WEBVTT - Never Not Enough

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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

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

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<v Speaker 2>Hope this inspires you. Hope it builds your faith. Hope

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

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<v Speaker 2>your life. Enjoy the message. This week, we want to

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<v Speaker 2>look at a scripture in John chapter six, verses one

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<v Speaker 2>through thirteen. I'll read it and I may interrupt myself

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<v Speaker 2>if I get excited about something that I see while

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<v Speaker 2>I'm reading, and you just hang in there with me,

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<v Speaker 2>and they'll put it on the screen. And so they'll

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<v Speaker 2>follow along with me. They are trained professionals in the back.

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<v Speaker 2>And if I stop, they'll stop, and if I go,

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<v Speaker 2>they'll go, and we'll all get there together in Jesus' name,

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<v Speaker 2>John chapter six, verse one.

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<v Speaker 1>Are you excited? Say ah?

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<v Speaker 2>Sometime after this, Jesus crossed to the far shore of

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<v Speaker 2>the Sea of Galilee, that is the Sea of Tiberius,

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<v Speaker 2>and a great crowd of people followed him because they

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<v Speaker 2>saw the miraculous signs he had performed on the sick.

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<v Speaker 2>At this point, they are following him for the stuff

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<v Speaker 2>he can give, not for who he is. It is

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<v Speaker 2>the first stage of following Christ. At first, you follow

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<v Speaker 2>him because of what he can do for you. Progress

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<v Speaker 2>with him long enough, and your question will no longer

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<v Speaker 2>be what can he do for you?

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<v Speaker 1>It will be what can He do through you? Now

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<v Speaker 1>Jesus is on a boat. We studied about the boat

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<v Speaker 1>in a previous week. We learned that.

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus picked Peter not because he was such a great preacher,

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<v Speaker 2>but because he had a car or a boat in

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<v Speaker 2>this case. You know how some friends that you have

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<v Speaker 2>you have because they can give you a ride. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>Peter was like that for Jesus in some sense, some kidding,

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<v Speaker 2>of course, but the truth needed transportation. Jesus is the Truth,

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<v Speaker 2>and in order for the Word to get out is

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<v Speaker 2>going to take a vehicle. It's going to take a vessel,

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<v Speaker 2>in this case a boat. And since his ministry was

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<v Speaker 2>happening primarily around the Sea of Galilee, Peter had what

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus needed to get around, and Jesus had what Peter

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<v Speaker 2>needed that he couldn't be without him. How many of

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<v Speaker 2>you want God in your boat, God in your life,

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<v Speaker 2>God in your decisions. And so Jesus had been healing

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<v Speaker 2>many people and crowds had been coming all because Peter

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<v Speaker 2>was willing to say, yeah, sure, use my boat. They

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<v Speaker 2>launched out ministries growing people.

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<v Speaker 1>Here. Jesus is so successful that.

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<v Speaker 2>He can't even get away for a little bit of

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<v Speaker 2>a retreat you see in verse three. Then Jesus went

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<v Speaker 2>up on a mountain side and sat down with his disciples.

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<v Speaker 1>The Jewish Passover feast was near.

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<v Speaker 2>When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming

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<v Speaker 2>toward him, He said to Philip, where shall we buy

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<v Speaker 2>bread for.

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<v Speaker 1>These people to eat?

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<v Speaker 2>And he asked this only to test him, for he

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<v Speaker 2>already had in mind what he was going to do.

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<v Speaker 1>He already knew what he was going to do.

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<v Speaker 2>Can I tell you something about Jesus hanging on that

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<v Speaker 2>cross while everybody wept and thought that the light of

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<v Speaker 2>the world was extinguished.

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<v Speaker 1>He already knew what he was going to do.

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<v Speaker 2>Can I tell you about every situation in your life

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<v Speaker 2>that you didn't see a way out before God ever

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<v Speaker 2>lets you get in it. He already knew what he

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<v Speaker 2>was going to do to bring you out with a

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<v Speaker 2>mighty hand and an outstretched arm.

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<v Speaker 1>I can't find any help.

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<v Speaker 2>At elevation Ballatie to preach about the way maper. So

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus is messing with Philip because he is the Messiah

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<v Speaker 2>after all. Whatever Philip answered him, I think he took

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<v Speaker 2>a little while before he answered, because he gives a

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<v Speaker 2>pretty precise calculation.

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<v Speaker 1>He doesn't guesstimate. He says eight months wages. Hold on

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<v Speaker 1>a second. If we took eight months.

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<v Speaker 2>Wages, we still couldn't pass a crumb out to everybody

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<v Speaker 2>who came to hear you preach.

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<v Speaker 1>It's five thousand men out here. Many of them brought

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<v Speaker 1>their wives.

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<v Speaker 2>Crumb snatching kids are running around. Eight months wages would

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<v Speaker 2>not buy enough bread for each one to have a bite.

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<v Speaker 1>And another of his disciples, Andrew Simon.

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<v Speaker 2>Peter's brother, spoke up, here's a boy with five small

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<v Speaker 2>barley loaves and two small fish.

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<v Speaker 1>But how far will they go amongst so many?

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<v Speaker 2>And Jesus said, have the people sit down and be humble.

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<v Speaker 2>There was plenty of grass in that place, and the

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<v Speaker 2>men sat down, about five thousand of them.

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<v Speaker 1>Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks.

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<v Speaker 2>Huh can you say thank you over a little bit?

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<v Speaker 2>Can you be grateful over what seems to you not enough?

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<v Speaker 2>If I look at this passage. I see the theme

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<v Speaker 2>not enough. Look, it's not enough. Now the Bible says

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<v Speaker 2>in verse ten, there's plenty of grass, but we don't

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<v Speaker 2>need grass.

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<v Speaker 1>We need grub, and it's not enough.

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<v Speaker 2>But Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks over what was

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<v Speaker 2>not enough, and distributed to those who were seated as

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<v Speaker 2>much as they wanted.

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<v Speaker 1>And he did the same with the fish.

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<v Speaker 2>And when they had all had enough to eat, he

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<v Speaker 2>said to his disciples, gather the pieces that are left over.

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<v Speaker 1>Let nothing be wasted.

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<v Speaker 2>So they gathered and filled twelve baskets. Each of them

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<v Speaker 2>got to take one home, twelve disciples, twelve baskets with

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<v Speaker 2>the pieces of the five barley loaves left.

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<v Speaker 1>Over by those who had eaten.

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<v Speaker 2>I told the Lord I didn't want to preach this

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<v Speaker 2>text because I preached it so many times before that

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<v Speaker 2>there would be many in the church who would think

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't have time to study this week. And I

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<v Speaker 2>reached and grabbed something from Sunday School. And plus, I said,

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<v Speaker 2>all the Sunday school people in the church are going

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<v Speaker 2>to look at me judgmentally when I read the text

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<v Speaker 2>about the feeding of the five thousand, because.

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<v Speaker 1>I already know this starring, and I.

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<v Speaker 2>Know how it ends, and I know I am aout

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<v Speaker 2>the little Boy, and I know i'mbout the leftovers, and

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<v Speaker 2>nothing you can say about John chapter six now I

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<v Speaker 2>don't already know, and I already know that this is

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<v Speaker 2>the miracle, the only miracle other than the Resurrection that

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<v Speaker 2>is recorded in all four of the Gospels. And so

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<v Speaker 2>are you really going to bring me out here today

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<v Speaker 2>and preach about this little Bible vacation, Bible school, backyard

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<v Speaker 2>Bible club story in the Bible? And I told the

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<v Speaker 2>Lord I didn't want to preach it, and he said, fine,

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<v Speaker 2>you can stop preaching it when you get it right.

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<v Speaker 2>So what I began to see because the Bible to

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<v Speaker 2>me is much like my relationship with Holly in that

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<v Speaker 2>it continues to unfold for me over time with new

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<v Speaker 2>levels of transcendence and beauty. I was talking to one

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<v Speaker 2>of my friends who has a little bit of a

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<v Speaker 2>different belief system than me, and he said he admitted

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<v Speaker 2>it that he said, I don't see the.

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<v Speaker 1>Bible like you see the Bible.

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<v Speaker 2>I think the Bible is a good starting place, but

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<v Speaker 2>he said, I look at the Bible as basic instructions

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<v Speaker 2>before leaving Earth you know b ibl e And just

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<v Speaker 2>because you can make an acronym out of it doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>mean it's true. He said, the Bible is a good

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<v Speaker 2>place to start, but then you should progress past the Bible.

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<v Speaker 2>I've never had that problem, because for me, the Bible

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<v Speaker 2>is not only a starting place for me to understand

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<v Speaker 2>my own life, life, my own needs, my own psychology,

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<v Speaker 2>my own psychopathy, that a thing.

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<v Speaker 1>My own. Is not only a.

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<v Speaker 2>Place for me to discover who God is in his fullness.

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<v Speaker 1>But I find that the.

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<v Speaker 2>More I read the Bible, the more the Bible starts

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<v Speaker 2>reading me. And so something so simple as this story

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<v Speaker 2>can unfold with new layers and levels of meaning, not

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<v Speaker 2>only from the customary background in which it was written,

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<v Speaker 2>but also in seasons of our life. We will see

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<v Speaker 2>our needs differently, and there may be a sense in

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<v Speaker 2>which the driving point of this passage is what.

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<v Speaker 1>To do when there is not enough.

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<v Speaker 2>I thought it would be a good time of year

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<v Speaker 2>to preach about not enough, in a time of year

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<v Speaker 2>where there is so much demand and so little supply,

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<v Speaker 2>so little time here in Charlotte, we have people all

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<v Speaker 2>over the world. It's getting dark right now, about two

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<v Speaker 2>thirty in the afternoon.

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<v Speaker 1>Not enough. They like, not enough patience.

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<v Speaker 2>Do any of you have any family members that there

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<v Speaker 2>is no supply.

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<v Speaker 1>Of patients that could equip you? Oh, y'all are gonna

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<v Speaker 1>look at me like that? Not enough. I like this

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<v Speaker 1>author named Brene Brown. She's you. Like Brene.

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<v Speaker 2>She says that the mantra of our day is never enough.

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<v Speaker 2>She says we live in an age of never enough.

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<v Speaker 2>And she's right because no matter how much information we

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<v Speaker 2>seem to put out into the world, we come up

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<v Speaker 2>with more ignorance, less wisdom.

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<v Speaker 1>She says that often we wake up.

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<v Speaker 2>In the morning and our first thought is I didn't

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<v Speaker 2>get enough sleep. We go to bed at night and

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't get enough done. We earn a lot of money,

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<v Speaker 2>but we don't have enough opportunity to enjoy it. We

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<v Speaker 2>have opportunity to enjoy our lives where we don't have

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<v Speaker 2>enough money to get out the house.

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<v Speaker 1>Never enough.

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<v Speaker 2>But when I read the passage this week in preparation

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<v Speaker 2>for the season that we're in as a church, God

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<v Speaker 2>spoke something new to me. When I began to realize

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<v Speaker 2>that this in John chapter six is the collision of

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<v Speaker 2>too much and not enough.

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<v Speaker 1>And God said, I want you to realize that.

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<v Speaker 2>With my spirit within you and the power of my

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<v Speaker 2>word on your lips. In Christ, who is enough, in Christ,

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<v Speaker 2>who before all things.

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<v Speaker 1>Existed, was all things, and now.

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<v Speaker 2>Is the Word made flesh to dwell among us in Christ.

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<v Speaker 2>You are never not enough. Say it with me, never

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<v Speaker 2>not enough. I don't know what a little bit of

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<v Speaker 2>bread you've got in your cupboard today, but I want

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<v Speaker 2>to tell you, in the hand of the Master, it is.

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<v Speaker 1>Never not enough.

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<v Speaker 2>I feel a spirit of faith rising up.

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<v Speaker 1>It's never not enough.

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<v Speaker 2>Push your neighbors so hard they think they're gonna fall over.

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<v Speaker 2>Tell them it's never not enough. It is never not enough.

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<v Speaker 2>And what a powerful practical passage where we can see

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<v Speaker 2>this principle illustrated dynamically. Never not enough, Never say it,

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<v Speaker 2>never not enough, never not enough, never not enough, never

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<v Speaker 2>not enough, never not enough, even in a draw, even

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<v Speaker 2>in a famine, never not enough. God will send a

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<v Speaker 2>bird to drop food where you are, if you will

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<v Speaker 2>be in position.

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<v Speaker 1>It is never not enough.

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<v Speaker 2>I got a little bit of oil, Gets your a

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<v Speaker 2>little bit of oil. Get some jars from your neighbors.

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<v Speaker 2>It's never not enough. Give me something to feel. I'll

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<v Speaker 2>fill it. It's never not enough. I thought scarce was

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<v Speaker 2>a situation, but now I found out it's a sensation.

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<v Speaker 2>Because I found out that there can never be enough

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<v Speaker 2>money to make you feel like you have enough. Until

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<v Speaker 2>God within you becomes enough.

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<v Speaker 1>It will never be.

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<v Speaker 2>I thought enough people could compliment you where you would

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<v Speaker 2>get enough compliments, where you would have confidence. But I

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<v Speaker 2>found out that if Christ is not the cornerstone of

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<v Speaker 2>your core concept of yourself and your character, it'll never

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<v Speaker 2>be enough. But now, when He speaks over my life,

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<v Speaker 2>who I am in him and what I have because

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<v Speaker 2>of Him, there is no shortage in this world that

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<v Speaker 2>can disconnect me from my supply. You hear what I

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<v Speaker 2>appreciate to you this Christmas season.

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<v Speaker 1>It's enough. And the disciples are going to learn this.

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<v Speaker 2>And in order to learn this, there are three things

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<v Speaker 2>they must do. I would love for you to take

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<v Speaker 2>that pen that we generously gave you because of the

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<v Speaker 2>financial support of our ministry partners and write these three

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<v Speaker 2>points down. And the first thing that the disciples had

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<v Speaker 2>to do that we must do if we are to

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<v Speaker 2>receive what God has promised to us. Because God's promises

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<v Speaker 2>are optional. Though they were promises, they are but the

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<v Speaker 2>promise is always attached to a principle, and you cannot

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<v Speaker 2>separate the promise from a process that creates it. So

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<v Speaker 2>he promises peace, but the process of peace is keep

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<v Speaker 2>your mind stayed on me. He will keep you in

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<v Speaker 2>perfect peace. If you keep your mind stayed on him,

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<v Speaker 2>you can't fill your head with facebook. And then ask

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<v Speaker 2>God to cancel out the empty calories of ignorant opinions

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<v Speaker 2>and provide you with supernatural, celestial, extraterrestrial peace.

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<v Speaker 1>Peace is produced by.

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<v Speaker 2>A process, and so it is provision. Both are in

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<v Speaker 2>the passage. But the first thing we must do to

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<v Speaker 2>receive all that God has will to supply is to

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<v Speaker 2>do what many of you are doing, especially in the

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<v Speaker 2>first few rows today, lean In.

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<v Speaker 1>Lean In, I mentioned.

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<v Speaker 2>That this miracle is recorded in all four gospels. It

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<v Speaker 2>seems to be an insignificant miracle to record in all

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<v Speaker 2>four gospels. I don't mean that it's not cool. It's

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<v Speaker 2>very cool, very impressive, very entertaining.

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<v Speaker 1>But to choose one miracle.

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<v Speaker 2>To record across Matthew's gospel his record, and Mark's gospel

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<v Speaker 2>his record, and Luke's gospel his record, and then.

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<v Speaker 1>John wants to talk about it too.

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<v Speaker 2>When we see people getting up off of stretchers when

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus walks through the street, and that's not in all

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<v Speaker 2>four gospels. We see little girls being raised from the dead.

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<v Speaker 2>Even Lazarus didn't make all four gospels.

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<v Speaker 1>But this little boy did with some barley bread.

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<v Speaker 2>Barley bread, the cheapest bread available in the day.

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<v Speaker 1>This is not a yeast roll, This is not a

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<v Speaker 1>cheese biscuit. This is not even pumper nickel.

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<v Speaker 2>And yet it's recorded in all four gospels, which is

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<v Speaker 2>fortunate because John leaves something out that I need to

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<v Speaker 2>know about the situation that created the provision. Okay, And

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<v Speaker 2>what John says is verse one. Sometime after this, Jesus

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<v Speaker 2>crossed to the far shore, like it was a good

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<v Speaker 2>time for a retreat and a good time for a buffet.

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<v Speaker 2>But it wasn't, because the other writers tell us that John,

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<v Speaker 2>the Baptist, who had been the forerunner of the message

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<v Speaker 2>of Jesus Christ, the one who prepared the way for

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<v Speaker 2>the Lord, had just had his head taken off by

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<v Speaker 2>a king who didn't want to hear the truth. On

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<v Speaker 2>the heels of this news, in an effort to get

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<v Speaker 2>away and regroup with the disciples who would have no

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<v Speaker 2>doubt been confused by this turn of events. Jesus is

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<v Speaker 2>met by a crowd. Now every mother of a three

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<v Speaker 2>year old can relate to.

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<v Speaker 1>The time when you finally.

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<v Speaker 2>Get five minutes for a shower and hear somebody banging

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<v Speaker 2>on the door of the shower.

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<v Speaker 1>This is the situation for Jesus.

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<v Speaker 2>He is finally on the boat and he gets up

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<v Speaker 2>to situate.

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<v Speaker 1>And he sits down.

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<v Speaker 2>To tell his disciples whatever he wants to tell him,

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<v Speaker 2>and here come people. Write it down. Your greatest opportunities

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<v Speaker 2>will come at the most inconvenient times. You won't be

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<v Speaker 2>in a good mood, you won't feel ready, you won't

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<v Speaker 2>have an extra fifteen thousand dollars laying around, and no kids.

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<v Speaker 1>Going to college.

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<v Speaker 2>Uh, God is going to show up in a time

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<v Speaker 2>of shortage to see do you really trust me or

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<v Speaker 2>do you trust stuff?

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<v Speaker 1>That's the question.

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<v Speaker 2>And the disciples first instinct it was a pretty logical one.

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<v Speaker 1>It's Jesus.

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus is irrational, and Jesus will just teach people all

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<v Speaker 2>day long.

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<v Speaker 1>Who needs to be healed? I got all day I'm eternal.

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<v Speaker 2>But the disciples it was like, hey, man, probably they should.

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<v Speaker 1>Eat and Matthew Records it.

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<v Speaker 2>He said that the disciples came to Jesus with the

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<v Speaker 2>suggestion send the crowds away. Okay, there is always a

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<v Speaker 2>temptation to send away the very thing that God sent

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<v Speaker 2>to supply you with, the very thing you prayed for. Remember,

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<v Speaker 2>they followed him because they wanted to make a difference.

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<v Speaker 2>Now here comes a chance to make a difference, and

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<v Speaker 2>they do this because they were operating by this. They

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<v Speaker 2>were operating by this, not by this send them away.

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<v Speaker 2>If they had sent the crowds away, not only would

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<v Speaker 2>this miracle not have occurred, but.

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<v Speaker 1>They wouldn't have had lunch. Can I tell you how

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<v Speaker 1>I know that?

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<v Speaker 2>Because it was a little boys lunch that ended up

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<v Speaker 2>feeding the multitude.

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<v Speaker 1>Not Peters.

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<v Speaker 2>Peter didn't pack a sandwich. Why are you pointing that out?

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<v Speaker 2>Because the very provision was in the inconvenience, you see it.

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<v Speaker 2>It was what they wanted to go away, that was

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<v Speaker 2>carrying what they needed that they signed up for in

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<v Speaker 2>the first place. And so when you come to church,

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<v Speaker 2>there are certain things that the preacher will say that

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<v Speaker 2>you will lean into because your neighbor needs to hear that,

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<v Speaker 2>because you've been trying to tell your husband, and would

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<v Speaker 2>you Please listen to Pastor Steve and he's.

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<v Speaker 1>Saying something important stuff right now, and you lean in

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<v Speaker 1>to that.

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<v Speaker 2>Can I tell you the word that you need the

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<v Speaker 2>most in your life is the one that you resist

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<v Speaker 2>at first, that one that makes you cross your arms

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<v Speaker 2>and look at me like you think you're Connor McGregor.

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<v Speaker 1>That word, that's the one you need to lean into.

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<v Speaker 2>The one that makes you uncomfortable, the one that makes

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<v Speaker 2>the one that makes something inside of you conflict with

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<v Speaker 2>something else inside of you.

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<v Speaker 1>That's the tension that produces growth.

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<v Speaker 2>That's the one, the one, the one that challenges your

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<v Speaker 2>comfort zone.

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<v Speaker 1>That's the one that's.

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<v Speaker 2>The one to lean into, even if you got to

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<v Speaker 2>lean in with crossed eyes, even if you got to

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<v Speaker 2>lean in with sweaty palms. It is the word that

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<v Speaker 2>God brings to you that you most fiercely resist at first,

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<v Speaker 2>that often releases the resource that you need the most.

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<v Speaker 2>So are you leaned in to where we're going as

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<v Speaker 2>a church in this season? Because not everybody is. Some

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<v Speaker 2>people come to church and sit back, and sit back

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<v Speaker 2>and leave early to avoid traffic and watch football. We

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<v Speaker 2>announce an offering and some people go here, we go.

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<v Speaker 2>I heard about this. I knew it was coming. Of

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<v Speaker 2>course it was coming. You think God was gonna let

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<v Speaker 2>you sit there in your comfort and never challenge you

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<v Speaker 2>to take your own step of faith. Of course it's coming.

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<v Speaker 2>This is what we signed up for. Oh you thought

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus was your burger king where you could have it

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<v Speaker 2>your way, And now you sit back at the time

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<v Speaker 2>when the very thing that he came to do is

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<v Speaker 2>being done. Lean in in your marriage.

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<v Speaker 1>Lean in to.

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<v Speaker 2>The difficult conversations if you want to stay married. It

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<v Speaker 2>was the thing they wanted to send away that held

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<v Speaker 2>the supply that they needed to accomplish the mission.

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<v Speaker 1>That they signed up for.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's why the man said, Ah, he's leaning in.

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<v Speaker 1>That's why we give with a cheerful heart. I'm leaned in.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm leaned in.

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<v Speaker 2>How can you be a part of what you're not

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<v Speaker 2>leaned in towards? How can you receive from God if

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<v Speaker 2>your posture is this? But if you lean in I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not talking about physical posture is fine. I know you

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<v Speaker 2>got a back thing and you're paying attention, but you

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<v Speaker 2>just need some lumbar support. I know. I'm talking about

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<v Speaker 2>the posture of your heart.

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<v Speaker 1>Blake me.

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<v Speaker 3>The posture of your Heartlake Norman, and the posture of

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<v Speaker 3>your heart is most reflected in where.

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<v Speaker 2>You put your treasure. Your treasure. Where your treasure is,

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<v Speaker 2>there will your heart be also. So they had to

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<v Speaker 2>lean in. And here's the second thing that they had

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<v Speaker 2>to do, not only to lean in to the situation

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<v Speaker 2>that they wanted to send away, but after they had

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<v Speaker 2>leaned in, they had to number two, look down. Maybe

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<v Speaker 2>you think I made a mistake on my text, because

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<v Speaker 2>if you were paying close attention to all these little details,

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<v Speaker 2>the Bible says that when Jesus went up on a

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<v Speaker 2>mountain side verse three and sat down with his disciples

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<v Speaker 2>verse five, he looked up and saw a great crowd.

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<v Speaker 2>So intuitively we would say look up, But studying the

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<v Speaker 2>passage a few more times, I realized that as Jesus

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<v Speaker 2>looked up at the crowd, he was looking down from

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<v Speaker 2>the mountain.

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<v Speaker 1>Watch it again. Verse three, Jesus went.

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<v Speaker 2>Up on a mountain and sat down with his disciples

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<v Speaker 2>verse five when he looked up. So it matters your

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<v Speaker 2>vantage point in terms of what your decisions will be.

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<v Speaker 2>It matters where you're seeing it from, It matters at

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<v Speaker 2>what altitude you are looking at. Your situation, what conclusions

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<v Speaker 2>you will come to now?

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<v Speaker 1>I would suggest to you that the only reason.

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus was able to see the needs of the crowd

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<v Speaker 2>is because he saw them from Heaven's perspective. If he

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<v Speaker 2>had not been on that mountain side seeking the will

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<v Speaker 2>of his father in Heaven, he would have seen the people.

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<v Speaker 1>As an inconvenience.

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<v Speaker 2>But because he had been on the mountain side spending

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<v Speaker 2>time with God, when when they saw an inconvenience, he

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<v Speaker 2>saw an invitation.

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<v Speaker 1>It was where he.

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<v Speaker 2>Saw it from that determined what he saw.

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<v Speaker 1>And if you look at your.

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<v Speaker 2>Life from the level of your life, you will only

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<v Speaker 2>ever see problems obstacles.

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<v Speaker 1>If you ever look.

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<v Speaker 2>At your life from the vantage point of your heavenly Father,

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<v Speaker 2>who knows the hairs on your head, and not one

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<v Speaker 2>sparrow falls from the sky, you will not see shortage.

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<v Speaker 2>You will see opportunity. You will see space for God

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<v Speaker 2>to move, You will see room for God to maneuver.

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<v Speaker 2>But you have to you have to go up to

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<v Speaker 2>look down. This is such a powerful principle. If you

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<v Speaker 2>would let me, I'd like to explain it one layer deeper. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>all right, we have to break away from the Bible

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<v Speaker 2>for one moment to get this because you got Philip,

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<v Speaker 2>you got Andrew, and they are both employing two different

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<v Speaker 2>methods of information processing. This is the psychological terminology. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>not the biblical terminology.

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<v Speaker 1>But there are two ways of processing information.

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<v Speaker 2>One is called bottom up, one is called top down.

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<v Speaker 2>Bottom up processing is when you look at something and

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<v Speaker 2>don't have knowledge about it, and so the way you

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<v Speaker 2>look at it is based on your visual or sensory

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<v Speaker 2>perception of it. It would be like you looking at

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<v Speaker 2>this microphone. You would know certain things about this microphone.

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<v Speaker 2>Through your sensus. You would see that it is perhaps

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<v Speaker 2>a black microphone, a black cordless microphone. So I can

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<v Speaker 2>move all around this church a big black cordless microphone,

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<v Speaker 2>a big black, loud cordless microphone, and then most of

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<v Speaker 2>you would be done. Why because you can only describe

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<v Speaker 2>it according to your senses. However, if Zach Kimri, who

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<v Speaker 2>is on our tech team, and I believe he's off

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<v Speaker 2>this weekend so I can say whatever I want about him,

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<v Speaker 2>if he came up to talk about the microphone, he

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<v Speaker 2>would bore you to tears with details about this microphone

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<v Speaker 2>that you never asked in your life to hear about.

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<v Speaker 2>He would tell you what frequency this microphone must be

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<v Speaker 2>on to cooperate with the equipment that lines up with

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<v Speaker 2>the solar eclipse, and how it was engineered in the

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<v Speaker 2>nineteen thirty twos by a German.

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<v Speaker 1>And he would tell you he knows more.

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<v Speaker 2>About this microphone than he knows about his wife.

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<v Speaker 1>Is scary? Is scary?

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<v Speaker 2>They'll go on and on, how is a special thing

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<v Speaker 2>on the microphone? And which battery and what all these

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<v Speaker 2>little numbers mean on the microphone?

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<v Speaker 1>Why?

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<v Speaker 2>Because he brings his knowledge and experience to the situation.

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<v Speaker 2>That's not bottom up processing. This is called top down processing.

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<v Speaker 2>It means I take what I know and I apply

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<v Speaker 2>it to what I see. So I don't start with

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<v Speaker 2>what I see and guess about what it is.

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<v Speaker 1>I start with.

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<v Speaker 2>What I know because of what I've seen, and I

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<v Speaker 2>apply it to.

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<v Speaker 1>What I'm looking at now.

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<v Speaker 2>So I want to ask a question, Church, are you

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<v Speaker 2>living life from the bottom up or the top down?

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<v Speaker 1>Because when you have a revelation of.

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<v Speaker 2>The faithfulness of God, I'm trying not to holler, Hollywood,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm getting excited. When you see him move the mountains

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<v Speaker 2>in your life. You look at the next mountain, You

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<v Speaker 2>look at the next need, you look at the next man,

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<v Speaker 2>you look at the liath, you stare him down and say,

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<v Speaker 2>God's got this.

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<v Speaker 1>I've been there, done that, But the slink shut. Bring

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<v Speaker 1>it on.

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<v Speaker 2>I got my stick up to this too.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm living from the top down. And the word.

0:28:13.440 --> 0:28:18.000
<v Speaker 2>Became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld his glory.

0:28:18.359 --> 0:28:22.040
<v Speaker 2>I know his glory. I know he's good. I know

0:28:22.200 --> 0:28:26.520
<v Speaker 2>he's a provider. He's Jehovah Zira. He's been there for me.

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<v Speaker 2>He'll see me through.

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<v Speaker 1>Tot.

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<v Speaker 2>Somebody say I know something, I know something, I know something.

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus knew something that they didn't know, because he came

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<v Speaker 2>from somewhere they hadn't been.

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<v Speaker 1>The only way I know.

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<v Speaker 2>This is because of what he said later in John

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<v Speaker 2>chapter six, and it was the first of seven statements

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<v Speaker 2>that he made that started with two English words, I am.

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<v Speaker 2>The background of this phrase is so sacred. It is

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<v Speaker 2>the very name that God gave Moses. When Moses wanted

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<v Speaker 2>to know how. God did not answer the how, he

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<v Speaker 2>answered the who never not enough. He left a blank.

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<v Speaker 1>I am.

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<v Speaker 2>I am what you need I am.

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<v Speaker 1>So he performs the miracle. He feeds the people.

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<v Speaker 2>And then he reveals his identity and he says something

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<v Speaker 2>very challenging to his Jewish audience. I am the bread

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<v Speaker 2>of life.

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<v Speaker 1>If you're hungry, I am enough for every appetite.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you believe this or do you have to go

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<v Speaker 2>get your needs met somewhere outside of God.

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<v Speaker 1>I am the bread of life.

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<v Speaker 2>When you bring your offering next weekend, you will be

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<v Speaker 2>declaring who God is to you. Is he a bare minimum,

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<v Speaker 2>is he an insurance policy?

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<v Speaker 1>Or is he the bread of life? He said?

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<v Speaker 2>I am the bread of life. So what you're searching for,

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<v Speaker 2>I supply.

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<v Speaker 1>What you need.

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<v Speaker 2>I am the next thing, he said, refers to darkness.

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<v Speaker 2>For the times that you live in confusion. I am

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<v Speaker 2>the light of the world. There will never be so

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<v Speaker 2>much darkness that my light cannot guide your path. The

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<v Speaker 2>world will never get so dark that the witness of

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<v Speaker 2>a unified church cannot shine brightly the love of God.

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<v Speaker 2>You are the light of the world. A city on

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<v Speaker 2>a hill cannot be hidden. But this light is not

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<v Speaker 2>up you. It shines through you. I am the bread

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<v Speaker 2>of life. If you're hungry, I am the light for

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<v Speaker 2>all those who walk in darkness. I am somebody shout,

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<v Speaker 2>I am I am the gate for the sheep.

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<v Speaker 1>I am your way out. I am your way in.

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<v Speaker 2>Feel trapped, I am feel stuck. I am feel locked out,

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<v Speaker 2>feel feel feel unincluded.

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<v Speaker 1>I am feel unwonted.

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<v Speaker 2>I am I am passage to greener pastures. Not only

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<v Speaker 2>am I the gate, I am the good shepherd.

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<v Speaker 1>You need some direction in your life.

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<v Speaker 2>Get behind me and follow me through the valley, through

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<v Speaker 2>the pain, through the toil, through the pestilence.

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<v Speaker 1>Follow me. I am the resurrection. Even if it.

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<v Speaker 2>Does if I say, get up, it's gotta live. I

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<v Speaker 2>am the Resurrection and the Life. I am the true vibe.

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<v Speaker 2>If you feel disconnected, hook up with me. You looked

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<v Speaker 2>up with everybody else and they left you like they

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<v Speaker 2>found you. But when you get connected to this, I

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<v Speaker 2>am the true vibe. I am the Way, the truth,

0:32:37.240 --> 0:32:40.600
<v Speaker 2>and the life, and I'm making a way for everybody

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<v Speaker 2>who will walk by faith. Shout if you.

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<v Speaker 1>Believe you.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm seated in heavenly places with Christ. Philip, shut up

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<v Speaker 2>for a minute. You're doing your calculations how we can

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<v Speaker 2>buy bread, and we're standing right in front of bread.

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<v Speaker 2>He is what you don't think you have enough of

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<v Speaker 2>thank God for Andrew. Andrew saves the day Philip from

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<v Speaker 2>the bottom up.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's see, it's about five thousand million, and.

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<v Speaker 2>There are CPA anointing on Philip about to mess up

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<v Speaker 2>the whole miracle, and that will always mess it up. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>are you going to do this by reason or revelation? Well,

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<v Speaker 2>let's see they're doing the offering at the church. Honey,

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<v Speaker 2>I think we'll give them a little bit on nerves

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<v Speaker 2>over there, and then a little bit to the fire

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<v Speaker 2>department and it'll just be great.

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<v Speaker 1>Want to be wonderful. He wasn't wrong. What he said

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<v Speaker 1>was correct.

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<v Speaker 2>It was just incomplete, just failed to account for the

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<v Speaker 2>greatest resource they had.

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<v Speaker 1>So watch this, watch this, lean in, look down, listen up.

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<v Speaker 2>The Bible says something it never says again. Here Andrew

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<v Speaker 2>spoke up. You never see him talk again in the

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<v Speaker 2>whole Bible except this one time. And thank God he talked,

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<v Speaker 2>because what he said next led to a miracle that

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<v Speaker 2>all four Gospels would record. He spoke up, He spoke

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<v Speaker 2>what he spoke up, he was hearing something else. All

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<v Speaker 2>Philip heard was Reason's excuses.

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<v Speaker 1>But Andrew, he hears something different.

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<v Speaker 2>In Jesus question he said, women, he wouldn't be asking

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<v Speaker 2>us this if he didn't know what he was going

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<v Speaker 2>to do. God will never ask anything for you that

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<v Speaker 2>He will not give to you. Please believe that. And

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<v Speaker 2>that's how I can say that my God shall supply

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<v Speaker 2>all my needs according to his glorious riches from the

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<v Speaker 2>top down.

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<v Speaker 1>As never not enough.

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<v Speaker 2>But if you listen down, you'll find a thousand reasons

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<v Speaker 2>why not to trust, A thousand reasons why not to pray,

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<v Speaker 2>A thousand reasons why not to forgive? A thousand reasons

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<v Speaker 2>why not to stay, A thousand reasons why.

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<v Speaker 1>Not to participate.

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<v Speaker 2>You have an opportunity next weekend to come before God

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<v Speaker 2>not with empty hands, but with the faith filled heart.

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<v Speaker 2>We have preached these messages that have built your faith.

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<v Speaker 2>Many of you have experienced healing in your life, and

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<v Speaker 2>now you get to make that same way for somebody else.

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<v Speaker 2>There will be another voice after I put the mic down.

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<v Speaker 2>It will tell you all the reasons it doesn't make sense.

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<v Speaker 2>It will be the voice of calculation, not the voice

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<v Speaker 2>of faith, and it will keep you from seeing what

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<v Speaker 2>God can do through you. Andrew spoke up, and he said,

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<v Speaker 2>it doesn't seem like enough, and it doesn't make sense,

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<v Speaker 2>but here's what we have.

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<v Speaker 1>He asks a question of his own, though, how far

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<v Speaker 1>will it go?

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<v Speaker 2>Among so many? Is that the question isn't enough? Will

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<v Speaker 2>it even matter? Will I have enough? If I give

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<v Speaker 2>to God? Will I have enough? It depends on who

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<v Speaker 2>you think he is. If he is bread, how could

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<v Speaker 2>you ever need bread? See, there's a question in verse nine,

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<v Speaker 2>how far will they go?

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<v Speaker 1>Among so many?

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<v Speaker 2>And I think there's an invisible verse in here that

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<v Speaker 2>didn't make the final cut. I think it's the verse

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<v Speaker 2>where Jesus said, you want to find out, bring it

0:37:07.040 --> 0:37:09.799
<v Speaker 2>to me, because you have seen what it can do

0:37:09.880 --> 0:37:13.239
<v Speaker 2>in your hands. You have seen how many fish your

0:37:13.280 --> 0:37:14.719
<v Speaker 2>boat could catch without.

0:37:14.400 --> 0:37:20.120
<v Speaker 1>Me in it. Put it in my hands. I'm not

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<v Speaker 1>giving my offering away next weekend.

0:37:22.760 --> 0:37:25.400
<v Speaker 2>I'm transferring ownership to someone who knows what to do

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<v Speaker 2>with it.

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<v Speaker 1>It's an investment.

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<v Speaker 2>By the way, where did the twelve baskets come from?

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<v Speaker 2>You think it's possible that Jesus put them in the

0:37:42.360 --> 0:37:45.440
<v Speaker 2>boat before they ever got in, because he already.

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<v Speaker 1>Knew what he was going to do.

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<v Speaker 2>He already knows, he knows all those voices that would

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<v Speaker 2>keep you from doing it, and he allready knows your needs,

0:38:02.360 --> 0:38:04.840
<v Speaker 2>and if you have the faith to believe it, I

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<v Speaker 2>declare that they are all ready met in His name

0:38:10.360 --> 0:38:19.760
<v Speaker 2>this day. What are you doing in this offering next weekend?

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<v Speaker 2>I'm living from the top down. I am declaring who

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<v Speaker 2>God is to me. Father, I thank you for the

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<v Speaker 2>word that has gone forth today. This word registered so

0:38:34.520 --> 0:38:36.919
<v Speaker 2>deeply in somebody's heart that they will be set free

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<v Speaker 2>in a way that will change the rest of their life.

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<v Speaker 2>I believe it and declare it in this moment. We

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<v Speaker 2>thank you for this church that you are building, this

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<v Speaker 2>ministry that you have established. We feel privileged to be

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<v Speaker 2>a part of something that is touching the world. I

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<v Speaker 2>want to pray right now, God, for every person in

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<v Speaker 2>every sea, watching on every screen, that this message would

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<v Speaker 2>not just provide a moment of inspiration, but that you

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<v Speaker 2>would speak now giving clear instruction to your people.

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<v Speaker 1>Faith without works is dead.

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<v Speaker 2>So show them what to do with what they've heard,

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<v Speaker 2>Show them who you are, and then allow them to

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<v Speaker 2>see what they're going through through the lens of who

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<v Speaker 2>you are. We don't want to live by reason. We

0:39:29.400 --> 0:39:33.600
<v Speaker 2>want to live by revelation. And you are the bread

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<v Speaker 2>of life. You are the light of the world. You

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<v Speaker 2>are the Gate, You are the Shepherd. You are the

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<v Speaker 2>Resurrection and the Light. You are the Vine. You are

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<v Speaker 2>the Way. And now God, we want to be way makers.

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<v Speaker 2>We want people to find you through us. That's what

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<v Speaker 2>we're here for. Stand to your feet, no one moving.

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<v Speaker 2>I like to take my hands like this sometimes and

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<v Speaker 2>just put them out in front of me. If you

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<v Speaker 2>would do that now, please. All that I have comes

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<v Speaker 2>from you, God, and you are more than enough for me.

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<v Speaker 2>Declare over these people today that no area of shortage

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<v Speaker 2>in their life is greater than your glory.

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<v Speaker 1>You are enough for me.

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<v Speaker 2>Speak to our hearts good, speak to our deepest needs.

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<v Speaker 2>Made the knowledge of who you are be greater than

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<v Speaker 2>the fear of what it is or what it's not.

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<v Speaker 2>I pray that we would see a true mint, this

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<v Speaker 2>release of faith and a tremendous release of provision on

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<v Speaker 2>behalf of your people as this year ends. Many need

0:41:10.840 --> 0:41:15.520
<v Speaker 2>miracles in their families, in their bodies, in their minds,

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<v Speaker 2>and you are the great I am thank you for

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<v Speaker 2>joining us. Special thanks to those of you who give

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<v Speaker 2>generously to this ministry.

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<v Speaker 1>Is because of you that this ministry is possible.

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