WEBVTT - Concealed But Not Canceled

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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. Come on, praise Him for every valley

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<v Speaker 1>and every mountain and stepfast. Love is better than life. Wow.

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<v Speaker 1>What an awesome God you are no doubt about that.

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<v Speaker 2>Everything in our life points to the fact that there

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<v Speaker 2>was a steady hand guiding us.

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<v Speaker 1>And now Lord, we clap our hands.

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<v Speaker 2>To celebrate your hand that never left our lives in Jesus' name.

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<v Speaker 1>Amen, you know what you got to do?

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<v Speaker 2>High five to eighteen people and tell them it was

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<v Speaker 2>the hand of God.

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<v Speaker 1>Raise the Lord.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, yeah yeah. Did you do eighteen or did

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<v Speaker 2>you round up lazy bones everybody online as well? Give

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<v Speaker 2>a high five in the chat. Look, fist pump in

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<v Speaker 2>the chat. Let us know you're here too. Our epham

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<v Speaker 2>around the world.

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<v Speaker 1>Today. I have a word for our anniversary. I told

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<v Speaker 1>the Lord.

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<v Speaker 2>Hey, I tried to tell God several months ago that

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<v Speaker 2>I wanted to invite a guest to speak for the anniversary.

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<v Speaker 2>I said, this is great Sunday for me to just

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<v Speaker 2>enjoy all that you have done, Lord and the works

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<v Speaker 2>thy hands have made. So invite a guest speaker, and

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<v Speaker 2>I even had a little list of guests that I

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<v Speaker 2>wanted to bring. You know, almost anybody will come preach

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<v Speaker 2>to you because you are the most amazing church in

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<v Speaker 2>the world. No, I'm saying that that's not bragging, is

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<v Speaker 2>a fact you are the greatest, all right.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not saying the greatest on stage.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm saying the greatest people, the greatest volunteers, the greatest

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<v Speaker 2>prayer warriors, the most generous, amazing people in the world are.

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<v Speaker 1>Right around you.

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<v Speaker 2>So I was getting my list ready of guest speakers,

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<v Speaker 2>and then I saw something that I felt in the

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<v Speaker 2>scripture that I was supposed to preach on this day.

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<v Speaker 2>So then I was conflicted, because I want the day

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<v Speaker 2>off so I can just cry through the baptism video

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<v Speaker 2>like you do and not have to dry my snot

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<v Speaker 2>and put vizin in my eyes and get up here

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<v Speaker 2>and pretend to be all composed. But so when I

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<v Speaker 2>saw this word, though, it really felt important and it

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<v Speaker 2>felt appropriate for the day.

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<v Speaker 1>Now Graham looked at me, because we went a little

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<v Speaker 1>longer in worship.

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<v Speaker 2>We had a video and Holly baptized half the town

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<v Speaker 2>of Charlotte here at Valentine and at all of our locations.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's welcome all of our locations right now. So we

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<v Speaker 2>sang and we and we prayed, and we praised, and

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<v Speaker 2>we sang and we prayed.

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<v Speaker 1>And Graham looked at me and goes, are you preaching today?

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<v Speaker 2>Like?

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<v Speaker 1>How long is this going to be? I got an

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<v Speaker 1>appointment with a bull at Chipotle. You'd preaching too. What

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<v Speaker 1>truth of the matter is, not only should we.

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<v Speaker 2>Really make time for God's presence that matters the most,

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<v Speaker 2>But I believe that if you listen good, I can

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<v Speaker 2>go quick. So I want to turn to a scripture

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<v Speaker 2>in Isaiah forty nine, because when I told the Lord

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<v Speaker 2>that I would get a guest speaker, he said, okay,

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<v Speaker 2>then you be the guest. Because it's my church. The

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<v Speaker 2>Lord said, he said, I'm inviting you say yes. So

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<v Speaker 2>here is my yes Isaiah forty nine, verses one through four.

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<v Speaker 1>The word of the Lord.

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<v Speaker 2>Listen to me, you islands, hear this, you distant nations.

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<v Speaker 2>Before I was born, the Lord called me from my

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<v Speaker 2>mother's womb. He has spoken my name. He made my

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<v Speaker 2>mouth like a sharpened sword. In the shadow of his hand.

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<v Speaker 1>He hid me.

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<v Speaker 2>He made me into a polished arrow, and concealed me

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<v Speaker 2>in his quiver. He said to me, you are my

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<v Speaker 2>servant Israel, and whom I will display my splendor. But

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<v Speaker 2>I said, I have labored in vain. I have spent

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<v Speaker 2>my strength for nothing at all. Who hasn't felt like that?

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<v Speaker 2>Come on, who hasn't felt like that? Someday the servant

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<v Speaker 2>of the Lord feels unappreciated and unseen, And he says, so,

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<v Speaker 2>I have labored in vain. I have spent my strength

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<v Speaker 2>for nothing at all. Keep reading, yet, and that's the

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<v Speaker 2>word the devil doesn't want you to get to in

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<v Speaker 2>this text. I said, I have labored in vain. I

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<v Speaker 2>have spent my strength for nothing at all. Yet everybody hollered.

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<v Speaker 1>Yet.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that's an important word for this message today. So

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<v Speaker 2>I want you to emphasize it. Just three letters, but

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<v Speaker 2>say it with everything you got. Say yet, what is

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<v Speaker 2>due me is in the Lord's hand, and my reward is.

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<v Speaker 1>With my God.

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<v Speaker 2>The word of the Lord. Do you receive it? The

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<v Speaker 2>word of the Lord? For our eighteenth anniversary. Is this

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<v Speaker 2>concealed but not canceled. Concealed but not canceled. I thank

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<v Speaker 2>you for favor God as I preach this message. I

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<v Speaker 2>thank you for penetration of these principles that have ministered

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<v Speaker 2>to me. I thank you for each precious person that

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<v Speaker 2>you brought into the room. And I thank you that

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<v Speaker 2>you're going to do it like you always do, in

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<v Speaker 2>a way that you've never done. And we will give

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<v Speaker 2>you glory in Jesus' name. We praise you in advance. Hallelujah.

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<v Speaker 2>It is so amen. Amen, you may be seated, concealed

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<v Speaker 2>but not canceled. Now let me start this personally. A

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<v Speaker 2>few years ago, I was going through one of those

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<v Speaker 2>valley seasons of life and ministry that we all have

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<v Speaker 2>to pass through, and I was throwing a pity party.

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<v Speaker 2>And even though there were so many things to be

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<v Speaker 2>grateful for in this ministry, I found myself doing a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of avoiding what I know that God had assigned

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<v Speaker 2>me to do. I know, I'm going quick, because you know,

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<v Speaker 2>Graham's got to get out of here.

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<v Speaker 1>He's the greatest.

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<v Speaker 2>But just to start this off for the sake of

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<v Speaker 2>time from a personal place, I was avoiding things that

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<v Speaker 2>I had asked God to give me, and I started

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<v Speaker 2>canceling things that were a priority in my life. I

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<v Speaker 2>was talking to a friend about this, who's very wise

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<v Speaker 2>and more experienced than me, and I told my friend,

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<v Speaker 2>I just can't believe that, after all God has done

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<v Speaker 2>for me, I can't find my motivation. And I'm grateful

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm thankful, and I praise him for what he's done,

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<v Speaker 2>but I guess I'm just getting lazy.

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<v Speaker 1>My friend laughed.

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<v Speaker 2>My friend said, anybody who's known you for five minutes

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<v Speaker 2>knows there's not a lazy bone in your body. One

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<v Speaker 2>of the hardest working people I've ever met in any profession.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not that you're lazy, it's that you're afraid. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>somebody can say something and all of a sudden, it's

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<v Speaker 2>like they turn into Yoda and you say, tell me

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<v Speaker 2>more about that.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not lazy. I'm afraid. Yeah, you're afraid. You're afraid.

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<v Speaker 2>You're not motivated right now because you're afraid, and you're

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<v Speaker 2>afraid because you have accumulated a few failures and disappointments,

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<v Speaker 2>and so now you're not doing the thing that you're

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<v Speaker 2>called to do not because you're lazy, bad, evil, wicked, hateful,

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<v Speaker 2>or an apostate.

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<v Speaker 1>You're not lazy, you're afraid.

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<v Speaker 2>You're not showing up because you don't want to fall short.

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<v Speaker 2>Turned around my entire view of it in that one

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<v Speaker 2>conversation that the fear of falling short was keeping me

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<v Speaker 2>from showing up. This passage that I read for an

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<v Speaker 2>emotional context hopefully registered to you on multiple levels as

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<v Speaker 2>I read it, where the servant of the Lord prophesying

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<v Speaker 2>about Jesus ultimately but through the vehicle and the human

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<v Speaker 2>vessel named Isaiah, who prophesied around the eighth century in

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<v Speaker 2>a very perilous time, is sharing about his confidence in

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<v Speaker 2>God's calling on his life. Just to mention it again,

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<v Speaker 2>because after I read this scripture and point out a

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<v Speaker 2>few things, I'm going to share it with you a

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<v Speaker 2>story that will bring.

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<v Speaker 1>It to life. He says, before I was born, the

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<v Speaker 1>Lord called me.

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<v Speaker 2>Everybody say called, and right now put it in the

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<v Speaker 2>comment say called, and just personalize it and say I'm called.

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<v Speaker 1>He said, from my.

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<v Speaker 2>Mother's womb, he has spoken my name. He made my

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<v Speaker 2>mouth like a sharpened sword in the shadow.

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<v Speaker 1>Of his hand.

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<v Speaker 2>He hid me me into a polished arrow and concealed

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<v Speaker 2>me in his quiver. Now, what drew my attention to

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<v Speaker 2>this text for our purpose today is that you can

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<v Speaker 2>be called and concealed at the same time. You can

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<v Speaker 2>be called and concealed at the same time. You can

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<v Speaker 2>be in the will of God but not feel God

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<v Speaker 2>at the same time. And this draws my attention not

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<v Speaker 2>only to Isaiah, but to all of the people that

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<v Speaker 2>I pastor who feel sometimes like the hand of God

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<v Speaker 2>has left your life.

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<v Speaker 1>You know that He put you where he put you

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<v Speaker 1>for a purpose.

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<v Speaker 2>At a time, and then at times you go through

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<v Speaker 2>seasons and maybe even just hours in the day where

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<v Speaker 2>it feels as if the hand of.

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<v Speaker 1>God has lifted.

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<v Speaker 2>I should talk for a moment about the hand of

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<v Speaker 2>God before we move on, because there is no other

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<v Speaker 2>reason that I'm here celebrating the eighteenth anniversary of this

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<v Speaker 2>church today as your pastor than the hand of God.

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<v Speaker 1>The fact that I'm here and saying, and married.

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<v Speaker 2>And not addicted to substances other than diet coke.

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<v Speaker 1>Leave me alone about.

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<v Speaker 2>It aspar dame or amphetamines. You decide, I'll drink the

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<v Speaker 2>diet coke and stay married. No, it's the hand of

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<v Speaker 2>God that I'm here, not my skill. It's the hand

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<v Speaker 2>of God that I'm here, not my status. It's the

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<v Speaker 2>hand of God that I'm here. This church was great

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<v Speaker 2>before it was ever famous. We live in a time

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<v Speaker 2>where fame is conflated with greatness, and people can't tell

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<v Speaker 2>the two apart. But everything great is not famous, and

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<v Speaker 2>everything famous is not great. Concealed, Isaiah said, concealed, and

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<v Speaker 2>it's amazing because if you can get in this with me,

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<v Speaker 2>it's going to be so beautiful when it pops off

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<v Speaker 2>for you personally.

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<v Speaker 1>He says that my reward is in God's hand.

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<v Speaker 2>It is the hand of God that decides when I'm promoted.

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<v Speaker 2>It is the hand of God that decides when the

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<v Speaker 2>people come into my life, when the people exit from

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<v Speaker 2>my life. God is deciding, and God is deciphering, and

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<v Speaker 2>God is discerning, and God is developing with his hand.

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<v Speaker 2>It was nothing but the hand of God. Say that

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<v Speaker 2>it was nothing but the hand of God. Look at

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<v Speaker 2>the person next to you and say, I know i'm pretty,

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<v Speaker 2>I know I'm cute, I know i'm handsome, I know

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<v Speaker 2>I'm charismatic, But none of that is what got me here.

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<v Speaker 1>It was nothing but the hand of God. Yeah, my

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<v Speaker 1>parents helped.

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<v Speaker 2>Out, but it was his hand on them that got

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<v Speaker 2>me through. It's nothing but the hand of God. It

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<v Speaker 2>was nothing but the hand of God that got us

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<v Speaker 2>through COVID as a church. It was nothing but the

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<v Speaker 2>hand of God that got you through that divorce and

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<v Speaker 2>kept you with the shred of your hope for love

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<v Speaker 2>in the future. It was nothing but the hand of

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<v Speaker 2>God that you got in the car drunk but still

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<v Speaker 2>didn't die. Somehow an angel kept you alive. You know it,

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<v Speaker 2>and I know it. So let's not pretend that we

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<v Speaker 2>were so good and so gifted we came to praise

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<v Speaker 2>him and lit our hands because it was.

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<v Speaker 3>With hand.

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<v Speaker 1>High five three people and say.

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<v Speaker 2>It was nothing but the hand of God, nothing but

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<v Speaker 2>the hand of God, nothing but the hand of God.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I heard.

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<v Speaker 2>A saying one time, tell me, if you agree where

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<v Speaker 2>God guides, he provides, is it true? Won't he do it?

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<v Speaker 2>How many have a testimony. If you go down in

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<v Speaker 2>the deepest valley, there will be grass in that valley

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<v Speaker 2>because the good shepherd will never lead you somewhere, He

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<v Speaker 2>won't feed you.

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<v Speaker 1>His hand has provided.

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<v Speaker 2>And I heard how the hand of God provided, and

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<v Speaker 2>I heard how the hand of God gave, and I

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<v Speaker 2>heard how the hand of God would provide. And I've

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<v Speaker 2>seen how the hand of God can provide.

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<v Speaker 1>What I had to.

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<v Speaker 2>Realize in the moments of my discouragement and in the

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<v Speaker 2>places of my deepest deficiency, is that the hand of

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<v Speaker 2>God that provides is also the hand that hides. Isaiah said,

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<v Speaker 2>I felt like it was all for nothing. The disciples

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<v Speaker 2>who followed Jesus watched him go down into the ground,

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<v Speaker 2>and the two on the road to Ammaeus. In Luke's Gospel,

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<v Speaker 2>I believe about the twenty fourth chapter said it best.

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<v Speaker 1>We had hoped he was the one, but they buried him.

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<v Speaker 2>It was all for nothing to leave our boats in

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<v Speaker 2>our nets and follow him. It was all for nothing

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<v Speaker 2>to step out on faith. It was all for nothing

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<v Speaker 2>to love that person who used my love.

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<v Speaker 1>As leverage to hurt me. It was all.

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<v Speaker 2>It made me feel like less of a little whiny

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<v Speaker 2>baby brat that. Isaiah said. I know God made me,

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<v Speaker 2>I know He's got me, and i know I'm in

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<v Speaker 2>his hand. But look at verse two, so beautiful. I

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<v Speaker 2>fought back to tears while I was preparing this message,

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<v Speaker 2>because I wanted to save the emotion for our moment together,

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<v Speaker 2>so we could feel it together. He said that God

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<v Speaker 2>took me in his hand and he hid me. Isn't

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<v Speaker 2>that The part that they never tell you about God's

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<v Speaker 2>hand is that sometimes the greatest gift that He gives

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<v Speaker 2>you is hiddenness. And so while we are here today

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<v Speaker 2>on our eighteenth anniversary, thanking God for all the many.

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<v Speaker 3>Ways, great is I faithfulness, Oh God, my Father, there

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<v Speaker 3>is no shadow of turning with thee thout. Change is

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<v Speaker 3>not thy compassions. They feel not as thou hast been,

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<v Speaker 3>though forever will be all I have needed. Thy hand

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<v Speaker 3>hath provided, Thy hand hath provided.

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<v Speaker 2>And then that same hand that provides sometimes hides. I

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<v Speaker 2>want to speak to everybody today who is in a

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<v Speaker 2>season of your life where you sense that God is hidden,

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<v Speaker 2>that you are hidden, and the reason you're going through

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<v Speaker 2>what you're going through has not been revealed. Turn with

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<v Speaker 2>me to the words of Isaiah, who said that God

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<v Speaker 2>spoke of me before I was born, and made my

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<v Speaker 2>mouth like a sharpened sword in the.

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<v Speaker 1>Shadow of his hand. He hid me.

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<v Speaker 2>He made me into a polished arrow, and concealed me

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<v Speaker 2>in his quiver. Do you remember the first time you

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<v Speaker 2>ever heard the phrase they got canceled. I remember very

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<v Speaker 2>well someone saying that a major celebrity was canceled, and

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<v Speaker 2>I said, what their shows off the air?

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<v Speaker 1>They said, no, doesn't mean that.

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<v Speaker 2>That's what it meant in the eighties, back when there

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<v Speaker 2>used to be sitcoms. This is not full house. It

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<v Speaker 2>means they were canceled. It means they did something wrong

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<v Speaker 2>and they got canceled. I said they died. No, they

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<v Speaker 2>got canceled. I said they got fired. No, they got canceled.

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<v Speaker 2>I said, explain to me what it means. And what

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<v Speaker 2>they showed me was comments that people were making about

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<v Speaker 2>this person that were disagreeing with what the person did,

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<v Speaker 2>and they called that canceled. Now, these comments were not

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<v Speaker 2>coming from the chief executive officer of the company. They

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<v Speaker 2>were coming from people who didn't even know the person.

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<v Speaker 2>And they said they got canceled.

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<v Speaker 1>And a little phrase went through me.

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<v Speaker 2>And I want to see if I can get it

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<v Speaker 2>to go through you too today. Man can't cancel what

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<v Speaker 2>God created.

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<v Speaker 1>Put that in the comments section. Let's do something good

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<v Speaker 1>with the comment section.

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<v Speaker 2>Repeat after me, man can't cancel.

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<v Speaker 1>What God created? Or if you prefer the.

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<v Speaker 2>Language of Isaiah, Man can't cancel what God is called.

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<v Speaker 2>Now shout, I'm called. I was called before I got here.

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<v Speaker 2>I was called before I blew it. I was called

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<v Speaker 2>before I went through this sickness. I was called before

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<v Speaker 2>I passed through these waters. I was called before I

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<v Speaker 2>came to this challenge. So if I'm called by God,

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<v Speaker 2>how can I be canceled by man? I understand we

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<v Speaker 2>can lose a reputation and we need to have character.

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<v Speaker 2>I understand we can make mistakes that have to suffer

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<v Speaker 2>the consequences. I understand there's accountability for those who are

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<v Speaker 2>in the public eye, but I'm not talking about those

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<v Speaker 2>in the public eye.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm talking about those who feel hidden in this season.

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<v Speaker 2>Of your life, and you feel like nobody even cares

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<v Speaker 2>that you're here. Because you're here, but you're hidden. Let

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<v Speaker 2>me illustrate right now. There are frequencies going through the

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<v Speaker 2>air making my voice go to your heart, hopefully your heart. First,

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<v Speaker 2>it has to pass through your ears. And in order

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<v Speaker 2>for the noise that is coming from my mouth, and

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<v Speaker 2>I'm shouting way too loud, so let me modulate down.

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<v Speaker 2>In order for the sound to reach you where I am,

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<v Speaker 2>there must be vibrations. But the vibrations are not visible,

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<v Speaker 2>and yet we all believe the vibrations because we know

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<v Speaker 2>that the words that I'm speaking are going through the

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<v Speaker 2>air and maybe into your heart or maybe in one

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<v Speaker 2>ear and.

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<v Speaker 1>Out the other.

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<v Speaker 2>But something that is vibrating is creating something that is

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<v Speaker 2>not visible.

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<v Speaker 1>And it is proof for the fact that if God

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<v Speaker 1>speaks a.

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<v Speaker 2>Word over your life, you might not see it, but

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<v Speaker 2>that doesn't mean it isn't here.

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<v Speaker 1>Right now, I.

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<v Speaker 2>Came to have an anniversary party for every word that

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<v Speaker 2>God spoke over your life from the womb.

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<v Speaker 1>He spoke it before you were you.

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<v Speaker 2>You spoke it before you got your Social Security digits.

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<v Speaker 1>He spoke it before you messed up the last relationship.

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<v Speaker 1>He spoke it.

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<v Speaker 2>And if he spoke it, and if he created it,

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<v Speaker 2>and if he made.

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<v Speaker 1>It, you can't mess it up.

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<v Speaker 2>But so much, all right, all right, all right, Yesia.

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<v Speaker 1>Let me teach you Sunday school story. Now. They let

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<v Speaker 1>this one.

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<v Speaker 2>Out of your Sunday school storyboard flannel graph textbooks, and

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<v Speaker 2>it is quite possibly the most inappropriate story that I

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<v Speaker 2>could share with you on such a glorious, beautiful occasion

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<v Speaker 2>as an anniversary of a church on the eighteenth year.

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<v Speaker 2>It involves a dagger, it involves a stabbing, it involves

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<v Speaker 2>a king named Egglon and a warrior named Ehud.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna go quit.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna go quick, but I gotta show you this.

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<v Speaker 2>God has secret weapons. God has secret weapons. He has

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<v Speaker 2>more than one way to win in your life. He

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<v Speaker 2>has more than one way to make a difference in

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<v Speaker 2>the world. So the Israelites were doing what they always did,

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<v Speaker 2>turning away from God. They were turning away from the

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<v Speaker 2>one who rescued them, turning away from the one who

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<v Speaker 2>were deeming the Let's pick up the text in Judges

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<v Speaker 2>chapter three, the most inappropriate anniversary Bible text. But I'm

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<v Speaker 2>just a guest speaker today, so what do I know?

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<v Speaker 2>The Lord took me to Judges chapter three, verse twelve. Again,

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<v Speaker 2>the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord,

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<v Speaker 2>And because they did this evil, the Lord gave Egglon,

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<v Speaker 2>king of Moab, power over Israel. Now I want you

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<v Speaker 2>to understand, the enemy has no power over you other

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<v Speaker 2>than what you give him by your disobedience to God.

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<v Speaker 2>Always remember that you're in God's hand. Say I'm in

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<v Speaker 2>God's hand. He sharpened me in the shadow, he polished

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<v Speaker 2>me in the secret place, getting me ready for such

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<v Speaker 2>a time as this. Now, the Bible says in verse

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<v Speaker 2>thirteen that God wanted to act on behalf of his people.

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<v Speaker 2>So this king Eglon, he took a little too far.

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<v Speaker 2>He got the Ammonites and the Malachites to join him.

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<v Speaker 2>Eglon came and attacked Israel, and they took possession of

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<v Speaker 2>the city of Palms. So they're under attack, and you

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<v Speaker 2>may be too. You may be under attacked in your

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<v Speaker 2>life right now. I think the biggest factor that determines

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<v Speaker 2>whether you're under attack from the enemy is whether you're alive.

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<v Speaker 2>So the answer to that is, yes, you're under attack

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<v Speaker 2>in some way, shape or form. And it may be

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<v Speaker 2>a long range attack, or it may be something that's

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<v Speaker 2>happening immediately.

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<v Speaker 1>But watch what happened in verse fourteen.

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<v Speaker 2>The Israelites were subject to Egglon, king of Moab, for

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<v Speaker 2>eighteen years.

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<v Speaker 1>And now you see why I picked this passage that

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<v Speaker 1>got my attention.

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<v Speaker 2>Eighteen years and I'm like, yeah, but Lord, we hadn't

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<v Speaker 2>been subject to Egglon for eighteen years because they were

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<v Speaker 2>having to pay tribute and they were having to bring

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<v Speaker 2>all this extra taxation to the king, and they were

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<v Speaker 2>oppressed by him, and it.

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<v Speaker 1>Was causing them great hardship.

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<v Speaker 2>Now we're here today celebrating, of course, eighteen years of blessing.

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<v Speaker 2>But let's see, before we finish this celebration, if there's

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<v Speaker 2>a parallel for this eighteen years of oppression that Israel

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<v Speaker 2>suffered and the victory God gave them, and the eighteen

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<v Speaker 2>years of victory he's given us.

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<v Speaker 1>Watched this verse fifteen again.

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<v Speaker 2>The Israelites cried out to the Lord, and he gave

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<v Speaker 2>them a deliverer, Ehud, a left handed man, the son

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<v Speaker 2>of Garah, the Benjamin.

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<v Speaker 1>And now we have.

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<v Speaker 2>A completely confusing situation where God gives his people a

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<v Speaker 2>gift that makes no sense. The tribe of Benjamin, Larry

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<v Speaker 2>Bride will tell you, is literally known as the right

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<v Speaker 2>handed tribe because Heaven, the name Benjamin literally means son

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<v Speaker 2>of my right hand.

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<v Speaker 1>That's what it means.

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<v Speaker 2>So when God wanted to deliver his people, he sent

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<v Speaker 2>them a left handed warrior.

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<v Speaker 1>From a right handed tribe.

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<v Speaker 2>This makes no sense. Repeat after me, This makes no sense.

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<v Speaker 2>How many been feeling like that about a situation in

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<v Speaker 2>your life right now?

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<v Speaker 1>Now? This makes no sense.

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<v Speaker 2>Why would God sharpen an arrow polish an arrow and

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<v Speaker 2>then conceal it.

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<v Speaker 1>In a quiver. Did you notice that Isaiah chapter.

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<v Speaker 2>Forty nine, verse two said that God hid me in

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<v Speaker 2>the quiver? Did you know that God has a quiver.

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<v Speaker 2>The quiver is the pouch where the archer keeps his

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<v Speaker 2>arrows so that he can carry them to the place

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<v Speaker 2>so that when the time is right, the arrow can

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<v Speaker 2>be launched.

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<v Speaker 1>But until the arrow is ready to be launched, the

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<v Speaker 1>arrow is kept in the quiver. And if you.

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<v Speaker 2>Judge your potential by the quiver, you'll think I'm never

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<v Speaker 2>going anywhere.

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<v Speaker 1>If you judge watch.

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<v Speaker 2>This the potential of your child by what they're struggling

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<v Speaker 2>through in adolescents, you'll be preparing to give them money for.

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<v Speaker 1>A homeless ministry named after them.

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<v Speaker 2>But what if it is not a destination where they

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<v Speaker 2>are right now? What if you have been cursing something

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<v Speaker 2>in your life and.

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<v Speaker 1>What you call a curse, God calls a quiver. So

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<v Speaker 1>I came with a challenge. Church.

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<v Speaker 2>Let me smile at you while I say it, don't.

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<v Speaker 1>Curse your quiver. That's where God.

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<v Speaker 2>Keeps his most valuable weapons, his secret weapons, his special weapons,

0:27:40.880 --> 0:27:48.520
<v Speaker 2>his sharp weapons, his ready weapons, his capable weapons, his weapons.

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<v Speaker 1>That no one will see. Come in.

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<v Speaker 2>Now the Bible seems kind of brilliant because I understand

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<v Speaker 2>that it is the shameful things that God uses to

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<v Speaker 2>shame the strong, that it is the foolishness of the

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<v Speaker 2>cross that God used to save the world. When he

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<v Speaker 2>got ready to redeem us from our sin, he found

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<v Speaker 2>a virgin womb.

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<v Speaker 1>Why this makes no sense.

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<v Speaker 2>When he got ready to take down a Philistine giant,

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<v Speaker 2>he chose a shepherd boy who was hidden in a

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<v Speaker 2>field coust this.

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<v Speaker 1>Makes no sense.

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<v Speaker 2>When he got ready to use somebody to liberate the

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<v Speaker 2>Israelites from Egypt, he chose a murderer who was a fugitive.

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<v Speaker 2>Why Because this makes no sense. And when this makes

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<v Speaker 2>no sense, that's where.

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<v Speaker 1>God can get the greatest glory.

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<v Speaker 4>So he said, I gotta get a left handed warrior. Teezus,

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<v Speaker 4>are you feeling this like I'm feeling this.

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<v Speaker 1>Because somebody in here has the left hand?

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<v Speaker 2>All your life in a right handed tribe, and you

0:29:05.960 --> 0:29:09.320
<v Speaker 2>never really fit in, and you've never really been what

0:29:09.400 --> 0:29:12.120
<v Speaker 2>you thought you were supposed to be, and you've never

0:29:12.160 --> 0:29:14.520
<v Speaker 2>really had what you felt like you were supposed to have.

0:29:14.560 --> 0:29:18.480
<v Speaker 2>And what other people do easily. You struggle, for you're

0:29:18.520 --> 0:29:23.520
<v Speaker 2>a left handed warrior from a right handed tribe. And

0:29:23.560 --> 0:29:27.120
<v Speaker 2>God looks across fifty thousand Bingjamite soldiers. They had about

0:29:27.120 --> 0:29:30.320
<v Speaker 2>forty seven thousand swordsmen and only seven hundred lefties, and

0:29:30.360 --> 0:29:34.440
<v Speaker 2>God said, I need a lefty for this. God is

0:29:34.480 --> 0:29:38.640
<v Speaker 2>looking for lefties, and you're about to find out why.

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<v Speaker 2>If you want to hear the rest of this message

0:29:41.520 --> 0:29:43.400
<v Speaker 2>makes some holy ghost noise.

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<v Speaker 1>Of this eighteen year old church.

0:29:47.520 --> 0:29:52.000
<v Speaker 2>Eighteen year old church. And you know what happens when

0:29:52.040 --> 0:29:54.680
<v Speaker 2>you turn eighteen. You can go to war when you

0:29:54.840 --> 0:29:58.720
<v Speaker 2>turn eighteen. I believe God's about to raise up a warrior.

0:29:59.080 --> 0:30:02.840
<v Speaker 2>As I've reached this word today. As a matter of fact,

0:30:03.240 --> 0:30:04.640
<v Speaker 2>what's sat in your hand?

0:30:05.240 --> 0:30:08.360
<v Speaker 1>What's sat in your hand? What's that in your hand?

0:30:08.800 --> 0:30:16.840
<v Speaker 2>You look like a whapish Isaiah said he had me

0:30:16.880 --> 0:30:21.480
<v Speaker 2>in the shadows, but he wasn't punishing me. He was

0:30:21.640 --> 0:30:28.280
<v Speaker 2>polishing me. I'm not being punished. I'm being polished. That's

0:30:28.360 --> 0:30:32.000
<v Speaker 2>his hand working on me. That's his hand sending me down.

0:30:32.360 --> 0:30:36.280
<v Speaker 2>That's his hand too, hiding me for the right time.

0:30:36.560 --> 0:30:38.840
<v Speaker 2>And when the right time comes, I'm going to be

0:30:38.880 --> 0:30:41.280
<v Speaker 2>the right one for the right time because he hid

0:30:41.360 --> 0:30:47.320
<v Speaker 2>me in his quiver. It's not a curse, it's a

0:30:47.400 --> 0:30:59.360
<v Speaker 2>quiver loneliness. Sometimes it's because you feel left handed. One

0:30:59.400 --> 0:31:02.200
<v Speaker 2>of my best friends he said that three words or

0:31:02.320 --> 0:31:03.440
<v Speaker 2>they're not words, they're phrases.

0:31:03.440 --> 0:31:04.760
<v Speaker 1>But he said three words, but he should have said

0:31:04.760 --> 0:31:06.720
<v Speaker 1>three phrases describe.

0:31:06.280 --> 0:31:11.000
<v Speaker 2>How he's felt his whole life, left out, looked over,

0:31:12.120 --> 0:31:16.480
<v Speaker 2>and less than. Now understand this church for the historical

0:31:16.480 --> 0:31:18.720
<v Speaker 2>context that if you were left handed in a right

0:31:18.760 --> 0:31:20.760
<v Speaker 2>handed tribe, they didn't let you serve in the military

0:31:21.560 --> 0:31:25.200
<v Speaker 2>except in a special position, and it wasn't the best position.

0:31:26.360 --> 0:31:28.000
<v Speaker 1>So imagine all the times that.

0:31:27.920 --> 0:31:33.800
<v Speaker 2>Ehud got looked over, left out, and felt less than.

0:31:35.200 --> 0:31:39.280
<v Speaker 2>And the Israelites cried out to the Lord, and he

0:31:39.360 --> 0:31:44.080
<v Speaker 2>gave them Verse fifteen Police. He gave them a deliverer

0:31:45.680 --> 0:31:50.400
<v Speaker 2>from a place they weren't looking. He gave them what

0:31:50.440 --> 0:31:54.520
<v Speaker 2>they had looked over. He gave them someone who had

0:31:54.560 --> 0:31:59.040
<v Speaker 2>been left out. He gave them what they considered less than.

0:32:00.240 --> 0:32:02.480
<v Speaker 2>And we regard Christ according to the flesh. We miss

0:32:02.520 --> 0:32:08.000
<v Speaker 2>his glory because God will always wrap his favor in flesh.

0:32:08.080 --> 0:32:09.840
<v Speaker 2>And when we look for God to do something, only

0:32:09.880 --> 0:32:11.920
<v Speaker 2>from the right hand of what we consider a blessing.

0:32:11.960 --> 0:32:13.120
<v Speaker 1>We miss what's on the left.

0:32:13.160 --> 0:32:17.440
<v Speaker 2>Every time I'm trying to say, God's trying to give

0:32:17.440 --> 0:32:23.320
<v Speaker 2>you stuff, but you're watching the wrong hand. You're waiting

0:32:23.360 --> 0:32:28.600
<v Speaker 2>for everything to go right. But sometimes God wants to

0:32:28.600 --> 0:32:29.760
<v Speaker 2>bless you from the left.

0:32:31.480 --> 0:32:32.320
<v Speaker 1>Now do you see.

0:32:32.120 --> 0:32:36.320
<v Speaker 2>Why I invited myself to preach this message, Because it's

0:32:36.320 --> 0:32:40.720
<v Speaker 2>been eighteen years they've been struggling, and eighteen years they've

0:32:40.720 --> 0:32:44.200
<v Speaker 2>been suffering. And for eighteen years God has been blessing

0:32:44.240 --> 0:32:47.600
<v Speaker 2>this ministry. And for eighteen years it was nothing but

0:32:47.720 --> 0:32:49.720
<v Speaker 2>his hand that kept us going.

0:32:49.520 --> 0:32:52.480
<v Speaker 1>For eighteen years.

0:32:52.520 --> 0:32:55.600
<v Speaker 2>And then they cried out and God sent them a

0:32:55.640 --> 0:32:56.680
<v Speaker 2>blessing from the left.

0:32:56.680 --> 0:32:59.240
<v Speaker 1>So WA's what happens when he goes.

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<v Speaker 2>The Israelite sent him with tribute to Eglon, king of Moab.

0:33:05.400 --> 0:33:06.960
<v Speaker 1>And I want you to picture this in your hand.

0:33:07.040 --> 0:33:12.160
<v Speaker 2>Because this loaner called a loser, looked over and left out,

0:33:12.240 --> 0:33:15.200
<v Speaker 2>This loaner called a loser, looked over and left out.

0:33:15.400 --> 0:33:17.840
<v Speaker 2>That's not always just the way people talk about you.

0:33:17.920 --> 0:33:19.440
<v Speaker 1>Sometimes that's the way you talk to yourself.

0:33:22.440 --> 0:33:29.280
<v Speaker 2>This left handed warrior, this left handed judge, he takes

0:33:29.320 --> 0:33:31.000
<v Speaker 2>the tribute to the enemy king.

0:33:31.800 --> 0:33:34.080
<v Speaker 1>But verse sixteen says something kind of interesting.

0:33:35.120 --> 0:33:40.040
<v Speaker 2>Now, Ehud, the left handed deliver had made a double

0:33:40.160 --> 0:33:45.360
<v Speaker 2>edged sword about a cubit long uh huh, which he

0:33:45.480 --> 0:33:50.960
<v Speaker 2>strapped to his right thigh under his clothing. So we

0:33:51.040 --> 0:33:55.200
<v Speaker 2>called this conceal and carry all right, not making a

0:33:55.240 --> 0:33:56.600
<v Speaker 2>political statement.

0:33:56.800 --> 0:33:59.000
<v Speaker 1>This is just you know, they would have canceled the Bible.

0:34:02.400 --> 0:34:05.720
<v Speaker 2>Isaiah would have got canceled, Paul would have got canceled.

0:34:05.880 --> 0:34:08.080
<v Speaker 2>Jeremiah definitely would have got canceled.

0:34:08.200 --> 0:34:13.120
<v Speaker 1>Some of the prophets were walking around naked. Cancel, cancel, cancel, cancel.

0:34:13.520 --> 0:34:16.080
<v Speaker 1>Some of us have canceled culture in our heart.

0:34:18.000 --> 0:34:20.760
<v Speaker 2>And anything that doesn't look like, oh yeah, I'm coming

0:34:20.800 --> 0:34:23.160
<v Speaker 2>for him this morning, Mama, I'm coming for him on

0:34:23.200 --> 0:34:25.919
<v Speaker 2>my eighteenth birthday. I didn't come here just to blow

0:34:25.960 --> 0:34:28.800
<v Speaker 2>a kazou. I came here to break a chain, because

0:34:28.840 --> 0:34:31.960
<v Speaker 2>every once in a while you have canceled out something

0:34:32.200 --> 0:34:34.439
<v Speaker 2>that God came to give you, and.

0:34:34.400 --> 0:34:41.760
<v Speaker 1>You keep canceling. He carried a weapon in to deliver

0:34:41.840 --> 0:34:43.239
<v Speaker 1>his people, and.

0:34:43.320 --> 0:34:47.120
<v Speaker 2>It was first of all, it was concealed. Everybody say concealed.

0:34:48.040 --> 0:34:50.560
<v Speaker 2>He put it under his clothing. Watch what he did.

0:34:50.880 --> 0:34:54.720
<v Speaker 2>Verse seventeen. He presented the tribute to Eglon, king of Moab,

0:34:55.080 --> 0:34:59.879
<v Speaker 2>who was a very fat man. I didn't call him

0:35:00.520 --> 0:35:06.160
<v Speaker 2>the Bible did. Don't cancel me, cancel judges. He was

0:35:06.200 --> 0:35:08.640
<v Speaker 2>a fat man. You couldn't even read the Bible if

0:35:08.680 --> 0:35:12.040
<v Speaker 2>it was written today. He was a fat man. So

0:35:12.239 --> 0:35:14.360
<v Speaker 2>I un presented the tribute. Here's your stuff.

0:35:14.360 --> 0:35:17.360
<v Speaker 1>We hate you eighteen years of slavery. Keep going, And

0:35:17.480 --> 0:35:18.359
<v Speaker 1>he sent the.

0:35:18.280 --> 0:35:20.120
<v Speaker 2>Rest of them on their way, because sometimes you got

0:35:20.120 --> 0:35:22.200
<v Speaker 2>to do what God gave you to do and nobody's

0:35:22.239 --> 0:35:24.279
<v Speaker 2>gonna get it, but you still got to do it.

0:35:24.480 --> 0:35:25.319
<v Speaker 1>So he sent them.

0:35:25.200 --> 0:35:27.880
<v Speaker 2>Away and they carried it out, but on reaching the

0:35:27.920 --> 0:35:31.520
<v Speaker 2>stone images near Gilgal, he himself went back to Aglon

0:35:31.600 --> 0:35:32.240
<v Speaker 2>and said, your.

0:35:32.080 --> 0:35:34.400
<v Speaker 1>Majesty, I have a secret message for you.

0:35:34.600 --> 0:35:38.319
<v Speaker 2>And the king said to his attendant Lebos, and they

0:35:38.320 --> 0:35:40.680
<v Speaker 2>all left. And he had then approached him while he

0:35:40.760 --> 0:35:43.240
<v Speaker 2>was sitting alone in the upper room of his palace,

0:35:43.280 --> 0:35:46.279
<v Speaker 2>and said, I have a message from God for you,

0:35:46.480 --> 0:35:49.440
<v Speaker 2>and the king gets up from his seat. Stop knowing nothing,

0:35:50.960 --> 0:35:53.840
<v Speaker 2>because if they came in from the tribe of Benjamin,

0:35:53.880 --> 0:35:59.560
<v Speaker 2>they were probably searched for weapons, but the warriors always

0:35:59.560 --> 0:36:03.320
<v Speaker 2>carried the weapon on the opposite leg that they intended

0:36:03.360 --> 0:36:07.239
<v Speaker 2>to draw it from. So if you come in here

0:36:07.280 --> 0:36:13.200
<v Speaker 2>from a right handed tribe, we're gonna check your left thigh.

0:36:13.440 --> 0:36:16.680
<v Speaker 2>But God told him to strap it to the right one.

0:36:16.920 --> 0:36:20.760
<v Speaker 2>That was the unchecked leg. That was the one nobody

0:36:20.800 --> 0:36:23.640
<v Speaker 2>thought to look for. That was the thing that they

0:36:23.640 --> 0:36:26.440
<v Speaker 2>didn't even see as a threat. That was the thing

0:36:26.480 --> 0:36:29.799
<v Speaker 2>that's nuck in unexpected. There are some of you who

0:36:29.840 --> 0:36:33.399
<v Speaker 2>are in here today and you are checking the wrong leg.

0:36:34.400 --> 0:36:39.560
<v Speaker 2>You are checking the wrong source, you are checking the circumstance.

0:36:40.200 --> 0:36:44.240
<v Speaker 2>But God, when he gets ready to deliver his people

0:36:44.600 --> 0:36:50.720
<v Speaker 2>from eighteen years of captivity, he uses somebody who can conceal.

0:36:50.920 --> 0:36:56.760
<v Speaker 1>Everybody say, conceal the weapon on his right leg. Why

0:36:56.880 --> 0:36:58.200
<v Speaker 1>his right leg?

0:36:58.719 --> 0:37:02.120
<v Speaker 2>Verse twenty one tells us because when the moment came,

0:37:02.640 --> 0:37:14.359
<v Speaker 2>he had reached with his rejected hand, with his weak hand,

0:37:15.440 --> 0:37:19.200
<v Speaker 2>with his left out hand, with his looked.

0:37:18.880 --> 0:37:22.360
<v Speaker 1>Overhand, with his less than hand.

0:37:24.400 --> 0:37:29.680
<v Speaker 2>You keep thinking, God, he's going to use your special strength.

0:37:29.960 --> 0:37:34.400
<v Speaker 2>He's going to use your secret weakness as a secret webbit.

0:37:40.840 --> 0:37:45.840
<v Speaker 2>And old fat Egglon never saw it come in, Old Egglon,

0:37:46.600 --> 0:37:49.399
<v Speaker 2>he didn't check that right leg, did he? And verse

0:37:49.440 --> 0:37:52.879
<v Speaker 2>twenty one says he took that sword that he made

0:37:52.920 --> 0:37:57.160
<v Speaker 2>himself from his right thig Boone plunged it into the

0:37:57.239 --> 0:38:02.120
<v Speaker 2>king's big old king Hippo belly walked out, blew a trumpet,

0:38:02.200 --> 0:38:05.000
<v Speaker 2>got ten thousand mobabides dead, and the land had.

0:38:04.920 --> 0:38:12.040
<v Speaker 1>Rest for eighty years. Why Why did God give them

0:38:12.320 --> 0:38:14.320
<v Speaker 1>the victory? How?

0:38:15.320 --> 0:38:19.600
<v Speaker 2>How did God give them the victory? It was from

0:38:19.680 --> 0:38:26.280
<v Speaker 2>something concealed. Not only was it concealed, it was crossed.

0:38:27.320 --> 0:38:32.600
<v Speaker 2>It came from the other side, which was the right side.

0:38:32.800 --> 0:38:35.719
<v Speaker 2>You don't get it. You're the right one for this,

0:38:37.000 --> 0:38:39.680
<v Speaker 2>And what you think is wrong with you is what

0:38:39.880 --> 0:38:45.120
<v Speaker 2>makes you right for this. What was your Hey, work

0:38:45.160 --> 0:38:48.120
<v Speaker 2>on yourself, get yourself better, do what you can do

0:38:48.200 --> 0:38:51.719
<v Speaker 2>to increase your strengths. But know in the meantime that

0:38:51.800 --> 0:38:54.640
<v Speaker 2>you serve a god who gave a victory to a

0:38:54.719 --> 0:39:00.040
<v Speaker 2>nation over an eighteen year problem, and he used a

0:39:00.120 --> 0:39:03.560
<v Speaker 2>left handed warrior that nobody saw come in.

0:39:04.080 --> 0:39:04.879
<v Speaker 1>So turn to your.

0:39:04.760 --> 0:39:08.279
<v Speaker 2>Neighbor and say, look to the left, because it's going

0:39:08.320 --> 0:39:12.439
<v Speaker 2>to come from in this season, and unexpected place. It's

0:39:12.480 --> 0:39:16.280
<v Speaker 2>going to come from in this season, and unexpected blessing.

0:39:16.520 --> 0:39:17.960
<v Speaker 1>It's going to come from.

0:39:17.760 --> 0:39:22.800
<v Speaker 2>In this season, an unexpected experience. It's coming from the left.

0:39:24.719 --> 0:39:30.319
<v Speaker 2>It's a concealed weapon. Everybody say concealed, and he crossed it.

0:39:30.440 --> 0:39:33.719
<v Speaker 2>Everybody say crossed. But I gotta show you.

0:39:33.680 --> 0:39:34.319
<v Speaker 1>One more thing.

0:39:35.600 --> 0:39:40.239
<v Speaker 2>Not only was it concealed, and not only was it

0:39:40.320 --> 0:39:44.319
<v Speaker 2>crossed where it came from the other side, But the

0:39:44.360 --> 0:39:51.080
<v Speaker 2>Bible says that this dagger, this sword in verse sixteen.

0:39:52.160 --> 0:39:58.040
<v Speaker 1>Was about a cubit. And I had to look up.

0:40:00.000 --> 0:40:00.840
<v Speaker 1>I'm just being honest.

0:40:00.880 --> 0:40:03.280
<v Speaker 2>I don't remember they talked to me, probably in seminary,

0:40:03.320 --> 0:40:03.960
<v Speaker 2>but I forgot.

0:40:04.239 --> 0:40:09.080
<v Speaker 1>I had to look up how big is a cubit? Actually,

0:40:09.120 --> 0:40:10.880
<v Speaker 1>what I googled was how big is a cubit? In

0:40:10.880 --> 0:40:15.360
<v Speaker 1>American I don't want them meters? Well, I look like

0:40:15.400 --> 0:40:16.520
<v Speaker 1>international annoying thing.

0:40:16.600 --> 0:40:25.840
<v Speaker 2>No, how big was the instrument that ended eighteen years

0:40:25.880 --> 0:40:26.560
<v Speaker 2>of oppression?

0:40:27.880 --> 0:40:29.160
<v Speaker 1>And Google told.

0:40:29.080 --> 0:40:34.000
<v Speaker 2>Me something, and God told me something, and Google told me.

0:40:33.920 --> 0:40:37.360
<v Speaker 1>That a cubit is eighteen inches.

0:40:40.040 --> 0:40:48.480
<v Speaker 2>I said, what now, we're celebrating eighteen years eighteen years.

0:40:48.160 --> 0:40:51.040
<v Speaker 1>And honest, eighteen No, that's another Bible verse.

0:40:52.040 --> 0:41:02.280
<v Speaker 2>Eighteen years of captivity ended with eighteen inches of faith.

0:41:03.800 --> 0:41:07.200
<v Speaker 2>So you mean to tell me that for every year

0:41:07.560 --> 0:41:12.480
<v Speaker 2>they were oppressed, e Hud made a weapon an inch bigger.

0:41:14.239 --> 0:41:19.919
<v Speaker 2>An inch for every year, an inch for every year.

0:41:20.760 --> 0:41:23.319
<v Speaker 1>Do you know how long eighteen years is?

0:41:24.200 --> 0:41:26.720
<v Speaker 2>That's as long as my oldest son has been alive.

0:41:27.800 --> 0:41:30.319
<v Speaker 1>Do you know how long eighteen years is?

0:41:31.200 --> 0:41:37.240
<v Speaker 2>Eighteen years is seventy two summer, springs, winter and falls.

0:41:37.320 --> 0:41:43.160
<v Speaker 2>That's eighteen years. Eighteen years is a long time. Is

0:41:43.280 --> 0:41:46.840
<v Speaker 2>six thousand, five hundred and seventy four days.

0:41:47.000 --> 0:41:48.839
<v Speaker 1>That's eighteen years.

0:41:49.040 --> 0:41:53.520
<v Speaker 2>That's one one hundred and fifty seven thousand, seven hundred

0:41:53.560 --> 0:41:54.920
<v Speaker 2>and eighty eight hours.

0:41:54.960 --> 0:41:56.600
<v Speaker 1>That's eighteen years.

0:41:57.040 --> 0:42:03.279
<v Speaker 2>That's nine million, four hundred and sixty three thousand, two

0:42:03.360 --> 0:42:09.279
<v Speaker 2>hundred and eighty minutes. And all of a sudden, ten

0:42:09.400 --> 0:42:17.640
<v Speaker 2>million minutes of oppression ended. Eighteen years of oppression ended

0:42:18.239 --> 0:42:22.600
<v Speaker 2>because of eighteen inches in the left hand, not.

0:42:22.680 --> 0:42:27.520
<v Speaker 1>The right hand. So God said, on this eighteenth year

0:42:27.760 --> 0:42:33.360
<v Speaker 1>anniversary of elevation, Church, what do you have in your hand?

0:42:33.600 --> 0:42:34.360
<v Speaker 1>It's enough?

0:42:41.120 --> 0:42:45.400
<v Speaker 2>Eighteen years is long, eighteen inches is short.

0:42:45.840 --> 0:42:49.279
<v Speaker 1>But isn't this what God always does to use the

0:42:49.320 --> 0:42:52.160
<v Speaker 1>small thing to take down the big thing?

0:42:54.560 --> 0:42:59.120
<v Speaker 2>Isn't this what He always does, taking the mystery of

0:42:59.160 --> 0:43:02.960
<v Speaker 2>the gospel to mystify the scholar and the wisdom of

0:43:03.000 --> 0:43:05.919
<v Speaker 2>this age, to confound it to be brought to note.

0:43:06.880 --> 0:43:09.960
<v Speaker 2>So I came to remind this church that God called

0:43:10.000 --> 0:43:12.040
<v Speaker 2>me to pastor this year.

0:43:12.880 --> 0:43:14.520
<v Speaker 1>This is a church that.

0:43:14.600 --> 0:43:19.160
<v Speaker 2>Believes in eighteen inch miracles.

0:43:21.239 --> 0:43:23.480
<v Speaker 1>Hallelujah Jesus.

0:43:26.719 --> 0:43:33.360
<v Speaker 2>Eighteen inches is all it took for eighteen years to

0:43:33.440 --> 0:43:34.200
<v Speaker 2>come to an end.

0:43:35.239 --> 0:43:38.840
<v Speaker 1>Eighteen inches, they say.

0:43:39.880 --> 0:43:44.600
<v Speaker 2>They say that the greatest journey and the longest trip

0:43:44.960 --> 0:43:52.120
<v Speaker 2>in human experience is eighteen inches from the head to

0:43:52.200 --> 0:43:59.279
<v Speaker 2>the heart. These numbers are approximate, but the truth is

0:43:59.400 --> 0:44:05.880
<v Speaker 2>very relevant because some of you are eighteen inches away

0:44:06.760 --> 0:44:12.239
<v Speaker 2>from faith. Isaiah said, I know he called me in

0:44:12.320 --> 0:44:16.240
<v Speaker 2>my head. I know he chose me before I was born.

0:44:17.480 --> 0:44:22.520
<v Speaker 2>But sometimes my heart gets discouraged and I say to myself,

0:44:23.480 --> 0:44:30.360
<v Speaker 2>I spent my strength in vain. It was all for nothing.

0:44:30.840 --> 0:44:34.759
<v Speaker 2>Have you ever felt that way? I feel that way

0:44:34.800 --> 0:44:41.480
<v Speaker 2>sometimes talking to you. But I have to remember now,

0:44:41.480 --> 0:44:46.840
<v Speaker 2>and you have to remember eighteen inches takes time, and

0:44:46.920 --> 0:44:48.879
<v Speaker 2>some of the things that you believe in your head

0:44:48.880 --> 0:44:51.239
<v Speaker 2>haven't made it to your heart yet. And when they do,

0:44:52.920 --> 0:44:57.000
<v Speaker 2>when you really believe that I'm not less than I'm

0:44:57.080 --> 0:45:03.200
<v Speaker 2>left handed, they say I'm weird.

0:45:03.719 --> 0:45:09.320
<v Speaker 1>God says, I'm wired by him. The Master workman.

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<v Speaker 2>And if I can find a way to preach to

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<v Speaker 2>you over the next few weeks as.

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<v Speaker 1>I launch my book, Do the New You, I'm.

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<v Speaker 5>Going to try to get you to see that God

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<v Speaker 5>has brought you to this moment of your life because

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<v Speaker 5>you are a weapon in his hand to do good

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<v Speaker 5>for His kingdom.

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<v Speaker 1>So the next time you feel.

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<v Speaker 2>Like Isaiah and you feel concealed and you say, God,

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<v Speaker 2>I can't see how it's going to work out, and

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<v Speaker 2>I don't see how it's going to happen, and I'll

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<v Speaker 2>see why I have to go through this. Remember it's concealed,

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<v Speaker 2>but it's not canceled. It is still active in your life.

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<v Speaker 2>And this weapon of the double edged sword of the

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<v Speaker 2>Word of God is in your hand today. For Isaiah said,

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<v Speaker 2>and I echo, Yet what is.

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<v Speaker 1>Due mean is in the Lord's hand.

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<v Speaker 2>Stop looking at how small it is in your hand,

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<v Speaker 2>and start realizing how powerful.

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<v Speaker 1>His hand is.

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<v Speaker 2>He's got you in his hand, Church, He's got us

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<v Speaker 2>in his hand. I've seen it in the baptism tank.

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<v Speaker 2>I've seen it in the boardroom. I've seen it at

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<v Speaker 2>the bottom, I've seen it in the breakthrough. I'm still

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<v Speaker 2>in his hand. And if you know you're in his hand,

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<v Speaker 2>Lift your hands and give him.

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<v Speaker 1>Praise for eighteen years. Thank you for joining us.

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