WEBVTT - The Power Of Provision

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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. Hope

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

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

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<v Speaker 2>Enjoy the message now going over in your Bible the

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<v Speaker 2>Second King's thirteen fourteen through twenty. Yes, we're still in

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<v Speaker 2>the same passage we started in and I'm gonna read

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<v Speaker 2>it again Verses fourteen through twenty. Part A. Week one

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<v Speaker 2>our study was on the power of precision.

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<v Speaker 1>Was kind of a.

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<v Speaker 2>Double meaning to that. We were saying aim at something.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't just waste all of your arrows and ammunition fighting

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<v Speaker 2>worthless battles that don't matter anyway.

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<v Speaker 1>Have you ever just warned yourself out fighting over stuff

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<v Speaker 1>that was imagined.

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<v Speaker 2>It either wasn't going to happen or was going to

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<v Speaker 2>happen no matter what you did about it. You were

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<v Speaker 2>so worn out by the time you actually fought it

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<v Speaker 2>that you lost because.

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<v Speaker 1>You were swinging, just wasting your energy. So we were.

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<v Speaker 2>Saying aim at the thing that God shows you, and

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<v Speaker 2>that was Week one, But we were also saying, precide,

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<v Speaker 2>don't wait till you get discouraged to decide whether or

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<v Speaker 2>not you're going to continue. Make a decision about it

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<v Speaker 2>a precision amen, decide before the battle begins that I'm

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<v Speaker 2>still going to be standing at the end of it.

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<v Speaker 1>And I might be.

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<v Speaker 2>Bloody, and I might be bruised, and my body might

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<v Speaker 2>be sore, but I won't stop. And that's what we

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<v Speaker 2>were talking about in week one. We talked in week

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<v Speaker 2>two about preparation, and we talked about those plowing seasons

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<v Speaker 2>that prepare the ground for the great things that God

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<v Speaker 2>wants to do in your life. And then we talked

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<v Speaker 2>about the power of potential. And that a really powerful

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<v Speaker 2>message for me because I discovered that the pain of

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<v Speaker 2>falling short is nothing compared to the shame of stopping short.

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<v Speaker 2>Touch your neighbors say, don't stop short, because there's nothing

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<v Speaker 2>worse than to wonder what would have been, could have been.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's kind of why we're frustrated with this King

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<v Speaker 2>Jehoesh in tewod Kings thirteen fourteen through twenty is because

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<v Speaker 2>of what could have been, and we see the potential

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<v Speaker 2>that was unfulfilled in his life, and it reminds us

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<v Speaker 2>of ourselves, and it makes us a little afraid, and

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<v Speaker 2>it challenges us.

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<v Speaker 1>And so we've had a lot to think about.

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<v Speaker 2>In this fourth installment, I want to speak about the

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<v Speaker 2>power of provision, declaring over your life that God's got

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<v Speaker 2>what you need and it's a matter of you receiving

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<v Speaker 2>it and opening yourself to it. Because in the scripture,

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<v Speaker 2>the image of a window symbolizes both perspective because it's

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<v Speaker 2>what you look through, and sometimes what you're looking through

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<v Speaker 2>is just as in is what you're looking at.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, I can prove this.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't even need the Bible, and I will read

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<v Speaker 2>the Bible in a minute. But those are not my glasses.

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<v Speaker 2>If you give them to me right now, WHOA You

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<v Speaker 2>got problems? We need to pray for her miracles of

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<v Speaker 2>recovery of sight to the blind man. You look funny

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<v Speaker 2>now before I put these on you look, you looked awesome.

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<v Speaker 1>But what I was looking through.

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<v Speaker 2>Changed the dimensions of what I'm looking at because it

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<v Speaker 2>wasn't meant for me.

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<v Speaker 1>Amen, I'm preaching all my recap.

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<v Speaker 2>But another thing that a window represents is provision. Like

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<v Speaker 2>in Malachi three, where God challenges his people if you

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<v Speaker 2>will release what's in your hand. I will release what's

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<v Speaker 2>in my heart. I want to bless you. But the

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<v Speaker 2>windows are close. And that's why we have these power windows. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>the power of preparation. It opens the window of provision.

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<v Speaker 2>God's provision often awaits our preparation. And so this week,

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<v Speaker 2>as we talk about provision and perspective, I want to

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<v Speaker 2>ask the question, is it possible that provision and perspective

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<v Speaker 2>are one and the same. I'll make the case as

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<v Speaker 2>we go here. But I'm excited about what God gave

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<v Speaker 2>me to teach you today. And by the way, I

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<v Speaker 2>always pray before I preach, Like I was writing up

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<v Speaker 2>this morning to church, and I looked out my window

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<v Speaker 2>and before the first worship experience.

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<v Speaker 1>There are people lined up to get to church.

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<v Speaker 2>And I always get excited when I see that, just

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<v Speaker 2>amazed at all the people who are coming. And I

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<v Speaker 2>also get kind of terrified by it because my.

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<v Speaker 1>Greatest fear in life is disappointing people.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm always scared I'm gonna be a disappointment, and then

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<v Speaker 2>people put a complex on me because when they meet me,

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<v Speaker 2>they say, you look coller on, like they're disappointed that

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<v Speaker 2>I'm short or something like that.

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<v Speaker 1>So I stay in my house till Sunday, and.

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<v Speaker 2>But I see the people lining up, and I always

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<v Speaker 2>go through this conversation with God. God, you got to

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<v Speaker 2>speak to these people that you sent because they need

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<v Speaker 2>something that I don't have. And furthermore, I don't even

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<v Speaker 2>know exactly what they need. You do, God has a

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<v Speaker 2>surveillance system on your situation. How many believe he can

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<v Speaker 2>speak the specific thing.

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<v Speaker 1>That you need today.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean from the front of the room to the

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<v Speaker 2>back of the room to the overflow.

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<v Speaker 1>God has got what you need.

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<v Speaker 2>And I don't even worry about it anymore because I

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<v Speaker 2>look at myself like an Amazon dot Com drone that

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<v Speaker 2>just drops it off at your doorstep and flies away,

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<v Speaker 2>all right. So I always pray that God, they need

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<v Speaker 2>something that I don't have. I feel like the disciples

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<v Speaker 2>who had five thousand men and women and children to

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<v Speaker 2>feed and no bread, and yet God said, bring what

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<v Speaker 2>you have to me, even if it seems to be

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<v Speaker 2>too little, and.

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<v Speaker 1>Watch what I will do through you.

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<v Speaker 2>It's interesting, isn't it that to provide for the people,

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus did not bypass the meager supply of the disciples.

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<v Speaker 1>He multiplied it.

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<v Speaker 2>So the whole process of provision starts when you offer

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<v Speaker 2>what you have, regardless of whether or not it seems

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<v Speaker 2>to be enough to you. The little bit of time

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<v Speaker 2>that you do have, that's the window the perspective of provision.

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<v Speaker 2>I wonder if provision is a matter of perspective. Elisha

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<v Speaker 2>seems to think. So, this great prophet is dying, and

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<v Speaker 2>this new king has one chance to get what he

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<v Speaker 2>needs from the mouth of the man of God. Let's

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<v Speaker 2>see what happens. Tewod King's thirteen fourteen. Now Elisha had

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<v Speaker 2>been suffering from the illness from which he died. Jehoesh,

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<v Speaker 2>King of Israel, went down to see him and wept

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<v Speaker 2>over him.

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<v Speaker 1>It's one thing about pressure.

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<v Speaker 2>Pressure will cause you to seek provision and get.

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<v Speaker 1>Your priorities in order.

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<v Speaker 2>There was no seeking of Elisha's advice until the Aramians

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<v Speaker 2>started to oppress the people of God. And when it

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<v Speaker 2>got to that point, the king went down to see

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<v Speaker 2>the prophet. I don't know what brought you to church today,

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<v Speaker 2>but I sure am glad you're here.

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<v Speaker 1>Tush.

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<v Speaker 2>Your neighbors say, I'm glad you're here. Don't even care

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<v Speaker 2>what brought you here. You might have heard there were

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<v Speaker 2>pretty girls of elevation. But I'm glad you came. Might

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<v Speaker 2>get a valentine and a word from God.

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<v Speaker 1>Amen.

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<v Speaker 2>All at the same time, God is good, supplies all

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<v Speaker 2>my needs according to his glorious riches. That's not a

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<v Speaker 2>pickup line, that's a scripture, all right. So he went

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<v Speaker 2>down and he wept over him, and I understand why

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<v Speaker 2>he's weeping. He's weeping because what he's losing is so significant.

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<v Speaker 1>Elisha was more than just a preacher.

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<v Speaker 2>Elisha represented the entire defense system of the nation of Israel.

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<v Speaker 1>He was their win, not only the window through.

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<v Speaker 2>Which they saw the activity of God, but the window

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<v Speaker 2>through which God would give them many times the protection

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<v Speaker 2>from their enemies.

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<v Speaker 1>He had a unique.

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<v Speaker 2>Ability to strategically cut off the enemy's advances, and he

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<v Speaker 2>would tell the kings where the enemy was going to

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<v Speaker 2>attack so that they could be ready for it. Note

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<v Speaker 2>that it did not prevent the attack from happening. It

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<v Speaker 2>provided the strength to withstand the attack.

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<v Speaker 1>Sometimes we get.

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<v Speaker 2>Confused about the provision of God because we mistakenly believe

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<v Speaker 2>that the provision of God will mean the prevention of problems.

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<v Speaker 2>And when we ask God to provide for us what

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<v Speaker 2>we're actually asking him to do, truth be told, is

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<v Speaker 2>to eliminate the need. In other words, God create a

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<v Speaker 2>life for me that will make you unnecessary, and.

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<v Speaker 1>He won't do it.

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<v Speaker 2>He's weeping over what's leaving, and Elisha is pointing to

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<v Speaker 2>what's left in every season.

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<v Speaker 1>Of my life, I have the choice.

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<v Speaker 2>Watch this, my father, my father, the chariots and horsemen

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<v Speaker 2>of Israel. Elisha is about to leave the building, but

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<v Speaker 2>before he goes, he points to the provision. He points.

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<v Speaker 1>To the provision.

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<v Speaker 2>I believe God wants to point out the provision that

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<v Speaker 2>He's placed in front of you in your life today,

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<v Speaker 2>and I've been asking him to do that. Watch this,

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<v Speaker 2>Elishah said, verse fifteen, get.

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<v Speaker 1>A bow and some arrows.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, the arrows did not magically appear at this point.

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<v Speaker 2>The bow didn't fall down out of the sky. It

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<v Speaker 2>had been there all along. He is simply instructing the

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<v Speaker 2>king to locate what has been there all along, what

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<v Speaker 2>was in the house when he came. Now he instructs

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<v Speaker 2>him to take it in his hands. And notice that

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<v Speaker 2>he does not tell the king to study the composition

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<v Speaker 2>of the bow in the arrow, or to browse a

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<v Speaker 2>catalog of bow and arrow, or to read the history

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<v Speaker 2>of bows and arrows, because you know, sometimes when we

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<v Speaker 2>come to church, we want to learn stuff about trivial

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<v Speaker 2>historical details that don't require us to do anything. But instead,

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<v Speaker 2>after statement, get a bowt touch your neighbor, say do

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<v Speaker 2>something with it, do something with this word. Make up

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<v Speaker 2>your mind in advance. Even if I don't like that preacher, think, sir,

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<v Speaker 2>if he says one thing that I can apply in

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<v Speaker 2>my life today, I'm gonna use it. Get a bow

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<v Speaker 2>and some arrows. And he did so. He was the

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<v Speaker 2>original Nike advertisement.

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<v Speaker 1>He did so.

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<v Speaker 2>Just dude, take the boat in your hands, he said

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<v Speaker 2>to the King of Israel. And when he had taken it,

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<v Speaker 2>Elisha put his hands on the king's hands. This message

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<v Speaker 2>is for somebody at gassed and today. Get ready, it's

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<v Speaker 2>gonna come. And then verse seventeen is our theme verse

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<v Speaker 2>where he says, open the east window, and he opened it, shoot,

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<v Speaker 2>Elisha said, and he shot, and then he declared, Wat's

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<v Speaker 2>his promise, the Lord's arrow of victory, the arrow of

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<v Speaker 2>victory over Aer.

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<v Speaker 1>If Paul were writing, he.

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<v Speaker 2>Would say that I am more than a conqueror through

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<v Speaker 2>him who loved me.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, if John were writing, he.

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<v Speaker 2>Would say, this is a victory that overcomes the world.

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<v Speaker 2>The arrow of victory, the Lord's arrow of victory. God

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<v Speaker 2>is the source of my supply. God is the source

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<v Speaker 2>of my strength. It's the Lord's arrow of victory.

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<v Speaker 1>But he put it in your hands.

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<v Speaker 2>God gave the victory, but you must take the shot.

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<v Speaker 1>Now.

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<v Speaker 2>Feel the spirit of Wayne Gretzky coming on me. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't even like hockey. But he said, you miss one

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<v Speaker 2>hundred percent of the shots you don't take, and he

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<v Speaker 2>shot the arrow. But what happened next This tragic because

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<v Speaker 2>he had the opportunity of a lifetime to completely defeat

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<v Speaker 2>the enemy that was oppressing him, and he missed it.

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<v Speaker 2>He missed it. He missed it because he didn't do

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<v Speaker 2>Watch this verse eighteen. The prophet said, take the arrows,

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<v Speaker 2>and the king took them. Strike the ground, and he

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<v Speaker 2>struck it three times and stopped. The Man of God

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<v Speaker 2>was angry with him and said, you only did half

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<v Speaker 2>of what you should have done. You had more arrows

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<v Speaker 2>that you didn't use. And this is where I want

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<v Speaker 2>to key in today. It is significant that it was

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<v Speaker 2>not a lack of arrows or artillery that caused the

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<v Speaker 2>King to miss the potential victory. It was not the

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<v Speaker 2>lack of weapons. It was the lack of will. If

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<v Speaker 2>you would have used every arrow that you had, you

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<v Speaker 2>would have completely defeated this thing. And now you only

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<v Speaker 2>defeated three times the.

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<v Speaker 1>Power of provision.

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<v Speaker 2>God has given me what I need for the season

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<v Speaker 2>that I'm in, and I have a choice to make

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<v Speaker 2>today and every day. Will I weep over what I'm losing,

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<v Speaker 2>or will I wield the weapons that are left provision perspective.

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<v Speaker 1>The two are connected.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll tell you a story I didn't tell any of

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<v Speaker 2>the other worship experiences because I'm kind of partial to

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<v Speaker 2>you guys, because after you I'm done.

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<v Speaker 1>Were a vacation this summer.

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<v Speaker 2>I turned on the windshield wipers and Graham was sitting

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<v Speaker 2>in the passenger seat.

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<v Speaker 1>The windshield was dirty.

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<v Speaker 2>That's what I noticed, he said, Daddy, when you turn

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<v Speaker 2>on the windshield wipers, I pretend there's.

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<v Speaker 1>A race, he said.

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<v Speaker 2>The dirty triangle that the windshield wipers don't get to.

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<v Speaker 1>That's the shark's fin.

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<v Speaker 2>The part of the windshield that the wipers clean, that's

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<v Speaker 2>a whale. The wipers are the dolphin, and when you

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<v Speaker 2>turn them on they're jumping.

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<v Speaker 1>Here's why I told you that story.

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<v Speaker 2>I was looking at a dirty windshield. He was looking

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<v Speaker 2>into the windshield. I saw a dirty window. He saw SeaWorld.

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<v Speaker 2>And here's my premise. It's about perspective. Repeat after me.

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<v Speaker 2>What I see is up to me. Elisha was a seer,

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<v Speaker 2>and when he saw something, he spoke, and he spoke

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<v Speaker 2>something and he saw something and the needs of the

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<v Speaker 2>people materialized because of Elisha's ability to see and to speak.

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<v Speaker 2>There is a connection between your vision and your victory.

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<v Speaker 2>Your perspective is connected to your provision. But my mind

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<v Speaker 2>plays these tricks on me. I only see the dirty windshield.

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<v Speaker 2>Here's the thing that my mind is always noticing. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>always noticing and asking myself the question. And I have

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<v Speaker 2>the ability to work in any situation, to walk in

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<v Speaker 2>and I automatically notice what I'm missing. That's what my

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<v Speaker 2>brain tends to think when I walk into a situation.

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<v Speaker 2>And I want you to pray for me, because this

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<v Speaker 2>is a terrible question just to walk in. Do you'll

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<v Speaker 2>have that question because I want.

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<v Speaker 1>It on the screen.

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<v Speaker 2>My brain is constantly asking the question walking into any

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<v Speaker 2>situation flow with me.

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<v Speaker 1>What am I missing? What am I missing.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm really good at weeping over what isn't there or

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<v Speaker 2>worrying over what isn't there. My brain is trained to

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<v Speaker 2>do it. It's almost as if I feel like somewhere

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<v Speaker 2>along in my life, I took a class on how

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<v Speaker 2>to walk into any situation and notice what I'm missing,

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<v Speaker 2>what I don't have, what I can't do, what I

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<v Speaker 2>can't control. Now, I'll give myself a little credit, because

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<v Speaker 2>some people don't even notice the need.

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<v Speaker 1>They just walk by it.

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<v Speaker 2>It amazes me sometimes what my children will not even

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<v Speaker 2>see that needs to be done.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not that they didn't.

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<v Speaker 2>Do it, it's that they didn't even see that it

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<v Speaker 2>needed to be done. One of my children asked Holly

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<v Speaker 2>the other day, you mean I have to take a

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<v Speaker 2>bath every day? He doesn't see the need because he

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't smell the stitch. You know, you can get to

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<v Speaker 2>a place in your life where you've been in a

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<v Speaker 2>situation and condition so long that everybody else smells it,

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<v Speaker 2>but you, I mean, you can get to the place

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<v Speaker 2>where you don't even see the need. I remember a

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<v Speaker 2>few years ago, I took a whole group of staff

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<v Speaker 2>members and the trash cans and the office were just overflowing,

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<v Speaker 2>not kind of full overflowing. And I walked a group

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<v Speaker 2>of staff around, and I said, to answer me a question,

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<v Speaker 2>did you not take this trash out because you didn't

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<v Speaker 2>you didn't want to.

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<v Speaker 1>Take it out? Or did you not notice?

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<v Speaker 2>And you know what, honest to God, they didn't even

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<v Speaker 2>notice the need, or at least that's what they told me.

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<v Speaker 1>And some people don't even notice.

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<v Speaker 2>Worse yet, sometime don't see the need because all we

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<v Speaker 2>see is the symptom. Can I preach a little bit

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<v Speaker 2>in your body? This is called referred pain. It's when

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<v Speaker 2>you have something wrong in your chest, but you feel

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<v Speaker 2>it in your neck, so you're trying to fix it

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<v Speaker 2>in a place that it is not coming from. And

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<v Speaker 2>when David said the Lord is my shepherd, I shall

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<v Speaker 2>not want, he is also implying that God is the

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<v Speaker 2>only one who knows what I really need, what I

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<v Speaker 2>really need when I pray, give me this day my

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<v Speaker 2>daily bread. As Jesus taught his disciples to pray, I

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<v Speaker 2>no longer pray God give me what I think I need,

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<v Speaker 2>but give me what you know I need. God is

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<v Speaker 2>the only one who has been in my tomorrow. So

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<v Speaker 2>he's the only one who knows what I'm gonna need

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<v Speaker 2>when I get there, and if he knows, I need

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<v Speaker 2>to fight a lion, so I'll be ready for Goliath.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to fight the lion. I don't want him

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<v Speaker 2>to prevent the fight. I want him to provide the

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<v Speaker 2>faith so that I will because if I don't fight Goliath,

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<v Speaker 2>I can't get his sword. And if I don't get

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<v Speaker 2>his sword, it won't be in storage when I need it.

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<v Speaker 2>God knows what I need. He is my source. Somebody shop,

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<v Speaker 2>God is my source. Tell it to the person sitting

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<v Speaker 2>next to you. You're not my source. My job is

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<v Speaker 2>not my source. My boss is not my source.

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<v Speaker 3>See.

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<v Speaker 2>There are some things in life that are nice to have,

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<v Speaker 2>but I don't really need them to survive. I love

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<v Speaker 2>when Holly says this to me. And Valentine's Day is

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<v Speaker 2>coming up, so maybe she'll say this to me on Tuesday.

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<v Speaker 2>She'll say, I appreciate everything you've given me because I

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<v Speaker 2>try to take care of her. I really do, and

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<v Speaker 2>always the best of my ability. Sometimes that meant water

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<v Speaker 2>and we eat chips at the Mexican and share a

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<v Speaker 2>speedy Gonzales.

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<v Speaker 1>But sometimes that meant I.

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<v Speaker 2>Could take her to Mortons, But whether it was Mexican

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<v Speaker 2>or Mortons, it didn't matter. I was always giving her

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<v Speaker 2>what I could. But every once in a while she'll

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<v Speaker 2>tell me. She'll tell me something like this, it's not

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<v Speaker 2>the things that you gave me, and I think she

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<v Speaker 2>means it. It's not the things, because she was there

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<v Speaker 2>with me when there weren't any things.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not the things.

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<v Speaker 2>She loved me in Juniper Terrorists Apartment C fifteen. She

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<v Speaker 2>loved me in the Duplex. I don't love you for

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<v Speaker 2>the Dnali, I love you in the duplex. It's not

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<v Speaker 2>what you gave me. Our love is not contingent upon

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<v Speaker 2>a material possession.

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<v Speaker 1>And I wonder.

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<v Speaker 2>Have I come to that place in my relationship with

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<v Speaker 2>God that I really believe that if He didn't give it,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't need it. My brain tells me differently. My

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<v Speaker 2>brain tells me, even while I'm preaching this sermon, that

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<v Speaker 2>I am not intelligent enough, articulate enough. When I go

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<v Speaker 2>to tell my little jokes, I'm not comical enough because

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<v Speaker 2>my brain picks out the people.

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<v Speaker 1>Who look hateful in the crowd every time.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know how I find y'all, but I find

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<v Speaker 2>you somehow. And my brain will pick out what's missing.

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<v Speaker 2>There could be a thousand people standing.

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<v Speaker 1>Up preach, pastor, but my little brain.

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<v Speaker 2>You too.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, I can walk in a.

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<v Speaker 2>Situation and find what's wrong in a minute. Notice who

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<v Speaker 2>wasn't nice to me?

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<v Speaker 1>In a minute.

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<v Speaker 2>Always notice what I'm missing, Always notice what I lack,

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<v Speaker 2>Always notice what I've lost. But if I only notice

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<v Speaker 2>what I lack and what I've lost, I won't use

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<v Speaker 2>what I have left. And what God wants to do

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<v Speaker 2>through my life next is not contingent upon.

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<v Speaker 1>What I lack or what I've lost.

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<v Speaker 2>Come on, you better help me preach, Get a bow,

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<v Speaker 2>get some arrows, punch your neighbor in the arm, and say,

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<v Speaker 2>what you have is what you need. What you have

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<v Speaker 2>is what you need. What you have is what you need.

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<v Speaker 2>What you have is what you need. What you have

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<v Speaker 2>is what you need. God should have made me taller.

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't choose to be five foot nine. Five foot

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<v Speaker 2>nine is all I need. That's all I need. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't need any extra inches. Praise the Lord. One time

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<v Speaker 2>I called a guid to thank him forgid contributing to

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<v Speaker 2>the church, and he said, I appreciate your call. It's

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<v Speaker 2>nice but I want you to know it's not needed.

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<v Speaker 2>And I thought it was needed because he gave a

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<v Speaker 2>million dollars to the church. I thought, if you gave

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<v Speaker 2>a million dollars, you ought to get a phone.

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<v Speaker 1>Call from the headman.

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<v Speaker 2>He said, I appreciate it, and it's nice to hear

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<v Speaker 2>from you, but it's not needed.

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<v Speaker 1>I never forgot what he said.

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<v Speaker 2>This was years ago, and this week I was reminded

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<v Speaker 2>of one time when Paul he was in prison.

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<v Speaker 1>Right he's writing to the church.

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<v Speaker 2>At Philippi who just contributed toward his legal defense. And

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<v Speaker 2>so Paul writes to them to thank them and express

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<v Speaker 2>his gratitude. He says, hey, I got your gift, and

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<v Speaker 2>I was happy for it. In fact, I rejoiced greatly.

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<v Speaker 2>This is Philippians four, verse ten. That you renewed your

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<v Speaker 2>concern for me at last. It took a while, but

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<v Speaker 2>I know that you were concerned but had no opportunity

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<v Speaker 2>to show it. Now that's important too, because Paul's problem

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<v Speaker 2>created their opportunity. Sometimes we miss God's provision because it

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<v Speaker 2>is disguised as.

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<v Speaker 1>A problem, and we.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't receive the provision because it's wrapped in a package

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<v Speaker 2>that looks like a problem, and we keep sending back

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<v Speaker 2>the gift that God is trying to bestow upon us

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<v Speaker 2>because it doesn't feel good. Sometimes God will send correction

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<v Speaker 2>into your life to make you better. You've been praying

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<v Speaker 2>for God to make you better, but he didn't do

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<v Speaker 2>it through somebody telling you how good you are. He

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<v Speaker 2>sends somebody to correct you. But you don't like the

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<v Speaker 2>way correction feels. So rather than receive the correction, which

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<v Speaker 2>is a gift to take you where God is calling

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<v Speaker 2>you to, you get offended and quit. And God's provision

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<v Speaker 2>comes rapped in strange packages. And so for Paul, he's

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<v Speaker 2>in prison and God provides for him through the church,

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<v Speaker 2>and he's writing back to them, and he said, thank

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<v Speaker 2>you for the gift.

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<v Speaker 1>I received it.

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<v Speaker 2>I was happy about it, and I appreciate it. But

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<v Speaker 2>watch what he says in the next verse. He said,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not saying this because I'm in need for I

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<v Speaker 2>have learned this is something that you are not born with.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't know what you need. I mean, you are

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<v Speaker 2>born just screaming. You don't know what you need. You

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<v Speaker 2>just know that you need to eat. You don't understand

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<v Speaker 2>the process. But life is the process of God teaching

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<v Speaker 2>you that he is the one who feeds you. Sometimes

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<v Speaker 2>he'll do it over here, Sometimes he'll do it over there.

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<v Speaker 2>Sometimes he'll do it for nobody at all. Sometimes he'll

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<v Speaker 2>do it when you're all alone. But when God is

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<v Speaker 2>your source, you will never lack supply. Therefore, do not

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<v Speaker 2>worry about tomorrow saying what shall we eat or what

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<v Speaker 2>shall we drink?

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<v Speaker 1>Or what shall we wear?

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<v Speaker 2>For your father knows you need these things.

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<v Speaker 1>He knows what I need.

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<v Speaker 2>Paul says, it's nice, but I don't need it.

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<v Speaker 1>It's nice, but I don't need it.

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<v Speaker 2>I appreciate what you bought for me. Holly said, it's nice,

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<v Speaker 2>but I don't need it. I like it, but I

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<v Speaker 2>don't need it. Even let me tell you something right

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<v Speaker 2>right here, to stay my cough. I appreciate your passion.

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<v Speaker 2>I was watching you in worship and here I am

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<v Speaker 2>preach it and you are standing up like you are

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<v Speaker 2>ready to charge the devil with a nurse bow and arrow.

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<v Speaker 1>And I love it. I love it.

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<v Speaker 2>I love your response to the word to God. It's nice,

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<v Speaker 2>but I want you to know I don't need it. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna preach this if you stand up and shout

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<v Speaker 2>me down. I'm gonna preach it if you sit there

0:27:14.000 --> 0:27:18.080
<v Speaker 2>and sleep, because I can't hold it in.

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<v Speaker 1>It's my calling, it's my assignment.

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<v Speaker 2>See if you want to respond, that's nice. But even

0:27:26.640 --> 0:27:30.760
<v Speaker 2>if you don't respond, I gotta word from God and

0:27:30.880 --> 0:27:39.119
<v Speaker 2>I gotta get it out. This is for all of

0:27:39.160 --> 0:27:42.680
<v Speaker 2>you who have been underappreciated in the position you're in.

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<v Speaker 2>You gotta come to the place where you say, you know.

0:27:45.400 --> 0:27:46.360
<v Speaker 1>It's nice when.

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<v Speaker 2>People think me, it's nice when people notice me.

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<v Speaker 1>But God is my rewarder.

0:27:51.320 --> 0:27:52.639
<v Speaker 2>God is my source.

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<v Speaker 1>God is my supply.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't need it. It'd be nice to have a

0:28:04.920 --> 0:28:07.920
<v Speaker 2>date on Valentine's Day, but I don't need it. I'll

0:28:07.960 --> 0:28:17.760
<v Speaker 2>take myself out of Bosta, buy my own shrimp. Okay,

0:28:18.880 --> 0:28:21.600
<v Speaker 2>I find somebody to say I don't need it. If

0:28:21.640 --> 0:28:23.119
<v Speaker 2>God didn't give it, I don't need it.

0:28:23.359 --> 0:28:25.960
<v Speaker 1>If it's not in my reach, it's not for this season.

0:28:26.280 --> 0:28:35.920
<v Speaker 3>And if he let it go, I will too, because

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<v Speaker 3>I find out.

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<v Speaker 1>The deeper the valley, the greener the grass, and He.

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<v Speaker 2>Will never lead me to a place that he will

0:28:41.480 --> 0:28:44.840
<v Speaker 2>not feed me, and he will never send me into

0:28:44.840 --> 0:28:48.160
<v Speaker 2>a situation that he does not supply for so Elisha

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<v Speaker 2>had the unique ability to go into the same situation

0:28:50.720 --> 0:28:52.400
<v Speaker 2>that others had walked into and seen only.

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<v Speaker 4>Shortage and see God's supply. Who is this for today?

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<v Speaker 1>You know who I'm worried about.

0:29:06.480 --> 0:29:14.840
<v Speaker 2>The one who pretends like they have no need, or

0:29:14.880 --> 0:29:17.440
<v Speaker 2>the one who has become so calloused in your heart,

0:29:19.560 --> 0:29:23.280
<v Speaker 2>the one who has become so dependent on dysfunctional systems

0:29:23.320 --> 0:29:27.240
<v Speaker 2>that cannot feed you in a sustainable way that you

0:29:27.280 --> 0:29:28.440
<v Speaker 2>have lost your ability to.

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<v Speaker 1>Come before God and say I need you a broken

0:29:32.440 --> 0:29:33.360
<v Speaker 1>in a contrite heart.

0:29:33.400 --> 0:29:35.440
<v Speaker 2>He will not despise, but the arrogant and the proud

0:29:35.440 --> 0:29:36.320
<v Speaker 2>he will cast down.

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<v Speaker 1>The prerequisite for supply is that you know your need.

0:29:44.960 --> 0:29:51.479
<v Speaker 2>I need you, God, I need you if I see you,

0:29:51.560 --> 0:29:55.320
<v Speaker 2>if I seek first the Kingdom and His righteousness, all

0:29:55.360 --> 0:29:59.920
<v Speaker 2>these things, these things, see, they're not needs, their things.

0:30:00.040 --> 0:30:04.720
<v Speaker 2>All I need is Him and He will supply.

0:30:06.000 --> 0:30:06.560
<v Speaker 1>Oh my needs.

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<v Speaker 2>So I've been I've been switching my question a little

0:30:09.200 --> 0:30:13.560
<v Speaker 2>bit instead of asking the question what am I missing?

0:30:13.680 --> 0:30:17.880
<v Speaker 2>Because I can stay stuck there forever. I'm a broken person.

0:30:19.920 --> 0:30:23.240
<v Speaker 2>There are skills I do not have, there are talents

0:30:23.280 --> 0:30:29.160
<v Speaker 2>I cannot employ, there are resources I cannot access, and

0:30:29.200 --> 0:30:32.400
<v Speaker 2>if I focus on that my whole life, it will

0:30:32.400 --> 0:30:34.360
<v Speaker 2>feed my fear and starve my faith, and I will

0:30:34.360 --> 0:30:43.560
<v Speaker 2>not receive what Jesus died to give me for every

0:30:43.600 --> 0:30:46.800
<v Speaker 2>needy person in the place today, let me give you

0:30:46.800 --> 0:30:51.360
<v Speaker 2>a better question. Instead of walking into the situation and

0:30:51.520 --> 0:30:57.240
<v Speaker 2>asking the question what am I missing, walk into the

0:30:57.240 --> 0:31:00.720
<v Speaker 2>same situation and, instead of asking the question, asked the

0:31:00.840 --> 0:31:09.400
<v Speaker 2>question what am I missing?

0:31:09.880 --> 0:31:13.440
<v Speaker 1>What am I not seeing?

0:31:16.040 --> 0:31:19.120
<v Speaker 2>What is it that God has put in front of me?

0:31:19.200 --> 0:31:22.560
<v Speaker 2>What are the weapons that are within my reach that

0:31:22.640 --> 0:31:23.120
<v Speaker 2>I am not.

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<v Speaker 1>Seeing? Pro vision in this.

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<v Speaker 2>Message freedom, I'm telling you man, because you have been

0:31:35.760 --> 0:31:40.720
<v Speaker 2>so stuck in what was weeping at the feet of Elisha.

0:31:41.000 --> 0:31:41.480
<v Speaker 1>He's gone.

0:31:41.600 --> 0:31:46.240
<v Speaker 2>Now you have been so stuck in what's not what

0:31:46.360 --> 0:31:47.720
<v Speaker 2>you don't have, what you can't do.

0:31:49.040 --> 0:31:51.080
<v Speaker 1>Sweetheart, If I would have made a list.

0:31:50.840 --> 0:31:53.080
<v Speaker 2>Of everything I can't do and everything I'm bad at,

0:31:53.080 --> 0:31:54.760
<v Speaker 2>there would not be an elevation Church.

0:31:56.880 --> 0:31:59.479
<v Speaker 1>I'm serious, I'm serious.

0:31:59.480 --> 0:32:01.440
<v Speaker 2>The Devil's gonna beat me up for preaching to you

0:32:01.520 --> 0:32:04.280
<v Speaker 2>like this, because when it gets real like this, I

0:32:04.320 --> 0:32:08.120
<v Speaker 2>open myself and sometimes it feels like I'm just opening myself.

0:32:08.120 --> 0:32:11.120
<v Speaker 2>But there is so much I wish I could take

0:32:11.120 --> 0:32:13.560
<v Speaker 2>some time and talk to you about my weaknesses. I mean,

0:32:13.600 --> 0:32:17.800
<v Speaker 2>there are so many weaknesses that I have, but I

0:32:17.840 --> 0:32:24.640
<v Speaker 2>have never allowed my weaknesses to prevent me from using

0:32:24.680 --> 0:32:29.760
<v Speaker 2>my weapons. Who am I preaching to? I got a bow,

0:32:30.840 --> 0:32:34.840
<v Speaker 2>I got an arrow. I intend to use every arrow

0:32:34.920 --> 0:32:35.720
<v Speaker 2>in my quimper.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sorry.

0:32:44.400 --> 0:32:46.800
<v Speaker 2>So Peter and John are going to the gate called Beautiful.

0:32:47.640 --> 0:32:50.840
<v Speaker 2>They're just going to church one day, and along the

0:32:50.880 --> 0:32:55.200
<v Speaker 2>way to church, because destiny will all often disguise itself

0:32:55.640 --> 0:33:02.280
<v Speaker 2>as a distraction, that was too quick, they were walking

0:33:02.280 --> 0:33:04.560
<v Speaker 2>to church and there was a beggar at the gate

0:33:04.640 --> 0:33:09.800
<v Speaker 2>called Beautiful asking them for alms. He was shaking a

0:33:09.840 --> 0:33:14.040
<v Speaker 2>cup in their face, asking them for some spare change.

0:33:15.600 --> 0:33:16.160
<v Speaker 1>But how many.

0:33:16.200 --> 0:33:18.680
<v Speaker 2>No, God doesn't always give you the kind of change

0:33:18.760 --> 0:33:24.160
<v Speaker 2>that you ask for. See, God knows the need beneath

0:33:24.200 --> 0:33:29.000
<v Speaker 2>the need, beneath the need, beneath the need, beneath the need,

0:33:29.360 --> 0:33:32.440
<v Speaker 2>beneath the need. So this man has been lame since birth.

0:33:32.680 --> 0:33:35.880
<v Speaker 2>He's never been able to walk. He's doing the best

0:33:35.960 --> 0:33:38.320
<v Speaker 2>that he can. He's in the only place that he

0:33:38.360 --> 0:33:40.959
<v Speaker 2>thinks he can get any kind of provision or assistance

0:33:41.000 --> 0:33:44.440
<v Speaker 2>at all. And here comes Peter and here comes John,

0:33:44.920 --> 0:33:47.240
<v Speaker 2>and apparently they look like the kind.

0:33:47.000 --> 0:33:48.320
<v Speaker 1>Of people who would.

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<v Speaker 2>Be willing to help a little bit, And so he

0:33:50.880 --> 0:33:53.920
<v Speaker 2>asks him boldly. In fact, the Bible says in verse

0:33:53.960 --> 0:33:58.080
<v Speaker 2>two that he saw Peter and John going up to

0:33:58.240 --> 0:34:00.960
<v Speaker 2>the temple. Now, if he hadn't in the right place,

0:34:01.000 --> 0:34:04.000
<v Speaker 2>he wouldn't have seen his provision. That's why I gotta

0:34:04.040 --> 0:34:06.320
<v Speaker 2>come to church, because if I don't get in the

0:34:06.400 --> 0:34:10.120
<v Speaker 2>right place, I might miss the provision. I might miss

0:34:10.200 --> 0:34:12.719
<v Speaker 2>the word that God wants to give me to fight

0:34:12.800 --> 0:34:15.200
<v Speaker 2>the battle that I don't even know about yet. So

0:34:15.280 --> 0:34:22.160
<v Speaker 2>I gotta get there. And as he's sitting there, he

0:34:22.280 --> 0:34:28.720
<v Speaker 2>sees he sees verse three, he sees Peter and John.

0:34:30.560 --> 0:34:35.000
<v Speaker 1>He sees provision vision.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna stay right here, provision. And the wipers are

0:34:42.440 --> 0:34:45.840
<v Speaker 2>the dolphins, and the dirt is the shark. What do

0:34:45.880 --> 0:34:49.479
<v Speaker 2>you mean, boy, it's a dirty windshield. No, I see

0:34:49.520 --> 0:34:54.279
<v Speaker 2>something in it. I see something. I see something. Maybe

0:34:54.280 --> 0:34:55.680
<v Speaker 2>that's why he said we need to have faith like

0:34:55.719 --> 0:35:03.040
<v Speaker 2>a child. I stopped being so blind to our supply.

0:35:03.760 --> 0:35:04.360
<v Speaker 1>The enemy.

0:35:04.719 --> 0:35:08.359
<v Speaker 2>If he can't keep you from seeing the need, then

0:35:08.400 --> 0:35:13.439
<v Speaker 2>he will keep you blind to the supply. And when

0:35:13.440 --> 0:35:15.920
<v Speaker 2>he saw Peter come and he said, hook a brother up.

0:35:18.120 --> 0:35:20.200
<v Speaker 2>And Peter said, I got good news and bad news.

0:35:23.160 --> 0:35:27.279
<v Speaker 2>The good news is I see you look at it.

0:35:27.600 --> 0:35:29.959
<v Speaker 2>It says that not only did the man see Peter

0:35:30.000 --> 0:35:34.400
<v Speaker 2>and John, but Peter looked straight at him. I wonder

0:35:34.440 --> 0:35:38.640
<v Speaker 2>how many people had passed by him. I wonder how

0:35:38.680 --> 0:35:41.319
<v Speaker 2>many people had stepped over him. I'm not saying that

0:35:41.320 --> 0:35:43.480
<v Speaker 2>to make you feel bad. I mean, we all get

0:35:43.480 --> 0:35:45.480
<v Speaker 2>in a hurry, and we're never going to be able

0:35:45.560 --> 0:35:46.640
<v Speaker 2>to do everything for everyone.

0:35:46.680 --> 0:35:49.279
<v Speaker 1>That's not my point. My point is.

0:35:49.200 --> 0:35:52.880
<v Speaker 2>That in this particular passage, the miracle was sitting there

0:35:53.280 --> 0:35:56.040
<v Speaker 2>in the form of something that everyone else walked past,

0:36:00.680 --> 0:36:01.600
<v Speaker 2>and Peter looked.

0:36:01.440 --> 0:36:03.560
<v Speaker 1>At him, and he was there.

0:36:04.560 --> 0:36:06.360
<v Speaker 2>I don't think Peter was the first one to church,

0:36:07.160 --> 0:36:10.319
<v Speaker 2>nor was he the last one. But he looked at

0:36:10.440 --> 0:36:16.239
<v Speaker 2>him and he saw something. He saw an opportunity disguised.

0:36:16.239 --> 0:36:23.080
<v Speaker 2>That's a problem. God is an optometrist. He wants to

0:36:23.080 --> 0:36:28.640
<v Speaker 2>fix the way. You see. You've been asking will I

0:36:28.680 --> 0:36:32.040
<v Speaker 2>have what it takes? And God is asking will you

0:36:32.120 --> 0:36:40.880
<v Speaker 2>take what you've got? Get a bow, get some arrows.

0:36:42.480 --> 0:36:47.600
<v Speaker 2>It's right there, it's right there. I mean, God will

0:36:47.680 --> 0:36:53.799
<v Speaker 2>hide your provision in plain sight to cause you to

0:36:53.800 --> 0:37:00.600
<v Speaker 2>seek for him. Sometimes, as men, we God to give

0:37:00.680 --> 0:37:03.440
<v Speaker 2>us wisdom, and He hides it in our wives.

0:37:03.480 --> 0:37:04.080
<v Speaker 1>If we'll listen.

0:37:07.400 --> 0:37:11.239
<v Speaker 2>I thought I would get some female support and endorsement.

0:37:17.920 --> 0:37:22.600
<v Speaker 2>Hidden provision, something you've been walking past. That's what Elisha

0:37:22.760 --> 0:37:26.040
<v Speaker 2>was able to do. That's what the window is for,

0:37:26.360 --> 0:37:30.000
<v Speaker 2>to see God is working. To see God at work

0:37:30.239 --> 0:37:36.120
<v Speaker 2>beneath the surface. God, show me where you're working in

0:37:36.160 --> 0:37:39.359
<v Speaker 2>this situation. That's my prayer. I assume that you are.

0:37:40.560 --> 0:37:45.040
<v Speaker 2>You're always working. Now open my eyes to see the

0:37:45.160 --> 0:37:51.520
<v Speaker 2>miracle already in progress. Touch my eyes so I can

0:37:51.640 --> 0:37:53.680
<v Speaker 2>see some of y'all I see around this church have

0:37:53.760 --> 0:37:54.680
<v Speaker 2>been with me a long time.

0:37:54.719 --> 0:37:57.000
<v Speaker 1>I've never preached a more annointed sermon than this one.

0:37:57.080 --> 0:38:00.920
<v Speaker 2>Right now, God is doing corrective eye surge. This is

0:38:01.000 --> 0:38:04.120
<v Speaker 2>like lasick for the soul. Right now, God is trying

0:38:04.120 --> 0:38:07.439
<v Speaker 2>to get you back. You've been looking at situations through

0:38:07.480 --> 0:38:11.040
<v Speaker 2>the lens of limitation. But God said today, I'm not

0:38:11.120 --> 0:38:12.640
<v Speaker 2>gonna change your situation.

0:38:13.080 --> 0:38:14.080
<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna take off.

0:38:13.920 --> 0:38:19.440
<v Speaker 2>Your spectacles so you can see your situation through the

0:38:19.600 --> 0:38:28.040
<v Speaker 2>lens of my provision. I would have despaired unless I

0:38:28.080 --> 0:38:30.080
<v Speaker 2>believe that I would see the goodness of the Lord

0:38:30.320 --> 0:38:31.480
<v Speaker 2>in the land of the Living.

0:38:32.680 --> 0:38:33.600
<v Speaker 1>You're looking at it wrong.

0:38:33.640 --> 0:38:40.160
<v Speaker 2>It's not a dirty windshield of sheam MoU. You've been

0:38:40.160 --> 0:38:45.760
<v Speaker 2>praying for patience God sent you preschoolers. Is provision wrapped

0:38:45.760 --> 0:38:49.000
<v Speaker 2>in pampers. Y'all better talk to me. I'll preach all day.

0:38:49.360 --> 0:38:51.439
<v Speaker 2>There ain't no parking lot for me to clear. Right now,

0:38:51.520 --> 0:38:55.680
<v Speaker 2>I feel on fire with the word of God. Peter

0:38:55.800 --> 0:38:59.759
<v Speaker 2>looked at the man, and where others saw an inconvenience,

0:38:59.800 --> 0:39:05.680
<v Speaker 2>he an opportunity. And he looks straight at him. Open

0:39:05.760 --> 0:39:09.040
<v Speaker 2>the east window, looks straight at the thing that's in

0:39:09.120 --> 0:39:09.960
<v Speaker 2>your way.

0:39:10.320 --> 0:39:11.160
<v Speaker 1>Don't divert your.

0:39:11.040 --> 0:39:15.040
<v Speaker 2>Attention, don't distract yourself. Look at it, see it for

0:39:15.120 --> 0:39:17.719
<v Speaker 2>what it is, see it for what it can be.

0:39:18.360 --> 0:39:21.080
<v Speaker 2>And then he spoke to it. First he saw it,

0:39:21.560 --> 0:39:25.839
<v Speaker 2>and then he spoke to it. And Peter looked at

0:39:25.840 --> 0:39:28.839
<v Speaker 2>the man, and then Peter told the man, look at us.

0:39:29.520 --> 0:39:33.520
<v Speaker 2>You see a common theme in this passage. Every good

0:39:33.520 --> 0:39:40.280
<v Speaker 2>thing that happened happened by virtue of perspective provision for

0:39:40.560 --> 0:39:48.799
<v Speaker 2>the vision, pro vision vocabulary lesson pro for vision sight.

0:39:49.200 --> 0:39:52.359
<v Speaker 2>I want to see how God is working this for

0:39:52.440 --> 0:39:55.440
<v Speaker 2>the good of those who love him. God is for me,

0:39:55.840 --> 0:39:58.840
<v Speaker 2>not against me. I just got to open my eyes

0:39:58.880 --> 0:40:11.520
<v Speaker 2>to see it. And the man was expecting something that

0:40:11.640 --> 0:40:13.759
<v Speaker 2>was much less than what God was willing to give.

0:40:13.800 --> 0:40:21.919
<v Speaker 1>Could that be you notice what happened? Man?

0:40:21.960 --> 0:40:23.680
<v Speaker 2>This part got good to me when I was preaching

0:40:23.719 --> 0:40:25.160
<v Speaker 2>it over at the nine point thirty.

0:40:25.160 --> 0:40:28.120
<v Speaker 1>And I hope I can do it right now. I'm closing.

0:40:28.600 --> 0:40:30.600
<v Speaker 2>I really am closing kind of, that's sort of in

0:40:30.640 --> 0:40:32.160
<v Speaker 2>my own little way.

0:40:33.280 --> 0:40:35.839
<v Speaker 1>Oh man, if I could get you.

0:40:35.800 --> 0:40:38.319
<v Speaker 2>To see this, God, help me say it like I

0:40:38.360 --> 0:40:39.920
<v Speaker 2>see it, because I see it.

0:40:39.960 --> 0:40:40.279
<v Speaker 1>I see it.

0:40:40.320 --> 0:40:42.200
<v Speaker 2>I see that he wanted to get something, but first

0:40:42.239 --> 0:40:46.040
<v Speaker 2>he had to give something. Look at verse five, the

0:40:46.160 --> 0:40:56.560
<v Speaker 2>man gave them his attention. What if it's not about

0:40:57.440 --> 0:41:01.239
<v Speaker 2>what you're not getting that is causing you to live

0:41:01.239 --> 0:41:04.239
<v Speaker 2>in a state of shortage. What if the windows are

0:41:04.280 --> 0:41:11.120
<v Speaker 2>closed because you wouldn't open them.

0:41:11.160 --> 0:41:12.480
<v Speaker 1>And God will test you on this.

0:41:13.920 --> 0:41:15.680
<v Speaker 2>He will test you on this because He does not

0:41:15.840 --> 0:41:20.160
<v Speaker 2>want you dependent on sources of energy or affirmation that are.

0:41:20.040 --> 0:41:21.200
<v Speaker 1>Not connected to his heart.

0:41:23.480 --> 0:41:25.120
<v Speaker 2>And he will let a brook dry up so that

0:41:25.160 --> 0:41:27.120
<v Speaker 2>you'll move on and realize it wasn't the birds that

0:41:27.120 --> 0:41:28.239
<v Speaker 2>were feeding you to begin with.

0:41:28.320 --> 0:41:30.759
<v Speaker 1>It was him.

0:41:30.880 --> 0:41:33.800
<v Speaker 2>It was him. He is my supply in every season

0:41:38.400 --> 0:41:41.120
<v Speaker 2>for whoever the three people are that I'm preaching this to.

0:41:45.840 --> 0:41:53.680
<v Speaker 2>When he gave them his attention, God exceeded his expectation.

0:41:56.200 --> 0:42:01.160
<v Speaker 2>He expected to get something from them. And I don't

0:42:01.200 --> 0:42:03.160
<v Speaker 2>know what you're expecting God to do in the season

0:42:03.200 --> 0:42:05.560
<v Speaker 2>of your life that he won't do yet, because usually

0:42:06.160 --> 0:42:09.440
<v Speaker 2>when we ask God for change, what we really want

0:42:09.480 --> 0:42:16.440
<v Speaker 2>him to change is the situation, not ourselves. Sometimes when

0:42:16.440 --> 0:42:18.880
<v Speaker 2>I preach, I don't feel anything. Sometimes I feel something.

0:42:19.760 --> 0:42:21.600
<v Speaker 2>And the times when I didn't feel anything, I used

0:42:21.600 --> 0:42:23.719
<v Speaker 2>to think something was wrong, and God spoke to me

0:42:24.239 --> 0:42:26.680
<v Speaker 2>really very clearly. It's louder than out loud. It's not

0:42:26.719 --> 0:42:28.479
<v Speaker 2>out loud, it's louder than that. You know what I'm saying.

0:42:28.640 --> 0:42:31.560
<v Speaker 2>It's like the sense that you know. God said, the

0:42:31.600 --> 0:42:33.480
<v Speaker 2>reason you don't feel anything is cause I want to

0:42:33.520 --> 0:42:35.560
<v Speaker 2>set you free from the need to feel it. To

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<v Speaker 2>do it, I don't need you to feel. I need

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<v Speaker 2>you to preach. I want you to depend on the

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<v Speaker 2>feeling of my presence. I want you to see it

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<v Speaker 2>when you can't feel it. I want you to know

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<v Speaker 2>it when the sensation of your emotions do not confirm it.

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<v Speaker 2>And sometimes God will bypass.

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<v Speaker 1>What you want.

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<v Speaker 2>To give you what you need now in Him who's

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<v Speaker 2>able to do measurably more.

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<v Speaker 1>Than we ask or imagine.

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<v Speaker 2>We always think that that versus pointing upward, he's able

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<v Speaker 2>to do exceeding abundantly beyond all we ask or imagine.

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<v Speaker 1>And I believe it is that the aral victory is

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<v Speaker 1>flying over Aaron. But what if that verse works both ways?

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<v Speaker 2>What if he wants to do something deeper than what

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<v Speaker 2>I'm asking him to do? Deep work? I want to

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<v Speaker 2>do a deeper work. I don't just want to give

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<v Speaker 2>you people in your life to encourage you. I want

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<v Speaker 2>to teach you how to encourage others.

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<v Speaker 1>I learned how to fight the devil. If nobody texts.

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<v Speaker 2>Me to encourage, I go to work on my own

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<v Speaker 2>contacts and I start finding people. See I'm teaching the devil.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't mess with me, because I'll cut off your head

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<v Speaker 2>with your own sword. You discourage me, and I'll encourage them.

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<v Speaker 1>And Peter said, I'm not going to give you what

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<v Speaker 1>you want. I don't have it.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't have what you think you need. But such

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<v Speaker 2>as I have, I give unto you. In the name

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<v Speaker 2>of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Get a bow, get some arrows,

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<v Speaker 2>in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. The name

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<v Speaker 2>above every name, the name above every need.

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<v Speaker 1>Who's this message?

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<v Speaker 2>For God is reaching his hand.

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<v Speaker 1>Out to you.

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<v Speaker 2>God is reaching his hand out to you.

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<v Speaker 1>Will you receive it?

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<v Speaker 2>Right now? In the name of Jesus Christ, the Master.

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<v Speaker 1>Get up and walked.

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<v Speaker 2>The man wanted a meal, but he got a miracle.

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<v Speaker 2>Now unto him who is able to do impassably walk

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<v Speaker 2>it shall provide, shall supply all my needs, the ones

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<v Speaker 2>I see, the ones I don't see. The Spirit of

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<v Speaker 2>the Lord is in this place today to meet every need.

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<v Speaker 1>I said.

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<v Speaker 2>The Spirit of the Lord is in this place today.

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<v Speaker 1>Rock Hill, the spirit of the Lord.

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<v Speaker 2>Blaytney Balentide Matthews.

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<v Speaker 1>The Spirit of the Lord is in this place.

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<v Speaker 2>God's hand cannot bless your clenched fist.

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<v Speaker 1>God, What am I walking past? What am I walking past?

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<v Speaker 2>I keep talking about my limitation? What am I walking past?

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<v Speaker 1>Silver and gold? Have I none? I keep weeping over

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<v Speaker 1>the season that is behind me? What am I missing

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<v Speaker 1>that's right in front of me? Can we flip it?

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<v Speaker 1>This week?

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<v Speaker 2>Faith flips the question to know that God has placed

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<v Speaker 2>his provision.

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<v Speaker 1>That's what it means, provision for before you even got there.

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<v Speaker 2>He put the supply in the situation, and you have.

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<v Speaker 1>To see it. I got a close.

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<v Speaker 2>If you receive this message today, lift both your hands

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<v Speaker 2>in the air. Just lift your hands to your Father,

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<v Speaker 2>our Father who art in heaven. Halloween, be your name,

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<v Speaker 2>your Kingdom. Come, Your will be done on earth as

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<v Speaker 2>it is in heaven. And give us this stay, our

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<v Speaker 2>daily bread. Give us this stay, our daily bread. We

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<v Speaker 2>believe that you will feed us what we need for

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<v Speaker 2>the season that we're in. Pray that after me, feed

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<v Speaker 2>me what I need for the season that I'm in.

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<v Speaker 1>God, we trust you in this moment.

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<v Speaker 2>We receive in this moment the grace that we need

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<v Speaker 2>for the calling that we have received.

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