me
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and said, create a position for him. You won't regret it.
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Those were her first words to me. Needless to say,
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I got the job at the age of fifty six
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fifty seven. Actually, how is this possible? Guys? I'm sharing
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with you things that they are going to take you
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up and take you over, and I hope you get
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it from here. So anything. Don't be worried about anything.
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But it says but in everything, Hey, guys, everything is
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much more than this, worth everything. It means this, It
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means all, all in all, and also there's a time framework.
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You know what is the time framework? Always in all, always,
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in everything, always. There is no time limitation to this.
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It's always. And you know the thing is this. It's
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not some, it's not half. It's thoroughly, it's completely. It
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is all immersive, it is complete. And it also means whatsoever.
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Whatever means think of your problem, it qualifies, think of
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your issue. Yes, that's what God is talking about. Think
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of anything. Yes, my friend covered my father covered sickness.
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Of course, that's what the scripture means. What so ever,
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it also means whosoever, meaning that for any person, any issue.
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You're not the most wicked person qualifies. Do you know
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in my life I've prayed for someone who every ten
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words come out of the mouth nine words are four
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letter words, cheated on his wife? I know? But you know,
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non Christian, what do you do? You pray for them?
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Prayed for him? He finds the Lord and he becomes
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a pastor. Yes, do you see that God is much
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more than our little minds? Then it says this in everything,
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guess what in prayer? In prayer, there's a difference between
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what I'm about to tell you prayer. This word prayer
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means earnest prayer, supplication, and petition. There's a difference. Prayer
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is the reasoning is the reasoning? What reasoning do you
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bring before the Lord? You want to know? An example
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of reasoning reasoning is like what Abraham did for Lord.
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He goes before the Lord and he says, God, come on,
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my God, you're such a nice God, very fair. You
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want to destroy the city fifty people? You destroy my
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He's reasoning with the Lord. No, God, what the Lord said, Okay,
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you got fifty good ones, I'll let it go. Then
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he says, oh that was too easy, Let's try some more. God,
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what about fortyear will you consider? Of course I'll consider. Say,
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if you're going to go for the kill, go for
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the killer. He's thinking to himself. He's reasoning, Lord, you know,
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I'm not so sure about forty, Like this is quite
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a funny city. Will you spare it for thirty? What
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about twenty? What about ten? Reasoning? So prayer is your
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reasoning before the Lord? Lord? Why you know why I
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should get this? You know why I should get a
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good wife because you said it, Lord God in Genesis.
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You reason now before the lord. So you make it
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the Lord's problem. Yeah, yeah, I said it. So now
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it's the Lord's problem. Now he's gonna find you one
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true not reason before the Lord Lord. I need a job,
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a good job. Why you know, God, you it was
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you gave me my wife? Why not? So now reasoning
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a further reason? First you asked for the wife, Lord,
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it was use it beat now's you got a wife? Lord? Lord?
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It was you said, I'm supposed to provide. Why not
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as you provide the church? I'm suppo. Use you the
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head of the church. You are my head. I have
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got to look after my wife. So I make it
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your problem. Now God's okay with there? You reason before
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the Lord. Lord. Now I have a wife. Don't you
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think my job needs to get better? I got to
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look after her. What you think I can live on
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love in fresh air? Cannot My father and mother always
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say I cannot live on love in fresh air. Now
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I've made my bit. I have to sleep in it
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right now? You know all the stories your father and
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mother always tell you. Craigna, you reason before the Lord? Supplication?
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Is this? A lot of us think that when we
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reason before the Lord, we have prayed. No. If we
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talk about the subject around and around and around, but
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we don't get to the actual asking, God will not
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do anything because supplication is actually after all the discussion
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asking the Lord. Lord, you got me the wife, and
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now you've got to give me the money to look
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after writing a Lord, So, Father, I ask you in
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Jesus name for a better paying job. Clear, that is supplication.
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So you see the difference between and supplication. Hey, praying
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is good. Always go one step further when you pray.
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When you reason before the Lord, end it with a request.
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Is it that the word prayer means all this? These
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are the steps you have to take. And lastly, petition.
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You know what petition means. Petition means you do not
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give up on it. When you make a petition, you
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do not give up on it. It doesn't mean you
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ask the same thing, but every time you come before
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the Lord, you declare it's truth. God, I have asked
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you for this, and I know you're going to give
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it to me. I still wait in earnest expectation of
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this being done. Prayers all this, so you see, English
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is very limited. You got to understand that when God
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expects you to grow up and grow all the expects
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you to understand in order for things to happen. And
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then it says this sir, with thanksgiving. So it's not
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good enough just to reason. It's not good enough just
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to make your request known to God, and it's certainly
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not good enough to always remind him about it. If
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you have no thanksgiving in your heart, what is thanksgiving? Guys?
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I got nothing against the younger generation, but I got
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to tell you there is a difference between the younger
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generation and the older generation. The older generation if we
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did not say thank you behind the head one way,
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no man, as I did I bring you up like that. Craignaut,
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you're too young. How many any old ones here who
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know what I mean? Right? Not? You get on the
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head if you do not show Mannus your God. You
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don't show Manus he's God. Okay? When you when you
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are giving thanks to God, you know what you're showing
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to God. You're showing him manners. You're giving him respect,
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you are honoring him for what he does for you.
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M do you know it's gratitude? How many of you
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will give to someone who shows you gratitude? You give someone?
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Isn't it right? You give a chocolate to a child? Guy?
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The guy, the child comes up. That was the best
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the thing chocolate I've ever Thank you so much. I'm
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so glad you were here to give it for me.
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What is it? Just a milk, chocolate and small kat.
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But you see so much gratitude. The next time you
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see him're gonna give him the same chocolate. No, you're
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gonna buy him. You're gonna buy something from Royce or
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something like that to give him King Why because he
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showed you gratitude? Hey, you offer a lift to some
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a you wanna lift? Come? Come, I take you. You
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can drop me here? No, no, no, I'll take you
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to your house. Where's your house two miles in. You
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go in, and then you get out of the car.
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You don't even say thank you. You think the next
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time he's gonna offer you a lift. Can you give
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me a sorry? I'm going the other way. We don't
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want God to say that to us. Gratitude. And lastly,
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it is an act of worship. Guys, if we do
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not know how to worship God, don't expect to get
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very much. You get a lot of I'm sorry, I'm
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going the other way, and I'm not. I'm saying this
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because guys, the younger generation, you are the guys taking over.
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You're gonna take We are already the dinosaurs. We are
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going away the dinosaurs a few more years. We are fossils.
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But you, guys are the young ones. Get it right
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so that it will take you forward for another forty
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fifty years. Guys, I have known the Lord for forty
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five years. I can tell you in forty five years,
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he doesn't let you down. He doesn't let you down
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in forty five years, I'm still serving the Lord. I
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started serving the lot forty maybe forty three years. No,
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I would say forty four years ago. I'm still serving
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the lot twenty five years. I think I served on
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the music team, playing the drums, you know, in eggs.
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I've already been serving ten fifteen years, fifteen years I've
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been serving. Body is growing older. But my heart says,
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you have to serve the Lord. Why because he's so
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good to me. Ma. That's my act of gratitude, my
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act of worship. Okay, So now with prayer and supplication,
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with thanksgiving. It says, let your requests be made known.
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Let your request what is your request? Well, your request
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is what you're asking now, Lord, that I may do
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well in my studies today. If you want to do
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well in your studies, please study. Do not say I
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got no time to study because I'm going to stomachs
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to chat. Next day asleep, don't do work. And then
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when the exam comes, Lord help me. You know what
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the Lord will do. He will help you stay awake
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for the exam. And as you go to you I
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didn't study it, Oh, I didn't study it, but you're awake. Now.
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He helped you. He helped you stay awake. Guys, you
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want God to help you in your studies. Put it
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in so he can help you take it out. I
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used to lay hands on my books and pray, Father,
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in the name of Jesus, I know you're the one
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who created everything. Now when I go over this, help
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me understand it. I was the first hit perfect in
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my school ever to pass my exams. In fact, my
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class teacher was so angry with me. This was a
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year Singapore gce A levels. My class teachers said, do
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you realize every head perfect in the school has failed
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the exam. I say, I will be the first to pass.
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And I did this, and I prayed God help me.
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But God didn't only help me. What I would do
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is I get my friends together and I will teach
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them and I will share with them every Saturday. You
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don't come and see me. Let's work it out together.
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And they passed and I passed. Not only passed, we
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did well. And I was the curver after me. All
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the hit prefects after me started passing.
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Guys.
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I requested of the Lord, I made requirement clear to him.
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I said, God, I cannot afford to fail because I
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started late. Okay, So in Singapore, when you have a
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certain time, if you fail out, you go. There's no retention.
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By the way, in Singapore Standard one exam, you have
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to pass. If you don't pass your retaining stand on
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one Standard two you have to pass. If not, you're
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retaining stand A two. I had one guy in standard
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six who was actually from five ah because never pass
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and after that year he don't pass out. He goes.
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I couldn't afford, so I made my requirement. I made
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my demand. Why is it okay to make demand of God? Yes,
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God's okay with it, because a demand of God is
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a demand of faith. I was telling the church today
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in PJ. Someone got because I made demands of the
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Lord in my early life. I'm going to this company,
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I'm bring my audit. Rainy weather, rainy season, okay, pouring
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with rain. But when I get to the office, the
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client's office, I'm dry, completely dry. Hey, how come you
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get drier? One of the stuff asked me, I say,
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I believe in Jesus. When I pray, he answers say
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I don't believe you. I say, watch me. Then it
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be raining, pouring, pouring. Just at five o'clock. I will
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go outside and say, in the name of Jesus, stop
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and it stopped. This happened for days. Then the person
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asked me, can you teach me about this? I say, yes,
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Jesus loves you. When you pray in Jesus name, he'll
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answer your prayer. I said, do you want to accept
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Jesus Christ's Lord and severe? Yes. Another testimony. I just
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became a Christian and I learned, and the only thing
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I learned was that when you pray in Jesus name,
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he'll answer you. So I'm going for this party, and
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it's five o'clock year in the afternoon, but it looks
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like it's eight nine o'clock because the clouds are so heavy.
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It's going to storm. So some friends were with me,
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and I said, don't worry, let's go for this party.
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You are coming with me. I've prayed we will be dry.
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We will be dry, but everyone who comes after us
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will be soaking wet. Don't ask me why I didn't
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cover the others in prayerler, I told you I was new, right,
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I was young, foolish ideas. So I prayed that we
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got We went to the party. We went to the house.
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The moment the last person of my group stepped into
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the house, boom, it started raining. You know what kind
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of rain? Not drops of rain, you know, it's like
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somebody pouring water at it that bad. Everyone who came
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in after me came in wet. Then his friends of
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mine looked at me. Hey, it's true, I say, yes,
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come to church and learn about Jesus. They followed me
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the church the next Sunday walked out born again. Today
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they are pastors. I don't know why I'm not pastors.
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See me praying and bringing people to the Lord, or
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become pastors? But anyway, you see do you see what
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I'm telling you? Demand and it says, may make your
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requests be made known to God. You know what is
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what be made? Non you certified before the Lord? Lord?
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I've prayed in the name of Jesus. It has to happen.
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You know what certification is. When you get a certification
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of marriage, what does it tell you you're married? Why
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not certified? When you get a certification of being an accountant?
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What are you? You are? You are an accountant? When
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you get certification of law being a lawyer, you put
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it on your your your your your wall. It tells
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you what you're a lawyer. Why not certified? Chop seal, certified,
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true copy of Jesus certified. That's what it means. It
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means you declare, Hey, God, this is what it is.
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I'm not changing, are you God? Say no, I'm not changing.
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Say let's get it done. Then, hey, when you prayer,
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this is what the Lord is expecting you to talk.
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It's not irrelevant, irreverent. You know, it is recognizing God
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for who he is. Yes, I agree, and it says
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there it was seven. And the peace of God. Now,
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we thought that this word peace is very simple, right,
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you know what we thought this word piece is quiet?
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How many of us like peace and quiet when we pray?
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I just don't want to have trouble. Just sit down quietly,
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don't listen to anything. Peace. This is know what God means.
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This word peace in scripture is loaded. It's a loaded
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word and we never understood it. And the peace of
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God this word means and the exemption from the rage
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and the havoc of war. You think war was a
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nice thing. My mother was four years old when the
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sirens would go in care and then the whole family
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would have to run into the jungle even as the
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bombs dropped on their heads. There is care by the way,
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galum Raja Chulan which is now known as it was,
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it's now jalum Raja Chulan. It was known as lorn
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Hicks around a well area that I'm all in front,
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that here was all jungle. So the moment the sirens going,
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they run in. You think war is nicer. You think
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it's nice for those people in Ukraine when the missiles
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are flying over their head, you think it's nice. In Ghaza,
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war is terrible. It's horrible. It's nasty. You cannot sleep
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at night. You fear. You hear that siren, you get afraid,
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and then the noise in it. What scripture is saying
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is the exemption from this, from this turmoil that's going on,
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You exempt it. It says this. It is peace between
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individuals I E. I E. That is how many and concord.
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What don't you like to be peaceful with one another?
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I'd like to teach the world to sing in perfect
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how many? I'd like to hold it in my arms
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and teach it. That's the song I hear. You know
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that was a That was a Coca Cola add song
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many years ago. And then this group New Seekers who
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sang it, took it and made it the number one
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hit in the world. Harmony when people are in harmony,
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It's so blissful when you when your family is in harmony,
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isn't it blissful? And a rather go for go for
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for makan And everybody's fighting in one another terrible, isn't it?
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But when they're all happy and joyful and laughing and
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they all together, isn't it wonderful? That's what peace means.
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It means that kind of thing that even in crowds,
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it can be so pleasurable. Harmony and concorde peace between individuals.
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It also means this. It means secure and this one
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we will laugh. It means security, safety, and prosperity. Guys,
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did you realize that the peace of God is actually
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prosper prosperity as well? Did you ever realize that because
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peace and harmony makes and keeps things safe and prosperous. Wow,
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Making money alsoul peace. Yes, when you got a lot
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of money in the pocket, you feel peaceful. Right, No
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money in the pocket is a little bit of a problem,
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isn't it. Bible says learned to be gracious to God
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in season and out season. Your money in the pocket,
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love the Lord, no money in the pocket. Also love
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the Lord. But I want you to know that the
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peace of God also means prosperity. You may not have
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ten Mercedes Benzes in the garage, but if you got
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one Proton Saga in the in the garage, that can
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take you to point air point B, Praise the Lord.
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You don't have to take a bus. You see. How
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do you look at things? How do you look at things?
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God wants us yes to prosper. I pray above all
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things that you prosper even as your soul prospers. So
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you want to prosper, prosper your soul. When you prosper
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your soul, actual prosperity will also follow. And it says
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it also means it's of the messiahs peace, the way
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that leads to salvation, the peace of God, the saving
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knowledge of Jesus Christ, the saving grace of the Lord
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will also be upon you. Wow, you're my family. My
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father is not to be saved. I don't know. You
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always fight for always fight, fight, fight, fire, fight, It's okay.
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Pray give it to God that peace will come upon you.
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And guess what he will get saved. He will get
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saved because God's word is truer than your father's anger.
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Father's anger as all of unnecessary noise. But then when
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I look to the Lord, it becomes peaceful. You know,
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go ahead. You know you can be angry now you
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cannot like it, but you know, sooner or later you
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will get saved. This is prophecy. I'm gonna be faithful.
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Scripture says, as long as I'm faithful, yeah, and my
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household be safe. You are my household, so you have
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no choice. You will be saved. I've told family members
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that before. It also means this of Christianity, the tranquil
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state of the soul. The peacefulness of the soul is
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a shirt of its salvation through Jesus Christ, and so
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fearing nothing from God, in content with every earthly lot
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or whatever sort that is. It means that I'm satisfied
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that I am saved. I know I'm saved. I know
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I have my name written in the Lamb's Book of Life.
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I you know, I tell Elder may Able this all
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the time. No sad music when I go, I don't
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one slow music. I don't want peaceful, thoughtful music. No,
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when I go, full bed, drums, screaming, guitars, loud based.
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You know why, it's a celebration. I made it home.
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What nothing will be happy about her. That is a
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joyful moment. Hey, we got it wrong, Okay, we always Hey,
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I know you're said, I know you can be upset,
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but do you know that in eternity it's like you're
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closing your eyes and you're there, thirty forty years of
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not seeing a person. You close your eyes, open your
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eyes like you're there in eternity. So guys, you oh,
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how com ah? My father went Homer to the Lord,
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but he doesn't care about us A. He's got no time.
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You know, it's got no time. You know it's got
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no time because he's going through the house that the
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Lord built for him. And before he's finishing going through
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the house, you're there already. What the Lord takes that
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it takes two thousand years to bill your mension, you
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can cover it in a few minutes. Cannot think about it.
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You gotta understand you and I got to change the
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way we think that it becomes at least formula. This
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is my understanding. Hey, it's a celebration and I love celebrating.
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So it's going to be no sad music. You'll be
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surprised the kind of Christian music I listen to. Okay,
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so that's what that means. That that talks about that now,
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it also means the blessed state of devout men and
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women after death. It means the Bible heroes, the heroes
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of your faith who have gone to be with the Lord.
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It means that will surpass, will surpass, which surpasses, which
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means to hold oneself above, to excel, and to be superior.
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This piece, the five different types of peace that I
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told you about, they are far superior, and they excel
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above anything this world has got to offer. Hey, dear,
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the ultimate, they're right there the top. God's peace is
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right there the top. It's not some cheap thing that
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lasts only for five minutes. You know what a cheap
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thing that lasts for five minutes is. You got a
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real bad headache, You're gonna take a panada. The headache
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goes away. Less than six hours later, it's back again,
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and want cheap man. But when God gives you his
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healing power, it's a done deal, over and above, finished ended. Okay, Well,
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now I'll go on. Understanding is that now this piece,
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this excellent piece, that surpasses, it surpasses what I understand.
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You know, as understanding. Understanding is our mind, I intellect,
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our thoughts, are feelings, and our will. This is the
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whole complete us. Okay. The mind or the intellect is
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like the Mercedes Benz. Okay, our thought is like I
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want to to to. The thought is with this Mercedes Benz,
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I can travel at six hundred miles per hour. Okay.
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The feeling is sorry, sorry, yeah, yeah, the feeling is, uh,
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I want to but I can only drive it three
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miles per hour because that's the fastest speeder I can go.
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And the will is turning the car and moving. So
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now your mind and your intellect is your state of
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your brain. M Okay, there's a lot of intellect in
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this room, a lot of brain. How many of you
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know you can have a lot of intellect. You can
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have a lot of brain but not use it. If
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I have a Mercedes Benz and I keep it at Homer,
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what good is it? Drive it low? Only when you
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drive it and you use it, it makes it means something. Right,
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So your mind and your intellect is like that. It's
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your hardware. Okay. Your thought Your thought is like the
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Ramner how you process Okay, So it's your processing power,
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your thoughts like the like I said, the ramna, Okay,
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you're feeling. What is your feeling? Your feeling is how
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many you like techtile, keyboard or you like the just
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touch one. It's like that feeling. So I feel today
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I want to do this. It's just just a feeling,
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nothing more than feeling. The song says, and the will
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is I actually command something to take place. I write,
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this is what I want, this is what I want
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to see. So now the Bible is saying that this thought,
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in this peace will surpass all that understanding. So all
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the things about what you think is right or wrong,
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the peace of God will even supersede that. And it
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says it will God, it will look after It will
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be a watcher, a sentinel all right, that hamms you in,
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that protects you. So God is telling you I will
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protect your thoughts. I will protect who you are because
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my peace will be able to guard you. How nice
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it is to have a personal God. You can go
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into any place nobody will touch you. Why you got
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personal God? Man? God will God will? God? What your heart?
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What is your heart? Your heart is your heart? You
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know you stress out? Do's not go for your heart?
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You know that your heart. If you if you don't
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look after your heart, you know, so you you you
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gotta God your heart? How do you God your heart?
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Don't stress it out, think good things, look after your heart,
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exercise Well figuratively, it means your thoughts or your feelings.
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So this is your mind, okay, it means you're so
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basically this will God even your mind. Who you are,
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the middle, your spirit, the God your spirit, Wow, your
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whole being. God's going to look after your mind. Let
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me tell you what your mind your God, your heart
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and mind. What is your mind? Your mind is the
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thing that has perception and purpose, all right? It is
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your intellect, your disposition. You see, sometimes your mind can
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play tricks. You have you heard that statement? Your mind
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playing tricks with you? You look at this, is it
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dis ways? It that way? You look dis way as
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an old lady. You look this way as a young lady.
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Have you seen that picture before your mind? So the
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Bible says that your perception, your purpose, that part of
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you that wants to move forward. God's going to look
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after that, is going to keep it intact. And then
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he says, you know, how is he going to do that?
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He's going to do it through Christ Jesus. I want
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you to know Christ Jesus means this. It literally means
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the Anointed. He is the Anointed, So the Anointed is
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going to look after you, is going to take care
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of you. It also means transliterated, it means Christ Jesus,
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Christ Christ. His purpose was to come and do this
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to you, do this for you, do this with you properly.
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It means the Messiah, So this is his The purpose
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he came was to be the Savior. He is the
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Messiah and he's also the anointed one of the God
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of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. He is drawing attention to
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the fact that this is very very scriptural by function.
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He is the Redeemer, the Savior. That's what this is.
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This what by Christ Jesus, and it also means Jesus himself.
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So you've gotta understand that this is really big. It
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really is big because the entirety of who and what
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Christ is is looking after your heart's and mind. Can
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you understand why it's gonna be okay? Because there is
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nothing that you ask the Lord cannot do, and when
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you ask with a full knowledge of how to do it,
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the way you go before the Lord and present your
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case to the Lord. He will bring that peace. And
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that peace is much more than just quiet. It literally
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means power. He will bring his power into the situation.
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That's gonna change, whatever happens, whatever is necessary, it's gonna change.
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And then it's gonna guard you. It's gonna look after you,
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it's gonna prepare you, it's gonna take care of you.
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Because he is our Lord and our savior. Ex banda Otama,
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It's going to be okay.
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