WEBVTT - Barriers To Blessings

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

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

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

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

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

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<v Speaker 2>in your life.

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<v Speaker 1>Enjoy the message.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to share a verse with you from Isaiah

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<v Speaker 2>forty three. This verse nineteen, God, see I am doing

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<v Speaker 2>a new thing. Well, y'all, that's only the first part

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<v Speaker 2>of the verse. Would you let me read the whole

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<v Speaker 2>verse before you start acting all excited and enthusiastic.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm just kidding. Of course, you can shout anytime.

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<v Speaker 2>People shout over much stupid or stuff, so you can.

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<v Speaker 2>You can get excited here. Sorry, all right, let me

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<v Speaker 2>start over. Just let's start over. See, I'm doing a

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<v Speaker 2>new thing now, it's up. Do you not perceive it?

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<v Speaker 2>I am making away in the wilderness. That's what you are,

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<v Speaker 2>just singing and streams in the waste slam. Permit me

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<v Speaker 2>to go over to the Book of Hebrews. I want

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<v Speaker 2>to put one New Testament verse together with that Old

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<v Speaker 2>Testament prophecy. And this is Hebrews Chapter six, Verse one.

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<v Speaker 2>The writer says, Therefore, let us move beyond the elementary

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<v Speaker 2>teachings about Christ and be taken forward to maturity, not

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<v Speaker 2>laying again the foundation of repentance from acts that lead

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<v Speaker 2>to death and of faith in God. So what I

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<v Speaker 2>want to talk to you for a few moments today,

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm so very thrilled to get to stand before

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<v Speaker 2>you again and share the word.

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<v Speaker 1>Of God with you.

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<v Speaker 2>And my subject, my subject is barriers to blessings. And

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<v Speaker 2>I want you to pray for me that I would

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<v Speaker 2>be able to deliver this word to you, just like

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<v Speaker 2>God wants you to hear it. Father, Thanks, thank you

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<v Speaker 2>for the time we have together. Now, these are your people,

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<v Speaker 2>This is your word. Make the connection so that your

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<v Speaker 2>word gets in the hearts of your people and changes

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<v Speaker 2>their lives.

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<v Speaker 1>Because if that happens, the world will change.

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<v Speaker 2>So we believe we're standing on the brink of something great,

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<v Speaker 2>and we declare it by faith in Jesus name.

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<v Speaker 1>Amen, you may be seated.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, not to be unspiritual, but would you help me

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<v Speaker 2>wish my wife a happy birthday.

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<v Speaker 1>She celebrated her birthday and I didn't ask her if

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<v Speaker 1>I could tell you that she's thirty seven.

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<v Speaker 2>We're getting old girl, No are We talk about this

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<v Speaker 2>all the time that we know we're getting old, and

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<v Speaker 2>we know we're getting old because we listen to Cheryl

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<v Speaker 2>Crowe and we yeah, I was in love with Cheryl

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<v Speaker 2>Crowe round age fourteen. I think she was like sixty

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<v Speaker 2>five at that time, and so but she's still.

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<v Speaker 1>Going and.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, yeah, we're getting old. It's true because I was

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<v Speaker 2>telling Holly the other day, you know, we were even

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<v Speaker 2>listening to trying to listen to some new music from

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<v Speaker 2>the new Cheryl Crow album, which sounds, you know, like

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<v Speaker 2>a paradox, but it's not. It's she's still making music today.

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<v Speaker 2>But I looked at Holly I was like, I just

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<v Speaker 2>can't do it. I just can't listen to the new

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<v Speaker 2>Cheryl Crow. And so we had this weird discussion about

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<v Speaker 2>neural pathways and how your brain starts to like certain

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<v Speaker 2>music in certain stages, and we had a very this

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<v Speaker 2>was on her birthday.

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<v Speaker 1>We had a very.

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<v Speaker 2>Deep discussion about why we don't like the new Cheryl

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<v Speaker 2>Crow and why we like the old Cheryl Crow.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's not I don't think it's Cheryl's fault.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think Cheryl's vocals have gotten weaker or songwriting

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<v Speaker 2>abilities and sensibilities have gotten any less. Keen, I promise,

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<v Speaker 2>i'mnna get back to the scripture.

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<v Speaker 1>I see a few guests looking nervous. What did you

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<v Speaker 1>bring me to?

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<v Speaker 2>I see a few teenagers looking confused.

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<v Speaker 1>Who is Sheryl Crow?

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<v Speaker 2>And it all makes me feel old, because like, if

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<v Speaker 2>you play a bassline from an old Cheryl Crow song,

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<v Speaker 2>just automatically, it puts me in a certain frame of mind,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, and music does that to you. They've written

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<v Speaker 2>books about it, They've done studies at prestigious universities about

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<v Speaker 2>why certain like why if you played leaving Las Vegas

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<v Speaker 2>right now by Cheryl Crow, just even the baseline, just

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<v Speaker 2>even just a.

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<v Speaker 1>If he started playing that, I.

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<v Speaker 2>Could remember being at the music Farm when I watched

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<v Speaker 2>her open for Blues Traveler. It makes me feel free

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<v Speaker 2>and it makes me feel excited.

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<v Speaker 1>And I remember smelling marijuana for the first time. But

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<v Speaker 1>that's not the point of church. Well, I'm saying this.

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<v Speaker 2>It's like a it's embedded, it's an attachment, it's an

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<v Speaker 2>anchor memory.

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<v Speaker 1>And I liked it.

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<v Speaker 2>I liked the old stuff, I like the new stuff,

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<v Speaker 2>or any of you like me, like just music is not,

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<v Speaker 2>but it it's.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay to talk about just not what it used to be. No, no,

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<v Speaker 3>what happened to the guitar solos and the Sheryl Crow basslines?

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<v Speaker 2>Of course that brings us to Isaiah forty three. No,

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<v Speaker 2>it really does, because y'all were shouting, and I thought

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<v Speaker 2>it was odd that you were shouting, because the announcement

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<v Speaker 2>went like this. I don't know if you remember, It's

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<v Speaker 2>been like five minutes. And then some of us forget

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<v Speaker 2>real quickly, and everybody shot knew. I was reading the verse,

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<v Speaker 2>and I said, see, I am doing a new thing.

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<v Speaker 2>I have no idea what happened in Matthews or Ronoke

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<v Speaker 2>or Raleigh or any other location, but here Valentine. When

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<v Speaker 2>I was trying to read my scripture and I only

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<v Speaker 2>got that far, and I said, see, I am doing.

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<v Speaker 1>A new thing. And they start cheering. But they do

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<v Speaker 1>not share for highway construction.

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<v Speaker 2>Nor did they listen to the new Sheryl Crow album,

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<v Speaker 2>nor did they like their kids choice in music.

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<v Speaker 1>Or clothing.

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<v Speaker 2>We don't really how many want God to do a

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<v Speaker 2>new thing in your life. I'm setting you up. Be

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<v Speaker 2>careful if you raise your hand. I'm just warning you,

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<v Speaker 2>because I think that's I think that's a real challenge.

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<v Speaker 2>I really do. I think sometimes when God is trying

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<v Speaker 2>to bless us, I can use scriptural examples. How you know,

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<v Speaker 2>the early Church was so used to the law that

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<v Speaker 2>when the writer of Hebrews began to break it down,

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<v Speaker 2>and he said that in times past God has spoken

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<v Speaker 2>through the prophets, and he gave us the law through Moses,

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<v Speaker 2>and now he's speaking through his son. One of the

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<v Speaker 2>reasons that the hebrew people had such a difficult time

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<v Speaker 2>and they needed to be brought forth or be led

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<v Speaker 2>into something new, is because our brains have a way.

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<v Speaker 2>They've studied this now in science, not only with Sheryl

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<v Speaker 2>Crow songs, but also with any habit that happens in

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<v Speaker 2>your life. We know now that your brain actually creates highways.

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<v Speaker 2>That's not a technical term. And over the next seven seconds,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to tell you everything that I know about

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<v Speaker 2>brain science, but it won't take me long. But I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know that your brain forms connections. Yeah, your brain.

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<v Speaker 2>Once you've done something a certain number of way a

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<v Speaker 2>certain number of times, your brain just locks it in

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<v Speaker 2>and anything that doesn't feel familiar like that starts to

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<v Speaker 2>feel frustrating.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's why some of the.

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<v Speaker 2>Things that you do in your life that you don't

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<v Speaker 2>even like the results of are so difficult to undo

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<v Speaker 2>because you've established a way of doing things.

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<v Speaker 1>We even say that, we say, well, that's just the

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<v Speaker 1>way he is. What are we saying.

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<v Speaker 2>We're talking about his neural pathways. We don't call it

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<v Speaker 2>neural pathways because our friends would look at us funny.

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<v Speaker 1>So we say that's just the way he is.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, that's not just the way he is, it's the

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<v Speaker 2>way his brain has been trained, or it's the way

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<v Speaker 2>that her brain has been trained. I don't want to

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<v Speaker 2>be sexist about it. Women have issues and habitual addictions to.

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<v Speaker 4>Do.

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<v Speaker 2>Somebody say, change your ways. No shouting over that. But

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<v Speaker 2>yet I'm excuse me for a moment. I'm just trying

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<v Speaker 2>to reconcile the fact that when I read my scripture.

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<v Speaker 1>See I am doing a new thing. It felt exciting.

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<v Speaker 2>But then when we actually begin to discuss what it means,

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<v Speaker 2>because God says, now it springs up, do you not

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<v Speaker 2>perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness

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<v Speaker 2>and streams in the wasteland, and other words, God is

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<v Speaker 2>saying to a people who have been exiled into Babylonian captivity.

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<v Speaker 2>He's saying, I'm trying to bless you. I've been trying

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<v Speaker 2>to bless you all your life. I've been trying to

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<v Speaker 2>bless you all your life. I've been trying to release

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<v Speaker 2>what you need all your life. I've been trying to

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<v Speaker 2>give you what is in me. I've been trying to

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<v Speaker 2>flow through you and flow to you and to't your neighbor. Again,

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<v Speaker 2>I won't do this, but maybe about ten more times.

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<v Speaker 2>Tell them God is trying to bless you. He is

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<v Speaker 2>trying to bless you.

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<v Speaker 1>But Isaiah speaks.

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<v Speaker 2>Up because the people of Israel have been, by their behaviors,

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<v Speaker 2>blocking the blessing of God. So I called this message

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<v Speaker 2>barriers to blessings because just like there are blessings, I

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<v Speaker 2>mean real blessings, not just cars and houses. Those are fine,

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<v Speaker 2>not just pools and boyfriends, although if you get one

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<v Speaker 2>of those or both of those, I'll celebrate with you.

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<v Speaker 2>But far beyond that, God wants to bless you at

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<v Speaker 2>the very state of your being. That's what he said

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<v Speaker 2>to Abraham. You will be a blessing. Not just you

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<v Speaker 2>will be blessed, but everybody you touch talk to even

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<v Speaker 2>look at will be blessed just because they got in

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<v Speaker 2>proximity to you.

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<v Speaker 1>That's the promise.

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<v Speaker 2>That's why God brought his people forth so that they

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<v Speaker 2>would be blessed. And the reason that he wanted them

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<v Speaker 2>to be blessed is so they could be a blessing.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's what we're talking about in this series is

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<v Speaker 2>that sometimes we experience.

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<v Speaker 1>Here's the term in business terminology.

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<v Speaker 2>Any business owners in the house, I need to know

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<v Speaker 2>who to pray for, because it is not easy to

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<v Speaker 2>lead an organization, is it.

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<v Speaker 1>And if you started your business, raise your hand.

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<v Speaker 2>If you started your business, and I see that takes

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of courage, because every business has barriers to entry.

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<v Speaker 1>That's the technical term.

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<v Speaker 2>It's startup costs, government regulations, knowledge that you may not

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<v Speaker 2>have that existing competitors already have. And so even to

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<v Speaker 2>think about starting a business is should make you a

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<v Speaker 2>little nauseous because there are barriers to entry. One thing

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<v Speaker 2>that has changed in our modern age is that in

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<v Speaker 2>regards to creativity and content, there are so many different

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<v Speaker 2>ways to distribute content that it's no longer like it was.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not like the old days. In the old days,

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<v Speaker 2>you had to have a record label. To put out

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<v Speaker 2>an album, you had to have a lot of money

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<v Speaker 2>to book studio time. Well, now if you have the

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<v Speaker 2>right software and a SoundCloud, you could just put your

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<v Speaker 2>stuff out off as any good. Maybe it'll get somebody's attention.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, if you really consistently. I'm not saying it's easier,

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<v Speaker 2>because now there are more than ever, many different people

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<v Speaker 2>and many different entities vuying for attention. But what's happened

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<v Speaker 2>is the barrier to entry has really been broken down,

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<v Speaker 2>and now the barrier to entry is no longer Do

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<v Speaker 2>you have enough money to make an album or do

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<v Speaker 2>you have somebody who will help you make an album?

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<v Speaker 2>It's are you any good? And are you consistent enough

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<v Speaker 2>that you will put out enough stuff until you connect.

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<v Speaker 1>With your audience.

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<v Speaker 2>So I kind of feel like that that's what we're

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<v Speaker 2>trying to understand here in Isaiah forty three and Hebrews

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<v Speaker 2>chapter six. Although these scriptures are separated by about seven

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<v Speaker 2>centuries of time. I think God is trying to get

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<v Speaker 2>us to see that the barriers that were before us

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<v Speaker 2>to keep us from experiencing His blessing are no longer there.

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<v Speaker 2>So I'm talking about shame that was dealt with at

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<v Speaker 2>the cross. I'm talking about your weakness that can actually

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<v Speaker 2>become strength. I'm talking about the mistakes of your past

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<v Speaker 2>that you relive in your mind over and over again.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm saying God has dealt with that, defeated death, defeated the.

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<v Speaker 1>Grave, taken your shame.

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<v Speaker 2>How many want to thank God that the barrier has

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<v Speaker 2>already been broken.

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<v Speaker 1>Just receive it right now.

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<v Speaker 2>Because since you couldn't get to God, God came down

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<v Speaker 2>to you, wrapped himself up, looking like a little infant,

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<v Speaker 2>but really he was infinite, coming through the eons, coming

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<v Speaker 2>through the Axis, coming through Eternity. Cannot preach like the

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<v Speaker 2>barrier is broken. As a matter of fact, when I

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<v Speaker 2>even look out over our church, I see lots of

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<v Speaker 2>barriers broken. I see people who shouldn't even be in

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<v Speaker 2>church together praising God right beside each other, like we

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<v Speaker 2>have the same baptism, the same faith, the same birth,

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<v Speaker 2>the same hope.

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<v Speaker 1>It gets me excited.

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<v Speaker 2>Now if the essence of the Gospel is that God

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<v Speaker 2>breaks barriers, and that he broke every barrier, even the

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<v Speaker 2>righteous requirements of the law, which were fully met in him,

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<v Speaker 2>so that you might be fully found in Him, so

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<v Speaker 2>that nothing could separate you from the love of God

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<v Speaker 2>that is in Christ, Jesus your Lord, neither height, nor death,

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<v Speaker 2>nor anything else in all creation. When Paul wanted to

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<v Speaker 2>say it, he said it like that, etc. None of

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<v Speaker 2>it can keep me from the love and the blessing

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<v Speaker 2>of God except my unbelief, because all of that can

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<v Speaker 2>be true. But if you don't believe it's true, it

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<v Speaker 2>won't be true for you, even if you're shout about it.

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<v Speaker 2>But when you go home, you really don't think that

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<v Speaker 2>God is doing a new thing, you will stay stuck.

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<v Speaker 1>In what was. And I don't envy Isaiah.

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<v Speaker 2>He was a much better preacher than I will ever be,

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<v Speaker 2>to say the least. Even the fact that I would

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<v Speaker 2>say that feels arrogant to say that. You know that Isaiah,

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<v Speaker 2>let me tell you how good he was at his job. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>he's called the egle eyed prophet because he was prophesying

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<v Speaker 2>stuff that he he wouldn't even live to see. So

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<v Speaker 2>he was preaching the sermons that the people would need

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<v Speaker 2>for something that they weren't even going through yet, that

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<v Speaker 2>he would never even go through. And so God would

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<v Speaker 2>download what they would need. And God knew that his

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<v Speaker 2>people would worship these other gods, even though that the

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<v Speaker 2>God of Heaven had promised to a man called Abraham,

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<v Speaker 2>who was the father of their faith, that I will

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<v Speaker 2>bless you, and you will be a blessing, and there

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<v Speaker 2>will never be a time that you will not be blessed.

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<v Speaker 2>And not only will you be blessed, but all peoples

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<v Speaker 2>of the earth will be blessed through you, all of them.

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<v Speaker 1>Not I'm not just doing this for one nation, one people.

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<v Speaker 2>Grow The heart of God has always been that all

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<v Speaker 2>of us would be blessed, that every barrier would be

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<v Speaker 2>broken down, not just in one zip code, not just

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<v Speaker 2>one ethnicity, not just one denomination, but that all people

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<v Speaker 2>would be blessed through those who are called by His name.

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<v Speaker 1>That's the promise. Here's the problem.

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<v Speaker 2>You notice that they always like hang out together. The

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<v Speaker 2>problem is that the people of God blocked not only

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<v Speaker 2>their own blessing, but the blessing.

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<v Speaker 1>That they were created to distribute to the earth through.

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<v Speaker 2>Their unbelief in the true and living God. So Isaiah

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<v Speaker 2>knows this and knows that there will be a time

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<v Speaker 2>when they will live in captivity, in bondage. That blessed

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<v Speaker 2>people can still live in bondage mentally emotionally blessed people

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<v Speaker 2>can still live in bondage, and they weren't imprisoned in

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<v Speaker 2>physical cells. They were taken away into a Babylonian land

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<v Speaker 2>where a lot of their life really wasn't that bad.

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<v Speaker 1>It wasn't that they lacked physically. It was just that they.

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<v Speaker 2>Were in an unfamiliar, strange place, away from the place

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<v Speaker 2>God had called them. Usually when we think of the

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<v Speaker 2>opposite of blessing, we think that the situation would be

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<v Speaker 2>really bad. It wasn't really the situation that got bad

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<v Speaker 2>for these people that Isaiah is writing to.

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<v Speaker 1>Their soul, and so.

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<v Speaker 2>The situation wasn't that terrible, but the state of their

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<v Speaker 2>soul very dry, very destitute, and very desperate. And into

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<v Speaker 2>that situation Isaiah speaks forth a promise from God, and

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<v Speaker 2>he says to the people.

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<v Speaker 1>Who are not yet in captivity, but they will be.

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<v Speaker 2>So he's giving them what they need for what they're

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<v Speaker 2>going to go through that they don't.

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<v Speaker 1>Know about yet.

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<v Speaker 2>That's why you need to take notes in church, even

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<v Speaker 2>if you don't think it's for you right now. Oh,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not a parent, but you never know when you

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<v Speaker 2>might get one of those little puppies you.

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<v Speaker 1>Might need the manual. What did he say four years ago?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, he has a difficult task because he's speaking to

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<v Speaker 2>a future that they don't experience yet, and so maybe

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<v Speaker 2>they're not listening. So what's what he does? I want

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<v Speaker 2>to back up a few verses. Go to verse fifteen.

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<v Speaker 2>He reminds them who he is. I am the Lord,

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<v Speaker 2>your Holy One, because Isaiah is only a mouthpiece. He

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<v Speaker 2>is not the message. He is the mouthpiece of the message.

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<v Speaker 2>I am the Lord, your Holy One. That's a cool

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<v Speaker 2>thing that unholy people could claim a personal relationship with

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<v Speaker 2>a holy God because the barrier has been broken. If

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<v Speaker 2>Isaiah could talk like that, and Jesus hasn't even lived yet,

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<v Speaker 2>how can we talk about our relationship with God.

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<v Speaker 1>Living on this side of the cross.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm broken, but I belong to one whose name is exalted,

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<v Speaker 2>whose name is holy, and in the center of unbroken praise,

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<v Speaker 2>I am the Lord.

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<v Speaker 1>You belong to me. I am Israel's creator, your King.

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<v Speaker 2>This is what the Lord says, he who made away

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<v Speaker 2>through the See that's what we were just singing. We

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<v Speaker 2>didn't really write that song. It was written in a

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<v Speaker 2>long time. We plagiarized it. But there's no copyright on it,

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<v Speaker 2>so we just up there singing it like us ours.

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<v Speaker 1>Man oh tongs.

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<v Speaker 2>And you gotta understand, this was Israel's jam.

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<v Speaker 1>No, I'm serious, this was their song. So this was

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<v Speaker 1>the one.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, how you have your song, whether Sheryl Crow

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<v Speaker 2>or Metallica. I see you out there, I see you.

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<v Speaker 2>I love it too. I love it too. I saw

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<v Speaker 2>damage incorporated. I even know what Metallica short it is.

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<v Speaker 2>And you got jarms, Yeah, I saw I saw all

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<v Speaker 2>of it, whatever your jam is. And I know it's

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<v Speaker 2>not just white people in the church. And at this

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<v Speaker 2>point I've only mentioned a few bands in certain genres,

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<v Speaker 2>so it's a lot of different songs. But when Israel

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<v Speaker 2>heard that, their collective consciousness as.

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<v Speaker 1>A nation would remember the core story.

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<v Speaker 2>That is referenced, because it's not just some generic thing.

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<v Speaker 1>You know.

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<v Speaker 2>The Bible's not like a fortune cookie where you just

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<v Speaker 2>kind of open it, look at the numbers, look at

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<v Speaker 2>the thing.

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<v Speaker 1>Pass it around.

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<v Speaker 2>It was written to a Pacific people, So Isaiah is

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<v Speaker 2>going back to the past to remind the people of

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<v Speaker 2>the faithfulness of God. And he goes, he goes all

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<v Speaker 2>the way back to when they were slaves in Egypt,

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<v Speaker 2>and they were in bondage and they didn't see a

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<v Speaker 2>way out, and God sent them a deliverer, and his

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<v Speaker 2>name was Moses.

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<v Speaker 1>And Moses stood before Pharaoh and said, let my people go.

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<v Speaker 1>And he had to say it a.

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<v Speaker 2>Bunch of times, because sometimes Pharaoh is stubborn, and freedom

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't always come easy, and sometimes it takes persistence, And

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<v Speaker 2>sometimes God has to let your situation look humanly impossible

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<v Speaker 2>so that he can reveal himself as to God of

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<v Speaker 2>all possibility. Sometimes Lazarus has to stay in the grave

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<v Speaker 2>a little while longer so when he gets up, you

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<v Speaker 2>won't just think it was the prayers of the church.

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<v Speaker 2>You'll know it was the power of God that raised him.

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<v Speaker 2>Like so he says, this is what the Lord says,

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<v Speaker 2>he who made away, raise your hand. If God ever

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<v Speaker 2>made a way for you, just even a little way,

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<v Speaker 2>just even if he ever healed a headache, or just

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<v Speaker 2>if he ever helped you get a job, or even

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<v Speaker 2>if somebody slipped your two.

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<v Speaker 1>When you didn't have a job and you got the gas,

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<v Speaker 1>or maybe it.

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<v Speaker 2>Was one time when you were so depressed, crying your

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<v Speaker 2>eyes out, and you woke up one morning and you

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<v Speaker 2>realize you know, I feel a little better today, and

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<v Speaker 2>maybe I can get out of the bed today and

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<v Speaker 2>maybe I'll wash a few dishes today. And before you

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<v Speaker 2>knew it, you were back to normal. God made away?

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<v Speaker 2>Has he ever made away for you? Has he ever

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<v Speaker 2>made away? If he made if he made a way

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<v Speaker 2>for you, just wave your hand. If he made away,

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<v Speaker 2>just wave it. I don't know what you're talking about.

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<v Speaker 1>Don Don John Jun Don don Donjon.

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<v Speaker 2>When they started, when Isaiah said, dak the people that

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<v Speaker 2>that was remembered, that was their soundtrack to remind him

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<v Speaker 2>that they were no longer slaves.

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<v Speaker 1>He who made away? Because this is a scene.

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<v Speaker 2>This, This is not an abstract, theoretical, metaphorical out of

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<v Speaker 2>words to say this. This is this is not what

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<v Speaker 2>God kind of like does in a picture for him.

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<v Speaker 2>This this is an actual, practical memory from the past

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<v Speaker 2>of what God did for his people.

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<v Speaker 1>He didn't do it for these people.

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<v Speaker 2>They're in a different situation, but he did it for the.

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<v Speaker 1>People that they're a part of. So it's part of

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<v Speaker 1>their legacy. It's part of their core story.

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<v Speaker 2>Their core story is that we were slaves. God brought

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<v Speaker 2>us out of Egypt. We were there for over four

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<v Speaker 2>hundred years. He brought us out into a promised land,

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<v Speaker 2>and now they need to go back to their core

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<v Speaker 2>story so that they can survive their captivity.

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<v Speaker 1>Are you with me so far? So he brings them

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<v Speaker 1>back ton toun to ton toun, toun to toun, tou

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<v Speaker 1>tou tou toun tun tun tou toon tun.

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<v Speaker 3>He made away Tondundun through the see tondund a path

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<v Speaker 3>through tantandun mighty.

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<v Speaker 5>Waers who threw out turn ton ton the cherry, Yes,

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<v Speaker 5>tongue tun tunt and horses, hand army and reinforcements together,

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<v Speaker 5>they're never to rize, like extingge something that was going.

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<v Speaker 1>So they're like, yeah, yes, Jesus, won'tie do it? Wonie

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<v Speaker 1>do it? Won't he make away?

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<v Speaker 2>So then I'm surprised when he says verse eighteen, coming

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<v Speaker 2>messes up the flow.

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<v Speaker 1>He got the people remembering how strong and mighty God

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<v Speaker 1>was it the Red Sea made away. We did it

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<v Speaker 1>with no way.

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<v Speaker 2>And then he says, forget the this is the next verse.

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<v Speaker 2>I promise you, I'm not moving these all around. Forget

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<v Speaker 2>the former things. I understand that because if you live

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<v Speaker 2>in a state of regret over I mean if you

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<v Speaker 2>relive over and over again every dumb thing you said,

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<v Speaker 2>or everything that every decision that you made, every purchase

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<v Speaker 2>that you mean.

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<v Speaker 1>It is paralyzing to live in the past.

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<v Speaker 2>And you really do have to understand that one thing

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<v Speaker 2>that the Cross of Jesus does is it gives me the.

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<v Speaker 1>Freedom to move past my mistakes. I am so grateful

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<v Speaker 1>for that. And here's what I mean.

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<v Speaker 2>I feel change breaking while I preach today because I

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<v Speaker 2>always always preach that a certain way, and then one

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<v Speaker 2>day I realize that most people are not living enslaved

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<v Speaker 2>to the mistakes that they made, like twenty three years ago.

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<v Speaker 1>It's that I keep making mistakes.

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<v Speaker 2>So really, when I say moving on past your mistakes,

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<v Speaker 2>that might not be very difficult if it was three

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<v Speaker 2>years ago. But what if those three minutes ago and

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<v Speaker 2>here you are in church and God is trying to

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<v Speaker 2>bless you. Do you remember I said he's trying to

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<v Speaker 2>bless you.

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<v Speaker 1>He was blessing.

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<v Speaker 2>Abraham to be a blessing. He wanted to bless his

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<v Speaker 2>people so they could bless the earth.

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<v Speaker 1>He's always blessing.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not just an activity, it is an attribute of

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<v Speaker 2>his character. He is the God who blesses it's what

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<v Speaker 2>he does, it's who he is. It's what he does

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<v Speaker 2>that flows from who he is, and he's always trying

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<v Speaker 2>to bless you. But sometimes I've got to be honest

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<v Speaker 2>about it. My unbelief, not only my unbelief, but my

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<v Speaker 2>stubborn refusal to really accept the fact that whatever I did,

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<v Speaker 2>he's already done something about it. It keeps me from

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<v Speaker 2>entering into the present moment.

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<v Speaker 1>So now I'm stuck.

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<v Speaker 2>And he gives me permission to move on, pass my mistakes,

0:26:07.440 --> 0:26:10.760
<v Speaker 2>and he says, see, I'm doing a new thing. Forget

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<v Speaker 2>the past, which makes sense when we're talking about the

0:26:14.920 --> 0:26:20.600
<v Speaker 2>mistakes of my past. But remember Isaiah did not just

0:26:20.760 --> 0:26:25.639
<v Speaker 2>list the mistakes of their past. He just mentioned a

0:26:25.720 --> 0:26:31.040
<v Speaker 2>miracle from their past. And right after he mentions the miracle,

0:26:31.760 --> 0:26:37.520
<v Speaker 2>he tells them to forget it. Oh, I got you

0:26:37.680 --> 0:26:41.359
<v Speaker 2>curious now, because that first thing I said, that's.

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<v Speaker 4>Just normal preaching. Forget it and move on. That's bumper

0:26:44.440 --> 0:26:50.520
<v Speaker 4>sticker stuff, Fidoh you know, forget it, drive on. I mean,

0:26:50.560 --> 0:26:58.359
<v Speaker 4>that's not even really preaching. So you're clapping for it right.

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<v Speaker 1>Moving on.

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<v Speaker 2>If only the credit card companies would get the same

0:27:03.320 --> 0:27:05.040
<v Speaker 2>spirit of forgiveness that God has right.

0:27:06.880 --> 0:27:13.280
<v Speaker 1>They didn't get the memo though he male.

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<v Speaker 2>Where there was no way through the Red Sea, brought

0:27:19.800 --> 0:27:23.240
<v Speaker 2>us out of Egypt. And that God, the same God

0:27:23.280 --> 0:27:28.000
<v Speaker 2>who did that, wants you to do this. Forget it,

0:27:31.400 --> 0:27:35.040
<v Speaker 2>do not dwell on the past. Put my verse back.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't want to think I'm making this up because

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<v Speaker 2>I'm strange. I know forget.

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<v Speaker 1>Well I did.

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<v Speaker 2>I always assumed that the greatest barrier that keeps me

0:27:48.000 --> 0:27:51.600
<v Speaker 2>from being blessed by God is what the devil did

0:27:51.640 --> 0:28:02.920
<v Speaker 2>to me. Sometimes it is barrier to the blessing of

0:28:03.000 --> 0:28:09.080
<v Speaker 2>God in your future. You got it is not what

0:28:09.240 --> 0:28:13.240
<v Speaker 2>the devil did to you. It's what God did for

0:28:13.400 --> 0:28:18.800
<v Speaker 2>you in one season that you expect him to repeat

0:28:19.760 --> 0:28:26.400
<v Speaker 2>in the next season. So I've heard one hundred sermons,

0:28:26.760 --> 0:28:29.880
<v Speaker 2>I probably preached a hundred sermons on move on from

0:28:29.920 --> 0:28:34.119
<v Speaker 2>the mistake. But what about when God wants you to

0:28:34.240 --> 0:28:42.160
<v Speaker 2>move on from the miracle? And this is the weirdest thing.

0:28:42.200 --> 0:28:43.520
<v Speaker 2>I don't know how to explain it to you, but

0:28:44.480 --> 0:28:47.240
<v Speaker 2>we have all these course stories at our church. In

0:28:47.320 --> 0:28:49.760
<v Speaker 2>business terminology, your core story is the crux of your

0:28:49.880 --> 0:28:52.600
<v Speaker 2>central value proposition, where you describe what you do as

0:28:52.640 --> 0:28:54.720
<v Speaker 2>a company that differentiates you from all the other ones.

0:28:54.880 --> 0:28:56.600
<v Speaker 2>Well as a church, we have a course story what

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<v Speaker 2>makes us unique, the faith of the early days. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>may some of the stuff y'all are talking about it

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<v Speaker 2>backstage past weekend on a history tour.

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<v Speaker 1>You know those stories are good. Can I be honest

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<v Speaker 1>with you.

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<v Speaker 2>The reason I'm not going to give you it the

0:29:10.480 --> 0:29:13.840
<v Speaker 2>tour is because I don't remember the stuff that a

0:29:13.920 --> 0:29:15.800
<v Speaker 2>lot of the stuff, And I used to think it

0:29:15.880 --> 0:29:17.960
<v Speaker 2>was because I wasn't grateful, because I felt.

0:29:17.800 --> 0:29:19.800
<v Speaker 1>Like, you know, if I was really grateful for what

0:29:19.920 --> 0:29:20.239
<v Speaker 1>God did.

0:29:20.320 --> 0:29:22.080
<v Speaker 2>I mean, there are things that Hollywood remind me of

0:29:22.440 --> 0:29:24.440
<v Speaker 2>a lot of the times, and she'll be like, remember

0:29:24.440 --> 0:29:27.200
<v Speaker 2>when God did this, And she'll mention something that had

0:29:27.280 --> 0:29:29.360
<v Speaker 2>me all up in knots when it happened.

0:29:29.400 --> 0:29:31.120
<v Speaker 1>But I don't even remember about it anymore.

0:29:31.160 --> 0:29:32.840
<v Speaker 2>And I used to think that there was something wrong

0:29:32.880 --> 0:29:34.880
<v Speaker 2>with me, or maybe I'm starting to lose my memory

0:29:35.000 --> 0:29:36.560
<v Speaker 2>or something, because I already told you we're getting old,

0:29:36.800 --> 0:29:38.640
<v Speaker 2>and maybe it's starting to deteriorate.

0:29:38.720 --> 0:29:43.040
<v Speaker 1>My brain isn't functioning the same way. Or maybe God

0:29:43.200 --> 0:29:45.520
<v Speaker 1>doesn't want me to rely on.

0:29:48.680 --> 0:29:54.719
<v Speaker 2>A memory of a miracle that he has already performed

0:29:56.200 --> 0:30:04.640
<v Speaker 2>and miss the miracle that is in progress. I'm trying

0:30:04.720 --> 0:30:11.080
<v Speaker 2>to preach a progressive message today, and here's the message.

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<v Speaker 1>Remember the ways he made, but forget the way he

0:30:17.240 --> 0:30:25.840
<v Speaker 1>made it. This a run in place message. I gotta

0:30:25.840 --> 0:30:27.760
<v Speaker 1>get some energy, so i'll holler jut too bad.

0:30:28.760 --> 0:30:33.680
<v Speaker 2>Remember what he did for you, Remember how he kept you,

0:30:33.720 --> 0:30:35.640
<v Speaker 2>how he blessed you, how he sustained you, how he

0:30:35.720 --> 0:30:38.280
<v Speaker 2>opened doors, how he made opportunities, how he made a

0:30:38.320 --> 0:30:38.840
<v Speaker 2>way out.

0:30:38.720 --> 0:30:44.520
<v Speaker 1>Of no way. But then you gotta forget exactly how

0:30:44.600 --> 0:30:45.040
<v Speaker 1>he did it.

0:30:47.000 --> 0:30:52.440
<v Speaker 2>Remember how much fun your marriage was before you had children,

0:30:54.320 --> 0:30:59.560
<v Speaker 2>But then forget the freedom that you had before you.

0:30:59.640 --> 0:31:04.680
<v Speaker 1>Brought human beings and to exist.

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<v Speaker 2>This no, I'm serious, because sometimes we get stuck in

0:31:10.280 --> 0:31:12.360
<v Speaker 2>a season and.

0:31:12.480 --> 0:31:17.920
<v Speaker 1>We miss God's supply. He said, I want you to

0:31:18.040 --> 0:31:20.360
<v Speaker 1>remember what I did.

0:31:22.840 --> 0:31:25.560
<v Speaker 2>And then forget how I did it, because I'm not

0:31:25.920 --> 0:31:28.040
<v Speaker 2>going to do it the same way every time. And

0:31:28.160 --> 0:31:29.600
<v Speaker 2>here's why I'm not going to do it the same

0:31:29.640 --> 0:31:31.800
<v Speaker 2>way every time. I'm not gonna do it like I

0:31:31.920 --> 0:31:34.080
<v Speaker 2>used to do it. Because you got imagine the people

0:31:34.160 --> 0:31:37.320
<v Speaker 2>in captivity. They're hearing this message. Dun dua du duh

0:31:38.240 --> 0:31:41.040
<v Speaker 2>and they're remembering Moses. Now by this time, Moses isn't

0:31:41.080 --> 0:31:41.760
<v Speaker 2>somebody they know.

0:31:42.480 --> 0:31:44.920
<v Speaker 1>He's like, no offense.

0:31:45.040 --> 0:31:49.200
<v Speaker 2>Most if you're listening to me preach, I don't imagine

0:31:49.200 --> 0:31:51.160
<v Speaker 2>he's tuning into my sermons, of all the sermons that

0:31:51.200 --> 0:31:52.680
<v Speaker 2>he has available, if you know.

0:31:52.800 --> 0:31:54.880
<v Speaker 1>But however that works with heaven and live streaming and

0:31:54.960 --> 0:31:59.560
<v Speaker 1>stuff like that. But just for the record, no offense Moses.

0:32:00.480 --> 0:32:04.840
<v Speaker 2>But I gotta believe that they were waiting for Moses

0:32:04.920 --> 0:32:08.960
<v Speaker 2>to get them out of this captivity because Moses was

0:32:09.040 --> 0:32:13.160
<v Speaker 2>kind of like a mascot. So they're looking, they're in

0:32:13.240 --> 0:32:16.200
<v Speaker 2>Babylonian captivity, and they're going, Okay, who's God going to

0:32:16.240 --> 0:32:17.080
<v Speaker 2>send to get us out of this?

0:32:18.040 --> 0:32:21.400
<v Speaker 1>And so then Isaiah says, thus say it, the Lord,

0:32:22.080 --> 0:32:24.080
<v Speaker 1>your King, your creator.

0:32:25.440 --> 0:32:26.920
<v Speaker 2>Thus say it the Lord, the one who spoke to

0:32:26.960 --> 0:32:29.360
<v Speaker 2>Abraham and called him out of ear of the Chaldeans,

0:32:29.400 --> 0:32:31.520
<v Speaker 2>and made many out of one, and made you a nation,

0:32:31.680 --> 0:32:33.080
<v Speaker 2>and brought you out of slavery.

0:32:32.760 --> 0:32:35.200
<v Speaker 1>And brought you through the one who made away. This

0:32:35.400 --> 0:32:41.400
<v Speaker 1>is what he says. Don't look for it to look

0:32:41.560 --> 0:32:46.120
<v Speaker 1>like what it used to look like, or feel like

0:32:47.240 --> 0:32:48.680
<v Speaker 1>what it used to feel like.

0:32:50.640 --> 0:32:55.400
<v Speaker 2>Please do not misapply my message today to leave your

0:32:55.480 --> 0:33:02.040
<v Speaker 2>husband and try to tell him that Preacher Stephens said

0:33:02.080 --> 0:33:04.960
<v Speaker 2>that Moses is dead, or any of this weird stuff

0:33:05.040 --> 0:33:06.959
<v Speaker 2>that Christian people do to try to make a message

0:33:07.000 --> 0:33:09.000
<v Speaker 2>mean whatever they wanted to be. What I'm saying to

0:33:09.080 --> 0:33:13.160
<v Speaker 2>you is when Jesus walked the earth, he did miracles,

0:33:13.680 --> 0:33:15.920
<v Speaker 2>he opened blinded eyes, but he didn't do it the

0:33:15.960 --> 0:33:17.040
<v Speaker 2>same way every time he did it.

0:33:17.120 --> 0:33:19.360
<v Speaker 1>And here's why. This is what I believe. You believe

0:33:19.360 --> 0:33:20.120
<v Speaker 1>whatever you want to believe.

0:33:20.280 --> 0:33:22.440
<v Speaker 2>I believe God doesn't want us to be more committed

0:33:22.520 --> 0:33:31.480
<v Speaker 2>to a system than we are to a source. So

0:33:31.680 --> 0:33:34.440
<v Speaker 2>this is what the Lord says. I'm gonna make away

0:33:34.520 --> 0:33:36.320
<v Speaker 2>because that's what I do. How many believe he's a

0:33:36.360 --> 0:33:38.560
<v Speaker 2>way maker? Yeah, yeah, he's a waymaker.

0:33:38.920 --> 0:33:42.960
<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna make away, but not the way I made

0:33:43.000 --> 0:33:49.880
<v Speaker 1>it before. This is so strong and so powerful that

0:33:50.040 --> 0:33:51.520
<v Speaker 1>if you really received.

0:33:51.200 --> 0:33:55.880
<v Speaker 2>This in your spirit today, you will realize that the

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<v Speaker 2>barrier to the blessing of God in your life is

0:33:58.320 --> 0:34:01.200
<v Speaker 2>not no longer who is who is no longer in

0:34:01.320 --> 0:34:05.280
<v Speaker 2>your life, or what age you are, or the money

0:34:05.320 --> 0:34:06.240
<v Speaker 2>that somebody was.

0:34:06.320 --> 0:34:07.320
<v Speaker 1>Owed you and didn't give you.

0:34:07.760 --> 0:34:11.520
<v Speaker 2>Because we always externalize it it's always somebody else. And

0:34:11.640 --> 0:34:17.440
<v Speaker 2>God says, I'm doing a new thing, and he asks

0:34:17.480 --> 0:34:23.120
<v Speaker 2>a question, do you not see it or perceive it?

0:34:24.040 --> 0:34:26.640
<v Speaker 2>What would keep me from perceiving what God is doing?

0:34:27.800 --> 0:34:31.839
<v Speaker 2>Maybe it's expecting it to look just like what he's done.

0:34:33.239 --> 0:34:37.440
<v Speaker 2>So here I am looking for God to park the

0:34:37.520 --> 0:34:40.719
<v Speaker 2>Red Sea again, because that's what he did last time.

0:34:42.239 --> 0:34:45.520
<v Speaker 1>Sometimes the greatest barrier to what God is doing.

0:34:46.120 --> 0:34:49.000
<v Speaker 2>Is what he used to do. So when you first

0:34:49.080 --> 0:34:52.359
<v Speaker 2>became a Christian, you just open your Bible and you're like, oh,

0:34:52.440 --> 0:34:54.600
<v Speaker 2>you just open it anywhere, and God spoke to you

0:34:54.719 --> 0:34:56.920
<v Speaker 2>and it had the verse of your street address from

0:34:56.920 --> 0:34:58.759
<v Speaker 2>when you were eight, and you just opened it and

0:34:58.880 --> 0:35:01.320
<v Speaker 2>you felt like a care and love shot out of

0:35:01.360 --> 0:35:08.040
<v Speaker 2>your chest all across the And now men, your Bible

0:35:08.120 --> 0:35:11.600
<v Speaker 2>flips up into all the depressing psalms and the Judas.

0:35:11.719 --> 0:35:14.720
<v Speaker 2>And God speak to me like you used to speak

0:35:14.719 --> 0:35:17.239
<v Speaker 2>to me. And God said, I'm still speaking, but not

0:35:17.440 --> 0:35:18.640
<v Speaker 2>on the same frequency.

0:35:19.000 --> 0:35:21.160
<v Speaker 1>I need you to go deeper. I need you to

0:35:21.280 --> 0:35:34.160
<v Speaker 1>deep for something. Now forget forget not his faithfulness, but

0:35:34.360 --> 0:35:40.759
<v Speaker 1>forget the form that it came in. They couldn't get this.

0:35:40.960 --> 0:35:44.200
<v Speaker 2>So in Hebrews chapter six, verse one, the writer says,

0:35:44.760 --> 0:35:46.160
<v Speaker 2>you keep looking for God.

0:35:46.040 --> 0:35:48.480
<v Speaker 1>To look like the law because that's what you were

0:35:48.520 --> 0:35:49.480
<v Speaker 1>addicted to see.

0:35:49.719 --> 0:35:53.560
<v Speaker 2>We get addicted to one form of deliverance and then

0:35:53.640 --> 0:35:55.200
<v Speaker 2>grace comes along and we don't even know what to

0:35:55.280 --> 0:35:58.000
<v Speaker 2>do with it because it's not what God used to do.

0:36:00.120 --> 0:36:00.880
<v Speaker 1>You got to move on.

0:36:02.560 --> 0:36:05.520
<v Speaker 2>Some of you grew up in really religious environments where

0:36:06.080 --> 0:36:08.640
<v Speaker 2>you know, God wasn't happy unless you were depressed. You know,

0:36:09.560 --> 0:36:11.480
<v Speaker 2>it didn't even count as church unless you had to

0:36:11.680 --> 0:36:14.000
<v Speaker 2>endure it. You need to move on past that. God

0:36:14.160 --> 0:36:16.960
<v Speaker 2>is doing a new thing. I mean, lift your hands,

0:36:17.440 --> 0:36:20.120
<v Speaker 2>lift your heart, be free in his presence.

0:36:21.040 --> 0:36:23.239
<v Speaker 1>He's doing a new thing. Do you not see it?

0:36:23.600 --> 0:36:26.000
<v Speaker 1>It will spring forth out of the ground. Do you

0:36:26.160 --> 0:36:29.120
<v Speaker 1>not perceive it? And what got me about it, JJ.

0:36:31.080 --> 0:36:33.879
<v Speaker 2>Is that when he did it at the Red Sea,

0:36:35.160 --> 0:36:37.680
<v Speaker 2>he made a way through the waters.

0:36:38.440 --> 0:36:39.120
<v Speaker 1>Is that what he did?

0:36:40.080 --> 0:36:42.840
<v Speaker 2>Not setting you up this time? That's how the Bible

0:36:42.920 --> 0:36:46.080
<v Speaker 2>story goes right, Don don don don. He made a

0:36:46.120 --> 0:36:49.759
<v Speaker 2>way don dun dahntah through the waters, and the water

0:36:49.920 --> 0:36:53.279
<v Speaker 2>stood up that the water that separated them from their

0:36:53.360 --> 0:36:57.560
<v Speaker 2>freedom stood in attention like walls on either side until

0:36:57.600 --> 0:37:00.359
<v Speaker 2>they got through and drowned the Egyptians, and they loved

0:37:00.400 --> 0:37:04.480
<v Speaker 2>that story because that story reminded them of their deliverance.

0:37:07.120 --> 0:37:11.160
<v Speaker 2>And he made a way through the waters. Isaiah says,

0:37:11.520 --> 0:37:15.200
<v Speaker 2>this time God is going to make away. But he's

0:37:15.239 --> 0:37:18.319
<v Speaker 2>not going to make a way through the waters. He's

0:37:18.400 --> 0:37:25.080
<v Speaker 2>going to make away in the wilderness. Let me ask

0:37:25.160 --> 0:37:31.840
<v Speaker 2>a question. What did they need in the wilderness? What

0:37:32.120 --> 0:37:36.759
<v Speaker 2>was it they needed water? So what used to be

0:37:37.480 --> 0:37:44.919
<v Speaker 2>the barrier is about to be the blessing. Y'all better

0:37:45.000 --> 0:37:52.520
<v Speaker 2>help me preach. I feel the faithfulness of God to

0:37:52.560 --> 0:37:56.960
<v Speaker 2>see what I'm saying. The barrier is now the blessing.

0:37:57.920 --> 0:38:01.040
<v Speaker 2>What did threaten to kill you is now what God

0:38:01.160 --> 0:38:03.279
<v Speaker 2>is bringing forth to bless your life.

0:38:03.480 --> 0:38:08.120
<v Speaker 1>Sell about it. So God said, I.

0:38:08.239 --> 0:38:11.320
<v Speaker 2>Am your creator, I am your King, And this is

0:38:11.440 --> 0:38:16.799
<v Speaker 2>what I do. I turn barriers to blessings. I turn

0:38:17.000 --> 0:38:22.680
<v Speaker 2>water in dry ground into sustenance for your survival. I

0:38:22.880 --> 0:38:28.040
<v Speaker 2>turn pain into power. I turn same into grace, I

0:38:28.239 --> 0:38:32.600
<v Speaker 2>turn abuse into straight I'm make away. I'm a waymaker.

0:38:32.960 --> 0:38:37.120
<v Speaker 2>I'm worthy of worship. I'm worthy of grace. I'm doing

0:38:37.200 --> 0:38:51.359
<v Speaker 2>a new thing in your life. Whatever's next is better,

0:38:53.239 --> 0:38:58.920
<v Speaker 2>Whatever's next is better. That's what my faith believes when

0:38:58.960 --> 0:39:01.360
<v Speaker 2>I find myself in a way see, A wilderness is

0:39:01.440 --> 0:39:03.799
<v Speaker 2>not a situation where you feel like you're about to die.

0:39:04.120 --> 0:39:07.680
<v Speaker 2>A wilderness is a situation like these exiles in Babylon,

0:39:07.920 --> 0:39:09.399
<v Speaker 2>wondering how long the Lord?

0:39:09.800 --> 0:39:11.200
<v Speaker 1>How long am I going to feel like?

0:39:11.239 --> 0:39:14.360
<v Speaker 2>I'm in a place emotionally that I don't understand. It

0:39:14.480 --> 0:39:17.440
<v Speaker 2>wasn't the physical surrounding of Babylon that made them weep

0:39:17.600 --> 0:39:19.759
<v Speaker 2>as they sat by the rivers. It wasn't the lack

0:39:19.840 --> 0:39:23.000
<v Speaker 2>of prosperity. It was a loss of purpose. How long

0:39:23.080 --> 0:39:30.160
<v Speaker 2>am I going to wander in this place? But this time,

0:39:31.480 --> 0:39:35.879
<v Speaker 2>I'm not sending Moses to get you out. This time,

0:39:35.920 --> 0:39:37.600
<v Speaker 2>I'm going to send the water to where you are,

0:39:38.719 --> 0:39:42.160
<v Speaker 2>and I am going to bless you in that place

0:39:46.160 --> 0:39:56.319
<v Speaker 2>because I'm a waymaker. Boom bom, bombon. I believe, Dun dun, dun, dun.

0:39:56.800 --> 0:40:01.759
<v Speaker 2>I'll see you do it again. But how you do

0:40:01.880 --> 0:40:11.239
<v Speaker 2>it is up to you. I don't know if this

0:40:11.280 --> 0:40:15.080
<v Speaker 2>will help you. But sometimes I get in situations and

0:40:15.239 --> 0:40:18.160
<v Speaker 2>I just don't see a way.

0:40:19.440 --> 0:40:20.560
<v Speaker 1>I don't know if you're there right now.

0:40:20.600 --> 0:40:22.600
<v Speaker 2>I don't know if you're going into that if you

0:40:22.800 --> 0:40:24.640
<v Speaker 2>just came out of it. One thing I know is

0:40:25.040 --> 0:40:30.840
<v Speaker 2>you will find yourself. It feels terrible because you feel trapped,

0:40:32.000 --> 0:40:37.760
<v Speaker 2>you feel uncertain, you feel landlocked. And here comes water

0:40:37.880 --> 0:40:43.880
<v Speaker 2>springing forth from the ground where you are. And I

0:40:44.040 --> 0:40:45.279
<v Speaker 2>learned something. I learned something.

0:40:45.320 --> 0:40:47.040
<v Speaker 1>I hope this helps you. Really want to want this

0:40:47.120 --> 0:40:53.720
<v Speaker 1>to help you. When I get into that internal.

0:40:53.120 --> 0:40:57.880
<v Speaker 2>Wilderness where I can't feel God like I used to

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<v Speaker 2>feel God, and it used to be don don don don,

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<v Speaker 2>and now it's just MM. When I get into that

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<v Speaker 2>place and I don't know how, and I don't know who,

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<v Speaker 2>and I don't know when. When I get into that place,

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<v Speaker 2>I realize that it's not my job.

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<v Speaker 1>To predict the way that God is going to make,

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<v Speaker 1>So I don't have to know how.

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<v Speaker 2>If I know who, you got me, I am alpha

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<v Speaker 2>and omega beginning and the end. A lot of us

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<v Speaker 2>get stuck in a beta blessing and we cannot receive

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<v Speaker 2>the upgrade because we are so stuck in the way

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<v Speaker 2>God used to move.

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<v Speaker 1>But he says, today I am doing a new thing.

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<v Speaker 2>I know it doesn't feel like it used to feel,

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<v Speaker 2>but I'm still faithful. I know it doesn't look like

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<v Speaker 2>it used to look, but I'm still faithful.

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<v Speaker 1>I know some things have changed in our country, but

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<v Speaker 1>I'm still faithful because I am the Lord. I was

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<v Speaker 1>the Lord, I will I am, I was, I will be.

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<v Speaker 1>I make away. It's what I do, it's who I am,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm making a way for you right now. Do

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<v Speaker 1>you not see it? And so often the answer is no,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't see it because I'm looking backwards.

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<v Speaker 2>I found out for a lot of people, the greatest

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<v Speaker 2>barrier to their blessing is not what's before them, is

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<v Speaker 2>what's behind them.

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<v Speaker 1>That God has already dealt with.

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<v Speaker 2>So, whoever God sent me to preach to today, you

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<v Speaker 2>might be like seventy two years old and feel like

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<v Speaker 2>you know what my best is behind me.

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<v Speaker 1>The devil is a liar, I.

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<v Speaker 2>Said the devil, I said, if he's talking.

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<v Speaker 1>He's lying. Your best is not behind you.

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<v Speaker 2>God has already been to your future, and he said,

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<v Speaker 2>hurry up and.

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<v Speaker 5>Back.

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<v Speaker 1>I want to bless you where you are. I want

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<v Speaker 1>to bless you with the strength you have left empty nesters.

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<v Speaker 2>Just because your kids are gone does not mean your

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<v Speaker 2>calling is over.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm doing a new thing. I'm doing a new thing

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<v Speaker 1>in your life. I'm doing a new thing in this church.

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<v Speaker 1>You saw how I moved that water when you needed

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<v Speaker 1>to go through it. Now I'm gonna make the water

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<v Speaker 1>come up where you need it the most. I would

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<v Speaker 1>love to pray for you.

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<v Speaker 2>Because I know this is the kind of message that

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<v Speaker 2>it's kind of easy to get excited about, but a

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<v Speaker 2>little harder to live out. It's one thing to sing

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<v Speaker 2>it in a worship center like this, talented musicians, beautiful lights,

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<v Speaker 2>to declare.

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<v Speaker 1>Your faith in a place like this. But God said,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna make the water come up in the desert.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to make a way in the wilderness.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to be faithful to you in the places

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<v Speaker 2>where nobody else can provide for you.

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<v Speaker 6>I am your source, sense your feet at every location.

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<v Speaker 2>Put down your notes. This is not the part you

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<v Speaker 2>need to write down. This is the part you need

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<v Speaker 2>to receive by faith. That's the lie. The devil always

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<v Speaker 2>tells me. Your best is behind you. I believe that

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<v Speaker 2>since I was in college. I graduated college, married Holly.

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<v Speaker 2>I thought, well, you know from here, I honestly thought this.

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<v Speaker 2>I told one of my friends this. I said, this

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<v Speaker 2>is probably the most ministry I will ever do, Because

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<v Speaker 2>in college I had traveled to churches and done revivals

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<v Speaker 2>and backyard Bible clubs.

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<v Speaker 1>And things like that.

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<v Speaker 2>I said, that's probably the most ministry I'll ever do.

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<v Speaker 2>My friend was talking to me on the phone. He said,

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<v Speaker 2>you're crazy. God's only going to use you more. You

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<v Speaker 2>stay focused, they imaginative, stay creative. He's only gonna use

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<v Speaker 2>you more. The only barrier is your willingness to believe

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<v Speaker 2>by faith that what I.

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<v Speaker 1>Just said is true. But I'm telling you is true.

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<v Speaker 2>If it was true for the Babylonian captives, if it

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<v Speaker 2>was true for the children of Israel who needed the

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<v Speaker 2>waters to part, why could it not be true for you?

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<v Speaker 1>Why not you? So I want you to remember.

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<v Speaker 2>The ways He's made, the demonstrations of his faithfulness that

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<v Speaker 2>it brought you to this point.

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<v Speaker 1>It's too many to count, right.

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<v Speaker 2>Some of y'all got some stories, man, some core stories

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<v Speaker 2>of the moments where you knew that God was real

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<v Speaker 2>and he was with you, that.

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<v Speaker 1>He would never leave you nor forsake you. You know

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<v Speaker 1>those stories? Yeah?

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<v Speaker 2>Remember Now I need you to forget them, because your

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<v Speaker 2>core story is not that you were a slave and

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<v Speaker 2>now you're not a slave, or you went to jail,

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<v Speaker 2>or that you got a divorce or that you had

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<v Speaker 2>an abortion.

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<v Speaker 1>God says, I am doing now.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't want your core story to be about the

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<v Speaker 2>blessings that I'm giving to you. I want your story

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<v Speaker 2>to be about the blessing that I want to release

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<v Speaker 2>through you. You have camped at this red sea long enough.

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<v Speaker 2>I got more miracles. I got more miracles. No, it's

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<v Speaker 2>not going to feel like it used to feel, and

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<v Speaker 2>it's not going to give you chills like.

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<v Speaker 1>It used to.

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<v Speaker 2>And it might not be your favorite song from nineteen

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<v Speaker 2>ninety four, and Ryl Crow might have a new baseline.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm doing a new thing. I believe.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll see you do it again. Now I won't see

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<v Speaker 2>you do it how you did it. The holl's gonna change.

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<v Speaker 2>But Jesus Christ, it's the same yesterday, today and forever.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't have to know how. Come on, tell your neighbor.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know how. But I know who. I got

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<v Speaker 1>a mighty car, I got a waymaker, I got a

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<v Speaker 1>strong delivery.

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<v Speaker 3>I know who.

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<v Speaker 1>I know whom. I have believe and I am leslated

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<v Speaker 1>that he is able. I said he's amo. He's able.

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<v Speaker 2>He's able, no matter save the song, He's able.

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<v Speaker 1>He's able receive. Move come on funeral mood. This is

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<v Speaker 1>our jo listeners to this. This is on God, not.

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<v Speaker 2>See to see God.

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