WEBVTT - Michele Jackson - Oct 20 - 3:30 pm

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<v Speaker 1>Today on the Converge Network, Pastor Michelle will be sharing

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<v Speaker 1>God's heart with you through the Word of God. Before

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<v Speaker 1>she ministers to you, Michelle Jackson serves as Senior Pastor

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<v Speaker 1>of Hope Christian Church in Beltsville, Maryland. She is the

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<v Speaker 1>founder of the Converge Network, which is home to Harry

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<v Speaker 1>Jackson Ministries' Hope Connection and her podcast for women, Life

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<v Speaker 1>in the Overflow. Today's teaching will explore how the Lord

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<v Speaker 1>is using people like you and me to build His

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<v Speaker 1>kingdom and usher in a new air of glory. Here

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<v Speaker 1>we go.

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<v Speaker 2>Hi, everyone. This is Michelle Jackson, and I want to

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<v Speaker 2>minister to you today from the theme of He is

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<v Speaker 2>the potter and we are the clay. Isaiah 45, 9

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<v Speaker 2>and 10 says, What sorrow awaits those who argue with

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<v Speaker 2>their creator? Does a clay pot argue with its maker?

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<v Speaker 2>Does the clay dispute with one who shapes it saying, stop,

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<v Speaker 2>you're doing it wrong. Does the pot exclaim, how clumsy

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<v Speaker 2>you must be? How terrible it would be for a

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<v Speaker 2>newborn to say to its father, why was I born?

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<v Speaker 2>Or if it said to its mother, why did you

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<v Speaker 2>make me this way? And so I want us to

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<v Speaker 2>start thinking about this because oftentimes in our life, because

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<v Speaker 2>we were born into sin and shaped in iniquity and

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<v Speaker 2>we're in a fallen world, we can question ourselves so

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<v Speaker 2>much and question our origins, our sovereign beginnings. And let's

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<v Speaker 2>be honest, like the foundation of a lot of our

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<v Speaker 2>lives is the same because of what happened in the

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<v Speaker 2>Garden of Eden, that Adam and Eve sinned and sin

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<v Speaker 2>entered into the world and brokenness entered the world and

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<v Speaker 2>shame and abandonment and rejection. All of these things entered

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<v Speaker 2>the world. And so these questions are, can be questions

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<v Speaker 2>that we have. But the Lord is the one who

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<v Speaker 2>created the heavens. He created the earth and he created

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<v Speaker 2>people to live in it. And he is the one

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<v Speaker 2>that stretched his hands and made the heavens and the

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<v Speaker 2>stars at his command and his word. And so for

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<v Speaker 2>us in this season where God is beginning to do

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<v Speaker 2>new things, and do new things through his church, and

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<v Speaker 2>bring a new wind, and we're learning how to flow

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<v Speaker 2>with what God wants to do, this is who he is.

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<v Speaker 2>This is what he does. He creates in us anew,

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<v Speaker 2>and he takes something messy, and he makes beautiful things.

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<v Speaker 2>Just like it's saying here, you take clay, and you

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<v Speaker 2>make something beautiful. I remember in high school, that was

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<v Speaker 2>the first time I was introduced to pottery. Or the

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<v Speaker 2>art of pottery and making things and taking the slab

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<v Speaker 2>of clay and getting it on the wheel and learning

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<v Speaker 2>how to mold it and how to water it and

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<v Speaker 2>how to sculpt it and how to craft something out

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<v Speaker 2>of this blob of nothingness. And sometimes we're looking at

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<v Speaker 2>our lives through the eyes of the facts of our situation.

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<v Speaker 2>We grew up with single parents and we grew up

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<v Speaker 2>impoverished or we grew up with an alcoholic father. where

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<v Speaker 2>we grew up. And so many of these things shapes

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<v Speaker 2>our life. But God in his redemptive grace, he comes

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<v Speaker 2>alongside of us and he turns all of our sorrow

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<v Speaker 2>into joy. And he turns our tests into testimonies as

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<v Speaker 2>we walk in his grace and his love. And every

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<v Speaker 2>step towards purpose and destiny in him is one step

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<v Speaker 2>away that he is one step away from our past,

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<v Speaker 2>And every single day as we do that, we look

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<v Speaker 2>back and we've come so far as we've journeyed with him.

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<v Speaker 2>And so I just want to encourage you today that

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<v Speaker 2>he takes our addictions and causes us to be dependent

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<v Speaker 2>upon him and to be healed. And he takes our

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<v Speaker 2>abandonment and helps us to know that we've received his

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<v Speaker 2>peace and that we have a place in his family

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<v Speaker 2>and our baggage. He lets us be free of our mistakes.

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<v Speaker 2>And so there's such redemption in God's will and his plans.

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<v Speaker 2>when we allow him to have the final authority on

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<v Speaker 2>the design and the direction of our life. So I

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<v Speaker 2>love it. Who argues with the potter, like who's shaping them, right?

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<v Speaker 2>And so many of us, that's what we do in

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<v Speaker 2>our spiritual walk. We discount what God wants to do

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<v Speaker 2>in the present because of our past. And God is

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<v Speaker 2>saying like, look at me, I'm the potter and I

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<v Speaker 2>am a master of at putting pieces together. I'm a

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<v Speaker 2>master at taking your past and your struggles and even

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<v Speaker 2>what you're facing today and using them all to shape

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<v Speaker 2>you into an effective and powerful witness for me. And

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<v Speaker 2>he is so key in turning every story of shame

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<v Speaker 2>into a story of glory. Like right now, I think

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<v Speaker 2>about the story of Ruth and I think about the

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<v Speaker 2>fact that You know, she was married young and she

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<v Speaker 2>married a man who passed away. And then her mother-in-law

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<v Speaker 2>is like, I'm moving back to my land. And she

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<v Speaker 2>had to make a decision. She had to decide, am

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<v Speaker 2>I going to go with my mother-in-law, Naomi, or am

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<v Speaker 2>I going to stay here in this land that I've

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<v Speaker 2>always known? And Ruth decided to enter into a new

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<v Speaker 2>season and to travel with Naomi and to come into

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<v Speaker 2>a place that became the land of promise for her

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<v Speaker 2>new season. And I just hear the Lord saying today

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<v Speaker 2>to us, that what we've seen this far compares nothing

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<v Speaker 2>to the glory that lies ahead of us, and that

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<v Speaker 2>the world needs you to let God work in this way,

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<v Speaker 2>in this time, that there's a whole generation that needs

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<v Speaker 2>to hear what God is doing in this season in

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<v Speaker 2>your life, and that he is propelling you into a

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<v Speaker 2>new season. So I just want to encourage you, like

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<v Speaker 2>what steps today can we take to let God shape

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<v Speaker 2>us instead of having the attitude that the Lord was

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<v Speaker 2>saying that his people had in this season and through

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<v Speaker 2>the prophet Isaiah, you know, they were saying, oh gosh,

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<v Speaker 2>you're doing it wrong, God, you know. And we can

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<v Speaker 2>feel like that, right? Because we have Pinterest boards and

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<v Speaker 2>we are, if we're not careful, we can be colored

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<v Speaker 2>by number of people, meaning we have a vision for

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<v Speaker 2>our life. And because we're human and we do not

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<v Speaker 2>have infinite wisdom, We can boil things down to a

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<v Speaker 2>color by number, this by that, this by that, then

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<v Speaker 2>you do this, then you do that. And we can

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<v Speaker 2>try to manage it down, manage life with control so

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<v Speaker 2>that we don't get hurt, so that we don't have

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<v Speaker 2>to be stretched, so that we don't have to be pressed.

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<v Speaker 2>in getting into what we think is God's vision for

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<v Speaker 2>our life. And the Lord is just saying, you're in

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<v Speaker 2>my hands. You're in my hands and my protection. And

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<v Speaker 2>I know exactly what it takes to get you from

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<v Speaker 2>point A to point B. And the picture that you

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<v Speaker 2>have for your life, I have even greater. I know

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<v Speaker 2>what it's going to take. And I can speak into you,

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<v Speaker 2>speak the truth of my word and shape you, and

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<v Speaker 2>bring you hope in the darkness. And so I love

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<v Speaker 2>it because Romans 8 28 flows so naturally and so

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<v Speaker 2>succinctly here because the Bible tells us that we're being shaped,

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<v Speaker 2>we're being conformed into the image of Jesus Christ, the

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<v Speaker 2>firstborn son who was meant to be the first of

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<v Speaker 2>many brothers and sisters. And so the Bible tells us

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<v Speaker 2>that all things work together. And we know for those

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<v Speaker 2>who love God, all things work together for good, for

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<v Speaker 2>those that are called according to his purpose. For those

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<v Speaker 2>whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to

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<v Speaker 2>the image of his son in order that he might

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<v Speaker 2>be the firstborn among many brothers, parentheses, ancestors, and Those

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<v Speaker 2>whom he predestined, he also called. And those whom he called,

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<v Speaker 2>he also justified. And those whom he justified, he also glorified.

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<v Speaker 2>What shall we say then of these things? If God

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<v Speaker 2>be for us, who can be against us? So God

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<v Speaker 2>is shaping your life in order that you would look

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<v Speaker 2>like a member of his family and a So many

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<v Speaker 2>things that we think we need, we don't need because

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<v Speaker 2>that's the ultimate destiny, right? To be a first, to

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<v Speaker 2>be a sibling of the firstborn son of God, to

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<v Speaker 2>be shaped into the image of Jesus Christ. That's destiny, right?

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<v Speaker 2>We have so many other plans, right? We want to

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<v Speaker 2>be the best at this. We want to be, we

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<v Speaker 2>want to excel in that. But ultimately, at the end

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<v Speaker 2>of the day, when we're in eternity, God wants his church,

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<v Speaker 2>his bride, to look like his son. And so that's

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<v Speaker 2>got to be on part of our agenda. That's got

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<v Speaker 2>to be a part of our goals for life. And

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<v Speaker 2>so sometimes he uses struggle to get us to the

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<v Speaker 2>place of surrender so that we get uncomfortable and then

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<v Speaker 2>we get more comfortable in his hand of his way

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<v Speaker 2>of shaping us. And so I just want to encourage

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<v Speaker 2>you that If you and I were always comfortable in

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<v Speaker 2>our flesh, we probably wouldn't step out on faith ever.

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<v Speaker 2>We probably wouldn't venture into the unknown if we were

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<v Speaker 2>allowed to be comfortable in every season. So sometimes your

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<v Speaker 2>feeling of discomfort or your feeling of something isn't right

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<v Speaker 2>isn't always that something's wrong. It's that God has given

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<v Speaker 2>you a divine dissatisfaction to cause you to allow him

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<v Speaker 2>to shape and mold you into where he needs you

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<v Speaker 2>to be for the days and the seasons ahead. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>I love pottery because it's a process, right? You have

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<v Speaker 2>to shape the clay. You've got to trim it. And

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<v Speaker 2>then it has to go into the kiln or the

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<v Speaker 2>fire oven so that it can be perfected and so

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<v Speaker 2>that the shape that the clay has been made into

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<v Speaker 2>is sturdy and then can go through the process of

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<v Speaker 2>glazing and decoration and painting and then be fired, and

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<v Speaker 2>be ready for use. And so when the Bible's saying

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<v Speaker 2>to us, like, does the clay pot argue with its maker?

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<v Speaker 2>The potter always has a design in mind, but it

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<v Speaker 2>comes as the potter begins to shape, as the potter

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<v Speaker 2>begins to mold the clay, the design that's in the

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<v Speaker 2>mind of the potter begins to come forth. And even

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<v Speaker 2>as the potter begins to remove stones, or other sediment

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<v Speaker 2>that might be in the clay that might cause it

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<v Speaker 2>not to be able to withstand the heat when it

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<v Speaker 2>goes into the kiln, right? Like it's the same thing

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<v Speaker 2>with our God. He has a design in mind for

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<v Speaker 2>your life and everything and every stage that you're going through,

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<v Speaker 2>like he's using those things to shape you, to mold you,

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<v Speaker 2>to cultivate you, to call you forth. And even if

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<v Speaker 2>sometimes it feels like you're being pulled in so many directions,

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<v Speaker 2>but it's like the Lord is shaping you and he's

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<v Speaker 2>removing stones in your heart. He's removing hardness in your character.

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<v Speaker 2>All the things that won't stand under the fiery tests

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<v Speaker 2>for the future, under the things that prep us and

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<v Speaker 2>purify us and cause us to be more like the

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<v Speaker 2>image of his son. All of those things, he knows

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<v Speaker 2>what he's doing. And so I just want to encourage

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<v Speaker 2>you today to trust him in the process. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>it's not always easy. It's not always, you know, rainbows

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<v Speaker 2>and candy canes. You know, it's not always stuff that

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<v Speaker 2>we like that God begins to do in our life.

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<v Speaker 2>And walking with Jesus is pleasurable, but it also causes

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<v Speaker 2>us to have to confront those areas of desire. And

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<v Speaker 2>sometimes it can be painful. And so, you know, when

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<v Speaker 2>we look at the life of Jesus, we see that

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<v Speaker 2>his life was perfect. It was sinless. It was blameless.

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<v Speaker 2>But not everything that he went through was easy. Being

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<v Speaker 2>betrayed by his friend and disciple, you know, going to

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<v Speaker 2>the cross and being flogged and accused and beaten and bruised.

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<v Speaker 2>All of these things were not easy. But yet it

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<v Speaker 2>was the call of God and the plan for his life.

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<v Speaker 2>And he he sat before him. the satisfaction of completing

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<v Speaker 2>the goal. It was for the joy that was set

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<v Speaker 2>before him that he endured the cross. And so when

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<v Speaker 2>we think about that, sometimes the things that God wants

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<v Speaker 2>to do is he begins to pull the pieces of

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<v Speaker 2>our life together. And he may call us to walk

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<v Speaker 2>out of this relationship, or he may call us to

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<v Speaker 2>walk out of this habit. It can be a struggle

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<v Speaker 2>in the moment, But it's for the joy of pleasing

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<v Speaker 2>him that's set before us that causes us, that inspires us,

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<v Speaker 2>that provokes us to be faithful to what God's calling

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<v Speaker 2>us to do. So I want to ask you, like,

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<v Speaker 2>what steps can you take today to let God have

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<v Speaker 2>his way in your life? You know, what disputes do

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<v Speaker 2>you have with the Lord in this time in your life,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, about what his plan is? Can we come

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<v Speaker 2>to a place where we can say, Father, I trust you.

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<v Speaker 2>And even though I don't understand And even though I

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<v Speaker 2>may not be able to trace you, I can still

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<v Speaker 2>trust you. Can we come to that place today, brothers

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<v Speaker 2>and sisters? Because that place, that place of surrender, that

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<v Speaker 2>is the place where God begins to be able to

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<v Speaker 2>move and the supernatural begins to break open to you.

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<v Speaker 2>And I know that God wants to do amazing things

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<v Speaker 2>in your life. Last time we talked about Isaiah 43, 19, behold,

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<v Speaker 2>the Lord is doing a new thing. He'll bring rivers

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<v Speaker 2>in the desert. The Lord always will bring forth from

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<v Speaker 2>something that looks like nothing. I was sharing the last time,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, about just how the Lord will use messes

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<v Speaker 2>and turn them into miracles and messages and how the

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<v Speaker 2>supernatural has really begun to break out in our church

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<v Speaker 2>because of the willingness to re-dig the well of intercession

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<v Speaker 2>and prayer and really get in the glory and really

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<v Speaker 2>know what the Lord wants to do and really partner

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<v Speaker 2>with him and to be his voice and how people

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<v Speaker 2>began to be promoted. And we began to see a

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<v Speaker 2>dimension of financial breakthrough. But I believe those things came

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<v Speaker 2>not just because God wants to bless his people. He does.

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<v Speaker 2>But I believe it's because we began to take on

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<v Speaker 2>the identity of children of God and servants of God.

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<v Speaker 2>Where he could bless us and elevate us and promote

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<v Speaker 2>us and that we now become voices in every arena

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<v Speaker 2>for him. That when we move to the new neighborhood,

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<v Speaker 2>we know that we're there on assignment. Like when we

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<v Speaker 2>go to the new job, we know that we're there

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<v Speaker 2>on assignment and that God's given us the influence to

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<v Speaker 2>be a voice for righteousness and justice. and for his cause,

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<v Speaker 2>and that he's going to use us in mighty ways

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<v Speaker 2>in different arenas. Like we didn't just get blessed to

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<v Speaker 2>like consume the blessing on ourselves, but the Lord elevated

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<v Speaker 2>us to be deliverers, to be those modern day Daniels,

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<v Speaker 2>and Josephs, and Esthers, and Daniels in every sphere of society.

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<v Speaker 2>And so right now in your life, you may be wondering,

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<v Speaker 2>why did this door close? Why did this door open?

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<v Speaker 2>Why did this situation end? And I want to encourage

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<v Speaker 2>you not to question or to say, God, you're doing

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<v Speaker 2>it wrong, but to start to agree with God that

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<v Speaker 2>every door that's closed was for your protection, that you're

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<v Speaker 2>not being held back, that you're being held in position,

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<v Speaker 2>that God has a plan and a purpose for your life,

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<v Speaker 2>and that he uses the things that we don't understand

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<v Speaker 2>to cause us to be shaped into the image of

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<v Speaker 2>his son if we don't quit and we don't give up.

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<v Speaker 2>So I just want you to declare that over yourself.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, quitting is not an option because that's not

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<v Speaker 2>who I am, right? Quitting walking with the Lord because

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<v Speaker 2>of a challenge or something didn't go our way or

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<v Speaker 2>we're disappointed or whatever it may be that may cause

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<v Speaker 2>you to shrink back from the promises of God. That's

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<v Speaker 2>not who we are. We're not going to shrink back.

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<v Speaker 2>We're not going to shrink back from the promise of God. So,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, it's so important in these moments that we

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<v Speaker 2>learn to just rely on the potter, just rely on

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<v Speaker 2>his design saying, okay, potter. Okay, Lord, I'm the clay.

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<v Speaker 2>Mold me and make me. This is what I pray.

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<v Speaker 2>That was a song, right? And so from that place

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<v Speaker 2>of revelation, as we begin to just submit ourselves and say, Lord,

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<v Speaker 2>your ways are higher than mine. Your wisdom is higher

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<v Speaker 2>than mine. Your thoughts are not my thoughts. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>have the capacity. Show me. The Lord will begin to

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<v Speaker 2>show us how to walk in the new season and

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<v Speaker 2>in the new dimension. And so I just believe that

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<v Speaker 2>there's revelation for you for this season. There is wisdom

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<v Speaker 2>from God for you in this season to walk it

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<v Speaker 2>out and to become more like Jesus, to become that overcomer,

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<v Speaker 2>to be that one to speak and walk in the

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<v Speaker 2>authority of God to bring healing where you go. and

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<v Speaker 2>for God to be glorified in your life. So I

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<v Speaker 2>just want to pray with you, and I want to

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<v Speaker 2>decree over you that you are being made into the

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<v Speaker 2>image of God. So Lord, I just thank you for

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<v Speaker 2>every person under the sound of my voice today. Lord,

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<v Speaker 2>I just thank you that you know they're lying down,

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<v Speaker 2>and you know they're rising up. God, you're intimately acquainted

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<v Speaker 2>with their life. Lord, You know their daily ops. You

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<v Speaker 2>know their daily operations. And when you look in their

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<v Speaker 2>life and when you look in their home and when

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<v Speaker 2>you look in their community, you see and know what's possible. So, Potter,

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<v Speaker 2>I thank you that you're calling forth potential today. I

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<v Speaker 2>thank you that you're calling forth godly destiny. Lord, I

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<v Speaker 2>thank you that even from the foundation of the world,

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<v Speaker 2>you ordained purpose to come from their life. And so, Lord,

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<v Speaker 2>today we just say we trust you. We honor you, Lord,

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<v Speaker 2>in the places where we've questioned, where we've argued with you,

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<v Speaker 2>where we've gone back and forth about what you want

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<v Speaker 2>to do in our lives. Father, we repent today and

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<v Speaker 2>we turn our heart back to you with fresh love

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<v Speaker 2>and fresh perspective and fresh eyes that you are the

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<v Speaker 2>one that created the heaven and the earth. You created

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<v Speaker 2>us and that we are your handiwork. We are your poema.

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<v Speaker 2>We are your masterpiece. The work that you created today

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<v Speaker 2>in advance for us to do. Father, we want to

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<v Speaker 2>complete it. We want to be co-laborers with you. And so, Lord,

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<v Speaker 2>I thank you for giving us a new heart, renewing

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<v Speaker 2>in us a right spirit. And Lord, I thank you

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<v Speaker 2>that you will cause many to be elevated and promoted

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<v Speaker 2>as they accept the commissioning to be your voice and

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<v Speaker 2>your representative in this earth until your kingdom comes and

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<v Speaker 2>your son returns. In Jesus' name, amen.

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