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It's Going To Be OK! | Eld 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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It's going to be okay. Hey, guys, you and I
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both know this life is quite a difficult one to
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live and things. Jesus is coming again and is coming
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again real soon. And you will always hear me say
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that because it's true. And if you look at what's
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happening in the world today, you know, you know that
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Scripture is proving to be more and more fulfilled as
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time goes on. The Scripture says that the Lord's return
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is also at a time when they're crying peace, peace, peace,
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And do you know that there's peace coming to the
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Middle East, something that is not happening two to three
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thousand years. So I want you to know we've got
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to be ready, we've got to be watching. But there's
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also encouragement. And the encouragement is it's going to be okay.
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I'm taking my reading today from Philippians four. Okay, Philippians
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four six to seven, and it says, here, be anxious
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for nothing, Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by
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prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made
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known to God. It's a little bit of a hum
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here and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding.
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Will God your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. I
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want you to know that God knows our hearts, and
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he has said in scripture, don't worry. Do you know
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that worries not from God? You know that worry is
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actually God frowns upon worry. He frowns that you worry,
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because when you and I worry, it's like we're saying, hey, God,
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you can't do it. You know. So God knows us
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and he knows despite the fact that he says, don't
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do something, we would probably do it right now. Isn't
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that true? He says, don't worry? What do we do?
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We worry? Everyone who has a gray hair on the
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head knows what I'm talking about. And I have a lot,
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though I don't have much hair left, but it's okay.
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The scripture says, be anxious. Do you know that this
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is a very strange way of putting it. Be anxious.
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God knows you are going to spend energy. So if
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you're going to spend energy, if you're going to be anxious,
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if you're gonna be concerned about something. He's saying, be
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anxious about nothing. If you have to be anxious, be
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anxious about nothing. You get it. God is very wise.
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He knows that you're going to spend energy. So spend
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energy or not worrying, because there's nothing to worry about,
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you get it, be anxious about nothing. Let me just
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open up that scripture because I need to refer to
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it even as we we go Philippians for Okay, there
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we are. He says, here, be anxious for nothing. So
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you're gonna spend energy, span energy or not worrying. Isn't
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that wonderful? You know? You just got to love the Lord.
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He has an answer for everything. If you really have
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to spend energy, do it or not worrying. But it
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says here, but in everything okay, But it says here okay,
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but in everything, in everything, So don't spend your energy worrying,
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but spend your energy not worrying about anything. You know
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what this word anything means. This word anything means any man.
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It means a man, you know, any man or anything.
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So in other words, the Lord is tell telling you
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there is no one you need to be afraid of.
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And how many of you got monsters? For bosses. Do
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not put up your hands. You know how many have
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you got monsters for bosses? How many have you got
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that kind of of of issue somebody that there's all
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the time on your case? You know all it's strange.
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I tell Elder Abel, I always whisper to her. I say,
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nobody loves us. Say if I look at the both
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of us, I say, nobody loves us. Yeah, you must
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understand my context. Okay, My context is somehow, if there's
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somebody who's going to give trouble, that they will give
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trouble to us. They will not give trouble to anybody else,
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but they will give trouble to us because the Lord
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knows we can take it. The Lord knows we are
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able to handle it. But the Bible says that we
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aren't supposed to worry about these people. We are not
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supposed to worry about where is our next paycheck coming?
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That's toff right. We're not supposed to be worried about
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whether we're going to have enough of money to make
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that bill, because, let me tell you, you spend time worrying
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about it. Does the money drop from heaven? Does the money?
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Just as I spend time worrying. I got this bill
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to I spend time worrying about it. Does the bill
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go away? No? So why spend energy and something you
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cannot change yourself. But if you have to and you're
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concentrating on someone who can help you, things can change.
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I have a testimony of a family member who recently said,
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I owe so much of tex I owed some money
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for tax, but I decided to to to to dedicate
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myself to the Lord. And then when I went to
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check my company decided to just go and pay my
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tax for me. How cool is that? And she didn't
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even know. You see, God is able to do extraordinary things.
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If you I was just telling someone a few moments ago.
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Then when I went to a really really tough, tough,
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tough situation and six months I was without a job.
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And you got two children defeat One is three years
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one is four years old, one is two years old.
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You know you still got pills to pay your electricity,
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You got a car, you got this, you got all
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kinds of things. Six months without a job. What do
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you think like that? That is for a guy. It's difficult.
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And when I came to the edge of my rope,
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what did I do, Lord, what do I do? And
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he just told me something very simple. He said, worship me,
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that's all. Yes, worship me. So every morning at five o'clock,
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I get up, I go to the room. I just
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worship the Lord. Lord, you are so so good. There
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is just none like There's songs like that, worshiping the Lord, singing,
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praying in tongues, worshiping the Lord. Dancing in the spirit.
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You mean to say, I dance in the spirit. Yes,
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you will not see it, because it's only a dance
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before the Lord. I do, get on my knees, fall
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flat on my face in worship unto the Lord. I
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did this for five days. For five days, I did this,
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and then somebody gave me a telephone call and offered
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me a job as a general manager company I never
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even applied for. Took me from here to there in
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less than five days of worshiping the Lord. The job
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came with all the perks, came with a car, came
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with everything. It was extraordinary. You know what kind of Carvolvo? Guys.
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You mean to say God cannot do it? He can.
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What did it take for me worship? You know? I'm
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telling this testimony after thirty years. Okay, I'm giving this
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testimony after thirty years. But you know, because of what
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happened thirty years ago, I'm still with the Lord today.
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So when I face a difficult situation like that, I
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know what to do. Go to the Lord and worship.
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So why don't we worship the Lord every day? That's
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a very very good question. You have to worship the
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Lord every day. Why don't I worship the Lord like
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that every day? That's another good question. I have no answer,
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but I do know this God will respond to that.
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So he says, be anxious about nothing. Okay, let's move on.
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Okay now, but it says here in everything. You know
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what this word everything means. Guys, you and I got
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to get to understand the language of scripture. Everything means this, sir.
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It means all. That's simple enough, right, Everything means all right?
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Did you know that it also means all means not
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some of the time, but all of the time. Everything
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means all of the time. It also means thoroughly. Hey,
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you cannot give the Lord one part and reserve one
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part to yourself. You're going to give him everything. You
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give him everything. Wow, that means I give him all
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my trouble. When I walk out of the door, it's
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like I have got not a trouble in the world.
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Am I lying? No? Because who did I give it to? See?
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You?
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And I get tricked by the enemy? You see, because
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when you walk out of the door and you say
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we don't have a trouble in the world, the voice
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in your eyes is, hey, why are you lying? You
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still got this bilt to pay? You know, am I
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is this right? Do you feel that? Do you know that?
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Let's the voice of the enemy. Because when you're giving
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it to the Lord, what is its okay? Thoroughly in everything,
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you thoroughly give it to the Lord. It also it
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also means whatsoever, So there is no limitation. I got
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to tell you this, There is no limitation what you
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can hand over to the Lord your thoughts, your heart,
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your partner, your Why I say partner is because maybe
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you're not married yet, maybe you're just about to get
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into a relationship, or you want to get into a relationship,
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your finance, your business, whatsoever. And it also means that whosoever,
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so the guy that's giving you trouble, Lord, I give
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him over to you. There was one guy who came
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and He told me this. He said, when I call you,
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you come, who is bigger? Am I bigger? Or your
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God is bigger? We'll see. I was very upset, so
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I said, Lord, show him who is bigger. Needless to say,
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I'm standing, he is not. You see, don't ever come
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again anyone sets himself before your Lord and master, even
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concerning you. That person is not fighting you. You know
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who is that person fighting? Mean to say, I've said
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this before, Henry, If I going to attack your son,
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are you're going to sit there and say go ahead? Two?
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The mother said no. If I were to make a
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threatening move towards there, I can tell you before I
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even reached the son, they would take me out. You see,
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You and I got to understand we belong to God,
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who is our father. If somebody comes against you, who
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are they coming against? See? When we can see that,
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then it becomes easy, all right, it becomes easy. But
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in everything, but in everything, all always thoroughly, whatsoever whosoever
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it says here in prayer, no prayer. You gotta understand
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that prayer is just not you know, Father, bless me
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and my wife, my two sons as four and no more. No,
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it's not dead. That's not prayer. I tell you what
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prayer is. Prayer is something that is an earnest discussion.
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You know, you know a good example of prayer, of course,
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the best example was when Jesus taught us how to
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pray the Lord's pray. But an example of what prayer
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is is the communication between Abraham and God concerning Lord
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in Sdom and Gomorrah. Lord, if there's fifty people, will
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you destroy Lord? If there's forty people? There was this
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back and forth? Why it was earnest earnest discussion? Hey,
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how many of us earnestly discussed with the Lord what's
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going on in our lives? The one person you can
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never hide from is God. Okay, so if you are
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a rogue, tell God your robe? Why you want to
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hide yourself? You mean you say God, can I see Lord?
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And you are shot? So you don't tell God you're shot? Lord,
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I'm vertically challenged. Hey, God, can I see your short?
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He can see you shot. Don't need to hide that
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from him. Lord. I'm a short person. Find me a
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short girl friend. Hey, guys, you're gonna understand what I'm
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trying to tell you. You see when you when when you
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come to God. The one person you can afford to
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be absolutely honest with her is the Lord. You don't
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have to hide yourself from him. So you're not a
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good person. Lord, I'm not a good person. I don't
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know why I am like that. Lord. You know, I
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know how much you love me. I know, and I
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learn all these things and wonderful things in scripture. I
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do sometimes and then sometimes I don't do. I must
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be crazy, Lord, And then the Lord can s, yeah,
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you are. I mean conversation earnest. It's also means a supplication.
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Supplication is you you? When you make supplication, you are
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making a request unto the Lord. See, many of us
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we talk about our situation, but we don't end it
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with a clear request from the Lord. You know that
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if we don't make it with a clear request from
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the Lord, you haven't ready prayed. You just told God
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about the situation. LORDA you know, I'm in my running clothes,
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running shoes. I want to go and exercise in the morning. Lord,
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And the weather looks bad, looks like it's going to rain. Lord.
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You know, I was planning to go running, but I'm
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beginning to see the rains start. And then after you
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walk away and it starts to rain. Or the Lord
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never answered my prayer? What did you pray? You just
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told the Lord what the weather was like. This is
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how you pray. Lord. Can you see I'm ready to run.
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I want to go running because I want to exercise.
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I want to get fit. But the weather looks like
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it's going to rain. So I ask you, Lord in
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the name of Jesus, to hold the rain back. And Lord,
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if you have to water everything, because the plants do
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need water, let it rain around me wherever I go.
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Let it not rain. If you are willing to trust
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the Lord with that type of prayer, he is willing
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to answer you. Do you know that I had two
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people come to the Lord because of this testimony of weather.
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It would be raining, heavily rainy season when I go
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for the audit. When I come, I'm completely dry. So
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the accounts clock asked me, Hey, how come you're drier?
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I say, because I believe in Jesus and I pray
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for the rain to stop, and it stops every time. No,
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I don't believe you, I say, you wait and see.
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I will show you it's raining the whole day, rainy season. Right,
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So I'm about to leave five o'clock. I command you,
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in the name of Jesus, stop one two minutes the
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rain stops. I get it on my bike and I
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go off. She sees me do this for days. Then
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she comes and tell me it's true. I said, that's
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because Jesus is true. Would you want to accept him
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as Lord and Savior? Yes, I receive him. My very
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first time I prayed for the rain to stop was
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about a week after I became a Christian, and I
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learned that in the name of Jesus you can ask
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and see things happen. The weather was really really bad
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and dark, and it's going to storm, and I was
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going for a party with some friends, so I told
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him it's okay. I believe in Jesus. I've prayed and
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it will not rain. I've prayed, and I've asked the
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Lord that all of you were with me will reach
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our destination dry. But everyone who comes immediately after the
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last person this party steps into the house will be
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soaking wet. Now, why wasn't I kind to pray for
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everyone to get that dry? I don't know, but I
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do know. This was my prayer. And you know, we
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went for that party, and the moment the last person
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with my group stepped in, it poured like as if
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there was no rain, and it looked like I say,
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somebody is pouring water, and everybody who came after me
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drenched completely. Then the person looks at me, Hey, it's true.
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I say, yes, it is. Why didn't you follow me
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the church and find out more about Jesus? They came
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to church and they received the Lord their pastors today.
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Then petition. You know what is petition? Petition is you
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don't stop believing. And it doesn't mean you pray the
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same prayer again. It means this Lord, I have prayed
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to you, I have laid my prayer before you. You
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know what, I believe it even though I don't see it,
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because you said it as a song. Jesus said it.
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I believe it. I believe it because he said it. Yes, no, yes,
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and no. The Lord's going to see me through. It's
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a song long time ago, guys. So that prayer becomes exciting,
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doesn't become a figment of anybody's imagination. And it says
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here in prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, do you know
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why you give thanks when you pray? Because the Bible said,
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that's a good answer. The Bible said, give thanks when
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you pray. That's good enough. But you must understand what's
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behind it, because the giving of thanks is something that
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pleases the Lord. It is gratitude. Do you know that
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one of them? I'm sorry to say, okay, jen beta
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alpha whatever. It is. One of the one of the
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problems of the world this today is there's a lack
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of gratitude. People feel entitled. So when people feel entitled,
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they don't say thank you. What that waited that comes
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and gives you the food? You just look and that's it. No,
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just because they are serving you doesn't mean they are
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your servants. It means they're doing a job. You know,
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Elder Mabele, every time she goes to a restaurant and eat,
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you know, when she finishes eating, she clears the whole
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table with her tissue. She wipes everything, puts everything I asked.
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You want me to ask them for the bloomer. I
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joke with her. But you know what she is doing.
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She is giving honor to the person who serves us.
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She's not taking them for granted. What is she doing.
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She is showing them gratitude. It doesn't matter whether somebody
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thanks you. But if you have a heart of gratitude,
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God knows how to reward that because God loves it
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when we show him gratitude. I think there's a song
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right gratitude. Did you know that it's also an act
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of worship. Hey, you don't always have to get down
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on your niece to worship the Lord. You know. You
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know that every time you pray and you are thanking
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the Lord for what is done for you, you are
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worshiping him. You know, when I wake up in the
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morning and I pray for the message that I'm to
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deliver to you, you know what I'm doing. I'm worshiping
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the Lord. When I get up, I give him at
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least three rounds of worship. When I say three rounds,
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one round it's one kilometer, So three kilometers of worship
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two minutes of prayer for you, so you are worth
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two kilometers worship is worth three. That's how it works
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for me. But actually you've got to times it by
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two because I do ten. This is how because I
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need God to help me. You see, you haven't come
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here to just listen to somebody. If you go back
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and you haven't learned anything, I've wasted your time because
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you come here to receive from the Lord. What is
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the Lord speaking to you this morning? He is telling
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you it's going to be okay, an act of worship.
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And then it says, here, let your requests. Remember what
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I said. A lot of people talk about, Hey, the
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weather's like this young okay. Yeah, lots of people here
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and they don't make the requests. And I wonder why
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nothing happens. Hey, don't assume that God assumes on your
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behalf and all. God knows everything you need, but he
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will not act until you ask. You know why he
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respects you. God respects me. Yes, he respects you enough
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to wait for you to ask him. Ah. We can
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learn a lot of things from God. And while he
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knows everything, he doesn't assume you want him to act
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until you open your mound and say, please act on
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my behalf. Let your request, you know, as your request,
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let your requests. Request isn't ask. It is also a requirement. Hey,
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be specific. That's what it means. That word actually means requirement.
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Let your requirements be Oh, Lord, it's the whethers I said, Lord,
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if the grass needs to get watered, let it get water.
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But as wherever I am running, let it be dry.
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You believe God can do that? You know how many
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times I have been actually on my morning walks and
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it is rain, and I looked at the sky and
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say in Jesus name, stop and it stops. Am I
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somebody great? No, I'm being specific. I'm actually letting. I'm
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exercising the authority that the Lord has given me. I'm
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being specific. I'm letting my requirements be made. Not Hey,
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you go in you want to build a cupboard in
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your houser. You just take the wood and go and
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bash it anywhere and it comes out of cupboard. No,
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what are the requirements? Five feet here, six feet there,
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six feet long tall, white cupboard door. The door must
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be opening inside. But you got requirements? Why do you
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need requirements? You want a good finished for duct. If
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you don't let your requires, me know, the guy can
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build your cabinet. I'd read to think what will come?
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And it's also do you know it's a demand? Can
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you make demands of the Lord? But that's what scripture says.
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Scripture says you can demand from the Lord God. I
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know that I've been healed, and I know according to
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your word You've healed me. So I stand on this
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in Jesus' name. Wow, pride becomes exciting, you know, because
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now you know the many facets to it, the many
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dimensions to it. It says, be made known to God.
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Do you know that this word be made known to
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is a certification of who God is? It is a
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declaration of who God. Now, when you're say in Jesus name,
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it's no longer just the end of a song. You know,
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it's not a full stop. You know, in Jesus name
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it's not a food stop. When I say, because in
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English or in any language, when you're you put a
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food stop. Jesus name is not to be used as
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a full stop, you know. Do you know what Jesus
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name is? To be used as certified, true copy, certified.
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It's that's what it means. It means certification, a declaration.
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What is a declaration? Declaration? Is I hereby declare that
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by water baptism, so and so is now named? What
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is that? It's a declaration for all two see that
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you have followed Jesus. Okay, now we get to the
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what is the result of all of this? Everything that
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I've said must come in form of a result must
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have a result, and it says and the peace of God,
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and the peace of God. You see in English, we
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only think that the word is peace, quiet, peace and quiet.
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So the peace of God is yeah, yah yah. All
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the problems are happening in just no more noise, and
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we think that's it. If you think that's it, that's
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all you'll get. If all you want from your trouble
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is for the noise to be quiet, that's all you
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will get. But Scripture is telling you that the peace
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of God means much more than that. This is what
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the peace of God means from that word piece. It
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means exemption from the rage of havoc of war. You
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and I we have not experienced war. Those of us
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who are in our sixties. We have a semblance of
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knowledge what happened in the late sixties, but we are
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not like Gaza, or we are not like Ukraine, so
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we don't understand really the ravage, the rage, the fear
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of war. My mother will tell you that at the
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age of four, the sirens would ring and she and
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the family would have to run into the jungle. This
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was Hicks Hicks Road is Jannan Raja Chulans in front
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of that was all jungle. They have to run into
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the jungle because the bombing was going to take place.
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I mean, four years old. You know what that siren means.
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It's how can you handle it? It's frightening. When that
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fire happened in Putra Hides. You know how loud the
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sound was. My brother in law from his in Acts
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ten thirty service is about three hundred meters away from
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the fire. From his room, he said it sounded like
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a jet engine just by his bed. That was a sound.
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It caused fear and panic. The moment they came out
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of the house, their skin was starting to burn. They
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had to run run away, leave everything behind. God gave
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him a great testimony. Nothing in his house was damaged.
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He had a parrot right. They were not allowed to
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bring the parent parros outside the house for three days,
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no food, no water in that heat, in that whatever.
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You know, the parrot's a life. And now can say
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praise the Lord guys, exemption from the rage and havoc
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of war. It means that that that rage that goes on,
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that that the anger that people show you, that havoc
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that's playing in your mind. You can have freedom from it. Exemption.
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Exemption from it means it doesn't need to touch you.
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Let it touch somebody else, but you it will not touch.
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Do you know that this word peace also means this
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peace between individuals, harmony, accord, harmony between people. Isn't so
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nice to be friendly with each other? Not sit down
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next to each other? I don't like your facer. Can
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you get up and go and sit somewhere else? No?
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Why is it? All of you can come and sit
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down and sit peacefully with each other because of this?
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It's the peace of God. There was a song I'd
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like to teach the world to sing perfect? How many?
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I'd like to hold it in my arms and teach it.
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Come have a company? That song was actually a Coca
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Cola head Do you know? It was the ad first,
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and then after that the New Seekers media the number
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one hit in the world. Wasn't the other way around?
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I always talk to the other way around? No, no, no, no.
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Peace means that how many? This is so nice we're singing?
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How many? It means this, sirh, and this one we
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will love, especially those of us who've got children. It
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means this. It means security. It means safety, do you
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know that it also means prosperity? So how many of
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us are lacking you? How many of you us here
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got financial issues? Do you know that the scripture says
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that this piece of prosperity, how many to make things
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safe and prosperous? This is yours? I love this. So
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we just thought piece was huh quiet No. And it
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also means this of the messiahs peace. This is the
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way that leads to salvation, peace of God. When we
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come before the Lord, Lord, come into my heart and
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be my Lord and savior. This is the peace that
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comes into your heart can lead to salvation. Sometimes people
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are having a lot of trouble, a lot of issues.
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So that's why when they come to church, in that worship,
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in that praise, in that surrounding of the presence of
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the Lord coming down with the peace of God that
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passes all understanding, the peace that leads to salvation rests
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upon their soul. It also means of Christianity, all right.
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Tranquil state of a soul is a tranquil state of
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a soul assured of its salvation through Christ. Now this
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is after you become a Christian. Nothing moves you to fear.
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It's only one you fear. You fear God. You don't
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fear anything else because you're sured of your salvation through Christ.
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It's been forty seventy nine, seventy nine, fifty years, fifty years, No, No,
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seventy nine, forty five years, forty five, forty six, forty
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six years. I've known the Lord for forty six years.
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Praise the Lord, and so fearing nothing from God and
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content with its early Lord or whatever sort that is.
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It means I'm not going to be bothered with the
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issue of what troubles. And let me tell you, in
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forty five years, I have seen so many things happen
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in my life, so many bad things turned around, so
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many bad things become good because God was able to
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do it. And then I look back and I say,
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why did I ever fear? The Lord was with me
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and he helped me. And I look at myself and
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I'm in my sixties, and I say, God, all these
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years you've been with me. It's amazing. I look at
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my life. How did I get here? It's you, It's
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you and only you. It is also this is the
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state we all want it to be, the blessed state
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of devout men and women after death. Hey, guys, at
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the end of the day, when I go, that's where
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I want to go. That's where I want to leave.
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That's where I want to be. I've told elder maybe
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when I go, please know said songs, No slow songs.
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The kind of songs I want are the kind that
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will wake up the day, because yes, because you know
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why I'm saved. What is there to be afraid or
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what is there to be said? Hey, why you need
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to be said? You will see me sooner or litter,
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It's okay. So when you send me or send me
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off like it's a great party, celebration, I don't want
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any of that. All full band, that's what I want.
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Why if somebody says no respect, they got it wrong
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because rather than respect me, respect the one who saved
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my soul. That's more important. Guys. If we can, if
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we can start celebrating that way. A lot of people
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want to come to know the Lord. So the Bible
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says this peace will that will surpass. You know what
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it means. It means to hold oneself above. It's excellent,
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it's superior. None of us want anything that is less
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than the best. And this is what God gives us.
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God gives us all of what I told you to
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even better levels, the ultimate, the whole oneself above, to excel,
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superior that surpasses understanding. Guys, understanding here we all think
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the understanding is just one thing. Right. Understanding means are
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your mind and your intellect. Because your mind plays tricks
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with you. Your mind sees problems when there's none, because Jesus
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is with you. Your mind, your intellect. It means your thoughts.
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You know, intellect and thoughts are different. Intellect is the
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quality of your brain. Okay, and I know I am
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surrounded with really great quality here, a lot of intellect,
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but thoughts, you know. Let me explain it this way.
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Your mind can be a Mercedes Benz sports model, but
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if your thoughts drive it at two kilometers per hour
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of no use, you get it. There's a difference between intellect, thought,
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and then feelings nothing more than feelings. Feelings, So you
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know that your feelings have a part to play as well.
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God wants to help you with your feelings. Going back
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to the car analogy, you don't drive it. I feel
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like I want to drive at three hundred, but the
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car can only go two hundred and twenty. God has
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a way of bringing your feelings under subjection to his will,
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otherwise you will burn your car out wings and your will,
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you know what is your will? You really is the
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key to the car, because without the key, nothing happens.
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Your will, nothing happens unless it's your will is like
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your decision. So you got intellect, you got thoughts. See
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you've got you've got a capacity. Then you got the
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the way of thinking, you got the emotion behind it.
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But at the end of the day, it will all
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come in it into what your will. And you know
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what is your will. When you drive your Mercedes bends,
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you turn the car, start it on, press the accelerator,
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and drive at a normal speed. That is your will.
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If any of the other three three things you try,
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your car is going to get in trouble, or you
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will get into trouble with the law. God. Okay, will God, Will, God,
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I'm gonna I'm gonna rush your will. God, What is
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this to a watcher in advance? This God is somebody
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that watches out for you. So, in other words, this
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piece is going to be like a sentinel to you.
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You know what it's a central is a post of
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like a post like the gods at the gate, so
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prevent anybody from You know how many of us living
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in condos. The guard at the gate. No no, no, no,
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s cannot come in. Sorry. Huh yeah, so you're not Christian. Sorry,
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you don't make it to heaven downstairs. Oky, means that
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to heaven and protect like your protect your son. You
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will not allow me to go there and damage it.
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You will take me out. Hey. They're nice people, very quiet,
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smiling and all that. You just try and do anything
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to the sun, they will take you out. That's the
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way it is. God's like that. Don't try anything with this, children,
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because He's got gods around you. So this peace will God, you, God,
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your mind, God, your heart. You know what is your heart?
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Your heart is a heart. Okay, you live longer because
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no stress, you live longeray. Hat. Then it also means
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that your thoughts and feelings, your mind, so your mind, okay,
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how we just describe how that all works. And the middle,
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you know as the middle, the deepest most part of you,
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your spirit. Your spirit also needs to be protected by
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the Lord. Your mind, your perception, your purpose. Well, what's
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your purpose in life? What? How do you perceive life
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for yourself to be. It also means your intellect everything
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is controlled. So in Bible says, well, God, your hearts
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and minds through who through Christ Jesus. This literally means
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the anointed one. Christ means Jesus, the anointed one of God,
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the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. It means by function,
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the Redeemer, he's your savior, by entity, by entities, Jesus. Okay,
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So there are five ways in which the Lord through
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Christ go to the next life. It literally means the Anointed.
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This is what it means through Christ. Through the Anointed
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transliterated it means Christ. That means it's much more than
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the Anointed. It's specifically talking to about Jesus and the
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properly properly means So, now what is this purpose? How
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does it relate to you? Well, the Messiah was the
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God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, so he's talking about
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his how Scripture has has revealed who he is? All right?
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And then by function, So what does Jesus do He
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redeems you. What does Jesus do he saves you? What
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does Jesus do here is your friend? Okay? And lastly,
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what it is identity you identify with Jesus as Lord,
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as Jesus is your lord and master. When you call
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yourself a Christian, it means Christ in me. Can you
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understand why it's going to be okay? Can you understand
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why your life is going to be all right? When
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you pray? Now you see it's much more. God has
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good purposes and intents for you, and you can believe
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it because He loves you, He saved you. He's there
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with you in every aspect of your life. So guys,
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if you you've forgotten everything that I've told you, just
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let it be known. Jesus has your best interest at heart,
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and it's going to be okay.
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