WEBVTT - Michele Jackson - Oct 16 - 3:30 pm

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Converge Podcast with Michelle Jackson. Converge, where the

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<v Speaker 1>flow of the Holy Spirit and the Word of God

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<v Speaker 1>come together. It's in the flow where pioneers and emerging

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<v Speaker 1>leaders run together to fulfill the call of God in

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<v Speaker 1>this new era.

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<v Speaker 2>Hey everyone, it's Michelle Jackson, and I want to pick

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<v Speaker 2>up where we left off on hope and faith. 1

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<v Speaker 2>Corinthians chapter 13 says, chapter 13, verse 13 says, Three

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<v Speaker 2>things will last forever. Faith, hope, and love. So, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>last time we were talking about the importance of fueling

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<v Speaker 2>your belief or your hope and the fact that hope

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<v Speaker 2>is the title deed of faith. Well, I want to

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<v Speaker 2>post to you today that the greatest is love and

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<v Speaker 2>love is linked to hope and hope is linked to faith.

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<v Speaker 2>So let's get into this because I think this is

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<v Speaker 2>important for us to really reflect on and really allow

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<v Speaker 2>our love for God to fuel our belief in him,

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<v Speaker 2>which grows our hope and which causes faith to be indomitable.

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<v Speaker 2>Joseph is a great person to look at. and is

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<v Speaker 2>included in Hebrews chapter 11 in the Hall of Fame

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<v Speaker 2>of Faith. And so last time I was like, oh yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I think Ruth's in there. There's some ladies in there.

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<v Speaker 2>It's actually Rahab. So, you know, don't be mad at

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<v Speaker 2>me about that. But anyhow, I wanted to look at

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<v Speaker 2>a couple of verses about Joseph and just kind of

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<v Speaker 2>talk about his journey from the pit to the palace

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<v Speaker 2>and becoming one that would cause the nation of Israel

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<v Speaker 2>to even be established in a greater way because the

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<v Speaker 2>generational blessing that fell upon Joseph caused him to enable

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<v Speaker 2>God's prophecy to come true. Because in the moment that

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<v Speaker 2>Abraham was promised his son and he made a covenant

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<v Speaker 2>with God, he was given one son, which we talked

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<v Speaker 2>about became a sacrifice and a demonstration of his worship

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<v Speaker 2>and undefiled heart towards God, right? that he was willing

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<v Speaker 2>to sacrifice the symbol of God's covenant being established with him.

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<v Speaker 2>He's willing to sacrifice that in order to remain in

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<v Speaker 2>relationship with God. And the Lord blessed him. And then

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<v Speaker 2>the Lord blessed Isaac. And then Isaac became Jacob's father.

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<v Speaker 2>And Jacob became Israel with his 12 sons. And one

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<v Speaker 2>of his 12 sons was Joseph, who then established the

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<v Speaker 2>people of the nation of Israel or the household of Jacob,

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<v Speaker 2>in the nation of Egypt and cause them to prosper

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<v Speaker 2>and to be a mighty nation so that they could

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<v Speaker 2>then be delivered out of that land and into the

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<v Speaker 2>covenant land of promise that God had promised generations ago.

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<v Speaker 2>And so we see the faith of Joseph even here

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<v Speaker 2>in these verses. So this is what I want to

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<v Speaker 2>read to you. Hebrews 11, chapter 20, or sorry, Hebrews 11,

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<v Speaker 2>verse 22 says, It was by faith that Joseph, when

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<v Speaker 2>he was about to die, so confidently that the people

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<v Speaker 2>of Israel would leave Egypt, he commanded them to take

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<v Speaker 2>his bones with them when he left. So faith has

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<v Speaker 2>a vision. And I want to look at faith, hope,

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<v Speaker 2>and love and unpack this a little bit. Because remember,

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<v Speaker 2>this is the same man, Joseph is the same man

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<v Speaker 2>who had the coat of many colors. whose brothers were

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<v Speaker 2>jealous of him and threw him into a pit and

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<v Speaker 2>then sold him into slavery, right? And then when he

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<v Speaker 2>was sold into slavery, he was bought by Potiphar. He

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<v Speaker 2>was bought by Potiphar and he served there as a

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<v Speaker 2>slave in Potiphar's house. He ran his master's household. And

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<v Speaker 2>then he was wrongly accused by Potiphar's wife, right? As

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<v Speaker 2>a slave, as a person who's working in the home,

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<v Speaker 2>not as a one who is free, a free man.

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<v Speaker 2>but one who is enslaved. And he was accused by

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<v Speaker 2>Potiphar's wife of rape, right? And then he's thrown from

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<v Speaker 2>being a slave into jail because of that false accusation.

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<v Speaker 2>And so then he's in jail and he interprets dreams

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<v Speaker 2>from the baker and from the butler. And then what happens?

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<v Speaker 2>Those things were not his pathway to deliverance, but the

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<v Speaker 2>day of deliverance came for him because he was able

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<v Speaker 2>to interpret the king's dreams. We know the rest of

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<v Speaker 2>the story is that famine came to his family and

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<v Speaker 2>then they had to go to Egypt to get food

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<v Speaker 2>and grain. And Joseph was there. He was the gatekeeper

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<v Speaker 2>and he was the doorway for provision for the nation

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<v Speaker 2>of Israel to grow and increase in the land of Egypt. Boom.

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<v Speaker 2>That's a lot of chapters in Genesis just really summarized.

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<v Speaker 2>But I want to talk to you about the fact

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<v Speaker 2>that every single trial that Joseph went through produced a

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<v Speaker 2>belief in him and a faith in him. And it

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<v Speaker 2>caused him to have to confront the deep wounding of family,

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<v Speaker 2>of the betrayal, of the abuse, of the trauma of

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<v Speaker 2>how he grew up. And at the end of his journey,

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<v Speaker 2>he was able to say, what you meant for evil,

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<v Speaker 2>God used for good. And so he knew that if

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<v Speaker 2>God could have kept him in Egypt, And God could

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<v Speaker 2>have kept his family together and caused him to have

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<v Speaker 2>witty ideas and dreams and visions that would allow him

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<v Speaker 2>to prosper in such a way. Would the Lord not

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<v Speaker 2>keep his word to them? And so he told them,

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<v Speaker 2>he was like, carry my bones back. Carry my bones back.

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<v Speaker 2>When you guys get delivered, I want you to take

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<v Speaker 2>my bones with you because I want to be in

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<v Speaker 2>the place that God is moving and in the place

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<v Speaker 2>that God has promised to us as his people. Like

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<v Speaker 2>I won't be able to be there with you. Kind

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<v Speaker 2>of like Martin Luther King said, I've been to the mountaintop.

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<v Speaker 2>I won't get there with you. Joseph had that moment

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<v Speaker 2>and he knew that God's word was going to come

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<v Speaker 2>to pass. And so because of that, He wanted to

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<v Speaker 2>be buried in the land that God was going to

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<v Speaker 2>give his people. What is the future of your faith

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<v Speaker 2>right now? So many of us are just focused on

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<v Speaker 2>retirement and the money in the 401k and getting the

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<v Speaker 2>property and, you know, raising kids good enough that they'll

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<v Speaker 2>want to take care of us in our old age

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<v Speaker 2>so we don't have to end up abused in a

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<v Speaker 2>nursing home by the GenZennials. Come on, we need an

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<v Speaker 2>anointed GenZennial population that's going to take care of us

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<v Speaker 2>in our old age, right? And so we're thinking like

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<v Speaker 2>that and we're not recognizing that God wants to do

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<v Speaker 2>something so great in his people that he has in

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<v Speaker 2>this end time church. Like he has such a vision

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<v Speaker 2>of the dimension of glory that is going to hit

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<v Speaker 2>the nation, people whose lives are going to be touched

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<v Speaker 2>and saved. And so Joseph, his faith was already there.

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<v Speaker 2>He could see it. And he's like, make sure my

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<v Speaker 2>bones are there. Make sure that even in my death,

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<v Speaker 2>I am in the move of God. Wow. Wow. That

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<v Speaker 2>sounds like faith, right? And so it's fueled by a

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<v Speaker 2>love that is uncompromising, that is unwilling to compromise, that

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<v Speaker 2>is unwilling to love something else more than it loves God, right?

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<v Speaker 2>And it's housed in a heart and a life that

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<v Speaker 2>isn't perfect, Look at Joseph. He went through so many things.

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<v Speaker 2>And so sometimes we think we can't. We love with conditions.

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<v Speaker 2>We love God with conditions because of the condition of

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<v Speaker 2>our lives. Right. But it's saying these things will remain forever. Faith,

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<v Speaker 2>hope and love. And I'm just wondering today, like as

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<v Speaker 2>we look at our lives, what will be the thing

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<v Speaker 2>that you that you're remembered by once you're gone? Will

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<v Speaker 2>it be how you love the Lord? Will it be

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<v Speaker 2>your hopes in him? Will it be your faith in him?

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<v Speaker 2>Will it be how you were uncompromising in your stances

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<v Speaker 2>to stay close to him, to stay close to the father?

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<v Speaker 2>Or what will it be about, right? So Joseph, he told,

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<v Speaker 2>he lived to 110. Genesis 50 tells us he lived

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<v Speaker 2>to 110. He lived a good life. He lived long

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<v Speaker 2>enough to see three generations of his descendants, of his sons,

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<v Speaker 2>come forth And when he knew that he was about

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<v Speaker 2>to die, in Genesis 50 verse 24, he says, God

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<v Speaker 2>will surely help you and lead you out of this

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<v Speaker 2>land of Egypt. And he will bring you back to

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<v Speaker 2>the land of promise, to his covenant lands. And he

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<v Speaker 2>prophesied that to his sons and to his grandsons and

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<v Speaker 2>to his great grandsons. And he made them swear an

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<v Speaker 2>oath that they would take him back. To the land

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<v Speaker 2>of promise. And so what are our convictions? You know,

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<v Speaker 2>he wasn't saying like when I die, I need you

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<v Speaker 2>to like create a statue in my image. I need

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<v Speaker 2>you to name all of your children Joseph in my memory.

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<v Speaker 2>That wasn't what he wanted them to remember. He wanted

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<v Speaker 2>them to remember that surely our God is a deliverer.

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<v Speaker 2>that surely he will help you and he will bring

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<v Speaker 2>you out of this land and bring you into the

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<v Speaker 2>covenant promises of God, that the things that he promised

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<v Speaker 2>our forefathers are still true. Well, church, I just want

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<v Speaker 2>to say today that the promises that Jesus even made

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<v Speaker 2>to his disciples are true for you today, that greater

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<v Speaker 2>work shall you also do. And so it's important for

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<v Speaker 2>us to stoke this love of the Father, to fuel

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<v Speaker 2>this faith with hope and belief in the Word of

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<v Speaker 2>God and in the truth of God's Word, to know

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<v Speaker 2>that there's a faith that will last forever. Come on,

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<v Speaker 2>1 Corinthians 13 tells us that prophecy and speaking in

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<v Speaker 2>tongues of the unknown language of the Spirit, the knowledge,

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<v Speaker 2>special knowledge and discernment, will at some point become useless.

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<v Speaker 2>And I believe that's when the Lord is with us.

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<v Speaker 2>But what will last forever is love. And so love

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<v Speaker 2>is the highest thing that we can live from. Love

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<v Speaker 2>for God, love for him, not based on condition and

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<v Speaker 2>not based on our performance, but the agape love of God,

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<v Speaker 2>the love that sent Jesus to the cross. The love

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<v Speaker 2>that caused him to see us when we were yet

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<v Speaker 2>sinners and make a way for us so that the ransom...

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<v Speaker 2>for our lives that sin had caused. You know, the

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<v Speaker 2>debt was great for humanity. The wages of sin is death. So,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, the wages that were accumulated by all of

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<v Speaker 2>humanity as we were working in our sinful nature, the

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<v Speaker 2>debt was huge. And yet the love of God pursued

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<v Speaker 2>a people to establish a covenant with and made a

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<v Speaker 2>way for that to even be possible. And we know

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<v Speaker 2>that that redeeming force, that redeeming love was given to

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<v Speaker 2>us through the life and through the shed blood and

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<v Speaker 2>the resurrection of Jesus Christ. And so there are things

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<v Speaker 2>that will become obsolete as time goes on. as the

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<v Speaker 2>Lord comes closer to his return, there are gonna be

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of things that are gonna become obsolete. Come on,

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<v Speaker 2>that's why we're in all these storms, right? That Hebrews

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<v Speaker 2>12 is talking about, that the shakings that are happening

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<v Speaker 2>are removing the, so that they're removing things so that

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<v Speaker 2>the kingdom can remain. And I'm telling you today that faith, hope,

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<v Speaker 2>and love are gonna remain. Faith, hope, and love are

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<v Speaker 2>gonna be, are gonna last forever. And so it's gonna

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<v Speaker 2>be important for us to decide Even like Joseph, he

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<v Speaker 2>could have told them to bury him anywhere. He was

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<v Speaker 2>a second in command in Egypt. He could have made

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<v Speaker 2>any request of the Pharaoh or his family. Like he

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<v Speaker 2>was that wealthy. He was a second in command of

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<v Speaker 2>the nation. He could have asked for anything. But yet

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<v Speaker 2>he said, I want to be buried where God promised

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<v Speaker 2>my people that we would be. And I believe that

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<v Speaker 2>you will be there. And so I want you to

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<v Speaker 2>take me there and to make sure that when God

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<v Speaker 2>leads you out, that you don't leave me behind, to

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<v Speaker 2>leave me in this place that was not the place

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<v Speaker 2>of promise. It was the place of blessing, and it

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<v Speaker 2>was the place of testing, and it was the place

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<v Speaker 2>of pressing, but take me with you when God brings

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<v Speaker 2>us out. Wow, so powerful and so exemplar a way

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<v Speaker 2>of looking at faith in God. What's your faith today

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<v Speaker 2>like for the next generation of your family line. Maybe

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<v Speaker 2>you haven't had children yet. Maybe you're just starting to

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<v Speaker 2>think about putting your kids in private school or public

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<v Speaker 2>school or having that discussion. I was talking with some

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<v Speaker 2>leaders this week and that's the discussion. Where are we

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<v Speaker 2>gonna put our kids in school? And the husband wants

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<v Speaker 2>to put her, isn't sure. And the mom wants her

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<v Speaker 2>kid in private school. And there's so many things right now.

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<v Speaker 2>What do you invest in? But Joseph had a clear

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<v Speaker 2>vision of, based on God's word for the future, that

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<v Speaker 2>he was able to put his faith in the uncompromising

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<v Speaker 2>word of God, that he would cause his word to

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<v Speaker 2>come true. And so it's amazing. Let's look at another

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<v Speaker 2>verse of scripture from this Hebrews 11. I hope this

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<v Speaker 2>is stirring your heart to believe the Lord today. I

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<v Speaker 2>pray that it's causing your spirit to become awakened to

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<v Speaker 2>the fact that It's important that you begin to place

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<v Speaker 2>your hope and feel your hope in a new way

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<v Speaker 2>with the word of God. Let's look at verse 13.

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<v Speaker 2>It says, all these people died still believing that God

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<v Speaker 2>had promised them. They did not receive what was promised.

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<v Speaker 2>They saw it from a distance and welcomed it. They

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<v Speaker 2>agreed that they were foreigners and nomads on this earth.

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<v Speaker 2>So that was That was really Joseph's condition. He saw

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<v Speaker 2>the promise of God from afar off and he welcomed it.

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<v Speaker 2>And he wasn't so much consumed with the fact that

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<v Speaker 2>it had to happen in his lifetime. I think sometimes

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<v Speaker 2>we can be so concerned with what's going to happen

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<v Speaker 2>in my lifetime that we're not willing to make that

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<v Speaker 2>investment into our kids or into the future, that we

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<v Speaker 2>have to be able to hold everything and have it

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<v Speaker 2>be so tangible. But the Bible is saying that these

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<v Speaker 2>men of old, they died in faith. They died yet believing,

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<v Speaker 2>not having received the promise, but believing that God was

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<v Speaker 2>able to carry forth his promise through their seed, through

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<v Speaker 2>the generation next, through the next generation after, through the

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<v Speaker 2>next generation after. Come on, if our dreams are only

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<v Speaker 2>big enough that we can achieve them in our lifetime,

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<v Speaker 2>we are thinking so small. We are thinking so small that,

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<v Speaker 2>We have to do all of it. Wow. What could

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<v Speaker 2>God do with our children if we cultivated them and

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<v Speaker 2>stewarded them in a way that they held on to

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<v Speaker 2>the promises of God and then continue to sow that

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<v Speaker 2>into the next generation? I mean, that's how we came

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<v Speaker 2>to faith, right? That there were people still believing that

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<v Speaker 2>the Messiah was still coming. And then they recognized him

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<v Speaker 2>when he was here. So here's the thing. These men

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<v Speaker 2>and women, Joseph included, they died in faith. having not

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<v Speaker 2>received the promises, but they saw them from afar off,

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<v Speaker 2>and they confessed that they were strangers in a foreign land,

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<v Speaker 2>pilgrims on the earth, and they welcomed the promises of

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<v Speaker 2>God from afar off. What would it be like if

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<v Speaker 2>we were a generation right now in the body of

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<v Speaker 2>Christ that's rising up, that we just began to welcome

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<v Speaker 2>revival and welcome a move of God like we've never

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<v Speaker 2>seen before, a move of Holy Spirit like never before,

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<v Speaker 2>not for us, but for the generation that's counting on

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<v Speaker 2>us to follow through, that's counting on us to be

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<v Speaker 2>men and women of God, for there to be faith

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<v Speaker 2>yet in the earth. Oh my goodness, this is so important.

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<v Speaker 2>So Joseph, he declared things plainly like it's saying here

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<v Speaker 2>in the word, that he was seeking a homeland. He

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<v Speaker 2>was seeking the promise of God. He was seeking the

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<v Speaker 2>covenant purpose of God to be fulfilled. And even his

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<v Speaker 2>resting place would be the place of God's promise. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know about you, but I definitely... think more about

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<v Speaker 2>death in this moment of my life, not in a

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<v Speaker 2>morbid way, but not in a way of a young person, right?

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<v Speaker 2>When you are full of life and you're young, you're

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<v Speaker 2>only thinking about the future and you're thinking about what's

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<v Speaker 2>coming up ahead and getting out of high school and

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<v Speaker 2>getting to college and the next step and the first

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<v Speaker 2>job and all the things. I am way past that place.

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<v Speaker 2>And now I think about dying in faith. I think

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<v Speaker 2>about living well and finishing the race well. And what

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<v Speaker 2>would it be for us to be unashamed about that

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<v Speaker 2>and to be living our lives in such a way

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<v Speaker 2>right now that we're praying, we're interceding, we're standing in

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<v Speaker 2>the cap, knowing that faith, hope, and love will be

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<v Speaker 2>those things that remain. And that even if the world

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<v Speaker 2>continues on beyond us, that we lived in such a

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<v Speaker 2>way that there was a testimony of faith, even like

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<v Speaker 2>Joseph saying, hey, I know faith. that there's going to

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<v Speaker 2>be a move of God that sweeps America. Hey, I

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<v Speaker 2>know that even if I don't see it, even if

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<v Speaker 2>I don't get a chance to witness it in my lifetime,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to pray in such a way that chains

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<v Speaker 2>will fall off the next generation. That is what Joseph's

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<v Speaker 2>faith provoked in his family, because at the time of

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<v Speaker 2>their deliverance, guess what they did? They said, oh, We can't,

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<v Speaker 2>generations later, oh, we can't leave Joseph's bones. Oh, we

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<v Speaker 2>got to take them with him because of the conviction

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<v Speaker 2>of what he believes. So let's pray. Father, in the

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<v Speaker 2>name of Jesus, I just pray that there would just

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<v Speaker 2>be a fire of conviction that falls upon us, Lord,

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<v Speaker 2>an unconsuming fire of love. Lord, we don't want the

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<v Speaker 2>flame to go out on the altar of our hearts.

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<v Speaker 2>We want to love you. with a consistency and a

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<v Speaker 2>fervor that lasts and is a testimony to the next

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<v Speaker 2>generation of the beliefs that we had in you, in

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<v Speaker 2>the hope that we had in you, and a faith

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<v Speaker 2>and a conviction that provokes a love and a hope

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<v Speaker 2>and a faith in the generation that's coming. Right now,

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<v Speaker 2>we even pray for our nation. We pray for the

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<v Speaker 2>nations of the world. We pray for the body of

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<v Speaker 2>Christ that a love so strong would hit us, from

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<v Speaker 2>the heart of God, that we would not love with condition,

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<v Speaker 2>but that we would know how to love you unconditionally

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<v Speaker 2>and a love that would provoke a hope and a

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<v Speaker 2>belief that would shake a generation and lose a revival

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<v Speaker 2>in the generations to come. God, that many would come

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<v Speaker 2>to faith in you and many would know you as

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<v Speaker 2>their Lord and Savior. And so, Lord, we just say

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<v Speaker 2>like Joseph today, we know that you're gonna come through.

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<v Speaker 2>We know that your promises are true and that you

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<v Speaker 2>will have a bride that's ready. You will have a

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<v Speaker 2>bride that is pure. In Jesus' name we pray, amen.

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