WEBVTT - God Knows You Don’t

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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 1>Be sure to.

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<v Speaker 2>I hope you're blessed today.

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<v Speaker 1>Tell the person next to you.

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<v Speaker 2>I would tell you my testimony, but it would take

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<v Speaker 2>too long.

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<v Speaker 1>Tell a man is kind of r rated. If I

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<v Speaker 1>told you the real.

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<v Speaker 2>One, you could scale it, couldn't You have VG thirteen?

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<v Speaker 2>It's good, but we're here today to give God glory.

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<v Speaker 2>And one thing that I think is so cool about

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<v Speaker 2>this time of year. This time of year, you're not

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<v Speaker 2>coming to church because it's a New Year's resolution. This

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<v Speaker 2>time of year, you're coming to church because of all

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<v Speaker 2>the Christians in the world, you're in the top one percent.

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<v Speaker 2>Matter of fact, you come to church the week before

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<v Speaker 2>Thanksgiving and it automatically subtracts fifteen hundred calories off of

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<v Speaker 2>your meal.

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<v Speaker 1>Isn't that good to know?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh?

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<v Speaker 1>Man, it's gonna be good.

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<v Speaker 2>Tell the person next to you get a good look

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<v Speaker 2>at me and take a picture, because I'm gonna be

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<v Speaker 2>a little heavier next time you see me.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm planning on bulking a little bit, spulking season.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's clap our hands and thank God for the worship today.

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<v Speaker 1>We're also preparing this time of year.

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<v Speaker 2>I wanted to underscore our year end offering on December tenth.

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<v Speaker 1>We're excited to be able to give God. You're blessed

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<v Speaker 1>to be a blessing.

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<v Speaker 2>I've got my offering ready already, and I'm excited to

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<v Speaker 2>give it. It's time of year where we say thank

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<v Speaker 2>you to God for who he's been to us, who

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<v Speaker 2>he is to us, And we also declare with confidence

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<v Speaker 2>that the Lord is our helper and we're trusting him

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<v Speaker 2>in the days to come. Somebody say I trust in God, Well,

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<v Speaker 2>we say that with our lips. And so the greatest

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<v Speaker 2>thing we can do is to lean into that. The

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<v Speaker 2>Bible says, lean not on your own understanding and all

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<v Speaker 2>your ways, acknowledge Him, and He will direct your paths.

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<v Speaker 2>So I don't mind giving to God. I don't like

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<v Speaker 2>paying taxes. I don't like paying even the gas bill,

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<v Speaker 2>even though I appreciate the heat. But giving to God

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<v Speaker 2>to build his church and his kingdom, to me is

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<v Speaker 2>always the greatest joy. And so I thank you in

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<v Speaker 2>advance all of you who are participating. We're calling in

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<v Speaker 2>our trust offering because we trust in God and our

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<v Speaker 2>chance to declare that December tenth is our official offering Sunday.

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<v Speaker 2>You can go right now if you're online Elevationchurch dot org,

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<v Speaker 2>and we will believe God with you for great things

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<v Speaker 2>to come. I decided to preach the end of the year,

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<v Speaker 2>all the way through the end of the year around

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<v Speaker 2>our faith. And I know that sounds generic, like every

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<v Speaker 2>message in the sense is about faith, but I wanted

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<v Speaker 2>to zero back in on this scripture in Hebrews chapter eleven,

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<v Speaker 2>remain standing for just a moment as I read it,

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<v Speaker 2>and this same scripture from last week in Hebrews chapter eleven,

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<v Speaker 2>I think contains Yeah, there, it is a pretty cool

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<v Speaker 2>revelation for our lives. Listen to this verses eight and following.

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<v Speaker 2>Make sure I got the right version. Here we go

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<v Speaker 2>by faith. Abraham, when called to go to a place

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<v Speaker 2>he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went,

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<v Speaker 2>even though he did not know where he was going.

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<v Speaker 2>By faith, he made his home in the Promised Land.

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<v Speaker 2>Like a in a foreign country. He lived in tents,

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<v Speaker 2>as did Isaac and Jacob, his son and his grandson.

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<v Speaker 1>They lived in tents.

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<v Speaker 2>Who were heirs with him of the same promise, For

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<v Speaker 2>he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose

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<v Speaker 2>architect and builder is God. By faith, Abraham, even though

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<v Speaker 2>he was too old to have children, and Sarah herself

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<v Speaker 2>was not able to conceive, was enabled to become a

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<v Speaker 2>father because he considered him faithful who had made the promise.

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<v Speaker 2>And so from this one man and he, as good

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<v Speaker 2>as dead, came descendants, as numerous as the stars in

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<v Speaker 2>the sky, and as countless as the sand on the seashore.

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<v Speaker 1>All these people were still living by faith.

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<v Speaker 2>When they died. They did not receive the things promised.

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

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<v Speaker 2>Say hey, they welcomed them from a distance, admitting they

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<v Speaker 2>were foreigners and strangers on earth. People who say such

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<v Speaker 2>things show that they are looking for a country of

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<v Speaker 2>their own. If they had been thinking of the country

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<v Speaker 2>they had left, they would have had.

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<v Speaker 1>Opportunity to return.

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<v Speaker 2>Instead, they were longing for a better country, a heavenly one. Therefore,

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<v Speaker 2>God is not ashamed to be called their god, for

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<v Speaker 2>he has prepared a city for them. The title for

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<v Speaker 2>this message is very simple. I'm calling this message. God

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<v Speaker 2>knows you don't tell your neighbor. God knows you don't.

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<v Speaker 2>You may be seated, God knows you don't. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>these little things we say when we're leading up to something.

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<v Speaker 2>My friend was the other day about to give an opinion,

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<v Speaker 2>and before they said the thing they wanted to say,

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<v Speaker 2>they said, now, I'm no doctor. But and when they

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<v Speaker 2>got done saying the rest of it, I was like, now,

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<v Speaker 2>go back to the first part. I'm so shocked you're

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<v Speaker 2>not a doctor. We've been friends twenty years. I thought

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<v Speaker 2>you were a doctor. Just kind of a little throwaway

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<v Speaker 2>thing you say just to say, like, this may be

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<v Speaker 2>completely stupid and irrelevant, and don't fact check me on it,

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<v Speaker 2>but I want to say what I think anyway.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm like, I know you're not a doctor.

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<v Speaker 2>And in amazing how much time we spend trying to hide,

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<v Speaker 2>trying to hope and maybe hold out some aspiration that

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<v Speaker 2>people won't see our deepest needs. You're nineteen seventy eight.

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<v Speaker 2>Phrase was coined in psychology called imposter syndrome. It was

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<v Speaker 2>used to describe people who had great achievements but had

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<v Speaker 2>a hard time that they couldn't believe that they achieved

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<v Speaker 2>those things. It was almost as if they thought that

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<v Speaker 2>they got those things by luck or by external circumstances,

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<v Speaker 2>and because of their ability to depersonalize their accomplishments, that

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<v Speaker 2>a very difficult time integrating their successes into their identity.

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<v Speaker 2>So although they were in positions of power, they felt

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<v Speaker 2>very weak. Although they were in positions of influence, they

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<v Speaker 2>felt insignificant, and the term imposter syndrome was coined. Later

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<v Speaker 2>it would be called fraudulence complex a different shade of

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<v Speaker 2>the same color, but its meaning is not as clinical

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<v Speaker 2>as something like anxiety or depression.

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<v Speaker 1>It's just a feeling that you can get.

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<v Speaker 2>Sometimes that I don't know what I'm doing, and I

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<v Speaker 2>hope nobody else ever finds out that feeling you get

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<v Speaker 2>when you're raising your kids, and you hope that they

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<v Speaker 2>never find out how much of this you are making

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<v Speaker 2>up as you go, because if they ever did, they

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<v Speaker 2>might turn the tables and they might run the house,

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<v Speaker 2>because you know no more than they do. The interesting

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<v Speaker 2>thing about even saying stuff like that in a church

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<v Speaker 2>is that this is a place that is branded for certainty,

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<v Speaker 2>for we know that our redeemer lives, and we know

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<v Speaker 2>we have this hope, and we know that all things

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<v Speaker 2>work together for the good of those that love God.

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<v Speaker 2>So one of the things that always frustrated me about

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<v Speaker 2>my own preaching was that God would always lead me

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<v Speaker 2>to preach messages that were less about certainty and more

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<v Speaker 2>about the mystery, the mystery of knowing that God has

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<v Speaker 2>put something inside of me, but spending so much of

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<v Speaker 2>my waking life doubting that very fact. A moment ago,

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<v Speaker 2>we were singing a song that said, that's why I

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<v Speaker 2>trust in God. One time, Jesus asked an interesting question

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<v Speaker 2>of Peter, because Peter stepped out of the boat to

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<v Speaker 2>walk on water and all of a sudden started thrashing

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<v Speaker 2>when he saw the wind in the waves, And Jesus said,

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<v Speaker 2>why did you doubt?

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<v Speaker 1>It's kind of the flip side of what we were singing.

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<v Speaker 2>That's why I trust him because he healed my cancer.

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<v Speaker 1>That's why I trust him.

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<v Speaker 2>Because when my money was low, he made provision for

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<v Speaker 2>me in a very unusual way. That's why I trust him.

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<v Speaker 2>Because I sensed his presence when others walked away. That's

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<v Speaker 2>why I trust him, because he gave me the strength

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<v Speaker 2>to carry on another day. And then into this certainty

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<v Speaker 2>confession comes the question of Jesus. Then if you have

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<v Speaker 2>so many reasons to trust him, why did you doubt him?

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<v Speaker 2>And specifically, why would you doubt him now? Why would

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<v Speaker 2>you doubt him now when, like Abraham, you find yourself

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<v Speaker 2>in a situation. Bible says that Abraham verse eight, Let's

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<v Speaker 2>go back there was called to go to a place

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<v Speaker 2>he would later receive as his inheritance. He obeyed and

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<v Speaker 2>went even though he didn't know where he was going.

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<v Speaker 2>It is easy for us to take the summary of

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<v Speaker 2>Abraham's journey resound and resonate with the general principle that

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<v Speaker 2>sometimes God will obey you to go even though you

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<v Speaker 2>don't know where you're going.

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<v Speaker 1>It is much more difficult to live as if.

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<v Speaker 2>This is true for you, that God will sometimes call

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<v Speaker 2>you to obey something today that he will explain much later.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna say it again.

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<v Speaker 2>The testimony of my life is that many times God

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<v Speaker 2>has called me to obey today something that he will

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<v Speaker 2>explain later. The space between obeying today and God explaining

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<v Speaker 2>later is called faith.

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<v Speaker 1>That space is called faith.

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<v Speaker 2>That thing you are unsure of and uncertain about that

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<v Speaker 2>is no reason for you to turn your back on

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<v Speaker 2>God now. In fact, your uncertainty is God's job security.

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<v Speaker 2>If you knew it all, he would have nothing left

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<v Speaker 2>to do. If you had it all figured out, he

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<v Speaker 2>would have nothing left to work out. And I know

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<v Speaker 2>we want to pretend like we love God just because

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<v Speaker 2>he's beautiful and lovely and holy. But the truth is,

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<v Speaker 2>if we thought we knew what we were doing, we

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<v Speaker 2>wouldn't talk to him very much. And so God will

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<v Speaker 2>leave these uncertainties in our lives in order to teach

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<v Speaker 2>us to lean on him. I've been preaching along those

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<v Speaker 2>lines the last several weeks, and really for the last

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<v Speaker 2>seventeen years of pastoring this church.

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<v Speaker 1>It's just true.

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<v Speaker 2>Now write these things down because I want us to

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<v Speaker 2>understand a little bit about God's promises. A lot of times,

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<v Speaker 2>when we talk about the promises of God, what we

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<v Speaker 2>mean is the positive outcomes that we want. So we'll

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<v Speaker 2>say God never breaks a promise. God always keeps his promises.

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<v Speaker 2>But in our mental paradigm of what that means, it's

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<v Speaker 2>that God will always give us the outcome that we

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<v Speaker 2>consider positive.

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<v Speaker 1>What I've learned about God's promises, I'm preaching already. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't have to scream to preach. I can preach. The

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<v Speaker 1>mic works just fine. I could preach at this volume

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<v Speaker 1>all day long.

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<v Speaker 2>I can preach like this and save my voice and

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<v Speaker 2>go sing opera tonight. God's promise will often be I'm

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<v Speaker 2>gonna give you three things. Write these down. God's promise

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<v Speaker 2>will often be different than you pictured, different than you pictured,

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<v Speaker 2>slower than you wanted, and farther than you thought. These

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<v Speaker 2>three things. I thought i'd mentioned today that God's promise

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<v Speaker 2>will be different than you pictured. Tell your neighbor it's

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<v Speaker 2>going to be different than you pictured. Tell him it's

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<v Speaker 2>gonna be slower than you want it and farther than

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<v Speaker 2>you thought.

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<v Speaker 1>Mm hmmmm, hmmm hmm.

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<v Speaker 2>So Abraham gets to the promised land. God speaks to him.

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<v Speaker 2>He's like, I'm gonna bless you. You're gonna be a blessing.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm taking you to a place it's gonna be amazing.

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<v Speaker 2>And Abraham gets there, and did you notice what the

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<v Speaker 2>scripture said that he lived in tents in the place

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<v Speaker 2>of promise.

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<v Speaker 1>That's where I left off last week.

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<v Speaker 2>It is a picture of a man who is living

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<v Speaker 2>smack dab in the place God promised him, in the

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<v Speaker 2>place that God would give his descendants. But he's living

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<v Speaker 2>there temporarily in tents. I was trying to get you

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<v Speaker 2>to see that sometimes you can actually be there but

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<v Speaker 2>not feel there, be blessed, but feel stressed. You say,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm too blessed to be stressed. No, you be blessed

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<v Speaker 2>and stressed. You live in tense. You live in tension

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<v Speaker 2>between the truth that God spoke and the things you

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<v Speaker 2>don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>So to say that I have joy as.

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<v Speaker 2>A promise from God does not mean I will not

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<v Speaker 2>have depression as a human experience. One time a lady

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<v Speaker 2>said to me, I don't want to listen to a

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<v Speaker 2>pastor who preaches that it's okay to have depression.

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<v Speaker 1>My Bible says, rejoice in the Lord. And my thing

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<v Speaker 1>about that is to have the joy of the Lord.

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<v Speaker 2>To claim the joy of the Lord, and to know

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<v Speaker 2>the joy of the Lord and still feel depressed from

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<v Speaker 2>time to time is not hypocrisy. It's humanity. We live intense.

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<v Speaker 2>We live intense, and the tent that you live.

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<v Speaker 3>In will all all often often, especially when you have

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<v Speaker 3>a great, big calling on your life, it will often

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<v Speaker 3>contradict the truth that you're believing. That is your situation

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<v Speaker 3>will challenge your faith in these moments.

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<v Speaker 1>It could be as if you feel your are an impostor.

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<v Speaker 2>I imagine Abraham rolling up on the Promised Land, like, hey,

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<v Speaker 2>God told me he was gonna give me this. But

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<v Speaker 2>none of the Canaanites that were living in the land

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<v Speaker 2>knew about that.

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<v Speaker 1>None of the.

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<v Speaker 2>Jepuzites knew about that, none of the Hittites, Amorites, Perizites.

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<v Speaker 2>And since this Thanksgiving, Cellulites got the memo that this

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<v Speaker 2>land belongs to Abraham. And you know what blew my mind.

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<v Speaker 2>As long as he lived in this land, it was

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<v Speaker 2>never really his. Technically speaking, there was never a transfer

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<v Speaker 2>of the deed of the land in his lifetime or Isaac's.

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<v Speaker 2>It would not be until the time when many generations

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<v Speaker 2>later these nations would possess this land that the promise

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<v Speaker 2>God made Abraham would evolve into the bigger picture that he.

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<v Speaker 1>Had all along.

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<v Speaker 2>So don't judge your life by the frame. Judge it

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<v Speaker 2>by your faith. I'm worried because I pay you to clap,

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<v Speaker 2>and you're the only one clapping.

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<v Speaker 1>Pay him to play.

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<v Speaker 2>And the Lord was speaking to me about some things

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<v Speaker 2>that are different than I pictured right now, I give

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<v Speaker 2>the example.

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<v Speaker 1>I've shared it before.

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<v Speaker 2>I remember when we said we were going to have

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<v Speaker 2>one hundred thousand people in the church.

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<v Speaker 1>We do, but most of them don't come to buildings.

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<v Speaker 2>I like to welcome our Epham all over the world

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<v Speaker 2>joining us online right now. But see, maybe in my

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<v Speaker 2>mind I saw that look in one way, it looks different.

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<v Speaker 2>Matter of fact, you know, the first time we had

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<v Speaker 2>one hundred thousand people in one Sunday, when there were

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<v Speaker 2>five people in the building for COVID, that was different

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<v Speaker 2>than I pictured. So watch God told me something that

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<v Speaker 2>he was going to do. I believed it by faith,

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<v Speaker 2>and it was different than I pictured. When you get there,

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<v Speaker 2>it's going to be different than you pictured. When you

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<v Speaker 2>get to impact and influence. Everybody wants to be an influencer.

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<v Speaker 2>Influence does not always look like followers. Influence does not

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<v Speaker 2>always look like sponsorship. Influence does not always look like friends.

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<v Speaker 2>Sometimes influence looks like something that you invest now for

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<v Speaker 2>something that God is going to bring to pass later.

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<v Speaker 1>But you have to sew it by faith. Body say,

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<v Speaker 1>by faith.

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<v Speaker 2>So I'm framing this situation by faith, knowing that I

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<v Speaker 2>don't see everything that God has called me to see.

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<v Speaker 2>Even this Valentine building, I said, it's different than you pictured,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's slower.

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<v Speaker 1>Than you wanted.

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<v Speaker 2>We were on a two year delay moving into this building,

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<v Speaker 2>a two year delay from when we thought we were

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<v Speaker 2>going to move in. One of the issues in the

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<v Speaker 2>delay was a clam that the Environmental Protection Agency said

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<v Speaker 2>might be on the property, the Carolina heel splitter clam,

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<v Speaker 2>if I remember correctly, and they had to check for

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<v Speaker 2>six months to see if there was a clam on

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<v Speaker 2>the land before we could build this building. And the

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<v Speaker 2>clam wasn't even here, but we had to clear the

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<v Speaker 2>land of the potential.

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<v Speaker 1>Of a clam.

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<v Speaker 2>I never thought a clam would cost me six months, because,

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<v Speaker 2>hey for the leaden. Now I'm just paying on something

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<v Speaker 2>that I can't even participate in CAUs a clam, because

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<v Speaker 2>a little thing cause.

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<v Speaker 1>Of something I never saw coming.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, you can get one text that will back

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<v Speaker 2>up your whole timeline.

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<v Speaker 1>One virus can shut down a hole. But watch this.

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<v Speaker 1>We got in the building two years later. It was

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<v Speaker 1>slower than I wanted. It was different than I pictured.

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<v Speaker 2>But when I welcome people online from nations all over

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<v Speaker 2>the world, it's going farther.

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<v Speaker 1>Than I thought.

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<v Speaker 2>God says, I've got a blessing for you.

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<v Speaker 1>And when you get to it.

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<v Speaker 2>Be ready, cause it's gonna be different than you picture.

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<v Speaker 1>It might be slower than you want it.

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<v Speaker 2>But let me look at this camera and tell you

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<v Speaker 2>it's gonna go no farther than you thought. This is

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<v Speaker 2>a big blessing. This one's gonna ripple, This one's gonna

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<v Speaker 2>reach farther than just your house. I'm gonna use you

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<v Speaker 2>to bless others.

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<v Speaker 1>Didn't be a grown up feel different than you thought.

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<v Speaker 1>A grown up fella.

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<v Speaker 2>Just keeping it real. Isn't it different than you pictured?

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<v Speaker 2>Being a grown up? Nobody's gonna tell me what to

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<v Speaker 2>do except your boss, the irs, and depending on your

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<v Speaker 2>marital arrangements, maybe the person you sleep next to. The

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<v Speaker 2>verse touched me because it said by faith Abraham, when

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<v Speaker 2>called to go to a place he would later receive

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<v Speaker 2>us his inheritance, obeyed, And when even though you're gonna

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<v Speaker 2>put the scripture up, or what, even though he did

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<v Speaker 2>not know where he was going, God knows where you're going.

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<v Speaker 2>Let the one who set the destination controlled the eta.

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<v Speaker 1>You got it is that your word.

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<v Speaker 2>You've been needing it to happen sooner, wanting it to

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<v Speaker 2>happen sooner, thinking it should have happened.

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<v Speaker 1>Sooner, It happened for all your friends, sooner. God knows.

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<v Speaker 2>A lot of times, even when we compare ourselves to others,

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<v Speaker 2>we have no idea the burden that they carry for

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<v Speaker 2>the blessing that we envy. One of my buddies has

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<v Speaker 2>to saying, he says, a lot of the people that

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<v Speaker 2>you envy are secretly miserable.

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<v Speaker 1>You don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't know what the people you are jealous of juggle,

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<v Speaker 2>and you don't know how they're judged. Remember that young

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<v Speaker 2>man that was saying he was suicidal the other day,

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<v Speaker 2>and we couldn't believe it because he is so envied,

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<v Speaker 2>so influential, But deep down in his heart he seeks

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<v Speaker 2>the peace that many of you possess. And you would

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<v Speaker 2>envy him for where he is and not know that

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<v Speaker 2>where you are is where he's trying to get.

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<v Speaker 1>I just want to talk about this today. I want

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<v Speaker 1>to talk about the lies of arrival.

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<v Speaker 2>That it's out there somewhere, and that when you get

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<v Speaker 2>there it's going to feel a certain way.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe I should say it like this.

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<v Speaker 2>There are no penthouses in the Promised Land. So Abraham

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<v Speaker 2>journeys hundreds of miles he's got a caravan of.

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<v Speaker 1>Hundreds of people. He's responsible for a lot.

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<v Speaker 2>He's carrying a lot, not only in the sense of

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<v Speaker 2>the nations that will come forth from him, but also

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<v Speaker 2>the uncertainty that he's walking in.

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<v Speaker 1>He must feel a little bit like an impostor. And

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<v Speaker 1>then he gets there.

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<v Speaker 2>And I said this last week, but I said it shouting,

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<v Speaker 2>so I don't think anybody really heard it. So now

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to say it again. But I'm not going

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<v Speaker 2>to shout it. I'm just going to say it.

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<v Speaker 1>He's a father of many nations. But he looks like

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<v Speaker 1>a nomad.

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<v Speaker 2>So you can look like a nomad and actually be

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<v Speaker 2>carrying a nation. You can look like a nobody, but

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<v Speaker 2>actually be carrying something. See, God knows what's in you.

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<v Speaker 1>You don't.

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<v Speaker 2>God knows who's important you don't. God knows what needs

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<v Speaker 2>to happen. Next, Tell your neighbor, because they're looking at

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<v Speaker 2>me ugly.

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<v Speaker 1>I want you to help me. Tell them say you

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<v Speaker 1>don't you just don't.

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<v Speaker 2>You think you do what you don't And neither does

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<v Speaker 2>chat GPT. I asked, hold on, I did an experiment.

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<v Speaker 2>Hang tight, I asked chat GPT, who is coming to

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<v Speaker 2>church today? On the fourth row in the third seat

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<v Speaker 2>one two three four one two three, chat GPT said,

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<v Speaker 2>as an AI, I don't have access to real time

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<v Speaker 2>or location specific information, including details about who might be

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<v Speaker 2>attending your church service or where they might be sitting.

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<v Speaker 2>This kind of information is typically not available publicly and

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<v Speaker 2>would be known only to those present at the service,

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<v Speaker 2>or those letter or those somebody say, or those with

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<v Speaker 2>direct knowledge of the attendees. So I just want to

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<v Speaker 2>echo what chat GPT said. Nobody around you really knows

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<v Speaker 2>what you need from God today, and even if you

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<v Speaker 2>told them, it still wouldn't scratch the surface, because sometimes.

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<v Speaker 1>You don't even know.

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<v Speaker 2>How can someone know a man except the spirit of

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<v Speaker 2>a man, and the Spirit of God has direct knowledge

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<v Speaker 2>on you. Oh yeah, not only what you struggle with,

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<v Speaker 2>but why you struggle with it, not only why you

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<v Speaker 2>struggle with it, but how you.

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<v Speaker 1>Can be set free from it. Not only how you

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<v Speaker 1>can be set free from it. I'm preaching to somebody

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<v Speaker 1>for a throw third seat. The Holy Ghost knows.

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<v Speaker 2>That you're sitting there today for a reason, for a revelation,

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<v Speaker 2>for a release of the spirit of God that will

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<v Speaker 2>leave you in to a ripple.

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<v Speaker 4>That might be slower than you walk, but.

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<v Speaker 1>It's gonna go farther than your thought. Douse it be spoken.

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<v Speaker 2>God knows something you don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>He knows something you don't know. That's why you didn't die.

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<v Speaker 2>Because he knows something you don't know. That's why you

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<v Speaker 2>came to church, even though you didn't fall asleep until

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<v Speaker 2>four am.

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<v Speaker 1>But you got off sleeping and flick.

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<v Speaker 4>Those iboogers off the corners of your eye and grab

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<v Speaker 4>your bible and said.

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<v Speaker 1>Devil, God knows why I need. I gotta get in

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<v Speaker 1>the prison.

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<v Speaker 5>Something my father hit my father's house.

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<v Speaker 1>There are many men, says. If it were not so,

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<v Speaker 1>he would not have told me.

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<v Speaker 5>But he's going to.

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<v Speaker 6>Prepare a place for me. Shat GPT doesn't know that.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, by the way, the people who rejected you don't

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<v Speaker 2>know that, because sometimes we think that we need something.

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<v Speaker 1>And God knows you don't help me.

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus, help me, Jesus, Matthew six thirty one, Help me, Jesus.

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus said this, Matthew six thirty one. So do not

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<v Speaker 2>worry saying what shall we eat, what shall we drink?

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<v Speaker 2>What shall we wear? God forgive me. I saw I

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<v Speaker 2>change clothes for five times coming out here. Appreciated it

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<v Speaker 2>for the Pagans. But to be fair, people pick on

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<v Speaker 2>what I wear so that I get up here. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't even know what to wear.

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<v Speaker 1>But I don't know what to wear anymore for the

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<v Speaker 1>Pagans run after all these things.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh God, I don't want to be a pagan. And

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<v Speaker 2>your heavenly Father no, say that your heavenly Father knows.

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<v Speaker 2>Say to your neighbor, You're heavenly Father knows. From his

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<v Speaker 2>point of view, it looks different. Your heavenly Father knows

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<v Speaker 2>that you need them, that you need these things. He

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<v Speaker 2>not only knows the things that you need. God knows

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<v Speaker 2>you don't. God knows what I need. God knows what

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<v Speaker 2>I don't. He knows which opportunities are really just obstructions

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<v Speaker 2>in camouflage.

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<v Speaker 1>HM.

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<v Speaker 2>When I say that he knows, imagine Abraham now going

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<v Speaker 2>into the land. Gods showed him going into it, but

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<v Speaker 2>living in a tent, getting there, but not feeling there,

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<v Speaker 2>getting there, not looking there.

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<v Speaker 1>And I love the text because.

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<v Speaker 2>It's saying that by faith, I can tap into what

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<v Speaker 2>God knows that I don't. That God knows that this

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<v Speaker 2>relationship looks good to me, but it's not good for me.

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<v Speaker 1>God knows.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't many of the things that you interpreted in

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<v Speaker 2>your life as they left you because of something that

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<v Speaker 2>was less about you.

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<v Speaker 1>It wasn't that it was less about you. It was

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<v Speaker 1>that where God is leading you.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, please receive this. He knows what you don't need

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<v Speaker 2>that would keep you from being Now, I'm going to

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<v Speaker 2>show you where my mind went when I read the text,

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<v Speaker 2>because there are three strange things that I saw. I

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<v Speaker 2>was looking at two words in the text for my emphasis.

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<v Speaker 2>Everybody say by faith. In verse eight, it says by

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<v Speaker 2>faith Abraham. In verse eleven, it says, by faith Abraham,

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<v Speaker 2>go quickly please, verse eleven, by faith Abraham.

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<v Speaker 1>Did they show you verse eight?

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<v Speaker 2>So you got that verse eight, verse eleven, and then

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<v Speaker 2>again in a verse that did not read you, but

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<v Speaker 2>it says it again verse seventeen, by faith Abraham. And

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<v Speaker 2>so my mind was just magnetized to look for the

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<v Speaker 2>words by faith. Because we are saved by faith, we

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<v Speaker 2>are changed by faith, we are sustained by faith.

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<v Speaker 1>Our life is explained by faith.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think there's anything you need today that you

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<v Speaker 2>can't get more of by having more faith. So if

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<v Speaker 2>you need more provision, more faith will give you more

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<v Speaker 2>focus to see what God has already Out of what

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<v Speaker 2>God has already provided, you will have what you lack.

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<v Speaker 1>So if you need more of anything, you need more faith.

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<v Speaker 1>It is the access point by faith.

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<v Speaker 2>If you need more peace, you need more faith because

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<v Speaker 2>if you can truly believe that nobody exits my life

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<v Speaker 2>without God dismissing them, you'll have more peace when people leave.

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<v Speaker 2>Even when people say stupid stuff that offends you Thursday

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<v Speaker 2>around the table, if you need more love in your

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<v Speaker 2>home or something like that, get more faith because if

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<v Speaker 2>they say something stupid, just prayed silently under your breath.

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<v Speaker 2>God showed them how stupid that was, and let the

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<v Speaker 2>Holy Spirit show them See how I just helped you out.

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<v Speaker 2>I gave you more love around the table, less drama.

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<v Speaker 2>You're going to have less to repent for Thursday night

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<v Speaker 2>just because you have more faith. And the beautiful thing

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<v Speaker 2>about it is, as much as these two words in

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<v Speaker 2>the scripture, by faith.

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<v Speaker 1>Lead to everything that we need, there's another one.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know this is going to come out, but

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<v Speaker 2>I just want to show you because it also happens.

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<v Speaker 1>Three times in the same three verses.

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<v Speaker 2>That it says A very peculiar, two words that I

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<v Speaker 2>think many of us are living in right now.

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<v Speaker 1>Holy Spirit, help me deliver this to your people.

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<v Speaker 2>By faith Abraham verse eight, when called to go to

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<v Speaker 2>a place he would later receive this his inheritance.

0:32:21.480 --> 0:32:23.880
<v Speaker 1>Obaidien went even.

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<v Speaker 2>Though verse eleven, by faith Abraham, even though verse seventeen,

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<v Speaker 2>by faith Abraham, when God tested him offered Isaac as

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<v Speaker 2>a sacrifice, He who had embraced the promise, was about

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<v Speaker 2>to sacrifice as one and only son verse.

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<v Speaker 1>Eighteen, even though are you living in an even though moment?

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<v Speaker 2>Because that's where faith really grows, you know, Verse eight

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<v Speaker 2>It was he went, even though he didn't know, are

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<v Speaker 2>you in it?

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<v Speaker 1>Even though I don't know? Moment right now that.

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<v Speaker 2>I've got to take this next step, even though I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>What the one after that is.

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<v Speaker 2>I have got to leave here, even though I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know where there is. I have got to show up

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<v Speaker 2>for this again because God hasn't shown me what to

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<v Speaker 2>do after, and I'm not quitting what he gave me

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<v Speaker 2>until he shows me what's next.

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<v Speaker 1>So I'm gonna do it, even though.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, I just feel God like hijacking my whole

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<v Speaker 2>outline right now because it's like some of you, you

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<v Speaker 2>think you are going to know everything that comes after

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<v Speaker 2>the next step. But Abraham went and obeyed when he

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<v Speaker 2>was called, even though he didn't know where that was.

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<v Speaker 2>So you don't have to have coordinates, you don't have.

0:33:56.560 --> 0:34:02.040
<v Speaker 1>To have a specific address. You can go even though

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<v Speaker 1>you don't know. I promise you can.

0:34:05.720 --> 0:34:09.520
<v Speaker 2>I have done it time after time as your pastor.

0:34:10.360 --> 0:34:13.000
<v Speaker 2>The first building we ever raised money for was not

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<v Speaker 2>a building at all.

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<v Speaker 1>We raised three million dollars in our first financial campaign

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<v Speaker 1>for a building that we believed God would bring us.

0:34:21.800 --> 0:34:23.400
<v Speaker 1>When that first group of about.

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<v Speaker 2>One hundred and twenty leaders that now spends thousands of

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<v Speaker 2>people who give knelt down in the parking lot of

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<v Speaker 2>the Sofa Express and Ashley Furniture shopping center, and I

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<v Speaker 2>told him, we thought we were going to get this building,

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<v Speaker 2>but we're not going to get this building because somebody

0:34:38.160 --> 0:34:39.880
<v Speaker 2>blocked us in their least if they don't want a

0:34:39.960 --> 0:34:42.359
<v Speaker 2>church to meet here. And they got down on their

0:34:42.440 --> 0:34:45.280
<v Speaker 2>knees and we prayed that God would show us a building.

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<v Speaker 2>But they sewed into it before God showed it. They

0:34:48.800 --> 0:34:52.160
<v Speaker 2>sewed into it before God showed it, and they gave

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<v Speaker 2>so lives could be changed. And they gave so that

0:34:55.400 --> 0:34:58.000
<v Speaker 2>you could be here. And they gave so that this

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<v Speaker 2>gospel could go out all over the world, not knowing how,

0:35:03.360 --> 0:35:07.720
<v Speaker 2>but knowing who. So if you are in an even

0:35:07.840 --> 0:35:11.880
<v Speaker 2>though moment and you think you need every turn before

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<v Speaker 2>you can take the next.

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<v Speaker 1>One, you are confused.

0:35:15.680 --> 0:35:19.520
<v Speaker 2>Our faith is not in the destination. Our faith is

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<v Speaker 2>in the guide who will see us safely to the destination.

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<v Speaker 2>So I wrote a statement that you can you can

0:35:27.960 --> 0:35:31.399
<v Speaker 2>have for free. I won't charge your royalties. You don't

0:35:31.440 --> 0:35:34.120
<v Speaker 2>even have to give me credit. I will go.

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<v Speaker 1>I will go as if I'm guided, even though.

0:35:41.520 --> 0:35:50.360
<v Speaker 2>I feel I'm guessing. You like it, because don't you

0:35:50.400 --> 0:35:51.320
<v Speaker 2>feel like you're guessing?

0:35:51.440 --> 0:35:52.000
<v Speaker 1>Sometimes?

0:35:53.440 --> 0:35:56.719
<v Speaker 2>Don't you feel like you are guessing at this sometimes?

0:35:58.239 --> 0:36:00.960
<v Speaker 1>I finally got to interview my face favorite preacher ten

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<v Speaker 1>years ago.

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<v Speaker 2>I said, what is the most important thing I need

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<v Speaker 2>to know about standing behind the pulpit?

0:36:07.120 --> 0:36:11.440
<v Speaker 1>He said, we're all guessing. None of us have seen God.

0:36:12.239 --> 0:36:15.800
<v Speaker 2>It takes faith to preach, It takes faith to parent,

0:36:16.280 --> 0:36:19.480
<v Speaker 2>It takes faith to lead, It takes faith to go

0:36:19.600 --> 0:36:23.080
<v Speaker 2>back to school, It takes faith to stay in therapy.

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<v Speaker 1>I was in five years of therapy, and I said,

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<v Speaker 1>this isn't working.

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<v Speaker 2>Until I realized that some of the things that didn't

0:36:33.880 --> 0:36:37.600
<v Speaker 2>feel like they were working for me, God was using

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<v Speaker 2>those things in my children's life. About the time I

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<v Speaker 2>wanted to quit therapy, one of my kids came to

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<v Speaker 2>me and started giving me the advice that my therapist

0:36:49.320 --> 0:36:52.640
<v Speaker 2>gave me that I had given to them, not even knowing.

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<v Speaker 1>God knows why you're in it. You don't. God knows

0:36:59.480 --> 0:37:02.240
<v Speaker 1>what He's going to do through it. You don't. God

0:37:02.360 --> 0:37:05.280
<v Speaker 1>knows who he wants to help through your life. You don't.

0:37:05.600 --> 0:37:09.680
<v Speaker 2>God knows what he's building. God knows your foundation. He

0:37:09.920 --> 0:37:13.680
<v Speaker 2>is the architect. He is the builder. He has the

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<v Speaker 2>blueprint of every blessing.

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<v Speaker 5>In your life.

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<v Speaker 1>He has the purpose. He drew the picture off. Feel

0:37:25.800 --> 0:37:31.879
<v Speaker 1>like preaching this to help somebody know that you can

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<v Speaker 1>go not knowing.

0:37:34.440 --> 0:37:38.359
<v Speaker 2>That you can contribute, not knowing that you can keep

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<v Speaker 2>preaching while people are leaving, that you could just do it,

0:37:43.200 --> 0:37:46.840
<v Speaker 2>that you could just live, that you can just praise.

0:37:47.040 --> 0:37:47.960
<v Speaker 5>That you can just.

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<v Speaker 1>Testify, that you can.

0:37:50.080 --> 0:37:54.279
<v Speaker 4>Just boldly wrap hold on the altar that say what

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<v Speaker 4>don't I.

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<v Speaker 2>Live even though say even though by faith, even though

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<v Speaker 2>if God's got you in an even though moment right now,

0:38:09.120 --> 0:38:12.360
<v Speaker 2>where your truth says one thing, but your tenth says

0:38:12.400 --> 0:38:16.239
<v Speaker 2>another thing. You can stay right in the promise even

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<v Speaker 2>though you have no proof. Who is this for? I'm

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<v Speaker 2>staying in this promise in the absence of proof. They're like,

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<v Speaker 2>this is a fighting word today. Who I don't know

0:38:32.400 --> 0:38:34.800
<v Speaker 2>what we're fighting, but I'll fight with you.

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<v Speaker 1>You need some backup. I don't know what you're f

0:38:37.360 --> 0:38:39.520
<v Speaker 1>I don't know what's been coming up in your mind.

0:38:40.040 --> 0:38:42.520
<v Speaker 2>I'll know what's been trying to drag it back down

0:38:42.560 --> 0:38:45.319
<v Speaker 2>into it. I'll know what's been trying to take over

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<v Speaker 2>your house, stealing.

0:38:46.960 --> 0:38:52.440
<v Speaker 1>Your joy, liquidate your peace, enrolled your confidence in God.

0:38:52.960 --> 0:38:55.560
<v Speaker 1>But you're not in this Saint fight by yourself.

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<v Speaker 5>Not today.

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<v Speaker 2>I've been lifting, I've been fucking.

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<v Speaker 5>I'm gonna work from did even though.

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<v Speaker 4>How look through the valley from the saddle down?

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<v Speaker 1>How will fear no evil?

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<v Speaker 2>For now?

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<v Speaker 5>Lord let me I gotta ride.

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<v Speaker 4>I got a stack, I got goodness, I got mercy,

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<v Speaker 4>and that little dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

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<v Speaker 1>He lived in a tent.

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<v Speaker 2>Even though he was in the place of the promise,

0:39:53.239 --> 0:39:55.200
<v Speaker 2>he was in the place of the promise, even though

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<v Speaker 2>he lived in a tent different than what.

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<v Speaker 1>You picture, slower than what you want. But in that tent,

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<v Speaker 1>so Isaac not yet.

0:40:07.440 --> 0:40:08.920
<v Speaker 2>He hadn't even been born yet, and he was in

0:40:09.000 --> 0:40:12.759
<v Speaker 2>the tent already. Because when God puts a seed of

0:40:12.760 --> 0:40:16.239
<v Speaker 2>something in you, the seed is in you before you

0:40:16.360 --> 0:40:24.160
<v Speaker 2>see it. You've been praying for your kids, You've been

0:40:24.160 --> 0:40:27.560
<v Speaker 2>praying for your opportunity. You've been praying for something to

0:40:27.600 --> 0:40:29.600
<v Speaker 2>happen that you need to happen that only God can do.

0:40:31.400 --> 0:40:34.239
<v Speaker 1>The seed was there before they could see it. And

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<v Speaker 1>even though I can't see it.

0:40:35.520 --> 0:40:39.000
<v Speaker 2>Right now, even though I walk through the valley of

0:40:39.040 --> 0:40:41.799
<v Speaker 2>the shadow, shadow makes it very difficult for you to

0:40:41.800 --> 0:40:47.520
<v Speaker 2>get a visual. But even though he did not know

0:40:49.160 --> 0:40:56.000
<v Speaker 2>see it's step second, even though where it says in

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<v Speaker 2>verse eleven, even though he was too old, don't tune

0:41:01.280 --> 0:41:06.480
<v Speaker 2>me out if you're thirteen, because everybody has something that

0:41:06.520 --> 0:41:14.000
<v Speaker 2>the devil has been telling you you are too. I

0:41:14.040 --> 0:41:15.759
<v Speaker 2>don't let the devil tell me I'm too old to

0:41:15.760 --> 0:41:18.279
<v Speaker 2>be relevant. First of all, I'm not.

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<v Speaker 1>All right.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't make me do it again. Yeah, we got it

0:41:29.640 --> 0:41:32.799
<v Speaker 2>good the first time. Let's say let's leave it there.

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<v Speaker 2>And yet he tells me I'm too stupid. He tells

0:41:39.520 --> 0:41:45.680
<v Speaker 2>me I'm too stupid. He tells me I'm too country.

0:41:46.360 --> 0:41:46.759
<v Speaker 1>He does.

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<v Speaker 2>He tells me I'm too weird. He tells me I'm

0:41:51.640 --> 0:41:57.960
<v Speaker 2>too raggedy. He tells me all these things. But look

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<v Speaker 2>what the Bible said God did for Abraham.

0:41:59.480 --> 0:42:03.520
<v Speaker 1>Would he do this for you too? By faith, Abraham, even.

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<v Speaker 2>Though he was too old, and Sarah herself was not

0:42:07.040 --> 0:42:09.120
<v Speaker 2>able to concede, wasn't able to become father.

0:42:09.160 --> 0:42:10.560
<v Speaker 1>I got to read you what the Bible actually says

0:42:10.560 --> 0:42:12.600
<v Speaker 1>about him. Go next verse. He became a father of

0:42:12.640 --> 0:42:13.960
<v Speaker 1>many nations. He lived like a nomad.

0:42:14.239 --> 0:42:16.240
<v Speaker 2>And so from this one man, look what the Bible

0:42:16.239 --> 0:42:17.359
<v Speaker 2>says about Abraham, and.

0:42:17.400 --> 0:42:22.160
<v Speaker 1>He as good as dead. That's about how people will

0:42:22.200 --> 0:42:26.120
<v Speaker 1>see you. That's about how people will see you. That's

0:42:26.160 --> 0:42:28.319
<v Speaker 1>not what God said about Abraham.

0:42:29.440 --> 0:42:31.879
<v Speaker 2>Look at that nomad living up here in this promised land,

0:42:31.880 --> 0:42:39.919
<v Speaker 2>thinking he belongs here. Jesus, he's as good as dead. Yeah,

0:42:40.239 --> 0:42:44.000
<v Speaker 2>next time somebody tries to limit you. Because I've had

0:42:44.040 --> 0:42:46.560
<v Speaker 2>people tell me that I was a poor Bible teacher.

0:42:47.320 --> 0:42:48.879
<v Speaker 2>I've had people tell me that I was not cut

0:42:48.880 --> 0:42:51.160
<v Speaker 2>out to be a pastor. I've had people cut out

0:42:51.360 --> 0:42:52.759
<v Speaker 2>tell me that I wouldn't be able to come up

0:42:52.800 --> 0:42:56.040
<v Speaker 2>with a new sermon every week. All of that, and

0:42:56.080 --> 0:42:57.799
<v Speaker 2>I wish I wouldn't known this sermon to tell him

0:42:57.800 --> 0:42:58.280
<v Speaker 2>at the time.

0:42:58.680 --> 0:43:02.920
<v Speaker 1>God knows you don't. You don't know.

0:43:03.480 --> 0:43:07.600
<v Speaker 2>I don't even know. So God knows where you're going

0:43:07.640 --> 0:43:11.000
<v Speaker 2>even though you don't, So follow him step by step.

0:43:13.040 --> 0:43:15.200
<v Speaker 2>God knows what He's given you, even though you are

0:43:15.320 --> 0:43:21.680
<v Speaker 2>too whatever. Oh young, that's what Timothy said, I'm too young. Plusa,

0:43:21.719 --> 0:43:23.120
<v Speaker 2>don't let me any look down on you because of

0:43:23.120 --> 0:43:24.640
<v Speaker 2>your youth, sat an example for the believers in life

0:43:24.680 --> 0:43:27.640
<v Speaker 2>and love and speech and faith in godlyness, purity. Don't

0:43:27.719 --> 0:43:32.440
<v Speaker 2>let anybody put their two on you because they don't know.

0:43:34.280 --> 0:43:37.239
<v Speaker 2>You've been divorced too many times. Think how much you've

0:43:37.280 --> 0:43:38.759
<v Speaker 2>learned that you can help other people who have been

0:43:38.760 --> 0:43:39.320
<v Speaker 2>through divorce.

0:43:40.000 --> 0:43:42.000
<v Speaker 1>You're not paid the tuition. You might as well teach

0:43:42.040 --> 0:43:42.520
<v Speaker 1>the class.

0:43:44.600 --> 0:43:53.240
<v Speaker 2>Hey, God knows you don't.

0:43:54.480 --> 0:43:59.080
<v Speaker 1>God knows you don't. And even the.

0:43:59.680 --> 0:44:02.680
<v Speaker 2>Past that we don't like to preach a lot because

0:44:02.680 --> 0:44:05.319
<v Speaker 2>I said that Abraham took his son Isaac and laid

0:44:05.360 --> 0:44:06.759
<v Speaker 2>him down on the altar, and he thought he was

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<v Speaker 2>going to have to kill his only son, even after

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<v Speaker 2>waiting twenty five years. That's how long it took between

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<v Speaker 2>God spoken and he saw it.

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<v Speaker 1>We quit too quick.

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<v Speaker 2>We have microwave mindsets, and we serve a croc taught God.

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<v Speaker 2>So it might be slower than you wanted. But from

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<v Speaker 2>this boy Isaac came the nations that would inhabit this

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<v Speaker 2>very land that Abraham was living in.

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<v Speaker 1>And I want you to see him on Mount Moriah.

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<v Speaker 1>I want you to see him build the altar.

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<v Speaker 2>I want you to see him lay his son, Isaac

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<v Speaker 2>on the altar, who we waited for a quarter of

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<v Speaker 2>his a quarter a century of his.

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<v Speaker 1>Life, a quarter of his life. He was one hundred

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<v Speaker 1>at that point.

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<v Speaker 7>He waited this long, and yet at the moment that

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<v Speaker 7>he thought he was going to have to give up

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<v Speaker 7>what God promised him, there was a ram in the

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<v Speaker 7>bush that he didn't know about, but God knew, and

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<v Speaker 7>God knew the moment that the ram would need to

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<v Speaker 7>be in the bush for.

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<v Speaker 2>Abraham to make the sacrifice.

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<v Speaker 1>Whatever has been withheld from.

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<v Speaker 2>Your life, whatever seems like it is behind in your life,

0:45:29.160 --> 0:45:32.279
<v Speaker 2>whatever seems like the enemy has taken it out of

0:45:32.320 --> 0:45:35.920
<v Speaker 2>your life. Can you trust the timing of God in

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<v Speaker 2>this moment enough to know that he knows He knows

0:45:41.200 --> 0:45:45.040
<v Speaker 2>what I need when I needed and if it didn't

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<v Speaker 2>come yet, it wasn't time yet. But somebody who knows

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<v Speaker 2>his time. By faith for you to take the next

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<v Speaker 2>step when you can't see beyond it, stand up and

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<v Speaker 2>give God praise by faith.

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<v Speaker 1>There is a phrase that comes by faith.

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<v Speaker 2>Even though. My favorite Bible verse is when the sister

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<v Speaker 2>came to Jesus and said, I know my brother will

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<v Speaker 2>rise again at the last day. And Jesus said, last Day,

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<v Speaker 2>I am the Resurrection and the Life, and whoever believes in.

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<v Speaker 1>Me will live even though he died. So we're living

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<v Speaker 1>in the even though. And our job today is to

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<v Speaker 1>trust God as if even though.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know your even though God does, God knows

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<v Speaker 2>that even though you're going through And I just want

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<v Speaker 2>to encourage you today through a camera. I never knew

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<v Speaker 2>i'd be looking in pastoring a church that I never saw,

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<v Speaker 2>but God did.

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<v Speaker 1>That. He knows you don't.

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<v Speaker 2>And I want to tell you about all the stuff

0:47:23.760 --> 0:47:27.440
<v Speaker 2>you keep telling God for why you're not qualified because

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<v Speaker 2>you don't have the experience. God knows you don't. That

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<v Speaker 2>you don't have the resources. God knows you don't, and

0:47:37.880 --> 0:47:41.040
<v Speaker 2>that you don't have the background for that. God knows

0:47:41.080 --> 0:47:44.240
<v Speaker 2>you don't, and that you don't feel like it right now.

0:47:45.000 --> 0:47:48.240
<v Speaker 2>God knows you don't, And that you don't have the strength.

0:47:49.000 --> 0:47:51.920
<v Speaker 2>God knows you don't, and that you don't know how

0:47:51.960 --> 0:47:55.640
<v Speaker 2>to manage money. God knows you don't, and that you

0:47:55.680 --> 0:47:57.799
<v Speaker 2>don't have any friends who will really listen to you.

0:47:58.480 --> 0:48:01.160
<v Speaker 2>God knows you don't, and that you don't see a

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<v Speaker 2>way through this right now.

0:48:02.960 --> 0:48:07.640
<v Speaker 1>God knows you don't. Just because you can't see.

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<v Speaker 2>It does not mean he didn't speak it.

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<v Speaker 1>For everybody who is stepping.

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<v Speaker 2>Ruining the low, I want to pray for you. Just

0:48:23.880 --> 0:48:29.799
<v Speaker 2>put your hand on your heart like this. God knows

0:48:29.840 --> 0:48:30.439
<v Speaker 2>what's in there.

0:48:32.320 --> 0:48:32.760
<v Speaker 1>You don't.

0:48:35.040 --> 0:48:39.080
<v Speaker 2>And that's why it's so important that you don't give up,

0:48:40.200 --> 0:48:41.520
<v Speaker 2>because God knows where you're.

0:48:41.400 --> 0:48:45.240
<v Speaker 1>Going little more movement you don't.

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<v Speaker 2>God knows what he hopes to accomplish through your life

0:48:49.320 --> 0:48:53.120
<v Speaker 2>if you will stay in faith, and you don't, and

0:48:53.200 --> 0:48:57.960
<v Speaker 2>admitting that you don't know is where faith has the

0:48:58.080 --> 0:49:02.200
<v Speaker 2>chance to grow. So as I minister this message, I

0:49:02.200 --> 0:49:06.640
<v Speaker 2>don't do it lightly. Today I have felt myself the

0:49:06.680 --> 0:49:10.560
<v Speaker 2>impostor that God, who would I be to share this

0:49:10.680 --> 0:49:14.000
<v Speaker 2>message of hope? When I myself am drowning in despair?

0:49:14.200 --> 0:49:14.799
<v Speaker 2>I felt that.

0:49:16.280 --> 0:49:17.400
<v Speaker 1>Who am I to tell them this?

0:49:17.520 --> 0:49:21.280
<v Speaker 2>I don't know anything about the second coming of Christ

0:49:21.360 --> 0:49:22.400
<v Speaker 2>or when it's going to happen.

0:49:24.160 --> 0:49:25.759
<v Speaker 1>I don't know anything. I don't know.

0:49:25.840 --> 0:49:32.480
<v Speaker 2>I don't speak Greek or Hebrew or Latin French. But

0:49:32.520 --> 0:49:34.719
<v Speaker 2>God said, I'll speak the language that they need. If

0:49:34.719 --> 0:49:41.440
<v Speaker 2>you will stand. This promise is for you and your children.

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<v Speaker 2>That is going to be different then you pictured. It

0:49:48.760 --> 0:49:53.360
<v Speaker 2>might be slower then you want it. There might be

0:49:53.480 --> 0:50:01.279
<v Speaker 2>some Carolina heal splitter clams on your land, some Canaanites,

0:50:01.320 --> 0:50:08.879
<v Speaker 2>some Hittites, Jebuzites. But let patients have its perfect work

0:50:08.880 --> 0:50:15.040
<v Speaker 2>in you, that you may be complete, lacking nothing, because

0:50:15.080 --> 0:50:18.680
<v Speaker 2>it's gonna go farther than you thought.

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<v Speaker 1>As God told Abraham, count the stars.

0:50:21.640 --> 0:50:23.680
<v Speaker 2>If you are able to number the sands on the seashore.

0:50:23.719 --> 0:50:26.319
<v Speaker 2>If you can count them, so shall your descendants be.

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<v Speaker 2>I declare, so shall the ripple effect be of your

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<v Speaker 2>obedience in this season, for generations not yet to be

0:50:33.440 --> 0:50:37.279
<v Speaker 2>born that will be free because of your faith in

0:50:37.320 --> 0:50:43.919
<v Speaker 2>this moment God, we stand in the even those, Oh,

0:50:43.960 --> 0:50:47.120
<v Speaker 2>I like that, even those so many, even.

0:50:46.880 --> 0:50:48.399
<v Speaker 5>Those in the room.

0:50:49.320 --> 0:50:53.000
<v Speaker 2>Your word says, all things work together for good, even

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<v Speaker 2>those that we wouldn't have chosen.

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<v Speaker 1>I thank you by faith, Raise you for grace for

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<v Speaker 1>this season, this moment, this stage of our lives in Jesus' name.

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<v Speaker 2>The greatest miracle of faith of all is that while

0:51:11.640 --> 0:51:14.680
<v Speaker 2>we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Can you

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<v Speaker 2>believe it that even though your sins were as crimson,

0:51:18.840 --> 0:51:21.719
<v Speaker 2>they can be washed white as snow.

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<v Speaker 1>That even though we did not deserve his grace.

0:51:24.640 --> 0:51:27.160
<v Speaker 2>God knows you don't deserve his grace, but he gave

0:51:27.200 --> 0:51:30.400
<v Speaker 2>it anyway. He gave it on the cross, and you

0:51:30.440 --> 0:51:34.560
<v Speaker 2>can receive it right now by faith. I want to

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<v Speaker 2>give an invitation for those who are in need of

0:51:39.080 --> 0:51:43.680
<v Speaker 2>a relationship with Jesus today, whether it's three or three thousand,

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<v Speaker 2>I want to stop this whole service so that you

0:51:47.280 --> 0:51:49.280
<v Speaker 2>can place your faith in God.

0:51:49.640 --> 0:51:52.640
<v Speaker 1>He's already done the work. It's finished, it's accomplished, it's settled,

0:51:52.680 --> 0:51:57.880
<v Speaker 1>it's done. The final word has been spoken. The only

0:51:57.960 --> 0:52:01.880
<v Speaker 1>work left to do is for you to belief, to believe.

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<v Speaker 2>The scripture says that if you confess with your mouth

0:52:05.280 --> 0:52:07.360
<v Speaker 2>that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that

0:52:07.400 --> 0:52:10.200
<v Speaker 2>God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

0:52:11.000 --> 0:52:16.520
<v Speaker 2>This is the promise receiving by faith today. If you're

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<v Speaker 2>ready to make that decision to come to Christ or

0:52:18.680 --> 0:52:20.920
<v Speaker 2>to come back to Him, I'm going to lead you in.

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<v Speaker 1>A prayer right now.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm and pray it out loud for the benefit of

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<v Speaker 2>those who are coming to God for the first time

0:52:26.800 --> 0:52:29.520
<v Speaker 2>or coming back to God. I want everybody in this

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<v Speaker 2>room to pray with me for the benefit of those

0:52:32.080 --> 0:52:35.759
<v Speaker 2>who this is their moment, their new beginning. Pray with me,

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<v Speaker 2>Heavenly Father. I am a sinner in need of a savior,

0:52:41.440 --> 0:52:46.400
<v Speaker 2>and I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.

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<v Speaker 1>And the Savior of the world.

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<v Speaker 2>And today I make Jesus the Lord of my life.

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<v Speaker 1>I believe he died that I would be forgiven and

0:52:58.400 --> 0:53:03.880
<v Speaker 1>rose again give me life. I receive this new life.

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<v Speaker 1>This is my new beginning.

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<v Speaker 2>If you prayed that, put your hand up on the

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<v Speaker 2>count of three, one, two, three, all over this room,

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<v Speaker 2>on every location online.

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<v Speaker 1>God bless you. We'll celebrate you. We'll celebrate we you

0:53:19.160 --> 0:53:25.200
<v Speaker 1>celebrate for you. God bless you amazing. Online you can

0:53:25.280 --> 0:53:27.240
<v Speaker 1>put it in a chat I received Jesus.

0:53:28.120 --> 0:53:32.880
<v Speaker 2>I received Jesus be celebrating with you online. Can this

0:53:33.040 --> 0:53:35.960
<v Speaker 2>fastest taken? If you just gave your life to Christ.

0:53:36.000 --> 0:53:38.560
<v Speaker 2>Stop by the tents on your way out. You can

0:53:38.600 --> 0:53:40.600
<v Speaker 2>click on the link. If you're online, we have a

0:53:40.640 --> 0:53:43.440
<v Speaker 2>gift we want to give you. Let's put our hands together.

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<v Speaker 1>And thank God for his word all over the house.

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<v Speaker 1>Come on, all over, Julia. God knows you don't.

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<v Speaker 2>God would surprise you this week, show you something you

0:54:03.960 --> 0:54:06.960
<v Speaker 2>don't know. I pray God to give you stuff this

0:54:07.040 --> 0:54:10.279
<v Speaker 2>Christmas season that isn't even on your list. Hah.

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<v Speaker 1>I pray God to give you stuff you gave up on.

0:54:14.520 --> 0:54:17.399
<v Speaker 2>I pray God will make you laugh again. I pray

0:54:17.400 --> 0:54:19.600
<v Speaker 2>God will enable you to see what fresh eyes again.

0:54:20.560 --> 0:54:22.560
<v Speaker 2>God will put a love and a bond in your

0:54:22.600 --> 0:54:26.000
<v Speaker 2>relationships again. God to give you fresh eyes to see

0:54:26.040 --> 0:54:27.240
<v Speaker 2>what you've been walking past.

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<v Speaker 1>I pray that He.

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<v Speaker 2>Who is able to do himmeasurably more than you ask

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<v Speaker 2>or imagine, would work mightily on your behalf. Can we

0:54:35.400 --> 0:54:37.400
<v Speaker 2>join hands all over this room and pray for our

0:54:37.440 --> 0:54:41.960
<v Speaker 2>neighbors and our sons, Our daughters, our cousins, our sisters,

0:54:41.960 --> 0:54:42.520
<v Speaker 2>our brothers.

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<v Speaker 1>JJ. What did I forget to say that I need

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<v Speaker 1>to announce? Huh? Envelopes. You're gonna get this on the

0:54:51.760 --> 0:54:56.720
<v Speaker 1>way out. Put some money in it, big money. Trust

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<v Speaker 1>God help us build this church.

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<v Speaker 2>One of my friends told me recently, the only hour

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<v Speaker 2>each week that he knows.

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<v Speaker 1>He's going to feel good is when he gets in here.

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<v Speaker 2>Can you believe we get to do that for people?

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<v Speaker 2>Some of y'all gave your life to Christ in here.

0:55:10.120 --> 0:55:12.160
<v Speaker 2>Some of your kids did some of you. This is

0:55:12.200 --> 0:55:16.120
<v Speaker 2>a connection to God for you. Let's connect others. Let's

0:55:16.160 --> 0:55:19.600
<v Speaker 2>never be selfish. We're blessed to be a blessing. I

0:55:19.719 --> 0:55:22.840
<v Speaker 2>want to participate in this with you. So okay, and

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<v Speaker 2>you'll get the envelope. On your way out, you'll say

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<v Speaker 2>envelope or envelope in Canada?

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<v Speaker 1>How many envelope people raise your hand? Envelope, envelope?

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<v Speaker 2>I see who's bringing out the fancy china this thanksgiving

0:55:40.080 --> 0:55:44.319
<v Speaker 2>a paper played envelope. Father, We thank you for our

0:55:44.320 --> 0:55:48.040
<v Speaker 2>connection with you. We will never be without as long

0:55:48.080 --> 0:55:50.960
<v Speaker 2>as you are with us. I thank you forever, even

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<v Speaker 2>though in this room that will be a testimony by

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<v Speaker 2>your grace of a God did in the future.

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<v Speaker 1>We declare it, we decree it, we call it done.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you for who you are, and we bless your

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<v Speaker 1>people as they go.

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<v Speaker 2>No fights, no politics, supernatural carb cancelation, this Thanksgiving in Jesus' name.

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<v Speaker 1>Amen, I'll see.

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<v Speaker 5>You, no blessing.

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<v Speaker 2>Hey. I hope you enjoyed the podcast, and if you did,

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<v Speaker 2>thank all of you who are a part of Elevation.

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<v Speaker 2>Whether you support us financially, or serve with us, or

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<v Speaker 2>just share these messages, it's because of you that we're

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<v Speaker 2>able to reach people all around the world. And if

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<v Speaker 2>you want more information on how to be a part

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<v Speaker 2>of Elevation, click the link in the description. Thanks again

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<v Speaker 2>for listening. Make sure to leave a review, share the message,

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