WEBVTT - Places Everyone!

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, this is Stephen Ferdick.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm the pastor of Elevation Church and this is our podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>I wanted to thank you for joining us today.

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<v Speaker 1>Hope this inspires you. Hope it builds your faith.

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<v Speaker 2>Hope it gives your perspective to see God is moving

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<v Speaker 2>in your life.

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<v Speaker 1>Enjoy the message. Glory to God, Glory to God.

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<v Speaker 2>What an amazing atmosphere, What an amazing room of beautiful people,

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<v Speaker 2>What a tapestry of transformed lives. You are the temple

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<v Speaker 2>of the Living God. Make sure today that the temple

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<v Speaker 2>is filled with praise. All right, open your mouth and

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<v Speaker 2>praise Him right now.

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<v Speaker 3>Come on all over the world, old many are now

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<v Speaker 3>and turn wherever you are.

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<v Speaker 1>Into a sanctuary. Do it right now.

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<v Speaker 2>Take a responsibility for your space right now and fill

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<v Speaker 2>it with praise.

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<v Speaker 1>Glory to God. Wow.

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<v Speaker 2>Grab hands with the person next to you. We're gonna

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<v Speaker 2>pray for each other. Repeat after me, Father, bless them

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<v Speaker 2>real good in Jesus' name.

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<v Speaker 1>Amen.

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<v Speaker 2>Now hug seven people and tell them you're in the

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<v Speaker 2>right place today. Don't sit out when you finished hugging,

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<v Speaker 2>stay standing.

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<v Speaker 1>I agreet you online. Please let me know in the

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<v Speaker 1>comments where you're joining us.

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<v Speaker 2>From everyone everywhere all around the world. We welcome you everyone.

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<v Speaker 2>We're so glad you're here. Put it in the comments,

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<v Speaker 2>say I'm glad to be here. Say it out loud,

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<v Speaker 2>by faith, I'm glad to be here.

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<v Speaker 1>Awesome.

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<v Speaker 2>Also, y'all, we just announced Elevation Nights our tour that

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<v Speaker 2>is coming to the West Coast later this year.

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<v Speaker 1>Go to Elevation Nights for details.

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<v Speaker 2>Looks like we'll be going to Seattle, Vancouver, Sacramento, Los Angeles, Anaheim, Boise, Idaho,

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<v Speaker 2>Salt Lake City, Utah, and Denver, Colorado. Make plans for Tuesday,

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<v Speaker 2>September twenty fourth through Thursday October. It will be awesome

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<v Speaker 2>Elevation Nights dot com. Also today, the Lord said a

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<v Speaker 2>special word for somebody, and I can't wait to find

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<v Speaker 2>out who it is that he sent it for. I

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<v Speaker 2>thanked him before I came out because he gave it

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<v Speaker 2>to me, and I thanked him that I get to

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<v Speaker 2>now partner with him in delivering what the father wants

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<v Speaker 2>to say to his children. I'm going to be sharing

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<v Speaker 2>the next installment on my series called ghost Writer, and

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<v Speaker 2>I'm using as a metaphor you know how somebody needs

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<v Speaker 2>to write a book but they're not a good rite.

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<v Speaker 1>They hire somebody because they have.

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<v Speaker 2>A great story, but that doesn't make them a good writer.

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<v Speaker 2>So you can hire somebody called a ghost writer to

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<v Speaker 2>help you. I'm just using that to represent how the

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<v Speaker 2>Holy Spirit in our lives will help us with the

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<v Speaker 2>story that we're telling. Our lives are meant to tell

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<v Speaker 2>the story of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We were

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<v Speaker 2>singing it earlier. I was dead and gone and you

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<v Speaker 2>raised me. I was lost in sin and you found me. Hallelujah,

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<v Speaker 2>you saved my soul.

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<v Speaker 1>But just like some of us have.

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<v Speaker 2>Trouble singing on pitch, and I'm one of you, but

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<v Speaker 2>we have trouble sometimes telling.

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<v Speaker 1>That story on cue.

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<v Speaker 2>And so the Holy Spirit will help us not only

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<v Speaker 2>tell the story to others, but how many know you're

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<v Speaker 2>telling yourself a story every second of every day.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's where I really need his help.

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<v Speaker 2>And as you look through the Book of Acts, not

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<v Speaker 2>acts like a thing you cut down a tree with,

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<v Speaker 2>but acts like action. It's the things that the Holy

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<v Speaker 2>Spirit did through the early Church, and we are continuing

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<v Speaker 2>just two thousand years later in that same stream of

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<v Speaker 2>the Spirit's activity. So the subtitle of the series is

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<v Speaker 2>making sense of your story through the lens of the

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<v Speaker 2>Holy Spirit.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, if everything in your life makes sense.

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<v Speaker 2>Then you can go ahead and leave now and beat

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<v Speaker 2>everybody to the restaurant, go ahead and get some brunch logo,

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<v Speaker 2>on over to something else more interesting online. But if

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<v Speaker 2>there are some things in your life that don't make

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<v Speaker 2>sense right now, from a natural perspective, I believe that

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<v Speaker 2>today God wants to give you a lens through his word,

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<v Speaker 2>and as we worship him, he does that.

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<v Speaker 1>And now as you receive.

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<v Speaker 2>This word from him, He's going to give you a

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<v Speaker 2>way to see your situations. I'm going to Acts Chapter three, JJ,

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<v Speaker 2>do you want this? I don't need it today. I

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<v Speaker 2>told him I don't need that little screen today. No,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm preaching like a wild man in a revival today.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not circling nothing, highlighting nothing, writing nothing. I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 2>just holler for about forty minutes. Y'all act right today,

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<v Speaker 2>don't act crazy. I can't take it. Acts Chapter three.

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<v Speaker 1>I love this story. This is my favorite Bible story today.

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<v Speaker 1>I have another one next week. Listen to this one.

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<v Speaker 3>Though.

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<v Speaker 2>One day, Peter and John were going up to the

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<v Speaker 2>temple at the time of prayer at three in the afternoon.

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<v Speaker 2>Now now a man who was lame from birth was

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<v Speaker 2>being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he

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<v Speaker 2>was put every day to beg from those going into

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<v Speaker 2>the temple courts. When he saw Peter and John about

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<v Speaker 2>to enter, he asked them for money. Peter looked straight

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<v Speaker 2>at him, as did John. Then Peter said, look at us.

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<v Speaker 2>So the man gave them his attention, expecting to get

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<v Speaker 2>something from them. Then Peter said, silver or gold I

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<v Speaker 2>do not have. But what I do have, I give

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<v Speaker 2>you in the name of Jesus. In the name of

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus Christ of Nazareth, that's a place walk. Taking him

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<v Speaker 2>by the right hand, he helped him up, and instantly

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<v Speaker 2>the man's feet and ankles became strong. He jumped to

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<v Speaker 2>his feet and began to walk. Then he went with

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<v Speaker 2>them into the temple courts, walking and jumping and doing

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<v Speaker 2>all kinds of stuff he couldn't do before he came

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<v Speaker 2>that day and praising God. When all the people saw

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<v Speaker 2>him walking and praising God, they recognized him as the

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<v Speaker 2>same man who used to sit begging at the temple

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<v Speaker 2>gate called Beautiful, and they were filled with wonder and

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<v Speaker 2>amazement at what had happened to him.

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<v Speaker 1>The final verse we'll read for now is verse eleven.

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<v Speaker 2>While the man held on to Peter and John, all

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<v Speaker 2>the people were astonished and came running to them in

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<v Speaker 2>the place called Solomon's Colonnade. Now, today, I want to

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<v Speaker 2>use for my sermon title something that you normally hear

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<v Speaker 2>in the theater or on a movie set when they're

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<v Speaker 2>getting ready to shoot the scene, and you'll hear a

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<v Speaker 2>stage manager or a director say these words.

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<v Speaker 1>But I'm going to use them today in church.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, the title of this sermon is places everyone.

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<v Speaker 1>Places everyone. Help me with this. Say it in your

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<v Speaker 1>own voice. Places. Everyone.

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<v Speaker 2>Look at your neighbor in case they're not paying attention

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<v Speaker 2>to me, say places everyone.

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<v Speaker 1>We're about to have some action in here, lights.

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<v Speaker 2>Camera, Places everyone. That's why I'm glad you came today.

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<v Speaker 2>You almost didn't come, but I'm glad you came today

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<v Speaker 2>because the Holy Spirit said, Places, everyone.

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<v Speaker 1>Something's about to happen. Place us everyone. Something important is

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<v Speaker 1>about to go down. Place us everyone. A story is

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<v Speaker 1>about to unfold. Places everyone.

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<v Speaker 2>Say it.

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<v Speaker 1>Places everyone in glory to God and now be seated. Everyone.

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<v Speaker 1>Places everyone.

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<v Speaker 2>The most beautiful opening illustration emerged from my kitchen table.

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<v Speaker 2>Just yesterday, Elijah brought several friends home from college to visit.

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<v Speaker 2>A few of them have never been to Charlotte. They

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<v Speaker 2>were debating what to do with their day. The subject

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<v Speaker 2>of Carowins came up. Carowins is an amusement park in

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<v Speaker 2>the Greater Charlotte area. It's technically in South Carolina, but

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<v Speaker 2>that's complicated to explain.

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<v Speaker 1>It's just a place with roller coasters.

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<v Speaker 2>I was laughing because I haven't been to Carowins once

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<v Speaker 2>since I've lived in Sharply.

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<v Speaker 1>I may Holley take the kids when they were little.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't like it.

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<v Speaker 2>The last time I went to Carowins, I was about

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<v Speaker 2>Abbey's age truth And so after I said that, Elijah said, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>Carowins was so much better like five years ago. His friend,

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<v Speaker 2>without missing a beat, said, it wasn't better you were younger.

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<v Speaker 2>I thought that was kind of profound. I mean, Carowins

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<v Speaker 2>hasn't changed that much. They had a few different rides

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<v Speaker 2>and everything. I guess protocols, I don't know, but it's

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<v Speaker 2>just the way you experience Carowin's has changed since you

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<v Speaker 2>were a kid. To now that you're in college. It

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<v Speaker 2>didn't get worse or it wasn't better. You were just younger.

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<v Speaker 2>You just got older. That happened to me one time.

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<v Speaker 2>I wanted to take all the family to this barbecue

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<v Speaker 2>restaurant we used to go to a lot as a kid.

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<v Speaker 1>It was on our rotation. It would be Ryan's one

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<v Speaker 1>Friday night.

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<v Speaker 2>You'll know about Ryan's Quincy's, Ryan's Quincy's Chinese.

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<v Speaker 1>And then this.

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<v Speaker 2>Barbecue place in Ridgeville, South Carolina called Duke's Barbecue. And

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<v Speaker 2>I was explaining to them how we would go on

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<v Speaker 2>Friday nights off into Duke's Barbecue. And I said, and

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<v Speaker 2>the trash cans what I remember about it. The trash

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<v Speaker 2>cans were the biggest trash cans that you've ever seen

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<v Speaker 2>in your life.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, they were so tall you'd have to jump up.

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<v Speaker 2>I remember trying to slam dunk the plate in the

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<v Speaker 2>trash can after I ate my hash and rice and barbecue.

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<v Speaker 2>And I was telling them all this, and we walk

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<v Speaker 2>in and this is how stupid I am. I walk

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<v Speaker 2>in and I realize, oh, the trash cans are smaller.

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<v Speaker 1>No, they didn't change out the trash cans.

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<v Speaker 2>I was frozen in five year old Stephen Ferdick's memory

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<v Speaker 2>of the trash cans. And in my mind, you have

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<v Speaker 2>to jump up the trash cans are so high.

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<v Speaker 1>But I didn't have to jump up.

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<v Speaker 2>I just had to grow up, and the trash cans

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<v Speaker 2>didn't have to get smaller.

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<v Speaker 1>I just had to get bigger.

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<v Speaker 2>Some of the things in your life that you're asking

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<v Speaker 2>God to change, don't be surprised when He changes you

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<v Speaker 2>instead of changing it.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>I have several points today, and I'll give you the

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<v Speaker 2>first one. Now you might find this worth writing down.

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<v Speaker 2>Number one. When the person changes, so does the place.

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<v Speaker 2>When the person changes, so does the place. So that

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<v Speaker 2>the caroins of your childhood will not be the.

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<v Speaker 1>Caroins of your college age.

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<v Speaker 2>It will still be the same basic con stept of

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<v Speaker 2>paying money to want to throw up and stand in

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<v Speaker 2>lines for two hours, which makes total sense, same basic concept,

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<v Speaker 2>but different point of view. Graham actually said to me

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<v Speaker 2>one time corn dogs fell off.

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<v Speaker 1>What happened to corn dogs?

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<v Speaker 2>Is it just me?

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<v Speaker 1>Or did corn dogs fall off? Corn dogs didn't fall off.

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<v Speaker 2>You grew up, and sometimes you change so much, not

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<v Speaker 2>realizing it until you go back to the same place

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<v Speaker 2>that you came from and go, huh, these trash cans

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<v Speaker 2>aren't so big. You know what I love about the

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<v Speaker 2>story that we just read in the scripture. Peter and John,

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<v Speaker 2>who we mentioned kind of as the main characters, They're

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<v Speaker 2>going to a place called the Temple. The Temple is

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<v Speaker 2>a place where they've been going their whole lives because

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<v Speaker 2>they're Jewish.

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<v Speaker 1>Community would require it.

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<v Speaker 2>They would go there not only just once a week,

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<v Speaker 2>but most observant Jews would have gone at least twice

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<v Speaker 2>a day for the morning sacrifice and the evening sacrifice,

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<v Speaker 2>where the high Priest would stand and then offer up

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<v Speaker 2>a sacrifice for the people, and prayers would be prayed,

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<v Speaker 2>and scriptures would be read, and community would gather together

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<v Speaker 2>and worship would be offered to God. Now Peter and

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<v Speaker 2>John have had a radical transformation in their life.

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<v Speaker 1>Not only did they spend.

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<v Speaker 2>Three and a half years with this radical rabbi from

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<v Speaker 2>Nazareth named Jesus Christ, who did things heretofore unseen, unexperienced,

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<v Speaker 2>and unprecedented, but they have been filled everybody shat filled

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<v Speaker 2>with the Holy Spirit, and they are running over with

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<v Speaker 2>a new consciousness of who God is because now they

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<v Speaker 2>are no longer experiencing God.

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<v Speaker 1>Externally, but internally, Jesus is no longer there in the flesh.

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<v Speaker 1>But Jesus said, I got something better for you.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll send my spirit to live inside of you, so

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<v Speaker 2>that even when I'm asleep, he'll be awake, so that

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<v Speaker 2>even when you're in a place that's far away in distance,

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<v Speaker 2>you will never be far away from my presence. Adjusting

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<v Speaker 2>to this new reality must have been difficult because the

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<v Speaker 2>place that they've gone all their life, which represented tradition

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<v Speaker 2>and training. And when you think about those two words,

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<v Speaker 2>tradition and training, tradition and training. Now suddenly they are

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<v Speaker 2>transitioning from the tradition.

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<v Speaker 1>That they've known their whole life, which represented how God

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<v Speaker 1>was to be worshiped, and.

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<v Speaker 2>They are transitioning into a new and living way that

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<v Speaker 2>was made through the body of Jesus Christ, which was

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<v Speaker 2>broken on the cross, the blood of his co which

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<v Speaker 2>was poured out for your sin.

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<v Speaker 1>So they're going to the temple, right think about this.

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<v Speaker 2>They're going to the temple, but the temple that they're

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<v Speaker 2>going to does not represent the template that they have

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<v Speaker 2>been given for how to relate to God in the future.

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<v Speaker 1>They're changing, They're changing.

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<v Speaker 2>And they're going to a place that they're used to

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<v Speaker 2>going to, but they're not the same people that they

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<v Speaker 2>used to be. And corn dogs are falling off, and

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<v Speaker 2>Caroins was better as a kid, and the trash cans

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<v Speaker 2>were taller when I was five, And I'm going back

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<v Speaker 2>to the same place. But I'm a changed man. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>a changed woman. I believe that as the person changes,

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<v Speaker 2>the place changes. I'll prove it to you with the

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<v Speaker 2>practical thing. This is not about me, This is not

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<v Speaker 2>about you know the first century AD. This is about you.

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<v Speaker 2>Some of you used to drive by this church and

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<v Speaker 2>kind of silently think that place gets on my nerves.

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<v Speaker 2>The traffic that they make when I'm trying to leave

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<v Speaker 2>on Sunday and they just get in my way, and

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<v Speaker 2>they have those stickers on their cars and riding around town.

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<v Speaker 2>And isn't it interesting that one day you came and

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<v Speaker 2>at some point it changed. It didn't change, you changed,

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<v Speaker 2>you change. Look at your neighbors say you changed, yeah, yeah, yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>So sometimes we think that it changed or it needs

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<v Speaker 2>to change. But maybe I can't say this. You tell

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<v Speaker 2>your neighbor, maybe you need to change.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe there's nothing wrong with it.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe Maybe they don't need to make the trash cans shorter.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe you just need to get up higher. You don't

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<v Speaker 2>get it. Maybe some of the stuff that you're dealing

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<v Speaker 2>with in your life doesn't need to be shrunk down.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe you just need to be raised up to a

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<v Speaker 2>place where you can walk in to a trash situation

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<v Speaker 2>that used to trash you, But when you've been transformed,

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<v Speaker 2>the trash doesn't have the power.

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<v Speaker 1>That it used to have. Because I'm changing, I'm changing.

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<v Speaker 2>Notify your neighbors say I'm changing. Don't get used to

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<v Speaker 2>me like this. I'm changing. I'm changing. I'm changing. So

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<v Speaker 2>that's what happens. I hope when you come to church,

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<v Speaker 2>you change. I hope you came to change today. Why'd

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<v Speaker 2>you come today? I came to sing okay, good, but

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<v Speaker 2>I got professional singers that can do that. Why'd you

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<v Speaker 2>come today? I came today to hear a sermon good.

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<v Speaker 2>You could have read that in a book somewhere. I

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<v Speaker 2>believe God brought you here for a different reason than

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<v Speaker 2>you might have come on the surface, because I believe

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<v Speaker 2>in my spirit you might have come to check out

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<v Speaker 2>are there two girls at elevation?

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<v Speaker 1>You might have come to find out.

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<v Speaker 2>Can I made some new friends, but I believe really

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<v Speaker 2>beneath the surface, you came to change.

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<v Speaker 1>You came to change.

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<v Speaker 2>And what's brilliant about the strategy of the spirit of God.

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<v Speaker 1>Can I preach this like I feel it?

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<v Speaker 2>Or do I need to be quiet on the set?

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<v Speaker 1>I want to be loud on the set.

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<v Speaker 2>Places everybody, places, everybody, get ready.

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<v Speaker 1>God's about to do something amazing.

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<v Speaker 2>I believe God put you in this place today, even

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<v Speaker 2>if it's at a campus, even if it's in an overflow,

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<v Speaker 2>even if it's an extension, even if it's watching online

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<v Speaker 2>and you wish you could be here in person. I

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<v Speaker 2>believe God put everyone in their place today to change something.

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<v Speaker 2>And here's how it works. This is the strategy of

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<v Speaker 2>the Holy Spirit. So you come to church, you hear

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<v Speaker 2>a word.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't change you. He changes you.

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<v Speaker 2>I know it's him, not mean, because sometimes I'll have

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<v Speaker 2>my message how I want it and God will change it.

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<v Speaker 2>So it's definitely not me that's changing lives. It's God

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<v Speaker 2>that changes lives.

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<v Speaker 1>And then you change. Maybe you don't change.

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<v Speaker 2>All at first, maybe you don't change in the moment,

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<v Speaker 2>maybe your gray hairs don't turn back to black in

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<v Speaker 2>the moment. Maybe your knee pain doesn't reverse itself in

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<v Speaker 2>the moment. Maybe everything doesn't go away in the moment,

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<v Speaker 2>but you change a little bit. Now here's what happens.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's say that you're a student and you're in high

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<v Speaker 2>school and you go back on Monday to the same school.

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<v Speaker 2>Everybody say, same place, but you changed a little bit

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<v Speaker 2>because of the word that you heard while you were

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<v Speaker 2>in the presence of.

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<v Speaker 1>God on Sunday.

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<v Speaker 2>So now you're going back to the same school, but

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<v Speaker 2>it's a changed you.

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<v Speaker 1>Going to the same school.

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<v Speaker 2>So it'll be the same temptations when you get there,

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<v Speaker 2>but it will be a transformed person that shows up

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<v Speaker 2>to deal with the temptation when you do. As the

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<v Speaker 2>person changes, so does the place. So it's the same school.

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<v Speaker 2>It's the same crap kids have been doing for years.

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<v Speaker 2>It's the same stuff going on on break, it's the

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<v Speaker 2>same foolishness they're talking in the dorm. It's the same

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<v Speaker 2>stuff that's going through your mind. It's the same school,

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<v Speaker 2>but it's a changed you. Now, when you change and

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<v Speaker 2>you go back to the same place that you came from, changed,

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<v Speaker 2>So I'm going back to the same place, but I'm changed.

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<v Speaker 2>When changed you goes back to the same school, same

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<v Speaker 2>school becomes changed school because changed you whoa came to

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<v Speaker 2>the same school and something changed in me because I

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<v Speaker 2>heard a word this week that said I didn't have

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<v Speaker 2>to give into it anymore.

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<v Speaker 1>I heard a word this week.

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<v Speaker 2>That said I can get up on my feet and

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<v Speaker 2>walk in the name of Jesus. I heard a word

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<v Speaker 2>this week that said, the world and its empty praise

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<v Speaker 2>can never fill me, but God can feel me completely

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<v Speaker 2>and make every crooked thing straight. So we change in

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<v Speaker 2>the presence of God. And as the person changes, so

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<v Speaker 2>does the place. And you can even show up to

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<v Speaker 2>a place that you used to hate. Some of you

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<v Speaker 2>hate going home. Look straight ahead right now, I promise you.

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<v Speaker 2>If you're with your family, the best strategy is keep

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<v Speaker 2>your eyes on me. Holly has a great teaching on

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<v Speaker 2>marriage that she does and it simply goes like this.

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<v Speaker 1>In marriage, when I change me, I change we.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know why my outline keeps falling to the

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<v Speaker 2>ground and God doesn't want me to preach, but this

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<v Speaker 2>one first point or something like that, I only got

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<v Speaker 2>seventy three more to go.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm just kidding. Is it possible.

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<v Speaker 2>That you keep changing places, keep running around, like, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>well I was in that relationship, but you know they

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<v Speaker 2>were kind of.

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<v Speaker 1>But you said that same thing about the last thirteen relationships.

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<v Speaker 2>Now I'm kind of suspicious about what you're running from.

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<v Speaker 2>Is it the relationship that you're running from or is

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<v Speaker 2>it really something that's inside of you?

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<v Speaker 1>And I had a guy say it so brilliantly.

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<v Speaker 2>We were at the mountains and I ran into a

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<v Speaker 2>guy at a gym at the hotel, and I said,

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<v Speaker 2>where do you live? And he said the name of

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<v Speaker 2>a really nice beach. And then after he said the

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<v Speaker 2>name of the nice beach, how many of you loved

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<v Speaker 2>to go to the beach? I do too, And he said,

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<v Speaker 2>I live at the beach, but sometimes I just got

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<v Speaker 2>to come here to get away. And I thought, where

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<v Speaker 2>I'm always trying to get to. He's trying to get

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<v Speaker 2>away from. Everybody's running from something. Everybody's running from something.

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<v Speaker 2>And the saddest thing of your life would be to

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<v Speaker 2>run from something that you have said is outside and

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<v Speaker 2>refuse to deal with what is inside.

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<v Speaker 1>And now we see how powerful this one verse of

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<v Speaker 1>scripture is.

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<v Speaker 2>In Acts, Chapter three, Verse one, one day, Peter and

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<v Speaker 2>John were going up to the temple at the time

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<v Speaker 2>of prayer at three in the afternoon. Is it crazy

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<v Speaker 2>that they would be going to the temple where they

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<v Speaker 2>have spent their entire lives in training, where they have

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<v Speaker 2>spent their entire lives in tradition. But this time, this

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<v Speaker 2>is what's different this time. And I want you to

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<v Speaker 2>catch this for your own situation, because you might hate

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<v Speaker 2>to go home, not because home is so bad, but

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<v Speaker 2>because you're not showing up.

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<v Speaker 1>Fully and completely.

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<v Speaker 2>You might ruin something by running that God could have

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<v Speaker 2>restored if you would have received what He had for you.

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<v Speaker 2>And I don't want that for you. So let me

0:24:49.760 --> 0:24:52.760
<v Speaker 2>tell you the difference. All their life, they went to

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<v Speaker 2>the temple. They went to pray, They went to get

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<v Speaker 2>sacrifices made. But Jesus is their sacrifice. Now they don't

0:24:58.760 --> 0:25:01.720
<v Speaker 2>need that sacrifice anymore. But they went to the temple.

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<v Speaker 2>But it's different this time. Somebody say it's different this time.

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<v Speaker 2>Before they went to the temple, this time they were

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<v Speaker 2>sent to the temple.

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<v Speaker 1>And that is a shift that if you get it, it.

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<v Speaker 2>Will change every place you set your foot. That's what

0:25:23.760 --> 0:25:27.720
<v Speaker 2>God told Joshua. Every place you set your foot, I

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<v Speaker 2>will give you. And what that means to me is

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<v Speaker 2>that God is not just allowing my life to be random.

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<v Speaker 2>God is not just allowing you to live in Fort

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<v Speaker 2>Mill until you can get a job transferred back to Miami,

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<v Speaker 2>where you really want to be.

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<v Speaker 1>God did not.

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<v Speaker 2>Just allow you to pass through this season because you know,

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<v Speaker 2>he didn't have any connecting flights available and the angels

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<v Speaker 2>couldn't carry you. None of that is true. It's not

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<v Speaker 2>really random. It's for a reason that you're here. It's

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<v Speaker 2>for a reason. Help me, Holy Ghost, because the reality

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<v Speaker 2>of the fact is that there was a mission on

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<v Speaker 2>God's agenda that day that was not on Peter's calendar.

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<v Speaker 2>How many know that sometimes God doesn't synchronize his agenda

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<v Speaker 2>with your awareness.

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<v Speaker 1>I should let that set in that sentence right there,

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<v Speaker 1>That is a bar.

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<v Speaker 2>Let me say again, he doesn't synchronize his agenda with

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<v Speaker 2>your awareness.

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<v Speaker 1>That means he's up to stuff he doesn't let you

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<v Speaker 1>in on. But the Holy Spirit will bridge the gap.

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<v Speaker 2>When you're in a season where you go like and

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<v Speaker 2>I was thinking about it, you know, like different ways

0:26:44.160 --> 0:26:48.360
<v Speaker 2>people express it. It's like I hate this place. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>just doing this for now.

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<v Speaker 1>Man.

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<v Speaker 2>I heard somebody say this the other day, there is

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<v Speaker 2>a great one. How am I supposed to be everywhere

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<v Speaker 2>at once?

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<v Speaker 1>You're not? Wait minute, let me check, let me check,

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<v Speaker 1>are you jesez, No, you're not. That's his job.

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<v Speaker 2>And even last week I was talking about God will

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<v Speaker 2>only support you for what you're supposed to do, and

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<v Speaker 2>that a lot of our stress comes from trying to

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<v Speaker 2>do stuff that we weren't called to do.

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<v Speaker 1>But here's the flip side of that. Okay, just like

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of.

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<v Speaker 2>Your stress comes from doing stuff that you're not supposed

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<v Speaker 2>to do, a lot of your blessings are in things

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<v Speaker 2>that you don't even see coming, that aren't even on

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<v Speaker 2>your schedule. Now, this story proves it, but I could

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<v Speaker 2>prove it from one hundred stories of things that Jesus

0:27:36.440 --> 0:27:37.520
<v Speaker 2>did in his ministry.

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<v Speaker 1>On the way, on the way, everybody say on the way.

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<v Speaker 1>Put it in the comment, say on the way.

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<v Speaker 2>We were singing one of our favorite new songs, Miracle

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<v Speaker 2>after miracle, open door after open door. Here it comes,

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<v Speaker 2>so get ready for another one. Another one is on

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<v Speaker 2>the way, which means it's coming right, but it also

0:28:01.280 --> 0:28:06.359
<v Speaker 2>means that sometimes it's on the way to where you

0:28:06.480 --> 0:28:11.040
<v Speaker 2>think you're going that God is going to do the

0:28:11.040 --> 0:28:14.040
<v Speaker 2>most amazing things in your life.

0:28:14.280 --> 0:28:16.280
<v Speaker 1>Clap your hands by faith and receive that what I

0:28:16.400 --> 0:28:24.080
<v Speaker 1>just told you. Come on, we don't ever want to

0:28:24.119 --> 0:28:25.399
<v Speaker 1>get so goal.

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<v Speaker 2>Focused that we become God oblivious. Sir, I cannot preach

0:28:38.040 --> 0:28:40.360
<v Speaker 2>this sermon in one setting. I will have to do

0:28:40.400 --> 0:28:43.080
<v Speaker 2>this in about seven parts. All right, It's a good

0:28:43.080 --> 0:28:46.480
<v Speaker 2>thing I'm in this series because here's how the text

0:28:46.480 --> 0:28:50.360
<v Speaker 2>says it. You have to really get the nuance to

0:28:50.400 --> 0:28:54.120
<v Speaker 2>appreciate how intentional the Holy Spirit is. Every word of

0:28:54.120 --> 0:28:56.960
<v Speaker 2>Scripture is inspired by the Holy Spirit. So you can

0:28:57.000 --> 0:28:59.520
<v Speaker 2>really find a lot in these little places, just stuff

0:28:59.520 --> 0:29:02.360
<v Speaker 2>that you would say. Verse one says one day Peter

0:29:02.440 --> 0:29:04.840
<v Speaker 2>and John were going up to the temple at the

0:29:04.840 --> 0:29:06.719
<v Speaker 2>time of prayer. Okay, so if they were going up,

0:29:06.720 --> 0:29:10.640
<v Speaker 2>what does that mean they weren't there yet? They were

0:29:10.680 --> 0:29:13.320
<v Speaker 2>going up. In scripture, it always says up to the temple.

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<v Speaker 2>Part of that is geographical, it's literally up, but part

0:29:17.240 --> 0:29:21.440
<v Speaker 2>of it is reverential because they were going up out

0:29:21.440 --> 0:29:22.840
<v Speaker 2>of the everyday affairs of life.

0:29:22.960 --> 0:29:25.680
<v Speaker 1>Do you go up? Do you go up?

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<v Speaker 2>And then the fact that it says that it was

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<v Speaker 2>in motion is only complimented and made more powerful by

0:29:33.240 --> 0:29:36.440
<v Speaker 2>this fact. As they are going up, and I love

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<v Speaker 2>how verse two starts.

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<v Speaker 1>It says, now.

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<v Speaker 2>At the same time that they're going up to do

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<v Speaker 2>their thing in the temple, and the temple is no

0:29:47.560 --> 0:29:49.720
<v Speaker 2>longer the same place to them that it was anymore.

0:29:49.320 --> 0:29:51.520
<v Speaker 1>But they've still got to go there. See.

0:29:51.520 --> 0:29:55.440
<v Speaker 2>Sometimes sometimes even though you're not going to stay there forever,

0:29:56.360 --> 0:29:57.960
<v Speaker 2>you need to do everything that.

0:29:57.880 --> 0:29:59.920
<v Speaker 1>God has called you to do in that place while

0:30:00.080 --> 0:30:00.600
<v Speaker 1>you are there.

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<v Speaker 2>And as they're going up to the temple at the

0:30:06.320 --> 0:30:08.400
<v Speaker 2>time of prayer three in the afternoon, it says, now

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<v Speaker 2>a man who was laying from birth was being carried

0:30:12.920 --> 0:30:15.640
<v Speaker 2>to the temple gate called beautiful, where he was put

0:30:15.720 --> 0:30:18.600
<v Speaker 2>every day to beg from those going to the temple courts.

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<v Speaker 2>Imagine the contrast. This gate is not just silver and

0:30:23.160 --> 0:30:27.040
<v Speaker 2>gold plated. This is a bronze gate that looks so good.

0:30:27.040 --> 0:30:30.880
<v Speaker 2>They call it beautiful. They call the gate beautiful. Every

0:30:30.960 --> 0:30:34.480
<v Speaker 2>day he was placed there to ask for money. Now

0:30:34.920 --> 0:30:37.720
<v Speaker 2>they are going to the temple out of their tradition.

0:30:39.160 --> 0:30:44.480
<v Speaker 2>He is going there out of his trauma. They are

0:30:44.560 --> 0:30:48.520
<v Speaker 2>going to the temple out of their routine.

0:30:48.680 --> 0:30:49.680
<v Speaker 1>He's going to the.

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<v Speaker 2>Gate out of his restriction, and he can't go where

0:30:52.800 --> 0:30:55.800
<v Speaker 2>they can go, and he can't do what they can do.

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<v Speaker 2>But every day he would take his place at the

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<v Speaker 2>gate and ask for change.

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<v Speaker 1>Change.

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<v Speaker 2>Now about the time that the temple guard is changing

0:31:10.720 --> 0:31:15.920
<v Speaker 2>over from the morning sacrifice to the evening sacrifice, the

0:31:15.960 --> 0:31:22.120
<v Speaker 2>Bible says that Peter and John see a man, and

0:31:22.200 --> 0:31:24.640
<v Speaker 2>always fresh that they saw a man at the gate.

0:31:24.760 --> 0:31:28.040
<v Speaker 2>Read it again verse two. A man who was lame

0:31:28.120 --> 0:31:33.360
<v Speaker 2>from birth was being carried. He hadn't even made it

0:31:33.400 --> 0:31:37.160
<v Speaker 2>to the gate yet. They hadn't even made it to

0:31:37.200 --> 0:31:41.120
<v Speaker 2>the temple stairs yet. So what I'm trying to say is,

0:31:42.200 --> 0:31:45.880
<v Speaker 2>on the way to wherever you're going, have a goal,

0:31:46.480 --> 0:31:50.280
<v Speaker 2>have a vision, have a target, have a thing. But

0:31:50.560 --> 0:31:54.160
<v Speaker 2>just on your way up to whatever you think God

0:31:54.240 --> 0:31:56.160
<v Speaker 2>is calling you to do, or whatever you would like

0:31:56.240 --> 0:31:58.760
<v Speaker 2>to become in His name, or whatever He is placed

0:31:58.760 --> 0:32:00.320
<v Speaker 2>in your heart, go up.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll help you out here for you. I even name

0:32:03.520 --> 0:32:04.200
<v Speaker 1>my church.

0:32:04.080 --> 0:32:08.520
<v Speaker 2>Elevation because I want you to go up, and God

0:32:08.560 --> 0:32:11.160
<v Speaker 2>wants you to go up, and you are seated in

0:32:11.200 --> 0:32:16.360
<v Speaker 2>heavenly places with Jesus. But just make sure that on

0:32:16.560 --> 0:32:21.280
<v Speaker 2>your way to where you're going, stay open to what

0:32:21.520 --> 0:32:26.520
<v Speaker 2>God is doing on the way.

0:32:27.160 --> 0:32:28.800
<v Speaker 1>Preach that back to your neighbor, tell.

0:32:28.680 --> 0:32:33.680
<v Speaker 2>Them on the way to where you're going, stay open

0:32:34.560 --> 0:32:35.680
<v Speaker 2>to what God is doing.

0:32:37.080 --> 0:32:38.600
<v Speaker 1>Because see, they thought.

0:32:38.440 --> 0:32:40.440
<v Speaker 2>We got to get to the temple, we gotta pray,

0:32:40.640 --> 0:32:43.120
<v Speaker 2>We got to watch the high priest offer this sacrifice,

0:32:43.160 --> 0:32:45.400
<v Speaker 2>even though we know Jesus is our high priest. But

0:32:45.480 --> 0:32:47.920
<v Speaker 2>this is our community, this is where we go, this

0:32:48.000 --> 0:32:48.600
<v Speaker 2>is what we do.

0:32:48.800 --> 0:32:50.440
<v Speaker 1>And so they're doing it. They're doing it.

0:32:50.600 --> 0:32:55.440
<v Speaker 2>And as they are stopped midstep, so is this man

0:32:55.760 --> 0:32:56.600
<v Speaker 2>being carried.

0:32:57.120 --> 0:33:00.160
<v Speaker 1>He is being carried. They are going up.

0:33:00.760 --> 0:33:03.680
<v Speaker 2>Neither one is where they want to be yet, but

0:33:03.880 --> 0:33:08.640
<v Speaker 2>God is right there on the way. Now. I want

0:33:08.680 --> 0:33:11.440
<v Speaker 2>to preach to everybody who's not where you want to

0:33:11.480 --> 0:33:12.040
<v Speaker 2>be yet.

0:33:12.520 --> 0:33:12.640
<v Speaker 1>Now.

0:33:13.120 --> 0:33:15.960
<v Speaker 2>I want to preach to everybody who hasn't mastered what

0:33:16.000 --> 0:33:18.480
<v Speaker 2>you want to master yet and you still feel kind

0:33:18.480 --> 0:33:19.160
<v Speaker 2>of yanked.

0:33:18.920 --> 0:33:20.560
<v Speaker 1>Around by some stuff right now.

0:33:21.200 --> 0:33:23.400
<v Speaker 2>I want to preach to everybody who doesn't have the

0:33:23.520 --> 0:33:25.840
<v Speaker 2>stability in your life that you want to have right

0:33:25.880 --> 0:33:30.600
<v Speaker 2>now and you are in between here and there, to

0:33:30.760 --> 0:33:37.160
<v Speaker 2>let you know that God is on the way. I

0:33:37.200 --> 0:33:40.600
<v Speaker 2>don't mean he's coming, I mean he's on the way.

0:33:41.720 --> 0:33:46.760
<v Speaker 2>He's OUTFA, he's Omega, and he's every letter in between.

0:33:47.960 --> 0:33:51.400
<v Speaker 2>He's everything in between. He's God.

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<v Speaker 1>Got five.

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<v Speaker 2>Your neighbors say, stay open, Stay open, because on the

0:33:59.840 --> 0:34:02.600
<v Speaker 2>way to where you think you're going, God might do

0:34:02.720 --> 0:34:03.440
<v Speaker 2>something greater.

0:34:04.720 --> 0:34:08.120
<v Speaker 1>Are you open to that on the way to where

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<v Speaker 1>you're going?

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<v Speaker 4>Mike?

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<v Speaker 2>I've had this happen so many times, so many times,

0:34:12.480 --> 0:34:14.600
<v Speaker 2>but I was reminded of one this week.

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<v Speaker 1>There was a There was a Sunday seven years ago.

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<v Speaker 1>I was washing.

0:34:18.680 --> 0:34:21.120
<v Speaker 2>My hands in the bathroom coming out to preach. D

0:34:21.719 --> 0:34:23.840
<v Speaker 2>Somebody's out here talking. Okay, I'm gonna get out to

0:34:23.880 --> 0:34:25.759
<v Speaker 2>my seat, and all of a sudden, this melody came

0:34:25.800 --> 0:34:27.120
<v Speaker 2>into my head while I'm washing my hands.

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<v Speaker 1>Worthy is your name.

0:34:30.840 --> 0:34:36.520
<v Speaker 5>Jeezesus, you deserve the praise?

0:34:38.040 --> 0:34:40.120
<v Speaker 1>Worthy is your name?

0:34:40.400 --> 0:34:43.600
<v Speaker 2>And I stopped and thought, I kind of like that. Well,

0:34:43.640 --> 0:34:46.480
<v Speaker 2>I'll have time for it right now. I gotta preach.

0:34:48.800 --> 0:34:51.840
<v Speaker 2>I gotta get out there, and God say, yeah.

0:34:51.640 --> 0:34:54.399
<v Speaker 1>You do. You gotta get out there. But why don't

0:34:54.440 --> 0:34:58.120
<v Speaker 1>you get out there and get something.

0:34:57.840 --> 0:35:03.400
<v Speaker 4>Here where you go out there? Because what if I

0:35:03.440 --> 0:35:07.680
<v Speaker 4>want to give you something on the way to where

0:35:07.680 --> 0:35:11.080
<v Speaker 4>you're going? You know what's crazy? I can't remember to

0:35:11.239 --> 0:35:14.360
<v Speaker 4>save my life. Listen to me. I can't remember.

0:35:13.960 --> 0:35:16.759
<v Speaker 1>To save my life what I preached that day.

0:35:17.120 --> 0:35:35.760
<v Speaker 6>But watch this where this is your.

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<v Speaker 2>Now?

0:35:31.719 --> 0:35:32.480
<v Speaker 1>How is it.

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<v Speaker 2>That what I thought wasn't even worth stopping for?

0:35:40.480 --> 0:35:47.959
<v Speaker 1>We're still singing seven years later because God gave it

0:35:48.000 --> 0:35:48.760
<v Speaker 1>to us.

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<v Speaker 2>On the way, and I'd pronounce, Place this.

0:35:54.320 --> 0:35:59.359
<v Speaker 1>Everyone, John is on the way. Place this, everyone, in

0:35:59.400 --> 0:36:06.120
<v Speaker 1>the name of Jesus. Rise up, mind up, take my.

0:36:06.080 --> 0:36:07.959
<v Speaker 6>Hand and rins up.

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<v Speaker 1>Take my hand and ride up.

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<v Speaker 7>Rise up.

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<v Speaker 1>It's on the way. It's on the way. It's on

0:36:25.960 --> 0:36:29.920
<v Speaker 1>the way. Cry if you gotta cry, but.

0:36:29.960 --> 0:36:42.480
<v Speaker 3>Through your tears testify this's on the way.

0:36:43.400 --> 0:36:47.319
<v Speaker 2>We trample on God's purpose sometimes trying to get to

0:36:47.360 --> 0:36:55.200
<v Speaker 2>our plan. John, my sid Peter, you can't help this man.

0:36:55.239 --> 0:36:59.320
<v Speaker 2>You're gonna make me late to temple. Peter knew something.

0:37:00.320 --> 0:37:03.640
<v Speaker 2>Wait a minute. Jesus said he was coming to send

0:37:03.640 --> 0:37:05.040
<v Speaker 2>his spirit to live in us.

0:37:06.920 --> 0:37:11.720
<v Speaker 1>So what we're trying to get to is right here. Wait,

0:37:12.960 --> 0:37:19.680
<v Speaker 1>this man is a temple waiting to be restored.

0:37:21.000 --> 0:37:24.160
<v Speaker 2>The thing that's right in front of you is as

0:37:24.200 --> 0:37:26.000
<v Speaker 2>beautiful as the gate.

0:37:25.840 --> 0:37:28.920
<v Speaker 1>You're walking through. If you can stop and see.

0:37:28.640 --> 0:37:38.239
<v Speaker 8>It, Holly Loujah, Hall Loujah.

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<v Speaker 1>So stay open. That's what gates do, right, they open.

0:37:44.920 --> 0:37:45.680
<v Speaker 1>Stay open.

0:37:46.760 --> 0:37:49.000
<v Speaker 2>I know you pray that your child would marry a

0:37:49.040 --> 0:37:52.799
<v Speaker 2>missionary and serve God. They might not marry a missionary,

0:37:53.040 --> 0:37:54.560
<v Speaker 2>they might not get married at all.

0:37:54.880 --> 0:37:59.040
<v Speaker 1>Stay open, and God doesn't have to ask you what.

0:37:59.160 --> 0:38:02.520
<v Speaker 2>Age there's a to be married by, because you didn't

0:38:02.520 --> 0:38:05.080
<v Speaker 2>get married when your parents wanted you to get married either.

0:38:06.040 --> 0:38:08.959
<v Speaker 2>And now we sit here like gatekeepers of what God

0:38:09.040 --> 0:38:11.920
<v Speaker 2>can do and when God could do it.

0:38:12.000 --> 0:38:17.160
<v Speaker 1>But stay open. Now, now I preach a little more.

0:38:18.360 --> 0:38:21.759
<v Speaker 1>Felt like I was closing, didn't it. But that was

0:38:21.880 --> 0:38:27.000
<v Speaker 1>just the gate opening, the opening of the gate. Yeah yeah, yeah,

0:38:27.040 --> 0:38:29.440
<v Speaker 1>oh oh, I'm going to need some help today.

0:38:29.800 --> 0:38:34.160
<v Speaker 2>Turn to your neighbors, say place this everyone, almost like

0:38:34.760 --> 0:38:37.719
<v Speaker 2>God called Gabriel that morning. Now, the disciples have been

0:38:37.800 --> 0:38:39.799
<v Speaker 2>seeing God do amazing things, right, but this is the

0:38:39.840 --> 0:38:42.200
<v Speaker 2>first healing miracle that they did without Jesus. And you

0:38:42.239 --> 0:38:44.080
<v Speaker 2>know how you could tell because Peter.

0:38:44.040 --> 0:38:48.400
<v Speaker 1>Was doing so much. I read several times in the Bible.

0:38:48.400 --> 0:38:51.520
<v Speaker 1>I thought it was kind of funny Jesus would heal.

0:38:51.440 --> 0:38:54.279
<v Speaker 2>People that couldn't walk like this man couldn't walk. But

0:38:55.040 --> 0:38:58.879
<v Speaker 2>how Peter did. It was so dramatic. Jesus here you say,

0:38:59.320 --> 0:39:01.719
<v Speaker 2>get up, take up your mat, and walk. And his

0:39:01.800 --> 0:39:05.840
<v Speaker 2>word was so powerful because he's the perfect, spotless, living

0:39:06.000 --> 0:39:09.280
<v Speaker 2>embodiment of the Word of God. I can tell Peter's

0:39:09.320 --> 0:39:12.600
<v Speaker 2>not so sure about this because look at it's so funny.

0:39:13.280 --> 0:39:14.759
<v Speaker 2>Peter said, verse six, over, go out, I do not

0:39:14.800 --> 0:39:15.960
<v Speaker 2>have what I have a get you name just Christ

0:39:16.080 --> 0:39:18.399
<v Speaker 2>Nazareth walk and then verse seven give me verse seven

0:39:18.440 --> 0:39:21.880
<v Speaker 2>on the screen, yanking him up by the right hand.

0:39:22.400 --> 0:39:26.160
<v Speaker 2>Almost feel like Peter's like, you're not gonna make me

0:39:26.200 --> 0:39:26.800
<v Speaker 2>look stupid.

0:39:27.200 --> 0:39:31.120
<v Speaker 1>You did not one to wear this, and that's all right.

0:39:34.080 --> 0:39:39.279
<v Speaker 2>Because you progress and mature into it, you grow into it.

0:39:40.800 --> 0:39:44.359
<v Speaker 2>But it's an amazing thing here because you know, this

0:39:44.440 --> 0:39:46.680
<v Speaker 2>man isn't even looking at them when they first walk.

0:39:46.520 --> 0:39:50.160
<v Speaker 1>By, not even looking.

0:39:51.320 --> 0:39:54.919
<v Speaker 2>But we understand that because how many people have walked

0:39:54.920 --> 0:40:00.000
<v Speaker 2>by and despised him, how many people have walked by

0:40:00.080 --> 0:40:01.399
<v Speaker 2>and muttered under their breath about him?

0:40:02.360 --> 0:40:05.000
<v Speaker 1>How many people did he ask? Can I have some change?

0:40:05.000 --> 0:40:06.840
<v Speaker 1>Can I have some change? Can I have some change?

0:40:07.200 --> 0:40:11.640
<v Speaker 2>And they said no, no, no, And so Peter actually

0:40:11.680 --> 0:40:13.800
<v Speaker 2>has to start with the men's expectation.

0:40:14.000 --> 0:40:15.799
<v Speaker 1>The first thing God is going to have to heal for.

0:40:15.960 --> 0:40:21.480
<v Speaker 2>Some of us is our expectation, because we just have

0:40:21.680 --> 0:40:26.319
<v Speaker 2>learned to live in a place of disappointment as our

0:40:26.440 --> 0:40:32.360
<v Speaker 2>emotional home. So if anything would come along and violate

0:40:32.560 --> 0:40:35.759
<v Speaker 2>your expectation of disappointment, you would sabotage it and send

0:40:35.760 --> 0:40:40.520
<v Speaker 2>it away unless God healed your expectation. Look at us,

0:40:40.520 --> 0:40:43.600
<v Speaker 2>Peter said, look me in the eye, and then I

0:40:43.600 --> 0:40:44.440
<v Speaker 2>can give you something.

0:40:44.880 --> 0:40:45.880
<v Speaker 1>Change your focus.

0:40:46.719 --> 0:40:49.160
<v Speaker 2>If you keep looking at everybody who has walked by

0:40:49.200 --> 0:40:52.799
<v Speaker 2>and told you know, everybody who has not recognized you,

0:40:52.840 --> 0:40:53.680
<v Speaker 2>everybody who has.

0:40:53.600 --> 0:40:55.319
<v Speaker 1>Not helped you, everybody who has left you.

0:40:55.400 --> 0:40:58.200
<v Speaker 2>If you look at that even mentally, you will not

0:40:58.360 --> 0:41:02.360
<v Speaker 2>get what God has for you. You cannot receive a present

0:41:02.400 --> 0:41:05.359
<v Speaker 2>blessing living mentally in a past experience.

0:41:06.280 --> 0:41:11.280
<v Speaker 1>Places everyone. This is the day that the Lord has made.

0:41:12.040 --> 0:41:13.920
<v Speaker 1>So you got to get what God has for you

0:41:14.000 --> 0:41:15.960
<v Speaker 1>in this day. And now.

0:41:16.000 --> 0:41:18.400
<v Speaker 2>The Bible says that the man is looking at Peter

0:41:18.880 --> 0:41:21.920
<v Speaker 2>and John and he goes, so you got some change.

0:41:22.160 --> 0:41:27.120
<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, I got some change for you. I got

0:41:27.160 --> 0:41:30.839
<v Speaker 2>some change for you that you will not I got

0:41:30.840 --> 0:41:35.400
<v Speaker 2>some change for you that is so great that you

0:41:35.560 --> 0:41:39.960
<v Speaker 2>won't be back at this gate tomorrow unless it's by choice.

0:41:39.920 --> 0:41:40.799
<v Speaker 1>To walk through it.

0:41:44.400 --> 0:41:47.799
<v Speaker 2>God said, I'm gonna give you your autonomy back. I'm

0:41:47.800 --> 0:41:51.319
<v Speaker 2>gonna stop having you beg at places just for the

0:41:51.440 --> 0:41:54.200
<v Speaker 2>crumbs of somebody else's approval, because you're.

0:41:54.040 --> 0:41:55.880
<v Speaker 1>Going to know in this season that I have a

0:41:55.920 --> 0:41:58.520
<v Speaker 1>purpose from God. So I'm not sitting here at this

0:41:58.680 --> 0:41:59.560
<v Speaker 1>gate tomorrow.

0:42:00.000 --> 0:42:02.120
<v Speaker 2>When I come to this gate tomorrow, it will be

0:42:02.160 --> 0:42:06.040
<v Speaker 2>my choice to walk through it. That's what makes addiction

0:42:06.239 --> 0:42:08.479
<v Speaker 2>such a sin, y'all. It's not the thing you're doing.

0:42:08.520 --> 0:42:11.520
<v Speaker 2>It's the fact that you have to. It has become

0:42:11.560 --> 0:42:14.960
<v Speaker 2>your God. It has become the thing that you have

0:42:15.080 --> 0:42:18.080
<v Speaker 2>to do. And God doesn't want you to owe anything

0:42:18.160 --> 0:42:19.960
<v Speaker 2>to anyone but Him except love.

0:42:25.960 --> 0:42:29.080
<v Speaker 9>I'ma break something off somebody today. I'm gonna break something off.

0:42:29.080 --> 0:42:31.799
<v Speaker 9>So I'm getting somebody up today. I'm getting somebody up

0:42:31.840 --> 0:42:37.279
<v Speaker 9>today with the help of the Holy Spirit. Even if

0:42:37.320 --> 0:42:42.200
<v Speaker 9>I got to yank you up. I've had to yank

0:42:42.280 --> 0:42:45.760
<v Speaker 9>some people up before preaching. You know, yeah, just start

0:42:45.880 --> 0:42:48.880
<v Speaker 9>start yanking people up. Because I think about it is,

0:42:49.120 --> 0:42:52.040
<v Speaker 9>when you've been rejected that long, the possibility of a

0:42:52.080 --> 0:42:58.359
<v Speaker 9>different direction is almost unthinkable. The possibility that they could

0:42:58.400 --> 0:43:02.000
<v Speaker 9>really like you for you when the last person used you.

0:43:04.120 --> 0:43:09.040
<v Speaker 1>Is so unusual. The fact that God could use you, He's.

0:43:08.960 --> 0:43:11.640
<v Speaker 2>Just unfathomable because look at all the reasons that you

0:43:11.640 --> 0:43:12.880
<v Speaker 2>think he shouldn't.

0:43:13.920 --> 0:43:18.160
<v Speaker 1>Wouldn't be wonderful if you didn't know you. Then when

0:43:18.200 --> 0:43:19.080
<v Speaker 1>I say God could.

0:43:18.920 --> 0:43:23.200
<v Speaker 2>Use you, you go all right, and you wouldn't have all

0:43:23.280 --> 0:43:24.520
<v Speaker 2>of the reasons I'm wrong.

0:43:26.840 --> 0:43:27.320
<v Speaker 1>Rejection.

0:43:28.320 --> 0:43:31.120
<v Speaker 2>I know it isn't explicitly mentioned, but come on, he's

0:43:31.120 --> 0:43:34.040
<v Speaker 2>put there every day. How many people walk past that

0:43:34.120 --> 0:43:37.120
<v Speaker 2>man and told him no? But here's what I love

0:43:37.160 --> 0:43:43.240
<v Speaker 2>about the Lord. God can send one person to bless

0:43:43.280 --> 0:43:48.319
<v Speaker 2>you in such an amazing way that it will make

0:43:48.480 --> 0:43:57.680
<v Speaker 2>every rejection that came before it irrelevant in comparison. Say

0:43:57.840 --> 0:44:02.759
<v Speaker 2>that again, Pastor Stephen it Say it for the one

0:44:02.760 --> 0:44:05.359
<v Speaker 2>who was told no. Say it for the one who

0:44:05.480 --> 0:44:08.560
<v Speaker 2>knocked on the closed door till their knuckles bled. Say

0:44:08.600 --> 0:44:14.200
<v Speaker 2>it one more time. God can send one person, one person.

0:44:14.960 --> 0:44:17.600
<v Speaker 2>It didn't take everybody in the temple to get the

0:44:17.640 --> 0:44:22.160
<v Speaker 2>man up. It took one person. It took one name,

0:44:22.200 --> 0:44:26.600
<v Speaker 2>and it wasn't Peter, it was Jesus. God can send

0:44:26.680 --> 0:44:30.719
<v Speaker 2>one person to bless you in such an amazing way

0:44:31.480 --> 0:44:35.480
<v Speaker 2>that it will make every rejection that came before it

0:44:35.520 --> 0:44:40.360
<v Speaker 2>seem irrelevant. In comparison, God can send you one mentor

0:44:40.440 --> 0:44:43.479
<v Speaker 2>in your life to teach you everything that your dad

0:44:43.520 --> 0:44:45.720
<v Speaker 2>didn't teach you because he was too busy.

0:44:46.600 --> 0:44:48.920
<v Speaker 1>God can send one experience in your.

0:44:48.760 --> 0:44:52.960
<v Speaker 2>Life that will give you a lifetime education, all in

0:44:53.040 --> 0:44:57.279
<v Speaker 2>three days. God can send you one idea, and that

0:44:57.440 --> 0:45:00.520
<v Speaker 2>one idea, if you incubate it, and if you.

0:45:00.560 --> 0:45:01.880
<v Speaker 1>Set it before him.

0:45:01.920 --> 0:45:04.799
<v Speaker 2>And you trust him in it, that one idea can

0:45:04.840 --> 0:45:10.400
<v Speaker 2>make up for fifteen failures, five hundred failures. Every rejection

0:45:10.920 --> 0:45:16.319
<v Speaker 2>can be made irrelevant, and all of a sudden, it

0:45:16.360 --> 0:45:21.000
<v Speaker 2>doesn't matter who told this man no, because one person,

0:45:21.719 --> 0:45:27.120
<v Speaker 2>one change, one hand, one moment, get your expectation back.

0:45:27.360 --> 0:45:30.640
<v Speaker 2>It doesn't take everybody. It doesn't take everything going right.

0:45:31.000 --> 0:45:31.760
<v Speaker 1>It doesn't take.

0:45:31.640 --> 0:45:35.000
<v Speaker 2>A stadium fall, It doesn't take ten thousand followers.

0:45:35.200 --> 0:45:39.040
<v Speaker 1>It doesn't even take long. The Bible said, Instantly, he

0:45:39.200 --> 0:45:45.240
<v Speaker 1>got off, what blessing, what blessing?

0:45:46.520 --> 0:45:50.880
<v Speaker 2>One blessing, one word, one divot, one new.

0:45:50.719 --> 0:45:53.640
<v Speaker 1>Path, one new song, one new thing.

0:45:55.320 --> 0:45:59.480
<v Speaker 2>Places everyone, places everyone, you know. The only way you

0:45:59.480 --> 0:46:06.520
<v Speaker 2>don't get it if you're not there. Places everyone. God

0:46:06.560 --> 0:46:09.839
<v Speaker 2>turns to Gabriel. He says, today's today. Really, we're gonna

0:46:09.840 --> 0:46:12.520
<v Speaker 2>do it today. Yeah, we're gonna do it today. Today's today.

0:46:12.600 --> 0:46:15.120
<v Speaker 2>They've been preaching, they've been testifying, the church has been growing,

0:46:15.200 --> 0:46:17.880
<v Speaker 2>and today I'm gonna show old Peter what's in his

0:46:17.960 --> 0:46:21.400
<v Speaker 2>right hand. Because Peter's been using his mouth, but now

0:46:21.440 --> 0:46:23.360
<v Speaker 2>I want him to see what's in his hand. So

0:46:23.520 --> 0:46:26.719
<v Speaker 2>get down there, places, everyone, God is saying over the

0:46:26.800 --> 0:46:30.719
<v Speaker 2>church in acts places everyone. Everybody, get ready. Okay, is

0:46:30.719 --> 0:46:31.319
<v Speaker 2>that man ready?

0:46:31.400 --> 0:46:33.880
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, he's ready. They're carrying him right now. Okay, they

0:46:33.920 --> 0:46:35.000
<v Speaker 1>don't have him to the gate yet.

0:46:35.040 --> 0:46:37.520
<v Speaker 2>Okay, perfect, that's where I want it, right there, before

0:46:37.600 --> 0:46:41.399
<v Speaker 2>he gets to the gate. Okay, Peter and John are coming,

0:46:41.719 --> 0:46:43.000
<v Speaker 2>but they're not quite at the temple yet.

0:46:43.040 --> 0:46:43.800
<v Speaker 1>Okay. Perfect.

0:46:44.000 --> 0:46:47.839
<v Speaker 2>And God says places, everyone, And the place that God

0:46:47.920 --> 0:46:52.320
<v Speaker 2>chose to do it was the place between the places

0:46:52.360 --> 0:46:53.080
<v Speaker 2>that they planned.

0:46:56.560 --> 0:46:58.560
<v Speaker 1>I need three people.

0:47:00.320 --> 0:47:05.480
<v Speaker 2>To shout about the place between the places, because that's

0:47:05.520 --> 0:47:13.319
<v Speaker 2>where I am right now. Ain't it good to know

0:47:13.400 --> 0:47:17.839
<v Speaker 2>the Lord, to know that he's on the way, To

0:47:17.880 --> 0:47:21.399
<v Speaker 2>know that with one blessing from his hand, it can

0:47:21.440 --> 0:47:23.799
<v Speaker 2>make up for every hand that was ever against me.

0:47:25.000 --> 0:47:28.600
<v Speaker 2>To know that with one blessing from his hand, he

0:47:28.680 --> 0:47:34.920
<v Speaker 2>can make every rejection irrelevant. And the part that I

0:47:35.040 --> 0:47:38.480
<v Speaker 2>wish I didn't need to preach is the part I

0:47:38.520 --> 0:47:41.080
<v Speaker 2>saved for last. They say save the best for last.

0:47:41.160 --> 0:47:44.000
<v Speaker 2>I saved the worst for last. I did it exactly backwards,

0:47:45.040 --> 0:47:47.279
<v Speaker 2>just trying to be faithful to the text, because the

0:47:47.320 --> 0:47:49.520
<v Speaker 2>Bible says in verse eleven, and this would be a

0:47:49.520 --> 0:47:51.839
<v Speaker 2>great place for the text to end in my mind.

0:47:52.600 --> 0:47:55.080
<v Speaker 2>When all the people heard about the man that was

0:47:55.120 --> 0:47:57.840
<v Speaker 2>walking and he's holding on to them, they were astonished

0:47:57.880 --> 0:48:00.239
<v Speaker 2>look at verse eleven and came running to the him

0:48:00.480 --> 0:48:01.200
<v Speaker 2>in the place.

0:48:01.000 --> 0:48:02.040
<v Speaker 1>Called Solomon's Colonnade.

0:48:02.120 --> 0:48:05.960
<v Speaker 2>Now a colonnade is a porch with columns that support

0:48:05.960 --> 0:48:10.799
<v Speaker 2>a roof. So there's this big temple length column row

0:48:10.840 --> 0:48:13.520
<v Speaker 2>of columns called Solomon's Colonnade on the eastern side of

0:48:13.560 --> 0:48:16.040
<v Speaker 2>the temple, and they would meet there. Jesus walked through

0:48:16.080 --> 0:48:20.200
<v Speaker 2>there once in John chapter ten. So in Peter smart

0:48:20.000 --> 0:48:22.080
<v Speaker 2>he went back to teaching the place where he saw

0:48:22.200 --> 0:48:26.680
<v Speaker 2>Jesus do it, because the best thing you can do

0:48:26.719 --> 0:48:28.239
<v Speaker 2>when you don't know what to do is do the

0:48:28.280 --> 0:48:29.560
<v Speaker 2>last thing you saw Jesus do.

0:48:32.600 --> 0:48:34.240
<v Speaker 1>So they moved the meeting. They moved the meeting.

0:48:34.239 --> 0:48:35.719
<v Speaker 2>He's like, all right, I don't even know if they

0:48:35.760 --> 0:48:37.439
<v Speaker 2>got to do the full temple service or not, because

0:48:37.440 --> 0:48:38.080
<v Speaker 2>it was a commotion.

0:48:38.160 --> 0:48:40.480
<v Speaker 1>There's thousands of people. This is not a small church service.

0:48:41.680 --> 0:48:44.320
<v Speaker 1>And so Peter said, everybody go to the colonnade. Now,

0:48:44.440 --> 0:48:46.920
<v Speaker 1>a colonnade is what a covered place?

0:48:47.920 --> 0:48:50.000
<v Speaker 2>And notice in verse eleven it says the man was

0:48:50.040 --> 0:48:54.600
<v Speaker 2>with them, right, so he can walk now, but he

0:48:54.680 --> 0:48:57.719
<v Speaker 2>chose to stay with them, and.

0:48:57.640 --> 0:48:59.520
<v Speaker 1>He's standing there holding on to Peter and John.

0:49:00.400 --> 0:49:05.040
<v Speaker 2>But he's no longer being carried now he's being covered.

0:49:07.840 --> 0:49:08.320
<v Speaker 1>Places.

0:49:08.360 --> 0:49:14.200
<v Speaker 2>Everyone places everyone for everyone who is refusing to walk

0:49:14.200 --> 0:49:16.920
<v Speaker 2>in your own strength. You need to come out of

0:49:16.960 --> 0:49:19.680
<v Speaker 2>the season where you're using other people to do for

0:49:19.719 --> 0:49:22.319
<v Speaker 2>you what God wants to strengthen you to do for yourself.

0:49:24.640 --> 0:49:26.279
<v Speaker 2>And it doesn't mean you're going to be doing it

0:49:26.320 --> 0:49:29.720
<v Speaker 2>in your own strength. Because even when he wasn't carried,

0:49:29.800 --> 0:49:32.160
<v Speaker 2>he was holding on to Peter and John.

0:49:32.280 --> 0:49:35.160
<v Speaker 1>So I'm not carried, but I'm covered.

0:49:35.400 --> 0:49:37.560
<v Speaker 2>I love that because that means I'm gonna have to

0:49:37.600 --> 0:49:41.160
<v Speaker 2>do this, but I'm not doing this by myself. That

0:49:41.200 --> 0:49:43.959
<v Speaker 2>means I'm gonna have to take some risks, but I'm

0:49:44.000 --> 0:49:44.759
<v Speaker 2>covered either way.

0:49:44.760 --> 0:49:45.280
<v Speaker 1>It goes.

0:49:46.200 --> 0:49:48.880
<v Speaker 2>That means that in this season of my life, I

0:49:48.880 --> 0:49:51.239
<v Speaker 2>can trust God to put me where he needs me

0:49:51.280 --> 0:49:55.880
<v Speaker 2>to be. Now, the danger in this is that we

0:49:56.000 --> 0:49:58.160
<v Speaker 2>think if we're in the right place. Okay, I took

0:49:58.200 --> 0:50:00.880
<v Speaker 2>the job, Okay, I said yes the thing, Okay, I

0:50:01.000 --> 0:50:03.000
<v Speaker 2>volunteered at the church, I did the thing on where

0:50:03.000 --> 0:50:05.640
<v Speaker 2>I'm supposed to be. We think everything's gonna go better

0:50:07.000 --> 0:50:10.239
<v Speaker 2>if we're in the right place. So now, at this

0:50:10.280 --> 0:50:13.760
<v Speaker 2>point in the party, you're expecting Peter gives a sermon,

0:50:14.239 --> 0:50:16.520
<v Speaker 2>and he does. Boy, he preaches too, and he lets

0:50:16.600 --> 0:50:20.680
<v Speaker 2>him have it, talking about you disowned the holy unrighteous one.

0:50:20.840 --> 0:50:23.600
<v Speaker 2>Jesus was handed over to you, but God raised him

0:50:23.600 --> 0:50:24.840
<v Speaker 2>from the dead.

0:50:24.520 --> 0:50:25.680
<v Speaker 1>You missed it.

0:50:25.800 --> 0:50:27.960
<v Speaker 2>You didn't recognize him for who he was, and you

0:50:28.000 --> 0:50:31.479
<v Speaker 2>all need to repent, and many of them did.

0:50:32.640 --> 0:50:36.600
<v Speaker 1>In fact, two thousand did one dude.

0:50:38.160 --> 0:50:43.120
<v Speaker 2>Having a changed life led to two thousand salvations.

0:50:43.239 --> 0:50:51.319
<v Speaker 1>In one day. God math, God Math. And he's standing there,

0:50:52.320 --> 0:50:53.120
<v Speaker 1>dare I say it.

0:50:54.360 --> 0:50:58.960
<v Speaker 2>He's standing there in a place with pillars, and he's

0:50:59.000 --> 0:51:06.520
<v Speaker 2>turning into a pillar himself. He's standing in what he's becoming.

0:51:07.760 --> 0:51:13.560
<v Speaker 2>He's standing under what he's becoming. And he's standing there

0:51:14.200 --> 0:51:16.880
<v Speaker 2>and Peter preaches, and it's a good response.

0:51:17.360 --> 0:51:19.759
<v Speaker 1>And look what happened when Peter preached so.

0:51:19.800 --> 0:51:24.040
<v Speaker 2>Good that it turned the city inside out.

0:51:24.120 --> 0:51:27.600
<v Speaker 1>Chapter four, verse three. Please on the screen.

0:51:29.160 --> 0:51:33.280
<v Speaker 2>They seize Peter and John, and because it was evening,

0:51:34.320 --> 0:51:40.680
<v Speaker 2>they put him in jail. Wait, Jesus, but I served you, Jesus,

0:51:41.920 --> 0:51:43.080
<v Speaker 2>but I did the right thing.

0:51:43.239 --> 0:51:46.400
<v Speaker 1>Jesus, but I helped that man. Jesus.

0:51:47.080 --> 0:51:50.600
<v Speaker 2>Shouldn't you be giving me a bonus check? Jesus should

0:51:50.719 --> 0:51:54.040
<v Speaker 2>not be getting commission on this. Jesus, didn't you see

0:51:54.040 --> 0:51:54.920
<v Speaker 2>what we just did? No?

0:51:55.080 --> 0:51:55.920
<v Speaker 1>They put them in.

0:51:56.000 --> 0:52:02.520
<v Speaker 2>Jail till the next day, and then the Bible.

0:52:02.239 --> 0:52:08.760
<v Speaker 1>Says a versus more, but many who heard the message believe.

0:52:10.280 --> 0:52:13.080
<v Speaker 2>So it goes to show just because you're not there

0:52:13.120 --> 0:52:15.719
<v Speaker 2>to see it, doesn't mean God didn't do it.

0:52:18.400 --> 0:52:22.040
<v Speaker 1>Because why everybody was getting their changed life. They where

0:52:22.040 --> 0:52:22.919
<v Speaker 1>in the jail cell.

0:52:23.719 --> 0:52:26.800
<v Speaker 2>And sometimes you've got to get determined in your spirit

0:52:27.040 --> 0:52:29.719
<v Speaker 2>that I will not let the place I'm in make me.

0:52:29.840 --> 0:52:35.960
<v Speaker 1>Doubt the purpose that I carry. I'm in this jail, but.

0:52:36.080 --> 0:52:40.680
<v Speaker 2>Jesus is working. I'm in this situation. But Jesus is working.

0:52:41.000 --> 0:52:45.600
<v Speaker 2>I'm in this state, but Jesus is working. And while

0:52:45.600 --> 0:52:48.280
<v Speaker 2>they're in jail, all the rulers are trying to decide

0:52:48.440 --> 0:52:48.920
<v Speaker 2>what are we.

0:52:48.880 --> 0:52:51.200
<v Speaker 1>Going to do about this. It's not what they did

0:52:51.239 --> 0:52:52.080
<v Speaker 1>for the man, it's.

0:52:51.960 --> 0:52:54.200
<v Speaker 2>What they were preaching about Jesus that got them thrown

0:52:54.200 --> 0:52:56.600
<v Speaker 2>in jail. We can't let them run around preaching that

0:52:56.680 --> 0:53:01.400
<v Speaker 2>Jesus is resurrected. They'll completely re jacked our power if

0:53:01.440 --> 0:53:03.560
<v Speaker 2>they find out that Jesus has all power.

0:53:03.680 --> 0:53:05.640
<v Speaker 1>What do we do? Put them in jail and we'll decide.

0:53:06.560 --> 0:53:10.040
<v Speaker 2>So you have to imagine that the man who was

0:53:10.080 --> 0:53:14.600
<v Speaker 2>at the gate feels pretty bad about all this. Hey,

0:53:14.640 --> 0:53:17.800
<v Speaker 2>where's Peter and John? I want to thank him real quick. Actually,

0:53:19.719 --> 0:53:23.160
<v Speaker 2>Peter and John had to go to jail because what

0:53:23.280 --> 0:53:24.800
<v Speaker 2>was free for you cost them something.

0:53:30.239 --> 0:53:30.600
<v Speaker 1>Dang.

0:53:30.719 --> 0:53:34.319
<v Speaker 2>I didn't mean for them to have to. I wasn't

0:53:34.320 --> 0:53:35.600
<v Speaker 2>trying to cause any trouble. Man.

0:53:36.320 --> 0:53:38.600
<v Speaker 1>I was doing the best I could, and he told

0:53:38.600 --> 0:53:40.360
<v Speaker 1>me yake me up. I didn't even ask him to

0:53:40.360 --> 0:53:42.600
<v Speaker 1>be healed. I just wanted some lunch money.

0:53:43.239 --> 0:53:49.040
<v Speaker 2>I feel bad about this. Hey, can I do anything

0:53:49.040 --> 0:53:51.600
<v Speaker 2>to help? I know I'm not much at anybody, But

0:53:53.719 --> 0:53:57.319
<v Speaker 2>is there anything I can do to help? And in

0:53:57.400 --> 0:53:59.840
<v Speaker 2>my imagination, I like to think, and I know you're like,

0:54:00.120 --> 0:54:01.799
<v Speaker 2>just read the Bible, don't use your imagination.

0:54:01.960 --> 0:54:04.960
<v Speaker 1>That's your problem. No, that's your problem.

0:54:05.239 --> 0:54:07.800
<v Speaker 2>You read the Bible like long ago in a galaxy

0:54:07.840 --> 0:54:08.520
<v Speaker 2>far far away.

0:54:08.560 --> 0:54:09.480
<v Speaker 1>But this ain't star wars.

0:54:09.480 --> 0:54:12.799
<v Speaker 2>This is a scripture and we are supposed to come

0:54:12.840 --> 0:54:16.319
<v Speaker 2>to this Bible with our senses and submit them to

0:54:16.360 --> 0:54:19.839
<v Speaker 2>the spirit, so that when we find ourselves like, Okay.

0:54:19.560 --> 0:54:21.880
<v Speaker 1>I feel like that. Sometimes I feel like I'm just

0:54:21.920 --> 0:54:22.839
<v Speaker 1>doing my job and I.

0:54:22.800 --> 0:54:25.480
<v Speaker 2>Feel like not in jail physically, but I feel like

0:54:25.560 --> 0:54:28.080
<v Speaker 2>I'm in prison for something and I don't really see

0:54:28.640 --> 0:54:29.520
<v Speaker 2>what God is doing.

0:54:29.680 --> 0:54:33.000
<v Speaker 1>And so we read this and imagine, maybe.

0:54:33.600 --> 0:54:37.280
<v Speaker 2>Matthew one of the disciples. Let's use Matthew. He goes, actually,

0:54:38.200 --> 0:54:42.520
<v Speaker 2>there is something you can do. Tomorrow, Peter and John

0:54:42.560 --> 0:54:45.279
<v Speaker 2>are going to have to give a defense before the

0:54:45.320 --> 0:54:49.640
<v Speaker 2>Sanhedrin and they're going to be called into question for

0:54:49.760 --> 0:54:55.480
<v Speaker 2>what they did. So when they are preaching, why don't

0:54:55.520 --> 0:54:59.919
<v Speaker 2>you just be there? Okay, cool, Yeah, no, I told

0:55:00.200 --> 0:55:03.160
<v Speaker 2>do that sounds great. If there's one thing I know

0:55:03.160 --> 0:55:05.719
<v Speaker 2>how to do, it's be there. Because that's all I've

0:55:05.760 --> 0:55:10.040
<v Speaker 2>been able to do. See this man, because he was paralyzed,

0:55:10.040 --> 0:55:14.719
<v Speaker 2>he's been practicing being a pillar his whole life. He

0:55:14.800 --> 0:55:17.680
<v Speaker 2>knows how to be there. So they say, yeah, just

0:55:17.719 --> 0:55:21.000
<v Speaker 2>be there, and Peter's gonna preach. And then the man

0:55:21.040 --> 0:55:23.239
<v Speaker 2>maybe says, and you want me to share a little something. No, no, no,

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<v Speaker 2>don't say anything. We don't even know if you're saved yet.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't say nothing. Just stand there. Look at your neighbors. Say,

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<v Speaker 2>don't say nothing. Just stand there. So they called Peter

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<v Speaker 2>and John. They say, all right, why did you do it?

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<v Speaker 2>Peter says, if we are being called to account for

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<v Speaker 2>an act of kindness to this man, let it be

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<v Speaker 2>know that it was not us, but the God of

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<v Speaker 2>our fathers, raise this man for the sake of his

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<v Speaker 2>Holy servant Jesus. Now, the Bible says, after Peter preached,

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<v Speaker 2>the people were not very impressed, but they were amazed.

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<v Speaker 1>And I'll show you how I know they weren't impressed.

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<v Speaker 2>Look at verse thirteen four verse thirteen when they saw

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<v Speaker 2>the courage of Peter and John and realized that they

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<v Speaker 2>were unschooled, ordinary men. That is not a compliment. That's

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<v Speaker 2>like the guy who told me after church two weeks ago,

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<v Speaker 2>that was actually pretty insightful. I'm like, it's to actually

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<v Speaker 2>that bothers me about that sentence you just said.

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<v Speaker 1>And realized they were unschooled ordinary men.

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<v Speaker 2>Place says everyone, You don't have to be spectacular.

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<v Speaker 1>You just got to show up. You don't have to understand.

0:56:50.520 --> 0:56:55.040
<v Speaker 1>You just have to stand. That's all you got to do.

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<v Speaker 1>They saw their courage.

0:56:57.239 --> 0:56:59.600
<v Speaker 2>You know how I confuses the devil when he sees

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<v Speaker 2>you still standing there after he launched a thousand missiles

0:57:03.920 --> 0:57:05.399
<v Speaker 2>at your mind to try to get you.

0:57:05.400 --> 0:57:08.719
<v Speaker 1>To go crazy and curse God and die. And you say, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>he's slay me yet, will I trust him? I'm standing here?

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<v Speaker 3>Ah ooh.

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<v Speaker 2>And when they saw the courage of Peter and John

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<v Speaker 2>and realize that they were unschooled ordinary men, they were

0:57:30.760 --> 0:57:35.320
<v Speaker 2>astonished and watched this. They took note that these men

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<v Speaker 2>had been with Jesus. Now see every experience they had

0:57:38.600 --> 0:57:43.200
<v Speaker 2>with Jesus collapses into this moment. Every time they saw

0:57:43.280 --> 0:57:46.480
<v Speaker 2>him feed somebody, every time they heard a teaching, every

0:57:46.560 --> 0:57:50.200
<v Speaker 2>time you show up, it is compounding your experience and

0:57:50.240 --> 0:57:55.960
<v Speaker 2>it will pay dividends in your future. Places, everyone, every

0:57:56.080 --> 0:57:59.200
<v Speaker 2>sermon you log in your spirit. Every note you write

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<v Speaker 2>down and put it up that week on the mirror,

0:58:01.360 --> 0:58:03.840
<v Speaker 2>every song that you learn, so you can sing a.

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<v Speaker 1>New song to the Lord.

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<v Speaker 2>It's compounding in your life for the glory of Christ.

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<v Speaker 2>And it says when they heard Peter, they took note.

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<v Speaker 2>But verse fourteen, that's my favorite. But since they could

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<v Speaker 2>see the man who had been healed standing there with them,

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<v Speaker 2>there was nothing they could say. It goes like this, children,

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<v Speaker 2>when Peter preached, they took note. But when the man

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<v Speaker 2>stood there, they shut up. You want to shut up

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<v Speaker 2>the enemy.

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<v Speaker 1>Stand there. You want to silence the enemy. Stand there.

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<v Speaker 1>You want to back.

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<v Speaker 2>Down the feeling of depression and replace it with the

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<v Speaker 2>joy of the Lord.

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<v Speaker 1>I got two words for you, baby, Stand there.

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<v Speaker 7>Stand there when they talk about you.

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<v Speaker 1>Stand there when it.

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<v Speaker 8>Feels like there's no point, stand there.

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<v Speaker 2>Every place you set your foot, I'll give you.

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<v Speaker 1>But you gotta stand there. Don't walk away. You are

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<v Speaker 1>the one.

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<v Speaker 8>For the job.

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<v Speaker 2>All you gotta do is stand there, somebody.

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<v Speaker 1>Stand to your feet right now and do.

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<v Speaker 8>What you hadn't done yet, and praise him.

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<v Speaker 1>Look got know my place. I'm seeing that, see this,

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<v Speaker 1>see that, see it.

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<v Speaker 10>Stand there, stand there, Stand there, discouraged, Stand there while

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<v Speaker 10>you're healing. Stand there with your legs wobbling. Stand there

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<v Speaker 10>while they point out.

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<v Speaker 1>You and say I didn't see the one that used to. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I used to, But look at me doing well? I

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<v Speaker 1>couldn't you to do?

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<v Speaker 8>Just stand there, don't argue, don't quit, don't commit suicide,

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<v Speaker 8>don't take another pill. Stay there, don't call fifteen people

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<v Speaker 8>that don't know any better than you.

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<v Speaker 1>You are not going back to the gate. Places.

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<v Speaker 5>Everyone stand there, jeeus, keep me.

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<v Speaker 1>Me the cross. Stand there there, Publa sit on.

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<v Speaker 5>Say freely street.

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<v Speaker 1>Flows from car freeze places everyone, This is where it happens.

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<v Speaker 1>Ye the cry, yes, stand there, center.

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<v Speaker 2>He the crow.

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<v Speaker 1>Speed mine.

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<v Speaker 5>Over see mine right?

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<v Speaker 2>So then so.

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<v Speaker 1>Shelf standing here, rest be.

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<v Speaker 2>Erryver places everyone places, everyone places, everyone places everyone. When

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<v Speaker 2>the person changes soul us the place for the cross

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<v Speaker 2>that you are singing about as an emblem was an

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<v Speaker 2>instrument of torture. But when the man Jesus Christ died,

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<v Speaker 2>when the person of Jesus Christ died, the place changed,

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<v Speaker 2>and that cross of his suffering is now the forgiveness

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<v Speaker 2>of your sins.

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<v Speaker 1>Stand there.

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<v Speaker 2>And see the precious lamb of God. See from his head,

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<v Speaker 2>his hands, his feet, sorrow and love flow mingled down.

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<v Speaker 2>Stand there and let the blood be applied.

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<v Speaker 1>Stand there and let the mercy of God make you new.

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<v Speaker 1>Stand there.

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<v Speaker 2>That's all that man did. I can't sing, but I

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<v Speaker 2>can stand there. I didn't even plan to be walking today,

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<v Speaker 2>but I can stand here. You need me to stand there,

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<v Speaker 2>I'll stand there. You need me to show up, I'll

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<v Speaker 2>show up. You need me to be an example God.

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<v Speaker 1>Watch this. Watch this.

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<v Speaker 2>This man looked like an extra in the movie, but

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<v Speaker 2>he was actually exhibit a of the witnessing power of

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<v Speaker 2>the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

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<v Speaker 1>And I'm telling you that's you too. If you stand there,

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<v Speaker 1>pal ludin head's bowed, eyes closed. This is not a joke.

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<v Speaker 1>This is a place.

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<v Speaker 2>That you might look back on and say that day I.

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<v Speaker 1>Went through that gate.

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<v Speaker 2>And I was changed. You can change. The trash won't

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<v Speaker 2>be so big when you get taller. You can change.

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<v Speaker 2>The pleasures of sin won't seem so powerful. You can change.

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<v Speaker 2>In the name of Jesus, I offer you my hand

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<v Speaker 2>places every get up and walk. What are the chances

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<v Speaker 2>you would be here to hear this sermon today?

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<v Speaker 1>What are the chances this.

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<v Speaker 2>Day, God must have something happening right now that is

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<v Speaker 2>bigger than you. Don't be so selfish you think it's

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<v Speaker 2>just about what you can get. Maybe God's about to

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<v Speaker 2>use you to help somebody else up and you need to.

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<v Speaker 1>Get strong for us. Stand there, Stand there. I offer

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<v Speaker 1>an invitation for all of you today who need.

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<v Speaker 2>To come to the cross, and I believe there are

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<v Speaker 2>thousands who are hearing this message as I offer you

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<v Speaker 2>this prayer.

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<v Speaker 1>This prayer is a place. It is a place of faith,

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<v Speaker 1>not a physical location. God doesn't live in one building.

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<v Speaker 1>God wants to come and live in your heart, so

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<v Speaker 1>invite him.

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<v Speaker 2>In the Bible says that if you confess with your

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<v Speaker 2>mouth Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart God

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<v Speaker 2>raised Him.

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<v Speaker 1>From the day, you will be saved. Today you will.

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<v Speaker 1>So I'm going to offer a prayer. We're praying it

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<v Speaker 1>out loud together as a church.

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<v Speaker 2>Family for the benefit of those who are coming to

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<v Speaker 2>God or back to God. Repeat after me, Heavenly Father,

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<v Speaker 2>today is my day of salvation. I am a sinner

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<v Speaker 2>in need of a savior, and I believe Jesus Christ

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<v Speaker 2>is the Son of God and the savior of the world.

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<v Speaker 1>And today I make Jesus the Lord of my life.

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<v Speaker 2>I believe he died that I would be forgiven and

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<v Speaker 2>rose again to give me life. I receive this new life.

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<v Speaker 2>This is my new beginning. Raise your hand on the

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<v Speaker 2>count of three, one, two three. If you prayed that prayer.

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<v Speaker 1>Raise your hand, raise your hand. God bless you. God

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<v Speaker 1>bless you. God bless you. Get up and walk. God

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<v Speaker 1>bless you. Get up and walk. God bless you. Get

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<v Speaker 1>up and walk. God bless you. Hear the name of Jesus,

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<v Speaker 1>in the name of Jesus.

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<v Speaker 5>In the name of Jesus, in the name of Jesus.

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<v Speaker 1>We have the big sorry we have, we have a victor.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna be the last man standing to let the

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<v Speaker 2>Lord know I appreciate his grace.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not standing on my own. I'm standing by his spirit.

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<v Speaker 8>Paul says, stand therefore, stand therefore.

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<v Speaker 5>Put on the whole honor of God and stand.

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<v Speaker 2>Hot boy, did people say, stand there, everybody that received

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<v Speaker 2>a word from the Lord, clap your hands and praise him,

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<v Speaker 2>not me, praise him.

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<v Speaker 1>Give it to him, give him the glory. That's all

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<v Speaker 1>you got.

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<v Speaker 7>That man's started walking and trumping and praising God, that's

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<v Speaker 7>all you've got.

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<v Speaker 1>Every time you get a change, give praise.

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<v Speaker 2>That way, you won't get prideful and think you're on

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<v Speaker 2>your own. I thank God for what he just gave us.

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<v Speaker 2>I feel that the Holy Spirit flowed to somebody today.

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<v Speaker 2>And it wasn't that you were crippled in your feet.

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<v Speaker 2>You were crippled in your faith, and God is getting

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<v Speaker 2>you up.

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<v Speaker 1>Stand there, stand there, stand there, stand there.

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<v Speaker 2>The devil's going to be so surprised. I thought I

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<v Speaker 2>convinced you to quit.

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<v Speaker 1>Uh uh.

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<v Speaker 2>I found out all I have to do is stand

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<v Speaker 2>there and let God fight my battles.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna do this.

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<v Speaker 2>I fight.

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<v Speaker 1>Somebody say I got changed today, I changed my mind.

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<v Speaker 1>I changed my perspective. Hallelujah. Well we gotta go now.

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<v Speaker 2>You can't stand there because somebody else wants to sit there.

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<v Speaker 1>Campus masters, you take it your mind. If I close here.

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<v Speaker 2>At Valentine mind, if I close, mom sermon, glory to God.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, take your hand, put it on the shoulder

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<v Speaker 2>of the person on either side of you. Online, we

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<v Speaker 2>also connect with you in the name of Jesus Christ

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<v Speaker 2>of Nazareth.

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<v Speaker 1>Rise up and walk and stand there.

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<v Speaker 2>I see you going back to places this week that

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<v Speaker 2>you used to be afraid of and saying, this trash

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<v Speaker 2>can isn't so big. I see you going back to

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<v Speaker 2>places this week that used to be fun for you,

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<v Speaker 2>saying this roller coaster fell off.

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<v Speaker 1>I see you heating up corn dogs this week, saying

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<v Speaker 1>this doesn't taste.

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<v Speaker 2>Good anymore because I grew up.

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<v Speaker 1>Places. Everyone, God's got an assignment for you. Place this, school.

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<v Speaker 2>Teachers, God's got an assignment for you. Place this, police officers, detectives.

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<v Speaker 2>God's got an assignment for you places. Stay at home moms,

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<v Speaker 2>God's got an assignment. Place this, babysitters. God's got an

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<v Speaker 2>assignment for you. Place this while you're waiting on your

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<v Speaker 2>next employment, places, while you're pastoring your church.

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<v Speaker 1>Places. Everyone, something is about to happen.

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<v Speaker 2>And now, unto him who is able to do immeasurably

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<v Speaker 2>more than you ask or imagine, to him, be glory

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<v Speaker 2>through Christ Jesus in the charks now and forever.

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<v Speaker 1>Give him a sound of praise.

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<v Speaker 2>If you'll receive this leorm, I'll see you next week,

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<v Speaker 2>same place, same time, Place.

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<v Speaker 1>This, everyone, places. Thank you for joining us.

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